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Chapter 12
Lena and Gambit walked through the rambunctious crowd that plagued New York. Holding hands Lena dragged Remy down three streets before they reached a large, open park. Lena stopped and turned to face him
"Where did your friend say he'd be exactly?" Gambit shook his head
"Just what I told you chere. He said to meet him at the Central park"
Lena groaned as she concentrated. She slipped her mental walls down and searched each person's minds until she found anyone suggested the thought of Gambit. Lena stood there, thoughts passing her quickly.
Remy watched again as Lena went into her own little world. Every time he had witnessed her doing this he became nervous. Remy grew worried as her body began to shake. Suddenly she fell back, with his quick reflexes Remy caught her before she hit the ground.
Opening her eyes Lena looked up at him "Your friend is over there. Beside that big statue"
Remy helped her up and held her face with his right hand. "Are you okay Lena?" she nodded and gave him a quick peck on the lips
"Let's go"
Gamma was around thirty years old. He was average height but built like a body builder. His light hair stood in contrast with his tanned skin and dark brown eyes. He stood, leaning against the tall, marble statue looking suspicious in his long, black trench coat and gloved hands. He smiled as they came into his view
"Remy LeBeau! You dog how have you been?" he asked while they did the normal man hug.
Lena stood back and watched as they interacted with one another. Remy and this man were obvious close once because they mirror the same bright smile. Both men chatted excitedly in French, every once in awhile they would look over at Lena, smile and return to their conversation. Soon the men walked over to Lena.
"You are Lena eh?" Lena watched as the man looked over her with a judging eye. He stopped , smiled and scoped her up in a hug
"Any friend of Remy's is a friend of mine." he let her down but held onto her hand
"My name is Jacques Dupree. You may call me Gamma" he kissed her hand. Lena smiled up at the man
"I'm Lena. You can call me Espiri." Lena looked over at Gambit who watched the scene with a smile on his face.
"Chere. Gamma here is going to take us to one of those meetings." Lena looked over at the man
"Thank you for helping us. Where is this meeting?" Gamma grinned at her then led the way out of the park
"The meeting is underground. We need to go down into the sewers. It will be starting soon."
The trio climbed through the dark, damp, grotesque sewer system of New York. The walls were dripping with dirty water and the ground was wet and mouldy. It was hard to see until they came into a large area where more than fifty mutants stood. One was standing on a couple crates that were stacked together. The was an exact replica of Selena. She had long blonde hair and bright green eyes.
"That's Time Warp" Lena said stepping to the front
"How did you know that Espiri?" Gamma asked following her into the mass of mutants
"I've seen her before."
They stood there listening to Time Warp rant about the humans and the mistreatment they were receiving.
"Those horrible humans are getting worse! Soon we will have to brand ourselves with marks showing we are mutants. We are superior! We are to be feared! Too long have we hidden down in these dark sewers being walked all over, being pushed from society. We fight back beginning today. We will go down to the protest at city hall and we will show them what fear really is! Who's with me?!"
The crowd yell in agreement. The woman stepped down from her makeshift podium and went into the crowd. Lena had lost Gamma and Gambit. She was following Time Warp, never letting her out of her sight. The crowd dissipated and twenty remained. Time warp turned to her as two men grabbed her arms. Lena struggled but watched Time warp step towards her
"Why are you following me?" she asked suspiciously
"Are you a cop? Or even worse a human?" Lena broke free from the two goons by using her powers. Then looked over at Time Warp
"Does it look like I'm human?" The woman smiled wickedly
"Very well what do you want?" Lena stepped towards her, close enough so when she talked no one else would hear her
"We need to talk. Alone" Time Warp looked at her. She studied Lena. Stepping back Time Warp snapped her fingers. Four goons stepped in front holding Gambit and Gamma.
"Let them go Mary." Time Warp looked at her with surprise
"How do you know my name?" Lena scowled at her
"Let them go and I tell you anything you want" Time Warp snapped her fingers again. The goons dropped Gambit and Gamma to the ground.
"Darling I would hurry up if I were you. She looks mad" Gamma said standing up. Lena looked over to Gambit who was dusting the dirt from his jacket
"Are you okay?" she asked concerned. He nodded and smiled
"Never better Chere" Lena turned back to Time Warp
"Anywhere we can go to talk alone?" the woman nodded
"My place, up there" she pointed to the leaky ceiling
They walked along the streets of New York once again this time they were accompanied by Time Warp and one of her goons that went by the name of Pax. Pax was a small man but when he powered up he grew twice the size of Peter could. Time Warp led them into an expensive apartment building.
When they entered her apartment the were greeted by a lavish palace, made for her. She sat down on one of three couches and sat back staring Lena down.
"We're alone. Now talk" she ordered. Lena mirrored her position and smiled at the woman.
"I need you to send me back to the time I came from." The woman laughed
"Who did you piss off to get your ass thrown back here?" Lena sat up then leaned forward
"You" Time Warp glared and leaned closer to her
"Doesn't explain why I sent your sorry ass back here and who says I'll help you"
"I say so. Look something happened in the future. Your granddaughter gets mixed up with the wrong crowd and she dies. I can prevent that. I can tell you what day not to let her out of the house." The blonde woman still glared at Lena suspiciously
"Again what did you do?" Lena sighed and looked at her in the eye
"You think I killed her. I pushed her out of the way form being shot and she got run over by a car" Time Warp laughed cruelly
"You think I'm going to help you after finding that out." Lena closed her eyes
"Because you want to know what happens in the future. I'm from the future. Case closed"
"Pax get them out of here." The small man powered up causing Gamma and Gambit to jump up. Lena merely slowly stood up and glared at Time Warp
"You'll help me. You can believe that"
Silently she walked out of the building with Gamma and Gambit behind her. Gamma left as Gambit chased after Lena. He caught up with her and grabbed her arm bringing her to stop
"Lena what was all of that?" he asked a little out of breath
"We need to go to that protest tonight. I'm getting home one way or another." Gambit looked hurt and let her arm go. He walked back to the hotel with her. As her anger disappeared Lena looked over to see how depressed Gambit looked. When they got back to their room she watched as he just laid on the bed. Climbing next to him she put a hand on his arm
"Remy?" She heard him grunt in recognition
"What's wrong?" Gambit sat up and turned to her with angry and hurt eyes
"What's wrong? Chere I don't know what last night meant to you but it meant a lot to me." He walked around the room. Lena watched him
"Remy last night meant a lot to me too." he stopped and looked at her
"If it did then why are you so eager to leave Remy?" Lena looked at him sadly. She walked over to him and stroked his cheek with her thumb
"Remy I don't want to leave you but I need to back to my time. They need me, mostly because I did something that hopefully changed the future. If it changed it the drastically they'll need me there to help. Remy…." Lena hesitated but looked into his eyes to see the same look Jon had given her years before.
"I love you" she waited for his reaction. Gambit pulled his head from her grasp and stormed towards the door. He flung it open then left without saying a word ot her or even back at her.
Lena closed the door then slid down the back of it. She hugged her legs to her chest and rested her head on her knees. The tears flowed from her eyes in large, salty streams down her cheeks. She cried for everything that has ever happened, for everything that she had never cried for before. She let all of her emotions out and finally let herself feel freely without worrying about being hurt for her heart had just broken for the last time.