To Make A Wish
Chapter 8: Desperate Measures
Rogue laid on her bed. Her mind was reeling with trying to come up with a way to restore reality. She kept coming to dead ends and was becoming very annoyed.
"How do Ah get things to go back to how they were?" Rogue said to herself. She wanted to be with Remy so badly now. She had no idea how she had gone from liking the stiff leader to the rebel Cajun. "Well the key has to be in getting rid of Miss Perfect. I get rid of her and it's all over. I could send her to some uncharted island. No to 60s sitcomish. Maybe I could convince her to go back to Magneto. No That's pretty stupid. Gambit would follow her like a lost puppy dog. How can I get rid of her without getting rid of her?" It had suddenly dawned on Rogue.
Scott Summers was in a mix of pain and confusion. He thought that he loved Rogue but then Jean comes along and he's confused. Rogue starts lying to him and there's Jean right in the middle of it. The only student besides him who has trained with the Professor before him. His first student. Could it be that he was falling in love with the red head?
No. He was loyal and true. He could not turn on Rogue, but Rogue had turned on him. Did that give him the right to go after Jean. No. Jean was going to marry Remy. He had no right to go after somebody else's girl, but Rogue didn't care. She liked Remy even after she knew that he loved Jean and vise versa. What was going on at this institute? He had to do something.
A weeks later Rogue had figured out the rest of her plans. If things went right, than it would be flawless. No body would suspect her. It was absolutely perfect, but she had to do it quickly. Gambit and Jean's wedding was in a matter of days.
There was a mission and half the team was gone already and it was some of the good ones too. Logan would be in Canada and wouldn't be able to protect his little girl. Kitty was at a friends house and wouldn't go snooping around like she always did. Cyclops was in visiting his grandparents in Alaska with Alex. Colossus and Gambit were undercover investigating something about Magneto. The professor was giving a lecture at the local College and that left her all alone with little Miss Perfect. Rogue knew exactly where she would be too. Rogue pushed the button that would take her there.
Jean was in the danger room training like always. She trained with programs that even topped Wolverine himself. She had no choice but to with her powers. They could destroy the world and the universe if she so pleased. What they didn't know though, was that she could recreate it to. Recreate to whatever she pleased.
"Come on give me your best shot," Jean smirked as she talked to the various machines in the danger room. They listened to what she said and fired more rapidly. Put up her shields quickly and pushed on. "This is boring."
Rogue entered the control tower silently but not unknown. Rogue heard every word that Jean said about the danger room being boring. "Well then lets see what we can do about that," Rogue said to herself cranking the knob all the way up. There in the danger room was a recreation of Jean. She had her powers and everything.
"Are you kidding me?" Jean said. "There is no way that this computer can emulate my powers. Not even Xavier's powers top mine. So there's no way that he could have put powers that could emulate mine." The second "Jean" waved her arm and jean was sent into the air but the real Jean used her powers to stop herself from hitting the wall. "Well he came pretty damn close," Jean said admiring the Professor's handy work.
"You've got to be kidding me!" Rogue said to herself. "She can beat herself! How can Ah get close enough to her to put my plan in action!" she slammed her fist down on the council and a door opened and a device fell out. Rogue grinned to herself. "Perfect."
The second Jean disappeared into thin air. "What?" she said to herself. She turned around and saw Gambit walking towards her. "Gambit what are you doing here?" Jean said in shock.
"Oh uh the mission was over we got what we came for," Gambit told her smiling at her.
"If you say so. So what do you say to some quality us time. The mansions empty except for Rouge, but she doesn't matter so what do you say?" Jean said smiling at her fiancé.
"Sorry Cher," Gambit said stressing the last word. "But you're not going anywhere!"
"What are you AHHHH!" Jean screamed in pain. "You don't know what you're doing Rogue!"
"Oh don't Ah," Rogue said the image inducer turning itself off. "You started all of this, but Ah'm going to be the one to finish it."
"If you don't let go than you'll be finished to!" Jean yelled in pain. She felt her powers draining. She had to get Rogue off before she started to drain the fire within her too. Then things would be all over.
"Wont be long now princess," Rogue taunted. "You'll be in a coma and Remy will be all mine." Rogue couldn't wait. She would never let go. But then, Jean's memories started to flood within her.
