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Chapter Eleven
"Rescue Missions"
Thanks to the speed of the jet, the teens arrived in Vegas at nearly the same time as the orbs, the teachers were not far behind them, but had not yet arrived. Raven, Erik, Jean-Luc, Henri, the Assassins, Victor and 'Dr.E.' (as he would now only respond to) walked calmly up the Vegas strip as they searched for 'Debbie'.
Emil had remained behind at the warehouse with the rest of the Thieves, so that he could trace this 'Debbie', and then he relayed the location to Henri, who in turn gave the information to Erik. Henri and Jean-Luc were not currently speaking because Henri still blamed Jean-Luc for Remy's 'death' and Jean-Luc was still insulted.
They walked right past the Xavier's kids without really noticing them on their way up to Debbie's apartment. Nathaniel ( or Dr. E) hesitated for a few moments before he knocked on her door. Suddenly, the middle aged, blond woman yanked open the door as she glared at Nathaniel.
"What in the world are you doing here?" She demanded.
"Debbie… I know you must still be heartbroken, as I am, from our break up. But that is no reason to kidnap my son and his family."
"We've been over this! One, my name is Amanda, not Debbie! Two, we never dated, I worked for you! For two weeks. Fifteen years ago. And… Wait, what?! Why would I kidnap your son? "
"Revenge. We all know you did it Debbie, there's no point in denying it. Now if you would just let us in so that we could collect our children-"
"They. Aren't. Here."
"Then where did you hide them?" Raven demanded from behind Nathaniel, tired of the argument.
"Nowhere! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm late for work." Debbie/Amanda replied as she stepped out of the door and locked it behind her.
"Debbie…Debbie,DebbieDebbie, Debbie… I know you must still be very hurt over our break up, but you can't just take someone's children…I know, I've done it, but it only ends badly for everyone." Nathaniel said, as Victor and Erik nodded behind him, having also learned this in group.
She rolled her eyes and walked past them, as the insane parents turned as one to follow . "I do not have time for your insanity! I swear I've never even met your son! Seriously, can you get any creepier, plus you're violating the restraining order."
"Ha! Now I know you're lying! I saw a picture of you with my son on your Facebook wall a couple of years ago!" Nathaniel stated.
"Fine, who's your son again?" Debbie/Amanda said with a sigh.
"Remy LeBeau, though it should be Essex, also referred to as Gambit."
"Oh yes, I have met him, he used to come in and play the tables all the time, I haven't seen him in a couple of years though, do you know where he went?"
"He got married, had a couple of kids, then was kidnapped… by you!"
"I. did. Not!"
"Sure you didn't, also why was he playing the tables? He wasn't old enough to be playing here, don't you people check IDs, and GIVE ME BACK MY SON AND HIS FAMILY!"
Debbie/Amanda shook her head as she walked away, sure there was no reasoning with this man, after all, he had been bothering her for years.
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Meanwhile, the kids were now sat on the stairs of the wedding chapel, apparently you can not elope if you are under eighteen without a parent or guardian's permission. So they were attempting to decide what to do next, there wasn't a lot of things they could do on the 'Vegas' list Julian and Angelo had brought with them.
Laura and Julian's wedding was out; although now that she thought about it, she would prefer if her father was here for it anyway. Gambling apparently wasn't allowed either. Also, much to the amazement of both Julian and Jamie, Disney World was not in Vegas. So now they were bored, and trying to think of something cool to do before going home.
They figured (correctly) that by now the adult knew they were gone, and were most likely following them while planning some sort of horrible punishment. Therefore, they needed to make this whole thing 'worth it'.
As they sat there pouting (no one had told them yet that guys don't pout), they see the teachers' parents following some angry looking woman down the street, while she screamed at them to leave her alone. Bored, and curious, they shrugged as one, and stood to follow the adults in question, to see what they were up to.
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" When we find them, I'm killin that boy." Logan growled as he piloted the Velocity.
"Non, you ain't. It's against the rules." Remy replied, from the co-pilot's seat.
"I'll change the rule when we get home!" Logan said, gripping the controls, causing them to swerve.
"HEY! If y'all can't fly straight, let someone else do it. You got pregnant people back here!" Rogue screamed, holding her stomach.
"Why did we bring everyone again?" Wade asked.
"To keep Logan from killing Julian." Wanda responded, as she checked on William, who was asleep next to her.
"Oh, yes now I remember." Wade nodded, as he pulled out a sword to sharpen.
"Wade! We don't have enough room in here for that." Emma complained.
Wade rolled his eyes, but put the sword away, as John made a noise that sounded suspiciously like a whip. Wanda then glared at her husband until he apologized.
Meanwhile, Kaitlyn was starting to get bored. She didn't really like travel, and her parents hadn't yet given her her morning snack (though it was in the diaper bag.), she began to whimper and everyone froze. A crying, fire-starting toddler on a helicopter flying at top speed over an uninhabited part of the desert somehow seemed like a bad idea.
Rolling her eyes at everyone's pale-faced expressions, Rogue pulled out her daughter's juice and crackers. "Seriously, y'all should be used to her by now." Rogue growls.
"Why, what's wrong?" Remy asked from up front.
"Kaitie's cranky and they all are freaked out." Rogue replied.
"Pansies" Logan grumbled. "Hold on we're over Vegas now."
Everyone sighed with relief as they smoothly landed, Logan jumping out of the door before the blades had come to a stop. He realized this may have been a rash move when half of his hair fell to the ground, leaving him lopsided and foolish looking. This was made obvious by the laughter of Remy, John and Wade. With a growl, Logan walked off in the direction of the Blackbird, to check for the wayward teens.
They weren't in the plane (obviously) so Logan led the search for the children, with the others trailing behind him slowly. The babies had fallen asleep and Kaitie was staring at all of the lights with interest. Remy carried the squirming toddler, and was doing his best to distract the child. He certainly didn't want her to begin gambling this young… maybe in five-six years, but not yet.
