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The Darkness Within

The Road Back Home

New York

Brotherhood Base

"Ah can' fight it! So many thangs ah've never tries, so many thangs that are tempting me…so much power ah can finally set free!" Rogue shouted. She opened her eyes to reveal fire…

"Ahhh!" Callisto jumped out of her bed as she sensed the power in her dream. She was panting quite hard and looked to the clock. 9am. She got off her bed and walked into the bathroom.

She came out wearing black leather trousers and a blue strapless boob tube. She walked out of her room and into a huge metallic base and saw Magneto looking up some files on the gigantic computer.

"I see you're finally awake dear." said Magneto, not turning his attention away from the screen. Callisto smiled and walked behind him, looking at the screen. It had pictures of a group of mutants.

"What's this?" she asked him, enquiringly. He smiled to himself.

"These are some dominant mutants who agreed to join in on our war against the humans." explained Magneto. "It has taken be almost a year to start an army, and now it's finally happening."

"We have most of the world's mutants on our side, why do we need more? The humans are scrawny, they could never defeat us." pointed out Callisto.

"I don't think you see the point my dear, as long as we have more than them, we will be guaranteed triumph." Callisto looked at the six mutants on the screen, not one of them looking like the girl in her dreams. Callisto remembered her wearing a black leather uniform with an X on it. She must be part of the X Men; she had auburn hair with white stripes and looked almost in pain. But Callisto sensed her power, she thought this girl was a dream, but she knew she must be real.

This girl's power, the girl Callisto had been dreaming about for four days now, was more powerful than even Magneto, to have her on their side would mean ultimate victory against the pathetic race of humans. But would Magneto believe her?

"There is a mutant I have been dreaming about, she is powerful Magneto, and she seems confused. She looks as though she's one of the X Men, but she's craving more power." explained Callisto. "She would be an asset to our team." Magneto turned round to face her.

"Who is this X Man?" he asked.

"I don't know her name, but she had auburn hair with two white stripes at each side of her-."

"-Rogue…don't be so dim-witted, she died." he said, turning back around. Callisto thought to herself for a moment, but knew that her powers were correct and this girl was alive.

"Her powers might have kept her alive Magneto, I'm telling you, she's alive. My power is to sense mutants, and I know she's alive!" she repeated. "I can tell you where she is so you find her your self." He turned back to her and stared intensely into her eyes.

"How powerful is she?" he asked. She stared back into his eyes and smiled.

"More powerful than you." he was taken back a bit by this accusation, but she had never been wrong yet. "She is a level five, and you are only a level four." Magneto didn't know what to say. "I can find her Magneto, if you let me." He sighed.

"Very well, but if you are mistaken then-."

"I'm not wrong." she said obstinately. "Trust me; she will listen to us over the X Men. We will offer her freedom, while they over her a prison for her powers." Magneto smiled.

"Just like Charles." Magneto said. Callisto closed her eyes and used her powers to find where the girl was. After a few moments, Callisto opened her eyes. "Where is she?"

"She's in Caldecott Mississippi."

"Gather our team now!" he shouted. Callisto nodded and ran to get the Brotherhood ready. Magneto watched her leave and a sly smile came upon his aged face.

Blackbird

"So where is she headed Professor?" asked Jean Grey as she, Wolverine, Storm and Xavier entered the Blackbird. Jean wore a standard grey X uniform with a collar and gloves. She had grey high heal boots.

"Cerebro said that she's heading towards the South. My guess was she is flying to her house, so I tracked it down and put the co-ordinates into the Blackbird's navigating system." explained Xavier. He wore his usual smart clothes with a blue tie.

"Are you sure no one will sense her power Charles, I mean she is using a lot of it, she might hurt someone on the way there." said Storm, concerned for people's lives. Storm wore something a little bit more to her 'weather witch' reputation. She wore a black bodysuit that left her arms free. The outfit was adorned by a golden-neckline and low-cut belt, reminiscent of Egyptian jewellery. Her arms were covered by long black gloves, which left her fingers free. In addition, the outfit sported a back cape with gold trimming, which was crossed over the neckline and attached in an asymmetrical way to her shoulder and waist with an X-symbol each. Storm wore her hair pulled back in a practical ponytail and she kept her hair out of her face.

