Chapter 6:

The Fruits.

(giving up with accents all together, its too late at night, I'm sorry)

Belladonna stepped of the first class carriage of the train with two men behind her each with a hand made Louis Vitton suitcase, she removed her sunglasses and looked around the platform, her mouth moved into a half smile when her eyes fell upon a young man who had been the boy she had known.

"Hello Remy." She said pleasently before placing a delicate kiss on each of his cheeks leaving behind the slightest touch of her lipstick.

"Thank you so much for coming up here Bella."

"It's no problem at all Remy, besides if there is a woman who has captured the heart of our dear Remy it would be a sin for me to let her think you a monster because of Nick, tell me Remy is he in New York as well?"

"I believe so, unless Rogue already told him she knows me, in which case I'm sure he would have taken everything she has and run of with it, where is Emile?"

"He was too sick to travel this morning so told me to go on my own, though he was worried I'm sure I can survive New York without my husband.
He sends his best wishes to you and says he is desperate to meet Rogue already and he hasn't even heard anything about her, in fact nor have I so you can now tell me all about her on the way to the hotel." and with that Belladonna ushered for the men to follow and took Remy by the arm and lead him out of the station.

/fight with your bare hands about it\

"Morning Rogue" Kitty came into Rogue's room slowly and popped her head around the door, Rogue was sat on her bed meditating.

"Hiya kit, whats up?" Kitty sat down next to Rogue and looked directly at her.

"The Professor wants to see you, he said it was fairly urgent."

Rogue walked down the hall to the office, it wasn't a long walk but the wall scaling windows on her right made her slow her pace somewhat,
the views from those windows were spectacular, the long sweeping gardens lowering themselves into banks that water gently sloshed against from the lake,
with woodland tickling the edge of the lawns. A path led to a small wooden gazebo which overlooked the lake, her and Nightcrawler would go down there and talk for ages about growing up with mystique and how special they felt to have found each other, she missed that connection she had had with Nightcrawler but he had been based in Germany for years trying to get new recruits out there.
She finally reached the office and knocked clearly three times.

"Come in Rogue."

"Hi Prof, Kitty said you wanted to see me."

"Indeed I do, take a seat Rogue."

Rogue sat down still slightly unsure as to what to expect.

"Rogue, I have some news for you, Hank and I have developed a device to help you control your powers, one of Hank's old colleagues Sage has also helped, using her extensive knowledge of computers, my knowledge of the human mind and Hank's knowledge of science we have found that a simple chip which will be implanted at the nape of your neck will help you to control your powers without hindering them, we are hoping that using this device you will learn how to do it yourself and will no longer need the device.

Rogue felt a lump come up to her throat, she felt nauseous with excitement but dizzy with adrenaline, all she could do was cry, she reached out and took hold of the professor and hugged him so hard he had to remind her of her super strength mentally as he couldn't breathe.

Outside a black limousine had pulled up outside of the gates and out stepped Belladonna, with her long blond hair falling around her shoulders,
wearing a dazzling blue summer dress she stepped up to the buzzer and after a quick conversation she was admitted to the mansion. She walked up the garden path and steped into the porch and waited for someone to greet her, before long Jean had opened the door and allowed her to enter, she was seated and asked to wait.

Rogue was shocked to hear she had a visiter but came down to meet the woman who she didnt reckonise at all.

"Hello Rogue, I know you don't know me but I've come a long way to talk to you and was wandering if you would come walk with me in the garden." She said in her low southern accent.

"Erm... Sure."

Kitty and Jean kept a close eye on the pair from one of the windows of the mansion, from the looks of the body language Rogue was getting some confusing news.

"Nick is a thief Rogue, he never loved me, he loved my money. What happened was similar but so very different from how he painted it. You see I was only 18 at the time and Nick was this handsome 20 year old musician from England, he was charming and sweet and I fell in love with him instantly,
we would spend hours just messing around and talking and he told me he wanted to marry me, when I told him about the arranged marriage to Remy he flipped and went nuts and said he would kill Remy, I told him not to and that we could run away together we didn't need my father's permission. He however did, he understood that if we ran away together I ,nor him for that matter, would not see a penny of my father's rather large estate and so instead he took all my cards and wiped my accounts, I never heard from him again, luckily my father had insurance and was able to get the money back however my heart was still broken, he used me in the most despicable way. And as for the wedding, Remy and I were never in love, and we never will be we have always remained good friends though."

"Wow..." Rogue had never felt more stupid for anything else in her life. "I have to go Belladonna, I need to go see someone."

Rogue raced across the gardens towards the sheds were the cars were kept and hopped into her land rover. She drove across town to the Acolytes base, somewhere she had only been to attack. A thousand thoughts ran through her mind, she had no idea what she was going to say when she got there but she knew for sure she had to see him to make him tell her, she would be able to read the lies in his eyes... or the truth.

Remy sat up bolt straight when heard the screech of tyres on tarmac outside the base, he knew who it was going to be and looking outside the window at the figure moving up the drive to the front door only confirmed it, he heard the door slam open and footsteps heading towards the kitchen. He turned to confront his visitor and came face to face with shocking emerald eyes.

"Tell me its true, and by god I swear I'll be able to tell if your lying or not Gambit." Her eyes told him that she was confused and upset.

"Every word." was his reply, and by the look on his face and behind his ruby eyes she could tell it was all true.

"I'm so sorry Remy..."

At this point Fiona entered the room combing her long red hair.

"Morning Rems, shame you didn't come crawling into my bed again last night" she said with a slight chuckle, "Why is there an Xgeek in our kitchen?"

Rogue turned around and saw the flaming beauty, she had met her before on one of her visits and couldn't stand the woman who seemed hell bent on sleeping with every man in New York on her visits.

"You slept with her?!"

"Rogue I promise nothing happened, I was drunk and lonely but all I did was pass out."

But Rogue was unable to look at him, she stormed out and headed to her car, she had to get out of that house, out of New York and out of America,
she knew only one place else she wanted to be, and that was in Germany with her brother.

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A/N

Again short chapter I know!! and I'm sorry!
but that was two in one night in all fairness! I think I did bloody well! and I'm liking were I've got this story going now.
anyway I think I'm definitely going to hit the sack now it 4:00am In England... I'm going to be shattered.
So night night! I want lots of reviews in the morning )
xxx