A.N. Here's chapter 3, I'm kinda not happy with it, especially the dialogue but I hope it's okay. Enjoy =3 Oh and also, Gambit refers to himself as gambit a lot in the animated series which I have all 5 in DVD, so I'm kinda going of that a little bit. This chapter is a lot longer than the other 2 enjoy ^_^
Gambit's P.O.V.
I just got home from the most stupid mission ever, me and Logan had been sent out to stop a few of the remaining 'Brotherhood' from blowing up another medical facility. Amateurs! They were bumping around making all sorts of noise and didn't know the first thing about explosives. Gambit knows a lot about explosives, I usually have 52 in my pocket. I could make anything an explosive, though it would take longer to charge and cards are easier to throw. I threw a card in the middle of their bickering and both me and Wolverine charged for them. 1 fought Wolverine, wrong mutant if you ask me, and the other 2 took on me. I used my Bo staff to beat them and charged their clothing to explode and they both fell unconscious.
"Honestly, we went this whole journey for this? Amateurs" I said to Logan who chuckled in agreement.
"Well Cajun, if we don't take out the dregs who will?" Logan said chuckling and shaking his head. "Wanna go get a beer? Won't be home 'till tomorrow anyway" He asked, that was a tempting offer but my mind was on Rogue, 'there's something about that kid that said all those things to Rogue It's like he had the powers of persuasion I have...I'm sure she'll be fine the Professor is there' I thought nodding in agreement to Logan.
"Why not? And hey if you wanna lose all your money again, we could play poker too," I said grinning while Logan gave me a scary look.
"Watch it Cajun, I know you're cheatin' and when I find out how, I'll kick your ass." Logan said angrily, trying to give me his tough-guy look.
I looked at him innocently, "who me? Gambit never cheat! Gambit just have better luck than you do Mon Ami." I said laughing while Logan just huffed and stomped away towards the bar. The side of the bar had "NO MUTANTS! ALL MUTANTS WHO ENTER WILL DIE!" spray-painted at the side, me and Logan looked at each other smirking.
"We have 2 choices Cajun, 1. We get our drinks 'to go' and play poker in the jet, or 2. We take our chances here, we look normal the only thing that makes us seem abnormal is your eyes." He said grinning.
I considered this for a second and decided it really didn't matter to me. "Logan, these people here do not know of Gambit's powers of persuasion, so either way is fine with me. Although, if you ask me, I'd rather get home quick, Gambit have a really bad feeling and when I do, I'm usually right." I said concerned, something about that hug with Rogue had me on edge and it made me worried about her. Usually I couldn't care less about people but when it comes to her, I worry completely out of my mind.
"'To go' then," Logan said disappointed, "and here I was hoping for a bar brawl." He chuckled as I walked in to the off-licence, lifted 2 bottles of whiskey, told the shopkeeper I'd pay him back and walked out.
We turned towards the jet and made our way back, "so what do you think's going to happen that's so bad?" Logan asked curiously.
"I don't know, all I do know is there is a kid, one of the students, he seems to have the same conversational skills as me, if you get me." I said looking at Logan pointedly, he squinted his eyes at me confused then realisation dawned on him.
"So? What should that matter? If that's the kid's mutation there's not much we can do." Logan said matter-of-factly.
"You don't understand Mon Ami, he said something to Rogue, after that she was saying she didn't belong here anymore. Gambit just have a bad feeling about it 'tis all." I said worriedly rubbing my eyes.
"When are you gonna admit you feel somethin' for her Cajun?" Logan laughed but his eyes were serious thinking over what I had just told him.
"Gambit's not exactly looking forward to having a claw at my throat," I said chuckling. We reached the jet and sat down, I opened my bottle and took a gulp, the liquid burning nicely down my throat. "ahh the good stuff is always free," I said smirking as Logan nearly choked on his own whiskey.
"You didn't pay for it Cajun?!" He asked incredulously, giving me a disapproving look.
"What? Gambit told him, he'd be paid another time?" I said innocently, earning another disapproving look which soon turned to glee as he drank his whiskey.
"The things you get away with Cajun," Logan said laughing. We finished our bottles of whiskey and fell asleep. When we woke up we decided to drive straight home, neither of us were hungover and I was looking forward to a nice hot meal when we got back. We landed the jet and walked through the underbelly of the mansion. I began to run, hoping to make sure Rogue was all right, I made my way to the kitchen to find the little kid she was close to, crying.
