Chapter 4

Never Would Have Thought

She must not have heard correctly. Did this woman just claim to be her Remy's girlfriend?

She tried to look at Gambit, but it seemed that his eyes were avoiding her own. She looked back at the woman.

"You're his girlfriend?"

The woman's face didn't waver. "Yup. Two years strong now…but again my names Kara, and you are?"

Rogue had completely spaced out and forgot that the girl had her hand out.

"I'm Rogue. I'm not exactly new, I've just been gone for a while."

The last thing she wanted to do was shake her hand. She would rather pick her up and toss her up in the air, just to see how high she would go.

She reached down and pulled off her gloves, and tucked them under her arm. She extended her right hand.

"Rogue, don't!"

Both women jumped from the sudden outburst.

Remy was normally a smooth Casanova, but right now he looked as if he was going to have a panic attack.

When Rogue saw the fear in his face, she realized that he didn't know that she gained control of her powers. He had thought that she was going to absorb Kara. She was furious.

"Are you serious? You really thought I would do that?"

She needed to keep her temper under control, because she had to fight the impulse to call forth every mutation that she had ever absorbed, and zap him with them all at full force.

Remy didn't know what to think at this point. Here was this girl, this woman, that had broken his young heart years earlier. Then she mysteriously just shows up looking incredible, and attempts to kiss him. Honestly, he didn't think that he would have stopped her. His emotions were conflicted at this point, but he knew one thing. He was angry. He had loved this woman, and if she had talked to him, instead of being her usual closed up self, she would have known this. Instead she chose to leave without saying a word.

"I don't know! You've been gone for 5 years, I don't exactly know you anymore!"

She was speechless. The man she had thought of every single day since she had left, said that he didn't know her anymore. She felt the all too familiar pang in her chest. She would be damned if she let him see her cry.

She quietly whispered, "You're an asshole."

She turned to the other woman, and quickly shook her hand, just to show him that she had finally gained control. "Sorry about that. Nice to meet you."

Kara looked the most baffled out of the three. "Yeah, you too."

Rogue quickly turned around and stomped out of the room.

Remy felt horrible. She had finally gained control, and he had acted like a jerk. He should have known that she would never intentionally hurt someone, regardless if that someone were his girlfriend.

Kara looked at him questionably. "What was that about?"

He turned to look into her deep brown eyes. "Trust me, you don't even want to know."

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She didn't know what to think. He had a girlfriend. She should have known that he didn't feel the same about her. She had been so foolish to think that he would. She had to get out of here. She had to leave.

She quickly made her way to her room. When she turned the corner, she ran right into Kitty.

"Owww…oh Rogue. There you are. Sorry about the interruption earlier, it was a call that I had to take because—"

"Kitty, I know he is with someone."

Kitty's eyes widened a bit. "How did you find out?"

"He came down to the garage. His girlfriend pulled in when we were down there." She wasn't about to tell her friend that she had stupidly tried to kiss the man.

"I'm sorry Rogue, I know how you feel about him."

"You know how I used to feel. I'm a new woman now." She tried to smile to prove her point.

Kitty wasn't falling for her act. "What ever you say. Well I am going to go shopping, you want to go with me?"

The last thing she wanted to do right now was shop, but she didn't want Kitty to know anything was wrong. "Yeah, sure. I need to get a few things anyway."

Kitty looked surprised. "Wow. Really?"

Rogue let out a forced laugh. "Yes really. I told you I was a new woman."

"Alright. Lets go!"

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Rogue waited impatiently on a bench. They had been at the mall for four hours almost. She was sure that they were going to close soon. She had forgotten that Kitty was a persistent shopper. She gazed about her surroundings. It seemed that there were couples everywhere. She sighed out loud.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

She swung around to see who was speaking to her. "Oh hey Warren…just waiting, what about you?"

He smiled at her. "Well last time I checked, I thought people came to the mall to shop, but it seems that you have proven that fact incorrect."

She blushed slightly. "I came here with Kitty. You know how she is."

"Wow. You must be brave."

She cracked a smile. "I guess so."

There was an akward silence between the two.

"So Rogue, I was thinking that maybe sometime we could—"

He didn't get to continue because Kitty rushed up to the both of them.

"There you are, I have been looking all over for you…oh hey Warren."

Rogue turned back to him. "What were you saying?"

She could have been mistaken, but she thought she detected a slight blush in his cheeks.

"Oh, nothing. I'll see you back at the mansion." And with that he turned around and walked off.

