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Explosions of Every Kind Chapter 13: Betrayed

As Scott kissed his girlfriend's cheek, he prayed to god that she wasn't the least bit suspicious about his impromptu movie with "the guys" from class.

"You better be back in time to kiss me goodnight," Jean whispered into his ear, making his guilt of lying to her grow greater.

"I don't know," he stuttered, "We're going out afterwards, too. Might just crash at one of their places," he lied.

"Oh fine Scott Summers, you have fun," Jean pouted.

He gave her an additional kiss then swiftly exited her bedroom.

Rogue had packed a duffel bag the night before and stalked through the shadows all morning, keeping up her enraged visage. She spoke to no one and hardly raised her eyes off of the carpeting. Rogue trailed her way to the garage, where she and Scott had agreed to meet.

She unlocked the entrance to see Scott hopping over the driver's side door into the car seat, normally she would not have cared, but right now she decided his attitude was a little too carefree for this mission and resolved to voice this opinion in her own special way.

"What'd y'tell Jean, that y'were gettin' a Mani or a Pedi?" she said in almost a snarl.

"Mani," he played.

Rogue had come to the decision that that had redeemed him for the moment. As she opened the passenger's side door Scott stopped her, "What are you doing?"

"Getting in," she said mockingly, "What are y'doin'?"

"You can't be seen in this car until we are past the mansion gates," he stated.

"So what? Y'want me to hide in the trunk?"

"Well…" he started.

"Scott!" she was just about revolted.

"Just kidding. Grab that blanket and lie down in the back."

"Yessir," she gave him an army salute and jumped in the back.

At the same time Scott started the engine, Jean came bursting through the door. Swinging herself over to his side of the car and leaning over just enough to show him the proper amount of cleavage, she said, "Baby, I would really love to go see a movie. Can I come?" Meanwhile, Rogue had all but stopped breathing in fear of being heard, and worse, found in Scott's car.

"Sorry Babe," his heart was pounding a mile a minute, "Its boys' night." He leaned in for a kiss and waved good-bye as he pulled out of the garage. He peered into his rear-view mirror to watch Jean wave farewell.

"Rogue," he whispered harshly, "We're out."

She whipped off the blanket to find they were stopped in the back of a dumpy gas station where teens went to have sex in their mom's car. "Bout time, it's hot under there!"

"Yeah, sorry. Where to?" he asked.

Rogue fished through her duffel bag to find a map she had stolen from the Cerebro room. "Accordin' t'this, the acolytes last known base was about six miles north." She handed him the map as she popped into the passenger's seat.

"What else you got in that bag?" he raised an eyebrow at her.

"Whatever we may need," her voice was as serious as he'd ever heard it.

'No jokes on this mission,' he thought to himself.

Abruptly, Rogue announced, "Ah'm gonna go inside to grab a few things. Y'want anything?"

"Mountain dew and a Twix," he replied.

She rolled her eyes and left.

Scott studied the map carefully, it lead to an abandoned warehouse. 'What if they aren't there anymore? Rogue will go berserk,' he thought.

Inside the gas station, Rogue was in the bathroom flipping out. Gambit's psyche hadn't been quiet since it cried out for help during her workout yesterday. It was driving her insane, always begging for the pain to stop, always calling out her name.

Bringing her inner peace, meant saving him…soon.

She stared at herself in the mirror and noticed the bags under eyes she'd received from the lack of sleep last night. She gently touched her face and said, "Y'r losin' it."

"Rogue…"

"SHUT UP!" she screamed while sweeping her arms across the counter, knocking everything to the ground, shattering it.

Breathing heavily as she exited the restroom, Rogue bought Scott's sweets and walked back to the car.

"Here y'go," she said as she threw the pop and candy onto his lap.

"Mmmmm, thanks." He looked over and saw that she was almost weeping. "Hey," he said while turning her head to face him, "Are you okay?"

She whipped her head back to its original position and replied, "Ah will be."

He backed the car up and headed north, all the while keeping an eye on Rogue.

"That's it," he declared as the pulled up to the building across the street from the warehouse. "What's the plan?"

"This is a stealth mission. We don't go in hot, and we don't go looking for a fight." Rogue twisted her body whilst leaning past Scott and grabbed the duffel bag out of the back. "But if worst comes to worst," she opened up the bag to expose tear gas canisters; "we use these then grab Gambit."

