History Before The X-Men
by TimeAndLife21
The next time Rogue woke up, she was feeling something in her hair. She opened her eyes slightly, seeing only darkness around her. She was laying on something warm.
"How are you feeling, Rogue?" She heard Renegade said softly.
Rogue turned a little and looked up. She saw Renegade's worried face look down at her. Rogue groaned a little and placed her hand on her forehead.
"Mah head's killin' meh." She said thickly. Renegade chuckled.
"It'll pass. Do you feel anything strange at all? Anything?" Renegade said as she scratched at the skin of her neck underneath the black collar that was on her.
Rouge slowly sat up and scooted back pressing against Renegade. She rubbed her temples before noticing something. The voices in her mind…they were quiet. She could still hear them…but it was muffled, like they were behind doors.
"I can't hear them." she said softly.
Renegade looked at Rouge strangely.
"Hear what?" She asked.
"The voices in may head. They're quiet." Rogue said with awe.
Renegade tensed up.
"Rogue…I need to know. What are your powers?" Renegade asked.
It was Rogue's turn to look at the older woman strangely.
"You don't know?" She asked confused.
Wasn't one of Renegade's powers seeing the future?
"I want to hear it from you. I've heard the younger students at the Institute say that you drain life from them." Renegade said as she crossed her legs indian style.
"That's basically what mah powers are. Muh powers need skin to skin contact with other people and Ah get a copy of their minds, memories, energy, power if they are mutants, and everything else in between. It's a curse." Rogue said looking down.
Renegade chuckled at her. Rogue looked up with an angry look.
"It's only a curse if you let it be." Renegade said smiling secretly.
"How would you know?" Rogue asked as she rubbed her arms.
She finally took in her surroundings. There were other people in the train car too. Young, middle aged, old. They wore the same black collar she and Renegade were wearing. It was a bit crowded as well.
"I can see the future, Rogue." Renegade's voice pulled her out her observation and she looked at the woman.
"The future? I think I heard Storm say something about that once." Rogue said as she noticed Renegade's eyes turning gold.
"Why do your eyes turn gold?" Rouge asked.
Renegade smiled at the young woman.
"Oh that? Well, they turn gold when I'm seeing the future. Apparently, the collars don't affect that. But my shadow manipulation powers are shut off." Renegade said as she tried to manipulate the dark around her.
Her face suddenly became pained as she reached for the collar and let out a pained yelp.
"I recommend not using your powers. The collars are quite…shocking." Renegade chuckled bitterly.
Rogue bit her bottom lip.
"How can ya joke around a time like this?" Rogue said frowning.
"Rogue, I have been captured, burned, shot at, beaten, and a whole bunch of stuff. This isn't going to affect me much." Renegade said as she leaned back and sighed.
Rouge rolled her eyes and looked around, trying to see if there is anywhere she could escape. But no luck. Thens she realized something. Renegade called her 'Anna' whens he first woke up. She looked at Renegade sharply. She was combing her wavy white on brown hair and braiding it through.
"You called me Anna. No one else knows my name." Rogue said as she turned to looked at the older woman. Renegade stopped in her braiding.
"How did you know mah name?" Rouge asked.
"I saw your future." Renegade simply said.
Rogue knew there was more to that.
"No. You called mah name out. I heard you. And there's another question I wanted to ask ya about. How did you get the white stripes in your hair?" Rouge pushed.
"Rogue…not now. Look for now, we need to focus on trying to get out." Renegade said as she looked around for an exit, only to sigh as she couldn't see any exits.
Rogue frowned and narrowed her eyes at the older woman. She was hiding something. She was going to find out sooner or later. Then she started to hear something. A high squealing noise. The train car suddenly lurched forward and Rogue fell to the floor along with Renegade and many others.
"They're stopping."
"Maybe they got a few more."
"I've got to get out of here."
There were mutters and scared people talking. The train car's doors opened reveling men wearing some sort of garb that one would expect hunters to wear.
One man tried to make a run for it when he jumped out and took off running. But he wasn't able to get far. A hunter brought him back with a head wound that was bleeding profusely.
"And stay in there you filthy mutie!" He said as he tossed the man back into the car. Rouge wanted to get up and help him but Renegade grabbed Rogue arm harshly and pulled her back down.
"Wait!" Renegade hissed.
"Wait until they are finished." She said as she looked back to the open doors.
