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Tainting Repartee
Chapter Thirty-Seven
Magneto was caught by surprise as Rogue teleported them away from the x-men. They reappeared, what he assumed was, about two miles from where they were; high up in the air. He quickly called upon his powers of flight. Realizing that his girl had done the same he took his hand off her arm; flying back a few feet away from her. Now, it was time to have a uninhibited conversation; without the unwanted audience.
"An-" he tried to say as Rogue aiming a kick at his stomach. He dodged that and five more of her attempts to physically assault him. "Anna, may w-" he started to say before he caught hold of her fist; she teleported.
This time they appeared on a road; a deafening beeping noise assaulted his senses. He did not have to look up; he could feel the truck speeding towards them. He quickly grabbed her shoulders. As he pulled them both up into the air; barely avoiding the vehicle.
"Anna?" he asked concerned; he could feel her body trembling. He pulled her closer to him. For a moment he felt her hesitate before she leaned her head on his chest. He heard her let out a soft whimper as he kissed the top of her head. He rubbed her arms where there was fabric to protect him from her powers. He could hear her struggling to keep herself from crying. She lifted her head off of him as she took deep breaths. Slowly her breathing returned to normal. "Anna, are you alright?" he asked. She looked up at him incredulously.
"No, I'm not alright," she said with tears in her eyes. "Of course, I ain't alright. Not when you keep trying to fucking kidnap me at the time," she yelled before she attempted kick him. He moved to avoid being hit.
"Anna, physical attacks will not harm me. You are far to exhausted for that tactic to-" he said as she fought against his hold; he tightened his grip.
"Your powers are gonna fade and then what am I gonna do," she mumbled.
"Talk to me," he said strongly before his eyes widened; she was summoning a magnetic pulse around her. Thankfully, he was able to withstand it; although the process was painful. "Anna Marie, stop this," he yelled as his eyes sought hers. She closed her eyes tightly. He watched tears run down her fight as she fought to ignore him. "I am more than capable of subduing your attacks, my girl, but I do not wish to harm you. Stop fighting me and let us discuss this," he said in his most coxing tone.
"No," she said before she increased in the intensity of her pulse. He coped with her onslaught of energy for a few more moments before he was forced to back away from her. Light emanated forth; threatening to engulf him in raw magnetic energy. He threw up a magnetic shield around him. He reached out with his powers; trying to take control of her electrochemical signal as he had with her family. But she somehow managed to shake off his effort; maintaining her freedom.
'Perhaps, I should wait until my powers have receded from her control,' he thought.
'I am so fucked,' Rogue thought as she fought to sustain the energy around her. She wasn't even sure what she was doing; she was projecting this force by instinct. Why had she assumed that once she had his powers she would be able to fight him? Why hadn't she thought this through more thoroughly?
'I doubt you had time to consider all possibilities,' the fragment of Magneto said. He was right.
'I don't know what to do now,' she thought. She wanted to go into her mind; study how he used his powers. Find someway to fight him; a way to defeat him.
'Again that would require time; a luxury you currently cannot afford,' the fragment pointed out.
'I know,' she thought overwhelmed.
'You still have your brother's powers. You could flee; buy yourself the necessary amount of time to strategize,' he suggested. It wasn't a bad idea. 'Where is the last place my counterpart would search for you?' he asked. A location came to mind but then a thought occurred to her.
'The first place he'll look is the back with the X-Men and if I ain't there he might take them captive to get me to come to him,' she thought panicked.
'My girl, my counterpart has never released them,' he exclaimed. 'He has merely allowed them the illusion of freedom. What he may threaten is the temporary destruction of that illusion but he will permit them to return to their lives unharmed as he had before. You should not allow the threat alone to deter you from seeking your answers,' the fragment pointed out.
'I get what you're saying, Max. I do. But I can't just abandon them,' she thought desperately.
