I FINALLY UPDATED!
Chapter 16
While the boys were busy barbecuing Bobby (I used alliteration! HA!) Rogue was dealing with a situation that's much less fun. That situation is known to most as Carol Danvers. It would be a lot easier if she didn't fly and have super strength.
For every move Rogue made Carol countered. Rogue was more skilled but Carol was stronger. It didn't help that Rogue was trying to avoid destroying the base and didn't want to kill Carol. The blonde bitch had no problems with the idea of killing Rogue. In Carol's mind Rogue had ruined Bobby's life and had to pay.
"And what the fuck kind of a name is Miss Marvel?" Rogue was openly taunting the mutant, hoping that if she got angry the idiot would screw up to the point where Rogue could take her out without having to touch her.
"It's better," Carol flew at Rogue to punch her in the face, "then Rogue." Rogue, not knowing the invincible girl could not only fly but had super-strength, didn't bother trying to dodge the punch. She got flung back into the metal wall, leaving a large indent. If not for her stolen healing powers she'd be unconscious, but with them all Rogue had was a concussion.
Luckily, Carol had been wearing gloves. Rogue decided to use the powers she'd gotten from Jean and telekinetically moved Carol towards her. If she concentrated and Carol was close enough Rogue would be able to knock her out with a combination of Jean's and the Professor's powers. It would have been fine if Miss Marvel the Moronic hadn't panicked.
"You freak! What are you doing!" the girl shrieked. Rogue had gotten Carol within arms length and lost her concentration. Carol grabbed Rogue's arms in what was meant to be self-defense. It did not work out that way.
Carol screamed and yelled but didn't let go. Rogue tried to get out of the girl's grasp but couldn't. It was like they were magnetically stuck together. Rogue could feel the new psyche getting stronger. If she didn't pull away soon her own personality wouldn't be the dominate one. Rogue let out a blood-curdling scream. She was being bombarded with memories that weren't hers and the other psyches were fighting for control. She could hear everyone she'd ever touched calling her a mutie, a freak, and much, much worse. They wanted her to die, were telling her to just kill herself. Rogue collapsed to the ground just as the master of magnetism came running in to see what had made Rogue scream. He used his powers to pull the 2 apart. He completely disregarded the blonde and focused on his strongest follower. She did not look good. At the moment she was on the floor writhing in pain, holding her head, babbling and screaming. Suddenly she shuddered violently and ceased to move. This wasn't good. The Russian, Colossus, had some medical training, and the others did seem to know some surprising things. He needed to get the boys back to the base ASAP.
Pietro's cell rang. Being the freak he was, he picked it up, not caring if whoever was on the other end heard Bobby's agonized screams while the other x-men began to regain consciousness. "Hello? Dad? WhatdoyoumeanRogue'shurt? It'sanemergency!Shit!YeahI'll…Thatbastard! Hehunguponme!"
"What does your father want?" Piotr asked. He was the only one not participating in the burning of the ice man.
"Wehavetogo, now! Roguey'shurtandit'sreallybad!"
That caught the attention of the other two, and they wordlessly jumped in the car and sped back to their base, breaking every traffic law and possibly a few laws of physics. When they got back to the base it was easy to see that something serious had happened.
The first thing they noticed was a bump in the wall that looked like something had been thrown into it. The 'bump's' shape looked suspiciously like Rogue. Upon opening the door they saw some blonde in a ridiculous costume lying unconscious on the floor. Stepping farther inside they found the reason they were called back. Magneto was sitting on the couch actually looking worried and for once not sitting on an uncomfortable metal chair. Also on the couch was the body of the girl that they couldn't help but be protective of.
"What happened?" John asked.
"She," Erik pointed at the unconscious Carol Danvers, "touched Rogue in a fight and wouldn't let go. She has super-strength along with invincibility and flight so Rogue couldn't get her off. It affected Rogue differently than any other experiences she's had. Rogue absorbed her because she was caught off guard and scared at the sudden contact. Both Miss Marvel, the blonde, and Rogue, are currently in comas, and I have no idea how long they'll last." Had it not been such a serious situation all the boys would have scoffed at the name 'Miss Marvel' but at the moment no one cared. Piotr, having some knowledge in medicine, went to check on Rogue. He scooped her up, carried her into the medical room of the base, mentioned Carol absently, and began work. The acolytes were about to go through a long waiting period with no clue what would happen and how it would affect them.
At Xavier's mansion the med-lab was full. Scott was simply there to make sure he'd be alright and would be released the next morning. Both new recruits were in the same situation. Jubilee had a broken arm and slight concussion but would be fine and just wasn't allowed on any missions for a few weeks. Storm had a few bruised ribs and was in the same situation as Jubilee as far as missions went. Kitty had a broken wrist and several large bruises along with one burn on her stomach, but would be back to normal soon and able to go on missions again in 2 weeks. Kurt had no major injuries, just a few cuts and bruises so he was out of the med-lab and raiding the kitchen already.
Bobby was taking almost all of Hank's attention. He had multiple first-degree burns, a few bad cuts, a black eye, missing teeth, and overall was in horrible condition. His vitals were low and he looked like someone from a concentration camp. If he got out of this without any permanent damage he'd be lucky. If he got into another major fight after this it wouldn't be too hard for him to be killed. Hank had the feeling he'd be seeing the boy for a long, long time. Despite the doctors disposition he couldn't help but think that after cheating on two different girls the young man had it coming. Not that he wanted this to happen… he just might occasionally forget to give Bobby the proper dose of pain-killers. (A/N: I know, I know, Hank wouldn't do that…. I just had to torture Bobby to the full extent of my abilities… Well, maybe not that much, at least not yet, but I had to get in lots of good Bobby torture and this was just to fun to pass up on….)
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