"Self Possessed"
My Favorite episode! It starts with Rogue and Scott on a racket ball
court playing racket ball. Rogue is playing very fiercely and seriously
and beats Scott. She asks him for a rematch tomorrow and he says he can't
because he is going to the concert tomorrow with Jean. Rogue gets pretty
upset about this and has sudden flashes of Jean and Scott together and sits
down.
Meanwhile we switch to a scene with Mystique and Destiny talking. Destiny
says that she's not so sure Rogue will be in their future.
Back at the ball court Rogue suddenly has flashes of Blob and throws
her racket at the wall with such strength that it leaves a hole in the wall.
Later on Logan knocks on her door and asks about the now destroyed racket.
Kitty comes and drags her away telling her about Jean giving them a ride
to school in her new SUV before she can explain. Jean and Kitty get on the
subject of Scott and the concert and Kurt teleports in and they start to
tease Jean about it. This seems to upset Rogue and she yells at them to just
drop it.
At school when Rogue is about to go into the Bathroom she has flashes
of Kitty and phases though the door. She meets Risty inside who tells Rogue
she is sorry she couldn't be there for her and that her parents wouldn't
let her come back from England because of the whole mutant thing. As they
come out of the bathroom Rogue has flashes of Storm and electrocutes the water
water fountain. People turn to stare and whisper and Rogue runs off.
Risty finds her outside and asks if those were her "mutant powers".
Rogue explains about her powers and how its getting pretty crowded inside
her head. Risty asks Rogue about coming to the concert with her and after
some hesitation she agrees.
At the concert, as
Rogue and Risty get closer and closer to the stage, people start pushing
and shoving and somebody falls into Rogue, tearing her sleeve off. Rogue
bumps into more and more people and they began dropping all around her and
she absorbs their life force. She gets shoved into Risty who morphs back
into Mystique and screams then falls onto the floor. Rogue morphs into Risty,
as she has just absorbed Mystique's powers, as she stumbles away. She morphs
back into her self and clasps but only as she has another flashback and of
Sabertooth and morphs into him! Rogue/Sabertooth starts destroying all the
concert equipment. Multiply jumps on her but she just throws him off. The
security force also shows up but she just throws them off as well. Everyone
has cleared out of the building by now and Scott blasts Rogue and the stage
setup clasps on her. She has flashes of Juggernaut and flings the rubble off
herself and creates a hole in the wall which she runs out of. Mystique runs
out of the room after her.
As Rogue is running outside she turns into Magneto and pushes away all
the cop cars that were following her. She turns into Quicksilver and speeds
off again until she runs into some more cars. She turns into Arcade and
hides in an alleyway where she collapses and morphs back into herself. She's
shivering and crying and probably feeling all alone, totally scared of her
uncontrollable powers.
Mystique shows up and tries to help. She says "I know I've hurt you,
but I only posed as your friend so I could be near you." Rogue gets up and
starts to fight her and morphs into Mystique. Rogue says "Liar! I know the
truth. You used me to spy on the X-Men" Mystique replies "No, it's not
that simple.. If you have my memories, then you know what our relationship
is." Rogue says "I don't know anything." Mystique backs off saying "Admit
the truth Rogue. I adopted you when you were four. Search your memories.
You are my daughter!"
Rogue morphs back into herself and runs away then teleports onto a rooftop
and starts crying again. She hears Wolverine's motorcycle in the distance
and turns back into Sabertooth to go after him. Rogue/Sabertooth and Wolverine
start to fight and but after Cyclopes shows up and blasts her into a warehouse
Wolverine (who says it wasn't Sabertooth scent but Rogue's) tells Cyclopes
to stop and that it's really Rogue. They follow her into the warehouse.
As they search for Rogue, Rogue morphs into Cyclopes and blasts the real
one. Wolverine helps him back to his feet while Rogue morphs into Avalanche
and uses his power to shake the ground. She suddenly morphs back into herself
and cries out for help. Wolverine and Cyclopes try to calm her down by saying
that they're her friends and that they'll help her. Rogue remembers Risty
and gets really angry. Her eyes start to glow as she has flashbacks of
Risty and she yells "I have no friends!!"
Rogue morphs into Storm and blows both of them out of the warehouse. She
flies up into the air and starts blasting everyone (Cyclops, Wolverine,
Jean, Nightcrawler, Berzerker, SunSpot, Magma, Iceman, and Shadowcat) with
lighting and Scott's beams. Wolverine states that she has control of all
the powers she ever absorbed at the same time and can't control them. The
X-Jet (with Storm, Beast, and Xavier) comes flying in the air and almost
hits Rogue but she uses Magneto's powers to quickly crash the jet. Beast
is knocked out and Rogue is still firing at all the other X-Men.
Jean try's to bring Rogue down but Rogue just turns it back
on her and knocks her to the ground. Cyclopes tried to blast her again but
she reflects it with Jean's Telekinesis and blasts him. Night Crawler teleports
behind her and tries to bring her down but he ends up landing by himself.
Storm comes out of the crashed X-Jet and flies up so that she's level with
Rogue. She says she's sorry about this but that she can't let her hurt any
more people. Storm hits her with some lightning and at first it looks like
she might have Rogue but Rogue regains control and and blasts Storm with
more lightning. After being hit, Storm starts falling to the ground and Jean
catches her using her powers.
Wolverine tells them that he's the only one that will be able to take
it and has Ice Man ice him up to Rogue's level. He tackles her and then
slam into a parked car. The force of the hit causes Rogue to multiply (Jamie's
power). Wolverine tries to talk to her but she just uses Magneto's power
to lift him up. Then all 4 of Rogue blast him (Cyclops's power) and knock
him somewhere down the street and into the X-Van. She runs after him and
lifts him into the air again.
Wolverine tells Rogue that she's letting all the other personalities
push her around and the Rogue that he knows wouldn't let anyone get away
with that. Rogue stops and absorbs all the other Rogue's together and changes
into a dozen more people before falling to the ground. She says that she's
trying to fight them but they're just too many. Xavier wheels by and tells
Rogue to stop resisting him and that they can wipe out all those memories
together. Rogue clasps into Wolverine's arms and Wolverine asks Xavier if
she's going to be ok. Xavier replies that he's not sure. We see Mystique
watching from the rooftop and she seems pretty upset.
Back at the Institute Rogue is in that little medical room with Logan
by her side. Logan talks to her about how much betrayal hurts and says
that she needs to let her real friends be there for her. Rogue's hand squeezes
the hand Logan is holding hers with and her eyes open. She smiles and Logan
smiles back happily.
Outside the gate, Mystique and Destiny are in a car. Mystique asks if Rogue
is in their future again and Destiny says yes.
