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Rogue's day did not get much better after Danny left the living room. She heard someone say a lot of his clothing was gone as well as a few other things. And Danny didn't talk to a single person on the way out, if he even left through the front door. And shortly after he was gone, Kitty walked up and slapped Rogue right across the face for kissing Max, to who she stopped talking to.
Finally tired of the looks she was getting from everyone, Rogue left the mansion to try and gather her thoughts.
Two hours after Danny left, Rogue found herself on a park bench, clutching her knees to her chin as she tried desperately to hold back the tears that so desperately wanted to fall.
It was proving difficult as she remembered what he had called her. Bimbo, bitch, she could only guess the other things he would have called her if Scott didn't step in. But she didn't know why he was like that to begin with. No matter what she could say, everyone was accusing her of kissing Max. She was never even near him for the entire day.
An English voice broke her from her thoughts, "Rogue?" She looked up to find a concerned Risty almost come running up.
"Hey Risty," she said quietly, brushing away the tears that had ruined her make-up, not that she really cared at this point.
"Rogue," Risty stated in a low voice, "what's wrong?"
Rogue just frowned as tears threatened to shed again. "It's Danny, he, he thinks ah cheated on him." Rogue went on to tell him what happened at the mansion.
Risty listened on with a sad look. When Rogue was finished, she reached up and brushed a strand of hair out of Rogue's face, "you poor thing. I'm sorry he accused you of such things. You deserve so much better luv."
"But, it can't be over," said Rogue. "The night before ya found us together ah had a dream. Ah saw our child."
Risty physically stopped moving, "what?"
"It was so real," said Rogue, tears falling freely. "Ah saw our daughter, and weh were so happy. It can't be over."
Risty didn't know what to say. What could she say? She pulled her friend into a hug, "oh luv, I'm so sorry." They both sat on the bench for who knows how long, Rogue crying into Risty's shoulder as the British girl tried to calm her friend.
After awhile, Risty finally spoke, "lets get you home luv. And if any of them give ya a problem, then they have to get through me."
Rogue nodded her head against her best friend's shoulder. Risty picked the girl up gently and moved to her side as she helped Rogue avoid walking into anything.
All Rogue could say was, "thank you." Risty just nodded.
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'Why am I here of all places,' thought Danny as he walked through the halls of Casper high in Amity Park. When he left the mansion, he didn't talk to anyone, which was fine with him. He wanted right now, nothing to do with the mutants, parents, ghosts, and all of the above. He just flew as fast as he could until he found himself in the school in the middle of the night.
But no matter how hard or far he flew, he couldn't get the southern Rogue out of his head. Without her, he felt just so, empty. Like she was his other half. He wasn't sure if it had to do with the fact she absorbed him or just the fact they had grown close. And it still hurt but he couldn't stop thinking about her.
"Ghost child," came a voice he really didn't want to hear. Slowly, Danny turned to face that of Skulker.
Danny sighed, "what do you want, I'm not in the mood to kick your ass."
Skulker just glared, "I'm only here to deliver a message. My master is waiting for you in his northern ghost zone." With that, he tossed a piece of paper that had coordinates on it to Danny. And with that, he simply disappeared. Not with a taunt, or a threat. Nothing.
Danny just shook his head as he grabbed the paper and stuffed it in his pocket. He would figure it out later. He left the school and made his way to his old home. He stopped to see the dead 'Fenton Works' sign outside his old home. Danny managed to smile at the old days.
"Hey Fen-turd," came a voice that he really didn't want to hear. His day was bad enough as it was. He turned to find another thorn in Danny's life, the blonde football player, Dash Baxter. With him was fellow football player Kwan, head cheerleaders Paulina and Star.
Danny could only sigh, 'I really don't need this.'
Dash came up and grabbed Danny, "I've missed our time together, Fen-toad. I guess its my lucky day that I get to pound you."
"How about you walk away," growled Danny, transforming into his ghost form in front of the four, "and I don't kick your butt."
"How, how did you do that," asked Dash as he back away. Fear of Inviso-Bill was still heavy in there minds, even though they hadn't seen him in about a month's time.
"Do worry about it, I wouldn't want you to damage you last brain cell by thinking," said Danny as he pointed behind them. "Now leave, before I stop playing nice."
