One by One the Souls Will Take You Over
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. The title is a line from a song called 'And Don't Forget To Breathe' by A Static Lullaby.
Summary: This is a different story that is set in a parallel universe-mainly focusing on Rogue and Gambit, set after the end of the second season. Rogue never joined the x-men, in fact she has never has meet them instead she joined the Acolytes. Romyness eventually. Note: Rogue has a different past in this story. It will be explained as the story continues.
Thank you all for reviewing!!!Author's Note: Yea! Midterms are over! I can breathe again! Let only actually start to have a life, since I have been studying non stop for them!
Thought (in italics) Telepathic conversations(Translations)
Pietro'sfasttalk
Chapter Thirteen: Revelations
She glanced at the clock again, it was one thirty. Groaning, she turned off her lap top and grabbed her jacket, putting it on as she walked down the hallway. She turned into the living room, her eyes quickly taking everything in. Pietro was asleep on the couch, while John was watching TV. Piotr was watching the clock, as though debating something, before getting up and mumbling that he was going for a drive.
"Mind if Ah come with?" Rogue questioned, smirking as Piotr tensed up. "Please?" she said, her voice dripping with sweetness. He looked at her for a second before nodding.
"I'll go with you, Sheila!" John exclaimed, jumping up.
"Hell no, yo' will blow something up!" Rogue retorted, as John pouted in return. Shaking her head, she followed Piotr out the door.
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After about ten minutes, they had finally reached the main roads of Bayville. "Where do you want to go?" Piotr asked nervously.
"Don't know. Why don't yo' just drive 'round foh a bit." Piotr nodded, turning down a different road. They lapsed into silence for a few more minutes until Piotr came to a stop sign, he went to turn right, as Rogue said, "Tha institute is tha othah way Piotr." The car screeched to a halt as he whipped around to look at her. His face had lost all color, as he gripped the wheel so tight Rogue was afraid he might break it. She smirked at him as she watched him try to stutter out at response. "Piotr, Ah have yoah memories, Ah know yoah workin' foh them."
"Please- Magneto… he'll-"
"Cut yo' up into tiny little pieces an' fed ya ta Vicky? Ah think yo' should be more worried 'bout meh, sugar." If it was possible, it appeared as though Piotr managed to become several shades paler. "Listen heah Piotr, ah don't care wha ya tell those X-freaks about mags, cuz ah really couldn't care less, but if ya breathe one word 'bout meh o' mah powahs, worryin' 'bout what bucket head will do ta yoah family will be tha least of yoah problems. Trust meh when ah say ah can do far worst thangs than Magneto evah would." She growled out. "Do ya undahstand meh?"
He just nodded his head, not trusting his own voice.
"Good." Rogue said, jumping out of the car. "Now run along an' deliver yoah pretty messages."
He finally found his voice, and stumbling over the words he managed to get out, "You won't tell Magneto?"
"Ah told ya, ah don't care wha ya tell them 'bout mags and his plans. Ah just work foh tha man, there's no loyalty theah. Now Go" She ordered.
"But what if he reads my mind?" Piotr asked nervously.
Rogue smirked, "Dontcha worry 'bout that. Ah place a mental shield 'round that information with Jean's powahs. Go." She said more sternly this time. He didn't even nod as he drove off, leaving her on the side of the road. Grumbling to herself, she started to walk towards the park.
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The gates opened silently as he lumbered up the driveway, he had parked the car a little ways up the road- he hadn't wanted anyone to recognize it. He didn't even have to knock as the door was opened just as he was coming up the steps and he came face to face with the Wolverine.
Now, the Wolverine didn't like him on a good day, and today was anything but. He was snarling furiously, as he grabbed the collar of his shirt pulling him it the house and slamming him up against a near by wall. SNIKT, the Wolverine's claws were at his throat.
Logan, put him down and bring him to me office.
He growled in response but slowly lowered his claws, and loosened his grip on Piotr's shirt. "Try anything, and your dead." He said before turning and walking away. Piotr slowly followed him, rubbing his neck.
Logan opened a set of double oak doors to reveal the Professor sitting behind his desk. Both Ororo and Hank were sitting in chairs, looking at him. As Piotr walked past Logan, he growled again in warning.
