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Chapter six.

"Rogue. The chances of Sky being your child are slim." Rogue sighed.

"I've heard that line all day, Professor. I just have ta know." Charles nodded and took a deep breath.

"I promised you from the beginning I would help you. I've also promised Sky. If this test could help either of you then I am obligated to permit it. But I must ask that you don't get your hopes up, Rogue. The chances are one in a million."

He closed his eyes and then opened them again. "Hanks already taking her blood." He moved forward toward the door and it opened automatically for him. "Coming?" he asked softly and she nodded. Together they made their way down to the med bay.

Med Bay

Doctor Henry McCoy…or Hank, was huge. Very huge, and very blue. But very gentle. The white lab coat and glasses he wore seemed to add to his friendliness. His mannerisms amused Sky, to the point of where she smiled when he talked, so proper and educated. She wondered for a while if he was a genius.

"So what's the point of this test?" she asked, swinging her legs slightly on the table she was sitting on.

"It is strictly a DNA test. Through your DNA, we are hoping to find a trace of who your parents may be." He shook the test tube full of her blood and her stomach knotted. She took a few deep breaths and looked away.

"How long is it gona take?" she asked and Hank smiled at her.

"Patience is a virtue." He informed her and she smiled.

"Patience isn't my virtue." He laughed at that.

"Yes, most people find that patience is not their virtue. Still, this world would be a lot better with it."

Time ticked by and finally Hank received the results. He was silent, unmoving as he read them. His brow furrowed and he glanced at Sky. He read them again, and then again. "That can't be right" he mumbled and typed something into the computer.

"Something wrong?" she asked but he was too absorbed in what he was doing.

"My God" he finally whispered and slowly he turned to face her.

"What?" she asked, alarm rushing through her.

"Well…" he began. "I know who your parents are." Her eyes widened and hope filled her heart.

"Who" she whispered, unable to gain enough strength to raise her voice. The door behind her slid open and Charles and Rogue walked in. They both froze when they saw the look on Hank's face. Hank turned to Sky and in a surprised voice said, "Sky, meet your mother."

The room was silent. Rogue's wide emerald eyes met Sky's wide emerald eyes yet neither moved, or even breathed for that matter. "What?" Sky asked on a breath as she released it. Charles wheeled forward and took the results from Hank. Rogue and Sky held each others' stares.

"Hank is correct. According to these tests. You two are related. Amazing" he stated and then both he and Hank turned their attention to the girls. Neither moved, neither spoke.

Then tears filled Rogues eyes. "I knew it" she whispered and took a step toward Sky. Sky was off the bed in a second, backing away from Rogue. Pain spread across Rogue's features and she froze where she was.

"That's not possible" Sky whispered. A little louder she said, "My parents hated me. That's why they gave me away."

"Rogue is your mother, Sky. The test results show it."

Sky's mind was a whirl. Her heart felt like it was falling out of her chest and she took another step back. Shock…that's what this was called. She was going into shock. Then finally a sentence in her head made since and she blurted it out. "Why didn't you want me?" she whispered. Tears fell down Rogue's face and she shook her head.

"That's not true" she cried. "The Doctor…he told us you were dead….he said you hadn't survived. I blamed it on my skin, because I couldn't touch…but I knew he was wrong. I knew you had to be alive. Oh baby…" she took another step toward Sky and this time Sky didn't step back.

Her hand flew to her neck and she grasped the gold locket around her neck. "If you're my mother…what did you write in the locket?"

Rogue frowned for a moment and then her eyes widened. "You have the locket?" she asked. Sky didn't answer. Rogue thought for a moment and then said the words that Sky had memorized and quoted all her life. "Put your hand over your heart, think of me, and know, you are never alone"

Tears spilled down Sky's face as she stared into the face of her mothers. "I never wanted ta lose ya," Rogue whispered. "I thought…we...I thought you were dead."

Sky was the first to move. She walked hesitantly toward Rogue and immediately Rogue wrapped her arms around her daughter.

"Baby." Rogue sobbed and held her daughter as close to her as she could. All these years of wondering, of hoping, and now, here she was. Her baby…her Sky.

After a while the tears calmed down and Rogue wiped at her eyes. "We better tell your grandpa." Rogue said and Sky's eyes widened.

"I have a grandpa?" she asked and Rogue laughed.

"Kinda. Logan's always been a father ta me. Technically, he's your Godfather." She grinned from ear to ear, like a little girl and held her hand out. "Come on" she said. Sky took her hand, and felt as if for the first time in her life she was home.