Kitty raised an eyebrow. "So what was that about?"

Rogue hadn't the slightest idea. "He just came over to talk, I guess. Can we leave now?

Kitty had a mischievous look on her face. "Warren is a quiet guy. He came over to talk to you?"

"Yes. What's the big deal?"

Kitty smiled, knowingly. "I think our Angel has a little crush."

Rogue rolled her eyes. "Kit, we aren't in high school anymore. Scott and I were the first out of the team to try to recruit him, that's why he is a little more chatty with me, I guess."

It was Kitty's turn to roll her eyes. "Yeah sure, whatever you say. You ready to go?"

"I have been ready for the past two hours. Lets go."

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When she arrived home, she went straight to her room to put her newly bought items away. She looked at the clock. It was 8:00 p.m. She knew that she would have to wake up early for her first danger room session. She doubted that Logan would let her get by with skipping out on it. She would go down to the kitchen, grab a bite to eat, and call it a night.

She started to go down the stairs, when a warm voice interrupted her thoughts.

Hello Rogue. Would you mind joining me in my office?

She smiled to herself. So the Professor was home.

She changed her direction to head towards his office. When she arrived she knocked lightly.

"Come in."

She opened the door, and smiled at the Professor. The man looked exactly the same to her, and there was something that was comforting about that.

"Hello, Professor."

"Hello my dear, I am glad that you have returned to us."

"Me too. It's been a long time."

He smiled at her kindly. "It has. That is why I wanted to speak with you. Logan has informed me of your return, and I just wanted to make sure that you were comfortable with teaching."

"Of course. I taught the same thing at the other school."

"Yes, I heard. How was your stay there?"

She wanted to tell him it was horrible, but decided quickly against it. For a precaution, she put up a mental shield. She knew he would never go inside her head without permission, but she had to be safe.

"It was fine. I finally gained control."

At the mention of this, his smile broadened. "Yes, I have heard that as well. Congratulations on your development—" a quick look of guilt passed his face. "—I am sorry that I didn't give you the help that you needed."

She was surprised at his remark. "You did! I was just impatient, a bad characteristic of mine."

"That is a characteristic that many of us have. The reason I wanted to meet with you is to discuss some things. As you probably already know, Kurt is no longer with us because he is studying abroad in Germany."

Now it was her turn to feel guilty. She hadn't known this.

"Also since you have returned, have you considered rejoining the team?"

She had already thought of this, and she thought the answer would be obvious.

"Yes I have, and I can't wait to start."

"I'm glad. I was hoping you would say that. There has been a new development, and I will be discussing it tomorrow morning with everyone. Do you have any questions for me?"

She didn't, so she shook her head. "Nope. Just glad to be home." Really she felt awful. She was in love with a man that had a girlfriend.

"I am happy you are here as well."

Rogue's stomach rumbled loudly.

He chuckled. "The others are in the kitchen, if you want to join them."

She grinned. "I think that I will."

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When she opened the door up to the kitchen, she saw some known faces.

Jean was sitting at the table, laughing at something Scott had just said. She was still very pretty, and still with Scott. Rogue remembered how Scott had befriended her when she first arrived, when no one else would. She had developed a little crush on him because of it. She didn't know it at the time, but her envy of Jean had prevented her from getting to know the girl. She felt guilty about it, because Jean had attempted to befriend her many times.

She cleared her throat to signal to the couple that someone else was present in the room. The couple turned their attention to her, and just like everyone else, appeared not to recognize her.

"Wow. I didn't think I looked that different."

Jean's eyes were full of recognition first. "Rogue?"

Scott quickly caught on as well. "Is it really you?"

Oh geez, how dramatic. "Yes you guys, I'm back."

The pair quickly got up and approached her. Jean was the first to speak. "You look beautiful! We were just talking the other day about you; we were wondering when you were coming back."

Scott smiled lovingly at the red head and then turned his attention to her. "We were. The place hasn't been the same without you." He placed his hand on her shoulder. "I'm glad your back."

She could tell that he was sincere when he spoke those words. "Thanks Scott. I see you two are still going strong."

Jean blushed. "Yes, there have been some new progresses that have taken place since you have been gone."

Rogue was confused, until Jean held out her left hand. There was a beautiful diamond ring that was placed on Jeans delicate ring finger.

There was a point in time when this would have bothered her, but she had come a very long way from that girl she used to be. She was sincerely happy for the couple.

She grabbed Jeans hand with her own. "It's gorgeous!" She turned her attention to Scott. "And it's about time!"

