Because of the great and many response I got the last chapter, this one is up sooner than usual. :) Hope you Enjoy!
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Marrow cocked her head to the side as she looked across the table at Joseph. In her lap, a black, brown, and white colored cat sat in her lap as she pet it. "Are you a girl?" Sarah asked innocently.
Joseph turned his head away from the TV screen and glanced down at the little girl. "No, I'm a guy. Why do you think I look like a girl?" He asked.
"Because you got long hair and it's not pulled back. Even Remy's hair wasn't that long before Rogue made him cut it." Sarah answered as her cat, Dirge, jumped off her lap and landed on the table. It stretched its legs out and started playing with a piece of paper.
"Yes, but from what I've seen, Gambit is a bad role model to follow." Joseph grumbled as he turned his attention back to the TV.
"No he isn't! He is nice and he saved me from the bad people that killed my real mommy and daddy!" Sarah yelled at him. Dirge lifted his head to look what Sarah. It had lost interest in the paper and turned to look at Joseph. The cat walked across the table and placed a paw on Joseph's shoulder.
"What is your cat doing?" Joseph asked as the cat nipped at his white hair and began to pull it. It then took its right front paw and started batting it against Joseph's head.
"That's another reason why you shouldn't have long hair. Dirge thinks it is string and is playing." Sarah smirked.
"Make it stop." Joseph commanded in an annoyed voice.
"Dirge doesn't listen to anyone. The only person he listens to really is Remy and Remy doesn't like you. That's probably why Dirge is trying to annoy you." Sarah said cheerfully.
"I swear if you don't-" Joseph began to threaten when he heard a southern female voice enter the room.
"-Hey, how ya two doin'?" Rogue asked them. Dirge finally left Joseph's hair alone and walked over to the edge of the table and waited for Rogue to pet him.
"I'm bored. Jubilee and Jono said they were going to play with me, but they left." Sarah answered sadly as Rogue scratched the top of the cat's head, causing it to purr.
"Ah'm sorry, sugah." Rogue said to her.
"That's alright. I think I'm going to go see if Jean-Paul will play. He is fun, or maybe Bobby and Lorna." Sarah said to herself. "Come on Dirge." She called as she got up from her chair. The cat jumped off the table and followed after Sarah.
"Cute, aren't they?" Rogue smiled after the little girl and then turned to take a seat next to Joseph.
"Yeah, really cute." Joseph said, trying to hide the sarcasm.
"So, whatcha watchin'?" Rogue asked as she turned to the TV.
"Nothing else on. So I decided to watch the news." Joseph replied with a shrug. "I have a question I've been meaning to ask you." He stated as he turned to look at her.
"What would that be, sugah?" She asked him.
"What does it feel like when you absorb someone?" He asked.
Rogue lowered her head and closed her eyes. "Depends on the person. If they have a lot of bad memories, then it hurts when Ah see them. And if their powers are hard ta control, then Ah got no idea how ta. Months ago Ah was forced ta absorb a woman completely. Luckily, Ah was able ta control her powers, but Ah always feel guilty when usin' them knowin' they are not mine." She answered.
"I'm sorry." Joseph apologized as he rested a hand on her shoulder.
"It's alright. It's somethin' Ah'm still learnin' ta control. When Logan was around, the Professor had meh do these exercises and then Ah would see if it worked on him since he had a healin' factor. It never worked. Ah've been tryin' again with X-23, but all Ah keep doin' is absorbin' her memories and healin' factor." Rogue sighed.
"Well, I'm sure you will learn control soon." Joseph assured her with a small smile.
"Yeah, that's what everyone says. But Ah don't wanna wait. Who knows how long it could take." Rogue sighed. Joseph reached out and rested the side of his fingers against Rogue's cheek. Rogue immediately jerked away, expecting to have a flash of memories, but none came.
"What?" Rogue looked confused at Joseph for a moment.
"Take off your glove for a moment. I want to see something." He told her. Rogue look hesitant for a moment. "Do you trust me?" Joseph asked.
