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This chapter may not be as exciting, but it is sort of romantic. Basicaly it's just the after affect of Rogue's leaving the mansion.
The Darkness Within
It's Just a Little Crush
Magneto's Base
Rogue sat on the edge of the metallic chair, looking down to the floor. Everything seemed to be metallic, which was no surprise since this was Magneto's base. She couldn't help but think what made her come here, why she would want to join with Magneto. Rogue knew part of it was because he offered her freedom of power, to do what ever she wished, but he had used her, he tried to kill her. She was so confused, she didn't want to be here, she wanted help, she needed help.
Her mind kept going back to Logan and the other X Men. She couldn't believe what she had done; she didn't even think she had done it. At the time it felt like a power surge, something she had to do to prove herself to Logan and the others, but now the after effect had hit her, and she realised she had killed them. Logan would have survived, but she had no idea about Jean, Xavier or Ororo. Perhaps they didn't survive. Rogue remembered how she felt when she left the house, Logan shouting behind her.
Rogue, even though drunk on power, felt upset as she sensed Logan's emotions. All she wanted to do was go up to him and hug him, but she couldn't bring herself to do it.
She remembered what Loan had shouted to her, the words that made her feel so small, so puny and ineffective. The words that made her perhaps kill some of the X Men.
"Rogue this isn't you! I know you would never hurt anybody! You're too kind for that, too sweet, too sensitive!" he shouted.
Rogue felt a pain in her stomach as she then remembered what she did as though she were there again. When she destroyed her house with her deceased career in.
She raised her hand and pulled her fist into a hard grip. There was a creaking noise behind coming from the house. Nothing was happening. She released her grip. She heard the loud crashing noise, music to her ears, and then the whole of her house collapsed.
She closed her eyes as a tear escaped from her eye. She couldn't even believe she had the heart to do that, it just showed what monster she had become. Rogue didn't see Jean and the others, but she saw Logan…she saw as he tried to run from the house. She knew he'd survive, but that wasn't the point, the point was that she actually triedhurt him, and most likely killed the X Men. She stood up and kicked the chair into the wall in anger of what she had done.
"Ah'm a monster." she said to herself as she looked at her hands. 'This is 'coz ah sacrificed mahself, 'coz ah tried t' b' a hero, which ah'm not…'
"Don't fret luv, you're on our side now." she heard a British voice say. Rogue turned around to the entrance of the room to see a young girl with blond hair and purple stripes going through it.
"Who are you?" Rogue asked as she wiped her tears away. The woman smiled.
"Don't ya remember me? I'm Betsy, Betsy Braddock." she said cheerfully as she walked up to Rogue. Rogue took a step back and eyed the woman up. Betsy rolled her eyes and turned to the bed. "I told metal head that we needed to get better beds, but the guys so obsessed with metal that he turned the offer down by throwing me on the floor…seriously, don't mess with Magneto and his metal."
Rogue looked at her strangely; she seemed to, merry to be on Magneto's team. 'Way too merry.'
"Oh, so we have to be all dark and mysterious to be apart of the Brotherhood do we?" asked Betsy smiling. "Just 'coz Magneto's got his dark ways of dealing with things, doesn't mean that we all have to be evil."
"So why are you here?" asked Rogue. "Ah thought ya had t' b' deluded an' sick t' b' apart o' bucket brains team."
"Nice use of words, but no. I just don't agree in that Xavier guy's dreams, I don't think humans and mutant can ever be apart of the same world."
"So ya wanna destroy all humanity instead? Yeah, 'coz that aint evil, that's jus' doin' them a favour!"
"Now, now, that's not a good attitude for someone who has just signed up for the Brotherhood." tutted Betsy. Rogue growled at her and stepped forward, strangely, Betsy didn't seem afraid.
"Ah've seen what that man can do, an' he aint got one bit o' good in 'im sugah. An' ah haven't sighed up fo' the Brotherhood, ah'm jus' here t' relax." explained Rogue as she turned her back to Betsy and sat on the edge of the bed. Betsy sighed and sat next to her.
"I know you're going through a hard time-."
"A hard time? That can' even define what ah'm goin' through! Right now ah'm normal, but in 5 minutes ah can go all psycho crazy on ya ass! Ah killed at least 6 people, me, that don' sound like something ah'd do!" shouted Rogue.
"Fine…but here, we're not like the X Men, you can have all the freedom in the world you want. You can't take back what ya did luv, and you shouldn't have too. That's you now, get over it." Betsy said calmly. Rogue glared at her as Betsy stood up and walked to the door frame. She grinned and walked out.
