The first part of this story has a bit of Bobby-bashing, okay I was just plan mean to him, but later on it becomes more Bobby-friendly, I promise. Also Gambit was never exiled from New Orleans, he just had other reasons for leaving there. Also a bit of a warning, first chapters for me are always bad, usually after the first one then it gets better.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters from X-Men or the movie, if i did then Gambit would of been in the first movie and didn't have to wait until the third ta see em.
Street in New York
"Sir, you have to come see this!" A heavy man ran to his boss, who had decided to do construction on rebuilding the sewers better in New York.
The man turned around to see his employee and looked annoyed. "Do not waste my time, whatever it is get rid of it and continue." The man yelled. He then put the cigarette up to his mouth again. The employee just shook his head, urging him to see what they found.
"Sir, when my team was down there." The other man said, trying to catch his breath. "We found a bunch of dead bodies down there and from the looks of it, they didn't die of natural causes, someone murdered them all." The man told his boss, finally getting his attention.
"What? Let me see." He said as he shoved pass the man and to go down the latter into the sewers to see for himself. He had his gloves on, so he wasn't worried of getting his hands dirty. A bunch of workers were standing near the ladder, trying to help their boss, but he just told them not to touch him. "Show me where it is." He commanded.
The workers led him to the spot after walking for five minutes through the sewers. "This is it Sir." The one man told him as he noticed the blood on the side wall.
The man took a flashlight from one of the men and shined it ahead. There were dead bodies that seemed to have been there for a few months. On some of them there were claw marks, on others there were burns. "These aren't people, their mutants." He said, noticing how some of the bodies were differently shaped and colored.
The man smiled. "Well who ever did this had the right idea. Getting rid of these mutant scum." He said, then turned to one of the workers that was beside him. "Get the media down here. This good news should be on the front cover of every newspaper." He ordered one of them men, who quickly did as ordered and left the area.
He reached into his coat pocket and started dialing a number. After several rings, someone finally picked up. "Yes, I want to speak with Mr. Stryker." He told the person on the other line. "What do you mean he is dead? Never mind then, is Mr. Trask there?" He asked the person again. "Good. Let me speak with him." He said finally getting a hold of someone.
"Yes, Trask, this is Henry Gyrich. You know that little project you had been planning, well get this apparently someone else has the same idea. I am down in the sewer and I found a bunch of mutants that looked like someone slaughtered them all." He said into the phone. "I'll be here waiting for you." He said as he hung up the phone.
Xavier's School for the Gifted
A knock at the door turned Professor Xavier away from the window and turned his chair to the door. "You may come in Bobby." He said in his normal gentle tone. The door opened and Bobby Drake entered the room, knowing that the Professor had no classes at this time. He wanted to be able to speak with him while no one was there.
"Professor, I've been meaning to ask you. When will I finally be able to be a member of the X-Men? I mean you already have to uniform for me and others and we have done all this training. I think it's time we finally got to be members." Bobby asked the Professor. Ever since they had returned ten months ago since the events at Alkali Lake, he had been wanting to prove to the Professor and all of the other members that he could do the job.
"Yes, Miss. Munroe has told me you mentioned that to her before." The Professor stated. "I have talked with Logan and Mr. Wagner, they said you have been doing well in the danger room. However, some of the others still need some training. Maybe sometime this month I shall give you a test to see if you have the ability to become a member. I have seen how you have tried to comfort those around who were upset after Miss. Greys death. I believe your heart is in the right place." Xavier told the young man before him.
Bobby nodded, "I'll be ready for the test. When will it be?" He asked excitedly, he never thought that the Professor would agree, he assumed he would say what he always said 'after a bit more training, then we shall see.' Bobby couldn't wait to go back to the others and tell them that he might be able to be a X-Man sooner than he thought.
"Well I have to discuss this with Mr. Summers, Miss Munroe, Mr. Wagner, Mr. McCoy, and Logan. I shall ask them what would be the best way to test you and then we shall see if you pass." Xavier told him, folding his hands on the desk before him. "By the way, you have to have a check up with Mr. McCoy before you can be given the test." He added before he would forget. Hank McCoy had come to the mansion after hearing of the news Jean Grey had died. They needed someone with medical background in case of an emergency. Hank had been one of his first students along side Scott, Jean, and Ororo.
