Not mine, don't sue. I am weak and pathetic with no money to speak of. Of course, if you want to hire me for my writing skills, then I'll have POWER and I'll be rich… well… I'll have money at least.
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Generation X – Chapter 2
The rest of the X-men arrived shortly after. Kitty didn't even notice the plane touching down in the parking lot behind her. She just stared down at the strange woman. She looked up when Jean placed a hand on her shoulder.
"It'll be alright, Kitty,"
Remy picked up Rogue and carried her to the jet. Jean bent to pick up the woman, but Kitty stopped her.
"I'll carry her."
She looked up at Jean, and could see the heartache in the woman's eyes. She turned back, and, lifting as gently as she could, picked the woman up, cradling the body in her arms, looking down into those lifeless eyes staring back at her. Slowly, she stood, and walked to the jet. The sound of fast-approaching sirens sounded in the distance as the X-men's jet took off.
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Hours later, after everyone had been taken down to the medical lab and checked out, Kitty found herself sitting up on the roof. She hadn't even realized where she was going until she had gotten up there. The only thing that had been running through her mind since the whole incident began was, It's my fault! I caused the robot to go nuts! It was my fault Rogue and Bobby and John had been hurt, and that woman was lying dead now!
So engrossed in her own thoughts, she never noticed Scott had come up to the roof and had sat down beside her. She jumped when his hand touched her shoulder.
"It's not your fault, Kitty. There was no…"
"Yes it was my fault!" Tears, finally released, started pouring down her face. She jumped to her feet and glared down at Scott. "I know what my powers can do, and it's my fault everyone got hurt! It's my fault that woman is dead!" Finally, she could not control the rush of tears, and sank back down. Scott wrapped an arm around her, and let her cry into his shoulder. Finally, she settled down enough for Scott to talk again.
"You did what you had to do, the only way you could. If you hadn't stopped it, it might have killed even more people. You can't control every thing that happens in the world, you can only do the best you can. It'll be hard, to stop feeling guilty about what happened, but you can't blame yourself." Scott gave her one last hug. "Come on downstairs and get something to eat with the others. Bobby and John are already bragging about who will get the biggest scar."
Kitty smiled softly at that and rose to her feet. "Thanks, Sco… I mean, Mr. Summers." Hiding a sheepish grin, she blushed heavily.
"It's alright. You can call me Scott if you want to, at least outside of class." Scott bent down to open the door to get back inside. "Now, you better hurry before Jubilee polishes off all that ice cream!" he turned, and saw Kitty had already phased through the roof. Smiling, Scott climbed down. On his way to the kitchen, to supervise the feeding frenzy, he ran into the Professor.
"How's Marie, Professor?"
"She'll be fine, Scott. She banged her head when she got hit, but she'll recover. I'm more worried about the psychological damage. Besides what appears to be a complete psychological and power transference, I'm worried about the damage this will do to her self-esteem. She was frightened about her powers when she had only drained people temporarily. How will she react to the fact that her powers, however unintentionally, have caused the death of someone?"
"I don't know. She was just starting to get comfortable and now this!" Scott paused briefly. "Have you been able to identify the woman, Professor?"
"Yes. Her name was Carol Danvers."
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"Where am I? What happened?"
"Please, Rogue, settle down," Jean pleaded, trying to get the young girl to lie back down. "You're just a little confused."
"Ms. Grey, what's going on? What am ah doing down here in the med lab?"
Jean turned briefly to check the monitors, pausing before answering the question posed to her. "There was… an accident. When Katherine phased through the machine, it went haywire. The woman it was attacking was struck directly, and she crashed into you."
"Oh God, is she all right?"
Jean paused again. "I'm… afraid not. She… came in contact with your skin, and we weren't able to reach her in time. I'm afraid she didn't make it."
A look of shock crossed Rogue's face at the news. "But, I don't feel any different! I feel the same as before! I don't have any other memories floating in my head, not like with Logan and Erik!"
"Are you sure?" Turning to the EKG monitor, a worried expression crossed her face. "I'm reading some unusual activity, are you sure you don't feel any differently?"
"I'm sure!"
"I too don't feel any change in Rogue," stated the Professor, as the doors to the lab opened to admit him. Wheeling himself to Rogue's bedside, he placed an arm gently on Rogue's. "I'm not sure a transference took place. When she absorbed Logan and Magneto, I could sense clearly the other memories and behaviors in Rogue. But now, nothing. Strange."
"Do you think I could go see how the others are doing?"
Taking one last look at the chart, Jean nodded. "I don't see why not, but if you feel anything strange, I want you back here for more tests, understood?"
