Chapter 10: Mistakes
Remy lay in bed thinking over last night's choices, he had little to no choice he had promised to do a job no matter what. Getting dressed Remy, went downstairs to Xavier's office and grabbed an envelope and sealed the flash drive along with a note of instruction to his father of what to do with the information. Places more than enough stamps on the package and walks out to the mailbox and places the package within and pulls the flag up. Heads back into the house and stops short seeing Ororo and Logan headed towards him, acting innocents and concerned he smiled up at them and asked, "So where's de fire?"
Logan glanced at Storm and then to the kid, "come on kid, we gotta talk." Takes Remy by the arm and leads him outside. For the past few hours Logan and Storm had discussed Remy's skills and Storms fear that Remy was responsible for Magneto's escape. Logan walked silently with Remy outside until they reached the Japanese garden, sits down and glances up at Remy. "I'm gonna ask ya this once, and only once, I pray that you tell me the truth, kid."
Remy followed quietly behind Logan, fearing the worse, stands unsure in front of Logan as he sat down on a bench, remained standing. His fear building second by second, god he wanted to confess to Logan, but he also feared Logan would try and hurt him like Victor had. But he guessed in a way he would deserve it, after all he was in the wrong here not Logan. "Oui, chère?"
Logan sighed, "Magneto escaped last night, and O thinks you might have helped, so my question is, did you help Magneto escape? And why would you do that, kid? He was trying to keep his emotions in control, but it wasn't the easiest thing to do. He loved the kid so much, but he was afraid, if the kid said yes Chuck might lock him back up. Logan knew for a fact, that would kill the kid.
Remy sighed and lowered his head in defeat "Oui, but I had to when Gambit takes a job he finishes it, I didn't expect to fall in love wit ya, My goal was to do de job and leave, but ya made it awful hard to do dat chere. Dat is why I didn't give dem de files, told dem I'd mail it to de PO Box given to moi, but she screwed moi and so she not gonna get de files." Glances up at Logan for the first time since he started to spill his guts, was surprised to see the man calm and listening still.
Logan wanted to kill him, but he couldn't he loved him, and he hated him at the same time, "I think it would be best for everyone and me if you left. Once everyone finds out what ya did, they will lock ya up & let's face it kid ya don't work good in lock up." Logan stood and headed back towards the X-Mansion leaving a stunned Remy in his wake. Logan knew he had to push the kid away, to save him, he was about to hurt the kid more than he wished to. Turning back he shouted out, "Oh and kid, I guess it's safe from me to tell ya, I played ya to, ya where nothing but a good fuck." Turns back towards the mansion, Logan told himself it was better this way, insult the kid and hate him to make it easier on him to not think about the kid no more. Once inside the mansion he glanced back at the gardens, not surprised in the least to see the kid wasn't there anymore. Without turning to Ororo, he answers her unasked question, "yes he helped in the escape and I asked him to leave." Turns to Ororo, "if I see him again it'll be too soon.''
"You what?" Ororo shouted, "you have no right to ask him to leave, Logan. That's my brother!"
"Damnit, O! You rather me tell Chuck and Cyke and have him locked up? Let him go, I did." Logan shouted as he stomped out of the room.
Remy stood there for half a second starring at Logan's retreating back, he felt Logan's pain and hate, but he also felt Logan's love dispite his words. Disappears quickly from the grounds vowing to make it up to Logan and his sister, first thing was hunting down a shape-shifting bitch and a flea carrying mangy cat with bad breath. They would pay for what they did but first he had to call in some favors and get some better clothes than the turtle necks he borrowed from Summers. And then maybe just maybe he could make it up to Logan.
Storm ran outside and took to the air, she circled the grounds several times never once seeing her brother, yes she was mad but Remy was her brother and she worried about his choices in the past and today was no different.
TBC
Sorry for the long delay in updates: have had a terrible writers block plus lost my notebook with the other 8 chapters I had for this story so I kind of have to start over in a way, but keep faith in me I'll try to update more. Thanks for everyone's kind reviews.