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"Ah'm sorry Kurt. But Ah didn't do dat tah Kit, make sure she knows dat. Tell Logan dat Ah'm sorry Ah didn't let him in, Ah know he only meant to help us Kurt. Speakin' about dat, Kurt tell him 'bout da beatings, Ah'm sure he can get yah away from Raven an' back tah New Orlean's. Don't worry 'bout meh... Ah'll be in a better place by den. Ah'll be watchin' over all of yah so yah betta behave yah selves, mah friends. And tell Remy...it was meh dat night, and dat Ah'm sorry Ah never told him before, an' dat Ah never will. Bye." The ending click echoed through the room cutting through the thick silence.
Chapter 20: Races
Kurt looked to Logan, who was looking at Remy, who in turn was looking at Lexa, who had just ran up onto the stage up to Wanda who was looking back at Kurt. In a flash the group was racing out of the room and out to the back parking lot.
"TABITHA!" Wanda yelled as she ran.
"Yes ma'am," Tabby called back as she joined Wanda at the point of the group.
"Good. Kurt check the house, see if she's there. Lexa take you bike and check the coffee shop, it's a stretch but you never know. Logan, Remy you guys can check around town. Tabby, you, John, and I are going out to the woods.
They all broke into their designated groups. Logan racing over to his pick-up truck, Tabitha and Wanda to Tabby's jeep, while Lexa, and Remy ran over to their bikes.
"Shit. She has my bike." Kurt yelled to the others as another bike pulled up.
"Just get on." Dani stated flatly flipping up her visor and handing Kurt a helmet.
"You know where you're going."
"No, but I'm sure you can point me in the right direction." Dani said with a smirk.
Kurt would of laughed, but this was to much of serious situation. Instead Kurt got on behind Dani as all the groups peeled out of the parking lot. Remy, however, hung back thinking of where Rogue would actually go to die. Suddenly he flipped down his visor and raced out of the parking lot. He knew that at any minute Rogue could be lost to him, forever.
-Logan-
As soon as Logan was driving down main street, he pulled the cover panel off the middle of his dash board to reveal a police CB radio. Pulling the microphone out of its cradle he growled low under his breath before holding down the button.
"This is the Wolverine. Come in Cap'." Logan spoke.
"Wolvie? What'cha doin out and about? Come back."
"Stripes sprang early. She headed to see HIM."
"Shit. Should we call in? Or call for assistance." Logan paused a moment thinking it through.
"Cap' let the old man in on it. Don't tell the others."
"The King ain't gonna be happy with that but alright."
"Him and me both," Logan said to himself as he hung the microphone back in its cradle, "Why couldn't she have waited just a few more days." Logan then picked up the microphone again and redialed his radio to the local stations.
"Attention everyone, Detective Logan Howlett, I need an amber alert. Seventeen, auburn hair with two white stripes in the front, green eyes, five foot eight inches tall, possible suicidal. If found proceed with caution and call me immediately!"
Logan slammed the microphone back down on to cradle as she gunned it harder down the back roads. "Don't you give up Stripes. I'm coming for you." Logan then turns down a back street and heads off to check the hospital.
-Kurt-
Dani pulled into the drive way in six minutes flat, but Kurt was off the bike and racing up to the front door before Dani had even stopped the bike. He raced through the main door and up the stairs until he got to Rogue's bedroom door. Kurt paused seeing that her door had been uncommonly left open. Kurt proceeded with caution and what he found broke his resolve.
Rogue's room had been torn apart as if someone, not Rogue, had gone through the room trying to find something. He knelt and picked up Rogue's bear Blaze off the floor. Kurt hugged the old bear just as he noticed a pair of white gloves that had fallen out of Rogue's laundry bag. He picked them up only to see dried blood stains, turning the gloves inside out showed how bad the situation was. Kurt whipped out his cell and called Wanda.
"WHAT!" Wanda growled.
"Wanda…ve have a problem. She's been cutting again…" Kurt stated his voice dead from his fear.
Wanda's side of the line was dead for several minutes until suddenly, "TABITHA DRIVE FASTER! KURT MEET US AT THE COFFEE SHOP," And then the line went dead.
-Wanda, Tabitha, and John-
Wanda sat drumming her fingers on the dash board as Tabitha drove quickly through the outskirts of town pausing at each of their old haunts. John was standing in the back, his head sticking out the window looking for Rogue.
"See her yet?" Tabitha yelled over the roar of the wind.
"Nope." John replied.
When Wanda's phone went off Tabitha hopped it was good news but the deep frown that appeared on Wanda's face made Tabitha swallow. When Wanda began yelling Tabitha didn't even pause, she threw the steering wheel making an illegal U-turn in the middle of the road, causing several cars to swerve and lay on their horns. John was tossed from one end of the car to the other while Wanda was again cursing up a storm.
