Disclaimer: I am poor and own nothing. Oh, I have also stolen the lyrics
from Bryan Adams "I Will Always Return" cause it's just perfect.
Rating: We're still in the tame bit...sorry.
Hey and hi. Okay, new chapter. I couldn't keep them apart. I love them too much.
She didn't try to fight it this time. She felt it again. As though she was being hit with something hard and cold and invasive. She just waited for a moment. It filled her, consumed her, until she, as a single being was swallowed. But it was different. There was something new here. It wasn't the Professor; at least, not only the professor. She felt as though her heart was being gripped, "Bobby?"
"Rogue!"
He sounded almost delirious. He was still far away, but he was way closer than the professor had been "Yes, I'm here."
She felt a huge rush of emotion from him, "Oh God, you're here...I... Wait, we don't have time. I need to tell you. You need to come to me. Now wherever you can feel me coming from. You need to come to me."
She didn't really need to be told that. Every instinct in her was telling her to go to him. To get to wherever he was and he would make her safe again. She started moving. She was astounded at how simple it was. She didn't really need to think about it too much. She just wanted to move and she did, and quickly.
"Rogue? Are you still there?"
"Yes, I'm here. Just keep talking I need to hear you."
"Just keeping moving. Come towards me. Come on..."
He was closer, so much closer than he had been and now. She could feel them both. The Professor and Bobby both. They wanted her with them. She had to get to them. She forced herself forwards. It was almost as though she could see them again. Just like she knew that she was herself, she knew that this was them. They were different than her though, almost touchable. She was closer, "Bobby?"
"Just come to us Rogue. We're here."
And then she realised, she wasn't just moving herself forwards anymore. She was being pulled. No, pushed. No, pulled. No...she didn't know what. It was like...like she was being thrown out. Like whatever made the rules here decided it didn't want her anymore. She could feel how close she was to the Professor and Bobby but she couldn't slow herself down. In about fifteen seconds they were going to collide. She tried to force herself to slow, she couldn't. She was still moving and if anything she was picking up speed.
She fought with all her might but it didn't help. And her last thought before she hit them was that she could feel that thing again, that other thing, the other one. It was here. It had come back with her.
Bobby and the Professor were thrown about twenty feet backwards. Both of them lost consciousness and Logan began to move over to help them. Ororo stared and Scott looked immediately over to Jean to see if she was okay.
Before anyone could do anything, Rogue spoke, "Bobby..."
Logan moved over to the bed and looked down at the girl, "Rogue?"
Her eyes focussed on his face after a moment, "Logan?"
"Yeah, yeah, it's me. Are you okay?"
She shifted her shoulders on the bed, "Yes, yes I think so."
Logan felt the first tear slid down his cheek but he couldn't fight it. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and hugged her to him. "I was so worried. I thought you were gonna die."
She hugged him back for a second, "Where are the Professor and Bobby? They brought me back."
Logan realised where he was and what he had seen just before he had realised that Rogue was okay. He turned and saw Scott helping a now conscious Professor Xavier back into his chair. Bobby was still out and Ororo was trying to get him to a bed. "He'll be fine Rogue. Don't worry. If I can just lift him."
Logan quickly ran to help her with Bobby's dead weight.
Rogue swung her legs off the bed and instinctively slipped a hand to her back to see if she was safe to touch anyone. She immediately found that of course she wasn't. She really should have known that. The Professor would have to have been touching her to make contact. How would he have done that if she had been wearing her disc? "Ororo?"
The older woman lifted her head from leaning over Bobby, "Yeah?
"Where..?"
She of course realised what she was being asked, "On the side there."
Rogue looked and saw; she reached for it.
Jean was alone again, she knew that Rogue had somehow found a way to get back, or else the others had found a way to bring her back. She knew that the latter was more likely. She doubted that Rogue would have left without her if she could have done anything for her. Jean felt despair clench around her and she fought to squash it. If they were able to save her then there was a chance that they would be able to save her in time as well.
