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Reunited At Last

Xavier Mansion

Jean and Scott's Room

Logan had his hands on Jean's shoulders, looking at her firmly in her eyes, though hers were looking to the floor. She had never had that telepathy hit her like that before. She felt the sorrow, the pain, the anger and most of all, the power. With that telepathic message, Jean knew where to find the Rogue.

"Jean, where is she? Ya gotta tell me, now!" he shouted, forgetting what had just happened between them. He knew he would rather get back to where they left off, but Rogue was like family to him, and he'd put her first all the time. Especially when 'stripes' was in danger of someone, but in this case, herself.

Jean shook her head, "No, it's too dangerous; I know if I tell you you'll only go after her." She was right, that was his plan, but it didn't take a scientist to know that.

"Jeany please, I can help her." he said, trying to convince her to tell him. She just shook her head, still recovering from her sudden shock.

"She's too powerful, I can feel her power Logan, I can feel it in my mind. She'd only destroy you." Jean said. "It's too much." Logan put his hands on her face, cupping them, making her face him.

"If you were in my position, and Scott was in Rogue's, wouldn't you want to know where he was?" Logan asked, knowing her answer. She looked at him, her heart pitying him. "If Scott was in danger, wouldn't you be the first one to catch him?" She would. She knew she would. If Scott was in any danger, she'd be there in a blink of an eye. She sighed, knowing that Logan deserved to know.

"She's still with the Brotherhood, in the outskirts of New York. There is Forest Baron, you'll find Magneto's base somewhere." she said. Logan smiled and gave her a quick peck on the lips and ran through the doors. She watched him go and looked to the floor, disgusted in herself.

As Logan ran out of Jean's door, the former thief and still ladies man Remy LeBeau was walking by with some coffee. Logan shot past Remy, making him spill his coffee over his X uniform. Remy growled.

"D'ya mind homme!" shouted the Cajun. Logan ignored him as he carried on running out of sight. Remy peaked into Jean's room to see her on the floor with her hand on her head. "Ya alright Jeany?" Jean looked up a little startled.

"Err…yes, I'm fine Gambit." she said, not wanting any more X Men to run off to find Rogue. He stepped into the room.

"Why's Wolverine in such a hurry?" he asked. He knew something was up, and by Jean's hand on her head, he knew she must have something to do with her powers, maybe she'd found something. He also knew that with Logan's reaction, it had to be Rogue. 'Remy should b' a detective.' he thought.

"No reason." she lied as she stood up slowly. "Now if you don't mind, I'd like to get changed." Remy smiled and exited. As he did, a thought occurred.

''F Rogue's powers gone crazy again, den Wolverine b' on his own, maybe 'f Remy goes wit' 'im, he can help 'im. Plus it's an excuse t' see de belle fille.' The Cajun thought. With that, he ran off in the same direction as Logan.

Brotherhood Base

Her head ached with throbbing. She felt as though she'd had a thousand knives in the back of her head, just messing around with her brain. That was the biggest she'd had yet. But now all that remained was a slight empty feeling, one which she craved to fill.

Magneto watched as the girl sat silently on the box, looking down at the floor. His weapon. The one which shall make him succeed in the upcoming war he had planned his whole life. Now he could finally go through with it securely, knowing that he had this final gift bestowed upon him.

"That was some display of power you showed there my dear." Magneto said as he walked forward, looking down at her. Rogue didn't move, she continued to stare at the ground.

"That is a minor part o' what ah can do." she said. Magneto smiled.

"It's a rare gift, power, especially your own. I'm glad to see you use it instead of what you normally did at Charles'. You hid away your talent, and when you did use it, the other X Men looked down at you like you were hazardous." Magneto said, knowing where she came from. "It's not like that in the real world. Here, you use your powers, when and however you like. With powers like yours, you could do anything. Your Professor-." Suddenly the light bulb above them smashed. Magneto jumped a little, and then looked back down to Rogue who was staring at him.

"He's not mah Professor." she said. He smiled again, liking her detestation towards the telepathic mutant, her former Professor and Magneto's old friend.

"I'm glad you feel that way Phoenix." Rogue stood up.

"Ah'm not…not Phoenix." she said. She put her hand on her head. Mentioning that name just reminded the good side of her who she really was. She had all this power, but she wasn't called by that name. She knew she wasn't.…the X Men called her by her name, Rogue. Not Phoenix. What was Phoenix? Was it her? Was it someone else? She didn't know. She didn't want to find out. But she knew sooner or later she would.

"Then who are you my dear? Are you an X Men? A Brotherhood member? Or perhaps you're just on your own?" he asked her questionably. She knew that he was messing with her, making her decide. But who was he to talk to her like that? She could destroy him in a second.

"Ah'm who ah choose t' b'." she said. She was trying so hard to fight her dark side, giving her a little control. But it was so hard to fight the side that offered her power and everything she could ever want. Power, freedom, touch. She had it all, but she had to fight it, because she knew that her dark side was merciless, that it was pure evil.

"What is the point of trying to fight it?" he asked her as he walked up to her. "It's better to having to keep it pent up inside like Xavier did to you. Like you said, he was more concerned over the other X Men. Jean Grey for example." Rogue growled at that name. She had never liked the red head, but she had to admit that the woman was alright. She just didn't like that Jean had everything, when Rogue had nothing. Jean had everyone's love, trust and respect, Rogue never had that. Jean had the ability to touch, to kiss, to love freely. Obviously Rogue didn't. But with the dark side, Rogue could have that. She already had a taste of it, why should she stop now? She shook her head. The dark side was tempting her, and Magneto wasn't exactly helping.

"No…Ah can' let it take over…ah won' give in." she said as she closed her eyes tightly and clenched her fists, trying to fight the temptation off. Magneto watched as she tried, he knew he could loose her any minute.