"Daddy please!" Rogue heard a teenage girl scream. "It's not my fault! I can't help it." The small girl coward in fear for life. "You're nothing in this family. I want you out of this house. You're nothing but a freak." An elderly man screamed at the teenager. How could someone do that to their own flesh and blood. Is that really the life that she condemned Jean to? Rogue recognized the next memory very clearly. It was the one she hated most when they started to realize that they loved each other.
"Jean come back to me! You can do this!" Scott said to channeled Jean. The need in his voice for Jean was overbearing. She remembered what Jean said next. "No I can't! Not every second of everyday. It's too much! I'm getting weaker!" "No don't you dare say that! You can do this!" Scott yelled at her. Then there was a flash of light and Jean hit the steel table. Rogue remember what it felt like to have Scott hold her. But she also knew the pain of not being the one he wanted when he left immediately for the newly awakened Jean.
"I'm through with your help! You've done nothing but make things worse!" said who Rogue thought to be a 16 year old Jean Grey. She left the institute with a slam of a door and the roar of an engine. "Hello," a voice said to her. Jean looked around obviously startled. "Calm down I wont hurt you. I want to help you." "Who are you?" Jean asked scared. "I'm a friend." "Show yourself!" Jean demanded him. "Oh you be a angry one you be." A young man in a trench coat said walking from the trees. "Come wit me and I give you a nice place to say along with the protection and teachings of the mutant Magneto."
"I am the Phoenix." Jean said to the X-men in that first fight. Rogue saw the beam that Cyclops shot Gambit down with. "Remy! How dare you!" Then Rogue remembered the light that came. It blinded her and now she had seen what she had done.
"Oh no. What have Ah done?" Rogue asked scared. She looked down at Jean. She assumed that she was in a coma but hoped that she was knocked out. It was then that she realized that she wasn't breathing. "Oh no. this wasn't supposed to happen." Rogue left the danger room and ran to the elevator that would take her to the danger room control room. "Everybody this is Rogue there's been an accident and Somebody's hurt. Come quick!" Rogue had no idea what to do after that. There were so many thoughts, memories and new powers that they were starting to control her mind.
Xavier, Gambit, Cyclops, Storm, Wolverine and the others made it there twenty minutes later. When they all reached the danger room emotions got the best of everybody. Xavier was in shock, Storm was in fear, Cyclops and most of the others didn't know what to do, Wolverine in the first time that he could remember started to cry, and Gambit felt nothing but rage.
"How could this have happened?" Gambit yelled. "How!"
"Calm down!" the Professor ordered.
"She can't be gone Chuck. She just can't!" Wolverine said.
"I'm terribly sorry Logan but she is gone or is she?" He said turning to Rogue. Gambit looked at her and Rogue didn't need to say anything.
"You!" he roared. "You did this to her. You just let her die! What did she ever do to you?"
"I'm so sorry," Rogue said starting to cry. Why didn't she see this coming?
"Sorry that's all you can say?" Gambit yelled at her. "You could have done something anything and you just let her die!"
"I didn't know," Rogue said crying even harder. Scott looked at her and was even more confused than ever. What did he do? Did he comfort the woman that he once loved or does he feel grief for the one he barely knew but know feels something so wonderful?
"You didn't know what!" Gambit yelled getting even angrier.
"Gambit calm down!" Xavier yelled at him. "Now listen! I do not believe that Rogue could have killed Jean no matter what kind of hatred was between the two. Now if you cannot contain yourself than I will put you in psychic detention!" Gambit was put into immediate silence until:
"What are you doing?" Gambit yelled at Wolverine who was attempting to move the newly departed Jean.
"We are going to keep her in the med lab until we can burry her tomorrow morning," Xavier quietly explained to him. "Now please I think that it's time that we all get some rest. We will have a service tomorrow morning to all that wish to attend. Good night." After everyone left, including Gambit and Rogue, Xavier noticed the device that made it all possible lying carelessly on the floor.
Well I know y'all weren't expecting that one. I did not like how this story was turning out until I came up with this idea. I was originally going to have three different endings, but I decided against it. I'm only going to post this one because I can take it further with a sequel later. I regret to say that I will not make my one year deadline but I will try my hardest to get it done over the weekend. Thanks to all who reviewed and if you have time, because it's long, I would so appreciate it if someone would review my History of a Legend story it's a Harry Potter fic. Thanks. Until next time Me.