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A/N : So now it's day 2. Some parts of this chapter have been taken from the previous chapter just in case some of you think you're suffering Deja Vu. Once again I apologise for destroying any of the accents.
Mitchelle; Cheers for the review. I've never had that happen to me, but I'm sure it would be very bad.
Rogue14; Cheers for the review. Only question is was it really a dream?
Rogues Twisted Day – Day 2
"Um Rogue? It's like Friday. It's one more day till the weekend." Kitty's voice echoed in Rogue's mind.
It must have all been a dream. A very disturbing dream at that.
"There goes wishful thinking." Replied Rogue, Kitty nodded agreeing with her room mate.
Rogue quickly put the memories of the dream in the back of mind, though nightmare would've been a better word.
(---)
After having a quick shower, Rogue got herself ready and made her way down the stairs. Entering the kitchen she poured herself a steaming cup of coffee and grabbed herself a bagel. As she sipped at her coffee she glanced at the clock on the wall. There was 10 minutes till everyone was leaving, so that at least left her a couple of minutes to relax.
Rogue wasn't the only one that was taking a few moments to relax. Logan was sitting at the table silently drinking his coffee and reading the morning paper. Scott and Jean were talking quietly to each other, but going by the blushing cheeks on Jean, Rogue really didn't want to know what was being said.
Rogue suddenly felt overwhelmed by a feeling of deja vu, but shook the feeling off. Nothing appeared to be unusual at all. Logan always sat silently reading the paper in the morning. Plus Scott and Jean had been flirting in public for weeks now.
Concentrating on her coffee Rogue nearly jumped out of her skin as Kurt bamfed in beside her.
"Guten morning." Kurt reached over for the orange juice that was on the other side of Rogue. As his blue fingers got hold of the jug and glanced at the clock. "Only five minutes left, better make a move."
Rogue watched as Kurt jerked the jug towards him, he accidently knocked Rogues arm, which held her coffee cup. She quickly moved back and avoided the coffee as it was knocked out of the cup. Kurt quickly put down the jug and grabbed a kitchen towel so soak up the spilled coffee.
Ah knew, Ah knew that was gonna happen.
"Good reflex Stripes" Muttered Logan, his eyes poking over the top of the paper.
"Thanks, Logan." Rogue rolled her eyes. "Come on Kurt we'll be late if we don't hurry."
(---)
The walk to school was a normal one, nothing happening, the same old boring journey. Kurt and Kitty had hurried on ahead, but Rogue was glad for the slight warm breeze. A couple of moments before Rogue got into the school grounds, Rogue realised that someone was following her. Spinning around she saw a familiar figure leaning against a tree.
"Bonjour Chere. Pleasant weather we're having, non." Gambit had his usual smirk as he spoke.
"What the hell do ya want Swamp Rat?" Rogue demanded. "Haven't ya got an elsewhere to be?"
"Oui, Gambit does Chere. But he t'ought dat he'd check on ye." Gambit pulled a cigarette out of pack and placed it to his lips.
"Well Ah'm fine. Not that it's any concern of yours." Rogue eyed him warily.
Once again the wave of deja vu swept over her. She shut her eyes momentarily, when she opened them back up Gambit had his head cocked to one side.
"Ah can't stop, Ah'm gonna be late."
Gambit was about to comment when they could vaguely make out the sound of the school bell, indicating that tutorial was about to start. She ran quickly to get into school, only to see Principal Kelly glare at her as she walked through the door.
"That's a detention for you miss."
This is getting creepy. It's almost like mah dream is coming true.
(---)
Classes that morning crawled past, every time that Rogue looked at the clock it seemed like time had actually gone back. Rogue inwardly groaned when she realised that she'd left her English homework back at the Institute. At the end of class when everyone had handed their homework in Rogue had to explain that she'd forgotten her homework. Rogue knew that the teacher would let it slide and allowed her to bring it in the next day.
It finally hit lunch time, Rogue went to her locker. Even though she knew the words 'die mutant' were going to be there, it was still a shock to the system. She barely noticed as Kitty and Kurt came up beside her.
"You, like, got it too." Rogue blinked blankly at Kitty. "So did me and Kurt."
"Ah don't know why we bother. It's not like Ah actually thought anything was gonna be different." Rogue sighed.
"So you gonna sit vith us?" Asked Kurt.