It seemed like the pair were only half listening to her. She looked at them and noticed that they were looking at her bare hand holding Jean's.

Oh yeah, she did forget to mention that.

"You did it! I knew you could!" Scott hugged her, and Jean actually looked like she was going to cry. How had she been so mean to this woman, who showed this much passion for someone that was horrible to her?

"Yeah I finally got control. So now maybe I'll be a stronger team mate."

Scott looked puzzled. "You were always a strong team mate. Look at the situation with Apocalypse. Without you, we all would have been doomed."

Rogue remembered that awful event. "It was my fault that he was even freed in the first place."

Jean stood up, and placed a friendly hand on her shoulder. "That wasn't your fault. A maniac was controlling your mind. You weren't the only one he took advantage of."

Rogue had forgotten that Mesmero had used Jean and some other team members as well.

The kitchen door swung open, and Kara stepped in wearing pajama bottoms and a tank top. "Oh, hey guys."

"Hey Kara. You ready for the danger room tomorrow?" Jean apparently was nice to everyone. Rogue chose to ignore her and went to search through the fridge.

"You know it! I don't know why Wolverine schedules them so early in the morning."

Rogue wasn't going to listen to the pointless babble. She took out some left over chicken, and grabbed the milk.

"So Rogue, Kitty tells me that you were already a member of the team. I hope you're placed on my team tomorrow, because by the sound of it, it sounds like your mutation is an awesome one to have."

The woman was trying to be nice to her. Remy must not have told her how she had tried to kiss him. Or about the letter. Or about her in general. And Kitty talked to her? What a traitor!

"Yeah, it was awesome not being able to have any skin contact what so ever."

Scott shuffled his feet awkwardly. Jean noticed his movement. "You can go upstairs honey. I'll be up in a minute." She had to stay just incase the situation needed a mediator. She hadn't forgotten that Rogue had quite a temper.

The raven-haired girl wasn't put off by her snappy comment "I know, that must have sucked, but you have control over it now, right?"

The girl couldn't take a hint.

"Yeah."

Rogue brought her reheated chicken and her glass of milk to the table. She pulled out a chair and sat down. To her dismay, Kara sat right across from her. She looked over and noticed that Jean was pretending to be busy. She smirked. Jean was there to act as a peacemaker.

Rogue decided to ignore the woman sitting across from her. She took a bite of the chicken. Wow. This is really good. She didn't realize how hungry she was.

Kara noticed the look of bliss on Rogues face. "Isn't that delicious? Remy made it. He's such a good cook."

Rogue suddenly lost her appetite. She went to take a drink of her milk.

Kara turned her attention to Jean. "So Jean, when is the big day? Since you guys finally got engaged, maybe Remy will finally get a clue and ask me—"

Rogue choked, and spit her milk out. She looked up and saw that Kara was now drenched.

She tried not to laugh. "I'm sorry, it went down the wrong tube."

Kara just sat there, with her arms out like she was disgusted. Then she did the unexpected. She laughed. "Its no big deal. I needed to take a shower anyway. Well I'll see you guys in the morning." She got up and left, still laughing to herself.

Rogue was puzzled. "Wow. She didn't even wipe it off or anything."

Jean came over and handed Rogue a towel to clean up the mess. "She is a really nice girl. You guys would get along well."

Rogue sincerely doubted it, but she wasn't going to tell Jean why. She decided to change the subject while she wiped up the mess. "So... when are you guys getting married?"

Jean blushed. "Sometime in the fall next year. I want an outdoor wedding, and this property has beautiful colors in autumn."

Rogue shook her head to agree. Jean noticed that the southerner seemed down. She wouldn't tell her, but she knew why. She still had feelings for Gambit. Jean didn't need to be a telepath to guess it.

She had an idea. "So you want a piece of chocolate cake? It's store bought, but it is fantastic. I can pour you some more milk."

She used her telekinesis to get the milk from the refrigerator and bring it to the table.

Rogue laughed. "I knew even you took advantage of your mutation."

Jean smiled. "What good is it to have a power if you don't use it?"

Rogue thought about this. She had discovered that she possessed a very powerful mutation. She could use any mutation that she had ever absorbed. If she made contact just briefly, with any mutant, her power could be limitless and she could use it for the good of the team. But it would come at a price. Not only would her team mates look at her differently, she knew that other mutants would seek her out and try to take advantage of her, just like that bastard Sebastian Shaw had done. There was also the issue of her permanently having the powers of Ms. Marvel. She quickly decided against the idea.

