Hi guys! Here's my latest fic based on the new Wolverine and the X-men show, I really hope you like it. It doesn't mean that I'm forgetting my other fic 'The girl she used to be', I promise I'll try to work on them both. I'm just loving this new show and after I saw the first episodes and read TheRealRogue's Wolverine and the X-men fic 'Junction' (if you haven't read it yet, go now and do it, it's really cool) this idea started to spin round my head... Anyway I want to thank Wanda W for helping me with my English and betaread this for me, and also TheRealRogue for reading a first version and giving me some ideas to improve it, thank you girls :D

PLOT: this is a W&XM fic inspired by some events on episodes 2 and 5. Rogue is part of the Brotherhood and they found out about this collar inhibitor made by Forge (Gambit steals it on ep. 5). Unlike the show Gambit keeps it so the entire Brotherhood goes to New Orleans in order to get it by... making the thief fall in love with the member who 'needs' it the most, Rogue. Is the Brotherhood going to fool the Master of Thieves or it's gonna be Rogue the one to fall in love?

A/N: Bold italics memories and Just Italics thoughts/French words.

Disclaimer: all the X-men belong to Marvel.

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Working for the Brotherhood wasn't in her plans but Domino was right she needed some affiliations, being a mutant by yourself in times likes this wasn't exactly the best idea. Sadly or not her former team doesn't exist any more and those times when she used to believe what Professor Charles Xavier preached were gone. Mutants must work together for their own sake not for that stupid human kind who only wanted to eradicate them.

It's time we stopped being victims. It's time we unite. Domino's words were stuck in her mind. But they weren't the only ones. Logan's were there too: I want you to come back. Together we can do something about it. Just come back to the X-men…

The hell with him, she didn't want to be an X-man anymore; how could she? Logan was a liar; she trusted him and he walked away on her. She was not going to let him abandon her once again. How could he call himself a leader –Scott was but not him- he couldn't even stay in one place and no one could follow a leader who's never there.

So here she was, standing by the Brotherhood's door feeling awkwardly upset over nothing in particular. After all, she wasn't betraying anybody. Taking a deep breath Rogue knocked. This was just business, mere survival… she will never trust anyone else again.

-The next day-

"Welcome to the Brotherhood Rogue," Pietro Maximoff was smiling and Rogue immediately noticed the air of self-satisfaction covering his face.

"But why do yah have to destroy his home?"

"Because when the Brotherhood leaves a message, it ain't a note on the door."

Standing on a nearby hill the Brotherhood watched as the Worthington mansion burned in flames. Rogue never wanted to hurt Warren's family but his father was working as Senator Kelly's right-hand, partially financing the Sentinel Project thus becoming one of the Brotherhood's target.

-A few moments earlier-

Entering the house was not a problem Avalanche and the Blob tore down every gate, wall, and door. Domino was a hell of a shooter and Quicksilver covered the entire property in seconds. Angel wasn't there; maybe he was at the Institute. As for Rogue, her task was absorbing Worthington in order to obtain Trask's laboratory location. Pietro was sure that being that close to Senator Kelly, Angel's father must knew more than he admitted to his son. Moments before Rogue touched him, Quicksilver approached Worthington's face and menacingly said.

"Give Senator Kelly a little message from the Brotherhood – There's no stopping the mutants! And we're coming for him next…" then turning towards Rogue, he said, "It's all yours Rogue. Drain the bastard."

And Rogue did as she was told…

-A week later-

"The whole place fell down. I couldn't see one fucking Sentinel."

"Domino, are you sure?" Pietro was a little anxious.

He is far from being his father's son Rogue thought.

"Hey, I was in the place Rogue told us. Wolverine was there, too."

"Logan was there?"

"What's the matter gorgeous, are you worried about your Canadian friend?"

"Yah know Ah'm not Pietro," Rogue gazed him; her emerald green eyes pierced his blue ones fiercely. "And he, he's no friend of mine… not anymore."

