Freak87 – well freak, that was a big review…first off, Rogues eyes in the comic/ old cartoon are green. In X-men evolution they are a grey/green color and in the movie they are brown. The same with Jeans, only in the new cartoon they are green.
Second, Rogue did NOT absorb any of Mattie, she didn't touch her, she read her mind using phoenix's powers. :-D I thought I made that clear as I made Mattie back away and explained that she was reading her mind and it hurt. Guess I didn't do that great. Yes she knows about around her, but again nothing about herself and now wants to be part of the loving family she saw in Mattie's mind. Thanks again for the huge review! I love reviews; they make me happy and reassure me people are actually reading my fics. Thanks again xXx
Odd Or eveN – Okay, I can't tell you bout her powers, so you'll just have to wait and see, all I'm saying is she doesn't know about them. Thanks for the review. I hope you like this chapter!
Chica De Los Ojos Café – Yeah, I am updating quicker, but only because I'm on study leave for two weeks, so no school! But I have to revise, so when I'm not revising, I take a break and write, it helps. Thanks for the review! Enjoy!
Lonelily – Thanks for the review and I can't tell you if rogue still has her powers, just that she doesn't know about them. ;-)
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Gatermage – All good things come with time, is all I'm saying :D well you don't have to wait long because it will kind of start to unfold in this chapter. Thanks for the review, please keep them coming because I am so thankful for them!
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Chapter Five - Learning
She woke up and felt a wave of confusion and dread, but it soon washed off her when she felt and saw the sun light she was bathing in. she ran a hand up to her face, enjoying the way the sheets felt on her bare skin. She brushed a strand of white hair out of her face and slowly began to sit up. She stretched her arms a bit before dragging her hand across her eyes. Opening them probably, she blinked a couple times, looking innocently at the room she was in. She smiled to herself and was about to get out of bed when she saw a note on the table beside her desk.
Taking it, she undid the ribbon that held it in a neat roll. It opened up and a small rose petal fell out. She ignored it and began to read the words on the paper.
'Hungry? Go to your balcony. R.' she smiled again.
She only knew one person who's name began with an R. she picked up the red petal and bought it up to her face. Her smile widened and she looked over to her open balcony windows. The light curtains were closed yet blowing freely and lightly. She got out of bed and began to walk over to the double doors of glass when she caught sight of her in the mirror. She gave one look at herself and turned round to the vanity desk where she brushed her hair and then quickly went into her small bathroom that was joining her room to the one next to it. there she brushed her teeth and washed her face.
Now she was ready to see whatever Remy had planned.
She made her way to the doors and stepped out of them only to find her empty balcony she frowned a little but she heard a voice coming from below her which made her walk over and look down.
Her eyes met the dark shades that Remy wore. They both smiled at each other, and she rested her arms and rested her head on them still looking down at him. "So how am ah suppose ta get down there an' met ya?"
His smile only broadened, "Jus' jump." Kate just straightened up and her eyes widened.
"No! ah can't, ah'll fall!"
"Dat's de point!"
"But ah might hurt mah self!"
"Come on, Cherie, How you gunna be a good thief if you can't even jump down from a balcony?"
Kate briefly thought about what Remy said, and just when Remy thought she wasn't going to do it, she put her hands on the balcony edge and swing her legs over. She fell through the air and landed in a crouching position, looking down at the ground. She looked up with a wicked smile on her lips.
"So what's this saprise?" standing up she started to walk over to him and saw a hidden court yard. It had big rose bushes growing up the walls, making them almost like walls. Inside there was a small table, with two chairs. On the table was a jug with two glasses, and lots of plates with different type of foods on them.
She smiled at him and began to walk over to it. Remy stood there and watched her in a daze. She looked amazed at what he had done for her, and he got a strange feeling that maybe no one had ever done this kind of thing for her. He felt a wave of sadness and slight anger that no one would do something like this for her, she was so beautiful and should be appreciated, not looked over.
He followed her into the secret garden and took a chair out for her, he smiled at how she blushed and giggled a bit at the action. Tucking the chair in for her, he then went over to the other one and sat down.
He leaned back in his chair and watched her. She ran a hand through her hair and kept smiling at the food and roses around her. He noticed that breathed in though her nose and out through her mouth and how she picking at her hands like there was a glove or something covering them.
He folded his arms across his chest and chucked a bit, which made Kate look up at him with a slightly angry yet confused and worried look in her blazing green eyes.
