“Like a modern day Bonnie and Clyde. Though without the killing, ah wasn’t doing that back then.” Rogue added, “You know, FYI.”
“You knew her, you've known who she was this entire time, and you never said anything!” Ro screamed “She tried to kill Logan twice, she attacked Kitty, and you stayed quiet. You said nothing. Why?”
“It slipped my mind.” he replied lighting a cigarette.
“Remy…”
“Oui, at first de Remy wasn’t even sure it was her. He had to make sure.”
“So you went to see her?” Hank asked, trying to keep a cool head.
“Oui, de Remy went to find her, when he did he asked, no, he told her to leave. De Remy thought she had left, so he said nothing. Should of figured, chere never was good at doing what she was told. De Remy had no way of knowing that she’d attack Kitty. And de Remy is sorry for that chere. He never wanted her to get hurt.”
“And what about Logan?” Ro asked.
“De Remy figures he can look after himself.” he replied nonchalantly.
Stepping up to Remy, Ro reared back and slapped him as hard as she could, her eyes turning white. “You son of a bitch.” She screamed, “I trusted you, and all this time you’ve been sleeping with the enemy.”
“Ok, technically, we haven’t slept together in years. Over three, to be precise.” Rogue clarified.
“Oui, de Remy should of told you about Rogue. Just like you should of told de Remy about you and Wolverine.”
“Is that what this is all about? You’re jealous about what happened between me and Logan?” Ro asked, disbelieving.
“No, de Remy not jealous. De Remy confused, you always go on about how we should be open and honest with each other, how we shouldn’t have secrets. But de Remy guess that only applies to him.”
“What happened between me and Logan was a one night stand, it happened years ago. Before I even knew you.”
“Yeah, and de Remy didn’t even know you, when he was with Rogue. So what’s the problem?”
“The problem is, that she tried to kill Logan, and you did nothing to try and stop it.” Ro told him.
“De Remy didn’t know at the beginning, and once he did, he did try to stop it.”
“By going to her, not coming to us. You placed us all in danger.”
“I thought she had left,” he argued, “and what was I suppose to say…”
“That you knew me, intimately, that we use to fuck like rabbits on speed.”
“Chere, ya not helping.”
“Ah know, and ah feel just terrible,” she said.
“Oui, de Remy knows Rogue, or rather he knew her. This woman isn’t the chere de Remy remembers”
“We on that again? Ah told ya Rems, ah grew up.”
“Into what?” he asked. “Oui, de Remy should of said something, but she family and he didn’t want to see her hurt.”
“And what about the rest of us?” Ro asked.
“We can take care of ourselves. But de Remy knows that de Rogue and Wolverine would tear each other apart, and he didn’t want to see that.”
“I don’t believe this. You were trying to protect her. I.. I.. can’t take this. I feel like I don’t know who you are anymore,” Ro told him.
“De Remy agree with you there Stormy. He not sure he knows who you are either. He always believe you to be honest, but now he wondering what else you haven’t told him.”
“I’m wondering the same thing.” Ro replied, before walking out the doors.
“Remy I believe it might be for the best if you leave.” Xavier told him. “I shall wish to speak to you later.”
“Oui, bye chere.” he said before walking out the doors.
*~*~*
“Time to get down to the good stuff.” Rogue said staring at the remaining Logan, Kurt, Hank and Professor.
Growing angry at her games, her disrespect, at her desire to destroy everything he had built, Xavier attempted to forcefully enter her mind.
Rogue sensed Xavier’s mental fingerprints skirting the edge of her mind, trying to force there way in. lifting up the carefully constructed barriers in her mind, Rogue flooded her mind with all the people she had absorbed. A mirage of personalities assaulted Xavier, voices screaming, begging, crying, threatening sent him flurrying back, the darkness of her mind was more than he could handle. With sweat pouring down his face, he pulled out of Rogue’s mind with a jolt, alerting the others in the room.
“Professor,” Hank inquired, “are you alright? What’s wrong?”
Taking a few moments to get her mental blocks back in order, Rogue answered for him. “He tried to get inside mah mind. Which was very unethical of him. And just in case your thinking about trying that again, don’t.” Staring straight at the Professor she added, “Every person ah ever touched is still locked up there, and some of them can be very unpleasant.”
