Chapter 15

It took all her effort to move her head. The left side of her brain was throbbing and she squeezed her eyes shut hoping that it would go away. Everything was focused on the pounding in her skull and only when it began to fade did her other senses return.

They came back at once assaulting her with too many feelings. She could hear a heartbeat, taste the dryness of her mouth, smell many kinds of spices, and feel the touch of warm skin. At first the light of the room blinded her when she opened her eyes but then they adjusted and she could see what exactly she was lying against. Her head was facing down and she got a clear view of six-pack abs, and tanned skin. Skin that she seen before.

Her eyes scanned over his chest and she saw her bare arm resting along the top parts of his pants. She lifted her arm off of him and kept it an inch away from his skin. The feel of her cheek against his chest was good, but she wanted to touch him. Keeping her arm still away from him she let one of her fingers glide across his stomach her full concentration on what her hand was feeling. /I'm touching him!/

Biting down on her lower lip she gently placed all of her fingertips on his skin. Her hand started to move downwards and it stretched out allowing her full hand to touch his skin. When her hand kept on going lower almost near his pants the body beneath her jerked and a hand clamped down on hers stopping its exploration.

"I really think yo' shouldn't do dat petite." Remy's voice came from right above her and her whole body stiffened at the husky tone. "Not unless yo' know where dis be headin'."

Remy's ungloved hand started to move up her arm, and she understood what point he was trying to get across. She moved her head up and could see through the hair covering her eyes the smirk paying on his face. Stopping the spread of her blush she moved her hand away from his and kept on going with it's originally path even steering it towards his side slipping her hand beneath his pants to lightly touch his side.

"And where is this headin?" Remy's breathing got a little heavier and his smirk even out into a thin line. Her eyes were still glued onto his face so she didn't know about where his other hand was going before it reached there. The top part of her leg was being stroked but this time there was nothing between his hand and her leg.

"Wherever yo' want it to go." It took her a while to realize that he was serious and waiting for an answer. To say that she wasn't attracted to him would have been a lie. He was gorgeous and everything inside her told her to go for it. With her ability to absorb on contact she doubted that she would get another chance with any guy. So she laid there and considered it.

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He was a little surprised when she moved away from him shaking her head no in the process. From as long as he could remember there was never a time when a woman turned him down. Especially when he was already in bed with them. His hand remained on her leg and he considered seducing her, but his conscious butted in and he reluctantly got out of the bed.

"What happened?" Rogue was sitting on top of the sheets and she didn't seem to mind the way she was dressed. "I remember being brought into this room and then some gas knocked me out."

Remy sat down at the corner of the bed, still shirtless, and told her how he didn't really leave her, and about what he did to get the antidote. /She doesn't remember what happened afterwards so I guess I should just leave that alone./ He then skipped the part about her willingness to do certain activities and said that he just gave her the antidote and now they were here.

He was positive that she would ask about their missing articles of clothes but she didn't say anything. /Probably thinking something bad about me. Maybe that's why she didn't want to.../ Rogue crawled out of bed and retrieved her discarded clothing. She pulled on her pants first and then pulled the cloth off when it reached the top. Remy in the mean time put on his clothes and still thought over what happened on the bed.

"How are we gonna get the others out?" She was fully dressed except for her gloves that were stuffed in her pocket. When Remy was done he turned to her and handed her a piece of paper that held the passwords for all of the areas in the compound. She took it from him hand making sure not brush her fingers with his making Remy feel worse.

"Ya can come with mah ta the mansion." Rogue flipped the piece of paper over finding a detailed map of the compound and began to study it.

"Can't, dey'll think I defected or took information den I'll be in trouble." She lifted her head and stared straight into his eyes. "But I might be able to leave later."

"Ya'll come later." It was said more as statement then a question and Remy smiled feeling more at ease with the situation. "So this is it?"

"Yeah." Rogue stepped forward and wrapped her arms around him. After he got over the shock he held her back and they stood like that for a couple minutes.

