Hey guys! What up? Okay I know you don't want to hear from me right now but read this real quick. The chapter starts in the present but the rest of it is a memory from the week before, the next chapter will continue from where this one started and don't be confused when Julien mentions his sister as a reason for attacking Remy, but Rogue thinks it because Remy messed with the assassins, that will also be explained in the next chapter. Okay with that said, Peace Out, Lexis =]D

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New Friends Bring Old Enemies

Remy had been planning to ask Rogue to take a walk in the park with him when she walked into her room that afternoon. The room was clean except for a few unworn clothes that were thrown on the bed. The bathroom door was locked and Remy could hear water running so he figured that Rogue was in the shower, and clothes on the bed were what she was planning to wear for the day. He observed her choice of clothing for the day. Since it was only December, it was still kind of cold out so Rogue had set out a beige Jennifer Lopez Lorex Dolman Sweater with a black pair of Chaps Straight-Leg Corduroy Pants and a pair of Flirt Katrina Booties. Remy chuckled to himself as he remembered how the day after meeting his father, Rogue had insisted on getting a job in order to pay for her own clothes.

She had said that she didn't want to be a burden, so she went to look for a job, Remy had thought that she was kidding when she left to find a job that day but he was surprised the next day when Rogue said she was heading off to work. Remy had tried in vain to get her to tell him where she was working, but she refused, she had told him that she didn't need him showing up at where he worked. Remy had pretended to give up as Rogue left for work, but as soon as she was out the door Remy quickly got up to follow her. Remy followed behind Rogue in a small row boat, he didn't her to hear him. As Rogue neared the pier, Remy slowed down and waited behind some trees, he didn't want Rogue to see him.

Once Rogue had secured her boat and started walking towards the garage, he quickly docked his own boat and quietly followed her. Rogue didn't get into a car instead she exited the Lebeau's private garage through the front. Remy kept pace with her from about ten feet behind her, he was far enough that she probably wouldn't notice he was trailing her unless she already knew, but close enough that he wouldn't lose her in the crowd. It was a Tuesday afternoon and the streets were crowded with people who were either out for their lunch break or going in for their afternoon shift. Rogue turned the corner and Remy quickly followed, at first he thought he lost when he didn't see her but then he saw her across the street, she must have turned and then crossed the street. Remy thought that was a little odd, but he didn't give it that much thought as he crossed the street after her. He had just made it across when Rogue turned into an ally. Remy quickly ducked into the ally after her but when he arrived there he didn't see Rogue, instead he was confronted by a group of assassins. Rogue was no where to be found to Remy's relief, but there was still the assassins to deal with. He hadn't done anything to piss them off lately so he didn't know what they could possibly want with him now, but then again the assassins didn't need a reason to cause trouble. There were seven or eight of them, this was a going to be a difficult fight that Remy wasn't going to enjoy.

Rogue slowed her pace when she noticed Remy was no longer following her, she thought it was funny the way he was so protective of her, she had been planning to lead him around for a bit before confronting him about following her. She had found out it back at the bayou. Rogue had been checking her make-up when she caught a glimpse of Remy in the mirror. Now she came to complete stop when Remy had not come out of the alley. She was suddenly filled with feeling of foreboding, she turned around heading back towards the alley, something wasn't right and she was about to find out what. She broke into a run when she heard the small popping sounds, anyone else would have thought it was some kids with fire crackers, but Rogue knew better. She knew it was the sound of cards exploding which meant that Remy was in trouble.

Remy threw two more cards and managed to hit one of the three assassins in front of him, the other two quickly jumped out of the way and advanced on him. Remy soon had his back against the wall as the other for came at him from the other side. There was now nowhere for him to run, so instead he prepared himself for hand to hand combat. The seven remaining assassins stopped about three feet from him and one of them stepped forward. It was a tall and skinny man with a sinewy build, he was probably only a few inches shorter that Remy and probably only a year or two older than him. He came to stand in front of Remy before addressing him.

