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The Darkness Within
From Bad to Worse
Xavier Mansion
He couldn't help but still smell the pleasant smell of pineapples which she gave off as a natural scent. He couldn't help but remember looking into her emeralds eyes. He couldn't help but think about the way she danced, the way she moved when she walked, or even the way she was when she was drunk. He couldn't forget the drawl of her Southern accent.
"Merde." Remy LeBeau said to himself as he walked towards the kitchen. 'She was belle, de mos' belle femme Remy has ever seen.' He couldn't stop dreaming about her last night…well this morning. Her laugh was music to his ears; he couldn't stop thinking about her. No woman had ever given him such an aftermath affect before.
He entered the kitchen where Kitty, Bobby, Piotr and a few of the other students were. One of the mutant girls walked past him with a wink, he grinned at her and winked back making her giggle. Bobby saw this and gave him a dirty look. How come he had all the girls? It wasn't a jealousy thing, or maybe it was, but he didn't like the guy, end of story. Plus, he knew he was hiding something, and he wanted to find out.
"Would you cut it out." whispered Kitty harshly as she ate her apple. Bobby looked to her and shrugged his shoulders.
"What are ya on about?" he asked. Kitty rolled her eyes.
"Giving the death glare of the century to Remy, it's like, totally pointless." she said to him. Bobby had told Kitty this morning about Remy's little midnight outing, and how he suspected him of something. "He hasn't like, done anything wrong so don't go accusing him for anything, got it?" Bobby grumbled.
"I don't need you to tell me what to go Kitty." he said. She had always bossed him around, and he never really cared, mainly because he was mostly in the wrong anyway, plus the fact that he was really close to her and didn't want to upset their friendship.
"I don't mean to, but you get yourself into trouble if I like, don't." she pointed out. Remy came over and sat on the opposite side of the table to them, eating his cereal. "Play nice." she whispered. Bobby didn't even listen to Kitty.
"Ya got some nerve." said Bobby. Remy didn't realise he was talking to him until he heard no reply. He put his head up and looked at the boy.
"M'excuser?" Remy asked as he put his spoon back in his plate. Kitty sighed and took a bite of her apple. She couldn't be bothered to watch the two fight, but Bobby might need her help.
"You heard me." Bobby said. "You think that you're such a good man, but you're not. You're just a lousy, Cajun, womanising piece of trash." Remy looked at Bobby confused but then angry. Remy laughed sarcastically and stood up taking a few cards out of his pocket and charging them up. He grinned.
"Care t' say dat again mon ami?" Bobby also laughed sarcastically.
"What, ya think that scares me? I can freeze you right there, right now." Bobby said as he frosted his had. Kitty stood up and put Bobby's hand down, looking at him concerned. "It's alright Kitty, I just hit him in his Cajun pride."
"Bobby come off it, it isn't worth both of you ending up in the med bay." she pleaded. Bobby looked into her eyes, knowing she was probably right, as always, but he didn't care, he had a score to settle.
"Better listen t' ya le genre d'amie Icecube." said Remy. "'Coz wit' one touch, de X Men could b' repainting dis room." Bobby rolled his eyes.
"Your threats are empty." he said.
"As is your anger to take it out on someone, so like, just calm down Bobby, and sit down!" shouted Kitty grabbing his arm. Bobby shrugged her hand off him and kept giving Remy the dead eye.
"Where were you last night!" Bobby demanded.
"Don' ya t'ink ya bein' a little bit rude?" said Remy as he uncharged his cards. "Like Remy said last night, it's none o' ya business."
"But it is my business, I think you're hiding something from us, and I wanna know now!" he shouted.
"What, so jus' 'coz Remy goes out fo' de night, ya suddenly become all suspicious. Admit it Bobby, Kitty's right. Ya got so much anger, dat ya have no one else t' take it out on, so ya take it out on moi jus' 'coz ya femme kissed moi." Bobby stayed silent for a moment. He didn't know if the Cajun was right, he felt very confused about his feelings lately.
"Maybe a little, but that still doesn't change the fact that you know something…something about Rogue."
"Ya crazy!" shouted Remy. "What, ya t'ink Remy wen' on a date or somet'in wit' your ami?" Bobby stared at him intensively. Remy knew that was a yes and started to laugh in disbelief.
"This is ridiculous Bobby, it isn't possible. Rogue's gone off with the Brotherhood." pointed out Kitty.
"Not for long, we're gonna get her back once the Professor regains consciousness, and once he does, I'm gonna get some answers." said Bobby as he walked out of the kitchen. Kitty sighed and looked to Remy.
"Sorry about him, he's just stressed lately. I mean it's not like, everyday your girlfriend turns into an all powerful psycho path." said Kitty.
"She's not a psycho path." said Remy immediately. Kitty looked at him strangely and walked towards him.
"…Did you meet her?" she asked. Remy looked at her and shook his head.
"Non, Remy needed some thinking time." he said. Kitty nodded and smiled.
"Good, 'coz if you did, you should really tell Scott." Remy nodded and watched Kitty going out of the kitchen, probably to find Bobby. He couldn't help but lie about it, Rogue said she wanted some time, and even though she wanted the X Men to know, Remy knew that they'd only go after her, especially Logan and Bobby. And Remy knew that's not what the girl needed right now…
Brotherhood Base
Rogue couldn't get the damn Cajun out of her head! She tried so hard to think about other things, like her powers going nuts, but she couldn't, he had left such an effect on her! She felt angry as he wasn't the sort of person she would go for. 'Sure,' she thought, 'Mah type is defiantly not tall, sexy, Cajun, French talkin' charmer…' But then again, she was sure that anyone would fall for someone like that, someone like her.