"Yeah, Ah just don't want ta hurt ya." She responded. She thought for a moment and then slid her glove off her hand. Joseph slowly reached over and placed his hand on top of hers. Nothing happened. No memories, powers, or anything. "Oh mah god." Rogue whispered while looking down at their bare hands touching. Tears of joy seeped into her eyes as a smile came across her face.
Down the Hallway
Bobby smiled to himself when he found Lorna by herself going over some homework. "Hey." He said as she took a seat next to her. "You ready for our date later?" He asked.
"Of course. Just finishing off the last of my homework. I wish they would give us a break." She sighed.
"Eh, it's their twist way of making sure we stay in the mansion." Bobby said as he hugged her close to him. "I love you."
Lorna smiled at looked up at him. "I love you too, sweety." She told him as she leaned up to kiss him on the lips.
"I'm just worried that someone will try to take you away from me. I couldn't stand to loose you." He said to her.
"And you never are." Lorna assured him. "I never felt what I feel for you with any other guy before." She told him.
"Even Alex?" Bobby asked her. Lorna raised an eyebrow as she looked at him.
"Alex is a friend and nothing more. He knows it too. We are just really good friends." She told him.
'Yeah, except he wants more than that.' Bobby thought to himself. "Alright. I was just wondering." He said with a small smile.
"You don't need to worry. I love you and only you." Lorna stated as she kissed him again.
'Mind telling Alex that?' Bobby thought to himself as she kissed Lorna back.
Outside Cerebro
Jean and Scott sat outside the Cerebro room talking. "How long has that voice been speaking to you? Has it been there since you've returned?" He asked her.
"No, it wasn't. I remembered hearing faint yells of it, but I ignored it. Then as time went on it got louder and louder." Jean winced as she rested her knuckles to the side of her cheek.
"When did the Professor say he was going to look into your mind?" Scott asked, taking Jean's hand in his and holding in comfortably. 'You're never going to go through anything alone again. I'll be by your side no matter what.' He thought to himself.
"He said he pushed away some things and made time for me. There was some information he wanted to go over with me also." Jean answered him.
'You can try anything you want, but it won't help you.' The voice laughed in her head. 'I will be free and all your little friends will die in my fire.' Jean grabbed her head and squeezed her eyes shut.
"Jean?" Scott asked worriedly as he stood up in front of her and placed both hands on her shoulders. "Is it talking now?" He asked her.
"Pathetic human!" It shouted out of Jean's mouth and flung Scott into the wall.
"Scott!" Jean cried as she fell out of her chair and onto the floor. 'Leave him alone!' She screamed.
'I gave you a chance. If you freed me earlier, I would have spared all their pathetic lives. But now they will all suffer and you are going to help me accomplish this.' The voice taunted her.
'You'll never be free! And by tomorrow you will be gone!' Jean yelled at the voice and it began to retreat back into her mind with a single warning.
'We'll see.' It said.
"Jean? Are you alright?" Scott asked as he made his way over to her.
"Scott, I'm so sorry. I-" She tried to explain, but he placed a finger over her lips.
"-You don't need to explain. I know it wasn't your fault." Scott told her as he hugged her and kept her close to him. "We are going to fight this until the end." He assured her.
Outside the Mansion
Remy blew out the cigarette air while leaning on a beam to the new part of the mansion. Rogue had asked him to quit, and he did try for a day or two before he went back to smoking. 'When dey gonna get finished with dis?' He thought to himself about the mansion.
"Well, well long time no see, LeBeau." Gambit heard a voice say as it walked up to stand next to him.
"Oui, nice seein' y' too, Wisdom. What y' be doin' here, mon ami?" Remy asked, placing the cigarette in his mouth. Pete took out his own cigarette and lite it.
"Xavier wanted something, so I brought it to him." Pete answered. "How's the Guild life?" He asked with a tiny grin.
"About de same as askin' y' how de Black Air life is." Remy shot back at him.
"Take dat as you quit?" Pete asked. Remy nodded his head. "So, how did that mission in France go? What was that woman's name?" Wisdom asked, trying to recall the woman's name.
