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The Darkness Within
Previously…
BlackBird
"…I can't touch, and I never will be able too. It's time I do something which will make me feel proud." said Rogue.
"No…no." Logan cried.
"Thank you for everything Logan, X Men…Bobby. I'll always be with you."
"Rogue don't, please…" Bobby begged..
"Goodbye."
Rec Room
"Touched? Remy's sensing past tense here." Remy pointed out.
"Yes…Rogue died." Xavier told him. "She sacrificed herself for us and died. We never found her body."
"Dats gotta b' tough." Said Remy. "But she mus' o' had a tough life not being able t' touch an' all."
"She died at Alkali Lake which is where you are headed. That's why some of the X Men are a bit distressed by going." explained Xavier
Highway
"Good, I'm Alison Blaire by the way. Ya can call me Dazzler though." she said.
"Ah'm Rogue."
Lightning Nightclub
"Please…" Rogue said.
"Rogue, what's wrong, you look so pale?" Dazzler asked.
"Please…" Rogue said as she fell on her knees. "Help me." Her eyes lit up with fire.
Alkali Lake
"Do it, pull the trigger!" Rogue shouted in pain. "Ah rather die then go through this pain!"
"I told you I can't, I won't-." said Joey.
"DO IT!" she screamed. "PLEASE!"
"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. "Why is this happening t' me!"
Hellfire Club
"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.
"Okay weasel, you can tag along." said Emma.
"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.
Xavier Mansion
"I gotta get over her." said Bobby. "I can't keep thinkin' she's alive when she's not.".
"I know you wanna move on, it's time you should move on. But," Kitty started, "It doesn't mean you have to forget the memories you had with her."
Alkali Forest
"What is she doing here!" asked Rogue.
"Emma wants to help you have control Rogue and I think she might be telling the truth." said Dazzler. "I just want you to be safe, I don't want anyone else to get hurt Rogue."
"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."
Blackbird
"It wasn't your fault Logan." said Jean using her telepathy. "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. I'm sure she wouldn't have wanted you to be upset Logan." explained Jean. "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."
Alkali Forest
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, and she couldn't scream or beg for mercy.
Alkali Lake
"R-R-Rogue?" asked Wolverine.
Never Would Have Guessed
Wolverine didn't know what to say, didn't know if what he saw was real or just a delusion. But there she was, the girl he saw die in front of him. He was lost for words, how could she be in front of him? He saw her take her last breath; he saw her sacrifice herself for the X Men. It was impossible for her to be standing here in front of him now, wasn't it? Sure he new mutants had many talents, but coming back from the dead was not one of them, she had no mutant power of the sort, he knew that. He just didn't comprehend what was happening. She looked at him with no sentiment on her attractive face; he noticed her pupils were wholesome black. He stepped forward leisurely, not wanting this 'illusion' to back away from him. He wanted to know, he needed to know of this was her, the same girl who he swore to protect, the same girl he watched over, the same girl who made him smile by saying something so effortless. He needed to know if it was all genuine.
He put his hand forward, reaching for her; she looked at his hand, not afraid. Wolverine touched her white stripes, the ones which he remembered she gained from her traumatic experience with Magneto. He looked deep into her black eyes, which he still didn't value. This was her, he knew it was, yet he wasn't convinced. He wanted to believe it was her, she wore the costume she died in, she had the same hair, the same face and features, yet he had the idea it was some sort of deception, some sick game a mutant was playing. Her eyes then turned emerald, he looked at her again. She had the same twinkle he named her for. He smiled at her, astonished.
"It is you." he said, as he brushed his fingers on her hair. She still looked at him with no feeling, while all he wanted to do was hold her in his arms. She heard the noises of people again, turning her head slightly past Logan's head to the forest. Logan looked behind him as he saw the direction her eyes were looking. Out of the jungle, Gambit, Jean, Storm and Cyclops came, and stopped in there tracks as they saw who was with Logan. On the other hand, Gambit, not knowing who it was, walked forward to Logan and stood next to him. He looked to Rogue and his heart nearly melted as he saw her beatific face.