'Ah don' care what she says, that's not the new me! Ah refuse t' let it be!' Rogue thought to herself as she climbed into her covers and tried to get some sleep.
As Betsy closed the door behind her, Magneto stepped out of the shadows. She gasped as she didn't expect him there. He looked at her curiously.
"She's still rejecting us." Betsy said.
"Well that's what you're job is for, to woo her over and befriend her." he told her.
"I know and I think I'm doin' a good job, but she's been through a lot and I don't think-."
"-I don't care what you think!" he shouted. "We need her to co-operate with us so she will be on our side!" Betsy sighed.
"Yes sir, but I can't force her too or your plan is gonna fail. She needs time, and she doesn't trust me enough yet." Magneto growled.
"Fine, but we haven't got a lot of time on our hands. The meeting is in two days, and if she doesn't change her mind by then, people might think we could loose this war."
Caldecott Mississippi
The house was in pieces, debris was everywhere. A few people had gathered around, gasping and putting there hands over there mouths. Firemen were searching through the wreckages to see if anyone was there, so far, they had found nothing.
Suddenly, some of the debris started to move. People pointed to it which caught some of the firemen's attention. They walked over to it, but the wreckage burst into the air and a howling man with ripped clothes and claws coming out of his knuckles emerged. The firemen backed away, some even fell to the floor.
"It's a mutant!" some people shouted. The firemen backed away as Wolverine got himself out of his hole and standing on the debris. He had coldness in his eyes, as though he was about to kill someone. The firemen, scared of the beast, ran to their engine as the people backed away, some running away back home.
Wolverine ignored them and started to search through the debris, he knew that Jean and the other two were in there somewhere. He had to find them, yet he felt this task would be impossible as there was so much rubble. Rogue had destroyed everything, there was no furniture, it had literally turned to ashes.
He started to fear for the X Men's lives. They might have survived, but a tumble like this was even life threatening for someone as powerful as the Professor. Almost like fate, a huge blue light blasted from inside the debris, sending Wolverine flying off the wreckage and onto the pavement. He looked up to see the blue light fade, and a woman appeared from it.
"Jean…" he whispered as he smiled. He got up and climbed to the top of the debris. She was flying a little, holding Xavier with her telekinesis. Her uniform was also torn apart. She rested Xavier softly into Wolverine's arms as she fell onto the debris exhausted. Wolverine put Xavier down for a moment and went to Jean. She put her hands on his arms as he checked to see it she was alright.
"I'm fine Logan…I'm fine." she said out of breath. "I heard the house creaking and I immediately thought the worse. I managed to put a telekinetic force field around me and the Professor, but I didn't have time to put it over Storm."
"But are you sure you're alright?" he said as he looked deep into her eyes. He had never been more relieved in his life. She nodded and smiled weakly.
"You better go and help Storm, I'll get the Professor down." she said as she slowly raised herself up, though doing so in pain.
"Let me help you." Wolverine offered.
"No I'm fine, go get Storm, she could be seriously injured." said Jean. She didn't want to say anything, but she couldn't sense Ororo at all, she only hoped her powers were misleading.
Ten minutes later
Jean had contacted Bobby to tell him what had happened and to send out a message to an old friend of the X Men. She was sat on the pavement, tending to an unconscious Xavier, as he was bleeding.
"I've found her!" shouted Wolverine from the debris. Jean looked up and put Xavier's head gently onto the ground as she limped to the wreckage. She lifted herself into the air with some struggle and landed on top of the debris. Wolverine had made a hole inside the debris.
"I can't get her out, you'll have to try an' get her out with ya powers." he told her. She looked a little weary.
"I don't know if I can, I'm all worn out." she said honestly.
"She looks badly injured, I don't even know if she's dead. Ya gotta Jean, you're her only chance." Jean looked into his encouraging eyes and nodded. She slowly lifted herself up again with her powers and gently flew down the hole. Wolverine watched her nervously, afraid she'd hurt herself. She sighed in relief as she saw her coming back up, using her powers to also bring Storm up with her. She emerged from the hold and flew past Wolverine onto the pavement where she gently laid Storm next to Xavier.
Wolverine jumped from the wreckage onto the pavement and ran towards them. Jean was checking her pulse and her temperature.
"She's alive." said Jean in a desperate tone.
"Something tells me that's not very good…" said Wolverine.
"Her pulse it fading fast, she's lost a lot of blood. We need to get her back to the mansion quickly or she'll die." said Jean. Wolverine nodded.
