A/N: An acutal episode
Chapter III
Turn Of The Rouge
"A simulation with Rogue as the target?" Kim asked. "That ain't right."
"After what happen with the Blob, I totally agree." Kitty said. "I mean she's not like the others."
"Yeah, I know. Scott seemed distraught, like more so then when he sees Jean with Duncan."
"Oh, you caught that?" Kitty asked.
"He may as well tattoo 'I'm madly in love with Jean Grey!' on his forehead and be done with it."
"How do you think it would turn out?"
"I'm hoping she would finally dump that guy, I mean he's a jerk."
"Yeah I know."
"Well, I better get going I have that field trip today."
"Right, see you later."
"Scott, where's Jean?"
"Something was wrong with her test scores and she couldn't come."
"Did someone take her place." He pointed behind him showing Rogue in the back seat.
The cute Goth? Odd, something feels…off. Kim thought.
The drive up the snowy mountain was tense for the two mutants and Kim. Suddenly the bus stared swerving out of control.
"Everyone move to the left side!" Kim shouted and then whispered, "Scott, give us an anchor!"
He nodded and opened the window before taking off his glasses and blasting the snow creating a snow anchor. Luckily it kept the bus from falling off the cliff.
They looked back at rogue to see if she was okay and she gave them a smile.
"Is everyone okay?" the teacher asked.
"Now what?" one of the students asked.
"We head back."
"What?"
"Oh man."
"Okay settle down." The teacher said, "Now who wants to get out and push?"
"Mr. Rudesky?" Rogue asked, "How about we take out snowmobiles to the cave and wait out the weather there?"
"Yes! Love that idea." The students chorused in agreement.
On the snowmobiles…
"Test your metal tough guy?" Rogue asked Scott.
"Oh you're on!"
"Count me in!" Kim said riding up beside them, she was the only one who didn't have a partner on the snowmobile.
While Rogue's and Scott's partners were starting to freak out they didn't notice and Kim was having a blast.
"Check this out!" she said as she zoomed past them and went up a snow ramp. She pulled the snowmobile into a back flip as she sailed through the air.
"Whoa!" Rogue said before her and Scott ended up side by side. Then it was liked she tried to knock him off the side of the cliff.
"Rogue! Are you insane!?" Kim shouted at her.
"Lean in! Lean in!" Scott shouted before he stopped the snowmobile.
"Man. It looked like she didn't care what happened to you." Kim said.
"Yeah, where'd that come from?"
After they reached the cave the teacher stated reviewing what they learned about rocks.
"Psst, Scott!" Kim whispered and pointed to Rogue who was sneaking into another part of the cave and they followed her.
"Rogue?" Scott asked as they reached a dead end with a cliff and she wasn't there. They turned to find her behind them.
"I need to know, what do you want from me?" she asked.
"We want to be your friend Rogue." Kim said.
"You know what I want? The truth! Am I a target for you and your x-freaks?"
"We, uh…" Scott said, not sure how to answer.
"It's true isn't it? I know all about your battle simulation with me as the target!"
"It's not what you think Rogue." Kim said.
"We've never tried to hurt you." Scott said. "You've been lived to, we want you with us."
"Yeah? Well sorry not interested."
"Hey, everything alrgiht?" Paul asked, "Rudesky's looking for you"
"Paul here's your friend, but I bet you never practiced fighting him."
"I'm afraid you'd lose that bet Rogue." Paul said as he turned into Ms. Darkholme. "Hello Scott. Are you more surprised to see me?" she asked as he changed again, "Or me?"
"Mystique!" Kim said.
"Yes something Xavier neglected to fill you in on. You have no idea what he's been hiding from you. Let me fill you in; You X-Men are nothing but puppets to Charles Xavier and I am a sharp blade cutting your strings just so I can watch you fall!" mystique said and pushed Scott over the edge.
"SCOTT!" Kim and Rogue shouted together, before Kim kicked Mystique in the jaw.
"You'll pay for that bitch!" Kim screamed at her and attacked with martial arts. Blinded by rage she got sloppy allowing mystique to disable her.