"Hey Mon Ami, why are you crying?" I asked as I proceeded to make myself something to eat.
"Rogue's gone," he sobbed I dropped the plate I was holding and turned to him.
"What do you mean she's gone? What happened?" I asked panicking.
"Her powers came back, her friend had been sleeping beside her and, Rogue killed her, it was an accident I swear." He said crying louder.
I patted his shoulder awkwardly, I was no good at comforting kids, "Calm down, then what happened," I asked trying to soothe him.
"Then the kid that was saying stuff to her yesterday called her a murderer, I knew what his power was and I tried to stop him by walking closer to him, but he backed away from me and Rogue believed him and she ran away. I tried to call her back but then she flew, the Professor said that Rogue had also absorbed her friend's powers. But Gambit, you have to understand, she didn't mean to do it, she thought she was cured!" The little boy tried to defend her, I nodded my head at him.
"Gambit believe you, I know Rogue would never mean to harm anybody, that's why she got the cure in the first place no?" I said calmly, "don't you worry, I'll get her back, but first where's that kid?" I asked, the boy pointed towards the living area and I stomped in and spotted him.
"Everyone but me and him," I pointed to the boy, "leave the room, now!" I said strictly, the children ran into the kitchen but I could see them straining to hear with the corner of my eye.
"What do you want?" The boy asked angrily.
"Do you know who I am?" I asked, unphased by his tone.
"Gambit?" The boy asked, his tone apathetic, as if he didn't care.
"That's right, do you know what I can do?" I asked him, trying to get to the point.
"No, should I?" he asked crossing his arms defiantly.
"No, but you gonna wish you did," I said smirking, "now, I want you to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, ya hear me?" I asked smoothly, the boys eyes started to become unfocused. Success!
"Yes." The boy said calmly, he sat down cross-legged on the floor waiting patiently for my questions.
"Good, now, why were you saying things to Rogue?" I asked trying to stay calm.
"I was ordered to." The boy said quietly.
"Ordered by who? And why Rogue?" I asked concerned.
"I work for the anti-mutant agency, I have been here a few days, all those who have received the cure have been taken." He said, his eyes dreamily staring into mine.
"Taken? Taken where?" I asked frantically, the kid could snap out of this at any moment, due to my agitation.
"Once they realised the cure wasn't permanent, the anti-mutant agency decided to take all the mutants they could for experimentation. It will only be a matter of time once Rogue is out there by herself to be taken by the Sentinels." He said laughing, I debated on one final question before he truly snapped out of this state.
"What are you?" I asked angrily.
"I am a shape-shifter, with the power of persuasion as well." He said and then he looked at me angrily once he realised what he had said. I tied his hands together and marched him to Xavier's office.
"Yes Gambit? What's wrong?" He asked, once he saw the child tied up he narrowed his eyes at me.
"Read my mind Xavier, Gambit'll show you, I'm not the 1 that shouldn't be trusted." I said removing my shield, I could feel his presence moving around in my head and then it was gone.
"Oh my, I'll need to go to Cerebro to find her straight away, take him to the lower levels and have Logan question him, also take leech and have him stand near the mutant during the interview." The Professor said as he hurried away in the direction of Cerebro.
The shape-shifter turned into Rogue and looked at me sadly, "Gambit, please let me go, if you care about me that much, you'd let me go." She said crying, this was going to kill me. She then had blood and gashes going down her sides and body and she began to scream. "Gambit save me!" She pleaded, I ran as fast as I could, pulling her along while she was still screaming and ran to the kitchen.
"Leech, please stand beside me!" I shouted, as the kid ran to me shocked. 'Rogue' looked pissed as hell and then she turned into an adult male. He grinned at me evilly and laughed.
"You do realise that little show I gave you, is probably what she looks like right now," He cackled, I couldn't take anymore, I turned around and punched him straight in the jaw, lucky leech was there so I couldn't hurt him too badly with my mutated strength.
"Don't you worry, if Wolverine doesn't kill you, Gambit will." I said angrily, "Come on kid, gonna need ya for the interrogation." I said to Leech, he nodded and walked with me holding my hand, afraid to get near the shape-shifter.
"Hey Logan!" I shouted, knowing that with his sharpened senses, he'd hear me.
"This better be good Cajun," he said coming out of his room, Storm walked out a little dishevelled and embarrassed behind him. "Who the hell is that?" He asked growling walking towards us.
