The Rings
By: CSI-Panther
Pairing: Scott X Rogue.
A/N: I don't own anything, just the plot to this story.
And Jean's ooc.
Ch. 6
Rogue woke with a start. Wondering what had woken her up, when she heard a twig snap.
She slowly slid out of her sleeping bag and crawled to the entrance of the tent, she slowly un-zipped the tent and listened. Hearing a rustling, she got out of the tent and smelled the air. Nothing new, but then she saw a shadow and followed it. The shadow made to turn around, but she leaped up into one of the pine trees, out of sight.
The shadow went back to walking and Rogue followed, leaping silently through the trees. She could tell that the shadow was human, but didn't smell human.
' Must be using one of them scent bottles that hunters use. ' She thought and also thought about going back to camp, thinking the man or woman was a hunter trying to get back to their own camp site, but decided to see that really was what was going on and continued to follow him/her.
They made it to a clearing when the person stopped and turned around again.
" You think your so clever? Come out here and face me! " The per..no woman shouted as she looked right at Rogue.
' It can't be! ' Rogue thought and jumped down and looked the woman.
" Oh it is! " The woman said taking her hat off, revealing long red hair.
" How are ya here?! The prof. said he took care of ya! " Rogue shouted, hoping her voice would be heard by Logan.
" You really think that little cell would keep me away? Ha! This time I'm going to make sure that when I put a scar on you I'm going to make sure it stays! "
" Ah don't think so, Jean! " Rogue shouted to her enemy.
" Ahhh! " Jean shouted and lunged at her.
Rogue moved to the side, dodging her kick and swung at her head. Jean ducked and swung at Rogue, she dodged and kicked Jean in the side, knocking her to the ground. Jean leaped up and punched Rogue in the stomach, she bent over, covering her stomach, Jean put her hands together and swung down, hitting Rogue square in the back, knocking her to the ground. Rogue rolled just Jean was about to stomp on her and leaped up and spin-kicked her in the jaw.
Jean raised her hand and a tree branch broke off and lunged at Rogue, she drew her bone claws and cut threw the thick branch and ran at Jean, but the now splintered branch turned around and came at her again. Seeing them she leaped out of the way as they dive bombed into the ground.
" Hold still! " Jean shouted as she raised the pieces up and aimed them at Rogue again.
" Jean, stop! " Scott shouted out of nowhere as he ran towards the fighting girls.
" Stay out of this Scott! Jean shouted.
" No! Leave her alone! Why are you doing this? " He shouted.
" She took you away from me! " Jean shouted as she aimed the broken pieces at him.
" No she didn't Jean. I've always loved you. You know this. " Scott said.
His words cut Rogue right to her heart.
' why would he say that after what happened at the mansion? ' She thought.
" Liar! " Jean shouted and all of the sharpened pieces shot towards him.
" Scott! " Rogue shouted and ran towards him, but she was too far away and they struck him down.
" Nooo! " Rogue shouted as another piece came towards her and struck her in the heart.
" Ahhhhh! " Rogue shouted as she shot up out of her sleeping bag.
" Stripes! " " Rogue! "
Logan and Scott shouted as they opened her tent and looked inside.
Rogue looked up and saw that Scott was alive and ok.
" S-Scott? Y-Your A-alive? "
" Ookay, I'm going to let you handle this one, Cyke. " Logan said uneasily and left as Scott went into the tent and sat beside Rogue and he put his arm around her shoulders.
She leaned into him and held him as tight as her new strength would let her. Her shoulders shaking with un-shed tears.
" Shhh, it's alright sweetheart. " he whispered, unknowingly adding the endearment.
" No it's not! Ah sahw ya d-die! Jean killed ya! " Rogue replied.
Shocked, Scott looked down at her, " What? Jean wouldn't do that. "
" She did! And she didn't care! " Rogue shouted.
" Shh, shhh. Calm down and start from the begining. " Scott soothed.
