A Rogue's Tale

Escape Clause: Part 2

Rogue took it upon herself to clean up the apartment and pack a bag for her and Remy. From what he said they were basically going to be on the run so they had to pack light. All that they would need was a change of clothes and a few odd and ends and that gem. It was one of the reasons that they were going on the lam. She had no idea how many people were after that thing, but if word got out to the public then everyone would be after it. If it was strong enough to hold back her power, what else would that little bobble be capable of?

She felt so domestic cleaning up everything, but then she did this when she lived with Irene. It was even harder to keep everything tidy there. Since Irene was blind, not only did the entire house have to be clean, but everything had to be put in the same exact place every time. There was no moving furniture around or redecorating without a big planning meeting.

After she had cleaned the kitchen, she heard her phone ring. It was sitting on the coffee table, and she hurried over to see who was calling her. She saw that it was Tara. This call was safe to pick up so she connected the call.

"Hey, Tar, what's up?" she asked casually

"Rogue, what is going on with you?" Tara's voice was a bit frantic.

"What do you mean?" Rogue asked as she sat down in Remy's big black leather chair.

"You haven't called me in a few days," she said in a concerned voice. "I was worried that something happened to you."

"Ah'm fine, but ah'm gonna be leavin' here soon," Rogue said, doing her best to expain the situation. "So if ya don't hear from me for a while don't panic, an' ah'll call ya when I can."

"Fair enough," Tara said and then paused. "I need to ask you something?"

"Go ahead," Rogue said sounding confused.

"Well, it's kind of a really weird question, but when you first got your powers what was it like?" It wasn't the question Rogue was expecting. "Did you feel it before it happened?"

"It kind of happened all at once, but ah have a feeling that Irene knew it was gonna happened. Ah think that's why she's been so... protective. Ah guess that's the word. Why did ya wanna know?"

"No reason... I just wondered," Tara said, but Rogue felt there was more to it. She wasn't going to press the matter. If something was happening with , she would tell her in her own time. "Tara, ah gotta go now. Someone's at the door." She's almost whispering when she said it.

"Bye, Rogue," Tara said and she ended the call.

She hung up the phone and heard another knock on the door. Rogue stayed silent pretending that she wasn't there like Remy told her to do if anyone came around. She waited until she heard Remy's voice.

"Let me in, chere," he said in a low voice. "I forgot my key."

She thought that was weird, because she known him not to forget something like that, Then again, he did forget the schematic layout of the old mansion when he pulled off that heist last night. She stood up and walked over to the door and slowly opened it and saw that it was him.

"Remy, is there anything wrong?" she asked. She saw there was another man with him. It was kind of strange because Remy didn't trust many people, and she had never seen this man before. He looked dark and menacing, and gave Rogue an uneasy feeling.

"Not anymore," he said and suddenly a blue power came out of his hand and Rogue felt light headed. She fell into his arms and was losing consciousness fast, but before she completely passed out she saw Remy's form slowly fade away. She was now in the arms of blue a woman with yellow eyes and red hair, and she was helpless to fight back.

The woman laid her on the floor and looked over to her minion. "Jason, you watch over her while I look for the gem."

She spent the better part of an hour looking for the elusive green stone but found nothing. She trashed the place leaving Gambit a calling card. Young LeBeau would know the Assassins Guild was responsible, and he would be next if he made one move in retaliation. He may have gotten the gem, but she had something far more valuable.

The man she called Jason picked up the girl, and they both left the apartment. They took a hidden passage down to the basement and into the sewers and disappeared in the darkness.

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Back in Caldecott....

Minutes after Tara got off the phone with Rogue she had this horrible pain in her back. She had been having it for months even before Rogue took off. She never told her friend about it and just hoped the pain would go away. It did for a while but, now it was back and causing her more grief than ever. She tried to laid down on her bed but it put pressure on her back and it hurt even more.

No one was home right now, not her parents or her little sister. She was glad of that, because there was no one around to hear her scream out in pain. She felt like she was dying and laid on her stomach hoping that this would end soon. That last time it took fifteen minutes and eight Advil for the pain to stop. She had no idea if the painkillers even had any bearing on whether or not the pain subsided. It was basically the only medicine her mother allowed her to have in her room, seeing as once a month she had really bad cramps during her cycle. That pain would be welcome compared to what she was going through now.

She waited more than a half hour which felt more like an eternity before the pain let up any. She slumped off her bed and onto the floor, feeling too weak to stand up. Crawling over to the mirror, she felt that something strange was happening to her body. She didn't really want to see, but she had to.

She lifted her head up only to see that her top had ripped almost completely off, but what really shocked is what else she saw. Apparently a set of wings had ripped out of her back from inside her body. They were reminiscent of a dragon fly but only wider, but not as wide as a fairy or what people think fairy wings looked like. They were a dark gray, almost black, only a little lighter than her near black hair.

She was freaking out and closed her eyes tight hoping that this was all some horrible dream. After a few second she opened them expecting the wings to be gone but not only were they still there, they were flapping pulling her off the floor. She was exhausted as she was hovering a foot off her floor in front of her mirror. Was she flying, well, sort of, but she suddenly felt lightheaded and passed out and crashed onto the floor. Her wings became limp and fell around her, and she was unconscious.

To Be Continued...

I added this little scene as the end with Tara since she going to be an important character later on. There's more scenes with Tara and Bruno coming up and Rogue has now been captured by Mystique. Will Gambit be able to save her, and where is the gem that everyone is after?