"Hello Piotr. Please sit down." The Professor said, indicating a chair to Hank's right. He sank down into the chair, awaiting the interrogation yet to come.
"I assure this isn't going to be an interrogation Piotr." The Professor said smiling. Piotr visibly relaxed at that statement. "However, I have to ask why you didn't warn us before of Magneto's newest recruit?"
"I couldn't. He wouldn't let us leave the base, until the mission, and he didn't even tell us the plan until right before we left, and I didn't know about the last part until we left the warehouse."
"A likely story-" Logan growled, before shutting up after a swift look from the professor.
Piotr looked down at his shoes as the Professor continued to talk. "That is understandable, now I need you to tell me everything you know about this Rogue."
Piotr winced before responding in hushed tones, "I can't."
"What did I tell you? I'm gonna kill-"
"Logan!" The Professor interrupted, "If you can not keep your comments to yourself I am going to have to ask you to leave."
"It isn't that I don't want to, Professor," Piotr said in a rush, "but she knows about me. She knows I am working for you."
The Professor looked up in alarm. "Then you can't go back, it's too dangerous-"
"No, she said she didn't care what I did, or what I told you about as long as I don't tell you anything about her."
"Why would she do that?" Ororo inquired.
"Rogue said that she held no loyalty to Magnet; that she just worked for him."
"You mean he is paying her?" Ororo inquired again.
"Da."
"What is to stop me from looking into your mind and getting what I need?" The Professor ventured.
"She said there was a mind block that would prevent you from finding it out."
"So she must be some form of a telepath." The Professor said, as though he was speaking to himself.
"No, she's-" Piotr gasped, as he covered his own mouth. "I need to go." He said franticly.
"You're scare of her. You reek of fear." Logan stated.
He nodded meekly, "She threatened my family."
"But so did Magneto, and that didn't stop you from coming to us before." Ororo stated, placing a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"She took us all out in less than a few minutes, and then she did the same to your team. You might be able to protect my family and me from Magneto, but not her."
"Her power is that strong?" The Professor said staring intently at him.
"Da, too strong"
The professor lapsed into silence for awhile. "My students, will they wake up?"
"Eventually, we all did."
The professor nodded. "One more question then you may leave. Why did she leave Sabertooth here?"
"He disobeyed her orders. He wasn't supposed to hurt the students as badly as he did. She only said a few cuts and bruises. So she snapped his neck and left him for the Wolverine."
The Professor looked startled at this, but he seemed to gather himself back up rather quickly, "You may go Piotr, we can't have you being away for too long." He watched as Piotr got up and left the room silently, he waited until he was out of ear shot before sending a question look at the others.
"He wasn't lying Charles, on anything, I would have smelt it." Logan responded to the unanswered question.
"Charles, he made it sound as though the students were grievously injured." Ororo stated. "But they were barely hurt."
"The only thing I know wheels, is that the sheer amount of blood in the danger room didn't match up with their minor injuries." Logan rumbled.
"Yes, it seems Piotr did let an important fact slip out. Somehow, our students went from seriously injured to almost nothing." The Professor responded.
"So we are dealing with a mass healer?" Hank inquired.
"To be honest, I am not sure. The students have no recollection of what happened to them down there, which means that we are either dealing with a very strong telepath, or a healer of some sort, perhaps both."
"No Charles, he wasn't lying when she said she wasn't a telepath." Logan interjected.
"Well then, we are back to square one." He said thoughtfully. The room lapsed into silence, as he dwelt on what was just discussed there. "For the first time, I fear for my students safety." He said softly. "Something must be done. I will not have my students living in fear of this- this girl. Ororo, I need you to watch over the students, while Hank see if you can find anything on Rogue. If- when Kitty wakes, enlist her help. Logan I want you to patrol tonight, and for every night until we know more about this mutant. I will try all my contacts to see if I can find anything." They all seemed to sense his urgency, and left the room to start on there separate tasks.
The Professor slowly rolled his wheel chair over to the window, looking up into the heavens, he sighed, and for the first time ever he began to doubt his judgment… and beliefs.
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Wow, that was a long chapter! I know I said there was going to be romyness in this one, but I decided to save the park scene for the next chapter!
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