Chapter 6—understandings, and clarifications
Cobal, walks into the room that Rouge, and Psy had entered to see Psy looking into Rouge's mouth. "Um...mind if I ask what is going on?" inquires Cobal.
"I thought so," mutters Psy, not noticing Cobal.
Cobal walks over and prepares to hit Psy in the back of the head when he sees what Psy is looking at. "Am I seeing what I think I am seeing?" gasps Cobal.
A worried look crosses Rouge's face, "What are you seeing?"
Psy positions Rouge in front of a mirror on the wall, "what do you see?"
Rouge's eyes grow wide, all that is appearing in the reflection, is her clothes. "This some kind of trick, you two are playing a trick on me."
Psy leans in close to Rouge's ear, "welcome to being a vampire."
A look of horror crosses Rouge's face, but quickly disappears, "but every other time I have absorbed someone it was only for a short times, this can't last for all that long."
"Yes but all those times you do didn't form a psycic bond now did you?" questions Cobal from where he is sitting cross legged on the floor.
Rouge turns and looks at him, "what do you mean? I am not connected with any one," Her voice rising slightly.
{Would you like to bet on that?}
"What the..." Rouge turns expecting to see some one behind her
Psy walks over and hits Cobal on the back of his head, "stop it."
Sitting in a chair Rouge rests her head in her hands, "Can you explain to me why all this is happening, please?"
Psy brings a chair over and sits in front of Rouge, "Ok Rouge, this may be far fetched but I think your mutation is more of a form of vampirism. Now before you contradict me let me explain. When you touched someone, you absorbed their mutant abilities, memories, and certain physical traits, now those are all held with a person's DNA. Alright now your body found a different way to get blood, through your skin, but since you have fangs now I think you can touch people, but don't quote me on that. Also I think a small amount of your blood entered Cobal, which might explain the bond that is forming between you two. But all this is purely speculation but I bet I am right."
Rouge looks from Psy to Cobal and then back to Psy, "but how did you come to these speculations, though?"
Cobal walks up behind Psy, "that I bet I can answer. Remember, a year ago Psy and I were forced to drink each other's blood our blood mixed, and mutated. Well the same thing is happening in you. My blood and your blood are in a sense warring for supremacy with in your veins. Eventually that war will be over but you will be much stronger. And I just confused you more, have at it Psy." Cobal goes and grabs another chair and sits next to Rouge.
"Alright what Cobal tried to explain is for the most part correct. But let me start from the beginning, when you touched him you took in some of his blood. Now I think that your immune system, tried to fight off his blood, problem is his blood is mutating your blood trying to make the two compatible with each other. Eventually the two will find a middle ground, how long till that point I don't know." Psy stands and rests a hand on Rouge's shoulder, "But I would recommend that you stay around Cobal or me in case you get the same hunger for blood that we deal with constantly, cause it would be a safe bet that we are the only two here that could stop you from draining a good portion of the school of blood." Turning Psy heads for the door, Rouge starts to stand but Cobal places a gentle hand on her shoulder.
{Rouge I feel I should teach you how to speak telepathically.}
[You think I live in a mansion were the owner is a powerful telepath and not now how to talk telepathically?]
{Sorry, guess I forgot that but remember that this connection is always open, your thoughts will not always be your own sanctuary any more, though I will not intentionally pry into your memories or private thoughts.}
[Yea I know. Um...when you were unconscious did you dream of the night your parents died?]
{...Yes, how did you know?}
[I saw what happened through your eyes]
{Oh...ok, well since I don't need to teach you how to talk across this bond I suppose we should go and see if Psy needs help explaining to the other adults.}
[Just one quick question, do you think I will get the blades like what you have?]
{I don't know, you might, you might not, only time will tell.}
Cobal, and Rouge, step out into the hall to see Psy, and Logan standing nose to nose arguing. The instant Logan sees Cobal he stomps over and takes him by the neck pushes him against the wall, and the blades on his other hand spring out.
"I take it you don't like what is happening, Logan," rasps Cobal.