The way he was with her was just indescribable. He was a charmer, though his charms made her dislike him more, but he was also protective over her, and he didn't even know her. She didn't want to think this way about him, she had so many other things to think about which were more than him, but she just couldn't.
"Mornin' luv." said Betsy as she walked into the door. Rogue sighed as she snapped out of her daydream world. "Thinking about the Cajun huh?" Rogue pulled a confused face.
"How did ya know that?" she asked.
"Telepathic, remember? Plus your thoughts are all over the place…boy, you really like him don'tcha?" Rogue folded her arms and pulled a shock face.
"No! Don' insult me!" she said. Betsy grinned and sat on the bed with her.
"I don't blame you, he's really cute and such a little charmer." she said.
"Ah know he's cute, but he's a lousy charmer! Besides, ah don' even like 'im!" she said again.
"Don't worry, you weren't the only one struck by cupids arrow last night, I can't stop thinking about Warren either." said Betsy as she went into daydream world.
"Number one, ah was not struck bah cupids arrow!" the Southerner shouted. "An' number two, the guy was drunk, you couldn't have possibly liked 'im in that state, or talk t' 'im."
"I'm not talking about his personality; I'm talking about his looks." Rogue rolled her eyes. Everything went quiet for a moment and Betsy looked to the window, knowing he was watching. She turned to Rogue. "So erm…do you think you'd ever be ready to come out these doors and meet some of the Brotherhood?" Rogue turned to her and scoffed.
"Ah'm not a member o' there mindless team, nor will ah ever b'." she stated. Betsy sighed, she didn't wan to do this. She had found a friend in Rogue, though she knew that it was her job to make her come on the team. Perhaps it was too early to make her join the team. It was after all her dark side that did, not her good.
"I know that you have this horrible view on us, but we're not all like that, you saw how I was luv, you know I wouldn't hurt people."
"It's not you ah'm talkin' 'bout. That monster Magneto doesn' care who he hurts, jus' as long as he gets what he wants. Well as long as there's X Men blood in me, ah will never join the Brotherhood!"
"Your choice, but it was also your choice to come here in the first place." said Betsy.
"Yeah, but ah was darker, ah knew what ah was doin', but back at that moment, ah wanted to destroy humanity, but now ah've got mah head cleared an' ah don'!" she said.
"So why are you still here?"
"'Coz here ah don' have people prodding me and tryin' t' get me under control, with the X Men ah did. Ah jus' need t' b' alone with mah thoughts, that's why ah'm here." Betsy nodded and smiled.
"Fair enough." With that, she walked out of the room. Magneto watched as she came out. "I'll convince her sooner or later." she told him as she walked off.
Xavier Mansion
Remy was laid on his bed reading a playboy magazine when he heard a knock on the door. He flung his playboy magazine to the other side of the room and sat up as though he was all innocent. "Come in!" he shouted. The door opened and a small brunette girl came in.
"Hey Remy." the Chicago girl said. Remy smiled as he saw her adorable blue eyes and patted for her to sit next to him.
"Kitty, what a surprise. Normally you'd jus' not knock an' phase t'rough." said Remy. Kitty sat next to Remy and laughed.
"The Professor said I can't do that anymore or I'd like, get grounded." she said. "But the reason why I'm here is for Bobby." Remy rolled his eyes and looked the other way. He didn't even want to hear that boy's name.
"New ya should o' come 'ere fo' 'im." Remy said. "Did he send you around t' give Remy a little message?" Kitty shook her head.
"No, I've come at his expense, though he'd kill me if he knew I was talking to you." she said honestly.
"Well why can' you? It's a free country, besides we're amis qui?" he asked. She smiled and nodded.
"Yeah, but you know how I like, feel about him…" she started. He looked at her a little puzzled and she laughed. "Oh come on, I know you can see it, I know that half of the mansion can like, see it. Admit it." He smiled weakly and nodded.
"Don' know why, he's a loser. Not wort' ya time 'f ya ask me."
"But I'm not asking you am I? Most of you don't see what I see. He's such a funny guy, he's so full of life, and he's so dedicated to his friends and the X Men." she explained.
"Maybe he is, but he obviously don' feel de same way 'bout you does he?" Remy asked. "Remy knows he's bein' harsh now, but It's de truth. He's pining over what he should do wit' Rogue." Kitty looked down sadly and sighed.
"I know…and it hurts, but I'm still his friend and I'm here for him." Remy wasn't really listening, the moment Rogue and Bobby popped into his head, he couldn't get them out.
"An' besides, what does Rogue see in him anyway? He's so puny and pathétique. But some how, he manages t' bag two belle femmes. I jus' can' solve it." Kitty blushed as the Cajun called her beautiful, but she blew past it.
"He has a spark of innocence and dedication to him Remy, you don't like, find that in a lot of people." she pointed out. Remy rolled his eyes and stood up.
"Remy's got dat, he's innocent…" Kitty laughed.
"Yeah right."
"Okay, so maybe not innocent, but he's dedicated-."
"Remy, come on stop fooling yourself and sit down." Remy didn't want to fight with the girl, he knew beneath that entire valley girl she was a tough cookie. "I didn't come here to convince you Bobby's a good guy; I've come here to talk about Rogue." The name brought anger to Kitty, but to Remy is brought memories of passion and lust.
"What, you t'ink Remy saw 'er too? Don' you t'ink 'f Remy saw her he'd tell you?"
