No One's Pov.
In Mississippi there was a school party going on and everyone was having a good time. all but one girl who was watching the party saw everyone being happy. She sighed and turned around. This girl's name was Rogue.
Then, two football players step outside
"Body snatchers. That's the only explanation, man." A football player named Ty said.
But his friend Cody stopped and sulked at the girl.
"My good buddy, Cody, is now a pod person. Gone in an evening from bad to sad, flame to lame. Nurse, he's coded! Personality paddles, stat!" Ty remarked
"Oh, come on. Ah, I'm just, you know, picking my moment, taking it slow." Cody explained.
"Cody, Ah've seen glaciers move faster. There she is, the girl you've been staring at all week. Please tell me you at least know her name?" Ty asked.
Cody shrugs and smiles sheepishly.
"You lame-o! " Ty said as he slapped his forehead. "This ends now."
Ty then grabs Cody's arm and drags him towards the girl.
"Come on, Ty I-" Cody tried to say, but Ty pushed him forward, and the girl turned around.
"Huh? Can Ah help you?" Rogue asked.
"Uhh... Dance. I-I mean, would you like to? With me, that is. Together." Cody replied nervously.
"Ah'm really just hanging out here and..." Rogue started to say, but she saw the hurt puppy dog look on his face."Aw, hey, why not? After all, where's the harm in one dance?"
Rogue heads inside while Cody and Ty are high-fiving each other and then go inside as well.
In a house not too far away, a woman was sitting on her chair but then suddenly got a vision.
"No! Don't touch him!" She yelled, and then she saw Cody touching Rogue skin to skin contact. "Oh, my dear child!"
Back at the dance, everyone was having a good time. Cody and the girl were dancing, but she was still distant.
"Get closer. Make your move." Ty said, then he shoves Cody, who falls and knocks down Rouge in the process.
"Hey, I'm sorry." Cody then grabs her wrist to help her up just like in the woman's vision.
He touched her bare skin a little, and the two shook and screamed. Cody let go, and now everyone was now watching as Cody stood there for a second before falling over in a dead faint.
Rogue watched in horror, and now she has his memories. She saw Cody as a child climbing a tree, him at the school watching her at lunch and finally him at the football game.
"Aaah! My-mah head. All these images. What's happening to me? What am Ah? Who am Ah?" Rogue asks in fear.
Everyone was now in a circle around Cody. Ty was on his knees to see if his friend was OK as Rogue was backing away in fear.
"Cody? Cody, what's wrong? What did you do to him?" Ty asked her.
Rogue was crying hysterically and she started to run away to the door but Ty was faster and blocked the door but she remembered Cody pushing a person down from the other team in a football game as she then rams into Ty just she remembered it making him fall to the ground.
"Woah. I thought only Cody had moves like that."
At the woman's house, she was on the phone talking to someone.
"That's not what I said. I see pathways... probabilities. I predicted what form her mutant powers would take, not when they would manifest." The woman said.
She then turned around and saw a couple of photos of Rogue.
"Yes, I did take precautions, the phony skin condition, the way she dressed, but she's a teenage girl. I couldn't keep her in isolation. *pause* Of course you're coming. *pause* I know. And the others? Xavier's team? They are coming too." The woman then hung up the phone.
In the attic of the Xavier Institute, a vent above it opens, and someone jumps down. It is Logan dressed as a ninja.
"Impressive. You got past the automated defenses by using the air vents." Storm's voice called out.
Logan sniffs the air and then sees Storm stepping out of the corner
"But you won't get past me." Storm said.
Logan looks up, and a window opens with a big rush of air as Logan then goes up into the vents again, closes the hatch, and begins to crawl through the vents.
"Testing me, hmm? Alright then. It's time you remembered why they call me Storm!" Storm proclaims as she flies a little bit, and a thunderstorm begins to form over the roof, and it starts pouring rain into the chimney.
Wolverine looked behind, then he picked up the pace as tons of rainwater was right behind, then the rainwater forced Wolverine out into the Danger Room.
"You look a little flushed... And the forecast isn't good." Storm said.
Storm was not in complete control of the danger room. Wolverine tried to jump but was blasted by ice freezing him.
" Now that was cold." Wolverine said as he broke free from the ice.