"Why did you do that!?" Rogue demanded sounding tearful.
"I'm protecting you dear, from there lies. They only want to hurt you. Just like Charles Xavier and all the other X-Men."
"And you don't!? What did you do to Paul!?"
"Let's just say he missed the bus due to a little miscommunication about the departure time." She said as she turned back into Paul. "Now let's rejoin the other's and break the tragic news."
Rogues face became hard and she took off one of her gloves. "No. More. Lies!" she shouted and grabbed Mystique's wrist. "Your powers are mine! Your memories are mine!"
Rogue almost couldn't believe what she was seeing. It had all been a lie!
"Oh Scott I'm sorry!"
"Rogue!" Kim called, "He's hanging from a ledge come on." They jumped down and helped him up.
"I gotcha!" Rogue said.
"Thanks for the lift girls." Scott said.
"Don't think us yet!" Kim said as Mystique sent a boulder down at them. They jumped down into the freezing cold rushing waters below. The current started pulling them towards a wall.
"Scott! Make a door!" Kim shouted and Scott blasted his way through.
"This way follow me." As they went over the falls Kim and Scott grabbed onto a ledge while Rogue grabbed on to Scott. Suddenly the ledge broke and the fell to a rock bridge twenty feet below. Scott broke rogues falls but hurt himself.
"OW!" Kim cried, "I think I fractured my ankle!"
"Scott, listen to me. You're gonna be okay. We're gonna get through this." Then she looked over the edge. "Oh man, we're gonna die!"
"Thanks for the pep talk." Scott said.
"Relax guys." Kim said, "We'll be fine. Let's huddle together. Mountain survival 101. Keep warm."
"Hey Rogue, thanks. You and Kim saved my life back there."
"I owed to you. Mystique had me fooled. I thought she really cared about me."
"Maybe she does it's just hard to understand adults. They just don't seem to trust us…"
"Scott! Don't pass out! Wake up please!"
Grrrr! A wolf growled as it jumped down.
"It's Mystique!" Kim said.
"Scott, Kim! This Xavier, I hope you can hear me!"
"Professor we're hurt!"
"The X-Men are coming, but they can't find us." Kim said.
"Figures." Rogue said. "Then we'll give them something the can find!" and she takes off Scott's glasses. "Open your eye's Scott, NOW!" he let beam last for a few seconds before closing his eyes and Rogue put his glasses back before she looked at the wolf. She took off one of her a gloves and gave Scott a small tap on the forehead. "Some friendly advice teach. Don't mess with the Rogue!" and she blasted Mystique as the jet pulled up. Wolverine jumped down and he Rouge carried Scott and Kim onto the jet.
"Where's you allegiance kid? Us or them?" Wolverine asked Rogue.
Rouge was shivering, "If I say theme will I get thrown out of this jet?"
"Nope, not our style." Kim said as she sat next to her.
"We've either earned you trust by now or we haven't" Wolverine finished.
Rogue looked at Kim, then over Scott. She smiled as she looked at Wolverine and said, "You."
Wolverine smirked, "Welcome to the X-Men."
At the mansion…
"It's the same as lying to us." Jean said, "We had a right to know." And the other's agreed.
"Ja man what did you think we were going to do? Go after her?" Kurt asked.
"Man we know better." Evan said. "She wants to play like nothing's going down so can we."
"It's like we were playing with fire and didn't even know it."
"More like explosives." Kim said.
"Rogue?" Xavier asked.
"It's not my place." Rogue said.
"Sure it is. You're part of the family now." Kitty said.
"Yeah girl tell us what you think." Evan said as Kim gave her a reassuring smile.
"I think, no, I've that honesty is very important between the people you care about. At least it is to me."
"You're right. But there are many challenges ahead, secrets to be revealed. Some you are ready for, some you're not. In the future I will try to do better in knowing which is which."
"Thanks Professor." Scott said.
"We're all in this together." Kim continued.
"It's nice to know we've still got something to learn. That's what makes us X-Men." Rogue finished.
A/N: The Gang's all together now! Now I'm Begging you here, Please if you like it or even if you don't like it review please!