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Thanks to CaffineYankee for the beta.
This my darling's is the final chapter of Rogue Assassin, my baby is complete. But fear not there is going to be a sequel, there is still a lot of story to tell.
This my darling's is the final chapter of Rogue Assassin, my baby is complete. But fear not there is going to be a sequel, there is still a lot of story to tell.
*“What’s it gonna be Rogue? Will you stay or will you go?” Logan asked.*
Rogue looked at Logan as she played the words he had said to her over in her head. She took a deep breath.
“Ah don’t know,” she answered. “Do ah have to decide right now?”
“No of course not,” Xavier told her. “Why don’t you get some fresh air and think it over?”
“Ah think ah’ll do that,” Rogue replied as she stood up. She walked over to the door and pulled it open, holding the door open as Logan followed her out.
“You okay, darlin’?” he asked once they were out of Xavier’s office.
“Yeah, ah just need ta think,” she sighed. “And ah ain’t gonna be able ta do that with them lot staring at meh,” indicating to members of the X-Men standing in the hallway staring at her.
“I’ll deal with them, you go and do what ya have to do,” Logan told her.
“Thanks, sugah,” Rogue replied smiling at him. Logan leaned down and pressed his lips to hers. It was only a chaste kiss but the emotion behind it nearly brought Rogue to her knees.
When they broke the kiss, Rogue walked down the hallway towards the front door.
“Leaving so soon?” Jean asked in a sickly sweet tone.
“No, ah just gonna get some fresh air,” Rogue answered in the same tone. She paused and smiled at Kurt. “Ya want ta join meh Kurt?” she asked in her normal voice.
“Ja,” Kurt eagerly agreed.
Rogue held her hand out to Kurt, who took it without thinking. Rogue and Kurt disappeared in a cloud of smoke, leaving the X-Men standing in the hallway.
“When is she leaving?” Jean asked.
“She might not be,” Logan answered. “Chuck’s offered Rogue a place at the mansion.”
“WHAT?” Jean shrieked as she barged past Logan to Xavier’s office. She threw the door open and stormed inside. “Is it true?” she asked the startled Professor sitting behind his desk.
“Is what true, Jean?” he asked in reply. He rubbed his head as it began to ache.
“Have you offered that murdering whore a place at the mansion?”
“Watch it Jeannie,” Logan growled.
“If you are referring to Rogue, then yes it is true,” Xavier answered tiredly. “I believe that Rogue could be a great asset to the X-Men and the school.”
“You can’t be serious,” Jean argued. “What is she suppose to teach? Assassination 101?”
“If she accepts my offer, I would like Rogue to teach a survival class. She has proven that she is more than capable. I want the students who leave here after their education is complete, the ones that decide not to stay on, to be able to defend themselves, to survive in the real world. And I can think of no one better than Rogue to teach them that,” Xavier informed them.
“This is ridiculous,” Jean said. “You can’t seriously expect us to accept this. That woman has attacked us all and made our lives hell. We don’t want her here.”
“I was not aware that I needed your permission to invite someone to stay at my home,” Xavier replied.
“You do not Charles,” Hank said. “And I for one have no problem with Rogue staying at the mansion or joining the team.”
“Neither does Remy,” Remy added. “It’ll be good working with de Rogue again.”
Xavier looked at the rest of his X-Men. “And the rest of you?” he asked.
“She ain’t done nothing to me,” Jubilee said as she popped her gum.
“Me neither,” Bobby added.
“I don’t like it, but I’m going to abide by whatever you decide, Professor,” Scott said.
“As will I,” Ro agreed. “And I believe that Kurt will be more than happy to have Rogue at the mansion.”
“Kitty?” Xavier asked.
“I’m willing to give her a chance,” she replied. “That’s the whole point of the school, isn’t it?”
Xavier smiled at her. “Yes Kitty, that is the reason I started the school in the first place.”