Rec. Room

Logan's cigar fell out of his mouth and landed on the card table. His eyes went from Sky to Rogue and back again. "Son of a bitch." He mumbled. Storm was grinning from ear to ear, her hand resting on her husband's shoulders.

"Welcome to the family." She said. Logan was still not responding.

"Grandpa?" Sky asked…trying the word out.

"Well shit." Logan said and threw his cards down on the table. "I lost that bet." Rogue couldn't help but laugh. All of her hopes and dreams were true, and they were standing right in front of her. She had to tell the world! Everyone had to know that her daughter was alive…that she had been right!

A dark thought hit her then and she looked down at the ground. One word echoed in her head. Remy. She would have to tell him. Her eyes met her daughters and she threw that thought aside. He had promised he would come back and lied. If he ever returned, she'd tell him then. Until then, he could rot in hell for all she cared.

Rogue…and Sky's Room

Mother and daughter sat on the bed, both crossed legged and both so full of joy neither knew what to do with each other. They talked for hours about different things, "Favorite movie. Favorite food." Anything and everything they could talk about they did. They took turns asking questions, spending hours and hours just getting to know each other, making up for lost time.

"What's your real name?"

"Anna Marie Darkholme. What's your middle name?"

"Don't have one."

That hurt Rogue. "We'll just have to think of one then."

Finally around twelve Rogue glanced at the clock and gasped.

"We gota go ta bed." She muttered. "Logan'll have us up at six." Sky groaned and Rogue laughed.

"Ya get use ta it." She said and Sky shook her head.

"Waking up at six in the morning should be illegal." She mumbled as she moved to her own bed. The light went out but neither girl could fall asleep. Finally Sky asked the questions that had been bothering her the most.

"Mom…" she said and grinned at the word. "What was it like? Thinking I was dead." Rogue shuddered.

"Horrible." She said and didn't elaborate. Sky could guess the rest. There was another long moment of silence and then Sky asked, "Mom…" Rogue grinned this time.

"Ya, sugar?"

"Why didn't you let Hank…you know." Rogue smiled. She did know what Sky was talking about.

"He was gona be your doctor. But when I went into labor, we were closer to the hospital than Hank was. He assured us that the doctors at the hospital could do just as good a job as he could. So we trusted them. Should've known better."

Silence again. For a few moments, Rogue thought Sky had finally drifted off to sleep. And then the word came again.

"Mom?" Rogue grinned. Sky was having fun with that word. But she didn't mind. She wanted to hear it for the rest of her life.

"Ya, sugar."

"If you can't touch people…how did you have me?"

Rogue's heart tightened. She knew this question was going to come up. She had hoped it wouldn't be tonight. She took a deep breath and answered. "There was only one person I could touch."

"My father."

The word struck Rogue's heart and she shook her head, willing the tears to stay out of her eyes. "Ya." She replied. "Your father." Another long pause and then.

"What's his name?"

Rogue closed her eyes. "Remy Etienne LeBeau." She stated.

Silence.

"What's he look like?" Rogue took a deep breath. She didn't want to do this but she supposed Sky had a right to know.

"Tall. Muscular. Charming. A mess of brown hair. Red on black eyes. Deep voice."

Rogue saw Sky sit up in her bed.

"But…that was that one guy, Gambit. The one we fought in the danger room He had red on black eyes too. That was my father?" Sky supposed it should have made since earlier. Luke had said that that was Rogue's husband. And if Rogue was her mother, Gambit was her father.

Rogue took a deep breath. "Yeah. I guess you can say ya already met him. That was Remy. His code name was Gambit. He's Cajun. From Louisiana."

"Is that where he is now?"

Rogue sighed. "I don't know, ta tell ya the truth. He left after we were told you died."

"Why?" Rogue had often wondered that very question.

"I don't know why."

Another moment of silence and Rogue smiled to herself. "He has a thing for cards. Used ta play poker all the time with Logan. Those two use ta race bikes too. Scare me ta death when they raced. Logan can heal himself, but Rems…he just thought he was indestructible."

Another long pause and then a soft, "You still love him, don't ya?"

Rogue took a deep breath. Shakily she replied, "Ya. I still love him." She decided to end the questions and said, "Get some sleep."

Sky huffed and rolled over. Rogue closed her eyes and tried her hardest to get Remy out of her mind. She had Sky now. She didn't need Remy. He had left her. He had deserted her. She didn't need him. But the truth was…she wanted him.

