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Ok, you've seen Remy, here's Rogue!
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Chapter 2- Thieves Guild, here ah am
Mississippi
Clang! Two staffs clashed with each other. The girl growled and advanced on her opponent. Her opponent was a stocky young man.
"You'll never beat me." He said.
The girl smirked and attacked him again. He ducked and made a move. It sent her against a wall. She groaned but got up in an instant. She threw her bo staff on the ground and cracked her knuckles. She aimed a fist at him. It hit his jaw. He fell to the ground.
"Ok, I give." He said, wiping the blood from his nose. The girl smiled.
"Good." She helped him up and patted his back.
A man came up to them. "Good work, child. Come, Rogue, I must talk to you. Piotr, you may rest now." The boy nodded and left. Rogue followed the man. They stopped outside a room. The Forbidden Room. The Inner Circle meetings were held there. Rogue glanced at it before turning to the man again.
"Yes, elder Joseph?"
"Rogue, you are of great potential, you know that. That is why the Inner Circle are entrusting you with a very important mission."
"But ah'm only fourteen. Apprentices don't graduate until they are eighteen." Rogue frowned.
"Yes, that is true. But this mission is important. A special mission."
"What is it?"
"No. I am not the one to tell you. Come, follow me." The man opened the door where a dozen men were waiting.
"Elder Joseph, Rogue." Acknowledged a man. He was the best Assassin in the Guild. Logan.
Rogue nodded. Elder Joseph took his seat next to Logan and Elder Ferdinand.
"Rogue, I am sure Elder Joseph has told you about the mission."
"Yes. May ah know why meh? Aren't there Assassins far more qualified than meh?"
"Of course. What you hear today must be kept within this Circle, no one else must know about your mission. Not even your friends. Understand?" Rogue nodded.
"What should ah tell them if they ask?"
"Tell them you are being moved to a new subdivision. Now listen. We want you to join the Thieves-" Logan said, but was interrupted.
"Thieves! Why?"
"Calm down, child." Elder Ferdinand said. "We want you to be our spy."
"Spy on the Thieves?" Rogue was shocked.
"Yes. This mission isn't easy, but you will get all the help you need. We already have a spy there, ready to assist you."
"Then why can't he just do it alone?"
"I am afraid Hank is already in danger. He has been found out by a Thief. The Thief is threatening to tell the elders there."
"What should ah do?"
"You will train hard there. When you are eighteen, you will finish your training. Serve them well and they will reward you by letting you in their Inner Circle. Do everything you can to find out their secrets."
"Yah want meh to work fohr them?" Rogue frowned. "Ah don't…"
"Listen Rogue, this is for the good of the Assassins. We do not know when they will attack us. We are low on resources, Rogue. We need this piece of information." Logan said.
"When can ah come back to the Guild? Will ah ever finish mah training at the Academy?"
"Not at the Academy. Hank will train you personally. He is qualified to do that. You can come back when we have everything we need."
"Will ah graduate from the Academy?"
"Certainly. Come back when you are eighteen."
Rogue nodded. "Ah will do it."
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Rogue packed her things. She looked around her room. She will miss this place. She remembered why she joined the Assassins. Her mother had brought her here when she was a mere child of four. Her mother was seeking refuge for she had killed a Bandit. They were after her and Rogue. Her mother, Raven, begged them to take her and her daughter, they were reluctant at first, but Logan knew raven from long ago, so the gates were opened for them.
Raven died soon after, and Rogue was an orphan. Logan took her in as an apprentice. Ten years later, she was at the top of her class and was preparing for a mission.
"Hey." Piotr stepped into the room. What did Elder Joseph want?"
Rogue shook her head.
"Why are you packing? Are you leaving the Guild?"
"Ah'm being moved to a new place."
Piotr grimaced. "Why?"
"Ah have no idea." Rogue sighed and plopped on her bed. Piotr sat beside her.
"You know I will miss you right?"
Rogue stared at him. "Ah'll miss yah too, Piotr."
"Hey!"
Pietro slammed the door open.
"You're being moved!"
