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Chapter 3 – The end of happiness
Wanda looked at the clock. It was now a little after five. She was sitting in her room. Her door was locked so that no one could bother her as she gazed at her bridal dress. She hung it up in the door of her closet and placed the shoes she bought directly under it. She couldn't believe that she had picked such a girly dress. She had never pictured herself as the marrying type, and even if she did get married, she never expected it to be in a white dress. As she looked at it, she decided that it was the right choice. It was absolutely beautiful. Her thoughts drifted back to the day she bought it. She had purchased it merely a week before.
Wanda didn't know how much wedding dresses cost but she believed that two thousand dollars was way too much. As she entered the bridal store, she received a few looks from the sales women. She promptly shook it off and started looking around. She was trying to find a dress that she liked. She never thought she would find it, in fact she had already thought of something to wear. She would wear simple black pants and a blood red top. However, as soon as she looked at it, it was love at first sight.
The dress was perfect. It had a bell like bottom with white silk underneath. It had white lace over it and the top was a beautiful scarlet corset. The corset had a few strings that tied in the front. As soon as she tried it on she knew it that it was the one she wanted. Fortunately the money that John had left her was more than enough to pay for it.
Wanda stepped out of the dressing room and carried the dress all the way to the register.
"I'm taking it!" Wanda stated simply.
One of the sales women looked at her with a frown and said "It's quite expensive and we don't do refunds. Are you sure?"
"Positive! But maybe I should talk to the manager of this store. You know... just to ask him if it's store policy for the sales women to not only be rude but also try to talk people out of buying here." Wanda said, shooting daggers at her.
"Right this way ma'am." The other sales woman said trying to silence Wanda "It will be a thousand and two hundred dollars. May I interest you in a pair of shoes?" The woman asked as she placed the dress in a box and wrapped a red ribbon around it.
"No thank you. There isn't any here that I like. I bet I can find some in a store were the sales people aren't so rude." Wanda sneered as she picked the box up and gave the sales woman the money. As she left, she continued to glare at the rude sales woman.
Wanda walked around for a little while longer until she found a great shoe store. She peeked inside and saw some beautiful shoes. They were more of a sandal than a shoe. The heel was about six centimetres and had a thick white strap around the toe area. There was two silk strings to tie around the ankles. She picked up the shoes and approached the salesman. She asked for a size of her one. The salesman nodded and went to the back of the store to retrieve it.
"That will be sixty dollars ma'am."
Wanda once again paid the woman and left the store with one more bag.
Today was the day Wanda and John were to be married. Wanda was happy beyond description. She hurried taking a shower and getting dressed. As soon as she was finished, she started to pack her bags. She looked around her bedroom and said her silent goodbyes to the place she had called home for so long.
At the X-mansion
Rogue looked at the package before her. She smiled at it. Ever since she and Remy had become intimate, he had continuously sent her flowers and gifts. She opened it and her eyes came across a box of chocolates and a letter. She stared at the letter and read it.
Mon chérie, meet me at the Moonlight hotel at eight PM. I can't wait to be with you once more mon amour.
Rogue smiled. She couldn't wait. She raced up the stairs to her bedroom to find something to wear. She wanted to look sexy for her beau.
She went through her entire wardrobe and finally decided on a long, black velvet skirt that went to the floor, a V cut black, cotton blouse, a purple tank top underneath it, and a silk, black strap around her neck with a silver cross. Underneath she wore black silk stockings, a black corset that held the stockings up and panties to match. She decided to go with her black army boots. She then applied her dark eye shadow and eye liner along with her dark purple lipstick.
At the secret base
X-23 was lying in her bed. She was unusually tired. Her boss Mr. Sinister had been very hard on her. He was stricter with her than he was with his other lackeys. He seemed to use them as her practice targets. She was awoken at eight am and had little time to get dressed. She was forced into the gym working her ass off when she was still sleepy. If she stopped for a second he would just say things to piss her off.
"If you keep slacking off like that he will wipe the floor with you."
X remembered him saying that the very first day that she was there.
"Sure stop for a moment, I'm sure that if you ask nicely he will give you a five minute break during your fight."
She had worked hard every single day since she got there. She worked harder than she had ever worked when she was in the Hydra headquarters. No matter how hard she worked, it was never enough. He had even told her this.
"I'm receiving two guests today. They are staying here, with us and I don't want you to upset them in any way. I'm sure you understand the consept of fair play." Sinister said with a smirk.
