A/N- Sorry this took so long to put up. Ok, I own nothing, not x-men or van helsing. (you'll find out later.)

Can't Stay

After my last class, I walked to Professor Xavier's office and just stood outside, my hand hovering over the door handle.

"You can come in anytime you are ready Rogue," said a soft voice in my head. I smiled and went in. Sitting down I looked at the professor. He seemed so calm and the corners of his eyes crinkled, as if he were smiling.

"Professor, you know that, along with other things, I'm leaving to find Logan. But I don't know where to even begin looking. Do you think you could help me?"

"Of course Rogue. He unfortunately, has gone back to old habits, so he is cage fighting. I believe you know better than I do where those bars are?" I nodded and Professor X just raised his eyebrow, but said nothing.

"Thank you should just go and get ready."

"You leave tomorrow night, do you not?"

" Yes and I'm not nearly as ready as I want to be. You've been so kind to me here, I'm going to miss you," I finished tearfully. I got up, ran around the desk, and hugged the Professor.

"Goodbye." With that I stood and ran to my bedroom, tears running down my face.

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I sat there crying into my pillow. I was out of tears, so I slowly got up and packed the last few items left in my room, a few shirts and books, and finally a photo album. I went and sat on my bed, opening it to the first picture. It was of Jubilee cuddling with Remy, pointing at the TV mouth open. There was also Kitty and Piotr sitting with their backs on the couch, and me in the chair, watching the movie Van Helsing. Scott had taken it without our knowing until the flash.

(Remember, Jubilee and you later chased him around the mansion trying to get it.) Said my little voice in my head.

/Yeah Marie, I remember. Jubilee tackled him because her mouth was open in the picture. Now can you please go back to being my conscious?/

(Nope. But I will tell you that moving on isn't going to be easy, but you already know that.) In my head, I could see Marie, the girl that hadn't been through Magneto's machine and hadn't been out on the road being kicked out of her Mississippi home, tuck her feet under her on her bed.

/Just, not now Marie./

I turned the page and came face to face with Scott, Kurt, Jean, Ororo, and Logan with me in the mi/ddle.

/I can't wait to leave and start a life of my own./ (This is your life.)

/No, it's your life. Mine is out on the street, working for food, hitchhiking, and surviving the worst of the worst. I saved and protected you, when we were on our own./

(Yes you did, but Ah'm the one that got us picked up, who the people here would die to protect, the one Logan saved on that statue, and who he almost died for.)

/Darn it Marie. I want to find Wolverine tomorrow. Now if you can only give me control up there…/

(How 'bout not. Ah keep you in check, along with Magneto, Logan, Cody, and everybody else up here. When we get out on the road, Ah'm going to come out swingin. Ah'll be Marie, not a Rogue shell around a scared, helpless Marie, which Ah'm not, mind you. Then when we find Logan, I can tell him about everything.)

/Stop arguing with me. You love Logan don't you? I questioned./

Marie blushed. (Yes, Ah do. Anyways, Ah will be back, but you have to look at the clock, and stop talking to me.)

Marie was right, as much as I hated to admit it. I was her shell, but I could live with that, she's fair and would let me mix with her, allowing us to become one psyche, which would be easier for my, our, brain. Marie could keep people liking her and wanting to protect her, Rogue could fight, survive, and use her mutation to an advantage. I clambered off my bed, grabbed my duffel, and climbed out my second story window. As I put the last of my stuff in my jeep, I looked out the main gate. Tomorrow I would graduate, that night during the party I would leave. The world was waiting, and I was going to explore every bit of it.

(First find Logan.)

/Right./

A/N- Right, so I put Marie as another person in Rogue's head. I know it's kind of confusing, but I think it is fun. Review Please. Marie is in () and Rogue is in .