They wouldn't leave her here. She knew that. Scott wouldn't leave her here and Logan...she knew that Logan would rather die than leave her here voluntarily.
Rogue rushed over to Bobby and touched a hand to his face. It felt very strange to have a body again. She definitely knew that she preferred it though. She felt his skin on hers and she knew that she could never live without this; she didn't think that she could live without him.
Bobby opened his eyes and stared into her worried face, "I'm...I'm not dreaming right?"
She smiled and kissed his gently, when she pulled back she slipped one of her hands into his, "No."
He sat bolt upright and threw his arms around her and held her tightly. She put her arms around him and held him to. She could feel him shaking, as though afraid that if he let go she might disappear and leave him again. She kissed the side of his neck, trying desperately to reassure him that she really was there and she wasn't going to go anywhere, "It's okay, I'm here. I'm right here I swear."
He wanted to hold her forever, but the other sounds in the room slowly broke into his mind and he realised that they were in fact in a room where something a little dramatic had just happened. He began to notice that the other three adults in the room were still crowded round the Professor's chair. He slowly released Rogue and swung his legs off the side of the bed. "Is the Professor okay?"
Rogue turned her attention away from Bobby for the first time since she had awakened and noticed the Professor, he was awake and shaking his head as though to clear it. "Are you alright Professor?"
His eyes settles on Rogue and a smile of happiness broke out on his face, "Rogue. You're back. Oh thank God."
She moved to in front of the chair and smiled too, "Thank you for coming to get me."
He placed a hand on one of hers, "My pleasure."
Scott spoke for the first time since Rogue had woken up, "Rogue...Jean, is she...?"
Rogue turned in surprise back to the other bed. A stab of guilt hit her hard. She had just followed Bobby without thinking. Literally, without thinking. She had just gone and left her. Oh god, she had left her all alone in that place.
The professor instantly cut into her thoughts, "Rogue, do not feel guilty. You followed us as you were instructed to do. The damage to Jean is very different to the damage done to you. You could not have brought her back with you in the same way. It would have been impossible and we would not have even been able to save you if you had tried. Do not feel guilty."
"I just..." she didn't know what to say. She knew that what the Professor was saying made sense, but it was so hard to not feel responsible for not saving Jean.
"If you need to convinced further, try to realise that you have a unique knowledge of what happened to you and it may be very helpful in saving Jean."
Rogue nodded.
Rogue lay down on her bed. She was so tired. Bobby at next to her and stroked her hair, she closed her eyes enjoying the feel of being home. She opened her eyes when she felt him move off the bed. He walked over to the CD player, put a CD in and pressed play.
He walked back over to the bed and crawled into bed behind her holding her tight to him, "I love you."
She sighed and smiled, "I love you too." She closed her eyes.
I hear the wind call your name It calls me back home again It sparks up the fire - a flame that still burns Oh it's to you I'll always return
Rogue smiled, she was amazed at how right the words were for her. Definitely a good choice.
I still feel your breath on my skin I hear your voice deep within The sound of my lover - a feeling so strong It's to you - I'll always belong
Bobby gently wove his fingers with hers and stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. She was here, with him. They were together and that was enough.
Now I know it's true My every road leads to you And in the hour of darkness darlin' Your light gets me through
Wanna swim in your river - be warmed by your sun Bathe in your waters - cos you are the one I can't stand the distance - I can't dream alone I can't wait to see you - Yes I'm on my way home
Rogue freed her hand from his and turned into his arms.
Oh I hear the wind call your name The sound that leads me home again It sparks up the fire - a flame that still burns Oh, it's to you - I will always return
She buried her head in his chest. She was never going to leave him again if she had any choice in the matter. She was going to stay right here with him.
Wanna swim in your river - be warmed by your sun Bathe in your waters - cos you are the one I can't stand the distance - I can't dream alone I can't wait to see you - Yes I'm on my way home
Rating: We're still in the tame bit...sorry.