"Yes ma'am," Scott gave her the army salute this time.

"We'll sneak in the back," she confirmed. He simply nodded and switched out his sunglasses for his visor (also found in Rogue's knapsack).

The door creaked fiercely and fortunately the main room was empty, however there was definitely evidence that the acolytes still lived there, which caused Scott to sigh in relief. Rogue found one of Pyro's igniters on an old broken-down couch and decided to attach it to her arm just in case. As Scott searched the corridor, Rogue stumbled upon what seemed to be a meeting room with an elongated table, flat-screen TV, and computers lining the far wall. Uninterested with her findings, Rogue swept out en route for the corridors to catch up with Scott in what appeared to be Gambit's room.

"Doesn't look like he's been here in months," Scott observed.

Rogue glared at him, "That's cause he's been wit' us. And obviously, Magneto didn't give him a warm greeting then let him go to bed when he returned," a strange mixture of worry and cynicism flowed through her words.

Rogue opened the top drawer of the dresser to find a photograph of herself she was unaware Gambit possessed. But before she could continue her search, they heard a faint shriek in the background. "Gambit," Rogue whispered, and then flew out of the room at the pace of a speeding bullet.

She stopped short of the hallway which contained the room where the screams came from, giving Scott just enough time to catch up with her. They sneaked alongside the wall to that chilling room. Just as Scott reached out his hand to turn the doorknob it jiggled from the inside and Rogue automatically kicked open the door behind them and snatched the back of Scott's shirt, yanking him in they tumbled to the ground together. Magneto floated out of the room and Rogue could faintly make out the figure of a breathless Gambit within. "No-" she breathed, but Scott quickly covered her mouth as Magneto stopped and peered about. With one last gaze down the dark hallway, Magneto turned and left.

When he was safely out of sight, Rogue just about broke down the door of that other room. "Gambit!" she gasped and ran over to him. Scott was faced the other way, covering the door incase anyone came by. "Gambit!" Rogue could hardly take in the scene. He was fastened to an outsized metal chair by metal restraints around his ankles, wrists, waist, and neck, which, by the looks of it, Magneto had not failed to manipulate as he pleased.

She took his face in both her hands, "Gambit, Gambit! Answer me."

He gasped and wheezed out the word, "Rogue."

"Yes," she said frantically, "yes. Ah'm gonna get y'outta this."

"No Rogue," he protested, "stop."

It was too late, Rogue had already called Scott over and he blasted the restraints clean away and Gambit collapsed to the floor. Being supported by Rogue on one side and Scott on the other, Gambit attempted to plead with them.

"Rogue," he moaned, "put me back."

"Did he brainwash y'or somet'ing?" she sounded agitated. "We're takin' y'back t'the mansion."

"Mon amour, I cannot go back wit' you," he implored.

"What? Gambit, y'saved meh now I'm savin' you. So shut up 'n let me!"

"I can't, as much as I want to," Gambit told her, standing on his own.

"But… Remy," she touched his cheek with her gloved hand, "Y'love me. Don't you?"

Gambit swallowed hard and ignored the question that almost brought tears to his eyes. "Magneto will never let me stay wit' you. He'll hunt me 'til de day I die."

Rogue took a step back in shock, "So that's it? Y'r submittin' to a bastard wit' a bucket on his head!" A single tear escaped from Rogue's eye, killing Gambit on the inside. Gambit took a step towards her and she retreated into Scott for sanctuary, another sight that killed Gambit on the inside. "Ah trus-" Rogue never had time to finish her sentence. Magneto had been lurking in the shadows and knocked both Rogue and Scott against the wall with a beam of steel.

"Congratulations Gambit," he said, "You've proven your worth, and are an acolyte once more."

"Traitor!" Scott breathed callously, before being slammed against the wall again, subsequently losing consciousness as Rogue had.

"Now then," Magneto said, "Walk with me."

Gambit complied. Silently wanting to strike Magneto down where he stood for making him do that to his Chere. A deep, dark fire was burning throughout Gambit and had found its way into his eyes, setting the crimson pupils he possessed aflame. Gambit had only one reason for not killing Magneto right then and there: he must be in his good graces for his lately formed plan to work.

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