Seven o'clock

Sky was exhausted. Every muscle hurt. She and Rogue had spent all morning sparring instead of Danger Room Sessions. Rogue was determined that her daughter knew martial arts. While sparring they had discovered something. Rogue's eyes weren't the only thing Sky had inherited. She had been focusing on Rogue's attack when Luke had startled her by tapping on her shoulder. His hand touched her bare shoulder and electricity sparked from her fingers.

Luke took a step back. "Wow." He mumbled and then the electricity was gone. The rest of the morning had been spent with Hank and Charles. Apparently, when startled, Sky tapped into a deeper power she had. Her mothers. But instead of stealing memories and life…she only 'borrowed their powers.' Poor Luke had become a test subject. Sky had managed to hold lighting in her hands for thirty minutes and then it was gone.

Now she had to rush to take a shower and meet Luke at his car by eight. Thankfully Rogue helped by lying out an outfit while Sky was in the shower. "Your not gona play dress up with me are you?" Sky asked as she slipped into the tight blue jeans and black tube top. She pulled the jacket…which stopped just under her breasts making them look enormous, on and then snatched the purse her mother had gotten her from off the dresser.

"I didn't get ta pick your outfits out when you were little. Be grateful I'm not making ya wear pink dressed with flowers on them."

Sky's eyes widened and Rogue ushered her out the door. "Go, your gona be late."

Luke was waiting for her in the car when Sky made it to the drive. She caught a glimpse of Susan as she and some of the other teens raced out of the lot. Luke had taken to calling Sky 'cuz" lately insisting that since her mom was Aunt Rogue, she must be his cousin. The entire ride to school Sky thought about Alec and what he had said.

"I can show you places…" She shook her head just as they pulled into the large school parking lot. Luke handed Sky her schedule and offered to show her to her first class. Before Sky could answer a deep voice answered for her. "I got it covered, Sparky."

Sky spun to face none other than Alec. His jeans were ripped in the knees, as always; although this time he was wearing a tight brown shirt that, upon further inspection, Sky discovered had a gray skull on the back.

Luke glared at Alec and then turned to Sky. "Do what you want, Cuz." Sky smiled and kissed Luke's cheek, making him blush.

"Thanks for the ride." She said and he got the hint.

"Fine. I'll take you home after school."

"No need." Alec answered. "I've got that covered too." Luke rolled his eyes and stormed off.

Sky glared at Alec. "You could have been nicer ya know." Alec grinned.

"My my my, have I upset the miracle child?"

Sky frowned. "What?" she asked and Alec's grin spread into an ear to ear smile.

"You're the talk of the town. Daughter of The Charmer and The Untouchable."

Sky sighed. "Yeah well…" instead of finishing she put her hands on her hips and stated, "Well are ya gona show me around or what?"

Alec grinned and started walking. "Right this way" he called.

Two hours later

"And this is our wonderfully, air conditioner-less gymnasium." Sky's eyes widened at that.

"You don't have an AC in here?" she asked and Alec grinned.

"School doesn't really care about the gym. Only thing that happens in hear is basketball games. Besides, it works for winter. You burn up in here."

Sky shook her head and continued to follow Alec. It had become obvious to her an hour ago that they were both now skipping class. The only dean they had run into had bought Alec's excuse; he was showing the new student around the school. Alec stopped in front of her and muttered, "Uh oh. Deans."

Sky felt a thrill rush through her as Alec snatched her hand and pulled her out the back door of the gymnasium. They didn't stop running until they were safely hidden under the bleachers. There was a narrow space between the actual bleachers and the concession stands and bathroom, which were all tucked under the bleachers. Both paused under the bleachers, completely hidden from view, to catch their breaths.

"And this is our wonderful stadium." Alec huffed out, grinning from ear to ear. Sky leaned against the wall and crossed her arms over her chest.

"So how much trouble are we going to get into for this?" she asked and Alec quirked an eyebrow at her.

"Worried are you?" she shook her head.

"Not at all." He moved closer to her, placing his hand above her head and leaned toward her.

"I think you are. I think you're nervous about getting caught."

"I'm not nervous about anything." She shot back. He leaned closer.

"Anything?" he asked and she nodded. He leaned so close that his lips were only an inch away from hers. "How about now?" he asked and his breath tickled her lips.

"Nope." She whispered back. "Not nervous."

His eyes lowered to her lips and her mind seemed to read his. She put a hand on his chest and leaned up toward him as if she was going to kiss him. She was almost touching his lips, so that when she spoke her lips brushed against his. "Nice try" she whispered and shoved him backward.

