Disclaimer: I've finally recovered from past attacks from others for stealing their powers I have decided to use Pyro's abilities to get my certificate from the nasty lawyer's office… wish me luck!
A/N: I am so sorry for the lateness of this chapter… I have so much shit on my plate lately that it's been really hard to find time to post this… however, here it is and I hope you enjoy! Sorry again!
"…"- conversation
'…'- thoughts
(…)- extra facts/actions (some)
((…))- author's/my own thoughts
'blah…' -telepathy/what people say mentally
Chapter 43: The Southern Belle and the Spicy Cajun; Part 3- Truth Revealed
Hallway #23, Asteroid Evolution, Orbit of the Moon, Milky Way Galaxy- May 16, 8:45 PM
After hearing what had happened to their comrades Remy and Rogue were staring in shock at their two friends.
"Wait a minute… yah're tellin' meh yah two are stuck like that?" questioned Rogue, looking at her friend for a sign of denial but closed her mouth and frowned when she saw Kitty nod yes to the question.
"You too, mon ami?" Remy asked from his position against one of the dressers, a deck of cards moving through his fingers rapidly.
Lance nodded and opened his mouth to say something when he was shushed by Kitty, whose ears were pointed towards the door as she mouthed, "Someone's coming…"
Lance's ears turned towards the door as well and he mentally told his claws to extend, which Kitty did too, and Rogue and Remy stared in shock at their friend's claws, which were now three feet long and looking extremely sharp.
"Are you sure ve need to look in here, comrade?" came the low voice of Piotr as he and Jason stood outside the door to cell #23, Piotr looking like he'd rather be doing anything else at the moment while Jason's face was devoid of emotion.
"Of course," responded Jason wearily as he rubbed his temples, trying to stop the headache he felt from coming to the surface. "Magneto told us to make sure Rogue became the Horseman of Famine and that Raven reports to him… she has been missing for quite some time."
Just when Jason and Piotr were about to open the door they felt a telekinetic field slam against said door and both looked at each other in shock. Piotr changed into his metal form, metal plating covering the whole of his body. He stomped towards the door and was about to ram it open when he felt himself being held in place by some kind of psychic power. Piotr struggled to get free of the hold but found he was unable to. Jason stared in open-mouthed amazement as he saw his teammate frozen in motion.
Inside hallway #23 Kitty was desperately trying to hold off Piotr's advancement into the room. Sweat trickled down her head, her eyes closed, showing the amount of concentration it was taking her to accomplish the task at hand.
'Lance, tell them now! I don't know how much longer I'll be able to hold them off!' yelled Kitty as she telepathically relayed her message to Lance and didn't notice Remy start up at what he had just heard.
"Tell us what?" Remy asked, and when Lance turned to regard him with surprise on his face Remy said, "The chat (cat) said you needed to tell Rogue and Remy somethin' now… tell us."
Lance took a deep breath and said, "Well, I don't really know how to say this but… you and Rogue are two of the eight keys needed to defeat Apocalypse, who is back from the dead. Kitty and I are two of the keys; John and Wanda are two of the others. Rogue, you're the Goddess of the Wind and you have the ability to fly at the speed of light through the air, to control its motions, send mini-cyclones out of your hands, you're able to create or destroy tornadoes and hurricanes of any size, reflect any physical attack back at its creator with the same amount of force, the power of telekinesis, and create a cyclone that can transport you to anywhere you've been before, along with your original powers, which now include total control over your absorption powers.
"Remy, you're the God of Water and you can both control and create it, you can charge it with any amount of energy, control said amount, and choose whom it harms or doesn't harm, you can control any size or texture of water, telepathy, change the temperature of the water, reflect only laser-based attacks off you and back at its creator with the same amount of force, and create a small sphere of water for both transportation purposes and for attacking purposes, along with your original powers. You both can communicate with each other telepathically, have the ability to heal yourselves and others at critical times by using some of your own energy, and also copy any other mutant power you've seen, like Kitty's and my control over our claws, or our ability to turn invisible." Lance then turned invisible for a moment then became visible once more.
Lance looked over at his two friends and found them both with their mouths open, disbelief over every aspect of their faces. "Hard to believe, huh?"
"Oui," replied Remy after a moment in which he regained control over his mind and closed his mouth, Rogue doing the same. "Mais, how is dis possible? What Remy means to say is, if Remy be a lowly Swamp Rat and mon chère be a River Rat, both from dis era, then how is dis possible?"
'Ever hear of somethin' called reincarnation, Remy?' said Kitty telepathically, anger and exhaustion lacing her words. Remy shook his head and relayed the message to Rogue, who nodded, determination in her eyes.
"Alright, if Swamp Rat and Ah are two of the keys, with yah, Kitty, John, and Wanda bein' four others who're tha other 2?" asked Rogue as she examined her hands, snapping her fingers and causing a small wisp of air to form in the palm of her hand. Rogue was still trying to absorb the fact that she now had total control over her original powers, which had kept her from touching anyone for over a decade, with the rare exception occurring every now and then.
Lance told them the other two keys and their new powers telepathically, and then said, "Remy, you and Rogue need to find the other two keys, and quickly, because I fear one of them may be in more danger than I first realized. Remy, lead the way, as you know the complex off by heart, and Rogue— no fighting, please?" Lance gave Rogue a lopsided grin, to which Rogue stuck out her tongue. Lance's face then grew serious and he said, 'You two- turn invisible; now!'
Rogue and Remy nodded and a second later they turned invisible and just in time as Kitty fell to the floor, not having the energy to keep Piotr out of the room any longer. Lance ran over to her and cradled her in his arms, praying her healing factor would restore her energy quickly.
Piotr, meanwhile, had felt the telekinetic powers being used on him end, and he regained control over his body. Piotr backed up once more and this time successfully rammed into the door, causing a resounding 'thud' to echo throughout the complex, alerting Pietro that something had gone wrong. The mutant sped out of hallway #11, having been watching Lexie scream in agony and desperately wishing he could somehow help her (without getting caught and skinned to death), and sped towards hallway #23.
Remy and Rogue carefully crept out of the hallway and into the main corridor, Remy using his new water transportation powers to teleport them to the infirmary so he and Rogue could quickly grab some supplies for helping the victims.