A few people have been asking about Gambit and Rogue getting around to touching, well after the mind thingy, I decided to be nice and tell which of the following will not be happening, there will be no he leaves her and goes to heaven, no being rewarded, no being resurrected, no second chance at life (although this was my original plan, but it got changed), and no Rogue killing herself to be with Remy. There might of been others, but no one so far has guessed what will happen.
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They both head down the hallway, ignoring the doors on both sides of them. Only one thing was important at the time, stopping Carol from destroying Rogue's mind. Remy looked over at Rogue, who just looked straight forward looking determined. He squeezed her hand lightly, getting her attention. She looked at him and gave a small smile.
'Where do y' dink she is at?" Remy asked as they reached the stairs. They had already determined that all the rooms on the upstairs were Rogue's memories and knew she would not try hiding in one of the rooms. It would be pointless. Instead they had figured she was somewhere else in the mansion, the main question was where?
Rogue shrugged her shoulder. "Ah don't know." She answered truthfully as they both came down the stairs, still hand in hand.
'Carol will not make herself seen, you have to find her.' Jean told Remy inside his head.
'Oui, we figured dat out. Carol's playin' hide and seek with us, except she is gonna be sorry when we find her.' Remy said to Jean. He looked at Rogue who eyes went wide. "What's wrong?" He asked her, then looked in front of them to the bottom of the stairs to see the wooden floor had been torn out. Once they finally made it to the bottom they saw that all the windows were broken and the walls had been pealed of their wallpaper, except on some parts where it was still clinging to the wall.
'That all represents things that Carol has begun to change in Rogue's mind. You both must hurry before it's too late.' Jean warned Remy.
Rogue looked down the hallway that led to the kitchen, it looked like a house you would only see in a horror movie. Remy stayed close to her side as they saw the kitchen, which had been sealed up, the same went for the dining room and the Professor's office.
Rogue clenched her fists. "She is going to pay for messin with meh." Rogue declared as the both of them saw the doors to the elevator open up to them both.
"Now dat's freaky." Remy commented, not sure if they should go in or not. It could of been a trap, as soon as they enter the doors close and never open again. Remy looked over at Rogue. "What do y' think?" He asked her.
"Ah got a good feelin she is down there. Let's go." Rogue told him as she approached the doors, but Remy reached out and grabbed her by the arm. She turned to face him and was about to speak when he cut her off.
"Before we go in dere and who knows what happens. Just wanted to say Remy loves y' more dan he has loved anyone else." He told her, she looked into his red on black eyes and smiled. He let her arm go.
"Ah love ya too, swamp rat." She told him. She stepped closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. "Ya don't need ta worry, Ah am kick Carol's ass outta here. Then everything will go back to being normal." Rogue told him, her lips brushing over his.
"Den when everything goes back to normal, dis will go away." Remy pointed out to her. She then unwrapped her arms from his neck and brought them around his waist, him doing the same to her.
"Maybe ya could stay here?" She suggested as she leaned her head against his chest. Remy's head rested on top of her head.
"Well den Gambit would have somethin' to do, but den he be caged in like a rat and he hates dat." Remy said to her.
"Ah guess we will have ta find another way." Rogue told him as she pulled away from his chest and looked up at him. Remy lowered his head to meet hers and kissed her on the lips. She closed her eyes, realizing she may never be able to have a feeling like this again, to be able to touch someone without absorbing them. Not only that, she was able to touch him and thought to herself might as well make the most of it.
Med Lab
"He should be fine now, all he needs is rest." Xavier explained to Scott and Kurt. Logan was sitting by Rogue's bed watching her. She had not moved once since the sedative.
'Poor kid, like she hasn't been through enough hell.' Logan thought to himself as he watched her chest rise and fall. 'She better wake up or there are going to be some kids around here that I will make their lives a livin hell.' Logan thought to himself.
"Is zere any progress?" Kurt asked as he stood next to Logan and looked down at the girl he had saved months ago. 'She is so young, too young to be put zrough zis much misery.' Kurt thought to himself as he bowed his head. He reached into his pocket and found his prayer beads. He twisted them around on his hand and left the room to pray for Rogue's safety.
