Disclaimer: If I owned X-Men, I couldn't get sued and I'd be making money


off this story and so would Spot, Jim and Beast the beta.


This is how Gambit became a vampire. I know that the omission of this has


led to confusion, but rest assured Bandit, It is here now!


Yer ol' pal, The Bud.



The Crimson Bandit Rogue.


"S' funny when I t'ink back to how dis all started. Remy.. dats me


case bein' ya don't know, was walkin down in the rough parts o Newowlins.


Remy was feelin' damn sorry foa himself, Rogue was ner' round an' Gambit


just feelin' down so wa I done was treat me, De Remy to a game o' pool an' a


night of bourbon an' whisky... bad mix non?"


"Yes, but ... enyways, Ah come up upon dis man.. non dese TWO men


and dis girl, she wa' scared but when Ah come up, Ah pretend Ah know her,


As a latent telepath, Remy gathered her name but sure. Ah strike up a conversation an


pretend Ah jus' come to take her home. It was late an' Gambit was drunk.


So, back to de story, des TWO men strike up a card bet, fer da girl.


Remy shoulda back out! Whoo wee! Remy shoulda back out. To make a whole lotta


talking go by real quick, Remy dun won, but my two amies, de no take it so well."



"Dey took me inta nr'est bar right? An' de get me round after round, an jus' when Remy


t'inkin he like dese guys, dey lop me one. Remy, he no can act back, he' slobberin' drunk,


so, dey cut me.. dey cut me good. As Ah'm layin' dere bleedin' to death and pukin' over myself,


de girl Ah save earlier, de one dat slipped away earlier find me again.


She done brung an older lady w' her. Remy hear some mumbling befer' he pass out.


Ah wake up later an dese two strong hands holding Remy, feeding me some iron stuff,


so Ah thought. De woman, Ah found later, her name was Tate Lynn and de girl,


her neice. Tate said dat she was old, dat she was dieing. Remy asked what dat


had ta do wi' him."


" She told me. Tate Lynn was a Vampire, an when Ah ask why she dieing, She laughed. A sweet ol'


lady laugh and she said, "Vampires, my dear boy, don't live forever, just a long time."


She needed someone ta pass de blood on to. Her niece wouldn' do cause o


de fact, she wasn't an acceptible host. It was fate, she said dat Ah come along.


When Ah said, Remy no want any part o dis, Tate said it was too late. They had to save


me and Tate's blood was de only way. Remy was dead. Ah was dead. Ah now felt de spirt o


my new people coursing through me. When Ah asked why dat de girl was unacceptible,


Ah was given a whole lecture about genology and the mothers side, my real momma, p'arently,


had de gene. so dere Ah was, A surposid Mythological creature. More dan dat, Dead."



" My new blood came w' more. Much more. Ah got hired to kill my former friends by Tate's brother.


Once again, de girls mortality was on trial, Gambit no do it, Her daddy kill her.


P'arently, Ah could not refuse, no matter how hard Ah done tried. De blood took over, polluted me,


drove me evil. Ah killed one, Stormy, to save her from me. I kill Wolvie


cause our blood faught, Now, deres Jean to reckon wi. Meby she stop me. Stop me


b'for Ah hurt enyone else. Ah feel too outta control. Ah wish now Ah never save dat girl, on de account,


who gonna save Remy?"

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O.K.. does this solve the whole, Remy/ Vampire thingie?