While she told Scott what had happened in her dream, leaving out the part about what he had said, Logan listened and when she finished, he made a quick call to the mansion.
" Xavier Institute! Kitty speaking "
" Hey Half-pint. Put Charles on the phone for me will ya? "
" Sure thing Mr. Logan, just a sec. " Kitty replied and ran to the professor's study, going through all the walls and people that she came across.
Knocking on the doors, Kitty waited until the professor called her in,
" Professor, Mr. Logan's on the phone. " She said handing the phone to him.
" Thank you Kitty. " Charles said and gently waved her back outside.
" Yes Logan. What seems to be the matter? "
" You keeping an eye on Jean? "
" Of course. What's going on? " Charles asked again.
" Nothing. Just making sure she's still where you put her. Stripes had a dream about her killing Cyke and her. She's pretty shaken up by it. " Logan answered.
" I see. Do you think it would be wise to bring come back? "
" Seeing as her dream started out with us still here, maybe. She's almost done with her trainin'. Week's almost up anyway. We'll pack it up and head on home, well we will when Cyke gets Rogue calmed down enough "
" Alright. We'll see you then. "
" Yeah. See ya Chuck. " Logan said and hung up, looking back over at Rogue's tent, seeing Rogue getting out, followed by Scott.
" When you two get done with getting ready, pack up your stuff, we'll continue the rest of the training at the institute. " He said as he turned to his own tent to get ready.
" Ah'm goin' ta take bath. " Rogue said as she went back into her tent and grabbed some clothes and went in the direction of the small lake that was near their camp.
" You going to be okay? " Scott asked.
" Yeah. Ah'll be fine. " She answered and went to the lake.
Scott watched her go before he went to his tent to change.
Rogue dipped her toe into the water and found it at the right temperature. She looked around, listened and smelled the air, though nothing smelled out of the orinary, she never let her guard down as she stripped out of her pj's and walked out into the lake. She dunked her head under and swam a bit before she came up for air and looked around again. Smelling the air again, she caught a light musky scent and knew who it belonged to. But instead of calling him out, she ignored him and swam back to the shore and got her soap from her bag. She hid her smile as she bent down and got her soap, his gasp was a little loud so she pretended to look around and ignored the slight rustle of leaves beside the large boulder further away from where she and the water was. Shrugging her shoulders, she turned and went back into the water.
" Where's Stripes? " Logan asked as he came back up from where the X-van was parked.
" She said she was going to take a bath before she got ready. " Scott answered, " She hasn't been gone that long...15 minutes at least. " He continued.
" Hmph! Can I trust you to go check on her? " Logan asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
" Of course! You know I wouldn't.."
" Cyke. Go check on Stripes. Call out to her and let her know your coming so she won't attack ya for spyin' " Logan interupted.
" Oh, right. I'm on it. " Scott said and walked down the path to the lake.
" I swear if those two don't stop tip-toein' around each other..." Logan shook his head as he sat down on a stump to wait for the two.
" Rogue! Are you done yet?! " Scott shouted as he reached the lake and saw that Rogue's bag was there but she wasn't. Looking out over the water, he saw her come up out of the water, her back to him and he quickly went behind the thick bushes beside the large boulder, not wanting her to think that he was spying on her as she bathed.
She turned and appeared to be checking her surroundings. Seeing her nose twitch, he hoped that she couldn't smell him.
She swam up to the shore and stood up, he gasped and quickly covered his mouth as he watched her get her soap out of her bag and then look around.
' Please tell me she didn't hear me. ' Scott thought as he chanced a glance from the bushes.
Rogue shrugged her shoulders and went back into the water to wash up.
' Ok Scott, time to go before you get caught or do something stupid. ' Scott told himself as he carefully left Rogue to finish her bath.
He stopped a little ways away and waited awhile before going back,
" Hey Rogue! You almost done! " He shouted again, hoping that she hadn't went under the water again.