'Who suggested you abandon them? I certainly did not. Yes, you could flee the state to escape him if you wished. But I know that you would not sacrifice you're family's peace of mind to regain your own. You are far too loyal to utilize that tactic. A day, or two in hiding is what you need to process all the information newly at your disposal. Once you are his equal in knowledge, you can face him and then we shall see who will emerge victorious,' he finished.
'Are you actually trying to help me?' she asked in disbelief; the thought finally occurring to her. She gasped as she realized her shield was faltering. She felt a force attempting to break through her energy. She took a deep breath as she concentrated to reaffirm her shield.
'Anna, I have never been so proud of you. Of course, I wish to assist,' the fragment said. 'I fully comprehend how your powers work, beloved,; he thought; Rogue felt an overwhelming passion come from him as he thought the endearment. She took a deep breath.
'You have been questioning that, haven't you? Wouldn't you like, if nothing else, to explore my feelings for you? Unlike the other fragments I understand that I am apart of you now. At least until my counterpart deems my existences redundant. Why shouldn't both of us use the little time we have to our advantage?' he asked. He sounded as sincere as he always did but for once she could actually feel his sincerity. He was telling the truth.
"Okay, okay," she muttered as she took off her gloves.
Magneto stared at the ball of light in front of him. He knew that Rogue was in the center of it."Anna," he called out. He waited a moment; hoping for a response.
He received it the form of two bare hands coming from behind him; grasping his cheeks. He felt his energy leaving him as he grabbed her arms; he started to pull them away from his face. He managed to pull her hands off of his face. He hissed in pain as her other hand remained; her nails digging into his skin as he lost all physical contact with her. Braising himself from her next attack, he spun around.
Rogue was gone.
He glanced around the area, searching for her, but she was no where in sight. His eyes widened for brief moment as he felt something warm drip down his face. His fingers brushed his cheek. His eyes narrowed in anger as he stared down at his fingers. How many years had it been since he had seen the color of his own blood?
'It hardly matters now,' he thought dryly as he rose high into the air; he saw some roads in the distance. 'Where would she go?' he asked himself. His first thought was to the X-Men. 'An idea worth investigating once I learn where I am,' he thought as he flew off.
Charles Xavier glanced around at all of his X-Men. It had taken a few moments but finally his students were moving their bodies' again. They were all still clearly disorientated.
"Is everyone alright?" Charles Xavier asked again.
"I think so," Jean said as she started to move her arms. "Scott?" she asked as she slowly turned her head to glance at him.
"I'm okay," Cyclops said as he took a step forward.
"What was that?" Spike asked confused as he moved his arms.
"I do not know," Charles said; he hoped that he had properly concealed the fear he was feeling from his voice. "Ororo?" he asked. Storm was now knelling next to Nightcrawler.
"I believe he will be alright," Storm said. "I think it was Rogue's powers that caused his unconsciousness," she added.
"Agreed," Charles said. Wolverine had gotten to his feet minutes ago; he was sniffing around searching for any sign of Rogue.
"It is no use, Logan. Rogue teleported them away from this area," Storm said.
"They could be miles from here," Beast pointed out.
"We don't know that," Wolverine growled. "We have to find them before Magneto takes her out of Bayville. You remember what she said this morning," Wolverine said in anger.
"I do, of course," Charles nodded; her words had been haunting him since he learned of the kidnapping. He had tried to convince her that she was no danger. How wrong he had been?
"What did Rogue say?" Storm asked.
"That if Magneto managed to kidnap her that it was vital the X-Men followed; or else we would likely be unable to location either of them," Charles answered gravely.
"Wait a minute. Rogue knew that creep was gonna kidnap her?" Evan asked in disbelief.
"She did not know when-" Charles started to answer.
"Yeah, she did," Wolverine said strongly as he marched back towards the group. "She knew. This morning she said it; that Magneto was coming for her. I could see how worried she was. Why didn't I believe her?" he asked himself in anger.
"Why didn't you believe her, Charles?" Beast asked.
