• It had been a long winter day, and mostly everyone had gone on trips, Remy and Rogue planned another trip and were going to leave tomorrow, Vanessa felt jealous, and to make it worse Remy didn't even try to speak to her, or even look in her direction, it was as if he had lost all interest in her, but wasn't that what she wanted in the first place? She watched him through the balcony, he had held Rogue's gloved hand and twirled her about, both laughed together, until Remy purposely fell into the crisp white snow, Rogue leaned down in order to check on him, with a swift motion, Remy had pulled her down on top of him, she said a few words before kissing him deeply.... wait? How could she be kissing him with out killing him? Vanessa turns around, refusing to watch any further. She wanted to speak with someone she could trust, but Kurt wasn't here, and Logan wouldn't speak with her, she would have talked to Ororo but she was too busy with paper work. Vanessa heads into the kitchen to make some hot chocolate, because god knew she needed something warm in her stomach, she placed the cup in the microwave and let it heat up for about two minutes max, but as she waited she could hear giggling and chuckling coming her way, she shook her head, why must it be here. Rogue happily sat on a near by chair next to Remy who had been too busy stroking the side of her face, "I love you," he told, Rogue smiled, "I love you too Remy," both began to kiss deeply until the microwave started to beep, indicating that it had stopped, Vanessa took out the cup, she wanted to leave as quickly as possible, but Rogue had to say something, "Vanessa!," she got up and made her way over, "I have great news," Rogue said.

    She rips open the chocolate packet and dumped it into the cup, "you must feel real lucky", Vanessa mumbled, Rogue had offered to touch her on the arm to prove that she was telling the truth, but Vanessa declined, causing Rogues happy mood to god down completely, "but you know I would never hurt you," she placed her glove back on her hand, "I know, it's just that I don't trust it, your power I mean," she moves the spoon around in the dark brown liquid, "so please, refrain from touching me," Vanessa took a sip of her hot drink. Remy got up from his seat, "don' pay no mind chere", Remy said before placing his hands upon Rogues shoulders, she was hurt by Vanessa's harsh words, "ah'm cured, Vanessa," Vanessa shook her head, "just, leave me alone Rogue, I'm not in the mood today," and with that, she had left the kitchen, leaving the two, and her hot chocolate behind.

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    The professor had called a few of the team to his office and explained to them that Loki had been creating nothing but chaos in Time Square, they were assigned to stop him and his ice men. Finally, a mission where she could take out her anger on the bad guys. Vanessa suits up before heading over to the X-Jet, she and Ororo had been the first ones to actually arrive inside, "so how was your day?," Ororo asked, Vanessa shrugs her shoulders, "could have been better," she said with a small smile, Ororo turns her head and smiled. Soon Emma, Logan, Scott, and Hank had arrived, they took their seats and Ororo prepared for take off, good thing Emma sat beside her, now she could actually talk to someone about this Rogue cured thing, "Emma, I heard that Rogue had some how been cured.... is this true?," Emma frowns, for a moment she paused, and looked only at what was ahead of her, "yes, she is. But it's temporary, there's only a matter of time before her body rejects it completely," Emma crossed one leg over the other, "why do you ask?," Vanessa hesitated at first but spoke up, "she tried to show me by touching me on my arm," Vanessa crossed her arms, "I didn't trust her," Emma looked at Vanessa, "it's alright, you made a choice," Emma reached over and placed a hand on her shoulder, Vanessa looks at her, "thanks Emma."

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    Ororo placed the jet on auto pilot, "we'll have to jump from here," Ororo said before opening the back, causing a strong gust of freezing air hit them, Ororo unfastened her seat belt and , and walked towards the others, "lets get this over with", Logan said, Vanessa nods her head, before saying anything she ran past the others and jumped out and the others soon followed. Logan unsheathed his claws once he spotted the enemy, "AAHH!!," Vanessa conjured five good sized red X's, Emma encased herself in diamond, Scott had his hand by his glasses, ready to fire if need be, and Hank had prepared himself for a rough landing. Vanessa was the first to make the first attack, her five red X's crashing down on a single ice man, causing it to shatter into many bits and pieces, she conjured more under her feet like steps as she went down, Logan how ever lands upon the ground, cracking the cement under him, Scott with the aid of Ororo lands perfectly, Hank and Emma land upon ice men, cushioning their fall, "ah, what a wonderful surprise," Loki's voice echoed through out the area, "the X-men," he claps his hands slowly, " you act as if you've already won", Vanessa said with her arms crossed, Loki looks directly at her, a wide grin plastered upon his face, "a child? You've brought a mere child to battle?," the thought amused the man, Logan got in front of her, "don't listen to him kid, he's just trying to get to you," Vanessa clenched her fists, " I know."

