Magneto stood in front of her, his uniform on along with his funny hat. Rogue was in front of him wearing a tight black shirt and pants. She wore knee length combat boots, gloves, and a belt that carried a few tools that might help her on this mission. Over it all was her brown trench coat.
"Hold on as long as you can before putting me into a coma. Remember, Pyro can only distract and hold them off for so long." Magneto warned her.
Rogue nodded and slipped off a glove. Piotr put a comforting hand on her shoulder. She had told him of her midnight encounter (but of course not how to get where she was) and he had been ready to attack Magneto and Sabertooth. Rogue had just reminded him though of his sister and he had been forced to refrain from doing so. But it had been sweet, to know that he cared.
Rogue hesitated then reached out and laid her hand on Magneto's face. He gasped as Rogue pulled his life force and she gritted her teeth. She really didn't like this feeling either.
After a couple of seconds Rogue pulled away and Magneto dropped to a heap on the floor. Piotr looked down at him with disgust and looked for a brief second as if he would crush his face.
Rogue on the other hand wasn't paying attention to Magneto at all. The power was so strange. She could feel any magnetic molecules around and any metal object; she could feel the power to manipulate it.
"Okay chere, y'got ta hurry. Yo're power won't last forever." Remy said. He was wearing his trench coat as well along with some cloths fit for a break in.
Rogue nodded but didn't move. Piotr stepped in front of her and held out his bare hand.
"Ah don't hafta do that, Magneto's down, we can jus' say Ah touched ya." Rogue said with a shake of her head.
Colossus shook his head too. "I'd be more comfortable if you took it; I'd know you were safer." Piotr insisted.
Rogue sighed but obliged. Hesitantly she reached out towards Piotr's hand and he held it there unwaveringly. She touched it and Piotr gasped. Rogue shut her eyes tightly hating both the feel of what was happening and the fact that Piotr had to go through it too… only worse.
When she pulled away Piotr dropped to the ground. Rogue hated the sight of him laying there like that.
"P'tite, we must hurry. Only yo can get us inside. Magneto forbade anyt'ing dat would bring de attention onta us." Remy said putting a hand on Rogue's shoulder.
Rogue nodded and lifted herself off the ground with Magneto's power. Then she used colossus's power and metal plated her body.
"Wow chere, y'look really cool like dat." Remy commented.
Rogue glared at him for a second then turned her attention toward the base. Pyro must have been doing a good job at wreaking havoc (which isn't surprising) for soldiers were rushing in that direction.
Rogue flew in the direction of the base, Gambit quickly behind her. When she got there she used her magnetic powers to remove a metal door so they could go through.
"Kay chere, now it's Gambit's specialty. Land and stay behind 'im." Gambit ordered seriously. Rogue did as she was told.
He suddenly pressed himself against the wall and pulled Rogue with him. Just after a bunch of soldiers were running past.
Once they were out of sight Gambit peaked around the corridor to see if the coast was clear. It was and he made his way down the corridor. At the end he pointed to the wall. "Get us t'rough."
Rogue nodded and suddenly charged right through the wall with piotr's strength.
"Well, dat works…" Gambit said, going through the hole she'd made. "One mo' room down." He told her. Rogue nodded and broke through the next wall as well. This led her to a very long and wide room. It looked to be a computer room.
"Do ya know where the disk Magneto wants is?" Rogue asked, looking around as if looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Gambit does." Gambit assured her walking toward a computer. He began typing and he ejected a CD. He put it in a case then handed it to Rogue. She put it in her belt and waited as Gambit popped in an empty CD and began doing more work.
"What are y'doin'?" Rogue asked.
"Getting' de info for Gambit ." Gambit replied.
Rogue rolled her eyes before lifting herself up into the air to look around. She didn't see anything odd, but she figured they needed to get out of here. "Gambit-"
The doors suddenly burst open and men filed in from all sides of the room. Gambit remained at work at the computer as if he hadn't seen them, but Rogue could tell that he was quite wary of them. Especially considering that all of them held guns.
Many of them were staring at Rogue, covered in metal and hovering high above the ground. "Stand up and step away from the computer!" A man shouted at Gambit.
Gambit held up a hand as if telling him to wait. "Be done in a sec." He told them, not looking at them.
A couple of clicks were heard meaning they were prepared to shoot. Gambit looked up at Rogue expectantly and she sighed in exasperation. She then put her hand out in front of her and then pulled it back toward her and the guns followed suit, ripping from their owner's hands. Many of them stumbled forward in surprise and they stared up at her. Her eyes were now glowing yellow.
"T'anks chere." Gambit said absently, just ejecting out the CD.
Rogue flew over to him and landed next to him. "Gambit, it's beginnin' t'wear off, we need t'get outta here!" She said quietly to him.
"Beginnin'? How long do ya t'ink dat means y'll have it?" He asked, getting to his feet.
"Muties." A guy muttered. Gambit turned to the guy and grinned.
"Dat's us. Y'got a problem wit' dat?"
The man spit at Gambit but didn't dare come nearer. The guns were facing them and at the mercy of Rogue.