"Then let's warm you up." Storm replied.
Then a laser cannon came out the wall and fired a green laser at Wolverine who then unsheathe his claws jump on it stabs it as it explodes forcing him back but I'd also destroy parts of his ninja suit.
"Gotta connect first." Wolverine said,"Got any other party tricks?"
Then something came out of the floor. It had four weapons on it, and it was spinning around. Logan dodged them and got to the middle and stabbed it with his claws, and destroyed it.
"Stop! It is, at the moment, as much as we can afford, Wolverine." Professor X said telepathically.
"Hey, when I give a demo, I give a demo." Wolverine said as he took off his ninja mask.
In the control room, all the X-Men were watching Wolverine's demo.
"Demo as in demolish or demonstration? What was the point?" Scott asked.
"The point, young Cyclops, was to teach you something about finding the weak points in sophisticated security systems." Strom explained.
Then Wolverine came up the elevator to the control room, still wearing his destroyed ninja suit.
"That's right, bub, and I'd say ours needs a little work." Wolverine said.
He walked past Kurt, who was hanging upside down, eating popcorn.
"That was tight! I give it two thumbs up!" Kurt exclaimed.
Storm then brought up a demo of Wolverine dodging radar lasers and motion detectors by doing an impressive flip into the vent.
"The vents were pretty easily breached. Gonna need to fix that, maybe electrify them or install poison gas sprayers." Wolverine suggested.
"Wolverine..." Storm retorted.
"Alright, alright. Knock-out gas then." Wolverine replied as Scott and John nodded.
Kitty shivers. "Ugh. Is it just me, or is anyone else, like, seriously freaked by all this?" she asked but was met by silence."Oh, right. Is it just me? Great."
"Just give it some time, Kitty, you'll get used to it." John commented.
"Relax, Kitty, you'll be fine." Kurt said, then he teleported to her right side sitting normally. "We're right beside you. " Then he teleported to her left side, laying down holding the popcorn bowl by his tail. "Popcorn?"
"Aah!" Kitty replied, freaking out, and then she and Kurt stood up.
"Whoops. Hehe. Sorry. Next time, I'll honk before I port." Kurt apologized.
"Whatever. look. guys, it's late. If it's no biggie to you, I'm gonna like, drop out." Kitty said, then phases into ground.
"Wow, that is cool." John remarked, looking down at the floor.
Kurt, however, looked down on the floor downstruck.
"Ah. She's fully not into the fuzzy dude. Not that I really blame her." Kurt said.
Jean walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder in sympathy.
"Aw, she just needs time, Kurt. She'll come around." Jean said as Kurt looked at her with hope.
Then Professor X rolled into the control room. "X-Men, we have an emergency. Scott. Get the Blackbird prepped for launch, and, since it's a weekend, assemble the full team."
"Yes, sir. What's the mission?" Scott asked.
"Cerebro has detected a new mutant in Caldecott County, Mississippi." Professor X started to explain.
Meanwhile, in Caldecott County, Mississippi, a few people were walking the streets while Rogue ran into a couple and another one, but she kept running.
"My mental impressions from the scene indicate a very disturbed individual. Our mutant is a danger to herself and possibly others." Professor X continues.
Rogue ran into the middle of the street and stopped just then. A car was about to hit her, but the car swerved and ran right into a lamppost.
"Hey! What are your nuts? Crazy kid!" The car driver yelled as Rogue continued to run.
" X-Men, we have a rogue." Professor X finished, then he turned towards John. "John, could you go and get Kitty?"
"What am I, an errand boy?" John asked while Charles had just looked at him, and knowing what that meant, he relented. "Okay, I'm going now, relax."
"Thank you." Professor X said.
John nodded and walked out of the room, wishing that he had Kitty's powers right now to phase through things. It would save time for him. Scott had to wonder why John was sent to get Kitty, besides the obvious somewhat closeness they shared.
Making it to Kitty's room, John knocks on the door lazily, yawning to himself.
"Kitty, mission time." John called only for her head to pop out of the door and came quite close towards his lips, the boy pushing his body away from her own body.
"O-Oh! Sorry!" Kitty yelled, blushing in embarrassment as John shook his head.
"It's fine. But, it seems like we've got a new contender here now." John said.
