Julie, Rogue, Shannon and Dirk
"You look pleased with yourself," said Avalanche.
"Well, y'know... I had a good night," Dirk grinned.
"Yeah?"
"Yeah. Julie."
"Oh I see," Avalanche nodded. "I was with her a couple of times on camp. Good huh?"
As if on cue, Julie entered the caf for breakfast. She was leaning heavily on the twins' stroller as she made her way to the nearest empty table.
"Oh yeah," Dirk grinned. "See? It was so good she can hardly walk."
Julie's eyes glanced up briefly at Dirk's table as the laughter came. It was with a wince that she sat down and she could feel the tears pricking at her eyes again.
Shannon glanced over at Julie and frowned a little, wondering why she didn't join tham as usual.
Julie chewed her lip and looked over at the buffet. It had been hell just getting out of bed after last night.
Damn it, just thinking about what happened made her want to cry again. It had only been their first night back from camp and that... that jerk Dirk had come to her room and asked her for sex. Now normally she probably would have agreed. Hey, when did she ever say no to free sex? But something... something stopped her.
She sniffed and closed her eyes, fighting back tears.
She told him no. And he hadn't liked that.
It was only because of the twins she had gotten out of bed that morning. But she was so sore... oh so sore... Each step had sent spears of pain through her body. She couldn't look after them. Not in this state.
But what could she do? Who would believe her if she told them she had been... been... and it hadn't been merely sadomasochistic sex gone too far? Only someone who could get into her head and...
Julie's eyes landed on the back of Rogue's head.
Steeling herself, Julie stood up again. She gripped the handles on the stroller so tight her knuckles turned white. Slowly, each step more painful than the last she made her way over.
"Hi Julie," Shannon said.
"Hey," Julie said softly, still looking at the back of Rogue's head. "Rogue? You have something in your hair. I'll just get it for you."
"Oh okay," Rogue replied. "Thanks."
Julie put her hand to Rogue hair... and her fingers slipped through it to undo the clasp on her choker. Rogue gasped suddenly.
"Julieeeeee..." Rogue yelped, feeling the choker drop and Julie's fingers on her neck. "Oh my g- noooooo..."
"Rogue?" Shannon asked in concern, leaning forward.
Rogue reached back trying to get Julie off her. But by the time she succeeded it was too late. Julie collasped, almost completely tipping the stroller over (fortunately Shannon caught it in time). Rogue felt Julie's memories (specifically the more recent ones) coarse through her mind.
Yet... this time was different. Possibly because she had been learning to control the atom manipulation it had been helping her in some way control her true power. In any case, Julie's mind did not take over her body as other would have. But it did have other effects.
Rogue's hand gripped the bread and butter knife. She manipulated it, moulding it her her hand and sharpening the edge. She stood and glared at Dirk.
"You raped her!"
Silence.
"Who are you talking to?" Dirk asked.
"You, you stupid, two-bit, underhanded, pig-headed, lily livered, chicken hearted, pea brained bastard! You raped her! She said no! She told you no. A million freaking times no!"
"I don't know what you're talking about," he said calmly. "Yeah, I had sex with Julie last night, but she wanted it just as much as -"
"Liar!"
Rogue lifted the side of the table and flung it aside.
"Rogue!" Shannon gasped, staring.
"Hey, control yourself," Dirk said. "I don't know where you got that idea -"
"I absorbed her!" Rogue shouted. "Julie's memories are in my mind! You raped her. She told you no and you ignored her. When persuasion didn't would you stripped her off and tied her to the bed. And when she wouldn't stop screaming you gaged her. You f***ing bastard!"
Rogue ran towards him, knife held up in an attack posture. Dirk stood, backed off and attempted to blow the knife out of her hand with his Wind power, but to no avail.
"I have the Dathrian's atom maniuplation," Rogue taunted, a sinister tone coming into her voice. "My little Dathrian/Human hybrid mind, Calvin... he was a serial killer you know. He was also a rapist which makes things interesting now that I also have a rape victim in my head. But suffice to say, your life isn't worth squat right now."
The Mavericks, Logan, Spike and Kurt
Octavian had gone white and he shook slightly. Demetria and Vortigern weren't much better.
Wolverine ran across the room and tackled Rogue, hoping she'd forgive him afterwards. Spike petted Vortigern and whispered to him soothingly.
"Mein Gott!" Kurt bamfed to Julie and picked her up.
"I'll take her to the doctor, ja?"
He bamfed away rapidly.
Bobby
Bobby stood up slowly and walked over to Dirk, standing in front of him.
"Right."
He pulled him to his feet, then punched him hard, smiling in satisfaction as Dirk went flying.
Then he lifted his arm and encased Dirk's feet in ice and jumped on top of him, hitting and kicking him with all his might.