"All of them, they have something your weak side cannot give you. The dark side can, it can free you. Think of it not as an evil part of you, but as a magnificent one. A side that can burst free of the cage you have been kept in for so long, one which Charles had put you in." Rogue growled at the mention of his name once again. Magneto was right; the Professor was more concerned about his other original X Men than her. She was struggling and he knew it, yet he never helped her. Did she need help anyway? Magneto said she didn't. Was this really a gift? Was it not a curse? The Professor seemed to think so, but he never had time for her, never. Her hatred for the man washed over her, Magneto knew he was getting a hold of her. "Your old life with the X Men has passed, and now you can show your power to the world. Your old life was a prison cell where you had to watch love blossom, people touch. They were a family, and they never let you in. They never cared." Rogue growled again and let her dark side consume her. She hated the X Men for what they did to her. She used to be a proud Southern girl, but now she saw the full picture. The X Men looked down at her; they pitied her, too scared to talk to her, thinking she was so dangerous and unlovable like she was out of control! No one wanted her; no one wanted to be near her. They didn't need her, so why did she need them! Rogue grinned to Magneto; he did the same as he sae the darkness in her eyes.

"Come my weapon of grandeur, they are waiting for us outside."

Xavier Mansion

Scott was on cloud nine, even through everything that had happened; he had Jean at the end of it, no matter what. He knew it wasn't exactly the best time to be joyful, but he really didn't care. As long as he knew he had Jean to be with for the rest of his life, nothing else mattered.

As he walked out of the kitchen into the foyer, he heard the doorbell ring. As he answered it, a girl literally jumped into the house with pure awe on her face. Scott jumped out of her skin.

"Wow, you've got come cool shades there dude! Ya gonna have to tell me where ya got 'em, mine are totally passed there sell by date." she said referring to her yellow goggles. The girl was very short and looked about fifteen. She had jet black short hair which went up to her ears, wearing a sort of business clothing which consisted of a black suit with a red shirt and black tie, with red trim in different areas. He looked at her utterly bewildered.

"Who are you?" he asked, very shocked by the girl prancing about like she was in God's temple or something.

"Her names Jubilation Lee." said a familiar voice. Scott looked back to the entrance to see none other than Hank McCoy, also known as Beast to the X Men. He was blue from head to toe.

"Hank!" Scott said grinning like a Cheshire cat. Hank put his arms up in the air.

"Well I don't know of any other Hank McCoy who is blue and hairy." Scott gave the 'man beast' a welcoming hug, still amazed.

"I can't believe it's you, what are you doing here?" he asked.

"Well a couple of days ago, Bobby was told by Jean to get in contact with me since the…situation at hand." he said. Scott looked down despondently and then looked back to the man.

"I'm just glad you're back." he said. Scott saw another figure walk through the front door. Hank noticed where his eyes were going and the beast turned to the woman who had just walked thought. Scott's eyes nearly melted at the sight of her, she was gorgeous.

"Oh, sorry, this is Tessa, also known as Sage." said Hank as he gently pushed the woman forward. She didn't smile at Scott at all, or put out her hand, in fact she looked like she was a robot with no expression. She wore a similar costume to Jubilee, except she wore a purple top instead of red, with purple trimmings. Her hair was also jet black and Scott couldn't help but to notice the cerulean sparkle in her eyes.

"You must be Cyclops." she said. "Your powers are strong." Scott looked at her, once again, puzzled. Hank saw his poor face and laughed.

"This must be torture for someone like you, not to know what's going on." said Hank. Scott rolled his eyes. "Tessa has a number of powers, but the one she is using now it her telepathic abilities." Scott nodded.

"Everyone seems to be telepathic these days, it used to be cool but now it's just getting boring." said Jubilation. Hank laughed again at the girl's humour.

"Young Jubilee here is one of a kind I can assure you." Hanks said. "Her powers were a little complicated when I first met her, but after careful research I learnt the full details of her powers. Her power is a mutant-manifest energy plasmoids as multi-coloured fireworks of various shapes and intensities, which she can detonate to create disorienting bursts of light and sound, scalding heat, concussive impact, or interweave the "PAF" energies into solid objects to cause violent explosions at the molecular level."

"In English he means this." said Jubilee. She lifted her hands up in the air and demonstrated her power. In her hands multicoloured fireworks started to go off, nearly hitting Scott. She stopped using her powers and smiled bashfully. "Sorry 'bout that." He growled but let it go, Scott still didn't quite understand.

"I get why you're here Hank, but why are these two here?" Scott asked.

"I knew Jubilee's foster parents of the week since the father was a Dr, though he didn't like me since I'm a mutant. But when Jubilee nearly burnt the house down a couple of months ago, they kicked her out. Being a mutant myself, I helped her and offered her sanctuary as my assistant." Hank explained. "Sage on the other hand is in my department and has been a friend of mine for years. She became my assistant a month ago."

"Well do you think bringing…Jubilee was it? Along with you was safe, especially after everything that has been going on." Scott asked.

"I assure you, Jubilee might seem like trouble, but she knows when to calm down."

"I am right here ya know." she said tapping her foot, a little irritated about Scott's comment.

"She has been very eager about meeting the X Men, ever since I told her about our own little adventures, she cannot stop talking about it." said Hank. Seeing the seriousness on Scott's face, Hank knew it was time to move on. "How's Ororo?"

"She's the same, hasn't got any better, or any worse." he told her. "I don't know if she'll pull through. I know she has a lot of power, but Rogue did a number on her."

"Speaking of which, have you heard anything from our Rogue gone rogue?" he asked. Scott shook his head firmly.

"No, we can't until the Professor wakes up. Jean knows that Cerebro is too powerful for her, especially after her first incident when she was looking for Rogue the first time. So we're all out of telepathic mutants."

