Alone No More (Rogue Cheney)

Chapter Twelve

Rogue's P.O.V.

We were sitting in the forest hiding behind some bushes and trees while we watched the suspicious building. Yukino and Ashe were back at the house with the exceeds watching over the notes making sure no one tries to go looking for them.

"There hasn't been much movement has there Rogue?" Illiana asked looking over towards me, trying to get my attention. I nodded and continued to watch the small shack. "We should go now. There can't be too many people walking around in there right? We haven't seen anyone go or come." As annoying as her impatience is, she was right. If we wanted to make a move, now would be a good time.

"She might be right, if we want to do something and find Lexi," Illiana looked over at Sting and glared, earning a loud sigh from him, "and the mayor, than we might as well go now." We all nodded and stood up, walking towards the two rotted and broken doors. Orga opened the doors and one fell to the ground, earning a look from Rufus.

"There goes the element of suprise." He lightly pushed the other open and it did the same. Rufus rolled his eyes and continued inside while Orga smirked at him. We followed and looked around. It was just an open room with maybe twelve chairs in a circle all faced towards the center of the room. "What is this? Some kind of joke?"

"Oh dear, looks like we have guests, and me without tea." We turned around and saw a tall man standing within the shadows, making it impossible to get a good look at him. Where the hell did he come from? "Well, I'm afraid that I'm quite busy and can't entertain you, but my friends here will certainly keep you company." With a wave of his hands a group of men came in and surrounded us. We readied ourselves as the myserious guy walked down an open floor board. "Oh and master said to grab the girl, so don't do too much damage."

We looked over at Illiana and she shook, you could hear the rattling from her sword. "Run, go back to base. We'll take care of these creeps." I whispered low enough so that no one could hear, but refused to give away any sign of our location. And it's a good thing I didn't considering one of the men heard.

"I don't think so mate. If the boss wants her, than we got to deliver." He gave the black haired girl a smirk, causing her to shake more. "Get 'em boys!" With that they all charged us, around 40 men all at once. Illiana took out her sword and started to fight her way through the crowd. I tried to change into shadow form so I could get behind them, but it wasn't working. Sting and the others looked just as confused as they tried to use their magic.

"We don't have time to question it. We need to fight!" Sting ran into the crowd attacking anyone who got in his way. We followed his lead and just started punching people. We were doing good, but not winning. I made a mental note to start training more when I get home. I felt something hard connect with my face, sending me flying towards the nearest wall. I touched my face and felt warm blood falling from the cut that was now on my cheek.

These people weren't using magic, just common objects. How the hell are we losing!? I got up and charged towards the guys holding the metal pipe. My fist connected with his jaw but he looked unfazed. He hit me over the head again while someone else hit me in the back of head, this time causing me to fall to the floor with a loud thud. I could feel people punching, kicking, and hitting me with whatever they could find. I couldn't stand up. It felt as though my legs were numb.

"HELP ME!" That high pitched scream got my attention and I forced my vision to refocus. Illiana was being dragged towards the open floor panel. She was fighting but couldn't do much damage to the large brute who had her in his hands. The group of thugs, or whatever they were, started to follow them down the door, leaving us all there. I tried to crawl towards her, putting the last of my energy into it. After only a few feet, I collapsed again, noticing the others around me were in the same positions as me. Orga, who looked the best out of all of us, helped everyone up. When he got me, I couldn't stand fully, so I was forced to lean on him for support.

Sting pushed himself off of the wall that was holding him up and looked down, fists clenched. "I don't know what the hell that was, but we need to leave. We'll come back later and take care of them when we're better prepared." We all looked away, and started to head out, me still with Orga.

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Ashe's P.O.V.

"And then suddenly all the dragons disappeared. It was one hell of a night." Yukino and I sat on the couch with the box while she was telling me about the Grand Magic Games.

"Wow, sounds like it. At least nothing serious happened." She nodded and took a sip of the white wine I had poured for us. She continued to tell me about the excitement of the new guild and the new pool of course. Just as I was about to pour more wine, the front doors were thrown open. We stood up to ask them how it went, but stopped in our tracks when we saw them. It was obvious they lost. Orga, who looked to have taken less of the damage, put Rogue on my couch and sat down on the chair next to him.

Yukino came into the room with a first aid kit and sat down between Rufus and Sting. I grabbed gauze and alcohol and treated Orga's minor wounds before getting to Rogue. He looked awful. His face and hair were stained in blood and the scar he got on his nose was bleeding. I had Yukino and Orga help hold him up while I took off his shirt. His back, chest, and arms were badly bruised with small cuts as well.

I dabbed the alcohol soaked rag on his cuts and he flinched. At least he's awake. I wrapped up his body and arms and get to work on his face. Everytime I touched his wounds he'd hiss and slightly pull away. When I finally finished, I wrapped up his nose and forehead, placing a gauze pad on his cheek. I helped him sit up and joined him on the couch. Yukino looked around at everyone and finally asked what happened.

"It wasn't even close. We would've been able to take them, but our magic wasn't working. And they took Illiana for who knows what purpose." Rufus stared at the floor as he talked. "I don't have any memories of something like this ever happening."

"It was humiliating!" Sting slammed his fist on the coffee table and focused on the wine bottle.

"If you had more people, than maybe it wouldn't have ended like that..." Yukino looked at Sting with tears threatening to fall.

"No, it wouldn't have made a difference, they blocked our magic." Sting looked back up to her and smiled slightly as a tear made its way down her face.

"It would've helped with the physical fight though!" Rufus yelled which got everyones attention. He had been the calm one this whole time, so to see him actually snap was a little scary. He glared at me and I felt Rogue tense up. "She could've helped!" Rufus stood up and pointed to me. A large vein on his forehead was throbbing with every second that passed. Rogue struggled but stood in front of me, blocking me from him.

"You know she doesn't use magic, and even if she did than what? Our magic was blocked." Rogue was now giving Rufus daggers.

"Don't give us that shit! I know she's the 'test subject' the talked about in the notes." I felt my breath catch in my throat as everyone looked at me, Rogue still looking at Rufus. "Even if she wouldn't have been able to use her magic, she would've been able to fight. Her aunt talked about the extent of her training." He softened his gaze and sat back down. Rogue never left, still standing in front of me as he continued. "I think we need an explanation."

Everyones eyes were still on me as I sat there. "She doesn't need to tell you anything." I grabbed Rogues arm and smiled up to him as he turned around. His red eyes softened and he sat next to me. "You don't need to tell them though."

I placed hand on his knee and smiled."They deserve to know." He nodded knowing I had made up my mind. I took a deep breath and stared at the group now sitting right in front of me. "Alright, I'll tell you guys, from the beginning."

Hey guys!! Sorry I haven't posted in like a week but I was trying to beat Pokemon X (Which I did!!) But I'm back!! YAY! So hoped you enjoyed and I'll be posting regularly again!!

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