"I'm going to f*cking kill you, you prick!"
Shannon, Rogue and Dirk
Shannon decided it would be adviseable to move the twins away from the fighting.
"I wanna kill him!" Rogue shouted, struggling wildly. "Let me kill him! Arggggggggggggghhhhhh!"
Dirk struggled to get himself free.
"Leave me alone!" He yelled. "I didn't do anything to the stupid human bitch."
Kurt, Logan and Spike
Kurt appeared in the medlab.
"Herr Doctor! Come, quickly, Gott en Hiemmel, come quickly!"
Hank came out of his office and gestured at a table.
"Put her on the table."
Kurt gently laid her down and Hank came around to examine her. He started to disrobe her and Kurt had to turn away in shock and sheer revulsion at the wounds that were uncovered.
"Oh my god..."
"Poor liebling."
Logan held onto Rogue.
"Dammit, Rogue, get a grip on yourself!"
Spike kissed Vortigern's forehead, then got up.
"Be back, pet. SCOTT! STORM! ANY TEACHERS, CAF NOW!"
He leapt up onto a table, then sprang for Bobby, knocking him down and rolling them both to lessen the impact.
"CALM THE F*CK DOWN, BOBBY!"
Bobby
Bobby growled and struggled out of Spike's grasp, jumping on Dirk again and attacking him, just as Storm ran in.
"BOBBY DRAKE!" she shouted.
"WHAT?!" he yelled back, hitting Dirk's face repeatedly. "You f*cking bastard, I'm going to kill you, you arsehole!"
Rogue and Dirk
Rogue growled.
"He's trying to stop you from having your just revenge! Don't let him! Fight! Stuggle! That bastard raped you!"
"No... wasn't me... was Julie... not me..."
"She's part of you now isn't she?" Calvin taunted. "He raped Julie, he raped you. He deserves to die."
"I'm not you. I'm not a killer."
"Not yet."
Rogue dropped the knife and stopped struggling.
Dirk fought back as best he could. but what with having endured Bobby's use of power on him, he was pretty beaten up by now. He attempted to use his Wind to blow away Bobby's blows.
Logan, Spike and Octavian
Logan curled his arms around Rogue, rocking softly.
"Kid, you alright now?"
Spike cursed slightly and got up to pull Bobby away again. Octavian got up, shaking slightly.
"How f*cking dare you, you BASTARD!"
Spike reeled backwards as Octavian's fist met his jaw, eyes crossing. The teen never hit this hard when they sparred. He must have been holding back.
Octavian turned on Dirk, eyes blue icy fires of rage and hatred.
"You're going to die now."
With a sickening crack, Octavian broke Dirk's arm.
"And I'm going to make it hurt, you sick, *sick* excuse for a person."
Bobby
Bobby broke out of Spike's arms again and jumped on Dirk, snapping each one of his fingers.
"HOW DARE YOU!"
Storm reached to pull Bobby off Dirk, but was thrown back. She hit the wall with a thud.
Dirk, Rogue and Shannon
Dirk cried out in pain.
"Leave me alone!" He shouted. "I didn't do anything to you!"
"I... I think so..." Rogue sniffed, tears pricking at her eyes. "Oh man... Logan, he beat her... he beat her so bad..."
Shannon decided the side of the caf was not far enough. Okay, maybe it was for the babies - they would never remember and were unlikely to be hurt, but she didn't like watching such violence and opted to leave. She pushed the pram out of the caf and then thought she would go down to the medlab and see how Julie was.
Octavian, Vortigern, Spike and Logan
"No, but you hurt one of our friends," Octavian said in a deadly voice.
He balled his fist up and slammed it into Dirk's kidneys.
"So, you're going to hurt a whole lot worse."
Spike got up off the floor and Octavian whirled, slamming the side of his foot into the vampire's head. Spike went flying, crashing into a table on his way back to earth.
"SPIKE!"
Vortigern flew out of his chair to the unconscious vampire.
"You don't f*cking rape, you sick twisted piece of shit," Octavian hissed, each word punctuated by a punch to Dirk's body.
Logan petted Rogue's hair awkwardly.
"She'll be alright, Hank is good at what he does..."
Bobby
Bobby half fell, half jumped on Dirk, freezing his body to the ground.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Dirk, Rogue and Shannon
"Friend?" Dirk spat. "I thought she was your sex slave. Humans not much f***ing good for anything else."
And for the first time in his life he managed a wind stronger than a mere breeze. Try gale strength. It blew everyone nearby away, rattled the furniture, and threw many plates, food and other lightweight things crashing to the ground.
It was probably his desperation to get away that did it.
Rogue turned her head slightly as the wind came. She eyed the knife again. Her hand was itching for her to take it up again.