"How powerful is this Cerebro?" asked Tessa, actually talking for once.

"Only the Professor can handle its power, no offence." Scott said.

"I'm sure that I can find her." Tessa said, sure of herself.

"I doubt it, Jean's nearly as powerful as the Professor, if she can't handle it, I'm sure you can't." he said, trying not to sound offensive.

"You'd be surprised." she muttered loud enough for him to hear.

"Anyway, take me to the med bay, let's see if I can do anything else to help." Hank said as he walked forward, Jubilee and Tessa following.

"Looks like you already know the way." Scott said as he followed them.

Bobby's Room

Knock Knock

"Come in." Bobby said as he lay on his bed looking up at the wall. All he was able to think about was Rogue and the way she walked past him when she used her powers to push him into the wall. There was no love there, no feeling, maybe she didn't love him anymore. He had to admit, he didn't love her that way either. But he still cared for a lot, and wanted her to be safe. But maybe she could never be safe from herself; maybe she could never defeat her dark will.

"Hey ice cube." said Kitty as she walked in, shutting the door behind her. He smiled and sat up as the Chicago girl walked towards him and sat on the edge of his bed.

"How many times do I have to tell you not to call me that?" he asked smiling. She rolled her eyes.

"Look, before we get all giddy and stuff I need to like, tell you something." she said as she looked at him seriously. He stiffened up a little. "I…" she didn't no whether to tell him or not. She knew he'd go mad if he found out about Remy and Rogue little date, and then he'd be all about her like Remy said he would. But did it matter? He was hung up on the girl anyway. Even if she didn't tell him he'd still be thinking about her. Though she wanted to be with him, she knew his heart was somewhere else, and she wasn't one to get in the way of love. If he wanted Rogue, she wouldn't stop him, she could fight for him, but it'd be for nothing. Besides, if he found out that she knew, he'd hate her! It would be bad enough to see him back with Rogue and trying to fight for her, but to not even have his friendship would destroy her. She knew it was the right thing to do.

"Kitty?" he asked. She jumped out of her day dream and looked at him, speechless. "What were ya gonna tell me?" She opened her mouth, expecting words to come out, but nothing did, she couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Erm…well, ya see…erm…it…it was nothing." she said as she phased through the bed. Bobby looked confused, but knew he could get it out of her later. Just as he was about to lay back down, he saw a head phase back through his bed. He jolted a little, but knew it couldn't be anyone else apart from Kitty.

"What are you doing?" he asked.

"Actually there is something I have to tell you." she said as she fully phased through. She stood up and walked to the window. Bobby got up too and looked; she could feel his eyes starting at her.

"Then what is it Kitty?" he asked. She sighed and turned to him, folding her arms.

"I wasn't like, gonna tell you, but I knew I should. Remy…Remy told me something yesterday, about Rogue-."

"-I knew it!" Bobby shouted. "I just knew it!"

"Bobby please let me like, finish." she shouted. He grinned a little as she carried on. "Well, thing is…how do I put this…he…she…they…well…they sorta went on a date together." she finally got it out, she felt so relieved, but Bobby's face of shock, resentment and sadness, gave her butterflies.

"They…went on a date together?" he said slowly, not believing her ears. But as more seconds past, the more he heard it, and accepted it. His face turned to anger and his fist clenched up as it turned to ice. "They went on a date together! Why that no good son of a bitch Cajun bastard!"

"Bobby, calm down please its like-."

"-Calm down? Calm down! That fucking swamp boy ladies man is taking advantage of my girlfriend, behind my back, knowing what she's going through, then telling you like it's some sort of tick in his black book, and your telling me to calm down!" he shouted.

"Listen to me! Number one, he didn't take advantage of Rogue; he only went on a date with her."

"Only? So it's not a big deal then. He only took my girlfriend out, he only flirted with her and he might have only messed around with her talking dirty like that fucking arrogant idiot does!"

"It's not that bad." she said, trying to comfort him. But he only shrugged her away.

"Not that bad! Kitty, he must have flirted with her, touched her, charmed her with that pathetic thing he does with all the women! Oh my god he charmed my girlfriend!"

"Oh shut up Bobby, I've already said it's not that like, bad."

"When I see that cocky, backstabbing, vain, thieving snake charmer, I swear I'm gonna freeze him and knock his Cajun head right off!" said Bobby as he stormed out of the bedroom in search of Remy. Kitty sighed and ran after to him.

Outside Brotherhood Base

Outside of the Brotherhood Base in the forest known as Baron, a lot of mutants, at least fifty stood at the bottom of a hill, waiting and wondering. They had been told by rumours and other mutants that Magneto was a great man of power, and only wanted a world which belonged to them. There kind. Most of them had been intrigued by this, as many had been looked down upon for years. They had been attacked, abused, frowned upon, everything you could imagine. Some even captured them, experimented on them, and tested on them like lab rats. Magneto offered what every mutant wanted, the chance for a new start, a new beginning. One which they would rule over all, one which they were free and not at the mercy of humans, one which they could not and would not be criticised by society. It was there time to rise, and Magneto's plan of war was the perfect start.

Many of them grew tired and frustrated by waiting. Had the metal master abandoned them? Had he looked at them and ran knowing his plan would never work? No one knew, but they would wait, not wanting this grand opportunity to be thrown away.

"I hear that they have the most powerful mutant with them." a woman said to a man with eyes like the sun. He laughed and shook his head.

"No, only Magneto is the powerful one above all else. But I did 'ere that he's a bit of a loony." the man said. This time, the woman shook her head and rolled her eyes.

"Don't be stupid, where'd ya here that one!" she asked, not wanting him to ruin this war for her.

"I heard that him and this dude Xavier, ya know that one on the news, had a fight. Magneto got revenge by taking one of the X Men and using the X Man as a power surge to destroy all of New York!" the man exclaimed.