He answered her silent question by shifting around in his chair so now his elbows rested on his knees and he was eye level with her. "De food will get cold, maybe…you should start eatin', non?"
His smile widened when he saw her blush deeply. She picked up a fork with her small pale hands and moved her hand over to a piece of bacon.
Remy couldn't help smile at the pure innocence of the girl sitting in front of him. She held a beauty that he had never seen anyone have before, and the thing that really made him amazed is that she didn't know it. She didn't flaunt it about or use it to her advantage because she didn't think about herself in that way.
She was about to take a bit of the bacon when she saw Remy just staring at her, not eating anything.
"Aren't ya gunna eat anythang?"
"Non, Chere, Remy not be hungry."
"'Kay, but ah feel guilty eatin' all this an' ya not havin' anythang."
Remy just stared at the girl for a moment, then shifted in his chair again. He quickly glanced at his feet and had the strangest feeling that he was in high school again.
"How 'bout you make it up to Remy by accompanyin' him when he goes for a walk after breakfast."
Kate smiled widely and blushed furiously, "Sounds good."
"Bon."
Kate gave him a confused look at his reply. But he didn't notice, he grabbed the jug and pored himself a glass of orange juice then took a sip. Kate shook her head lightly and forgot about it and finally took a bite from the bit of bacon she still had on the end of her fork.
She reached over and took a scoop of scrambled eggs and put it on her plate. She took a delicate bite of it and she let out a small groan. Tasting a bit more she looked at it then up to Remy.
"This is amazin'! What did Mattie do to it?"
"Who said Tante made it?"
Kate gave him a wide eyed stare. "Ya made it? Oh mah gawd! Ah didn't thank ya could cook, this is delicious!"
"Glad you like it, Chere." He smiled cockily at her and she just laughed.
The laugh made his smile waver. It bought something different out of him and it scared him. He quickly coughed to cover up what ever was running through mind and leaned back in the chair again, looking up at the roses that grew and surrounded them, hoping one of them may hold the answer to the question that keep him awake for half the night.
He didn't know how long he was looking at the roses, but soon he heard Kate speaking to him.
"Thank ya, Remy." She gave him a huge smile, and gently placed her fork on her plate. "Ya want meh to help ya clean up?"
Remy just chuckled and got up. He walked over and held out his hand to her.
She sat there looking oddly at his hand for awhile. They were large, but not overly huge hands, which looked soft yet, had a rough quality to them at the same time. She felt herself reach out to put her hand in his, but red lights flashed behind her eyes.
She quickly closed her eyes and opened them after a brief second. she looked up at Remy and gave him a polite smile that held excitement and a bit of mischief. She reached out and grabbed his hand in hers and stood up.
They began to walk away when she glanced behind and saw the plates and food still on the table, she heard Remy chuckle and quickly turned to him. And met his hidden eyes.
"You worry to much, Chere. Don't worry 'bout de plates, Remy tidy dem up later."
She was about to say something when Remy turned her around so she could face the ground around them. It was huge, and her eyes widened at how big and beautiful it was.
"Ya seriously live here?"
"Oui, Ma Cherie, Vous habitez ici maintenant aussi, ne pas cela oublier, vous faites partie de notre famille. Et me fier, je suis très heureux que j'obtiendrai pour travailler près à vous." (Yes, My dear, you live here now too, don't forget that, you are part of our family. And trust me, I'm very happy that I will get to work so close to you.)
Remy felt really stupid for what he just said, and he looked over to Kate, hoping she wouldn't run and scream from him. But he just met a confused face.
"That sounded really nace, but ah'm sorry, ah didn't understand a word ya jus' said."
Remy's mouth dropped open and he started to laugh. "You don' know French? Dat might be a problem den."
Kate suddenly panicked, she had no where else to go. What if they kicked her out because she couldn't speak French, where would she go? What would she do? She liked it so much there, especially Remy. She didn't want to leave.
"Problem?" she asked, dreading the answer.
"Oui, Remy gunna have to teach you now. It be horrible, hours an' hours of sitting alone wit' poor ol' Remy while he teach you de language of love." Remy smirked and looked down at her petite face.
"That sounds 'kay ta meh, but this Remy guy? Is he always that corny?" she said, with a smirk matching his. Remy let out a warm laugh that made Kate's mouth hang open. A deep tingle ran from her stomach to her chest. It made her almost cry out that he was so perfect that she wanted him. She bit the side of her lip to stop her and turned from him.
