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Chapter 10 :Card tossin Freak
The effort to talk to and calm down Kurt had well and truly failed, the entire mansion was hauntingly quiet as a result.
Night had crept up and the sun had taken a dive, along with the morale of the place.
Kurt had long since stopped responding to anyone's attempts to get him to talk, in fact he'd rolled over and turned his back on them. Kitty Pryde couldn't even get through to him.
Scott had tried to take all blame but the Professor couldn't help but feel the scratchings of guilt in his own head.
Rogue hadn't talked to Kurt; there was nothing to say and nothing that could make up a quick fix. So she made herself useful, sitting dutifully at the side of one only known to them as -Gambit.
Kurt had absently mentioned the name Gambit before going into his vow of silence.
'Gambit', Rogue mused as she vaguely recalled Kurt's final out burst. He'd told them that their apologies weren't good enough in which a smooth talking Bobby had swaggered in and blamed, Rogue thought hard at the exact words with a sad smile, 'the Card-tossin-freak'.
The word 'freak' had reacted badly with Kurt, needless to say really. He'd actually shouted at them, "The name is Gambit, I believe, and you'd better go easy on him". There was almost a silent, ' I wasted a lot of time saving that dude and I'm not going to let you guys kill him' though Rogue was sure Kurt wouldn't have used the word 'wasted'.
So now she sat almost 'guarding' a guy that had tried to kill her, life made so much sense right now.
She ran a gloved finger in a swirl pattern in his palm, nearly leaping six foot when his fingers twitched. His eyes were squeezed shut, his short spiked hair- damp, and his hand clamped onto hers. It took a few seconds for Rogue to react but as he opened his eyes, she fled the room.
Gambit tried to struggle into a sitting position but his balance was off, a leg in a cast, an arm in a cast as well. His ribs ached but he was grateful that there was no light, his contacts were gone and his shades weren't around. He used his good arm to feel around only to realise his trench coat was gone, replaced with a night-shirt, not the usual hospital gown. Panic set it-he didn't know where he was!
He did what any person would do- he lost his cool. His bad arm's hand charged up as well as the other hand, there was nothing in them to kinetically charge so their red glow powered-up furiously, his good hand fumbled towards his leg cast.
He had to break lose; this had to be a lab!
The restricting cast wouldn't let his hand get near anything but continued to charge up nothing, reguardless. His eyes started to minnorly glow as he slowly made to charge his leg cast to break free- fear blocking out common sense that he was about to blow his own leg off to escape.
"Stop!" a female voice pierced the room almost shrieking but he ignored it, she could be part of a test- mind games! He couldn't stand it… he would die free before he'd die in a lab.
The girl leapt towards him, ripping a glove off her hand and touching his face.
He was lost, drowning into sleep, something pulling all of his energy from him.
Another hazy figure appeared, "A large blue ape?" he muttered out loud, "with a collar?"
Dr Hank rushed into the room a few seconds after Rogue. She'd burst into his room, woken him up, nearly screaming, "He twitched!"
He'd feared that he'd been too late but Rogue had bought him some time to get the mutant power inhibitor by draining some of the boy's powers. He hated doing this but it had to be done, surprised at the relief he'd felt as he carefully snapped the bulky collar around his patient's neck. He decided to ignore the 'blue ape' thing.
Author: he woke up. Gambit chapter mainly. Sorry I've not updated- been feelin a little iffy (err - unwell). Plz review. No flames. Thankyou to all those who have reviewed so far.
Chapter 10 :Card tossin Freak
The effort to talk to and calm down Kurt had well and truly failed, the entire mansion was hauntingly quiet as a result.
Night had crept up and the sun had taken a dive, along with the morale of the place.
Kurt had long since stopped responding to anyone's attempts to get him to talk, in fact he'd rolled over and turned his back on them. Kitty Pryde couldn't even get through to him.
Scott had tried to take all blame but the Professor couldn't help but feel the scratchings of guilt in his own head.
Rogue hadn't talked to Kurt; there was nothing to say and nothing that could make up a quick fix. So she made herself useful, sitting dutifully at the side of one only known to them as -Gambit.
Kurt had absently mentioned the name Gambit before going into his vow of silence.
'Gambit', Rogue mused as she vaguely recalled Kurt's final out burst. He'd told them that their apologies weren't good enough in which a smooth talking Bobby had swaggered in and blamed, Rogue thought hard at the exact words with a sad smile, 'the Card-tossin-freak'.
The word 'freak' had reacted badly with Kurt, needless to say really. He'd actually shouted at them, "The name is Gambit, I believe, and you'd better go easy on him". There was almost a silent, ' I wasted a lot of time saving that dude and I'm not going to let you guys kill him' though Rogue was sure Kurt wouldn't have used the word 'wasted'.
So now she sat almost 'guarding' a guy that had tried to kill her, life made so much sense right now.
She ran a gloved finger in a swirl pattern in his palm, nearly leaping six foot when his fingers twitched. His eyes were squeezed shut, his short spiked hair- damp, and his hand clamped onto hers. It took a few seconds for Rogue to react but as he opened his eyes, she fled the room.
Gambit tried to struggle into a sitting position but his balance was off, a leg in a cast, an arm in a cast as well. His ribs ached but he was grateful that there was no light, his contacts were gone and his shades weren't around. He used his good arm to feel around only to realise his trench coat was gone, replaced with a night-shirt, not the usual hospital gown. Panic set it-he didn't know where he was!
He did what any person would do- he lost his cool. His bad arm's hand charged up as well as the other hand, there was nothing in them to kinetically charge so their red glow powered-up furiously, his good hand fumbled towards his leg cast.
He had to break lose; this had to be a lab!
The restricting cast wouldn't let his hand get near anything but continued to charge up nothing, reguardless. His eyes started to minnorly glow as he slowly made to charge his leg cast to break free- fear blocking out common sense that he was about to blow his own leg off to escape.
"Stop!" a female voice pierced the room almost shrieking but he ignored it, she could be part of a test- mind games! He couldn't stand it… he would die free before he'd die in a lab.
The girl leapt towards him, ripping a glove off her hand and touching his face.
He was lost, drowning into sleep, something pulling all of his energy from him.
Another hazy figure appeared, "A large blue ape?" he muttered out loud, "with a collar?"
Dr Hank rushed into the room a few seconds after Rogue. She'd burst into his room, woken him up, nearly screaming, "He twitched!"
He'd feared that he'd been too late but Rogue had bought him some time to get the mutant power inhibitor by draining some of the boy's powers. He hated doing this but it had to be done, surprised at the relief he'd felt as he carefully snapped the bulky collar around his patient's neck. He decided to ignore the 'blue ape' thing.
Author: he woke up. Gambit chapter mainly. Sorry I've not updated- been feelin a little iffy (err - unwell). Plz review. No flames. Thankyou to all those who have reviewed so far.