"I'm gonna get the jet and bring it as close as I can, you stay here." she nodded and put her hands over her mouth as she felt a sudden wave of sorrow as she thought of the dying Storm. Wolverine out his hands on her shoulder.
"Hey, she's gonna be okay Jean, I promise." he said. She smiled and nodded, and he ran off to get the Jet.
New York
Xavier Mansion
Remy had spent the day in the med bay, and he had to admit that it was the most boring place on earth. Since Dr Grey wasn't here, he thought, since he was feeling better, he could go and take a walk and think about the things that had happened.
To be honest, he couldn't get one certain person out of his mind. 'Why has she had such an impact on me? Sure, she's de most belle femme Remy's ever seen, but it was one kiss…well…it was de most plus beau kiss ever, but it was still un kiss! An' Remy can' get 'er outta his head!' Remy thought to himself.
He couldn't get her beauty, her voice and the way she seduced him out of his head. She was wonderful, the perfect figure, the perfect Southern intonation and her personality was to die for. Remy knew though that this was her dark side, but he still found it sexy.
Remy found himself walking back towards the Med bay as he heard noises of a shouting tone. As he entered the med bay he heard the ecstatic girl known as Kitty Pryde talking…or rather talking in a loud tone, to Bobby Drake who was sat on the edge of the bed. Remy knew that Kitty had feelings for Bobby, it was obvious. She was always by his side, telling him what to do, and though he would expect Kitty to be telling Bobby poison about Rogue ever since she was found, the girl had actually been giving him advice on how to talk to her.
Remy hoped that perhaps Bobby could see that Kitty liked him, so Rogue was put on the market again. He knew she was sick, but he felt a connection with her. Her dark and devious side turned him on, and by what he heard about her actual personality, she seemed like someone he could get along with. 'Come on LeBeau, ya only seen de femme once an' ya already predicting de future.'
"Oh hey Remy, I like, didn't see you there." said Kitty as she heard the soft breathes Remy took as he stood in the doorway. She felt a little shy now; she was hoping she could spend some time with Bobby when she saw Remy up and leave the med bay earlier. "Ya feeling better?" Remy nodded and walked towards the two.
"Qui, t'ank you petit. Remy jus' needed t' get on his feet fo' a bit." said Remy. He had noticed the look on Kitty's face as he walked into the room. She looked very disappointed on his arrival, where as Bobby didn't seem to mind. 'Ice cube, ya mus' b' blind t' not notice de fille likes you.'
"I thought you would be in bed for like, longer since you had your energy pulled outta you." pointed out Kitty. Remy shrugged his shoulders. He knew he was quite a strong man physically, but it did help that he had powers which involved energy.
"Remy got plenty o' energy inside dis body petit, can' keep dis Cajun down fo' long." he said quite boldly. Kitty rolled her eyes, though she knew he was right. Out of all the people in the danger room, he was the one who could recuperate the quickest after an attack. Well that was apart from Wolverine…
"Well at least some of us do, Bobby here only got winded and a slight state of shock and he like, says he hasn't got any energy at all." explained Kitty. Bobby looked at her and gave her a dead eye.
"Is dat so." said Remy grinning. "State o' shock?" Kitty nodded and Remy couldn't help but laugh. "Let me get dis straight, Remy gets de kiss of deat' an' Bobby 'ere sees his amie walkin' down de hall an' gets a slight state of shock?" Bobby sighed and counted to ten in his head.
"It's not my fault, I didn't see her and I..wait…kiss of death? Kiss of death?" Bobby asked. He stood up and looked up at the Cajun. "You kissed my girlfriend?" Remy stepped back a little as Bobby came right up to his chest, as he put his hands up in defence.
"Well I didn' initiate de kiss." he said. 'It was bot' o' us.' Bobby looked as though he was going to kill him. "She kissed Remy 'coz he wouldn't let 'er go. Come on, Remy b' about de ladies, but he would never go after someone else's amie, dat's not Remy's style mon ami." Although that was true, in this case it wasn't. He knew that cheating was wrong and he would never do it…well he might but he'd never make a girl cheat on their man. But he couldn't help it with Rogue, she was so seductive and she drew him in, almost as if she were hypnotising him. He could have cut the tension with a knife; he only wished he could go back to that moment. It was worth getting absorbed by her all over again.
"Like, don't try to be all macho Bobby, he's probably telling the truth." said Kitty as she put her hand on her hip. She always sided with other people Remy had noticed, he didn't know why, but she always put him into place and for some reason, he listened to her, though he probably didn't realise it.
