Supergirlhv: Always nice to hear from you, and that you like my work so much.
NctrnlBst: You yes it will be interesting to say the least.
yae yang: Jan sounds cool thanks. Well Paige, Kurt, Sam and such hence the title.
The Uncanny R-Man: Yeah I saw a list of people she absorbed and Spider-Man was on it. (Check out her bio at in the spot light section at 'http:www.uncannyxmen.net' it said it was in Contest of Champions (2nd series) #5)
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 20: MEMORIES
Rogue was walking down the halls of the school. 'Everything has changed so much.' She thought to herself. When she and Gambit had returned from their time off from all of this, she was amazed at how things had changed in the few months since the school had gone public.
There were so many new mutants all the time it was hard to keep track of them all. She also couldn't believe Xavier had left for some unclear reasons. That and that Jean was dead...again. She hoped that she would find a way back, since the old joke is that all X-Men seem to die at least once.
But it wasn't funny. So far they had lost Illyana, Doug, Colossus, Jean all those people who were once here are gone. There was also Angelo and she could see Jubilee still grieved for him. She once caught her crying while Paige was holding her. It wasn't easy losing those you loved.
At least not long ago Amara had returned after that sudden awakening she had from that comma. She tried talking to her about it, but she refused to, she acted like nothing happened and just wanted to forget it. Rogue didn't blame her, after she and a few of the others were crucified outside the mansion all those months ago, who would want to remember that? [As seen in Uncanny X-Men # 423]
But things were getting better. She was enjoying her time back here, it was like coming home again for her. There were a few new faces, like North Star and of course Juggernaut to get used to. There was also Annie the school's nurse and who was apparently in a relationship with Alex. She didn't see that coming, at least until Polaris left.
She was walking down the halls minding not to walk into any of the students running in the halls. Then she found another new face walking towards her. The new human teacher who had been here for a while, Peter Parker.
He smiled kindly at her and nodded, she returned it. Then it happened again, a type of déjà vu that seemed to happen whenever he was around. At the ballgame she also had it with his wife and his charming Aunt who had joined in. It was a strange sensation, like she felt like she should know him and the others but she didn't remember meeting them.
At first she thought it was just because May reminded her of Irene, and MJ a little of Jean, then she assumed Peter just had one of those faces. But it didn't go away, and she was beginning to wonder what was going on with her.
LATER
Later that night in the bedroom she and Gambit shared she was in a blissful sleep. At least she was until the dream happened.
Rogue found herself in uniform waling in a dark hallway there were cobwebs everywhere. She moved forward almost like, she was being guided by some unseen force. She tried to avoid the giant webs that covered the dark and un-detailed walls.
She cried out for the others, asking for anyone someone to tell her what was going on, but she only heard the echo of her own voice. She soon came upon something else it was the end of the hall, at least it was as she could see, because the entire space was covered in webs.
She wanted to turn back, but knew she had to go forward. She moved gently forward and used her hands to slowing rip open a space to move through. As she stepped through the hole she could see the entire hall was now cover in webs. It looked almost like a cocoon to her.
She marked forward slowly her feet crunching on the silk of the webs on the floor. As she moved forward she felt something brush her hair. She flinched and saw a spider land on her shoulder she was about to flick it off her when it bite her.
She cried out in pain and quickly knocked it off. But then another spider landed on her and bite her also, she knocked that one too, but then more and more came, she started running forward trying to get away. But they just kept on falling down on her biting her over and over again.
She eventually tripped and the spiders started to encase her in a web. She looked frantically about. Then there was a figure in front of her. She couldn't make the person out, but she reached out with her one arm still free pleading for help.
The figure moved closer and she gasped. It was Peter Parker and he just looked down at her. He was dressed all in red shirt and blue jeans and he was covered in webs and little spiders. Then one big black one walked onto his chest and seemed to perch there. Rogue could only stare at the image before her.
The spider on his chest leaped out at her.
Rogue woke up in a sweat and cried out. Gambit laying next to her woke up with a start. "Chere, you okay?" He asked sleepily.
"A-Ah'm fahne. Just a bad dream, go back to sleep Remy." She said to him. He was too tired to argue and nodded and went back to sleep. Rogue looked at the clock that read 3:45am. She put herself back onto their bed and stared up at the ceiling.
'What the hell was that all about?' She wondered. She had weird dreams before but there was something about this that seemed to be more then a dream, like her mind was telling her something. She rolled to her side. 'I'll think about it more in the morning.'
