The Renegades Part 1 Comming Togeather

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Gambit and the Juggernaut start to worry about survival, being used and or threatened by all sides, they decide to watch each others idea grows and the Renegades are formed, but when another groups find out sparks fly.

He wandered alone. He knew no one really trusted him, but in his mind he didn't really care. Truth be told he had never trusted anyone, not even the people he cared about. Remy sat in a dark corner of the bar and simply kept to himself. If you weren't really paying attention you never would have known he was there. He made sure to watch everyone who came in and what they were doing and even where they were sitting. Remy had a reason for doing everything he was doing. In the last year he managed to make enemies out of the heroes, by turning on them and joining Apocalypse, and then joining up with Sinister again. He did have reasons for doing everything he did, but they didn't know them, inf act they seemed to not even care to know his reasons. Then in the end of course he pissed off the villains by turning on them, of course this was his plan all along but at last he still angered a lot of people resulting in a price being put on his head. Of course he knew the bad guys, if you want to call them that, would be pissed off, but what he didn't expect was the heros or his friends would do the same thing. Yes, his apparent friends, the X-men, who he turned on, have in fact sent people after him.

The rumors came from the underground, and few reliable sources a little at a time. He found out officially though an acquaintance that was keeping an ear to the ground anytime the X-men appeared. He made sure to listen in on every conversation he could. Then one night last week he overheard Wolverine mention that Summers had ordered Logan and a few others to take out Remy. He called as soon as the X-men left and informed Remy of everything he heard.

About an hour after he sat down Remy noticed a few figures step into the bar. In a second Remy was up and behind the bar and slipping out the back door. He laughed thinking that Wolverine and his little henchmen would think he could be taken out so easily. He jumped up onto the roof and quickly made his way from roof top to roof top. Sometimes he would just jump and other times he would use his staff to help him vault over to the other side. In a matter of moments he was on the ground and running. A second later he ran square ino the sights of one Cain Marko aka the Juggernaut.

Remy just stared at Cain and then spoke up. "Mon Dieu, Don't tell me dat you and Wolverine are working together to hunt me down and end this poor Cajun's life"

Marko just chuckled and laughed "I could care less about Wolverine and you. I am here for a job and that is it. Now get out of my way Remy"

Remy just smiled and looked around and chuckled " Bien, I will give you twenty thousand dollars, for a simple favor. What you say Cain?"

Marko just smiled "Twenty grand, hmmmm ok, what do I have to do for this payday?"

Remy grinned "I need a little distraction. Wolverine and his new team are here and they're here to take me out for good. All you have to do is distract them long enough for me to get away. I will find you later or if you want you find me and den I'll pay you da money."

Marko smiled " So you are telling me that the X-men have some type of death squad now and you are on the list Cajun?" Marko just laughed almost in disbelief,

Remy, "yea dats it, I t'ink I pissed them off a little while ago and well now, dis here Cajun is on da top of da list of people to, well, go missing permenantly."

Marko just smiled and grinned "I'll take your money and give you a hand this time Gambit, but you also have to help me if they or anyone else ever come after me. Deal?"

Remy just grinned "Juggernaut, you got a deal, I will be dere for you any time you need it, us renegades got to stick together."

A second later Gambit and the Juggernaut heard a noise. Cane turned to Remy and smiled "Take off Cajun I will see you in a little while to collect the money."

Gambit bowed and smiled and was gone into the darkness in a second. Cain heard the noise of a motocycle start and just grinned as he noticed 5 figures appear in the distance walking toward him.

Marko grinned and smiled and stood his ground as the X-force walked up. He heard Wolverine yelling to him to get out of their way or else. Juggernaut just laughed at the sight of the group and smiled, he didn't say a word. In his head he knew he only had to distract them for a few minutes and Remy would be long gone and Logan and his squad would be too late. The two sides stared at each other for at least 3 minutes and then before Logan and X-23 popped their claws Cain Marko just stepped aside and started to walk away. As Logan and the group ran away, Logan heard Cain Marko's last words as he left.

Cain Marko "Death Squads, wow and you're supposed to be the good guys. My step brother dies and all of a sudden the X-men have a Death Squad. What a joke, what a way to honor his memory and his goal in life. I knew you guys couldn't be trusted and now you finally prove my point."

