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Betsy lead Scott into the War Room to have a seat. "Hello, Mr. Summers." Joseph greeted his teacher, but Scott ignored him. He hadn't heard the younger man. At the moment, the only thing going through his mind was that he had lost Jean again.
"Take care, luv." Betsy told him and patted his shoulder before she turned to leave the room. Scott blinked a few times, mostly to try to stop the tears from falling down his face.
'How could I let this happen to her? What kind of husband am I? I should have asked her right away if something was wrong.' He thought to himself.
"ALL X-MEN, REPORT TO THE WAR ROOM FOR A MEETING. ALL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT X-MEN, REPORT TO THE DANGER ROOM!" Storm's voice called over the intercom. He heard Joseph's chair squeak as the young man got up from his chair and left the room.
'If I can't even protect her, what chances do I have of protecting my team?' He added to his thoughts as a large man with white hair entered the room. Scott recognized him as the man who had arrived out of no where to 'help' the Professor. The stranger took a seat next to him and did not say a word. Seconds later, all of the X-Men, Pete Wisdom, Alex and Sage entered the room. The only X-Men who didn't come to the meeting was John, who was still locked away.
Storm made her way to the front of the room as everyone began sitting down. She had heard from Kurt what had happened to Jean and knew he wouldn't be able to speak in front of everyone. 'They didn't deserve this.' She thought to herself. Ororo looked around the room to make sure everyone had listened and came to the meeting. She noticed two people who had yet to make a appearance.
"Where are Gambit and Rogue?" Ororo asked.
"Um, they went on a date. They, like, left two hours ago." Kitty answered as she took a seat near Piotr. She smiled at him and then turned to see that Pete had stolen Alex's chair and took the other seat next to her.
"Hey there." Pete winked at her. She stuck her nose up and turned the other way.
"Hey man, this is my seat." Alex growled at Bobby as he tried to take the last seat next to Lorna.
"No way, I got here first. And why are you even here? I thought this was a meeting between only X-Men." Bobby sneered the blonde haired man.
"Well for one, I'm not a student. And my brother is the leader of the X-Men, so I am allowed in here." Alex shot back at Bobby.
"Gentlemen, please take your seats." Ororo called down to them. The two boys glared at each other one last time before Alex went to the end of the long table and took a seat. "Thank you."
"I have gathered you all here for an important reason. As some of you have heard, Jean was possessed an unknown force; not to mention the Professor has been attack and is now resting in the Med. Lab." Ororo bowed her head.
"What? Oh my god. Is he alright?" Jubilee asked as she sat up in her chair.
"From what Hank has told us, he should be fine. At the moment, we have two main goals. One is to find out what happened to Jean. The other," Ororo motioned with her hand and pointed at Cable. "our guest will tell us about. Now, I am afraid I have no information of what happened to Jean. Scott, Warren, Betsy, and Kurt, you were all there before she changed. Did she say something that could give us a clue?" Ororo asked as she finally took a seat.
"Before she flew off, she called herself ze Phoenix." Kurt pointed out.
"Yeah, and she talked in a really creepy voice." Warren added. Pete tapped his fingers on the table and waited for them to be done. As soon as Kurt had mentioned the Phoenix, he knew that was what the Professor had wanted information on.
"I know a bit on the Phoenix." Pete spoke up, catching everyone's attention, even the dazed Scott's. "Xavier called me a few weeks ago and told me he wanted all the information there was on Alkali Lake. I found it and came here to give it to him. From what the files said, the Phoenix is a spirit that lived a while ago and was really pissed off at people." Wisdom told them.
"Are the files still here?" Ororo asked him.
"They should be, unless Xavier destroyed or sent them off somewhere." Pete answered as he leaned back in his chair.
"Thank you, Mr. Wisdom." Ororo nodded gratefully. "We will need to find out all we can to try and stop this Phoenix and get Jean back." She told them and then noticed that a few of the students were looking past her and at the television screen. Ororo turned around to see a news reporter on the screen standing in front of burning city. "Pietro, turn that up." The white-haired woman commanded.