"A new one? Already?" Kitty asked, surprised, John nodding his head in a semi bored manner.
"They seem to be sprouting up like flowers lately. Everyone's blooming, I guess." John said.
"So, more people here…think I'm gonna be sharing a room now?" Kitty asked.
"Probably." John answered as Kitty was an only child. She wasn't exactly thrilled about that at best as the two went to the hanger.
The Blackbird is on the runway, gaining speed to take off, then it goes through parts of the waterfall, and they are on their way. Inside the Blackbird, Kurt was piloting the plane while Scot was his co-pilot
"Stealth mode stable, leveling off at ten thousand feet." Kurt said.
"Steady... Now hold it right there. And... you've got it! Nice job, Kurt. You'll make a pilot out of you yet." Scott said.
"Heh. Thanks." Kurt replied as he started steering with his feet while Scott shook his head.
"Or... maybe not. I've logged our flight plan with the FAA. We're clear through to Jackson. We'll take the van from there." Scott said to Professor X.
"Good. You're picking up logistics quickly, Scott." Professor X replied.
In the back of the plane, Kitty and Jean were talking.
"Scott seems so like, together, so cool and... He's kinda cute." Kitty said.
"Cute? Uh, stiff, maybe, exacting definitely, but... Hmm..." Jean started to say, but the two looked at Scott. "You know, from a certain angle..."
Kurt heard what they just said about Scott and teleported out of the Blackbird and out in front of the plane.
He smiled a bit while everyone was watching him however the wind was strong and he started to fall but Kurt teleported back inside the plane but he was still falling and filed past everyone and landed on Kitty's lap.
"Kurt! The Blackbird is not the place to be fooling around." Professor X scolded Kurt."You frightened, Kitty."
"Sorry, Kitty." Kurt apologized.
"Eww... Just just like, stay away from me!" Kitty yelled as she got up from seat.
"Kids." Wolverine said.
Kitty then made her way towards John, who had an empty seat next to him as he was sharpening his tomahawk.
"Hey, um, is it okay, um, you know, like if I sit here?" Kitty asked, getting John's attention.
"Sure, I don't mind." John answered her as she took a seat. Seems like you and Kurt still aren't getting along.
Kitty twists her hair around in her finger. "Like Kurt is just…ugh, he really freaks me out when he just…you know…"
"I know. Don't worry, you'll enjoy yourself soon enough when around him." John replied.
She wished that she could share his confidence right now, but she knew that it wasn't going to be so simple.
Back in Mississippi, a plane had landed it stop at front of a limo, and Principal Darkhölme got out and then entered the limo where the woman was waiting for her
"You made good time, Raven." The woman said.
Our organization's mysterious founder has certain... resources, Irene." Principal Darkhölme remarked, then she shifts into her actual form, Mystique. "What happened?! I left the girl in what I thought was your safekeeping."
"At the school dance, her mutant powers manifested, and she accidently made physical contact with a local boy." Irene explained.
"Absorbing his memories and physical abilities. Wonderful. We keep her hidden away in this backwater for the better part of five years, and in five minutes, it all falls apart. We can not lose her. Especially not to Xavier. She possesses the potential for limitless power. You can see the future, Irene. Where will she go?" Mystique asked.
"Home... Or what she thinks is home." Irene answered.
In front of Cody's house, Rogue is standing outside thinking that this is her home. Cody's dad was walking through the door as she ran for the door and looked inside. Then she reached for the roof for the key to the house as Rouge let herself in.
Meanwhile, every X-Men was in the X-Van, with the exception of Jean.
"This really necessary?" Wolverine asked.
"Yes, Logan. The boy, Cody, is the key to finding our rogue, but he's unconscious, and his mind is elusive. To isolate his memory patterns, I need someone on the inside." Professor X explained.
In one of the hospital rooms Cody is in a bed with his parents by his side while Ty was pacing around the room then Jean came in dressed as a nurse then she placed a hand on Cody's forehead and read his thoughts.
"He'll be okay, right? You'll help him?" Ty asked.
"Yes. We will." Jean replied.
In front of Cody's house, the limo stops, and Mystique is about to get out.
"Now what? You won't hurt her, will you? After all, Raven, she's your-" Irene started to say, but Mystique cut her off.
