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Chapter 12: Rescue

It had taken them two months to find it in the nineteen square mile exclusion zone, but they found ground zero. The radiation here did not bother Remy or Logan because of the fact that they heal faster. Kitty had to stay on the chopper or she got ill, Emma was a little better but not much.

The entrance they had found was right under the turbine building. Kitty suited up in a radiation suit and phased down in to check things out. Five minutes when she comes back up and grabs Remy and Emma and sank right back in. Over her com, she called Logan, "Could you like make a distraction while we get her out of here?"

"No problem kid." His gruff voice called back.

Kitty drops herself Remy and Emma into a long hallway. It looked like a high security prison block. Kitty looks ate them, "According to the computers, Rogue should be here somewhere."

Remy and Kitty look at Emma who is white as a ghost, "We have to hurry, she is in bad shape."

"You can tell that?" Remy asks her. The concern in his voice and face was very clear.

"I lost contact with her, but she said she does not want her death t…" Emma's reply was cut short as Remy began to run through the hall slowing just long enough to look into windows. He comes to the end of the hall and there she was. He could barely see her in the dark cell, but could clearly see all the blood.

"Down here! And get Logan here FAST!" Remy shout as he slides a card in by the lock and charges it up.

The card blows and Remy picks Rogue's seemingly dead body up from the ground. "Rogue. Rogue! Come one. Remy loves ya too much for ya ta leave him. He swears if you don't die you'll be my wife Chéri."

He holds he close and can barely feel her heart beating. There was no time to waste. He meets back up with Kitty and Emma fast. Kitty has to look away as she sees how bad of shape Rogue is in. Emma smiles? "I know she was tough but not that tough."

Remy shakes his head, "Now is not the time for jokes petit. Kitty get us out of here."

Kitty grabs a hold of them and phases them back outside where they dropped in from. Logan was waiting for them nearby. He can smell all the blood from Rogue the second they popped up from the ground and rushed over.

Logan lets his bare hand touch Rogue's bare arm, bracing himself for the sensation of her powers, but it never came. He looks at the others worried. "Chopper now!" no one argued with that as they rush off towards the chopper.

Emma takes the controls of the chopper as Logan does as much medic work as he can. Rogue's life signs are not good at all. Kitty still refused to look at Rogue in that condition. Remy is covered in her blood, but refuses to leave her side. Rogue has a slight smile on her face, a if knowing she was safe now.

"The place was empty." Logan's gruff voice broke the silence.

"The only mind I could sense was Rogue's. But I thought it might just be the shielding of the place." Emma added.

"Yeah well it smelled to clean. He covered his tracks well, but I'm coming back to check things out." He looks at the others then adds, "Alone."

They arrive back at the mansion and every person at that institute is there as they are trying to get off the chopper, all wanting to see the girl they thought was dead. They cleared fast though as Logan was the first out of the chopper and growled at them all. All that remained was Hank, Jean, Scott, Kurt, and the professor.

Remy came out next pushing the gurney with Rogue on it. Remy was still covered in her blood from carrying her out and looked exhausted. Rogue looked to be in terrible shape. Her left shoulder was heavily wrapped in bandages that she was bleeding through and was much paler than normal. Hank and Jean rushed over to the gurney to check the wounds of both. Hank starts checking Rogue's vital signs while Jean checks Remy.

He shakes his head at Jean, "Remy's fine. Look after her." He nods down at Rogue. Jean can tell without trying how concerned he was about Rogue and didn't argue one bit with him on it. Jean begins to help Hank as they enter the elevator to go to the med wing of the institute.

Hank and Jean both tried to stop Remy from entering into the med bay, but he refused to leave her side. Remy looked both in the eyes. "Remy is not leaving her until she wakes back up."

Hank started to make an argument against it, but Remy simply pulled a card out and charged it to the max capacity. Hanks mouth hung open as he could not believe this. But he dropped the argument and let him in.

Twelve hours later, everyone else was allowed to visit but not for too long as Rogue was still unconscious. They were able to set her broken arm and stitch shut the claw and teeth cuts. It turned out good that Remy was there though because he was the same blood type as Rogue. He gave as much blood as he could. After which he did finally leave her side just long enough to use the shower in the med bay. He pulled another med bed into this bay just to stay with her.

Nine times out of ten though, he was not in the bed. He had a chair pulled up next to her bed that he sat in. Jean had to fight of tears every time she came in to check on Rogue. Remy was always by her side. The farthest he ever went was the bathroom connected to the med bay. It had been almost three months now, and Rogue still has never woken up.

"Remy you really should get out for a few. I'll stay here with her for you." Jean offered as she was checking Rogue's vitals.

Remy shakes his head, "Non, petit. Remy is not leaving her. He knows now that he is like Scott is with you." He smiles up at her. "Remy is sorry ya two put off the wedding for now."

Jean cringed slightly at that, it was still a sour subject. Scott put it off so the team can look into Doctor Essex's whereabouts. Most of the x-men where in and out constantly as they were following up on reports of his movements. There had been many confrontations with his underlings, but never him.

Jean sighs, "It's ok Remy, really. It is important to put a stop to that mad man."

"Non. He should put you first. Remy made that mistake once, but never again." He looks down ad Rogue then back up at Jean, "But Remy does thank you for the offer, petit."

Jean smiles softly at him, "I know I would be the same way Remy." She turns and walks back out the door.

Remy sat there in the quiet for a few. He still could not believe Scott put off the wedding. But anyways, he was planning to turn the TV on, but instead he drifted off to sleep with his head on the side of Rogue's bed.

Rogue's head felt funny, like the time Emma had gotten her drunk. She slowly opened her eyes, expecting to see the ceiling of her cell, but was glad to see it was not. She could not make out where she was, but she is in a bed and could hear the beeping of a heart monitor. She lifts her head up slightly and can see what was putting weight on her right arm. It was the face that she had seen last before she blacked out.

He looked like he had not been getting much sleep. Rogue smiled to herself. She missed him so much. She reaches across her body slowly to place her hand on his head. He was real. She didn't believe it until now. She was home. Tears instantly started to roll out of her eyes.

Remy feels a hand rest gently on his head. He must have fallen asleep on Rogue again and Jean was trying to check Rogue's vitals. Then it registered to him that Jean would have grabbed his shoulder, not the top of his head and that the fingers and thumb placement would place the arm reaching across Rogue's body. His eyes snap open and he is looking up into Rogue's emerald eyes.

He jumps up out of his chair as he leans down over her, kissing her very passionately. He could not believe it, she was awake. Rogue returned his kiss with just as much passion before she winces in pain. She pulls out of the kiss and looks at him.

"Careful, ya damn swamp rat, Ah'm still injured here." Her weak voice was full of playfulness as she pulls him down for another kiss.