"Genevieve." Remy answered for him. "And she ended up gettin' killed by Creed." He said in a low voice.
"Sorry man, that sucks." Pete told him. "Hey, do you know anything about the Kitty girl?" Wisdom asked.
"She is scary femme if y' get her mad." Remy responded instantly. There were people in the mansion that is was okay to make mad, such as Scott, Hank, and Warren. However, you never ticked off Kitty without her getting back at you somehow.
'Sounds like my kind of girl.' Pete thought to himself with a smirk as he smoked his cigarette.
Danger Room
John pulled away from Alison. "What are you doing?" He asked as he heard footsteps leave. He quickly turned to see Wanda . "Shit." John cursed.
"John!" Alison called as he took off running towards his girlfriend.
"I don't understand why you hit on him." Domino said as she walked up behind Alison. "Sam has had his eyes on you since we arrived here and you've been too blind to notice. Only thing on your mind has been John." She rolled her eyes and walked away.
Alison bowed her head. 'I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me.' She thought to herself. 'I better go apologize. It wasn't John's fault. It was mine.' She added.
Wanda walked quickly through the hallway with a pissed off look on her face. "Hey Wanda what's-" Pietro began to asked when his sister hexed him and X-23 into the wall.
"Stay out of it." Wanda growled and walked past them. John came running down the hall and saw the two on the ground.
"What the hell did you do?" X-23 growled at him. "I haven't seen her that ticked off before."
"I-swear-if-you-hurt-my-sister-I'll-kill-you!" Pietro threatened, but got a glare from X-23. "Got it, Allerdyce." He changed back to talking normal.
"Alison kissed me and Wanda saw it. I didn't want her to and I pulled her off. I don't think Wanda knows." John told them as he took off running towards the exit.
"Should we follow them?" X-23 asked Pietro.
"You don't want to be in Wanda's way when she is mad. It's not pretty." Pietro commented.
"But it might help calm her down." X-23 suggested.
"Alright, let's go." He grabbed her hand and sped them out of the lower half of the mansion and onto the yard.
"Wanda, please listen to me!" John plead as he ran over to Wanda, who turned around and stopped him in his place.
"How could you John?" She yelled at him, trying her best not to cry and show weakness. Her hands were glowing a dark blue.
"Wanda, I swear I didn't kiss Alison. I was helping her with her homework. She called my name and I turned around and she kissed me. I pulled her away." John explained. Wanda continued to glare at him.
"Wanda, I love you. You're the only girl I've ever chased after. If you didn't mean anything to me I would have said forget it and found someone else. Alison means nothing to me and never has." He told her.
"He's not lying either. I can smell it and he is telling the truth." X-23 said to Wanda, who turned her face to the ground refusing to look at them.
"Wanda." John whispered as he approached her.
"Sis, you know I would never lie to you. I, unfortunately, believe him." Pietro said as he folded his arms over his chest.
John took Wanda's hand in his and it stopped glowing. "I believe you." Wanda finally said. "Just seeing her kissing you . . . " She didn't know how to finish.
"I know. I don't know what the hell she was thinking because you are the only woman I love." John assured her. Wanda looked up and him and smiled.
"Why don't we go out for the night and try to forget about all this?" Pietro suggested to them.
"John's driving." X-23 said with a smirk. "After he goes and washes his mouth out from that kiss."
"Thank you, I need it." John stated as he left Wanda's side and began a leave. Suddenly, a bright blue light shot out from the tree's they were near and struck Wanda.
"AH!" Wanda screamed as the light surrounded her body. She grabbed her head in pain.
"WANDA!" John yelled as he raced back to her, but was too late. She disappeared. "Wanda." He whispered again and fell to his knee's.
"Yay, me did good. Me got the right girl!" Sugarman yelled as he came out from his hiding spot.
"What the hell did you do to my girlfriend?" Pyro snarled as he got to his feet. His shaking hand reached into his pocket for his lighter. Gambit and Pete had seen a bright light from where they were and came racing over.
"What the bloody hell is that?" Pete asked as he reached into his back pocket for his gun.