"If she does Storm, I'm afraid we cannot do anything about it, as far as other people sensing her, I'm sure a few has." said Xavier. "She mentioned Hellfire club, who also sensed her power, unfortunately we might not be the only ones tracking her down."

"Which means there might be some unwanted attention that we'll have to take care of." said Wolverine as he pulled out his claws. Wolverine wore a black bodysuit with two red stripes travelling from his left side down his leg, extending from under a yellow 'X' on his chest. He also had red gloves on and a yellow belt.

Jean looked over to him and smiled to herself as she admired his loyalty to Rogue. She sat down at the controls and switched them on, making sure that the co-ordinates to Rogue's house were properly placed into the system.

"So what are planning to do Professor?" asked Jean. Xavier looked round to Jean and to Storm and Wolverine.

"There's not much we can do Jean. All I can try to do is reason with her and-."

"Reason with her?" asked Wolverine. "Charles, I saw what the girl could do, she did something which was unbelievable, then attacked her own boyfriend. Not excluding the fact that she killed someone! I don't think she'll want to reason with ya."

"He has a point Professor. She's craving more power, more sensations. She's discovering all these things she's never really found in life, why would this sinister side of her want to listen to you when Phoenix is giving her all these things she's only dreamed about." explained Storm.

"You know mankind Professor, even the best of us when given power, can't control it. But when you can, you want more." said Jean. Xavier nodded agreeing with them. He just didn't want to resort to violence, it wasn't him. "Sometimes you have to though Professor, especially in this case." said Jean telepathically.

"I know Jean, but it might pull her further away from us, and into the hands of someone who will offer her something that she may not be able to refuse. We just have to remember, that at the moment, this is Rogue we're dealing with, just her darker side." said Xavier.

Mississippi

Rogue's old house

The red door flew off its hinges and crashed into the room. Rogue walked in with a stern look on her face. She wore black boots with her black shorts and top. She looked around the place, remembering all the memories she had in this place. The carpet was the same and the furniture. She walked into the living room and in front of her, sat on a red chair was a woman. She wore some dark sunglasses and had a walking stick in her hand. She looked as though she was looking right at Rogue.

"I knew you would come." she said quietly. Rogue looked at her, trying to remember her face. "Your powers haven't shaded your memory have they?" Rogue then remembered her, the same woman she had grew up with.

"Irene?" she asked. Irene smiled and nodded.

"Welcome home child." she said. Rogue stepped a little further and stared at the woman. "Your new power has consumed you, I knew it would. Ever since you were a little girl I knew this day would come." Rogue took a step back as Irene got up off her chair.

"You knew ah'd be possessed? You knew that ah'd die?" Rogue asked. Irene gave a simple nod and frowned. She looked at the mutant girl seriously with an unyielding look.

"Yes I did, I tried to prevent you from joining the X Men, but you ran away before I could help you." Irene explained. "I knew that everything I did would lead to this point." Rogue put a fierce face on.

"Ya knew, an' ya never tol' me!" she shouted. "You knew ah'd kiss Cody and nearly kill 'im, you knew that ah'd loose control o' mah powers an' you didn' even tell me!" Irene put a brave face on.

"I know that it will cost me my life, so do what you have came here to do." Irene said. Rogue didn't even know she would be here, but none the less, she raised her arm and Irene fell to the floor, unable to scream as her body inside was destroyed in flames, disintegrating inside her. The outside of her body began to boil, and when Rogue had finished with her, Irene looked almost like a mummified person. Rogue looked down at her body, no emotion on her face and walked over to the chair she was sat on. When Rogue sat down, things around her started to lift into the air.

"Come in." said Rogue as she sensed a presence. Magneto stepped into the room, not believing his eyes. He had heard she died. Now he knew Callisto was telling the truth. "What d'ya wan'?" he looked to the floor to see the deformed body, steam coming from it.