When she had finished eating, she got up and put her plate in the sink. As she headed towards the door, Jean stopped her.

"You know Rogue, if you ever need someone to talk to, I'm here."

She appreciated the offer. "Thanks. I'll see you in the danger room tomorrow."

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He hadn't been able to stop thinking of the vixen that had reappeared in his life. Yeah he was angry, but every time he thought of her bent over that car, it caused his manhood to stir within his boxers. He imagined her in the garage, walking slowly towards him with that look in her eye. He slowly reached his hand down within his boxers.

He was interrupted by a knock on his door. "Merde!"

He got up to answer the door. When he opened it, he was not expecting to see Kara covered in…something.

He leaned against the doorframe with a smirk on his face. " Remy knew he made you wet, but he didn't know it was this bad."

She laughed at his use of third person. He had gotten better at avoiding it, but every now and again it would show up in his speech. "Ha Ha. You mind if I take a shower in your room? I was thinking you could join me—" She pulled off her tank top, and was working on untying the drawstring on her pajama bottoms. When she freed herself from her pants, she sauntered towards the bathroom, and gave him a seductive look over her shoulder.

He had never been the type to deny a woman, and he wouldn't start now.

He released himself from his boxers, and followed her into the bathroom. When he stepped into the shower, he couldn't help but think of a certain southern woman with a wisp of white in her hair.

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She woke up to her alarm clock blaring. She rolled over and saw that the clock read 6:30 A.M. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. Danger room session was at 8:00, and she didn't want to be late. She got up and took a quick shower. She quickly dried her hair with a blow dryer, and pulled it up in a ponytail. She looked in the mirror and put on some lip-gloss and mascara, although she didn't know why. It wasn't like she had anyone that she was trying to impress anymore. She went to her closet to find her uniform. Kitty had informed her that she had hung it up. When she pulled it out she noticed that it had changed. It was leather and clung on her like a second skin. It still had her signature color of green on it, but it went down the sides of her torso and legs, almost giving her already appealing body an hourglass effect. The middle was black, but her chest section wasn't fully covered like it was before. It showed the cleavage of her "assets ". She still had boots, but they came up a little higher, right above her knee. She looked out of habit for gloves, but figured that they were no longer included since she didn't have the need for them. She turned to look at herself and sighed. She looked like a character straight out of a porno. Who designed this?

When she was out in the hallway, she turned around to shut her door. She heard the door across from hers open. She turned to see who her neighbor was. She was disappointed to see Kara.

Kara looked at her and reddened. "Oh, I didn't think that anyone would be up yet. You didn't see me." She then winked at her and proceeded to make her way down the opposite end of the hall, where she entered a different room.

Ok. That was weird. What was she talking about? She turned to make her way down the stairs to head towards the kitchen, when she heard someone else coming out of the room. She gasped. It was Remy. So the room was his. His room was right across from hers. Kara had just left his room. His room that was Right. Across. From. Hers. What else could go wrong? She just couldn't catch a break. She tried to hurry down the stairs before he had a chance to see her.

"Rogue?"

Shit. So much for that idea. "Hey." He looked good, as usual. He had on his dark colored uniform, and wore his signature brown duster.

She quickly turned around and attempted to hurry down the stairs.

"Dang girl, you missed danger room sessions so much you gotta run to them?"

The man was insufferable. "No. I wanted to get some orange juice before it started, and I don't want to be late." She still had her back to him.

He couldn't take his eyes off of her. That uniform left little to the imagination. She really was a goddess, and the way her hips moved from side to side when she walked was mind-blowing. The view from the back was fantastic. He smirked to himself.

"I don't think you ever have to worry about an opponent beating you while you wear that uniform. At least not the male ones anyway"

She turned to him and gave one of her famous glares. The badger would be proud.

"What are you talking about?"

"Well as soon as they see you, they will keel over from a heart attack. Either that, or swoon at your feet."

Oh my gosh. Was he trying to flirt with her? "Wow. I would think that after five years you would have at least gotten funnier."

He grinned. She was taking the bait. He wanted her to open up to him again. "You wound me, Chère"

She swung around, almost causing him to run into her. "You don't get to call me that anymore."

She had surprised him with her abruptness, but he wouldn't let her know that. They had made it to the kitchen, and he leaned on the fridge while she proceeded to search for the orange juice, which just happened to be right in front of her face. He reached in, grabbed it, and handed it to her.

She grabbed it from his hands and went to poor herself a glass. Damn Cajun.

