Chapter 9
Rogue stepped into her room and looked around until she came to one corner. She walked over to the corner and began to cut through the wall with her switchblade until she had made a square next to her bed. She peeled back the wallpaper and placed the map inside and closed the, newly made, flap. She took the box; she uncovered at the playground after school, and sat on her bed to look at the contents inside. Rogue opened the box and found pictures she had taken as a child to remind herself of what she would be leaving behind. She looked at pictures of Remy and her, of Kitty, and even of the group she had left behind went she went to live with Mystic. As a single tear drop fell from her face she thought of what Remy had said about how she had abandoned him. 'How could I forget?' Rogue pushed the box under the bed and wiped her tear away. She got up to go to the Danger room, 'This time Mystic won't get what she wants, this time she'll feel the pain I've felt these past years.'
Remy had left the playground sadder than he had ever felt before. He felt as if he had lost her again even after all these years he still had this small hope that she would come back; that she would come back to be with him and remember the old times. After hurrying to school his was rudely interrupted from his brooding when out of nowhere one of the cheerleaders he had flirting with came up and kissed for a rather long time, finally once out of his shock he pushed her away and went to his locker to get his last pack cigarettes and went back to his car to drive home. He didn't get very far before he noticed Rogue was running across the street back to the playground. He began to follow and soon he found he was at home again. He parked his car in the mansion garage. He waited in his room for a while still wondering what Rogue had been doing at the playground. He was still wondering when suddenly he heard a door slam and took a peak outside only to find Rogue walking the Danger room. He took this opportunity to seek into her room using the passage they had made as little kids. Once in her room, he then realized he had no idea what he was looking for, or for that matter that the hell he was doing in her room. He didn't have much time to think because he heard that Rogue was coming back to her room, trying to thinking quickly as he was taught to do he stepped into her closet making sure to make it look like it had when he stepped in. He watched, through the crack between the doors, Rogue walking to her dresser on the other side of the room and stopping suddenly. She took a moment to look at herself in the mirror before going to her bed and taking something from under it; it looked kind of like an old box. Remy smirked, 'Bingo.' Rogue's head abruptly turned to face her closet. Remy's only thought at this point was, 'Crap.'
Rogue turned, she had felt something move in her closet. Rogue slowly walked toward her closet and pushed open the door; Remy stepped out of the closet, and smirked while saying, "Surprise!" Rogue suddenly got a vision of a young Remy stepping out of her closet screaming, "Happy Birthday, Rogue!" Rogue shook her head trying to get the vision out of mind. Remy taking this as a sign that she was shaking her while laughing, smiled more widely finally thinking Rogue remembered. He was sadly mistaken when her face held no happiness at all but rather the look of someone with a headache. Rogue tried to look straight, since she hadn't quite gotten used to those flashbacks she began to get dizzy, she tried walking too, but all she could do was wobble around like a falling bowling pin. Remy went to help her stand straight.
"Rogue, are you okay?" Remy asked. Rogue merely nodded her head and gently pushed him away afraid if she pushed him any harder she'd fall over. However, Remy didn't let go.
"You can let go, you know. Oh and... Uh... close the door on your way out." Rogue said finally while trying to get on her bed. Remy looked kind of confused at first then quietly stepped outside her room and closed the door. 'So much for that little venture,' Remy sighed to himself. Rogue looked at the door as he walked out her sight slowly coming together so she no longer saw two of the same thing. She felt as though she had missed another chance to tell him of her dream, when he had come to hold her. That she remembers what she did to him that she never forgot how they were best friends, but she just couldn't do it. After all she did to these people no one would want to hear what she had to say. Only Kitty seemed to want to know what had happened to her after Rogue decided to absorb everyone. Before long Rogue finally fell asleep... Dream
"Have you come back to stay with us again?" The boy in her dream said. Rogue smiled but shook her head.
"I just came to ask you something." The boy's face brightened at the sound of her voice.
"What do you need to know?"
"Did I ever have headache when we were children?" Rogue asked eager for an answer. Little Remy thought for a moment before smiling and saying.
"Yes, yes you did," he frowned for a second, "But, you used to tell me it was only because you had these visions. They shouldn't be bothering you now though; you learned to control them real fast."
Rogue wondered what would make her lose the ability to control Destiny's powers she would have to talk about that with the professor. Rogue smiled and looked around her mind for a moment before saying thank you and leaving her dream. End of Dream
"Rogue! Rogue! LIKE! WAKE UP!" Kitty screamed in her ear. Rogue practically jumped out of bed, "What! What! I'm up."
"God I've like been trying to wake you up for like ever since your alarm went off, and that was like an hour ago!" Kitty yelled furiously. Rogue looked at her clock and raised an eyebrow.
"Kitty I set my alarm to 6:00 and its only 6:05." Kitty looked at the clock and screamed before stomping out of the room. Rogue just rolled her eyes as she got dressed for school. Rogue had gotten ready and was about to run out to the garage when she noticed a paper on her bed-side table. The note was on top of the box she had uncovered yesterday. 'My curiosity got the better of me, sorry. –Remy.' 'Ha!' Rogue thought pessimistically, 'His curiosity? Please!' Rogue set the note a flame and blew it out just as her fingers began to burn she blew it out.