"Well bonjour Madame." he said seductively. Rogue looked at him, turning her attention back to Logan. Gambit looked puzzled and looked to Logan too, who was pallid; he then turned back round to see the other X Men stood in their places, their jaws widened. "What's goin' on?" Wolverine, smiled artlessly, looking into Rogue's eyes.
"This is her…it's Rogue." he said almost whispering. Gambit thought of it as a joke, but by the reaction of the other X Men, his mouth also went wide. He didn't believe it, it was impracticable, right? The Professor had told him Rogue died, unless he was lying. But he didn't think that he was the type to lie. Gambit looked back to Rogue; she had extravagant green eyes which could be mistaken for emeralds. They were staring into Logan's pale blue ones, as though they were staring deeply into one another's souls. Tears ran down Logan's cheeks as he put his hand on her hair again. "I can't believe its you." he said happily. Rogue looked at him, and her face turned from no emotion to distressed.
She opened her mouth and started to breathe heavily, he looked at her alarmed and she put her hands on his face, finally realising what had happened. It felt like a reverie, like it wasn't real, but the touch of his face was satisfying enough. Even though she couldn't feel his skin, she knew the warmth of his face, the love in his eyes. She knew it was him the man who had saved her so many times, the man who she could have called father once. He was standing in front of her; finally, they had found her. She would able to go home, yet she felt something, she felt something strong, and she knew what it was. It was her dark side; the entity within her was messing around with her feelings, making her do things only the dark side of her would do. It was manipulating her, she could feel it. Rogue put her hands on shoulder and went right up to his face. Her green eyes turned black again as she stared at him.
"Help me!" she shouted as though an echo was surrounding them. Wolverine looked at her perplexed yet anxious for her. He didn't know what was going on, but he knew it was serious. He could feel her pain, yet he didn't know what the matter was. He noticed the tears coming down her cheeks as she fought back the pain. All of a sudden she growled, and he felt her telekinetic powers push him back, so far, almost back into the jungle. Gambit looked at her, not knowing whether to attack her or not. She didn't really give him enough time to think as she went up to him and looked him in his red on black eyes to her evil black ones. He fell to the ground, feeling pain all over his body. Cyclops acted quickly, even though he didn't know what was going on, he used his optic blast and hit Rogue. Rogue fell to the floor, but quickly got back up again. Jean grabbed Scott's arm and looked at him.
"What do you think you're doing? That's Rogue, ROGUE!" she shouted. "You can't just attack her." Cyclops shoved her hand off his arm.
"Would Rogue attack the X Men? This isn't Rogue Jean, it's someone else." he told her. Storm nodded in agreement.
"I agree, Rogue wouldn't have hurt Wolverine of all people." Storm said. Se looked over to Rogue who grinned as she used her powers to raise Cyclops into the air. He hovered slightly above the ground, and then was hastily pushed towards Rogue. He came in front of her and she kicked him to the ground. Jean used her powers to try to shove Rogue down, but it didn't work, Rogue sent back her telekinetic wave to drive Jean down, hard on the ground. There was suddenly a thrust of lighting and thunder, Rogue looked to the skies as she saw the clouds forming together as one, like a hurricane. Storm directed the lighting to hit Rogue as much as it could. Rogue screamed as it hit her, but she stopped as she started to absorb it into her body and use it against Storm. Storm gasped as she looked down to her feet to see a sort of black spirit come around her legs and thrust her to the ground. In fact, this was Rogue's dark power of telekinesis.
Rogue walked up to her and looked down to her body which was stuck. She grinned and used the power her body absorbed, and used it against Storm. Storm screamed in agony as she felt her body being electrocuted. She felt a force push her down to the ground, then realising it was Jean who was still on the floor, using her powers against her. Rogue sent back a psycic wave which knocked Jean out. Cyclops who noticed his girlfriend was hurt, sent another optic blast towards Rogue. Rogue this time stopped it with a force field and sent his optic blast back to Cyclops. She then turned back round to see Wolverine. He walked up to, fearless.
"What's wrong with you, why are ya doin' this kid?" he asked. She didn't say anything, she couldn't. He came up to her and once again looked at her in the eyes. "This aint you." she walked backwards and put her hand on her head. He could tell she was fighting something inside of her, something influential, herself, her psyches, or her powers? He didn't know, but he did know that it was an appeal for help. She had more tears running down her cheeks, and she screamed as if a lunatic. With that, she fell on her knees, Wolverine falling down with her to make sure she was okay, and gasped for air.
