Roguechere-Lol. Thanks. Good to know you enjoyed that. Yeah, I felt bad about Pyro too, but Scott can't die yet until he explains himself. LOL.
BananaPanda-Lol. Thanks, so glad you do. Yeah, either she's that good or their that lonely huh. LOL. Hope you enjoy the rest just as much. :-)
Ashnan-Great. Thanks, I'm happy you still like it.
RETREAT
As they ran back they noticed that they were actually heading back towards the camp, and that there were still some left there. Rogue stopped dead in her tracks and panicked. They were not going to get her baby nor anybody else if she had a shot on it. She was getting tired, but she knew what she had to do. It almost worked once. Both men stopped and looked at her beckoning her to come. Her eyes shot between the two, "Anybody got a lighter?" They eyed her curiously, but then Logan threw one to her. Then she turned around and yelled at them to run as she lite the lighter and made the flame flow through the trees before her, the flames reaching as high as they could. She started to step back and then made the flames go around and encircle the camp. She then teleported herself to the camp and called for everyone that could to gather around. There weren't many, but there was enough for her to have everyone lay hands on her as she teleported them all a couple of miles away. She told them how to reach a cave not to far from there and teleported back. Rogue had to go back and make sure that Gambit and Anna got out safe.
There were sentinels scouting everywhere, but as soon as she had teleported, they were targeting on her. Rogue's plan worked. By teleporting back, the machines figured it was her from a mile away, and instead of going after anyone else, they went after her. She was getting warn down, fast. She wasn't used to using all of her powers so much at once. Even in the few battles she has had with these giant tin cans, it wasn't like she had time to practice much. Finally, she collapsed. When she woke up, she found herself laying in a bed, in a motel room. She sat up and groaned from a headache. Rogue looked around but saw no one. She sat there trying to figure out what had happened when somebody came out of the bathroom. He smiled at her.
"Rogue." he greeted her.
"Scott, what happened?" he walked over and sat on a chair near the bed.
"Well, first of all, you taking on all of those sentinels, alone, without any back up was a little bit reckless, then-" she held up her hand to stop him and closed her eyes.
"No, Ah don't need a briefin' 'bout what Ah did wrong, just how Ah got here." he nodded.
"Had Kurt 'port me halfway there and ran the rest of the way so that they coudln't track anybody else. Found you on the ground with a nasty bump on your head, and half a dozen sentinels surrounding you." she waved a hand at him and sarcastically drawled, "Mah savior." He laughed and jumped out of his chair making his way over to her. "Damn straight." Then he pointed to her head, "Looks like Logan's healing kicked in pretty quick though. It was a lot worse." She nodded. "How'd ya get out here anyway?" he smirked at her.
"You know I get around."
"No kiddin', haven't seen ya since Muir Island, even then Ah didn't know how ya got there." he grimaced at the name.
"Yeah, the miracles of 'porting. Maybe I should have been given Kurt's power. After you told me about Jean, I had to know for sure. Went looking for her. I figured a good place to start looking was New York. Or at least a start. It was where Xavier's Institute was. Then I ended up running into Emma. Kind of felt like an endless search, so I just stayed there with Emma, until-"
"Yeah, Ah understand. But what got ya out here now?" he shrugged.
"Just looking for some place to call home, you know?" she nodded quietly. "Maybeh that was for the bettah. I saw her, her...die." he looked up at her in disbelief.
"Whatevah saved her wanted ta take ovah her body. Ah didn't know, and Ah touched her Scott. Just a lil bit, took whatevah it was in her. She tried ta help meh and it killed her." she looked away from him.
"Ah'm sorry." he put a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"It's okay. It's not your fault. There is no one to blame. She was your friend, I know you would have done something if you could have." she looked up at him, tears lightly falling down her cheeks. She quickly wiped them away and he hugged her.
"Did ya happen ta see a man with a baby?" he looked at her curiously.
"Well, ya probably know him. Logan did. Gambit, he has Anna." he was a bit taken back by this.
"How in the world did you end up any where near that guy. You know he's nothing but trouble. He's a thief." she gave him a dirty look.
"Give meh a break Scott. What's there left ta steal in a world lahke this?" she asked him sarcastically. "And besides, who says we should judge the guy, we all have pasts." she told him plainly. He rubbed his eyes underneath his glasses and sighed.
"No, I didn't see them. Knowing him, he always ends up back down south somewhere." she stood up, preparing to leave when he told her, "I'm sorry I wasn't there sooner Rogue. I had just got there when it all went down." she turned to him and smiled gently.
"Ya were there when ya were needed the most sugah. Ah bettah go, Ah gotta fahnd mah baby." he nodded, but added, "Just please be careful. With our luck, we'll end up meeting again sometime." then they both laughed and she left.
