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The Darkness Within
The Wrath Of The Rogue
Rogue opened her eyes slowly as she felt the sun on her back. She struggled to lift herself up, but once she did, she realised it was early morning. She must have fainted when she had her power struggle. There were no cars going down the road, it was totally silent, just the way she liked it.
She felt strange, like she was normal, even though she did spend the night sleeping on a road. Rogue watched as the sun rose higher and higher. It was very peaceful; she needed something like that right now.
When she got bored, she looked at her clothes and noticed she was still wearing her X uniform. Her eyes looked angry, she couldn't go back there. She was far too dangerous; besides, it was nice to be on her own. But then she remembered that if she didn't receive any help soon, whatever was inside of her would take over.
"Rogue?" she heard a voice asked. She turned around to see Dazzler standing behind her. She had a bandage over her head and a few plasters on her arms and face.
"Da-Da-Dazzler?" she asked, sure that she'd be dead. Dazzler smiled and gave her a hand up. Rogue jumped onto her and hugged her. "Ah thought ah killed you…ah thought ah killed another one…"
"Shh, it's okay, I'm fine." hushed Dazzler. "I'm just glad I found you, I thought you would have gone all psycho by now." Rogue laughed, and hugged her again. She opened her eyes and in behind Dazzler stood Emma Frost. Rogue pushed Dazzler back and frowned.
"What is she doing here!" asked Rogue. Dazzler looked back to Rogue uneasy.
"Emma wants to help you have control Rogue, and I think she might be telling the truth." said Dazzler. Rogue moved her head side to side and backed away.
"There's no way ah'm goin' back t' them, they jus' wanna use me!" she shouted back. Dazzler slowly made her way towards Rogue, putting her hands up as a sign of tranquillity.
"I know that Rogue, but the Hellfire also know that you can hurt them. All they wanna do is help you." she told her. Rogue looked at her, a little anxious. She knew it was most likely true that they could help her otherwise they wouldn't be messing with her, but she didn't trust them, not after what they did.
"Why are ya doin' this Dazzler, they attacked ya." pointed out Rogue. Dazzler tilted her head and came in front of Rogue.
"I know, but I just want you to be safe, I don't want anyone else to get hurt Rogue." she told her. Rogue's face looked saddened.
"Yeah, 'coz that's what ah am now…a killer…a monster on the loose." said Rogue.
"No Rogue, you're not a killer or a monster." she promised. "Your powers are just out of control, and if you don't sort them out soon, you could put people's lives at risk." Rogue looked into her sparkling blue eyes. It was only a couple of days ago when the two had met, and now they were close enough to be sisters. Sure, Dazzler didn't know the facts of Rogue's likes and dislikes, but they had a strange connection of friendship. She trusted her, and she had to take her word for it.
Rogue sighed and looked up and Dazzler. "Okay, ah'll do it." Dazzler smiled and hugged her again. While she was hugging her, Rogue opened her eyes to see a grinning White Queen.
BlackBird
Cyclops turned all the engines on at the front of the Blackbird, while everyone else took their seats. Jean went to the front to help Scott while Storm took her place next to him in the pilot seat.
Gambit and Wolverine entered the plane, Gambit playing with his cards, and Wolverine with a fractious expression on his face. Gambit sat down across from Wolverine, and Jean sat near the pilots.
"All set?" asked Cyclops. "Lets go." the engine started to push off and after a minute, the Blackbird was in the sky. Wolverine looked to Gambit, who was still messing with his cards,
"Could ya stop doin' that?" he said angrily. Gambit didn't say anything and just continued to play with them. Wolverine growled. "Hey, I said stop doin' that, it's really irritating me! Unless you want to wake up in the mornin' with these threw ya chest!" Wolverine's claws came out. Gambit rolled his eyes.
"Tryin' t' scare Gambit mon ami?" asked Gambit.
"How many times do I have t' tell ya that I'm not ya friend Gumbo!" Gambit rolled his eyes.
"'Bout one hundred an' fifty times more…mon ami." Wolverine stood up swiftly.
"That's it Cajun!" he went towards Gambit with his claws but he felt something stop him. He looked over to Jean was had her hand out, stopping him with her telekinesis. Gambit just grinned. "What d'ya think ya doin' red?" he asked aggressively.
"Calm down Wolverine, Gambit was only joking." she told him, relaxed. He looked to the Cajun and back to Jean. His claws went back inside his knuckle and he felt the release of his hold. He went to sit back down, and looked at the beautiful red head.
He had always liked Jean from the moment he saw her. Her touch was delicate, and her face was carved by angels. Her green eyes sparkled like the sea and her lips…oh how he wished he could kiss those crimson lips of hers. Sometimes he just wanted to hold her, just for a second so he could see what it was like to be with her.