"Yeah, I'll get that done today. Thanks Professor." Bobby smiled as he left the room and walked quickly to the cafeteria. 'Wait until everyone hears about this, they are going to be so jealous.' He thought to himself as he picked up his pace.
Logan passed by him and didn't say anything. He had just gotten done teaching a bunch of the new kids how the danger room works and not to mess with it while no one was around. Kurt and himself would switch shifts on teaching in there, that was after Kurt was done with his German lesson. He had taken over the auto class after Scott switch to teaching Math, Ororo remained teaching History, Hank taught art, drama, and science, and the Professor taught English and reading. It was getting hectic, new kids were coming in each month.
Logan had thought about leaving after Jean had been killed, the thought of the place reminded him to much of her. However, he didn't want to leave Rogue at the mansion after it had been attacked by Strykers men. If mere humans could break into the mansion and kidnaped children, then it would be no problem for some powerful mutant to come in and try to destroy everything as well.
He headed towards garage to have a cigar when he caught a scent in the air. 'What the, someone got pass the security system.' He growled and started following the scent, which led him to the upstairs. He went up the stairs quietly, despite the children running down the stairs who were playing tag in the mansion.
Once upstairs he walked slowly pass a few bedrooms and stared at the one room, which he knew to be Storm's. He unsheathed his metal claws from his left hand and walked slowly to the room and peaked his head around the corner to the door to see a man looking at some of the pictures on Storm's night stand. He was unable to see the man's face, he could only see that the other wore sunglasses and was wearing a long brown trench coat with red-brown hair.
Logan walked slowly into the room, his claws to the side of him ready to strike if this person dared to move. The man heard footsteps behind him and saw the reflection in the frame he was looking at of a man approaching him. He reached into his coat pocket to get something, but before he could he felt three metal claws pressed against his back.
"Don't even think about it, bub. You got some nerve sneaking into here." Logan said menacingly. The other man just put his gloved hands up in retreat. Logan kept his eyes on him. "Turn around." He yelled at him, he kept his claws aimed at him but moved them a bit so the man could turn around without getting his skin being torn. The man turned around and was smiling.
"Sorry, mon ami. Gambit mean no harm." The other man said with a Cajun accent, he had a sly grin on his face. Logan started lowering his claws from the younger man. 'Dis one not too smart.' Gambit thought as he quickly reached back into his coat pocket and pulled out his bo staff and pressed a button in the middle to extend it.
"No harm, huh?" Logan said as he attacked Gambit. His metal claws aimed right at the younger mans chest, but was blocked by the metal staff. 'My claws should have gone right through.' He thought as he unsheathed his other hand and attacked with that had.
'Merde.' Gambit thought as he saw the other claw coming at him. He moved the staff so it was now blocking the other claw. 'Better put dis one down soon.' He thought as he kept blocking Logan's attacks.
"Excuse me, but there is no fighting inside the school only in the danger room or outside." A female voice was at the door. Logan turned his head to see Storm standing there. While he had his head turned, Gambit kicked him in the stomach, sending him onto the bed.
'What is he made out of, he almost broke my foot.' Gambit thought as he retracted his staff and placed it back in his pocket. "Sorry Stormy, but wasn't expectin' M'sieu claws over dere to be attackin." Gambit smiled at her, trying to play innocent. Storm just shook her head and look at Logan who was getting up and glaring at Gambit.
"Everything is fine Logan." She said to the Canadian. She then turned her attention back to Gambit. "I thought I told you to use the front door, not my balcony. How many times did I tell you that yesterday?" Storm said as she folded her arms and looked at her friend.
"Dat be too boring though, besides you told Gambit about what happened 'ere months back. You dink he would let his Stormy be in a unsafe place? De security system 'ere stinks, even mon nephew can brake threw dat." He told her. Storm walked closer to him and then embraced him in a hug.
As soon as she let go she grabbed him by his earring. "Next time listen when I say use the front door and stop calling me Stormy." She said. She didn't pull the ring hard, but just enough to get her point across.
Ororo, I wish to speak with your friend. She heard the Professor's voice say in her head. I'll bring him down. She replied back to him. She let Gambit go.
"The Professor wishes to speak with you." She told him and guided him out of the room and down to the office.
