A/N: Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry for taking so long! Evil writer's block I destroy you! But anyway, I'm really sorry guys. I wrote the first half of this chapter write away and then its like BANG! No more ideas. But I finally got this chapter finished and I'll try my very best to get chapter sixteen and seventeen up before Saturday because I'm going on a two week vacation, and you guys get two chapters before then because I don't like the number sixteen and do not want to leave my story on that chapter. So here's this chapter have fun.
Chapter Fifteen: Dancing
Magneto sat in his office, Mastermind sitting across from him. After Mastermind had put in more bad memories in Rogue's head he decided he wished to speak to him privately so the young girl would not over hear them. If she did overhear them Mastermind could have easily erased her memory of it, but Rogue was to good at having old memories resurface. He did not want that to be one of them, especially since the day he first offered Rogue a position as acolyte he told her he had never lied to her.
On his desk was a coffee pot with a metal handle. With his powers Magneto lifted the pot and poured the coffee into both his and Mastermind's mugs. "I hope you like it black," he said.
Mastermind took a sip of the coffee. "It's best when it's black." He smiled. As he set his cup down a question came to his mind. "Exactly how long do you wish me to stay here?"
Magneto shrugged. "As long as it takes for her old memories to stop resurfacing." Then he added, "But I'd rather you stay until the X-Men have been finished off. As long as she's fighting someone who knew her before she became an acolyte there is danger that she could absorb her memories and see who she really was."
Mastermind nodded. "I will stay close in case she absorbs the memories of an old friend," he agreed. "But soon you wont have to worry about old memories resurfacing." Magneto gave him a questioning look and he explained. "The more new memories I put inside her mind the harder it will be for her to gain access to her old ones. It's almost as if her old memories are being buried deeper into her mind with every new memory I give her."
Magneto leaned forward, very pleased with this information. "So in time, could it be possible for her memories to be buried permanently in her mind, out of reach completely if you keep sending her false memories?"
Mastermind nodded. "But even if her memories are that far gone, she will still suspect something if she absorbs the memories of an X-Man. It will confuse her, but eventually she will figure it out."
"What are you suggesting?"
"Keep her away from the X-men. Don't send her on missions to destroy the X-Men. I could always go with her to erase the memories she gains and give her more false ones, but eventually the X-Men will figure out why I'm there, if they haven't already."
Magneto nodded, knowing that Mastermind had a point. He would limit the missions Rogue had dealing with the X-Men, but he couldn't keep her from all of them. "We will have to be cautious then." He looked over at the clock on the wall.
"Shall I go give Rogue more false memories now?" Mastermind asked.
Magneto turned back towards him and shook his head. "No. I have allowed Pietro to go out tonight. I believe he has taken Rogue with him."
"Are you sure that's wise?"
"Rogue does have her power limiter on, and Pietro has promised not to show off his powers, so there should be no trouble. No one should suspect them as mutants as long as they don't show signs of their powers. Besides, it will be good for Rogue to go out. I want her to feel connected to my acolytes and I. I want her loyalty to be strong. She was loyal to the X-Men because she was close to them."
"I see," Mastermind said. "If you think this is wise than I can't argue. Would you like me to put more memories in her mind when she returns?"
"Yes, if your still up by then that would be appreciated."
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John hadn't meant to listen in on the conversation. He heard Mastermind's voice and Rogue's name mentioned and he felt very curious about their conversation. Pressing his ear against the door he could just make out their conversation, and heard everything. He heard the bit about Rogue absorbing the memories of X-Men screwing with her new memories, and the bit where Mastermind should keep giving Rogue new memories to cover up her old ones, AND he heard the bit about Pietro taking Rogue out.
"What are y' doin homme?"
Pyro jumped right before he turned around. Remy stood there looking at him with a almost scolding expression. "Ello mate!" Pyro said with great big smile.
Remy gave a small smile and shook his head. "Y' know homme, one o' dese days de boss man will find y' spyin' on him an' it won' be pretty."
"Well at least I'll have plenty of black mail to defend myself with," Pyro said back, grinning like a wild man. "There's the thong thing, I could black mail him with that, or the thing with his secret obsession with spice girls. I've got a load of fun facts about the boss man to black mail him with."
Remy's smile grew wider and he tried to suppress laughter. "So what y' find about de boss man this time?"
Pyro hesitated. "Ya aint gonna like it."
Remy frowned. Why did he have a feeling this was about Rogue. "What do y' know homme?"
"Well. . ." John hesitated once more. He didn't know for sure how attached he was to Rogue, but he did know he was against the whole Mastermind idea, and he hated Pietro so he wasn't going to be happy about that either. "The more memories Mastermind puts into Rogue's head the harder it'll be to get back her old ones, so now Magneto wants Mastermind to put memories in Rogue's head on a regular basis so she'll never remember he old life." Remy's frown got deeper, and then Pyro added, "And now she's on a date with Pietro."
