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Chapter 4: Nightmare
It took a psi-blast from Jean as well as enough tranquilizers to bring down a rhino to finally put Logan under so the team could deal with him. They male members carried his heavy form down to the Danger Room where he would be held until the blue returned to his eyes and the Wolverine subsided. After tending to Beast's wounds, the whole team sat in the War Room to compare notes and make sure everyone was on the same page.
"This just proves that the Thief can't be trusted. Why else would Creed risk an entire house filled with X-Men just to nab him?" Warren grumbled from his chair. His total lack of compassion towards Gambit finally broke Beast's last nerve. With a giant leap he was at Warren's side and in a flash he had him by his shirt collar slammed into the wall.
"Warren, right now I am using every SINGLE ounce of my self control not to punch your nose into your brain. You were not in the MedLab throughout this whole ordeal and you cannot possibly even BEGIN to imagine the things Remy was going through. The look of pure fear in the young man's face as well as his screams when Creed grabbed him will haunt my nightmares for months to come. So do NOT think, even for one second, that Remy asked for it. "Hank growled with his nose inches from Warren's.
He released Angel who slid down the wall with wide eyes at the anger in everyone's eyes as they looked at him. Even Bobby looked embarrassed for him!
"Ange, you 'aint got any idea 'bout what Remy's about. He's a good person an ah am speakin from mah own experience with 'im. Ah been treatin like crud since he got back an he nevah complained." Rouge cried angrily
"He don't even deserve it." She added sadly as she looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"FINE, I guess I'm the only one who truly knows what that man is capable of. Don't count on me to help you look for that piece of Bayou Trash, I hope Creed messes him up for good!" he screamed as he ran from the room.
"Don't worry about him, he just has to cool down for a few hours and then I'll talk to that big ass."Betsy sighed as everyone looked over at her in embarrassment.
"I think I broke 'im." Creed laughed as he dropped Remy's limp body at the shadow's feet. His clothes were hanging on by shreds and he bled freely from various scratches as well as from between his legs. His eyes had a faraway look in them and the shadowed figure knew this was just a coping mechanism of his. He would retreat into the farthest corners of his mind where he felt "safe" and wouldn't come out for days.
PERFECT.
After a quick glare at Sabertooth, the shadow picked up the Cajun's battered body and laid him on a lab table. He was quickly stripped of his torn clothes and fitted with an oxygen mask, heart monitor patches and brainwave patches were stuck on his temples. The shadow also slipped a machine that resembled Cyclops visor over Remy's eyes and picked him up again.
"Computer, bring up Mind Alteration Tank." The shadow called out. The floor in front of him opened up and a long tube came partway up. Remy was placed into the tube and it was sealed at the top as it finished rising up from the hole on the floor. The shadow typed in some commands into the side panel of the tube and watched with an evil glint in its red eyes as the tube filled with some kind of greenish liquid.
"Computer, set restraints to level 4 and lock in subject." He called again as silver wires came out from the bottom of the tube to wrap around Remy's ankles, waist, wrists, and neck. He continued to float in the liquid completely unaware about what was happening to him.
"Begin Mind Reprogramming Cycle One." The shadow said again to the computer and watched with interest as the visor on Remy's face lit up. Gambit began to thrash and pull against the restraints that held him as the machine began to forcefully scan his mind. His weak shield offered no protection as it wormed it's way forcefully deeper and deeper into his subconscious.
The shadow looked at the monitors that recorded his heart rate as well as his brain patterns with interest. As soon as the machine began his work, both had shot up to dangerous levels.
"Fight all you want LeBeau, I'll break you one way or another." The shadow laughed as Remy continued to thrash in his restraints.
Both Jean and the Professor frowned as they were hit by Remy's empathy again.
"R-Remy." Jean gasped as she rubbed her temples.
The Professor opened his eyes and looked around at the assembled team.
"He is in agony again but a different kind. Even though he is broadcasting, something is keeping his exact location from me. I can only get a vague idea of where our Gambit is and would like to have Cyclops, Jean, and Beast to go and check it out. I'll program the Blackbird's computer with the coordinates." He said after a moment.
"Ororo, I need you here to help keep watch over Logan, Bobby you can help her. Betsy I need you to talk some sense into Warren. I feel an ominous presence around Remy and think that it will take the entire team to rescue our resident thief. Rouge, come with me I'm going to use Cerebro to try and pinpoint his location better." He added as he wheeled to the door. With that, the team broke up and headed to their designated assignments.
"Hold on for just a bit more Brother. The X-Men are on their way to rescue you and bring you home." Ororo whispered to herself as she looked out the window as the Blackbird roared away. The once bright and sunny day slowly turned gray and a light drizzle began to fall as the Weather Witch let her tears fall as well.
The Blackbird touched down in the first clearing they could find in the vast forest of trees in the Canadian wilderness. The professor was able to narrow down Remy's location down to a few hundred miles but it was still a very large area for the small team to cover.
"It's times like this when I wish Logan was here. He could pick up Remy's scent from miles away." Cyclops mentioned with a dry chuckle.
"Especially recently." Jean chimed in as she tried to mentally scan for Remy.
"What do you mean Jean?" Hank asked as they moved around the clearing, trying to find any clues to Gambit's whereabouts.
"Well, hasn't anyone else noticed how close they've become since he returned? You'd think he'd latch back onto Rouge but it seems Logan's his shadow now. They go out almost every night to Harry's as well as book the Danger Room at the same time for sparring. They've even taken to sitting out on the grounds to smoke and talk." She said as she opened her eyes to look at them.
"Now that you mentioned it, I have seen them on more than one occasion go out on their Harley's for rides. They're always together." Scott replied with a hand scratching the back of his head.
"You don't think they're……. you know. Do you?" he asked them with a blush.
"What, together? Would it matter if they were or not? I think they are right for each other actually. Remy and Logan just seem to fit together somehow." Jean said with a smile.
'X-Men, I lost Remy. I almost managed to get a lock on his mind when he suddenly disappeared. I can't find his mind anywhere. You'll have to return to the mansion until we can figure out what to do from here.' the Professor called to them mentally.
'OK, we are on our way now, Sir.' Scott mentally replied and the team climbed back into the Blackbird and took off.
Alrighty, that's as far as I got. Please review and if ya got any ideas on how I can continue I'll take 'em with a smile. I have an idea on how I want the story to progress but am kinda coming up short on the finer details and on how to keep the story moving. SMOOCHES!