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The Darkness Within
Crash and Burn
Dazzler looked at all the four unconscious mutants, scattered in the room. What she had witnessed was a small amount of the dark power Rogue possessed; she couldn't even imagine what her full power would be like.
She checked that Rogue was unconscious, and stood up. There had to be a way out of here. There was only one door, but she had already be led through there, and saw there was nothing. The only place she could think of was the roof. But there was no way she'd able to get her and Rogue out of here.
Dazzler got to her feet. "Well if I can't find an exit, I'll have to make one!" she used her powers to blast a hole into the wall, big enough for her and Rogue to get through. She looked at her friend and started to drag her. "It's about now I wish I had super strength." she said.
After several minutes, Dazzler was able to get herself and Rogue out of the Hellfire club and into the streets. There was no one about to Dazzler's luck, so then no one would think that she was a maniac dragging a woman across the floor.
She then, again to her luck spotted a taxi and waved to it. It pulled up, but the taxi man looked a little curious. He wondered what the unconscious girl was wearing, 'but boy she looks hot.' he thought.
"Hey, we need a ride." said Dazzler. The man looked concerned.
"Where too?" he asked. Dazzler knew she didn't want to go to the hospital, but she had to say something that made her dragging an unconscious mutant believable.
"Too the hospital, or aint that obvious?" she helped her friend into the car, with a few groans and finally was seated. "And step on it." she said. 'I don't want those Hellfire mutants following us.'
The taxi man began to drive off, he turned a couple of corners and then he was onto the main New York Nightlife road. Dazzler smiled as she hadn't been to New York for some time, she missed all the singing here.
"So what happened to ya friend?" asked the man.
"I don't think that's any of your business do you?" she asked. The man was plump and not very attractive in Dazzler's opinion. But she just needed to have a convosation with someone. She hated not being able to talk, that's one of the main reasons she picked up hitchhikers.
"Sorry…" he grumbled. Dazzler sighed and looked at her friend who was breathing rapidly. She stroked her hair, being careful not to touch her skin. She couldn't believe Rogue's power on being incapable to touch. 'It must be horrible.'
"She's got an illness…" she said. The man looked at her in the mirror.
"What kind of illness?" he asked.
"I don't know, that's why we're going to the hospital. She just keeps having these sorts of fits now and again, which she can't control."
"Poor girl." he said. Dazzler nodded. "Are you okay, you're bleeding on the side of your head?"
Dazzler touched the side of her head with her fingers then looked at the blood. She rolled her eyes and smiled. It was a usual thing, she got into loads of fights, and she had her fair share of villains attacking her.
"Don't worry, I'm used to cuts and bruises." she said.
"What do you mean?"
"You really are nosy aren't you?" she said smiling. "How would you like it if I asked you all these personl questions about your life?"
"I wouldn't mind, believe it or not but being a taxi driver isn't very sociable." he said.
"Really, and I thought you were paid too."
"Nah, we just drive."
"Kinda like my own butler but I gotta share him with the whole of New York." The man laughed and looked at Rogue in the mirror.
"She's breathing really weird." he noted. Dazzler nodded.
"I know, maybe you should speed up a bit."
"And get a fine? No way, I know your friend needs a doctor but you should have called an ambulance for that sorta thing." he told her. Dazzler growled and looked to her friend.
"Rogue?" she asked. Rogue started to mumble again. "Can you here me?"
"…Yes…" she said. Dazzler looked at her strangely. Her voice sounded like an echo of two voices put together. The taxi man looked inquisitive too.
"Is she possessed or something?" he asked. Dazzler ignored him and laid Rogue's head off her lap and on the car seat cushion. She put her head over Rogue's.
"Rogue, is that you?" she asked. Rogue moved her head back and forth again and again, like she was fighting something.
"Too…powerful…can't…stop it…" said Rogue, her eyes firmly shut.
"Stop what Rogue, what are you trying to stop?" she asked. Rogue's eyes suddenly flittered open and she grabbed Dazzler by the clothes, and looked at her in the eyes. Dazzler was scared out of her wits, and couldn't look anywhere accept those black pupils.