“All the people you have killed, you mean.” Xavier stated.
“No. Not all the people in mah head are dead. Some of them are very much alive. Logan, Kitty,” running a hand through her hair she looked at them “Mystique.” Taking in the shocked looks on their faces, she laughed, “See ah told you we were getting to the good stuff.”
Hank found his voice first, asking, “You know Mystique?”
“Yes. Unfortunately.” Rogue answered.
“Of course that explains it,” Hank said fitting together pieces of the puzzle, “her ability to shape-shift, from attacking Kitty at NYU. She must of absorbed Mystique.”
“Finally, someone round here with a brain!” Rogue exclaimed.
“Is that who you are working for, The Brotherhood?” Hank asked.
“Spoke to soon. No ah’m not working for them.”
“But you do know them?”
“Yeah, ah know them. Magneto, Sabretooth, Toad, Pyro, and not to mention good ol Mystique. A fun bunch.”
“How do you know them?” Xavier asked.
“Met them a few years back, when ah was on mah travels. They wanted meh to join up. Ah declined.”
“The Brotherhood do not take refusal lightly.” Hank said.
“Yeah, well they didn’t have much say in the matter.” Rogue told him.
“You refused to join The Brotherhood, and lived. How?” Xavier asked, intrigued.
“Lets just say ah’ve got some friends that make The Brotherhood look like The Boy Scouts.” Expecting their next question, she said, “And no, ah won’t tell you who there are.”
“Apparently your refusal to join them didn’t sour them on you, if Mystique was willing to give you her gifts.”
Laughing Rogue said, “Who said she was willing? That bitch wouldn’t spit on ya if you was on fire.”
Perceiving an advantage, the Professor seized on it. “So you attacked her, took her mutation by force. That could prove to be a costly decision. If The Brotherhood were to get wind of your actions, and your whereabouts, you could be in serious danger. They don’t value life like I do…”
Cutting him off, Rogue said, “Mystique always said you was a manipulative bastard, guess she was right. Ah’m right in thinking that you’re implying that either ah give up my info, or you’ll accidentally let slip to your old friend Eric where ah am.”
“I never said that. I was simple stating the situation at hand.” Xavier told her coolly. “The Brotherhood has no value for human life, and seeing how you attacked one of there own… well, I believe that would place you in their target. At the present moment your whereabouts are a secret. Although how long they will remain that way, remains to been seen.”
Smiling at him, “Ah’m impressed.” she remarked. “Ah’ve got to hand it to you, you certainly know how to play the game.”
“This is not a game.” Xavier replied.
“Don’t fool yourself. Life is one huge game, and everyone plays, some by the rules, others, like meh, make the rules up as we go. But regardless of race, religion, creed, or stature all games end the same. Death. In the game of life it’s the only guaranteed winner.” Rogue told him solemnly.
“How can you go through life having such a bleak outlook?” Kurt asked.
“Ah don’t think it’s bleak, ah think it realistic. Ah know in the end ah’m gonna lose. Nothing gonna change that, so why fight it? Just accept it. And live your life to the fullest in the meantime.”
Standing up, she walked to the front of the cell holding her. Crouching down, she stared Xavier straight in the eyes. “So, here’s the thing. Ya little game ain’t gonna work. You can tell Magneto anything ya want, ah don’t care. But before ya do, ya may wanna think over this. Ya tell Mags what ah did, although he probably already knows, like ah said Mystique’s still alive, then ya tell him where ah am. Then what? You gonna hand meh over to them? Ah don’t think so. So that leaves what? Them trying to break in here and taking meh by force, but that’d put you and your precious school in danger. Of course there’s also the small possibility that they wouldn’t care, or worse still, offer meh another chance to join them. So the question is, are you willing to take that chance?”
Understanding the truth of her words, Xavier sighed. There was no way he could take the chance and risk the safety of the school and the children, and he definitely could not take the chance of Rogue joining The Brotherhood.
Straightening up Rogue surveyed the room. Focusing her gaze on the Professor she said, “Next threat?”
Stepping forward Logan ran his eyes over her. Smirking, he said, “How about me and you have a little one on one.”