"I understand!"
"I think you'll find them in the kitchen. I believe the feeding frenzy has begun," laughed the Professor, as he followed his young charge out the door.
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As Kitty entered the kitchen, she saw the feeding frenzy in full bloom. Jubilee had indeed raided the ice cream, and sat hunkered down with a large spoon and a quart of rocky road. She kept smacking John's hand every time he tried to dip his spoon in for some. Bobby sat across the table with a bag of chips, snacking happily away. Sam and Remy were busy rooting in the fridge, going through the leftovers from supper, trying to decide what to grab.
"Hey, Kitkat, pull up a chair," Jubilee motioned to the other chair beside her. "You can help me finish this off!"
Kitty smiled back, and sat down. "Do you have an extra spoon?"
Jubilee looked around and then smiled. She turned to John with the most concerned look she could muster. "Hey, John, the stitches on your arm are torn."
John quickly turned to look at his arm. "I better get down to the infi… HEY!" John yelled, as Jubilee yanked the spoon from his hand and gave it to Kitty.
"Here you go." Jubilee was smiling, and despite her mood, Kitty had to laugh.
"So, KitKat, how are you doing?" Jubilee asked, concern etched across her face. Jubilee only called her KitKat when she was worried.
"I'm fine, Jubes, really, "she said, shoving the ice cream laden spoon into her mouth.
Bobby leaned in. "It's not your fault you know! If you hadn't taken that thing out, it might have actually hit us with one of those missiles it was firing."
"I know! I know! Can we just drop it, please?" Kitty paused to take anouther bite. "So… umm… how's Rogue?"
"De Prof said that she would be fine. She hadn't woken up yet though. He was just goin' down to check on her."
Kitty started to get up. "Maybe I should go and see if I can help."
Jubilee pulled her right back down. "There's nothing you can do that the Professor and Ms. Grey can't do. Just… relax and hang."
"She's right Kitty. Eat up, before she downs all that ice cream on you," laughed Scott, as he entered the room. "You should be honored, I've never seen her share her rocky road, especially when it's the last till Monday. So have you guys cleaned out the fridge, or did you leave some for me?"
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"Well, look who's up and about!"
Everyone turned and saw Rogue standing there with the Professor and Ms. Grey.
Rogue smiled when she saw all the faces happy to see her. It had been a long time since she had seen that, but ever since coming here, that's been almost all she saw. It was a little strange to get used to again. The smile stayed on her face as she saw Jubes with the rocky road and a jumbo soupspoon. "Any left for me, Jubes, or did you down it all in the first five minutes?"
Everyone started to laugh at that. "Hey, I saved you some… I guess there's some at the bottom. You know, Mr. Summers, we wouldn't have this problem if you bought more of this and less of… say… broccoli! Just because you like it shouldn't mean the rest of us have to suffer!"
"Well, I… Rogue, are you all right?"
Rogue was clutching her head in obvious pain. "Where… where am I? Who are you?"
Looks of concern flashed over the faces of all those around the table. Jubilee was the first to speak. "Rogue, we're your friends. What's wr…"
"I don't know you! Where am I? If I don't get some answers, I'm going to force some answers from you!" With that, Rogue grabbed the lapels of Jubilee's jacket, and pulled the young woman towards her.
That was more than enough to cause the Professor to act. With a simple thought and a grimace, Rogue collapsed to the floor.
"Professor?"
"It's all right Jubilee. I just put her to sleep. It's most unusual. One moment, she was Rogue, the next, an entirely new mind took control. I'm afraid that what may have happened wasn't so much of an absorption of the young woman, as a total transference of her mind into Rogue's. We'll need to run some more tests to find out. Jean, see if you can get Hank and Betsy in to help. I think we'll need them!" With that, Xavier picked up his young charge, and headed for the infirmary. Jean and Scott headed for her office, leaving the kids of Mutant High with a bevy of mixed emotions and churning fears.
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Author's Notes – This won't be as updated as frequently as my other series, mainly because I really need to get the story into my mind as to where it's going. It has been years since I wrote the first 3 parts!
I'd like to thank the following for their reviews;
mattb3671 – Glad you liked it! Forgot some of my regulars (can you have regulars after a month?) liked X-men as well. And as you can see, right on the nose! And I like Scott, he's a great guy!
Audny – I'm a big fan of the comics as well, and like to incorporate certain things into a story. Carol Danvers is one of them. Now, the big question will become, if she absorbed Carol's abilities here, why doesn't she have them in the second movie? That will be explained soon!
HottDarkPrincess – Glad you enjoyed!