"Help…me!" she shouted. Like before, light energy came from Rogue, destroying the top roof of the taxi. It didn't hurt Dazzler because her powers involved light energy, but the taxi man felt it in the back of his head. The taxi swerved everywhere until it crashed into another car in front of it.
The yellow taxi flipped onto its back, and the back of it fell on top of the back of the car in front, and then rolled off it sideways. All that could be heard was loud banging noises and metal being scratched. People on the streets screamed and people in their car immediately got out.
Some people ran towards the yellow taxi (and some to the other car) to try to get the people out, but as they did, the taxi blew up into large flames, knocking the people off their feet. The New York people watched in terror as they saw it all happen before their very own eyes.
"Oh my god." a lot of people said as all they could do was watch the car go up in flames. "Call an ambulance", "call the police" also rippled through the crowd.
Suddenly, through the orange conflagration and black smoulder, an outline of a person was seen. The people gasped and pointed in amazement as they spotted the outline. Then, through the actual flames, the woman known as Rogue stepped foot onto the none burnt ground, carrying a heavily bleeding Dazzler in her arms.
Rogue looked at the people, their faces looked amazed, some looked confused, some angry and disgusted that she was a mutant. But she didn't care, she felt so much energy bursting through her, she could do anything. She put Dazzler onto the floor gently, minding her head, and raised herself into the air. She then, looked down to the people once more and flew off into the smoke filled sky, to the one place where she could find answers.
Rose Cabin
Danny brought in some cold water in a glass and put it next to his brother's bed. He got a cold flannel and put it on Joey's forehead.
"Ya feelin' better t'day?" he asked. Joey looked half asleep, but it was because his energy had been drained.
"Yeah…" he said weakly.
"Don't worry, the police will find that mutant." he reassured Joey. They both knew that Danny was a mutant, but unlike most of his kind, they used his powers, and he didn't. He hated being a mutant, and just wanted to get rid of them, but he knew that was impossible.
"You're a good man." Joey croaked. Danny smiled.
"Are ya tryin' t' tell me goodbye?" he asked sarcastically. Joey rolled his eyes. "If only mom could see us now. She'd think of it as a miracle me looking after you." Joey smiled and then coughed.
"I feel…weird." Joey said. Danny looked at him perplexed.
"What d'ya mean?" he asked.
"I don't know, I just feel like someone's watching us."
"Mom?" he asked. Joey shook his head.
"No…I think you should check outside." he said. "It might be some terrorists or something." Danny rolled his eyes.
"Yeah 'coz they really wanna blow up boring old Alkali lake." said Danny. "But I'll go check just in case." Danny stood up and went out of the room and out of the door.
He looked around but couldn't find anything. All he could hear was the natural forest sounds which he loved so much. His brother was just paranoid, he always had been. But Danny couldn't think of any place he'd rather be.
As he turned around he nearly had a heart attack as he saw the beautiful woman again. He stared into her emerald eyes, almost like he was being hypnotised. She looked like she was a ghost because she looked at him with no emotion. She leaned in and kissed him on the lips, he knew he shouldn't but he let her have entrance to his mouth. He felt their tongues against one another, deepening the kiss more and more. 10 seconds had past, Rogue's eyes opened revealing her black pupils, and Danny started to feel weaker. Rogue on the other hand started to feel more power.
He then fell to the ground, unconscious but mumbling nothings. Rogue looked down at him and smiled. She then held her head with her hands again and looked at the man. This time, she felt guilt. She knew what she was doing, yet she couldn't stop it, she needed his energy. And her new question was, how did she keep her power under control for so long?
But she was here for a reason, she ran back into the woods as fast as she could until she heard the sound of the lake ahead. When she reached it, she fell onto her knees crying. What was she doing? What had she become? It was like she was giving in and all her dark desires were coming true. This wasn't her, this wasn't like her!
