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Hank came out of the infirmary with a sigh. Those gathered stood if they were sitting or just turned to the doctor. Present was Danny's parents, Xavier, Logan, Jazz, Rogue, Tucker, Sam, and Max with Kitty. Above them was Becky floating in midair.
Hank looked at the people gathered, and spoke aloud, "he's resting. It will take time, but he will recover."
"How bad is it," asked Maddie, arms crossed in fear of the worst.
"Three broken ribs, concussion, and multiple sprains in both legs is the worst of it," replied Hank. He went on with a look of sadness, "had it not been for his ghost form, I fear it would have been far worse."
There was an uncomfortable silence among all those gathered, when Becky broke the silence, "can we see him?"
"One or two at a time, and allow him to rest," replied Hank with a nodded, "but no more then that."
A few in the group nodded, and Maddie turned to Rogue, "you should go in first, we'll give you some time."
After a moment, Rogue nodded and stepped in past Hank.
She entered the infirmary once again to find him sleeping on a bed. Danny had bandages visible around his head and his chest, but was resting peacefully.
"Ya just can't stay out of trouble, can ya sugarh," she said quietly to herself, feeling a tear threatened to shed. But she wouldn't cry, she would be strong for him.
And of course Danny gave no reply.
Rogue sat down on the bed and just watched him sleep. She took his hand in her glove-covered hand and stroked in gently. She so desperately wanted to hold him, to put her arms around him, to show just how much she cared.
When Rogue stepped inside the Infirmary, the doors slide shut behind her. Everyone else just waited for something, anything. Kitty and Max went off, at least feeling better knowing Danny was ok
Finally, the Professor spoke, "Mrs. Fenton, I will be in contact with a friend of ours. A boy known as Forge, and he will help you with your project."
Maddie nodded, her, Jack, Hank, and Tucker all knowing what she was talking about.
But Sam had been left out of the loop, "what are guys talking about?"
Tucker looked at her, "Mrs. Fenton came to me, Mr. McCoy, and the Professor with an idea on how to help Rogue control her powers."
Sam got the idea and nodded.
After a few moments, the other left, leaving Danny with Rogue. They could only hope things would look up.
One month later:
Danny had in fact made a full recovery in about a week after the fight. Since then, it had been agreed that whenever Danny went out, Becky went with him and the other ghost hunters would be on stand by incase more problems came up.
However, in that month's time, there had been no sign of Vlad or any ghost for that matter. And because of it, everyone had become worried about just what would happen should they show up again.
But not everything was bad during that month. Becky had taken up calling Danny her 'big ghost brother' and spent a lot of time with Rogue as well. Tucker did his best to woo Amara, but half the time ended up flat on his face literally. Max and Kitty had become a very close couple, almost as close as Scott and Jean, the only thing missing was the telepathy to bind the two together.
Sam had become friends with Rogue, so they weren't fighting over Danny and actually getting along. Though it was a bit weird to see her stare at the Brotherhood's direction every once in a while. Though when asked, she blushed a bit and said whoever asked to butt out and walked away.
One interesting thing that has happened within this time was the arrival of Forge. He would show up and disappear along with Mr. McCoy, Jack, Maddie, Tucker, and the Professor. This raised many questions, and no one with answer the questions given to them.
It was now on a weekend at the institute and things were going well. Rogue was reading once again in the library while Max sat of a bit of to the side with his own Mystery novel.
Rogue turned the page when the Professor came into her head, "Rogue, could you and Danny come down to Hank's lab."
"Ok Professor," she thought back with a sigh, placing her bookmark in the book she was reading and got up and left.
She stepped into the rec room to find Danny watching something on TV.
He looked over when he saw her enter, "hey Rogue, everything ok?"
"The Prof wants use down in Hank's lab," she replied, pointing with her thumb over her shoulder.
Danny flicked off the television and made his way to her, "any idea why?"
"No, ah don't sugarh," she replied.
Danny nodded and they made their way down to the lab. They stepped in to find Danny's parents, along with Forge, Tucker, Hank, and the Professor. The one thing in common was they were all sharing a grin of some sorts.
And if they could point their grins, they would be pointed at Rogue.
"Wha," she asked, a little uncomfortable at the looks.
The Professor began, "shortly before Danny's last ghost fight, his parents came to me with an idea. At first, I was sure if it would have been wise to try what they were planning, but now I believe that it's for the best."
"And what is that," asked Danny, not sure if he should like where this is going.
Forge pulled out a small watch, "this." Both teens blinked at it, and he went on, "it's a special power regulator that we made just for Rogue. It will not only allow her to control her powers, but the powers of the other mutants she has drained at one point or another."
Rogue was shocked at this, "wha?"