They didn't argue as turned and ran.
Danny sighed as he phased through the door. 'I shouldn't have done that, but it did feel good.' He was silent as he walked around the empty home. No furniture to speak of, be he wondered around just for the memories of better days.
After a bit of looking around, he made his way to his old room. Sitting in the middle of the floor where his bed once was, his thoughts wondered to what he had left behind. He missed his friends. He missed his family. But most of all, him painfully missed Rogue.
That night was one of the few nights that Danny cried himself to sleep.
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It was the following morning that found the entire residence of the mansion in one of the larger rooms. The New Mutants and X-men both were getting a major chewing out by the Professor.
"I told you that Danny did not commit those crimes," he said, as he look over them all with disappointment, "why did you still accuse Danny of his actions."
Jubilee spoke out, "it was Bobby's idea. He told us not to trust Danny after school yesterday because he could really do anything he wanted with his powers."
"No I didn't," stated Bobby with utter confusion.
This time, Jamie spoke up, "yes, you did. Right after we got home, you gathered us together and told us not to trust him."
The Professor raised his hands, "it does not matter. Ether way, you should not have accused Danny behind his back. The same goes for you Scott." He turned to the eldest of the X-men. "Do you have any excuse for your actions?"
"No, because they could very well be true," replied Scott. He was still going over what Jean had told him earlier, and it made to much sense not to listen to it.
Over to the side, Rogue sat in silence. Risty was with her, glaring amongst the room.
Xavier turned to Rogue, "and Rogue, if you had problems with Danny, you should have confronted him. Kissing Max have only made things worse."
"But ah didn't kiss him," replied Rogue quietly, "ah would never do that ta Danny."
Xavier just looked back to the other students and Risty got in close to Rogue, putting an arm around the southerns shoulders, "hey, don't worry about it luv. Look at it this way, your not going to have to choose between your life or anything. And if no one believes ya, just ask the Professor to look into your head to see the truth."
Rogue stopped crying. No one outside the school knew the Professor's power. The only person how knew was Amanda, but she never said word one to anyone.
And for some reason, things began falling into place for Rogue. Problems didn't start until Risty showed up. The Brotherhood always left Danny alone until yesterday at school. And the only person they really listened to was Mystique. Bobby was denying the talk with the New Mutants, and Jean's giving Scott funny looks.
Unwatched by the others, not even paying attention to what was going on around her, Rogue brought up the selection menu of her watch. Eyeing Risty to see that she was watching everyone else with a glare, Rogue twisted the watch dial to her name and pressed it down. And unlike the others, there was no bright flash or funny warm feeling, but more like a tingling feeling on her skin. That tingling told Rogue to be careful.
Eyeing the exposed neck on Risty, Rogue made a grab for it.
As soon as Rogue had her hand around the back of Risty's neck, memories flooded into Rogue's mind. There never was a Risty, it was always Mystique, trying to get close again to Rogue. She saw the memory of Vlad turning against Magneto, the memory of Mystique's phone called with Destiny about the dream she had with Clockwork. She saw her posing as Bobby to turn the New Mutants, and as Jean to turn Scott. And she saw the kiss she had with Max that broke Danny.
When Rogue let go, Risty collapsed on the floor and changed into the red haired, blue skinned woman that was instantly recognized.
Rogue sat there wide-eyed, and mouth open agape.
"Rogue," said Xavier and Logan moved to secure Mystique, "what happened."
"She, made a comment about ya reading mah mind, no one but Amanda knows that outside the mansion," said Rogue, tears forming again in her eyes, "she was Bobby with the New Mutants. And Jean to convince Scott not to trust Danny. And meh, that kissed Max. She…" At the end, Rogue trailed off as tears ran down her face again.
Everyone in the room was stunned. Kitty was in shock that she hit her best friend, and what happened wasn't even her fault.
"We have to go find him," said Maddie, "we have to find Danny and tell him what happened."
Xavier looked to her, seeing the broken mother she was without her son, "we can, but we need to adjust Cerbero to find Danny's powers. They are not mutant like and he is not completely human." He turned to everyone, "I want you all on standby for now." With that, Xavier and Hank went down to work as best as they could to update Cerbero. The sooner that was finished, the sooner they could find Danny.