"Whatever you're just-."

"Look, up on the hill!" a mutant from the crowd shouting as he pointed up to the top of the hill. Everyone followed his hand as they looked up to the hill to see Pyro stood there grinning as he had one foot on a rock and the other to balance on. Pyro's outfit was a grey suit, white on the inside of the thighs, with a loose collar. The suit was adorned with brown stripes on the shoulders and on the waist, hinting at a military look. High brown boots with vertical silver stripes, buccaneer gloves and aviator goggles completed the ensemble. Everyone's faces looked disappointed. Was this teenager there leader into victory? The one who would free them from the rest of society which hated them? No, it couldn't be! They all travelled such a distance just to be led into war by a child? This was outrageous!

"You're Magneto?" someone shouted from the crowd in doubt. This made Pyro grin even wider.

"I'd love to have the power to control metal, it'd be nice t' 'ave that sorta power. Everyone would fear me, an' oi'd b' able t' defeat all you lot. But alas, oim not the one you've came here to listen to." Pyro said, teasing the crowd. A wave of relief hit the crowd of mutants as they heard the good news, others were not so pleased.

"So where is this 'mighty' Magneto!" shouted a woman.

"Yeah!" a few others shouted.

"All in good time." he said to the crowd.

"We've been waiting long enough!"

"If he truly is a good leader, shouldn't he be here on time!"

"Remember folks, patience is a virtue. The more you wait, the more he will reward you. Besides, he's got a surprise for you all, and trust me, it's a stunner fo' ya ears an' ya eyes. Well worth waiting for!" Pyro shouted to the crowd. With that, he turned away out of sight.

A few looked at each other with uncertain looks, but others looked happy to here that there was a great surprise for them. Some wondered what it was, a weapon perhaps? Little did they know this weapon was in the form of a human.

Above the hill, Magneto stood near a tree with the dark Rogue and the inner brotherhood. Pyro walked back to them with a smile on his face.

"Oi just love t' b' the centre of attention." he said.

"Why don't you speak to them Magneto, surely they are ready now?" asked Callisto. Magneto smiled and looked to Rogue who felt his eyes burin on her. She turned her head to him, and then remained totally motionless.

"It is not time to bestow our gift on them yet." he told them looking at Rogue. He then turned back to the others. "Go to them, be silent, I need to talk to our new member." they nodded, though a few were a little tired of waiting like the crowd. Magneto waited until he heard the crowd notice his Brotherhood then turned back to Rogue.

"Why don' you go t' them?" she asked him. He smiled simply.

"I need to motivate you a little more my dear." he told her as he circled her. She was undaunted. "Remember when we first met? Even though I was planning to dispose of you, the first thing I saw in you was power, the next stage in evolution, that's why I wanted to use you as my power surge. And I find myself thinking, why would Charles want to turn this goddess into mortal?" Out of his pocket, he took out a gun. "I can manipulate the metal in this." with his powers he made the gun levitate into the air in front of Rogue. "But you, you can do anything. Anything you can think of." Rogue looked at the gun, and started to remove all of it one by one until the bullets came out. She looked at them steadily.

"Such small thangs…yet they can cause so much suffering." she said as she put her hand forward and lightly touched the bullet with her finger tip. She felt power rage through her all of a sudden. She smiled as her eyes went black. The bullets went passed Rogue and started to go towards Magneto who was grinning. He immediately stopped as they towards them, he tried to stop them with his powers, but it was no use.

"Rogue…" he said as they got closer to him. He took steps back, afraid of what she'd do, knowing what power she had inside of her, knowing what sensations she had and desired. Plus, there past didn't help, perhaps this was revenge for what he did to her on Liberty Island. "Enough Rogue!" it got closer and closer. "Stop it!" he hit the tree, the bullets near to his head. "Rogue!" suddenly, her eyes went back and she lost her hold on the bullet. They dropped to the floor.

Magneto looked to Rogue who had her back turned to him and walked towards her. He would normally destroy anyone who dared to hurt him, but he knew he couldn't, she was his weapon. His. Instead, he walked straight past her heading towards the crowd, not wanting her to know the fear he had. She followed him slowly.

Xavier Mansion

Jean sat in the Rec Room, her thoughts constantly on Logan and how he was. She shouldn't have told him, he could be in serious danger right now thanks to her. Why couldn't she just have said she had a bad headache instead? She could have lied! But no, she didn't! She had to go and tell him. You idiot Jean she thought to herself.

Suddenly the rec room door opened and Scott walked though with a huge smile on his face. She couldn't help but feel not joy to see him, probably because her mind was on Logan's safety. Not only that, but guilt was possessing her for what she and Logan had…done.

"Hey sweetie." he said as he sat down next to her. "I'm so happy Beast is back, even if he did bring trouble with him, he's still made things easier on us." Jean smiled weakly, Scott instantly knew something was wrong. "Jean, are you alright?" Jean looked up to him and smiled more properly.

"Of course I am, why'd you ask?"

"Your mind seems to be somewhere else…" he said. "Are ya worried about where Logan and Gambit have gone? Ya know what there like Jean, they go whenever it pleases them." Jean put her hair behind her ear.

"No…just worried." she admitted.

"Worried? Why? It's only the Cajun and the…" he suddenly stopped as he looked to a sad Jean. He realised it. He knew that there was something odd about her behaviour the past week, he thought it was just the stress of Rogue and the others. "Wolverine?" She looked up.

"What about him?" had he found out? Had he read her thoughts? Impossible. He wasn't a telepath.

"Do you…I mean, I know he does…but do you have feelings for him?" Scott asked his heart out on the line. He loved this woman with all his heart and soul. They had been through so much together, and yet, by the embarrassed look on her face, that may prove it was for nothing.

"No…" she whispered.