"What's happening t' me!" she shouted to the heavens. She then started to cry again and put her head onto the rocky floor. When she had stopped crying after a few moments, she looked to the lake. Maybe she would find her answers there, or maybe she should just let go and die again…that's if she even died in the first place.
As she walked over to it, she remembered when she absorbed the first brother. Why didn't she have trouble keeping his energy inside? Maybe because he wasn't a mutant? She didn't know, and that didn't matter. All that mattered is that she got the answers she really needed.
She walked into the lake, and soon she found herself swimming. Her head was the only thing not in the water. She felt a strong energy come over her at the place she stopped, it was where she sacrificed herself…she knew it. All of a sudden, Rogue was dragged under water by an invisible voice.
Rogue was holding her breath; she thanked Logan for her swimming lessons. As sudden as it came, the force stopped pulling on her leg. Rogue looked everywhere for it, and attempted to go up to the surface, but she saw something. It was a girl…no…a woman. Rogue swamp closer to it. Her eyes went wide open as she realised who it was.
It was her…holding her arms out like she did when she was saving the X Men. Was this a flashback? It seemed pretty real to her. Rogue continued to watch what was happening. The flashback Rogue fell onto the ground, like a wave had hit her and disappeared.
Rogue started to feel a terrible pain all over her body; she tried to swim up as she was loosing her breath at the same time. But for some reason it was like she was stuck there. Then, her mind just blacked out.
Flashback
Rogue crashed to the floor as the wave hit her. She was dead as the force was to strong for her body. It was only after a couple of days, Rogue started to open her eyes under the water. She was trembling, and couldn't breathe. She had a huge pain in her head, and then she felt as though something was entering her.
An entity of some sort. It felt as though they were ripping her open and forcing there way in, it hurt so much. Her eyes glowed red and then she heard a voice.
"Sleep…It's not time yet." it sounded so peaceful, yet so dark. Rogue didn't know what it was, but she didn't understand what was happening. She closed her eyes, and let darkness take over.
End Flashback
Rogue then remembered, she remembered the pain she felt; she remembered the feeling and emotion, and the voice. So she had a very big clue, something had entered her body; something was trying to take control. That really scared her; she was just a simple Southern girl with nothing going for her, who would want her life?
All thought stopped as she realised she was still under water, and she began to swim back to the land.
Rogue sat on the gravel for a while thinking. She knew that something was unleashing her dark side since Rogue was actually in control of her body, so this entity was messing with her good and bad side, her memories, her conscience. She also knew that this thing kept her alive under water, and she knew that this thing must of felt the power she used when she sacrificed herself for the X Men.
But she was still pondering why this thing would choose her? Rogue was in her own ways dark and mysterious, but she was so simple. She was nothing compared to Ororo or Jean or Logan! Why her? Maybe for her power? 'Well 'f that's the case it can have mah body, ah don' wan' it!' she thought angrily.
In time, she began to cry again. Why was this happening to her? There was so many questions, yet she knew none would be answered. Rogue stopped crying as she heard a gun click behind her. She turned her head and saw the weak man known as Joey barely standing, with a gun in his hands.
"Get up." he said. Rogue did what he said, not wanting to get shot, obviously. "Don't move." Rogue stood still and flashed him a bit of sparkle from her eyes. He had to admit, even with her red eyes from crying, she was very beautiful.
"Ya don' wanna do this, ah don' wan' no trouble." she stated. He laughed sarcastically.
"Ya drained my energy, then I find my brother's unconscious 'coz of you, and you don't want no trouble. It doesn't matter ya got it anyway."
"Look, ah didn' mean t' hurt him…it jus' happened." she said.
"Oh like it just so happens that you came back from the dead." he said.
"If it helps, 'f it weren't fo' you, then ah'd still b' dead."
"That doesn't help at all."
"Well ah said if it helps." he growled at her.
"I wish I never found you, I wish you just stayed dead." Rogue put her hand on her hips.
"Now that's not a very nice thang t' say t' a lady." said Rogue.
"Whatever!" he shouted. "I should shoot you right here."
