The Ace in The Hole

Chapter1: Friend or Foe

Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN ANY OF THIS IT ALL BELONGS TO MARVEL

Remy stood outside the front door wondering why he was there. Wondering whether he should just turn around and ignore the invitation from Xavier. After Magneto had died he had gone back to theiving and after breaking into the NSA for a client, he had contacted Xavier with the information he had stumbled onto.

He was amazed when Xavier invited him to the mansion to discuss what he found. Amazed and very uneasy.

Looking at the doorbell he muttered "Oh well never got anywhere by ignoring my instincts this could be interesting"

Remy rang the bell to have it opened by a very surprised looking Storm ""Bonjour chere Remy Lebeau to see Charles Xavier"

Storm let him in but then snapped at him "Wait here Mr Lebeau"

Remy just grinned shaking his head at her retreating form before walking over to one of the windows and looking out at the pool.

He smirked at the sight before him "Ahhhh a party how quaint".

Remy was interrupted from his enjoyment of watching the X-Men and Brotherhood girls parading around in their swimsuits by Storm coming back dressed in a Black swimsuit with a Sarong around her hips.

"Please follow me Charles is outside and wishes you to join him"asked Storm

Remy grinned blatantly giving Storm a once over with his eyes "I follow you anywhere in dat outfit chere"

Storm turned on her heel towards the pool to hide the small smile on her face as it had been a long time since someone had acted like that towards her.

Walking towards the pool Remy felt every mutant's eyes on him, but deciding to ignore them walked directly to where Xavier was sitting.

He almost made it without incident until Scott Summers decided to get in his way by placing an outstretched hand on Remy's chest "You're not welcome here Acolyte"

Remy looked dwn at the hand on his chest then up at a pair of ruby glasses "Mon amie I would move out of the way if I were you"

Noticing how close he was to the pool & the sneer on Scott's face he grabbed the hand twisted the wrist & threw him into the pool before anyone could stop him.

Scott came spluttering to the surface helped out by Kurt & Bobby while everyone else just laughed especially the Brotherhood guys.

Logan snorted walking up behind Remy "smooth kid very smooth".

Remy a little surprised at the comment nodded once before joining Xavier at his table "Do you treat al your guests like this?"

Xavier smiled apologetically"I I am sorry ummmm what should I call you?"

"For now call me Gambit as I doubt that you brought me here for my charming personality."

Xavier smiled looking over at the assembled X-Men all but ready to attack Gambit on a word. While most of the Brotherhood were still laughing at a drenched Cyclops"you certainly make an entrance Gambit.

Looking back at the commotion Remy snorted "Look Xavier my time is expensive, I don't need their approval.You invited me for a reason so what is it".

Taken aback at being addressed with so little respect Xavier nodded curtly"The package you sent me was incomplete. I will need the rest before I can act"

Remy groaned speaking a bit more loudly than he should have "let me get dis straight, you want me to break into the NSA, hack their mainframe & steal a file without them realizing it's gone?"

Xavier grinned "I prefer the term acquire"

Remy sank back in his chair muttering"Knew I should have turned around and walked away"

"What's wrong Cajun too hard for you" taunted Logan

"don't be insulting, of course I can do it.Won't be as easy second time tho".

The students had drawn slowly closer during the conversation "Professor you don't condone this do you?"squeaked Scott

Remy sneered at him"look mon amie why don't you but out while us grown ups talk."

Scott's face suddenly matched the colour of his glasses as he hit Remy square in the chest with an optic blast.

Remy rolled to his feet Staff in one hand and 5 charged cards in the other facing the assembled X-Men & Brotherhood.

"REMY NO!!!!!" shouted Xavier.

Gambit turned on his heel pocketing the Staff and Cards "I came in good faith and I have not seen anything to make me want to help you au revoir."

Xavier sighed holding his head in his hands while Scott declared "good riddance to bad rubbish" to which the X-Men & Brotherhood nodded their agreement.

"Charles why was he here"queried Storm

Logan answered for him "Gambit came across some intel he thought we might be interested in"

"and how much did he want for it "snapped Scott

"You know what he was right Scott why don't you but out".

Trying to keep from smiling Xavier spoke up" he gave the information free of charge as he has since he joined Magneto".

Ororo looked up at that comment noticing the shocked faces around her "What do you mean Charles I thought he was our enemy?"

Xavier leaned back "So did I Storm and to be honest I did not know who was supplying me with the information until this last time."

Scott finally spoke up"Proffessor you don't mean you trust him. He has no no loyalty to us as the fight we nearly had proves."

"A fight you started Scott" pointed out Avalanche.

"Logan do you think you could find him?" Xavier asked loudly to stop another argument.

Logan snorted"Course I can Chuck, but he won't come back here."

Xavier smiled holding out a package "Give him this and tell him I will wait at the appointed time."

Logan shook his head "Fine I don't understand it,but fine".

The Front Door

Wanda and Kitty drove up in the school van and started unpacking the Junk Food for the party.

"I still don't see why like we got stuck with this" whined Kitty

Any response Wanda would have made was cut short by her careening head first into an obviously male body knocking her onto her rear.

"Pardon moi Madmoiselle I was not looking where I was going."

Wanda for once in her life was speechless "um its ok I should have been looking where I was going"

Remy helped her up watching her eyes look him up and down just as he had Storm.

Kitty suddenly realised who he was "what are you doing here?"

Remy smiled bringing first Wanda's & then Kitty's hand to his lips before walking over to hi bike "leaving unfortunately chere"

The two girls at a loss of what to do could only watch as Remy zoomed past the gates on his bike.

The two girls both sighed "WOW"

Grinning at each other kitty whispered "Did that really just happen?"

Forgetting her arogant attitude and blushing a little under her makeup Wanda stood looking at the gates "Yeah it did."

Any further conversation was halted by Logan pushing past the doors grunting "Where did he go?"

Both girls pointed towards the gates.Laughing Logan hopped on his bike "hope stripes doesn't kill them when she hears what happened cuz his scent is all over them."

Wanda looked at kitty"is it always like this"

Kitty grinned "no sometimes it gets really weird"

The two girls were laughing as they headed into the mansion."

Next Chapter Wolverine catches up to Gambit