"I've come to offer you a deal." he said.

Outside

The X Men had put the X Jet on a large field near by, and were now walking up the street in Caldecott. Wolverine started to feel a little bit anxious; he just wanted Rogue back in safe quarters. He didn't like to know she was roaming the streets doing God knows what. He wanted the old Rogue back, but he knew it wouldn't be that simple.

"That's the house over there." said Xavier as he remembered from the image Cerebro gave him. As they approached it, a sudden sort of wind went past Storm, and as it was so fast, Storm fell over. Wolverine helped her up immediately and they looked around.

"What was that?" Storm said. Jean Grey used her powers to try to find what it was.

"It's a mutant…but I can't quite read her-." Suddenly, Jean was lifted off her feet, into the air and thrown harshly into a fence. The X Men looked ahead of them, seeing five mutants.

"Who are they?" asked Storm.

"I don't know," Wolverine got his claws out. "But we're about to find out."

"Please Wolverine, we said no violence." said Xavier.

"I don't think we have much of a choice here." said Jean as she walked back over to the X Men. Xavier nearly had a heart attack as he saw a familiar face in the enormous man with body armour on, but knew his step brother wasn't a mutant. The large man picked up a car and threw it at the X Men.

Jean stepped out in front and used her telekinesis to stop the car in mid air. She gently put it on the floor and looked to Xavier.

"What are we going to do Professor, fight, or just let them push us around?" asked Jean. Xavier nodded.

"We have no other choice. Distract them, find out who they are while I go to Rogue." ordered the Professor. The three X Men nodded and ran into their battle.

Jean used her telekinesis to push back the woman in purple. She got back up and grinned at Jean. She wore an asymmetric dark blue bodysuit with a Chinese collar and a magenta dragon pattern going from the chest to her right leg. The suit didn't cover the other leg, where she wore a high boot instead. The ensemble was completed with a sash and dark blue opera gloves. Her hair was blond but with purple stripes going all the way through her radiant hair.

"Magneto told us you'd be coming X Man." said the woman. Jean got out of her fighting position and stared at the woman a little stunned.

"You're part of the Brotherhood?" she asked. The woman smiled again and nodded.

"Ya can call me Psylocke though." she said as he jumped into the air and kicked Jean onto the floor. Jean slowly got back and scowled at her. "Magneto also said that the X Men don't like to fight much, so I'm guessing this is gonna be easy." her British accent ran though Jean's ears. Although she didn't mind the British accent, she much preferred the American one. Jean stuck out her hand and used it to throw Pyslocke into a car.

Meanwhile Wolverine was cornered by two other Brotherhood mutants, Spyke and Pyro. Wolverine went to attack Pyro but he used his fire ability to force him back on the floor. Spyke growled as two spikes came out of his body and flew towards Wolverine. They caught his X uniform, sticking him to the ground. Pyro walked up to him and put his foot on his chest.

"I thought I'd never see the day when I actually defeated Wolverine." the Aussie said as he grinned wildly. Wolverine growled as he tried to move but the spikes were keeping him in place. "Ya never did understand the word teamwork."

"Ya had a choice kid, the good side or the bad. Even though I've never been much of a teamwork kinda guy, I've leant a lot since then." said Wolverine. "A little warnin' t' ya…duck." Suddenly thunder came crashing down behind Pyro and Spyke. The two mutants looked up and saw the weather witch conjure up a whirlwind, and blew Spyke into the wall, knocking him out.

Pyro had dodged it and used his fire power to make a huge dragon and sent it towards Storm. Rain started to pour down out of no where, disintegrating the fire dragon. Pyro looked up to her, a little panicked and Storm grinned. She sent a big thrust of wind to hit Pyro, also sending him into a wall.

Storm looked to the side of her and almost screamed as a car came towards her in mid air. She closed her eyes, ready for it to hit her, knowing she couldn't escape. But she felt no pain; she opened her eyes to see that the car was floating. She looked down to the floor to see Jean holding it up with her powers, and with her other hand holding Psylocke in the air. Storm looked down to whatever had thrown the car, to see the gigantic man she saw earlier. She once again summoned a whirlwind to blow him away, but he stood his ground. Storm was amazed that he'd actually not even moved an inch.