Rogue just sat and watched Logan drag off Mystique with tears running down her eyes.
"Rogue," said Kitty quietly as she came up, "I'm like, so sorry. I, I didn't know what to believe." She moved to hug Rogue, who jumped away.
"Kitty, ya can't touch me, at least for awhile," Rogue said as best as she could through her tears. "Just, please, leave me alone for now."
And with that, she practically ran out of the room.
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Rogue made her way into her and Kitty's joined room and curled up on her bed. Her eyes hurt and she still wanted to cry. She loved Danny. Never did she love anyone. She had no one she ever called her mother or father to love. Destiny acted like a mother when she was in Mississippi, but Rogue never really loved her. Danny was the first, the first to hold her heart. And it hurt so much to know what he was going through and yet do nothing to help him. She should have seen through it all, she should have listened to her instincts more.
"Rogue," asked a small voice. Rogue opened her closed eyes to see the tear stained face of Becky. She sniffed and asked, "Rogue, what's going to happen now?"
Rogue looked at the clock, seeing that she had been here for an hour and never realized it. "Ah don't know," she said with a rough voice.
"Do you think they'll find him? That they will find Danny," asked Becky, squeezing her teddy.
Rogue closed her eyes, unsure how to answer. Would they find them, it could take month for Cerbero to be adjusting right to find Danny's powers.
Rogue's eyes snapped open. Danny's power, she had them. And Danny's memories. She knew where he would go.
She sat straight up in bed, "Ah have ta find him." Then something else occurred, 'what if Vlad finds him.' Well, she would just have to chance it. She wouldn't leave him. Rogue fumbled with her watch when Becky spoke up.
"Vlad knows where he is," said Becky. "He's been controlling ghosts and has had one following Danny."
Rogue looked at the ghost girl, "why didn't ya say anything?"
Becky sniffed, "it wasn't until Danny was gone that I noticed someone. And even then, I was scared Danny did go bad, so I didn't say anything. But now, I'm scared."
Rogue stood and put her hands on Becky's shoulders, "ah'm going ta find him. Ah have his memories, ah'll know best where he is. Ah'll find him by myself if ah have ta."
Becky was silent, till she said, "take teddy. He'll listen to you. If I went, I would be turned against Danny. I don't want that." She looked up with teary eyes, "he'll protect you and fight with you." With that, she held the old bear to Rogue.
Rogue smiled and gripped the bear lightly. Then, Rogue's eyes went wide as Becky changed, her ghost green skin became a more of a flesh tone light, changing to white. Becky looked over her shoulder and to the ceiling, right when a bright light erupted through the roof.
"Mommy, daddy," she asked quietly. She looked back to Rogue, smile on her face, "they're calling me. I get to go to them." She lost her smile for a moment, "please tell me you'll find him."
Rogue smiled, "ah will. Ah love him to much ta lose him."
Becky smiled, "good. Goodbye Rogue."
"Goodbye Becky," said Rogue with new tears in her eyes.
As soon as it started, the light vanished, Becky went with it, disappearing for good as she moved on to the next world. Rogue hugged the bear close, and then looked into its brown eyes.
"Ready ta help," asked Rogue, feeling a bit silly.
Until a green face appeared, give her an evil smile showing that it was ready.
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That night, Xavier called the mansion together again. "Thanks to Mystique, we know where Magneto and Plasmus were located when Plasmus turned against Magneto."
"How do you know she is to be trusted," asked Scott. He was still pissed about being tricked like he was.
"Because she knows that Rogue would go after Danny, as well as something else," said Xavier. "Destiny, a mutant that can see into the future, told Mystique that Rogue would have to make a choice. A choice between her and Danny's happiness, and her own life. It was told to by Destiny that if Rogue followed Danny to his greatest battle, her death could end the world. She was trying to separate Danny from us to prevent that."
Everyone was silent until Kitty rushed in, "Professor, Rogue's missing. She's gone!"
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In case your wondering, Becky has moved on in the afterlife, even though her teddy bear (which is now Rogue's) still has its ghost bear form. I'm sorry for those that likes her that shes now gone, but its better then being a ghost for all of time. And don't forget to R&R.