Disclaimer: I do not own The X-men movie, its fandom or the character of Rogue. You must realize this is an AU fic and some characters will be out-of-character. All original characters belong to me, but I am willing to lend them out :)
This is only a teaser chapter. I'm just working out the kinks in the next chapter and it will be out soon. I ask only for constructive criticism please.
It began as pins and needles in my arms as I watched the Brotherhood retreat. Scratching my arm, I turned back towards the Jet. We had been lucky this time. The Brotherhood had done some recruiting since we'd last encountered them and the new opponents definitely gave us a hard fight.
The pain in my arm grew and spread up my arm. It felt as though someone had shoved a red hot poker on the inside of my elbow. Looking for a wound, I found none, no pinpricks or dart marks. The pain spread across my chest and into the other arm and down into my legs. My knees buckled below me and I fell onto my back, staring up at the sky. I could hear myself screaming, it sounded faint and hollow. My head began to ache and my vision clouded. Remy's face hovered above me, his lips moving frantically, but I couldn't hear any of the words.
Slowly, the pain began to fade and was replaced by a numb tingling feeling. The world around me seemed to go into slow motion, and I could see each of the X-men team crowd around me. Jubilee placed her hand across my forehead and her mouth moved frantically. My body began to convulse violently. Remy pinned me to the ground, trying desperately to stop the convulsions, while Jubilee held my head still, my eyes facing upwards at the grey sky.
Jean entered my vision and held up a needle. With the feeling of a faint pin-prick, my whole body went limp. My eyes clouded over once more and everything went white.