"Rogue darling, wake up. Come on kid open your eyes." It was like being
under water in a pool and someone's looking over you telling you its time
to get out and dry off. Rogue slowly opened her eyes but shut them quickly
when a bright light blinded her. She could still faintly hear the voice of
someone calling her name, telling her to wake up. Struggling she tried to
reach the surface. After much stress she opened her eyes but everything she
could see was blurred and far away. She could faintly tell that she was
crying and she decided it was the reason everything was blurry.
"Hey Chuck I think she's coming around." Rogue felt herself floating towards the surface of her mind, like someone tied a rope around her and was pulling her up. Finally she reached the surface and was greeted by a blinding light shinning over her head. Rogue made an effort to but her arms over her eyes but they felt heavier than bricks so she groaned and let her arms relax. "Turn off the light will ya." She moaned as she turned her head to the side and closed her eyes tight.
"Logan?"
"I got it Chuck."
A second later Rogue saw that the light was gone and blinked a couple of times to adjust herself. There was still a faint light on the other side of the room so she could still see the other people in the room with her. From what she could see only Logan and the Professor were in the room.
"Logan?" Rogue asked shakily.
"Yeah kid I'm here, how you feeling?"
"lahk shit."
Logan let out a small chuckle and grabbed her hand. Rogue began to feel the second sense of déjà vu of when she woke up in the med lab after her "freak out."
"How long have ah been out?"
"Quite awhile, four days to be exact." Answered Prof. Xavier, his voice was smooth, comforting, and as always laced with a bit of concern the she knew ran deeper than the surface, giving Rogue a sense of security. "How's Ororo, she make it out ok?" Rogue gaining more strength slowly propped herself up on her elbow to look and see if Storm was in any of the other med beds.
"Yes I'd say Ororo is doing quite well, we let her out of the medical wing 2 days ago. You on the other hand you are the one I'm worried about right now. We will talk about what happened when you are better; I don't want to stress you out now. I've decided our one on one session could be put off until you are readjusted." Readjusted? How long does he think it will take, a week, a couple of days? Rogue just nodded her head in reply. Rogue then realized that she forgot to ask how Logan was. "Logan what happened to you? How did we escape?" The Prof. took this as his queue to give us some alone time and left.
"I was fine, didn't really have to do much but move around boulders and stuff. They were making us build something like a town; something big is all I know. Well one of the Women workers, Carol I think it was, started planning a way out. Not that we all hadn't tried to get out I guess it was just the right timing for her and she some how knocked out four guards when another worker plowed through the door while it was open when reinforcements came to stop Carol. Don't know what happened to ether of them but I hope there ok.
"Ahm sure they made it out all right Logan I wouldn't worry about it." Logan nodded his head in understanding. "Hey Logan, Do ya know who found me afta I pass out?" Rogue could see his eyes narrow and his jaw stiffen. "You remember Gambit right, the one with the cards; he was one of Bucket Heads lackeys? Well I guess while we were gone the other goons except gumbo and metal man stayed and joined the X-men. Gambit, or Remy found you about 75ft from the jet, said you flew into his arms." He said the last bit with a small smirk. "But that's about the only good thing about the boy, I've only known him for half a week and he's already gone on my bad side. He's to cocky for his own good and I have a feeling he's gonna be a rebel during missions. The guy's good at fighting, damn good; a lot better then most of the kids here." Logan smirked at her and gave her hand another squeeze. "I'm counting on you to deflate his ego a bit during danger room sessions; I'm guessing your going to be the only one good enough to keep him in line."
"Ah'll do mah best," Rogue said through a low chuckle.
"Well anyway I guess the X-men found were we were being held and got there exactly when Carol broke us out. Luck was on our side that day." Logan let out a sigh and let go of her hand. "I guess I'll be going, let you have some sleep." Rogue watched as Logan turned and walked out the door without looking back.