Pietro turned up the TV and they all heard the news report. "This is Trish Tilby. Just twenty minutes ago, the city of Chicago heard a loud screech that some say sounded like a bird. The next thing they say was their homes being destroyed by fire." The camera pointed at the burning buildings.
"Oh my god." Jubilee covered her mouth.
"Wait, what is that?" Trish said on the TV as the camera pointed to the sky and showed a large bird surrounded by fire. "Let's get a better look at it." Trish told the camera man as they tried to get a close look, but soon flames shot towards them and the camera blacked out.
'Jean.' Scott thought to himself.
"That is what happened to Mrs. Summers?" Colossus asked as he stared at the blank screen.
"Apparently, so." Ororo replied. "But we will get her back, I guarantee it." She said, mostly to Scott than anyone else.
"What's the other thing you wanted to discuss?" Betsy asked.
"I believe this is where you explain." Ororo turned to Cable and he stood up and walked to the front of the table to get everyone's attention.
"I was sent here to make sure that my world does not be yours." Cable started off as many people looked at him confused. "I am originally from the future," He began and noticed a few of the teens rolled their eyes. "that is ruled by a mutant known as Apocalypse." He stated.
"So, how do you know it will happen to us? Maybe you're mistaken." Alex said to the white-haired man.
"If he came from our future, that means will happen in our time." Bobby shot back at Alex and mumbled under his breath. "Moron."
"You can believe me or not, I don't care. I was sent here to kill Apocalypse before he had a chance to rise to power." Cable told them.
"When is he supposed to arise?" Sage asked him.
"He has already started. He needs four horsemen to be free. Long ago, he was imprisoned in a tomb and sealed away from the world. He can not use his powers from the inside, but if he transferred parts of his power into four other mutants he could be set free." Cable explained.
"So, all we do is make sure that he doesn't capture four mutants. That's not hard." X-23 stated.
"He already has started. I believe two of your friends are already taken. The same thing happens during each capture: a bright blue light shoots out and paralyze's the mutant's mind and powers and transfers them to his chambers. I believe it went a little different with you." Cable said as he turned to look at Warren.
"You mean what happened to me in Los Angeles was because of him?" Warren asked in shock.
"The only reason I am guessing you are still yourself was because he wasn't able to use his full power, unlike the other two." Cable told him.
"Logan and Wanda." Ororo whispered. Pietro looked down at his teacher after hearing his sister's name be called.
"SO-LETS-FIND-THIS-SON-OF-A-BITCH-AND-KILL-HIM!" Pietro shouted and received a glare from X-23.
"It is not that simple." Cable told him. "Even in my time, we were unable to kill Apocalypse. A few years ago, one of our scientists were able to make a virus that would destroy him. We fought our way up to him and infected him with it. And it did work."
"Do you think it can be done again?" Lorna asked him.
"Yes, I also believe it can be easier as long as he doesn't gain his extra powers." Cable told him, leaving them all confused. "After he had gathered his four horsemen and had them unleash chaos on the world, Apocalypse found out he would need more power to totally conqueror the world. One of his men built a machine that would transfer the powers of five powerful mutants into him. In my time, he succeeded and was able to turn every person into a mutant. He then wiped out all he found to be not superior. However, there were many groups that hid and planned against him for decades. From what I heard, all except a few of you survived." He told them.
Everyone around the room was quiet and trying to process the information given to them. "Is there a way we can stop this guy before he even comes out?" Kitty asked him.
"If everything goes according to my plans, yes. If not, then no." Cable told them.
Danger Room
While the rest of the students went to their beds to lay down, Alison walked over to Sam and tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey Alison, how are ya?" Sam greeted her as he turned around.
"I'm doing fine." She responded nervously. "Um, I've been wondering if maybe you would like to go out with me tomorrow for lunch?" She asked him.