"I can now enter into her mind." Charles said to Logan as he wheeled himself over to the bed where his student laid.
"Are you sure this will work?" Scott asked the Professor, he had remembered from Jean that when going into a person's mind it was better to have the persons permission. He knew the Professor had searched her mind while sleeping, but never entered deep into her mind to see more than a dream. Then again, this was a whole different matter, her life was at stake. Scott just hoped that Rogue didn't have any traps in her mind that made it difficult for the Professor to contact her.
"Yes it should, it will be rather difficult though to track her in her mind, since Carol is in there as well." Charles explained.
"Just get that bitch outta there." Logan snarled silently, still looking at Rogue.
"I am afraid it is impossible for Carol to leave now that her mind was completely absorbed by Rogue. The only thing I can do is make a mental barrier to prevent Carol from getting control." Xavier explained as he raised his hands to his head, ready for entry into Rogue's head.
Rogue's Mind
They both entered into the elevator and the doors shut behind them. Remy looked down at Rogue. "Y' sure she is 'ere?" Remy asked her again, raising a eyebrow.
"Yeah, Ah'm sure of it." Rogue answered him. A few seconds later the door opened to them. They were in the basement that lead to the Danger Room. 'Ah guess she wants a rematch.' Rogue thought to herself as Remy opened the door for her.
They looked around the Danger Room to see nothing in there, no simulations, no one practicing, no Scott yelling at the kids they were not fighting as a team, it seemed so different than the real Danger Room. Though, there was something in the Danger Room, Carol Danvers, also known as Ms. Marvel to some. She stood in the middle of the Danger Room, her eyes closed, a smile across her face and her hands behind her back.
"And here I thought you would never figure out how to get out of the memory." Carol said opening her eyes, looking at Rogue and Remy, who were both glaring at her. "Shows your compassion, placing a person in a coma and then sending the memory as far away as you can." Carol said, the smile disappearing from her face.
"It's no use hangin onto the past if it eats ya up inside. Somethin ya should really learn." Rogue told her coldly as she began to approach Carol, Remy right behind her.
"Oh and you brought a side kick, how cute." Carol laughed at Remy, who pulled out a playing card and charged it.
"Let's see how cute it is when y'r face is rearranged." Remy threatened to her as he threw the card. She didn't move, only looked at the card in amusement, until it hit her. It struck her in the shoulder, burning it.
"Your going to pay for that." Carol announced, holding her shoulder in slight pain. Remy smirked as he pulled out another card and held it. Remy was about to throw it when he was tackled from behind by the Logan he had seen earlier.
"Remy!" Rogue shouted, about ready to help the man she loved, when she heard Carol laughing at her. "Ya are gonna pay." Rogue said as she made fists with her hands.
"Like I am suppose to be scared." Carol continued to laugh, finally taking her hand away from the injured shoulder. Carol then flew at Rogue.
Remy threw Wolverine off of him. 'Dis just ain' mon day.' He thought to himself as Logan unsheathed his claws. 'Wait, he is just a illusion, he can' hurt moi.' Remy thought to himself as he began to relax as Logan began to approach him.
'Remy, the first one was a illusion, this one can cause harm and is not a illusion.' He heard Jean's voice tell him.
'Gambit liked it better when he was a illusion, y' a tell a telepath, make him a illusion." Remy demanded from Jean. He took out his bo staff and extended it, knowing he would be needing it.
'Well good luck, hope your good at fighting.' Jean told him.
'Gee dat helps.' Remy thought to himself as Logan lunged at him.
Carol slammed Rogue into the wall on the Danger Room. 'Ah thought Ah could use the powers Ah absorb, how come they haven't kicked in?' Rogue thought to herself as she got up, rubbing her head. Carol flew above her with a amused smirk on her face.
"I thought you were going to make me pay?" Carol asked her.
