Chapter IV: No More Hope
The hallway seemed endless trhough his eyes; he had been running through it for almost fifteen minutes and it was as if he hadn't even moved. The place seemed like a labyrinth, every single corner led him to the same spot he had been a minute ago; it was like running in circles. Remy knew what he need to do. He looked back just to see Toad following him with a couple of Sentinels at his back. The red-eyed man smiled as he passed one of the prison's metal doors. Toad stopped noticing his leader was stopping too.
"What the hell is wrong with you!" Mortimer screamed at the handsome man. Gambit slowly turned to face the nasty mutant, his crimson eyes made Toad freeze.
Gambit started walking slowly towards the metal door besides him. He knew what he needed to do, and he had just what he needed in order to do so. He knew that what he was about to do was against everything he had learned in the past years, but he didn't care. He didn't care if people thought he had lost his sanity; he had never cared. He heard Toad's cry just a second before he touched the iron door. He could hear the girl breathing inside the dark room. The Cajun turned to face the mutant-slayer machines; Mortimer was laying on the ground bleeding, praying to the God he had never believed in. What Toad ignored was that something had changed, something the brown haired mutant could feel. The door behind Remy suddenly exploded and the smile in his face grew. He slowly knelt to touch the stone floor while the Sentinels attacked him with rockets and energy balls. But they were too late, the ground under them exploded the same way sinners' souls will in the judgment day. The robots were quickly eaten by the light under them. After half a second, all had been left in the past and Toad stared at Gambits fiery eyes as if they were his key to salvation. The brown haired thief stood up and placed his hand on the wall. He could see a little girl hiding in the shadows of the stone room he had opened seconds ago.
"Come" He said slowly, keeping his hand against the wall. "Don't be scared" he said, knowing that there were many things she should be afraid of.
She ran towards the X-Man and stopped in front of him. He could see the suffering in her ocean blue eyes. Her white skin was full of bruises, of scratches. For the first time in many years he felt compassion; he felt sadness, he felt love. His creepy smile changed for a welcoming grin. Remy's face had changed, he no longer cared about himself, about what was wrong and what was right; he just cared about the six year old girl standing in front of him. He slowly removed his hand from the wall and by Mortimer's surprise, the it did not explode.
Remy knelt besides the little girl. She could not take her eyes off his crimson eyes. He moved his hand and touched her stone cold chin. "Everything will be fine" a second after his last syllable, another explosion came, but this time he was not responsible for it.
He looked up to see the roof being ripped off; to see the cloudy sky for the first time in weeks. More explosions came just after the blond girl had hugged him in terror. The thief could see how the Sentinels flew in the sky, attacking something but without any success. He could see how those human machines were easily destroyed by an invisible force, how they fell to the ground in flames or charged with bolts of electricity. It was then, after some minutes of what seemed the last day for earth, that a sonic wave spread through all the island and farther leaving all the machines in the region powerless . Sentinels, helicopters, planes and advanced sentinels fell from the skies as if they were rain or snow. The sound of the machines crashing against the ground seemed almost like a symphonic melody in Remy's ears.
"Is it over?" the blond girl asked in a low voice while she looked up at Gambit's face. He nodded in a reply.
"Mutants from the world" came a voice all the mutants recognized; a voice Gambit was waiting for, a voice which meant salvation for ones but meant the beginning of another hell for others. As the voice danced inside LeBeau's ears, he stopped looking at the little girl and turned to face him, he turned to face the man who will change his future.
"Magneto" the chocolate haired man said to himself as he stood up.
"Magneto" the blond girl repeated to herself as she wondered lost inside her thoughts. "Is he Magneto? He's going to save us, isn't he?" she asked in excitement, obviously aware of the man's reputation.
The long haired thief managed to make a sentence, though rather slowly. "No one can tell" by an unknown reason, his eyes seemed brighter than before. He looked at the floor and hoped for the best; he hoped for what he once thought impossible, for what he now saw as their only way to salvation.
"I am here to save you all" He said slowly; his icy blue eyes could have made anyone feel saved, anyone except for Remy. "I am here to save you from the human race; from those who have imprisoned you here, for those who call you abominations" The Master of Magnetism landed softly besides the wounded Toad.
Mortimer opened his eyes and felt how a non existent energy filled his body. "Sir" he was bleeding from the back and many wondered how he could even talk.
Not even Charles would stop him now; that was what he, Gambit, feared. That was what he had feared since the day he crossed paths with him who some call Master of Magnetism. He had feared since the day he met Charles, since this horrible massacre started. The silver haired mutant placed his eyes on him, then he moved them down and noticed the little girl. A welcoming smile drew on Erick's face; a smile Remy had never seen. It was then when he started to doubt; was he wrong? Could Magneto really be the only way out of this nightmare? He couldn't accept it, he will never do so.
The brown haired thief could feel how the blond girl stopped hugging him. He turned to look at her beautiful face and instead he found her running towards the man he hated the most, towards the man he feared the most, towards the one who same call Master of Magnetism.
"Come!" the little girl told Gambit. Her voice was so soft that it could have even been mistaken with an angel's prayer.
Remy tried to smile but his efforts were useless. No man in his position would be able to do so. After some seconds he noticed he was just standing there, with his loneliness. Looking at the destroyed floor.
"Didn't you hear her?" came a male voice. The unmoral X-Man looked up to find Lensherr standing, being hugged by the blond girl whom he had saved just minutes ago. "Or does she need to ask you again?" His loving smile hadn't disappeared and in his eyes moon tears were held: in his eyes, the future of the world was held, in his eyes a piece of hope was held.
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