Title: Crash and Burn

Author: Faerie Childe

Disclaimer: Logan, Marie and the X-Men belong to Fox and Marvel.

Rating: PG-13

Summary: Logan. Marie. She couldn't handle it anymore she had already crashed and now it was time for her to burn, she knew what she had to do. She had to leave this place. Rogue runs away and now she's in trouble. Will Logan find her before it's too late?

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Notes: I have a lot of M/L fanfics that I haven't read yet. If I've copied someone else's idea I'm sorry I didn't realize.

Please also note that this is unbeta'ed and my first x-men story. So if there are mistakes I'm sorry. I'm very open to ideas and if someone would like to be my beta then I would be very grateful.

Prologue

Rogue cried out in pain her anguish spreading through her body like fire as she recalled the events of what had happened.

Flash back

Rogue smiled when she saw the letter written to her, she recognized the handwriting immediately. It was from Logan. As she opened the letter she was so happy she felt like singing. Logan was coming home in a few days he had mentioned it in his last letter. Rogue unfolded the letter and the first line made her mood drop considerably she read on feeling worse by the minute.

Rogue,

I'm sorry but I won't be coming back after all I've found a new lead for who I am and I'm following it. Sorry for the inconvenience but you understand. I don't know how long it will be until I see you again, it all depends on what I find when I get there.

Bye for now,

Logan.

End Flash back

Rogue felt the pain flow through her all over again. Ever since she broke up with Bobby everyone was treating her differently. The memory of how it happened was still fresh in her mind.

Flash back

Rogue was once again in a session with the Professor to help her control her powers. Things were going really well just the other day she had managed to kiss Bobby for one minute before she felt her powers start to kick in. She could now feel the difference between draining peoples powers, memories or energy and she was very proud of herself.

"Now Rogue, concentrate." Professor Xavier said to her quietly. "We've got this far so now I want you to try to just take my memories. Rogue nodded silently and she reached out to touch the professor's arm with her bare hand. She took hold and nothing happened. Rogue grinned happily until she realized that the professor was in pain and she dropped his hand quickly. He fell out of his wheelchair and onto the floor. Rogue screamed. She couldn't help but run it over and over in her head wondering what went wrong. After all she didn't even feel the usual tingling sensation yet she could slowly feel his telepathic abilities kick in and his memories.

She continued to scream helplessly until Storm, Bobby and Scott came running in to find the professor on the floor.

"Oh no," whispered Scott. "What happened?!" he demanded loudly looking accusingly at Rogue.

""Ah don't know! Ah jus touched 'im an he collapsed." She explained shakily. "What 'ave ah done?" she asked out loud as she started to cry. Bobby slowly walked over to her to comfort her. "Don't touch me!" she shrieked hysterically. "Jus keep away from mae!" and with that she ran out of the room.

End Flash back

Soon every one in the mansion knew what had happened and they had started to act strangely towards her. She had seen Bobby in the rec room and decided to talk to him. When she went to touch him he flinched, she saw the fear in his eyes and knew immediately that it was over between them. He was scared of her and that was too awful for her to bear. She had put up with the last few months being ignored by everyone. Bobby had said that he loved her and always would no matter what. But he was just like everyone else. Afraid of what he didn't understand. She had been so excited when Logan said he was coming back because she knew that no matter what he would still talk to her. But he wasn't coming back.

Logan and Bobby were the only two people that had never flinched when she had gone to touch them and now they were gone.

These days even when she was wearing gloves the other mutants would flinch if she so much as brushed past them, and it hurt. She didn't want them to have that kind of power over her emotions, but she had grown to think of them as her family and they isolated her for no reason. Acted as if she had the plague or something.

She couldn't handle it anymore she had already crashed and now it was time for her to burn, she knew what she had to do. She had to leave this place. No one would miss her, probably wouldn't even realize she had gone. She had talked to the Professor once after the incident and that was when he explained to her that it had seemed that instead of her getting control over her power, it had intensified. He had offered to help her longer but she could see in his eyes that he had already given up on her. To him and everyone else she was a hopeless cause. No matter how much the Professor told her that everyone would get over it, she knew that he was just trying to comfort her and the only way she could feel safe again was by leaving the mansion. After all she had nothing else to lose. Logan had already broken his promise to protect her by abandoning her and no matter how much she secretly loved him she knew that he could never love her back. After all she was untouchable. They could never kiss or have intimacy of any kind because she would most likely kill him.

No, it was better off if she just left and never came back that way she could no longer hurt the people she loved and no longer be hurt either.

She had already crashed and now it was time for her to burn. She would burn all of her memories and pains from living there; she would no longer go by the names 'Marie' or 'Rogue'. She had run away once and she could do it again.

But she never realized that the hardest part to running away was never looking back, and no matter how hard she tried to forget one day she would look back and then she would be more confused then ever, because she could change her name, where she came from and how old she was but she could never change who she was and one day the person that she once was would break free from the chains that bound her and she would have no way of stopping it.

Authors note

Sorry this chapter is so short but it's just the prologue. If you want me to continue writing, please review, and tell me if I should post the second chapter. Also give me ideas if you have any because they could be very helpful.