A/N:Thank you kyo-kitty and Mechelle-VanPatten for your reviews. I went another way so you can see Rogue do very little action, but action none the less. Hope you enjoy

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Can't Stay

"It's always good when you can remember someone's name. If you hadn't, I would have been highly insulted," Mystique said with a laugh. She was in a short blue dress, thigh high black boots, had long, slightly curly, red hair, and her eyes went back to blue.

"You know running away never solves anything," she finished quietly. Her voice held regret and looking at her I could see sadness in her eyes. I got a strange feeling I really didn't want.

"Are you ok?" I cursed myself inwardly as the words flew out of my mouth before I could stop them.

(Curse my southern manners) I thought. Mystique looked about as shocked as I felt. Then she gave a watery laugh. She seemed so nervous, her oily sweetness and voice gone, and for the life of me I couldn't guess why.

"Why are you here, you have to know I would never join the Brotherhood."

"This is more of a personal visit. I need to make a confession and also need to ask you something. Do you mind talking somewhere else?"

Now she really seemed nervous. I shook my head, and we moved to a corner booth. I was starting to feel comfortable around Mystique, like I had known her long ago, and I didn't want those feelings. I turned warily of her when we sat down and she sat in the shadows.

"I'm going to tell something you really don't want to be aware of. Long ago, I had a child, which I adored with all my heart. I didn't know the father. When she was two years old, I met Magneto and he forced me to put her up for adoption, then erased my memory of even having her. Unfortunately, hearing her scream at the Statue of Liberty unlocked my memory. I didn't tell anyone and ignored it thinking it was Jean Grey or Xavier. Then, I saw her, you,again. After Alkali Lake, I tried to put all the pieces together, and until recently, couldn't put them together."

"This isn't true," I said trying to convince myself more than anything. Mystique stayed quiet while I tried to think of a way out of the bar. My breathing was heavy and I wanted nothing else then to reach across the table and suck mystique dry. Something inside me though wouldn't allow me to not believe her.

"I'm your mother, whether you believe it or not. I'm not horrible, just gullible. I don't expect you to give me a chance, but just to believe me is a start."

I wanted to yell at her for leaving me. Scream at her for lying. Cry that I had never known, or disappear to someplace that I knew. Emotion overtook me, and Mystique got up to hug me. I jumped up ready to flee.

"How about we talk about something about. I still need help with our old friend Magneto." I sat back down and put my head in my hands.

"I don't want to, but I do believe you, and until I get all this straight, please don't leave," I choked out.

Mystique was about to sit down again when someone grabbed her from behind. I was still emotional from what Mystique told me, and someone hurting my newfound family was just too much for me. No one was going to ruin this chance for me.

I flew out of my seat, literally. Then I whipped out my claws, and cut the man's arm that was around Mystique's neck. He threw her across the room with a roar, where she landed in a heap. I ran to her, my feet barely touching the floor to see if she was ok.

I could sense the man behind me with Logan's senses, but I wasn't paying much attention to his scent. I stood, spun, slowly slid out my claws, and growled.

"What the was that Marie? And what the hell are those?" yelled Logan.

(My day is just getting better and better) I thought grimly, frowning.

A/N: Thank you yet again for your votes but since there were only two I could decided on it for myself. I'm so sorry for not going the way you wanted if you wanted Mystique evil. But just wait to see if that changes b/c I don't even know. Please R&R. Hugs.