"Can'…fight it anymore." she said. "Ah've been tryin'…can'…ah can'…ah…ah…oooh." she fell into his arms unconsciously. He looked down upon her and looked to the fallen X Men as a few began to rise.
"We've got a serious problem here." he said.
Gambit felt the pain from his body go as Rogue fell unconscious. He lifted himself up and limped towards Wolverine who was on the pebbles holding Rogue in his arms. He panted, still getting over the pain and looked over to Jean who was regaining consciousness and being helped up by Cyclops. Storm however was out cold. He went over to her to check she was alright, and then went back to Wolverine who was looking at Rogue.
"Gambit is findin' it hard t' believe dis is dat Rogue the Professor tol' Gambit 'bout." he said. "He tol' Gambit she died here." Wolverine nodded, his tears going dry.
"I thought she did die, but she's here…I know it's her, I know." Wolverine said obdurately. "When I looked into her eyes, I just knew it was her. There's something wrong with her though, something what's caused her to attack us." Cyclops limped towards Wolverine with Jean leaning on him.
"This isn't Rogue Wolverine, it can't be, she died." Cyclops protested. Wolverine shook his head in denial.
"No, I know it's her, I just know it is." he kept saying. Jean looked down at the unconscious Rogue, she felt something there, something dark. And at the same time, she felt the same warmth she always felt from Rogue.
"It is Rogue Cyclops, I can sense her force." said Jean. "The force around her is her own, the same one I remember, but there's something else there, and it's not good. I'm too weak and not as near powerful to interpret what it is, so we'll have to take her back to the Professor and quick." Wolverine nodded still not able to take his eyes off her.
"No, I just can't find is possible." said Cyclops. "This can't be her, she died, we saw that wave hit her, no one could have survived that, not even someone as powerful as Rogue."
"I disagree, Rogue could handle that, she's very powerful Scott, very." stated Jean. "We all know it, the only question is, what's the bad side to this good discovery?"
"Well we're never gonna find out 'f we stay 'ere, so Gambit say we get movin', dis place gives him de creeps." Gambit said. Cyclops, still letting Jean hold onto him, headed back towards the jungle to the X Jet, while Gambit carried Storm in his arms.
Wolverine waited for a second as he looked down to Rogue. He was scared for her; he wanted to protect her from whatever was happening to her. Whatever was making her do this? She was peaceful now, but he wondered if he'd ever see her like this again, maybe next time, the X Men might not be so lucky. He stood up and picked her up, carrying her in his arms back through the jungle.
Blackbird
Airspace
Cyclops and Jean were controlling the plane at the front while the rest were at the back of the plane. Both Storm and Rogue were laid on tables out cold, Gambit and Wolverine looking down at them.
"I can't believe this is happening." said Wolverine. Gambit nodded.
"Gambit never heard o' someone comin' back from de dead." he said. "Especially someone who is so fichu beau." Wolverine looked to him, giving him a death glare and looked back to Rogue.
"Just stay away from her huh Cajun? She's not herself right now, and she don't need some dumb ass Cajun snake charmer chasing her." Wolverine warned.
"But all de femmes like t' b' chased mon ami, not Gambit's fault he's so good lookin'." he joked. Wolverine ignored him and watched over her. Gambit fell serious for a moment. "Ya were really close t' 'er weren't you?" Wolverine nodded and smiled as he moved a part of her hair behind her ear.
"We had some good times me an' this kid, saved my ass a couple o' times too." he admitted. He sighed, not caring if he was admitting how he felt, even to the Cajun. "I fell apart when I saw her die, it was like this light that made me think there's still good in the world faded right in front of me, and I couldn't do anything about it, even though I felt I could."
"Can' always protect de ones ya love, when ya see 'em get hurt, it hurt you jus' as much…Gambit can relate t' dat."
"But now she's back, and I don't think any of us can believe it. Cykes in denial, Jean knows it's her, but me, even though I know it's her, feels like it's not her inside, like she's trapped." he explained. "Why would she attack us? Why didn't she seem happy to see us?"
