Chapter One: Shit.
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I wanted you to know, that I love the way you laugh. I wanna hold you high and steal your pain away…
"Wake up!! It's way too late in the day to start with this!!" Jean Gray yells, pounding on the heavy wooden door. She gets no answer, so she looks for Kitty. "She's knocked out again, huh?" Kitty asks. Jean nods and Kitty fazes them both through the door, into the room. "Thanks, Kitty," Jean whispers. Kitty nods and walks out of the room. Jean sneaks over to the bed and yells in the sleeping woman's ear, "WAKE UP, MEL!!" Said woman falls out of the bed, crying out in shock, "AAAGHH!!" Jean walks over to the other side to see Melania glare at her, "Are you awake?" Melania stands up, groggy as hell, "What gave you that idea, Jean? I'm just a little hung-over, so yeah, a little less NOISE WOULD BE APPRECIATED!!!" Jean sighs, "I could feel that you were having a nightmare..." Mel staggers to the bathroom, "... I just drank a little too much last night..." Jean sits on the edge of the bed, "You've been this way for a while now, Mel... Don't you think you drink too much just to hide the fact that you miss-" "Don't bring him up!" Mel snaps as she turns on the shower. "You know that I'm right... It's been over seven years, Mel..." Jean says, walking to the bathroom also. "I know... That's why I can't go back... I told him that I was gonna find my family... Seven years and I haven't found SHIT!" Mel yells, slamming her fist against the shower wall. "Calm down... Have you asked the professor?" Jean asks. Mel pokes her head out of the shower, "No, Jean... I never thought of it." "... Stop being sarcastic." Jean says, "And Professor Xavier would like to talk with us..." Mel nods and finishes her shower. "... Wonder what It's about..." She wonders out loud.
--------------With Remy. ---------------------
Remy fiddles with the necklace that Melania had given him seven years before. 'Cherie... I wonder how are y' doing... after so long...Damn I miss you...' He thinks, lost in his thoughts as he remembers the sweet watermelon smell of her hair and the cute way she'd smile when she was happy about something. "Yo, Gambit! Snap out of it, bro!" His teammate snaps. Gambit looks up, "What d' y' wan'?" "Man, we've got a BIG score today! This money'll be enough for a while!" the guy says. "Wha's Th' job?" Gambit asks, tucking the necklace under his shirt. "We gotta rob the Museum for an artifact," the teammate informs. "... Alrigh' we'll do it," Gambit says, standing up and grabbing his staff, "We hit it tonigh'. Get the other two, den..." The teammate nods and runs off. Gambit looks up at the bright, blue sky and mutters to himself, "... There's a big change abou' to happen..."
---------------------------------Melania. ----------------------------
Melania looks in the mirror, examining herself. "... If I did go back... Would Remy still notice me? I've changed so much..." She thinks. Her long, black hair is now cut a little below her ears and she added red streaks. Her eyes change color either at will or with her mood but lately, they've just been gray. Mel had also gotten her ears double pierced and a lip ring at the left corner of her mouth. She had also taken the liberty to get a tattoo on her lower back. It's a black heart with demon wings sprouting out from the sides. Mel sighs as she pulls on a black shirt, bearing the phrase, "Beware, I Bite." She walks out the door, grabbing her iPod off of the counter. "Another thing that's changed is my taste in music… I used to hate certain types but now, I love rock music!" She thinks as she makes her way down to the office. "Yo, Shadow!" She hears and turns to the man that called out. "Hey Scott," She greets, yawning a little. "The professor call you down too?" He asks, walking with her. "Yeah, I hope he doesn't give me a lecture on the fact that I got in at three in the morning, drunk off my ass and knocked the fuck out," she groans. "Again?" Scott exclaims. Mel nods and says, "So please, I have a REALLY bad headache…" The two of them enter the office. Jean and Ororo Munroe are there, standing at the desk. "Good Morning, Melania," The professor greets. "Morning, professor…" Mel