" Well, well, well, if it ain' mist'r Remy Etienne Lebeau, we were plannin' t' go aft'r y' but y' saved us de trouble." The man smiled maliciously at Remy as he addressed him, " What's dis I hear 'bout y' n' m' sist'r?" Remy silently cursed his luck, he had completely forgotten about the assassins, though he knew that they would have come after him eventually. He smiled at the man and said,

" Ah, Julien, I was wonderin' when y' were gonna come chat wit me, sadly, now isn' de time fo' a talk, as fo' y'r sist'r, not'in's goin' on between us, it was just a one night t'ing." Remy replied. Julien face screwed up in rage as Remy finished.

" Y' t'ink dis is a game?" He screamed furiously, " Y' t'ink y' can mess wit m' sist'r feelin's like dat? B'cause y' can', t' her dis ain' game, so you bett'r quit y'r screwin' around, b'fore someone ends up dead." Remy stopped smiling as Julien's fist sailed towards his face, he quickly ducked to the side but was grabbed from behind and restrained. He couldn't move as Julien pulled out a small knife. "Dis is f'r m' sist'r." but before julien could do anything, the two guards holding Remy let out a small cry before falling to the ground unconscious.

Remy quickly sprung into action, he launched himself at Julien and managed to get the knife away from him while he was distracted. The other four assassins went after the person that had taken out the two assassins that had been holding Remy and without the knife, Remy and Julien were even. They circled each other until Julien lunged for Remy's throat. Remy quickly stepped out of the way and kicked Julien as he flew past. Julien though, didn't fall to the ground, he instead used his hands to slow his momentum and rolled into a crouch. Two more assassin went down beside Remy and he could now see his savior. It was non other than Rogue, she delivered a series of punches and kicks to the assassin in front of her, the other assassin though was behind her ready to strike. Remy called out to her but he get to see if she heard him or not because he was tackled to the ground by a smoldering Julien. He had picked up his knife was now holding it against Remy throat. He turned to Rogue who had taken out the last assassin and was facing them. She took a tentive step forward but stopped at Julien pushes the tip of the knife into Remy's throat. The cut was small, but it was deep enough for blood to start trickling down from his throat.

"Remy!" She exclaimed. Rogue didn't dare move, she didn't Julien to hurt Remy any more than he already had. Julien looked between Remy and Rogue and laughed.

" What do we have here? A couple o' love birds?" Julien asked. Rogue blanched,

" As if, we're just friends, isn't that Riaght Remy?" Rouge asked. He hesitated for a moment before answering.

" R'ght." Remy continued to look at Rogue, she was so beautiful her white locks flowed in the breeze that passed through the alley, he secretly wished that she had said yes instead of denying Julien's assumption. She had no idea about how he felt he thought. Julien looked at Rouge and then back at Remy again. He realized then that Remy really liked Rogue but she didn't seem to share the same feeling. Before either Remy or Rogue had time to think, Julien was of Remy and was launching himself at Rogue. Rogue was quick but not quick enough, she had moved out of the way of a direct collision, but Julien's arm still caught her shoulder as he passed. He spun her around as he landed behind her to disorient her. When Rogue had regained her balance Julien's arm was wrapped over both her shoulders to keep her from squirming, the other hand had the knife positioned under her throat. She didn't try to move, she knew that if she did, the knife would cut into her throat.

"Rogue!" Remy cried again, he too had not been quick enough to stop Julien. He raised bot his hand as a sign of surrender. " Okay Julien, y' win, I'll do whatev'r y' ask just let her go." Julien laughed again.