"I know, Irene. I know." Mystique said as the driver opened her door and she got out.
"Trust me. She will come to us willingly... given the right persuasion." Mystique said, then she shifted into Wolverine*
In Cody's room, Rogue was sitting on his bed looking at a yearbook.
"All this is... me? Mine?" Rogue asked, then closed the book, then headed towards the mirror. "But which me am I?"
Then Rogue knocked everything off the dresser, then quickly turned around and saw Mystique as Wolverine was now in the room.
'Wh-who are you and what do you want?" Rogue asked.
"You, girly. I want you!" Mystique," Wolverine yelled.
Then, "he" unsheathe "his" claws and jumps at her, but Rogue ducks out of the way, and "Wolverine" went through the close
Stand still and make it quick. You're dealing with the X-Men now, and you ain't got a chance!" Wolverine (Mystique) yelled.
Rogue picked up a board from the broken closet.
"X-Men? Ah, I don't understand. Ah, I just want you to leave me alone!" Rogue yelled, then she hit "him" with the board and ran out of the room down the stairs and out of the house.
Mystique, as Wolverine, gives off a pathetic, fake-sounding B-movie-grade howl as she jumps down the steps. "One more turn of the screw." Mystique said as she then shifted into Storm."And you will come running into my arms.
Meanwhile, Kitty, Kurt, Jacob, and Wolverine were walking in an alley searching for Rogue.
"Ugh. So does this, like, bite or what?" Kitty asked.
"The professor says the girl's mind is confused and difficult to pinpoint. So keep looking." Wolverine said but stops suddenly and sniffs the air.
"Vas? Got a scent?" Kurt asked.
"Yeah. I smell fear." Wolverine answered, and Jacob then sniffed the air.
"So that was what fear smells like." John remarked.
Not too far away in a backyard, Rogue is running across it, then she climbs onto a fence and then stops.
"One well-placed lightning bolt, one ex-mutant." Mystique," Storm said, and she threw a sort of ball that exploded.
Rogue jumps down from the fence, and the explosion nearly misses her as she rolls onto the ground next to Irene.
"Rogue! It's me, Irene. Try and remember."
"Uh, who? Wait, Irene... Yes, but I'm so confused. Strange thoughts in my head, people chasing me..." Rouge started to say.
"Easy, easy, honey. The police are coming. The X-Men will not risk a confrontation." Irene said.
"X-Men?" Rogue asked.
"Yes. Mutant hunters. Now hurry! I have a friend who can help you. I'll take you to her." Irene explained as takes Rogue's hand.
"I don't know. All this is happening so fast. I don't - " Rogue started to say sees Wolverine and others in the corner of her eye." It's him! The one who attacked me! Run, Irene! Run!" Rogue then ran off, leaving her glove in Irene's hand .
"That's gotta be her." Wolverine said.
"Please! Leave me be! " Rogue jumps the fence again.
"Wait She seems to be terrified of you. Let me try." John said.
"Okay, kid. Just don't mess up and keep an eye on the half-pint and elf here?" Wolverine asked.
"Hey!" Kitty retorted.
John ran over the fence and caught Rogue and got in front of her thanks to his super speed.
"Hello there." John greeted her with a smile.
"What do you want?" Rogue asked.
"To help you. I'm one of the good guys. My name is John Hiawatha, " John said, introducing himself.
Kitty phases through the fence while Kurt teleports onto a tree branch.
"Half-pint? I'll show him." Kitty said.
"I was like you once alone, unsure who or what I was John said, then he placed his hand on her shoulder and gave her a smile.
"We can help you with your gift." John said.
"It's not a gift. It's a curse." Rouge retorted.
"Maybe" John said as he showed his claws to her, which shocked Rouge. "But then I met some people who convinced me to join and give me a chance."
"A chance at what?" Rogue asked.
"To do something good." John answered.
"Who did that to you?" Rogue asked, referencing the scars on John's face.
"She doesn't look so tough to me." Kitty says, then she jumps on Rogue and pins her to the ground.
"Kitty, no!" John yelled.
Rouge then remembered Cody's amateur wrestling skills, throwing Kitty off of her and onto John then and accidently hits the button on Kurt's holowatch and absorbs his powers when he tries to stop her then he fell unconscious.
