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Chapter Thirty:
Charles sat among his staff and students. The chatter among the students light but restless as they waited. The Brotherhood of Mutants, in particular, were starting to lose their patience, understandability so considering they had arrived over an hour ago.
Charles was quite annoyed himself. He could have understood if Magneto and Rogue had only been a few minutes late. That wouldn't have been an issue. About forty minutes ago, he thought it a blessing in disguise when Hank had suggested moving the venue to the subbasement. Everyone had quickly gotten to work to repurpose the large room with numerous couches, recliners, and chairs. There were enough for half of the room's occupants to have seats, which were mostly taken up by the institute's staff and some of the brotherhood.
The rest of the students, at their behest, had laid a couple of spare mattresses, a mess of cushions, pillows, and blankets on the floor in front of the furniture to make better use of the space, the room being large enough to do so. Jamie was happy to have the room for his multiples without any complaints, having a whole mattress to himself.
Quicksilver and Roberto had both elected to sit in fold-out chairs. Roberto seated next to him on the far right of the room, resting his feet up against the back of the small couch Scott and Jean were sharing. Quicksilver had placed his chair on the left side of the room between Wanda's recliner and Lance who was sitting on a mattress with Kitty and Kurt, his chair facing backward and his arms resting over the back of the chair.
In front of each of the couches were small coffee tables which had many bowls of popcorn, boxes of candy, and red plastic cups upon them, which the students were able to reach easily from their seats on the floor. Bobby was sitting right up against the main coffee table in front of the center couch where he was dispensing ice cubes as needed.
Much to Kitty's annoyance Blob and Toad had taken use of one of the larger recliners. Toad notably sitting, half on top of recliner and half on Blob's shoulder, as he held a large bowl of popcorn the two boys were sharing. Wanda had taken use of the other recliner.
"Hey, one of those is for Rogue," Kitty had insisted.
"Well, maybe she shouldn't have been late," Wanda bit back.
"Yo, for real," Toad had commented, having been told something similar by Kitty only moments prior.
"There's plenty of room on this couch for both of them," Hank had said, pointing to the three-person couch he was sitting on by himself.
"But-" Kitty had replied.
"Kitty," Jean spoke up, "I doubt Rogue's going to have any problem sitting next to Magneto," she finished, a slight smile in her voice.
"Yeah, I guess," Kitty said from her seat on the floor. Charles glanced at Jean with a curious expression on his face at her tone. Jean shrugged at him with a smile before turning back to her conversation with Scott.
And the waiting continued. After forty minutes, his patience running thin, he had resorted to searching telepathy for the only two mutants missing from their gathering and was utterly perplexed when he was unable to locate either of them. He sent Logan to find them both before he had tuned out the entire room to focus inwards, running a self-diagnosis of his powers.
Charles finished his diagnosis, finding that nothing was wrong.
'The issue must be with Rogue and Magneto's mind,' he realized. He let out a sigh at that. Yet another grievance he would have with either Rogue or Magneto. 'I'll discuss this with Magneto tomorrow,' he told himself.
"Finally," he heard Bobby say from his seat on the floor. Charles glanced up to see Magneto and Wolverine walking into the room.
"Bobby," Storm reprimanded from her seat on one of the smaller couches.
"What?" he exclaimed. "Everyone's thinking it," he said.
"Yeah, everyone is," Jean Grey muttered dryly, as she had a hand to her temple.
'Jean?' Charles asked concerned as he saw Scott put his hand on her shoulder, from his seat next to her. 'Are you alright?' he asked.
"I'm fine," she said quickly aloud to Scott.
"I apologize for the delay," Magneto said.
'Don't worry. I have it under control,' Jean told him, flashing him a quick smile. He gave her a quick nod before he turned his gaze to look at Magneto.
"It was entirely my fault," Magneto added as he saw Hank gesturing to Magneto, towards the couch.
'Was it now?' Charles thought to himself with a raised eyebrow.