"Get in there!" on of the hunter said as they forced someone into the car and he fell ungracefully into the car. Rogue recognized him. The platinum blond hair gave it away. It was Pietro.
"Hey! You'll pay for that!" He shouted at the garbed men.
One of the men aimed his gun at him.
"You are lucky that I can't shoot you dead, boy." The man said as he turned and waved at someone else to bring in another mutant.
It was Wanda. She looked stoned out of her mind. They must have drugged her.
"Pietro. Wanda!" Rogue tried getting up again, but Renegade stopped her and gave her a glare that rivaled the Wolverine's.
Rogue felt like ice went through her veins and complied to Renegade's will. She felt like a scolded child.
"Listen to them closely." Renegade hissed.
Rouge was confused until she realized that Renegade wanted her to listen to the conversation that the hunter's were having. She focused on their words.
"I can't wait! I'm betting my money on the big tank of a mutie."
"Are you kidding? I betted mine on the Marvel Girl. She's tough as nails. I'd do her if she wasn't a freak of nature."
The conversation trailed off until she couldn't hear anymore. The train car doors closed and that was Rogue's cue to go over to them.
"Pietro? Wanda?" Rouge said as she walked over a few people to get to the twin mutants.
"Rogue? What are you doing here?" Pietro said harshly.
"I got captured too. How's Wanda?" Rogue said as she kneeled down and checked Wanda's pulse to be sure that she's still alive.
"They had the Brotherhood cornered. The others got away, but they got us." Pietro said as he clawed at the black collar on his neck.
"I wouldn't mess with your collar if I were you." Rogue warned.
"Why?" He asked titling his head like a lost puppy.
"You can't use your powers, can ya?" Rogue asked as She sat Wanda up against the walls of the cramped train.
"No. When I try I get shocked. What the hell are these things?" Pietro said trying to tamper with the collar only to let out a yelp when he got shocked.
"Power inhibiters." Rogue heard Renegade behind her.
Rogue looked up at Renegade. Her stance suggested something of authority.
"Inhibitors? Dad said something about that." Pietro scrunched his face trying to remember something hid father said.
"You mean…these collars can turn off our powers?" Rouge said as she took off her glove and stared at her hand.
"In a sense. For me, the collar only stops my shadow manipulation. But it doesn't stop me from seeing the future…" Renegade said as she kneeled down by Wanda and placed her hand on the black and red haired goth girl.
"Wait, you can see the future?" Pietro said happily. "I don't see us getting out of here anytime soon, kid." She said answering his unspoken question.
Then Pietro spoke, "You know… looking at you and Rogue…you look similar. I mean Rogue has the skunk look with her bangs and everything, but you have white stripes going through most of your hair like highlights. Hey Rogue, is she your mom?" Pietro asked as he observed the two woman.
Rogue looked at Renegade for a reaction, and spoke, "Why do you think that? Just because we have white stripes in our hair doesn't mean we are related in any way." Rogue said as she crossed her arms.
Renegade wasn't paying attention. Her eyes were turning gold as she placed her ear to Wanda's chest and listened intently.
"Is this girl your sister?" Renegade asked.
Pietro nodded.
"Yeah why?" He asked.
"Because whatever those hunters drugged her with, they used too much. They overdosed her." Renegade said grimly. Rogue's eyes widened. She hoped that Wanda isn't dead. Back in Bayville they would meet up in a café, sometimes and just talk about stuff.
"What? You mean she's…" Rogue couldn't finish the sentence.
"No, nom she's still alive…for now at least. What are her powers?" Renegade said looking at Pietro.
He looked stone cold afraid.
"Pr-probability…" He stuttered out.
Was his sister dying? He didn't want his sister to die…they just barely starting to get along…somewhat.
"She can manipulate probability? That's good. Her powers may be 'off' for the moment, but the second those collars are off, we have to wake her up and hope for the best that she can survive the overdose." Renegade said as she frowned.
Her eyes were turning a bright gold and she was gritting her teeth.
"Listen to me. The both of you. We are going somewhere that is very dangerous. I don't know if we can all get out alive." Renegade said as she sat back on her legs.
"What do you mean?" Rogue asked.
Silence penetrated the train as if everyone on board was listening in.
"The hunters are taking us somewhere where it's not going to be easy. You've heard of dog fighting rings right?" Renegade said as she clenched her fists.
