DISCLAIMER: I do not own X-men Evolution.
If I had owned X-men Evolution Gambit never would have been an acolyte, nor would have Pete, so you see, it couldn't have been me.
Chapter Four
The Announcement
Magneto sits in his office reading the paper while drinking his morning coffee. Suddenly he spits his coffee across several papers on his desk. He re reads the announcement that startled him..
~The Xavier Institute Proudly Announces The Engagement of~
Anna-Marie Darkholme
and
Remy Lebeau
He can't believe it! That's where the boy had disappeared to, he had wondered why there hadn't been anyone cooking lately. Victor had offered a few times, but no one wanted to eat THAT. Now that he thought about it; no one had been shopping, or cleaning up either.
He walked out of his office and spotted Victor. " Where are the others?" Magneto asks. Victor stares at him for a moment before asking "...What other's?" Magneto says. " Gambit, Pyro, and Colossus, of course." Victor wonders if the boss is drunk, he tells Magneto the others haven't been here since the whole Apocalypse thing.
Magneto stares at him for a moment. That had been nearly a year and a half ago. How had he missed them not being here? True he spent most of his time in his office, but still...
Magneto decides to get to the bottom of this. Gathering his helmet he heads off the the Institute. Arriving a short time later, he rings the bell.( He wants answers, and you don't get answers by attacking). Remy answers the door, with Kaitlyn on his hip. " What are you doing here?" Remy asks. Magneto stares at the baby his acolyte is holding for a moment. Before stating " I'm here to ask that same question." Remy, ever sarcastic replies " I'm about to feed my daughter. Why?" Magneto sputters at the word 'daughter' before yelling " WHY ARE YOU HERE?! YOU WORK FOR ME! " Remy glares at him, as he puts out the fire caused by his outburst scaring Kaitie. " Homme, I haven't worked for you in forever now. I quit! I even sent you a letter of resignation."
Wanda, John, and Piotr wandered in with Rogue to find the source of the screaming. They spot Magneto still staring open-mouthed at the fire starting infant. He'd never seen an infant start a fire before. But it must have been her. Unless Remy had been hiding a power... No he tested them to determine their powers. So it must be the child. Remy just said she was his... Okay, so one of his men had made a child with an enemy. That didn't HAVE to be the end of the world. But what was he saying about quitting?
Logan comes in about this time, muttering about Jaimie's vacation, and yelling. He sees the shocked face of their enemy and the singed edges of his cape. Xavier follows Logan in as well, noticing the " I met Kaitie" look on his oldest friend's face Xavier invites him into his office for tea.
" That..that..baby.. just tried to kill me!" Magneto states as Xavier leads him away, causing the younger members of the group to roll their eyes... at least he hadn't screamed...yet. Charles pours him a large cup of the 'special' tea. Before they can begin drinking it however, Logan walks in and removes Charles' cup as well as the teapot. Reminding him of the 'no tea before five' policy that Logan had created. It had sounded reasonable last night when Logan had brought in his charts... but then again Xavier had been on his third pot at the time.
Rogue comes in a moment later, not bothering to knock, with Kaitlyn on her hip, to hand Xavier a copy of the letter Remy had sent Magneto. Mags stared cautiously at the homicidal infant the entire time.
"...So how many more of my men did you steal, Charles?" Magneto asked after a moment. Rogue glared, and opened her mouth at the same time as Xavier cleared his throat; and John burst through the door. They all turn to John as he says ".. Professor! Someone burnt the boathouse..and the gazebo ..and the bushes" They blink at him, and after a moment he continues."...and the pool" A quiet descends on the room before Rogue asks " How do you burn a pool?" John notices her for the first time.. her and Kaitlyn..and Magneto.
John had been mad. About what he no longer remembered. Something that Glasses freak had said. When he calmed down, he was counting on the fact that Kaitie's fires were so frequent no one questioned them, nor were they ever angry. But Kaitie was in the office. Without replying John ran back out. At this point, Magneto remembered why he should be grateful that the destructive duo quit. He stood, planning to leave, when a puff of smoke appeared bring a clearly distraught Kurt to the office.