"It's only fitting," Hank remarked, as Magneto took a seat next to him, handing him the remote. Charles glanced past them back to the room's entrance, waiting for Rogue to enter the room.
'Where is she?' he asked himself after a moment, as no one else emerged from the door.
"Indeed," Magneto remarked amusedly. Charles glanced around the room, most of the students were shifting their attention to the screen at the front of the room. The title card for the movie was paused on the screen, 'Savage Vendetta,' in large red print illuminated the area as it had for the past hour.
"Do you suppose," Magneto spoke up as Charles turned to look at his old friend again, "we can leave this here for tomorrow?" Magneto asked Hank with a knowing smirk on his face.
"What? You don't want to spend another six hours sitting on a stool?" Hank asked with a smile.
"Not if I can help it, no," Magneto replied before the two men shared a chuckle.
"I don't see why not," Hank replied as Charles managed to catch Magneto's eye.
"Where's Rogue?" Charles asked aloud, his tone dry.
"She's making tea," Logan answered instead, as he retook his seat next to Ororo on one of the small couches.
"Seriously," Wanda exclaimed. There were a series of groans from around the room.
"Who makes tea to watch an action movie?" Sam asked annoyed.
"The tea is for me," Magneto spoke up. "Apparently, I'm going to need it. Regardless, Rogue said to start the movie without her," he finished.
"Good," Roberto said.
"About time," Blob commented.
"Hey, we can wait," Kitty spoke up.
"Yeah," Kurt added.
"We had to wait for Magneto. The movie's about him," Bobby said. "But-"
"If Rogue said we can start it, let's start it," Wanda replied impatiently, cutting Bobby off.
"She would wait for us," Amara said.
"Over an hour?" Toad spoke up. "Yo, that's unreasonable," he remarked.
"Yeah, what he said," Blob agreed.
"Let's watch it already," Quicksilver said his foot tapping against the floor.
"But" Kitty objected again.
"Kitty," Jean Grey started to say, a needed voice of reason. "How many times has Rogue rented this movie?" she asked.
"A lot, but," she replied.
"And she knew it was about our father?" Wanda asked enraged.
That was an excellent question.
"I don't know," Kurt said nervously.
"Probably not," Scott spoke up.
"Probably?" Wanda shouted as the television screen flickered. Charles's eyes widened at that.
Scott turned to look at him as Magneto firmly said "Wanda."
"Father," she started to say as she turned to look at him, "it doesn't bother you?" she asked as the television flickered again.
'Scott, stay where you are,' he projected to him as he inched his chair forward. He saw Magneto hold up a hand toward him, gesturing for him to stay where he was. He stopped his movement for the moment. 'Stay alert,' he thought as he briefly made eye contact with Jean, Ororo, and Logan. 'However, we're going to give Magneto time to deescalate the situation,' he told them all telepathically. Scott gave him a stern nod.
"No, it doesn't," Magneto answered calmly.
"I don't understand," she exclaimed as the television flickered again. "It would bother me. It's creepy, that Rogue knew that this movie was about you and she just kept watching it over and over again. That's so strange. Who does that?" she asked disgustedly as the flickering increased in speed.
Another excellent question.
"We didn't rent it that much," Kitty muttered under her breath.
"Ah, yeah we did," Sam whispered.
"Maybe, she didn't know," Kitty said in a hushed voice.
"Well, when was the first time you watched it with her?" Lance asked.
"I'm, like, not sure," Kitty answered.
"Wanda, take a breath," Magneto ordered, his tone gentle.
"Father, I- I'm sorry," she exclaimed.
"It's alright. Just take a breath," he said.
"We watched it around Halloween last year," Sam answered as Wanda closed her eyes and followed Magneto's instructions.
"No, that was two years ago," Bobby said in a hushed voice. Charles saw Magneto eyebrow raise slightly before he turned back toward his daughter. Had it been in response to the comment?