Rogue nodded.
"No way. Why wasn't I moved too?" He pouted. Rogue laughed.
"Ok, all of yah, out. Ah need to pack."
Elder Ferdinand came in.
"Rogue, you will leave in two days to New Orleans. To the Thieves Guild."
"So soon?"
"Yes. I am afraid so."
"Fahne."
"I wish you good luck."
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New Orleans
Rogue felt nervous. She was at the doors of the Thieves Guild. She saw two guards standing nearby so she walked up to them.
"Ah want…"
"What is it?"
"Ah want tah join the Guild."
"You?" The guard looked at her and laughed.
"How old are ye?" The other guard asked.
"Fourteen." Rogue glared at them.
A man walked up to them. "What is wrong?"
"The puny lass wants to join the Guild."
The man nodded. "I am Elder Francis. Come with me, child."
Rogue nodded and glared at the guards again. She was led into a hall where several people were talking.
"We have ourselves a new apprentice, Jean-Luc."
"A girl? Interesting. No adults accompanying her?"
"Ah came by mahself." Rogue said. The elders looked at her. They seemed uncertain.
"Why?"
"Why not?" Rogue asked.
Jean-Luc laughed. "I liked this girl. We'll give her a small test."
"What do yah want meh to do?"
"Since you want to join the Thieves, you will perform a basic trick every new apprentice knows."
"Yah want meh to steal?"
"Yes."
"What?"
"Anything."
Rogue nodded and pulled something out from her pocket. "Sorry, Elder Francis." She gave him back his dagger.
"What? How?" The man examined the dagger. "It's mine alright. It was tied firmly on my waist…"
"Ah couldn't resist." Rogue shrugged. Jean-Luc smiled.
"You're in, child. What's your name?"
"Rogue. Yah can call meh Rogue."
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"This is the Academy. You may begin your training today." Elder Francis said. Rogue nodded and went in the building.
"What should ah do?"
"Just a minute. Lee, here's a new kid." Elder Lee nodded.
"Welcome to the Academy…"
"Rogue."
"Rogue. Ok. You may start with the basics. I will blindfold you. You cannot see, only hear. Try to find me. If you think you did, throw this tomato at me." He handed her a tomato. Rogue smirked. Easy.
Elder Lee walked away. Rogue could barely hear his footsteps. He came back with a piece of black cloth.
"Tie it up." Rogue did do.
Elder Lee walked away again. Rogue concentrated hard. She could hear footsteps at her right. She slowly walked towards the source. The footsteps were behind her, and then it stopped. Rogue opened her ears for any noises. Then, she turned around in a swift motion and threw the tomato.
An 'ouch' was heard and Rogue took off her blindfold. She hit Elder Lee square in the face. He wiped the mess of his face and nodded.
"Good. Now, we will see how stealthy you are. I will be blindfolded and I will try to throw the tomato."
Rogue nodded as Elder Lee put on the blindfold. She didn't bother to move when Elder Lee paced the room. She moved once, and Elder Lee turned around and faced her. She moved again, this time making sure to be as quiet as possible. She took her shoes off and went around the room bare footed. This proved useful, for Elder Lee frowned. He walked away from her. Rogue actually walked in front of him but no he made no movements. He took of the blindfold. Rogue slipped into her shoes again.
"Smart." Elder Lee noted. Rogue shrugged. "Ok then, one last test. Combat."
Rogue smiled.
"Follow me to the courtyard."
The courtyard was a huge place. The ground was sand. There were rings where Thieves were fighting in.
"What are we fighting with?"
"Hand combat, you're not trained to use weapons yet." Elder Lee smiled and led her to one of
the rings. Rogue smirked. Not trained to use weapons? The Assassins taught her to use a dagger
when she was only seven.
Rogue nodded at Elder Lee who motioned a boy to come over.
"Scott, I want you to fight her, don't be too rough, she's new."
"Hey, I'm Scott."
"Cut the crap, Scott." Rogue said.