"Fair play? Are we competing?" X-23 asked with a perked eyebrow.
Mr. Sinister simply smilled at her and left her alone with her thoughts.
X-23 reflected on what she was going to do. She knew she was supposed to play nice and treat them as team members, but she kept in mind why she was there in the first place. She was there to find his whereabouts. It was now that she she thought of the strategy. She wouldn't try to be nice to those girls. After all, the nasty boys were supposed to be her team members aswell and she sure wasn't being kind to them. She was just going to live through the missions that Sinister gave her. She would work hard and make sure those girls didn't get her kicked off the team before she could find Weapon X.
Eight O'clock at the Moonlight Hotel
Rogue stood in the main hallway. She was amazed at the size of the hotel. From her point of view she could see at least thirty floors above her, and if she were to look down she would see what appeared to be many living rooms. She approached the stairs and looked down. She could see a huge fountain with orange and blue lights underneath it, making it even more spetacular.
Rogue made her way to the reception desk.
"Excuse meh, could you inform me if Mr. Remy LeBeau is already here? He is expecting meh." Rogue spoke looking straight at the thin, impotent figure in front of her.
"Certainly miss." The man said as he punched a few keys into his computer. He picked up the phone and dialled a number. He stood there silently as he awaited someone to pick it up.
Rogue stood there impatiently. She stared at him. He started to speak.
"Le bon soir madame. Il y a fille ici. Doit-elle monter?" (1) The receptionist asked. His voice was low and his back was turned to Rogue so she wouldn't understand a word he was saying.
The man then turned back to her. He smiled and started to speak. "He said you could come up. His room is 305. Third floor."
Rogue smiled back and went to the nearest elevator. She punched the number and with butterflies in her stomach waited for the door to open. As soon as it did she directed herself to the room seeing it at the end of the hall.
With every step she took, she started to breathe more deeply. She didn't know why she was so nervous, after all he had seen everything a week before. After what seemed like an eternity to her she was finally at the room. She knocked on the door. Only a few seconds later the door opened. Rogue's jaw dropped. Infront of her was a pretty looking blonde girl. She had blue eyes and ruby lips. She was curvy and voluptuous.
Rogue looked at the woman. She couldn't have been much older than she was. She folded her arms. She felt very uncomfortable. The girl was a tad taller than her and she kept staring at her. It wasn't a look but more of a glare.
"Ah'm sorry... This is probably the wrong room." Rogue said with an apologetic smile. She turned to leave, but was stopped by the girl's words.
" Non... ce n'est pas. Vous êtes la marche qui date mon fiancé.." (2) the girl asked.
"Excuse meh? Lady Ah don't know anythin' about yoah fiancé, but Ah can tell you foah sure that you definitely have the wrong gal. Ah have a boyfriend." Rogue said looking deep into the woman's piercing blue eyes.
"Oui... son nom est Remy.. Remy LeBeau !"(3) The woman exclaimed. She looked at Rogue from head to toe. She then stepped out of the room and started to circle Rogue as an animal around their prey.
"Whaht!" Rogue roared. She had endured the other woman walking around her for over four minutes. Now it was making her both nervous and angry. 'That bastard... I can't believe he called me to introduce me to his... fiancé!'
"Rien. J'étais juste demandant quel Remy a-t-il vu dans vous." (4) The woman stated with a smirk. She thought about what she was about to do to Rogue. Just thinking about it made her feel all warm inside. "Vous n'êtes pas la femme la plus élégante que j'ai vue, ni le plus beau. Donc je devine ou vous avez une grande personnalité ou vous êtes une prostituée vraiment bizarre." (5)
Rogue grabbed the other woman's arm and forced her to look at her in the eyes. "Enough with th' name calling, yah blonde bimbo. Now why don't we wait foah Remy and hear whaht he has to say about this?" she suggested
"Tres bien." (6) Belladonna said as she made her way inside the room and sat on the couch.
Rogue waited for her to sit before going in. She neared the blonde and sat on the couch across from her. They both glared at each other and waited for the Cajun to arrive.
In the Green Oasis Hotel
Wanda was sitting in bed. John was an hour late. It wasn't like him to be late. She was beginning to worry about him. What if he got hurt? What if he had an accident? What if her father had found out about them? Wanda couldn't bear thinking about such things. She went to the mini bar and took a bottle of water and started to drink it. She glanced at the clock every three seconds. She couldn't help but wonder what was keeping him.