"You do don't you?" he asked. She didn't reply. Anger took over him as he stood up. "You love him don't you!" Jean knew his reaction would be like this, she stood up and immediately threw her arms around him and kissed his on his lips, forcing her tongue past his lips. As suddenly as she jumped on him, she pushed back.

"No Scott, I love you. I've always loved you, you know that. And you should believe that. We've been through so much together, and you think I'd throw all that away for someone who doesn't stick with the X Men for more than five minutes?" she asked. "If you think that ten you must not trust me." He looked at her surprised. She wanted to believe what she just said. Oh, it was all true, she loved him like she never thought she could love a person, but he didn't know that side of her, the side that did crave Logan. And he shouldn't trust her, especially after what she had done behind his back. 'I have to fight my desire for the wolf man now, I love Scott too much!'

"I…I'm sorry." he said. "I just-." he was interrupted as he felt her lips once again be pushed up against his own.

"Don't. Just, hold me." she said as she put her head on his chest. He could oblige to that.

Med Bay

"She doesn't look so good." said Jubilee as she looked down to the inured Storm. Beast walked up to Jubilee. He had already checked Storm a few times, making sure she was alright.

"She seems stable, but has lost a lot of blood, plus she has brain damage as Jean has recorded on this." said Beast. Sage was lent over the Professor.

"This Xavier is very powerful." she said as she turned to the two other mutants and walked towards Storm. She scanned the woman and smiled. "She is too. And by the looks of it, she'll sooner or later regain her strength. Her power is great, a long with her potency."

"Don't I know it, I've seen her demonstrate her weather witch powers before my very eyes." said the Beast.

"Let's just hope she's awake before this 'Rogue' comes back." said Jubilee. "I can't believe she has that name, who'd call themselves that anyway?"

"She is what she is called. Powerful is what she is as I have seen on a number of visits here. Rogue is delightful and wouldn't hurt a fly; her Southern temper though shows otherwise." Beast explained. "But when push comes to shove, Rogue would use her powers in an instant for the X Men."

"Then why did she do this?" asked Jubilee as she pointed to Storm. "Would you do this to your friends?" Beast sighed and took of his glasses.

"Jubilee, there is something you must know. Inside everyone, even normal people, there is a dark side. Our dark sides aren't as powerful as others. With Rogue, she automatically created a dark side to carry her powers when they became too much, so her good side didn't have to bear it. Rogue has always had telekinetic abilities, but because when she was young she couldn't handle them, she created another personality that she would put in a cell, along with the powers which were too great for her. Her good side therefore didn't have to deal with it." Beast explained.

"Isn't that cheating?" she asked. Beast shook his head.

"Oh no my child. Rogue's mind did it without her even knowing otherwise Rogue would have told the Professor. Her powers were so great that they actually created an alternative personality. The mind, as I like to say, has a mind of its own." Jubilee rolled her eyes.

"Sometimes I wonder what my dark side would be like." she said trailing off into thought.

"Probably not much," Sage said. "Only powerful mutants such as Rogue and others can have fierce dark sides." Jubilee growled.

"I'm just as powerful as that Rogue!" Jubilee wined. Sage snorted.

"Yeah right, kid, you haven't even got a insignificant amount of power." she insulted the young Jubilation.

"Wanna test out that incorrect theory out!" Jubilee asked as she got into her fighting position.

"Enough!" Beast shouted. "It gives people a bad impression of me and my work with you two bickering all the time."

"She started it." said Jubilee.

"I don't care who started it, I'm finishing it. Now Jubilee leave me and Sage to check Storm's progress results." said Beast.

"Yes dad." she mocked as she turned around to leave. "I'll show her."

Outside Brotherhood Base

"How dare they!" someone shouted from the crowd.

"A cure…they think they can cure us!" other people shouted.

"They cannot, and will not prevail, we assure you. That is, if you join our team." shouted Callistio to the crowed.

Further into the forest where the shouts and cheers were very faint, none other than Wolverine stride through the forest. He obtained a cloak, knowing that he had to cover up his identity. As he walked forward, he could hear them all shouting, he could hear, thanks to his enhanced hearing abilities, every word the 'mad man' was saying. He could also hear, footsteps. Logan quickly got his claws out and nearly dug them into Gambit who fell on the ground.

"Merde ami de loup, ya tryin' t' kill Gambit or somet'in!" the Cajun shouted. Logan rolled his eyes and put his claws back in. Gambit got up and brushed the dirt of his face.

"Why'd ya follow me Gumbo?" Logan asked angrily.

"'Coz ya looked like ya wo' in a hurry, an' Gambit knows when ya in a hurry, it's 'coz ya gonna get ya self into trouble. Gambit don' wanna miss de fun." he said smirking. Logan growled as he grabbed Gambit by his trench coat collar and brought his face right up into his.

"Ya think this is fun Cajun? Ya think it's fun that Magneto is planning a war to kill all humanity, ya think it's fun he's using one of the X Men who's powers are going nuts as his weapon fun?" Logan asked as he pushed a surprised Gambit back

"Remy meant no offence mon ami. He's simply here t' help." Logan ignored him and carried on walking towards the loud noises.

"Cover yourself up, we don't want you to be getting caught."

"Magneto never seen Gambit befo' he'll b' okay." Gambit said as he followed him.

Back at the meeting, the inner mutants, Juggernaught, Pyro, Psylocke, Rogue, Callisto and Spyke stood behind the 'great' leader Magneto as he smiled at their eagerness. He had told them of the cure which had been obtained by the mortals.

"They wish to cure us," the crowd started to shout loudly in anger. "But I say to you we are the cure." the crowd shouted this time in approval, cheering at his words. Magneto had found out about the cure by Callistio who had a friend who warned her about it. It was a great chance for Magneto's plans of war on humanity to be put forth into action.

