Chapter 8

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So, throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore, Dream, Discover."

- Mark Twain

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-- The Next Morning, General POV --

In a mutant living quarter in Muir Island, Scotland, a young man with dark curly hair sat up in the bed he slept in.

He scratched the back of his head before throwing the blanket off of himself like he usually did. He looked down to see he was completely naked except for the mask, which was not THAT unusual except next to him laid a naked girl way out of his league.

Memories of yesterday rushed to him.

After saving the world from one of the most powerful telepaths out there, he was approached by a female mutant way out of his league, she took him to her room in the island and two of them spent the entire night ravishing each other.

"Wow," the young man said out loud as he appreciated the naked form of the woman he had spent the night with. There was some blood and cum around the girl's ass, he had taken the virginity of the girl that is way out of his league. (AN: According to comic book cannon Rogue lost her virginity to Sentry, a Superman knockoff, but was mind raped to forget about it, it is messed up but don't worry, in this fic Sentry won't make an appearance and even if he does, it will only be after he does his canon appearance)

He still couldn't believe how everything escalated so quickly between the two of them, he had no doubt the emotional turmoil she went through along with her 'condition', made her more receptive to him.

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-- Archie's POV --

How did this happen?

I guess being the only guy she can touch gives me three or four points on the attractiveness scale.

"Hm, *yawn* morning' sugar," she said with a bright smile on her face, when she said 'sugar' my heart skipped a beat. "Last night was amazing" she said as she put her arms around my shoulders and kissed me with passion.

Amazing was putting it lightly, sure I had sex before but this felt far- far better.

"Thank you for that Sugar," she said with a smirk

"Did I say that out loud,"

"Hm hm, you certainly did," she kissed me again, I dazed for a second "Ah'm honored, really,"

"So that was your-" I tried to ask but she cut me off

"Yes Sugar it is, unlike you, most people really can't touch me," she said with a sad smile on her face

"..." I did not say anything, just stayed silent as I hugged her.

We stayed there until she spoke, "Mah name is Anna by the way, Anna Marie" she said

"Nice to meet you Anna, I'm Archie Richardson" I told her as my mask disappeared and kissed her.

"So… are we like girlfriend and boyfriend now?" she asked, there was a tint of worry in her voice

"I- I guess." I said and then she kissed me once more

We continued making out for a while before she suddenly stopped "Ah'm gonna take a shower, wanna join?"

"If I ever say no to that question then I want you to punch me as hard as you can." I told her with a smile as I followed her to the bathroom

After a quickie in the shower she sat down on the couch started brushing her hair and I went and made 2 cups of coffee, "Here you go hon,"

"Thanks Sugar," she said with a smile and took one of the cups from my hand. "So does this count as our first date,"

"Well if it is, then it is the best first date I ever had," I told her and she pulled me by the collar of my bathrobe and kissed me once more.

"So Sugar, since it's a date why don't you tell me about yourself,"

"Hn… Sure, I'm from Broocklyn born and raised, I went to NYU, was in my final year before my powers awakened and I was forced to quit. Kars and I were- and still are roommates awakened our mutation around the same time,"

"Really?" she couldn't believe it.

"Yeah, before we awakened our mutations I was actually taller than him." I told her but she looked doubtful,

"How did you two meet?" she asks me

"Same way any two college roommates meet, we were placed into the same room by the system in place and became friends over time." I explained

"What about your parents?" she asks

I did not want to lie to her so I told her the truth "After my powers awakened… I doubt I'll ever see them again,"

"Ah- Ah'm so sorry," she said as she hugged me,

"What about you? I have been talking about myself non-stop,"

She looked away for a second before saying "Mah coffee is finished can you get me another?"

"Sure," I told her before making my Mask and going to common area to bring her another cup of coffee,

Once I got back I saw her stare from the window.

"Hey Sugar, Ah guess it's my turn to tell you about mahself," she said "Mah parents were kind people, we lived in a commune in Mississippi. But then mah Ma died and then Pa became very distant and mah aunt became very strict." she explained "And being the rebellious teen Ah was, Ah ran away, then mah mutation kicked in and Ah got involved with the Brotherhood of Mutants before Ah joined the X-Men, but then Ah lost mah powers and travelled until Ah gained them back and found mahself in here" she shed some tears, probably reminded of her mom "That's mah story,"

I hugged her from behind "I'm sorry for your mom," I told her

"No- no it's alright, Ah got over it," she said as she dried her eyes with her bathrobe.

We stood there for a while, until she said "So what are you gonna do now?"

"What do you mean?" I ask

"Are you gonna join the X-Men?" she asked hopefully

"No, large groups are not really my cup of tea," I said to her, and I could tell she was saddened by it "Hey, if you want you can come with me, I mean you are not part of the X-Men now, are you?"