"Not today Kurt. Ah wanna sit outside and read mah book"
"Okay. Be seeing you." Kurt replied. Rogue nodded at Kitty and gave her a small smile. Kitty smiled back then followed Kurt's lead.
Well that seems slightly different from mah dream. Maybe it is just coincidence.
Rogue watched them leave, then turned back to her locker. Grabbing a book and her lunch she made her way out the building. Once out the building she made her way to her favourite spot by a tree. She settled down and opened her book.
For the second time she felt eyes upon her, she started to ignore the feeling, but then a shadow came across her. She knew straight away who it was. Jerking her head up away from her book, she came fact to face with Gambit for the second time today.
"What do ya want this time Swamp Rat?" Asked Rogue irritably.
"Gambit just wondering if you made it to ya class on time." He teased her.
Rogue placed her book to the ground and stood up. Eyeing up the Cajun that stood before.
"Why are you always watching meh?" Rogue noticed that Gambits smirk grew larger.
"Gambit likes watching dis femme."
"Does he now?" Rogue raised an eyebrow. "Ah thought you had somewhere elsewhere to be today?" Gambit gave Rogue another cocky grin.
"Oui, Gambit did. But now he's finished for the day." Rogue rolled her eyes.
It better not have been with the Professor. Ah don't know if Ah could deal with that. But mah dream from last night is starting to become too realistic.
"So, that means that you're suddenly free to annoy meh?"
Gambit chuckled slightly, and his red on black eyes filled with mischief. Rogue shook her head and sat back down and leaned back against the tree. Gambit crouched beside her and grabbed hold of her book, he cast his eyes over the cover.
"Macbeth? Nice choice Chere."
"Well it does involve being able to read." Replied Rogue, and she snatched the book back from him. Gambit stood back up and glanced around.
"Gambit has to leave you now. But he be seeing you around, non."
"Hopefully not later." muttered Rogue. Gambit gave her a curious look and left but not before casting one more glance at her.
You're confused? So am Ah.
(---)
The rest of the school day went quite smoothly, apart the odd student making mutant comments. But Rogue pushed all thoughts away from her mind, she really didn't want to believe that her dream from the night was coming true, but so far apart from one or instances it was pretty similar. The end of school bell rang, and all the students started grabbing their books, eager to get out of the school grounds.
Rogue didn't hurry from her desk, she still had the detention from the morning to look forward to. It was just her luck to be issued a detention on a Friday in the first place. It was then that she realised that she hadn't told Kitty or Kurt that the detention had been issued. She pretty much knew that the two of them would've left as soon as the bell rang. She silently cursed under her breath.
Moving slowly along she made her way to the detention room. She saw the disappointed look on the teachers face as she entered the room.
"Take a seat, if you would please." Rogue nodded, and silently went to a seat at the back of the classroom.
Some work was placed on her desk, but Rogue barely paid any attention. She knew how much trouble that she was going to be once she got back to the Institute. Just the thought of Logan dishing out punishment was enough to send chills running up and down her spine. She made a half hearted attempt to complete the task placed before her. The topic, on why it's important to get to school on time and what the consequences could be later on in life.
Getting a damn detention more than anything. How much stupider could they get? Wait a sec, this was also in mah damn dream!
(---)
The nice weather that had been around all day, changed as soon as Rogue stepped out of the school grounds. The sullen mood that Rogue was in, went even deeper. She hadn't brought her coat, and the rain soaked her.
As she walked through the pouring rain, she kept her head down, not paying much attention to anything around her.
Why didn't Ah bring an umbrella, Ah knew it was gonna rain! Well this morning Ah didn't realise that mah dream was predicting today.
"Hey Rogue!"
The sudden sound of the name being called, made her snap her head up. Crawling along the road was Lance in his Jeep, the window was down.
"What do you want!" Snapped Rogue.
"Easy, easy. Just wondering what you were doing walking in the rain."
"Let's see. Ah'm getting wet." She growled at him.
Lance cocked his head to one side, then a grin appeared on his face.
"You wanna lift?" Rogue eyed him warily, and moved back away from the car. "I'm not gonna hurt you Rogue, I'm only trying to help."
Rogue said nothing, her eyes still trained on Lance. Lance frowned at her.
"Fine! Be that way. Get soaked for all I care!"
