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A/N: This story is currently unbeta'd, updates will be slow

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thoughts: italics

flashbacks: bold

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Storyline

To save his Son,Gambit goes to the last people he thought would ever help him,the X-men

edit 4/28: Changed layout to make more reader-friendly

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Chapter Ten

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Scott stiffens next to Emma, and gestures towards the tunnels. Emma looks up to see Blockbuster, Archlight, and..Sinister walking into the door.
" Did I miss anyone ?" Emma whispers. Scott shakes his head and pulls out his cell phone. They had agreed not to use the communicators for this mission, anyone could possibly hear on the other end, and they were trying to keep Remy calm.
" Logan, this is Scott. " Scott states when Logan picks up. " We just spotted Sinister, no sign of the child yet. "
" Alright, I will be right there." Logan states. " If they leave before I get there, Emma follows and you remain on post."
" Understood. " Scott replies, before hanging up. He turns to Emma and states " If they leave before Logan gets here, you follow, I stay." Emma nods and they return to watching the tunnel entrance.

A few minutes later, Vertigo and Harpoon arrive. Prism and Scalphunter were still unaccounted for, as was the baby. Emma and Scott were both a little worried, what if they took off in separate directions before Logan got here? " If it comes to it, I'll follow Sinister." Emma states softly.
Scott nods " I don't like it, but it's our best chance of finding him." Luckily, Logan arrived a few minutes later, along with Storm, Kitty, Bobby, and Kurt.
" Wanda agreed to hold down the fort... and not let Gambit or Rogue know that Sinister was spotted." Bobby states as they potion themselves around the roof.

" For the best, they would come in guns blazing, if they knew he was spotted. " Scott states. " Believe me it's hard enough to just sit here myself, I can't imagine what this is like for Gambit."

" Has Gambit's memories begun to fade for her yet?" Storm questions.
" She not gettin' the flashes anymore, but still got the nightmares." Logan states.
"... Poor Gambit, I can't imagine, having to go through all of this. " Kitty states.
" Yeah I just talked to him a few hours ago." Logan states. " He's on the team."
" I still don't like what he pulled on Genosha, but I'm glad he joined. " Kurt states.
"Oh me too!" Kitty replies. " Good" adds Bobby. Storm simply smiles, Scott nods in approval.
Emma rolls her eyes briefly " Of course he said yes, he wanted to join a few years ago when the professor asked him, but he couldn't at the time. "
They all look questioning at her. "... I may not be able to read Remy, but I can Rogue. Especially since we just had are first powers meeting earlier. I was able to see everything when I was in her head earlier."
"What did you see?" Bobby questions.
Emma is saved from answering by movement outside the tunnel. Blockbuster, Archlight,Prism, and Scalphunter exited the door. Archlight and Scalphunter quickly going left ; Prism and Blockbuster going right. Storm and Bobby quietly follow to the left and Kurt and Kitty go right. Emma and Scott remain with Logan in case the other two Marauders show up, or Sinister heads out.

~o~O~o~

" Where is everybody?" Rogue questions, walking into the kitchen.
" Training excercise. To prepare as back up." Wanda states quickly,looking up from her tea.
Rogue pours herself a mug as well while stating " uh-huh, Okay, so where are they really?"
She sits across from Wanda before continuing. " It's okay, you can tell me. Extra Marauders showed up at the tunnel didn't they."
Wanda eyes her warily, trying to decide the best way of answering. Gambit was still asleep, or at least, still in his room. Wanda decides to tell her part of the truth. "... Yes, but there was no sign of the baby. "
Rolling her eyes Rogue states. " I'm not going to just show up there because the lackeys are up and about. This is to important to go in with out thinking. I'm not stupid, you know."

"... I think they are just worried about you." Wanda replies.
" They don't need to worry about me." Rogue states. " I'm not the one with a missing child. Remy's the one who they need to concentrate on. They ripped his world apart when they took that baby from him. "
Wanda scoffs. " I feel bad for him, I do. It don't change how much I hate him though, and I think you are all fools for suddenly trusting him. Just because he's behaving right now, while he needs your help, doesn't change who he is!"

" You don't know him, Wanda, seriously. He's not a bad person." Rogue replies, getting irritated.
" He USED my sister to destroy my home!" Wanda replies.
" He flirted with a girl to get information... she was the one who kissed him. He was completely floored by her reaction, and I happen to agree with him. If your father didn't keep that girl so sheltered, she wouldn't have been crushed by him telling her she was pretty and then walking away. Most girls hear it from guys all the time, that's not the same thing as being interested in a girl." Rogue states.
" You can't possibly know his intentions. He's a manipulator." Wanda replies.

" ... He's IN me Wanda! I have all of his memories, and feelings, about the entire thing. " Rogue states. " I KNOW better than you do what he was thinking!"

Wanda stares at Rogue, convinced that somehow Gambit has manipulated her, just like Lorna. Just like Lorna, however, she wasn't going to listen to Wanda. The tense moment is ended when Remy walks in.
He pauses briefly, seeing the expressions on the women's faces. "... Bon Matin( Good Morning), I'm not interrupting, I hope." Remy states.
" No not all all, we through." Rogue replies, still glaring at Wanda.
" Excuse me. " Wanda says, while standing. She leaves the kitchen as Remy sits down with his coffee.
"... Did I do something?" Remy asks a moment later.
Rogue smiles. " No, Wanda just can hold a grudge. She's still mad from before."
Remy nods, not really thinking that Wanda is wrong. She had every right to be angry after he treated her sister and home so badly.

~o~O~o~

Logan,Scott, and Emma continue to wait for signs of movement, but so far no one else has gone in, and Sinister had still remained. Storm and Bobby checked in ten minutes ago, stating that the pair they had followed were in a restaurant. Kurt and Kitty hadn't yet checked in.

" You two need to go back to the mansion, check on Gambit, and Rogue. " Logan states. " This ain't gonna be a problem."
" Are you sure? If the other two show up, with or with out the baby-" Emma starts.
" It'll be fine." Logan replies, not waiting for her to finish.
Scott pulls Emma away. Emma is getting almost as anxious about the baby's welfare as Rogue. The idea of the child being injured in any way was keeping her up at night. They still had eleven days to wait according to Charles. That amount of time is looming on them all, it is trickling down far to slowly for anyone's liking.

Just after they leave, Kurt finally checks in. The pair He and Kitty followed had returned to the warehouse, and were currently loading a van with the items inside.
" We think they are either taking the stuff back to the tunnels, or maybe to where ever it is they are keeping the baby." Kurt states, staring at the duo moving in and out.
" Good. Either way, follow them." Logan states.
" Kitty managed to sneak a tracking device into a package of diapers near the top of the stack. We are hoping that it will end up where ever the baby is, even if they lose us again." Kurt replies. " And don't worry. She made sure to put it inside the bag at the very bottom of the box, so we don't think that they would find it right away, even if they were looking for it."

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" She used one of the ones that Forge just handed out, you know the ones that are tiny, and look more like a button then anything else." Kurt continues.
Kitty takes the phone and says. " I put it in the very last package, inside the very last diaper, so they won't notice it." She then hands the phone back before waiting for a reply.
" Alright then." Logan replies. " Kitty, next time, ask before you do something like that. But I want you to do the same thing with each of them that you can find."

Kitty agrees, before silently slipping off to plant trackers onto the two Marauders. She sneaks into the warehouse, before sinking into the floor in the entryway. As the duo pass her, she carefully phases the trackers into the sole of each's left boot. She then quickly makes her way back to Kurt. Neither say anything as they continue to watch the van slowly fill.