"I'm pretty sure it wasn't," Sam commented.
"No, it was definitely two years ago," Bobby continued to argue.
"I got you all beat," Todd spoke up proudly as the flickering finally ceased. Wanda opened her eyes and crossed her arms over her chest.
'Charles, she's fine,' Magneto thought to him. He gave Magneto a quick nod as his staff relaxed once again.
"Me and Rogue watched that back when she in the brotherhood," Toad finished.
'She did what?' Charles asked alarmed.
"That's impossible, Toad," Scott spoke up.
"It is?" Jean asked.
"Yeah," Scott replied. "Right?" he asked, questing himself. Charles observed Magneto, who had a look of contemplation on his face.
"You making stuff up again, buddy?" Blob asked.
"No," Toad exclaimed as he took a handful of popcorn from the bowl he and Blob were sharing. "This is the movie about the Nazis and dinosaurs in the Savage Lands, right?" he asked before he stuffed his mouth with the snack.
"Yeah," a few people in the room answered.
"I'm telling you, we watched it," Toad said with his mouth full.
"What? No way," Kurt said.
"Well, that's not all that surprising," Magneto said. Charles quickly glanced at his friend to see him leaning back against the couch, his left arm resting along the top of the couch.
"It's not?" Charles asked with a raised eyebrow.
"No, of course not," Magneto said easily. "I understand the confusion, however," he said. "Scott, you're under the impression that Rogue first used her powers on me during our little skirmish in New York?" he asked.
"Yeah," he answered uneasily.
"That's simply not the case. Mystique asked for my assistance with Rogue's powers years ago. It was only a couple of sessions at the high school, and we didn't make much progress before Rogue decided to join the X-Men. But, yes, she absorbed me while she was still a part of the Brotherhood," Magneto finished.
'That doesn't make sense. If Rogue had absorbed him before her joining us then why would it have mattered when she used her powers on him again in New York?' he asked himself. 'He's lying, he has to be. This wouldn't be the first time he's done that for her,' he reasoned.
"And honestly, I don't understand why we're discussing this at all," Magneto continued before he turned to look at his daughter. "Wanda there was a word you used earlier that's problematic. I believe it was creepy. That's Rogue's abilities are creepy," he said skeptically.
"Father, I didn't mean," she started to say, her tone apologetic, before Magneto held up his hand, a gesture to silence her.
"Please allow me to finish," Magneto said. "All of us were born with gifts that some might call creepy. I control magnetic fields among other things. Charles and Jean can read the mind of every individual in this room," his old friend said while briefly meeting his eye. "Kurt," he continued switching his gaze around the room, "can teleport short distances by traversing through another dimension. Wanda, you alter probability itself. The list goes on and on and applies to every mutant in this room. There are scores of individuals who would readily label any one of our abilities as weird, uncanny, or unnatural and seek to use those smears against us," he said.
"We can't afford to do it among ourselves," Charles added.
"Precisely, my point," Magneto agreed.
"Here, here," Hank added and Ororo gave an appreciative nod.
"While, I know your feelings, Wanda," Magneto said, once again looking at his daughter, "were out of concern for me- a sentiment I greatly value. Please know, in this instance, it's unnecessary. I do not need anyone to be angry on my behalf," Magneto finished.
"Who's angry?" Rogue asked, their tone apprehensive.
Charles quickly turned towards the door to see Rogue standing there, a metal tray in her hands, which had a teapot and two mugs and two spoons upon it.
"No one, Rogue, no one's angry," Magneto said pleasantly. Rogue smiled at that before she gestured to the tray in her hands. He watched Magneto nod, before the tray was lifted from Rogue's hands, carried in the air, across the couch, and over the small coffee table in front of Magneto and Hank. Some of the students quickly moved the bowls of popcorn and boxes candy out of his way to make room for the tray. "Thank you," he said as Rogue walked around the couch.
"You didn't start the movie yet?" Rogue asked amused as sat down next to Magneto.
