Prologue

"Isn't she a beauty?"

"Yes- but, you know- she has-"

"My eyes? Is that a problem?"

The woman bowed her head,

"Yes, yes it is."

"Why Marie? She's our kid."

"But why should she suffer for her looks? She's a mutant Remy- I don't want her hated. She should be allowed to live a normal life- to be with her family."

"There's no rest for the wicked."

"But are YOU wicked?"

Marie's bright blue eyes met her husband's red on black.

Gambit paused- man she was beautiful, she didn't deserve the treat that he was, the anti-mutant forces were drawing ever closer, yet Gambit had to have settled down with the gal he loved the most, risking her life for him and now- for the baby.

"She needs a name…" Marie's voice grew sleepy, "Please Remy, what is her name?"

Remy stared at his wife in a state of shock, Marie's eyes had suddenly become blurred, her face was slick with sweat and pale, and her breathing was becoming laboured. No woman, nor man for that matter, should ever become that weak in such a short space of time, especially after Marie had given birth.

"Marie… What's wrong?" Gambit's voice actually shook, "Do you need a doctor?"

Shaking her head, Marie gasped with a weakening voice,

"I haven't… been well… for a while, knew… as soon as she… was born, my insides… would collapse."

Remy felt his heart gently tearing,

"It's because you ain't a mutant, isn't it, Chel?"

He didn't even need to see the nod to know his statement as true. If this wasn't his wife, he would demand why she didn't tell him, yet he knew that he would make her take an abortion just so he wouldn't lose her.

Yet Marie's greatest desire was to put a child into the world.

A gasp of pain suddenly rattled through Marie's brittle frame and taking Gambit out of his thoughts, the baby in her mother's arms staring in a wide eyed confusion.

"Darling!" the mutant cried to his wife, wrapping his gloved hands around her neck, and slowly pulled her into his chest, whispering words of comfort, telling her he would always love her, but a frail hand reached his lips, shushing Gambit for a second.

"Darling… a name… she, needs a name… and, I want… to hear it…"

Gulping back the many thing he felt he must say to her before she left him, Gambit looked once more at his beautiful new daughter.

The infant's eyes were indeed the same as his own, yet the girl had inherited her mother's ginger hair and freckly face, which was, for now, chubby.

"Destiney…" He finally whispered, tearing his eyes away to meet his wife's, "She will be called Destiney…"

His wife smiled, and, arms shaking, passed the newly named Destiney towards her father.

"May you take, good care of her… Remy… I love you, both… May you make it, so… that mutants… and humans… can share life as, we have… That, my angel," she looked at Destiney, "Is your… destiny… I will, watch over… you, both… from…"

Yet from where she was going to watch over them from, would forever remain a mystery. Marie's hand fell from Remy's face, her eyes now blind to the world around her- a smile still resting upon her beautiful face.

Running his fingers down her face, Gambit closed his wife's eyes and just stared at her for a second, remembering the good times.

Then he let his tears flow. Marie had been, and still was- the one thing which made the evil, risk taking man show his light. They had instantly fallen in love, and now- the plain human woman had died bring a mutant child to her mutant husband. Maybe there was hope for humanity after all…

He looked down at little Destiney, small tears falling down the girl's pale face, mimicking his own sadness, So Gambit wiped away his tears, and the infant stopped her crying as well.

Smiling, he realised that he had to keep her safe- had to send her some where no one could find her…

Except Xavier. He could keep watch over the girl- until her powers developed.

Standing- Remy kissed his wife's already cooling lips one last time, then turned, leaving the small private hospital- Destiney hidden under his long overcoat.

He walked out into the night, and never came back.

What do you think? please review as it's my first story, and I really want to know how to improve- there is more to it- another chapter coming soon...