"Yeah…why?" Rogue asked confused.
"We are the dogs. The hunters are taking us to a places that's out of the way. They want mutants fighting mutants…and it's a fight to the death." Renegade said as she stood up with cold eyes.
"A fight to the death…they want us to fight to the death?" Pietro asked.
"What better way to get rid of mutants then to pit them against each other and have them kill each other." Renegade said as he eyes bled back to blue.
"They can't do that!" Rogue shouted.
"They can and they are getting away with it. Not unless the local law enforcement can stop it." Renegade said.
Rogue could feel fear shooting through her heart.
"Fighting…to the death?" She thought shakily.
She felt empty. Renegade spoke no more as she kept monitoring Wanda's health. Pietro was silent for once and Rogue…Rogue hoped that the Professor will find them soon.
Blaze was currently in the danger room. It had been two days since his wife and Rogue had been taken. He should have known that Rogue would follow them. He even felt her life force when he entered the backyard. He shook his head and thought to himself that she was too much like his wife. Headstrong, stubborn and bound to get into trouble. He wasn't too surprised when he saw her back at the bunker. He could have sworn that Rouge was a twin for his wife. If not more so.
He closed his eyes and opened a door in his mind. The door labeled, "Inferno". He opened his eyes and his emerald green eyes suddenly flared into white as blue flames surrounded him. He heard the danger room doors open and he turned to see who entered. It was Scarlett. She had a look on her face that meant murder.
"You…you let Hanna be captured!" She shouted as she took out her telescopic staff (That she decided to have shipped to her from her family) and charged.
Blaze lifted his arms up and a wall of blue fire was blocking her from attacking, but that didn't stop her from using her staff to launch herself up into the air flying high, twirling her staff to gain air and slammed it down onto Blaze's arms. He knew she would do that so he took advantage of her being close to him and kicked her in the stomach sending her flying back. She backflipped a few times before she landed on her feet. She then reached into her form fitting half-duster and took out a few nails.
"A bit over kill, Spade?" Blaze shouted at her. Spade's ruby eyes glowed dangerously.
"You left Renegade to die!" She shouted as she threw the nails and they aimed straight and true.
Blaze quickly opened another door in his mind and brought out 'Connie' . The nails went right through him and exploded in the background.
"Really?" Blaze muttered as he put Connie away and brought out "Henry". Blaze's eyes turned into a bright blue color and electricity sparked around him. He lifted his gloved hand and formed an electrical ball and threw it at her. She dodged all his attacks expertly. Flipping, turning, and jumping all over the place.
While Spade and Blaze were fighting each other, up in the viewing room, the Senior X-Men were watching the fight with great interest and slight fear.
"We have to, like, stop them before they kill each other!" Kitty said horrified.
The other X-Men nodded or muttered an agreement. Azazel just smiled and chuckled. It was normal for Blaze and Spade to be fighting each other when Renegade is gone. But the fact of the matter is, Renegade and Rogue had been taken away. It was best for both Blaze and Spade to fight each other before formulating a plan to rescue them.
"You t'ink dis is funny, homme?" Remy sneered at the red skinned mutant.
"Hilarious." Azazel deadpanned.
Remy clenched his fists. He knew Rogue was up to something when he saw her run out the back door not long after Blaze and Renegade left to go to the crime scene. He should have stopped her.
"Spade and Blaze are Thief and Assassin. Best to fight and steam letting off before we take plan of action." Azazel said as he winced at Spade roadhouse kicking Blaze in the head and sending him flying into the wall.
Spade was defiantly pissed off. Who could blame her? Renegade and Spade were partners in crime, sisters, and best friends. They've been together for as long as Azazel had known them. When Blaze came into the picture, Spade was jealous that her 'sister' was with him more than her. Azazel thought it a funny game of back and forth rivalry.
"So we let them fight to the death? Sounds harsh." Scott said as he winced when Blaze pulled a punch on Spade and nailed her in the ribcage.
"Not harsh, Scott. For as long as I have know The Elite, they have ways of dealing with things. I remember when Hanna returned to the Institute with Spade, Blaze and Azazel in tow, it was an interesting experience." Storm said as she observed Blaze put a fist to his mouth and blew hard. Blue fire spouted out of his mouth and surrounded Spade. Her eyes were glowing red and the kinetic energy that surrounded her glowed a deep bloody red.