Hey and hi. Okay, new chapter. I couldn't keep them apart. I love them too much.
She didn't try to fight it this time. She felt it again. As though she was being hit with something hard and cold and invasive. She just waited for a moment. It filled her, consumed her, until she, as a single being was swallowed. But it was different. There was something new here. It wasn't the Professor; at least, not only the professor. She felt as though her heart was being gripped, "Bobby?"
"Rogue!"
He sounded almost delirious. He was still far away, but he was way closer than the professor had been "Yes, I'm here."
She felt a huge rush of emotion from him, "Oh God, you're here...I... Wait, we don't have time. I need to tell you. You need to come to me. Now wherever you can feel me coming from. You need to come to me."
She didn't really need to be told that. Every instinct in her was telling her to go to him. To get to wherever he was and he would make her safe again. She started moving. She was astounded at how simple it was. She didn't really need to think about it too much. She just wanted to move and she did, and quickly.
"Rogue? Are you still there?"
"Yes, I'm here. Just keep talking I need to hear you."
"Just keeping moving. Come towards me. Come on..."
He was closer, so much closer than he had been and now. She could feel them both. The Professor and Bobby both. They wanted her with them. She had to get to them. She forced herself forwards. It was almost as though she could see them again. Just like she knew that she was herself, she knew that this was them. They were different than her though, almost touchable. She was closer, "Bobby?"
"Just come to us Rogue. We're here."
And then she realised, she wasn't just moving herself forwards anymore. She was being pulled. No, pushed. No, pulled. No...she didn't know what. It was like...like she was being thrown out. Like whatever made the rules here decided it didn't want her anymore. She could feel how close she was to the Professor and Bobby but she couldn't slow herself down. In about fifteen seconds they were going to collide. She tried to force herself to slow, she couldn't. She was still moving and if anything she was picking up speed.
She fought with all her might but it didn't help. And her last thought before she hit them was that she could feel that thing again, that other thing, the other one. It was here. It had come back with her.
Bobby and the Professor were thrown about twenty feet backwards. Both of them lost consciousness and Logan began to move over to help them. Ororo stared and Scott looked immediately over to Jean to see if she was okay.
Before anyone could do anything, Rogue spoke, "Bobby..."
Logan moved over to the bed and looked down at the girl, "Rogue?"
Her eyes focussed on his face after a moment, "Logan?"
"Yeah, yeah, it's me. Are you okay?"
She shifted her shoulders on the bed, "Yes, yes I think so."
Logan felt the first tear slid down his cheek but he couldn't fight it. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders and hugged her to him. "I was so worried. I thought you were gonna die."
She hugged him back for a second, "Where are the Professor and Bobby? They brought me back."
Logan realised where he was and what he had seen just before he had realised that Rogue was okay. He turned and saw Scott helping a now conscious Professor Xavier back into his chair. Bobby was still out and Ororo was trying to get him to a bed. "He'll be fine Rogue. Don't worry. If I can just lift him."
Logan quickly ran to help her with Bobby's dead weight.
Rogue swung her legs off the bed and instinctively slipped a hand to her back to see if she was safe to touch anyone. She immediately found that of course she wasn't. She really should have known that. The Professor would have to have been touching her to make contact. How would he have done that if she had been wearing her disc? "Ororo?"
The older woman lifted her head from leaning over Bobby, "Yeah?
"Where..?"
She of course realised what she was being asked, "On the side there."
Rogue looked and saw; she reached for it.
Jean was alone again, she knew that Rogue had somehow found a way to get back, or else the others had found a way to bring her back. She knew that the latter was more likely. She doubted that Rogue would have left without her if she could have done anything for her. Jean felt despair clench around her and she fought to squash it. If they were able to save her then there was a chance that they would be able to save her in time as well.