Gambit's eyes flared red and Rogue put a hand on his shoulder. "Not now. We need t'get outta here." Rogue pointed out.
Gambit lifted an eyebrow at her then waved his arm as if to present the many people bordering the room. "And how ya gon do dat?" He asked.
Rogue looked around. It would take a lot of her powers to get past them and it would wear out before actually managing it.
She looked back up at him. "Grab onta me." She ordered.
Remy grinned and quickly obeyed, wrapping his arms around her waist. She shook her head then put her arm around him so she could lift him without him falling. She then flew straight up and stopped at the ceiling. She quickly pounded a hole through the roof and flew out that way.
Pyro was laughing hysterically watching as the many soldiers tried to find away across his fire wall. Sabertooth stood next to him ready to attack anyone that got past it, but so far it had been efficient enough.
"They should have gotten the information by now." Sabertooth growled. "And Magneto and Piotr should be here already."
"Right here." Magneto said, lowering himself down next to the large cat. Piotr then walked up on the other side of Pyro.
"Looks like you have a handle on things." Piotr commented. "So where's Rogue and Gambit?"
"Dunno mate. Perhaps they couldn't find the disk?" Pyro suggested.
"I told Gambit exactly where to find it. It should not have been hard to find." Magneto said without even looking at them.
Pyro shrugged. "Well, perhaps they ran into some trouble." Pyro suggested right as half of the firewall went down. They weren't sure how but it didn't really matter. Colossus instantly converted to his metal form, Pyro gathered balls of fire in his palms, and Magneto was already manipulating the metal around the soldiers coming through.
"Where are they?!" Sabertooth growled in annoyance.
There were then screams of surprise from above them. The four looked up to see Rogue suddenly drop out of the sky, Remy had just let go of her. Her powers had worn out. Luckily they hadn't been that far up.
Piotr moved quickly over to them, catching Rogue before she hit the ground. Remy landed on his feet but the impact was too much and he fell to the ground.
"Y'could 'ave warned a fellow chere." Remy said, standing up and dusting himself off.
Rogue scoffed as Piotr set her down. "Ah did!" She then turned to Piotr. "Thanks."
"No problem."
Six silver orbs suddenly landed in front of them and opened up. "Quick, inside!" Magneto said, hovering over the largest one and dropping into it. The others then quickly headed into the closest one to them as soldiers streamed toward them.
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Rouge rolled over in her bed. It was late and she was tired from the activities of the day. Remy had given Magneto the disk, but didn't even mention the second one he had made. Rogue didn't either.
Memories of both Magneto and Piotr kept popping into her head. Vague, for both had concentrated on their powers and she had gotten those more strongly then their mind. The worse parts were seeing flashbacks of Piotr's family and knowing they were dead. And the flashbacks of Eric in the holocaust terrified her. The things that had happened to those people!
Rogue sat up suddenly and put her hands to her head as she got a sudden headache. Her chest felt heavy with the burden of knowledge. But at the same time she knew so little. Why had Magneto sent them into that base and what information was on that disk? And what had he meant when he had told her that Mystique was trying to get revenge because of Rogue.
She pulled her covers off of herself and headed down to the kitchen. Once she was there she looked at the clock. It was 1:46 a.m. She groaned and was happy the next day was a Saturday.
She got a drink of water and quickly finished it off. She then headed up the stairs. She was about to turn right at the top of the stairs to go to her room but her attention strayed to the left. At the far end of the hall was Piotr's room. The closer one was Remy's… the man she could touch, the man that drove her crazy.
Rogue looked back at her room then headed down the corridor to Remy's room. She hesitated at the door then grabbed the door knob. Slowly she twisted it and as quietly as she could snuck into the room.
As she approached see saw that he was sleeping. She then wondered what she was doing here. She had no intention of waking him… she just… she didn't know. She was telling herself to turn around and go back to her room but her legs weren't obeying her. Instead they were pulling her to the edge of the bed.
She reached out a hand and placed it on Remy's cheek. He didn't move to her relief, but she was only just relieved for her attention lay with the touch. It was so odd, to feel warmth under her skin that was coming from something other then her own body heat. Even the texture of the skin was different from other things she had touched. Most people wouldn't have noticed, but for someone who hadn't made skin to skin contact besides for a few brief seconds… it's just different.
She took a few strands of his hair between her fingers and just spent a few seconds holding it. Thought had evaded her, she was completely entrapped in the feeling of touch.
She ran her finger down the side of his face then once again just rested her hand there. She closed her eyes and sighed. What was she doing? Why was she doing this? She needed to get out of there.
Rogue looked toward the door and right as she felt as if she was going to let go of Remy's face, a hand grabbed her wrist.
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Sorry it took me so long to update. . I've been really busy.
Someone asked if the movie inspired me and actually… no. I don't even know what you're comparing it to. Lol. Perhaps subconsciously I did. You never know with me. lol.
Oh, and Sage. Yes, Crown Duel is AWESOME! Lol. :P
^Crysala^