"Where's Wanda?" Pietro asked as he looked around.
"That son of a bitch made her disappear." X-23 growled and she unsheathed her claws. "And I'm going to make sure he disappears." She vowed.
"You can't hurt me puny girl." Sugarman laughed at her.
"I'll show you puny." X-23 snarled as she ran at Sugarman. She dodged his arms and jumped onto his back. She then dug her claws into his shoulders as he wiped her around to get her off. Finally, one of his tongues shot out and grabbed her by the foot and threw her off of him.
"Like me said, you can't hurt-" Sugarman began to say when he was shot between the eyes.
"Damnit, why the hell didn't I reload my gun earlier." Wisdom growled as he started to reload his gun.
"You gonna pay for that!' Sugarman yelled as one of his tongue's shot out and wrapped itself around Pete's neck. Gambit threw a kinetically charged card at the tongue and set Pete free. Sugarman yelled in pain and glared at the Cajun X-Man. "You son of a bitch. That hurt!" He yelled.
"Bring it on, mon ami. Gambit got plenty more cards to go around." Gambit said as he pulled out the rest of his deck. "Unless y' want to end dis quickly?"
Pyro approached Sugarman with a mad glint in his eyes. "You killed my girlfriend. That was the biggest mistake you ever made." John said in a low threatening voice.
"Like me really scared of you." Sugarman laughed at him.
"Too bad, you should be." Pyro snarled as he flicked his lighter open and aimed it at the large creature in front of him. A flame shot out and started Sugarman on fire.
"Ahh!" Sugarman yelled as he began running around on fire.
"What is going on?" Angel asked as he and Psylocke came running towards the group.
"Wanda. Where's Wanda? She wouldn't leave me. No, she's just hiding somewhere. She'll be back." Pietro kept telling himself as he folded his arms over his chest and rocked back and forth.
"Pietro." X-23 rested a hand on his shoulder.
"What is that thing?" Betsy looked disgusted at the creature that fell to it's knees finally while still on fire.
"It killed Wanda." John whispered. "It must die." He muttered.
"John, X-Men don't kill or makes others suffer like this." Warren scolded the younger man before turning to the creature again. "Someone please put it out of it's misery." He commanded to the others.
Pete aimed his gun at the creature and fired at it's heart. Sugarman stopped screaming and finally fell dead to the ground. "It is terrible with what happened to Wanda, but-" Warren began again, when John snapped at him.
"-but what? That things life was more important than hers! It killed her. It deserved to die. If I had to, I would do it again!" John screamed at Warren.
"John, Warren is just trying to say that he knows you are hurting because of Wanda. But killing is not the way." Betsy tried to calm the younger man, but failed.
"No, all he is doing is trying to preach the same thing Scott does every day. You're not the leader of the X-Men, and I really wouldn't give a damn if you were." John snarled at the blond haired man. "This is the exact reason why I left here in the first place." He glared at the two of them and turned around to leave.
Warren moved forward to follow him, but Betsy stopped him. "Let him go." She whispered. "He needs time to cool off. He is heartbroken right now as are the rest of us for this terrible loss." She told him.
"Wanda. Wanda." Pietro kept saying as he looked at the ground. X-23 wrapped an arm around him and led him back to the mansion.
"What was dat thing?" Remy asked as he placed the cards he hadn't used back into his pocket.
"We won't find out now." Warren answered. 'Whatever it was, it could have lead us to where Wanda and Wolverine are.' He thought to himself. He looked down at Betsy and hugged her. "I have a feeling the team is being separated." He whispered to her.
"I do too. After Logan disappeared, some of the kids have been acting odder than usual. This won't help matters either." She told him.
Egypt- Apocalypse's Chambers
Stryfe stood in front of a wall opposite of Apocalypse's prison. There were four symbols caved into it: Death, Plague, War, and Famine. At the moment, only one was lighted up. "I am guessing he failed?" Mesmero asked.