Rogue closed her eyes in exhaustion; gently she lifted her right hand to her throat. She wondered faintly of what they did with the metal collar. She had so many questions still to ask but she was more worried about the questions that would be thrown at her by the other students. The problem was, she didn't remember. Of course she remembers what happened when she was in her cell but what about when she was in the lab? She had a feeling that she was awake during the time and she could remember how she felt but the memory is gone, or lost. "I wonder if Ororo remembers about when she went into the lab." Rogue thought aloud. Deciding that she would talk to Storm in the morning she let her mind rest and fell asleep.
It was 9:35 before the first person came to visit her and it happened to be her brother Kurt. He waltzed in with one of his trade mark toothy grins plastered on his face. It was quite a different face than the one that she saw on the battle field five days ago. Rogue couldn't help but swell with pride for her brother and how far he's come since the day they met.
"How you felling, any betta?"
"Yeah ah'll say ah'm about ready ta leave the sick bed. How about ya, how's it been without meh?" Rogue asked jokingly.
Kurt took the last couple of steps between them and embraced her in a crushing hug. Rogue pressed her head into his shoulder and let out a shaky breath, it took everything she had not to let the tears flow. "It vas miserable vithout you, ve spent all are time looking for you guys. And for the longest time ve had no idea vhere you were, I didn't know vhat to do so I spent it all in ze time in za Danger Room."
Rogue sniffled and hugged her brother tighter. "Ah missed ya too Kurt."
Finally the let each other go, and Kurt took a step back to giver her some air. He was so considerate, always thinking of others first, Rogue often found herself thinking about how lucky she is that she has someone who cares for her first, and most of all she new he was genuine. "So what's been goin on since ah've been gone? Any new baddies poke'n theah head up cause'n trouble for us?" Rogue watched as her brother started to squirm a bit from her question and narrowed her eyes knowing that the answer was a yes.
"Vell Liebchen, zere has been one zats been giving us some problems but ze Professor said he vonted to tell you himself."
"Really well then could ya at least tell meh his name?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Vell I guess zat couldn't hurt non. He's known as Apocalypse."
A/N Well lucky for you I've updated! Yay!!! Its been so long, sigh, well I enjoyed working on this chapter and I think it might be my longest yet on this story. Another yay! I hope you like it so R/R everyone.
"Hey Chuck I think she's coming around." Rogue felt herself floating towards the surface of her mind, like someone tied a rope around her and was pulling her up. Finally she reached the surface and was greeted by a blinding light shinning over her head. Rogue made an effort to but her arms over her eyes but they felt heavier than bricks so she groaned and let her arms relax. "Turn off the light will ya." She moaned as she turned her head to the side and closed her eyes tight.
"Logan?"
"I got it Chuck."
A second later Rogue saw that the light was gone and blinked a couple of times to adjust herself. There was still a faint light on the other side of the room so she could still see the other people in the room with her. From what she could see only Logan and the Professor were in the room.
"Logan?" Rogue asked shakily.
"Yeah kid I'm here, how you feeling?"
"lahk shit."
Logan let out a small chuckle and grabbed her hand. Rogue began to feel the second sense of déjà vu of when she woke up in the med lab after her "freak out."
"How long have ah been out?"
"Quite awhile, four days to be exact." Answered Prof. Xavier, his voice was smooth, comforting, and as always laced with a bit of concern the she knew ran deeper than the surface, giving Rogue a sense of security. "How's Ororo, she make it out ok?" Rogue gaining more strength slowly propped herself up on her elbow to look and see if Storm was in any of the other med beds.
"Yes I'd say Ororo is doing quite well, we let her out of the medical wing 2 days ago. You on the other hand you are the one I'm worried about right now. We will talk about what happened when you are better; I don't want to stress you out now. I've decided our one on one session could be put off until you are readjusted." Readjusted? How long does he think it will take, a week, a couple of days? Rogue just nodded her head in reply. Rogue then realized that she forgot to ask how Logan was. "Logan what happened to you? How did we escape?" The Prof. took this as his queue to give us some alone time and left.
