The wind blew around her body, making her sway back and fourth on the spot where she stood. She could see the entire city from where she was, high above all the buildings. She looked down onto the streets, lit up only by the few cars that drove past with their lights on. It was times like these when she envied mutants with the power of flight. She wished that to be her power, to be able to fly above the city and just watch the people below.
It was Wednesday night, and she was waiting patiently on the roof of a nearby building to the museum she had plans to break into. She slowly walked along the edge of the wall, one little slip and she would plummet to her death. She laughed at the thought, she had far too much control over her movements to even try and push herself over. She practised a few back flips and high kicks, testing her balance and warming up her body for the nights events that were to come.
The outfit she wore had been picked out by Wanda, and surprisingly it wasn't at all inappropriate. Her inspiration was the x men uniforms, tight and fitting but allowing enough room for general movement. However instead of high riding and skin tight, Rogue's outfit was a little more desirable.
It was an all in one suit that hugged her figure tremendously. It was black and started from the heels of her feet, under her knee length black boots, all the way to her wrists. She wouldn't have to worry about touching anyone accidentally. There was a long zip on the front that ran from her belly button all the way to her neck if she chose to have it done up that much. Instead, she opted to leave the last quarter undone, showing off just enough of her body without looking sluttish. Around her waist hung a loose belt equiped with small gadgets that she may need whilst performing the theft. On her hands she wore a pair of fingerless gloves, enough to give her grip, whilst leaving her fingers free to deal with any unaccounted for guards. In her boots she also hid a knife, just in case. Something Mystique had always taught her to do was carry a knife on her at all times, just in case her mutation gave out or if the situation got sticky. Fortunately, Rogue had yet to use it.
Rogue looked at her watch. 9 o'clock. Show time.
Gracefully she leapt to the next building and stealthily ran to the front edge, standing 3 windows in, preparing herself for her entrance. As she stood and peered over the edge, she could hear a small clicking sound coming from below. She looked down and saw a man picking the lock to one of the side entrances.
Intermediately she pulled out her communicator. "Lance, we've got company. Someone else is trying to break in."
"okay, we knew this would happen. Just get in and get out, don't let them get to it before you, we cant afford to loose this one."
The communicator beeped as Lance turned off. She took a deep breath and slid off the lid to one of the ventilation units. A puff of warm air greeted her as she entered the small space and began to crawl to her destination. Slowly she made her way through the maze of pipes, looking out of each vent she went past until she found the one she wanted. She pulled off the grate and dropped herself down to the ground only to find herself landing on a person. Her instinct kicked in and without hesitation she went to punch the guard square in the jaw, only for him to move and dodge the attack. She back flipped off him and stood in an attack stance, ready to touch his skin and gain the information she needed for access and knock him out in one go, only to find that it wasn't a guard at all.
In front of her stood a tall well built, muscular man. His Auburn hair was dishevelled and fell around his face, bringing her attention straight to two distinctive red on black eyes. Rogue knew exactly who it was. He was wearing a uniform similar to her own, on top he wore a long beaten trench coat that flowed to the ground.
"bonjour Cherie, Gambit hopped he would see you again" he said with a cocky grin plastered on his face.
"Cajun! What the hell are y'all doing here?" she cried in a loud whisper, not wanting to draw attention to them by any guards who may be in the area.
"Remy just thought he'd like to see some beautiful gems tonight, looks like he's found the most beautiful one out in the halls though"
Rogue Blushed. Damn. "Leave now, ya shouldn't be here."
"Neither should you chère"
"don't bull shit me Cajun, why are ya here"
"same as you he reckons, to steal something"
Rogue looked him over. This was the guy picking the lock earlier. She couldn't trust him, she had to get the stone first and get out. She turned to leave and head for the room where the scarab was held. As she began to walk off, Remy began to follow.
"Dont follow me swamp rat" she spat over her shoulder.
"Remy not following anyone chère, you just so happen to be going in the same direction as him"
She growled as she rounded the corner of the hall and came face to face with two guards.
"Hey, stop right there missy" one called as he pulled out his gun, his partner matching his actions. Remy who had not yet shown himself to the guards leant against the wall and grinned at Rouge who to him looked like a deer caught in the headlights. She however was not concerned and ignored him.
Slowly she walked towards the guards. "ah'm sorry, ah didn't realise I wasn't suppose to be here" she said, flashing them a perfect smile as she drew closer. One guard, the one who hadn't spoken before, lowered his gun and smiled back.
"It's okay, we close early on Wednesdays, let me take you to the exit." he said.
The other guard however was more suspicious, "didn't you notice there were no people about for the last hour?" he didn't lower his gun.
Rogue stopped in front of him, "cant say ah did" she stated. He eyed her carefully. "wow that's a nice gun, can ah have a look?" and with one flash she had taken the gun from the man's hand. She grabbed his outstretched arm and threw him over her shoulder, sending him crashing into the wall, knocking him out. In the same movement she pulled the gun up the the other guards face, stopping millimetres away from his cheek. He dropped his gun a put both hands up in the air. She took one of her hands and pressed her gloveless fingers against his face, absorbing his thoughts and information and sending him to sleep in a heap on the floor.