Scott frowned and aimed a punch at her. Rogue cleverly blocked and kicked him. He growled and flexed his muscles before trying to punch her again. She caught his fist and twisted his arm. Scott struggled to get out from her grip. She let him go and Scott glared at her. How could he let a mere fourteen year old beat him? He flipped kicked and hit Rogue's chin. She fell to the ground but was up again. She cracked her knuckles and shook her head.
"Wrong thing to do, Scotty. Ah will squash yah lahke a bug." She pounced on him. Elder Lee looked worried yet amused. Where did she learn to fight like that? His attention was on the fight again when he heard someone scream in anguish. Surprisingly, it was Scott.
"I give! I give!" He screamed when Rogue kicked his stomach. He yowled. Rogue smirked and patted his head.
"Of course yah do." She said.
Elder Lee walked up to her. "I think that is enough for today, Rogue. You may retire to your room. I will show you there. Ben, bring Scott to the sick bay, will you?"
Rogue was led to a building. The Thieves living quarters. Elder Lee opened a door to show a small room, enough to fit two. There was a bed and a closet. A table and two chairs were by the bed. Rogue stepped in. She looked down at the floor to see a rug. Not bad, but the Assassins living quarters were way better. Her room before this was even painted.
"You will live with the other apprentices. Down the hallway. The building next to this is the Thieves living quarters. No apprentice is permitted to go there unless they have a pass. Have a good night." Elder Lee said and left the room. Rogue lay on her bed and sighed. Then, there was a knock on her door.
"Rogue? Is that you?"
Rogue opened the door to see a man in his thirties.
"Hank!" Rogue hugged the man.
Hank was Logan's brother. Logan was like her father, so Hank was like her uncle. They both loved the girl and trained her to be an Assassin. Until Hank mysteriously disappeared one day. Now Rogue knew where he went all these years. He was with the Thieves.
"About time you were here."
"Elder Lee made meh train just now."
"Oh."
"So, what are yah gonna do?"
"First, you have to adapt with the Guild. Then, we will continue your Assassin training." Hank said. Rogue nodded. "I saw you kick that boy's ass." Hank laughed.
"Well, he doesn't know how tah fight."
"Scott? He is the best in the academy so far."
"Really? How old is he?" Rogue was surprised.
"Seventeen, just another year before he finishes at the Academy."
"The best? Then ah don't want tah know their worst."
"No. Scott Summers just has influence. His ancestors were one of the founders for the Thieves. The best I've seen is Remy LeBeau and his friend John, they just graduated. So, how are things back home?"
"Same. Logan is an elder now. What? Haven't yah been in contact?"
"No. I only contact them when something comes up, it's too risky. But so far, nothing."
"Oh. Piotr misses yah a lot. So does Pietro. They think yah left the Guild."
"They did? What do they think about you?"
"Logan said to tell them ah'm being moved to a new division."
"They believed you?"
"Yeah. Why shouldn't they?"
"Nothing. Ok, get some rest, tomorrow you will have your first training session with your mentor."
"Ah miss Logan as my mentor."
"I know, Stripes. I know."
Rogue smiled. "Yah still remember the name."
Hank nodded and closed the door behind him. Rogue changed and settled into her bed. She closed her eyes and was asleep in seconds.
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"Hello, Hank." Elder Lily met him outside his door.
"Hello, Lily."
"Elder Lee and I were having meeting just now and was thinking who should be the new kid's mentor."
"The new kid? Rogue?"
"Yes. I would take her myself, but I already have three in my hands. Jean-Luc is quite busy these days. Elder Lee and Elder Francis don't take any new ones, they only teach the best."
A window of opportunity opened. "Well, I could do it. I don't have any."
"That's great. I'll inform Jean-Luc immediately." She scurried away.
Now Hank could teach Rogue without any interruptions. He had all the time he needed to coach her into being an Assassin.
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Mississippi
"I am here to join the Guild."
"Name."
"St. John Allerdyce."
"Welcome to the Assassins Guild."
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FINISHED! So, how did you like it? Next chapter, a little of Rogue's training, and Remy at with the Bandits. Then, fast forward to four years later. Remy comes back!
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