Untouchable

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Chapter 16

Waking Up Is Hard To Do

            Bobby gripped Rogue's gloved hand. Even with the electrodes attached to her body, she looked as beautiful as always. Dr. Grey and Dr. McCoy had wrapped her fractured shoulder the day before, but for some reason it seemed like she didn't need it. Every physical injury had healed with a speed that rivaled Logan's, but her mind was lost to them. Professor X told him that they need to wait before they tried to wander into her injured mind. One false movement in there could cause her to die. To die. Bobby swallowed, his throat sore. His Marie could not die. He wouldn't let her. His eyes were trying to close but he wouldn't let them. No matter how much his teachers tried to persuaded him to go to sleep, he couldn't. Not until Marie woke up.  

            He stifled his yawn as he held on to her tighter. If only she would wake up. If only she would wake up. The lack of sleep for 72 hours finally caught up with the boy, as he fell asleep at her side.

            Logan walked into the room with Bobby's dinner tray. He let out a concerned noise as he sat down the tray and walked over to the pair. Rogue's green eyes were still staring open at the ceiling; blind to the world around her. Logan knelt down and felt Bobby's forehead. It was alarmingly cold. He went to shake the boy's shoulders when a loud snore sounded in the room. Logan almost took a step back at the noise. He never knew a teenager could make such a loud sound.      

 Logan felt like an idiot. Of course Iceman would be cold. He took one final look at Rogue. She had yet to move. He stood up, and leaned down in front of her. "Hurry up Kid. Don't know what this boy will do without you. Don't know what I will do without you."

            "Bobby? Bobby… Wake up." A hoarse cry brought Bobby out of his dreams. Dreams of him and his Marie, wild dreams of him and his Marie. He batted open his blue eyes and stared at his girlfriend. Her eyes blinked under the light. He jerked his head up and gazed down at her. She was awake.

            "Marie, how are you feeling?" He gripped her hand.

            Marie sighed heavily, "Let's say I felt better after Magneto put me in that machine." She attempted a smile but it hurt too much.

            He smiled for you, but a look of concern crossed his face. "Don't speak. I will go get Dr. McCoy." She tried to stop him with her hand but she felt too weak. He jumped from the table and ran from the room, his frenzy making him ignorant towards the intercom.

            He ran down the lighted hallways, his speed causing him to trip over his own feet. "Professor!" He yelled. "Marie is awake! Dr. McCoy! Dr. Grey!" He ran and ran.

            Rogue coughed out. Bobby left in such a hurry. She tried to move but her muscles protested. Her dreams had slipped to the back of her mind. All she could think about was the pain radiating through her body. It hurt too much. She closed her eyes praying for a relief, when her personal troupe of doctors ran into the room.

            "Rogue, are you awake." Jean spoke softly.

            Rogue pried open her eyes again. "Yes." Her voice was rough.

            A big man ambled over to her side, and shone a light into her eyes. "Pupils are not dilated, a good sign." He smiled down at the girl, his grin wide and animal like. "I think she is going to fine." He said to the group. Ororo and Logan looked relieved, while Bobby was trying to move closer. Professor Xavier held him back with his mind, telling him to wait for Rogue to be checked on.

            "Who are you?" She squeaked.

            He smiled wider. "Sorry, I did not introduce myself. I am Dr. Henry McCoy. The good Professor flew me here to examine you since Dr. Grey here was incapacitated from your little experiment." He took some notes of her blood pressure and her heart rate. "I think that you will be fine." He mumbled softly.

            Jean caressed the frightened girl's hair.

            Rogue tried to swallow, but her everything inside her seemed frozen. "What happened to me?" She coughed out.

            The Professor wheeled over to her sighed and answered, "We were hoping that you would tell us that."

            Her voice was too sore to answer. Her body still felt too weak.

            The Professor noticed her discomfort. "May I read your mind?"

