Chapter 13: First Time For Everything
Lady k.
'Why am I always the one that's freaking out?' St. John asked himself as he watched his two companions solemn faces. It seemed like they never got worried like he did. John felt a shiver shoot down his back.
"Did anyone else feel that?" he asked, only to be answered with an uneasy silence.
For the first time, John felt unstable…and it is not a good thing for John to be unstable.
"Alright! You come out o' I'll burn you out!" Gambit and Piotr turned to look at their fire-possessed friend right as he cranked his fire blowers.
Piotr looked over at Gambit to get a signal from the unofficial leader. Gambit nodded over to John. If Piotr had to tend to St. John for a moment, there shouldn't be a problem.
After all, the only person near him that he knew of was Rogue, and she certainly didn't pose a threat.
"NOW!"
Rogue heard a voice suddenly scream inside her head. She tried to bring her hands to her head, but her arms still lay limp at her body's side.
Her head was throbbing and she could feel her heartbeat quickening. A wave of nausea hit her and knocked her to the ground.
(A/N: Keep in mind that this is happening to Rogue's psyche. Her body is still in Gambit's arms and not moving. Sorry to slow you down, thanx).
Rogue's arms and legs began to burn like they were on fire. Her body slowly began to move without her willing it to.
Gambit barely had time to step out of the way before he felt Rogue's body fall out of his arms.
Her body landed with a thud on the cobblestone pathway that they had been walking on. Rogue was down for less than a second before her body moved limply onto her feet.
Her body ran towards Gambit, blind to the fact that both Piotr and a now- pacified St. John were right behind him. Rogue's left hand shot out in a clumsy attempt of an attack. Gambit caught it with ease, and pulled the untouchable close to him, pinning her arms against him.
Her body struggled violently for a few more minutes, making Gambit only bring her body closer to his. Suddenly, Rogue stopped moving.
Her body slumped back into its vegetative state, and her eyes turned from a foggy green back to a murky brown. Gambit sighed and picked her up again.
"Who's making her do that?" St. John asked, his voice hushed as if he feared to be overheard.
"Gambit don't know," the Cajun answered quietly. "But whoever it is, he's never dealt with a LeBeau before. He'll wish he'd never been born after Gambit gets through with him."
Just as he finished those words, Rogue's body shot up, and her mouth was suddenly on his.
To Gambit's surprise, his life force was not sucked into Rogue's body. In fact, nothing happened at first.
All he could think of was the fact that Rogue had kissed him. In all of his daydreams of how he was going to take the Untouchable, he had always been the one doing the kissing. However, he had little time to savor his surprise.
Suddenly, he felt of flow of energy entering his body and Rogue's body go limp. A severe pain fell over his body, and he dropped down on his knees, letting go of Rogue's body in the process.
As soon as his contact with Rogue ended, his pain subsided and he looked over at Rogue with glazed eyes. Gambit shook his head slowly, and, once he regained his sight, looked over at the horrified faces of St. John and Piotr.
"What happened?" John asked in a shaky voice. Gambit looked back down at Rogue's unconscious form.
"Gambit not sure," he answered as he continued to stare at the Untouchable. A few moments of silence came that seemed more like hours to the Acolytes.
"We need to get her out of the fog," said Piotr, his accented voice cutting through the silence like a knife. Gambit nodded and reached for Rogue, making sure that her body had once again fallen into a coma-like trance. As soon as he was satisfied, Gambit picked up Rogue and looked around for the exit he did not expect to see.
"This way," Gambit said, starting forward on his way. The other Acolytes followed. Suddenly, the fog that had been surrounding them rolled away to reveal the park like it had been hours ago, with a bright, full moon in the sky.
"That was weird," St. John said as he looked at the scene around himself thoughtfully.
Neither Gambit nor Piotr answered. The both looked around them, their postures resembling sloppy fighter's stances.
"Gambit thinks it be time to get Rogue to Mags," Gambit said as he located the exit to the park and walked out of it.
A/N: Okay, so that wasn't so horribly short, right? It was a lot of action, so hopefully that makes up for it. And what did I tell you? I got the next chapter out within two weeks of the last one! That may seem like a lot of time, but it's finals season and I'm dying.
OH! Somebody wanted to know where I went in Ireland! I only got to visit Dublin on account that I was with a tour group and all…I really wanted to see the countryside. Oh well, that for another trip. I also got to go to North Wales (it's like the Shire!) and London, so it's all good. Well, please read and review and I hope I'll get out the next chapter soon