"She was very emotional. More so than I've ever seen her; this morning and last night. She was so insistent upon finishing those blueprints. I thought she was overreacting. We had taken, what I thought, were all the necessary precautions against Magneto to keep her safe. I believed that if a confrontation occurred I would be able to defeat him as I had Juggernaut; with my powers."
"Both you and Jean together couldn't get into his mind," Cyclops said.
"No, we were able to get in," Jean said.
"But maintaining that contact proved to be difficult. Magneto was somehow able to ex-spell us from his mind," Charles said.
"How?" Scott asked in disbelief.
"I am not certain," Charles said.
"Rogue teleported them away so he didn't kidnap her. That's good, right?" Evan asked.
"She fled because Magneto had claimed all of us as his hostages," Beast said. "He used our safely to make her comply to his wishes," he said.
"Where do you think she took him?" Jean asked as she hugged herself.
"I have no idea," Charles said again.
"Even if we find her will we be of help or a hindrance in her struggle?" Beast asked.
"We should stop asking so many questions," Wolverine growled.
"Alright, Hank, how much more work is needed until Cerbro is rebuild?" Charles asked.
"It will take me a few more days, at least, to complete it," Beast answered.
"With both of us working together, perhaps we can cut that time in half," Charles said. "Cyclops, contact the students. Find out how Shadowcat is," he ordered.
"Yes, sir," he said before he started to walk back towards the XM- Velocity.
"Wolverine and Storm, for now, you two will continue the search for Rogue. Even with Cerebro operational I have never been able to location Magneto using it. Logan, you may very well be the only one among us capable of finding him," Charles said.
"Or we could just look up," Jean said. Charles quickly glanced up to see Magneto above them; staring down.
Rogue took a deep breath as she teleported into her's and Kitty's bedroom at the institute. She laid down on her bed; beyond exhausted. The fight with Magneto had been hard enough but teleporting over ten times to get back to the institute had done her in. She took a moment to recover; breathing deeply.
'I thought you said this was the first place he would look,' the fragment commented confused.
'No, I- I said back with the X-Men,' she thought. 'And where are they now?' she asked with a small smile.
'Still in those woods or close by searching for you, I suppose,' he thought with a laugh. 'And when you are not with them my counterpart may assume you have not returned to the institute for the same reason,' he thought impressed.
'Exactly, I could be anywhere,' she thought.
'Brilliant selection, Anna,' he said.
"Thanks," she mumbled as she fought to keep her eyes. "I can't go to sleep yet," she muttered. She took another deep breath before bring up his mind. 'God, where the fuck do I start?' she asked herself.
'Here,' the fragment answered as she was pulled into a memory. All she could see was a blinding light behind her closed eyelids.
'Do you feel that?' the fragment asked.
She felt heat and lots of energy crackling all around her.
'That is pure uncontrolled magnetic energy. The same type you produced on instant against my counterpart,' he said.
She felt Magneto eyes begin to open.
'Quickly, my girl, pause this memory. We do not need you to add the image that follows to your nightmares,' he warned as she followed his instructions. 'This moment was only the second time I used my abilities. The first time earlier that same day. I was twenty-five at the time,' he said.
'Max, I don't have time for a history lesson,' she thought as she pulled out of the memory all together.
'I promise there is a point to this lecture. Unlike you, Anna, my powers did not manifest when I approached puberty because of my circumstances in life. I was malnourished and once I entered the camps I was overworked and sleep deprived. Unlike your powers which are capable of working in any circumstance mine rely almost entirety upon the condition of my physical body,' he said.
'What I am telling you, my girl, is that in your current state of exhaustion you will not be able to defeat him; no matter the knowledge the gain,' he finished. She took deep breaths. 'You should also consider the large amount of mutants I have under my command. Even if you did manage to defeat me in battle there is still that small army to contend with,' he said. Rogue felt tears ran down her face. She felt powerless again.
'So, what? I should just give up on regaining my freedom?' she asked overwhelmed. She was struggling to keep from breaking down completely.