"Well that presents a problem, since you tried to kiss me yesterday. I think that gives me grounds to call you Chère."

She turned bright red. "I did not!"

He smirked as he shined an apple on his sleeve. He then turned to walk out of the kitchen door. "The shade of your face tells me otherwise."

Damn that man! How did he make her mad, yet make her have butterflies in her stomach, all at the same time? She was going to beat his ass in the session.

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She stood to the side with the rest of the team. Logan was making them do a 'Steal the flag' mission. She had done this so many times in the past. It seemed a bit juvenile to her. At least all those hard-core training sessions at the other academy would pay off. She tried to look at Gambit out of the corner of her eye. He stood on the other side of Kitty, shuffling a deck of cards, eyeing her.

She was so distracted by his entrancing eyes…

"Earth to Rogue!" She quickly turned her attention to Wolverine.

"What?" She felt embarrassed that she was so caught up in Gambit, that she hadn't heard him.

He repeated himself. "Stripes, you will be on team A with Half -pint, One eye, and Ice cube." He then turned to the remaining members. "Team B will be Red, Gumbo, Wings, and Furball."

Rogue raised an eyebrow in Kara's direction. Kara smiled at her and shrugged her shoulders. Logan had always made up nicknames for everyone, she was just curious to see what kind of mutation Kara had, to earn the nickname "Furball".

Kitty spoke up. "Where's Sam?"

"He's sick with the flu."

Kitty started to complain. Logan didn't let it last long. "His room reeks of vomit. Trust me, he's not faking, I would know."

Kitty quickly shut her mouth.

"Now Stripes, we added some decoys to the program. I know you have been out of the game for a while; you think you can handle it?"

He was trying to challenge her. Rogue rolled her eyes. She stepped away from the group and went to the center of the room. She took a deep breath and took a running start, doing a series of backflips and handsprings that were worthy of Olympic competition. She landed in a crouched position, ready to strike.

The look on everyone's face was pure awe.

She smiled smugly from the reaction. "I don't know Logan, what do you think?"

"Alright show off, you proved your point." The corner of his mouth went up in a smirk. It appeared that someone had followed his advice and practiced "Ok everyone, meet with your leaders and decide on a tactic. I'll be keeping score from the observance area. When the buzzer sounds, get to it!"

The danger room morphed into a jungle like arena. Cyclops called them in. "Ok… plan. Girls, since your powers are more defensive, I think you should be the ones to go for their flag. Shadowcat, once you get it, it will be hard for them to get their hands on you. Just make sure to be alert. Rogue you will guard her. Are you comfortable with using your powers if you have to?"

Now that she no longer had to deal with the rush of voices when she absorbed someone, she didn't mind at all. He had no idea that she would be adding more powers to her "inventory".

"Yeah, its no problem."

"Good. Bobby and I will stay back and guard our flag. Sound like a plan?"

Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. It was perfect timing too, because the buzzer rang.

"Alright team, move out!"

Rogue took off with Kitty. She made sure to lead the way, to play her part as guard. She decided to cheat a little bit, and pulled Wolverines super sense to the front of her mind. They crept slowly through the trees, trying not to make too much noise from the brush.

Rogue heard the flapping of wings up above. She quickly grabbed Kitty, and rolled them both to a near by bush. She looked up, and sure enough there was Warren flying by up above.

"Wow. Good call Rogue." Kitty whispered.

The two continued to make their way towards their opponent's side, when she saw a familiar figure leaning on a tree.

"Well hello, imagine meeting both of you here." Remy pushed himself off the tree and extended his bo staff.

Rogue looked to Kitty. "You should phase through the ground. I know it takes a lot of energy, but just go under him and come up on the other side of that hill there. Leave the rest to me."

Kitty nodded her head, and disappeared in the earth within seconds. Rogue turned to look at Gambit, but he wasn't in the same spot. She used her super sense to try to detect any motion, but she knew that Remy would still be hard to hear.

She heard something above her. She looked up to see what had caused it and saw…nothing.

She quickly realized her mistake, because she felt a leg kick the back of her own and she was on the ground in one swift motion. He was on top of her holding her arms down in seconds.

"You should know better than to get distracted by a rock being thrown. Thats the oldest trick in the book. Although, Remy can't say he dislikes the position your in."

He was speaking in third person. He was acting a little too cocky for her taste. She pulled just the right amount of her own absorption power up.

Gambit realized his error when he noticed he had his hands on hers. He wore gloves, but they still exposed his fingers.

