Title: Powers Regained
Author: Ashnan Etana
Summary: When you lose your powers, what would you do to regain them?
Disclaimer: I don't own them. If I did… sigh …Oh, the things I could do with a certain Cajun and a growly butt-kicker. Makes my skin tingle just thinking about it.
Rating: R - (or whatever the equivalency is now for that) for language, Rogue and Logan have filthy mouths.
Archive: I would be thrilled if anyone wanted to archive any of my work. Take it. Just let me know where I can find it.
Feedback: Yes, please. It always helps to know what others think, even if it's bad. But be supportive; don't flame just to be cruel.
Author's Note: This story is set in the MovieVerse, but draws heavily from the ComicVerse. I won't go into detail but here is a quick rundown on the ComicVerse elements used in this story. At one point, Rogue lost all of her powers. When her powers returned, it was only her skin. She had permanently lost the powers of superstrength, flight and invulnerability.

Jubilee got Rogue into the jet and managed to get her to sit down. Rogue drew her knees into herself and began rocking, still chanting "Oh god...". Jubilee tried everything she could think of to calm Rogue down, but she was completely unresponsive. Jubilee finally settled on just talking to her softly. Rogue was really scaring her. She remembered how angry and dangerous Rogue had become when she'd absorbed Ms. Marvel. This was very different. Jubilee was so focused on Rogue that she didn't realize how much time had passed until the rest of the team returned to the jet.

Scott was supporting Jean while Logan reprimanded him for allowing her to be injured. Storm and Bobby were trying to keep the pair from killing eachother. They were so caught up in their own petty squabbles that they failed to notice Rogue and Jubilee.

"Hey!" Jubilee shouted to get their attention. "A little help here?"

All heads turned toward her. Jean was at Rogue's side immediately, taking her pulse. It was amazing really how quickly she could recover when the situation called for it.

"What the hell happened?" Logan demanded.

"I don't know! She had to absorb this guy then she started freaking out!" Jubilee was getting a little hysterical herself. Rogue was still rocking and chanting. She didn't notice anyone around her.

"We have to get her back to the mansion, Scott. She's in shock." Jubilee felt better immediately. At least someone who knew what to do was there now.

"I have no idea what to do." Jean stated in a frustrated tone. "She is just not responding. I don't want to sedate her, but I've been unable to get her out of her fugue state. Hank is with her in the med lab doing what he can. Perhaps he'll have better luck."

"Why don't you just give her the psychic whammy?" Logan demanded of the professor.

"Logan," Xavier sighed, "we've been through this before. Rogue's mind is cluttered with too many voices, each chaotic and confused in their own right. There is no way for us to contact Marie herself. The thoughts are too intermingled. Rogue is the only one who can control them. The best I can do is sense her feelings and determine her need from there. Oddly though, I do not sense any of the anger that is usually present when she absorbs a hostile mutant."

"So you don't have any more of a fucking clue than we do."

"Logan, sit down. Lashing out will not help her. We need to deal with this in a rational manner." The professor turned his attention to Jubilee. "You said that she absorbed another mutant. Please tell us exactly what you saw."

"Well, I saw this big dude land in front of Rogue. I started to run over there as soon as I saw him with her. Then they were just talking all friendly like."

"What do you mean 'friendly'?" Scott interrupted.

"I mean 'friendly'. Smiling and laughing. It was weird. So I kinda just stopped and watched for a second."

"You just watched? Did you forget everything you've been trained to do?" Scott demanded.

"Look, Rogue's been acting really weird lately. So when she started flirting with the dude, it kinda threw me off my game!"

"What the hell do you mean by 'flirting'?" Logan stalked toward her.

"That is enough from all of you. Sit down." Xavier put an immediate stop to the argument before it got started. "Jubilee, please continue."

"So, they were flirting," Jubilee shot Logan a look every bit as menacing as the one he was giving her, "then Rogue kissed him."

"Logan." The professor warned him to settle down before he could even get out of his chair this time.

"So, then the guy dropped to the ground. But Rogue didn't stop. She just kept holding on to him for what seemed like forever. And it was really creeping me out because she was laughing the whole time. When she let go, she started that 'Oh god, oh god' thing she's still doing. I got her to the jet but she never stopped freaking out. That's when you guys all got there."

"We are going to have to work on your debriefing skills." Scott muttered this under his breath.

"Thank you, Jubilee. That will be all." Once the door closed behind Jubilee, Xavier asked Jean to return to Rogue and see if there was any change.

"I, too, noticed the changes in Rogue's recent behaviors. I had hoped that placing her back on the team would help her, but perhaps I was wrong. Logan, Rogue has a special connection to you, has she said anything to you recently that might shed light on this situation?"

"Not a word. She's been a little quieter than usual. Other than that, everything seemed fine."

"Maybe not with her hero here, but she's been angry and uncommunicative with the rest of us."

"Can't blame the kid for good taste, Scooter."

"This is neither the time nor place for your bickering. We need to" the professor paused, placing his hand to his temple. "Jean requests our presence in the lab."

Jean met them at the doors as they entered the lab. "She's started talking to Hank, but she's not making any sense."

"Logan!" Rogue cried when she spotted him.

"Hey kid. How are you feeling?" Logan held her gloved hand in his.

"I did it. It was an accident."

"What was an accident, Marie?" Logan spoke softly. Rogue's entire attention was focused on him. She seemed unaware of the others around them.

"I did it. I didn't mean to. I did it on purpose. It was mine."

"What was yours, Rogue?" Scott asked.

"It was mine!" Rogue spat venomously at Scott.

"Back off Cyke! Marie, baby, what was yours?"

"It was mine. I didn't mean to. I took it. It was an accident."

"I know, baby, I know. You didn't mean it. It's okay." Logan gently brushed her hair back from her face.

"He had it. It was mine! I took it back. I didn't mean to. He shouldn't have had it. It was mine. It's mine. You can't have it."

"No one's going to take anything, Marie."

"You can't. It's mine. No one can have it. He had it. It wasn't his. It was mine. So I took it back. It's mine now. He had it, but I wanted it back. So I took it. I took it and I'm not sorry!" Rogue ranted this, wearing a twisted smile. She began sobbing again. "Oh god, I didn't mean to. I didn't. Oh god!"

"Shh, Rogue honey, let's get you something so you can sleep okay? You'll feel better once you've rested." Jean injected Rogue with the tranquilizer.

"I'm powerful again. You can't have it. It's mine."

Logan and Xavier spoke in hushed tones as they watched Rogue drift into a peaceful slumber.

"She knew what she was doing, didn't she?"

"Yes, I believe she did. Maybe not consciously, but she knew on some level. I fear Rogue had become quite dangerous."