Kurt was clutching the offending announcement. His eyes are wild at the thought of his sister marrying HIM. Xavier calmly asks if Kurt is okay. Which results in a loud ten minute rant in German. During which, Magneto slipped away, silently thankful that he's not Xavier. Remy slips into the room and stands next to his future wife, whispering to her " What's going on?" She just shrugs. She doesn't speak German.
Kaitlyn gets bored with just standing there and squealing begins to squirm This caused Kurt to finally notice them. After he finishes his now trademark scream, the room has filled with his former housemates. He notices the addition of the former Acolytes in their mists, but is distracted by Bobby's comment. " Pull it together man! No one needs to hear that scream. Half the house was glad to see you go because of it ( Rogue raises her hand behind Bobby,ready to ask,murderous look on her face) I'll get you a list Rogue. You need to stop doing this Kurt. She's just a baby! This is unbecoming of my former best friend"
The room is quiet in the wake of Bobby's outburst. Some because they fear Rogue's wrath, and some because they wonder how often Bobby intends to do that. Finally Kurt says " Former?" in a hurt tone. Bobby rolls his eyes before saying in a much calmer tone " Yes, former. My best friend isn't a neurotic freak. This new Kurt. Well. No one can take it. Sure what she can do. It's scary at first; for everybody, but her parents apparently, but I think if you actually spent some time with her, she'd grow on you. She has for everyone else."
Kurt blinks at Bobby. Then he turns to Rogue and asks if they would go for a walk with him. There was a collective sigh of relief when the siblings walked out of the room, Kaitlyn in tow. Wanda comments to John about that's why it's better her brother doesn't live here.
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"... So your actually marrying that guy? It wasn't just a joke pulled by Bobby or something?" Kurt asks as they walk towards the lake. Rogue smiles and hold out her hand as she replies. " Yeah I'm marrying him. He's nice, and a wonderful father to Kaitlyn." Whatever it was that Kurt was going to say in response to this was ruined by the bird above them turning swiftly into their mother.
" WHAT DO YOU MEAN?! YOU CAN'T MARRY THAT BACKWATER HICK! HE'S NO GOOD FOR YOU!" Mystique screams, making both of her children jump. and making Kaitlyn cry ( the baby really hates screaming). The trees behind them burst into flames, Kurt Screams at the site, Rogue rolls her eyes while putting out the fire thanks to Pryo's powers, and Mystique stares dumbfounded at the child in her daughter's arms. A child she hadn't really noticed before. She had assumed that they were just babysitting one of the residents of Xavier's madhouse. But now she wasn't so sure. Rogue had said something about That Boy being a father.
He was probably tricking her daughter into marrying him to take care of his brat, Mystique decided. Well she couldn't let that happen. Her daughter was to important to get saddled down with a step-child. She would just have to see reason. " Rogue, darling, I'm sure you think you love him and his child. But you can't really. Look at him. He's not good enough for you. He's just using your caring nature against you." She says. As she speaks Rogue gets angrier and angrier. Kurt, seeing this swallows his fear and takes his niece from his sister.
Finally, with Kaitlyn out of the line of fire, Rogue's temper breaks. " First; IF ANYTHING I 'trapped' him, not the other way around; THIS is OUR daughter. Not his; not mine OURS! Second; Kaitlyn is not a 'trap', she's a beautiful, intelligent wonderful child. THIRDLY, it's none of your business what I do. or who I do it with!" Rogue stomps off, Katie again on her hip, with Mystique staring after her, before turning to Kurt. Who confirms that both the baby is Rogue's and that she isn't welcome here. He then walks off himself.
This is no good. Somehow that little weasel managed to turn both of her children against her. Probably with Xavier's help! She WOULD win her children back, and her grandchild. The child's abilities were impressive. Now how to do it? She'd think of something, but Logan was storming this way so it was time to go, for now.
A/N: Guest review ch three. I'm sorry this was already written. That would have been funny too:) I hope you enjoy who Logan does team up with. :)
Batty QUEEN this Chapter was for you :)
