Spirit Lost

By moi

Sorry it's takin' a little longer then the others Ah have excuses but I don't give them, toodles. Thank you very much to Coletterby, Special 2, enchantedlight and special thanks to Freak87. Come on people R and R! Since jello doesn't entice you how about how about flaming flamingos courtesy of the king of flames (but not the creation of them) PYRO. Who will not be held responsible for any injuries sustained from any of his products.

Here we go now it's bound to get interesting.

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As she snipped the last lock of her brunette hair to a point she heard a soft knock on the door.

"Come in! It's open!" Rogue called as she put some finishing touches to her newly styled hair.

Pushing her clippings into the garage she turned to see Bobby's gapping mouth.

She grinned. "What you don't like it?" Rogue gave a sweet pout.

"U-uh n-no, no that's not- you cut your own hair?" He stuttered.

Glancing in the mirror she again admired her work. The length was now half of what it had been before and now layered dramatically. Her snow white bangs fell a little longer then the rest cut down into a point.

It almost looked like before, she thought. Pushing the thought from her mind Rogue focused her attention back to Bobby who was now examining her outfit in confusion.

Rgoeu had on her old clothes that she had hidden away. It consisted of an old brown leather jacket ripped at the elbows, and black gloves that came up to her forearm. Underneath she wore a tight black tee with her old worn out, hole-in-the-knees jeans, wearing black tights under those just in case. Now she just had to get some make up.

"I-." Bobby started but was interrupted by Rogue.

"Bobby as yeh heard Ah'm not Marie and Ah ain't gonna go around pretendin' to beh 'er. Truth is, Marie was the one who wanted this relationship. At the time Ah didn' thahnk Ah was gonna go aroun' bein' meh anytime soon so Ah let Marie build this whole boyfriend girlfriend thang with you. Now that y'all know the truth there really ain't any use pretendin' that Ah don' see your glances at Kitty. If you wan'er take 'er yeh ain't chained teh meh anymore." Rogue said trying to be as nice about it as she could.

"W-w-wait! You're breaking up with me?" He asked astonished.

She raised an eyebrow.

"Wait I was coming here to break up with you! You can't-."

Rogue forced herself not to roll her eyes. "Bobby can you hurry this up no offense but Ah got somethin' Ah need teh take care of."

"How dare you disrespect me like that! After everything we've been through!" He cried outraged.

She could tell this would be a while, unfortunately she didn't have a while.

"Bobby Ah really gotta go can we do this another time." Rogue said hushing him out of her room and locking the door behind her. "Maybe we can talk over lunch or something." She called over her shoulder as she turned to leave.

"Oh no you-." He grabbed her gloved wrist which just got her pissed. She was not in the mood for some hormonal boy's bruised ego who thought he could violate her personal space.

Rogue sent a piercing glare before grabbing his pinky and nearly bending it to the breaking point.

"Ah!" He cried out.

"Again Ah'll repeat myself. Ah. Am not. Marie. Remember that next time you think you can grab meh with out mah consent." She advised coldly. "Now if yeh want to have a proper discussion about this then yeh can find meh later when yeh not steamed."

Giving one last cold glare she headed down the hall towards Colossus's and Flea's room.

Inside she found those two and Jubilee who all went silent when they saw her.

"You guys have been mah friends since Ah got here. So Ah want the tell you what Ah told the adults. May Ah come in?"

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Remy took another long whiff of his cigarette before tossing it on the ground.

After that interesting little story he was pretty sure Rogue knew about the tattoo's meaning. It had been obvious she was trained when she searched the boy so swiftly and if she recognized the tattoo she couldn't have been trained by anyone good.

He had to be wary of her. He didn't know who she used to work with but if it was somebody as crooked as he thought they were, then he had to be on guard 24/7.

Never trust the crooked ones he knew that from experience.

But would she tell Xavier about it? Remy couldn't tell.

At first he had thought he could read her that even if she was hiding something he could have sniffed it out with his empathy. He had gotten too confident. Almost like before…

His skills at reading people were nothing compared to her's. Remy was just a stumbling rookie while she was pro.