"This is how they deal with problems. Now, Rogue is with Renegade. We know that she is safe." Azazel said as he turned around and faced the young X-Men.
"Stripes and Tiger can handle themselves. They know how to fight and defend." Wolverine said as he took an unlit cigar and put it in his mouth.
"That may be true, but since their capture, I haven't been able to pinpoint their whereabouts. I'm afraid that we only have Blaze to help us." Xavier said as he templed his hands.
"How can he help us? He couldn't stop Rouge and Renegade from bein' captured." Remy said angrily.
"Blaze was caught off guard. He was lucky he even got out the way he did. The men that I saw ran off as soon as I arrived. I couldn't go after them. Rogue and Renegade were already gone." Azazel pointed out.
"How can Blaze help us find Rogue?" Nightcrawler asked.
Azazel chuckled secretly.
"If you haven't figured it out now, I wouldn't blame you. Blaze is secretive about his powers." Azazel said as he frowned at the two mutants fighting.
He better intervene before Blaze or Spade does something stupid.
"What are his powers?" Hank asked interested.
Since the Elite had come to the Instutute, he had been keeping an eye out on their powers. Out of the four, Blaze was the only one who kept his powers a secret. But from what it looks like…Blaze has almost every power Hank could think of.
"That is not my place to tell. He will tell you." Azazel said as he prepared himself to teleport between the two mutants.
"Yeah, you better break up the fight before they really get into it." Wolverine said as he looked down from the glass. Spade was bleeding from the arm and Blaze had an open wound on his check.
"I might as well." Azazel said as he 'bamfed' away.
Azazel 'bamfed' between the two fighting mutants and looked at them frowning. Spade's eyes were still glowing and she had a jack of spades in her hand glowing violently. Blaze's demeanor was slightly animalistic as he panted harshly. His hands were twitching with anticipation.
"Enough! Both of you!" Azazel shouted at them.
"Now…are you finished?" Azazel growled. Blaze clenched his jaw and closed his eyes. His cheek wound was steaming and healing up. Spade still glowered at Blaze but tossed the charged card behind her, making a 'Bang!'.
"Yeah, yeah. Now what the hell are we going to do?" Spade said in a thick french accent.
Blaze tilted his head from side to side, making it crack and he reached behind his neck and rubbed it as he approached Azazel.
"Xavier thinks you could find them." Azazel said as his tail twitched back and forth.
Blaze sighed. He knew exactly what Xavier was talking about. Spade chuckled at the tired face of the british blond.
"What's the matter, Blaze? Can't handle that kind of power?" Spade chided.
"You are bloody annoying, you know that?" Blaze said as he lit up a blue fireball in his left hand.
"Enough! If you keep this up, Renegade and Rogue will be dead before we get to them." Azazel scolded them like children.
Blaze extinguished the ball of flames in his palm and frowned.
"You honestly expect me to try it? The last time I used that kind of power was when we were taking on the Hellfire Club, and even then it was dangerous. I almost became blind!" Blaze hissed at Azazel.
"But you didn't." Scarlett said crossing her arms, wincing slightly as her arm was still bleeding, though not as much anymore.
"Enough. Blaze, Xavier can't pinpoint where Renegade and Rogue. They are 'blocked' from sight." Azazel said as he lead the two slightly injured people out of the Danger room... as they walked out, Blaze was taken by surprise as Gambit grabbed him by the shirt and slammed him into the wall.
"Well, aren't we a pissed off duckie." Blaze said as he slipped into his sarcastic nature.
"Why didn't yo' stop them!?" Gambit growled in his face. Blaze had an indifferent look in his eyes.
"You try taking on several men with knifes and guns. I may be an assassin, but even I know my limits. Plus, with limited ammo, I was outnumbered." Blaze said cooly.
"Y' powers. Why didn't you use y' powers?" Gambit ground out. Blaze laughed coldly.
"Trust me, I would have done everything to make sure the girls didn't get captured. Yes, it was my fault that I didn't sense then coming. If anything, I would have managed to get them out safe and sound. Unfortunately, getting stabbed in the gut, legs, and arm, I know I'm no use to the girls dead. You must be bloody bonkers to think that I could save them on sheer adrenaline alone. I don't have a healing factor like Wolverine's. If my head gets blown off, I don't regenerate." Blaze said as he clamped his hand down on Gambit's wrist and pulled on him, slamming him into the wall by him.