“I’ve already told ya Chuck,” Logan said, “if Rogue stays I stay; if she leaves then I’m leaving with her.”
“What? Logan you can’t be serious,” Jean interrupted.
“I am Jeannie. I’m going wherever Rogue goes.”
“Don’t tell me that de Wolverine is in love,” Remy joked.
“Watch it, Gumbo,” Logan growled.
“Oui man, as far as de Gambit is concerned you and Rogue were made for each other,” Remy told him. “Just make sure ya treat her right, or ya’ll have the Guild after ya.”
“I would be more afraid of Rogue,” Hank joked.
“Fine,” Jean huffed, interrupting their bantering. “She can stay.”
“Like it was up to you anyway,” Jubilee snorted.
“The decision lies with Rogue only,” Xavier said before Jean had a chance to say anything. “Now if that is everything, I have some work to do.”
The X-Men all left Xavier’s office, Jean stating that she had some work to do in the med-lab as she pushed past them.
Ro decided to check on the students while Jubilee, Kitty, and Bobby all headed off together, leaving Logan, Hank, Scott, and Remy standing in the hallway outside the Professor’s office.
“Feel like a drink?” Remy asked, breaking the silence that had descended on them.
“Hell yes,” Logan groaned.
“There is a six-pack in the fridge,” Remy replied.
“Let’s go,” Logan said. “You in, Scooter?”
Scott stared at them for a second. “Yeah, I could use a drink after the last few days,” he said as they made their way to the kitchen.
*~*~*
Kurt teleported himself and Rogue into the woods that surrounded Xavier’s.
“Thanks, Kurt,” Rogue said.
“You’re welcome,” he replied.
Rogue stood in the middle of the woods where Kurt had teleported them. She closed her eyes and smiled as she felt a cool breeze sweep over her. When she opened her eyes and saw Kurt staring at her she explained, “Ah prefer being outside. Or rather Logan does and he’s the dominant presence in mah at the moment.”
Rogue lent against a tree and studied Kurt. “Do you like it here, Kurt? At Xavier’s?” she asked.
“Ja, it’s...” Kurt trailed off.
“Home,” Rogue supplied.
“Ja, where is your home?” Kurt asked. “Where was you most happy?”
“New Orleans,” Rogue remembered with a smile. “That’s where ah met Remy. Ah was happy there. Ah wasn’t a freak, or the untouchable spawn of Satan as mah father called meh. Ah found a home there and ah was happy for a while.”
“What happened?” Kurt asked.
“Nothing bad, ah just wanted ta see the world so ah left. Ah think ah told ya what happened on mah travels,” Rogue told him.
“Ja, you were attacked.”
“Yeah and that lead to mah elusive career as an assassin.”
“Do you regret it?” Kurt asked.
“Becoming an assassin? No. Ah know, that’s not the answer ya probably want ta hear, but why regret what ya can’t change?” Rogue answered truthfully. “Besides, some good has come from it.”
“Really?” Kurt wanted to know.
“Yeah, ah met some of the best friends ah could ever have,” Rogue said. “Ah also met you and Logan. Granted, we didn’t get off to the best of starts, but we’re doing better now. See Kurt, ya gotta take the good with the bad.” Rogue paused, sighing she asked again, “Are ya really happy here Kurt?”
“Ja. Why do you keep asking me that?”
“Xavier’s offered meh a place here and ah just...” she trailed off. “Ah don’t know Kurt. Ah like mah freedom, not having ta answer ta anyone.”
“What are you going to do?” Kurt asked.
“Ah don’t know,” Rogue sighed as she ran her hand through her two-toned locks. “Logan said that if ah leave he’ll leave with meh, and if ah stay he’ll stay.”
“I want you to stay,” Kurt told her honestly. “Du ist meine schwester, and I’d like to get to know you better.”
“You might change ya mind once ya get ta know meh better Kurt. Ah’m not some innocent little girl,” Rogue told him.
“I already know that,” Kurt replied. “I know what you’ve done.”
