Episodic: Thanks for the link (But please remember to use 3 w from now on)

Booyah: I'm not sure about that, plus I think either the author alert was down that day or you sent it just as I posted it.

Actiondude: You can bet on it, that's why I put him in the story.

celtcath74: I'm going for something else then the Ultimate verion, I really didn't care for that version, I'm more of a fan of the classic one.

X-Over: Evidently you should look up the Prowler's real name cause I think you missed something. I already got a few ideas for most of them plus a few others stayed tuned to see who else shows up.

Ldypebsaby: Yeah he will be there for her, and she got a few things, remember how she had a nightmare of Kurt's early childhood? Well think of what incident of Peter's past she will dream about.

Sparky Genocide: Oh you can bet on that, and you know Rogue will NOT like being lied and manipulated again by her.

Stoneman 85: Oh don't worry I got plans on introducing Norman in this story, if you remember Connors said he used to work at Oscorp, so when he goes into Lizard mode guess who's the first on his list?

Supergirlhv: Well Peter isn't as confident as his alter ego and Rogue was like that with Scott so I went that way. As for that last name, that's what I found at Beyound X-Men Evolution site.

Oceanbang: Some things will be the same and others events will change, but the basics should be still there.

C-Theory: Cool another new reviewer. Glad you liked both stories, don't be afraid to check out any other ones too.

Lord Destroyer: Well don't be so sure of any of those major events not happening, I thought this out and it may happen differently but they will happen, just with my own twist to them. I'll think on it, I'll see what I can do but no promises.

Thanks to: Rei4, Bobtheheadlesschicken, jadestar123, Sweegy, CrazySpirit123, fallenone

SPIDER-X

CHAPTER 28: WHO IS RISTY WHILDE?

As soon as the bell rang at the end of class Peter went right over to Rogue. "Hey I got an idea but we need to get to Scott before he leaves." He said hurriedly and then went to Scott.

Rogue had no idea what he had planned, and she wasn't sure if she wanted to know. This whole day had gone downhill for her. She followed Peter and they caught up to Scott, Peter pulled him aside and filled him in on what they had found out that day.

Scott of course was less then pleased at that. "If she really did set that off then she trouble." He said sternly. Peter noticed Rogue's face give a slight wince of pain.

"Scott I had a thought." Peter told him in a hush tone so only they could hear. "What if she's a mutant and it's her powers that are setting it off?" Scott looked thoughtful at that and Rogue seemed to have hope that this might turn out all right.

"Okay so how do we tell?" Scott asked. "It's not like we can go up and ask her out of the blue."

"Well,that's were Jean comes in. I'm thinking she does a little surface scan to see if she is a mutant or well if she is a threat." Peter said reluctantly said.

Scott thought about it. It would be better to know if she was a threat or not and Jean was the fastest way. "Alright, Rogue see if you can get Risty in the hall near the main entrance and we'll get Jean close enough to check her out."

Rogue nodded and she walked off. She wasn't sure about how she felt at the moment, it felt like she was betraying her friend, but if Risty was a threat to them then Risty was already betraying their friendship. She sighed then. She was a little thankful that Peter had said that maybe it was her powers that were setting off his spider sense.

When the others had gone to Jean they filled her in on their concerns. She was a little reluctant at first but she knew this had to be done. Jean saw Risty and Rogue walking down the hall. She attempted a scan but she was so shocked at what she found she gasped.

"Jean what is it?" Scott asked worried.

"I-I can't sense her. Risty, it's like she's not there, I can't sense her mind. Either it's like it's shielded from me somehow." Jean told them. Both boys exchanged a glance at each other. This they didn't expect.

Rogue came over to them hoping they had good news. "Well?" She asked hopefully when she saw their looks her heart sank. "What is it?"

LATER

The four of them had just finished telling Xavier what they had found out. He looked very concerned about all of this. "Thanks you all for bringing this all to my attention."

"So what are you going to do?" Scott asked him.

Xavier thought about it. "Well Cerebro hasn't picked up any new mutant powers, and this Risty has been here for quite some time, so I'm not sure if she's a mutant then how she managed to not be detected. Then again she might be like Peter here. Genetically altered but not X-gene positive."

"Well what if we do now?" Jean asked next.

"First I think I'll look into her background and see if there is anything we need to know about her." Xavier told them. "Then we'll see from there."

As the teens left the room they weren't really satisfied about that. They needed to know what was going on, like they needed to know that Mystique had been the old principal. "Ah'm goin' ta call her and meet her someplace and talk this out." Rogue said.

"Rogue you can't! What about the Professor said?" Scott protested.

"I can't wait for that Scott!" She yelled at him. "This is kikkin' meh on the inside not knowing if my friend has been laying to meh the entire time or not, I have-no I need ta know now." She said sternly.

"It could be dangerous Rogue." Scott said worried that she might get hurt in this.

"Then I'll go with her." Peter said surprising everyone. "Hey I can sense danger coming can you think of anyone else that you would have watching your back?"

"I think I'll go too." Jean said. "We don't know what's happening and have no idea what could happen out there."

They all looked at Scott then. He sighed resigning defeat. "I'll drive then."

LATER

After she called her they met her at the mall. Rogue was went to meet her out front. "Hey luv." Rogue turned to see Risty there. "I'm glad you called, I needed to get away if you know what I mean?"

Rogue put on her best smile and nodded. "Ya ah sure do, ah hope you don't mind that a few friends of mine hang out?"