'Never,' he said intensely. 'I mean that, Anna, never. You are far too strong to give up... But you should switch tactics,' he said.
'I just did,' she thought frustrated.
'And that alteration did not succeed. Think Anna; what is your greatest weapon against him, against me?' he asked.
'I'm... I'm too tired for this,' she thought.
'Then sleep. We'll talk after you've rested,' he said.
'That's a- a good ide-' she started to think. "Fuck," she exclaimed under her breath.
'What is it, Anna?' he asked.
'Is there a inhibitor field anywhere in the institute?' she asked.
'Yes,' he answered.
'Where?' she asked. He bought an image up into her mind of it; it was beneath the eighth sub-level. She closed her eyes and reached out with his powers and twisted the metal machine beyond recognition. Her eyes opened as she was breathing heavily.
'Anna?' he asked concerned.
'I'm okay... just really tired,' she thought.
'Please, get some rest,' he said.
'Okay,' she thought as she closed her eyes again. She felt a sudden surge of guilt about leaving her family alone to fight him. 'They don't stand a chance,' she thought sadly.
'That is not your fault, Anna. You have needs as well. You cannot fight him in the state you are now. I doubt you could reason with him either.'
'I know. I just hope he doesn't take them all captive,' she thought frustrated.
'He does have the facade the consider. Perhaps that will be strong enough of a deterrent,' he thought.
"Hopefully," she muttered before she drifted off to sleep.
"Professor, what do you want us to do?" Jean asked as Charles Xavier stared up in fear at a man he had once consider his closest friend.
"Do not attack," Charles ordered quickly.
"Where is she?" Wolverine shouted as he unsheathed his claws and Cyclops ran out of the XM-Velocity to join the others.
"Must I demonstrate how futile your means of attack are again, Wolverine?" Magneto asked as he lowered himself slightly: he was now hovering a few inches over the ground. Charles stared up at Magneto whom was glaring intently at Wolverine.
"No, you do not," Charles said. "Wolverine, I said do not attack," he repeated. Wolverine reluctantly sheathed his claws. He turned his attention back to Magneto "Where is Rogue?" he asked.
"I haven't the slightest idea," Magneto stated.
"What?" Charles muttered in disbelief.
"The girl teleported away from me during our fight. I had hoped she had regrouped with you but she clearly has chosen not to," Magneto said as he focused on the XM- Velocity. "... Smart girl, she probably we not return to what is left of your institute for the same reason," Magneto said as he turned his attention back to him. Charles felt a surge of anger over his comment. "If you happen to find her before I do, tell Rogue that her point has been made. I will cease my attempts of abduction," he said.
"Yet you are continuing your search for her," Charles said.
"To talk, nothing more," Magneto answered.
"Clearly, she wants nothing to do with you," Charles said. Magneto eyes narrowed.
"Is that apparent? That is not the impression I've received from our conversations. What is clear to me is that Anna enjoys my company as much as I do her's but fears the stigma of traitor," Magneto said.
"What she fears is you, Magus," he said.
"Charles, all I have done is offered to help her. With her powers and any other area she will allow me to assist her; Anna knows this. What does she have to fear?" he asked. Charles opened his mouth to speak but then hesitated; he wasn't about to reveal their knowledge of Ameila Vought. Magneto raised an eyebrow. "What does she have to fear, Charles?" he asked again. His eyes narrowed in anger.
"That you will not take no for an answer. How many times must she refuse you before you will leave her alone?" Charles asked.
"She refused my offer to join my team but she did express an interest in learning from me. There is much I could teach our young Rogue. The question is will you allow it? Which is more important to you, old friend, the progress she makes with her powers; or whom she gains this knowledge from?" Magneto asked.
"And how exactly do you have so much knowledge about Rogue's abilities?" Charles asked. He had asked the same question of Rogue some weeks ago in regard to the fragment's knowledge.
