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When Gambit got back to his hotel he cursed himself. He was doing far more than he should be. He found the place the X-men were most likely held at. He should be done. That's all he said he would do. And now he was doing surveillance. What the hell was wrong with him. At this rate he was gonna get himself caught along with Rogue. He cursed himself again and then sat down at his lap top. He got his cameras online and then started work on tapping into the warehouse cameras with out being detected. Yes he was an idiot.
Rogue sat on her bed staring in to space. He was still helping her. She couldn't understand why. He had been so ready to bail. And now he was helping her figure out when to try to get in. She looked at her gloved hand. He had kissed it again. She had felt a warming sensation in her body when he had done it. She then realized when the door shut between them that she wanted him. With her mutation she kept herself away from feelings like that. And now she suddenly wanted a man the one way she could never have him. It was so unfair. But better this way. If she started having feeling for him more than just lust it would only cause her heartbreak. And she had had enough of that in her life.
In the morning Gambit returned to Rogue's hotel room. She let him in and they got down to business. He set up the feed from his planted cameras on her computer and set her to watch them and pay attention to the comings and goings of the people there to see if there was a distinct pattern. Gambit set to work on the laptop he had brought. He was still trying to find the best way to tap into the warehouse cameras with out being detected.
After working in silence for a few hours the only noise being Gambits keyboard and Rogue's note taking Rogue asked Gambit a question. "You said you knew first hand that you knew what he was capable of. What did you mean by that?"
Gambit stopped typing. He knew he really shouldn't answer this. But he found him self telling her anyway. "Sinister kidnapped me when I was fifteen. He had me for two years as his personal pin cushion before I finally escaped. I've been hiding from him and his marauders ever since. If he gets me back he won't let me get away again.."
Rogue didn't say anything. She suddenly understood why he was so against helping her. He didn't want to end up there again. Finally she spoke. "You don't have to do anymore then you have already done. I don't want you to do anything that could make you end up in there again. I'll give you the rest of the money and you can go."
Gambit didn't move. "No I'll stay till we have the warehouse feed and we come up with a plan for you." She had given him another out and he still hadn't taken it. Now he knew there was something wrong with him.
"Have you always been a thief?" Rogue asked changing the subject.
"Yes it runs in the family." Gambit answered.
"It's in your blood?" Rogue said with a small smile.
"Not exactly. I was adopted." Gambit couldn't believe he was telling her all this.
"Me too. I was adopted by a criminal also. Have you ever heard of Mystique?"
Gambit stared at her. "Blue, works for Magneto?"
"That's her she took me in when I was 4. I have no idea who my real parents are. I was in an orphanage before that. She and her friend Irene raised me. Irene was precognitive so she knew what my powers would be. So they made up this skin condition so I would always keep covered up all the time. They didn't want me to accidentally absorb someone when my powers manifested. But there was this boy. David. I wasn't supposed to have boyfriends but I was sixteen and didn't listen. He kissed me and my powers manifested. I sent him into a coma. He's still in it. He may never come out."
Rogue took a deep breath. She never told anyone her story only a very few at the mansion even knew. But she wanted him to know. "Mystique wanted me to join Magneto but I accidentally absorbed her and saw the horrible plans she had for me. She wanted me to absorb a woman and steal her powers and kill the woman. I couldn't do that. So I ran away and ran into Logan. He took me to the X-men and took care of me."
Gambit was quiet while he listened to her story. That was a lot to deal with. He could relate with having powers you couldn't control. That was how Sinister had found him in the first place.
"When I was fifteen my powers went out of control. I was blowing up everything I touched. It was awful. One day I blew up a desk and injured my brother. I was so afraid I ran. Sinister found me and took me. He preformed brain surgery to stop my powers from going haywire. And he keep me there and preformed experiments on me. He was obsessed with my eyes. It took two years but with my thief skills I managed to escape. Once I got home I kept doing jobs for the thieves guild. Which my father is the head of. And when the MRD came to us they wanted a mutant to do the jobs to make it look bad against the mutants. So I got stuck doing things I hated having to do and betraying who I was."
Rogue chuckled a bit. "Well aren't we a pair."
Gambit smiled at her. "Yes aren't we."
Gambit felt himself lean in to her. He wanted to kiss her so badly. Rogue leaned towards him. At the last moment before their lips touched they both realized what they were doing and snapped back. They both sat in silence staring at each other.
Rogue cleared her throat. "Um we should get back to work."
Gambit looked at her for a second more and then turned back to his computer.
Rogue inwardly cursed herself. She could have hurt him. What the hell was she thinking. Well she admitted to herself she knew what she was thinking. She wanted to kiss him so badly at that moment. She had to be more careful.
Gambit watched her from the corner of his eye. He could tell she was upset with herself. He had known the risks. But he had tried to kiss her anyway. His brain had kicked in at the last moment. Now they were both troubled. Maybe they should just ignore it. It wasn't as if they would be around each other much longer.
A/N So I've changed their back stories just a bit to fit my story.