He caught himself and grinned. "Spoiled sport." He called and she rolled her eyes.

"I ain't easy." She stated and then frowned. She'd been around Rogue too long, she was picking up on the accent.

"Never said you were." He called back and then grinned. "But now that we've got that settled, let's ditch this place."

Sky frowned. "You mean go off campus?"

"We can only stay here for a certain time before we get caught. And I don't think it would be wise to come to your next class…two hours late. What do you say?" he asked. She grinned.

"Let's go."

The Brotherhood Mansion

Alec pulled his motorcycle up to the old mansion and killed the engine. He removed the helmet off of Sky's head and hung it on the handle bars. "Home sweet home." He called. Sky raised an eyebrow.

"Aren't you gona get in trouble?" he asked and Alec shook his head.

"Are you kiddin? Mom's at work. Come on, I want ya to meet the family."

Sky's eyes widened as she registered what he had said. Nevertheless she let him take her hand and lead her up the steps and into the house. What a wreck! There was trash in every direction. The place looked like a twister had hit it.

Something crashed upstairs and a man literally leapt down the stairs. He looked greenish to Sky and when he noticed Alec he stopped leaping down the stairs and sat much like a frog would. "Hey, uh…aren't you supposed to be in school."

Alec ignored the question and said, "Toad, Sky, Sky Toad."

"Hiya" Toad greeted. "Don't let your mom find out. She'll put your dad in the wall again." Sky blinked but Alec was already pulling her up the steps. They made it to the top and had to step out of the way for the next resident of the house. He was huge, a blob of fat all pulled into a dirty pair of overalls. He was carrying an entire cake as if it was only one slice. He nodded to Alec and Alec said, "Blob, Sky, Sky Blob."

Blob nodded to her and continued down the steps. Alec shrugged and said, "It's lunch time. You're not going to get much conversation out of him at lunch time."

Alec pulled her into what appeared to be a living room. Two men sat on a couch watching the television. The first was buff, with a tight black shirt and matching pants over expensive shoes. He looked out of place here, with every black hair on his head combed into exactly the right place.

The other man looked like an older version of Alec. He had long brown messy hair, and was wearing jeans and a black shirt with a brown vest over it. Apparently Alec had gotten his outfit ideas from his father.

"Dad, Nick, this is Sky." Both Alec's father and Nick turned to look at Sky. Alec's father nodded and turned back to the television. Nick rose to his feet.

"Nicholas Furry," He greeted and kissed Sky's hand. Alec rolled his eyes and Sky smiled.

"Sky E…Darkholme." Both Nick and Alec's father stared at her.

"As in Rogue?" Nick asked and Sky nodded.

"So it's true." Alec's father stated. He rose and nodded to Sky.

"Names Lance." He greeted. "Make yourself at home."

Alec and Sky both sat beside each other on a couch. "You know, your mom use to live here at one time in her life." Lance informed her. "Kitty and Rogue have been best friends for years. I always thought Rogue would move back in when Kitty moved in, but I guess the X-Geeks have her tied to them."

Alec changed the subject. "So where's Wanda?"

"With Warren." Lance stated.

Alec was going to ask another question when the door to the bathroom swung open and Pyro walked out. Sky's eyes went wide and Pyro stared at her. "Who's the Sheila?" he asked and Alec nodded toward her. "Sky, John, John, Sky."

"Isn't he the bad guy?" Sky asked and Lance laughed.

"He hasn't been with ol' bucket head since the team split up."

"After Gambit left, Colossus went all gooey over that wolf girl. Bucket head and Pietro took off leaving me all alone. Who knows where Sabertooth took off to?"

"Gambit?" Sky asked and Alec nodded.

"Your dad." He translated. John grinned from ear to ear.

"Oh, so you're the little Sheila everyone's been talking 'bout." He stated and plopped onto the over crowded couch with Nick and Lance. "Gambit's girl."

Sky's eyes widened. "You knew my father."

"Everyone but Alec and Nick knew your father." Lance stated. "Lean, mean, cheatin…" he didn't finish because Alec glared at him.

"Gambit's like family to me." John continued. "Heck, you could call me Uncle John if you wanted. Back when we worked for Mags, we were like brothers anyway. Till your mom showed up."

Sky leaned forward in her seat, eager for the story. She didn't get to hear it however because the front door swung open and slammed shut. Every man in the room went board stiff, and all eyes turned to Alec.