"Are you two done?" Domino asked. "As I was saying Wolverine was there, it seemed he wanted to reclaim some inhibitor collar Forge made that was stolen from the X-mansion."

"And?" Pietro became interested, a power inhibitor sounds like a promising device.

"He wasn't able to get it. Apparently the thief Bolivar Trask hired in the first place stole it back from him and ran away with it fooling Trask and infuriating Wolverine."

"I think I like the guy already… who was he?"

"I'm on it," Domino's fingers traveled around the keyboard. Thanks to Pietro's sister Wanda they owned a copy of the Genosha Files compiled by Magneto himself. "Gambit. Real name: Remy Etienne LeBeau. Alias: Le Diable Blanc. Citizenship: U.S.A. Current Location: New Orleans, Louisiana. Affiliation: The Thieves Guild. Height: 6'1''. Weight: 179 lbs. Eyes: red on black. Hair: brown. Powers: mutant ability to tap into the potential energy contained within an object and transform it into kinetic energy upon touching it. Hypnotic charm. Abilities: near-superhuman dexterity, skilled hand-to-hand combatant. Bilingual in English and French."

"Ok, ok. He's a Jack of all Trades."

"Jealous?" Rogue teased him.

"Not a bit" Pietro said chuckling.

And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see
wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him,
that we may bind him to afflict him.

"Do I have to remind you again your current position Rogue?" Pietro said in that blackmailer tone he'd noticed somehow seemed to affect Rogue. "We're the Brotherhood. You are with us or against us."

"Ah'm with you… it's just that…"

"Nothing. We decided the strategy, every one of us must do as planned"

"Well yeah but using meh as some sort of Delilah against this… this guy ah don't even know."

"Well we can't use Neena, can we?"

If looks could kill Quicksilver would be six feet under by now as Rogue and Domino pierced him with their gazes. Rogue was being used, he just admitted it; he said the word when referring to Neena. In the eyes of Quicksilver she was just some kind of weapon, a powerful weapon, nothing more. She felt the anger seizing her at the remembrance of Mystique and then the X-men, at least for some of them she was indeed a person, a friend… or at least they faked it very well. Trust no one. Need no one. Yah are by yahrself, she said to herself, repeating it over and over again.

"Roguey, Roguey… you're the untouchable one. If we send Neena, there will be no challenge. From what I've heard about this Cajun he's some Casanova… Neena would be just another of his conquests, you by the other hand." Pietro caressed Rogue's cheek –since she'd joined, the rest of the Brotherhood began to use gloves as protection- "Are beautiful, sexy, the temptation made woman…" Rogue pushed his hand with a smack, "You have to work on those manners of you… we don't want to disappoint our thief."

"Aghh" Domino snarled, she used to be the only girl here and although she didn't dislike Rogue, that excessive attention from Pietro towards the southerner was beginning to upset her "What if we just steal that goddamn collar?"

"That's right Neena, to steal from the Price of Thieves… master of some kind of Thieves Guild. Just tell me how could we?" Pietro asked.

"I was just saying… I mean maybe Rogue's right this whole idea could be too risky not just for her but for all of us."

"And I suppose you have a better idea?" Pietro looked at Neena but she didn't say a word "I guess not. We'll do as planned." Pietro stood up and assuming his role of leader he spoke loud and clear to the rest of the team.

"We'll fly to New Orleans, settle in and make some noise; this mutant thief has to know we're there. Avalanche, Blob that's your job." Pietro gave them a look and both men nodded "When he heard about us, he'll want to meet us, of that I'm sure. We'll arrange a meeting and then he'll meet our southern belle." He smiled at Rogue who didn't smile back. "You'll flirt with him, seduce him, trust me girl you've got all the equipment." Rogue just rolled her eyes at the annoying comment and the even more annoying laughs of Toad. "Once our thief knows about your mutant powers he'll willingly give you the collar and that's it, we come back home with our prize… I bet you Magneto will be more than intrigued by this little device."