"Remy..." /She said my name./ Remy pulled back and before he could say anything she kissed him. It was a quick sweet meeting of the lips and when it was done he was left wanting more. Rogue smiled up at him and placed her ungloved hand on his face. "You owed me a kiss."

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"Didn't Rogue look a little different to you?" Kitty stared as Kurt shook his head no and went back to talking about how they were going to escape. When Rogue left the room the place filled with gas knocking them out before they could talk. Now Kitty was asking him about how many fingers she was holding up.

"Vell she vas taller, but it could have been the shoes. I didn't get a good look at them." Kurt was confused about what she was talking about. "Vas there something I missed?"

At that moment the door opened and the object of their conversation walked in.

"We need ta get out of...Kurt what's wrong?" Kurt's expression was that of total surprise.

"Vhat the hell happened to you?" He waved his arms around showing how distressed he was.

"Plastic surgery." She tried to hold her grin back at the shock on her brothers' face. Then after seeing a similar reaction with Kitty she nearly exploded with laughter. After enjoying the situation she calmly explained that they were 100 percent hers and that they need to get out of here.

"One more thing." Kurt's grim face jumped in front of her and pulled the zipper of her jacket up to her chin. "You vill never vear anything that tight ever again."

"Yes big brother, and when we're done here ah'll join a nunnery ta keep mah away from hormonal guys, too." His face broke into a large smile and he hugged her.

"That's all I ask for." She snorts and all of them leave the room.

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"Where do you think you're going?" Scarlet Witch stood in front of the doorway leading to the X-Jet. They had made it down the hallway easy enough with Kitty phasing and Kurt porting they were able to get through without problems, until now.

"Vanda please let us go! You can find out vhere Magneto is some other way." Kurt stood in front of the others and walked slowly towards her.

"I already know where my father is. Mystique told me." Wanda used her power and opened the door and they could see the X-Jet in perfect condition inside. "You'll need my power to activate the jet and the way out of here."

"So you're coming vith us." Kurt's idea was squashed when Wanda just shook her head and walked over to Rogue. Using just one finger she lightly touched her skin letting her absorb some of her power.

"You should use that quickly before it runs out." Rogue nodded and ran with Kitty up to the jet but Kurt stayed behind.

"You can come vith us. Forget about revenge." Wanda's face softened, but she didn't go to him.

"I can't. Not until..." She shakes her head like she's getting rid of an unwanted thought. "When it's over I'm still going to be a part of the brotherhood. I won't fit in over there."

Before he can protest a grinding noise comes from behind him and an opening appears.

"Kurt, like, hurry it up." He takes one last look at Wanda then ports into one of the passenger seats. Up front Rogue taps into Wanda's powers and turns the whole jet on and they fly out of the base. Kurt stares down from the jet as they reach a higher elevation. /I never knew there was a cliff next to the Brotherhood house./

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"I don't know how he got in there." The guard scratched the top of his head before he went to open the containment unit. It took them a while to get in since they didn't have any identification, but luckily one of the workers that was there when they put Juggernaut away recognized them and let them pass.

All three of them felt happiness and sadness at the sight ahead of them. They had finally found their leader, but none of them would ever believe he would be in a situation like this. As the glass container lifted away Kurt ported to his side helping him up and Kitty came forward with a wheelchair that one of the security people gave to her.

Rogue hung back and silently talked the guard into leaving so they could talk in private. The person smiled and patted her shoulder in a comforting manner before he left. She had found out about the professor's location from Wanda's memories. Someone had told Wanda to find out but the memories that Rogue received didn't tell who it was.

"Kurt? Kitty? What's going on?" The two teens helped him into the seat and then stared at each other wondering where exactly they should start explaining. "Where are the others?"

"Well you see professor..." Kitty shifted slightly not knowing exactly what to say. Luckily Kurt came to her rescue and tried to explain. "There was a thing with Mystique, and then Magneto, then the sentinel and...and..."

Both were clearly distraught and Kitty looked like she was about to cry. The seriousness of the situation finally gets to her. And Kurt wasn't doing any better.

"Mystique locked ya up in here and impersonated ya back in the mansion..." Rogue moved forward and the professor was clearly shocked at what he was seeing. She knew he was going to ask what happened to her, but she just said that she would explain later and went back to telling the story.