But it'd never be, her heart was with Cyclops, he just knew that she was making the wrong decision. Though a part of him thought that maybe she did feel attracted to him, she did after all kiss him when the plane broke down and Magneto saved them.
He sighed and looked out of the window, things were so different now. He felt that there was no chance him and Jean would get together, or that he could ever move on from Rogue. He had known so many people in the past, and watched them die. Yet he couldn't forget Rogue among all of them, he just couldn't and wouldn't get over the fact that she was dead, she sacrificed herself for the X Men…and he couldn't have stopped her…
"It wasn't your fault Logan." said Jean using her telepathy.
"Ya readin' my thoughts red?" he asked.
"No, but there pretty strong so I didn't have too. And I'm right; you couldn't have done anything about Rogue's death."
"But I could have, I could have told her how stupid it was, or I should have stayed with her to make sure she didn't get off the plane."
"You had no idea what was to come Logan, she did what she did, and we're alive because of it. Rogue did a brave thing, and we have to thank her for that. I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted you to be upset Logan." explained Jean.
"That's what they all say." he told her. "Yet it's harder to keep it all in and forget about it."
"I know, but maybe we can never forget about it, but learn from it."
"What d'ya mean?" he asked.
"She was the first death in the X Men; perhaps, this is the first real act of heroism for the X Men. She was so brave to do that, maybe we should learn from her."
"What, by killing ourselves to be heroes?"
"No…to be heroes none the less."
Logan thought about it, maybe she was right, maybe Rogue was a hero even if she didn't mean to be. And they could all take a lesson from her. Instead of being sad about her death, maybe they should just learn from it, so her life didn't just go to waste. The other X Men wouldn't of survived (1), without her, but here they were. Jean was right, maybe he couldn't move on from this, but learn to live with it in harmony, remembering her act of heroism.
Near Alkali Lake
"I left the plane over here." said Emma as she Rogue and Dazzler walked through the forest. "I sensed you here, but your powers were getting weaker, so it was a hard job finding you." Rogue just scowled at her.
"Ah still don' trust ya White Queen, but ah'm doin' this fo' the sake o' other people." she reminded her. Emma smiled.
"I know, ya don't have to keep telling me." she told her. "Besides, you could just destroy the Hellfire club in one go hunny, I don't think we're going to mess with you." Dazzler looked to Rogue and gave her a reassuring look. 'That's until we have you under our control, then you'll have no choice but to be on our team.'
Rogue's telepathy didn't pick any thing up since her telepathic powers weren't as strong as Emma's, though her telekinesis was.
The three women carried on walking towards the plane, but they still didn't find it. Emma was getting angry, Dazzler was getting fed up, and Rogue was in deep thought.
"Oh come on, we have to be there by now!" Dazzler shouted. "I went on the plane with you, and I'm sure we left it somewhere around here." Emma looked around, she didn't see anything.
"I can't see the plane, I think we're lost." she told the two girls.
"I knew it! I knew that a blond leading the way was a bad idea!" shouted Dazzler. Emma turned to her and gave her a puzzled look.
"Your blond too." she pointed out.
"Yeah, but I'm just better than you." Emma growled and shoved past her.
Meanwhile, Rogue started to feel very faintish. She out her hand on the tree, in fear of falling flat on her face and gasped as she saw the tree start to rot. She took her hands off it and looked up at the leaves. Some of them were rotten as she touched the tree. Rogue gulped and felt like crying. What had she become, some sort of monster!
"Dazzler…" she whispered.
"I'm more powerful than you!" shouted Dazzler to Emma, not hearing Rogue over her own shouting voice. Emma sarcastically laughed at her.
"Yeah, 'coz you have telepathic powers so you can confuse the hell outta people whenever you want." Emma replied, again being sardonic.
"Dazzler." said Rogue a little louder.
"Least I have a life; you're stuck with some pathetic little crew who can't even fight one girl." pointed out Dazzler.
"Wait…that's how I know you!" said Emma. Dazzler put her hands on her hips, giving her a questioning look. "Yeah, you preformed at a club I went too, you're the one with the cat screeching voice." Dazzler growled and was about to hit her.
"DAZZLER!" shouted Rogue. Dazzler and Emma turned there attention to Rogue and gasped as she saw her laying on the ground.
"Rogue!" Dazzler shouted as she ran to her fallen friend. Tears were running down Rogue's cheeks as she moved her head side to side. "Rogue, what's wrong, are your powers going out of control again?"
