4Rogue- Thanks. Totally understand.
ON THE RUN
Ah ran as far as Ah could get, not stoppin' for anythin'. If'n Ah got tired or hurt, Ah just concentrated on Logan's psyche and healed mahself. They probably haven't sent out anymore sentinels 'cause of the fact that they caught John. At least Logan was usful for somethin'. Ah don't know, Ah shouldn't beh that mad at him. Ah was young, huh, still am but Ah've done a lotta growin' up since then. Just felt like Ah needed other people, but Ah should only depend on mahself. Guess Ah was usin' him too. It may have been a raw deal, but at least Ah got Anna out of it. At least she's safe.
Then there's John. That stupid idiot, Ah can't believe him. We were friends, where does he get off doin' that? Sure Ah care 'bout him but the last thing Ah needed was him ta go and get himself killed for meh. Ah really hope he ain't dead, but where evah he is Ah'm sure he's gonna wish he was. Ah hate this, there ain't nothin' out here for miles. Ah really hate men. They all screw ya'll up more in the end. Ah'm suppose ta beh untouchable dammit. Leave meh alone. Sure Ah'd like some company, but if Ah end up in some stupid love triangle or somethin' it sure isn't worth it. Ah finally reach some small beat up car left in the middle of nowhere. It's already sundown, what's the worst that could happen? A sentinel steps on meh? Ha! Ah climb inta the back seat and Ah find decide ta take a nap and wait for mornin'.
Guess Ah was more tired than Ah thought 'cause when Ah wake up it's already movin'. Wait a second, the cars movin'! Ah look up and there's a woman with purple hair drivin' and a guy in the passengers seat.
"Ah, so your alive then, luv." She tells meh.
"What's goin' on? Who are you?"
"No, the question is who are you?"
"Excuse meh?"
"We found this car, with you in it. You're a mutant, are you not?"
"What's it ta ya'll? Ah don't know what ya'll are talkin' 'bout."
That's when she puts one arm in the air and then there it is, somethin' pinkish comes shootin' out of her hand and it looks like a knife.
"Psi-knife."
"Yeah, what gave meh away?"
"I can read your thoughts luv, or the lack thereof."
"Telepath? Should'a figured. There is no lack, it's the nature of mah power."
Then the man speaks, "What's your name?"
"Rogue."
"First or last?"
"Take your pick."
"I am Jean-Paul, this is Elizabeth."
She gives him a dirty look, "Betsy. He just calls me that to get a rise out of me sometimes."
"Ok. So where ya'll headed?"
"East."
"Sounds good, that's where Ah was headin' anyhow."
Betsy didn't wanna stop for nothin' so we hardly evah did so. She was real determined ta get where evah she was goin'. Given the right circumstances, we could beh a good friends but she didn't talk ta meh much. Ya'll could tell she was cautious of meh, probably since she couldn't read mah mind. Serves her right, telepaths shouldn't read everybody's minds all the time. She chose her words very carefully with meh, so Ah tried ta make sure that Ah didn't project anythin'. Jean-Paul was like her opposite. He was real nice ta meh. Over the past couple a'days, we became friends. Ah carefully pointed out that Ah had been part of too many bad relationships and he explained some of his. As Ah listened ta him Ah was quick ta notice that he was speakin' 'bout men too, boy did Ah relax. No more love triangles, or problems trippin' that line of friendship. He doesn't swing mah way and that just made this trip all the easier. Ah finally got it out of Betsy after pesterin' her that we were headin' ta New York. Her plan was the same as mine, 'cept they didn't get bombared bah a dozen sentinels. Jean-Paul and her met 'long the way, they haven't even know each other that long.
When we got'ta New York, it was still in ruins. 'Bout a year has past and the place was still in flames in certain areas. It looked horrible. We made sure ta stay on the outskirts. Betsy seemed like she was lookin' for somebody though. Ah asked Jean-Paul 'bout it and he said that they heard somethin' 'bout mutants bein' recruited here for somethin'. But that was all he knew. Ah tried ta talk ta Betsy but she ignored meh. Ah'm really startin' ta dislike the way she's treatin' meh, trustworthy or not. Ah was just 'bout ta blow a gasket when we saw this woman walkin' towards us like nothin' had evah happened. She was blond and wore all white, even walkin' 'round here she didn't get a speck of dirt on her. Creepy.
"Hello Betsy."
"Emma." Ya'll could cut the tension 'tween them.
"Follow me."
Meh and Jean-Paul looked at each other and shrugged. Whay not, better off than bein' here. So we all complyed. We got ta a clearin' and this Emma pressed some button and there appeared some huge jet. As the door opened for us ta climb up she made a point ta say, "This is the Blackbird. Sit down, buckle-up and don't ask me anything until we get there, or else."
Ah can see whay Betsy didn't like her. Who does she think she is? Ah'll deal with this for now, but if she just looks at meh the wrong way Ah might just snap and get ta her before Betsy does.
Finally we land on some island. It's nice, but all that is here is some huge facility. It almost takes up one whole side of the island. After we walk inside of the facility, there's Scott, and he turns ta tell us, "Welcome to Muir Island." Then he sees meh and just smiles, not the welcome Ah was expectin' until Ah see Emma walk up and kiss him. Well, that was unexpected. Good for him, 'cept that she is a-
"If you will follow me I can show you around and get you to your rooms." Scott says as he breaks mah train of thought. He doesn't even acknowledge the fact that he knows meh. Fahne, Ah travel all the way ta Colorado ta tell him 'bout Jean and he doesn't wanna know meh. Two can play at that game. The place is huge, but he doesn't give us much of a tour, he just shows us 'round a lil tellin' us the places we're allowed and then ta our rooms. We were lucky 'nough that we got separate rooms, but he told us that could change as the facilities are becomin' crowded. With that he left.
Ah check out mah room and Ah found that the dressers already had clothes in mah size. Odd, very odd. But Ah'm greatful so Ah go and take a'shower and change. Just as soon as Ah walk out of the bathroom, there's a knock on mah door. Ah go ta open it when somebody just walks through, literally.
"Hiya Rogue." Then she grabs meh inta a tight hug.
"Kitty." Ah said with a smile.