Cain made his way to the building and turned around deciding it would be best to wait a few days just in case the X-men were still around. He left smiling at the thought of what his brother would think of his X-men now.

A few days later in one of the darker sides of town Cain spotted one Remy LeBeau who was laying low and deciding on his next move. Cain figured he would be around this area, it was one of the only areas in town that the X-men couldn't enter and wouldn't get any information from anyone. As he walked over to the Cajun he simply smiled and laughed.

Remy looked up and smiled at the sight of the Juggernaut, Gambit threw an envelope at Marko and simply said "Merci."

Juggernaut sat down and chuckled and then began to talk and explain his idea to Remy. " Ok Remy don't say a word and just listen to me ok? We both have issues with, well, everyone and don't try to tell me you didn't some how piss off everyone. Me, well, I am simply a criminal, I have toyed with the righteous and,also the unlawfull and the disrespectful. I am thinking we have a lot in common and, well, we both want to stay alive to live another day. With the X-men now running around taking people out, I think we each need back up and to put it simply you watch my back I'll watch yours."

Gambit grinned , " I remembered something I said earlier, us renegades got to stick together with all sides preparing for some type of war. The X-men starting up X-force and God knows what other type of team dey have going now, den you take da Hellfire Club, da Sisterhood of Evil Mutants, da Hellfire Cult and God only knows whoever else is out dere. I t'ink you're right, we have to watch each others back or we might not last out dere anymore."

Cain Marko just laughed then groaned "The only problem is how long will it take to get to each other if we are in trouble. We each have to hold out maybe a few hours and well with all these new fractions around we might not survive a few hours."

Gambit smiled "I remenber Forge said a while back he was working on some type of teleportation device, plus maybe there will be a few other things we might need. Hell we are couple of thieves I say we take a look around his lab and see what we can find."

Cain Marko just laughed "now Cajun, you are thinking like a thief again. Like someone who wants to survive."

A few hours later, they watched Forge leave his lab and head home,.It didn't take long for the two criminals two disarm the alarms and the security cameras and make their way into the lab and simply take a few items they thought they might need. They found the telportation bands, plus communication devices and even a few other items that might come in handy some day. As they left, Gambit smiled and turned to the Juggernaut.

"I t'ink we have to make it look like a couple of small time hoods did this instead of us. We have to hide our scents. " Gambit laughed as he spoke up.

Cain just grinned and smiled as he pulled a few small objects out of his pocket and threw them, a second later all you could smell was bug spray. As they left Gambit simply smashed the alarm system and Cane made it look like the door was pried open by a crowbar. They made their way to Cain Markos' place and studied the devices.

Gambit loaded the disks they found and laughed as he told the Juggernaut " Perfect. When you hit da first button, it will send a signal to the other devices. When you see it light up it means one of us is in trouble, then all you have to do is hit the second button and it will bring you to the first device. The third button will simply bring you back to the orginal location. It is as simple as that. Plus these comunication devices work just like the X-mens except longer range. Plus we can progam them to alternate between frequencies, so we will never be able to be heard by anyone if they clue in."

Cain Marko just grinned. They both agreed it looked like their idea would work. Now they could help each other out of any jam no matter who or what they were up against.

Cain Marko looked at Remy and stared for a just a second " Look Remy, I have to ask, what if Rogue is one of the ones that, well, is after me? Are you still gonna help me?"

Gambit looked at the floor and laughed and quietly spoke more serious than Cain had ever seen him. "Look Cain me and Rogue are no more. She told me she wanted nothing to do with dis here Cajun. She informed me I was nothing but trouble and not worth her time. So in all honesty I stand by what we agreed upon. If you need me I will be dere to help you no matter what you do, or who is dere, I promise you dat."

Cain Marko just simply nodded "Sorry Remy, I didn't know you two broke up"

Gambit just smiled, "C'est la vie. Da funny t'ing is, da reason I did everything I did was to make sure she stayed alive and in da end we break up because of what I did. So in the end dis here Cajun accomplished everything he set out do but lost everything after it was all said and done. Not only did I lose Rogue but I was told by the X-men, I will always be considered an enemy no matter what, and now it seemed dat dey want to officially take me out."