She closed her eyes and wished these feelings away, she never remembered feeling like this, but her memory only lasted from about 3 days. But deep down this was new and it scared her. She was scrunching her eyes up so much to stop the tingling, which was now turning into a burning pain. It ran up to her chest again and then slowly made its way up through her neck then when it reached her eyes she got a flash so images.
Falling to her knees she watched them with a sense of the unknown yet familiarity at the same time.
She was holding a pair of silk gloves, she was running her fingers over then savoring the soft, skin like feel to them. She looked up to meet the ice like eyes of a guy around her age. He whispered, in a almost purr like voice, "You won't hurt me." Before advancing on her. A thought ran through her mind. Are his eyes always that harshly cold and icy?
Opening her eyes, she found herself on the ground staring into a pair of dark glasses. she was scared and breathing heavily and sweating. She felt her heart beating so fast and was blinking rapidly, trying to get the image of those cold blue eyes out of her mind.
She wanted to reach up and grab the glasses he wore off his face, just to make sure that he wasn't the owner of those harsh eyes. The ones that held a hunger and loving yet scared her a little bit, especially because she didn't know what he meant. "You won't hurt me." Was she supposed to hurt him? Was he going to hurt her?
Remy saw her hand reaching up to his eyes and grabbed her by the wrist. He couldn't let her see his eyes, he didn't want to scare her.
"Did you 'ave a memory?" He asked softly.
"Yeah……" her voice was distant, like she was thinking about something a million miles away.
"What was it?"
"Ah dunno……a guy…….with blue eyes." She looked up at him with an intense gaze. "What color are ya eyes?"
"Err……" he tried to think of an answer, he couldn't just tell her the truth, she run screaming that he was a monster, 'Oui, Remy have red eyes, but it okay, dey go well wit' de black.' He couldn't say blue, that would make her want to look at him and see if they were the same. 'Green? Non. Purple? Dat's just stupid.' Finally he said, "Grey….ish."
"Oh."
"Sorry." He didn't know why he apologized, he guess it was that he couldn't help her. He really wanted to, she seemed so broken and he wished that he could just fix her.
She let out a small laugh, "It's not ya fault. Anyway, ah'm kind of happy, this guy…..i dunno…..i don't think he was as nice as you……he must think ah'm crazy."
"Non! You getting memories, it be a good thing, non?" Remy stood up and held out his hand to help her again. She took it with out a second thought and stood up and realized how close they were standing now. She let out a slight sigh and started laughing. She turned away and her laughter got worse.
Remy stood dazed. "Why was she laughing? What did Remy do?'
"Ah Sorry!" she turned to him and just laughed a bit more. "Ah just had the weirdest thought."
Remy tilted his head at her, "An' what would dat be den, Chere."
She stopped laughing and shook her head, only to let out a giggle. "Ya'll think ah'm crazy."
Remy smiled, confusedly at her, "Non, Remy promise."
She giggled a bit more and took a deep breath. "Ah thought for a second that ya had 'Devil Eyes', ah dunno why, ah thought it before, now ya think ah'm even more crazy don't ya?"
Remy stood back, he had been insulted and hated before because of his eyes, but the fact she didn't know the truth and that it was true, hurt him a lot more then he thought it would. He let out a nervous laugh and just hung his head down. "Non, Remy don't think you be crazy."
Kate noticed his sudden sadness and wondered what she said.
She felt guilty and walked over to him, she held her arms out and wrapped them around him. She rested her head on his chest and took a deep breath in. Remy rested his head on the top of hers and put his arms around her small frame.
They stood like this for awhile. Both enjoying the quietness and each others company.
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Xavier sat in Cerebro and opened his closed eyes very slowly. They held a slight confusion and a lot of worry and wonder. He opened his mind out to all the older X-men.
/X-men, I think I have found something. Come to my office immediately. /
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All the x-men stood in the big lush room that had a very wooden furniture, green leather, theme to it. Logan cringed at the smartness and organization of it all.
He was lent up against the door frame, looking in on everyone and trying not to get his slight hopes up incase it turned out to be just a kid who's powers had just shown up.
Scott and Jean sat together on one of the dark green sofas, Scott had his arm protectively around Jeans shoulders. Ororo was sitting on a big chair with Kurt crouching on the back of it, his tail making small circles on the floor behind him.
Bobby was walking along the back of the room and was pissing Logan off so much that if he didn't stop it he would make sure the mansion didn't run out of ice any time soon. Xavier caught onto his thought and gave a cough, causing everyone to focus their attention on him.