“We already have sugah, twice. And both times ended with you flat on ya back and meh on top of ya” she replied.
“I can think of worse places to be darlin, but things will be a little different this time.”
“But ah like being on top.” she cooed “But for you ah suppose ah can make a exception…” Trailing off, Rogue gave him her most seductive smile. “If it’s gonna be different this time, does that ah’ll be the one on mah knees as well?”
“If ya want darlin, I certainly won’t object.” Logan leered.
Hank rolled his eyes, unable to believe that Logan was flirting with the woman who tried to kill him.
“Get rid of the audience, and ah’ll be happy to go one on one with you, as many times as ya want.” Rogue told him.
Turning to Xavier, Logan opened his mouth but was cut off before he even had the chance to utter a single word.
“No” Xavier informed him “This woman has tried to kill you. Twice. I will not leave while you consort with her.”
Pouting, Rogue drawled, “You’re no fun.”
“We are not here for your entertainment.” he replied “Now, if you have had enough of your *fun*, perhaps we can get back to the issue at hand. The people who hired you to kill Logan…”
“God this is getting boring.” Rogue sighed. “Straight up, so listen good. Met them outside a bar, they were waiting for meh. Told meh about the job, ah asked the details, they told meh the price, after some great negotiations on mah part, ah was able to double the price. They gave meh the details on him, ah threatened to kill them, as you do, ah went over the details. Caught a flight here, met up with some old friends. Then hit the bar where ah met Logan, flirted with him, fucked him, then tried to kill him. You know the rest.”
“You threatened to kill the people who hired you?” Hank asked.
“Yeah, they were annoying as hell. Really pissed meh off.”
“Then why did you agree to work for them?”
“Money’s was too good to pass up. Besides who really likes their employer?”
“I do.” Hank informed her, Kurt agreed.
“Only cos he’s in the room.”
“I assure you, regardless of the Professor’s presence or not, my answer would remain the same.”
“Ja.” Kurt agreed
Looking to Xavier, Rogue said, “Well ya certainly got them well trained. Can you get them to do tricks?”
Smiling at her, Xavier asked “I’m guessing you’re going to try and assassinate my character now. Reveal my secrets.”
Pretending to ponder the idea for a minute, Rogue sighed dramatically. “Well, technically, it’s not your secret per say, but your are concealing it, hiding it from your team.”
“This is pointless. Yes I have secrets, everyone does, but everything I do is for the sake of this school, and in the best interests of it occupations…”
Cutting him off she said, “That ah do believe.” Seeing the disbelief on his face, she added, “No ah really do. Well ah believe it, in the sense that if they found out what you was keeping from them, there’s a chance they’d never trust you again. Then where would you be, you lose there trust and ya lose the opportunity to recruit more people to ya band of merry mutants. But ya know ah’ve got to tell ya, after seeing them both, ah don’t know how no ones picked up on it, the resembles is uncanny…”
Realising what she was about to say, Xavier tried to prevent it, pleading, “No, Rogue don’t do it. It’s not in your place to say.”
“But it’s in your place to hide it from him.”
“I’m doing what’s best.”
“What’s best for you.”
“No, what is best for Kurt.”
“Vhat?” Kurt asked “Vhat about me?” Xavier’s heart sunk at the realisation that Rogue had played him. Now there was no chance of avoiding telling Kurt the truth. Opening his mouth to tell him, he was beaten by Rogue. “Ah was just gonna say that ya look like ya mother.”
“Vhat? My mutter?” Kurt asked, confused.
“Yeah, blue’s the new black, darling.”
“Vhat? Blue’s…” Trailing off as he realised who she was talking about. Kurt’s eyes grew large in realization. “Nien, nien…” he uttered over and over.
“Kurt, Kurt,” Xavier commanded “I’m sorry…”
Cutting off the Professor, Kurt accused, “Sie wußten und Sie nie erklärten mir” slipping into his native language “Mystique ist meine Mutter. Nien, nien es ist nicht zutreffend.”
“Ah said the same thing, when ah found out she was my mother” Rogue told him, adding “Well actually ah said it in English, but it’s the same thing. And since when did ah know how to speak German?”