Cain looked at Gambit and just grinned "You forget Remy, we have a deal and I am telling you I am not letting anyone take you out, don't forget, us renegades have to stick together. I say we stick together now and get something to drink. I know of a great place where we can go."

Gambit just chuckled and smiled again "You're right I t'ink it is time to get drunk and have a good time"

They both chuckled as they left and made their way to the bar, they sat in the corner and drank, after a few hours Remy and Cane seperated and went their seperate ways.

A few weeks later Gambit noticed the light on his wrist band flashing. He quickly got dressed and grabbed his jacket and pocketed a few packs of cards and then he hit the button. A moment later he was standing behind the Juggernaut, just out of sight of all the X-men . Remy could hear Logan and a few others screaming at Cain. Cain laughed as he picked up Wolverine and flung him and then punched X-23 in the face sending her flying toward the wall. Before anyone could do anything Gambit had charged a deck of cards and flung them in the direction of X-Force, the explosions went off and startled all of them as the wall came crashing down on them before they could do anything to stop it.

Gambit was standing beside Cain Marko a second later laughing " It is all right now, this crafty Cajun is here."

Cain laughed "I have to say you have good timing, they weren't expecting you to show up out of nowhere to save the day"

Both men walked away as the X-men were trying to get out of the rubble, They turned the corner, Gambit smiled as Cain put his hand on Remy's shoulder as he hit the button on his wrist and a second later they were gone and standing in Gambits home.

Logan and X-23 and Warpath got to their feet and ran around the corner and stared. Cain Marko was gone and from the smell in the air they all knew Gambit showed up and for some reason got involved. It took another five hours of looking but there was no trace of either man. No sign of how they got away but some how they did.

The X-men made their way back to their base of operations, Wolverine walked into the office of Cyclops and simply grinned. He knew this would piss Summers off, not only did Cain get away he thought, but he had Gambit's help in getting away. After a long talk just like he thought Cyclops was pissed, he wanted to know how they didn't know Gambit was there in the area. The problem was Logan couldn' t explain it, they studied the area for a few miles and there was no sign of anyone who could have caused trouble. After a few hours of talking the X-force's mission was clear, it was time not only to find both Juggernaut and Gambit, but take them out. In Logans mind it was wrong and really not worth all the trouble. He just knew this was going to cause a big problem, maybe even bigger than anyone thought. He knew if there was two people to not screw with and that would not only be harder to find than anyone else it would be these two. Not just that they wouldn't just sit around they might just get even and worse take it right to the front door and maybe even inside of the X-men's base of operations.

Remy and Cain sat in his house and talked about what went down. Cain informed him that it was because of his interferance in the last meeting between X-force and him that Cyclops had apparently added his name to the list.

Cain stood up and just smashed a table with his fist. "The X-men have always been righteous and full of that holier than thou attitude. I just can't believe they would think they can decide who lives and who dies! It is frigging insane!"

Remy just laughed. Remy motioned for Cain to be quiet and he pointed to the top floor, "No worries, our plan worked just fine, dey t'ought dey had you cornered and beat. When you hit the switch and I appeared a few seconds later we won. As long we keep dis up dey will never beat us and will never catch us."

Cain looked at the Cajun and grinned, "Ok Remy who is here? Who is upstairs my friend?"

Before Remy could speak Regan Wyngarde aka Lady Mastermind walked down the stairs wearing one of Remy's Tshirts, she smiled at the sight of Remy and simply sat down on his lap and kissed him. "You really think that you could jump up get dressed and vanish into thin air and not notice sweet heart. You two better start talking. Quick."

Cain just laughed at the sight of this somewhat odd couple but he had to admit Remy had great taste in ladies. After an hour of listening to both men talk she just smiled and chuckled.

Regan smiled "I am going to admit it; it's brilliant. All I am going to say to you two is I want in on it, I will agree to the agreement, I'll help you if you help me."

Both men looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time spoke up " Fine your in"

Remy stood up and walked down the stairs and a few minutes later he walked up with two devices, He placed one on Regan's wrist and then placed the other in her ear and simply smiled and kissed her lips in a flirtatious way.