Blaze then twisted his arm to that Gambit couldn't get out of his hold.
"Now, are you going to drop this nonsense and help us, or are you going to act like a ninnie and pout and pine for the girl?" Blaze said referring to Rogue.
Gambit quit struggling and Blaze to that as a yes.
"Rule number one: Don't underestimate me." He said as he let Gambit go.
"Blaze." Blaze turned to the person who said his name. It was Storm.
"Can you find Renegade and Rogue?" She asked worriedly.
Blaze ran his thumb over his lips, finding that Spade had landed a punch on him. It was split and bleeding. He was going to have to ask Wolverine if he could absorb him in the near future.
"You may have to give me a few days, Charles." Blaze said as he shook his head, raising a hand to his temple and pushing away another copy of a mind back into it's proper room.
"We don' have a few days, homme. The girls could be dead by 'den." Gambit said glaring at the blond haired man.
"Rogue and Renegade are strong. Rogue has absorbtion, and Renegade can see the future and can control the shadows. They will be fine." Blaze said as he eyes flashed blue.
"If you want me to find them safely, I need to meditate." Blaze said as he passed the younger X-Men and headed toward the med bay.
"I do know one thing though..." He said as he paused in his footsteps and turned back slightly. His eyes were glowing an eerily sapphire blue.
"They are heading south." He said as he left the group.
Spade frowned and growled.
"Un tel roi de drame." She huffed.
"If they are heading south, can't we follow them?" Kitty asked.
Azazel shook his head.
"Nyet. We know not where they are or what their destination is. We cannot follow." Azazel said as he leaned against the cold metal wall, his tail flicking back in forth.
"You know, we don't even know what Blaze is planning on doing. But you two seem to know what he's doing. We have a right to know." Cyclops said with authority.
Spade looked at the young man incredulously, then a very devilish smile spread across her face.
Azazel's tail froze in mid-air and he glared at the sunglasses wearing kid.
"Oh-ho-ho. Did you hear that Azazel? The enfant says that he has a right to know what is going on." Spade said as she chuckled. Azazel sneered showing his fangs.
"Really now, Xavier, did you tell these enfants that The Elite isn't part of the X-Men?" Spade said as her eyes glowed dangerously; fingers twitching with kinetic energy.
"Scott, like Magneto, The Elite are separate from the X-Men. We are striving for the same goals, even though were take different paths. While I do understand the need to ask The Elite about their purpose here and such, I will do so in private. We don't need to force anything from them." Xavier said apologetically.
That did little to soothe Spade's anger.
"If you excuse me, I'm going to blows things up." Spade said as she turned on her heel and went to the elevator. When the doors closed, Azazel turned to the X-Men.
"You have nerve. Asking that we should tell you everything about us. There is something called 'Respect'. Learn it and maybe we may tell you more about us. На данный момент, вы оскорбили меня и моих товарищей." Azazel turned around and headed toward the gym. Kurt, curious about his father's doings, followed.
Scott was standing there in shock.
"Professor, We deserve what they know." He said to Xavier.
"For now Scott, we will wait until they are ready." Xavier stated and left to go to the Med bay where Blaze was.
He was curious about the British man's powers, for he never really went in depth about it. Xavier knew one thing though. Blaze was their chance to get back Renegade and Rogue.
Renegade was awake. It was late at night and she could tell that the moon was shining through the train cars wooden bars. Rogue was beside her, pressed against her to stay warm. Pietro and Wanda were also close up to Renegade. Wanda was still unconscious. Pietro was worried.
"Don't worry about your sister, Pietro. She will be fine." Renegade said as her eyes flashed gold.
"How do you know? Wanda could die for all I know!" Pietro glared at the older woman.
"Pietro, tha's enough. If Renegade said that she'll be fine, she'll be fine." Rogue said curling more into a ball to retain body heat.
"Seeing the future has it's perks...trust me, kiddo. When your sister wakes up, she'll be fine." Renegade said as she looked up blankly at the ceiling.
Rogue looked up at Renegade.
"How can she be so calm?" She thought curiously.
"Not tha' Ah don' mind having this collar on me, Ah actually feel normal again." Rogue thought as she tugged slightly at her collar.
"Then again...Ah hate feelin' like a dog." She thought frowning.