Sam gave her a small smile. "Ah'd love ta, Alison. But Ah gotta pick up mah sister, Paige from the airport. Maybe we could meet for dinner instead?" He asked her.
"Oh, yeah sure. That would be great." Alison smiled at him. "So, is your sister going to be staying here as a student or a visitor?" She asked.
"She said she talked ta the Professor and he agreed ta let her be a student here. Ah guess she wasn't accepted at the school she applied for." Sam shrugged. "But then again, Ah'll be able ta have some family here. Kinda lonely. Ah've got a lot of brothers and sisters and this is the longest Ah've been away from them all." He told her.
Remy and Rogue walked down the street. Neither of them had said much since they had left the mansion. Remy sighed as he looked over at her. It looked as if Rogue had been wanting to say something, but wouldn't speak it.
"Y' alright, chere?" He asked her finally.
"Yeah, Ah'm fine." Rogue answered quietly and pulled her jacket closer to her.
"No y'r not. Y've been wantin' to say somethin' all night." Remy said to her. Rogue sighed and stopped walking.
"Joseph told meh that ya tried ta blow him up with the remote." She told him. Rogue refused to look at him.
"Is dat a bad thing?" Remy asked. 'Believe moi. Dat white-haired rat deserved it.' He thought to himself as Rogue gave him a stern look.
"Remy, Ah'm bein' serious." She told him as she turned to look at him.
'So was I.' Remy thought to himself, but kept a straight face.
"Ah asked ya ta do one thing and ya can't even do that." Rogue said to him in an angry voice.
"Dat cause he is bad news, Rogue. Y' wanna know why I tried to blow him up, he said dat we shouldn't be together." Remy stated to her.
"Remy, he's told meh countless times how he wished he could have a relationship as good as ours. He's said that we are the perfect couple. There is no way he would say that ta ya. He is a decent guy, but ya won't give him a chance." Rogue told him.
"Non, cause I don't trust him. I ain't de only one who doesn't. Wanda didn't, Pietro doesn't, and mostly no one trusts him. He's up to somethin'." Remy said to her.
"No, he isn't. All he wants is for someone ta be there and be nice ta him. All ya have been doin' is actin' like an ass." She told him. Rogue hated telling him this, but like Kitty said she had to speak her mind.
"Cause de guy's been actin' de same way around moi. He's been playin' y' and y' don' even realize it. He tells y' one thing and tells everyone else somethin' different." Remy stated, but Rogue only shook her head in at what he said. "If y' want we still got de cameras set up in de War Room, y' can see for y'rself." He suggested.
"Ah don't need ta cause Ah trust him like he trusts meh." Rogue yelled at him.
"Is dis just cause y' two can make skin contact?" Remy asked her. "Thought y' said dat y'd let it wait for a while, Rogue. Dat it didn't mean nothin' to y'. Think y' said dat to moi at Jean and Scott's weddin'." He said to her.
Rogue's eyes went wide. "IT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHIN' TA MEH!" She yelled at him. "Ah wish Ah was able ta touch, but Ah can't." Tears ran down her face. "Ah've been tryin' ta gain control over mah powers, but it's not easy."
Remy sighed and shook his head. "Rogue, I-" He tried to say, but she wouldn't let him speak.
"Ya obviously don't trust meh." Rogue continued yelling at him. Her hands were shaking.
"Non, I trust y'. I don't trust Joseph." He stated to her and moved a step closer to her, but she moved away.
"Don't touch meh." She glared at him.
"Rogue." Remy whispered as she turned away from him. She couldn't face him when she told him this.
"Joseph is a friend, and that's all he was. If ya trusted meh, then ya would have believed meh." She muttered. "Ya know who ya sound like?" She asked as turned around and stared at him. "Ya sound like Bobby when we were at the end of our relationship. Bobby and meh weren't meant ta be, maybe it goes the same for us too." She told him.
"What are y' sayin'?" Remy asked her, dreading what she might say next.