"I don't know Remy, you're not exactly the type of guy who you can trust." Okay, so that was true, and he knew he'd not able to lie to this girl for long. Sure, Remy was a very good liar, but when it came to a girl, with those puppy dog eyes, and not forgetting an undying attraction to Bobby Drake who needed to find Rogue and see what she had that Kitty didn't, he knew he couldn't, there was no point of even trying to resist it.
"Remy won' lie…fo' once…he saw Rogue. Infact, I had a date wit' 'er." Kitty's eyes went wide open and her jaw too.
"What, but she's with Bobby!" said Kitty outraged that someone would cheat on him.
"Petit, shouldn't you b' glad dat she wen' on a date wit Remy an' not wit' Bobby?" he asked her. She thought about it then nodded. "We kissed, fought, danced, all dat, an' she's wit' de Brotherhood at de moment 'coz she wants t' b'."
"So she's staying there?" Kitty asked. Remy nodded and a smile came upon the girl's face, though she tried to hide it. "Have you told the Professor?"
"Non, an' Remy's not plannin' t'."
"What! Remy, you have to tell him and the others, there worried sick!" she protested.
"An' is dat what you wan'? People goin' on 'bout de girl who has Bobby's heart? Her having all his attention?" Kitty looked down, she didn't want that no. She didn't know the girl, but she had a jealous eye for her. She had everything Kitty wanted, though people said that Rogue sacrificed herself because she had nothing, well she was wrong in Kitty's opinion. Rogue had everything when she was alive, and even when she was dead. "Can you honestly tell Remy, dat you won' Bobby goin' on an' on about Rogue?" Kitty sighed.
"No…I don't…but I don't know if I can keep this a secret. She needs help, we all know that." Kitty said.
"Qui, but she said t' me dat she needs some space, an' dat she didn' wan' anyone t' know." he said, half true and half lying. She sighed again and nodded.
"Fine I like, won't." Kitty said. "This girl…how she bags two hot guys I'll never know."
"Trust me, it's not a hard job wit' a face like an angel an' a ass like Eva Herzigova." Kitty rolled her eyes and walked towards the door. She turned back round to Gambit.
"Like I said, I can't keep this a secret for long, and I don't intend to." Remy nodded.
"Don' worry, Remy don' either." then she turned around and phased through the door.
Brotherhood Base
All she could hear was banging, a horrible screeching pain that gripped her so bad. She wanted to just tare her head off. Rogue lay on the bed, holding her head tight. She had to overcome this, she just had to, lives depended on it! She tossed and turned as she tried to stop her head form hurting, but she couldn't help but want to let loose. Anything was better than this pain.
But as sudden as it started, the pain went away. She slowly moved her hands away from her head and started to breathe slowly. As she regained her strength, she sat up and put her face into her hands. Why was this happening? Why couldn't she just control it? She was tough enough, she had so much power. 'But that's the problem.' she pointed out to herself. She nearly jumped out of her skin as she heard the door open.
"Don't worry, it's just me." the Australian John said as he walked in with some water for her. Magneto had sent him in as he saw Rogue in pain.
"What do you want?" she asked as she looked at him with an evil stare. He held out the drink but she used her powers to crack the glass, making the water go all over him. He groaned and put some shattered pieces which were in his hands on the side cabinet.
"How ya feelin'?" he asked her. She didn't even look at him, not wanting to talk to the person who left the X Men for the Brotherhood, though she did the same thing. But unlike him, she had proper reasons for doing so.
"Ah don' wanna talk t' a traitor." she said. He laughed and sat next to her. She scooted up, not wanting to even be near him. He groaned again, knowing she hated him for leaving the X men.
"I'm not a traitor." he told her. "Oi had a choice, and oi chose the Brotherhood. There more free, more about what mutants want, not the other kind. Magneto gives us a chance, Xavier never did. Oi didn't want to be ridiculed on the street, knowing oi could hurt 'em, but no doing it. But here, oi can do whatever oi want, as you can Rogue." Rogue thought about it for a second. He was right, she didn't have to be afraid with the Brotherhood, she could just let loose and let her powers take over her, just the way she'd been craving it to do. The only thing was, she was more powerful than the others, if she did what the Brotherhood did, she could kill a lot of people, and mutants.
"Ah know its sometimes good t' let go John, the sense o' freedom which no one can take away from you. But when all that power consumes you, an' you realise you have no real friends, that you have nothin' but a rush fo' destruction, ya gonna realise how pathetic you really are." Rogue said. "Sometimes, ya gotta do what's right fo' other people, even those who ridicule you, an' hate you." John smiled at the Southerner's compassion.
"Did ya boyfriend teach ya that?" he asked. "'Coz Bobby isn't much like us Rogue. Me an' you, we're pure power, we're free spirits, and Bobby, the X men, they can't understand us." Rogue looked down, not wanting to admit he was right. They had both had the same opinions on there powers when John was at the mansion before. "Remember at the mansion when you and I were talkin' 'bout our powers, an' 'bout people hatin' us? You said that you wished you could set the record straight. Well here's ya chance Rogue, ya chance to make a new start with these new powers ya got." Rogue stood up immediately and walked to the other side of the room. She knew she had to make a choice now, she couldn't even believe she was considering the Brotherhood!
"There not mah powers!" she denied. John stood up and went close behind her.
"But they are, and there so great. Imagine what you can do. I can manipulate fire…" John held out his hand and the machine which was attached to him blew out fire, which he then manipulated into a horse. "…But I can't create it. You though…" The fire went in front of Rogue. "…You can create, and you can destroy it." She didn't know why, but she felt as though she had to destroy the fire. As though the boy was testing her power, and her dark side couldn't resist but passing the test he had provided. She stared at it, and it just disappeared. John smiled and looked at her in the eyes. "You can do whatever you want."
