(A/N Di here…MERR sorry it's all I've been saying recently. Yes can you believe it! LAST CHAPTER OF CS but never fear CS 2 will be coming to a cine-fan fic near you….hosted by me this time.)

Neal strode over to Kel. He whispered something in her ear.

"But…" Rogue protested as Neal laid a comforting hand on her arm as he smiled in a non- Neal like way. Honestly if anyone he knew was watching and saw him using compassion he'd never hear the end of it.

"I know, you've held on to your comforting little tragedy for all your teenage years and finally I may have a solution and you balk. Now why would that be, Marie?" Neal asked gently as Rogue looked at him with half hatred and half wonder.

"How did ya know mah name?" She asked in a hushed tone.

"You murmur in your sleep. I was on watch duty. Anyway I've seen your unusual predicament and my wife and I have been working on this little spell for days," Neal grinned. "It's a family project, since she's been distracted with the baby she's been grumpy for days," he added with a rueful glance.

"So…you can fix me?" Rogue said tentatively as Neal nodded with a huge smile.

"Yes indeed, your gift can be then activated by will and recall and not via basic human contact" Neal finished and then looked at Rogue who was nodding eagerly.

"Please," she murmured and Neal then walked away, returning with a sheet of parchment and a muttering of words.

"It's in old Carthaki, so you won't understand but it was the only language I could find to bend so to speak to our purpose," Neal explained but Rogue obviously wasn't listening. Because, in the corner where she and Neal sat was in perfect view of a certain Cajun who was discussing stealing with George and Aly.

"So I'll just perform the spell and we'll test it out" Neal finished lamely as he saw his new experiment's interest waning for the prospect of touching Remy. Rogue nodded and with an anti climatic muttering of words there was a definite green flash and Rogue stood as before but with a big beaming smile.

"Now to test it…" Neal said but Rogue waved him off.

"It worked, Ah know it did. But Ah wanna surprise Remy" She murmured and walked off. Neal looked disappointed but shrugged and wandered off to find Yuki so they could set up for the grand 'sending the x men home spell'.

Later...

"So are we all clear on what we are to do?" Numair addressed the people in the hall. "I know the non mages will be wary of what is to happen but you are here to strengthen the circle but not to supply to it." He pointed to the circle in which stood Kel and Dom with Myles and Daine who was technically not Gifted as such.

"Right. We are going to begin by holding hands around out guests," he added as the Tortallans, in which next to Daine's feet was Rikash and Sari who were giggling and poking each other. "Shh, children," Numair added as the X-men who stood in the middle of the circle grinned at one another.

"Now I will say the incantation and the spell will gather around you all and take you home. It's in Yamani so I doubt anyone but Yuki will understand but ah well." Standing in attendance to the spectacle was the King and Queen with Roald and Shinko (also pregnant) because of the safety of the 'royal personage'.

Numair then closed his eyes and began to mutter reverently in Yamani, as the spell progressed and black, green, violet and a touch of amber light gathered around the X men sweat stood out on his forehead. He continued then something began to go wrong…

The light started to encompass the natives as well as the strange X-Men… but as soon as Jon reached out a hand to touch the light it stung him and flung him to the back of the room with a thudding crack.

Then…with a brave flash of white light they were all gone.

All that remained in the temple of Mithros in terms of people was the royals, one of which was unconscious as Thayet looked to the heavens and murmured "Gods help us all..."

(Sky's note: Dun dun duuuun... Once again, I will be writing the first chappy. It shall be called "Culture Shocked" (isn't it just fabulously original?) and under Di's account and out in a day or two.)