AN: Hey everyone, hope you enjoyed chapter 15, I've been run off my feet with college work so I honestly don't know when I can update again, even though you're all going to hate me by the end of this chapter!

Just a quick note: Lydia, yes this is my first fanfic, but I actually have another one shot songfic about Rogue and Remy but its very very sad, I have it categorized under Angst/Ttragedy over in X-Men Evo and its called "Dance With My Father Again" I would love it if people would read it! Lydia, thanks very much for your confidence! Hope you enjoy this chapter.

Oh yea, ff.net isn't uploading all the italics and bolds that it should, so I'm putting the conversations in Rogues head in stars like thie ***blah blah blah***

Honor and Consequences

            By: The Sphinx Minx

Chapter 15: Whispers

Psylocke spoke slowly and deliberately "What do you mean Carol Danvers? Her psyche was removed from Rogue's after she went through the Siege Perilous. How could she have taken over Rogue's mind?!"

The entire X-Team was in the medi-lab as Xavier explained the latest development.

Mystique took over. "Carol slapped me with her bare hand when she was trying to kill me, she probably forgot about Rogue's absorption ability in her rage. When she touched me I got a glimpse of her mind and she absorbed my vulnerability temporarily which enabled me to stab her. I think when the light hit Rogue her mutant powers, her absorbing ability, was increased. So was her strength and invulnerability but they aren't her original abilities. They are Carol Danvers' whom Rogue absorbed. Although Danvers psyche was split from Rogues, a trace of it remained with her mutant ability that Rogue retained. When that ability was boosted, so was the psyche. It was boosted enough to take over. And you idiots didn't notice! Her eye color had nothing to do with the weaker conscious! It showed who was dominant, blue was Danvers, green was Rogue." Mystique was clearly furious that these people had not noticed Carol Danvers walking around the mansion with them for the last few months.

Remy ran his hand through his hair in distress. It all made sense…Rogue forgetting her gloves…Rogue pushing everyone, especially him, away…her delayed reaction in the Danger Room…her refusal to go on the Search and Steal mission. Carol was afraid the light would give Rogue the strength she needed to regain control. How could he have not noticed?! Jean interrupted his self-bashing by placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Remy, do not blame yourself, she fooled everyone, But we're going to get Rogue back, the world only needs one Carol Danvers." Her eyes flashed.


"Charley, how are you gona get the darlin' back?"

Minutes later, the team assembled outside Cerebro. Betsy who had retained traces of her telepathy, Jean, and Xavier entered; the rest waited anxiously outside.

"Cerebro, search all areas for mutant alias, Rogue." Xavier spoke clearly. It seemed like hours before…

"No results to report on mutant alias Rogue."

"Cerebro, please search all areas for Carol Danvers."

"Two results; showing on screen now"

 
Professor X and the two women looked at the screen before them. One half showed a blonde laughing, shopping with some other women. The other showed a brunette with distinct white streaks, touching down in some woods.

"At least that part was simple…Professor, does this mean that Rogue has been completely repressed?"

"Yes Betsy, it does."

"Will …will we be able to get her back?"

"I don't know, but we're going to try. We need a team to bring back Carol. Wolverine, Phoenix, Cyclops, Psylocke, Colossus, and Beast, you leave immediately."

"Professor, Remy will want to go."

"Yes, I am aware, but this is no time for emotions to take over. Your team must bring Carol back. Use any means necessary."

They exited Cerebro and met the rest of the X-Men.

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***Oh Gawd, what is she doing now? Where is she going? At least the X-Men know finally, ah don't care what they hafta do, ah don't even care if they kill her…me…us…Ah can't take this anymore! Being trapped in mah own head while this psycho messes up mah life. Do they know? That ah tried to drop hints, I was able to distract her sometimes, make her slip up. It was easiest in the Danger Room because she wasn't familiar with it, but she's too powerful. Do they know sometimes, when ah was really emotional and her guard was down or her attention was somewhere else I was able to try and take control, but she always got it back. Even brushed off Hank and the Professor with that cock and bull about eye color. Bitch! Ah want mah life back!

Giving out again Rogue?

You won't get far, the X-Men are on their way.

Oh Rogue, they can't stop me, the light has been destroyed and they won't kill me, they have too many values, they don't believe in murder. And now you have to feel the repercussions for your actions. And theirs. Honor and Consequences Rogue. That will be your downfall, you lack of honor, and their overabundance, and the consequences of that. ***

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"Dis ain't fair! I'm goin!" Gambit was livid; they thought they were going without him? Over his dead body.

"So am I!" Joseph didn't understand why he was being left out of the team again. Gambit looked ready to rip Josephs head off

Or his, his dead body would work Gambit thought maliciously.

Xavier took a slow deep breath, they didn't have time to do this.

Cyclops was getting impatient, "We don't have time to do this! You can't go because we don't need anyone making stupid mistakes because they're too emotional, be reasonable!"

Gambit sneered "and I suppose if that was Jean out there you'd sit here twiddling your thumbs?!"

Cyclops said nothing.

"Gumbo's gota point Slim."

"Scott, it's possible that seeing them will give the repressed Rogue strength to help us fight Carol from within." Phoenix was giving Cyclops a way out, and he gladly took it.

"Fine, but only one of you can go, we don't need Rogue confused, or you two killing each other."

The two men looked at each other. Flashing demon eyes met cool clue ones.

