Rogue gets kidnapped by the acolytes and then is forced to join them. How do they accomplish this? Read on to find out. Romy, maybe rietro.hehe gambit

Disclaimer: I do not own x-men, otherwise I would be basking in the glory of it instead of writing fan fiction, plus if I owned x men I would take Gambit, and do naughty things with him. So yeah. . .

Chapter Five: Pietro's turn

She had to take the bracelet off. If she had kept it on any longer she would have been to tempted to keep it. Tears stung at Rogue's eyes, threatening to spill out. How could they do that to her? If only they knew how much it hurt to have to throw away a gift like that. Rogue didn't want to have to tempted like that ever again. She WOULDN'T betray the x-men! But the way Remy, no, the way Gambit had touched her. His finger up and down her arm, she had never felt anything like that before. Rogue wasn't sure if she would be able to so no if she was ever tempted like that again. Maybe if he had just told her about the bracelet, instead of showing her, it would have been easier, but he just had to touch her like that! If he hadn't of touched her, hadn't made her put it on, it would have been so much easier.

"Oh Roguey!" Rogue lifted her head to see the annoyingly happy face of Pietro, or Quicksilver. "Hey Roguey! I heard you gave Gambit quite the-" Pietro stopped when he saw Rogue's face and noticed her eyes were red and somewhat watery. "Um . . . Rogue, are you alright?"

Rogue took a deep breath and wiped the water out of her eyes. "Did ya want something Pietro?" She asked spitefully. "Because Ah'm really not in the mood to talk to ya or anyone else right now!"

"Oh come on Rogue," he said sitting beside her, not caring that she still had her glove off. "It's not that bad here is it?"

Rogue looked at him like he was crazy. "Are ya kidding meh? "Your psychopathic father is keepin' meh prisoner here, all because he wants meh to join his psycho group, and now he's trying to bribe meh into it by offering meh the one thing Ah've always wanted, which really isn't doing any good cuz all it's doin is pissing meh off!"

"You'd really give up the ability to touch because of the x-men?" Pietro asked doubtfully. Rogue nodded. "Why?

"Because their mah family." She replied softly, more to convince herself than Pietro. Pyro's words from earlier were still fresh in her mind. "They accepted meh."

"So did the Brotherhood," Pietro said. "And so do the acolytes if your willing to join them."

"But Mystique used meh! She lied to meh, and Magneto-"

"Magneto told you the truth the minute he offered you the job," Pietro interrupted. "Everything he's done is for his cause, and he hasn't lied to you at all once. When Mystique lied to you that was her doing! Magneto never told her to lie to you, he just told her to get you on the brotherhood. The acolytes are no x-men, but at least they don't keep secrets from each other. They don't go under the illusion of some happy family either."

Rogue shot him a glare. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" She asked angrily.

"You know what I mean Rogue," Pietro said. "Their not your family, and they don't even act like it. Your different from the rest of the x-men, your not some happy-go-lucky hero who sings change the world every day. Your good at seeing things for what they are, can't you see that?"

Rogue remained silent, once again speechless by the terrible truth pointed out to her. Pietro watched her closely as she once again found herself staring at the floor. "You don't have to be outcast anymore Rogue," Pietro whispered. He reached out and tucked her hair behind her ear. After a few more minutes of silence he took out the bracelet. Upon seeing it Rogue took a deep breath, once more fearing the temptation she might not be able to get rid of.

"Please don't," she whispered, feeling her eyes water again. "Ah can't. . ."

Pietro watched in shock and horror as tears began to spill from Rogue's eyes. He wasn't used to seeing this side of Rogue. He had always known her to be hard and tough, pretty much unbreakable. But now she was vulnerable, being offered the one thing she wanted for a price she was afraid to pay.

Pietro hesitated, afraid of making her cry more, but then reached over and wrapped the bracelet around her wrist careful not to touch her skin before the bracelet was activated. Finally he had the clasp done, and he took Rogue's hand in his. Rogue looked like she was about break. "You don't have to take it off," he whispered giving her hand a comforting squeeze. "As long as you stay here you can keep it on."

Gambit was very disappointed when he heard a knock on the door, and Pietro's calm voice telling him to let him out. Gambit unlocked the door and an expressionless Pietro walked out. In the room he could see Rogue sitting on the cot, staring at the bracelet on her wrist. He closed the door behind Pietro and locked it.

"So how did y' do it?" He asked him. "When Remy tried she tried to take 'is head off."

An immediate smile formed on Pietro's face. "I told you. I know Rogue."

"Y' may have gotten de chere to wear the bracelet, but Remy doubts you'll be the one to get her to join us."

Pietro smirked. "We'll see about that

Kitty, Kurt, Jean, Scott, Beast and Wolverine were gathered around the professor who had just finished his search for Rogue on Cerebro. "You find anything Chuck?" Wolverine asked.

Professor Xavier shook his head. "I'm sorry, but I can't seem to find Rogue anywhere. I can't contact her through telepathy because it seems as if there's something blocking her mind from mine, and she hasn't used her powers lately so there's no trace of her on cerebro, not that there would be if something is shielding her mind."

"What does that like mean?" A very worried Kitty asked.

"It has to be Magneto," Scott said angrily. "Only he has the technology to block cerebro."

"You may be right Scott," the professor agreed. "Most of Magneto's bases shield the mutants in it from cerebro detection. If Magneto has taken Rogue to his base that would explain why I can't locate her."

"So how do you suggest we find her then?" Wolverine asked.

"Pietro," Scott answered. "He's Magneto's son. He of all people should know where his base is."

"Scott," the professor said. "Try following Pietro after school tomorrow, see where he leads you. If he takes you to the base then come back here. We will assemble a rescue team, and then you can show us where it is."

"Got it Professor."

"Like I hope she's okay," Kitty said out loud. Then to herself she whispered, "Please be okay Rogue."