Logan stood there, he had been watching the two and shook his head. "Storm has the weirdest friends." He said to himself before leaving the room and headed back to the garage for the cigar he had abandoned.
"It was about time you called me. I was beginning to think something happened to you." Storm said as she kept looking at her friend. It had been almost ten months since the last time they had talked on the phone and almost two years since she had seen him last.
"Gambit actually worried about y'. Not every day it be snowin down in N'awlins. Figured either de world was ending or Stormy is upset." He replied while looking at the walls as he passed by them starring at the many paintings on the wall.
"I am fine. Its just one of my friends was killed a few months back. It is not the same around here without her, I think maybe there is something I could have done." Storm sighed as they made it to the stairs and began to walk down them. Coming up the stairs was three of her students; Rogue, Kitty, and Jubilee, who were all talking about who knows what.
Gambit turned and smiled at the three girls. The five of them stopped on the stairs. "Gambit, these are my students. This is Jubilee," She pointed to the Asian girl wearing big earrings, yellow jacket, and many, many bracelets. "Kitty," The girl next to Jubilee who waved at him and he nodded back to her. "And Rogue." The closest one to them, with white streaks in her hair and emerald looking eyes.
"Bonjour chere." He took her gloved hand and kissed it, which made Rogue blush.
"It's nice meetin yah, Gambit." Rogue said. She could hear her friends giggling beside her.
"De please is all mine, chere." He smiled at her. He felt Storm pulling on his jacket. "Gambit'll see you lovely filles later." He said to them. The three of girls started going back up the stairs, he could hear them still giggling.
"That reminds me, I have a list of things you can and can not do while in the mansion." Storm said as they got to the bottom os the stairs. 'There is no flirting with any of my students, which you already broke, there was no sneaking around, another one you broke, no stealing, no smoking inside the mansion, be polite, no causing trouble." She kept adding to the list as they walked down the hallway.
"Why don't y' jez add no breathing?" Gambit murmured as they reached the Professor's door.
"I have a class to go to right now. I'll be seeing you later." She said as she hugged him, before leaving him to enter the office.
Gambit entered the Professor's office to find him sitting at his desk waiting for him to take a seat in front of the desk. He had met the Professor, along with Cyclops and Jean Grey two years ago. Xavier had asked him to join them, but he declined. "Bonjour M'sieu Xavier, it is nice to see y' again." Gambit said, he had one hand behind his back and bowed slightly.
"It is good to see you again Mr. LeBeau. It's been nine months since I was able to contact you, I thought something might have happened." Xavier said with a bit of concern. "I tried your cellphone many times, but it never rang."
"Sorry about dat, de thing hit the ground an' broke in half. Never got a chance to repair it." He lied. He didn't want to tell the Professor that he had accidently blown the phone up. "But as y' said, dat friend of yours did as y' said he would do." He tried to change the subject.
"Were you able to find out who else has joined Magneto?" Xavier asked, he didn't like having to spy on his old friend, but he needed to make sure Erik was not planning a war. He had heard that he was trying to recruit some mutants.
"Oui, dere was one fille was black hair an' a boy with white hair. Also dat one kid you told moi about, he was dere too. Other dan dat, Gambit didn't see any others dere." He remembered nine months ago. Xavier called him and asked for him to find out. Magneto had confronted him and tried to recruit him to the Brotherhood, but he rejected him saying that he didn't want anything to do with his ideas. He had meant to call Xavier after, but got a little sidetracked.
"If you would like, you may stay here as long as you want. You don't need to be a teacher or a X-Man. I am sure Storm would be pleased if you decided to stay." Xavier smiled at the young man, who still kept his sunglasses on. "That will be all." He excused
"Merci Professor." Gambit said with another bow before leaving the office.
Xavier watched the young mutant leave. He knew something was wrong, he didn't know what is was. His shields were up tightly as if he had been scared that the Professor was going to read his mind. He told the young man years ago that he would never read anothers mind without permission from them. It was like he was hiding something almost.
End of Chapter 1
A/N: you will see why later Gambit lied the Xavier about the phone, I know it doesn't seem like a big deal, but it actually a important piece of info. Another apology on the accents, I dunt know any french, I dunt really know how Logan's suppose to sound. But I do know German so at least Kurt's accent won't be as bad.