"Yeah, but there's also a chance he's lying! Rogue's his sorta type, beautiful, sassy, and now she's dark she's got a whole other side to her which gumbo here probably finds attractive." Spot on. Though he didn't know her properly, Remy was very, very attracted to her. He had spent 3 minutes with her, including kissing her, and he already felt like he had never met anyone like her.
"Oh come on, I'm sure like, Remy knows she's outta bounds and has more chances with other women." reasoned Kitty. "Besides, a thumping match doesn't seem like a good way to change the fact that Rogue kissed him. It's not his fault she did that."
"But she wouldn't…" said Bobby as he turned his back to Remy and paced around a little. "It's not like her…I know that it isn't exactly her, especially since she destroyed her house and nearly killed the others, but she wouldn't go around kissing any old guy." Remy coughed a little to get the attention.
"Excuse moi, but, 'some guy' has a name, an' 'some guy', aint some guy." said Remy. Bobby and Kitty both rolled there eyes and turned to each other. She put her hand on his shoulder and stared into his eyes.
"I know that it hurts, but like, things will go back to the way they were. She'll gain control and everything will be alright, I promise." she said. He saw the encouragement in her pale blue eyes and saw a little truth in her eyes. He smiled and pulled her into him and embraced him. Remy saw her head lean on his shoulder, her eyes closed and a smile on her face.
Now all they had to do was wait for the X Men to come back. They were all a little worried since Bobby told them what had happened with Rogue destroying the house. They only hoped that they X Men were okay.
Xavier's Lake
It had been a several hours and the X Men had returned. Jean had fixed Storm up, only time would tell is she would wake up from her coma, and the Professor would make a recovery sooner or later. For now though, she needed to relax, using her powers like that had stressed her out, it was too much for her.
She looked out of the lake and saw as the moon shined down perfectly on it. There were a few 'fairy flies' as she liked to call them, flying around like a little show. She smiled as they made the night even more relaxing, it was as though they were putting on a show just for her. It was lovely, everything, and it made her forget everything for now.
"Enjoying the view?" said a gruff voice. Jean looked up to see Logan stood behind her. She smiled and got up off the floor to face him.
"Yeah, it's so relaxing, especially after today." she commented. He nodded in agreement, as much as he wanted to talk about their plans on Rogue and what they were going to do about the inured X Men, Logan couldn't help but notice how stunning Jean looked in the moonlight. Her ruby hair lit up like fire, her sea green eyes seemed more hypnotising, and her face more elusive. She noticed him staring and blushed a little, she wasn't very used to men looking at her like that, in that way. She laughed a little as she looked to the ground.
"Don't." he said. She looked up. "You're blush is really pretty." she looked at him with a stern face as he put his hand onto her cheek and lightly grazed It.
"Logan…please-." she started.
"-Shhh…" he whispered. He leant into her. "The scenery is perfect, the moments right." she was about to say something, but found that she couldn't. He was right, it was so romantic, and there was so much heat between the two. She needed to get all the passion she built up for him out of her system, out of her head.
She then found his lips crashed onto hers. She opened her mouth, letting his tongue enter as they both teased each other for a while. She felt his hands rubbing her back again and again as she fiddled with his hair with her hands. She felt the heat as they made the kiss more fervent. She pressed her body into his and she felt him lift her body into the air, and wrapped her legs around his. Jean knew if she pulled away now, she couldn't go back for more. She wanted so bad to keep kissing him, but she needed air.
She pushed him away and put her feet to the ground, backing away from him. "I can't Logan…I'm sorry I did that, it was silly of me." she said as she saw his disappointed face. He stepped towards her and put his hands on her shoulders.
"No it's not, we both wanted that, I could feel the connection between us. Stop trying to fight it Jean, 'coz the more you deny it, the more it's gonna become a struggle." he explained. She knew he was right, she couldn't deny her feelings for him any longer other wise she'd burst. But she knew that she loved Scott more than anything.
"Logan…I've met two people I care about, more than you'll know. And as much as I'd like to carry on kissing you, I made a commitment to Scott. I was with him first Logan, and I can't imagine what I'd do without him." she explained. "But then I keep thinking about you." she turned her back on him and out her hands on her forehead. "It's so complicated, I don't wanna cheat on Scott, but I technically already have, and I'm just so confused."
"Well it doesn't have to be confusing Jeany, its so simple." he said. She shook her head.
"No, you think it is. But you don't know what it's like when you love someone more than anything, and then this other guy comes along, who brings out a side of me, I never thought I had…'coz after all, I am Jean, the 'good girl'."
