New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
In the dead of night, in a bar in the centre of town is a championship poker game. The game has been going on for about 4 hours, and only two people remain. One is current champion Daniel Negreanu, and the other is a newcomer, Frenchman Remy LeBeau.
Daniel was wearing jeans and a polo shirt, as well as simple gray sneakers, which was normal compared to what Remy was wearing. Remy was wearing black, skin tight leather trousers, a burgundy tank top, made out of solid steel, as well as metal boots and black, fingerless gloves. Remy had long brown hair, which he had to keep moving from his face, aswell as stubble for facial hair.
Remy keeps stroking his stubble
whenever he has a good hand, and taps on the table when he has a bad
one, so far his fingers have not made contact with the table. Remy
opens his mouth, and speaks with a French accent.
"I'd give up
if I were you monsieur," Remy smiled whilst receiving two new cards
"You shall not win"
"We shall see LeBeau." Daniel replies
in his Canadian accent.
Remy was dealt a jack and a king,
Daniel with two aces. Remy started tapping on the table.
"I'll
call" Remy threw some chips in
"Raise" Daniel threw some
more in
Remy raised an eyebrow, and watched three cards get
placed onto the table, A queen, an ace and a 10. Daniel smiled, but
hid it by stroking his mouth. Remy kept on tapping the table.
"Call"
Remy placed the cards down as he threw some chips into the pile
"All
in" Daniel smiled as he placed all of his chips in the pile
"I
guess I have no choice", Remy sighed and Daniel smiled, thinking he
was about to fold "All in"
"What?" Daniel jumped up in
shock. "You can't win this kid"
"The game isn't over
yet, there's one more card"
Daniel sat down as the dealer
placed one more card onto the table, it was the fourth and final ace.
Daniel smiled as he placed his two cards down, face up.
"Quad
Aces" The dealer spoke
"Good," Remy turned his cards over
"But not good enough"
"Royal Flush, winner is Remy
LeBeau"
Remy arose from his chair, and brushed his hand
through his long brown hair.
"Good Game" He smiled and turned
around. He walked out, not even taking the trophy or the money he
won.
*_*_*_*_*
Two Days Later. Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
Remy
walks into a rundown bar and sits on a bar stool. He had ordered a
bottle of beer and started drinking from it, when he felt his steel
top being pulled backwards. He was soon on the floor and the bottle
was beside him, smashed. An elderly man walked up to him, wearing a
black suit and looked into Remy's red eyes, with his blue ones.
"You okay son?" He spoke with an English accent.
"I'm
fine" Remy went to stand up, but was being weighed down by his
armour.
"Don't get up, I want to talk to you"
"You,"
Remy tries to grab the old man, but fails "Your doing this to
me"
"Yes, I'm like you," The old man sits down on a stool
beside him "We're both mutants"
"Your point?"
"I
want your help, I need someone to send a message to those who aren't
mutants"
"Not interested," Remy kept trying to get up "Can
I get up now?"
"Yes," The old man did nothing, but Remy
stood up "I will not force you to help, but if you ever come
looking for me, try New York"
The old man stood up and started
walking towards the door.
"Who are you?" Remy asked, watching
him carefully.
The old man turned to face Remy and smiled
"Magneto"