"Anna's powers intrigue me. I have spent a considerable amount of time contemplating them. Through that time and my previous experiences I have the knowledge I do," he said. It was more of less the same answer he had received from Rogue. "Of course, most of the suggestions I would like to bring to her training are merely theory at this point," he added.
"You wish to experiment on her," Charles accused. "I have not forgotten the labs Wolverine found in Germany. How many other children have you experimented on?" he asked enraged.
"Experimenting on children? Charles, what on earth are you talking about?" he asked confused.
"Professor," Cyclops called at as he walked up to him. "There's something you should know," he said.
"Scott, what ever it is, it will have to-" Charles started to say.
"Me and Rogue were talking, like a month ago, about Kurt. She said that she looked at what happened in those labs from both Magneto's and Mystique's point of view. There were no experiments. Kurt was just born like that," Cyclops explained.
"You thought I experimented on the boy as a baby?" Magneto said in disgust. "Raven and I were friends then. I played midwife at Mr. Wagner's birth, nothing more," he said.
"Then why did you destroy the castle? What were you hiding?" Charles asked.
"The prototype for the machine I used on Asteroid M. I did not want you find out what I was planning until I was ready to present it," Magneto said. "And to answer your question; mutants are still fairly new to the world. There is much we do not know about the capabilities of our powers. If Rogue is willing to test these theories of mine, then yes, through trail and practice I hope to help her gain control over them. Now, tell me, Charles, which part of my proposal morally offenses you, " he said.
"My concerns, as you know, Magus are about leaving you alone with her. I know you do not agree with me but she is too young for what you ask of her. She is my student, I must protect her," he said.
"Your student?" Magneto asked with a chuckled. "We both know that I'm more of a professor to her than you are," he said with a smirk.
"What the hell are you talking about Magneto?" Wolverine asked confused.
"Charles knows full well to what I refer," Magneto said with a smirk. Charles' eyes narrowed. "I believe yours and Rogue's roles have been reversed at late," he said. It was a truth he was not proud of.
"Charles, what is he talking about?" Storm asked.
"Yes, Charles, what am I talking about?" Magneto teased.
"I will explain later," he said quickly.
"But Charles there is so little point in hiding that particular detail anymore, wouldn't you agree?" he asked mockingly. With the high amount of stress, fear and anger among his X-Men it was difficult; no impossible; to keep himself from feeling their emotions. All around him he could feel the doubts of his students and staff. Some were small, hesitant; quickly being pushed aside for the trust he has earned. Others were loud, overwhelming, rage-fulled accusations questioning his competence as a leader.
'I wish Logan had stayed with Kitty as I had ordered,' Charles thought as he fought to keep himself from reading all of their thoughts. "Magneto, I will not fall victim to your tactics. You are fishing for information about Rogue; I will not be your source. If my X-Men have questions I will answer them later; once you are no longer present."
"Is that what you assume?" Magneto commented amused. "Allow me to enlighten you. Since Rogue told you of my base in the Sahara she had decided to study under my counterpart in her mind. She has made quite a bit of progress controlling the metal aspects of her powers, hasn't she Charles? And whom do we have to thank for her progression?" he asked. He refused to answer that question.
"How do you know all this?" Charles asked enraged.
"Does it honestly matter? I know that and more; you cannot erase my knowledge. It is mine to do with as I please," he said.
"What do you want, Magneto?" Storm asked.
"As I have states before, Ms, Muoro, I wish to instruct Rogue. My counterpart has had that pleasure but there are limitations to metal training. If Anna wishes to gain control of her physical abilities then she will have to take lessons directly from me," he said.
"I have already stated my concerns regarding your physical lessons," Charles said in disgust.
"Wait, what?" Wolverine asked confused. "You telling he wants to-" he started to say. Charles could hear the rest of the thought before it had come out of his mouth.
"Yes, Logan," Charles answered.
"She's a kid, Magneto," Wolverine said irate. Magneto sighed.
"If we waited the short seven months until Anna turns eighteen would we have your approval then?" he asked. Charles' eyes widened in shock at the question.