"'Coz somet'ins wrong we 'er, but it's like Jean said, de Prof can help 'er out." Wolverine sighed and looked at Gambit.
"Something tells me it's not gonna be that easy."
BOOM!
The plane started to shake aggressively around, Jean was thrown off her seat while Cyclops was still trying to get a hold of the controls. Gambit kept Storm in her place otherwise she's be flying all over the place.
"What's goin' on!" shouted Wolverine.
"I don't know, the engine it just failed." shouted back Cyclops. Jean got back on her seat and tried to help him.
"It's pointless the controls are fried." she said. Wolverine looked to Rogue and gasped as he saw her eyes were open, put not her eyes. It was the same black ones again.
"It's Rogue!" he shouted.
"What!" Jean shouted back. "What do you mean?"
"She's using her powers to shut the Blackbird down!"
"How's that possible, her powers can't do that!" Jean shouted.
"Well dey can now!" said Gambit
Bang! Gambit's head nearly hit the ceiling as the plane shook even more.
"Jean, there's no point in trying to fix it, use your powers to start the engines up!" Cyclops said urgently.
"My powers aren't that strong Scott I-."
"Unless you wanna die I don't think we have an option!" said Cyclops looking into her eyes. She looked around her and nodded, frightened. It all depended on her, and if not, they would die.
While Jean tried to use her powers to turn the engines back on, Wolverine and Gambit tried to sort Rogue out. She was still laid perfectly in place, like she was asleep with her eyes open. Wolverine had tried to wake her up, but it wasn't working.
"She's doin' it on purpose!" Gambit shouted.
"No she's not, she doesn't want to hurt us." said Wolverine. Gambit rolled his eyes.
"She's using 'er psycho fanatical powers to kill us an' ya still defendin' 'er even though she's gonna b' de deat' o' us!" shouted Gambit heatedly.
"It's not her; she wouldn't want to hurt us."
"Well dar demonstration down on de beach wasn't exactly a family reunion was it?" Gambit pointed out. "Gambit don' care 'f it's her or not, we gotta stop her." Gambit pushed Wolverine out of the way and put his hands on Rogue's shoulders.
"Gambit!" shouted Wolverine. He tried to get back up but was struggling from the violent shaking.
"Hey, Rogue, ya gotta stop chere otherwise you will kill us all!" he shouted. Rogue still didn't move, not one inch. He kept shaking her until she looked at him, he screamed as he felt a telekinetic force hit him hard to the floor and pushed him to the front near Cyclops and a 'trying to stop the plane from falling' Jean Grey. Wolverine finally got up and found Rogue getting up from her position. She stood up and looked around, she looked at the controls and made them work again, making Cyclops able to control then and turn the engine back on, and making Jean stop having to use her powers.
Wolverine stared at her for a moment, not knowing what she was going to do next. He felt a harp pain, like a burning sensation go through his bones.
"Rogue…" he whispered as he fell to the floor in pain. He looked up at her, pleading with his eyes. "You gotta stop this…" Rogue let go of her power over him, making him able to breathe again and smiled.
"It's only the beginning." she said. With that she once again fell to the floor unconsciously, and exhausted. Jean walked to the back on the plane and looked down upon the fallen girl.
"We're dealing with something big here guys, and it comes in the form of a Rogue."
So what do you guys think? I really hope you enjoyed it, and even though I had to rush it a little, I still hope that you thought it was good quality. I really love writing this story and I won't give up on it easily, there's gonna be so many things to make it more interesting. It's not going to be like the movie, it's gonna be better :-) lol…
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For those who wondered where Dazzler is, she'll be back soon enough when the time is right.
Next Chapter – Rogue finally gets to the Xavier mansion and is checked out by Xavier, though Gambit checks her out in a different sense lol…Wolverine is dealing with the fact that Rogue is back, but it's not the Rogue he knew, and Scott does something very impractical which could jeopardize his very existence. Also, Bobby is about to get the shock of his life.
Couples in the Next chapter – Minor Romy from Remy's part but it builds up to the good parts, for those who are rooting for Jott the couple are about to get hot, and Robby…is that what you call Rogue and Bobby? Or is it Brogue…or riceman…or…iceogue…ok, ok, 2 far lol. Remember to please review :-)
