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Chapter two – Powers are back! The return of an old friend.

"Damn it!" said Rogue out loud in the middle of the street. "I can't believe this shit! "Are you a mutant?", "What do you think about mutants?", What kind of questions are these for a stupid job interview?" The young girl was mad with the questions they made her, she didn't understand. And to frustrate her more, rain drops started to fall and she didn't have an umbrella.

"Stupid weather…sun, rain, sun, rain again… make up your mind!" Rogue was having one bad day and it would become worse.

When Rogue arrived at the mansion, she heard Kitty calling her from the living room, "Rogue! Have you heard the news? It's incredible!"

"What's the matter, Kitty?"

"It seems that the cure is a failure! Many mutants are receiving their powers back." Informed her Kitty.

"What? How's that possible?"

"They didn't said much more.", said Bobby, "They will talk about it later, we just have to wait."

"And what does the Professor think about it?" asked Rogue with her eyes wide open with the news.

"Is not here," continued Bobby, " he left with Logan, Ororo and Kurt don't know where, but they were…anxious, a think."

"I heard them talking in Professor's office, it was something about Jean… I think Professor talked with her in his dreams or some astral plan or whatever he called it." Now was Jubelee talking, she was on the sofa with the control mote in her hands.

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"What are you saying… that Jean may be alive?", asked Logan anxiously.

"Please, Logan, let's not be hasty." Asked Charles, "I can't tell for sure, but I know someone who really looks like her was asking for my help. It could not be her…"

"It could be the Phoenix!", Ororo finished the sentence for Charles. They were all concerned, if it was Jean, was she really alive, could she contain the Phoenix within her? But, and if it was the Phoenix playing a trick on them?

"What should we, Professor?, asked Kurt, he didn't really met Jean that well, he knew she was a nice woman and he really loved her smile…a kind, warm smile. Anyway, he did met the terrors of Phoenix and he sure didn't want to pass trough that again.

"We go search for her!", it was Logan who answered him.

"Calm down, Logan!"

"He is right Ororo!" said Charles, "We go now; Hank, Peter and Warren can take care of the school."

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"And you tell us that just now?", asked Bobby, "Jean may be alive!"

"I forgot, I'm telling you guys now!"

"Oh, please Bobby! That's just impossible." Rogue told him, "I'm going to change my wet clothes and talk with Dr. McCoy about the cure."

Rogue quickly dressed something and went to see Dr. McCoy, which was not in the laboratory, as incredible as it was. She searched for him in his bedroom, in Professor's office, in the Danger Room and finally found him in the kitchen…alone and preparing something.

"What are you doing?", asked Rogue curious.

"I'm cooking!", said Beast with a happy tone.

"You. Cooking."

"Yup, and it is your dinner young girl, so don't you dare making funny of me, or else…"

Rogue chuckle a little and went on, "Well, that's a first. Anyways, did you heard about the cure and it's failure?", she asked sitting in a chair beside him.

"Oh, yes, yes. Are you worried?"

"Yeah, of course! It's going to happen to all mutants? If it is…"

"Calm down Rogue." Hank asked, "I know as much as you. But if you want my opinion, yes, I think it will affect all mutants." He saw her looking to her feet, hiding her disappointment and added, "Rogue, child, we are what we are, and we should accept that…look at me!"

She smiled a little and byte a green apple, "Yeah, I know." They were in silence for a while and then Rogue asked him quietly, "Will it hurt?"

"What will?", asked Hank not paying attention.

"The power surge…"

That sentence made him look at her with kindness, but he just could answered, "I don't know."

They were in silence and again it was Rogue who broke it, "So, what do you know about the sudden little travel of professor and the others?"

"I can't talk to you about that, young lady. I am sorry."

"I know it's about Jean; and that professor dreamed with her." She said smiling.

Beast eyes widen up, witch brought his fearless animal features out. "I am certain that already all the mansion knows about that. And I don't know anything more. Now, could you please set the table?"

At dinner they were all waiting for news about the cure, but unfortunately they didn't add much, just that the government wouldn't be creating more cures.

"What, that's it?" asked Warren, the same question that everyone was about to make. "What about the reaction of mutants, and the consequences or the reasons for his failure?"

"Yeah, why didn't they talk more about it, they seemed urgent sooner?!" asked Bobby.

"Well, it's better this way, it shouldn't have existed a cure!" someone said, but Rogue didn't pay attention, she was concerned about her now, will her mutation come back, will it hurt, will she had to wear gloves again, and now forever? Damn it, that wasn't fair, she didn't even had sex, nor even a little more intimate contact, except with Bobby, and that wasn't for long too.

Later that night, Rogue went to the laboratory in search of pills to her headache. She found Beast in his computer with a funny and somewhat strange smile in his face.

"What are you doing Dr. McCoy?", she asked.

"Oh, nothing!" Beast said, and turn off his computer, He thanked the heavens he couldn't blush, he was having a privet, no, wait, a very privet conversation with the new girl he met. Her name was Trisch, she was a human, a beautiful human actually, and best of all she didn't mind the fact he was big, blue and fury, she seemed to enjoy it! "Is there anything I can do for you Rogue?"

