AN: Jeez get picky with me! About five people nagged on the fact that I did Kurt's accent wrong, Have a Cow! But thanks for the pointers, i made sure it was better in this chapter but he really doesn't talk too much. SO enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 5: The Time had come

Rouge opened her eyes to see Kurt wrestling Gambit to the ground. She hopped up and through Kurt off and stood in between the two boys. She glared at Kurt before calmly asking,

"What are ya doin' here? And ya better have a good excuse." She added ready to beat the stuffing out of the blue elf.

"I knew zat he vas up to no good, I knew it!" Kurt yelled as he teleported behind Gambit.

Rouge flipped around grabbed Gambit by the arm and stood in between them once again.

"Kurt you don't havta fallow me around, ah'm a big girl ah really can take care of my self. Beside do you think a swamp rat like him is ganna make me do anythin' ah don't want to do?" She asked.

Kurt though it over a little bit before glaring at Gambit. He shook his head and teleported away.

"Jeez a little over protective don't ya tink?" Gambit said placing a hand on her shoulder.

Rouge playful pushed him away.

"Hey if you hadn't gone all kissy on me we wouldn't have had to go through that." She blushed a little before sighing.

"We should get back before Kurt has the whole institute looking for us."

Gambit only laughed as he bent down to clean up the picnic things. Rouge helped him load the stuff on to the bike and they road back to the mansion.

*****

Just as Rouge had thought when they pulled into the garage Logan and Kitty were waiting for them. Rouge sighed as she removed her helmet and walked over to them.

"What?" She asked as innocently as she could muster.

Logan looked at her with his deep eyes but didn't say anything. Then he looked up at Gambit and gave him a look that would have made Magneto run and hide. He shook his head. Kitty stepped up and said, "Look we can like talk about this later, the Professor has called like a meeting. I think we ready to infiltrate the base."

Rouge looked at Logan and started to leave. Gambit tried to fallow but Logan stopped him.

"I got somethin' to say to you bub." He grunted out.

Rouge turned to protest but Gambit shook his head.

"Don't worry chere I can be killed till after the mission." Gambit said as he turned to face Logan's wrath.

Rouge fallowed Kitty down to the Danger Room in silence. Rouge should have known it wouldn't have lasted long.

"So is it like true?" Kitty asked.

"Is what true?" Rouge asked, hoping they would run into another person quick.

"Did you kiss Remy?"

Rouge thought about how she wanted to answer that. If she said yes she would have to go into great detail into how, but if she said no that would be lying.

"I'll tell ya later." She answered as they tuned the corner into the briefing room.

All the X-men and the Apocolytes were waiting. Gambit and Logan showed up about five minutes after Kitty and Rouge. Rouge looked at Gambit who just smiled. Rouge let out a sigh of relief and tuned her attention to the Professor.

"Well you all have done a wonderful job of training for your positions in this mission. Magnus and I have decided it is time for the real thing. Get your things together we leave in an hour."

Rouge was surprised of how short the meeting was. But she didn't complain. She fallowed Kitty up to their room and started to change into her uniform.

"So now its like later did you kiss him or not?" Kitty asked as she slipped into her suit.

"Ya but I don't want to go into detail about it, it's kinda personal." She answered hoping Kitty wouldn't push the matter.

"Look if you like don't tell me now, you'll have to like tell me when we get back."

"I'll tell you when we get back then ok."

Rouge slammed the closet door and walked down to the jet.

*****

Rouge sat down in her usual seat next to Kitty. She was a little worried about the whole mission. After Apocalypse had controlled her she had been a little edgy about the mission. She still worked as hard as she could to do the best for the mission but the closer they got to the base the more she wanted to go home. Kitty noticed her uneasiness.

"Hey like what's wrong?"

"Ah'm just worried about Apocalypse, an mean what if this is a trap?"

"Don't worry this plan is fool proof, nothing will happen." Rouge felt a little better but she still felt uneasy.

"Be sides you have to come back, you have to tell me about you know what." Kitty added with a laugh.

"Ya.." Rouge said as the jet quietly landed on the ground.

The group filed out and the looked at the huge compound. Rouge's knees gave out and she collapsed on the ground. Logan helped her up.

"What's wrong?" He asked.

"Nothin' ah just became a little light headed."

"Are ya sure your alright?" Gambit asked coming up next to her.

"Ya, come the time has come to get this over with." With those words the groups split into there positions.

AN: OK I know this isn't my best chapter but I hope you guys enjoy it all the same. I'm finally breaking into the action so yay. You all know the drill no reviews not more chapters. Later