Chapter 2- A Fateful Meeting?
Rogue wandered through the alleys not really caring where she ended up. She had nowhere special to go anyway; all she was trying to do was to find shelter from the storm. Everyone she had met just turned her away as if they knew she was a mutant and what would happen if they touched her skin. Before, if she touched someone, they would wake up and the memories would leave her and their powers would fade. Now whenever she touched someone, their memories stayed with her and the transfer of power was permanent.
She'd touched Ms Marvel, who she found out was Carol Danvers, now she could fly and she had super strength. She didn't use them; it reminded her of what a freak of nature she felt. With every mutant that she absorbed she grew more powerful but she had never wanted power.
Rogue turned a corner and came face to face with a child. She was not a normal child though. Bones covered the outside of her body so there was no mistaking that she was a mutant. Both girls froze and stared silently at each other as snow fell like a curtain between them.
A sudden gust of wind made Rogue close her eyes. When she opened them, she just about saw the little girl disappear around a corner. She ran after her and chased her through the alleyways. She rounded a corner in time to see the girl replace a manhole cover and disappear in to the sewers. Rogue gulped and removed the man hole cover and went in after her.