Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Xmen. I know, you're disappointed. Woah, so many disclaimers at one time could cause a bit of chaos amongst the consensus… Hmmm….Star Trek..
My My, people seem to have liked the previous chapter; as crappy as it was… FANTASTIC!!
Thanks to:
Piotr's Girl: Killing Jessica Simpson eh? (ponders it for a moment…) MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!! YESSSS!! I THINK SHE SHALL!!
Duck3: You'd be amazed at how many people probably don't know of the great Speedy…. HAIL SPEEDY!!!! Yes, Rogue is the pure incarnate of evil and should be beaten for her transgressions….Mmmm…beatings…
Ishandahalf: (wide eyes Oo) You were watching it too? We should go on unsolved mysteries and explain our story to the world. Oh how I shall keep it coming, it shall come so fast that the crack bunnies won't know what hit them…
Fudje: Yes, You shall be my Prime MINION in my GLOBAL CONQUEST OF THE UNIVERSE!! MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!! Though shaving Jean's hair off would be great fun, I'd have to admit I have an even more delicious idea…. (evil thoughts)
SickMindSucker: Dear, dear…. Rogue shall be having Jean do the most vile things ever like, walking into a KuKluxKlan convention screaming about how the white man always holds the black people down and they should recant their ways.… while naked. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! Not to mention that when Rogue gets Emma, she would have already fell off the deep end.
Enchanted Light: Oh how I shall update…. I HAVE UPDATED!!!
Freak87: Yess….I hate King of the Hill waaaaaay too much..Especially Hank and Peggy. Hank with his damn propane and Peggy with her no Spanish speaking ass….Bobby I could stand only when he's not talking…
Recap: (ahem) How did you forget that damn fast? What are you people, mentally deficient when it comes to what happened to Rogue? (don't worry, I am too, I can't even remember what happened yesterday…) Anyhoo, Rogue is having lovely flashbacks.
Walking Alongside the Devil
Session 16: Gravity
" Been a long rode to follow…
But there I go tomorrow…All
The memories of home… still burning.."
Rogue laid her head against the cool metallic frame of the orb. The throbbing subsiding slightly. A single tear slid down her slender cheek, glistening in the miniscule beam of light that flowed through a small crack in the ceiling.
Lifting her hand slightly, Rogue stared aimlessly at it. The pale contours of her ungloved hand showing great contrast compared to the rest of her skin.
" Untouchable……" she whispered lightly.
Suddenly a shock of pain shot through her temple, sending her mind reeling. Gripping her hair, she began to yank hard upon the strands; a desperate attempt to distract herself from the current pain. She could feel as her memories began to leak from her like air from a tire.
She let out a slight hissing sound and threw herself closer to the floor of the orb. Theo's holographic figure flickering slightly.
" Rogue…. Please…."he muttered low, his eyes wide with concern.
Rogue spared him a small passing glance before rolling over on her stomach. Her face pressed into the cool metal surface.
FLASHBACK DAMMIT!! FLASHBACK!!
Small footsteps appeared within the hidden regressions of snow. Rogue felt as her leg began to lift her from the ground with each glide she made. She was running.
She was always running. . . .
A small figure lay huddled in the dark recesses of the furthest corner of the bedroom.. Petite frocks of auburn hair fell in slight tuffs across the pale contours of skin. Tiny emerald eyes peered out fearfully as they were fixed firmly upon the mahogany door on the other side of the room. The sound of heavy footsteps reverberated loudly against the hardwood floor, echoing into the stilled heart of the huddled body.
" Please no, not again…. I'll be good. I swear I'll be good…"
Silent whispers and pleas fell upon deaf ears as the steps grew louder. Emerald eyes watched warily as the doorknob slowly began to rotate.
" I promise…I'll be good…. Please no…"
The door slowly slid opened causing for a small beam of light to flow into the corner, revealing the outline of a young child's body.
" I told you earlier…. Marie, do not disobey me.." a soft voice spoke.
Despite the gentleness, little five year old Marie flinched. Biting down hard upon the fat of her lower lip, Marie darted her eyes to the floor.
" You do understand that discipline must be issued right?…" the voice coaxed.
Tears began to well up into Marie's eyes and her frail little body began to tremble.
" You do understand, don't you Marie?…"
Marie nodded her head slowly, her bangs falling into her face. Pulling her bare legs to her chest, she began to sob quietly.
" Look at me Marie." the voice demanded calmly.
Hesitating slightly, Marie brought her eyes to stare up at the originator of the voice.
