-1OoOoOoOo AN OoOoOoOo
I'M SORRY! What's it been 3 weeks or a month/hides from readers/ Sorry! I Really am. Anyway at least I'm here with this new update hehe Some school projects, making vids, and going icon crazy has kept me away but I'm ok…for now lol. Anyway I hope you guys like this chap, a lot of things come to the light about certain deaths and that should be interesting. Thanks a million to everyone that reviews! You guys are AWESOME! And I LOVE every single review, they're what keep me coming back to give you new chaps.
Anyhoo here's the new chap. Hope you guys read and review. Oh and Just to let you all know, the song I used in the last chap was "Re-offender" by Travis. ENJOY!
OoOoOoOo Chapter 9 OoOoOoOo
The bar was alone and all locked up now, but something caught his attention...the smell of blood. He walked outside to the alley from the back door and kept his nose and eyes opened to anything unusual.
He growled. Blood...there was no sign of it but the smell was as fresh as anything. Not just anyone's blood though...it smelled like Bobby and Duncan...but there was something else.
A bigger growl was heard; the smell of Wolverine's offspring was around...and...the smell of Jubilation Lee.
OoOoOoOo Assassin Mansion OoOoOoOo
Jubilee felt groggy as she stirred from her sleep. She had had the worst nightmare ever. Two guys she had considered ok had tried forcing themselves on her and brought out of her a ruthless killer...worst they brought out vulnerability from her. For a time in her dream she had been the weakest she has ever felt...and that feeling made rage and hate come out of her...
A fierce Killer from inside of her emerged...her innocence had been lost...
Her eyes snapped opened and squinted as the bright light hit her hard. She blinked repeatedly trying to get used to it and when she finally did she saw she was staring up a two emerald eyes.
"Hey...how are yah feeling?"
Don't think I'll confess
...It hadn't been a dream...
"I'm...good," she answered and sat up to see that Rogue wasn't the only on in the room. Wanda was standing at the foot of her bed, Lexa and Amara sat on the sides on her bed and Rogue didn't move from her position sitting on the pillow near where her head had been resting.
She cracked a smile, "So who died?" she asked seeing their funeral faces. After seeing that none of them smiled or laughed she sobered up and said, "oh ya...them..."
Everything was quiet and Jubilee started moving around feeling way uncomfortable.
"So...you guys just gonna stare at me all day?"
"No...at least that's not what the schedule says for today," Wanda responded with a hint of a smile. Jubilee nodded slowly.
"We just wanted to make sure if you know...you're ok," Lexa stated.
"Just peachy."
Why would I confess, that I
"You sure? Cause you know...we're here to talk...if you want to…" Amara rambled.
"There's nothing to talk about." With that she got up off the bed and headed towards the bathroom where the shower was heard minutes later.
"What do you think?" Wanda asked Rogue.
She shrugged, "Ah dunno...she acts ok...yet ah think she's gonna go through some inner conflict..."
"Is that a good thing or bad?" X-23 asked watching the empty doorway.
"Depends..."
"On?" Amara asked.
"Whether she lets the merciless kill inside of her get the best of her or if she listens to the innocence in her heart..."
They all stayed quiet and sat on the bed, many thoughts running through their heads as they thought about Jubilee.
OoOoOoOo Next Day OoOoOoOo
Anna stared out the window in a slow daze. Everyone, including Jubilee had left but she had decided to take the day off and ponder what she would do about the Jubilee situation.
She put on a sweater and walked outside. Jubilee and Lexa had killed two people...when their bodies would be found there was gonna great panic and suspicion on the officers part and they would most likely crowd around the bar where Jubes worked.
The wasn't what had her that worried though; it was the fact that she didn't know what to tell Jubilee that did. She had never been in this position. Sure guys had tried to force themselves on her, Wanda and Lexa but none of them had frozen up. They knew how to take care of themselves...
Maybe it was the anger deep inside of them that made easier to attack their invaders. Jubilee had been hurt by the death of her parents...she was angry...but her rage was nothing compared to Wanda's. As for Lexa, she was brought up by her dad as an Assassin at a very young age; it was in her nature not to fear anything. And as for her...hate drove her to anger...who knows maybe even madness.
Jubilee though...she was innocent...that is until last night. The fear...or something drove her anger to another level.
Rogue sighed and walked down the street never noticing the cold eyes on her until she heard footsteps behind her. She kept walking making it seem like she knew nothing and walked into an alley then patiently waited for other person to follow her.
Once she saw who it was she rolled her eyes, "Ah should have known...what the hell do yah want now?"
Don't think I'll deny
"The truth."
"Gawd Kurt...yah need to clean the wax out of yahr lil furry elf years. AH DID NOT KILL IRENE."
"Maybe not...but that's not the only truth I can to find out about."
"Really then...what else do yah want?"
"Why do you ask a question you already know the answers to?"
"Why do yah ask stupid questions that shouldn't be answered?"
"Why are you answering a question with a question?"
"Because yahr gay."
"That's mature."
"Why the hell can yah just leave things the way they are? Why can't you just let the past stay in the past Kurt? Why can't yah just go back home and play yahr stupid lil detective psychiatric bullshit with someone else cause guess what ah'm not interested."
"I can't leave this alone because she was MY MOTHER!"
"Some mother..." Rogue mumbled.
"I know you did it, just CONFESS!"