Rogue stepped into her room and looked around until she came to one corner. She walked over to the corner and began to cut through the wall with her switchblade until she had made a square next to her bed. She peeled back the wallpaper and placed the map inside and closed the, newly made, flap. She took the box; she uncovered at the playground after school, and sat on her bed to look at the contents inside. Rogue opened the box and found pictures she had taken as a child to remind herself of what she would be leaving behind. She looked at pictures of Remy and her, of Kitty, and even of the group she had left behind went she went to live with Mystic. As a single tear drop fell from her face she thought of what Remy had said about how she had abandoned him. 'How could I forget?' Rogue pushed the box under the bed and wiped her tear away. She got up to go to the Danger room, 'This time Mystic won't get what she wants, this time she'll feel the pain I've felt these past years.'
Remy had left the playground sadder than he had ever felt before. He felt as if he had lost her again even after all these years he still had this small hope that she would come back; that she would come back to be with him and remember the old times. After hurrying to school his was rudely interrupted from his brooding when out of nowhere one of the cheerleaders he had flirting with came up and kissed for a rather long time, finally once out of his shock he pushed her away and went to his locker to get his last pack cigarettes and went back to his car to drive home. He didn't get very far before he noticed Rogue was running across the street back to the playground. He began to follow and soon he found he was at home again. He parked his car in the mansion garage. He waited in his room for a while still wondering what Rogue had been doing at the playground. He was still wondering when suddenly he heard a door slam and took a peak outside only to find Rogue walking the Danger room. He took this opportunity to seek into her room using the passage they had made as little kids. Once in her room, he then realized he had no idea what he was looking for, or for that matter that the hell he was doing in her room. He didn't have much time to think because he heard that Rogue was coming back to her room, trying to thinking quickly as he was taught to do he stepped into her closet making sure to make it look like it had when he stepped in. He watched, through the crack between the doors, Rogue walking to her dresser on the other side of the room and stopping suddenly. She took a moment to look at herself in the mirror before going to her bed and taking something from under it; it looked kind of like an old box. Remy smirked, 'Bingo.' Rogue's head abruptly turned to face her closet. Remy's only thought at this point was, 'Crap.'
Rogue turned, she had felt something move in her closet. Rogue slowly walked toward her closet and pushed open the door; Remy stepped out of the closet, and smirked while saying, "Surprise!" Rogue suddenly got a vision of a young Remy stepping out of her closet screaming, "Happy Birthday, Rogue!" Rogue shook her head trying to get the vision out of mind. Remy taking this as a sign that she was shaking her while laughing, smiled more widely finally thinking Rogue remembered. He was sadly mistaken when her face held no happiness at all but rather the look of someone with a headache. Rogue tried to look straight, since she hadn't quite gotten used to those flashbacks she began to get dizzy, she tried walking too, but all she could do was wobble around like a falling bowling pin. Remy went to help her stand straight.
"Rogue, are you okay?" Remy asked. Rogue merely nodded her head and gently pushed him away afraid if she pushed him any harder she'd fall over. However, Remy didn't let go.
"You can let go, you know. Oh and... Uh... close the door on your way out." Rogue said finally while trying to get on her bed. Remy looked kind of confused at first then quietly stepped outside her room and closed the door. 'So much for that little venture,' Remy sighed to himself. Rogue looked at the door as he walked out her sight slowly coming together so she no longer saw two of the same thing. She felt as though she had missed another chance to tell him of her dream, when he had come to hold her. That she remembers what she did to him that she never forgot how they were best friends, but she just couldn't do it. After all she did to these people no one would want to hear what she had to say. Only Kitty seemed to want to know what had happened to her after Rogue decided to absorb everyone. Before long Rogue finally fell asleep... Dream
"Have you come back to stay with us again?" The boy in her dream said. Rogue smiled but shook her head.
"I just came to ask you something." The boy's face brightened at the sound of her voice.
"What do you need to know?"
"Did I ever have headache when we were children?" Rogue asked eager for an answer. Little Remy thought for a moment before smiling and saying.
"Yes, yes you did," he frowned for a second, "But, you used to tell me it was only because you had these visions. They shouldn't be bothering you now though; you learned to control them real fast."
Rogue wondered what would make her lose the ability to control Destiny's powers she would have to talk about that with the professor. Rogue smiled and looked around her mind for a moment before saying thank you and leaving her dream. End of Dream
"Rogue! Rogue! LIKE! WAKE UP!" Kitty screamed in her ear. Rogue practically jumped out of bed, "What! What! I'm up."
"God I've like been trying to wake you up for like ever since your alarm went off, and that was like an hour ago!" Kitty yelled furiously. Rogue looked at her clock and raised an eyebrow.
"Kitty I set my alarm to 6:00 and its only 6:05." Kitty looked at the clock and screamed before stomping out of the room. Rogue just rolled her eyes as she got dressed for school. Rogue had gotten ready and was about to run out to the garage when she noticed a paper on her bed-side table. The note was on top of the box she had uncovered yesterday. 'My curiosity got the better of me, sorry. –Remy.' 'Ha!' Rogue thought pessimistically, 'His curiosity? Please!' Rogue set the note a flame and blew it out just as her fingers began to burn she blew it out.