"Nightcrawler? Nightcrawler? Kurt? Kurt!" Kitty shouted.
"Kitty what the hell is wrong with you? I had it under control." John said.
"I just wanted to help." Kitty answered with a sad expression on her face and started sniffs.
John puts his hand on her shoulder.
"Kitty, look at me, please?" John asked.
Kitty looks at John nervously.
"It's alright, we all make mistakes." John said.
"But my mistake hurt Kurt." Kitty retorted.
"Yeah, that part is true, but I know you didn't mean for it to happen just next time. I think I'll work on it next time. Ok, I'm still working on it." John said to which Kitty nodded, and he reached in his pocket and pulled out a handkerchief, and wiped her tears away.
Meanwhile, Rogue had teleported to a cemetery.
"What just happened? Where am Ah? And ich verstenen deutscher? Ah, can you speak German? The fuzzy one... Kurt. Ah, him. Like Ah was Cody. Ah, think Ah'm catchin' on now. But how did Ah...? " Rogue asked herself as she then teleported a few times around the cemetery and started to enjoy it. She ends up on a bench, but it collapses. "When is this going to end?"
Back in the backyard, John and Kitty were checking on Kurt.
"Say something, Kurt! Please! Tease me, scare me, anything! Oh, please, don't be dead. Come on, Kitty. Okay, what would Wolverine do? I mean, besides dice up, like, half the landscape... " Kitty started.
"Kitty, he's not dead, I think he's just unconscious." John remarked.
"Wait, the Professor can read minds, right? Maybe he can hear my thoughts." Kitty suggested
"Great idea, Kitty." John commented.
On a random Caldecott Street, Professor X, Jean, Scott, and Storm are on a sidewalk. Professor X was tracing Rogue with his mind.
"Odd. The trail seems to have gone suddenly cold. I can no longer read Cody's brainwave patterns." Professor X exclaimed.
"But if he's gone then..." Jean started to say.
"Then it may simply mean the effect of transference is temporary. Our problem now is how to find the girl." Professor X replied.
Then Wolverine hopped over a fence.
"Try about 10 gardens due west. John is trying to keep her from bolting." Wolverine said.
"Then we must -" Professor started to say, but he heard Kitty through his mind telepathically.
Kitty: ~Professor! Professor!~
Prof X: ~Kitty? Kitty! Not so loud. Slowly, please. Order your thoughts.~
John:~It's Kurt! She hurt him!~
Kitty:~She did something to him!~
Prof X: ~Stay where you are, Kitty, John Help is on its way.~
"Wolverine, it's Nightcrawler. The rogue has his mind and his abilities." Professor X explained.
Wolverine growls. "This is my fault. I shouldn't leave the animal in charge."
"I'm getting a clear reading now on Kurt's brainwave patterns. She's more focused each time she uses her power. You three go ahead. I'll guide you. Professor X explained.
Logan hopped over the fence as Jean, Scott, and Storm made their way to Rogue.
In the cemetery, Mystique is in the shadows walking towards Rouge. She hid behind a large tombstone and then turned to look at her just as quickly she turned back around as Jean caught up to Rogue.
"Hi." Jean greeted Rogue.
"Do... Do Ah know you? All these memories. Ah, I'm so confused." Rogue remarked.
"Yeah. I know. I can relate to what you're going through." Jean replied.
"Jean. You're Jean Grey. You're the others!" Rouge yelled.
"Relax! Look, if you know who I am, then I won't hurt you. Look. It's tough to go it solo. Hey, zero pressure, but if you talk more, you can reach me anytime with this communicator." Jean said as the communicator floated over to her.
"Latest fashion accessory, huh?" Rogue asked.
Then Scott and Storm walked over to them
"We all have one." Strom said.
Rogue sees Storm. "Y-you, you. No! You won't take me!" Then she made a run for it.
"No! Wait!" Scott called out.
Scott tried to tackle Rogue down but missed and ended up in a puddle of mud.
"Ugh! I don't get it! We were connecting and then -" Jean started to say.
"Then she saw me. For some reason, she's afraid of me." Storm remarked.
"Well, she looked pretty beat. She can't have gone far." Scott said.
Back in the backyard, Jacob and Kitty were still with Kurt.