"They went to the Wings of Red club a few blocks from here," a thick Russian accent came from behind. Pyro and Gambit turned around and saw Piotr standing there behind them. "Pietro was telling me about it earlier. I think it would be wise if they were supervised." He glanced over at Remy. "That's a hint to you to go find them." After that Piotr turned and walked away.
John turned to Remy and grinned. "Well mate. You heard the man. Better get over there and 'supervise'."
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Pietro led Rogue bye hand into the club. It was crowded with people, which was making Rogue nervous. Even though she was wearing her bracelet and her powers were off, she still felt nervous about touching people. Years of no touching kind of have that effect on a person.
Pietro noticed Rogue's concerned face and pulled her closer to him. "Hey don't worry, you can't hurt them now." He gave her an encouraging smile. "You don't have to worry about the no touching thing anymore."
"Ah know," Rogue said, still unable to shake off the feeling she's had to carry for so long. "But it's still new ta meh ya know?"
Pietro nodded. He knew he could never really understand what it was like for her, having to spend years without human touch, but he could help her readjust to fitting into life again. "Come on," he urged. "Let's dance."
Rogue let him pull her out to the dance floor. He allowed her some space as they danced, not crowding her or getting to close to her in attempt to bring her back to touching slowly so she could adjust better, and for that Rogue was very grateful. Touching seemed to much like a dream to her. A big part of her was afraid it was a dream and any minute now someone would bump into her and she would absorb them and hurt them.
Rogue had no idea until now how much she actually missed dancing. She really did miss dancing to the music while the DJ shined the light all over the dance floor and how she just didn't care if other people saw her and thought her moves were stupid. As this realization dawned on her she began dancing with more speed and passion, just like she used to before her powers surfaces. Pietro was very surprised to see how into it Rogue was becoming, and slowly he moved closer to her dancing form, and for the first time Rogue didn't flinch.
"Hey your not bad," Pietro said, very impressed.
Rogue flashed him a cocky smile. "Not bad? Is that it?"
Pietro smirked. "Well I was comparing you to me."
Rogue laughed at his cockiness and said, "You haven't seen anything yet Maximoff."
Pietro grinned, "That sounds like a challenge Roguey."
"It might be," Rogue said smirking.
The song that had been playing ended and a new and faster and more upbeat song came on. Rogue and Pietro both smirked at each other and began dancing. Forgetting about taking things slow, Pietro pulled Rogue close and danced with her body next to his. Rogue felt nervous at first, but then gave into the closeness. Pietro put his hands on Rogue's hips as they swayed to the music. Neither of them said anything throughout the dancing. All they did was exchange smirks and occasionally laugh at each other. By the time the song was over, both were breathless from dancing so hard.
"Wow," Pietro mustered out. "You are good."
Rogue smirked. "I know. Your pretty good too."
The next song was I'm with you by Avril Lavigne, not one of Rogue's favorite singers, but this song wasn't that bad. She looked at Pietro nervously wondering if he wanted to dance with her to this slow song. You could dance with any guy to a fast up beat song, but she had never really danced to a slow song with a guy before.
"Do you want to dance?" Pietro asked.
Rogue nodded, glad that he asked and thinking herself to be insane. Pietro wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her close to him. Wrapping her arms around his shoulders Rogue relaxed into him. They swayed as the music played.
I'm standing on the bridge
I'm waiting in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now
There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound
Pietro couldn't help thinking about how great this was. He was actually touching Rogue and being close to her. Her remembered wondering what it would be like to get close to the untouchable goth, but she had always been far from reach, and it wasn't just her mutation. She was so guarded in the brotherhood. Pietro didn't blame her. He heard about what happened when the X-Men tried to recruit her back in her hometown. Mystique made her think they wanted to hurt her. It's not exactly assuring when the heroes try to kill you.
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody come take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying figure out this life
Won't you, take me by the hand, take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but i, I'm with you
I'm with you
Then she joined the X-Men. Rogue had always kept to herself in the brotherhood so it was hard to get to close to her, so it didn't really break anyone's heart when she left, except maybe pissed Mystique off. But Pietro had always been interested in her. He had taken note of her daily habits and occasionally shared a conversation with her. But when she joined the X-Men he couldn't do that anymore. Rogue was the enemy, a member of the X-Men.
I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here I know
Cos nothing's going right and
Everythings a mess
And no-one like's to be alone
But now Rogue was an Acolyte. She was here with him, in his arms.
Isn't anyone trying to find me?
Won't somebody take me home
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you, take me by the hand, take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but i, I'm with you
I'm with you
Her head fell to his shoulder and he pulled her closer. Pietro smiled to himself. So this was what it was like to get close to the Rogue.
It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you, take me by the hand, take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but i, I'm with you
I'm with you
He suddenly realized there wasn't anything getting in the way with getting close to her anymore.
Take me by the hand, take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but i, I'm with you
Nothing except maybe. . .
Take me by the hand, take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but i, I'm with you
Gambit
I'm with you
I'm with you.
AN: Okay sorry if some of you guys don't like the song, but I think it's one of the few songs this girl got right and I couldn't come up with any other slow songs at the top of my head. So hope you enjoyed. I'll get you the next two chapters soon.