They wouldn't leave her here. She knew that. Scott wouldn't leave her here and Logan...she knew that Logan would rather die than leave her here voluntarily.
Rogue rushed over to Bobby and touched a hand to his face. It felt very strange to have a body again. She definitely knew that she preferred it though. She felt his skin on hers and she knew that she could never live without this; she didn't think that she could live without him.
Bobby opened his eyes and stared into her worried face, "I'm...I'm not dreaming right?"
She smiled and kissed his gently, when she pulled back she slipped one of her hands into his, "No."
He sat bolt upright and threw his arms around her and held her tightly. She put her arms around him and held him to. She could feel him shaking, as though afraid that if he let go she might disappear and leave him again. She kissed the side of his neck, trying desperately to reassure him that she really was there and she wasn't going to go anywhere, "It's okay, I'm here. I'm right here I swear."
He wanted to hold her forever, but the other sounds in the room slowly broke into his mind and he realised that they were in fact in a room where something a little dramatic had just happened. He began to notice that the other three adults in the room were still crowded round the Professor's chair. He slowly released Rogue and swung his legs off the side of the bed. "Is the Professor okay?"
Rogue turned her attention away from Bobby for the first time since she had awakened and noticed the Professor, he was awake and shaking his head as though to clear it. "Are you alright Professor?"
His eyes settles on Rogue and a smile of happiness broke out on his face, "Rogue. You're back. Oh thank God."
She moved to in front of the chair and smiled too, "Thank you for coming to get me."
He placed a hand on one of hers, "My pleasure."
Scott spoke for the first time since Rogue had woken up, "Rogue...Jean, is she...?"
Rogue turned in surprise back to the other bed. A stab of guilt hit her hard. She had just followed Bobby without thinking. Literally, without thinking. She had just gone and left her. Oh god, she had left her all alone in that place.
The professor instantly cut into her thoughts, "Rogue, do not feel guilty. You followed us as you were instructed to do. The damage to Jean is very different to the damage done to you. You could not have brought her back with you in the same way. It would have been impossible and we would not have even been able to save you if you had tried. Do not feel guilty."
"I just..." she didn't know what to say. She knew that what the Professor was saying made sense, but it was so hard to not feel responsible for not saving Jean.
"If you need to convinced further, try to realise that you have a unique knowledge of what happened to you and it may be very helpful in saving Jean."
Rogue nodded.
Rogue lay down on her bed. She was so tired. Bobby at next to her and stroked her hair, she closed her eyes enjoying the feel of being home. She opened her eyes when she felt him move off the bed. He walked over to the CD player, put a CD in and pressed play.
He walked back over to the bed and crawled into bed behind her holding her tight to him, "I love you."
She sighed and smiled, "I love you too." She closed her eyes.
I hear the wind call your name It calls me back home again It sparks up the fire - a flame that still burns Oh it's to you I'll always return
Rogue smiled, she was amazed at how right the words were for her. Definitely a good choice.
I still feel your breath on my skin I hear your voice deep within The sound of my lover - a feeling so strong It's to you - I'll always belong
Bobby gently wove his fingers with hers and stroked the back of her hand with his thumb. She was here, with him. They were together and that was enough.
Now I know it's true My every road leads to you And in the hour of darkness darlin' Your light gets me through
Wanna swim in your river - be warmed by your sun Bathe in your waters - cos you are the one I can't stand the distance - I can't dream alone I can't wait to see you - Yes I'm on my way home
Rogue freed her hand from his and turned into his arms.
Oh I hear the wind call your name The sound that leads me home again It sparks up the fire - a flame that still burns Oh, it's to you - I will always return
She buried her head in his chest. She was never going to leave him again if she had any choice in the matter. She was going to stay right here with him.
Wanna swim in your river - be warmed by your sun Bathe in your waters - cos you are the one I can't stand the distance - I can't dream alone I can't wait to see you - Yes I'm on my way home