"I should have sent someone better than that idiot." Stryfe growled. "But at least I got rid of one annoyance." He spoke. Suddenly, a blue glow highlighted the symbol for Plague. "Or maybe he was useful after all." He grinned.
"We are half way there." Mesmero stated with a grin of his own. Stryfe turned around and walked to the opposite wall of the four symbols. He bent down on one knee and began to speak.
"My lord, we have two of your horsemen ready for you. I swear, we will bring the other two to you shortly." Stryfe said.
"You know what is to come next, Stryfe. Make sure it happens." Apocalypse's voice boomed into the chamber.
"Of course." Stryfe nodded his head and got to his feet.
"What is the next step? Another horsemen?" Mesmero asked as Stryfe began to leave the chamber.
"No." Stryfe told him.
"Then what?" Mesmero questioned curiously.
"The death of Charles Xavier." Stryfe finally answered and left the room. Mesmero stared at the door for a few moments before turning around and looking at the glowing symbols of Death and Plague.
End of Chapter 3
Chica De Los Ojos Café: the next horsemen ending up being Wanda. In a few chapters, the next ones will be revealed and Poccy goes free, or does he? Wow that sounds like something from a cheesy movie, haha. Who couldn't love that Cajun? He's so sneaky and lovable and everything. Thanks for reviewing
Loneraven: oh dear, um, please don't kill me just because I took away jonda for a while. Um, u don't have to worry about Alison, she doesn't have interest in John anymore. I don't know, I actually like Pete, he is fun to write and he is starting to make his way up my favorites list. As for Remy and Joe, they are far from being done! Thanks for reviewing
sakura5tar: haha, glad ya are enjoying it :) I know in the next few chapters it is Major Drama. Especially chapter 6, that one is all pure drama. Thanks for reviewing
Crystalwish: same with me. I like this one better than the other one. It has a ton of stuff that will be going on. Jean and Scott will get some romance in, I'll try for it. Thanks for reviewing
Roguechere: hehe, thanks :) I was afraid some ppl would get mad that I changed the Phoenix's story. I mean the woman drowned in the lake and at the end it shows a firey bird in the water. So, why not? Hope ya enjoyed this chapter. Thanks for reviewing
AngelofMercy86: no, Joseph only looks like Magneto, but he is not Magneto. What he is, is a pain in the butt! Thanks for reviewing
firestorm13: Wanda was a bit mad before she um, disappeared. But I think she would have aimed at hitting Alison if she hadn't been captured. I have no idea where Sinister finds these people. Guess it's the side effects from cloning. New people have ta cause trouble cause all the old people are already happy with someone else. As for Wisdom, I'm actually starting to like him from what I've read, so who knows where the Piotr/Kitty/Pete triangle might end up. Joe lied to Rogue so she would feel bad for him, so she doesn't see it. She only sees someone who no one excepts. He's a jerk who should go through the meat grinder! Thanks for reviewing
Princess Myra: Hope this was soon enough :) The Phoenix will be coming VERY soon. I had looked at all the pairings and had picked one person for each of them that would cause a problem, the only couple that hasn't met their person is Jono and Jubes, and that person is coming next chapter. Thank you very much for reviewing
BlkDiamond: who knows what Sinister is up to. The guy always has a different agenda all the time. But that is not the last we will see of him. I'm not sure yet, but he might appear in the next chapter. And Joey looked like Mags, well the deaged version of him, but isn't him. Main reason why Pietro and Wanda wouldn't like him is because of that. As for Remy, in the comics he called Joseph Magneto all the time, so him calling Joe that was taken from there. :) Thanks for reviewing and I hope you enjoyed this chapter
Bk angel numbuh 2:hehe, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the little jott moment. There will be some more in the next chapter :) thanks for reviewing
enchantedlight: glad you enjoyed the last chapter. Thanks for reviewing
Next Chapter: Cable - Stryfe goes to the mansion to kill Charles. John is in a very bad mood. Alex and Bobby have a little 'talk' after Lorna tells him something. Someone new joins the mansion. Jono and Jubes are back from date and something at the end of the chapter could split them up forever. Remy and Rogue have a bit of a fight.