Back at the Moonlight Hotel
The girls stared at each other, shooting daggers at each other with their eyes. It was then that they heard Remy yelling at someone in the hallway and then the sound of someone running towards the bedroom. Belladonna smirked at Rogue as she fixed her dress so it showed more cleavage.
"Ah thought Ah'm th' kinky whore." Rogue sneered as she looked at the door. She gripped the sofa, causing her nails to turn whiter. 'You bettah have a good explanation foah this Remy.'
"Qu'avez-vous vous dit la moufette ?(7)" Belladonna spoke as she stood up. Her eyes had started to glow pink.
Rogue was a bit frightened about her display of her abilities. However, she didn't let it show. She turned her hands into fists. "Whaht? Not only are you stupid but deaf too!"
As Belladonna was about to stike her, the door opened up and a cajun was revealed. Remy was still catching his breath as his eyes lay on the people in the room.
Belladonna walked towards him and smiled "Bonjour amoureux. Ça va?" (8)
"Que faites-vous ici?" (9) Remy growled, looking as if he was about to kill her.
"Défendre mon amour de se. Vous étiez sur le point de faire quelque chose que vous seriez plus en retard désolé." (10) Belladonna uttered and then she kissed him deeply.
Remy pushed her away only to witness a rare event that tore him up inside. The rogue was crying.
"Is she yoah fiancé!" Rogue demanded trying unsuccessfully to hold back the tears. There was no hiding her sadness. Her tears were flowing like a river.
"Rogue... let me explain." Remy begged as he tried to get near her. He felt her hand collide with his face.
"Ah trusted you. Ah love you. And... yah do this to meh." Rogue exclaimed; sadness and anger obvious in her voice. "Fuck you Remy! And yoah explanations!"
Rogue then left the room, running. Her make-up was smeared from all of the tears she had shed. As she punched the button of the elevator she saw Remy running after her, and his fiancé running after him. The door closed and the last thing she heard and saw was Remy crying and begging for forgiveness. As the elevator reached the hall Rogue hurried out the hotel. She held her face down so that no one could see her crying. She caught the first taxi she saw.
"Where are you going litle girl?" The cabby asked turning around slightly.
"Ah don't know. Home... Ah guess. Thaht's th' Xavier Institute." Rogue said as she wiped some of the tears off her face only for some more to fall.
"Had a rough day little girl?" The cabby asked.
"Yeah... Ah guess yuh could say thaht. Ah just found out mah boyfriend is engaged." Rogue said lifting her head.
"What a shame... a nice, pretty girl like you." Tha cab driver commented while shaking his head. "But hey, you will see, when you get home your mom will cheer you up."
Rogue laughed at that "Mah mom is going to cheer meh up! That is rich. Mah mom is... dead."
"Sorry." The cabbie said as he fixed the review mirror so he could take a better look at Rogue.
"Yeah... mah life is a piece of crap. Lately everyone seems to be lying to meh." Rogue said. She looked down so she could hide more of her tears.
"That is sad." The cab driver said as he pulled up his taxi a block away from the institute.
"Do you know a place where there is no such thing as a lie?" Rogue questioned lifting her head. She noticed that the fat man was morphing into a slim teenager
"Actually I do. I'm currently living in a place that carries no lies. It ain't as glamorous as your X-mansion, but what you see is what you get." The boy said. Rogue's eyes widened.
"You... You..." She stuttered.
"I'm a mutant like you. And I guarantee you, where I am living there is no bullshit. You work hard but no one will stab you in the back." Morph said as he smiled warmly. 'At least there you know where danger lies.'
Rogue was having an inner struggle. Could she do it? Could she leave everyone behind? Sure, her brother would miss her, and Logan would miss her. Kitty would miss her too but then again she probably would forget her soon enough. Maybe no one would miss her.
"I understand, you want to go back to your friends, and probably Remy too. I mean I'm sure you still love him even though he is with his wife now. You want him to look you up. After all look at what he did. He made you soft and vulnerable. I truly do understand." Morph said, trying to hide his mischievous smirk.
Rogue's face hardened at the thought of Remy and Belladonna. Her eyes burned with hate. She looked at Morph ."Take meh to th' mansion now. Ah need to pick up mah stuff before we go." She muttered in a cold tone.
Morph smirked as he took the cab towards the X-mansion gates.