"Why don't ya come down here and play fair or is it ya are too dependent on your powers or it is your too weak for a real fight?" Rogue shouted up to Carol, who glared down at Rogue. She knew she got the blonde mad, she always considered herself all powerful and being called weak would piss her off for sure.
Carol lowered herself until she was on the floor. "I don't need my powers to defeat the likes of you. I can do that with my pinky." Carol said as she walked up to Rogue. Rogue stood there, ready to strike as soon as Carol got close enough. Carol got closer and closer, it was then Rogue swung at her, missing her when Carol flew into the air.
"Gee Ah guess ya really are a coward." Rogue shouted at her.
"You are just a waste of my time, beside why would I want to fight without my powers? Might be a uneven match, considering you have nothing, but poisoned skin." Carol said as she flew back down at Rogue.
Carol was about to snatch Rogue up and bring her into the air to throw at the wall again, but luckily for Rogue she dodged out of the way before Carol could get her. "What the great Ms. Marvel can't even beat little old meh? That's sad." Rogue said sarcastically.
"I have had it with you." Carol said as she flew back down at Rogue, this time she was able to grab Rogue by the collar of her shirt and raised her into the air.
Remy blocked another attack from Wolverine who kept slashing at his bo staff, which was holding out against Logan's claws. 'Dis is gettin' moi no where.' Remy thought to himself as he rolled out of the way as Logan slashed at him.
Wolverine turned to see Remy get to his feet his staff in front of him. 'Where is de off button for dis guy.' Remy thought to himself as Wolverine began to charge at him again. Remy pulled his staff in front of him, waiting to block the claws, but Wolverine did something he didn't expect. He jumped into the air.
Remy had little time to raised the staff to block the hit. Logan landed, his claws against the staff, but knocked Remy onto his back. He held onto the staff for dear life. 'Gambit really don' like dis position, unless it with a belle femme.' Remy thought to himself. 'And y' M'sieu, don' have de qualifications for dat.' Remy thought to himself as he kicked up at Logan, sending him back a bit. It was the enough space for Remy to get back to his feet and able to block the next blow.
Wolverine kept bringing his claws back and drawing them forward again to strike the staff. Remy was holding off pretty well, until he miscalculated one of the claws and it was heading for Remy's arm 'Merde.' Remy thought to himself as he moved out of the way. Luckily it only hit his jacket and tore it a bit and missed his flesh.
Gambit looked down at his torn jacket and then back at Wolverine, glaring at the animal like man. "Dis be Gambit's favorite jacket, homme. Y' gonna pay for dis." Remy said, his eyes glowing red with anger as he pulled out a card and threw it at Logan.
The card sailed through the air and hit Wolverine in the chest, knocking him down. 'Dat was easy. Should of thought of dis earlier.' Remy thought to himself, but then saw Wolverine get back to his feet. 'Dis is gonna be a long day.' He thought as he twirled his staff and waited for Logan to make his move.
"Ya serious got some issues, ya know that?" Rogue asked Carol as they both rose in the air. Carol did not say anything to Rogue.
"You have no idea of what I have been through." Carol said in a low voice. "All the pain I went through. Because of you I lost it all." Carol began to say. "After you kissed David and send him into a coma I was rejected from my home. My aunt and uncle hated me, my parents both loved me and accepted me, until they saw what a mutant can do." Carol glared down into Rogue's emerald eyes.
"My friends soon found out and they all wanted me away from them. I was soon on the streets with nothing. That is until Storm and Cyclops found me and offered me a home. I had no where else to go and had never been more grateful in my life. That was until I saw you there." Carol said to Rogue.
"How did ya know who Ah was?" Rogue asked her, still not feeling pity for Carol. She had it bad, sure, but so did Rogue. She at least didn't hold onto the past and think about being on the streets wondering around until she reached Canada and found Logan.
"I remember seeing a picture of you and David together in his Homecoming picture. He looked so happy, now he never will be able to know what happy is again because of you!" Carol shouted as she slammed Rogue into the wall. Rogue winced in pain, but did her best to hide it.