Tabitha just shook her head. She knew she had to keep her cool if Wanda was loosing it someone would have to keep a leveled head. They were at The Waking Raven in eight minutes flat, Tabitha once again turning the wheel super fast to slide into the parallel parking spot. Wanda jumped out of the jeep before Tabitha had even stopped the car, marching up to Logan, Dani, Kurt, Mia, and Clara.
"Anything?" she demanded.
"She hasn't been here Wanda." Clara replied, fear thickening her motherly voice.
"Then where is she!"
"Wanda. Think." Tabitha commented taking hold of her friend's arm.
Everyone looked up when Lexa appeared on her bike she she drove right up onto the side walk. She pulled off her helmet and frowned.
"She isn't in any of the usually spots, and..."
"Did anyone check the forest?" Kurt asked.
"Of course we did! Kurt don't be stupid." Wanda yelled.
"No Wanda...I mean 'The Forest'." Kurt asked again, stressing the name.
Wanda suddenly paled. She hadn't even considered the lonely broken down hideout the group went to. She face palmed and was about to race onto the back of Lexa's motorcycle when her phone rang. Wanda pulled it out to read a series of numbers. She swallowed once before answering.
"Hello?"
-Rouge-
She opened her eyes slowly blinking in the sunlight. She was outside...in a bayou? There before her stood a cat. The cat had pointed ears, dark solid amber eyes, spots covering its tan and grey coat, while its tail was short with a white tip. Suddenly Rogue noticed that the cat had its back hunched and fangs bared as it stood over two small kittens.
"Kitty?" Rogue heard herself say, walking forward as she reached out to touch the cat.
The cat growled low making Rogue pause, but it was in that moment's pause that the cat attacked. With a powerful lung and swipe with long claws the cat, bobcat, cut deeply across Rogue's arm from her elbow to her wrist. Rogue screamed and ran cradling her arm.
Suddenly Rogue's mind pointed out how tiny her hand was and how short her legs were. She then noticed as she fell onto soft grass that she wasn't seventeen anymore, but five. As her vision darkened she heard footsteps racing toward her.
-Remy-
He pulled up to the stone house that he had seen Rogue and her friends come to all those months ago. He parked his bike and slowly made his way inside. His speed suddenly quickened as he saw the scene within the main room.
Rogue stood there swaying on the spot as she stood near the empty fire pit. Her arms were covered in blood, her glinting pocket knife lay on the ground since she could no longer hold it. Remy walked forward slowly as to not spook Rogue, his eyes meeting her hazy, unfocused emerald eyes. How did he not know those were her eyes that night, but before Remy could reprimand himself anymore, Rogue began falling forward. Remy bolted forward taking a knee as he went angling himself perfectly so Rouge landed in his arms, inches before she would of hit the ground.
"it got me Remmm...dah cat..."
Remy was confused for a moment, but shook it off. He didn't have time to wonder what she was talking about. He moved them both, propping Rogue up against the wall in a sitting position. Remy began ripping his shirt and tying the pieces tightly at the top of Rogue's arm just above her elbow, before cleaning up her cuts. Once satisfied that she was alright to travel Remy pulled out his phone.
"Brother! Remy need help, get the med wing up and blood." Remy explained, as he lifted Rogue up off the ground
"Who fer?" Came Henri's voice from the other end of the phone.
"Fer Remy's girl dat he had yah watchin'!" Remy replied, a little mad that he had to explain.
"AHH Dat one gotcha. TANTE!" Henri yelled, before hanging up.
Remy sat Rogue in front of him on his motorcycle, before driving way over the legal limit toward the mansion. He held onto Rogue tightly as they crossed over the stone bridge, where Remy could see Henri, Tante, and the Professor standing outside with a stretcher awaiting Remy and his injured cargo.
"Don'cha worry, chere, Remy's gotcha."
-Rogue Dream-
Rogue woke again, but this time she was inside a large entrance hall. Remembering the attack Rogue touched her arm, but it was fine. Instead fine white lines ran from her elbow to her wrist. Sudden running footsteps made Rogue look up. Standing on a stair case high above her stood a boy with blonde hair and brown eyes. He was smiling down at her.
"Anna. Aren't you coming?" the boy called to her.
Rogue felt herself smile back at the boy, as she nodded and stood. As she made her way up the stairs, she passed a large mirror on the first floor landing and admired her image. She was dressed in a royal purple t-shirt with black shorts, while her hair was a curly mess of auburn hair that touched her shoulders.
"Anna. Come on!" Yelled the blonde boy.
"Hold yah horses, Theo." She called back as she ran up the rest of the stairs.