She started with the sentinel and how it was a trap set up by Magneto to tell the public about us. Then she talked about how some of them were captured and held at Trask's base. Rogue talked about how the mansion was no longer there, and Kurt supplied his first hand experience about coming back to the destroyed place. Through this whole time the professor was silently taking in what they were telling him.

"You still haven't explained how you three came to be here and why the others aren't with you." Kurt and Kitty looked at Rogue who hadn't told them anything about what happened to her or how she was even able to get back to Bayville. Reluctantly she told her story, but she kept it vague and didn't mention Remy or any extra information about her trip. Everyone in the room was silent after she told her part and they all knew they wouldn't be getting any information out of her anytime soon.

"Do you know how the world is reacting to the news?" Rogue nodded her head and told him about the mutant registration act that they were discussing right now.

"If we leave now then we could make it in time for the meetin." The professor nodded his head and Kitty wheeled him out of the room and in to the blackbird.

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"The council meeting's starting!" Ray called back to the others and everyone crowded around the TV.

"Did they show Auntie O yet?" When he said that a proud African woman entered the room followed by a familiar blue beast. They moved to the front of the room and all the students could see the pure hatred some of the committee people were showing to them.

As soon as the debate started the mutants were put on the defensive. They were bombarded with questions some were legitimate while others were just what ifs or worst-case scenarios. Halfway through the meeting it was clear that they were losing. It wasn't because they didn't have strong points they just didn't have that much strength to deliver them.

It was clear that all the stress that they had been going through for the past week had weakened them ands made them lose faith. The same thing was happening in the mansion or what was left of it. They all pretty much thought they were going to lose.

They had reached the intermission point when it happened. One of the security personal marched up to one of the speakers and whispered something into his ear. The camera quickly shifted to another section and zoomed in on one of the conversations that was going on.

"What do you think that guard was telling that man?" Bobby who was sitting up front kept his eyes on the screen. Eventually they moved the camera back to the area and the man who the guard talked to before didn't look happy.

"I don't know, but it doesn't look good." Scott replied to Bobby's question and hoped Logan was somewhere nearby trying to figure out what is going on. They were about to start up the meeting again but then there was a lot of commotion coming from outside. The newsperson said four more mutants were coming into the meeting.

Everyone in the room froze and each one came up with their own ideas of who the newcomers would be. None of them could believe their eyes though when the professor was wheeled into the room. What surprised them even more was the person behind the wheelchair was Rogue.

"How?" "Does he know?" "Why?" The room was filled with questions, and then Roberto pointed out the obvious one. "Where's Kurt and Kitty?"

All happy thoughts about seeing them left and their minds were filled with distrust and confusion only to have it cleared up when they saw Kurt eating food and Kitty giving Logan a hug while he uncertainly patted her back.

By this time the professor was already behind the podium with Rogue standing at his side. All the boys instantly noticed that she looked different and said certain things that made the girls whack them on the head.

"It's just the camera, anyways." Jean glared at all of the boys and turned her attention back to the screen. The professor took command and was able to dismantle most of the arguments previously made. The fact that all of the team members were found and well made Storm and Beast work harder and the three of them made a solid case. They were nearing the end, and the scorn that was directed to them had lessoned and those that still despised them, now had respect for these people.

In the end the professor pointed out that mutants were like everybody else. At this point the camera focused in on Storm. Then he mentioned that those who looks different are some of the kindest well-educated people he knows. Hank stood up straighter at this remark. Then he said something about maturity and the council room found out that woman next to him was only seventeen and through the whole exchange never looked at anyone with distaste like they did to her.

The previously made statements and what was now said was put into deliberation and the head of the council said they would reach a verdict in two days. Each side made some final words and the show took a commercial break.

The TV was turned off and everyone sat still not sure on what they should do.

"What happens now?" No one could answer Amara's question. They would all have to wait and see.