"But…ah'll hurt so many people…" she said as she crossed her arms and looked down sadly.
"Sometimes, there has to be sacrifices as Magneto says, to ensure a new future." John told her. Rogue looked him in the eyes; she felt rage, but compassion to join the Brotherhood. John offered her all this power as Magneto did; all she had to do was bring it out. She shook her head.
"Ah can' do it, ah won' do it!" she shouted. "Temptation may o' got the better o' you John, but not o' me, the X men gave me a home an' a family, ah won' turn mah back on them."
"But will they offer you freedom? The X men aren't those sort of people! They hide in the dark, worried that people will that people will hate them, they all have power, and they could easily destroy anyone they want who tries to hurt them, but they don't, because they don't understand!"
"They fight fo' a worthy cause!" Rogue shouted, tears flowing down her cheeks.
"No! They think they do! Xavier has brainwashed them! He has dreams of humans and mutants living side by side. But we're the next evolution; we are the ones who should inhabit the earth, not them! The humans have had there chance, now it's are turn." John but his hand on Rogue's shoulder. "Join us, and you have the worlds in your hand." Rogue couldn't help it, her dark side was pressuring her, John was tempting her, it was only a matter of time. All these things he was saying, it was bringing out her dark side. She was trying to convince herself it wasn't what she wanted so the dark would stay in, but she just couldn't. It was too much, too powerful for her to focus on, too powerful for her to control. Her mind started to slowly think dark thoughts, evil thoughts. She knew she had given in, but it was too late. Rogue's eyes turned pure black and John felt a pressure in his stomach. He was thrown onto the bed by Rogue's telekinesis. Rogue turned around and manipulated the molecules in her clothing to create a new uniform. John grinned as he saw her turn into a completely different person like he had seen before.
She now wore a red spandex suit with a black corset covering the top of her body, a yellow belt and black boots which went knee high. Everything in the room started to levitate around, the glass mirror that Magneto watched Rogue from started to crack, then crumbled into little pieces.
John quickly got up as he felt the bed start to move upwards. He dodged everything that was flying around, knowing he couldn't keep it up for long. He saw Rogue grin as she felt the power through her veins. The wall where the mirror used to be, stood Magneto, smiling as he saw Rogue's great power.
Xavier Mansion
Nervous. That was Jean's mood. She was anxious about what the X Men would say, but she was scared of what Logan would think. She didn't know why. Jean knew that nothing was going to happen between her and the wolf man, so why did she care if she hurt his feelings.
Jean stood up and looked into her mirror. Was she ready for marriage? Was she ready for this huge step in her and Scott's relationship? She was trying to find any excuse to make her scared of this commitment, but she knew she was a family person, she knew she wanted to get married. And the only person she could see herself getting married with was with Scott. She should be thrilled, but she wasn't. She wanted to explore new relationships, perhaps one with Logan. She only wished she had met Logan first, then Scott.
"Ya ready hunny?" Scott said as he walked out of the bathroom with a huge smile on his face. She cringed at the word hunnny. It was a word married people used. She looked over to him and saw he was wearing casual clothes, but his hair was gelled back.
"Your…prepared." she said as she stood up.
"Well it's a big announcement and I just wanted to look good." he said as he wrapped his arms around his lovely fiancé. Jean pushed him away, he knew something was wrong. "Are you alright, you seem a bit…down?"
"Yeah, of course I am…it's just…is it really a great time to spring this onto them. After all, we are all wrapped up in the whole Rogue issue." Jean said.
"I know, I was thinking the same. But I know it would make some people happy through this hard time. Besides, we can't keep it secret for long." he said as he took her hand and showed her the ring on her finger. She smiled weakly.
"I guess so." she said as he led her out of the room.
Rec Room
"Like, where are they?" asked Kitty as she tapped her foot on the floor. "Scott said it was an emergency, and he's not even here!" Bobby and Piotr smiled at her impatience. They were both watching the news while Remy flicked his cards in the corner.
"Where's Wolverine anyway, he should have been here by now?" asked Piotr.
"Ya know Wolvie, he hates Scott." said Bobby.
"What do you mean, course he doesn't like, hate Scott." said Kitty as she sat next to Bobby on the sofa.
"Oh come on, you must be blind not to see it. He has a huge crush on Jean, I noticed about a year ago when he came back from his 'seeking the past' trip." explained Bobby.
"No, do not be so silly comrade, Wolverine may be on the rough side, but surely he would never be attracted to someone else's woman." said the Russian.
"Ya can't choose who you like." said Bobby. "It comes natural." Bobby glanced over to Remy. He couldn't help but give the Cajun a dirty look, though Remy's mind wasn't in the room. "Ya being awfully quiet Gumbo, something wrong?" Remy looked up, not in the mood for a fight.
"Non, but t'anks fo' showin' some concern mon ami." he said carefully. Bobby growled but Kitty nudged him to make sure the boy didn't cause any trouble. The doors opened and Jean and Scott came through.
"Like, finally, we've been waiting for 15 minutes!" shouted Kitty. Jean smiled and Scott took her hand and came into the middle of the room.
"We have something to tell you-." started Scott.
"-Is it t' do wit' Rogue?" asked Remy. Scott shook his head.
"No it's more of an announcement." said Scott. "We-."
"Where's Wolverine?" asked Jean as she noticed he wasn't in the room. Scott sighed as he was interrupted again.