"We were preoccupied with conversation," Magneto explained.
"What were y'all talking about?" she asked as she leaned forward towards the teapot.
"You're training sessions with Magneto," Charles said, his tone just shy of accusatory, "while you were still part of the brotherhood," he finished. He carefully watched her reaction and saw just the slightest hesitation as her hands grasp the teapot. In mere seconds, her eyes shifted from his to Magneto's, then to Toad's, before she focused on the teapot below her, a smile appearing on her face.
"Yeah, those were interesting," she said as she picked up the teapot. "I appreciated Mystique asking for your help with my powers," she continued, her eyes on Magneto again. Charles noted the pleased look on Magneto's face. "It's a shame we didn't make more progress back then," she added as she poured the hot liquid into the cups.
Charles glanced at Rogue and Magneto in disbelief. Their responses were identical. She couldn't know him that well, could she? To be able to support his lies with such little information? Were they lying? He honestly didn't know. He could use his abilities to check. Charles shook his head at himself. No, that would be a betrayal of trust. It wasn't an option.
"Thankfully, we've picked where we left off," Magneto said.
"Yeah, it's been great having someone to practice on again," she said as she put the pot back on the tray. "Not many people willing to let me knock 'em unconscious multiple times," she said with a slight smirk. "Thank you for your help," she told him, her tone earnest.
"It's my pleasure," he replied with a smile. "I've valued your input with my class," he added. She smiled at that.
"With you and father getting along so well," Wanda started to say as many turned to look at her, "maybe you shouldn't have left the Brotherhood at all," she said.
"Yeah, that wasn't an option for me," Rogue said glancing downwards, as she let out a sigh. "I couldn't stay on the same team as Mystique. Not after she lied to me about everything," she said as she picked up her cup. Rogue let out a soft laugh as she leaned back against the couch. "You know, I've never had the chance to thank you for what you did," Rogue said looking up at Magneto.
"What I did?" Magneto asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I mean, what you stopped Mystique from doing," she said. "Right after I joined the X-Men," she added. Charles glanced at his old friend as a look of realization crossed his features.
"Good heaven. Of course, I stopped her," Magneto exclaimed.
"Stopped Mystique from doing what?" Charles asked alarmed. He watched Magneto and Rogue share a glance.
"You tell him," Rogue ordered. Magneto nodded at her. "I wasn't even there," she added with a smirk, which Magneto chuckled in reposed to.
"Charles," he started to say as he turned to face him, his tone turning serious, "from the beginning of Rogue's recruitment, the method Mystique insisted upon using, it was utterly ill-conceived. Manipulations such as the one she attempted, mixed with Rogue's abilities to obtain knowledge for those she touched, it was doomed from the start," he explained as Rogue nodded in agreement. "A plan, I would have been all too pleased to point the strategic failings of," Magneto said as he leaned forward to pick up his cup, "if only she had deigned me worthy of the details before venturing to Mississippi on her own," he said as Rogue rolled her eyes.
"Regardless," Magneto continued. "Once her approach went predictability awry, Mystique's next brilliant plan was to sneak into the institute in the dead of the night, with a rather large gun, and force Rogue to leave with her by any means necessary," Magneto explained before taking a sip.
"What?" Charles exclaimed alarmed, his eyes widening. Not once in all their time in Bayville nor in any encounter with her, had he seen or heard of Mystique using weapons or ammunition of any kind. He hasn't even considered that a danger when it came to her.
"Oh my stars and garters," Hank exclaimed as there were a few gasps heard from around the room.
"We would have stopped her," Scott said which Magneto responded to with an annoyed huff.
"Mystique is a highly trained-" Magneto started to say until Charles saw Rogue touch Magneto's arm. His old friend turned swiftly to look at her and she shook her head slightly. The movement was minimal but her meaning clear, Magneto ceased his account.