As the people cheered, a cloaked Logan and a slightly hidden by trench coat Gambit walked through the crowd. As Gambit passed one of the women, he winked at her, she just laughed.

"No time for ya games Gumbo." he said. Logan looked up to the hill and saw Rogue. His hear literally fell. She was dressed so revealing, so mysterious; he knew this was her dark side, the side that wasn't her. How could she be wearing that? A corset? That wasn't her. How could she be up there anyway, listening to what this 'bucket head' had to say?

Gambit had also noticed the stunning woman he had kissed a couple of times. His eyes melted as he saw how sexy she was. Her lips were an even darker shade of red than before, and her uniform was enough to make a man's eyes fall out.

"A cure for an inferred perfect condition called homo-sapiens." Magneto called out. The crowd roared as he said this. It filled him with utter delight. "They have there weapons…" Magneto turned to Rogue. "We have ours." Rogue slowly turned to him, no expression on her face. As he said this, Logan growled.

'She's not a weapon bub.' he thought. He only wished he could claw that moron down. Gambit had the same idea. He didn't like to think the man was mistreating the lady, even though he didn't know her so well. For some reason, he felt connected to her, and he didn't like seeing her mistreated.

"We will strike with a vengeance and a fury this world has never witnessed!" Magneto shouted as he clenched his hand together. Mutants continued to cheer for him. Pyro smiled as he stood beside Magneto.

"Good crowd." Pyro said. Logan was even angrier. He was planning a war, and by the looks if it, he had a 'few' followers. He looked on with disbelief, while Gambit was more than tempted. It would be simpler to just do what the man said then what the X Men do. But his loyalties were with the X Men, he didn't agree in hurting innocent people.

"Truly is a mad man." Gambit muttered to himself.

"And if any mutant stands in our way we will use this poison against them!" shouted Magneto, the mutant crowd literally jumping up and down. "Nothing can stop us!" with that, the crowd went, as they say, wild.

"Looks like ya got ya self an army." Pyro said as he walked off. Magneto smiled. Rogue on the other hand felt strange. She sensed something, something familiar. She walked away, not being able to face this. Magneto was too bothered to look at her go. Logan and Gambit on the other hand didn't. They pushed through the crowd to get into the other part of the forest where Rogue had headed.

As the two X Men pushed there way through the branches, Logan started to smell her more and more. "This way." he said as he clawed the branches out of the way. "I can-." suddenly he stopped as he saw her.

Rogue stood in front of him, no expression on her divine face. She looked troubled, like she was afraid. Logan could see it in her eyes, and it hurt him. He didn't like to see her in pain, and he certainly didn't like seeing her with the enemy and him calling her a weapon. Logan had nearly lost Rogue once to this mad man, he wouldn't loose her again.

"Rogue." he said in disbelief. It was strange seeing her in person again. As he moved towards her he felt his whole body, his bones start to hurt. He suddenly flew back into the air into a tree, landing onto the floor. Gambit got out his cards and charged them at Rogue.

"Don' wanna fight ya chere." he said.

"G-Gambit." said Logan as he was still being held up against the tree. Gambit turned his head towards Logan questionably.

"What?" he asked.

"It's…not…her." he managed to get out. Gambit looked mystified.

"Who else could it b'?" he asked. He felt a few small footsteps behind him.

"Perhaps someone with the power to control metal." said Magneto. Gambit turned around to see the man and his fist out in front of him, holding Logan to the tree. "I know the scent of your adamantian a mile away." Gambit was about to throw his cards at him when Logan stopped him.

"Don't!" he shouted, trying to fight the pain. He turned his head back to Magneto. "I didn't come here to fight you."

"Smart boy." said Magneto. Gambit looked back to Rogue who was watching with now no expression on her face. He just wanting to go up to her and kiss those kissable lips, but he retained himself, there were more pressing issues to attend to.

"I came for Rogue." Logan finished off.

"You think I'm keeping her against her will?" Magneto asked. "If you don't remember, she chose the Brotherhood when she used her great powers to crush you beneath the house." Magneto used his power to bring Logan towards him, was in obvious pain. Gambit growled.

"Don't." Logan said again.

"Ya not leavin' Gambit wit' much o' a choice." he said.

"I'd listen to your friend mutant." he said.

"Or what?" Gambit asked. "Ya gonna turn Gambit into metal?" Magneto smiled.

"No, but she can easily dispose of you." Gambit turned back around to Rogue who at Magneto's command, lifted Gambit up with her powers and threw him threw the forest with no second thought. Logan looked once again wit incredulity. Magneto turned back to Logan.

"She's here because she wants to be; because it's not a prison unlike the piteous place you call school for mutants."

"Ya don't know what you're dealing with." Logan told him.

"I know full well."

"You obviously don't. Her powers are too great to contain, if you give her enough freedom, she'll crush you like a bug." Logan said.

"Well, we'll have to wait and see won't we?" Magneto said smiling.

"I'm not leaving here without her." Logan said. Magneto laughed.

"Yes you are." Magneto pushed his hand forward and flung a screaming Logan into the forest until he hit a tree. Magneto turned to Rogue and some approaching inner Brotherhood. "Find him and destroy him." they nodded, while Rogue walked slowly behind them.

Xavier Mansion

Jubilee, after being kicked out of the Med bay decided to take a tour of the mansion. After all, she had been dying to see this place. As she walked through the hallway, she came across a picture on the wall. She looked at it, seeing all the X Men.

On the picture was a few people sat outside having a picture. There was Jean Grey smiling with the leader Scott Summers next to her with his arm around her, Bobby and Rogue laughing about something, Logan looking over at Rogue and Bobby, a little less impressed, with Storm and the Professor smiling for the camera. Jubilee sighed. She had heard so many of the adventures they had gone on by Beast, she so badly wanted to go on one.

