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usually make me laugh out loud! So thanks for everyone who's stuck with
Honor and Consequences for the last...wow...is it four months?? That's
commitment! I don't Rogue and Remy have ever stayed together for that long!
Hehe just kidding.
Honor and Consequences
By The Sphinx Minx
Chapter 17: Whispers that Scream Part II
Joseph ran into the clearing.
Everyone froze and Carol smiled a bit as she pushed some white strands behind her ear. She rose from the ground and everyone backed up again. Joseph looked frantic to explain himself "I...I was the only one left behind! And I'm her friend, I can help her!" He looked around, Phoenix was unconscious, and the others looked shaky.
Rogue called out "Joseph! Joseph it's ok, ah'm me again! They don't believe me; they think I hurt Jean on purpose! You know ah'd never hurt her, or anyone, on purpose! Tell them!"
"I...I..."
It was the distraction Carol needed; it was time to get personal. While various people were yelling at Joseph to shut up and get back, Carol pushed past Psylocke and launched herself at Gambit. Not caught unaware, he charged his staff and swung it at her, she blocked it and without losing momentum she grabbed the collar of his trench coat and flew up once again. The illusion that was Joseph faded from existence as the X-Men realised they had been tricked.
Teeth clenched, Carol looked at Gambit, "This is personal."
"Ah chere, didn't know you cared...you gon' try to convince Remy dat you're Rogue? I'm no fool, you make look like her, but you ain't got none of her goodness, you a little too deep in de crackerjack box; you twisted. N' I can't wait til Charley rips you from ma cheres head."
Carol ignored his threat as she slowly rose, spinning slowly in the air. The X-Men looked up, unsure what to do. Why was Carol after Remy? Was it to exact more revenge on Rogue? Did that mean Rogue was recoverable?
"You know why I'm going to kill you?" Carol finally spoke.
Remy looked down briefly, and wishing he hadn't, answered "No but you're not de first, n I jus love how ev'ryone insists on telling me b'fore dey try."
"You...its your fault she's still here!" Carol tapped the side of her head as they continued to slowly turn, rising gradually, "when that light hit her, I felt my strength grow. We battled for domination but she was too weak and I easily won. I would have completely crushed her mind, her soul, out of existence except someone interrupted the process. When I was seizing control, another psyche, a partial, negligible in size, was absorbed and for a few precious moments I was unable to take over while that psyche lingered. When those seconds finally passed, my energy surge had faded and I wasn't strong enough to kill Rogue anymore. Do you know who stopped me from winning? From achieving what is rightfully mine? Do you know who interfered unknowingly at the last minute?"
*~*flashback*~*He felt a bolt of energy shoot through him painfully, but he never took his eyes off Rogue. He saw her eyes roll back in her head, her
lids close, her arms dropped, and she tilted back, one stilettoed boot raised in the air as she fell backward toward the fire. He leapt forward, natural reflexes taking over, and grabbed one of Rogue's wrists. He touched
the material of her usual elbow length gloves, covered by a long sleeve jumper and felt the drain that contact with Rogues skin usually caused. Not again, not ag—n...the familiar feeling of helplessness as his consciousness
flickered; he was losing his self, his soul, to this woman. His energy flowed out of him and he struggled to pull back, to keep his memories, his
feelings, his life force. As always, a futile attempt.*~*~*
"You stopped me! But the only good thing is that right now, Rogue is here," She tapped her head again, "screaming, pleading me not to kill you." Carol tilted Rogue's head and looked thoughtful, "What's that dear? Tut tut, no need to use bad language." Carol addressed Remy again "She takes everything so personally." Carol looked past Remy again, obviously talking to the other voice in her head, "Still you who ruined my life, I'm glad you can see me kill your lover, say goodbye to Gambit."
Gambit plunged his hand into his trenchcoat and pulled out a deck of cards which he quickly exploded in Carols face. It achieved the desired results, kind of...she dropped Gambit but the important thing was that she was temporarily blind, and without him as a hostage, the X-Men could attack again. As he fell to the ground, he couldn't take his eyes off the woman curled into a ball in midair, brown and white hair blowing in the wind, the shadow who had taken away the woman he loved. No more games, he knew what he had to do, what Rogue would want him to do. Anything it took.
