Summary: This would be the sequel to Remy's Nightmare, about six months after.
Disclaimer: Don't own don't sue
Chapter 1 The package
Remy was running as fast as he could through the swamps, ignoring the fact that his side hurt like hell not to mention that he was exhausted, landing hard on the ground Remy grunted as he rolled noticing the blood spots on the leaves, "Merde..." he mumbled as he laid a hand on his side, when he took it out it was covered in blood, looking up Remy groaned as he got to his feet and forced himself to run again. "Da bastard's gonna pay when I get my hands on him..." he grunted, and dive to the ground as he heard a shot, Remy hid behind a tree and tried to control his breathing, chancing a peek Remy winced as he saw the two dozen men as they approached his position, 'Ah well now dis just sucks...' he thought 'Why dere have ta be dogs...' he continued. Remy heard the dogs bark as their masters released them. "Merde..." he cursed out as he got to his feet and started running again. Seeing a few houses ahead Remy smiled as he jumped over rocks and dead trees, climbing on top of a fence, Remy flinched as he landed on his knees, "Ow..." then fell on his butt as the dogs rammed into the fence to try and capture their prey, "'ello puppy..." Remy grinned.
Hurrying out of the area, he now found himself on the main road, Remy rested his hands on his knees to try and catch a breath, 'Where da hell am I...' he whined as he looked at his wound. 'Damnit...père gonna be pissed...' he chuckled. Looking around Remy walked well actually limped down the road, until he saw civilization, and then realized where he was. "So dat's where dat roads leads ta..." he mused then shook his head as he felt a huge headache was about to make an appearance spotting a cab, Remy hailed it and closed his eyes as the driver, drove him to his intended destination.
Rushing in through the doors, Remy made his way to the elevators and made his way to the rendezvous point which was in a classy hotel, Remy leaned against the wall and waited patiently until the elevator stopped on the right floor, slowly making his way to a room '703...' he thought, rested his head on the wall and knocked on the door. A blue-eyed redhead opened the door, "You're early Rem..."
"Really with all the crap I just went through Remy thought he was late..." Remy breathed.
"Damn...ya look like hell what da hell happened?" Lapin asked as he closed the door behind his cousin.
"Two...I counted two dozen men with fucken dogs...and big ass guns..." Remy winced as he made his way to the bathroom.
"Is dat blood?"
Remy looked at him for a moment. "...Ya..."
"Damn...take that shit off..."
"Hey don be insultin my trenchcoat..." Remy warned as he carefully took it and his armor as well as his shirt off.
"Ouch...bullet still lodged in...didn't hit anything important...uncle Jean ain't gonna be too happy Rem." Lapin sang out as he searched the cabinets for the first aid kit.
"Didn't hit nothing important...da bullet hit Remy what Remy not important..."
Lapin chuckled as he found the first aid kit and proceeded to clean the wound when there was a knock at the door. Looking at his watch Lapin whined, "Why da hell is everybody so frickin early?"
Remy chuckled "What don tell me ya were expecting a pretty little lady ta come by..."
"Shut-up...you do have da package don' ya?"
"Yeah...price changed though..." Remy cried out as Lapin poured the alcohol on the wound.
"Alright stay here and wrap that up...I'll go greet da bastard..." As Lapin left Remy leaned against the counter muttering as he taped up his wound, and winced every time he took a step, "Ow...ow...ow...ow..."
"Does he have it?" the client barged through the door.
"Oh he's fine tanks for asking ya lying prick..."
"What are ya bitching about"
"Ya lying bastard ya said dis job was gonna be easy..."
"It was easy he got the package didn't he?" the client growled.
"'He got da package didn't he...' ya said nothing bout guard dogs, and ya said there were only two guards not a whole fucken fleet ya piece a shit...Not to forget ta mention da fact dat Gambit's got a bullet in him..." Lapin ground out.
"Yah take it from me...dey hurt like a bitch...ow..." Remy moaned out as he threw the package on the table and lay down on the couch hiding his head under a pillow.
"Hn he said he could handle it...not my fault if he almost got caught..." the client continued.