"He hasn't shown up Dr Grey." said Piotr.
"Oh…okay." she said both happy but sad. Scott looked to her and she smiled weakly for him to carry on with the announcement.
"As I was trying to say, me and Jean have decided to get married." Scott said. For a moment, the room was filled with silence. It was when Kitty jumped up and ran over to the couple, the X Men took it in.
"Oh my god, this is like, totally cute! Finally you two are getting married! The like, most perfect couple in the world!" shouted Kitty as she wrapped her arms around them. Jean and Scott were laughing at how ecstatic the girl was. When she finally let go, the others were aloud to congratulate.
"Good fo' you dirigeant, ya made a bon choice." said Remy as he shook Scott's hand.
"Thanks Gambit, even from you that's nice t' hear." Scott said. Remy leaned in to Scott's ear.
"Qui, Jeany is chaud." said Remy. Scott had a confused look on his face. "Oh what Remy meant was ya fiancé is hot." Scott frowned, though it was true, and let Bobby shake his hand.
"Congratulations Dr Grey." said Piotr as he hugged the woman.
"How many times do I have to tell you, call me Jean." she said as she pulled away, smiling.
"Soon it'll be Jean Summers." the Russian said smiling. Jean smiled weakly.
"Yeah…" she said. "Soon…
Brotherhood Base
Rogue stood in the middle of the room, grinning. John walked slowly towards her, Rogue watching very step he took, knowing he feared her, but not so much otherwise he wouldn't even of dared to walk this close. Suddenly, everything that was telekinetically floating, stopped, and crashed down to the floor. John literally jumped out of his skin and stepped backwards.
"Welcome back Rogue." said Magneto from the other side of the wall. Rogue turned to him and walked towards the half broken wall. As she did, the whole room started to make a crumbling noise. John knew what it was and attempted to get out of the room, but he daren't run past Rogue. He ran to the door, but it wouldn't open. Rogue used her powers to knock down the rest of the wall to get into the same room Magneto was in. Luckily, John followed and just got threw as the whole room Rogue had been staying in fell to the ground.
Rogue walked past Magneto as he stared on to the 'room'. He smiled and followed Rogue into the main area of the Brotherhood base. It was a huge metallic dome, plenty of boxes and a few computers with some members sitting on the chairs. The all took second glances as they saw Rogue, newly dressed, and looking dark.
Betsy stood up, a little sorrow on her face. "Oh no." she whispered to herself. She didn't want this to happen to Rogue. She had made a good friend from her, and though she didn't know her too well, she was so innocent and young. Rogue had no idea of the real world, she was so inexperienced, and Betsy liked that about her. She didn't like to see this 'new dark' side of the Rogue, but she couldn't help but feel responsible. Everyone stood up, afraid, waiting for Magneto to say something.
"Welcome our new team mate, The Rogue." Magneto said, grinning at his new weapon. Finally, he had what he needed. It didn't matter how many mutants were on his side, he had the mutant that really mattered, the mutant that was more powerful than him. She was a unique weapon, beautiful, she looked innocent, but she was the most deadly force this world would ever see. As his thoughts were mixing with pride, they immediately stopped when she talked.
"Ah will not answer t' that name anymore." she said softly. Magneto came along the side of her.
"Then what name would you like my dear?" he asked. Rogue looked to him, once again those emerald eyes turning black.
"Not Rogue, Phoenix." she said. Magneto took a deep breathe and smiled. He turned to the other inner Brotherhood members and put his arms up in the air.
"I then present our ultimate weapon, Phoenix." he said. Betsy looked onto Rogue, disappointed. The now Phoenix grinned, feeling her power inside, knowing she was indestructible. The time was near when her power would be fully unleashed upon society.
Xavier Mansion
Hallways
Logan walked slowly down the hallway to his room. He had been looking for Rogue all night. He had thought he found her trace, but it wasn't her. Where could the Brotherhood base be? He had looked everywhere!
"Back so soon Logan?" asked Scott as he came down the opposite way of the hallway. Logan looked up and smiled.
"Yeah, couldn't find her." he said sadly. Scott sighed.
"I hate having these 'reassuring Logan' moments, but don't worry. Once the professor is awake, we'll know where she is and we can get her back. Besides, the Brotherhood hasn't made any attacks on civilization yet, have they?" Logan sighed and nodded.
"I have to agree, but I don't like these 'reassuring Logan' moments ya havin' either, so give it up." Logan said. Scott laughed.
"So I'm guessing you haven't heard the news either then huh?" asked Scott. Logan looked puzzled.
"News? On Rogue? The Professor?" Logan asked. Scott shook his head. "Then what?"
"I know that in bad times like these, there has to be a little bit of light…I know that this won't make you happy since you used to have a thing for Jean…but…erm…well…we're getting married." he said happily. Logan's heart stopped.
"M-m-married?" he asked, not believing his ears. Scott nodded.
"Yeah I proposed to her the other night and she said yes."
'But how could she, she kissed me, we have a connection and now…now she's getting married!' Logan angrily thought. He shoved past Scott, obviously not happy. "This whole situation with Rogue and you think that this is the news we want to hear!"
Scott smiled. "I knew it. I just knew it." Logan carried on walking. "You still have feelings for her." Then he stopped in his tracks. He turned back round and looked at the man that had Jean Grey's love. He looked at him with hatred and envy, then turned back around and walked off. Scott smiled.
Med Room
"Désolé Stormy, fo' everyt'in. Remy never t'ought someone like you would b' in dis position. Ya so powerful, an' ya always know 'ow t' 'andle 'tings." Remy said as he leaned over Storm in the med bay. Her health hadn't got any better, or worse. Just the same, Jean actually didn't know if she could pull through from this. "All we can do is hope."