"Come on, Kurt. Wake up! You know, I-I'm still not big on facial hair, but, like, the pointy ears are starting to work for me." Kitty said to Kurt.
Meanwhile, in a building in the cemetery, Rogue was hiding; she was crouched down, and then she gasped when Mystique, now disguised as Scott, dropped in.
"Thought you could escape us, did you? The X-Men don't leave loose ends." Mystique as Cyclops said.
"He" walked towards her pushing stuff down near Rogue, who then ran out the door where the real Scott was walking past. Rogue ran into him and pushed him down to the ground, making him shoot out his beam at a power line. He got back up, but Rogue ran back into the room again, where Mystique, now disguised as Jean, was still there.
"I tried. I really did, but some people just won't be helped." Mystique," Jean said.
Rogue teleported out of the room and into the sky, and she started to fall, but she teleported closer to the ground, but she still hit the ground pretty hard.
Then the real Jean and Storm came to her aid.
"Are you hurt?" Jean asked. "Lie still. Don't try to move"
Rogue crawled away from her to where Storm was.
"Child, what is it? We are your friends." Storm said.
Storm reached out to Rogue but Rogue grabbed her arm with her ungloved hand on purpose then the two started to flash and scream with Storm pushed back unconscious and Rogue was now up in the sky with lightning and wind started to form.
"What's with the effects is -" Scott started to say, but he saw Rogue in the sky and at Jean. Oh, no. No!"
Rogue is still up in the sky as a massive thunderstorm is forming as a couple of trees are pulled from the roots. Luckily, Jean used her powers to form a force field around her and Scott to keep them safe.
"I can hold it off a little." Jean said
"Give it up. She's got Storm's powers but not her control." Scott replied.
Just then, some lightning strikes the power lines.
"The power lines! If they hit that water, Storm will be fried!" Scott yelled.
Scott then ran up to Storm and jumped in the water and grabbed her Jean, then used her powers to lift the three of them off the ground as the power lines fell into the water.
"I can't keep this up for long." Jean said.
"Too much power! Ah, can't- control it. Ah, have to- Aaaaahh!" Rouge screamed and teleported away, and then the weather went back to normal.
Jean put Scott and Strom back down on the ground.
Then, the rest of the team showed up.
"Wha-what do you think happened to the rogue?" Scott asked.
"She's gone... somewhere." Professor X answered. "Her mind is a jumble. I can't trace it. But I strongly suspect the hand of another at work here."
"Hmmm..." Wolverine sniffs the air. "Mystique! She can change her body but not her scent."
"Then we have to go after her!" Kitty stated.
"There's been enough damage done today, and the girl must come of her own free will or not at all. And we must first tend to our own."
Both Kurt and Storm were waking up.
"Ohhh... Ugh... Looks like I missed quite a party." Kurt said.
Kitty claps giddily. "Kurt! You're alright!"
Kurt falls into her and Jacob's arms. "Ungh..."
"Easy, you fuzzy elf. Everything is going to be just fine." Kitty said.
"Fuzzy elf?" Scott asked mouthing silently in disbelief
"Huh?" Kurt asked.
"It's a long story, pal." John said.
At the hospital, where Cody he was waking up a couple hours later
"Whatever this was, try to shake it off quick, okay? This game against Jackson is next week, and the last thing we need is Stevens taking your position." Ty said as he threw a football at Cody who caught it and threw it in the air as The Blackbird flew through the sky
Meanwhile, at Principal Darkhölme's office at Bayville High, she was greeted by Rogue
"Welcome to Bayville High. I'm sure you'll be very happy here. Happy and safe." Mystique as Principal Darkhölme said.
"Sure. Thank you." Rogue said, and then she walked out of the office.
When Rogue closed the door, some paper clips on Principal Darkhölme's desk started to move around as Magneto was in the room hiding in the shadows as Principal Darkhölme changes into Mystique.
"The girl has great power. She is a fine addition to our side." Magneto said.
"Yes. We were lucky to get to her first." Mystique remarked.
"Indeed. Are you certain any residual memories of the true X-men have faded?" Magneto asked.
"Positive." Mystique replied.
Unbeknownst to them, Rogue was holding the communicator that Jean previously gave her.