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Chapter 1 - The Terror Begins

"Rogue," the voice said again, more closely than the last time that he spoke in that low throaty growl of a voice. She needed to get away from him…somehow.

She couldn't even remember how she got there, it was beginning to become a little unnerving either that or she was insane and was trapped in her own mind while she sat in a padded cell rocking back and forth against a wall. "

"Ok, fine so Ah haven't gone crazy," she scolded herself aloud.

So that only leaves dreaming so why the hell was she dreaming about being in her pyjamas in the middle of the night in a forest? This wasn't her idea of a good dream or fun for that matter and to add to the hysteria a little more there was some wacko walking around calling her. So this wasn't a dream then, it was more her guess of a nightmare.

While she was still figuring out whether she was dreaming or not Rogue didn't see the ground she was walking on start to slope off. Without looking where she was going Rogue lost her footing and started to fall, she let out a small scream as she cascaded down to the ground below. She hit it hard with a loud thump her head started to spin and it was fast becoming harder to see as her vision was blurring.

"Rogue my love," the low throaty voice said with more menace in his voice this time.

Rogue was suddenly alert desperate not to lose consciousness she tried to stand up, her legs were feeling shaky, but she managed to pull herself up finding some inner strength to do so, she needed to get away from the guy who was looking for her. Rogue held onto a nearby tree to steady herself as she regained some strength ready to move again and maybe run if the time called for her to do so. Her head was aching and she could feel wetness upon her forehead that she knew only too well was blood from the fall. All she wanted to do was sit down and rest, but she knew she had to keep moving if she wanted to get away that is.

Rogue felt panic wash over her as she heard a noise somewhere close by. Was that footsteps? She asked herself, she held her breath as she stood still and listened closely all that could be heard was the pounding of her heart throbbing in her ears as she waited for whoever it was to jump out at her, but when she heard nothing else she let out a sigh of relief and reprimanded herself for being so foolish.

Another noise…and another…some rustle of the foliage…it wasn't her mind playing tricks on her, he had found her, without waiting for another second she started to run without looking back she knew who ever it was behind her was giving chase all she could feel was the adrenaline pumping through her body and sheer panic as she began to run harder, her bare feet hitting the ground hard as she tried to gather some speed.

She felt something hard come into contact with her body from behind her and not even a second later she was on the floor face down as she had been tackled by her attacker. He was strong and rough as he turned her over to face him. He wore a hood over his face not being able to see him terrified her even more.

"You can't run from me Rogue," he bellowed as he moved his hand towards her throat.

He tightened his grip every time she thrashed and tried to get away from under him. Until she couldn't breath anymore, her eyes widened in terror as she realised that this was it, she was going to die there and then.

"Your mine Rogue," he said as he moved one hand away from her throat to caress her face.

His touch was soft and gentle as if he was her lover and she was his. She closed her eyes as tears began to fall down her face. He moved his face closer to her ear his hands firmly in place around her neck.

"I'll be seeing you soon," he whispered into her ear his voice still had that eerie throaty growl to it and his face still concealed by the hood that he wore.

He let go of her and a split second later he was gone, Rogue began to cough and started taking sharp intakes of breath. Suddenly realisation and shock hit her and she began to scream…

Seconds later the door of her bedroom was flung open and in ran Wolverine, Scott and Gambit followed closely by several other faces in the doorway.

"Rogue, Darlin', what's going on?" came the familiar voice of Wolverine.

She stopped screaming realising that she was back in her own room, her own bed and was safe from the madman who had tried to kill her seconds ago.

"Wolvie," she whispered as she flung her arms around his neck.

He stiffened at her touch not sure how to respond. Logan always found it hard to show his true feelings and caring side towards people. He managed to put his arms around Rogue figuring that this was the best way to comfort someone.

Are y' alright chere?" came the voice of Remy, she quickly let go of Logan and threw her arms around her boyfriends neck. He kissed the top of her head still with that concerned look in his red on black eyes. He started to stroke her auburn and white streaked hair as he whispered soothing French words to her.

"What happened?" Came the serious voice of Scott Summers as he broke the silence in the room, Rogue looked up at Scott.

"Ah was being chased…by a man in a hood," she said her eyes growing wide with fear as she reminisced on the dream.

Scott and Logan exchanged glances with one another both wearing the same blatant expressions.

"You was just dreaming, kid," Logan said in his gruff voice.

"No, " Rogue said "It was real," and with that she collapsed into Remy's arms.

"If she was dreaming then where did that cut to here forehead come from?" Scott asked pointing to the gash on Rogue's forehead.

"I don't know Slim," he answered "I don't know,"

A/N: sighs a huge sigh of relief well that's the first chapter over and done with, so what do you people out there in fan fiction land think of it? Was it good? Or was it bad?

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Thank you to all for reading and I hope you all enjoyed…if not then I apologise for my bad writing skills and you now know not to bother wasting your time and reading anymore of this drivel and for all those people who did enjoy the very first chapter then I look forward to future comments and seeing you all in the next chapter of Tortured Minds…Cheers!