Why would I deny, that I
"WHY? So yah can throw meh into jail for freeing humanity from an EVIL BITCH? Fine Kurt Ah did it! Ah killed her! Ah waited for all the fucken workers to go and Ah went up to her office and ah FUCKEN PUSHED HER OUT THE WINDOW!"
Kurt stood silent as stared at her.
"And yah know what the saddest thing about it is? Yah're here trying to get revenge or somehow avenge her yet her last words were...'Marie...why are yah doing this? Ah've given yah everything...yah're my favorite.' Life is some ironic bitch..."
Kurt stayed quite some more. Rogue took the hint to leave but before she got too far she heard...
"Why did you do it?"
Rogue didn't look back but answered, "Cause ah got tired of her manipulating...ah got tired of her lies...ah got tired of her using me to get what she wanted...ah got tired of being her power...she deserved tah die...maybe if you weren't so blind yah would have seen that too..."
And don't be so hard on yourself
And with that she walked away, leaving her brother alone to face the fact that his mother had been killed, by the one she loved the most.
"Even If I had seen that...I wouldn't have wanted to harm her...she was my mother..." Kurt whispered into the air and fell onto his knees. His watch hit the ground making a new appearance show, so if anyone had walked into that alley at the moment they would have seen a blue, crying demon.
You won't get better till you're worse
OoOoOoOo Maximoff Industries OoOoOoOo
"Pietro…" Pietro looked up to see Crystal with a package in her hand.
"What is it?" he asked not paying much attention to her, his every thought was on Lexa. Everything about her enticed him. They way her body had moved against him, the way she moaned his name and dug her nails into his shoulder. After they had had their fun they had just stayed in each other's arms and enjoyed the feeling of each other.
Yeah you, send a little smile my way
Crystal looked at Pietro and noticed he was out of it. Her mind could only imagine what he and stupid Lexa Howlett had done for hours in here…she didn't have to imagine too much though…they really weren't the quietest people.
"A package came for you sir."
Pietro looked at the small white box and then opened it found videotape inside. He looked at it curiously and then at Crystal who hadn't moved from in front of his desk.
And don't be so hard on yourself
"You can leave now…" she looked a bit insulted but quickly walked out and as she closed the door Pietro got up and but the tape into the VCR.
The tape started out with someone with a harsh voice, he spoke for a few seconds before it turned dark and then what looked like a small movie started. As he watched at the screen shock filled his ever bone and it didn't matter what he had felt earlier because…his world shattered that very second.
You won't get better till you're worse
OoOoOoOo Acolytes Bar OoOoOoOo
"Hey Jubilee..."
Yeah you, send a little love my way
Jubilee turned around to see Ray following her out for lunch. "Hey Ray," she greeted with a tiny smile.
"You ok?"
"Ya, why do you ask?"
Ray shrugged, "No reason, you just look a bit out of it."
Jubilee smiled again, "Don't worry...I'm fine," she told him and looked away.
"Wanna know something weird?"
"What?"
"Bobby and Duncan are missing..."
Jubilee got stiff, "Really? What do you think happened with them?"
"I dunno...I think that they might have run away but if they had they would have told us. Anyway their parents called me this morning. I wonder where they went..."
"Ray..."
"Ya?"
"What do you think about life?"
"What do you mean?"
"Like...why do you think we're here? Do you think there's a specific reason we're here...do you believe in fate...or do you believe that we make our own choices in life...or maybe that things that happened around us build how we are...I don't know...I just wanna know what you think..."
Ray stared at Jubilee with curiosity, he had never before seen her so...serious. "I think...all things happen for a reason. Like...if I was able to change the world I wouldn't because I think that you should just let the world run its course. About life...I think that's the most important thing...so I wouldn't want anyone to take their own lives..."
"But what if people die naturally?"
Ray shrugged, "Maybe it was their time..."
"What about...murder?"
Ray stayed quiet as he thought over it. "I think it's wrong...what gives someone the right to kill another?"
"Revenge...insanity...rape..."
And every second I spend waiting
Ray looked at Jubilee but she stared off into the distance. "Pain isn't a good enough reason to kill someone..."
"No, I suppose not. But I don't think people can help it...if they were brought up to in a hurtful environment then it's likely they'll follow in that path right?"
"I guess...but I still believe that people should value life, not just theirs but the lives of others too. Maybe even of those they hate..."
"How come?" Ray smiled at Jubilee and reached out for her hand. Jubilee felt like flinching away...but she knew she shouldn't be afraid. Ray was different, plus fear was a weakness she could not afford anymore. So he held her hand and they continued walking.
Ray shrugged, "You know what they say...what goes around...comes around."
They both walked in silence afterwards. Jubilee carefully running his words over and over again, as if she was listing to a broken record.
She couldn't help thinking if that saying was true, and if it was...who was going to fall first?
Drive me closer to this grave
OoOoOoOo Maximoff Industries OoOoOoOo
An Hour later
Lexa walked into Maximoff Industries with a huge smirk on her face. She felt like she was on top of the world and as she passed Crystal she made sure to give her a winning grin. Crystal glared at her but didn't say anything as she walked into Pietro's office and left the door opened.
When Lexa walked in everything was dark and Pietro stood like a statue in front of the TV.
I'm not alone, no I'm just on my own
"Pie…hey what's going o…" she started asking as she neared him but didn't finish to the question because when she got close enough Pietro's hand came up and mad hard contact with her jaw in a motion quicker than lighting.