Gambit didn't even notice Storm calling a wind to stop his fall until he touched the ground and realized he didn't have any broken ribs. He could hear Cyclops shouting orders to everyone in his head, so he knew Jean was awake.
Gambit hesitated. Carols rant had left him with a plan but it could backfire nastily. He took a deep breath as he watched Carol beat up the members of the X-Men, absorbing one ability to use on another person.
It was the only way. He called out to the group through their telepathic link and explained his plan.
Warren lashed out first, That's not only suicide, that's homicide! You'll kill her!
Storm broke in, her tone calm Gambit always has Rogue's best interests at heart, he wouldn't suggest this if he didn't think it was the only way.
There was a pause before Cyclops spoke, alright, unless anyone else can think of another plan, we go with Gambit's. The longer this fight goes on, the less likely it is we can win. Wolverine, are you ok wi-?
Shut up Slim, lets go Cajun.
Gambits plan was a simple, yet dangerous one, like most of his. Carol had said that while she was trying to seize control, the interruption of another psyche prevented her. But now she was able to control Rogue's absorbtion ability. Gambit and Wolverine were going to try and overload that control by forcing her to absorb them both at the same time. Gambit had decided that he and Wolverine were the best candidates for the most basic of reasons. They had fallen victim to Rogue's touch more than any other members on the team; she was familiar with their memories, with them. Additionally, Wolverine's healing factor meant he would recover quickly from the drain. It all depended on whether Carol was able to handle four strong, angry psyches at once.
Wolverine spoke, This plans depending on a lot of things we don't know about.
Insert "you play whatever cards your dealt wit" quote here, you ready?
They needed a distraction and decided Colossus would be best, seeing as Rogue couldn't absorb him in his metal form. So Peter Rasputin walked up to Rogue, and with a small clanging noise became the invulnerable Colossus. Carol stood, hand on her hip, waiting for him. And then the slug fest began.
They punched and kicked, hit and threw each other, damaging all around them. And slowly, Wolverine and Gambit crept around threes and bushes with Jean directing them which direction to go in. Eventually she told them to stop and wait. Meanwhile, Rogue flipped Colossus over her head into the ground, if he had been in his human form, his arm would have broken. As he lay there looking up at the beautiful night sky a voice spoke in his head Logan and Remy are in position directly behind you. Good luck
And so Colossus reached over his head and grabbed Rogue's ankle, in one swift movement he pulled her leg, causing her to fall, but before she hit the ground he sat up on one knee, swung her in a complete 360 degrees around, and released her. She cursed as she flew through the air and gave a little "oomph" when she slammed into a tree. She stood again, ready to continue when a snikt sound caught her attention.
Carol spun around. She knew that sound.
Wolverine emerged from behind the trees but said nothing. He kept his hands low so she wouldn't see he wasn't wearing his gloves. As she was about to pounce another sound reached her ears. Schsssh...schsssh. The shuffling of cards. She turned halfway, not wanting to leave Wolverine out of her sights. The team had already tried attacking her all at once, what were they playing at? They couldn't take her on and they knew it. Suspicious that they were trying to distract her from some other plan, Carol rose in the air preparing to fly off.
BAMF
Nightcrawler grabbed her from behind,
BAMF
She was back on the ground. She didn't have time to react when Wolverine and Gambit pounced. Wolverine grabbed one bare hard at the same time Gambit cupped her face. Carols eyes widened. She had froze when they pounced and as their bare skin met hers, she looked into Gambits face. Her vision was starting to get blurry and so was her hearing. The last thing she heard before nausea and coma swept over her was Gambit, "Come on Rogue...come back to me." And with those words, Gambit slowly lowered Rogue's body to the ground.
AN: Sorry I haven't been replying to the reviews, I've had loads of school work to catch up on, and my college exams start next week, so wish me luck! I'll do my very very best to type up and post a new chapter each week as usual, but no promises. There aren't too many chapters left in this fic, but I already have another one coming, it's a sequel to my one shot fanfic. I set it in Evo because Rogue and Remy don't have such a complicated past to work around there, but Romy is Romy!