"There are some things were going to need to work on," added Tucker, "but we've done all we can without you."
Danny asked, seeing as how Rogue had yet to recover, "what kind of problems?"
"For one, once it goes on, it can never be taken off again," said Forge. "But we also need her to drain you."
That snapped Rogue out of her daze, "wha? Why would ah want to drain him."
Hank answered, "Between what we have learned about ecto-plasim from the Fenton's, we know that you need Danny's powers for it to operate properly."
After a moment of thinking, she looked to Danny, trying to say something.
But when she couldn't get the words out, he said, "I'll be ok Rogue. If it helps you, I want to do anything I can."
Rogue closed her mouth, and then nodded a thank you. She turned back to the others, "alright, now wha?"
The two stepped forward, still having been near the door and Forge handed Rogue the watch. She looked if over, noticing the black leather and matching face, which was also black.
"First, put it on to where it's comfortable," said Forge. Rogue complied, slipping it onto her bare left wrist.
"Alright, now, you just need to drain Danny," said Forge, "and if we got it right, well, you'll just have to wait to see."
Rogue nodded and turned to Danny, "are ya sure ya want to do this."
Danny nodded, and held out his hand. After a moment, Rogue threw caution to the wind and took his hand with her own bare hand.
The familiar rush passed through her, as everything about Danny rushed into her. After a moment, Danny fell backwards into Hank's waiting arms. His father rushed to check him and felt relived to see he was all right.
Rogue however, was standing on shaky legs. Her wrist began to itch under the watch. She looked to it, as the face light up bright green. A headache began to form in Rogue's head as if Beast was jumping up and down on it.
It was so painful, that she blacked out.
Rogue woke to something weird. It was quiet in her head. No voices of people she's drained. It was as if she was alone.
"Rogue," she heard Danny ask, "Are you awake."
"Ghad, wha hit meh," she said, rubbing her head.
"Forgive us Rogue," she heard the Professor say, "we had no idea what would have happened once the watch became active."
Rogue final opened her eyes and looked at the device in question. It currently read ten at night.
She growled, "all of that, just for a watch that ah can't take off?"
Forge, who was standing behind the Professor's wheelchair shook his head, "no, press the button on the side."
She growled, but did so. When she pressed the button, the clock face disappeared, and a list appeared with two columns.
Normal/Nightcrawler
Cyclops/Mystique
Toad/Blob
Ghost/Jean
Magneto/Sabertooth
Quicksilver/Avalanche
Juggernaut/Storm
Beast/Multiple
Shadowcat/Rogue (AN: I would have made two colunms but the editor doesn't like that idea, so just image it)
Rogue stared at it for a moment, but was wondering what they had meant. Minus the normal and her name, she had drained all of these people.
"That list you see are the people you've drained Rogue," said the Professor.
Forge picked up, "and if you turn the dial around the watch face, the selection will change. Twist until you pick who you want, then press down on the face. To go back to the watch without changing it, just press the button on the side."
Rogue didn't know what to say, when she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked up to see Danny smiled, "your in control now Rogue. And you can touch again."
Unsure what he meant, she looked to see his bare hand, on her bare shoulder. She was completely shocked.
She looked back to Danny, asking, "is this, a dream?"
Danny smiled, "no Rogue, its real."
This time, she wasn't afraid to cry. She was to damn happy not too.
The Professor smiled, as he and Forged rolled out, giving the two some time.
When they were alone, Rogue smiled at her boyfriend, "thank ya Danny."
He smiled, "anytime Rogue."
The two came together, kissing for the first time without any kind of powers.
Everyone minus Rogue and Danny were standing in the living room, wondering what was going on.
And in walked the two people in question. Everyone stopped and looked at the two, and more importantly, the two holding hands without protection.
Rogue and Danny just smiled, when the Professor spoke aloud, "as I'm sure you can all see, yes, Danny and Rogue are holding hands. Thanks to the invention created by Maddie and Jack Fenton, along with the help of Forge, Tucker, and Hank, they have created a device that allows Rogue to control not only her own powers, but those that she has drained from in the past."
Kitty squealed in delight as she ran and hugged her best friend, "Rogue, I'm so happy for you."
Rogue gave a rather large smiled as she braced herself, "thank ya Kitty. But from now on, knock. Am ah clear?"
Kitty just grinned.
Time seem to fly by as every gave there own hugs and handshakes to Rogue, but soon she was seated with three of the watches creators in the Professor's office.
"Now Rogue, I realize this takes a large strain off of you," said the Professor. "But there are restrictions. The powers that are now stored in the watch will never grow. Jean, Kitty, Danny, they may all become more powerful as time moves on, but you and your powers will not. You will also be able to only use one person's power at a time. And your body will only be able to keep one person's power for half an hour before you change back to the default, which will be normal."
