The Start of Something

Author's Note:This idea came to me after a friend did an adult Jean/Remy story

it is based a few months after Jean discovered Emma and Scott together

She was not killed and has come to accept that her marriage ended when Scott

supposedly died with Apocalypse.

Jean Grey looked out over her balcony at the romantic scene below and felt sick. Scott had placed a picnic

out by the pool and Emma was laughing at something he had said.

It had been hard to move on from Scott, she had thought they would be together forever no matter what. Well that

image had been shattered when she interrupted their counselling session to find them in bed with Emma dressed

in her Phoenix costume. Surprisingly it had not been as difficult as she had thought to get over her anger, with

friends like Ororo,Logan and Rachel beside her she had accepted it and got on with her life.

She laughed as she remembered getting drunk that first night and throwing herself at Logan only for him to

say that oh how did he put it "I aint looking to get in your pants darlin that time ended long ago."

Jean knew it would have been a mistake had it happened. What amazed her more tho was the amount

of people who seemed to be taking Scott's side in things. People like Rogue, Bobby,Hank and Kurt.

There were of course a lot of people who stayed out of it and a lot of divisions in the teams which is why Charles had

recently reorganised them.

Jean looked over at the files on her desk of her new team. With Ororo in Wakanda preparing for her Wedding, Jean had been

the choice to replace her. Jean looked down scanning the files "Ok let's see who I have been given,hmmm Bishop and Sage

have always worked well, Warren and Paige have becom quite the strong team as well. Who ever thought Warren would end

up with Sam's little sister."

She picked up the last folder with a little hesitation thinking back to the meeting where Charles had disclosed the assignments.

Flashback

"Non!"

"what do you mean Remy?" asked Charles

"I'm not the person to lead."

"But you have already led a team before."

"Dat's right, but do you think any of these people would follow me blindly? You need someone they respect who has the authority to lead."

"Who?" Smiled Charles,but secretly knew who the Cajun meant.

"Jean."

Scott snorted "She's never led a Team before.Your not serious"

"Merde you forget that she been a second in command before most of us ever heard of the X-men"

There was a murmur of assent from a large portion of the assembled teams.

"What other objections are there?" asked Charles who had felt Jean's surprise at both being nominated and disgarded.

Any other objections were silenced at the Snikt of Logan's claws coming out "I think Gumbo's right"

The next thing was a clamour of people trying to find out which team they were on which Charles interrupted by

saying "The Teams have already been decided on and if you wish to be re-assigned you will need to talk to your respective Team Leader."

Jean sat dumbstruck at her sudden elevated position of command when her thoughts were interrupted by a silky voice with

a distinct french accent "So is this where I sign up chere."

End Flashback

Jean opened the file staring at the difference between when Remy had first arrived and after his transformation into Death. Jean shook

her head thinking how crazy it was of him to join just to keep an eye on Apocalypse. Unsurprisingly nobody was really shocked

at seeing Remy become a horsemen. He wasn't exactly a favored team member. It was of course plain to see why he had done it,

everyone assumed it was because of Mystique and Pulse. Nobody knew the real reason though nobody knew until later how he had seen

what was to come and he had joined Apocalypse with Emma as his link so that he would be able to retain who he was. Remy as death

was beautiful, his grace was unparallelled it was like watching a dancer. He had never attacked the X-Men, but he would defend Apocalypse

from them.She sighed as she remembered watching Remy wipe out an entire squad of Sentinals before dancing through the ranks of the X-men

leaving certain people while almost crippling others. Surprisingly it was only when Ororo and Warren confronted him that they realised

he wasn't trying to attack them, but keep them back while Apocalypse reversed the effects of M--Day. For once it seemed

the devil could be trusted.

The after effects could still be felt from what Apocalypse had done. He had returned to sleep to heal his body and left Remy,Gazer and Sunfire

behind as his Keepers. The three Horseman had almost immediately separated going their own ways.