"You're going to fix Rouge or I will rearrange your internal organs," snarls Logan.
Rouge makes to help Cobal, but a look from Psy stops her.
"You give me far too much credit where it should all go to the person who was in the Danger Room's control room, that had Sabertooth attack me." Cobal lifts one hand and grabs Logan's wrist and begins to squeeze causing Logan to release him, "I believe it was you, wasn't it so I think I should be the one strangling you," lifting his other hand Cobal grabs Logan by the neck and lifts him, nearly a foot off the ground.
"Cobal! Drop him." Demands the Professor as he leaves Dr. McCoy's office. Cobal drops Logan to the ground. "Now I was the one to set Sabertooth on you." Cobal's eyes begin to glow a blinding red, and a blade slowly begins to unsheathe from his arm. Quickly the Professor adds, "because it was a test to see if you were capable of joining the X-men, and I believe that you would have passed, if you wouldn't have slammed into Rouge." Cobal's blade retracts, but his eyes remain red.
"If you will excuse me," turning Cobal leaves the med bay.
"I better go with him just in case," Rouge turns and chases after Cobal.
"Professor, I think that while you may have second thoughts about allowing us to stay here. I should tell you that Cobal hates being left in the dark, that is why he was mad, he'll be fine. But I think you and I need to have a word or two about what to do with Rogue." Psy walks up to Xavier.
"Yes I think so as well, will you please come with me to my study." Xavier, Psy exit the med bay leaving Logan alone in the hall. Logan walks into Dr. McCoy's office, "Hey Hank I am going to be in the Danger room if anyone needs me," grunts Logan
Hank looks at the clock on the wall, "Logan do you realize that it is nearly four in the morning?"
"I can sleep later," Logan leaves, Hank looks back at the computer he was working at and continues to type, occasionally muttering to himself.
Rogue climbs up onto the roof of the mansion to find Cobal sitting with his legs hanging over the sides.
"I thought you might be up here," huffs Rogue, "what's up?"
{You know you didn't have to climb up here.}
[Really and how should I have gotten up here?]
{Same way I am getting down.}
Standing Cobal winks at Rogue and steps off the edge of the roof.
"Cobal!" Shouts Rogue as she rushes to the edge of the roof. Looking over the side Rogue sees that Cobal is standing on the ground looking up at her.
{I didn't know you cared}
[I am so going to hurt you]
{Well you have to come down here to do that, now don't you.}
A grin crosses Cobal's face.
[Really well here I come]
Rogue jumps off the edge of the roof and lands on the ground in a crouch.
{Ok so you got down lets see if you can keep up then.}
Cobal starts running towards some trees, with Rouge following closely behind. When Cobal reaches the edge of the trees he leaps up and disappears into the tree branches.
{Well now can you find me? Or are you going to give up?}
[I have this strong urge to kick you butt.]
Rogue enters the trees and wanders around looking for Cobal in near total darkness.
[Come on give me a hint or something.]
{Don't use your eyes.}
"I said a hint!" yells Rogue her eyes begin to glow red.
{You should relax my dear you may get hurt, and have you realized that you don't have an accent any more?}
Rogue stops, looks around and closes her eyes. Slowly she begins to walk, cautious at first but soon she walks more determined.
{What you doing Rogue? Have you found me yet? Perhaps you should find your way out and go to bed I don't think Logan would like to find out that you are not in bed.}
[You have two options: shut up and shut up.]
Rouge walks up to a large tree, and takes a deep break though her nose.
[Found you.]
{So you have, so you have.}
Opening her eyes Rouge can see a set of glowing red eyes hidden among the tree branches. Dropping down Cobal lands behind Rouge and wraps both arms around her waist
"Now that wasn't so hard," whispers Cobal in to Rouge's ear.
Turning Rouge looks into Cobal's dim red catlike eyes.
[I don't know if I should hit you or hug you.]
{I have a better idea.}
Cobal closes the small gap between his lips and her's. Rogue immediately draws back but realizes that nothing happened and locks lips with the other vampire again.