Honor and Consequences
By The Sphinx Minx
Chapter 17: Whispers that Scream Part II
Joseph ran into the clearing.
Everyone froze and Carol smiled a bit as she pushed some white strands behind her ear. She rose from the ground and everyone backed up again. Joseph looked frantic to explain himself "I...I was the only one left behind! And I'm her friend, I can help her!" He looked around, Phoenix was unconscious, and the others looked shaky.
Rogue called out "Joseph! Joseph it's ok, ah'm me again! They don't believe me; they think I hurt Jean on purpose! You know ah'd never hurt her, or anyone, on purpose! Tell them!"
"I...I..."
It was the distraction Carol needed; it was time to get personal. While various people were yelling at Joseph to shut up and get back, Carol pushed past Psylocke and launched herself at Gambit. Not caught unaware, he charged his staff and swung it at her, she blocked it and without losing momentum she grabbed the collar of his trench coat and flew up once again. The illusion that was Joseph faded from existence as the X-Men realised they had been tricked.
Teeth clenched, Carol looked at Gambit, "This is personal."
"Ah chere, didn't know you cared...you gon' try to convince Remy dat you're Rogue? I'm no fool, you make look like her, but you ain't got none of her goodness, you a little too deep in de crackerjack box; you twisted. N' I can't wait til Charley rips you from ma cheres head."
Carol ignored his threat as she slowly rose, spinning slowly in the air. The X-Men looked up, unsure what to do. Why was Carol after Remy? Was it to exact more revenge on Rogue? Did that mean Rogue was recoverable?
"You know why I'm going to kill you?" Carol finally spoke.
Remy looked down briefly, and wishing he hadn't, answered "No but you're not de first, n I jus love how ev'ryone insists on telling me b'fore dey try."
"You...its your fault she's still here!" Carol tapped the side of her head as they continued to slowly turn, rising gradually, "when that light hit her, I felt my strength grow. We battled for domination but she was too weak and I easily won. I would have completely crushed her mind, her soul, out of existence except someone interrupted the process. When I was seizing control, another psyche, a partial, negligible in size, was absorbed and for a few precious moments I was unable to take over while that psyche lingered. When those seconds finally passed, my energy surge had faded and I wasn't strong enough to kill Rogue anymore. Do you know who stopped me from winning? From achieving what is rightfully mine? Do you know who interfered unknowingly at the last minute?"
*~*flashback*~*He felt a bolt of energy shoot through him painfully, but he never took his eyes off Rogue. He saw her eyes roll back in her head, her
lids close, her arms dropped, and she tilted back, one stilettoed boot raised in the air as she fell backward toward the fire. He leapt forward, natural reflexes taking over, and grabbed one of Rogue's wrists. He touched
the material of her usual elbow length gloves, covered by a long sleeve jumper and felt the drain that contact with Rogues skin usually caused. Not again, not ag—n...the familiar feeling of helplessness as his consciousness
flickered; he was losing his self, his soul, to this woman. His energy flowed out of him and he struggled to pull back, to keep his memories, his
feelings, his life force. As always, a futile attempt.*~*~*
"You stopped me! But the only good thing is that right now, Rogue is here," She tapped her head again, "screaming, pleading me not to kill you." Carol tilted Rogue's head and looked thoughtful, "What's that dear? Tut tut, no need to use bad language." Carol addressed Remy again "She takes everything so personally." Carol looked past Remy again, obviously talking to the other voice in her head, "Still you who ruined my life, I'm glad you can see me kill your lover, say goodbye to Gambit."
Gambit plunged his hand into his trenchcoat and pulled out a deck of cards which he quickly exploded in Carols face. It achieved the desired results, kind of...she dropped Gambit but the important thing was that she was temporarily blind, and without him as a hostage, the X-Men could attack again. As he fell to the ground, he couldn't take his eyes off the woman curled into a ball in midair, brown and white hair blowing in the wind, the shadow who had taken away the woman he loved. No more games, he knew what he had to do, what Rogue would want him to do. Anything it took.