"Ah think we should end this before it turns inta anythin' worse. Ah care about ya, Remy and Ah don't want ta start regretting that. Ah think we are better off as friends." Rogue told him in the nicest way possible, but deep down inside she was screaming at herself to take it back.
"Y' can't be serious." He whispered. Remy felt his heart skip a beat when she said that they should end their relationship.
"Ah am. Maybe some other time in the future we could start over, but-" Rogue stopped when they both heard footsteps and someone clapping.
"This is amusing." A man in the shadows laughed. "Are the two of you going for a soap opera award or is this your pathetic break up?" He asked.
"None of your damn business." Rogue growled. The man stepped forward. He was covered in his dark robe with his hood covering his face.
"What de hell y' want?" Remy asked as he glared at the other man. He was really no in the mood for someone to piss him off.
"I am simply here on a mission to get Apocalypse's next horsemen." The man stated as he pulled down his hood and revealed his face that was covered in tattoos'. "My name is Mesmero." He introduced himself.
"Ah really don't give a damn what ya name is or whatever it is ya here for. Why don't ya go bug someone else." Rogue told the man.
"Ahh, but you will soon enough." Mesmero smirked as he shifted his arm in the sleeve of his robe. Remy eyed the man suspiciously.
'Dere somethin' no right here.' The Cajun thought to himself and noticed how Mesmero was eyeing Rogue. 'Merde.' He thought before running to Rogue. "Rogue!" He shouted as a bright blue light escaped Mesmero's hand and shot right at Rogue.
Rogue stared at the light until she was knocked off her feet and crashed into the wall. 'Mah head.' She thought to herself as she looked up in time to see the light pierce Remy through the chest. "Remy!" She screamed and got to her feet and ran over to him. The blue light started to surround his body as he fell to his knee's clutching his head.
Rogue ran up to him and touched his shoulder, but was zapped away. Seconds later, he disappeared. "Remy." Rogue whispered again as she fell to her knees in the spot he once was. She ran her hand over the cement. 'Oh mah god.' She thought to herself as more tears formed in her eyes, this time of sadness and not of anger. A cruel laughter from behind her broke her little trance.
"He wasn't exactly who I was aiming for, but he will do." Mesmero smirked as he pulled his hood up and was about to leave. Rogue clenched her hands into fists and flew at Mesmero and knocked him into the wall.
"What the hell do ya mean?" Rogue snarled at him. "If ya didn't want him, then take meh instead." She told him.
"I can't. It is already done and can not be reversed." Mesmero stated. "Don't worry, a pretty girl such as yourself should be able to find a new boyfriend is no problem." He told her and received a punch in the face. His head slammed against the brick wall and blood trickled down his lip.
"Believe meh, right now is not the time ta be tellin' meh that." She threatened.
"Like I am really afraid of you. X-Men don't kill." Mesmero said to her as she brought him closer to her.
"Then Ah'll have ta forget Ah a X-Man for a minute or two." She told him as she continued to punch him in the face. After a few more, she heard a crack and realized she had broken his skull.
Rogue finally let the dead body fall to the ground. She brought her hands up to cover her eyes as she began to cry and collapse to her knees once more. "Remy, Ah'm so sorry, sugah. Ah never meant what Ah said."
End of Chapter 6
Note: haha, I was just writing a little in here and before I knew it I had completed the chapter.
Special Thanks to: Loneraven, Chica De Los Ojos Café, CW, Bk angel numbuh 2, Roguechere, Ashandarei, halleyjo, and enchantedlight. Thank you all for reviewing. And since they still have that rule (blah) I can't write the responses in here, which I still don't understand what harm they ever did. Same with song lyrics. Okay, I'm done with my mini rant. But seriously, thank you guys so much for reviewing last chapter (hugs u all)
Next Chapter: Lost of Sanity - Pietro gets really fed up and him and John kinda fight. Rogue returns to the mansion upset, and some other things happen.