"Sure, the more the merrier." She said shrugging. Rogue led her to the side parking lot, it was away from any of the entrances so there was no traffic of people coming or going. When they arrived Jean, Scott and Peter were there, with grim expression.

"What's going on Rogue?" She asked when she noticed that they had encircled her.

"Tell meh why you've lied ta meh all this time." Rogue said evenly.

"W-what are you talking about?" Risty said nervously looking around.

"Tell meh!" Rogue demanded. "We know you're not normal and I bet when the Professor is finished he'll find your past isn't what you said it was." Risty shook her head like she didn't know what she was talking about.

"Fahne then." Rogue growled out. "If Jean can't find out what's in your head¼then ah will." She took off one of her gloves and went for Risty's face.

"Rogue no!" Risty said trying to avoid her touch. It was enough at that point that they all knew now that Risty knew about them, or at least Rogue's powers. But Rogue managed to touch her.

It lasted only for a few seconds and Risty fell to her knees, Rogue's eyes went wide as the memories and thoughts and powers entered her body. "You!?" She screamed.

Risty's form slowly shifted into blue skin and her dark hair with purple streaks turned red. She grew in size and slowly became her true form, that of Mystique. "Rogue¼" She weakly called out.

"Rogue grabber her by the color of her clothing holding her. "You again? Why can't ya leave us alone? Why did ya pretend to be mah friend, just so ya can use meh again?" She shouted at her.

Mystique shock herself free and staggered back past Scott and Jean . The four of them gathered together in front of her, they were about to confront her when they heard sounds of people coming. They turned and saw a few people coming and when they turned back Mystique was gone.

Rogue was starting at the spot where she was. "Damn you." She said under her breath, she was trying to hold back the tears of being lied to and used by that woman once again.

Peter was in his room brooding about the events of that day. He felt bad when Rogue didn't come down for supper that night. He knew she was upset and he knew he was responsible for it. It was his powers that started all of this.

There was a knock on his door. "Yeah it's open." He said. He saw Spyder stick her head in and then walk in.

"Man you look like you got the weight of the world on your shoulders." She said sitting down next to him.

He smiled a little at her attempt at humor. "Well let's see I exposed a girl as Mystique in disguised oh yeah, I made Rogue feel like hell because her best friend turned out to be Mystique."

"Peter it had to be done. I mean I never met the lady but from what I heard she's bad news." Spyder said sternly to him. "I mean it better we all know now, including Rogue. Have you even talked to her?"

Peter was silent at the moment. "Peter you really should talk to her at least, if you feel guilty then let it out, I mean misery loves company right?" She said. She was hoping he would go for it. Kitty had told her earlier how hard this had hit Rogue and after seeing Peter taking all the blame for it, she figured he should talk to Rogue about all of this.

"Go on." She urged him. "Besides she might actually want to talk to you." After a little more convincing Peter made his way to the room Rogue and Kitty shared. Kitty was giving Rogue some space and Peter walked up to the door and knocked.

"Who is it?" Came the muffled voice of Rogue, and Peter could tell she was upset.

"Rogue it's me Peter¼can I come in?" He asked. He waited and the door slowly opened and Peter could see Rogue's face. All the makeup she wore on her eyes were gone, whipped off and her eyes had the tell tale sign of crying.

Peter's heart ached at the sight of her like this. "I'm sorry." He said as he entered the room and she closed the door.

"About what?" She asked slightly confused.

"This is all my fault, I started this all out." He said to her.

She went and sat down on her bed. "I guess...but it's really Mystique's fault. She was the one using meh then entire time. I can't believe I trusted her!" Rogue clenched her fists. "Ah must be tha biggest fool in the world."

Peter sat down next to her. "No your not, she fooled us all."

"Not you." She said sadly.

"Well...I got an edge, besides I didn't get it right away." He told her. Then he placed a hand on her shoulder. She looked up into his eyes then. "You shouldn't beat yourself up Rogue, believe me I know what that's like. And unlike me, you don't deserve to beat yourself up about anything."

Rogue felt slightly better, she also felt so drained and tired from everything that had happened, mostly emotionally tired. The next thing she knew her head was resting on his shoulder. He didn't pull away, in fact he placed and arm around her and started to hold her. At first she was a little tense but she relaxed into it as she found that she wasn't touching his skin.

She sighed and just laid her head on his shoulder. It felt good to be like this and for a moment all her worries seemed to disappear.

ELSEWARE

Felicia Hardy also known as the master thief The Black Cat was just returning to her penthouse suit that she had for now. She took off her mask and placed a sack on the queen's size bed. "Well tonight has been a good haul for me." She said grinning.

She was about to take the rest of her costume off when a voice startled her. "Even if Gambit would love to see this chere, he must do business before pleasure."

Felecia turned and saw a tall, handsome young man with short brown hair, red and black eyes and a long trench coat. She placed her hands on her hips. "Do you always like to be a peeping tom or do you actually have some business to discuss?" She asked angrily. She didn't know how this boy found her but she knew he wasn't with the law. If he was she could have been arrested by now, plus she caught him eyeing her loot, and she knew a fellow thief when she saw one.

"My boss has a job that he needs your...talents for." The man named Gambit said to her.

She grinned her curiosity aroused. "Tell me more."

NEXT UP CHAPTER 29: A THEIF IN THE NIGHT

Yep you know who is back, and this time she meets the X-Men, and let's just say Rogue won't like her hitting on Peter either.