Gambit sat down and a second later Regan was laying on his lap as Gambit spoke "Cheri welcome to our little family"

After another hour Cain was shown to a room while Gambit lead Regan back to his room. After Regan left Cain just stared at Remy and laughed. "Ok Remy how the hell did you two hook up?"

Gambit just smiled and chuckled and all he said was "I ran into her a few weeks ago and the rest is, well, history. She just couldn't resist the cajun charm."

Cain just laughed and said "You have to teach me some of this so called Cajun charm my friend."

Both man walked down the street, actually happy at the thought that their new plan at survival has actually worked. Before either man could say anything, they were knocked to the floor by explosions and gun fire. As they turned the corner they saw almost 4 dozen men in what seemed to be street clothes, all wearing hockey masks, carrying guns and baseball bats. They were surrounding a man who seemed to be on the ground and they were yelling "kill him, the mutant must die".

Remy looked at Cain as both men seemed to walk towards the crowd of screaming men, the Juggernaut started punching men and tossing them off the man on the ground. Gambit extended his bow staff and started knocking people out with it. A second later he flung a few cards as the explosions were heard men were flung backward. A few minutes later, after all the men ran away scared, and there laying on the ground was Marshall Evan Stone III, he stood 6'2", his eyes were blue and his skin and hair was grey. It took almost a half an hour before getting him back to Remy's place. Both men decided that they knew Random wouldn't want to go to a proper doctor, so they decided to take care of him themselves.

After about 15 hours Random opened his eyes to find himself in a strange room. As he looked around he spotted both the Juggenaut aka Cain Marko who he knew was a crimial and one Remy LeBeau aka Gambit who he knew as a Marauder and an Ex- X-Men.

Random look confused but spoke up "I am assuming I have you two to thank"

Gambit just smiled "Yea well we just happened to be close by and decided to toss around some mutant hating scum."

Cain chuckled "you're lucky we were hiding out near by and stumbled across you or you might have been taken out."

Gambit " Why aren't you with the other Acolytes?"

Random just laughed "Theres a joke, Magneto thinks he is a God and is claiming to be the second coming, then you have Exodus claiming to be the chosen one. I am sick of it I am a mercenary, from now on I take care of myself and do what I want, no more following orders. I am tired of it."

Remy and Cain Marko looked at each other and just chuckled Remy spoke up first "I t'ink we all should talk, I t'ink we have a proposition for ya, and you just might like it"

After a day Random left smiling at his new found friends, he left with a wristband and a new ear piece, he could do what he wanted and always know if he ever got in trouble he would have back up. It sounded like a great idea. They were all just a group of people helping each other out of any jam regardless of what or who started it.

After a few months of no contact everyone was doing their own thing, Cain was over in Euope, Random was somewhere in South America, Lady Mastermind was somewhere in California. Remy LeBeau was in New Orleans conducting a bit of business with Bella Donna. The two newest members were somewhere by themselves doing their own thing.

Regan was in the mall looking around and just smiling at the thought of a certain person seeing her in the outfit she bought. She knew this little black number would put a smile on his face. As she turned the corner she couldn't believe her eyes. Standing almost 10 feet away were Rogue, Pixie, Storm and fianlly Dazzler. Before she could be spotted she quickly turned the corner and started to quickly leave. She didn't want trouble. All she wanted was to avoid a fight at all cost. She knew in her heart it was the right time. A second later it happened, she heard voices of the X-men coming from behind her and a second later they blocked her path. She quickly tapped a button on her wrist before anyone could see and she just smiled and waited.

After a few seconds in almost a blink of eye 5 people came out of nowwhere. Juggenaut, Random, Hellion and Amelia Voght. Both were recently found and added to the group and lastly one Remy LeBeau aka Gambit.

Remy LeBeau walked foward and smiled at his former friends. "I do not know what your problem is with Regan here but, I am telling you now you have a choice turn around and walk away, or we fight. I t'ink we are all sick to death of being chased and attacked by you X-men. We have had enough, leave us alone or else we will simply end it and you won't like it when it goes down especially here in a mall, too many people could get hurt and you wouldn't want dat."