"Scott," Rogue started to say, taking over the explanation, as her hand returned to the cup in her hands. "She would've been able to disguise herself as anyone in this house until she managed to get me alone. Even if all she was planning to do was threaten to use the gun to get her way, I wouldn't have a choice but ta leave with her. The threat would've been enough," Rogue said. There was no question in his mind, that this statement was a lie or at least not wholly accurate.
'Magnus?' Charles asked, his tone stern. Magneto's eyes flashed to his as he gestured with his hand, holding up and shaking his pointer finger. It wasn't a dismissal of his question, Magneto was merely asking for a moment before he intended to answer it.
"For you and Kurt," Magneto added aloud.
'Dear God,' Charles thought to himself.
"What?" Kurt asked confused.
"She had half a mind to take you while she was at it," Magneto said, looking down at the Kurt.
"Oh my god," Kitty exclaimed.
"Mother was going to kidnap us?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah, Kurt, she almost did," Rogue answered sadly before taking another sip of from her cup.
"She planned to flee Bayville with the two of you," Magneto finished, returning his cup to its place on the tray.
"That's crazy," Amara said. Jean opened her mouth to speak, but Magneto made eye contact again and he focused on him.
'Charles,' Magneto thought. 'I believe Rogue wished to sugarcoat the truth of it for the sake of the younger students in the room. But make no mistake, Mystique intended to dispose of anyone who got in her way. If I had allowed her to go through with her plan, bloodshed would have been unavoidable," Magneto explained. 'Rogue knows that,' he added as Charles found himself taking in a deep breath in response to this news. 'Rogue knows that,' he repeated, mostly to himself, a hint of realization in his tone.
'Magnus?' Charles asked. He watched his old friend shake his head as Charles' felt his mind pressed against. He exited the other man's mind.
"Who knows what she is capable of," Ororo said grimly, likely in response to whatever Jean had said, a statement he missed.
"Yeah," Kurt said sadly.
"Thankfully," Magneto said, "I'm no stranger to Mystique's impulsive nature and I went to high school that night. I managed to convince her to give the situation some time and save everyone from experiencing a rather unpleasant evening," he finished.
"Yeah, you really did," Rogue huffed into her teacup before Magneto glanced at her. "Thank you," she said again.
"You're welcome," he said with a smile.
"Rogue and I told her to leave us alone. What if she doesn't?" Kurt asked, visibly shaken.
"We've fought Mystique before," Scott said. "We can do it again."
"Have you ever had to dodge bullets?" Sam asked.
"Well, no," Scott said.
"That might be a problem," Sam said.
"Perhaps, we should consider implementing training on self-defense against an armed opponent?" Hank suggested.
"Not a bad idea, Hank," Logan seconded.
"I agree," Ororo said.
"Yo, coulda- could we take those too?" Toad asked, pointing to himself and Blob. "I don't wanna get shot. I'm too young to die," he said.
"No one is dying," Magneto said firmly. Charles observed Magneto and Rogue sharing another glance. Magneto gave her a quick nod. "Not in Bayville New York," he said before turning towards Charles. "There is something else you and I need to speak about tomorrow. Please remind me after breakfast," he requested.
"I will," Charles said. Magneto nodded at him before turning back to the brotherhood.
"In the wake of Apocalypse," Magneto said, making eye contact with each member of the brotherhood, "we've no idea when or if Mystique will return to Bayville or what her aims might be. If she attempts to contact any of you, you will inform me at the first available moment it is safe to do so," he ordered. "Is that understood?" he asked.
"Yes, sir," Quicksilver said as all of the brotherhood members nodded.
"No doubt," Toad muttered.
"Yeah," Lance said nodding his head.
"Good," Magneto noted.
"To answer your question, Toad, of course," Charles said before Toad let out a sigh in relief. "You are all welcome to join us for our training sessions. Lance can give you a better idea of what those are and you're welcome to ask me, Hank or Ororo if you have any questions," he said.