"There's…something...inside o' me…" she struggled to say. "It hurts so badly!" Dazzler rested her head on her lap and looked into her teary emerald eyes.
"It's okay, just focus on me." she told her. "It's gonna be okay, we're gonna go back to New York, and we're gonna get whatever is inside of you, making your powers go nuts outta you so you can be at peace." Emma came to the side of them, looking down at the girl with no pity what so ever. She grinned at the Southern girl in pain. Rogue saw the grin, the same grin which she saw before, the one grin she just wanted to wipe off Emma's face.
Rogue's pupils turned pure black once again. Dazzler gasped and pushed Rogue's head off her lap, knowing this meant trouble. She watched as Rogue slowly rose into the air, and hovered a little above the ground. Her arms were spread out, and her legs were together. Both Emma and Dazzler looked at her terrified as they backed away slowly.
Rogue looked at Dazzler with her black pupils and turned to a shaking Emma. Rogue grinned, suddenly Emma started to gasp for air. It was like her lungs were on fire. She fell backwards into a tree and looked terrified, trying to cry, but she couldn't. The pain was crucifying, it built up and went down into her body. Her stomach boiled, her lungs burnt, her mouth was drying up, she couldn't scream or beg for mercy.
Dazzler watched in pure horror as White Queen was being attacked. She looked to Rogue, who was still grinning as she did this to the woman. Dazzler went over to Rogue.
"Stop this!" she shouted. Rogue slowly turned her head to Dazzler and growled. Dazzler felt an invisible force push her into a tree, keeping her there. She tried to move, but the force was keeping her there. Rogue looked back to Emma whose mouth had blood pouring out of it.
Emma's burnt body fell to the ground, her eyes still open, but her body beyond repair. Rogue looked to the dead woman, and grinned. Dazzler had tears down her eyes, sure she hated White Queen, but she had never wished her dead. She had never seen someone die before.
Rogue's feet touched the ground and she looked to Dazzler. Dazzler looked at her, petrified, not knowing what this woman would do next. She tried so hard to escape from this force holding her, but it was too strong. Rogue looked at her, pupils still black. Dazzler felt a pain in her head, it was silent at first, but it got worse after each second. It was like a huge ringing noise in her head. Then, she blanked out.
Rogue didn't kill her, just knocked her out with her telepathy. She let go of her hold over Dazzler, watching her unconscious body fall to the ground. She walked past the deceased Emma, no expression on her face, as though she didn't kill her.
As she walked, the plants around her died, the trees withered, she knew this was happening, yet still no expression on her face. She finally made it to Alkali Lake, where she had killed Joey. His body was gone; Danny must have picked it up. She looked at the vast lake, her head started to pound again. It was too much power for her, but what she did, taken a human life, was all her, under an influence of power.
Near Alkali Lake
Wolverine was pushing past the leaves with his claws; he wanted to get this over and done with. Gambit walked behind him, the leaves and branches hitting him as Wolverine pushed past. Jean, Cyclops and Storm were behind talking about what they may find.
"It'll probably be a mutant." said Jean. "I just have that feeling that it will be."
"The Professor said that this sense he had was strong, so if it is a mutant, we better be prepared for a fight." Cyclops told them. Storm looked up to the sky and stopped walking.
"Something's happening." she said. The rest of them stopped and looked at her as her head looked to the skies. "The weather is changing, something terrible had happened."
"An' ya know dat by de weather?" Gambit asked. Storm nodded.
"The elements tell me everything." Wolverine rolled his eyes. Life could be so much easier if they did it the old fashioned way and just searched for whatever this was instead of going on about mumbo jumbo.
"Let's just concentrate on finding this thing." said Wolverine as he continued to walk.
A little further on, Rogue was stood there, looking at the lake with her pure black pupils. She had no expression on her face still, no feeling on what she had just done to Emma. Then…she started to sense something. Something that was once familiar to her. She turned around as she heard the faint noises of people talking, still no expression on her face.
Wolverine used his claws to move the branches out of the way. He could see the lake ahead and then…a body? Standing right in front, he couldn't make it out until he was on the actual pebble beach and out of the forest. He gasped and pulled his claws back in as he saw the same white stripes he hadn't seen for over 6 months.
"R-R-Rogue?"
Hey, so sorry it was short but I wanted to put a little cliffhanger in for a change. Promise is a promise though, and the next chapter WILL be very long because of your fantastic reviews.
Anyway, what did you think? Did you enjoy it as much as I enjoy writing it? Please review!
Next Chapter – The X Men are confused when they find Rogue alive, but their feelings change as they realise she's not herself. Can the X Men help her, or will they too perish?
(1) Logan wouldn't have died because of his healing ability.
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