" I'm…..I'm….sorry….Daddy…"
Her father jerked his hand up quickly and slapped it roughly against her cheek initiating a shock of pain through her jaw.
" There you go again, disobeying the rules…. Did I say you could speak?!" he spit out harshly.
Marie sunk lower to the ground, holding her aching jaw with her right hand.
" Nnn…No…..I'm…" she stuttered.
Another callous slap to the face caused for Marie's vision to spiral.
" Shut up! I see today you just want to disobey your father don't you?.."
Marie's body began to shake even harder. Marie's father reached down and grabbed her by her chin, forcing her to stare up into his cold olive green eyes.
" Just like your mother…. Guess I'm going to have to teach you a lesson just like I did with your mother.."
He lifted his free hand, leaning the bottom of his palm out he delivered a devastating blow to Marie's face, causing for her to fall backwards.
" Now repeat after me…. I will do as my father says.."
Marie slowly heaved herself up from the floor, a small trickle of blood flowing from her nose bridge.
" I….I will do as…my father…says.."
A swift kick to the stomach knocked the breath from her lungs creating little red dots beneath her eyelids.
" You hesitated…. Do it again…. I will do as my father says.."
He lifts his hand once more, making the breathless Marie shrink to the ground.
" I will do as my father says…"she rushed out.
" My father is always right…" he drawled out.
Marie opened her mouth but no sound escaped. Her five year old little mind reeling. Her mother had always taught her to tell the truth… But what was she supposed to do in a situation such as this?
A blow to the head jolted her thoughts.
" My father is always right…" she cried out.
Her father leaned down, grabbing her up by her hair.
" YOU deserve this punishment….. YOU know what you did… don't you?"
Tears flowed freely down Marie's dirt smeared face, leaving little river trails behind. She began to choke on the sobs that welled up in her throat. Her father tightened his hold on her, making her whimper loudly.
" YOU know DON'T you MARIE?!!" he bellowed into her ear.
Weeping painfully, Marie nodded her head. Instantly her father let go of her hair. Her legs, unable to hold her up any longer, buckled beneath her resulting in her immediate collapse.
Her father sneered at her before turning on his heel and leaving Marie lying limply upon the floor; her emerald eyes staring lifelessly into the darkness. Her auburn hair formed a fan like formation around her head, a small amount tinged with the crimson streaks of blood.
A loud crack of thunder reverberated through the room followed by a bright lightning flash that illuminated the room momentarily. Marie blinked slowly before crawling over to the barred off window. Small droplets of rain leaked through the ceiling, landing at small pools at her bare feet.
Lifting the wooden board beneath the window, Marie pulled out a small dragon pendant, gripping it tightly; Marie spoke a silent prayer.
" Please someone rescue me…"
( I didn't feel like doing the accent for Rogue.. . Sorry)
FLASHBACK ENDED.
Rogue growled slightly.
' Feh, ya make me lose all mah memories except that one. . . Isn't that just calling the kettle black…' she thought morbidly.
Theo stared at her carefully. She had seemed to calm down somewhat but it seemed only like the calm before the storm.
Rogue sat up slowly, dragging her knees to her chest. She lifted her head up, the wispy strands of sallow white hair brushing against her forehead.
" We've had a kind of paradise, in the flowers bloom.. . . We walked the earth in solitude, so beneath the warmth of some." she sang softly.
Rogue leaned her head back and forth. Her eyes closed tight as she moved.
" We lived the life that we could live, we see the truth magic that begins; Searching for something new out of the golden flowers bloom. . "
The sound of wind whipping against the hard metal could be heard from inside the orb, making Rogue smile slightly.
" We found a kind of paradise, below sky and so new. We've weaved a web of mystery. . So beneath the night of day. "
Rogue watched helplessly as memories of her life drifted slowly out of her mind. Memories of her friends and family disappearing into the air as if they had never existed.
" We've worn the glove of secret lives, we seen the truth magic descend. Searching for something new, out of the golden flowers bloom…"
Visions of the times her and Remy had before he had become an Acolyte of Magneto. The talks they used to share, the thoughts that used to be expressed. The love they shared.. . . All gone.
" So when will it end, So when will we be my friend. . . So when will it end. . . So when will we be my friend…"
Rogue slid slowly down the side of the orb, her eyes staring blankly in front of her. Not a sound echoing throughout the metal orb.
Theo shrank down to the ground, his face in his hands.
" She's gone…." he whispered, before his hologram flickered away. Leaving Rogue alone as she seemed lifeless against the metallic wall.
That's it for this chappy. . . I know sad. I'm a m such a whore.
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