This 'Rogue', if that was even her real name, was able to manipulate her very feelings. So even an empath like himself wouldn't be able to read her.

Remy knew only very few that had that kind of control and at such an age. He was daunted, too say the least, and it took more then mere tricks to daunt the Prince of Thieves.

Oui, this girl could become a problem. He'd have to watch her carefully.

He smirked, that could be fun.

Lighting up another cigarette he nearly dropped it when he heard a voice behind him.

"Yeh know if Logan catches yeh he'll skin yeh hide." Recognizing the voice as Rogue's he hid his surprise, keeping his body calm and uncaring, but he knew she probably had already noticed his surprise.

With out turning around he responded. "According to da Prof Remy beh old enough teh make 'is own decisions."

"That won't matteh much to Logan. Super senses remembeh. Now if yeh off school grounds he pretends not teh care but he'll give yeh hell for the rest of the week."

Remy raised an eyebrow and finally turned the face her. When he caught sight of her he gave a sharp inhale.

She had cut her hair to let it fall around her face and dug up some old clothes that fitted her in a ruff look. Makeup was lightly done up on her face bringing out her gorgeous emerald eyes that he had never noticed before. The wind was now sending her hair dancing as a smirk graced her lips.

Mon dieu, was she beautiful just there, but then he remembered this wasn't just an ordinary girl he was checking out.

"Ah seem to beh getting' that reaction a lot today."

He snorted and dropped his newly lit cigarette to the ground grinding it under his heel. "It looks good on you."

Her eyes widened in surprise. "Well there's one reaction Ah didn't get."

Shrugging nonchalantly as he turned back to watch a storm brewing in the distance.

The girl was quiet for a long time and he was tempted to glance back to see if she was still there but then she spoke again.

"So are yeh wondrin' if Ah'm gonna tell?"

A shudder ran down his spine and his muscles grew rigid. "Remy don' know what yeh're talkin' bout." He responded carefully as he turned to face her. What was she up to?

Rogue rolled her eyes. (1.)"Ah mahy talk with a southern accent but that don't mean Ah just fell off the stupid truck. Remy knows Ah ain't as innocent as Ah appear. The question is what's he gonna do about it?"

He searched those masked eyes carefully. If it had been anyone else he might have applauded them. Her eyes held only a slight curiosity in them nothing more, nothing less. He was lucky he had shades.

Remy had to choose his words carefully. "Notin'…at da moment."

That's when her whole attitude changed. Her eyes grew cold and calculating. Her body tensed, her muscles just waiting for a command.

"Then let meh fill yeh in 'at da moment'. Mess with meh and you'll lose. Ah mean, yeh welcome teh and all, but yeh'll lose. If yeh hurt any of mah friends Ah'll kill you." She said it as casually as if they were discussing the weather.

Yep, she had been trained and he wouldn't be surprised if she had killed before.

"Ah got no doubt o' dat chere, but Ah ain' dat easy teh kill." He told her.

For a few seconds the air was weighed down with tension. If any of them some much as flexed a muscle the other would be on them before they could comprehend what was going on.

"But, no matteh what yeh may assume Remy ain't 'ere teh 'urt anybody. He not 'bout teh back stab the hommes that 'elp get him out of dat merde hole." (basically, shit hole)

As soon as he spoke those words her cold persona melted away. "Good."

He turned away while pretending to fix his sunglasses in a more comfortable position. That was close he didn't want to get into trouble here. It was a nice place, and the people were nice. Remy wanted to stay here…at least for a while.

When he turned back Rogue was gone. He hadn't even heard her leave.

She was good and good meant dangerous.

Mais, she did have a very sexy vibe about her. (But)

You're playing with fire Lebeau a voice warned in the back of his head which he ignored as usual.

Remy smirked. He had been dancing in flames all his life it didn't matter if he added another. No matter how skilled that other was he would be able to play unscathed.

Maybe he'd get to know this Rogue.

Maybe.