THE NEXT DAY
Kitty was in the teacher's lounge reading up on some work. It was the middle of the day and she had a free hour to kill until the next class. A few of the others were in there too, so fat it was Peter, Warren, Beast. The guys were gathered together and talking about something or other.
To her all she heard was basketball and she then tuned them out since she wasn't interested in what they thought of the chances for the local team or something. She was looking through a few papers on the subjects she was going to go over with the class when Rogue walked in.
She smiled at Kitty and took a seat across from her after getting some coffee. Kitty then noticing Rogue looking strangely at something, she seemed to be staring at something to her left.
When she glanced all she found was the guys. She faced Rogue again and was curious as to what was going on. "Rogue what's up?" She said.
Rogue seemed to jerk at the sudden name of her voice and looked at Kitty surprised but then composed herself. "It's nothin'."
But Kitty could tell it wasn't 'nothing', she had known her for too long to not know when the southerner was bothered by something. She leaned forward and lowered her voice. "Rogue what's wrong you can tell me."
Rogue looked at her considering what to say. "Ah just get this...feelin' about Parker over there."
"Rogue he's a married man, don't tell me you're pulling an Emma on him." She joked.
Rogue shot her a glare and reached over and hit the other girl on the arm. "Not like THAT. Ah been getting' this weird feelin' like déjà vu or somethin' when Ah'm around him. And last night Ah got this dream about him." Kitty was about to make another joke but she cut her off. "And not THAT kind of dream either."
Rogue told Kitty all about the weird spider dream, sparring no detail. Kitty tried to look intrigued and curious but on the inside her hart was racing and she was beginning to panic.
"It's most likely just something really weird dream and the only reason Peter was in it was because you've been thinking about him so much." Kitty said hoping she would buy it.
"Ah guess." Rogue said, although she wasn't completely convinced.
"Look, just forget about it. I mean maybe he reminds you of someone, that someone else met and you absorbed that from whoever, or maybe they knew him you did absorb it and he's just triggering it." She told her. "You know when you hear a piece of music you can't help but wonder where you heard it before."
Rogue seemed to consider that. "Ah guess that's reasonable."
Kitty smiled at her, all the while on the inside there was only one thought going through her head. 'I've got to tell Peter about this.'
NEXT UP CHAPTER 21: DISCUSSING ROGUE
Find out what the others will do? Will they have to let Rogue in on his secret, can he afford for her to remember and not tell her if she does?
NctrnlBst: You yes it will be interesting to say the least.
yae yang: Jan sounds cool thanks. Well Paige, Kurt, Sam and such hence the title.
The Uncanny R-Man: Yeah I saw a list of people she absorbed and Spider-Man was on it. (Check out her bio at in the spot light section at 'http:www.uncannyxmen.net' it said it was in Contest of Champions (2nd series) #5)
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 20: MEMORIES
Rogue was walking down the halls of the school. 'Everything has changed so much.' She thought to herself. When she and Gambit had returned from their time off from all of this, she was amazed at how things had changed in the few months since the school had gone public.
There were so many new mutants all the time it was hard to keep track of them all. She also couldn't believe Xavier had left for some unclear reasons. That and that Jean was dead...again. She hoped that she would find a way back, since the old joke is that all X-Men seem to die at least once.
But it wasn't funny. So far they had lost Illyana, Doug, Colossus, Jean all those people who were once here are gone. There was also Angelo and she could see Jubilee still grieved for him. She once caught her crying while Paige was holding her. It wasn't easy losing those you loved.
At least not long ago Amara had returned after that sudden awakening she had from that comma. She tried talking to her about it, but she refused to, she acted like nothing happened and just wanted to forget it. Rogue didn't blame her, after she and a few of the others were crucified outside the mansion all those months ago, who would want to remember that? [As seen in Uncanny X-Men # 423]
But things were getting better. She was enjoying her time back here, it was like coming home again for her. There were a few new faces, like North Star and of course Juggernaut to get used to. There was also Annie the school's nurse and who was apparently in a relationship with Alex. She didn't see that coming, at least until Polaris left.
She was walking down the halls minding not to walk into any of the students running in the halls. Then she found another new face walking towards her. The new human teacher who had been here for a while, Peter Parker.
He smiled kindly at her and nodded, she returned it. Then it happened again, a type of déjà vu that seemed to happen whenever he was around. At the ballgame she also had it with his wife and his charming Aunt who had joined in. It was a strange sensation, like she felt like she should know him and the others but she didn't remember meeting them.
At first she thought it was just because May reminded her of Irene, and MJ a little of Jean, then she assumed Peter just had one of those faces. But it didn't go away, and she was beginning to wonder what was going on with her.