"I haven't seen you around here before." said a voice. Jubilee turned around to see Bobby Drake standing there, looking pretty angry over something.

"I'm here with Hank." she said, looking him up and down. 'He's hot.' she thought. "Hey wait a minute; you're the guy in the picture." bobby looked at her confused but then looked past her to see the picture that was taken nearly a year ago.

"Oh yeah…wow that seems so long ago." he said going into day dream land.

"You're next to that girl Rogue, were you too an item?" she asked a little nosy. Bobby looked to the ground, just remembering what Kitty had told him.

"No." he said as he walked off.

Outside Brotherhood Base

"Mon ami are you alright?" asked Gambit a she ran over to Wolverine. The wolf man had landed roughly near to where Gambit had been thrown. Wolverine slowly got up and rubbed his head.

"I'll get over it." he said.

"Ya should have let Gambit used his powers on the tête de seau, he could have taken him down, an' his lackeys."

"Well here's ya change Gumbo, there heading this way." pointed out Logan. Gambit turned to where Wolverine's eyes were to see Spyke and Pyro running towards them. Gambit pulled out his cards and charged them up, threw them towards them and watched as they blew up. Pyro fell off his feet, while Spyke managed to dodge the blast. From his face, spikes came out, and he sent them flying straight towards the two X Men. Gambit fell to the ground, not getting hit. Wolverine on the other hand hit in the chest by two spikes. Gambit looked up to see him injured.

"Wolverine!" he shouted as he got up. Wolverine slowly took both spikes out of him and in a few seconds, they healed. Gambit and Spike watched in amazement as he healed, Gambit didn't know he had that gift. Spyke growled and threw some more, but Wolverine quickly got his claws out and but them up. He ran towards the spiked man and stabbed him with his claws.

Gambit saw Pyro get back up and with his weird mechanism, fire shot out. Gambit got a few more cards out and grinned at the boy. Pyro did the same as he walked towards the Cajun.

"How's life at the institute?" he asked Gambit as the two began to circle one another.

"Jus' bon t'anks fo' askin'." he said sarcastically. "What 'bout de boiteux Brotherhood?"

"Ditto, thanks!" Pyro shouted as he sent a twist of flame towards Gambit who once again managed to fling himself onto the forest ground.

Wolverine pulled his claws out of the now dead man and looked towards Gambit who was throwing cards at Pyro. He rolled his eyes and walked behind the boy.

"Ya always did think high of ya self." he said as he went to stab the boy. Pyro luckily in time turned around and used his powers to throw fire at the wolf man, sending him onto the floor.

"So did you." he replied. Wolverine slowly began to get up.

"You must like this life huh John? One where ya hurt innocent people, where ya don't think about others?" asked Wolverine.

"Oim only doin' what you taught me." said Pyro smiling. He knew that would hit home. Wolverine did care, but he knew his past didn't agree with that. It didn't help that the boy was throwing it back in his face.

"I may have done some low things in the past, but I would never stoop so low to join the pathetic Brotherhood." Pyro laughed. "Don't see what's so funny."

"It's just, oi never thought oi'd 'ere you giving me a lecture. Normally you were the scandal, the runaway, the 'bad guy'. But now you're just another slave to Xavier." Wolverine growled as he was about to slash him when there was another boom sending Wolverine to his feet, and Pyro into a tree, knocking him out. Wolverine looked at the boy and over to Gambit who was grinning.

"Too much talkin'." he commented. Wolverine rolled his eyes and got up. All of a sudden he felt a force in his stomach like he did in the medical room and was instantly thrown into a tree. Gambit gasped as he saw Rogue coming through to the part of the forest all the action had been in. Wolverine was still being held up against the tree.

"Rogue, don' do dis cher, it's not wort' it." pleaded Gambit. "Try t' remember who ya are." He felt a pain in his leg as he fell to floor, he didn't know what it was. Rogue had no expression on her face as she looked up to Logan on the tree.

"Listen t' me, Magneto is trying to use you as a weapon, you heard him. He doesn't care about you or your best interests-." Wolverine started.

"An' what, you did? The Professor certainly didn', he kept mah power locked up. He knew ah needed help, but he never did help me. He promised he would but he didn'." Rogue said.

"He was there for you Rogue, he knows he did wrong. We're all here for you now."

"You say that now, but 'f ah wen' with you you'd treat me like ah was scum! Like ah was a problem! You never cared 'bout me unless ya had too! You were too busy makin' goo-goo eyes at Jean!" Rogue shouted.

"I know that you may think that, but it's not like that. I care about you so much Rogue, otherwise I wouldn't be here." Rogue looked at him sternly, he wondered if he was getting through to her. "You're everything to me, a spark of hope, the one thing I know is right in the world, don't let that go Rogue, don't let that dark side of you take that away. 'Coz the Rogue I know would never let anyone push her around, especially someone who's a bucket head." Rogue looked at him angrily, but her expression changed to sympathy. Was he really right? She didn't know…She didn't know anything anymore. She was ruled by her own sensations, she didn't care who she was with, or what she'd become. Logan was right, this wasn't her, the old her wouldn't do this.

Rogue blinked, tears welling up in her eyes. She grumbled a little, them released her hold on Wolverine who fell down the three. Rogue fell onto her knees and buried her head in her hands. Gambit ran to her side and put his hands on her shoulders, wanting to comfort the beautiful woman.

"S'k Rogue, everyt'in gonna b' alright beau l'un." She shook her head from side to side. She couldn't control it, she couldn't keep her control for long.

"Can'…ah can'…" she whispered.

"Yes you can Rogue, jus' concentrate." he told her as she looked to his black on red eyes. She remembered him, those eyes. She remembered her date with him and how much fun she had. Because of him. She remembered her attraction towards the Cajun; she even remembered her little pet name for him.