"Homme ya lucky I be injured cause I'd be strangling you right now..." Remy seethed as he slowly sat up, "Ya gave me da wrong information and for that there be a penalty..." Remy grinned.
The client arched a brow. "What?"
"I didn't fuck up you did...now if ya want what's in that there package, the price just went up...Ya won't pay I can always return da package to it's original owner..."
"You can't do that..."
"I can and I will...ya got a problem with that take it up with da Guild Master's...which you sir contacted." Remy growled and winced as he held his side.
"Ya little bastard..." the client approached and reached behind him.
"Ah, ah, ah...homme..." Remy warned as he held a glowing card between his fingers. "Ya play nice with dis here tief, and ya pay him his fee along with dat extra little charge for your mistake, den ya go home." The client glanced over at Lapin who only smirked and crossed his arms, "So what's it gonna be homme dis here glowing card's got a time limit..."
Growling the client nodded his head, "Fine..." Wincing Remy took the charge back within his body, and threw a cell phone to the client.
"Your bank Monsieur, transfer da money..." Remy told him as he listened on another cell to his bank to confirm the transfer, "Add a hundred grand..." The client's eyes widened, Remy only quirked an eyebrow. Mumbling the client told his banker to transfer the funds plus the extra hundred grand. Remy listened and after a few moments gave the client a smile, and hung up. Lapin took the cells from both men, "Thank-you...nice doin business with ya..." Remy chuckled as the client inspected the package. Smiling the client rushed out of the room.
"What da hell is he grinning 'bout?" Lapin asked.
Remy shrugged, "Don' know, nothin in da package was illegal, or dat important..."
"Oh yeah what was it?" Lapin asked a bit curious.
"No idea everyting in that house was a fake...paintings, jewels, you name it...the gem he wanted wasn't even a gem, just a big rock nothing significant about it...and Remy got shot over it..." Remy slumped on the couch, "Ha man père and Tante are gonna yell and scream til my ears fall off..."
"Whoa if everything was a fake, then why da hell were ya chased, how come all da security?" Remy just looked at his cousin, not liking the situation one bit Lapin's instincts were starting to warn him. "We gotta get out of here, come on..." Remy winced as Lapin helped him up, leaving the apartment with no trace that anyone had been in there, Lapin led Remy to the elevator.
"Remy got a bad feelin Lapin..." Remy looked up and down the hall, waiting impatiently for the elevator doors to open.
"Yeah no kiddin..." he answered "...stairs?" he asked.
Remy frowned as he looked towards the door which led to the stairs, "Non, window..." he answered as he made his way to the room beside the elevator, and picking the lock pulled his cousin inside. The moment he closed the door they heard the ding of the elevator as the doors opened, then a dozen footsteps pass by in a rush.
"Room 703..." they heard, Lapin's eyes went wide.
"A fucking set-up..." Lapin whispered, Remy leaned his head on the door breathing heavily, he was covered in sweat, and motioned for his cousin to keep quiet. They then heard a door being kicked open, opening his door a crack Remy gasped as they were well armed with sniper rifles. "Come on Rem...we gotta get out of here now..." Lapin pulled on his arm and closed the door quietly, dragging him to the window he helped Remy climb out on the ledge, "Remy...don't ya dare pass out now..." Lapin warned, "I ain't carrying you back home..."
Very slowly Remy climbed down the twelve stories the moment his feet touched the ground, Remy doubled over and threw up, "Ah man we gotta take ya to the doctor, come on..." Lapin pulled him to stand and started walking down the street. Remy leaned into Lapin still covered in sweat and breathing heavily.
"Everything all right sirs?" they heard.
Lapin chuckled. "Oh perfect officer, just getting my drunk brother home..." he laughed as he hailed a cab. "Ya gotta learn ta hold ya liquor bro..." The officer chuckled and watched as the redhead helped his brother in the cab, shutting the door Lapin made his way to the other side of the cab, "You have a nice night officer..." the officer smiled and nodded, as the cab sped off.
"He ain't gonna puke in my cab is he, cause if he does you cleaning it up..." the cab driver warned.
