Disclaimer: I didn't make these characters. Their not mine I'm sorry I'm not as brilliant as Stan Lee is.
A/N: Okay first off I want to say how very, very sorry I am that it took this long. I had a major case of writer's block, and I am ashamed. Very, very deeply ashamed. I know you guys had to wait a while to read this so I hope I don't disappoint you. On a final note I'M GOING TO PROM lol okay just had to get that out of my system. Enjoy.
Chapter Twelve:
Rogue touched Wolverine's cheek without even hesitation. She didn't care about Wolverine, all that mattered was getting to Mystique and beating the shit out of her, and what better way to do that than with the instincts of an animal, and the ability to heal. First she felt Wolverine's powers transfer to her and then she began to see images from his memory, something she didn't care to see, but what she did see shocked her.
"What-?" Rogue mumbled as she images of her training with Logan, no Wolverine in the danger room at the X-Mansion. He had covered her in missions with the X-Men, what was she doing with the X-Men? What was she doing at the X-Mansion? Rogue shook her head and tried to pull away but Wolverine grabbed her hand and pressed his fingers against her bare ones. "Get off meh!" Rogue screamed as more memories of her and the X-Men fighting side by side and getting along filled her head.
"No way Rogue," he said holding her tighter, despite the loss of energy she was draining from him. "Remember who you are!"
Without warning Wolverine was picked up by an unseen force and thrown across the yard, being torn from his grip on Rogue's hand. Magneto walked calmly behind Rogue who was holding her head in her arms trying to figure out why she was having these strange memories.
"Ah don't get it," she said, her body shaking. "Ah'm- Ah'm."
"One of my acolytes," Magneto's voice cut her off. "You have been an acolyte of mine for quite some time now Rogue. The X-Men are and have always been. . .your enemies."
"But the memories they-" Before Rogue could finish her sentence the memories she had absorbed from the Wolverine began to change. Instead of training her, Wolverine was playing sick games with her mind. Every time she appeared in him memories the emotion he felt was complete hatred. The hatred he had of her was so overwhelming Rogue nearly collapsed. She didn't think anyone could hate her that much, not even her enemy.
Magneto nodded at Mastermind whose eyes were closed and his face was deep in concentration. Rogue stood from the ground and her cocky smile returned as she felt Wolverine's powers kick in. Now she had only one target; Mystique.
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The brotherhood had completely ignored the situation with Rogue and Wolverine, not really caring that two X-Men were fighting each other. All the wanted was a piece of the action. They all joined in and began fighting anyone who did not consider himself a member of the brotherhood. Mystique however did notice the scene between Rogue and Wolverine. She did nothing at first as it became quite obvious that Rogue was different somehow. The first tale tell sign was her outfit. There was no way Rogue would wear something that exposed so much of her skin. She was to cautious and held back far to much than what was good for her.
She watched as Rogue shrank to the ground after absorbing Wolverine's memories. Wolverine refused to let go of her, and forced her to absorb more of him so that she could see that she was fighting to the wrong person. Suddenly the mutant was lifted up by an invisible force and thrown across the lawn. Mystique's gaze went to Magneto who began walking toward the very distressed Rogue, and then off to the side she saw a mutant she recognized as Mastermind. His eyes were closed and he concentrated very hard. Mystique gave a wicked smile and began to approach him.
"Mastermind!" She yelled. He looked up and his eyes widened in fear as he realized who it was who called his name, and she looked pissed. "What the hell have you done to my daughter!" Mastermind began look around for a way to escape but Mystique was right on him. "You little spineless, manipulative, low level, penis sucking, ass kissing-"
"Hey Momma!" A familiar southern voice cut Mystique off and she turned around to see her adopted daughter Rogue, grinning at her with a smile that made even her skin crawl. At any other time Mystique might have been proud of that cold smile that could chill her enemies, but not now, not when it was just something Magneto had dreamed up for Mastermind to plant in her daughter's head.
Rogue began to run towards Mystique but was lifted off the ground by an unseen force. Behind her Jean Grey's face was rigid with concentration as she both levitated Rogue and entered her mind.
Rogue you have remember who you are!
"Get outta mah head!" Rogue screamed.
Please Rogue! Let me help you! Jean concentrated hard as she searched through Rogue's mind. The first thing she found were the false memories that Mastermind had planted. These aren't your memories Rogue, they never happened. We are your friends!
"Ah don't believe you!" She screamed trying to block Jean out.
Jean concentrated harder as she tried to get deeper in her mind to find Rogue's real memories, but was interrupted by a sudden blast of fire. Jean lost her hold on Rogue when she was knocked to the ground by a blast of flames, the side of her cloths catching on fire.
Pyro laughed manically as Jean struggled to put the fire out. "It's not nice to play mind games Sheila," he said waving his finger at her. He looked over to where Rogue had landed to see if she was okay. "You alright Sheila?" He asked.