Wolverine jumped on Juggernaut from behind trying to stab him with his claws, but his armour was too solid and far too strong for even Wolverine's claws. He felt the man's large hand grab him and found himself staring into his eyes.

"I could use you for a tooth pick!" he joked as he threw Wolverine into a car. Jean tried to use her telekinesis to pick him up, but he was far too heavy for her hold. She felt a kick in the back of her head as Psylocke released herself from Jean's hold.

Storm knew the Professor had entered the house, and the fast woman she had seen before was now going towards Rogue's old house. Storm flew towards her, picked her up and threw her into the door.

Callisto got up and stared at the weather witch as Storm was about to electrocute her, but she used her super speed to go into the centre of the room. She laughed as she saw the astounded look on Storm's face. Storm looked at what the woman was wearing, giving her a disgraceful look. It consisted of tight black leather pants with holes on the sides, a short sleeveless tight shirt, long black gloves with bracelets, and practical boots. She wore a long black leather jacket and dangling earrings.

"Ya wanna play, let's play." said Callsito. She used her super speed to run around Storm, coping the idea of a whirlwind, and Storm was flung out of the door.

Inside

Xavier looked all around him. Everything was flying around like there was no control, he watched as the T.V beside him went on and off, on and off. As she entered the living room, he saw Rogue sitting on a chair, a dead, roasting body laying on the floor and Magneto talking to her. Xavier closed his eyes as he saw the dead body, knowing it was Rogue.

"You're too powerful to be hiding away like this; you deserve more freedom, not caring about how much power you must use. Join us in out cause, and you will be invincible." Magneto explained to her. Rogue sensed Xavier's presence and turned to him.

"Hello Professor." she said, deeply. Magneto turned to the doorway and scowled as he saw Xavier.

"What are you doing here!" shouted Magneto. "The girl has too much power to handle Charles, you know that. It'll be better for all of us if she came with me."

"No it wouldn't, you'd want to use her again like you did on Liberty Island, she'd be in even more danger if she went with you." said Xavier. He turned to Rogue. "Come back with me Rogue, we're your family, your friends, let me help you."

"Why…what's wrong with me?" she asked, scowling at Xavier.

"Absolutely nothing my dear." Magneto cut in. "Your powers are a blessing to us, and must be used. There no good going to waste."

"Did ah ask fo' your opinion?" asked Rogue. "O' all people ah would not wan't' see, you'd b' one o' them." Xavier smiled as he thought she was making the right choice.

"If you go with Xavier, he'll treat you as though you were sick, as though you were a threat. If you joined the Brotherhood, they'd treat you like a God, they'd fear you, and love you for your power." explained Magneto. "I offer you freedom, Xavier offers you a cage."

"That is not true Rogue; this entity inside you is eating away at your sensations. It's changing your personality, if you don't let me help you now, it'll be too late!" pleaded Xavier.

"Why should ah listen t' any o' ya? Ya haven' done anythin' good fo' me." she said. "Magneto tried to kill me while makin' me change all humanity into mutants, and you Professor knew ah was struggling with mah powers before ah died. An' yet, you never helped me, you never even bothered t' check that ah was alright 'coz ya were more concerned fo' you original X Men than me!"

"That's not true Rogue-."

"-Then how come this is happening t' me! 'F you helped me control mah powers in the first place, maybe ah wouldn' b' changin'!"

"You don't need any help though. Charles is saying that you're ill, that your powers are a burden and should be destroyed, you shouldn't let him-." suddenly a floating lamp crashed into the book case. Rogue looked at the Professor evilly.

"Don' read mah mind." she said. Xavier looked at her for a moment, he thought that maybe he could just break through her barrier and make her be able to control it. He tried again, which made Rogue even angrier.

