He was on his back, panting hard and pouring sweat. He grimaced as he felt his grip start to slip, felt the inevitable puncture of skin by metal. But he held on, wincing only as the other two knives began a slow descent into his shoulder.
"Mon… ami. Wat you doin'? Gambit not hurt you, so why you… ah!… hurt him?"
He panted with the pain of the three claws digging slowly further in, even as he was pulling them out. It was a sawing back-and-forth that was driving him insane. The Wolverine only growled and put more weight into his descent, yellow eyes flashing between lucid and feral.
"You don' leave me no choice…"
He let the charge drift up the adamantium, could feel the shivers of pain he was causing the older man. But, Wolverine would (most likely, anyways) forgive him the pain if it meant keeping him from hurting Gambit. Gambit hoped.
"You don' let go, an I'll have t' blow you, inside out, and then, you'll still be takin' a loooong time t' pull yo'self together then. So GET OFF!"
He upped the amount of kinetic energy, and there was a wounded keening in his ears. He shut his eyes, not wanting to look at the face of someone who he cared about as he blew them up…
The claws retracted, leaving only a burning pain that was quickly healing itself. Wolverine sat back, a confused and pained look on his face.
"What just happened, bub? An' why can I feel my bones humming? What did you do to me?"
"Me? I jus' saved you the trouble o' shish-kabobing Gambit an' goin' after those cowards. They ran, but you weren't in a mood to listen. I tried to talk t' ya, and wat I get? Stuck, like a damn pig."
Gambit spat at Wolverine, but smiled as the older man just stared before cocking a smile.
"You wouldn't have really done it, would you?"
"Dunno. Seems a might bit unhealthy t' Gambit's wellbein' t' do it."
"Well, so long as it's not hurting the great and powerful Gambit…" Wolverine rolled his eyes.
"Merci, I knew you would see it my way sooner or later, mon ami!"
There was a growl and Gambit shot up and ran across the still-smoking lawn to the Mansion, with a grumpy Wolverine chasing him.