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BW: Okay, so many of you have been asking: Is Death really evil? Is it actually Rogue taking over? Or something along those lines. The idea I had is hard to explain but I'll try my best. Death is evil. Yes Rogue is in her mind though. But that was my idea for what it's like for all the other Horsemen. They're possessed pretty much. Their real selves are sort of locked away in the back of their minds, except the Horsemen are so in control, it's like their previous selves don't exist. Make sense? Anyways, In the one chapter, there was a brief glimpse of Rogue in which she dropped Stryfe because she was killing him and she didn't want to. That was a very brief second though. That was it for Rogue though. The rest has been Death. Now let me explain that if I can. Death is pure evil, and one of the strongest mutants alive. She's so strong she's breaking the control Apocalypse has on her. Now, just because she's planning to kill Apocalypse and Stryfe does not suddenly make her good. No. She's still evil because after that she plans on taking over and basically doing all Apocalypse was planning to do, just all herself so she can take all the credit.
Alright. I hope that helped to clear the question up. If you have anymore questions, please feel free to ask. :)

Death's Invasion

Jubilee pushed open the door to her and Kitty's bedroom. "Oh my God. Death is really scary when she's that close to you. I don't know how you managed to stand up to her back in New York."

Kitty shook herself slightly before slowly lowering herself onto her bed. "I don't know either. I was just frozen, so it was more of the fact I couldn't move."

Jubilee shook her head. "Either way, it was still pretty brave. Except for the fact that Death seems to hold a grudge against you."

Kitty sighed. "I know. I feel like she's watching me." She murmured slowly.

Jubilee turned to look at her. "What do you mean, Chica?"

Kitty was looking down at her lap. "I don't know. She gave me chills when she leaned in to talk to me back in the War Room. And then she touched me and I felt so cold. It's hard to describe... like you know in Harry Potter with the Dementors? Like that. And now I feel like someone's watching me, but wherever I look, I can't seem to find anyone...."

Jubilee hugged her friend. "Aw, don't worry. I'm sure you're just being paranoid. Besides.... between you and me, I think our Rogue is still in their. I don't know where, but I still have a feeling she's in their, trying to fight for her way out. You know? Like how back in the city when Death said she didn't feel like fighting?"

Kitty smiled a bit. "Thanks Jubes. But still.... I have a feeling in my stomach that says something bad is going to happen... and that we're still being watched."

Jubilee smiled. "Don't worry. You know if it was anyone bad, Xavier would have picked up on it...."

Jubilee then got a funny look on her face. She opened her mouth to say something but was cut off as she began a rough round of coughing.

Kitty looked at Jubilee. "Jubes? What's the matter? Are you alright."

Blood began pouring from Jubilee's mouth. Kitty let out a little shriek. "Jubilee?! What's wrong?" She turned to look at the door. "HELP!!"

Jubilee let out a huge gasp and flopped to the floor. "I'm dead!" She gasped, not moving or breathing. Kitty's eyes widened as she realized somebody had been standing behind Jubilee. Kitty felt drained.

Death smirked. "What's the matter coward? Never seen a dead body before. Never seen someone killed right in front of you?"

Kitty was about to respond when the bedroom door burst open. Peter stood there looking in. As soon as he spotted Death his skin began to turn to metal. "You! Leave!" He ordered Death.

Death didn't even blink as she made a crushing motion with her hand. Peter's face twisted until dents began to form in his metal skin. Soon he was gasping for breath as he was being crushed to death.

Kitty looked back at the merciless Death. "NO! STOP IT!" She screamed, tears pouring from her eyes.

Death looked at Kitty with distain. "What are you going to do about it?"

Kitty gripped the sides of her head. "I don't know!" She shook her head, tears spilling faster than before. She squeezed her eyes shut and covered her ears as a sickening bone crushing sound echoed through the room and Peter's screams of pain were cut short.

Death continued to mock Kitty. "Aw, the poor coward. Can't stand up for others. Pathetic!"

Bobby appeared next in the doorway. "What's going on?" His eyes caught sight of his dead girlfriend. "No..." He whispered. "Jubilation!" He ran to her side before looking up at Death, his eyes murderous. "You killed her!"

Death leaned in with a smirk on her face. "The name's Death."

Bobby stood up, but before her could make a move, Death had her naked hand around his throat and lifted him off the ground. Kitty looked at Death in horror. "No! Not Bobby too! Let him go!"

Bobby's veins stuck out all over his face. Within seconds he stopped moving all together.

Death turned her head to glare at Kitty. "You going to let him die too?" She asked.

Kitty buried her head in her hands, sobbing uncontrollably. Bobby jerked once and then went limp. Death tossed him to the side like an old toy, dropping him onto the motionless body of Jubilee.

Death sighed in annoyance as she looked at the crying Kitty. "You let your friends die. You're on your way to making a fine horseman. Come with me, and we can rule the Earth together."

Kitty looked from, Death's outstretched hand to Death's face, where she was smirking. Kitty's eyes hardened. She slapped Death's hand away. "You expect me to come after you killed my friends?!" She screamed as loud as she could.