            Rogue was surprised he even asked, but she nodded as best as she could. Everyone looked on as the Professor placed his hands around Rogue's head. His eyes closed in concentration, and then merely popped open, staring off into no where. After a while, he blinked and removed his hands. "I see." He mumbled. He motioned for the others to leave the room with him as he looked down at the sick girl. Her eyes were already closed, off in a deep sleep. Dr. McCoy stayed behind to look after his patient.

            The others moved to the conference room, waiting for what the Professor had to say. Bobby was visibly fidgeting, fighting the urge to get back to his girlfriend. Storm and Nightcrawler just stared at each other, wondering what to say. Jean sat down in a chair. Even after three days, all of her energy had yet to return. Scott stood behind her, his hand interlocked with hers. Logan just stood off to the side, trying to ignore his jealously towards the couple, and concentrate on the kid.

            The Professor wheeled into the room slowly, trying to come to terms with what he saw. "There is more to Rogue's power than we thought." Everyone looked up, waiting for more. "The woman she touched is called Carol Danvers. She is a recent recruit for Magneto. Her abilities are massive including invulnerability, flight, and an over whelming super strength. When she attacked Rogue in the forest, Rogue did not have a chance, even with your powers Jean. This Carol Danvers, or Ms. Marvel as she is called, was about to kill Rogue when Rogue decided to do the one thing she could do. Steal her powers."

            "But why the coma?" Scott asked.

            "Rogue grabbed on to this woman right before she finished with Jean's power. Her power of absorption was mixed with Jean's stealing energy. One attack would have been enough to stop the girl, but both would have been lethal. But for some reason Jean's power attacked Rogue's, almost like it was trying to reject the power. The forces interacted and caused what I presume to be an explosion."

            Bobby nodded slowly, "Yes, that's what alerted me to her presence. There was almost a sonic boom too." He said with disgust, like this happening was his entire fault.

            "Bobby, you are not responsible. Nothing could have prevented Ms. Marvel not to attack. And I fear not much could have stopped her besides my telekinesis. Even Logan's adamantium claws wouldn't have left a scratch."

            Everyone pondered this. "So what is different about Rogue's powers Professor?" Jean asked.

            "First of all we did not realize the extent of the persona's she captures when she touches someone. We originally thought they faded in time, but they all are up there, dormant in her memory banks or at least they were."

            He let that sink in. "Another thing is if she becomes aware of their persona's existence in her brain, she could drain the powers of the mutant she previously touched even if they are in a different time zone. Logan did you feel weak recently?"

            Logan gave him a strange look. "Only for a moment yesterday after I was training. Why?"

            "A minute is all one needs when one is healing with your power. Rogue's shoulder was crushed by Ms. Marvel's hand. Now it is in mint condition."

            "She stole from me in a coma?" Logan asked amazed.

            The Professor let out a weak smile as he looked around the room. "Borrowed but yes. She became aware of everyone in her head during the coma. Terrible nightmares where that was concerned. Well except for Mr. Drake."

            Everyone snickered at the fact that Bobby turned bright red.

            "Can she control her power now?" Bobby asked softy with hope in his eyes.

            "I don't know." The Professor said softly.

            Bobby sighed and looked down. "Oh."

            "Is that all, Professor?" Storm asked.

            The Professor wheeled over back to the door to check in at Rogue. "I am not sure. But I fear if I am correct, Ms. Danvers will be lacking in the skill department for a long time. Her powers are still flowing inside Rogue. Maybe forever." He left the room and the others followed suit, going back to duties while Bobby just stood there.

 He went after the Professor when he felt a hand grip his shoulder. He looked up at Logan with tired eyes. "Yes?"

"It won't do Rogue any good to have a boyfriend who is exhausted and starved. You can go visit her in the morning after your classes." He started to pull the teen away.

"But she needs..."

"She needs you to be well. And you already missed enough school. Stinks to live where your teachers know were you are all the time, right?"

Bobby looked up at Logan's hand that was pulling him into the elevator. "You have no idea."

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