*~*Now, how does an update sound?

The agitated blonde was pacing back and forth in the room. While running his hands through the mop of hair on his head, he shot one more glare at the mutant standing across from him. The smug bastard was growling obscenities, blaming everybody who dared to look in his direction.

"I still can't understand why she left." Liar. "Maybe she's been kidnapped, again." Don't be such a fucking idiot, he wanted to shout as the older woman threw in her worthless two cents.

He took in a sharp breath, letting it out in a ragged whoosh at the next words that were said.

"Maybe she wouldn't have left if her friends weren't such pompous assholes that never even gave a -"

He had enough of this bullshit. "I don't care why she left or where she even went. I just want her by my side and now would be better than later."

There was the sound of an animalistic growl before he was thrown up against the wall, cold metallic claws pushing against his throat. Disgusting whiskey breath washed over the younger mutant's face and he fought back the urge to vomit. Jesus, has this guy ever heard of a breath mint?

Brown eyes met blue in a silent standoff. The shorter, stronger mutant growled up at the boy he wanted to beat to a bloody pulp. Voices were raised in an effort to calm down the altercation that was quickly escalating between student and teacher.

"You better watch what you say, boy. I'd love to put a couple holes in that too-pretty face of yours."

"Logan!" Storm cried out, instantly annoyed at the violent turn this meeting has gone. They were all gathered in the medical room that they used for conferences regarding students, training schedules for the newer X-men recruits, etc.. Now, however, they had to come up with a reasonable explanation for the disappearance of one of their own students.

Rogue.

Nobody knew why or even when she left. It was almost as if she just disappeared that Wednesday night. Which was a feat all in itself because no students were allowed out of the mansion.

Rumors were flying all over the mansion, but not a single one seemed plausible. Well, except for the one accusing Rogue of seeking treatment at those clinics administrating the "cure". The only ones who didn't believe that rumor seemed to be Logan and the Professor. Both of them lacked common sense in Ororo's opinion. How could they be so gullible? And how could Logan behave like such an animal?

Bobby suddenly smirked at the Wolverine, confidence pumping in his body. His skin temperature was slowly turning icy, the frost blue coloring his skin. He wanted to fight the arrogant man. Logan thought he was above it all. How wrong he was.

For two tense seconds the Wolverine and Iceman glared at each other, their hate out in the open for everybody to see. If they were going to fight, one was going to come out dead, and it wasn't going to be the Logan.

"That's enough."

With one last shove against the wall, Logan sneered and walked out of the room. He didn't want to hear the rest of this 'meeting'. They weren't going to get Rogue back if they just sat around. He was going to have to take matters into his own hands. Nobody in that room gave a damn about Rogue and if they wanted to stall, they could do it without Logan. He had to look for her himself.

Bobby leaned against the wall he was so rudely pushed against, trying his best to calm down. His heart was pumping furiously from the confrontation with Logan. The anger was slow to evaporate, but he eventually relaxed enough to pay attention to the conversation playing out in front of him.

I can't believe she left, Bobby was still trying to wrap that little fact around his mind. When he had gone to his girlfriend's room and did not find said girlfriend, he flipped. Rogue left. She left to get the 'cure'.

If Bobby was being truthful, he didn't exactly care if Rogue left to get the shot - finally getting to touch her would be great. No, Bobby was furious that she left without telling him or anybody else where she was going. He had made it clear that she was never to leave without him, ever.

He grunted, feeling the anger bubble in his veins again. Stupid bitch probably left to be that pyromaniac's new slut.

"Bobby, how could you say something like?" an outraged cry broke through his angry thoughts.

He plastered the most innocent look on his face, frowning to make it seem as if he regretted his words. He didn't, of course, but his reputation of sweet, Bobby Drake couldn't be tarnished by the rage he felt. Kitty would deny him access into her pants. He had to stop himself from snorting at that thought. Kitty couldn't live a single day without him and they both knew it.