Rogue stood up and dusted herself off. "Ah'm fahne. Just keep the red head away from meh."
Pyro grinned. "No-" Before he could finish his sentence he was knocked across the yard by one of Cyclops' optic blasts.
"Jean!" Scott ran up to his girl friend and helped her put out the flames. "Are you okay?"
"I think so," she said shakingly. "Scott, there's something you should know about Rogue. She thinks she's our enemy. Magneto did something to her mind. He changed her memories. She can't remember being an X-Men at all."
Scott began to say something but then the ground shook violently. "Hey Summers!" Lance was looking at Scott with an eager smile. "Are you here to fight or play kissy with your girl friend?"
"I'll be right back," Scott told Jean with a serious face. "He began walking towards Lance with his hand on his visor ready to let out another blast if necessary, which he hoped would be absolutely necessary.
"Scott wait what about-" But Jean didn't get to finish. All of the sudden she was lifted up into the air by a very large hand. Blob held Jean upside down by her ankle, and leered at her.
"How you doin?" He grinned.
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Kurt teleported Kitty back to the X-Jett right after Rogue had tried to drain her. Kitty watched the fight from there with a pale face. Kurt stayed with her, not wanting to leave her alone, plus he didn't think he would be able to participate in a fight if Rogue was on the other side.
Kurt watched as the fight progressed and the Brotherhood showed up. First Rogue attacked Wolverine and then tried to attack Mystique, but was stopped by Jean, only to be saved by Pyro later on, who got blasted by Scott, who went off to attack Avalance, leaving Jean alone to fight Blob. Wolverine was still recovering from being absorbed by Rogue. He had forced her to absorb more of him than she had wanted, but Kurt was to faraway to tell why. Mystique was trying desperately to get to Rogue but then Magneto interfered and the two began to fight. Pyro had been temporarily put out of the game. Scott's blast had knocked him back causing him to hit his head on a rock when he landed on the ground, and Gambit and Colossus had teamed up against Beast and Storm, and Pietro had decided to pick on a very confused Toad who was wondering why the other brotherhood members were fighting the X-Men when they were supposed to be there to fight the Acolytes. Then he saw Rogue.
Rogue was up and looking over at Mystique who was still fighting Magneto. Her face was twisted in anger and she began storming over to her. This might be it, Kurt thought. Maybe he could get to her now that she was alone.
Kurt teleported right in front of Rogue. "Rogue!"
"Outta mah way elf and Ah wont hurt you!" She spat angrily.
"Nein Rogue!" He said firmly. "I am not leaving vithout you. You are mien schwester. Adopted or not, I'm not moving!"
Rogue rolled her eyes at his attempt to be strong. "Ya'll X-Men are deluted."
"Rogue!" Rogue turned and saw Magneto walking towards her. Behind him Mystique lay on the ground unconscious. "We're leaving." Four metal orbs came floating down to the yard and opened up.
"But Ah didn't even-"
"Now!" Magneto had an expression of pure seriousness, one that said don't question me or you'll die.
Rogue nodded but Kurt's expression grew angry. He grabbed Rogue's covered arm and kept her in place. "No! Rogue you can't leave us! I'm your brother and I wont allow it! Your not an acolyte you're an X-Man!"
Magneto rolled his eyes at the display and sent a small metal ball hurling at Kurt. The ball hit him in the stomach and knocked him back five feet, knocking the air at him. "So pathetic aren't they?" He said. He looked over at Rogue who had a confused expression on her face.
"They keep saying Ah'm one of them," she said. "It's almost lahke they care about meh."
Magneto let out an evil laugh. "Rogue my dear, the X-Men brainwash mutants to join with them by telling them that they are one big happy family. And now, their trying to recruit you because they know how powerful you are. Don't let them brainwash you like they have done with so many others."
Rogue nodded slowly. With one last look at Kurt she climbed in the orb.
The rest of the Acolytes had managed to get away from their opponents and climbed into the orbs as well. Gambit climbed in with Rogue, Pietro and Pyro shared an orb and Colossus climbed in with Mastermind, and Magneto took the last orb for his self. The orbs were gone before anyone could stop them.
Mystique gain consciousness just to see the orbs fly away. "No!" she yelled getting up. She glared at the brotherhood members who were fighting the X-Men. "You idiots!" She screamed. They all stopped to look at her. Even the X-Men had stopped fighting. "You complete morons. You incompetent fools! We are here to fight Magneto! Not the X-Men!"
"Let me guess," Wolverine said coming up. "You came because you don't like the idea of Magneto giving orders to Rogue." The glare on Mystique's face gave Wolverine his answer. "Well then we're here for the same thing."
"Wait," Toad said, finally getting it. "We're here for Rogue?"
Storm walked over to Mystique calmly. "Maybe we should work together."
Scott and Lance both looked at each other horrified by the suggestion. "What!"
A/N: Okay finally got it done. Once again so sorry it took so long. Hope I didn't disappoint you.