Remy's return to the X-men had been explosive to say the least Rogue was disgusted by his actions and still rarely spoke to him, most of

the other mutants felt the same. The only people who didn't seemed to be on her team with the exceptions of Logan,Rachel, Marrow, Ororo

and surprisingly Emma. Emma and Remy were often seen sharing a secret smile or two, much to the consternation of one Scott Summers.

Jean didn't exactly understand what was between them but she did secretly enjoy how frustrated it made Scott. Privately she thought that was

why Scott had disgarded Remy's nomination of her as Team Leader.

Sighing Jean decided she would try to calm herself by going for a walk through Ororo's garden as it always reminded her of the times

they had spent talking together.

However when she got there she realised she wasn't the only one thinking that way as knelt in the middle of the garden inhaling Ororo's favorite flowers

was Remy Lebeau. "I'm sorry Remy I didn't mean to disturb you."

Remy smiled nodding "Its ok chere I felt you approach."

Jean shook her head remembering that he could now sense a person's life force like Logan could sense a person's scent. It was unnerving to say the least.

"Why are you here?"

Remy stood up his armour creaking slightly something he always seemed to wear now. So much that he had been nicknamed Black Death

by some of the younger mutants. "Jus' picking some flowers for Ro's wedding."

Jean was still surprised that Ororo always accepted Remy nomatter what "I see. Have you spoken to her much?"

Remy grinned "You mean since my return?"

Jean swallowed, but nodded "Yes it must have been tough to get back to what you were."

"Oh chere you don't understand nobody ever does. Stormy and I we accept each other we are closer than family. She tells me there

is nothing to forgive or apologise for."

Jean smiled wishing she had someone like that "I envy you that bond."

Remy laughed "You and Rachel have the same thing I am sure."

Jean smiled it was true she and Rachel were closer than ever, but still she felt there was something more she could have and it frustrated

her that she didn't know what.

"I hope your keeping your eyes off my daughter Monsieur Lebeau."

Remy laughed brushing past Jean on his way out "Ahhh Rachel est Tres magnifique une Angel, but then she has her Mother's looks no?"

Jean turned around to confront him her pulse slightly racing, but found only herself there. He had dissapeared again, a talent he seemed to be

using again and again. He always turned up if needed, but apart from that he was like a ghost. The only time you knew he would be around was in the

stables where every morning he looked after that winged animal Apocalypse had given him before leaving. You could often see him flinging on it each morning

the two of them going who knows where. Shaking her head she started to wonder through the garden "And since when did he start calling me chere?"

Jean was not the only one thinking of the enigma called Remy Lebeau, Scott Summers glared at him as he saw Remy talking to Jean. Every instinct

told him to attack Remy to stay away from Emma and Jean. He hated how the younger students seemed to look up to the thief. Oh yes they

would call him names like they did with other teachers especially himself, but with Gambit it was also with an increasing amount of respect and even

admiration for the risks he took.

Gambit in Scott's opinion was the worst type of X-Man, it disgusted him that Remy had been not only accepted back, but welcomed back by some.

Gambit was still an outcast now that not even Rogue spoke to him, however what he despised was his friendship with Emma.

Any time he questioned her on it she would just sing song "You have your friends I have mine.Are you jealous?" Truth be told Scott was jealous

and it made him hate the Cajun even more.

A hand on his shoulder stopped him going after Gambit and looking up he saw it belonged to Logan "Get out of my way what do you think your doing?"

Logan growled burying his knee into Scott's crotch. Crouching down he blew a mouthful of cigar smoke into Scott's face "Saving your life bub.

If you take on Remy he will kill you and much as I hate to admit it you might be needed."

Logan stood up and looked down at the younger man "Thing is part of me thinks you deserve it."

Scott glared at Logan's retreating back vowing he would get back at both him and Gambit.

Author's Notes

Well should I continue or abandon it?