"I was fine, didn't really have to do much but move around boulders and stuff. They were making us build something like a town; something big is all I know. Well one of the Women workers, Carol I think it was, started planning a way out. Not that we all hadn't tried to get out I guess it was just the right timing for her and she some how knocked out four guards when another worker plowed through the door while it was open when reinforcements came to stop Carol. Don't know what happened to ether of them but I hope there ok.
"Ahm sure they made it out all right Logan I wouldn't worry about it." Logan nodded his head in understanding. "Hey Logan, Do ya know who found me afta I pass out?" Rogue could see his eyes narrow and his jaw stiffen. "You remember Gambit right, the one with the cards; he was one of Bucket Heads lackeys? Well I guess while we were gone the other goons except gumbo and metal man stayed and joined the X-men. Gambit, or Remy found you about 75ft from the jet, said you flew into his arms." He said the last bit with a small smirk. "But that's about the only good thing about the boy, I've only known him for half a week and he's already gone on my bad side. He's to cocky for his own good and I have a feeling he's gonna be a rebel during missions. The guy's good at fighting, damn good; a lot better then most of the kids here." Logan smirked at her and gave her hand another squeeze. "I'm counting on you to deflate his ego a bit during danger room sessions; I'm guessing your going to be the only one good enough to keep him in line."
"Ah'll do mah best," Rogue said through a low chuckle.
"Well anyway I guess the X-men found were we were being held and got there exactly when Carol broke us out. Luck was on our side that day." Logan let out a sigh and let go of her hand. "I guess I'll be going, let you have some sleep." Rogue watched as Logan turned and walked out the door without looking back.
Rogue closed her eyes in exhaustion; gently she lifted her right hand to her throat. She wondered faintly of what they did with the metal collar. She had so many questions still to ask but she was more worried about the questions that would be thrown at her by the other students. The problem was, she didn't remember. Of course she remembers what happened when she was in her cell but what about when she was in the lab? She had a feeling that she was awake during the time and she could remember how she felt but the memory is gone, or lost. "I wonder if Ororo remembers about when she went into the lab." Rogue thought aloud. Deciding that she would talk to Storm in the morning she let her mind rest and fell asleep.
It was 9:35 before the first person came to visit her and it happened to be her brother Kurt. He waltzed in with one of his trade mark toothy grins plastered on his face. It was quite a different face than the one that she saw on the battle field five days ago. Rogue couldn't help but swell with pride for her brother and how far he's come since the day they met.
"How you felling, any betta?"
"Yeah ah'll say ah'm about ready ta leave the sick bed. How about ya, how's it been without meh?" Rogue asked jokingly.
Kurt took the last couple of steps between them and embraced her in a crushing hug. Rogue pressed her head into his shoulder and let out a shaky breath, it took everything she had not to let the tears flow. "It vas miserable vithout you, ve spent all are time looking for you guys. And for the longest time ve had no idea vhere you were, I didn't know vhat to do so I spent it all in ze time in za Danger Room."
Rogue sniffled and hugged her brother tighter. "Ah missed ya too Kurt."
Finally the let each other go, and Kurt took a step back to giver her some air. He was so considerate, always thinking of others first, Rogue often found herself thinking about how lucky she is that she has someone who cares for her first, and most of all she new he was genuine. "So what's been goin on since ah've been gone? Any new baddies poke'n theah head up cause'n trouble for us?" Rogue watched as her brother started to squirm a bit from her question and narrowed her eyes knowing that the answer was a yes.
"Vell Liebchen, zere has been one zats been giving us some problems but ze Professor said he vonted to tell you himself."
"Really well then could ya at least tell meh his name?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Vell I guess zat couldn't hurt non. He's known as Apocalypse."
A/N Well lucky for you I've updated! Yay!!! Its been so long, sigh, well I enjoyed working on this chapter and I think it might be my longest yet on this story. Another yay! I hope you like it so R/R everyone.