Back at the Green Oasis Hotel
Wanda glared at the clock. John was five hours late and she was about to have a nervous break down. She called his cellphone and she verified that it was turned off. She then called reception and asked if there was a message for her. Of course the answer was no. She was really getting worried. She called every single hospital, clinic and even the morgue in Bayville. She was relieved that he was in neither. However, her worry still remained. She was getting sick of waiting for him. She stood up and left the room to go look for him. Over two hours later she still had no clue of his whereabouts. She had looked all over Bayville.
Love is a tricky thing. We all look for it but when we finally find it, most of us wish we didn't. This was exactly what happened with Wanda. Before love, she was a cold and distant person. She hexed anyone who neared her. Perhaps she should have never let down her walls.
Wanda was concentrated on finding John. She was now passing by the X-mansion. She paused as she heard a girly, annoying giggle. She rolled her eyes. Wanda turned to tell who ever it was to shut up or else face the wrath of a hex bolt. It was then that she saw him and... her. John and Amara. She saw her John kissing Amara "Please call me princess" Aquila's neck. He was so concentrated that he didn't even notice her. Wanda snarled and hexed the gate towards them. Amara glanced up and turned into her fiery form. She pushed John out of the way and melted the gate the best she could.
"Hey you psycho! What the hell do you think you are doing?" Amara demanded.
Wanda didn't answer her. She sighed and simply hexed the girl into a near by tree, rendering her unconscious.
"Care to explain why I was waiting for you, while you were here, making out with her!" Wanda shouted with tears forming in her eyes.
"Wanda can I at least get a chance?" John cried as a bubble of blue light surrounded his body.
"No!" Wanda interrupted him. Her voice was harsh and comanding "Johnny boy, you don't get a chance to ask or explain or bullshit with me."
They stared at each other causing an uncomfortable silence. The only way to describe it would be the calm before the storm.
"How long?" Wanda questioned as a river of tears flowed from her saphire eyes.
"Two months." John replied as he watched Wanda shake her head "Before we met."
Wanda's head snapped up looking into those two blue lagoons that he called eyes. She couldn't believe this. She sighed once more and hexed him towards Amara, making him also fall into unconsciousness.
A few hours later
Wanda was at the door of an abortion clinic. The clinic was well known to people thanks to the amount of protestors that surrounded it. It looked different from what she thought an abortion clinic would look like. It looked like a regular building. She sighed and knew there was no way there would be a billboard flashing the words "Angel Factory". She stepped in and quietly walked to the entrance. She tried to avoid the protestors as much as possible. She already felt horrible enough. She then reached the door and walked in, closing the large door behind her.
She walked towards the receptionist and asked her if there was someone there that could help her. The receptionist nodded and said that they were only finishing up with another girl. A few minutes later she heard a shrill scream and a woman crying.
Wanda sat down in the waiting room. Suddenly, the door opened and a man walked in. He sat down beside her.
"Look if you are one of those protestors I suggest you go away. I'm not in the mood for a pro life lecture." Wanda uttered with hate and anger in her voice.
"No Miss Maximoff, I'm not a protester, I'm a doctor. My name is Dr. Nathaniel Essex and I think that I can do a better job helping you than my young colleague there." The strange man stated as he pointed at the "Doctor" that couldn't be much older than herself. A woman stood beside him. She was pale and bleeding a small bit.
"I take that back. I KNOW that i can do a better job than he can. Not to mention that I have better conditions, an actual degree in medecine and instruments." The doctor spoke. He emphasized the word know.
"Yeah... well I don't have a lot of money, so... I guess you are going to ask for something in return..." Wanda said in a low ton of voice. She stared at the ground.
"Right you are. I will ask for you assistance in a few things but nothing out of your capabilities. I will also help you develop and control your powers better. So you see, it's a win/win situation." Nathaniel said with a friendly smile on his unusual face.
Wanda eyed him suspiciously, and stood up. "So... how do we do this?"
(1)Good evening ma'am. There is a girl here. Should she come up?
(2)No... it isn't. You are the tramp that is dating my fiancé.
(3)Yes... his name is Remy... Remy LeBeau!
(4)Nothing. I was just wondering what Remy saw in you.
(5)You aren't the most elegant woman I have seen, nether the most beutiful. So i'm guessing ither you have a great personality or you are a really kinky whore.
(6)Very well
(7)What did you say you skunk?
(8)Hello lover. How are you?
(9) What are you doing here?
(10) Defending my love from himself. You were about to do something that you would be sorry later.
That was it. Very dramatic non? I hope you enjoyed it and will review letting me know what you thought.
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