"Just get to the address..." Lapin growled and dialed a number on his cell. "Alexandre...Lapin...listen I need ya at the house...in bout twenty minutes..." Lapin hung up, then dialed another number.
After about fifteen minutes "Alright we here, tha'll be twenty bucks..." Lapin paid the driver and helped an almost passed out Remy out of the cab. Breathing in the night air Remy was able to stand up straight with the help of his cousin of course, walking up the street the cousins went down an alley, and met up with five men dressed in black.
"What happened..."
"Set-up, Gambit got shot, need ta get to Jean-Luc..." Lapin answered and helped Remy in one of the cars waiting for them, after calling Alexandre the Guild physician Lapin had called Henri, Remy's brother for a quick pick up.
"Remy ya gotta keep your eyes open..." Lapin shook him none too gently. Remy hissed and glared at his cousin. Swerving through traffic the driver cursed as he hit another red light, Remy slowly closed his eyes and passed out, his breathing had become ragged and slow, checking his pulse Lapin growled as he leaned forward toward the driver, "Get us to Jean-Luc now..." the driver looked behind him Remy was deathly pale, turning back forward he pressed on the gas, trying to avoid being hit by the other cars, three minutes later the two cars rushed into the Lebeau's driveway. Screeching to a halt Lapin got out and went to Remy's side, a few good slaps had woken him up. Groaning Remy slowly stepped out of the car, a Guild member held on to Remy's other arm, as Remy was being led to the house, he doubled over and threw up again.
"Well dat can't be good..." Remy chuckled as he saw he had thrown up blood, standing up straight with help of course, Remy took a few steps then his world turned to black as he passed out. The other Guild members rushed over to their leader's son and carried him inside the house, Alexandre who was waiting by the steps led them upstairs, Lapin helped the doctor strip off Remy's shirt, armor and duster, and examined the wound, a few minutes later he took out the bullet, dropping it in a glass of water, the water immediately changed from clear a clear liquid to black.
"Fuck..." Alexandre growled,
"What?" Lapin asked.
"By the door get my bag..."
Lapin hurried and grabbed it emptying it on the bed, Alexandre quickly read the labels on the bottles and took out three syringes, each measuring a dose he injected Remy with them and continued to clean the wound the best he could, after about twenty minutes they heard the front door slam shut and someone rush upstairs, Henri opened the door, "Boys downstairs said that Remy got shot what da hell happened?"
"Set-up..."
"Argue later I don't want ta hear any crap from any of you..." Alexandre growled as he prepared an IV with antibiotics...
"What's wrong?" Henri asked,
"The water...look familiar?" Alexandre asked, as Henri picked up the glass, Henri cursed as he put it back on the nightstand.
"What?" Lapin asked
"The bullet was coated with a specific poison..." Henri growled. "I went through da same shit when I was shot eight years ago...ooh père gonna be pissed when he find out dat Arthur le scorpion has just made an appearance..."
"Who, how ya know it was him?"
"Arthur...da poison is his thing...he used to be a Thief dat is until he was banished, for killing a fellow thief and for raping and killin that thief's wife, he always held a grudge against père for being a master, and adopting Remy..."
"Why would he hate Remy?"
"Cause Remy's a mutant..." Henri clarified. "He tried to kill me off cause père was da one who had him banished...Père has ta be told his flight arrives in..." Henri looked at his watch. "Four and a half hours...will Remy be all right?"
"You've been through dis you know as well as I do..." Alexandre answered as he took Remy's pulse.
"Fuck..." Henri cursed.
"Is it dat bad?" Lapin asked,
"He'll be sick for awhile...and he'll have trouble breathing...but you brought him to me in time...so he'll live..." Alexandre answered.
"Alex, call me if there's anything. I'll be downstairs, Mattie should arrive from mass in half an hour, I have ta contact père..." Henri made his way downstairs and told the men waiting that Remy would be all right and that they could go home, Making his way to his father's study, Henri picked up the phone took a deep breath and called his father.