"Swamp rat?" she asked. He smiled and nodded.

"Qui cher, it's de swamp rat." he said. Wolverine came up to them and got on his knees.

"Are you alright?" he asked her. She didn't answer, she just put her hand on his face, looking deeply into is cold eyes. She smiled, he really did care.

"Logan." she said as she hugged him. He embraced her tightly, never wanting to let her go again, never wanting to see her in pain again. "Ah'm so sorry."

"Don't be. It's not your fault. We're gonna take you home and we're gonna-."

"Ah can' go home Logan." she said pulling him away and looking at him in the face. "Ah jus' can', the X men, they don' trust me, an' the Professor thinks ah'm a burden." Logan cupped her face with his gloved hands.

"No Rogue, that's what Magneto's telling you so you'll stay on his team." She shook her head again, she could feel her anger towards Charles Xavier washing over her, and this didn't help since her dark side played with such emotions like anger. She tried hard to keep it back, but it was so hard for her, she just wanted a break, but if she did, she knew her dark self would take over.

"Cher, de X Men, dey really care 'bout you. Dey would never t'ink o' you as a burden." Gambit said. Rogue held her head as she felt her headache coming back, she knew it wasn't a good sign.

"Please…Logan…" she said. He looked in her eyes as they turned pure black. "Help me."

"We will Rogue, but first, we gotta get you out of here before Magneto's crew finds-."

"Little too late for that luv." said a familiar voice. Gambit looked around to see Betsy Braddock also known as Psylocke standing there with a purple dagger which was glowing.

"I t'ought you were 'er friend Betsy, or were you jus' tryin' t' befriend 'er fo' dis sick war ya boss is plannin'?" asked Gambit harshly.

"I am her friend, and I don't like seeing her like this." said Psylocke honestly as she stepped forward. "But I also have a duty to Magneto and my fellow mutants, I can't let them down."

"This war is will destroy her, if you had any sort of friendship with Rogue, you'd let us go." said Wolverine as he clung onto a weak Rogue who looked like she was in ant out of consciousness. "Not like I need ya permission, I can easily rip ya t' shreds. But I learnt never to hurt a lady unless necessary, and trust me I've done it once, I'll do it again." Psylocke whistled.

"Well aren't you a tough cookie." she said sarcastically. "Like I said, I wish Rogue didn't have to be this way, but she is. This war means a lot to us mutants, it's a next stage, and I'll do anything to make sure we win it."

"I t'ought you were a good person Betsy, looks like Gambit wo' wrong." he said unsympathetically.

"Wait a minute…you know 'er?" asked Wolverine. Gambit paused for a moment. Merde, had he just got himself caught? He looked to Wolverine whose face was very questionable, and then to Psylocke who began grinning.

"So, you didn't tell the X Men about our little outing?" she said.

"What! You went out with the brotherhood!" shouted Wolverine.

"It wasn' like dat. It wo' Betsy, dis o'ter homme an'…an'…Rogue." he admitted. Wolverine started to feel rage spew out of him.

"Oh and it wasn't an outing…it was a date." added Psylocke, enjoying this. Wolverine growled.

"What!" Gambit stood up, knowing that the wolf man could pounce on him anytime.

"Hey, Rogue knew what she was doin'." he said.

"How can she when she's under her dark influence! You took advantage of her!"

"Non, it's not like dat mon ami-."

"When I get my claws into you!" he shouted. As he let Rogue down gently, he got his claws out and went towards Gambit when he fell on his feet. Psylocke was laughing as she used her powers on the man.

"As much as I want to watch this, I have no time for it." the British woman said.

"Well make some!" shouted Gambit as he threw some charged cards at her. She watched them go to the floor in front of her, not knowing exactly what it was, but then realised and created a force field to protect her as the card blew up. As she put her force field down, Gambit leapt onto her, knocking her down to the ground. He landed on top of her and smiled.

"Never t'ought Gambit would b' in dis position wit' you paraître charmant la fille qui viole." Gambit said grinning. Psylocke didn't understand the French, but rolled her eyes and pushed him off her with her powers, into a tree. She then walked over to Wolverine, or where she had last seen him.

"Where'd he go?" she asked herself.

"Rahhhh!" Psylocke looked up to see the wolf man literally flying down with his claws out, ready to slash her into two. Luckily she had quick reflexes and used her powers to knock him all the way back up into the top of the trees. As he plummeted down to the floor, Rogue began to get up slowly, her dark self having won the fight. Psylocke saw her and smiled.

"How about we finish them off together?" she asked grinning. Rogue looked un amused and used her powers to throw Betsy onto the ground. She then looked to Gambit who was rubbing her head and violently with her powers pushed him the ground. He winced in pain and laid there, not being able to move. She then walked over to him and bent over, kissing him lightly on the lips, knocking him out. She then stood up to see Logan who was trying to heal from his long fall to the ground. She ignored him and walked back to the base. Psylocke got up slowly and was about to run after her when she looked down to Wolverine who was still trying to heal.

"Game on." she said as she kicked him in the head with her heal, also knocking him out, and continued to follow Rogue's darkened path.

Soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo did you like it? I thought I'd put a little bit of the movie in it because then you know where you are. But as you know, this story is completely different from the movie. I had to put Jubilee in, I love her I think she's ace. But don't go assuming that her and Logan are gonna get together. They might. But he loves Jean at the moment and I think it'd be to soon.

PLEASE REVIEW 5+ OR WILL NOT UPDATE! Sorry to be harsh!

Next Chapter – Wolverine and Gambit return home, but Wolverine has a few things to 'say' to the Cajun. Beast tells them of a cure that isn't out yet, but he had heard of. Logan runs into Jubilee after a little talk with Jean, while Bobby also has a few things to say to the Cajun…it's just not the swamp rats day is it?