"So why don' you?" she asked. "It'll be doin' us all a favour. Ah don' know what's happening t' me, but ah got loads o' power goin' on in here. Ah'm hurting, hurt and will hurt a lot o' people, so ya might as well shoot me." she put her arms up beside her. He aimed for her, tempted to do it. "All ya gotta do is pull the trigger."
He stared at her for a long time, wanting to, but knowing it wasn't him. He knew that he shouldn't take life away, even from (in his head) this heartless bitch. He put the gun beside him and looked at her seriously.
"I can't." she smiled at him triumphantly. "I'm not a killer like you, I think It's wrong to hurt people." Rogue frowned at him, but he was right. She knew what she was doing yet she did it anyway.
"Well then…ya a good man." she said. Throbbing, pain, so much pain…it just came into Rogue's head. She fell onto the floor as it hurt her head. Joey didn't know what to do; he watched as she rolled about and screamed.
"I'll go call an ambulance." he said.
"No!" she screamed. Joey flew into the air.
"Wow!" he shouted. "Hey put me down."
"AH…ah can'!" she screamed. He then fell to the ground put was dragged by her powers towards her. He was raised onto his feet, and his hands telepathically got the gun to aim at Rogue's head.
"What are you doing!" he shouted. He couldn't move, he was stuck, almost like he was frozen. "You're crazy!"
"Do it, pull the trigger!" she shouted in pain. "Ah rather die then go through this pain!"
"I told you I can't, I won't-."
"DO IT!" she screamed. "PLEASE!" He stared at her in pity, but still hate towards her.
"What's wrong with you? You need help!" he said.
"Ah jus' wanna die, ah don' wanna live, not t' see me hurt any one else…please." she begged. He looked at her for a few moments and closed his eyes.
"…I'm so sorry."
BANG!
All went silent…Joey daren't open his eyes. He had just killed someone, something whoch he said he'd never do. He had no choice though, He slowly iopened his eyes.
There was Rogue, the bullet inches away from her head in mid air. She grinned at it.
"Such a small thing…yet it can kill someone in an instant." she said. Her voice was different, it was more deeper and dark. No trace of southern. She looked up to him and smiled. He was pushed hard by a telepathical push, and was bashed into a tree. Rogue stood up and smiled. "So, this is the Earth…I like it."
She groaned again as she felt the pain. Rogue looked around everywhere. She saw Joey's head was bleeding. She cried as she moved his fragile body.
"Joey?" she asked as she cried. "Joey?" she checked his pulse and started to cry…he was dead…
An hour later
Rogue was sat opposite Joey's dead body, staring at it. She didn't know what to do or what to say. All she knew is that that wasn't her. Everything up till that point was her dark side, but this, this was the entity what took over. Rogue saw everything what happened, but she just couldn't control it, where as before, she knew what she was doing, but she liked what she was doing.
But her mind kept going back to Joey. She had all Danny's memories in her head, and knew they were close, so she felt close to them too. She couldn't believe she killed him. Even though it wasn't her, she still felt responsible. She also found the fact that an entity was in her body very strange. She never believed in any of that stuff before.
Rogue had only been a live for two days and she already managed to kill two people, and three if Dazzler didn't survive it would be three. She was worried for Dazzler; she didn't want her to die because of her. Why was this happening? Why was she hurting people? Why did this entity want to hurt people?
Rogue got up slowly and looked to Joey's body. She walked over to it and lifted it up. She started to walk through the woods again, past Rose Cabin where she saw Danny's unconscious body. Rogue went into the cabin and put the deceased Joey on the sofa, and then went to Danny's unconscious body, lifted him up and put him inside on a bed. She then headed to where Dazzler picked her up, not knowing what to do next.
Hellfire Club
"I can't believe this happened!" shouted Emma as she looked at all the mess in the house. "She attacked us, declined our offer then ruined this room!"
"Calm down White Queen, we'll find her." said Sebastian as he looked at Cassandra who was unconscious still. Warhead went over to them and sighed.
"She's too powerful for us, we'll never be able to get her to join." she said.
