Summary- What is life without love? Is danger really the solution? If love is the answer, can you repeat the question? If love is meant to be Spring, then why am I cold? Can you love with no touch? Can Remy find out? Pure Romy.

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Demon eyes VS emeralds

Chapter Nine Essence Part Six Solitary

Gambit opened his eyes slowly, he felt as though he had been battered over the head a hundred times.

He didn't remember how he got like this; all he remembered was looking down at Rogue's beautiful face, yet pale one, and then him falling to sleep by her side. Oh why oh why did he have to fall asleep?

He looked around the room he was in, but know one was there. It was a dark cell which was quite cold and water dripping onto the dirty floor.

Gambit had no chains on his hands so he stood up and walked around the cell. There was a door which had only air holes in it. So he charged it up and the door exploded.

As he walked into another room he saw Jean Grey, Cyclops, Wolverine, Jubilee, Iceman, Storm, Forge, Pyro and Wanda on the floor all in chains.

Gambit gasped at the site and walked forward to them all. They were all bleeding at least somewhere on their body, and they looked dehydrated. Gambit walked over to Wolverine and was about to charge his chains up when he felt something clam against his wrist. He looked to his wrist and found a bracelet device o him. He also saw a man who smiled at him, evilly.

Gambit went to punch him but the man blocked his punch. The man then trough Gambit against the wall and quickly chained him up. Gambit groaned and struggled and even tried to charge the chains up but his powers were gone.

"What de fuck do you want wit' moi!" shouted Gambit.

"Now, now, language." said Ben (the man).

"Where's Rogue?"

"Rogue, so that's her name. She's in the med room, there sorting her up. But later she'll be dead any way. We love to torture mutants." laughed Ben. Gambit gave him a dead eye and again tried to get out of his chains.

"Bastard, take moi t' Rogue now!" shouted Gambit.

"I'm just going to give a good guess, you love her?"

"Dat b' none o' you're business homme!"

"Well it is when she is in my domain. Just tell me how you feel about her and I'll let her go." said Ben.

"D'ya really t'ink Gambit would believe dat you would let her go 'f I tol' you I loved 'er!" said Gambit his eyes getting brighter with anger.

"No I don't. But it's just like I said, we love to torture mutants, and if you loved her, then it would hurt you to see me fuck her, wouldn't it?"

"You're a sick bastard!" shouted Remy. His eyes glowed in rage.

"Turn those lights off little devil."

"You can' do anyt'ing t' Rogue, 'er powers unable you t' touch 'er!" shouted Gambit.

"But that is what this is for." Ben tapped Remy's chains. "This babies cancel you're powers so you can't use them, therefore that bitch o' yours is mine." Ben smiled as Gambit tried to punch him.

"I'm gonna kill you, 'f you touch 'er!" shouted Gambit.

"Then I'll let you watch." said Ben laughing at Gambit. Ben walked to the door. And looked back to Gambit who was so angry he could kill him a hundred times. This made Ben laugh even more. He then walked out of the door shutting it behind him.

Gambit looked to the other X Men, they couldn't even talk they were that weak. Gambit banged his head on the wall and tears started to form in his eyes. He knew that he couldn't stop this guy from hurting Rogue, and he couldn't bare the thought of Rogue in pain, he just wanted the good old days back, when they would have fun and that was it.

He remembered when he saw Rogue get absorbed by the Spirit, he nearly died then at the thought of her in pain…

Remy picked Rogue up into his arms and her lifeless body dangled. He ran quickly to the danger room where he had previously spent most of his day.

It'll b' alright Rogue, were gonna kill dis t'ing." said Remy to the unconscious Rogue. He turned a corner and stopped as he saw the Spirit. He turned back round, unnoticed by the Spirit and continued to walk where ever he could. He went up the grand staircase and into Rogue's room where he had hid.

He put her down on her bed and with his gloved hands, moved a strand of her white hair behind her ears. She was so beautiful when she was asleep, so at peace. Her red rose lips were dying to be kissed and her body to be held.

Remy was in a trance looking into her beautiful face when he heard silent sobs in another room. He left Roge peacefully and walked out of her room following the sobs.

he entered a room which was unknown to him and saw the red head known only as Jean Grey in a corner, crying. Remy walked over to her and couched down.

"Jean?" he asked. Jean pocked her head up quickly and saw Remy LeBeau.

"Oh Gambit, there all gone, everyone of them. It took them all." she cried.

"It's okay pet'it, it's okay. Let dose tears out, you have a right t' cry." he told her.

"I've been crying every fucking day since that thing took Scott. Look at me Gambit, my eyes are red raw, my face is pale white, I look a mess."

"An' does you're appearance matter right now mon ami?" he asked her, knowing the answer.

"Rogue hasn't come back, she must of got taken by the thing too." cried Jean.