"That's very generous," Wanda said. "Thank you."
"Yeah, thanks," Blob said.
"The training sessions aren't too bad once you get used to them," Lance said.
"They're pretty fun, most of the time," Bobby said.
"I like mutant dodgeball," Jamie chimed in. "And baseball," he added.
"That does sound like fun," Blob said.
"We were thinking of playing baseball tomorrow," Jean said.
"Do we get to use our powers?" Quicksilver asked.
"Wouldn't be mutant baseball without them," Hank answered with a grin.
"Okay, I'm in," Lance said as Quicksilver nodded.
"Yeah, me too," Blob said.
"Why not?" Wanda shrugged.
"Cool," Sam said with a smile.
"Rogue, should- should we be worried about Mother?" Kurt asked. "I know we're going to prepare but do you think she'll try something?" he asked.
"No," Rogue said warmly, "Like Magneto said, the night I joined the X-Men, she was angry and impulsive and wanted to lash out. Usually, her plans to insert herself into my life are more elaborate. She'll only abduct me these days is for important reasons, like jump-starting the apocalypse," she said dryly as she brushed her hair behind her ear. Charles and Magneto made eye contact again. Magneto nodded at him, a silence agreement to discuss it tomorrow. "Kurt, I'd be more worried about Bayville getting a new exchange student," Rogue said as she rolled her eyes.
"Why?" Wanda asked confused.
"Wait, we talking about Risty Wilde?" Toad asked.
"Yup," Rogue said dryly.
"I thought she was your best friend or something," Toad said.
"Mystique made sure she was," Rogue huffed.
"Wait, Risty was Mystique?" Quicksilver asked flabbergasted.
"Yup," Rogue said again before turning to look up at Magneto. "She showed up, in September two-thousand and one, the first day of school," she explained.
"She didn't waste any time," Magneto commented darkly.
"No, she did not," Rogue said annoyed as Quicksilver let out a distressed noise he hung his head low, resting it on top of his arms.
"Pietro, you alright?" Lance asked.
"No," he groaned.
"What's up?" Toad asked.
"I hit on Mystique," Quicksilver replied.
"You what?" Lanced asked with a laugh.
"Oh my god, so gross," Kitty giggled as Blob and Toad laughed.
"That's rough," Bobby added.
"Man, I wouldn't wanna be in your shoes," Sam said.
"Pietro, when was this?" Magneto asked.
"The Sadie Hawkins dance. I asked her if she wanted to ask me to the dance," he muttered hastily, his face pressed into his arms.
"Didn't you have four dates?" Roberto asked.
"I was going for five," Quicksilver replied which was met with laughter around the room and much-needed relief of tension. "Just kill me now," he said.
"Yo, she might," Toad laughed. He let out an annoyed groan.
"Pietro, you're fine," Rogue said with a laugh, as he lifted his head to look at Rogue. "We both thought it was hilarious that you somehow worked tea inta your pick up line to the schools' only British student," she smirked as she leaned to pour herself another cup. More laughter filled the room.
"What was the pickup line?" Bobby asked.
"No, no, no, no, no, no, no," Quicksilver said hastily.
"Tell us," Wanda said.
"Yeah, spill," Blob said.
"Yo, don't hold out on us," Toad said.
"Come on," Kitty giggled.
"I don't even remember it. Something about Earl Grey," Quicksilver said dismissively.
"Rogue, you remember?" Toad asked.
"It's too funny to forget," she replied before she sipped her tea.
"So?" Kitty asked.
"Pietro, is it okay with you?" Rogue asked. "I'm not gonna repeat it, if you say no," she told him.
"Might as well. I'm never going to hear the end of it either way," he said begrudgingly.
"You sure?" she asked.
"Yeah, go ahead," he sighed as everyone turned to look at Rogue.
"Excuse me, is your name Earl Grey? Cause you look like a hot-tea," Rogue recited before the students erupted into laughter. He noticed Jean was unable to hold back her laughter.
