Chapter 7
The x-men were panicking. Rogue hadn't shown up to math. That happened fairly often since she hated it and it was right after they got a 2 hour break to do whatever they wanted. Scott, being her teacher, asked the professor to contact Rogue and tell her to get to class. He couldn't locate her so they assumed she'd simply fallen asleep. When she missed the evening danger-room session they knew that wasn't true. Kitty said she might be at the cabin so Logan went there. He found blood that he knew was Rogue's, and also smelled that someone else had been there. And that whoever it was had left with Rogue. There was a trail of spattered blood where they'd taken her back to the motorcycle they were driving. The only reason Logan even knew the person drove a motorcycle was because there were tire tracks on the edge of the forest floor. They had 2 options. Option 1 was to hunt down everyone in New York with a bike and see if their scent was the same. Option 2 was to wait for the professor to locate her. The former was more appealing to Logan, Jubilee, Kurt, Storm, and Scott. Charles Xavier, however, chose the latter.
Bobby seemed incredibly unconcerned, which annoyed Jubilee and Logan to know end. He was her boyfriend, damn it! Sure, he may not deserve her, but he could at least be worried when she was missing! Jubilee also noted that Kitty seemed depressed but not about Rogue. She and Logan, being Rogue's 2 best friends aside from Kitty and Bobby, ranted together about the treachery of Kitty and Bobby. It was great fun, and made them feel better. Until they noticed the two holding hands and whispering. When Bobby noticed that they were being watched he told Kitty and the two instantaneously dropped the others hand.
Meanwhile, Charles Xavier could be found in his office looking, to a bystander, calm as ever. He was, despite appearances, anything but. He was sad that something like that could happen to one of his students. Soon he was also angry and disappointed due to a couple of students projecting accidentally. Katherine 'Kitty' Pryde and Robert 'Bobby' Drake had apparently driven Rogue to the cabin she'd been taken from. He'd thought the two were better than that, thought Bobby loved Rogue enough to go without touch. Apparently he'd been incredibly mislead.
Scott was sulking in his room. For the second time in under a year he'd lost someone he cared about. After Jean's death (A/N: I know Jean's not really dead but I suck at writing her character so in this fic she's really dead, at least for now) he'd promised himself not to let it happen again. Of all people, why did it have to be Rogue? The two of them had formed a bond since Jean died, as strange as it was. Both had blamed themselves for Jean's death, both thought the other was insane for thinking that, and Rogue had half-convinced him it wasn't his fault. When she had horrible nightmares and woke up screaming and drenched in sweat and tears he was there, and when he almost started crying teaching his 1st period one day she got him out with not only an excuse but protectiveness that made everyone leave him alone. She'd even had to put up with people claiming she had a crush on him, but hadn't once complained about it to him. They really did have a bond, like… siblings. Yes, siblings, that was it…. Right?
Sorry this chapters not that great but I wanted to show the x-men's reactions. By the way, thanks to all of the people who've actually reviewed, you're all awesome! I'll try to post the next chapter by tomorrow, if not it should be up on Monday.
