Just an hour later Storm and I were in my room packing a bag. As she was placing some socks in the bag's pockets she asked.
"Are you sure you don't what a second bag? Remy could have gone quite a long way by now." I shook my head no smiling at her.
"I don't expect for us to be gone for more than a week or so. Even if he's half way around the world, but I don't expect him to be." Storm looked at me with an amused look cocking an eyebrow.
"How would you know this? Have you perhaps had contact with the rogue?" I could practically feel the laughter in Ororo's voice and I rolled my eyes.
"No I haven't don't be foolish. I just have an intuition about it, he won't have left the country. If I know Remy Lebeau as well as I think, he'll be somewhere that is suited to his tastes." Ororo gave me a strange look and shrugged her shoulders letting the matter go. Together we put the last of the clothes in my bag and a couple of books, then there was a knock at the door. Opening the door I saw Logan standing with a carry on bag slung over his shoulder.
"You about ready now? The proffesor should be outta Cerebro soon and then we'll hit the road." Nodding my understanding I took up my bag and Ororo accompanied us to the hallway outside Cerebro. And almost like he'd timed it Xavier rolled out of the machine looking at us.
"You'll have to take the X-jet after all, your heading across country to Las Vegas Nevada." I looked at Ororo and said in my most know it all voice.
"What I tell you, Storm?" Not answering me she smiled in an amused way then spoke anyway as we made for the hanger.
"I believe that Gambit will be happy to see you again. Won't he?" I turned my face away from her hoping to hide my blushing face. However I saw Logan looking at me with a cocked eyebrow and an look of fresh understanding. Then his eyes went a little bit cloudy as he looked into the distance and whispered.
"Gambit, where have I heard that name before?" Nobody else seemed to hear him, but I decided to hold my tongue until the more opportune moment (that's right I'm quoting Jack Sparrow). We reached the hanger and studied the impressive jet. Logan looked at me doubtfully and seemed a little sick just looking at the aircraft.
"Are you sure you can fly this thing kid?" Picking up my bag I walked forward calling over my shoulder.
"I have logged all the necessary simulation time." I turned so Logan wouldn't see my grin as he called back to me.
"Simulation? As in never actually took this bird into the air?" Xavier rolled in behind us chuckling at Logan's airiophobia.
"Rest assured Logan that your in capable hands. Anna is an exceptional pilot." Logan mumbled to himself, about how if we were meant to fly we'd have wings. Xavier passed me a folder about Remy's habits in the new city, big shocker he spends most nights at a gambling house. We said our goodbyes and headed for the jet. Say yay for me I got the jet of the ground without blowing us up, in your face Logan. Speaking of Logan after we'd flown in silence for an hour he gave me an amused stare.
"So you and this Lebeau character are acquaintances huh?" I could feel that he wouldn't let this go. Curse Storm for giving him fodder to tease me with.
"I kind of don't want to talk about it Logan." His amused grin dropped into his version of a concerned stare.
"He didn't hurt you did he?" Surprising myself I actually stopped and thought about my answer before looking at Logan.
"No, well I mean not at first. Remy couldn't stand staying in one place, and I needed to learn at the Mansion. He promised me that he would stop and visit sometime, but it just never happened. So I guess you could say in a way he did hurt me." Now Logan looked like he understood, or at least empathized with me. Neither one of us was that lucky in love, Logan had this strange attraction to Jean that was going nowhere. We flew in silence after that, well I flew Logan just tried not to notice that he was actually in the air.
Cool thing about the X-jet is that it is way faster than any commercial airline. Normally it would be like four hour flight to get from New York to Nevada. But with our plane I was able to clock it in two and a half hours, which was a half hour away from my goal. I flew the plane up high above the outskirts of the city to find a descent place to land. Using my powers I was able to find a spot of desert that was never traveled and was a descent walking distance to the city. Landing is a tricky thing in the jet because it's a vertical take off and land, but I was able to bring it down with just a slight bump. I looked at Logan who was trying to regain his equilibrium.
"You okay?" I asked him as a courtesy, and he answered without thinking.
"No." Laughing at him a little bit we disembarked and headed out to the city. Of course we didn't go Cajun hunting right away. First we got a hotel and laid out a plan, deciding which casino's to hit first and then the smaller ones if that failed. We waited for the sun to go down before heading out, Logan sat outside smoking a cigar. On the other hand I laid down on one of the two beds and tried to take a nap, I had a feeling I was going to need the rest. Because the one thing I'd learned about doing anything involving Lebeau, it was never simple.
Next we get reintroduced to the ragin cajun. Hows it gonna go, I don't know. Logan's airsickness always tickles me. Please Read and Review