"I don't get it," Blob said.
"Hot-tea, hottie," Toad said though his laughter.
"Oh. Hey, that's pretty good," Blob said.
"Not bad, Pietro," Lance added.
"I heard worst," Sam said.
"Yeah, like what?" Bobby asked.
"How 'bout, "let's commit the perfect crime together- I'll steal your heart if you'll steal mine," Rogue offered.
"That's horrible," Jean laughed.
"Where'd you hear that?" Quicksilver asked.
"That one was Mystique's," she answered.
"Seriously?" Lance asked.
"Yeah, so after she told me about Pietro asking her to the dance, we spent the entire lunch period coming up with our own pick-up lines," she answered.
"Like what?" Amara asked.
"There were so many. 'Are you glitter 'cause you add sparkle to my life,'" she said as people started laughing. "Do you wanna grab a coffee 'cause I like you a latte. I think you're suffering from a lack of vitamin me," she said.
"Vitamin me?" Magneto asked laughing loudly.
"I thought it was funny," Rogue defended.
"What else?" Sam asked.
"If you were a vegetable you'd be a cute cumber. You don't need keys to drive me crazy. We're not socks, but I think we'd make a great pair. Did you sit in sugar? 'Cause you have a sweet as- butt- you have a sweet-butt," she said as laughter continued around the room.
"I gotta know, what was Mystique's favorite?" Todd asked.
"It was," Rogue started to say before looking up at him. "Charles, it's ain't exactly kid-friendly," she told him.
"Okay, now you have to tell us," Quicksilver insisted. Rogue held eye contact with him for a moment.
"It's fine, Rogue," Charles said surprised she was asking his permission about anything. "I'm certain it not that horrendous," he said.
"Don't say I didn't warn you," she said with a smirk. "Mystique's favorite line is, stop undressing me with your eyes. Use your teeth like a good boy," she finished.
"Eww," Kurt exclaimed as sounds of laughter and disgust filled the room.
"I can never un-hear that," Sam exclaimed.
"Oh, that is nasty," Toad said. "I just showered today and I feel like I need another one," he said.
"Toad, you always need another one," Lance told him as more laughter filled the room. "Shower more."
"A little joke about Earl Grey seems rather tame by comparison, doesn't it son?" Magneto asked, chuckling himself.
"Yeah, I don't feel bad about mine anymore," Quicksilver agreed.
"Good, you shouldn't felt bad about it, to begin with," Rogue said with a smirk. "Well, I think everyone's been waiting long enough to watch this movie," she said attempting to change the subject. "So, let's start this thing?" Rogue asked with a smile.
"Any objections?" Magneto asked as he floated the remote control to his hand. Charles caught his gaze again and shook his head at Magneto as a chorus of no's filled the room.
'Tomorrow, we'll continue this discussion tomorrow,' Charles thought to himself as he turned his attention to the screen.
Little Red Dove: Hi! Work got a little crazy, which is why it took me so long to update :( I swear I'm going to show you the movie in the next chapter! People keep having conversations and I can't stop them! ^.^
Okay- response to chapter 28: I love the X-Men Uncanny 274! Ahhh! :) I go back and reread those comics all the time. I love it when they first had chemistry in Uncanny. Everything that happened in Magneto Rex! And oh, so much good stuff in the second run of X-Men Legacy when they slept together in earth 616 :) It was such a good run and the only time Rogue was been allowed to actually have control over her powers! Seriously, as soon as they made her dump Magneto (In X-Men Legacy 274, a complete slap in the face to us Rogue/Magneto shippers) and join the Uncanny Avengers, they took all her control away again. So frustrating, since she finally had control over her choices and her body. Don't even get me started and her quicky wedding with Gambit :(
Okay- rant over. Anyway, I'm glad you loved it!
Response to chapter 29: I glad you got worried, cause that's what I was going for :) Please let me know what you thought about this chapter!