The Four X-women were stunned and somewhat shocked at the sight of a few of their former friends and comrads standing against them. They were shocked to see all of them protecting Lady Mastermind. None of these people would ever be in a group together or even friends but they were here blocking their path.

Storm stepped forward first and smiled at her Remy "Brother, what's going on here?"

Gambit smiled at Ororo "Stormy nothing is going on here, Regan was simply shopping for clothes and if I am not mistaken you X-men chased after her looking for some type of trouble. So the question isn't mine it is yours. What is going on here Chere, why are you chasing after Regan for no reason"

Storm just smiled at Gambit and grinned and even chuckled, she actaully loved his answer, she knew she wouldn't get an asnswer now but it was true they did chase after Regan when they spotted her thinking there would be a problem.

Storm grinned at Remy and in a soft voice spoke up and shocked the other X-women "I think there is just a misunderstanding my brother, there is no problem at all. I think we just jumped to the wrong conclusions."

Gambit just smiled and stepped forward and took Storms hand and kissed it all he said was "D'accord"

In a softer voice he whispered as he kissed her cheek "I missed you petite, it has been nice seeing you again, even for this short time."

Storm just smiled and blushed as Gambit turned around and walked back to join the group, as Storm and her fellow X-men turned around and started to walk away.

Rogue couldn't keep her composure anymore "Why are you hanging around with the trash? This time Remy, is there a good reason or are you going to keep this a secret too?"

Remy just turned around and stared at Rogue and at the other X-women and just smiled and all he said was "Survival, if you can't count on your friends to help you, you have to find some people who you can depend on who will trust you no matter what you do."

With that Remy and the other turned around and left with Regan walking beside Remy, as she looked back she just smiled and blow a kiss at the X-women as she turned back around she placed a hand on Remy's backside. As they turned the corner Rogue ran after them pissed off but to her surprise they were gone. They all looked at each other and couldn't believe what happened. They made their way to the X-base and informed Scott, Emma and Logan of what happened and who was there and how they just showed up and actaully seemed to be protecting Regan from harm.

Logan chuckled "It fits what I have heard in the last seven to nine months."

Scott and Emma looked at Wolverine and motioned him to go on. Logan continued talking "It seems the rumor is that every time one of them gets into trouble or seems to be in a tough spot they show up and take care of it no matter who it is, it doesn't matter if its Magneto, the Hellfire Cult, or even us, the X-Men. If one of them is in trouble they come to help and they take care of it no matter what. The funny thing is that they are never seen togeather any other time, they don't hang out, they do not talk nothing at all. It seems all they do is watch out for each other."

All the X-men looked confused and couldn't really understand what they were up to and what they wanted if anything at all. Storm spoke up and surprised the X-men by saying.

"It seems my little brother was telling the truth when he answered Rogues question." she spoke with somewhat of a smile on her face. He said a simple and honest answer, 'Survival'."

Cyclops laughed "That is what he said?. And you believe him?"

Storm continued on "he said and I quote 'Survival, if you can't count on your friends to help you, you have to find some people who you can count and who will trust you no matter what you do. The funny thing is no matter what anyone of you think of him, I know Remy and I know for a fact he was telling the truth when he said those words I could see it in his eyes and in his heart"

Logan just grinned at Storm he knew she was telling the truth and that is what she believed and in fact he believed it as well. The group of so called renegades weren't a group at all, they were just back up plain and simple back up. They were protecting each other, thats all.

Logan spoke up before anyone could talk, "I say we leave all of them alone and I think I can almost guarantee you none of them will bother us unless we bother them."

After everyone left Logan and Cyclops talked about what to do. After a few hours of talking and arguing Cyclops finally agreed to give it a try. He sent a warning to all the X-Men. "If you see any of the so called group of Renegades simply leave them alone, ignore them and do nothing". A lot of people were upset and didn't understand but they agreed to follow Scott Summers warning and leave them alone.

Logan spoke up "I say we inform Remy and his new friends about this little deal. It might make it work better if we leave them alone and they leave us alone. I think they will agree to it."

Cyclops frowned but nodded his head "Logan don't take anyone from X-force instead I think you should take Storm along just in case. She still thinks Remy is like a brother and, it could go better if she is with you."