Lexa fell to the floor in shock and for a brief moment her killer eyes appeared ready to strike at her attacker. But then she remembered it was Pietro and instead she blinked and looked up with pain in her eyes.
It wasn't pain because of the blow, her body could handle a lot worse than that, it was the fact that he hit her that had hurt.
"Pietro WHAT THE FUCK?"
Lex looked up and watched as Wanda stormed in looking mad since she had seen everything. Pietro didn't look at his sister, he kept his cold sapphire eyes on X-23, but in his hand was a remote control and with a small push on play…everything unraveled.
And I, it's a little cold outside
Wanda and Lexa looked at the TV as it started…
"Mr. Maximoff…I bet you think your little girlfriend is the greatest…but you've had your fun and well…maybe it's time you knew the truth…"
Everything went dark and then the vision of a man with white hair sitting in front of an elegant looking desk came up. He seemed pretty preoccupied but his face looked up and he stood, as soon a he did a silver looking collar flew his direction and before he could do anything it wrapped around his neck.
The voice from the beginning of the tape came up again, "Lexa Howlett…such a beautiful creature…fierce during the night…like a true Assassin. Also like a true assassin, she knows how to keep a secret…"
On the Screen a dark figured walked towards the man and the seemed to exchange words for a bit.
Wanda's eyes widened as she realized what they were watching. Lexa stared at it indifferent as she maintained her position on the floor.
On the screen the figure put their hands on the desk and found a letter opener and held it out teasingly at the white haired man. He pointed at it as and waited for something to happen but the pen stood in the hands of the young girl in front of him. The dark figure's head seemed to go back in laughter as she gracefully moved the letter opener between fingers. In front of her the white haired man looked uneasy and for a good reason because less then a second later the letter opener flew his was piercing him in the forehead and making him slam backwards into the wall. Before he could even react though the dark figure walked rapidly away and turned around to throw a couple of circular knives that cut into the old mans chest and even his neck. The screen then lit up making the dark figure known…
Pietro hit the TV making it shut off and then he turned to Lexa. "You knew…you FUCKEN KNEW how much I loved my father…and you knew what I had planned for his killer…and it turns out it was YOU ALL ALONG!"
Lexa looked up at Pietro. She saw anger and hate in his eyes…and as she stared at him she realized she had no idea what she could say to make this all better.
"Lexa…leave."
Lex looked up at Wanda who was staring at her twin, she then started getting up following the orders that had been giving to her. As she got up she realized that there was blood dripping from her mouth to her jaw. She brought her index and middle finger up to clean the line of blood on her jaw line. She looked down at the red on her fingertips and then looked at Pietro, they both just stared. Her eyes then turned cold as she brought the fingers up and licked them clean.
Don't think I'll escape
Wanda stared at X-23 and recognized the look on her face, it was the expression she had on when she had a new prey. She started walking backwards never taking her eyes off Pietro and as she passed the doors Wanda's hands turned blue and closed them. The room got silent as Pietro stared at the closed door and Wanda turned to her twin…
OoOoOoOo Park OoOoOoOo
Rogue sat alone on a bench in the Bayville Park. Her finger nailed tapped impatiently at the old wooden bench. She had gone straight to the park after her talk with Kurt.
After years of hiding it, Kurt finally knew the truth, Raven was dead and it was all her fault. Rogue knew it was wrong but she felt as if the weight of the world had just been taken off her shoulders. She closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh air as her memory took her back to that dark night. The night her 'mother' had died…the night she had run away from it all…
She had been angry and pushed Raven harshly against the window…she didn't know the glass would break and she would fall to her death. Rogue shrugged as she thought this, it hadn't been a big lost to her. She had run away that night too, not saying goodbye to anyone but Irene who had already foreseen what had happened.
That night she had walked away from her family…and met something better. She had been standing at the edge of a cliff when out of nowhere came a voice…
"Suicide is pathetic…"
When she had looked to see who had spoken she found a dark skinned girl with hazel eyes and light blue streaks in her hair.
Rogue had glared at the intruder and rudely answered, "No one is worth mah life…"
"Ouch, you sound like a scorned girl…"
"Ah'm not but if ah were ah'd rather get revenge than die for any dumbass."
The girl laughed and replied with, "Well said…I'm Lexa Howlett."
Why would I escape you
Rogue shook her head and was brought out of the memories when something light hit her head. When she looked around there was no one but when she looked at the ground she found a queen of hearts. On one side an address was scribbled on and on the other there was a time a small message reading, 'see you there'.
Rogue looked at the card and sighed; she put the card in her back pocket and headed towards home.
OoOoOoOo Maximoff Industries OoOoOoOo
After staring at the shut door for a while Pietro finally turned is attention towards his sister.
"You're just gonna let her walk out? After knowing what she DID?" he yelled and made a move to go after X-23 but was stopped when his feet glowed with a blue light and forced him to stay in place.
Wanda's hand then flew up making Pietro fly across the room and land hard on his rolling chair.
"WANDA WHAT THE HELL?"
Wanda started walking towards Pietro and sat in on the corner of his desk
"A Genoshan collar...isn't it odd how something like that...a simple collar...can help bring even the mightiest of mutants down..." she pondered out loud.
Pietro looked at her curiously but before he said anything she spoke again.
