A/N: Sorry for the long wait guys. Man I always complain when ppl don't update, but I don't update all to often myself. Wow I'm such a hypocrite lol. But one of the reasons is cuz I have discovered the joys of Knights of the Old Republic. Mein Gott that game is so fun! But I beat it so now I can get back on track. So anyway, a couple days ago I was at Hollywood Video and I saw some X-Men Evolution tapes so I rented them, and I realized something while I was watching them. Kitty doesn't say the word "Like" as much in the show than she does in this fanfiction and in other fanfictions. So I'm going to try and tone it down a bit, but not to much cuz well it's still Kitty.
Chapter Nineteen
The metal that bound Rogue to the chair was very tight, and the top of her wrist was starting to bleed from her struggling to much. Pietro had left after putting Rogue in the chair. Magneto had been the one who bent the metal over her wrists and her waist to keep her from going anywhere. Now it was just her and Pyro. Pyro avoided looking at Rogue and just played with his lighter, concentrating on the small flame harder than usual. Rogue had half a mind to yell at Pyro and tell him to let her go, but that probably wouldn't have worked anyway since only Magneto could unbend the metal around her wrists and waist, so she just made do with glaring at him, not that he noticed, concentrating so hard on his light. Actually, her glaring was probably why he was looking at the lighter so hard.
The doors opened and Sabertooth walked through. He definitely looked like he had been roughed up a bit by Logan. Rogue smirked at the thought of what Wolverine must have done to him. It was weird thinking of Wolverine, no Logan as someone who wanted to protect her. Suddenly worry filled Rogue. If Sabertooth looked bad, and was here, what had he done to Logan? Rogue didn't know if she was ready to think of Logan as the mentor he had been in the memories of others, but right now he was the closest thing to escaping.
Sabertooth saw her worried expression and instantly guessed where it was coming from. "Don't worry runt. I didn't kill him. But don't expect a rescue anytime soon, heh."
Rogue glared at him. "When Ah get outta this chair Ah'm gonna-"
Sabertooth cut her off and grabbed her chin, forcing her to look at him. "When you get outta this chair your going to be wanting Wolverine dead just as much as I do. Heh, you'll probably help me kill him."
"Glad to see you two getting along," Magneto commented as he entered the room, Pietro and Mastermind following along behind him. His eyes scanned the room. "We seem to be missing a few people." As if on cue, Piotr walked in. "Ah, Colossus, I was beginning to wonder where you were. Where is Gambit?"
"He was captured by the X-Men Lord Magneto," he told him. His voice was seemingly emotionless.
Magneto frowned. "That is unpleasant news. Gambit is a valuable member. We will attempt to retrieve him once Rogue's memories have been. . .modified."
Rogue glared, "What's the matter Magneto can't get people ta join ya cause so ya have to brainwash them?" She forced a laugh. "That just shows how seriously the world is taking it. After all, ya did have ta blackmail Colossus into this. Now ya have ta brainwash meh!"
Magneto rolled his eyes. "My dear, it doesn't matter who believes in it. What matters is that it's achieved by any means necessary." He motioned for Mastermind to come closer. "I would also appreciate if you gave her some extra memories of mutant haters, maybe my cause will seem more real to her then."
"Don't forget Wolverine," Sabertooth growled. "Give her some nasty memories about Wolverine."
"Sabertooth, this is not about your old grudges," Magneto said rolling his eyes. "But bad memories of the X-Men couldn't hurt." Magneto looked thoughtful for a minute and then said, "When Rogue was with the X-Men she has a mentor, a father like figure who made her ties to the X-Men stronger. Perhaps we should give her, her very own Acolyte father figure."
"You?" Mastermind asked.
Magneto shook his head and smiled wickedly. "I was actually thinking of Sabertooth."
Rogue's blood ran cold. Sabertooth? A father figure? She looked over towards Sabertooth who had a similar look on his face. He looked as if he was trying to decide whether the idea was bad because it was after all, Rogue, or if it was good, because it could hurt Wolverine if he saw that Rogue admired his worst enemy.
Finally Sabertooth smirked. "I like it. Looks like we're gonna be spending a lot of quality time together runt."
"Oh hell no!" Rogue shouted. She began to struggle against her bonds again subconsciously.
Magneto nodded at Mastermind. "You may proceed."
xXxXx
Wolverine grunted as he lifted himself out of the pile of junk Sabertooth tossed him in. When he got his claws on him he was going to regret ever being born. But when Logan finally got up Sabertooth was gone. "Damnit!"
Logan it's Jean, can you hear me? Jean's voice said into his mind.
Yeah Jean what is it?
We have one of the acolytes. He says he wants to help us save Rogue.
xXxXx
Back on the X-Jet Gambit felt like a fish out of water. All the X-Men were there, staring at him and regarding him suspiciously. He suspected that if he even so much as blinked he would find himself six feet under. Remy what y' be doing here? He kept asking himself over and over again in his mind. Then Rogue's face sprung to mind. He kept remembering how betrayed she looked back in the club. How confused and lost she was. And then there was Piotr, acting as his conscious, telling him this was wrong. Y' be a thief Remy. Y' not supposed to care about right and wrong.
