Chapter 2

"Rogue? I brought some pizza for you", Storm yelled over the music blasting from the otherside of the door. "Rogue please let me in. You have to eat something................o.k. fine, I'll just leave the pizza infront of your door incase you get hungry".

Rogue could smell the heavy scent of the pizza seeping from underneath her door. The smell of food made her sick. But at the same time she begged for it. She slowly got up and opened the door. She picked up the pizza. As she was about to bite into it, her stomach turned and made her quickly sick. She right away pulled the pizza away from her face and through against the wall across from her door. She then walked back in her room and buried herself under the covers.

"Come on punch him in the ribs! Kill him, kill him!" The crowd roared as Logan kept beating the man who was near death. Every fist Logan dug into the man's flesh would spray the man's blood back at him. By the time the ref called the match over, Logan was covered in his opponents blood. It dripped of his chin onto its sweaty chest. He looked out into the crowd and saw Rogue standing in her long green cloak. Suddenly the man he thought he had beaten unconcious came from behind him and kicked him in the back causing him to close his eyes. When he opened them back again she was gone. He turned around only to catch a punch. He fell to the floor and looked out to the crowd and there she was again. Looking the exact same way as he last saw her a half a year ago. The man repeatedly kicked him the ribs, but he didn't care. He couldn't take his off her. He was afraid if he blinked she would disapear again. Finally Logan got fed up. He grabbed the mans leg and dragged him to the floor, Kicked him in the stomach and to finish him off he stepped right on his shoulder. He looked out into the crowd, but again she wasn't there. He couldn't tell if it was in his mind or if she really did come. He pulled out a quarter from his pocket and put it in the payphone. As he dialed the numbers thoughts of Rogue swam through his head. why did he start to think of her all of the sudden.

"Hello", Said the voice from the other line.

"Uh, hi is um Professor X there".

" Logan! How are you, I haven't heard from you in a while. Where have you been hiding yourself". Prfeesor X said with enthusiasm.

" How is Rogue doing?" Logan asked only to be followed by a long deep breath from the other line.

" Not well I'm afraid. She hasn't said a word or eaten anything since it happened."

" Since what happened?" Logan demanded.

" Bobby Drake left her. He felt that if he couldn't be with her physically that there was no reason for being with her at all."

" Oh god", Logan spoke from under his breath.

"Logan why don't you come visit the institute for a little while, it could cheer her up a litlle bit, maybe even get her talking again".

" I don't know. I'm kind of busy. Got me a new life started."

"Logan drifting from city to city is not a life. It's just an escape. You can't runaway from what happened, because it will always follow you." Prof X advised.

"Thanks for the words of wisdom but think I'll be ok, bye"

At Magneto's layer:

"Mystique even though your plan is good we don't know for sure if she'll agree to this. Don't you remeber the last time we involved her in a plan".

" Yes but that only happened because those fucking X-men got in our way. And plus this girl is in the midle of a nervous break down, any minute she'll just give up and I'll be there to give her a helping hand. I just have to wait for the right moment."Mystique impled with a wide eyes and a grin".

" And how will you know when is the right moment"?

"Simple, I'll go to that school diguised as a student and keep a close watch on her while you gather up some new recruits."

"And you're sure this will work."? Magneto asked with doubt.

" I have never been so sure before".