From behind his viewing point, Gambit, or so he called himself, appeared, clapping as he made his way over to her. "that was very impressive" he stated. She ignored him and carried on down her path.
Eventually they found the door to the room they were looking for. Outside it stood one lone guard, and easy target to take out. Rogue went to move in but was stopped when Gambit put his hand on her shoulder. "now its Remy's turn, non?"
he took out a playing card from his trench coat pocket and it began to glow pink. Rogue eyed him carefully. He threw it at the guard where it landed on the floor by his feet. Rogue laughed.
"What's it gonna do? Distract him with its pinkness?" she questioned, but watched on anyway.
The guard picked up the card and looked at it curiously, when suddenly it exploded, sending him flying backwards.
Rogue was struck as Remy walked past her triumphantly. "Well ah wasn't expecting that." she said bluntly, and followed him to the room they were looking for.
Behind the door was a large room, full of old artefacts. The only light source was from the green motion sensors that criss crossed around the whole room.
The duo looked at each other. "What ya gonna do now Cajun?
"Gambit gon' deactivate them then walk over there and take the scarab. The question is what are you gon' do?" he said as he looked her over.
"ah'm gonna get a head start." she replied as she began to move through the sensors, bending her body back a fourth.
Her flexibility distracted gambit for a moment as he watched her make her way to the middle of the room. He had full intentions of letting her get the scarab. Tonight had fallen so perfectly, he would be able to take her and the scarab back to magneto together. Kill two birds with one stone.
She stopped mid way and looked at him. "so are ya gonna get started or do I have to do all the work myself?"
he grinned and moved to the alarm box, pressing in codes to deactivate the sensors.
Rogue carried on her journey stretching and bending in ways most people couldn't to get to the case in the middle of the room. When she made it she typed in some codes into the keypad situated next to the glass. The codes were from the mind of the guard she had absorbed earlier. Sure enough the pad beeped and allowed her to take it off to get to the scarab. She picked it up , covered it in a cloth and pocketed it in one of the pouches on her belt. "how are ya coming on with those alarms sugar?" she questioned gambit.
"nearly done" he called from over his shoulder. Suddenly the alarms started to ring, something had set them off. "what did you do?" he called over.
"nothin' ah didnt move"
The two mutants looked at each other then across the room where two of the X Men stood. Night crawler and Wolverine had teleported into the room setting off all the alarms.
"think you're going somewhere with that bub?" wolverine questioned Rogue who was still stood by the case.
"yeah, think y'all are gonna stop meh?"
Gambit walked over to Rogue, where the four mutants squared up to each other, ready to fight.
"Well Gambit hates to break things up but he really needs to be going now." He pulled out 3 playing cards and charged them up to the pink glow that Rogue had seen before. She looked at him ready as he threw them at the wall behind the x men. They exploded in mid air, sending the two x men flying in the opposite direction while blowing a large hole in the wall. He grabbed Rogues hand and launched the two of them out into the open. They both landed on the ground with a thud, in the middle of all the other teams battling around them.
The X men had arrived and were fighting both Gambits and Rogues teams. Rogue stood and went to run and help her group, only to have a very large hairy man thrown on top of her, crushing her to the ground.
Gambit jumped up and pulled Sabertooth off of Rogue who mumbled a painful thank you. She watched as he pulled out a bo staff and more playing cards and left for the fight. Just then the x man known as Shadowcat flew past Rogue and into a brick wall. Rogue knelt down to the girl who had been knocked unconscious. Slowly she pressed two fingers against her skin and absorbed her power. She then made her way over to the x man known as Jean, a telepath, and did the same taking her power as well. Using Jeans power she picked up some old building blocks and sent them flying into one of her enemy's bodies sending them off into a nearby derelict building. Rogue began to rise into the air, controlling things and using them to attack. She saw her team mates fighting strongly and she saw another team she did not recognise. She saw Gambit fighting with them and so decided to focus her attention on the x men.
She watched as Wanda sent hexes across to anyone who came after her, she was really kicking ass Rogue thought. After taking out some younger members of the x men Rogue made her way over to her team mates, only to be stopped by a manic Australian man who was controlling the fire he made with the lighters in his hands. He laughed as he sent flames surrounding her, jumping up at her and burning her skin. She cried out in surprise, but it only took her back for a few seconds. She concentrated, and using Jeans power she took control of the flame. The Australian looked at her dumbstruck as the flame danced around its new master. Rogue smiled and with all her might, she sent the flame chasing him away. The use of all that power wiped her out, she stumbled in her place and fell to the floor, clutching her hand to her head as a headache began to rise. In the background she could hear sirens and screaming. She looked around and most of the mutants there began to run. She would be left there, she didn't have the energy to run. If she was arrested, her team mates would be back for her, that she knew.
Out of nowhere a motorcycle appeared beside Rogue who was still on the ground. She looked into the riders black on red eyes, which pleaded for her to get on. Without hesitation she pulled all of her remaining strength out and jumped on the back of the bike. The two of them made it out before the police arrived.