And don't think I'll replace
"Yes...It was X-23 that killed daddy dearest..." she told him slowly making his jaw fall open at the fact that she knew. Wanda mentally fought with herself trying to decide if she should tell Pietro everything. She turned to him, "She did it...because I told her too."
Pietro sat quietly and just stared at his twin sister not believing what she had just said.
Wanda watched Pietro coolly for any sign of aggression but he did nothing. Just sat there as if he was a statue. She looked away from him not wanting to see his intense gaze but jumped when she heard laughter come from him.
"Pietro..." she muttered and looked at him like he was crazy as he continued to laugh.
He stopped laughing after a bit, everything got quiet, the calm before the storm. With a quick swipe of his hands Pietro made everything fall of his desk in an angry gesture and then the yelling started.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN YOU TOLD HER TO DO IT?"
Wanda stood un-phased as her brother's voice echoed through the room, "It's like I just said, I told her to kill him."
"WHY? God Wanda...HE WAS OUR FATHER! He LOVED US!"
"NO! He loved YOU! Pie...but I was more like a sac of dirt to him."
"So what? You made X-23 kill dad because you were bitter towards him? What did you did this out of some sort of STUPID REVENGE?"
"You can say that," Wanda answered still wearing a careless expression.
"How could you...WHY? That is the stupidest Reason to kill someone. It might not have seemed like he loved you as much as me Wanda but he DID!"
"Really? Then why the HELL DID HE TRY STICKING ME IN A FUCKEN LOONEY BIN PIETRO? HUH WAS IT OUT OF LOVE? NO! IT WASN'T. AND DO YOU WANNA KNOW THE REAL REASON I WANTED HIM DEAD? IT WASN'T BECAUSE HE MADE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL...HE KILLED MOM!"
Everything got quiet; it almost seemed like time stood still as Pietro heard his sister's words over and over again as if she was a broken record.
"What?" he asked slowly.
"You really have a hearing problem today Pietro," Wanda snapped at him before sign and continuing. " You know the day mom died...it was that weekend Dad forced us to go to Agatha's for the weekend...Dad said he wanted some alone time with mom."
"Ya..."
"Remember how we were ready to go, the maids had all our things packed and the driver was waiting for us but I..."
"Decided to stay home and hide from everyone till mom and dad got home later that evening and surprise them by telling them you were still there," Pietro finished for her.
Wanda nodded and stared into space as she relived that night, "I hid in the pantry closet with the doors that had blinds in them so I could watch everything that was going on. Mom and Dad got home late...and dad ordered all the maids and butlers to go away...to bed or anywhere except the house. When they were all gone mom and dad started arguing. Dad screamed at mom that she was trash..."
"NO, he wouldn't do that...dad loved mom..."
"Will you let me finish? Dad was calling mom that...cause..." Wanda stayed quiet for a long while thinking over things.
"Mom was cheating on him..."
"WHAT? You know what Wanda you're full of SHIT! Mom would never cheat on dad."
"You know what Pietro, don't believe me I don't care. But I was there and I watched as dad yelled at mom for being with some other guy and then I watched as the knifes in the kitchen flew out of control and..." Wanda blinked away tears, "And...pierced her body..."
"You lying...YOU'RE LYING!"
Wanda shook her head and shrugged as she got up, "Whatever Pietro...think what you want. I'm done here," she told him and got up to leave. Pietro watched in silence and confusion, he had no idea what was going on.
Before leaving Wanda turned around to look at Pietro again. "You know what bro...I feel bad for you. Not because your in denial and still think dad is the greatest, not because you think mom was an angel...but because you just threw away the most important thing in your life...for a fucken lie your making yourself believe. Dad and Mom weren't perfect...mom didn't deserve to die...dad got what was coming to him...but Lexa...she didn't deserve what you just did to her...and you...you don't deserve her..."
How could I replace you
With that Wanda left and the doors closed behind her with a blue tint surrounding them. Pietro stood alone in the middle of the room. He stood numb until the his emotions finally let loose and he ran around the room making a huge wind start up starting the tiny tornado that started to destroy the inside of his office.
As he fell to his knees two things landed in front of him. Picture frames...one of his mom and dad...and the other was of Wanda, Rogue and...X-23.
OoOoOoOo Elsewhere OoOoOoOo
'Slam' Sabertooth looked up at the stack of papers Psylocke had just dropped on his desk
"What's this?"
"More 411 on Lexa Howlett…she's an assassins you know…"
"I know," he answered looking through the pile.
"Well if you knew you could have told us, anyway she's not alone…there's other assassins with her. Four others to be exact."
"I just really found that she was in fact one…" he answered and then stayed quiet after seeing a picture that accompany the stack of papers. "They must be wolverine's best…"
"Whose?" Warren asked out of the shadows.
"An old friend…it seems like we have three of the most popular assassins of our time here underneath our noses. Rogue, Scarlet Witch and…X-23." Sabertooth stayed quiet for a bit longer before speaking again, "I have a mission for you two…"
"What is it?" Warren asked.
"It seems we were able to get X-23 off Pietro's back but…his girlfriend isn't the only assassins that can save him…he still has his sister . So in order to get rid of him how we originally planned we're going to have to go through all of these assassins…the easiest way to do it is by getting rid of their leader first…then chaos will ensue."
"Meaning?"