She needed to get her mind off the fact that having a collar is a good thing.
"Renegade...these people really won't make us fight...right?" Rogue asked bitting her lip.
Renegade looked down at her.
"They will. It's not going to be pretty either. You either fight to the death or you die yourself." Renegade said sighing.
"It feels like I'm in a part of history though." Renegade said chuckling bitterly.
"What? History?" Rogue asked.
"Think back in World War II. The Jews were put on trains and headed to concentrations camps. Except, we are mutants that have been captured." Renegade shook her head smiling grimly.
"Don't I have a twisted mind?" Renegade said as she rand her hands through her hair.
Rogue paid attention to the older woman's hair.
"Renegade...how did you get the white stripes in your hair?" She asked.
Renegade paused in combing her hair through for a moment and then continued on.
"It's more genetic than anything else. But I was born with dark hair and when I was 20 years old, I jumped off a cliff escaping from some very unpleasant people. It was a stormy night. But somehow my power came to full fruition as I hit the waters below. All I remember is opening my eyes underwater and seeing the bright moon above me. Then Spade crashed through the waters to get to me." Renegade smiled slightly.
"You an' Spade seem to be good friends." Rogue said as she placed her chin on her knees.
When she saw Spade not to long ago, and noticing the similarities between her and Gambit, it was astounding. Spade was Gambit's mother. If that wasn't shocking, Rogue didn't know what is.
"Spade and I have been tight knit for a long time. In fact, if it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be here today. She's a thief, through and through, but thieves are loyal to you if you do something for them. They will be forever in your debt." Renegade smiled, then she looked at Rogue.
"I'm pretty sure that you had done something for Gambit, don't think I haven't noticed that you hang out with him a lot back at the mansion." Renegade smiled knowingly.
Rogue forced herself not to blush.
"It's not like that. What'chu talking about?" Rogue huffed.
Renegade smiled and poked Rogue in the arm.
"Don't worry, your secret is safe with me." Renegade chuckled.
"Wanda!" Pietro shouted suddenly.
"Ugh, don't yell." the gothic girl said as she sat up painfully. Renegade was suddenly at Wanda's side and her doctor instincts kicked in.
"How are you feeling?" Renegade asked as she looked in the girl's eyes intently and prodded her with her hands to check if anything is broken.
"Sore. Where the hell am I?" Wanda said grumpily, then she spotted Rogue.
"Rogue? You are here?" Wanda asked.
"Yeah, I got captured too." Rogue said sullenly.
"You'll be fine. You woke up, just in time too." Renegade said as she felt the train starting to slow.
"We're stopping?" Pietro asked nervously.
"Unfortunately." Renegade said as she glared at the door.
"Stay close to me, no matter what. Understand?" Renegade said, as the residents of the train car woke up.
There were voices outside shouting and jeering.
"Alright muties! Get yer asses in gear and come out."
The doors open reveling men coming in and grabbing the nearest mutants and dragging them out. Renegade hooked her arm through Rogue's and Pietro and Wanda stood close to her. They complied meekly as their captors lead them out of the trains. They were surrounded by tall trees and foliage.
"Damn." Renegade thought.
"Get moving!" A man said as he prodded Renegade with a cattle prod.
She complied. The young teens stuck close with her for fear that they would get shocked.
Rogue was, in short, scared. There was a building up a head that was shoddily built. It was fairly large. To the west of the shack-like building was some sort of coliseum. She could remember the words that Renegade told her.
"Have you heard of Dog Fighting rings? They are going to make us fight just like them."
Rogue didn't want that. She refused to do anything like that. She moved closer to Renegade as they were herded into the rickety building. Some mutants tried to escape, but were quickly chased down and shocked with the cattle prods. Rogue was suddenly torn from Renegade's side and was pushed roughly into a cell. Renegade was pushed in a similar cell by her and Wanda and Pietro were pushed into the cell next to Renegade. Rogue could hear their captors snicker.
"Hey Marvel! Don't give the newbie a hard time in there. Save your energy for the next fight." The captors laughed at Rouge and left.
Rogue could hear shuffling behind her. She looked behind her and saw a woman. She looked a little more older than her. Her jeans were ripped, her shoes wear in somewhat good condition, and her shirt looked like it had blood on it. She had blonde hair that reached her shoulder blades and her bangs covered her eyes. Rouge felt on edge. She could feel an instinct in her to be wary around this woman.
