[Mars. Athena. Weapons. The end of the world. Apocalypse.
It all swirls in Rogue's head. She tries to pin it all down, but that'll come later, and she knows it. Right now, it's about impressions. Not so much what she hears but how she hears it. What sticks out and what washes over her mind. She'll turn it all over later, examine it when she's alone. But for now...
One part sticks in her mind.
You ought to be very careful about waking him up even accidentally.
That requires a confession.
Given quietly, warily:]
I already did wake him up.
[She's told Logan, confessed it to him. Now, it's time to tell Marco.
Rogue swallows hard and leans against a tree to brace herself.]
There's someone with telepathy in my world called Mesmero. He can... put all but the strongest under his control. He teamed up with Mystique -- who can change her shape.
Mesmero... got into my head.
He sent me after all of 'em. Professor Xavier, the strongest telepath there is, I think. Storm can control the weather. Jean Gray, telepath and telekinetic. Scott, who's got lasers for eyes, basically. Kitty -- she can phase through solid objects. Kurt can teleport. Wanda manipulates reality, and Lance can move the ground. Fred's practically indestructible, Toad's flexible, an' Pietro's fast. Pyro can manipulate flame; Sabertooth's strong and damn near indestructable; Colossus has strength and can turn his skin to metal. Gambit's a thief and can charge inanimate objects with kinetic energy, and Magneto can manipulate metal.
[It's strange, in a way, to list them off so easily. To out what they can do. But it matters. He needs to understand how many powers she collected and how potent all of them are. Especially combined.]
Got Mystique's powers, too.
I didn' even know I did it. Can' even remember doin' it, now. Mesmero kept my mind pretty blocked.
But he led me right t' Apocalypse, an' he got hold of me.
Took all those powers and all that life force an' came back.
All I did was trap 'im again. Later. Didn't put him t' sleep or anythin'. Just helped trap 'im.
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It all swirls in Rogue's head. She tries to pin it all down, but that'll come later, and she knows it. Right now, it's about impressions. Not so much what she hears but how she hears it. What sticks out and what washes over her mind. She'll turn it all over later, examine it when she's alone. But for now...
One part sticks in her mind.
You ought to be very careful about waking him up even accidentally.
That requires a confession.
Given quietly, warily:]
I already did wake him up.
[She's told Logan, confessed it to him. Now, it's time to tell Marco.
Rogue swallows hard and leans against a tree to brace herself.]
There's someone with telepathy in my world called Mesmero. He can... put all but the strongest under his control. He teamed up with Mystique -- who can change her shape.
Mesmero... got into my head.
He sent me after all of 'em. Professor Xavier, the strongest telepath there is, I think. Storm can control the weather. Jean Gray, telepath and telekinetic. Scott, who's got lasers for eyes, basically. Kitty -- she can phase through solid objects. Kurt can teleport. Wanda manipulates reality, and Lance can move the ground. Fred's practically indestructible, Toad's flexible, an' Pietro's fast. Pyro can manipulate flame; Sabertooth's strong and damn near indestructable; Colossus has strength and can turn his skin to metal. Gambit's a thief and can charge inanimate objects with kinetic energy, and Magneto can manipulate metal.
[It's strange, in a way, to list them off so easily. To out what they can do. But it matters. He needs to understand how many powers she collected and how potent all of them are. Especially combined.]
Got Mystique's powers, too.
I didn' even know I did it. Can' even remember doin' it, now. Mesmero kept my mind pretty blocked.
But he led me right t' Apocalypse, an' he got hold of me.
Took all those powers and all that life force an' came back.
All I did was trap 'im again. Later. Didn't put him t' sleep or anythin'. Just helped trap 'im.