"...If I answer yes will you wait?" Charles asked.
"Perhaps," he answered. "But I should hope you will answer with integrity despite the outcome your honestly may or may not have on my actions," he said. "...So?" he asked. Charles took a moment to think.
"No," Charles sighed. "In seven months you will still be too old for her."
"And what age must she be before you feel her capable of being my intellectual equal?" Magneto asked.
"That is not what I meant," Charles exclaimed.
"Isn't it?" Magneto asked with a raised eyebrow. "You believe she is too young to enter that sought of relationship. Why? Because you believe that I will take advantage. Do you have such little faith in her?" he asked.
"That is not-" he started to say before he cut himself off. He paused for a moment; calming himself down. "...It does not matter what I say. You will take every word and twist it to serve your own ends," Charles said.
"Perhaps your argument is the problem. You hide behind the issue of morality when in actually what you disapprove of me. Of course, you are entitled to your opinions, Charles, but at least have the decency to admit what those are based upon," he said.
"What happened?" Kurt asked weakly. Charles turned to see that Nightcrawler had woken up. "Is Rogue, okay?" he asked.
"We are not certain, at the moment," Storm said. "Are you alright?" she asked.
"Yeah, it was just from Rogue's powers," he said. "Where is she?" he asked.
"That would be the question of the hour, Mr Wagner," Magneto said.
"This conversation has gone on long enough, Magus. I have a student to find," Charles said. Magneto nodded.
"Pass my message along to Anna, when you find her. She will have the means to contact me if she wishes," he said.
"You are not going to search for her?" Beast asked.
"I've changed my mind. I had hoped that by kidnapping Anna I would absolve her of her guilt regrading our interactions and free her of any suspicions of betrayal. But Rogue has made it clear that she will not tolerate the tactic. So, I shall abandon it. Please inform her that she can contact me at any time, for any reason," he said. Charles reluctantly nodded. "Thank you. Now, if you'll excuse me," he said before he flew up into the air. They all watched him fly into the distance.
"Charles?" Storm asked.
"We have wasted more than enough time talk for the moment. Let us find Rogue," he said.
"Again," Spike muttered under his breath as they walked towards the XM-Velocity.
"Scott? Hello, anyone?" a voice called out as they entered the XM-Velocity. Cyclops ran to the controls; he quickly put on one of the headsets.
"Hey, Kitty. Sorry, Magneto showed up," Cyclops said into it as the others took their seats. Beast came up to the controls.
"Is everything okay?" Kitty asked as Beast both put on a headset.
"Everyone here is alright, Kitty. Do you have anything to report?" Beast asked.
"Yeah, I found Rogue," Kitty said happily. Charles let out a sigh of relief.
"Shadowcat found Rogue," Beast announced.
"That is a relief," Storm said. With Magneto's departure and this new found information; the tension among his students and staff diminished almost instantly.
"Oh, thank goodness," Jean said.
"Scott," Charles said as he held his hand out; silently asking for the headset. Cyclops gave it to him. "Thank you...Kitty, is she alright?" he asked after he had put it on.
"I think so, but she's, like, dead asleep," Kitty answered.
"Rogue, is at the institute?" Beast asked surprised.
"Yeah, in her bed," Kitty said.
"We're on our way home. Let her sleep," Charles ordered.
"Yes, Professor," Kitty said.
"So, Rogue went home," Beast said as he started to their takeoff "I'm surprised, considering what Magneto said."
"I gotta feeling that what Rogue wanted him to think. Kid, played him good," Wolverine said with a smirk.
"Rogue, is definitely resourceful," Storm added.
"Unfortunately, so, is Magneto," Charles said.
"So, what are we gonna do?" Wolverine asked.
"I'd like to discuss all of this with Rogue first; considering whatever actions we take will no doubt effect her the most," he answered. "I know you have questions. So, I suggest that we all speak about this together once she is awake," he said.