    Scott took this opportunity to shoot his optic energy beam towards Loki, but before he could see it coming Loki had swung a wave of energy at him, sending Scott flying into a building, "Scott!," Emma charged at Loki, dodging, and flipping over Loki's goons, she had almost reached him but a wave of energy also took her out, "ORORO NOW!," Logan shouts out. Ororo raised her right arm up and bright it down, causing three lightning bolts to be cast down at a great speed, the three bolts of lightning hit their target, but he had cast a shield above him, blocking the deadly blast before it could get to him. While Loki was busy with Ororo Hank and Logan charge at him, Hank on the left while Logan was on the right, Vanessa had conjured two medium sized X's to act as their shields, "GRAAAH!!," Logan slashed at him, missing Loki by just mere inches, "HAA!!," Hank had jumped up and slammed his hand in Loki's face, causing him to come crashing into the ground. The two men back up at a safe enough distance, that was when a gust of wind came at them, Vanessa looked up to see a large air craft, bigger than the X-Jet, hovering above them, Logan growled, "Fury....," he sheathed his claws back as six people came falling down.

    "Who are these people?," Vanessa asked Logan, he crossed his arms, "The Avengers." Vanessa gazed at the group, Logan had told her all their names except the guy with the eye patch, "seems like the X-men got here quicker," the man said, Vanessa looked at him and he looked at her with his one eye, "is this your first time encountering us?," he asked her, she nods her head, Logan growled, "back off Nick! She ain't for higher," Logan got in front of her, Nick crossed her arms, "I don't think that's up to you Logan," he pulled out a card and handed it to Vanessa, "if you ever change your mind you can contact us with this," she takes the card from him and placed it in her pocket, "okay," Nick turned around and heads back towards the air craft along with the others, before she knew it they were gone.

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    "Vanessa, you ain't goin' to work for them, are ya?," she could practically see the worry in Logan's brown eyes. For a moment there was only silence until Ororo broke it, "of course she isn't, she belongs her, with us," Vanessa could detect a hint of worry in her voice when she said it, everyone looks at Vanessa, "you have a choice, you either stay with the X-men or go over to the Avengers," Scott said before crossing his arms, Vanessa turns her head to face him, she placed the card in front of them, tossed it into the air and used a few X's to slice it to bits, she smiled softly, "I'm never leaving you guys," Ororo smiled, ran over to her, and gave her a giant hug, Scott smiled along with the others. As everyone went to bed, Vanessa went out on her balcony and pulled a second card that Nick had given her in secret. She placed it back inside her pocket and sighed, she would have to make a choice sooner or later.... She turns back around, heads back into her room and shut the balcony doors, Vanessa crawls back into her bed, except something was wrong, someone was in her bed! She pulled the covers off, she had to squint her eyes in order to see. It was Remy, he smiled at her, "surprise cher- - oof!," Vanessa didn't give him time to finish speaking, she had hugged him tightly, "I thought you hated me," Vanessa told him, Remy held her close, "no, I don' hate you, I have too much feelings ta do dat," Vanessa's cheeks grew hot, a slight yawn escapes her, she was tired and wanted to sleep, "will you stay with me tonight?," Vanessa asked him before rolling over on her side, Remy pulls her closer until her back was to his bare chest, his index finger slowly pulled back some of the hair from her face, "for a while," Remy said, but that was enough for her, to have him near, that was enough.

    Morning came, Remy had left her to wonder if last night really happened, but the faint sent of him still lingered upon her pillow. Vanessa smiled before falling back into a deep sleep, she still remembered that she had a choice to make.... and she hoped it wasn't the wrong one.