says, walking up to the desk. "I have a mission for the four of you," he states, folding his hands on his desk. "Really? What for?" Mel asks, waking up. "Tonight, the Museum will be broken into and one of its artifacts will be missing," Xavier informs. "Wow, sir… I didn't know you could see the future," Mel says. "Oh, I can't. I read it in the minds of one of the people who's breaking into it… They're being hired by Magneto," The professor says. "So, our job is to stop the burglars?" Scott asks. "Precisely." "But… Why us?" Jean asks. "Because the four men who are hired to do it are mutants," Xavier says. "Yes! Now maybe I can get a good fight in!" Mel says, happily. "Melania is in charge of this mission, so do as she sees fit." The professor says, "You all leave at 10:00 pm." The four of them nod and walk out of the office but Professor Xavier stops Melania. "I'll catch up to you all later…" She says, staying. The door closes and the professor wheels out from behind the desk. "Melania… It's been over seven years… Are you ever planning on going back?" He asks, kindly. "… I wish I knew, sir… But I don't think I could go back… That place held too many memories for me… Both painful and good," Mel says, sighing softly, "If I remembered the good memories… I'd only remember the good ones and yearn for them to be real…" The professor smiles, "It's alright, Melania… You don't have to go back, I was simply asking because Jean told me that you had gotten home, drunk again last night." Mel looks down, "If I drink… The memories don't hurt me that much…" "You need to find a better way to release all that stress, Melania… Not by drinking to excess," Xavier says. "I know sir… I'll be going now," She says as she walks out the door.
----------------------------------- 10:00 PM, Museum----------------------------------
(A/N: Let the Ass-kicking Begin!!!)
"Alright, you three wait in the front corridor and I'll go to the artifact's room," Melania orders the others. "Alright," they say and split up. Mel looks at the artifact. "Why in the hell would some mad-man want an old ritual thing?" She wonders out loud. She hears a crash and pulls her mask up to cover the lower part of her face, "Showtime." She senses someone come up behind her and she grips her katana that Jean got for her on her birthday. She hears a swinging sound and blocks the large staff over her head. "Y' fast, girl!" The man says. Mel jumps back and holds her blade up. "You're not so bad yourself," She comments. The man wears a black mask similar to hers, "Now, why are y' hiding such a pretty face?" He walks over to her; she raises her sword in defense and slices at him. He dodges the attacks and parries back with his staff. They clash swords, staring each other down. Neither one wants to move because they don't want to lose to the other. The man smirks from behind his mask, "You're not a bad fighter... For a girl." Mel twitches a little and kicks him onto his back. She pins him down, holding her blade to his neck. He tries to reach for his staff but she kicks it away. "Don't move," She growls. The man stays still and Melania sees a glint of silver in his shirt. She reaches down and pulls it out to look at it. "... No... It can't be you!" She exclaims as she pulls his mask down, "... Remy." "Who are y'?" He asks, looking up at her, grinding his teeth. She pulls her mask down and Remy's eyes widen, "Cherie..." She helps him up and they stare at each other. "It's been... Seven years..." He says, not breaking eye contact. "Yeah... I'm so sorry, Remy..." Mel says as she hugs him. He holds her close, smiling, "its alrigh', Mon Joli..." The other X-Men run into the room, "Shadow!" Melania and Remy break apart, "What!?" "He's one of the guys that came to steal the artifact!" Scott says, pointing at Remy. Mel raises an eyebrow and glares at Remy, "Really?" Remy takes a step back, "I-It's not wha' y' think, Joli!" He stares deep into her eyes and then he falls to the floor, unconscious. Mel stands over him, "... He hasn't changed..." Jean stands next to her, "So... Is this him?" Melania nods. "The others got away... Let's take him back with us." Storm says. Scott picks Remy up and they head home. "... Shit... Now we're enemies... Remy..." Mel thinks.