Right last chapter before exams begin enjoy! XD
Pls R+R at the end :D
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Rogue rose late for her the next day. Her clock read 10:05 by the time her eyes finally opened and stayed that way. Making her way down to the kitchen she could hear the sounds of X-men getting ready for a busy fun filled Saturday. With Wolverine gone they did not have Danger Room sessions as frequently so could have more free time. She turned away not wanting to face the inevitable stares. As it was a Saturday she decided that no one would miss her for a few hours. Stopping at her room to throw on a pair of dark blue jeans, her trusty gloves and a new hoody she grabbed her purse and went for the door.
Before she could get out, she heard the sounds of Kurt and Kitty making their way back to the room; she turned abruptly and began heading for the balcony. "If Ah can brahke in then Ah can brahke out!" She thought as she leapt for the tree and quickly shimmied down it feeling her leg twinge in protest as the healing flesh was stretched by the movement. "Ah mean it ain't lahke their gonna notice Ah'm gone.."
Once she had reached the safety outside the mansions walls she got out her purse and counted. She had 45 to last her until the end of the month, which fortunately for her was only a week away. As one of the abandoned children she relied completely on the professor for funds, and although he was more than generous, she was worse off financially than some of the other x kids. Deciding that her first port of call should be to calm her growling stomach, she began trudging to town, her feet sending power snow flurrying into the air.
Unbeknownst to Rogue she was being watched by three pairs of eyes as she began her trek. The first were brown and matched the owners long brown ponytail. The second appeared brown as well but were actually a vibrant yellow, all the better for seeing with. Finally the last pair of eyes watched the first two pairs. All three set off after Rogue, although the last pair determined to do a much better job of staying hidden than the first pair.
Rogue finally left starbucks after gaining an injection of caffeine and a decent breakfast. She looked around for a bin to put her empty sandwich bag into but could not see one. Shrugging lightly she simply scrunched the paper bag and tossed it into a nearby gutting figuring that no-one would really notice. The snow had doubled overnight so few people were out and about. This meant Rogues followers had to do a much better job of hiding in case Rogue spotted them. Kitty kept running
through shop walls and peeking her head out so the depressive Goth wouldn't notice her entourage. Her third stalker simply had to follow the clumsy wannabes, he would have no problem following the target.
Rogue decided to head back to the park she had been in yesterday. She might be able to spend the whole day there without being seen by another human if she was lucky. She pulled her iPod out of her pocket and turned it to HIM. Settling against a tree she turned the volume up to max and let the music wash over her.
After 10 minutes of this she tugged irritably at her hoody, she wanted to feel the cold against her skin, and the snow on the ground was melting through her trousers so she set her hoody as a cushion and resumed her music listening. It was at this point the Kurt and Kitty decided to leave, Kurt no longer felt comfortable watching his sister all alone, and Kitty was getting cold,
"She is like totally fine, she did that before Apocalypse" Kitty insisted, "She isn't going to have a total meltdown, she's like, made of stronger stuff!"
Kurt wasn't so sure, because he had been abandoned he had never been raised by Mystique, and although not her blood daughter Rogue had been brought up by the blue skinned shape shifter. She had been brought up for one thing and one thing alone, her powers. Kurt did not know how betrayal like that felt but he had a good idea, and then with everything that had happened he did not blame Rogue for her rage at Mystique. He himself had told Mystique to get lost when she had recovered from Apocalypses mind control. But he still worried about his adopted sister and her state of mind.
When the light began to fade Rogue got up and grabbed her sodden hoody she draped it across her shoulders so that the arms fell down covering her skin slightly. She headed for a nearby pub that she knew some of the bouncers would let her into. Fortunately on the door tonight was Ned, Southern charm worked its magic and got her inside. She settled herself into a corner and ordered a beer.
Once her beer had been finished and her hoody partly dried she pulled it on and headed back for the mansion. She decided to take a few short cuts to get back in time for dinner, that way it would not look suspicious that she had been out all day. She had just turned into the second shortcut, an alley behind the local Wal-Mart. When a man stepped out in front of her.
"Well, well, well, lookie here boys we got ourselves a little mutie X-freak"
Rogue turned meaning to head in the other direction but another man was behind her,
"What are the gloves for mutie" he sneered
"Ah dunno what ya'll are talking about" She said trying to keep calm
"Like Hell!" that was first voice
"We can tell your lot a mile off" Second voice
"And we don't like you all coming into our town, we gonna make ya pay for being a freak" this was a new voice, Rogue could make out four or five other shapes moving around; she slowly lowered her body into a fighting crouch, remembering all those sessions in the danger room.
She managed to dodge the first couple of punches, and got in a few good hits herself, before she was grabbed from behind. The man behind her held her fast no matter how she bucked or kicked. First voice came closer and reached out a bare hand to her face.
"Such a pretty little freak aren't we" Rogues eyes widened in shock and she tried not to scream
"Don't touch meh!" She managed to choke out; there must have been something in her voice because first voice stopped. She did not want to have anyone in her head ever again; not when she had finally gotten rid of the voices.
"Ah so you are the untouchable, good to know, boys have some fun" Rogue managed to hold onto one thought as the beating began. They knew who she was.
The beating was brutal, punches and kicks came from all directions. Eventually the man behind her let go and she sank to the floor coiling into a ball to try and ride it out. She drifted in and out of consciousness thinking she could hear the sounds of the x-team coming to her rescue. Someone grabbed her shoulder but she jerked the hand off. The hand grabbed her and turned her over, not unkindly. All she could see was a faint reddish glow, "Scott" she mumbled before the moving black at the corners of her vision rushed in to claim her.
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Hope you liked pls R+R!!