" Yeah! Ah'll be there in a minute! " She replied.
" Want me to wait for you?! " He shouted back.
" If ya want! " She said.
So Scott waited by a tree on the path and saw Rogue coming up the path.
" Hey. " He said.
" Hey. " She replied as she got to him.
" You alright? " He asked.
" Yeah. Are you alright? Your face is a little red. " She answered.
" Oh yeah, I'm fine, probably a little sunburn. " he answered.
' A little early for sunburn sugah. ' She thought with a smile as they headed back to camp to take down the tents and pack up their stuff.
On the ride home, Rogue asked, " Hey Logan? "
" Yeah Stripes. "
" Why are we leavin' so early? "
" Well you pretty much got the senses down, now we need to work on the physical part where you learn how to fight with the claws and controling on letting them out. "
" But Ah do know when to let 'em out. " Rogue said and two seconds later, tnirk! Screech! Her claws popped out and went through the door of X-van.
Logan raised an eyebrow.
" Sorta. " Rogue said and the claws went back in and her skin healed up.
" And there's another thing, your speed and strength with will be greater and you need to know the limits of them, you'll need the weights and treadmill back at the mansion to test them. "
" How fast and strong are you Logan? " Scott asked this time.
" Depends on how ticked off ya get me. " Logan answered.
And they left it at that.
They made it back to the mansion without any further insident and was greeted by everyone from the mansion.
" Welcome back you three. " Charles said as they walked up the steps.
" Thanks Professor. " Scott replied with a smile, Rogue and Logan nodded to him and then went their own ways, Logan, no one knows, Rogue went to her room that she shared with Kitty.
Rogue put her pack down next to the bed and took off her boots. She laid down on the bed and fell into a light slumber.
Later at dinner,
" Hey has any one seen Rogue? " Scott asked, seeing that her chair was emtpy.
" Nope. " Was his answer from everyone.
" Maybe she's training with Logan? " Kurt suggested.
" No, she ain't elf, I'm right here. " Logan gruffed as he cut threw his steak with one of his claws.
" She's probably sleeping. " Logan continued.
" I'll go check on her. " Scott said as he got up and left the dinning room.
Knock! Knock!
" Rogue? You in here? Your missing dinner. " Scott whispered as he opened the door to Rogue and Kitty's room.
He saw Rogue laying on her bed, fast asleep. He walked over to her and slowly sat on the edge of her bed, so as not to wake her.
She was breathing slowly in and out, he reached out and lightly moved her hair away from her face, he saw her smile slightly at the touch and smiled himself.
' Why doesn't she smile more often? ' He thought.
Lost in his thoughts, he didn't notice that Rogue had woken up and was looking up at him.
" Scott. " She whispered.
Jumping slightly, he looked at her, seeing that his hand had rested on her cheek, he made to move it, but she stopped him, placing her hand on his wrist.
" Uh..You weren't at the table for dinner. " He said whispered.
" Suppa already? " She asked, looking at her clock, seeing that it read 7: 15.
" Dahmn. Ah musta been tired. " She said.
" Well after that nightmare you had.."
" Yeah. " She replied, rising up, Scott's hand going down to her neck.
" Your ring on? " She asked.
" Yeah. Why? " He asked as she reached up and took his shades off.
" That's betta. " She said as she leaned in and pressed her lips to his.
Shocked, Scott stilled for a moment before he closed his eyes and pressed his lips more against hers.
They kissed for another minute before Rogue pulled away, breathless,
" Wa-wanted ta do that for a long time. " She said, looking into his chocolate eyes.
Just as breathless, Scott replied, " S-same here. " And he kissed her again, pushing her down back on the bed.
Here's ch. 6! Finally!
Hope ya'll liked it and I'm very sorry for wait, that damn writer's block wouldn't go away and thanks TX PEPPA for the ideas, I may not have used all of them, but this one was enough, so thank you again.
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