"Go after Rogue…and destroy her. While you do that…I will attend to another member of this small club…" he answered and looked out into space.
OoOoOoOo An Hour later OoOoOoOo
'Knock Knock'
John walked over to the door and was shocked at who was waiting for him.
"Uh...Hey..."
"Hi..." Wanda stood outside the doorway before regretting coming here. "You know what...sorry I should go..." she told him quickly and turned to leave but stopped when a hand stopped her.
"No wait. Come in," John told her and led her inside.
Once she was inside the apartment Wanda let her eyes explore the walls. There were lots of reds and oranges...it reminded her of some kind of a campfire. The whole inside of the building seemed to be on fire, the only different color around was a big thick horizontal black line at the bottom of each wall.
"I would have cleaned up a bit if I knew you were coming," John told Wanda as he watched her look around.
His voice broke Wanda's trance as she stared at the art around her, and as she turned around to stare at John she wondered what the hell she was doing there. Why had she decided to go to him...a cop...why hadn't she gone to Rogue? She knew the answer to the question...cause Lex had probably gone to her first, and right now she didn't think she could face her friends pain. She was going through so pain too...and in order to console X-23, she had to overcome her own pain.
"I'm gonna make you some coffee ok?" John told her and walked off towards what she guessed was the kitchen. A couple of minutes later her returned with a hot mug of coffee and he sat next to her. Wanda took the cup carefully and they stayed quiet for a while.
John knew there was something wrong with her. It was obvious, mainly because she was there in his home. She was running away from something.
"What's wrong luv?" he asked softly.
Wanda shook her head and unexpectedly leaned her head on his shoulder.
And don't be so hard on yourself
"Wanda...you need to tell me what's wrong...if you don't it'll just eat you up in side," he told her while stroking his fingers through her hair.
Wanda swallowed hard and felt her eyes burning, and then the tears came out.
Why was she crying? She wasn't sure. It could have been for Pietro because he was being a difficult ass...her mom because maybe she hadn't known her that well at all...Lexa because she didn't deserve the pain she was probably going through...maybe it was for her dad...
"I just want it all to end..." Wanda told him as silent tears went down her cheek.
"What?"
"Everything...I just...I want to be free..."
"From what?"
"The past...everything is just coming back now and it's just screwing everyone up..."
"It'll be ok," he told her as she snuggled into his warmth. Wanda calmed down after a while and for a brief moment felt like a complete idiot for being there and crying in John's arms. He was an enemy in a way...she shouldn't be there...but she couldn't help wanting to be there.
She looked up into his calm soft blue eyes and couldn't help falling into them. She lifter her face up towards him and kissed him. The kiss started nice and slow.
Wanda reached up and played with John's shirt, trying to get it off him. When it was completely off and she rubbed her hands up and down his chest John pulled away from her.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
"Wanda...you're hurt right now...I can't...we can't do this..."
Wanda stood quiet and looked around before answering, "But I want to..." and with that she crashed her lips against his. John tried to fight the urge of responding, but couldn't help how good Wanda tasted. As he started to kiss back she straddled him and he started to fidget with the bottom of her shirt. Wanda pulled away to take the corset looking top off and John's hands immediately looked for her bra straps. Us the bra came lose, they both fell back onto his bed...
You won't get better till you're worse
OoOoOoOo Assassin mansion OoOoOoOo
Amara looked up towards the door as she heard it slam close. Lexa walked through the living room and looked around but must not have found what she was looking for because she walked away. As she left she bumped into Jubilee.
"Where's Rogue?
"Last time I checked in her bedroom," Jubes answered and both her and Amara watched as Lexa disappeared up the stairs.
"Some one looks pisses..." Amara muttered.
"You can say that again..."
Rogue looked up as the door to her room opened. She had been looking intently at the queen of hearts in her hands but put it down as Lexa walked in. She looked like her usual self except her face seemed to have an angry expression.
"Hey…"
"Hey…" Lexa answered her face slowly cringing to a sorrow face.
Yeah you, send a little smile my way
"Lexa what's wro…" before Rogue could even finish the sentence Lexa was in her arms crying into her shoulder. In between sobs she could here slurred and mumbled words but couldn't quite make out what her sentences were.
The only clear words she could make out were 'He knows' and that phrase being repeated ever other minute. It didn't take Rogue long to figure out what someone had found out.
Nothing could bring this kind of pain onto X-23. Rogue knew her better that anyone else…the only thing that would be able to make Lexa cry…was the one thing that could make her the happiest…Pietro.
He had found out…that she had indeed killed Erik. Sure it was on Wanda's orders and with her own consent, but Pietro being the rash ass that he was wouldn't have waited for answers. He would have gone straight to action and straight to the point. 'He did something to her…'
Rogue held Lexa; she didn't say anything because she knew nothing would probably make the younger girl feel better. All she could do is be the shoulder she cries on, when she was ready to talk about it she would. She had to admit that there was a powerful feeling in her telling her to kill Pietro. She knew it was just her over protectiveness thinking it but she couldn't help.
For a while she just sat on her bed hearing nothing but…
"He knows…he knows…he knows…he knows…"
After a bout half an hour of bitter and painful tears she fell asleep giving Rogue a chance to grab her cell and dial a number.
'Hello?'
"Hey…"
'You know…'
"Yes."
'Is she…'
"Ah hope so. What are we gonna do…where are yah?" she asked hearing a small murmur on the side of the phone.