"See, he doesn't care if he hurts or angers you, he's more concerned about his precious X Men." said Magneto as he saw what Xavier was doing. Rogue stood up and used her telekinesis to fling Magneto into the kitchen. All the objects flying in the room started to go everywhere frantically like there was a tornado in the house. Xavier watched in terror as this all happened.

"Rogue, stop, this isn't you!" he shouted.

"Oh but ya wrong," she said, "This is me, a better me, a powerful me! Ah've become someone who you can' control, who you regret not helping in the first place. This Phoenix has helped mah powers grow, an' ya know something," she looked at him and grinned, "Ah like it." the object started to go round more forcefully as she embraced the power more.

Magneto struggled to get up from all the force of wind hitting him. He finally did and had to hold onto the wall just so he wouldn't go flying off. Rogue used her powers to hit Xavier with full force, sending him off his wheelchair and into a cupboard. The force of the wind she was creating from her telekinesis kept him in place so he couldn't wiggle at all.

Outside

Wolverine saw the windows of Rouge's old house smash, he knew something was going wrong in there. He looked to Juggernaut, knowing he couldn't beat him, and flipped over to him, running towards the house.

Jean noticed what Wolverine was doing and knew she should go to help him. She felt Psylocke's telekinesis lift her into the air, throwing her into another car. Jean stood up and used her telepathic ability to knock Psylocke out. Although a little weak, Jean ran towards the house, noticing that juggernaut was heading that way too.

Storm finally having enough of Callistio running round and round her, signalled to Jean, and Jean stopped the speed maniac in her place. Storm smiled and punched her round the face. Then Jean sent her into a brick wall.

Inside the house, everything was a wreck the whole place had furniture around. Wolverine noticed a dead body on the floor and looked away. Jean saw it and gasped, she'd never seen a dead body like that before. She spotted the Professor and ran over to him.

"Professor, are you alright?" she asked concerned. He nodded as Wolverine helped him up, holding him until Storm found his wheelchair. "What happened?"

"I tried to talk to her but Magneto offered her limitless power. She attacked me then went out the back door with Magneto." he explained. Wolverine growled and went out of the back door as Jean and Storm helped Xavier back on his wheelchair.

Rogue and Magneto were headed towards a helicopter outside the house where the weakened Brotherhood was. They saw Rogue and stiffened up a little. Rogue stopped for a moment as she sensed something. Magneto noticed she had stopped and turned around to see her facing Wolverine who was near the door. He looked saddened and distressed.

Rogue, even though drunk on power, felt upset as she sensed his emotions. All she wanted to do was go up to him and hug him, but she couldn't bring herself to do it. So instead, she would spare his and the X Man's lives. She turned back round to get into the helicopter, when Wolverine shouted to her.

"Rogue this isn't you! I know you would never hurt anybody! You're too kind for that, too sweet, too sensitive!" he shouted. As he said those words, it made her feel weak, like he thought she didn't have any power.

She turned back round, no emotion on her face and looked to her old house which stood behind Wolverine. She raised her hand and pulled her fist into a hard grip. Wolverine felt a creaking noise behind him and turned around. Nothing was happening. He turned back round to Rogue who was still in the same position, and then she released her grip. Wolverine heard a loud crashing noise and turned around to see the whole of her house collapsing. He gasped and ran as fast as he could to get away from the falling house. But he didn't have enough time and was caught in it.

Knowing that she had probably killed the Professor and the two X girls, Rogue turned back round to see a grinning Magneto. She walked past him with a sad face and entered the helicopter. Magneto looked at the wreckage and once again smiled as he thought of her power, and got in the helicopter.

Don't worry, Rogue isn't going to stay with the Brotherhood forever. I don't think it's interesting enough for her to stay in one place, but it does make it interesting for a while. And it's not like the movies, Magneto isn't going to be the main plot with his 'war' thing. And oooo did you like my sort of cliffhanger. I know it's sad to say goodbye to some X Men, but it makes the story so much more thrilling.

Anyway when I come back from Greece I hope to see that I have lots of lovely reviews from all the best reviewers in the fan-fiction history :p. Really hope you enjoyed it as much as I loved writing it!