LATER
Later that night in the bedroom she and Gambit shared she was in a blissful sleep. At least she was until the dream happened.
Rogue found herself in uniform waling in a dark hallway there were cobwebs everywhere. She moved forward almost like, she was being guided by some unseen force. She tried to avoid the giant webs that covered the dark and un-detailed walls.
She cried out for the others, asking for anyone someone to tell her what was going on, but she only heard the echo of her own voice. She soon came upon something else it was the end of the hall, at least it was as she could see, because the entire space was covered in webs.
She wanted to turn back, but knew she had to go forward. She moved gently forward and used her hands to slowing rip open a space to move through. As she stepped through the hole she could see the entire hall was now cover in webs. It looked almost like a cocoon to her.
She marked forward slowly her feet crunching on the silk of the webs on the floor. As she moved forward she felt something brush her hair. She flinched and saw a spider land on her shoulder she was about to flick it off her when it bite her.
She cried out in pain and quickly knocked it off. But then another spider landed on her and bite her also, she knocked that one too, but then more and more came, she started running forward trying to get away. But they just kept on falling down on her biting her over and over again.
She eventually tripped and the spiders started to encase her in a web. She looked frantically about. Then there was a figure in front of her. She couldn't make the person out, but she reached out with her one arm still free pleading for help.
The figure moved closer and she gasped. It was Peter Parker and he just looked down at her. He was dressed all in red shirt and blue jeans and he was covered in webs and little spiders. Then one big black one walked onto his chest and seemed to perch there. Rogue could only stare at the image before her.
The spider on his chest leaped out at her.
Rogue woke up in a sweat and cried out. Gambit laying next to her woke up with a start. "Chere, you okay?" He asked sleepily.
"A-Ah'm fahne. Just a bad dream, go back to sleep Remy." She said to him. He was too tired to argue and nodded and went back to sleep. Rogue looked at the clock that read 3:45am. She put herself back onto their bed and stared up at the ceiling.
'What the hell was that all about?' She wondered. She had weird dreams before but there was something about this that seemed to be more then a dream, like her mind was telling her something. She rolled to her side. 'I'll think about it more in the morning.'
THE NEXT DAY
Kitty was in the teacher's lounge reading up on some work. It was the middle of the day and she had a free hour to kill until the next class. A few of the others were in there too, so fat it was Peter, Warren, Beast. The guys were gathered together and talking about something or other.
To her all she heard was basketball and she then tuned them out since she wasn't interested in what they thought of the chances for the local team or something. She was looking through a few papers on the subjects she was going to go over with the class when Rogue walked in.
She smiled at Kitty and took a seat across from her after getting some coffee. Kitty then noticing Rogue looking strangely at something, she seemed to be staring at something to her left.
When she glanced all she found was the guys. She faced Rogue again and was curious as to what was going on. "Rogue what's up?" She said.
Rogue seemed to jerk at the sudden name of her voice and looked at Kitty surprised but then composed herself. "It's nothin'."
But Kitty could tell it wasn't 'nothing', she had known her for too long to not know when the southerner was bothered by something. She leaned forward and lowered her voice. "Rogue what's wrong you can tell me."
Rogue looked at her considering what to say. "Ah just get this...feelin' about Parker over there."
"Rogue he's a married man, don't tell me you're pulling an Emma on him." She joked.
Rogue shot her a glare and reached over and hit the other girl on the arm. "Not like THAT. Ah been getting' this weird feelin' like déjà vu or somethin' when Ah'm around him. And last night Ah got this dream about him." Kitty was about to make another joke but she cut her off. "And not THAT kind of dream either."
Rogue told Kitty all about the weird spider dream, sparring no detail. Kitty tried to look intrigued and curious but on the inside her hart was racing and she was beginning to panic.
"It's most likely just something really weird dream and the only reason Peter was in it was because you've been thinking about him so much." Kitty said hoping she would buy it.
"Ah guess." Rogue said, although she wasn't completely convinced.
"Look, just forget about it. I mean maybe he reminds you of someone, that someone else met and you absorbed that from whoever, or maybe they knew him you did absorb it and he's just triggering it." She told her. "You know when you hear a piece of music you can't help but wonder where you heard it before."
Rogue seemed to consider that. "Ah guess that's reasonable."
Kitty smiled at her, all the while on the inside there was only one thought going through her head. 'I've got to tell Peter about this.'
NEXT UP CHAPTER 21: DISCUSSING ROGUE
Find out what the others will do? Will they have to let Rogue in on his secret, can he afford for her to remember and not tell her if she does?