"That kid I was telling you about? He's a shifter, not even from here. This.." I said pointing to Leech, "little guy stops our powers when we stand near him, the Professor said he is to stay beside this guy during the interrogation to make sure the guy can't hypnotise you." I explained quickly and shoved the guy down to the interrogation room.
I tied him down to the chair and leech obediently sat beside him on the ground. Logan looked at the shifter angrily, he had a huge grin on his face.
"You're never going to find her," he laughed, "she's gonna be beaten and when they've found no more use for her, they're gonna kill her." He cackled, this made me angry but Logan was livid, he punched the guy on the nose and broke it.
'I guess the adamanteum in his skeleton packs quite the punch' I thought to myself smirking. "Gambit make you an offer, you either get beaten to death by my friend over here, or you tell Gambit where we can find Rogue." I said calmly.
"And why would I tell you that? It's so much more enjoyable watching you both piss your pants over her whereabouts." He said grinning evilly, this time I punched him and grabbed his collar.
"Now, you listen here Mon Ami, you are going to tell Gambit where she is and your gonna tell me now!" I said angrily, fear for Rogue's safety had completely taken over me now.
"Why? Do you loooove her?" He asked mockingly and I head-butted him and punched him repeatedly and Logan pulled me off him.
"Calm down Cajun, how do you expect him to tell us anything if he dies?" Logan said, he had a point but I just saw red and couldn't stop myself.
"Gambit, I have an idea," Leech said quietly.
"Any ideas would help kid," Logan replied gratefully.
"Well, whenever I'm near someone, I take away their power, but that doesn't protect them from someone else's. If Gambit were to stand back and Wolverine were to hold the guy's head, Gambit could use a certain ability." Leech mumbled, carefully choosing his words.
"Great idea Mon Ami," I said and walked to the edge of the room, Logan went over and pointed the guy's head at me. Luckily the shifter hadn't realised what my power was earlier, my power is easier to hide, I looked at him angrily and I saw his eyes looking at me with fear.
"I want you to relax," I said soothingly, "I want you to feel totally relaxed and I want you to tell me the truth, do you understand?" I asked calmly.
"I understand," he said, his eyes glazed.
"Good, now I want you to tell me where they take the mutants that have been captured by your organization." I asked smoothly, staring into his eyes.
"They are taken to a medical facility, it's hidden beside a mountain in Georgia, I have never been there, but I have been told." The shifter said calmly.
"Why have you been kidnapping mutants for people who hate and fear us?" I asked, I was curious.
"If I do they won't attack me, also, I get paid a lot of money." He said, if it was anyone other than Rogue, I might have sympathised with the guy. But at that moment I just wanted to kick his ass.
'Gambit? Logan? I have found her, she is in a medical facility and is in a lot of pain right now but I can't seem to contact her, however, I will send you the location right now' The Professor thought as both me and Logan flinched, I hadn't even realised my shield was down.
'Thanks Professor, we'll go right away.' I replied eager to go, I abruptly put my shield back up. I looked at the shifter, "I want you to stay here, I don't want you to move, I don't want you to speak and I don't want you to use your powers." I said hypnotically, "do you understand?" I asked.
"Yes I understand," he said calmly.
"As a matter of fact, I want you to sleep, and I don't want you to wake up unless you hear my voice telling you to." I said not taking any chances. I saw him close his eyes and fall asleep and walked over to Leech, I offered my hand to him and he walked beside me holding it.
We walked out of the room and up to the kitchen, "Leech, I want you to stay here and don't worry, Gambit and Logan will save Rogue and bring her back to you okay?" I asked trying to cheer him up.
He smiled warmly at me, "I know you will Gambit, Rogue has told me all about you, she said you're a good person for a swamp rat," he laughed.
I chuckled and ruffled his hair, "did she now? Well, Gambit will take that as a compliment." I said smirking.
Logan walked into the room after talking to the Professor, "Yo Cajun, you ready to go?" He asked, an unlit cigar hanging from his mouth.
"Gambit is always ready," I said smirking, and with that we headed back down to the jet.
A.N. I kinda like the Gambit and Wolverine team-up ^_^ anyway that's the last chapter for tonight, I'm going to head to bed, but I will try and upload the new chapter tomorrow ^_^
I'm quite proud 3 chapters in one night =3 Please Read and Review ^_^