"No Ah'm not," she said with a large grin

"I'm from New York, pizza is great there. Plus there are astronomical number of villains in there, and if you ever feel like punching bad guys you can always find some," I told her "So what do you say, wanna come with me to the Big Apple,"

"Ah would love that," she said and then we started kissing once more…

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-- Milo's POV --

"Sun is shinin' in the sky

There ain't a cloud in sight

It's stopped rainin' everybody's in the play

And don't you know

It's a beautiful new day, hey hey" I was singing as I made myself a cup of tea, I had a bad night after I tried to stretch a second base to the third and being thrown out, and singing always cheered me out.

*sniff*sniff* Is that Archie, wait is that faint smell on him sex? Holy shit he sealed the deal with Rogue. Good for him.

I was lost in my thoughts as I bumped into someone,

"Watch it bub," a 5'3 Canadian with attitude said to me

"Sorry there little guy, didn't see you there," I told him with a mocking grin on my face

"What did you say?!" he growled

"I'm sorry did I stutter?" I told him

"You, me, outside, now," Logan said with a growl in his voice.

I followed him with a gusto in my steps, I wanted to fight him for a while. I have been training in Boxing, Judo, Krav Maga, and my own Bone Martial Arts. Let's see how I do against this man…

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-- 4 Hours Later, Milo's POV --

Okay… He is one tough son of a bitch.

For every punch I land on him he lands two, for every time I pierce him his claws cuts me, if it wasn't because my healing factor is better than his I would have lost hours ago, but he started slowing down. He was no longer able to keep up with me, so increased the distance between us and fired him Drilling Bone Bullets until he couldn't get up anymore,

After the fight, I walked away with a smile on my face. This was the most fun fight I ever had.

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-- Archie's POV --

I was walking down the corridor with Rogue hugging my arm. I then saw Milo walking with a Mask and pants on.

"Yo mate, finally lost your Mutant V-card I see," he said with a smirk on his face

"Mutant V-Card?" Rogue asked

"His first time since becoming a mutant," Milo sadi as he smiled

"Ah'm your first? Ah'm honored," she said with a smile

"Kars, I'm sure you already know her, but she is Rogue. She will be staying with us until she can find a place for herself in the city," I told him,

"Girl roommate I can't touch, got it," he said to me before looking at Rogue "Bring your own toilet paper, that's the house rule,"

I then looked at Rogue "We kinda used to have a house rule, where the guests had to bring their own toilet paper, that's because when they left they usually leave the toilet paper so we didn't have to pay for it. But don't worry about it, that rule is void now that we are rich"

"You are rich?"

"Kinda," I told her "Not Tony Stark level rich, but I own a few car washing businesses that generate good amounts of revenue."

"Since when do you own a car wash?" he said "Wait, you own multiple car washes?"

"Didn't I tell you?" I asked him, I was sure I told him two weeks ago when Ring bought them to launder money. I mean Milo was the one bringing bags of cash from his morning cartel raids, how did he think we were gonna turn it into legal, taxable money?

"Now that I think about it, you did mention you were buying them," he said as he rubbed his chin,

"Where did you find money to buy them?"

"My powers kinda gave me a way to earn cash quickly and Milo has been stealing from drug cartels," I told her

"DUDE! You were not supposed to tell her that!"

"I don't wanna lie to her, and Rogue, we should get going soon, you might wanna say goodbye to your fellow X-Men for now." I told her she looked surprised by my declaration of Milo stealing money and me being okay with it, but nodded, after all unless you were Spider-Man or over pretentious DC Hero, no one really cared if you stole from criminals.

She kissed my cheek "Thanks for telling me the truth," she said before going to talk with her friends and ex-teammates.

After she was gone Milo asked me "You don't think Xavier would try to pull off a telepathic trick on her do you?"

"Doubt it, but even if he tries I did give her a dose of AMNB so she should be safe from telepaths for half an hour or so"

"What's AMNB?"

"It stands for Aerosol Microscopic Neurosynaptic Buffer, it's something Forge created and my Ring scan so I can make a gas buffer that blocks and cancels telepaths,"

He practically sneered when I said 'Forge'

"You got a problem with Forge?" I ask

"I just think he doesn't deserve a woman like Storm," he told me

"And I assume you do," was my statement

"Obviously," he said instantly

"Good luck man," I told him despite still thinking T'challa to be the perfect fit for Ororo, but if my bro wanted to go after a girl I would support him.

"Thanks," he said, but saw Polaris walk down the hall in a skimpy outfit "Although I'll play the field until she gives me a chance,"

I laugh a little bit before Rogue came "Ah'm ready to go,"

I look at her and nod, before asking Milo "Ready to go Kars?"

"I am," he said

I created a bubble around Milo, then Rogue and I started to fly towards the Big Apple.