He gave everyone a quick look before he started.
"Cerebro picked up a heightened mutant activity at five twenty six yesterday afternoon. These consisted of a rare mix of Pyrokinesis, telekinesis and telepathy. Although it's not the powers you were expecting, but…" he sighed and tried to think of a way he can explain this without confusing or getting people too excited. "Every mutant power has it's own DNA you can say, and the powers detected yesterday are the same as the ones Rogue used at Alkali Lake."
Logan straightened up, his interest in the 'kid' had just increased greatly. Was it Rogue?
Bobby stopped breathing and was about to start passing again but he noticed Charles throw him a look, telling him to not even think about moving.
Everyone was tense in the room. None of them had really talked about what happened that day. All of them had thought about it, but none of them dared to say it to everyone. No longer was this just a new mutant, this was the hope they had been waiting for.
Jean glanced around the room, looking at everyone and how they were reacting. She cleared her throat and shifted uncomfortably, "Where? Where was the signal?"
Xavier smiled slightly at the question, but it suddenly dropped as he turned to Ororo and gave her a grave look.
"It came from an rich estate in New Orleans, there wasn't much information on it, but it is owned by a Mister Jean-Luc LeBeau."
Ororo's eyes widened and her mouth hung slightly agape. She took an almost inaudible gasp, but Kurt heard with his heightened senses and looked down at her, worriedly.
"Vat is it?" he asked her politely, but Ororo just shook her head as if in shock.
"Nothing…I just knew him…awhile ago." She said, giving Kurt a reassuring smile.
"So is it Rogue?" Bobby blurted out, he couldn't wait any longer, every time he breathed he felt some force in his chest pushing down and tightening its grip on him. Luckily Piotr and Kitty had been helping him, in lessons, in coping and grieving.
"I'm not sure. That's why I'm going to send two of the team down there, to just check it all out, and see if they find anything."
Bobby nodded at him and said, "I'm going, I need to know."
Xavier looked at the poor heart broken boy, he felt a wave of pity to him and he felt his pain and hope coming of him. And for that, he had to shake his head. "No, I'm sorry, Bobby, but I think Storm and Wolverine should go, Storm may be able to get more out of Jean-Luc and if not I'm sure Wolverine will be able to pick up scents."
Ororo sat back into her chair, hoping maybe it would swallow it up. She looked back Xavier's head, and at something no one else could see, her memories.
Logan just grunted from the doorway.
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Sitting in the living room with Merci, Kate had her feet on the table and was watching the massive television with her. Merci was on another rant again.
"Why can't de world except mutants? I mean, dere be way more thing powerful den dem, it be 'cause day all scared of what dey don't know, an' dey just jealous any way." She folded her arms around her chest and leaned back on the sofa in a sulking position.
Kate laughed at her childlike behavior and turned to the telly to see what had started her off again. She saw the president talking about how the mutant program that had been set up was still not going to happen and then went on about how he was not going to state why or how it happened to change so suddenly.
Kate was about start saying how that was a good thing when she realized why she was upset. It turned to the news reporters and they starting calling him crazy and that the attempted assassination on him had maybe messed with his mind.
It then turned onto a new subject. 'Charles Xavier has been reported to have had a meeting with the Pres-'
Kate switched the TV off and turned to face Merci. "How did you an' Henri meet?"
Merci burst out laughing. And turned to face her so now both women were leaning on the back of the sofa. "We met in de middle of one of de guilds little 'feuds' I ran into 'im an' 'im me, we both fell to our feet an' stood up, weapons ready. But, when I looked in his eyes, I couldn' hurt 'im, he must have felt the same way cause here we both are!"
Merci started to laugh, and Kate laughed with her, but it subsided and she began to feel sad. "Where did ya'll find meh?"
The question made Merci sit and tense up. She purged her lips together and gave her a sad look, a look Kate had seen many times, straight after she had asked that question. "I'm sorry, Kate-"
"Save it. it's 'kay, just frustratin'! why can't ya'll tell meh? Ah have a raght ta know! Don' ah?" Kate relaxed back down after her outburst but Merci could still tell she was tense and annoyed by it.
"We will tell ya, but once you started trainin' we don' want ya goin' back ta where we found ya, it not safe dere."
Kate nodded absent mindedly, and just picked up the remote and turned on the TV again. The story was just ending and it was now going to the adverts. She sighed. She hated adverts.
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