He smirked inwardly before focusing on his role of 'brokenhearted boyfriend'. He even forced some tears.

Clearing his suddenly dry throat, he faked a shaky breath. "I'm sorry, my worry is making me say things I don't mean. I just can't stop thinking about what I could have done to stop her," he whispered to the floor, hiding the scowl on his face.

Arms wrapped around him and he sniffled for effect. Too easy.

There was a snort and then the voice of Jubilee broke the sweet moment, much to Bobby's utter annoyance.

"Alright, Pansy ass. I prefer fireworks over waterworks any day, so cut it out. We need to start looking for Rogue. Sitting around isn't doing shit." She waved away Ororo's reprimand with a hand before continuing, saying her words directly to Bobby. "If you're not going to look for my best friend, your girlfriend, well you might as well forget all about her."

Bobby threw her an icy glare, hating how she made him look bad. He was going to have to do something about Jubilee.

This time, Kitty spoke up, trying and failing to subtly defend Bobby. "Stop yelling at Bobby. He's stressed out looking for Rouge. It's not fair that he's blamed for his flaky girlfriend wanting to get 'cured'."

Jubilee instantly stalked in the direction of Kitty, daring her with her eyes to say another bad thing about her best friend. Kitty may have been recently made into an official X-man but it didn't give her the right to act superior. If it was up to Jubilee, Kitty would be the one missing and Rogue would still be at the Institute.

Arms wrapped around Jubilee just as sparks began to emit from her palms. She struggled for a moment, but calmed down once Peter started whispering in her ear.

"Professor, we need to find her. I can't live without her."

A strangled sound caught in Kitty's throat at Bobby's words, but nobody even blinked at her. Nobody except Jubilee. She knew what was going on between Kitty and Bobby, and was disgusted by how easily Kitty betrayed her friendship with Rogue. Backstabbing tramp, Jubilee wanted to scream.

Professor Xavier took a calming breath before rolling his chair towards the exit of the room. It was the end of the meeting and a plan was about to be set.

He rubbed his temples, wincing at the slight headache he was feeling. All of the negative thoughts bouncing around the world were taking their toll. He was tired of all the prejudice every mutant faced, and with Magneto rallying new forces for the fight against the cure, he wasn't sure if he could continue being the leader the X-men needed. Nevertheless, he would fight against Magneto, old friend or not.

Charles' gaze flickered over to the young blonde, frowning at the dark thoughts in the boy's head. The things Bobby was thinking of, did not match up with the act he was putting forth. To Charles, the feelings Bobby had towards Rogue were too dark to be something remotely loving. He would keep a close eye on Bobby and use the Cerebrum to locate Rogue. They couldn't afford any distractions.

"No students are permitted to leave the campus as of late. Ororo, organize a search party with the members, excluding Bobby and Jubilee." He smiled when the two students he mentioned groaned at his orders. They would understand eventually. "Now, I advise you all to not do any rash decisions when on your mission. Be safe." And with that, Charles wheeled away.

Kitty quickly disappeared through a wall and Jubilee had a sinking suspicion that she was heading somewhere private to wallow about Bobby. The girl was very overdramatic in that sense.

Jubilee glared at Bobby and said the words that hit an already sensitive nerve. "I hope she's with Johnny. She always did like him more than you."

She smiled brightly as his face began to purple and grabbed Peter on her way out the room.

Revenge is always served better with a little sparks.

*~*I would love to thank FW Wandering for initially suggesting a chapter showing the X-men's reaction to our lovely Rogue going AWOL. I hope it's somewhat good, even though I really did rush this, since I need to hustle to finish writing my paper on abnormal psychology. Fun, right?

ANYWAYS, hugs and so much love to all those that haven't given up on this fic. And to my awesome reviewers; JJwolf, Booklover9477, Refrigerator-Burn, FW Wandering (yes, two mentions),KraZiiePyrozHavemoreFun, XxGeeksicalxX, and Anne Marie Masen (gracias muchisimo y ojale esta capitulo de gusto).

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