When she saw him look slightly woozy, she turned her power off, threw up her legs, and wrapped them around his neck. She used her own strength to topple him off of her, and she quickly had him on his back, his head between her thighs.

He looked up at her and smirked. "You play dirty. I think I like this position better than the other one. Oh, and nice eyes."

With the recent absorption, she must have retained his mutation. She quickly called back his power, therefore regaining her own eye color back.

He looked at her curiously, eyes half shut. "Since when have you been able to do that?"

He closed his eyes and lost consciousness before she could answer. She dragged him to a near by rock and propped him up. She then made her way to find Kitty.

It appeared that she was at the "enemy" base, facing off against Jean. Interesting. Where was Kara?...

She heard a deep growl to her left, and turned to see a HUGE tiger charging towards her. She screamed from shock, and the large cat had her pinned within a blink of an eye.

She naturally went into defense mode, and used her super strength to kick the tiger off of her with her legs. So Kara's mutation was…she could turn into a tiger?

All of the sudden, the tiger got back on its feet. It turned, and the air around it started to ripple. The tiger then started to shape shift, turning into a… rhino… a rhino that was charging towards her. She stood there shocked, when the buzzer sounded. She looked up and saw that Kitty had obtained the flag.

She turned around, and Kara was in human form, standing in front of her, somehow still clothed.

"Sorry, I should have told you I'm a shape shifter. I can only turn into animals though, not people. It does have the tendency to shock some people."

Rogue could only stare at her. "Ya think?"

The arena disappeared, reverting back to the danger room. She saw Remy walking, with a hand on his head.

"I will never get used to that."

Kara went over to him and put his arm around her shoulder. She smiled up at him. "It can't be that bad."

She then turned her head towards Rogue and grinned. "Men. Their such babies!"

Remy smirked and turned to Rogue. "We will have to continue this some other time."

Wow. The guy had some nerve. He was hitting on her right in front of his girlfriend. His girlfriend that actually seemed to care about him, and it did seem that he reciprocated those feelings.

Her heart started to ache. This sucked.

Kitty approached her with a look of concern on her face. "Great job out there! I'm gonna go change, I'll talk to you afterwards, ok?"

She nodded her head in acknowledgement. A few minutes later, she turned around to find that Warren was waiting for her.

"Hey. I was just seeing if you were hungry, because I know this great place that has the best—"

"Hey Rogue, can I talk to you for a minute?"

Logan was quickly approaching the two.

Rogue turned back to Warren and smiled. "Sorry."

Warren threw back his head and sighed. "You're a busy woman. I'll just catch you later." And he exited the room.

Rogue shrugged her shoulders and turned to Logan.

"So how did you do that back there?"

She didn't understand. "Do what?"

"Kara can turn into a 400 pound Tiger, and you hurled her off of you like she was nothing more then a hamster."

So he had caught that. She became flustered. "It was my adrenaline pumping I guess. She startled me."

He wasn't falling for it. "Sure. When you feel like telling me the truth, come find me."

Well he would be waiting a while, because she wouldn't be telling anyone about that for a long, long time. She turned to leave.

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When she made it back to her room, she couldn't wait to put on some comfortable clothes and take a long nap. As she started to unzip her uniform, a voice interrupted her thoughts.

X-Men, please assemble in the conference room.

She sighed. Her much needed nap would have to wait till later.

When she made it to the conference room, much of the team was already there. The only chair available was the one right next to Remy. He over exaggerated a sweeping motion with his hand over the chair, to signal that she should sit there.

She sighed and sat down next to him.

The professor then addressed them all. "This meeting will be brief. I know that most of you want to get some much-needed rest. First off, I would like to officially welcome back Rogue."

There were a few smiles and nods in her direction.

"The other reason I called you in here is because we will be welcoming someone new. I can trust that you all will welcome her and treat her with kindness. She will make a great addition to the team. I will be traveling more often now to continue the fight for a peaceful co- existence between mutants and humans, and I need someone here to help run things while I am away."

The door opened, and a woman walked in wearing an outfit that was not appropriate attire for a school.

Rogue stood up quickly from her chair. She never wanted to see that bitch again.

Remy looked at her, concerned by her reaction.

"I would like to introduce you to Ms. Emma Frost."

To be continued…

So I have to admit, Kara's mutation was influenced quite a bit by Sam from Trueblood. I love that show. The books are awesome too.

Anyway, I will be posting again within the next week. PLEASE review! (Did that come off as desperate? Lol)