"Get everyone up to speed," Beast added.
"Precisely," Charles said.
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"Experimenting on children? Charles, what on earth are you talking about?" Magneto asked confused.
"Professor," Cyclops called at as he walked up to him. "There's something you should know," he said.
"Scott, what ever it is, it will have to-" Charles started to say.
"Me and Rogue were talked about Kurt. She said that she looked at what happened in those labs from both Magneto's and Mystique's point of view. There were no experiments. Kurt was just born like that," Cyclops explained.
"Do you now see why my desire to teach Rogue is so strong? Look at the potential she has. For pity's sake; this information was learned by Anna somewhere between chapter five and six of Operation Repartee, and the readers have known this since chapter three of this story," he exclaimed. "And here we are thirty-seven chapter's in and you, Charles, are still grasping to learn plot points from that far back? What hope do you have of ever catching up? You might as well give up now," he said.
"Never, Magneto," Charles said strongly. "I will do everything in my power to protect Rogue."
"From what? My penis?" he asked amused. "Charles, this is a fanfic written by an author who has spent even more time than I have imaging all the fun things Anna and I could do together naked. Despite any and all sub-plots that might temporary get in the way of that. It is inevitable that we will have sex again," he said.
"Again?" Charles asked shocked.
"Yes, again," he said dismissively. "Perhaps the next time we do; the author we stop being lazy and actually write out the scene as opposed to just telling the audience that we've had sex," he said annoyed.
"When?" Charles asked distressed.
"At the pace the author is writing now it might not be till chapter fifty. But I'm a patience man. I can wait," he said.
"That is not what I meant," Charles said frustrated. "When did you and she have sex before?" he asked. Magneto chuckled.
"Oh Charles, your nativity is refreshing. Don't you realize what part of the story we are in now? This is a non-cannon scene. The author, this Christa4ever, can write anything she wants; no matter how absurd or out of character the dialog may be. What use are your questions when your knowledge of this conversation will not pass on to the next chapter?"
"How do you know all this?" Charles asked enraged. Magneto shrugged.
"I simply do, Charles, I simp-" Magneto started to say before Rogue and Kitty teleported onto the scene in front of Magneto. Before he had time to react; Rogue kicked him across the face; he fell to the ground.
"Wish I had gotten more sleep last night so I would've had the strength to do that more in the actual chapter," Rogue said as she and Kitty walked over to the others.
"Rogue, Kitty, thank goodness you're both alright," Storm said.
"Rogue, why didn't you tell me about you're findings on Kurt's past?" Charles asked.
"We've been busy," she exclaimed.
"Restating the same facts time and time again would be boring for the readers and our dear author is a review whore, so to speak," Magneto stated from the ground.
"What the fuck does that even mean?" Rogue asked.
"I would explain but the definition of a review is well known to any who would be reading this story. Stating the obvious is hardly ever interesting to read," Magneto said as he got to his feet. "Speaking of pleasing the fan-base, Ms. Pride," he said as he walked up to them, "how did you know Rogue and Mr. Wagner were siblings back in chapter three?" he asked.
"Hmm, I- ah, I just knew?" Kitty asked nervously.
"That is hardly a suitable answer," Magneto reprimanded.
"Max, leave her alone," Rogue said; moving to stand in front of Kitty. "I told Kitty, Kurt was like a brother to me after I found out he was. I needed someone to talk to and Kitty was willing to listen. But after I got it all out; I wasn't ready to tell Kurt. Kitty understood that and didn't tell anyone. She was waiting for me to bring it up again; which didn't happen until chapter three," Rogue said.
"That's better," Magneto said satisfied. "Now, I believe I should return to debating Charles into the ground, and you, Anna, should go wherever it was you were; so that the fanfic may continue," he said.
"Yeah, I guess," Rogue sighed. "I'm still tired anyway. I could use some more sleep," she said as she took Kitty's hand.
"Bye, see you next chapter," Kitty smiled before Rogue ported them away.