Chapter 12- Another Side Enters

Both Remy and Rogue looked towards the mansion and saw Scott hurrying towards them with a worried expression on his face. Strange sounds could be heard at the front of the mansion. It sounded as though there was a fight going on.

"We need Remy out the front. Magneto's attacking the school. We need everyone we can get."

Remy gave Rogue an apologetic look and ran off. Rogue went to follow him but Scott stopped her and shook his head.

"Not you Rogue. I'm sorry but you'll have to sit this one out," he said and ran back to the school.

Rogue sighed in frustration. There was nothing she could do even if she didn't have Carol's powers. They wouldn't risk her absorbing anyone else otherwise she could become too powerful. She hadn't tested her new powers yet but she hadn't wanted to. She hated the fact that she absorbed Carol's powers even if it wasn't her own fault. Rogue sighed again.

A determined look passed through her eyes. Suddenly her feet came off the ground and she shot in to the sky. Instantly, Rogue turned around and headed towards the mansion. She kept to the shadows as much as she could to prevent being seen. When she reached the mansion, she silently descended on to the roof. She could never have imagined the shock and horror that shot through her body.

The front of the mansion had been completely devastated. Tress lay on the floor, their barks in splinters. The concrete pathways that twisted around the mansion were cracked and were at odd angles. The walls of the mansion were blackened from the various powers that had scorched its surface. Glass from the window panes lay scattered across the ground.

Every person from the school including the people who didn't have full control of their powers were fighting. Powers were flying everywhere; things like balls of lightning were being thrown at the enemy. Suddenly lightning pierced the sky and a torrential downpour began drenching everyone.

Rogue looked down to see a guy looking straight at her. He leapt from tree to tree and landed on the roof.

"Well lookie here. Look what I found."

Out of instinct she hit him. Hard. She right hooked him so he gained a lesson in flight. Rogue stared in wonder at what she had done. She knew she had super strength but was actually surprised at what she could do.

Rogue quickly dropped on to the battlefield and she instantly knew that there was someone behind her. That someone was preparing to attack.