Ororo was the reason Remy was a current resident at the Xavier institute. He had been here for three months now, and he had to admit it was the best home he had ever had. Everyone thought of each other and never forgot about the other person. Not like they did in the Thieves Guild. He remembered the first time he met Storm. It had been in New York when Remy's powers were going out of control. He was fifteen at the time and down in New York on business with his brother Henri who was attempting to show him what the Thieves Guild did, and how they did it. Storm wasn't a part of the X Men then, but she helped Remy escape from a crowd of people who were trying to kill him. Though they lost contact, the two found each other again near the same spot they first met, this time; he was out looking for women. He did try to flirt with her, but she proved to be a sisterly figure to him in the end. She told him about the Xavier mansion, and within a couple of weeks, he was an X Man.
"All 'coz o' you Stormy, ya gave Remy another chance in dis sad life." he whispered. He couldn't help but feel discomfort from the noise the hear monitor gave. He didn't like to think that was her heart beat that could just stop as easy at that any moment. She was the weather witch, nothing could stop her, but it seemed something could. That person was Rogue. And as much easier as it would be to hate the Southerner for doing this to his Stormy, he couldn't find it in his body to hate her. She was guiltless. He couldn't help but feel empathy over her.
"Hey Remy." Remy at first thought it was Storm talking, but new from the accent it wasn't. He turned around to see Kitty walking towards him. "Is she okay?" Remy turned back to Storm and frowned.
"Not'in' changed petit, she still b' de same." Kitty sighed sadly for the woman. Storm had been there for her also. She was a mother figure to the young girl, she could always make her happy when she missed her mother, Storm almost filled that spot for her.
"She's like, strong Remy, she'll pull through." Kitty reassured him. He smiled and turned to the girl again.
"Ya came 'ere t' see 'er or Remy?" he asked, sensing hesitation from her. She put her arms beside her sides and flapped them a little.
"I don't mean to like, sound disrespectful of Storm, so I'll just wait and talk to you later." she said as she turned away. She felt his hand on her arm, his warm touch pulling her back round.
"S'k, ya can tell Remy now." he said softly. Kitty looked into his demon eyes, to be honest, they scared her a little. She could just see the darkness, and it made her uncomfortable. He could sense her feeling that way, knowing that unfortunately, some people…most people felt that way. He took a step back.
"Well…I like, need to tell Bobby about Rogue. I can't keep it a secret for long. I've never been any good at them, that's how I like, lost most of my friends." said Kitty.
"Can' ya jus' hol' on a little bit longer?" he asked. She shook her head. "Oh come Kitty, Remy knows it's jus' a bit o' gossip fo' you, but in real life it's-."
"-No, I don't think that way. I care about Bobby so much. I've been here for six months now, and I've never stopped liking him. He's everything to me, and keeping this secret from him makes me feel like I'm betraying him." she explained. "I like, know that he's in love with Rogue, and I shouldn't be considering telling him, but I'm not like that." Remy sighed and looked back to Storm. He couldn't ask this of her.
"Amende." he said simply. She didn't understand, he saw that on her face. "Fine. Tell 'im." She looked even more confused. She stepped closer to him.
"You're not even bothered that I'm like, going to tell him?" she asked. He shook his head.
"I jus' can' b' bothered wit' secrets anymore…jus' feel a little washed out." he said honestly. He didn't want to lie today, he didn't want to fight. He just wanted to be in the background for once; just letting everyone else run there lives.
"But if Bobby finds out, that means he's gonna be even more mad, plus he'll find a ay to find Rogue…Rogue, the girl who you went on a like, date with." Remy nodded.
"Remy knows petit, he knows. But I don' t'ink de femme is dat much in a dating mood wit' all dis shit goin' off." he said.
"She went on a date with you though." she pointed out.
"Qui, don' mean she enjoyed it. We had fun, but, Remy t'inks dats not what she needed. She needs her family, de X men, whether she admits it or not, she does need help." Kitty smiled.
"Wow, she pulled s fast one on you didn't she?" the girl questioned smirking. Remy rolled his eyes.
"Don' b' bête, no one can play de Cajun at his own game. I jus' feel sorry fo' de gal." he said, half and half honestly. Kitty could see right through it though, mostly because she chose to see through it. She'd do anything to set people up. Besides, if she did set the two up, then Bobby would be on the market again.
'One problem though Kitty, she's evil and she'd probably kill me.' She thought. "Whatever Remy, you like, totally do. But we'll leave your love issues for another day." Remy smirked at the girl and wrapped his arm around her.
"Only got eyes fo' you petit." he joked. Kitty blushed, but didn't remove his arm away.
"Whatever, come on, we better go." she said, still red. Remy laughed and removed his arm.
"After you." he said.
Jean and Scott's Room
Jean sat on her bed looking through her bridal magazines. She had to admit, she was happy that Logan wasn't there, and she was happy she getting married to the man of her dreams. Her attraction to Logan did put her down a little, but she knew she was making the right choice. Scott and her belonged together, Logan was just a sort of test to prove her loyalty, and she intended not to fail it this time. He was an obstacle in the way of her marriage, and she had to get rid of him. She had to get rid of the attraction; she had to think of all the things she hated about him. So, she began to write a list on the back on her bridal magazines. It said:
'Things I hate about Logan.