Logan called Storm and told her of their plan to find Remy and inform him of an offer that has the X-men leaving the Renegades alone in exchange Remy and his friends wouldn't start any fights. Essentially the Renegades would leave all the X-men alone if the X-men left all the Renegades alone.

After almost 10 minutes of driving Storm picked up her cell phone a dialed a number and stunned Wolverine as she left a message for Gambit.

Storm laughed "Remy, call me it's inportant. Please little brother, call me."

Logan quickly spoke up "You have his number Ro'! Why didn't you say something?"

Storm just laughed "You never asked Logan, no one has ever asked. I have always stated he was like my brother, you didn't think I would still be in contact with Remy?"

Logan chuckled to himself and all he said was "I should have known better"

Back at a warehouse somewhere in Las Vegas, Neveda, the group laughed about what happened not even a few hours ago. As Gambit checked his messages he was somewhat shocked to hear one from Storm asking him to call her. After calling her back she asked to meet, they agreed that him and Cain Marko would meet them at a certain time this evening at Jake's bar in San Francisco's downtown core.

Cain and Remy left leaving the others waiting at the warehouse, none of them wanted to leave just in case their friends needed help. As Remy and Cain arrived at Jake's bar they sat in a corner drinking beer waiting for Logan and Storm to show up. After three hours both men stood up and started to leave, Remy heard Storms voice saying "Sorry we're late. We ran into traffic problems"

Remy smiled at his two friends and was polite when saying "It is nice to see you two as friends rather den enemies."

Storm smiled and kissed Remy's cheek "You were never considered an enemy Remy, you should know that."

Remy just laughed "You should ask Logan dat Stormy, him and his secret team were da one's hunting me and Cain down and actually da reason we all got together in da first place"

Storm looked shocked and just stared at Logan, he wasn't looking at her he was just staring at the ground ignoring the looks from his friend. She knew this time Remy was telling the truth and there was a secret team of X-men hunting down Renegades and undesirables. She knew it was true by Logan's actions alone and the fact that he couldn't look at her.

After an hour of talking Cain and Remy agreed to the agreement to basically live and let live. They knew that everyone that was involved with them would agree to it. Remy just smiled and grinned at Storm after they were all done talking.

"Keep in touch Stormy, we have to get together more often, I have missed our talks."

Storm just blushed " Do not worry Remy, I have your number and now that I know the truth you have my word I will call you more often to make sure you are ok and to get together more. That I promise you."

Logan looked at Remy and Cain and just smiled "No hard feelings?"

Remy smiled " As long as you and your little team do not show your faces around me we are cool ."

Cain just smiled "I am saying the same thing as he is, as long as I don't see ya hunting me down we're fine."

After they left Storm turned to Logan and smiled but before Logan could say anything, he was pinned to a wall.

Storm spoke up and spoke up loud and clear "Tell me Logan about this so called death squad and do not tell me that it doesn't exsist. Do not lie to me Logan I know you and I know how you acted when it was mentioned."

Logan just stared at the floor and told Storm everything. After he was finished, Storm agreed to keep it quiet for now and not say anything but Logan knew she wasn't inpressed at all. Logan agreed not to tell Scott anything at all about him telling her. They left pleased that they came to terms with their friend and former comrads.

Remy and Cain returned to the warehouse laughing at the thought that they seem to have won and the X-men would be permanently off their backs regardless of what happens. They informed everyone what happened and what was said and all of them agreed to it. From now on the X-men were off limits. As long as they stuck to the deal the Renegades would too.

The next afternoon everyone left to go their seperate ways. Remy and Regan smiled at each other and hopped in Remy's car and headed off for dinner and a night of dancing. They didn't know where their friendship would go but for now they really didn't care, all they wanted was companionship and to have a little fun, they both agreed they needed it.

As for their other friends all they knew was that no matter who screwed with them, they wouldn't stand a chance. The Rengades as some people have been calling them worked and worked great. Both Remy and Regan talked and laughed and both wondered just how big this idea could go. They both thought that there had to be more people out there that felt like they did and would jump at the chance to join their little group.

End of part 1