What is it that pulls people apart and leaves scars forever ? What is it ?

Flying above clouds was a amazing experience. The person could feel the rough air entering their lungs and making them feel cold but also refreshing. As if the view itself wasn't enough. The sight of a massive cucolombus floating below with grace and pride was wonderful. That view was especially incredible when the sun was raising. Rays of light would come piercing their way through the misty clouds in order to reach the earth. And then the big round ball of fire appeared. Millions of kilometers away it still gave the Earth warmth and life. Without it there would be hardly any life on our planet. But Joseph didn't see all that. He was too deep in his thoughts in his plans. His magnetic field around him he floated above the clouds hoping the view would help him think of something. So he was Magneto, fair enough. He was supposed to be the world's greatest villain but he changed. He had no memory of his past. He had been somehow de-aged by 20 years. But those things were minor problems for Joseph. The major one was.... love. He fell for Rogue the first time he saw her. Back then when Onslaught attacked them he wasn't sure what the feeling meant but later he understood he was in love. That was until he met him... Gambit was Rogue's boyfriend. Or at least he was before. When she kissed him one day in a time of depression, she absorbed something dark from him. Something that was his biggest secret. Something he wanted so much to hide. Even though Rogue didn't exactly know what was it that Gambit did, she lost all her trust in him. She left the team, and Remy and then she met with Joseph. But when they all came back Rogue was unsure about her feelings for Remy. Part of her wanted to forget about him and get on with her life another part wanted to forgive him. And that was Joseph's problem. He loved Rogue and wanted to be with her but as long as Gambit was in the picture it wouldn't work. Unless he did something that would impress Rogue and made her want to be with him and only him. What could it be ? Rogue had everything except one thing. She couldn't touch any one. Joseph knew that this was the weak point of her and if he would somehow find a way to go around her powers then he would succeed. But what could he do ?

Few Days Later

Remy got out his bike and looked at Sam who was staring at him with amazement. "Well homme what d' ya think ?"

"Cool." that was all Sam could say.

"Get on mon ami." As Remy rode the bike towards the front entrance the rest of the X-Men looked up at them. "You be ready ?" asked Remy.

"Yes let's go. Joseph is not here but we cant find him."

"That be okay. We don' need 'im." said Remy with a big grin and rode of on his bike with Sam before anyone could tell him off. The rest got in the cars and followed them.

Joseph standing on the top of the mansion looked down at the X-Men leaving. Just what he needed. If the X-Men would see him building the machine they would ask questions. Questions he didn't want to answer. On top of that he didn't feel like going to Harry's anyway. Walking down to the War Room he thought about what he was going to do again. As he slipped into Hank's lab he was happy that even Hank was gone. He looked around for the things he needed.

After finding the equipment necessary he walked out of the lab. Using his powers he carried the machines to his "lab" as he called it. He found out about the place few days ago. It was deep under the mansion in the Morlock tunnels. He wasn't sure if it had a name, it was filled with computers, it even had a living area. He found out that it was occupied by Prof. X long time ago when he planed a defense plan against some alien nation. It was still hard to understand all that technical stuff. But the major plus of the lab was that it was psi sealed. So no one could find him and what he was doing. As he came in the computer greeted him.

[GOOD MORNING JOSEPH]

He had already made few changes to the computers in here and this was one of them. Voice control, he could just speak to the computer he didn't even need to type anything. As he settled the stuff down he sat down in his chair. "Computer print out the results of the test I ran yesterday."

[PRINTING.... PRINTING FINISHED]

Joseph moved his chair using his powers and took the results in his hand. After skimming through them a smile appeared on his face. It was all just like he thought. Rogue's DNA had a small little gen. that stopped her from her power affecting her. If she hadn't had that gen. she would die the day her power manifested. Using the technology Joseph had he could create a gen. that was exactly like that and plant it into his DNA. It was all very risky but he believed he could do it.

"So there we were stuck in this big, sticky thing, naked and it was supposed to be absorbing out powers." said Betsy while everyone broke up laughing. She was telling them about the adventure she and the rest of the X-Men had in Shi'ar. "Me and Prof. are hanging there trying to figure a way to get out and Jubilee is just complaining all the time." They laughed again.

Everyone except Remy. He sat in the farest corner playing with his beer not really caring what everyone was talking about. He had problems of his own. He had more and more arguments with Rogue. Now it started out with anything. Remy punching Joseph instead of just touching him in a Danger Room session, discussing a trip, the list just went on. It was getting worse and worse. Remy doubted it could even get better. ^I guess it's over^ he thought. He looked up to see Rogue sitting next to Joseph having a great time. ^Time for me to leave^ he thought as he got up. He ordered few beers and walked out of Harry's. No one asked him where he was going, but he could see Rogue frown at the sight of him buying beer. He wondered why she would care. As he walked to the street fresh spring air entered his lungs. He walked down the street not really caring where he was going drinking his beer on the way. He had left his bike in front of Harry's knowing it would be there when he'd return. As he walked down the main street of Wenchester he sensed some people behind him. He pretended he didn't see them. ^This might be some fun^. Suddenly he felt two people approaching him from the front. There was now five of them. ^This might be a lot of fun^. As the people from the front approached him the suddenly stopped. One of them pulled out a gun while the other appeared with a knife. The three people behind him grabbed him and pulled him into a dark alley. The one with the gun who they called Buz approached Gambit.

"Gimme all yar money ya scum."

Gambit looked at him his eyes glowing red. "Think not mon ami." The man with the knife called Frank gasped as Remy's eyes started to glow.

"Hey Buz I think he's a mutie, maybe we should leave him alone. "

"Frank stop being a pussy there's five of us and one of him. What could he do ?"

"Dis !" shouted Remy while he pulled free. His right leg swung back and threw the three people on to the ground. He quickly charged a card and threw it at Buz hitting his hand.

"My hand ! You bastard." he shouted as he swung his hand to hit Gambit. Gambit dogged and with his left hand threw another card stopping Frank from escaping. In the mean time he swung his hand up hitting Buz in the stomach which caused him to sway and fall to the ground. The people that were standing behind him got up to their feet and jumped at Remy. He lurched into the air and landed behind them. He grabbed one of them by his hand and pulled him back causing him to fly in the air. He jumped up into the air and kicked the other one from the side hearing a bone crack. The thief screamed with pain and fell to the ground. The last one looked at Gambit with fear and started to run away.

"Hey mess ames where you goin' ? I be not finished yet." he said while he punched him in the face. He almost lost his balance but got up and swung his hand at Remy's face hitting him straight it the nose. Remy looked up while wiping the blood from his face. He quickly lifted his foot up and kicked the thief in the chin. He fell backwards. While Remy was getting up the man started to run away. Gambit quickly caught up with him. He punched him again and slammed his head into a wall, hearing his nose crack. Gambit breathed deeply as he looked at his victory. He had blood that was not his all over his hands. He figured it would be the best to leave before anyone saw him.

End of Part One