"The client set us up, Remy said that the house had fakes, crap, junk...what he stole looked more like a rock than a gem...client said two guards nothing more, Remy met with twenty-four, well armed guards and dogs... and then he smiles when he took the package and leaves, the moment we left armed guards broke down the door..." Lapin explained to Henri.
"No wonder he asked to speak to the Guild master...he wanted to make sure that the best would have been sent for something that had to be done really quick..." Henri growled, then turned to the door as it opened, Mattie was humming away to a church hymn, "'ello Tante..." Henri yawned and watched as she put away her shawl and bible, entering the living room she looked at the two men.
Squinting her eyes a bit Mattie sighed, "What happened..."
"Ah nothin much...'cept that Remy got shot wit a poisoned bullet while we were almost ambushed by our clients guards...Alex is wit him upstairs, says he'll be okay..." Lapin answered.
Mattie's eyes widened "Oh ya better be joshin me chile..." she answered as she made her way upstairs.
"Subtle Lapin...real subtle..." Henri frowned.
"Well ya have ta be, ya can't lie to that woman unless ya want a beating...you know as well as I do Tante's scary when she pissed..." Lapin shivered a bit, which in turn made Henri laugh, they all suffered Mattie's wrath when they were growing up whenever they misbehaved.
Mattie quietly entered Remy's room, and gasped Remy was pale, covered in sweat, and breathed heavily, Alexandre turned when he heard the door open, "I take it Henri told you?" he answered as he laid a cold wet cloth on Remy's forehead. And checked the IV's in the boy's arms for the umpteenth time. Mattie approached and noticed a tracheotomy kit, on the nightstand just in case Remy's windpipe closed up. Alexandre reached for the kit and opened it up.
"Now wait one minute, ya can't cut that boy up..."
Alexandre turned to her, "Another inch and he suffocates...I have too...Henri went through the same thing...it's da same poison..." Mattie had tears in her eyes as she went to Remy's bathroom and took out a few towels. Sitting down on the other side of the bed she gave the towels to Alexandre who rolled them up and set them at each side of Remy's neck, pouring alcohol on Remy's neck Alexandre picked up the scalpel and slit a tiny cut pulling the skin back he then placed the breathing tube within the cut...that done Remy now breathed a bit easier. Alexandre cleaned up the blood, Mattie looked at the door where Henri and Lapin stood.
"Does ya père know 'bout what happened?"
"Ya I called him 'bout half hour ago...when he get back he say he gonna have Arthur hunted down...he really pissed..."
A few hours later Jean-Luc and Jacques rushed into the house running up the steps two at a time, Jean-Luc slowly made his way to his son's bed, "He be all right for da moment Alexandre said..." Mattie whispered as she was sitting on the left side of Remy's bed brushing her fingers through his hair.
Jean-Luc made his way to his right side and crawled on the bed, while Jacques stayed at the foot of the bed, "Why would Arthur come back?" he asked.
Jean-Luc glanced at his brother in law then laid a hand on Remy's forehead, "No idea but ya bet I'm gonna find out...make him go through da effects of dis damn poison..." he growled, "He be warm...have da fever yet?" he looked up to Mattie who only shook her head no. "Where's Alexandre?"
"Restin' in da guest room..." she answered and noticed that Remy started shivering, "Jacques would ya please hand me dat blanket on da chair..." she asked Jacques grasped it and gave to Tante who carefully laid it on Remy. Jean-Luc pulled the blanket back a bit.
"Dat where he got shot?" Mattie nodded Jean-Luc sighed and covered Remy again.
"Lapin?" Jacques asked.
"Sleepin downstairs, in da livin room..."
"I'm goin downstairs, anythin' ya want Jean-Luc?" he asked.
"Non, merci..." he answered,
"Well since ya here I need a few hours sleep, got this chile ta take care of in da morning, you gonna be alright?" Mattie asked.
"Ya I need anything I just wake up Alex...Bonne nuit Tante..." Jean-Luc whispered, Tante laid her palm on the man's cheek and smiled.