Carol let Rogue fall to the ground. She then landed a few feet away from Rogue. "Then when I came to this school and saw you, I wanted you to feel the pain I felt. Little boyfriend, gone, friends, gone." Carol said as she began to smile. "I also went as far to get Jubilee a job in California, I knew she would miss her home. Strangely she seemed to be the only one that remained loyal to you." Carol said.
Rogue got to her feet, a angry look was upon her face. "Guess what Carol, Ah've had enough of your self pity. Oh boo hoo, ya had a bad life, so has practically everyone else in the mansion. Ya don't see them crying do ya, no they are gettin on with their lives." Rogue yelled at Carol as she approached Carol, her hands in fists, once again.
"Please, these people don't understand anything." Carol rolled her eyes, not intimated by Rogue. Rogue took a swing at Carol, who was expecting a tiny tap, to her surprised the punch sent her across the room.
Rogue looked down at her hands. 'Did Ah do that?' She asked herself. She decided to test if she had finally gotten Carol's powers by leaping off her feet. To her surprise her stayed in the air. Rogue flew over to where Carol had landed, who glared up at Rogue.
"Like that is really going to help you!" Carol shouted as she got to her feet, she was going to go into the air, but soon found out that her powers were gone. "What the?" Carol asked as she noticed she wasn't flying.
"What's the matter Carol, feeling helpless? Got something else now ta cry about?" Rogue taunted Carol as she flew down and grabbed Carol. "Let's see how ya like it?" Rogue said as she threw Carol into the wall again.
Rogue landed next to Carol again, who looked up at Carol. "Let me guess, your going to kill me now?" Carol asked, she didn't dare get to her feet.
"No, unlike ya, Ah don't enjoy beatin up people, unless they deserve it." Rogue said as she reached down and grabbed Carol and brought her into the air. Rogue brought Carol up so they were face to face. "Ah don't want ya runnin around mah mind though." Rogue said as a door appeared in the air by them, it was opened and revealed all darkness behind it.
"Ah'm sure ya'll have a nice time in the place where all mah nightmares are. Maybe ya learn ya actually had it easy." Rogue said as she through Carol screaming through the door. Rogue landed on the ground and watched as the door closed behind Carol.
Remy dodged Wolverine's claws again. He had run out of cards and the Canadian still wasn't tired, but Remy was. He blocked the claws once again with his staff, but this time when Logan's claws hit, he brought his hand up and grabbed the staff and threw it away from Remy.
"Dis really isn' mon day." Remy said as he backed away as Wolverine came at him. His claws were about to strike Remy in the chest when Wolverine disappeared. "Or mebbe it is." Remy raised a eyebrow.
"Ya alright sugah?" He heard Rogue's voice behind him. Remy turned around and greeted Rogue with a grin.
"Of course." Remy said confidently. "Carol gone?" He asked Rogue, she gave him a smile and shook her head yes.
"Not only that, but Ah think Ah'm gettin the hang of her powers as well." Rogue said as she looked down at her hands.
"Dat's great, chere." Remy said as he moved closer to her, snaking a arm around her waist. She leaned against his chest.
'Remy, good job, unfortunately your time is up in there.' He heard Jean's voice say in his head. He cursed at it, wishing he had more time to spend with Rogue.
Remy brought Rogue closer and kissed her, not waiting to see if she would or not. She responded and kissed him back. 'Gambit gonna miss dis de most.' He thought to himself. He didn't care that he was able to touch anything or able to fight again, the only thing that he did care about was being able to touch Rogue.
They were locked in each others arms when they both disappeared from the Danger Room. Unknowing to them both that someone had been watching. Professor Charles Xavier had been sitting in the his wheel chair, he had located Rogue in her mind when she had just defeated Carol. A smile was across his face. He had always been proud of Rogue with how she handled herself, not looking for fights with Carol when the blonde would taunt her. Right now at the moment he was fascinated with how she handled herself in this situation.
Charles made a mental note before he left Rogue's mind. 'That was the same person I had seen in her dream. I am starting to wonder who she knows this young man.' He thought before leaving.
End of Chapter 17
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