All right! Wonderful new chapter in which not everything is explained, but we will have some theories come out. This chapter will be fun for me to write, so I hope it's just as fun for you to read.
Rogue had spent the night stressing, not relaxing. She was thinking incessantly about what had happened with James. She had known that something was wrong with him from the time he cornered her in the training room. James had not been his usual cheerful self; he had been cold and mean, but still she had stayed around him, and she even accepted the invitation to go back to his room. Rogue continually wondered why she had just gone along with him, even though he was making her feel uncomfortable. She blamed herself for not acting upon her instincts, and as she entered the cafeteria for breakfast and saw him sitting at their usual table, she felt even guiltier. When she had her food, she sat down at the table with the group of kids, across from James, and he greeted her with his usual cheerful smile, as if nothing had ever happened, and Rogue realised with some shock that he did not remember at all what had happened. He had no idea what she was going through as he started a conversation with her.
"What have you been doing for the past few days?" He asked her. "Are your private lessons with Jean getting more intense?"
Rogue gaped at him until she realised what she was doing, and closed her mouth quickly. James had noticed and he was giving her a strange look. She put her head down to eat her food and wondered what it may have been. If something had happened to James, wouldn't he have remembered it and apologised because he wasn't himself? Could it have been someone pretending to be James to get her alone? No. They wouldn't have been able to get into James' room… and she really didn't think that there was any mutant that would be so powerful that they could mimic another's powers as well as their appearance. It could only have been James using his room and his chameleon power. Rogue looked around the hall nervously, suspecting anyone in the room of messing with her, and Callie sat down next to her with her own tray off food, smiling happily at Rogue.
"Who'd you see who got you so worried?" She asked jokingly. She lifted her fork to her mouth as Rogue looked at her, and as she was facing the front, she finally noticed that James was sitting directly opposite her. She froze with the fork halfway up to her mouth and just sat there like that until Rogue finally turned to her and elbowed her, which made Callie drop her fork onto her plate. The whole table was staring at them now. James was frowning, as he was about to say a cheerful greeting until he found that Callie was staring at him as if he had done something to be ashamed of.
"What?" James asked. "Why is everyone staring at me like I've done something horrible?"
"Its nothing." Said Rogue quickly. "We're just a little… on edge today…"
Leaving their food untouched, Rogue grabbed hold of Callie's arm and pulled her away from the table.
"Hey! What a waste of food." One of the little girls at the table complained.
"You can eat it." Callie told her as she tried to wrench her arm away from Rogue's tight grip. "We haven't touched it, but we just remembered that we have to see Jean about… about something." The little girl looked satisfied by their explanation, although James didn't, and even though her stomach was growling with protest, Rogue pulled Callie away from the table and out of the cafeteria.
"Where are we going to find Jean?" Callie asked as they stopped in the hallway outside the loud cafeteria. "Doesn't she usually come to you?"
"Yeah. I don't know where her room is, or what she'll be doing now, but we have to find her."
"What is so important that you need to tell her anyway?"
"Why are you asking me? You're the one who told everyone in there that we needed to see her." Rogue teased. Callie just glared purposefully at her and Rogue had to give in. "Okay… James doesn't remember anything about what happened. He was so cheerful in there, as if nothing had happened… "I think he was possessed."
"Oh great." Callie began breathing heavily as she looked all around her. "Are you sure he wasn't faking the ignorance?" Rogue nodded.
"Completely sure." She said.
"We have really got to fin Jean." Callie said nervously. "Anyone could be doing this."
"So have you decided to come with me?" Rogue asked, taking advantage of her anxiety.
"Are you kidding?" Callie asked. "You're the target. There's a powerful mutant or a ghost or something after you." She slowed down her breathing with some difficulty and then visibly calmed then she grinned. "Of course." Rogue beamed and hugged her fiend happily as someone else stepped into the hallway. They pulled apart quickly and turned to see who it was. Jean stood smiling at them.
"Are you ready to start the most important part of your training?" She asked.
"That depends." Rogue started, still smiling at the thought of Callie going with her. "Do I need to eat something first?" Jean thought about this for a second.
"Maybe its better that you don't. It means that you can't vomit."
"Is it that bad?" Rogue continued the lightness of the conversation, but Jean changed her tone to make it more solemn.
"It all depends on you."
Ooh. Ominous. What do you think is going to happen next?
I'm really happy that my inspiration came back, and I might post one more chapter just to spoil all the surprise for you… until next chapter, this is Eyliena, signing off.
Eyliena (hehe, I signed off, get it?)