"She's... she's going to be in a coma for awhile..." Rogue said, trying to distract herself. "Couple of weeks at least."
Meanwhilst, Shannon had entered the medlab.
"How is she?" she asked.
Octavian, Logan and Kurt
Octavian twisted in the air like a cat, spine bending at an unnatural angle. He hit the floor lightly on his feet and spun out in a punishing kick at Dirk's jaw.
"Why did you come here?"
Logan held Rogue, feeling the tension rising in her.
"Yeah, I know."
"She's very hurt..." Kurt said, turning to her.
"Mein Gott! Poor liebling..."
BObby
Bobby turned his face away from the wind, then punched Dirk hard.
"Asshole."
Dirk, Rogue and Shannon
Dirk cried out in pain again.
"Please..." Rogue begged. "Make them stop... It's making Calvin's bloodlust go through the roof."
Shannon was silent, looking apon her friend sadly.
"I, I suppose she's going to be a coma for a while..."
Logan
"Right."
Logan rubbed his hand through Rogue's hair.
"Fix the necklace."
He got up and punched Bobby hard across the jaw, sending the teen reeling backwards.
"Sorry, Ice."
He just hoped the kid was out and he wouldn't have to hit him again.
"That is the usual side effect of Rogue's uncontrolled powers, yes," Hank said.
"But we've dealt with this before."
It's the other things that I haven't dealt with before, and hope to God I never see again, he added silently to himself.
Bobby
Bobby closed his eyes for a few moments, the searing pain making his eyes water.
"F*ck..."
Dirk, Rogue and Shannon
"Prick," Dirk glared.
He made as if to attack his attacker, then his eyes met Rogue's.
Silence.
Dirk limped his way to the medlab and Rogue gave a sigh of relief.
Shannon nodded slowly.
"I'll take the twins to the nursary," she said.
Octavian, Logan and Kurt
Octavian would have lauched himself after Dirk, but came up shirt as Logan grabbed him by the scruff of the neck.
"No you don't, bub."
Octavian made a noise like an enraged cat and kept struggling.
"Ice, you over it, or do I have to punch you again?" Logan asked.
"Probably a good idea," Kurt said.
"Do you vant some help with das kinder?"
Bobby
"Not over it, but I won't hit him."
Bobby's blue eyes were suddenly cold as he got up and wiped his nose.
"For now."
Dirk, Rogue and Shannon
Rogue gave a sigh of relief.
"Thank you," she said quietly.
"It's fine, but thanks," Shannon said to Kurt.
She started towards the elevator when it opened and Dirk staggered out.
"What?" he glared.
Shannon refused to look at him and stepped inside with the twins.
Octavian, Logan and Kurt
"You hold him, and I can hit him," Octavian snarled.
Logan shook him roughly.
"Calm *down*, Octavian."
"F*CK OFF!"
Kurt glared at Dirk, then bamfed to Shannon's side.
"I vill see you later, herr doctor."
The doors closed.
Hank rubbed his forehead tiredly.
Bobby
Bobby slipped out of the caf and went down to the medlabs.
"Hey Hank. How's Julie?" he asked, pointedly ignoring Dirk.
Dirk, Rogue and Shannon
Rogue slowly walked back to her seat and picked up her choker. She tentatively put it back on.
"What about Julie," Dirk mimicked. "What about me? I was the one who got beaten up for no reason."
Shannon gave Kurt a small smile as they arrived at the nursary.
"Hi Shannon, Kurt," greeted Meg. "What can I do for you?"
Kurt
"You're going to have to wait while I attend to Julie," Hank told Dirk.
He turned to Bobby.
"She will be fine. We've dealt with the consequences of Rogue's powers before."
Kurt's tail swept the ground lightly.
"I vas just escorting Shannon."
Bobby
"No reason?" Bobby cracked his knuckles. "Asshole."
He turned back to Hank.
"Ok..."
He sighed.
"Need a hand?"
Dirk and Shannon
"Whatever," Dirk said.
"There's been an incident," Shannon said. "Julie was... raped. Then she was absorbed by Rogue and now she's in a coma. I thought... I thought it would be best if I brought the twins here."
Hank
Hank coughed politely.
"Actually, it may be best if the two of you...wait elsewhere while I tend to Julie. Patient confidentialty."
Bobby
Bobby nodded and started for the lifts.
"Hope you burn in hell for this, Dickface."
Dirk and Shannon
Dirk rolled his eyes and found a spot for him to wait out of Hank's way.
"Oh dear," said Meg. "Poor Julie. Is she okay? Other than being in a coma, of course."
"Couldn't say for sure."
"Fair enough," and she picked up B'Elanna. "Well, looks like we get to look after these little darlings full time for a little longer than we expected."