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A fire crackled in the fireplace and its warmth comforted the man sitting on a chair, reading a book. He sensed the presence before it came in but made no move to acknowledge it. It was not until the last word of the chapter was finished and the book placed in his lap that he lifted his head to greet the visitor and ask it to join him next to the fire. The glowing red orbs were all the man could see until it stepped into the light. A cigarette was lit and a puff of smoke was blown into the air.

"Didn't you say you wanted to stop?"

"Thought 'bout it, but..."

"You couldn't give it up?"

"Right..."

"You didn't do as I asked."

"I looked afte' her. Brought her back to Bayville."

"You know what I mean." Some anger went into his voice, but it disappeared in his next sentence. "Magneto and Mystique never should have got her."

"Dey could 'ave taken her whenever dey wanted; at least I was dere to git her out."

"If that's so, then what's stopping them from taking her back?" There was a silence as the two of them gazed into the flames.

"I made a deal with dem. If I stay in de mansion and report back to dem when she realizes the full potential of her power, dey will leave her alone. Dey think I care about her, and don't want her harmed so dey wont suspect anythin'. It will give her time, and maybe she'll be strong enough to protect herself from what dey're plannin'."

"So you don't care for the girl?"

"..." The silence told him all he needed to know and he faced the person as it began to leave.

"Gambit, thank you for taking care of Rogue, and everything else you are about to do. If there is anything I can do." There was a pause as the other person thought it over.

"Jus' make sure I git my own room when I move in?" The man nodded his head and watched with slight fascination at the way Remy jumped out of the window and grabbed onto the tree a couple meters away.

The man connected his fingertips together creating a steeple, and bowed his head losing himself in his thoughts.

Author's Note: It's done! Over! Nothing left! (Except the sequel)

What did you think? Tell the truth. And for all of you people out there who don't review but just read, do it this time because it is my first story and I want feedback! Even if all you do is click anoymous and send me a happy or sad face it will seriously make me feel better. (The happy face is more appreciated but at least you reviewed.)

For my next work of fanfiction I'm going to have the first chapter updated next Wednesday for sure! I'm thinking about making a three part story that's why this chapter doesn't say much it just links this story to the next one. Also I gave the professor a bigger part because he wasn't mentioned in any other part of my story and I felt sorry.

This chapter could have been better but I didn't want to put too much detail. Later on I might change it but it'll just have more detail in it. Like how exactly the registration act came in. I have lots of ideas for the next part and I wanted to hurry it up. And what happens to everybody else will either be told in a side story in the next chapter. You choose.

Thanks for all of the reviews I'm going to put it into consideration in the sequel. Anyone can still tell what they want to see in the sequel.

Okay onto the reviews:

lonewolf: Definitely going to be triangles they're just so triangular, I can't leave them out.

Star-of-Chaos: And he did get credit for it...in a very nice way.

Rose-z: I think she is going to have a lot of crushes with her new body, or maybe just a lot perverted thoughts with her in it. I don't think my sequel is going to have much of a plot to it when it begins. It will be more like a chapter or two equals one episode and there is some major thing in the background which they have to deal with.

Caliente: No show! I figured they would do something like that. At least it went out with a great last episode. The only thing wrong with it was that REMY wasn't in it. Not even when they showed future people. Nope, not there. Just in the last big picture thingy and that's it. I liked all your likes and I'll try to include a lot of them in the sequel.

DemonRogue13: Vial wasn't important. I don't even know if what I put even exists in the real world. I might bring it back with an explanation but for right now forget about it.

ishandahalf: Maybe I should join the SKORO, the Stop Knocking Out Rogue Orginization, they might have a group I could go to every week.

DaughterofDeath: Final chapter added.

PomegranateQueen: I'll try to get most of the pairings to work, but there might just be crushes, triangles, and other things along the way. And did what I just put up still out me in the PG-13 category? I didn't name anything so it's okay right?

Rogue17: So better or worse?

willa. j: Thanks!

Rogue4787: Was it the changing of the scenes too often that caused the confusion? Because it ain't going to happen this time around. At least not in the beginning. Or not THAT much. Okay a little. Actually I don't know where the next one is heading.

But they are going to stay in one place. I think.