Death looked up at the ceiling. "Very well. Just know that you will be the last to die." She floated up and went through the ceiling. Not a minute later Kitty could hear the screams, running footsteps and thuds as others dropped to the ground.

Kitty ran out of her room and upstairs. When she reached the top, she couldn't help the ear splitting scream that escaped her throat. The scream seemed never ending and Kitty couldn't stop as she saw all the bloodied bodies of everyone she had come to care about, sprawled all over. Avalanche, Jean, Storm. Even Magneto and Destiny.

Kitty closed her mouth as her breathing became laboured as she got the horrible feeling she was being watched. She spun around slowly, her breathing loud and erratic.

Death was standing right behind her. "And now it's your turn coward." She hissed as she raised a fist filled with bones claws.

Kitty felt the red hot anger burn through her veins. She screamed in fury and punched Death in the face with all her might. Before everything went black, she had the satisfaction of seeing Death's smirk falter.

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Death closed her red eyes slowly. Mm, that was for the best. Though you probably won't believe it.

"Hey Death! Head's up!" Pestilence called as he threw a brick at her head. She didn't move or even open her eyes as the brick phased right through.

Death opened her eyes slowly, still looking at nothing. I expect no thank you. You won't even know it was me that gave you that dream.

She blinked her red eyes a couple of times. I look forward to meeting you in battle Shadowcat. You are powerful if you could break that death sleep I bestowed upon you.

She opened her eyes again and glared at Pestilence. "Prepared to pay for the consequences of your actions?"

Then again, you are just a coward I'll enjoy tormenting and destroying....

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Jubilee turned on the bedside table, her eyes wide with alarm. "Kitty? What's wrong?"

Kitty looked at Jubilee, before jumping out of bed and running out of the room. "Kitty?!" Jubilee called after her friend.

Kitty ran through the door. Running faster than normal she tore down the hallway to her boyfriend's bedroom and began pounding on the door.

Slowly Peter opened the door, a tired look on his face. "Kitty?" Kitty suddenly launched herself into his arms. "You're alive!"

Confused, Peter just pat Kitty's back. "Of course I'm alive! What's the matter?"

Bobby was sitting up in his bed, rubbing his eyes and yawning. "Pete? What's going on?"

Pete looked at his room mate. "Nothing, Kitty just came to see me."

Kitty didn't say anything. She glanced over at Bobby, relief in her face as she saw he too was uninjured. Tired, but in one piece. The door had been left ajar so Jubilee pressed it open slightly. "Kitty? What's going on?"

Kitty let go of Peter and brushed her hair out of her face. "Sorry for bothering you guys." She started slowly. "But I had to make sure you guys were okay."

Pete smiled slightly. "It's okay Kitty. Now tell us what's going on."

Kitty shook her head. "It was a really bad dream." She whispered.

Pete lead Kitty over to his bed where they sat down. Jubilee just stood by the door, closing it shut.

Kitty began telling her story. "Okay, me and Jubilee were talking. Then I told her how I felt like I was being watched all the time and then Jubilee..." She swallowed painfully." Jubilee died."

Everyone's jaws dropped, Jubilee's more so and her face drained of all colour. "I...I died?"

Bobby held out his hand and Jubilee took it slowly before sitting on the edge of his bed where he wrapped it protectively around her waist.

Kitty nodded. "Yah. Death was in our room. And she killed you. Then I screamed for help.... and Pete came... And then Bobby. And she killed you both. And I was so scared." She bit on her thumb nail, a habit she used to have whenever she got nervous. "And she killed everyone. I went and saw everyone was bleeding and were lying on the floor dead! Then Death came back and she was going to kill me too... but I punched her in anger and I woke up. But it didn't matter. Everyone died." She sighed and slumped into Peter, as if the story exhausted her.

Peter rubbed his hand on her back. "There, there. It's alright Kitty. It was just a dream. It wasn't real-"

Kitty's head shot up. "That's the thing Pete. It felt so real. I felt like I could have... would have.... died."

Jubilee tilted her head. "In your dream?"

Kitty shook her head once. "Yes and no. It's like if I hadn't woken up, I would have died in real life too."

Jubilee's eyes widened. "But that's impossible! How could that even happen? There's no way you could have died!"

Kitty put a hand to her forehead. "But remember, this is Death were talking about. She can do anything. She probably could kill us in our sleep... look how easily she got inside the Institute today."

Peter shook his head. "We live under the roof of Xavier. He keeps tabs on all of us. He won't ever let any of us die in our sleep."

Both girls relaxed visibly. "Yah." Kitty said with a yawn. "You're probably right." She stood up and kissed him on the cheek. "I'm sorry I woke you guys up."

Peter gave her hand a gentle squeeze. "I don't mind."

She smiled. "I'll see you in the morning." Both girls said their good night and went back to their room.

Peter and Bobby got back under their covers before turning out the lights. Both boys sat in silence staring through the darkness, well aware the other was wide awake. Finally Bobby spoke. "Do you really believe Xavier can keep Death from killing us in our sleep?"

There was a long silence and then Peter's answer. "No."

AN: Not only do I take questions, but I also adore comments *Wink wink nudge nudge* Any suggestions, critisms are appreciated as well, so long as you're not too mean. 3