"He a tough one...he be all right...no worries..." Jean-Luc smiled back and watched as she left the room, slowly getting off the bed as to not wake his son, Jean-Luc made his way to the reclining chair, checking to make sure that Remy was breathing alright Jean-Luc again rested the back of his hand on Remy's forehead, and sighed, "Don't you get that fever yet..." he whispered and kissed his son's forehead, making himself comfortable on the reclining chair Jean-Luc watched Remy throughout the night.
That morning Alexandre woke to a start as Henri shook him awake, "Wh..."
"Remy's awake, and startin ta burn up..."
Alexandre yawned and nodded his head, pulling the blanket off him, he stretched as he made his way to Remy's room, "Just breathe slowly that's it..." Jean-Luc instructed as Remy fisted his father's arms and looked around in a panic shaking violently, he had woken up feeling nauseous, as he took a deep breath he coughed out and brushed his hand on the tube in his neck, not realising where he was Remy immediately thought he was in Sinister's lab, and well freaked out. "Shhhh ya gon be all right petite, just calm down a bit..." Jean-Luc tried to calm his son down, that last thing he needed was to panic and start hyperventilating. Remy kept trying to pull out the tube but his father prevented that by holding on to his arms. "Remy listen, ya need da tube ta breathe, ya were poisoned...ya wind pipe closed up...ya need da tube no arguments, alright?" Remy looked at his father then nodded his head.
Jean-Luc stood and let Alexandre sit in his place, Alex checked the wound on his side, and grimaced a bit, took Remy's temperature, and checked his pulse. Remy looked at him drowsily, fighting back with his father had tired him out, Alexandre replaced the IV bags. Then motioned for Jean-Luc to follow him downstairs, "Wounds infected, he also got blood poison, I need ta get a few things from da hospital, I wanna get his blood checked too...ya tink ya can keep him calm so I can get a sample." Jean-Luc nodded and rubbed the back of his neck. As they made their way upstairs.
"Jacques ya mind going with Alexandre to da hospital?" Jean-Luc asked.
"If it'll help make da trip quicker not at all..." Jacques answered with a grin.
"Ya ain't gonna threaten da nurses 'gain are ya?" Alexandre asked.
"Ah sure ruin all my fun..." Jacques grumbled, and smiled when he heard Jean-Luc chuckle.
An hour later Jean-Luc still sat by Remy's side, "Ya in a lot of pain petite?" Remy shrugged and closed his eyes, "Alexandre should be back soon..." he answered as he changed the wet cloth on Remy's forehead.
Hearing the door close Jean-Luc smiled, as he heard the two men arguing coming up the stairs "How's he doin?" Alexandre asked with two full bags, as did Jacques.
"Fever's up...in a little pain..." Jean-Luc answered "Damn four full bags..."
"Yup Mattie I need this bag ta stay refridgerated," Mattie nodded took the bag and headed downstairs, to prepare lunch, "Alright let's hook these up?"
"What is that?" Henri asked as he sat in Mattie's chair.
"Nutrients, fluids, and antibiotics..." Alex answered.
"Da pain..." Jean-Luc looked up.
Alexandre looked at his watch, "Have ta wait an hour before I can give him any painkillers..."
"Père why dontcha go get something ta eat, Remy's passed out he should be alright for at least an hour...can't bring food up here, da smell will only make him nauseous..." Henri looked at his father he hadn't slept since he had arrived.
"All right I'll eat than get a few hours sleep, if he panic's ya will come get me..." he warned, Henri nodded, and grinned as he watched his father leave the room.
"He become awfully protective since dat New York thing hun?" Alexandre chuckled.
"Absolutely...and so have I..." Henri answered as he watched Remy sleep. "Remy suppose ta go back to Xavier's institute in six months but after dis I doubt that'll happen, remember took me a fricking year ta get through the effects of da poison."
"Yah I remember, didn't Jean-Luc tell Remy ya were workin in Paris, so he wouldn't worry..." Alexandre asked, Henri nodded. "Ya still gotta remember though Remy heals faster than any normal person..."
Henri chuckled, "Yeah, he'll be back to his annoying sweet little self again..."
Might be awhile til ya get an update...hehehe