Lance then sped off. The puddle of water that was in the road splashed up. To Rogue's surprise she still got caught by it making her even more wet than she already was. She caught herself about to stamp her foot in annoyance, but a flash from her dream came to mind.
Guess you can't escape everything that's thrown at ya. At least Ah avoided getting too muddy.
(---)
As Rogue reached the Institute door, she rolled her eyes as the rain that had plagued her journey home stopped. Rogue slammed her hand against the door in frustration, then pushed the door open.
"Stripes!" Rogue barely blinked as she heard the voice. She turned to the place of origin.
"Hey Logan. Before ya say anything Ah had detention, in which Ah forgot to tell Kitty and Kurt. So Ah'm sorry about that. And also Ah got caught in the rain which is why Ah'm soaking wet."
"Right ... Erm ... Tough luck about the rain." Logan appeared to be quite taken back.
"You're not wrong there." Replied Rogue.
Logan was about to comment, when a message from Professor Xavier in their heads interrupted him.
"Could everyone please join me in the living room. I have some news."
Logan went to speak to Rogue, but before he could say anything. Rogue stopped him.
"Yeah, Ah know. We'll speak about it later." Rogue paused then added. "Don't worry Ah'm not gonna sit down."
Rogue went to walk away but, Logan put a hand on her arm turning her back to him.
"Stripes, have you been borrowing Jean's powers?" Asked Logan an eyebrow raised. To avoid any explanation Rogue simply nodded.
Now Ah know that it wasn't any normal dream.
(---)
As Rogue entered the living room she was well aware of the eyes settling on her.
"What happened to you?" Asked Scott, an eyebrow appeared above his glasses.
"To put it simply. Cars and big puddles don't mix." Rogue crossed the room and leaned against the wall.
The murmurs that was in the room stopped abruptly as Professor Xavier rolled into the room. He quickly surveyed the room to make sure everyone was there. His sight landed onto Rogue.
Noticing this, Rogue moved slightly away from the wall, and Xavier nodded with a small smile.
"I'd like to make an announcement. We have a new recruit to the team. We have been in discussions this morning while all you students were in school." Logan growled, and diverted his attention. "I know you're not keen on the situation Logan, but I'd like you to try and be nice to the new recruit." He glanced around at the rest of them. "That goes for all of you."
"Well who is it Professor?" Asked Jean frowning.
"Yeah, like, tell us" Kitty joined in.
"I'm glad you've asked." Professor Xavier then mentally called for the new recruit to make his appearance.
All eyes went to the door, and in walked a figure that everyone recognised. Rogue was the first to speak.
"Ah knew it!" But inside she still felt shocked. "Ah mean, how do we know we can trust him?" She quickly covered herself.
Ah'm beginning to feel nervous, the longer this keeps going the more Ah know is gonna happen. Ah don't know if Ah can even stop it all.
"Gambit enjoys seeing ye too, Chere." The Cajun responded.
"Rogue's got a point there." Asked Scott. Xavier cast a wary eye over everyone to him.
"Myself and Mr. LeBeau have spoken about his reasons for joining us I can confirm that his reasoning is true." Replied Xavier.
All the students in the room started muttering to each other, except for Rogue who kept her eye on the Cajun. Remy caught her doing this then gave her the once over, and chuckled slightly.
Go ahead chuckle, but Ah'm not going to let you see meh naked.
"I suppose we can give you a chance Gambit." Stated Scott as he stood up, turning to the Cajun. "But if you pull anything we'll be onto you."
"Gambit gets that mon amie." He nodded in Scott's direction.
"That will be all. You can go back to what you were doing." Xavier nodded at his students. "Gambit, feel free to walk around the mansion, so you can feel accustomed to it."
"Merci"
Everyone started to file out the room, Rogue was just about to go through the door when Xavier's voice stopped her.
"Rogue?" Rogue glanced uneasily at Xavier. "If you would like to clean yourself up, then I'd like to have a word."
Rogue nodded and left the room. She started to make her way to her room to grab a few items when Gambit came up and started walking next to her.
"Would ye like Gambit to help ye clean up Chere?" He chuckled.
"Over mah dead body. Leave meh alone Swamp Rat." She entered her room and slammed the door.
The sudden slam of the door startled Kitty who was on her laptop.
"Like, what happened to you today?" Kitty asked.