“You only know what ah’ve done here,” Rogue admitted. “Kurt, ah’ve done a lot worse. Ya need ta know that.”
“I can’t say I don’t care, that it doesn’t matter, but I want to get to know meine schwester,” Kurt told her.
“Ah must need mah head tested fahr even considering it,” Rogue groaned.
“So will you stay?” Kurt asked smiling.
Rogue smiled back at him. “Let’s head back to the mansion,” she said.
*~*~*
Logan, Scott, Remy, and Hank sat in the kitchen. Each had a beer in their hand.
“How long have you known Rogue?” Hank asked Remy as he took a sip of his beer.
“Ah meet Rogue when she was fourteen,” Remy answered as he lit a cigarette. “So nearly ten years.”
“How did you meet her?” Scott asked.
“That’s her story ta tell, mon ami,” Remy replied. “But I will tell ya the first time de Remy met her, she broke my nose.”
“You okay with this Scooter?” Logan asked. “Chuck asking Rogue to stay?”
“Why wouldn’t I be?” Scott returned.
“Cos de Rogue did a lot of damage to you and your chere?” Remy said.
“I don’t think Jean is my chere anymore,” Scott replied. “Jean and I damaged our own relationship, Rogue just exposed it. It’s like I told the Professor, I don’t like it but I’m willing to give Rogue a chance. I really don’t want to have to fight her again.”
“What about you Remy?” Hank asked. “Rogue also did some damage to your and Ororo’s relationship.”
“Oui, de Remy knows, but Remy could never stay mad at Rogue.”
“What about you and Ro?” Scott asked.
“It’s over,” Remy answered, stubbing out his cigarette. “It de Remy own fault, I know that. Remy better off single.”
“Will you really leave if Rogue goes, Logan?” Scott asked.
“Yeah,” was Logan’s one word answer.
“You think the girls will be okay if de Rogue decides to stay?” Remy asked.
“I think Jubilee will be fine. It might take Katherine and Ororo a while to accept her, but Jean however will be another story entirely,” Hank replied.
“Yeah. Jeannie’s gonna be the bitch from hell,” Logan added.
“It a good job that de Rogue can take care of herself,” Remy smirked.
Logan lifted his beer up in a toast. “To women and all the trouble they can cause.”
“To women,” the others chorused.
“Now sugah, that’s not nice,” Rogue said from the doorway where she stood with Kurt having, hearing Logan’s toast.
“May not be nice chere, but it certainly true,” Remy told her.
“Careful swamp rat, ah’ve got plenty of stories on all the trouble you’ve caused,” Rogue joked.
“You alright, darlin’?” Logan asked as Rogue walked towards him.
“Ah’m fine, sugah,” she answered as she slipped her arm over his shoulder.
“You decide what ya gonna do?” he asked.
“Yeah,” Rogue replied as she took the beer off Logan and took a sip before passing back to him.
“And?” Logan prompted.
“And what?” Rogue teased.
“Will you stay or will you go?”
“Darling you’ve got to let me know,” Rogue sang.
“Rogue!” Logan growled.
“Relax sugah. Ah’m...” she trailed off. She bit her lip to stop from laughing at the look on Logan’s face. She let out a sigh. “If ya must know, ah’m... staying.”
“Good,” Logan growled as he stood up and wrapped his arms around Rogue, lifting her off the floor.
“Logan, put meh down,” Rogue squealed.
“Welcome to the X-Men,” Scott told her when Logan put her down. He held his hand out and Rogue stared at him intently before shaking it.
“You won’t regret this,” Hank added.
“Yeah, but you might,” Rogue retorted.
“We should tell the Professor,” Scott said, taking charge.
“Later,” Logan growled. “I’m gonna show Rogue her room,”
he added as he threw Rogue over his shoulder and stomped out of the kitchen. The sound of Rogue’s laughter echoed through the mansion.
“Something tells me things are about to get interesting,” Hank said.