Spirit Lost

By moi

Well thanks to for not using pitchforks and purple jello. Special thanks to the people who reviewed, Anzibanonzi, raye, Halo horn's, Aleria, Secret Agent Smut Girl, Nettlez, Freak87. Needless to say cookies for you with sprinkles optional.

And on with the cliffhanger.

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'Scott stepped forward, hand still on his glasses, as he pulled the man's mask off.

Rogue gasped and her bright emerald eyes widened as she gazed unsteadily at the man's face.'

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"CODY!"

He had grown up since Marie had last seen him. Cody now had short dirty blonde hair that was cropped in a military fashion. Rugged whiskers covered his cheeks and dark bags hung under his glare. His once baby blue eyes were now dark and full of hatred.

"You!" He growled "You bitch! You killed the girl Ah loved! YEH KILLED HER!"

Rogue's eyes widened and she held back the tears Marie wanted to shed. She couldn't let them know who she was. They'd see her act as a betrayal. She wouldn't be able to handle that. 'Please Marie I need you too do this.'

"W-what are yeh talkin' about?" Marie could barely choke out. She was in so much pain, seeing her boyfriend like this.

"Oh, don't yeh dare. Don't you DARE act like you don't know." He struggled like a mad man in Wolverine's grip trying to get at her again. "DON'T YOU DARE USE HER FACE AND VOICE LIKE THAT!" Cyclops had to help Wolverine keep Cody back as his struggle became more furious.

"Do you know this boy Marie?" The professor asked calmly.

"DON'T CALL HER THAT! She isn't Marie. Marie's life was taken by that bitch's hand! That is Rogue." Cody spat her name with such disgust and vehemence that it made her wince inwardly.

'Please Marie stay strong do this for me.'

"H-h-he was mah boyfriend, b-but when mah powers manifested Ah put him in a coma." The sound was shaky but it was the best Marie could manage. Rogue couldn't look at this hate driven man. If he only knew…no she couldn't tell him or she would have to tell them.

"You're such fucking, lying, MERCILESS-." Wolverine landed a fast punch into his gut ending his tirade.

"Marie, you mean he's that boy?" Logan growled skeptically.

"STOP calling her MARIE! She's not Marie! She stole Marie's identity to use as her own! This is Rogue the most putrid piece of-."

"Keep your mouth SHUT!" Wolverine threatened "Or the next punch will be landed with my claws out."

"What is he talking about?" Ororo asked.

Rogue cringed inwardly.

Not another lie, please not another lie. Don't make me do this to him!

Marie, I beg you. This is my body and they will throw it out like trash once they find out!

"A-a-a-ah don't kn-now A-ah think he's i-i-insane." She spoke again.

Cody snorted nastily. "You'd like them to believe that wouldn't you Rogue, but Ah'm not stupid. Ah brought proof!" He explained frigidly. "Marie was a mutant who could cause severe illnesses to whoever came in contact with her skin, heart attacks, seizures, even coma. Ironically similar teh Rogue's abilities, they had so many similarities…that's why no one noticed the crime she committed.

Rogue could hear it all happening but she couldn't stop his words.

"They were both in the same experimental base, both in the same cell. They both looked about the same they were even both from the same state. The only difference being that Rogue has and will always have white bangs. Rogue sucked her dry and escaped assuming Marie's identity and dying her bangs brown leaving Marie with out even her spirit to pass on with." He snarled.

No amount of emotional training could keep the tears from her eyes.

Please, Rogue, just let the boy I love know that it didn't happen like that. He needs to know I chose this path. Cody needs to get past his grief and hate. Don't make him out to be crazy. It would be worse then death to see that happen. It pains me so much to see him like this.

I…I don't know.

Please.

Rogue took in a deep breath and finally met eyes with Marie's old boyfriend. Taking down Marie's personality she stared with her own emerald orbs at Cody.

"She was an inch from death Cody. Marie wanted me to do it. She had given up, her parents had betrayed her, her boyfriend was in a coma and everyone in society feared and hated her. The world she had lived in collapsed around her. She was being experimented on every day! Marie begged me to do it." Rogue said grimly.

"YOU LIAR! MARIE WOULD NEVER-!" He screamed in protest.

"People do desperate thangs when their world spins upside down so drastically and they have to face the ugly side of life. Do you want to talk with her?" Rogue asked. "She's still inside o' me. Ah never asked to take her form it just happened. Ah liked mah old body. Ah didn't just do it for kicks, and Ah just took on her personality because Marie's over looked in a crowd, it was easier bein' her." Rogue swallowed hard.

His face looked at her with disbelief and disgust. Rogue could feel Marie cower inside her.

"What are you saying Marie- I mean-…who are you?" Xavier asked eyes wide with confusion.

Rogue looked down at the floor again. She couldn't look at them when she told them this story. She just couldn't.

"My name isn't Marie or Anna or Marien…it's Rogue…just Rogue."

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I know it was kind of short and kind of a cliff hanger but it was a good place to stop. The next chapter will explain much more then this one and later I'll kind of go through her life. I think you're kind of getting what has happened but if you don't it explains it entirely in the next chapter. Hopefully that gave you something to gnaw on. Well that's all hope you enjoyed. And for all those who review next time jello bananza.! So review or don't.

Well

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Gotta go

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And 'I'll miss you's'

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