Gambit didn't even notice Storm calling a wind to stop his fall until he touched the ground and realized he didn't have any broken ribs. He could hear Cyclops shouting orders to everyone in his head, so he knew Jean was awake.
Gambit hesitated. Carols rant had left him with a plan but it could backfire nastily. He took a deep breath as he watched Carol beat up the members of the X-Men, absorbing one ability to use on another person.
It was the only way. He called out to the group through their telepathic link and explained his plan.
Warren lashed out first, That's not only suicide, that's homicide! You'll kill her!
Storm broke in, her tone calm Gambit always has Rogue's best interests at heart, he wouldn't suggest this if he didn't think it was the only way.
There was a pause before Cyclops spoke, alright, unless anyone else can think of another plan, we go with Gambit's. The longer this fight goes on, the less likely it is we can win. Wolverine, are you ok wi-?
Shut up Slim, lets go Cajun.
Gambits plan was a simple, yet dangerous one, like most of his. Carol had said that while she was trying to seize control, the interruption of another psyche prevented her. But now she was able to control Rogue's absorbtion ability. Gambit and Wolverine were going to try and overload that control by forcing her to absorb them both at the same time. Gambit had decided that he and Wolverine were the best candidates for the most basic of reasons. They had fallen victim to Rogue's touch more than any other members on the team; she was familiar with their memories, with them. Additionally, Wolverine's healing factor meant he would recover quickly from the drain. It all depended on whether Carol was able to handle four strong, angry psyches at once.
Wolverine spoke, This plans depending on a lot of things we don't know about.
Insert "you play whatever cards your dealt wit" quote here, you ready?
They needed a distraction and decided Colossus would be best, seeing as Rogue couldn't absorb him in his metal form. So Peter Rasputin walked up to Rogue, and with a small clanging noise became the invulnerable Colossus. Carol stood, hand on her hip, waiting for him. And then the slug fest began.
They punched and kicked, hit and threw each other, damaging all around them. And slowly, Wolverine and Gambit crept around threes and bushes with Jean directing them which direction to go in. Eventually she told them to stop and wait. Meanwhile, Rogue flipped Colossus over her head into the ground, if he had been in his human form, his arm would have broken. As he lay there looking up at the beautiful night sky a voice spoke in his head Logan and Remy are in position directly behind you. Good luck
And so Colossus reached over his head and grabbed Rogue's ankle, in one swift movement he pulled her leg, causing her to fall, but before she hit the ground he sat up on one knee, swung her in a complete 360 degrees around, and released her. She cursed as she flew through the air and gave a little "oomph" when she slammed into a tree. She stood again, ready to continue when a snikt sound caught her attention.
Carol spun around. She knew that sound.
Wolverine emerged from behind the trees but said nothing. He kept his hands low so she wouldn't see he wasn't wearing his gloves. As she was about to pounce another sound reached her ears. Schsssh...schsssh. The shuffling of cards. She turned halfway, not wanting to leave Wolverine out of her sights. The team had already tried attacking her all at once, what were they playing at? They couldn't take her on and they knew it. Suspicious that they were trying to distract her from some other plan, Carol rose in the air preparing to fly off.
BAMF
Nightcrawler grabbed her from behind,
BAMF
She was back on the ground. She didn't have time to react when Wolverine and Gambit pounced. Wolverine grabbed one bare hard at the same time Gambit cupped her face. Carols eyes widened. She had froze when they pounced and as their bare skin met hers, she looked into Gambits face. Her vision was starting to get blurry and so was her hearing. The last thing she heard before nausea and coma swept over her was Gambit, "Come on Rogue...come back to me." And with those words, Gambit slowly lowered Rogue's body to the ground.
AN: Sorry I haven't been replying to the reviews, I've had loads of school work to catch up on, and my college exams start next week, so wish me luck! I'll do my very very best to type up and post a new chapter each week as usual, but no promises. There aren't too many chapters left in this fic, but I already have another one coming, it's a sequel to my one shot fanfic. I set it in Evo because Rogue and Remy don't have such a complicated past to work around there, but Romy is Romy!