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Chapter 1 –

BEEP! BEEP!

Gah! Stupid alarm clock. Ah wish Kit would remembah that we don't need it on the weekends. No school and most importantly no danger room seminar.

BEEP! BEEP!

Alright already! Ah'm up. Ah'm up. Ah walk over to where Kit is sleeping. How that girl sleeps through the blaring of that blasted alarm clock Ah will nevah know.

After Ah get dressed Ah head down to grab something to eat. Ah pass by the professah's office when he stopped me.

"Rogue, dear, could you come in for a bit. I have something to discuss with you." He said telepathically.

"Of course Professah." Ah replied while walking into the room. As Ah step inside Ah see Logan, Storm, Scott, and Jean standing behind the Professah. Silently Ah step further into the room and from the corner of mah eye Ah catch someone leaning on the wall towards the back of the room, trying to shield him from view. Ah don't let them know Ah've seen him.

" Ya wanted to talk to meh?" Ah asked, standing in front of the desk.

"Yes, Rogue, please have a seat." He said pointing to the chair behind meh. "We have been asked for a favor and we think you could help out with it. But the choice is up to you whether you do or not; we won't make you do anything you don't want to do." He concluded.

"Ah see. And what exactly is this mysterious favor that Ah might or might not want to help out with?" Ah questions, brow raised as Ah take in everyone.

"Yes, I'll our guest inform you of the details pertaining to this favor. I'm sure you remember Mr. LeBeau from your short vist to New Orleans a few months ago. Mr. LeBeau, could you please carry on.." He said, sweeping his hand out towards the man Ah now know as Mr. LeBeau or Gambit's daddy. Ah turn to see him push himself from the wall to walk towards us.

He looked the same as last time Ah seen him. His long auburn hair pulled back in a low ponytail. He's wearing clothes that you can tell he is comfortable in. A loose, long sleeve, button up, pale blue shirt, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, two of the buttons unbutton to show off his necklace he has under his shirt. Pants that hung to his waist perfectly, that weren't too loose or too tight, and had a lot of pockets that Ah know could be filled befoah we could know what's goin on.

"Bonjour, mon chere. It's been 'while since I last seen ya. How ya been. Doin' bon I hope? Well, as Monsieur Xavier had stated previously I have a favor tah ask of ya. When you were last down in Ne' Awlins, I presume dat mon fils explained the deux guilds, Dieves and Assassins?" He paused to wait for meh tah answah him, Ah nod to comfirm that Ah have been told of the two feuding families. "Bon, bon. Dat leaves moi less to explain tah ya. Well den, the feud as escalated since last, and the guild's, I guess you could say, government, naw dats not a good word for it. There is a board of authority dat is made up of two leaders, either dey Patriarch or Monarch, from each residing guilds in Ne'Awlins: Deives, Assassins, Whores, Merchants, and Bankers. Well dey, excluding Deives, moi, and Maurice, da Assassin's Patriarch, decided dat this feud needs to stop and they cam' tah a conclusion dat there shud be a weddin' to bring da two guilds t'gethah. Well, mon oldest fils is already married and mon youngin, well he don't want to marry, especially an assassin such as BellaDonna Beaureduex. And tah be 'onest neither do I."

Ah interrupted him after that. "And what? Ya want our help in doin' what exactly? Hide Gambit out? Take out the Assassin's Princess? What?" He just looked at meh with this amused smile on his face. Ah knew then what he wanted and why Ah was here. "Ya want meh to marry him, dontcha!? That's the favor, huh!?"

"Qui, dat is what I am asking. I have been a terrible Pere to mon fil, I wont lie tah ya, and I nevah knew how tah make it up tah him. I know he doesn't want to marry her, no one does really. But he is the only one in the main famile dat is eligible to marry and dat is who the board wants. So if I marry him off befoah they decide a date in which to do so he will be out of the running. And you, mon cher, are the answer to everything. Making up for mon mistakes with Remy, the board marriage, and Remy's happiness. You are the only girl that knows everything about our family. The only girl, Remy has opened up to; the only girl he has really ever cared about. I have until tomorrow night to board the train back to Ne' Awlins and hopefully I wont be boarding it alone. Please think on the matter. If it is no, den I'll be on mon way and I'll nevah bother ya again." He finished with saying that. Ah looked at him, not knowing what tah say tah that. Ah looked back at Professah and the others seeing what they think about this. Ah got nothing from them.

" Ah'll think about it. But Ah have two questions."

"Qui?"

"What's in this for meh and why didn't Gambit come an ask meh himself?"

"Two perfectly good questions un, we can give you what you have always wanted, control. Tante Mattie helped Remy and I'm sure she can help you. Deux, he doesn't even know I'm here nor does he know of the decision that has been made. Does that clear it up?"

"Qui," Ah reply with a small smirk, "It does." Ah turn back towards the Professah and asked if that is all, it was and ah was permitted to leave to think on the mattah at hand. Ah walk out the door and continue on to the destination Ah was headed to befoah being interrupted, the kitchen.

Ah finally make it tah the kitchen. For once its empty, everyone musta had their fill, for now that is. Ah take a seat at the island in the middle of the room. Ah sit and ponder on what Ah learned earlier. Thinking over all the details. One Ah get away from the noise that is the X-mansion. Away from having to watch everything Ah do. Ah get to see the south once again. Heat, no snow, no blizzard weather! Maybe, just maybe, this is what Ah need to gain control. Professah has done all he could, as well has Magneto, and Emma Frost. Ah gave them a chance might as well give this Tante Mattie one too.

Ah go to stand and head out of the room when Ah'm stopped by the sight of Jean Luc standing at the doorway. He walks into the room and takes a seat across from where Ah was sitting just a moment ago. Placing his hands on the top, grasping one within the other, staring at meh, Ah sit back in my seat, mimicking him to a T.

"So mon chere, have you thought about my proposal?" he askes with a smile at the word.

"Yes." Is all Ah say on the mattah and Ah stand once more to leave. When Ah reached the doorway leading out Ah turn to him. "Ah'll see ya on the train."