"Rogue! Are you okay?" Renegade said from the other side of the thin wooden wall.
Rogue tried to find a crack and peered through it.
"Yeah, Ah'm fine. Just a little shaken." Rogue replied.
She was glad that she was only separated from Renegade by a thin wall.
"What about you?" Rouge asked.
"I'm fine." Renegade said.
Rogue's line of sight moved to the woman in the back of her cell.
"Do you have a cell mate?" Rogue asked.
"Yeah, though he's very quiet. Rouge, be careful. Get some sleep tonight, okay?" Renegade said comfortingly.
Rogue nodded, though she would not have seen her. She moved over to the woman and kneeled by her.
"Are you okay?" She asked.
The woman looked up and Rogue almost gasped at the startling blue eyes that the woman had. They were sunken in and her face was a bit thin. She looked very weak.
"I'm fine, honey. Just really, really tired." She said as she winced moving over.
Rogue cautiously sat down and curled into a ball.
"How'd you get caught, Tiger?" The woman asked before she coughed a little.
"I was caught off guard before I was knocked out." She said a little guiltily.
"You came with that other woman right? Family?" The woman asked.
Rogue shook her head.
"She and Ah aren't related." Rogue said firmly.
The woman hummed weakly.
"I though I saw...oh well. The name's Carol Danvers." The woman said as she winced moving her head back against the cold metal wall. The woman had the same collar on her neck, but it was red instead of black like hers.
"Hope you know how to fight, Tiger...things are going to be hell from here on out." Carol said warningly before she nodded off to sleep.
Rogue shivered at the words. She could only hope that the professor could find them soon.
TAL21: Hey guys! It's been while since I updated. I've been working on Silver Heart and To The Other Side and so far my schedule has been hectic. From me taking care of my Mom because she got sick, and me getting sick myself, it's hard to get back to a story that I have worked on. But hey, i least i updated even though it was a short chapter this time. 5000 words isn't too bad. Anyways, I hope your New Years and Christmas was amazing. I got a PS3 (You can see where my time goes) and I've been playing Batman: Arkham series. And it's is FUN! As well as Assassin's Creed the first four. So, i've been preoccupied with work and video games. :) Anyways, i hope you liked this chapter.
Yeash, things are going to get tough from here on out. The Next Chapter will feature Renegade fighting a mutant and she would be getting a beat down before fighting back. Rouge on the other hand, let's just say that it won't be easy for her. And Miss Marvel Makes her appearance! Blaze will be using a power of Renegade's (You guys saw that coming), and Magneto makes a visit. Spade is NOT happy about that. Meanwhile, our shadowed villain behind the 'mutant' dog fights, will come to light (You guys already know who the guy is, if not, that's okay too.) XD. OPINIONS AND REVIEWS ARE MORE THAN WELCOM AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU GUYS! :D Now here we go for the Shout Outs!:
Jay Eddon: Thank you for the support throughout NaNoWriMo. I really appreciate it and i hope to hear more from you! :D
Cascade of Dreams: Thank you for following this story. I hope you have been enjoying it! :D And X-Men: Evolution has a unique style of writing and animation…though I wish they continued it. I really hoped that Gambit and Rogue ended up with each other. XD As for the Grammatical mistakes… I have been doing a new program called Pages and needless to say…i hate it. I'm planning on getting back Word Perfect as soon as possible. Or at least until my brother comes back home and installs it. XD Again, thank you for following! :D
2takuya: GAH! I keep spelling Rogue's name wrong! Ugh. I keep hearing variations of it and it's hard to switch from 'Rouge' to 'Rogue'. *FacePalm* I'll be fixing it anyways. Thanks for pointing it out!
TAL21: Okay, that's all for tonight! I hope you liked this chapter and i can't wait to hear from you guys! :D Also, if you wan tot get other updates and such from me, go to my profile page and you will see my Youtube account there. You can see the writer behind the stories and i hope you like hearing from me! :D See you next chapter! :D
Question Time!: If you had the power to Re-Do the X-Men Movies, what would you change about it? I would re-do the first three, by giving Rogue a bit of back bone and Gambit would be there at the School, keeping Bobby away from the new girl, even though Rogue could clearly stand her ground. XD
KEEP ON READING AND WRITING! :D