Is he doing all this because of his father? Someone really wants daddy's approval, Rogue said to herself.

"And you think this is gonna be as easy as you expect?" Domino asked.

"I don't see why it wouldn't be?" Pietro asked back without quite smiling.

"We don't know this guy… what if something goes wrong or… have you even thought about any remote possibility?" Domino insisted.

"Believe me Neena. I've got it all under control."

Or so he thought, what Pietro never imagined was that his new teammate was about to put all his master plans at risk… a risk she didn't even look for, but at the same time wanted deeply.

The French Quarter. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Remy LeBeau -Le Diable Blanc- Master of the Louisiana's Thieves Guild was sitting by a huge ebony desk, in what used to be his father's office. A few years before, Jean-Luc LeBeau handed down to his younger son the title of Master in order to remove himself from the 'public' life –as a public as thief's life could be- yet he still was a very important part of the guild, always standing by his son's shoulder. While Henri his older son took care of the guild's foreign business and administrative issues, Remy was an active thief, considered by many the best not only in the United States, but the entire American Continent. His abilities and skills preceded him, and his mutancy –in spite of the fact that it distinguished him- constantly reminded him of the others around there like him. So when a group of mutants seemed to settle down in New Orleans helping some people and having troubles with the law and the FOH (Friends of Humanity), Gambit decided to investigate…

"Alors dis mutants… what do ya find 'bout dem Etienne?"

"Quatre gars et deux filles" Remy nodded and Etienne continued "Quicksilver de leader's name is Pietro Maximoff, il est..."

"Maximoff… il est Magneto's fils."

"Oui."

"Je le connais. Autre chose?"

"Avalanche, geological manipulation il peut provoquer earthquakes. De Blob est grosse et énorme can absorb anyt'ing physical. Toad, long tongue, powerful legs."

"What 'bout de filles?"

"Domino et Rogue, not'ing 'bout them yet."

"D'accordmerci Etienne." Etienne made his way towards the entrance but Remy stopped him and gave him a new order. "Arrange a meeting with Maximoff, in fact invite all of dem to de mansion s'il vous plaît."

"Just as I thought." Pietro entered the living room where the rest of the Brotherhood was spending their evening watching TV waving an open envelope in one hand. "The Thief has just invited us to his house," glancing at Toad and Fred he added "All of us unfortunately…." Laughing he said triumphantly, "Everything is going as expected."

"Don't you thin it's too early to sing your praises Pietro?"

"Just shut up Neena… don't ruin the moment."

"And when are we going?" Rogue asked. She was extremely bored from spending all day long inside the house. They had been in New Orleans for almost two weeks by now but Pietro's order was that the girls must stay in the house no matter what.

"Dinner. Tonight." And grinning he added, "And judging by what the boy who brought the invitation had to say, Remy LeBeau is indeed very interested in the female part of the team… I hope you're ready to play your part Roguey."

Rogue snorted and rolled her eyes.

"Come on Rogue, I think we better get ready for said dinner," Neena stood up and Rogue followed her.

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Quotes:

Domino: "It's time we stop being victims. It's time we unite!"
Wolverine: "I want you to come back."
Wolverine: "Together we can do something about it. Just come back to the X-Men."
Rogue: "Why do you have to destroy his home?"
Quicksilver: "Because when the Brotherhood leaves a message, it ain't a note on the door"
Quicksilver: "Give Senator Kelly a little message from the Brotherhood- There's no stopping the mutants! And we're coming for him next..."
All from Wolverine and the X-men episode 2.
Hindsight - Part 2.

And the lords of the Philistines came up to her, and said to her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give you every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.
Judges 16:5

The Gambit's info Neena reads is from marvel's character bios at marvel(dot)com.

French:
Quatre gars et deux filles
- Four guys and two girls
Je le connais Autre chose?
- I know him. Something else?
Il peut provoquer
- he can create
Est grosse et énorme
- is fat and huge