Chapter 3!

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"You can't go, Rogue!" Bobby called out after her. He ran down the path from the front door to catch up with her. "I can't lose you."

"Bobby…" Rogue reminded him as she turned to face him with tears in her eyes. "…I can't lose the chance to finally learn how to use my power. If someone thinks they have a way, then I have to take a chance on that."

"Do you even know who you're going to see about this?" Bobby asked her. Rogue looked uncomfortable.

"I used to know them…" She said.

"Rogue, you-" Rogue held out her gloved hands and cut Bobby off.

"I don't wanna hurt everyone I touch anymore." She whispered to him.

"But how do you know that it-"

"I'm trying to be optimistic about this, Bobby. I just want to be able to kiss you without hurting you." She turned away from him. Bobby took hold of her shoulder and turned her back around to face him. He kissed her and pulled back quickly so that nothing could happen.

"See, we can kiss." He told her.

"Yeah, but I still have to go." Rogue placed a gloved hand on Bobby's cheek.

"Goodbye." She whispered, and turned around again. She made her way purposefully to the car Scott was using to drive her to the train station without once looking back at Bobby. She believed that if she did look back at him, that she wouldn't be able to leave him.

"So…" Scott began as she got into the car and he started to drive away. "Do you have any idea who this… this friend of Xavier's is that you're going to meet?" Rogue squirmed uncomfortably in her seat.

"Well, kinda." She said vaguely.

"Great." There was no other attempt by Cyclops to make conversation, and Rogue was quite happy to continue the rest of the ride in silence.

"Jean?" Even though she had heard from Professor Xavier that Jean Gray was still alive, Rogue couldn't believe her eyes. She had seen the flood of water that had enveloped the powerful mutant, professor and friend, and she had cried along with everyone else at their loss. She ran through the deserted train station and embraced Jean, tears threatening to fall from her eyes. "I missed you." Rogue said to her in greeting. "Everyone would be so glad if they knew you were alive."

"I know, Rogue. It would be a little painful to see anyone right now." Rogue saw the emotion of her friend in her eyes. She was obviously sad about losing her friends as much as they were sad about losing her. They stood in the middle of the small town's train station for a few minutes, just holding the hug, then Jean pulled away and began to lead Rogue to her car.

"You must be pretty tired from your trip." She said to Rogue. "We should get you back so that you can have a rest." Rogue ran to catch up with Jean.

"Can you really teach me to control my power?" She questioned.

"It's going to take a lot of work." Jean told her as she looked straight ahead. "Your gift is very powerful, but if you have the concentration to tap into it, it can be even more powerful." Rogue stopped walking.

"Do I want to be more powerful?" She questioned Jean.

"Yes, of course you do." Jean stopped as well and took hold of Rogue's shoulders. "If you want to help out when the time comes, you're going to have to be confident in your own abilities." Rogue nodded and they started to walk again.

"What's coming?" She asked.

"I shouldn't tell you, Rogue, because knowing the future is dangerous for anyone." Rogue looked questioningly at Jean, but Jean wasn't looking at her, she was unlocking the car doors.

As they were driving, Jean looked over at Rogue.

"I have many mutants under my care." She explained. "I block them from the view of Cerebro and other things."

"Why?" Rogue asked. "Professor Xavier wouldn't do anything to them. He even has his own school."

"But my hideout for mutants isn't a school, really. There are many adult mutants who also learn to use their power better, and most of the mutants who stay with me really prefer not to have anyone know about them, so I hide them from the view of the world."

"Why from the professor, though?"

"There are many weaknesses that Xavier has that you wouldn't know about, Rogue, but when someone finds out these things, I don't think it will be safe for some of the more powerful mutants to be around him or to be known by him. I had to show myself to him to get you to come here, but I won't reveal to him where I am."

"So, you're powerful enough to bock others from the view of Cerebro as well?" Rogue asked thoughtfully. "You are so totally powerful." She sounded awed.

"I kind of wish that I wasn't." Jean sighed. "Being powerful and on the side of good is a big burden. Xavier has felt it since he was young, and it is something that he is going to find a lot more of a burden soon."

"It's a burden I'm going to have to carry, too?" The statement was posed as a question, as if Rogue wanted to deny her the responsibility of being a powerful mutant. After she asked, she quickly looked out of the window at the passing farmland to avoid Jean's gaze as she glanced over at her younger comrade.

"It's going to be okay." She assured her. "You're going to be just fine."

"Can you tell me that for sure?" Rogue asked her. Jean waited a few seconds in an uncomfortable silence before answering.

"Anything that will happen to you, Rogue, is up to you. I can show you your path, show you how to harness your power, but it is you who has to make the choice about what to do with my advice and guidance." Rogue continued to stare out of the window at the passing land as she pondered everything Jean had told her in the short time they had been together.

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p.s. As a thankyou for all the reviews, ill put up two chapters, okay? Hope this story lives up to all my reviewer's standards