Bobby was about to suggest they flip a coin when Joseph broke their staredown. "I'll stay."

"Right, lets go, we've got to find her ASAP."

Gambit continued looking at Joseph, surprised. "Merci…"

"Just bring her back."

Once on the jet, Cyclops spoke to the X-Men. Despite Xavier's efforts to limit the team many others had presented various reasons why they should be allowed. In the end, most of the team was on the jet.


"O.K. team, this isn't Rogue, and it's not even Carol. Be aware that this woman who looks familiar may try to bait us, get us to attack her. Or she may try to get us to think she's Rogue. She might even convince us that she deserves to be the dominant personality."

Wolverine grunted, "Not much chance of that."

"Yes, well I would say our biggest risk is that this version of Carol is unstable. She may be willing to end her existence to get her revenge on Rogue if she knows that another Carol Danvers lives on. Don't make any killing blows. We must do anything to bring her back to the mansion. Unfortunately, the Danvers psyche in the past has been able to control Rogues absorption ability. That makes her potentially the most dangerous mutant. We can't let her beat us because we may never get this chance again."

"Cyclops, we've found her." Storm spoke from the pilots seat.

"Right, take her down, we all go at once."

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Carol looked up from the fire she had built and  saw the jet glide across the night sky; she sighed. They were so predictable.

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The X-Men spread out forming a large circle. At Cyclops silent signal, they stepped into the clearing, fire light illuminating them eerily. Cyclops, Phoenix, Wolverine Colossus, Shadowcat, Nightcrawler, Iceman, Archangel, Psylocke, Storm, and Gambit. Like I said, no one wanted to be left behind.

"Ohh you've brought the cavalry…ah'm so honoured." Carol switched easily to Rogue's Southern accent. She slowly pulled her fingers out of her gloves and tossed the gloves by the fire. "Ah hope y'all didn't think ah was gona come quietly."

Her opponents said nothing, the only sound was the cackling fire,  Carol knew they were communicating telepathically so was not unnerved by their silence but the first attack still took her by surprise. Cyclops moved first, cutting a tree with his optic blasts, it fell where Rogue had been standing and she jumped to the side to avoid it. The X-Men seized the opportunity while her attention was shifted; her feet hadn't even touched the ground when she heard a BAMF behind her. Before she could act her stomach lurched at the dimension jumps she was pulled through. Carol's head was spinning and she felt physically sick but he managed to touch one of Nightcrawlers fingers during a jaunt and the bamfing ceased but the assault did not. As she turned  to absorb enough of Nightcrawler to put him out of the fight Shadowcat appeared and phased Nightcrawler though her touch. Enraged, Carol swiped at the girl who of course was unaffected. Carol didn't even notice Colossus until she saw a flash of metal out of the corner of her eye. The next clue she got was the giant fist that knocked her into a few trees. She shrieked with frustration and she stood, unmarked. Then she decided that she needed to put an end to this quaint telepathic talking. She sought out Phoenix and flew toward her, warding off various attacks that came her way, she even managed to roll around Wolverine's lethal claws before she reached the redhead. She grabbed Phoenix by her covered neck and rose 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 feet into the air. The team froze at Cyclops's command.


"Listen up! I've had enough of this shit! Rogue has stolen YEARS from me and still you defend her? Well it's time we began negotiations. You leave me the hell alone or else I drain Jean here dry. I'll have her powers, her memories, and most importantly, anyone know if that Dark Phoenix is still around? Because I don't give a damn if this body is consumed with the power!" There was a heavy silence and Carol decided she was fed up of this telepathy crap so with her free hand she touched Jean's cheek. She felt the power flow to her and she felt the connection Jean had with each X-Men.


Carol lashed out a mental attack and the others, except the unconscious Jean, grabbed their heads and screamed in agony. She laughed at their sudden incapacitation but her laughter soon turned into a cry of pain when she felt a physic onslaught that left her falling from the sky. When she landed, she pulled herself onto her hands and knees, head bowed, breath shallow. She looked over at Jean Grey to try and figure out where the mental attack had come from, but Phoenix was still down for the count.

"Over here you bloody bitch."

Carol quickly looked ahead and directly in front of her she saw tall blue stilettoed boots, long strong legs with navy stockings and a distinct bathing suit style costume which could only mean one thing.

"Pyslocke" she gritted, teeth clenched, she was still on all fours, reeling from the attack. She tried to move but found she couldn't.

"I should thank you," Betsy began, " the light allowed me to regain some of my lost telepathy. Usually, Rogue's mind is unscannable, unattackable. She can communicate telepathically only when she chooses. It's just in her genetic makeup to repel any physic probes. But when you used Jean's telepathy, you overrode that makeup and opened your mind to a telepathic attack. From me."

***Ah knew the X-Men would stop ya…but it's beneath mah dignity to say ah told ya so, so ah'll jus say nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah.

Carol snapped Shut-UP! Even if they drag me to their stupid mansion, I will personally ensure that you never recover, no matter what the expense. And I wouldn't get so cocky if I were you, I'm only under the Brits control as long as my mind remains accessable, but you know the best and worst aspect of your powers?***

Rogue was silent for a second before admitting; it wears off.

Psylocke felt Carols mind slipping from her grasp as she was afraid it would, but the next thing that happened shocked everyone.

Joseph ran into the clearing.

AN: Runs and hides from Ish.