'I'm…gonna go to the office ok…and try and get the stupid thing that cause all this agony…I'll be over shortly.'
"Ok but yah still didn't answer the question."
'Dial tone'
"Wanda? Wanda?" Rogue sighed and hanged up the phone frustrated.
"She was with a guy…"
Rogue looked down at Lexa who had her hazel eyed opened. She looked so small and innocent, almost as if she saw the world in a new view.
"How do you know?"
"I may feel like shit but that doesn't mean my senses disappear…"
"What did the guy say?"
"I dunno…it came out mumbled but it also sounded like a snore…" Rogue nodded and they both stayed quiet and in place.
After a while Rogue couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "How are you…"
And don't be so hard on yourself
Lexa laughed and started getting off her best friend, "Fine…I'll be fine…nothing can keep an assassin down for long right?"
"Lex yah don't have to play it cool…tell meh how yah feel."
X-23 sighed, "I…I'll be fine. You know…maybe I'm just like this cause of the shock of the small hit he gave me. I didn't hurt me it just…surprised me. I think…I made a mistake you know…I knew having strong feelings for someone like that was wrong and I still did it…I failed you…"
"Lexa…yah can't help falling in love…because yah do realize that's what yah did right? Yahr in love with Pietro…it's not yahr fault…and it's not his fault that he feels the same."
Lexa rolled her eyes and muttered a 'sure he does'.
"One moment of blinding hatred doesn't mean he never cared…or that he still doesn't…one moment of hate and anger makes people do stupid things…ah would have thought yah knew that better…knowing us should have told yah that…being what yah are should have told yah that…"
Lexa nodded and wiped away the tears that had slowly stared falling again, she knew Rogue was right. She sniffed dug her face into the mattress for a couple of seconds and when she brought her head back up everything about her seemed…normal.
"You're right…about a lot of things…including the fact that I do…love him. But even if he does have…feelings for me…I'm not going back to him."
Rogue looked a little surprise about that, "why?"
Lexa put on her killer face, "Cause I'm an assassin. I will not bring those I love into a world of danger…if he hates me…maybe that's for the best. Now enemies won't get to him…who knows…maybe I'm better off alone."
Rogue smiled and got up; she looked at her watch and started getting her Assassins outfit and equipment out. "That's gonna be our downfall…" she stated out loud.
"What?" X-23 asked.
"Our pride…"
"…" Everything stayed quiet for a long time. Lexa just watching her fearless leader until Rogue looked at her and said…
"But it's a sweet gesture…and sacrifice you're making for him…so much for being a merciless killer," she stated and ended their talk with a wink.
You won't get better till you're worse
OoOoOoOo Later OoOoOoOo
Amara looked up from the magazine she was skimming as she heard the front door open and close. Jubilee heard the sound but didn't pay much attention to it since she was on her laptop looking through some weapon sites.
"Jubilee," a voice called out.
"Ya?" Jubes answered.
Wanda walked inside the room, "Hey, I need you look at this tape and do anything you possibly can to find out who's voice is at the beginning."
Jubilee looked at the VCR tape with curiosity and then but the tape into the VCR after connecting the device to her laptop. She watched it and Amara walked over to see it too, they both looked in shocked as a younger Lexa killed off some guy who oddly enough had a resemblance to Pietro.
"Where's Rogue?" Wanda asked.
"Upstairs with X," Amara answered realizing some of the things that were going on. X-23 hadn't been pissed when she arrived, she had been hurt, and like any of them would, she was hiding her pain.
Jubilee sighed, "So what are we looking for?"
"I dunno, I was hoping you couldn't find a way to find out who's talking at the beginning of this tape."
"How did you get this?" Amara asked.
"Maximoff industries…I stole it from my brother…I was there earlier and went I went back he was gone but this was still in his TV."
"Well, I'm not sure what I can really find out but I can get a voice sample of this asshole and compare to that of some organizations and police files."
"Thanks that'd be a great big help," Wanda told her and started walking upstairs.
"Hey," Jubilee called out to her making her turn.
"Huh?"
"What's going on?"
"I'll tell you when we're all together," she answered and kept going up towards Rogue's room. When she opened the door Rogue was in her fighting outfit and Lexa was sitting Indian style on the bed.
Yeah you send a little love my way
"Hey…" Wanda greeted her. Lex nodded nonchalantly while Rogue brought her hand in a small hi greeting.
"Everything…cool?"
"Ya..." Anna answered while fixing her make up.
"How did he take it?" Lexa asked knowing that as soon as she had left the office Wanda had let the cat out of the bag…
Wanda sighed, "I don't know…I didn't stay long enough to know what damage was made. He did a lot of yelling though."
X-23 nodded and the room got silent.
"So where were you?" Rogue asked knowing that Wanda might have been upset after leaving Pietro and curious about the guy Lex had heard..
Wanda thought to John and then answered, "Just cruising around...anyway I brought the tape Pietro got of Lex doing the sin."
"Why?"
"Well I figured that if someone wanted him to see that it must have been for a reason...to get you off his back..."
"Maybe it was crystal."
"Nah, she's a dolt. I think it might have been someone that wants you off his back cause of what happened..."
"With Agatha," Rogue finished her mind thinking steps ahead.
"Ya."
"Someone is trying to get rid of Pietro by getting rid of yah. Where's the tape?"