"Shit." He mumbled. "Mom's home." As if on cue Kitty phased through the wall and froze.

"You let him skip!" She cried rounding on Lance. Lance leapt to his feet, hands coming into the air.

"I didn't let him do anything!" He said. Her eyes took in Sky and she shook her head.

"I can't believe you, like, are so irresponsible!" She yelled at Lance. Lance was ready to yell back but Nick interrupted.

"Why don't you join us? John was just telling Sky about her father." Kitty paled and turned to look at Sky.

"So its' like…true?" she asked and Sky nodded. Kitty flopped into a chair and crossed her legs. "Rogue's gona kill you, but go ahead." She said and John leaned forward.

"You see, we worked for Magneto. It was me, Pietro or Quicksilver, Colossus, Sabertooth, and Gambit. Thick as blood I tell you. Till he met your mom. He couldn't stop thinking bout her. Talked my ear off about her, he did. It was 'Chere dis" and "Chere dat." Kitty laughed at the impersonation. Sky was silent.

"Anyway, Gambit started spending more and more time with the Sheila. Spent a lot of nights watchin' her…lookin after her. Then one day he kidnapped her."

"What?" Sky cried. Nick was grinning, apparently never having heard this story either.

"Gassed her and threw her on a train heading to New Orleans. You see, Gambit's dad was in trouble, so in a way he used your mom to find his dad."

"Rogue liked Gambit," Kitty interrupted. "But she was afraid to let anyone too close to her. If they got too close, she was afraid they would hurt her. Since she can't, like touch."

"So Gambit kidnaps her after she turned all of his advances down. No one really knows what happened sept that the X-men caught on and cornered them in the Bayou." Lance was speaking this time.

"Logan nearly ripped Gambit's throat out." Kitty laughed. "Rogue had to beg him not to."

"Then Gambit disappeared. He told ol' bucket head he was quittin and never came back." John shrugged and Kitty rolled her eyes.

"At least not to the Acolytes." She interrupted. "Instead, after, like, a month, he showed up at the X-mansion, wanting to be an x-man. He figured that if he could, like, get closer to Rogue he could win her over."

"They fell in love, and discovered they could touch. After they found out about you Gambit proposed and they got married."

The room fell into silence then and all eyes turned toward Kitty. She took a deep breath and continued the story. "The day you were born the doctor told everyone that he, like, couldn't save you. Rogue was told she couldn't have any more children. They thought you were, like dead. Rogue took it hard. She didn't eat, or sleep, or talk to anyone. Not even Gambit. Even though she wouldn't, like, speak to him, he showed up every day to watch over her. He spent a lot of time drinkin after that. Rogue wouldn't talk to him, and it was, like, eatin him alive."

"He stopped crying after a while. And would just sit watching Rogue through the glass. But she never looked at him, never spoke to him. In fact, she only talked to me and that's because I wouldn't stop talking if she didn't. He fell into, like a routine. He would bring her flowers, kiss her cheek and then disappeared to loose himself in alcohol. After a while…he just gave up."

A tear touched Kitty's eyes and she wiped at it. "Neither of them went to the…to your funeral. I guess they couldn't, like accept that you were dead."

Alec smirked and whispered, "Your dead" in her ear. She nudged him to shut up and listened.

"Gambit tried one last time to get a response from Rogue but she didn't speak. So he like, packed his bags, left her a note, and disappeared."

"He's in Louisiana now, last I heard." Alec said and Sky turned to him. "He's a thief…right?" everyone nodded.

"A thief?" Sky asked in disbelief.

"It's not like you think." Nick stated. "He's a member of the thieves' guild. The other guild is called the assassins guild. Anyway he's probably in Louisiana, I'd guess somewhere in the Bayou."

Sky took a deep breath and digested everything. Her eyes turned to Kitty and she whispered, "Would…would you mind if I stayed here for the night. I don't want mom to…I just need some space."

Kitty nodded. "Alec, give her your room. You can, like, sleep on the couch."

Alec groaned and Kitty grinned. "Don't worry; your father will be out here with you."

This time Lance groaned.

Okay tell me what you think. Yes Remy will find out…in fact he's in the next chapter. Oh and the adventure part is coming soon. You can't forget that bad doctor. I know the house is messy but Kitty kinda rules the roost. Her and Wanda that is. That's why all the men are afraid of her. She's queen B. That's also why she lives there. Because she had Alec and Lance wanted to stay with the Brotherhood so she just moved in and took over. She can still see the X-men and join them whenever she wants. She just lives somewhere else. Review!