Emotions overwhelm her.

Hate, love, anger, pain, contentment, sadness, sanity, insanity… if she had not developed shields these emotions would have destroyed her by now.

She owed her sanity to Charles.

Thinking of which…

//Emote?//

Ouch. She hadn't been expecting that. Should have.

//Yes, Professor?//

Good. She managed to send through her shields.

//I need your help.//

//YOU?//

//Yes.//~amusement~ //I am not perfect, as you well know. Occasionally, even I need help.//

She thought. He'd saved her sanity once, kept her alive by personally holding her shields until she'd gained enough control to do it herself, somehow in the process gaining some of his telepathy. She owed him.

//Ask.//

//A young woman I'm very fond of has run away. She has asked I not use Cerebro to find her, and I haven't, but I'm very concerned for her. Can you keep a look out for her?//

//Why did she run?//

//I'm not sure.// ~Anguish, grief, love~

//OW! Professor!//

~Guilt~ //Sorry. Please, Emote. She's so confused.//

BLAST! She hated this. She'd have a headache for a week.

//Send me her signature and her name.//

She'd been able to track people by their emotions since she'd gained her control. People feel emotions different ways and if could find their emotional "blueprint", she'd have the key.

//Rogue. Thank you.// ~Gratitude, love~

// Yeah, yeah// ~fondness~

~Anger, fear, betrayal, hope, love, pain, jealousy~

OOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

//PROFESSOR! That Hurts!//

//That bad?//~Sarcasm~

//If that were me, I'd be dying inside. Tell her mate to stay where he is, at least for now.//

//How did you…// ~Puzzled~

//Empath, remember? He hurt her, emotionally. Not sure how. She needs time. ~Anger, fear, betrayal, hope, love, pain, jealousy~ Uh, Professor?//

//Yes?//

//I found her. Stay there! No X-men! No mate! Just me. Gotta go.//

Emotions overwhelm her when she's not prepared.

But if other people's emotions overwhelm her, it was nothing to the way the girl standing in front of her was feeling about her own emotions.

Emote knew she had to help.