"Jubes has it downstairs."
"Come on," Rogue told them and walked off leaving the other two to follow close behind. As the reached the door they heard a 'ding ding ding…we have a winner.'
"That was fast," Wanda told Jubilee who was gloating.
"Well I'm the best at what I do," she answered with a wink.
"So what's up?" Rogue asked sitting next to the hacking queen.
"And where did you find the info?" Lex asked sitting on the floor.
Jubilee looked over to her, "Um…oddly enough…I found him in your daddy's secret database…"
"WHAT?"
"Ya I know…he calls him Sabertooth. The voice sample matches his exactly…and it say's here that he runs an assassins league opposite of your pops. So they're like enemies…"
Lexa looked confused by this.
"So…is this guy after Pie or Lex?" Amara asked.
"Maybe both," Rogue answered and played the clip of the guy's voice.
"He has a reason to go after Lex…because of her dad…but someone wanted Pie dead so…" Wanda thought out loud.
"Maybe he's trying to get to Lex trough Pie," Jubes told them.
"My head hurts," Amara whined as all the news registered.
And every second I spend waiting
"It doesn't matter what's going on yet…we need someone to watch Pie closely though cause be might be in danger. Everyone turned to look at Lexa who shook her head.
Wanda sighed, "I'll do it…it'll be easier since I work with him and like that he won't suspect."
Rogue nodded while putting on some gloves, "Jubilee trying finding out more things about this Sabertooth character. Yah all can help."
"Where are you going?" Lex asked her.
"Tah play a game…I'll be back soon…"
"But what if it's this Sabertooth guy?" Amara told her.
"Let meh worry about that sugah," Rogue answered and left them with a wave of her hand. They watched her but after the door closed they turned back to the computer where Jubilee played the clip again. As the young Asian listened she couldn't help but find the voice familiar, the only problem was she couldn't place a picture to the voice.
OoOoOoOo Elsewhere a lil later OoOoOoOo
Rogue smirked when she saw what she would be stealing from, a huge mansion stood in front of her. It seemed lonely…but well guarded. She carefully eyed the place before jumping a big white stone fence making sure to avoid all hidden cameras she had found.
'Who ever lives here must be loaded…' she thought to herself as she walked, ran, and dodged around the place. After she was beginning to feel relaxed she heard something that made her want to die…a bark.
When she turned around behind her she found two watchdogs running towards her at full speed. She gave a small yell before doing cartwheels backwards and then grabbing a limb from a tree and swinging herself up on it.
'Crap Crap Crap Crap' she thought to herself hoping that no one had heard her. She stood calm for 5 minutes just checking that no one knew of her presence there and after making sure everything was fine she saw the perfect entrance into the mansion. One of the doors was slightly opened on a balcony and less than two minutes later she was inside exploring the luxurious house.
After walking around she walked into a dark room but as soon as she walked in she knew she was no longer alone. Her eyes sought out the other body in the room and saw it across from her. There was nothing else between them except darkness…and a very expensive vase in the middle of the room, which stood on a pedestal.
Rogue started walking forward towards it knowing that that was their new prize but stopped when her opponent's hand came up in warning. She watched as the shadowed figure dug through his trench coat and take out a small looking ball then rolled it towards the vase.
Seconds later the ball exploded with a light red liquid making the room fill up with red lasers. Paint…the ball had been filled with paint and now showed that the vase was heavily guarded with lasers all around the room, one right in front of Rogue's face only centimeters away from her nose.
She backed off from it making sure not to touch it and activate the alarm then watched as her opponent bowed for welcoming her to go after the artifact.
She sighed, looked around but then started walking forward towards the vase at the same time he did. They twisted, bended and turned in odd positions to get pass the laser and closer to the vase.
Rogue touched it first but as soon as she grabbed it she felt pressure pulling it away from her and she knew that he held it too. The played a mini tug of war but Rogue ended up keeping it and rapidly making her way through the lasers again. When she got out of the mess she got ready to make a run for it but stopped when a hand grabbed her wrist and harshly pulled her back.
She tried pulling free but when that didn't work she threw a kick at her captor only to get it blocked and then get a punched thrown at her. She easily blocked it and countered it. Both figures dance around the darkness with kicks and punches, both turning every other minute to avoid contact.
Rogue knew blocking wouldn't work forever and it became more obvious when she felt a kick to her stomach. After recovering from the blow fast she brought her hand up and punched her opponent making them stumble backwards towards the light. Rogue turned but by then it was too late to see his face but she did see one thing…red.
Drive me closer to this grave
Red…red eyes…the vase fell from her hand in shock and hit the floor making it smash up to a million little pieces.
He started walking backwards as she stood in place watching him and with a blink of her eye he was gone, almost as if he had bee a ghost. All she could think of as she stood there alone though was his eyes…they had been demon eyes and…they had been beautiful.
Rogue snapped out of her daze as she noticed the blaring sound that echoed through out the mansion. He had pulled the alarm…it was time to go.
OoOoOoOo 30 Minutes later OoOoOoOo
"So what are we gonna do?" Jubilee asked after Rogue got home. They were back to the Sabertooth issue. Rogue had gotten home to find that Jubilee hadn't found out anything new.
"I don't think we can do much. We don't really know anything about this Sabertooth person or his assassins," Amara answered.
