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Author's note: Ok guys, this is the first time ever I write something so I do want reviews but just don't bang on me with a hammer all right….?
Summary: X-Men: Evolution. This takes place after the finale of the fourth season of the series. It's a ROMY story (love those two) There are references to other episodes such as Cajun Spice. It's an idea on how Gambit could have come to be an X-Men. BTW…I'm bad with accents...so imagine writing them!! Just picture them talking the way they do, I'll fill in the words. So sit back and enjoy…. I hope!!!
THE RIGHT THING….FOR THE RIGHT REASON
He was walking down the streets of Baton Rouge in Louisiana. He didn't want to stay in New Orleans after the ordeal with his father and the Rippers. When he walked away from that life, he did it for good. No looking back. But now, Magneto was not to be heard of, and he didn't really have anywhere to go. And after roaming around with nothing specific to do for the last three weeks, he was getting bored out of his mind.
He walked by a little jazz bar. He stopped and just stood there, listening to the music. He lit up a cigarette and smiled as he recognised the song. It was the same that had played in that bar, when Julian had attacked them. He couldn't help but smile. She was a fighter, and a good one at it!! He threw the cigarette away and decided to get in for a drink.
As he sat there, drinking a whisky, he remembered how she had reacted to that music. She had closed her eyes and moved her head slightly to the beat. She had a dreamy little smile playing on her lips, her gloved hands both wrapped around her glass. He hadn't seen a lot of smiles from her and that one just made him want more. That girl was…IS… drop dead gorgeous!
He had to admit that they had a funny start. First he tried to blow her up, and then, she knocked him out by kissing him.
But when she left the Blood Moon Bayou with the X-Men, he felt a little something. She hadn't resisted when he held her hand. And he was sure she knew what he meant when he gave her the Queen of Hearts…My Lucky Lady he thought with a smile.
He thought about what she had said before she left, "You just did the wrong thing for the right reasons."
" Well," he said to himself, " maybe it's time Gambit start doing the right thing …I mean joining up with the good guys can only look good on a resume…. and Gambit not sure going after a femme qualifies as a wrong reason! I mean, l'amour nous sauvera tous, n'est-ce pas ?" (Love will save us all, won't it??)
He laughed at himself.
" Eh bien, mon ami, looks like you've made up your mind after all."
Early the next morning, his army green duffle bag tied up on his bike, he left the south of his youth, and the place of so many bitter sweet memories and headed up north, hoping to make a new start, "to change his stars", has he once heard in a movie (Knight, with Heath Ledger). And maybe, just maybe, the brightest star of all could be a green-eyed beauty…
XxxxX
He had given a call to the Professor when he got in town. Gambit knew that the man was a telepath so he figured lying was not the wisest thing to do but to tell everything right away was down right stupid! He told the Professor about leaving the Acolytes, how he didn't have any real allegiance to Magneto. He told him about not really having a place to go. The Professor told him to come by, that they would talk and see what could be done.
The black women with silver white hair opened the door for him. It was the first time Gambit was taking a good look at her, up close.
"Eh bien, he thought, if all the femme here are this pretty, Gambit may never want to leave"
"Bonjour, he said with his most charming smile, handing out a hand, Strom, is it??"
" That is my code name, yes. But my name is Ororo Munroe, she answered taking his hand in a firm yet soft grip, and you must be Remy Lebeau?"
"Call me Gambit.," he answered with a quick bow, kissing the back of her hand and then letting of it, a little sparkle in his red on black eyes.
She shot him a look that said: Nice, but not working
" The Professor is waiting for you in his study. Did you park your bike in the garage?"
"Yes, the door was open so Gambit just leave it there with all his stuff on it. Figured it was safe"
" Well, unless Wolverine smells you on it and rips it to pieces, I guess it should be safe"
He shot her a quick look and saw the little spark in her blue eyes. He laughed and shot back
"Got a bottle of perfume lying around? Better poor it on my stuff!"
"And annoy everyone else?"
"Guess you'll just have to take me to the Professor and hope Gambit get out of there before the Wild Man find it huh?" He said with a little sigh, but his eyes were laughing.
"Right this way" she answered with a smile, leading the way.
"So far, so good" he thought.
XxxxX
So there he was.
"From what you told me on the phone, M. Lebeau, you are looking for a place to stay? This is not a place where you can just take a room," said the Professor with a little smile " There are responsibilities and many other things that come with it, as I am sure you know"
" Gambit well aware of that Sir, and that's why he's sitting right here. I want to know what the deal is "
" First, let me ask you something. Are you here to join the X-Men? "
Gambit took his time before he answered that. He looked at the Professor straight in the eyes and said "You want the short answer or the long one? " he said
" Give me the long one, I have some time " said the Professor.
" You see, all his life, Gambit been used cause of his powers. I was a member of the Thieves guild in the South"
The Professor raised an eyebrow at that, but said nothing. Gambit kept on.
" Gambit had to leave fast and can't go back anyways. The reasons for that are very personal, so Gambit asks that it be kept to that. When Jean-Luc, the man that raised him was captured, Gambit went back cause of honour but they not part of his life anymore," he said with a bitter smile. " Gambit need a place. A place where he can be useful. " He leaned forward and put his elbow on his knees. " Gambit heard about what happened, with Apocalypse and all. I realise some of the things you said make sense. You, the X-Men showed that no matter the disagreement, you were willing to do whatever it took to make things right, even ally with the enemy
" He sat back in the chair and added with a short smile. " Besides, someone told Gambit recently that he was doing the wrong things for the right reasons. Figured I might get a better teacher since my heart's in the right place "
The professor could sense that Remy was not telling the whole truth but he knew that what the young man was saying was honest. He also knew that everyone had secrets that followed them but he did not feel that Remy was, or could be, a threat. Besides, he had been known to give a chance to worst than Gambit! They talked for a while longer, the professor asking questions and Remy answering. As time went by, Gambit realised that he was feeling very comfortable talking to the man. He started to see why mutants would follow him. To battle and beyond.
The professor offered Gambit to help Scott teach mechanics for a week. See how it goes, with the students and the staff.
" You were the enemy not long ago. Some might have difficulty adjusting to having you around. If you're willing to put in the patience though, they'll come around. We ARE a team and everyone has to get along on the battlefield. We cannot have petty disagreements when the enemy attacks."
"Right. Gambit get that. Merci beaucoup, Professeur" (Thank you very much, Professor)
" Good then, Welcome to the team. Storm will show you to a room and fill you in on training and class schedules.
End of chapter one…reviewed and corrected.