He's too aggressive
He's addicted to violence
He's all about the passion
He hasn't got any manners
Lets face it, he's not good boyfriend or husband material, and I do want to get married and have children, so he's defiantly not number 6
Not good father material
You cannot trust him
He makes me feel uncomfortable
He gives me a headache
He doesn't share his past with you
He's trying to ruin my relationship with Scott
And I guess…he's just not Scott
Jean put down the pen and sighed. Even though all this was true, she still wanted to be with the wolf man, she just couldn't help it, he was so different. She loved the fact that he was an outsider, a lone wolf, and he liked her, her, a 'boring' doctor who didn't consider herself pretty.
Knock Knock
Jean got off her bed and went to her door. She opened it to see Logan standing there, looking much stressed. He looked at her with utter misery. She put her hand on his shoulder, worried.
"Logan, what's wrong?" she asked as she brought him inside her room, shutting the door behind her. He walked ahead and looked at the bed, the bed that the two Mister and Mrs to be slept on every night.
"Well, lets see, I just found out from a guy I hate that the woman I like very much who kissed me the other night is getting married to the man she says is everything she's looking for and found which hurt me very much, and that I can never have her." he said taking a deep breathe. Jean closed her eyes. She knew he'd find out, she just didn't want him to hear it from anyone else but her.
"Logan-."
"-No, you listen to me lady, I've been put through a lot concerning you, I've been patient, I've been able to watch you and him together, though I hate it, then you kiss me and I think there's a chance, to find that your getting married to another fucking guy, who I happen to hate!" Logan explained.
"I know I didn't handle it very well Logan, I was just confused, it happened all so fast." she said to him. "I love him Logan, of course I was going to say yes." Logan growled.
"But then you know that nothing can happen between us don't you?" he asked. She looked down sadly, she liked the tension they had, the kisses they shared. "You can't be with me, or kiss me, or do anything else to me."
"I know, and I don't intend to. I've made my choice Logan, and it's Scott, it always will be. I love him."
"And I love you." he blurted out. Jean looked to him, shocked.
"What?" she asked. She couldn't believe it, Logan, in love? Logan in love with her? There had to be some kind of mistake. Logan could never fall in love; he was his own man, a loner, not a team player. Jean was everything Logan wasn't; she was a female version of Scott literally. He was lying, yeah, lying, just to get to her, it was the only reasonable answer.
"I…I didn't…I just…I guess…oh just forget it." he said. Jean watched as he started to pace around a little. She smiled to herself as he struggled to find the words.
"So why don't you talk to me where no one else can hear us."Jean said using her telepathy. Logan looked up to her, hearing her voice in his head.
"Would it make a difference? You'd still hear me." he said back to her. She smiled and walked towards him, she wanted him so bad, she just had to retain herself.
"It's easier this way, no one has to know how you feel, it's just a thought right?" she asked him smiling. He breathed heavier, just wanting her, just wanting to kiss those lips, to feel her body.
"I don't know why you have this effect on me. You're so different from anyone I've ever met. I can't explain it. I love everything about you." he explained. Jean sighed, she didn't feel that way about him. All she liked about Logan really, all she wanted from Logan really, was the passion. He brought that side out in her, that's all he really did. She felt bad because he must bring out the loving side in him, when it was only Scott and Scott alone that could do that for her.
"I'm engaged Logan, I'm getting married to another man, and that will never be you, I don't want it to be you." she said harshly, but she knew it was the only way to get through to him. "You know I want you Logan, but not in that way."
"You mean all you want me for is one kiss and that's it. Once your married Jean…there'll be no more of that." he said to her. She watched his body move, just wanting him more and more. She wanted to feel his skin, caress him, she needed him right now. She wasn't married yet, technically it wouldn't be a bad thing, as long as Scott never found out. Besides, maybe if she got it over and done with, she could move past him.
"I'm…I'm not married yet Logan." she said nervously, yet suggestively. He looked at her, puzzled.
"What d'ya mean?" he asked out loud. She walked close to him and pushed her lips onto his. His eyes went wide, not expecting that. He had the right mind to push her away, but he couldn't, she was too scrumptious. He put his arms around her waste and continued to kiss her, there tongues at war. Her thoughts were flooding his head, her desires soon became his desires. He wanted every bit of her, every single part of her body; he wanted to claim it as his own. He let out a low moan as he ran his hands under her skirt to caress the inside of her thighs. His mouth licked and sucked on her neck as he grasped her hips to grind himself thoroughly against her womanhood. His excitement only grew when Jean wrapped her legs around his waist and arched her back to grant him better access.
Logan brought his eyes up to meet the crystal green of Jean's eyes. The truth was in her eyes. He knew that Jean was messing with him, overloading him. Confusing him. 'She's playin' me like I'm an idiot.' But at the moment, he couldn't, he wouldn't resist her. They had been in this position many times, and he knew in a few moments, she'd pull away, but for now he had her, he had all of her, her attention, her body and passion. Everything he needed at that moment.
Logan was trailing wet kisses down Jean's throat to her chest as his teeth unbuttoned her blouse. Jean's legs were wrapped around Logan's waist, she grounded her pelvis against his.
A knowing smile graced Jean's features. She slowly turned her head to face Logan as her hands firmly grabbed the sides of his head to pull his face up towards hers, their lips centimetres apart. Her voice was soft and laced with soothing sensuality as she asked him, "You want me, don't you Logan?"
"That obvious?" he rasped.
"You're going to have me." It was more of a statement than a question.
Logan seemed to struggle for a moment. What he struggled against was anyone's guess. It was unseen. It was unheard. It was untouchable, but by God was it deadly. Jean never doubted what his answer would be.