"Ah got a question about that, wha is the difference between 'Normal' and 'Rogue,'" she said.
The Professor smiled, "That's quite easy. 'Normal' will allow you to touch anyone as if you were a normal human being, which is what the watch has been programmed to go back to when you are tired or knocked out. As for 'Rogue,' it will allow you to use your old draining powers as before." When Rogue nodded in understanding, the Professor went on, "also, you are aware that you cannot remove the watch, because in doing so, it would remove everything connected to it, and it could be harmful towards you, which is why I wasn't originally going to allow it. But I can see already that it was a good thing I did allow it."
Rogue smiled, "yea, and thank ya'll for wha you did."
Maddie smiled, "its alright Rogue. You're good for Danny, so it's just our way of helping. Which reminds me," she turned to her husband, "I think its time, that we had the talk with our son."
Jack looked at her for a moment, and then the light dawned in his eyes, "the talk?" Maddie nodded and Jack smiled, "I'll get the slides."
The Professor shook his head as Maddie followed her husband out. He looked at Rogue, "alright, I believe that it is late enough. Will see how well the device works in the morning."
Rogue nodded and left the Professors office, looking at the thing.
Being able to touch seemed like a dream to her, but within the past day and all that has happened, she felt like she was living in a dream that she hoped would never wake up from.
The following morning, Rouge found herself in her uniform in the Danger Room by herself. However, her gloves were missing, seeing as how she didn't need to worry about draining someone anymore. She could see the other X-men along with Danny watching her in the control room.
"Alright Rogue," called the Professor through the intercom, "will start by having you chose who you want to use first, then will go on from there."
Rogue nodded and looked at the list of powers on her watch. Turning the watch, she selected Jean. 'Lets see how well I use miss populars powers.'
Pressing down on the watch face, the watch made a winding sound.
A surge of power erupted from her wrist, and it made he arm feel warm as it came up and covered the rest of her body. Rogue closed her eyes, feeling Jean's voice enter her head as if it had been there before when she had drained the girl. She felt her feet leave the ground, and after a moment of floating in midair, she opened her eyes to find herself floating in front of the control center.
Rogue could also see her reflection. The white streak in her hair was now a light shaded of pink and the rest seemed redder. The rest looked normal to her.
"All right Rogue, will try a bit on one of Jean's training course," came the Professor.
Rogue nodded as she floated down, the same time ball throws appeared around the room. She knew she had to use Jean's telekinetic abilities to shoot the balls thrown at her into a goal under each cannon to stop the program.
In the control room, Danny watched Rogue catch rubber ball as throw them back. She was a bit off, but it seemed that she was getting the hang of it.
He asked aloud, "why did she choose Jean for her first go?"
Jean sighed, "She, never really liked me. I was always Miss Popular to her and she thought everyone treated me special because of it."
Danny nodded, and looked back out to Rogue. 'She is good. I wonder how good she would be if she used my powers,' thought Danny.
"I could try that next if you want to spar for a bit," he heard Rogue say in his head. She turned and smiled at him.
He gave a slight nod to show it was fine with him along with a smile of his own.
So, forty-five minutes later. Danny and Rogue squared off. She had changed back to her normal self fifteen minutes, and she took a break so she wouldn't be too tired to fight.
"You sure you want to do this Rogue," he asked, still in the New Mutants uniform.
Rogue nodded, "ya, ah do want this sugarh, so lets go."
Danny smiled, "alright then." Widening his stance, he called out, "I'm going ghost," and changed into his phantom form.
Rogue twisted her watch face to 'Ghost,' and pressed down on the face. The same feeling as before entered her, this time feeling Danny inside her head.
After a moment, she opened her eyes, widen her own stance and called out, "Ah'm going ghost!" Ring form around her like Danny, and passed over her own body. Her green and black X-men uniform changed colors. Her normal black under piece went from black to white, along with her boots. And her dark green top turned to a light purple color as her shoulder pads and belt transformed into a metallic dark blue. Her eyes, Rogue's normal dark green eyes, turned to glowing green eyes, showing the ecto-plasim within her. Her hair changed as well, going from the white streak and brown hair, to white hair with a pitch-black streak.
"Well sugarh," she said, lighting an ecto blast the same time as Danny, "lets go."
The watch idea came of course from Ben 10, which I think works well with Rogue being able to have multiple powers. I also having Blobs, Juggernauts, and Sabertooths powers might be overkill to some, but nothing says I'm actually going to use them. Because other then Rogue, Danny's and the normal setting on it, all the mutants I got came off of the episode 'Self Possessed' which showed most of these mutants were inside of Rogue. Hope you people still enjoyed it.