“What? You are Mystique’s daughter?” Hank asked in shock.
“Not by choice. Ah can tell you that.” Rogue answered.
“But that means, Sie sind meine Schwester.” Kurt said.
“Yep. It’s not your day is it? First you find out that Mystique’s your Momma. Then if that isn’t bad enough, you find out you’ve got a baby sister. Who just happens to be a assassin, who’s been hired to kill one of your friends. Sucks too be you today.”
“It does.” Kurt agreed, before disappearing in a cloud of smoke and sulphur.
“And then there was three.” Rogue stated.
“Was that really necessary?” asked Hank.
“Probably not,” Rogue answered, “But he had the right to know.”
“And you believe it was in your place to tell him.”
“Well ah am family.” she said with a smile.
“Not by choice.” Hank told her quoting her own words.
“No one in their right mind would want to be related to Mystique. Ah didn’t know about Kurt until a few days ago.” she told him truthfully.
“You didn’t?” he inquired.
“No. Ah try to have as little to do with Mystique as possible. Safer that way, for her at least. Ah found out when ah touched her, so yeah, ah’ve only known a couple of days tops. Unlike the Professor, who’s known for years.”
“Professor?” asked Hank, wanting not to believe Rogue that the Professor would hid something so important for years.
“The information would only of caused Kurt pain, like you have seen. I believed it would be best not to say anything.” he tried to justify.
Rogue snorted, “Best for you, ya mean.”
“No, I had Kurt’s best interests at heart.”
“Bullshit.” Rogue spat. “The only interest you had was your own. You never told Kurt who is mother was, because you couldn’t take the risk that Kurt wouldn’t want to go to her. He did that and you would lose one of your precious X-Men. And that is all that matters to you.”
“That’s not true.” Xavier argued. “I care about everyone here at Xavier’s. I just didn’t want to see Kurt hurt.”
“You’re so full of it. If you really cared about Kurt, like you claim to, you would of told him about Mystique. Yeah, it would of hurt him. But it would of hurt him a lot less than he’s hurting now. How long do you think Mystique, or one of them other bastards she works with, was gonna wait before she told him? And you know full well that they would of played it for it’s full worth’s. You just didn’t want to lose Kurt’s abilities, not Kurt.”
“Professor, maybe it would be in the best if you left.” Hank told him, trying to keep the disappointment out his voice. “Rogue is clearly not going to tell you anything.”
“Yes, I think you are right Hank.” Xavier agreed, disheartened. “I shall go and check on the others.” Wheeling himself out of the room, he heard Rogue’s comment aimed at him. “More like lick his own wounds.”
Turning to Rogue, Hank looked at her, “You have caused quite the carnage today.”
“Nothing personal, just business.” she told him.
“Does that include Kurt, your brother?” he asked.
Smiling at his words, “Doubt Kurt would appreciate being referred to as my brother. But ah’m gonna play the role of little sister once, and ah’ll tell ya right now someone better go and find him. Cos when ah found out about dear old mom, ah climb into a bottle of Whiskey, and had no intention of leaving. He’ll need to talk to someone, and that someone isn’t Xavier.”
Looking to Logan, Hank received the answer to his unasked question and walked out the holding cell area, in search of Kurt.
Standing behind the perplex glass, Rogue smiled at Logan, “Alone at last.”
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Author's Chapter Notes:
Thanks go to CaffineYankee who has taken over as the beta for this story. Also thanks go to Fage for getting me this far in the first place. Also the German translation is at the bottom of the page, I think the translation are correct, I don't actually speak German, hell I can barely speak English half the time.
Chapter End Notes:
German translations
Sie wußten und Sie nie erklärten mir
You knew and never told me
Mystique ist meine Mutter. Nien, nien es ist nicht zutreffend”
Mystique is my mother. No, no, it is not true.
Sie sind meine Schwester
You are my sister
At least that’s what I think they are.
Sie wußten und Sie nie erklärten mir
You knew and never told me
Mystique ist meine Mutter. Nien, nien es ist nicht zutreffend”
Mystique is my mother. No, no, it is not true.
Sie sind meine Schwester
You are my sister
At least that’s what I think they are.