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Logan PoV

Logan chugged another beer from his six pack and let it fall to the ground. At times like this he despised his healing factor, it was so damn impossible to get drunk.

He didn't know what to think….hell he was trying not to think. How could he have not seen it?

He was supposed to be 'Wolverine' with his 'super senses' trained in the military and what not. Yet he was deceived by one teenage girl.

Maybe he just didn't want to believe it, maybe he noticed strange things but refused to believe innocent little Marie could be anything but.

As he focused back on trying to get drunk a throat cleared itself behind him.

He unleashed his claws hoping for a fight only to find Marie.

No, it's Rogue. Rogue, not Marie anymore. Never Marie.

She looked sullen but not surprised at his fighting stance.

"No matter what yeh change on the outside you'll still look like her." He grunted as he sheathed his claw once more and opened another bottle of beer.

He tried to ignore the rustle of her footsteps that came up beside him.

"If it makes any difference and Ah know it doesn't, Ah tried to be as close to my realself as possible around yeh."

Logan was silent and after a while she took a seat next to him.

"Ah know how you're feeling. Ah really do." Rogue spoke.

"How could you possibly know what this feels like!" He growled, but then took two deep breaths and tried to hold his anger back.

Rogue's brilliant emerald's gazed up into his own eyes. "When Ah was three Ah was adopted bah Mystique. She raised meh, trained meh and pretended to beh mah mother, using meh until finally Ah was no use to her anymore."

"Holy hell." He exclaimed softly as he stared at his once fragile Marie, looking at the girl behind the mask. Looking at the girl named Rogue.

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Rogue PoV

She took in another deep breath as she weighed her options. Rogue knew she couldn't tell him everything but she wanted him to know about her past. She wanted him to know everything, but she wanted to keep him safe aswell. She wanted to keep everyone at the institute safe. So, for now, this was all she could tell him.

"Back then she wasn't with Magneto. Mystique ran a lil human hate group called the Brotherhood. Ah was their biggest weapon. Before Ah was put into foster care a mutant named Destiny, named for her powers to tell the future, had a vision of me. She told Mystique Ah would become a powerful mutant. She said Ah had the potential to become the most powerful mutant on Earth. Those were the words that enticed Mystique. Hunting for years she finally found me and adopted meh into her little 'family'."

"When Ah was fourteen Mystique sent meh on mah first real mission. To absorb information from a General's daughter named Anna. The general was a big contributor to the Friend's of Humanity when they were first getting up and running, in turn a huge enemy of Mystique and mutants alike. Ah thought it would beh an easy job slip in absorb the girl slip out, but what Ah didn't know was Mystique was tailing meh. When Ah was just about the let go of the girl Mystique came in and forced meh teh absorb Anna fully. Of course Ah faught back grabbing Mystique's other hand but Ah couldn't handle absorbin' two people at the same time Ah literally went insane."

"Ah can't remember all what happened, but it seems Ah had been pushed back teh the back recesses of mah mind. Ah had transformed into Anna and she had takin' control thinking nothing was wrong."

"It turned out secretly on the side she was gang leader and a few months later she got in a real bad fight with a rival gang leader. She was losin' real bad when mah mahnd panicked and Ah was pulled back out of mah hidin' place with full control over mah body."

"Ah won the fight, barely, and the gang took care of meh for a while untill strange things started happening to whoever touched their leader and their leader suddenly started getting strangely claustrophobic. They found out ah was a mutant and knocked meh out teh hand meh over teh the Friends of Humanity and you'all know the rest."

Silence rang form the tree's surrounding them.

"Ah just wanted yeh teh know the rest." She whispered, a whisper she was sure he could hear.

Still silence and Rogue stood up to leave but Logan's hand stopped her.

He looked up at her, his eyes solemn. "This is hard for me Ma-Rogue. Just give meh some time kid. I can accept this an' so can all of them. Just give us some time Rogue."

Rogue nodded and was about to give a fake smile but let it fall. "Ah know."

He grabbed what was left of his beer and stood up. "Come on kid yeh have training in the morning an' I think we're all in for a hell of a surprise."

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