Those green's met his gray's once more. Oh how Logan had dreamed that she would one day look at him like that, with want, with desire, and now it was finally happening, though it had happened previous accounts.
"Ya want me Logan?"
He shook his head as she spoke. Whether it was to clarify his sentence, or to clear the images from his mind, was to remain uncertain. "Jeannie…honey…you're gonna pull away in a minute, ya drunk on desire. You don't want…" His sentence remained unfinished for Jean suddenly grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled his face towards hers. Her tongue ran across his mouth as her teeth nipped his bottom lip. The soft moaning sounds coming from both Logan and Jean were not helping his predicament any. "Please," she whispered as she pulled away from him a bit, giving him better access to see Logan's hands under her skirt, massaging her into readiness. "Just do it. Get me out of this situation, make me stop feeling this way."
An image so strong, much stronger and clearer than the rest poured into Logan's mind. One where Jean was atop of him, spilling her seed deep within him as a triumphant groan escaped Jean's person.
One where he, Logan was dominated.
His wants.
His needs.
His fantasy…fulfilled. His hear fufiled.
Logan suddenly lunged forward and captured Jean's lip's with his own, completely oblivious to the triumphant grin she wore. A part of him thought that he heard Jean give a sorrowful sigh. She should feel guilty. She should feel remorse. She should feel ashamed.
Brotherhood Base
Juggernaut looked at the powerful weapon. To him, she was just a child; she would never able to defeat him. He was much more powerful than this silly child was. 'Weapon, hah!' he thought. 'I'm stronger than she could ever be!' He was too stubborn for his own good, if only he knew that.
Betsy looked on at Phoenix with sorrow and guilt. She wanted the girl on the team at first, it made her feel more safer, that they had a better chance of winning this upcoming war. But now she got to know the dreaded weapon as Magneto said, she knew that she was innocent, that she was good and had a pure heart. She was an X Man, not a Brotherhood, if only Betsy could get through to her. But to be honest, she was scared too, she didn't want to die at the hands of this dark and powerful girl. 'Oh Rogue, I'm so sorry.'
Callisto knew of the girl's power, as did Spyke. They were just glad to have another powerful team member, one which held the power they needed. Callisto felt almost proud to have sensed her. Spyke felt honoured to be on the same team as her.
Pyro was glad that he had gotten through to her. He was also glad that he could taunt it to Bobby Drake, to show off there new weapon who had chosen them over the X men. He couldn't wait to fight the X Men, he knew they would battle against them since they would not let them get away with there plans of wars.
Magneto looked at Phoenix with power, feeling as though she were his own, his power, and he could use it whenever he wanted. She was perfect. She stood at the side of him, perfectly straight and no expression on her face. She was beautiful. 'Beautiful and powerful, a deadly combination.' he thought.
Phoenix on the other hand looked at the puny mutants and thought nothing of them. They were weakling compared to her, even Magneto. She could do anything she wanted, but at the moment, the Brotherhood was the organisation she had chosen, and intended to see what they would do. Phoenix heard Magneto's words to his Brotherhood, but she was not listening, she didn't have to.
It was until she started to feel the pain in her head, the good side fighting back, she started to hear his words and understand them. She put her hand on her head, John noticing her expression come upon her pale face. He stood up, concerned. Magneto looked to him and saw his eyes turned to Phoenix. He looked at the weapon to her face in torment.
"Phoenix? What's wrong?" he asked. She stepped back and held her head tighter.
"Can'…control it…fighting back…" she managed to get out. She couldn't control the good of her, or the bad. They were different personalities, she had multiple. When one wanted to take over, they would try with all there might, not consideration for what damage they were causing. The Brotherhood could do nothing; they didn't understand what was happening. Only Betsy knew, though she would say nothing.
Things started to levitate into the air and fly around, hitting the Brotherhood. Betsy went towards Phoenix.
"What are you doing?" shouted Magneto, not wanting her to hurt Phoenix.
"Saving her ass, or do you want her to destroy this place?" Betsy asked. Magneto hesitated but let the telepath do what she had to do. Betsy's real plan was to help bring out the good side.
She began to concentrate hard on Phoenix, trying to enter her mind. She saw an image, it was fire, it looked at her, angrily and pushed her out of Phoenix's mind. Betsy flew into the air and hit the wall behind her. Phoenix fell onto her knees and screamed as the dark side defeated the good…
Xavier's Mansion
Jean and Scott's room
Jean was about to take her top off when she saw her, the image in her head. She pushed Logan away and fell onto the floor. She was sweating and her eyes were wide open. Logan at first thought it was her pushing him away, but he soon noticed that something was wrong. He looked at her with concern and got onto the floor with her.
"Jean what's wrong?" he asked her. She didn't reply as she was in another world. He shook her. "Jean!" She looked to him, breathing deeply.
"I…I know where she is…" she said. He looked at her worriedly, then understood who she meant. His face expression soon turned to curiosity. "I know where Rogue is."
So how did you like it? Please review! I loved all your reviews last time. When I went into the internet café I saw all my emails and my face lit up. I know that I may have drifted away from the darkness thing with Rogue in the last chapter, so I thought it's about time I brought back her headaches and that. There are going to be a lot of twists in the next lot of chapter and surprises. ALSO! Don't think that Rogue is the actual Phoenix force yet because she's not. This is her dark side, it's still Rogue.
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Next Chapter – Logan begs Jean to find out where Rogue is so he can go and get her back, which he attempts, but finds it harder than expected. A new arrival comes to the mansion with someone to stir things up. Remy follows Logan which puts his life in server danger, and Kitty decides that she should tell Bobby everything…