"Once Ah figure it out mahself, Ah'll let ya know." Replied Rogue who grabbed her shower gel and shampoo.
"Isn't it weird about Gambit? I mean, like, just turning up like that. Thing's are gonna be different .around here for a while."
"Ya got that right." Rogue then left the room and headed for the bathroom.
Now to try and change events.
(---)
Rogue turned off the tap for the shower, but instead of pulling the curtain back, she called to the figure that was barely noticeable.
"If you're gonna stand there, do ya mind passing meh a towel."
Pulling back the curtain slightly she poked her head round to look at the stunned Cajun. Who had his lips partly open.
"How'd ya know dat Gambit was here Chere?"
"Just call it women's intuition." Replied Rogue, a small smile playing on her lips. "So are ya gonna pass me a towel or am Ah gonna have to get it mahself?"
Gambit reached out to grab a towel, but then paused and pulled his back.
"Gambit t'inks dat ye should grab it yourself Chere."
"Well them Gambit better get out of the room. Before Ah drain him." Said Rogue slightly irritated.
"But Gambit would just love to have ye touch him."
Reaching behind her Rogue went to grab the nearest object, to throw it at him. But a flash from her dream stopped her, he would only pretend to be knocked out. She wasn't about to expose herself to him again.
Ah guess Ah only have one choice left.
"Gambit?" She called softly.
Gambit eyed her carefully, but moved closer to her. She motioned for him to move closer, and Gambit smirked at her. He warily moved even closer, he glanced over the shadow that her body cast on the curtain to make sure she didn't have anything to hit him with.
"Oui, Chere?"
"Stop calling me Chere." Rogue quickly darted a hand out and touched the Cajun on the cheek.
Gambit looked slightly surprised before he fell to the ground. There was no mistake that he was fully unconscious. Rogue suddenly noticed that the shower curtain that she had a grip on was glowing.
Rogue quickly darted out the shower and grabbed a towel. Wrapping herself up quickly she dashed outside the room. Then remembered that Gambit was still in there.
"Gambit!"
The blast that emerged blew the door open and threw Rogue against the wall. Her head hit the wall hard, but she wasn't knocked out. Holding the towel with one hand, she held the back of head with the other.
She heard the running footsteps of people running towards the origin of the explosion. Scott and Logan appeared first, Kurt bamfed into the hallway, and Kitty phased through a wall. Then Jean and Ororo appeared. They all looked at Rogue who was staring at what was once a bathroom door.
"I'll grab a blanket for her." Stated Kitty and quickly disappeared out of sight.
"Stripes! What the hell happened?" Logan crouched by Rogue, who was shaking slightly. Rogue lifted a hand and pointed to the remains of the room.
"He's still in there! Gambit's still in there!"
Logan leapt to his feet and darted into the room. Pieces of debris was everywhere and he began to lift the fallen pieces of rubble. Scott joined him in removing the rubble. They eventually came across the form on Gambit.
Rogue felt a blanket begin wrapped round her, as she watched Logan brush some of the dust off from Gambit. He bent over and placed an ear near the Cajuns face. Logan then grabbed Gambits wrist to feel for a pulse.
Logan let out a sigh and shook his head.
"He's dead." His gaze went over to Rogue who started to shake uncontrollably.
Rogue quickly got to her feet when the waves of dizziness hit her. She saw Jean step forward to try and steady her, but then all Rogue felt was the darkness that overcame her.
(---)
Rogue suddenly sat up bolt upright. The first thing she was aware of was being in her own room. There was no-one in the room, and Rogue wondered briefly why she wasn't in the infirmary. She quickly checked her arms for any markings, but there was nothing.
She was about to get out of bed to check herself in her mirror when she saw Kitty enter the room. Kitty looked surprised, and Rogue quickly averted her eyes feeling ashamed.
"Like, wow. It's a school day and you're awake. I though I'd, like, have to wake you as per normal."
Rogue quickly jumped out of bed and darted across the room to Kitty. She grabbed the valley girl by the shoulders.
"Woah, like, what's wrong?"
"What day is it?" Asked Rogue, a strange look in her eyes made Kitty turn her face away from her.
"It's Friday. One more day till the weekend."
A/N: Another chapter finished with. All of you that are Remy fans, please don't kill me. He's my favourite too. But something had to you lot interested.
Until the next chapter is up, review people.