"No, but we can try." said Emma. "We need to track her down; we can't let any other team have her. She's an asset to us."
"Maybe I can help." said Dazzler. The three Hellfire mutants looked over to the hole in the wall where Dazzler stood. She had bandages on her head and looked very weak. Se had been to the hospital and ran off when they treated her, she had no serious injuries.
"And why would we want your help?" asked Emma. Dazzler grinned.
"'Coz ya need someone to get through to her, trouble is, I don't know where she is. So if you can find her with your mind, I can get her to join your team." explained Dazzler.
"And why would you want to help us?" asked Sebastian.
"She's in serious danger, and you said you can keep her under control, if that's true, then I'll help you." said Dazzler. "She hurt me real bad, so imagine what she'll do to other people."
Emma knew she was telling the truth as she scanned her mind. She grinned and nodded.
"Okay weasel, you can tag along." said Emma.
Dazzler smiled as Emma held out her hand.
"On one condition." she said. Emma and Sebastian looked at her curiously.
"What's that?" he asked.
"Only little Miss White here can come with me." she ordered. Sebastian frowned and was about to say something, but Warhead came forward.
"No Sebastian, leave it. It is better that Emma goes alone." she told him. Sebastian growled but stepped back. Emma wasn't bothered either way, she could just agree and tell them to come along anyway. She held out her hand once more. Dazzler firmly shook it and cheekily grinned.
'Oh Dazzler you are a naughty girl.' she thought to herself.
Near Alkali
Highway
The rain started to pour down on Rogue's wet auburn hair. She didn't seem bothered, her face was saddened and she looked like she wanted to cry. She might have been since the rain fell on her face, camouflaging her tears.
She had killed two people, two innocent people. One she didn't even know the other she knew lots about from his own and his brother's memories. Why did it have to happen to them, or anybody? What right did Rogue have to take away their lives? She still couldn't believe she was actually thinking about the fact that she killed someone.
As she walked down the highway, cars beeped at her, smiling and waving, even shouting sexy. Rogue rolled her eyes; they were all idiots as far as she was concerned.
A few moments later, Rogue sat down on the grass next to the highway. She needed to think, plus she was getting a headache. She wondered how the X Men were, and how she would find them. Rogue didn't even know how to get there; she was too scared of using her powers to find out.
The pain in her head was going on and off, she could handle the pain better, but it seemed to get worse and worse.
"Why is this happening t' me!" she shouted to the heavens. She saw a few flashes of lightning, thunder came a few moments later. She put her hand on her head, the pain was getting worse. She breathed in and out, trying to handle it, but she couldn't. "Oh no…no…nooooooooo!" she screamed. 3 flashes of light came from her like before (luckily no cars were around). She screamed again and again and a-.
Xavier's Mansion
"Ahhhh!" screamed Professor Charles Xavier. He breathed rapidly as he was awoken by a 'nightmare'. He calmed himself down and looked out of the window. It was raining and the tree near to his window was blowing horrifically. It made him think; maybe something strange was brewing…
Oooooo so is Dazzler a baddie? Or is it just a plan? You'll have to find out in the next chapter hehehe.
I just want you to remember that this is following the story of Rogue, not the X Men. They are the main part to it since Rogue is part of the team, but we're following Rogue threw her experience. Now since she'll be meeting other people, there will loads of romances, not just Romy, which will be coming up soon by the way, but I just thought some of you should know that.
Don't be worried if you're a Romy fan, it'll be up shortly, but it's just not his time yet. And we all want him to have a grand entrance right? Lol, thought so. Love you allXxX
Next chapter – The X Men are still getting over the mourning process of their dead X Man Rogue. Professor Xavier feels something is going to happen and orders his X Men to find out what it is. Little do they know what they are about to uncover, that'll change their lives forever…
White Queen and Dazzler confront Rogue when they find her walking on the highway. But what is Dazzler's plan? Also, Rogue's powers go to the next level! More to come! You don't want to miss it :-D xxx plus there's something…or some one you've been waiting for!
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