"Yeah, can you give me some pills? My head is killing me!" He looked at her like he was thinking but quickly gave her some pills and a cup of water. She knew what he was thinking though, she had thought the same think. Maybe it was her mutation coming back.

"Thanks." She was turning her back to leave when Beast called her.

"Rogue, put these latex gloves and help me preparing this table and medications!"

"What? I'm no doctor, you know?! And I don't aspire to be one."

"Professor Charles just contacted me by telepathy. They're coming back fast, with Jean! And she's hurt!" he informed her.

"Excuse me?! That's impossible!" Rogue couldn't believe what she was hearing; Jean was dead for god sake!

"Rogue, I'm big, blue and with blue furry and I'm a doctor; Charles transferred his spirit from body to body, I think there is no impossible in our realities anymore."

"I can't argue with that." Said Rogue, "So what can I do?"

Beast gave her some indications and in no time Wolverine entered carrying Jean in his arms and screaming for help right now; Storm, Charles and Nightcrawler were right behind him explaining all at the same time what had happening. It was horrible, Rogue felt those confusing words and explanations coming to her head like a bomb and she had to let go the medication Beast had told her to prepare to cover her hears. Noticing the "turbulence", Beast shout and asked them to leave.

"Rogue, are you feeling alright?" she shook her head in confirmation and the doctor went on. "Now, you will do as I told. Breathe and calm down, everything will be fine." He assured her.

Fifteen minutes later, Beast said "Ok, she will be fine now."

Rogue raised an eyebrow, "What, just this? I thought she was dying or something ."

"Me too… with an entrance like that! She was fine really; I just stabilized her, that's all. OK, let's give them the good news."

Outside the rest of the team add join them. All with worried faces and some who didn't believe Jean was really there.

"How is she?", asked Storm.

"Stabilized. She will be fine, she is just sleeping." Said Hank.

"Thank God." They heard Kitty.

"I don't get it" said Rogue, "I thought we had buried Jean's body! How…?" With this question, everyone looked back to Charles, searching for an answer.

"I can explain that", he said, "Jean's spirit was asking me for her body, she felt lost and scare without it, obviously, so we took it with us."

"Watching their faces, Logan adds, "The body was closed, of course."

"Yes," continued Ororo " and when Charles found her spirit, he helped her to transfer and transform the body again, like he did to his."

"Unbelievable…" murmured Warren.

"Indeed." Said Charles "Now, it's late, we should go and rest."

"I'll stay with Jean." Said Logan immediately.

Ororo look to her lover, all this time they were together she learnt to love him more and more, she felt she couldn't live without him, but what were his feelings for her, she asked herself. She knew he would always love Jean, but was that love greater than the love he felt for her? Ororo love Jean and would give everything to see her alive, but now she was afraid, afraid in loosing someone else.

"What about if it ins't Jean, Professor?" asked Rogue, breaking Ororo's line of thoughts. "If it is Phoenix again?"

"Phoenix is part of Jean and it will always be, but I know she will be capable to take control over Phoenix and all the power that is evolving in her. I will help her with that."

"Like you helped me?" asked Rogue, coldly.

"We could have succeeded, if…"

"…If I hadn't taken the cure." Rogue finished Professor's line. "Well, you may have a second chance."

"What do you mean with that?", asked Logan.

"Haven't you heard?" asked Warren "The cure is a failure. They're all mutants again."

Next morning, Jean woke up. She was depressed and physical and emotional fragile. Dr. McCoy explained that she remembered everything she did as Phoenix in a few amount of time and that was hard. She could only see one person a time, and it must be those she trusted the most. So, first went professor Charles Xavier to explain her everything what happened and the work they had in front of them; next was the turn of an impatient Logan, what they said to each other in the lab, no one knows; finally was Ororo turn, she tried to say all the god news to her friend and Jean actually gave some laugh. For the day, Jean had to rest, and maybe in the next day she could receive more people. That was Hank's decision.

Rogue wasn't much better, she passed all day closed in her bedroom, in the dark. Her head was killing her, she couldn't get up from the bed, she couldn't open her eyes without feeling a strong pain in her head. When finally Logan entered in her room to give her some pills of Hank, the small amount of light that entered in the room by the door made moan. Logan had to force her to get her head up and swallow the pills, next he hold her in his arms and he felt her hole body trembling.

"Shh…it's going to be all good now." Logan hold her that way for about 15 minutes and in a second he felt a pull, his energy was being pulled as he never felt before, this should be Rogue's strongest pull ever. Logan had to let her go quickly and the girl fell to the floor screaming for pain, holding her head firmly. Seconds later their teammates entered in the room and they saw Logan holding Rogue with a sheet.

"Where's Hank?!" asked Logan.

"I'm right here!" said Beast, who entered jumping over the others. He injected a liquid in Rogue's arm and quickly she fell asleep. Rogue's power was back.

Next chap – what about the brotherhood of mutants? And a characters ;) (at least two)