" What I want is t' see y' suffer n' de best way t' do dat is t' have y' watch me kill her." Rogue slowly removed the glove from one of her hands as Julien spoke, " I'd hate t' have t' kill such a pretty fille, but de look on y'r face will be worth it." Remy noticed Rogue's ungloved hand and said,

" Y' prob'ly won' be able t' kill her, y' see, she's pretty hard t' kill." As Remy was speaking, Rogue slapped her naked hand on Julien's cheek. He let out a surprised but pained scream as he released Rogue. She quickly stepped away as he fell, she had only touched his face for a fraction of a second, but her mind none the less was bombarded with vivid images. She clutched he head and screamed as she struggled to sort out Julien's memories in her head. Remy caught Rogue as she fell, he laid her down carefully and put her head in his lap. He knew the rest was up to her and that the best he could do was keep her comfortable.

Rogue could feel the anger and hatred Julien had towards the theives guild, especially Remy. " How dare dat low-life theif mess wit m' job, b'cause o' him I'm an embarrassment t' m' pere. " Julien was in the living room of his home. The room was large and bright, the mahogany floor was covered with a large lush red and gold tuscani carpet. The walls were a warm mustard yellow but they were decorated with the most deadly weapons Rogue had ever seen. She couldn't see how anyone could possibly use some of them. The room was nicely furnished though with plush couches and large arm chair. Julien was pacing back and forth when he finally stopped deciding what he'd do. "I'll kill him, let's go." Rogue watched as Julien and the eight assassins that they had face left the living room. More memories passed by before another one came into focus. This time the memory took place in a large study, the room was nicely lit by the sunlight that was streaming through the the huge wooden frame windows. The ebony desk glowed in the sunlight, the man behind the desk though, was anything but stunning. He was tall, bulky and muscular and the frown on his could probably make a baby cry and old women faint. The wall behind him also held more weapons, but these weapons looked like they were more for display rather than for actual fighting use. The rest of the walls though had pictures of people, people that Julien recognized as family.

" Go get y'r sist'r, we need t' discuss how we are goin' t' proceed wit de latest job, it's important dat dis one goes well, we can' afford t' have anoth'r failure." Julien, who had been standing a few fet away from his father's desk, bowed his head in shame as his father uttered those last few words. As he exited the room, he was filled with anger.

This is all that brat's fault, if it hadn't been for him I would have finished the job successfully. The memory faded once again as the stormed down the hall to find his sister. Rogue had seen enough, besides it was time to lock Julien up. She relinquished control over her body for a few second before locking up his essence in the recess of her mind. When Rogue came to, her head was in Remy's lap. She immediately felt uncomfortable, she had never before been held so closely by anyone and it kind of scared her. The fact that Remy wasn't afraid of her scared her, but at the same time she was relieved. She lay there for a few seconds staring into Remy's eyes, she had thought his eyes were beautiful the moment she saw them, she had been captivated by them, just as she was that moment. She reached and cupped the side of his face with a gloved hand, it was almost as if she was in a trance, but she couldn't stop herself from wanting to touch him.

" Ah'm glad you're okay, when Ah didn't see you come out of th' alley, Ah knew somthahng was wrong, so Ah came back ta find ya. It's a good thahng Ah did." Remy immediately felt embarrassed though he didn't show it.

" How long did you know?" He asked. He had thought that he had been doing a excellent job trailing Rogue but apparently it didn't matter what he thought because she noticed anyway.

" Sugah, Ah knew th' whole time. Did ya really thahnk Ah believed ya when ya pretended ta lose interest?" Remy smiled, she would make great thief if she ever got tired of the whole superhero thing.

" So, what are we gonna do now?" Rogue asked while looking at the unconscious bodies that surrounded them. Remy surveyed the area as well. Rogue had done a number on the assassins, she had taken out six out of eight highly trained killers with her bare hands and Remy was thoroughly impressed. Not only was she a pretty face, but she could handle herself in a fight.

" I guess we should get out o' here b'fore dey wake up."

Remy walked Rogue to work before turning back for home. On his way back something in the window of a Jewelery store caught his eyes. It was a necklace, an emerald necklace to be exact. It was slim and delicate, yet bold and beautiful with it simple, yet intricate design. The emeralds were the perfect shade of green and they immediately reminded him of Rogue. He smiled to himself as he imagined Rogue wearing it. Before he knew it he was walking into the store.