"I don't see you that way, I see this beautiful woman who needs to let her hair down, but is preventing herself from doing so. Cykes is the sorta guy who expects his girlfriend to be loyal, well bred and dull, you're not like that at all." She looked at him and gave him a dead eye.
"So I'm not loyal?" she asked. She knew she wasn't after kissing Logan, but still, it was a bold comment. He sighed.
"No, I didn't mean it like that…" Jean didn't care, it was an excuse to leave him instead of dragging this out.
"Forget it." she said as she ran off. But Logan didn't give up that easily. He went after her and grabbed her wrist. She automatically used her powers to shove him on the ground. She gasped and stared at him for a moment and then ran back towards the mansion. He slowly got back up and watched as she went into the mansion.
"What is it with telepaths pushing me around?" he asked himself.
Rec Room
Kitty and Piotr were sat in the Rec room discussing things which had been going on today. He hadn't been part of it since he was looking after the New X Men like Xavier had told him too, so Kitty was giving his the 'gossip'. But, just like Kitty, it soon got onto the topic of boys, and she was soon letting her heart out.
"I just don't know what to like, do Petey, he's such a great person, but he's totally of limits now." said Kitty sadly to Piotr. He didn't like seeing his closest friend down, it didn't suit her at all.
"I know vat it may hurt Keety, but he has to deal wiv vis, otherwise, he cannot move on." he told her. "He just needs to know where he stands."
"Everyone had been like, saying that Rogue was his girlfriend, but Bobby never admitted that until like, today. It totally made my heart sink when he said those words." explained Kitty. "And even though it was Remy who was going on about the kissing thing, you could tell Bobby was getting jealous."
"Vwell Bobby is being silly, I saw how Rogue was with Bobby when they dated, and vice versa. Bobby was ve little flirter, or at least tried to be, himself."
"But Petey, now Bobby thinks he's got competition and he's gonna like, compete with Remy for Rogue, but Remy isn't even fighting for Rogue." said Kitty. "Rogue's not even the same person, so I don't know why Bobby's bothering with her." Piotr sensed her anger towards the girl. She hadn't said anything against Rogue, but he felt that now it was becoming too much for the valley girl, and venom would soon spill out of her mouth.
"Keety, Bobby trusts you with all his heart. He will realise vat he likes you sooner or later, you'll see." Kitty sighed. She was tired, and she knew that Piotr rather read poetry or do some drawing then listen to her bumbling like an idiot. "Now where's my smile?" he asked. She put on a weak smile and kissed him on the cheek. He couldn't help but feel a little buzz going through him as she did so.
"Goodnight Petey, thanks for the like, chat." she said as she got up and left the room, waving to him. He smiled and turned to his book on the table.
Magneto's Base
Tears strolled down her eyes as she thought about the X Men. Betsy watched as she did so, Rogue not noticing she was there. Magneto stood behind Betsy, also watching the girl. In front of them was a glass window where they could see her, but Rogue couldn't see them.
"She belongs with the X Men Magneto, she'll never do as we ask." pointed out Betsy as she sensed her loyalty and pain for hurting the X Men.
"But she did destroy them, so she does have a little bit of dark in her which will convince her otherwise." said Magneto. Betsy turned to her.
"I feel sorry for her, she's going through all this, when all she needs is help, not to destroy things just for our cause." said Betsy.
"Your job is to convince her that we're doing the right thing, do not think otherwise Miss Braddock, or you will find yourself-."
"I understand sir, sorry. I won't give my opnion next time." said Betsy in an angry tone. "I just feel like an actress, pretending to be her friend. I mean, why me?"
"Because your upbringing personality will cheer her up, and as a friend, you could convince her to join us." Betsy sighed.
"So we're using her…and I'm just the bait."
"You have a grand job Betsy, do not be afraid of her power."
"Oh, I'm not afraid, just curious. And of course I pity her, having all that power and not being able to control it must drive anyone nuts." said Betsy. Magneto smiled.
"Men will do anything for power dear Betsy, and now we have it, we do not want to abuse this gift."
"No, but she has the name Rogue for a reason. You may have your power Magneto, but just don't let it go rogue on ya." she said as she walked away. Magneto ignored her comment and looked back to Rogue.
Rogue felt eyes staring at her and looked to the mirror. She stared at it, not knowing what was to become, but whatever it was, it wasn't good…
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Next Chapter –Betsy tries to befriend Rogue with taking her out, but run into the snake charmer himself…hmmm…hehe…meanwhile Kitty is trying to fight her feeling for a clueless Bobby, and three starting to become a crowd as Scott wakes up. Also tension rises when one of the X Men dies…
