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Rock Your Blues Away

4. Those Left Behind

Scott was miffed. He was stuck on the parking lot trying to figure out a way to get into Jean's car without blowing the door or window off, and coming up with nothing. To make it worse, he was stuck with Bobby and Roberto.

"Doctor No!" Bobby shouted. "Hands down! There's no way that Goldfinger could win against him!"

"Keep dreaming, mi amigo!" Roberto said. "Goldfinger had Bond whooped! No way that a cheap ripoff from the sixties could match!"

"Why don't we just put them in the same room with Magneto and find out who's crazier." Scott groaned.

"Hey!" Bobby smirked. "That's an Idea! Which one of our bad guys is crazier!"

"Oh no!" Scott sighed. "Please don't start this up!"

"Who's on the list?" Roberto asked.

"Magneto, that Trask dude, the guy that got killed up in Canada that gave Logan his claws, the guy that tried to kidnap Storm, and Apocalypse." Bobby said. "Do you think Mystique goes under Magneto's lackeys or as a solo?"

"Why are you asking me?" Scott asked.

"Because you've met them!" Roberto said. "Now, where would she go?"

"Tough to say." Scott shrugged. "She started off with Magneto, but then she did her own solo act with the Brotherhood. And posed as the professor. I can't figure out her angle."

"I think her angle involves Logan." Bobby said, earning glares from the other two boys. "What? Have you not noticed the whole 'I like you, but this would be stupid' vibe between them?"

"She's probably played over a dozen guys that way!" Scott said. "It doesn't mean anything!"

"I don't know." Roberto said. "I thought she was flirting today."

"Why would she flirt with him?" Scott asked.

"Don't ask me!" Bobby threw his hands up in defense. "You're the leader!"

"A choice which I am regretting." Scott sighed.

"You know," Boby said, "I wonder who Kurt's dad really is?"

"Why do you wonder that?" Roberto asked.

"I bet you're going to tell me." Scott retorted.

"Well, let's look at the known family." Bobby said. "There's Rogue, the sister we know is adopted, but still could be blood related. She's a red-head, and so is Mystique."

"And that means what?" Roberto asked.

"There's more than that." Bobby snipped. "Both of them kinda act the same way when they're pissed off."

"Language!" Scott shouted.

"Whatever." Bobby said. "And they kind of look alike."

"Kurt still looks more like her." Roberto said.

"But he acts completely different!" Bobby said. "Kurt loves reaking havoc on us with pranks,"

"And you don't." Scott chided.

"but Rogue hates being caught in the middle of it, and only sets them up as a last resort." Bobby finished.

"Yeah." Roberto said. "And how about the attitude? Rogue hates crowds and blue boy loves to party."

"Part of that is her mutation." Scott said. "She can't touch, remember?"

"Didn't stop her from kissing Gambit." Bobby smirked.

"Excuse me?" Scott blinked. "I couldn't have heard that right."

"Yes, you did." Bobby said. "I saw it on a security tape that he left here and Rogue tried to hide."

"You got copies, right?" Roberto asked.

"Duh!" Bobby said.

"Okay, she was possessed by Mesmero." Scott put it together. "Doesn't mean she knew what was going on."

"Not the way Jean told us." Roberto said. "She said that that dude uses your own talents and style against you for his purposes."

"See?" Bobby said. "Rogue likes an Acolyte."

"But he kidnapped her!" Scott protested.

"Point." Roberto said.

"But he took her back down South." Bobby said. "Even if he was using her, he took her back to her home."

"Okay, maybe she's infatuated with her stalker, that doesn't mean that she's dumb enough to run off with him like Kitty's almost done!" Scott shouted.

"Can you try the lock now?" Roberto asked.

"I don't think this will…" Scott said as he hit the unlock button on the set of keys Jean left him. The car chirped and the doors promptly unlocked. "work." He looked at the SUV quizzically before opening the doors and starting the vehicle. Bobby and Roberto jumped into the car before Scott got the key into the ignition. "All right, let's go home."

"Great!" Bobby smiled. "Then I can show you the tape!"

"Yes." Scott grimaced. "Please do that."

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