Wolverine entered the X-Jet, looking pissed beyond reason. He looked up Remy up and down. It seemed to Remy he was weighing the pros and cons of killing him.
Pro: He gets to kill the bastard who kidnapped Rogue
Con: If he dies he won't be able to help them get Rogue back.
Pro: A way to vent anger out on someone who deserves it
Con: . . .
Snikt
Merde!
"Alright bub," Wolverine said, his claws gleaming. "You have thirty seconds to tell me where they took the girl, or you're a dog food."
Remy stood and held his hands up. "Relax mon ami. Remy know where dey be holding de Rogue. But y' can't jus go barging in dere. Magneto be well prepared for attacks. Plus, by de time we get dere, Rogue will already be brainwashed all over again. Not easy to rescue someone who don't want to be rescued."
"Gambit has a point Wolverine," Storm said, seeing how much Wolverine wanted to kill Gambit.
"So what do you suggest we do then?" Wolverine growled.
"If we can even trust you," Scott said. He looked just as pissed off as Logan did. Kurt found Scott in the alley just as he began regaining consciousness. He was so close to getting Rogue back.
"Like calm down Scott," Kitty said. "Gambit may be the only thing that can get Rogue back. So if you like have any other ideas, than spill, but if you don't just shut up and listen."
Remy smiled. "Meri petite," he thanked Kitty gratefully. "As Remy was saying, if y' want de Rogue back, y' can't jus go barging in dere. Remy may have a plan."
"Which is. . ." Wolverine pressed.
"Magneto thinks dat Gambit be captured by de X-Men. An' Remy don' mean to boast, but he be a valuable player in Magneto's game. No doubt he gonna try and rescue Remy."
"You think we could get Rogue when she comes here with the rest of the acolytes to save you?" Jean asked.
"Non, Magneto wont send Rogue on a mission dealing wit de X-Men. To risky. She could touch one of y' and absorb yo memories. But the base's defenses will be down while de acolytes are off rescuing me. Y' could use dat time t' find de Rogue. O' course dere might be at least one acolyte wit her, but it be better den having all o' dem dere."
Storm listened carefully to what Remy said. "That might not be a bad idea. We should run it by the professor first."
Wolverine let his claws slide back in. "Fine. But if I find out your lying I'll cut off your two best friends, and I aint talking about your acolyte pals."
xXxXx
"None of this would have happened if you had just joined the X-Men!" Scot yelled at Rogue. The two of them were running, running from Mystique.
"Well yall aint so good when it comes to recruiting ya know that!" Rogue screamed at him. She was not going to be blamed for this. Not after what Mystique had just done to her. Scott's never been deceived like Rogue just was. Not by someone he trusted.
The two ducked down behind a large boulder as the wolf Mystique ran by. "Ah don't think she saw us," Rogue said.
"Look!" Scott raised his voice. "It's the X-Jett!"
Rogue squinted her eyes. Way far off she could see a black dot in the sky. "Are ya shure?"
"Positive."
"But it's so far away," she pointed out. "Their never gonna see us."
A flash of light filled Rogue's vision as she saw Scott's optic beam go up into the air. "They saw that."
"Ya but so did Mystique!" Rogue shouted. The wolf turned towards them and began to charge at them. "Shit!"
"Run!" Scott yelled. The two got up and began running as fast as they could. The Jett in the sky started to come closer and now Rogue definitely recognized it as the X-Jett. The wolf noticed it too. She growled and ran in the opposite direction.
Scott grinned, "Told you it was them."
They waited as the X-Jett landed, and Wolverine walked out. He was holding his claws out threateningly at Rogue. "Get in the jett Cyke!" He growled, looking at Rogue cautiously and spitefully.
Scott didn't say anything in protest, and did as Wolverine said. Once Scott was in, Wolverine turned and began walking back in the jett.
"What about meh?" Rogue said desperately.. "Ya can't just leave meh here!"
Wolverine looked back and Rogue, "We take care of our own. The only way your getting on that jett is if I carry your cold dead body to donate to science."
Rogue shivered from the way he so hatefully said that.
"Actually," Wolverine said. "I probably should kill you right now." He yelled back into the ship, "Take off, I've got some things to settle."
The ramp of the jett raised and it started to take off. Rogue took a few uncertain steps back. Wolverine grinned at her sadistically. "I'm gonna enjoy ripping you to shreds. There's no room in this world for people like you."
A/N: Okay so that's that chapter, I'll finish the memory in the next one. As you may have noticed the scene in here is very different from turn of the rogue, mostly because I can't remember how that went cuz its been to long, and my excuse is that Mastermind changed it completely.