I'm not alone, no I'm just on my own
Rogue sat on a couch chair looking thoughtful, this really in the mood to think about this after what had happened but she felt she had no other choice. After a while of silence she finally said, "We have tah find them before they find us…"
"How we don't even know where to begin looking," Lexa whined.
"Maybe we should just let them come to us," Wanda told them.
Rogue looked at Wanda thinking about her idea, she nodded and said, "Ya…maybe…anyway let me, X and Wanda think about that. We need to start thinking of something else…"
"What?" Jubes asked.
"Roberto Da Costa." Everyone looked at Amara. "It's time to end the game. Mara, yah think yah can do it?" Rogue asked.
"Of course she can…plus it'd be easier for her since he trusts her. She could do it and no one would suspect," Wanda stated.
Amara nodded numbly, her hands fidgeted as she stared at Rogue.
"Ya Wanda has a point," Lexa agreed, especially knowing that once Roberto was dead all lose ends that tied her to Pietro would be gone.
Rogue stared at Amara intently and was surprised that instead of looking away like usual she was looking straight at her too.
"Jubilee, get online and start researching…"
"What?"
And I, it's a little cold outside
"Lex's favorite form of murder…poison. Ah want the best yah can find," she answered still looking directly into Amara's brown orbs. "Yah can put it in his food…drink…who knows, maybe even slip it in with a kiss. Yah know just make sure yah don't swallow any…"
Amara nodded and than got up, "I'm gonna go shower…" she stated and left.
Jubilee watched her go before getting on the Internet and googling poison.
"Aww, that's not fair, why does Amara get all the fun?" Lex whined teasingly then gave a small smirk towards Rogue who was looking in the direction Amara had gone. Wanda also stared at the door and then at Rogue, wondering if Amara was ready to do her job…because if she wasn't…Rogue wouldn't hesitate to step in and finish the job herself…
OoOoOoOo Later Rogue's Room OoOoOoOo
And so don't be so hard on yourself
Rogue sat on her desk with her head on top of her hands as she looked down at the illuminating screen. She had stolen Jubilee's computer to search around for some more poisons and while she was at it she couldn't help but think that she was making a mistake.
She wasn't sure though if killing Roberto was the mistake or it was making Amara do it. She knew Amara had developed some feelings for him…she didn't know how serious she felt about him but she knew she was hiding something from her and the others.
She sighed and exited out of the google search and just surfed around some of the sites Jubes had book marked. She stooped at one that seemed like t was a background checker kind of site. She smirked as she noticed that Jubilee had gone ahead and looked to see what it said about them.
All five profiles had about the same things, nothing that showed who they really where. When she looked themselves up through their codenames though the page was filled with one sentence, under the 'no image available' it said, "Wanted: For mass murders."
She smirked and was about to log off when she suddenly had a vision of Remy. The memories of their heated kiss the other day started replaying in her mind. He had smelled so good and felt so right pressed up against her like that.
Red…the guy with reds eyes suddenly popped into her head. He had been pressed up against her too the other day…and somehow she thought they felt…similar. Rogue shook her head and started typing in Remy's name into the little search bar.
After she looked at the computer and hesitated on whether she should press enter or not…
You won't get better till you'll get worse
"This is stupid…he's cop…" she told herself out loud and lightly tapped on enter. The new page took forever to load but when it did she quickly looked over and found that…everything was fine.
She smiled stupidly at herself and turned to start fixing things to go to bed but with her elbow she accidentally clicked the "Jean-Luc Lebeau" link under father.
When she looked back to the computer she saw the new profile and skimmed through stopping at, "On probation for founding a thieves association. Many of them are still being looked for. He was the leader and his son Remy Lebeau is called the 'heir' to the throne but as of now there is no evidence against the 'prince of thieves'. The Thieves Guild is known to be the most successful group of thieves…"
Rogue stopped reading and her head tilted as she looked at kept re reading the prince of thieves part.
She closed her eyes and took a deep breath…red on black…his shades…red on black…
She closed the laptop and without even looking as she got up and headed out her balcony door.
oh, send your love my way
OoOoOoOo TBC OoOoOoOo
Dun dun dun…the chaos of it all. Two chaps left…what do you guys think will happen? Who's gonna die and who's gonna live? Mwahahah only I know. Anyway stay tuned for the next chap, I still have a couple of things up my sleeve.
So was anyone right about who killed Mags? It was both…in a way I guess. Wanda ordered it and X-23 got the job done…poor Pie Pie…and Amara too, will she follow orders or what? The song I used in this chap was, "Don't Confess" by Tegan and Sara. Anyhoo…
Romy- The game is over…what is it's results? Find out in the next chap.
Jonda- Awww comfort sex lol. At least one couple is ok right? Question is…how long will it last? Mwahahhaha…
Xietro- Sadness sadness sadness…it broke my heart to write that part…then again I was really excited to write it too. Will they ever get back together?
Jubilay- Hmmm…Jubilee seems out of it…but yay Ray noticed…at least we know he cares ;D
Amarto- To kill…or not to kill…That is the question. So what do you guys think? Will Amara go after Roberto like originally plan? Or will her heart give to her desires of love?
Dun dun dun…everything is sad lol. Only one couple is really "OK" and I'll make sure to undo that in the next chap so stay tune and find out how ;D So who out there hates me? Lol. Hope you guys liked and review. See you next update. Love ya'll - UHW
