"I swear Forge, I'll get you back for this." The girl hissed between her teeth, as she lay sprawled on the ground, looking up at the spatial anomaly that had deposited her in this particular woodsy area. "Friggin' genius, figure he'd get his toys to work right." At least she had hit the right drop off, just outside of the area scanners and just out of view of the mansion, which she knew, sat due east from her position. Sneaking up behind the well hidden camera, she rerouted it to watch the opposite direction in which she would be going, praying that nobody was watching the films at that moment. Grabbing her duffel bag she made a run for the towering mansion, layout plans, security system codes, and ventilation routes spinning through her head at a mile a minute. Reaching the pool, to the mansion's left; she slunk along the wing, trusting her proximity to the windows to keep her from being seen. "Had to do this in daylight didn't we." She muttered as she reached the keypad on the side door.
She wouldn't be able to shut down the security system from here. However, she had been entrusted with her mother's former entrance code, and any video being taped would not question a woman with red and white hair entering this code. It was once she got inside the mansion that was the tough part. It was her brother's job to shut off the main security system inside the mansion while she played assassin. She hated it. "Why does he get to play thief?" She whispered inching slowly down the overly open and bright hallway. "Shit!" She swore at the sound of footsteps coming from the right alcove, and ducked into the nearest door to avoid notice.
"Hey chere!" She heard from behind her, as she turned in dread to face the one person she had hoped to avoid. "What wrong?" He asked in concern heading towards her.
Why him? She silently asked the gods as she put on a falsely bright smile and sauntered over to the counter next to the refrigerator. Why here? "Nothin' Remy." She answered brightly. "Just a little hungry. That a crime around here?" Opening the fridge door she tried to suppress a shudder. Unfortunately the one thing she hadn't inherited was her mother's taste in food.
"Course not chere." Gambit smiled as he walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her waist. "Can Remy get you anythin'?" He whispered into her ear as he nuzzled her shoulder gently.
Gabrielle tried desperately not to vomit. "No thanks swamp rat." She shrugged him off nonchalantly and reached into the freezer grabbing a carton of ice cream on impulse. Opening the silverware drawer and taking out a spoon she silently thanked Forge for making her memorize the entire layout of the mansion, including which drawers were used for what. Turning back to face her father, Gabrielle opened the carton and held it out to him. "Want some?" She asked innocently.
"Non, dat's okay." Remy remarked as he headed out of the kitchen, obviously slightly put off by her reaction to his affectionate gestures. "I'll leave y' to your choc'late fudge ripple." With that he closed the door behind him, and Gabby put everything back, sighing with relief. Behind her she heard the window open, and spun to look straight into her brother's face.
"Gabby!" He laughed. "Puttin' the moves on Dad!"
"Shut up Luc! Don' need any teasin'." She reached up and wiped the sweat off her forehead absently. "Dat was close!"
The new accent just made Luc smile. "You gotta stay away from him though, seriously Gabs. You're startin' ta talk cajun again." He shook his head; leaning comfortably against the kitchen table, looking so much like their father it was scary. "This is a lot harder than I thought. Took me a good twenty minutes to get security off-line. Never seen anything like it though, it's good. Dad sure covered all the bases." Noticing that Gabrielle was still noticeably shaken he walked over and hugged her gently. "Just be a little more careful Gabs, it's like Dad always said."
"Stupid t'ief's a dead t'ief." She intoned on command.
"An' it looks like yer dead." They didn't even hear the door open as the mysterious mutant flung himself at them. Instantly Luc used his surface shifting powers to rip the floor up in one big sheet, Gabby charging it with her static electricity powers. Wrapping it around the man literally fried him alive. However, their attention was on the attack from their left. Neither noticed the red laser beams aimed at them until it was too late, and all either saw after that was black.