"Non, Rogue did come back from SHEILD or somin'. She got dis device what was meant t' trap de Spirit but it didn' work, it wasn' strong enough. She did get absorbed dough." he told her. Jean cried even more.

"Now there all gone, it's just me, I'm all alone…"

"Listen Jean, I'm goin' t' SHIELD t' get dis device fixed." Remy held up a device. "In de mean time you got t' stay 'ere okay?" Jean nodded. Remy smiled and got up to leave through the balcony when Jean grabbed his hand.

"Please Remy, be careful. It's only me and you now, and we only have each other." said Jean, Remy smiled.

"Don' worry chere, Remy b' back soon. He won' leave you or his Rogue."

"Remy I'm being serious, I'm on my own and you're the only one including me who has survived so far. Without you I'm a goner, I need you more than anything." Jean came close to Remy's body. Remy kind of looked at Jean in surprise, as though she was trying to make a move on him. But instead she hugged him. Remy smiled and jumped from the balcony.

Jean sighed and went into Rogue's room where she found Rogue. She cried on the bedside knowing she was alone now and hopefully the Spirit wouldn't come upstairs.

Suddenly Jean felt something move on the bed. She looked up and saw Rogue's hand on Rogue's head. Jean stood up and backed away from Rogue into the wall. Rogue pushed herself up and swung her legs over the bed.

"What the…" Jean was still stunned. Rogue looked at her. "But ah thought ah got absorbed."

"You did so how are you still here?" asked Jean.

"AH think it was because of Logan's healing powers." said Rogue. "Where are the others?"

"Gone, they all got absorbed when Johnny ran into the danger room, with the Spirit in him at the time. We didn't know that until it came out of him, but then it was too late." said Jean sadly.

"It's okay Jean." said Rogue as she put a hand on Jean's shoulder. Jean jumped into Rogue and hugged her tightly. Rogue smiled.

"Oh my gosh." said Jean. Rogue pulled back from the hug and looked to Jean. "The Spirit, it's left, probably because it thinks there is nothing here."

"But it'll b' back right?" asked Rogue.

"Yes course it will, but for now, least we can go down stairs until I sense it again." said Jean. Rogue nodded and they both walked out of the room.

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Rogue and Jean had gathered all the X Men into the Med room and connected them to life support machines.

Jean clamped a hand over her mouth, eyes wide and watery. She struggled to choke back the sobs, shaking her head violently.

Rogue stared, completely still. She heard the redhead's fight for breath but couldn't quite register the action. Was this real? Was this truly happening? She seemed to ask herself that a lot these days. She shook her head, the psyches boiling in her mind, panicked.

The tension of the last few days was finally beginning to be too much for Jean. She had been bottling it all up, distracting herself, telling herself to have hope and that things would work out. But now her hope was cracked; she was pushed to the edge with the final blow. She allowed herself to fall to the floor, hands covering her pretty face, and wept.

Rogue bit back the urge to scream. Her eyes flashed to Jean. She couldn't think. What were they supposed to do now? Rogue was disgusted with the world. She had been through so much already--why did this have to happen? Why her friends? She didn't care if her thoughts were selfish, unable to differentiate between her own or that of the frenzied psyches.

Rogue walked to the med bed, leaving Jean crying. Jean looked up and saw her leave so she followed, not wanting to be alone.

Rogue entered the medbay and walked over to Kurt. She knelt beside him and looked at his lifeless body. This was her brother…her only family she wanted in her life. Her brother was taken...Her brother. The only one who seemed confident they would make it through this.

Her strength faltered. She felt tears trying to get out, but she would not cry, she was Rogue, she never cried. Yet even though her will was strong, her body was otherwise not. She was weak, even with Wolverine's healing powers, she had most of her energy drained from her. She buried her head in Kurt's body, not wanting Jean, who was stood behind her, amazed that Rogue was crying, to actually see the tears roll down her beautiful cheeks. Her skin brushed against Kurt's but she didn't absorb him. Of course not. There was nothing there to absorb.

She collapsed at Kurt's beside and buried her face in the bleached sheets. Numbness took over and she couldn't stand being there anymore. She shook her head, feeling the anger, frustration, and fear of hundreds of different personalities. What did she feel? What were her thoughts on the matter?

"Rogue?" Jean said. She sniffed and wiped at her face. "We have to--we have..." She took a breath, stifling the sobs. "Maybe we should call for help--"

Help? Who was there to call for help? The Professor, they didn't even know if he was okay, Logan? And Storm, well she was gone, lost to them with fates unknown. Who else did they have? Gambit would not return, SHEILD probably kept him, not letting him go, using him for experiments. The thought made her sick, sh couldn't bare the thought of Gambit being hurt in the slightest. Rogue stood suddenly and ran out of the Infirmary. She needed to get away. She just needed to get away…

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