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Author's Note: Okay, I think I'm not meant to write action stories/sequences. They're just not my thing. This story is definitely getting on my nerves, but hoorah, there's only one more chapter to go. Then, it's back to the sequel, which is so different from this story. Anyway, my other stories will be updated as soon as… well, they're written. I don't so much want to update Shouldn't Be So Hard since, gosh… it's such a depressing story. Aiya! And Breaking the Habit is fun… but aiya, it's getting tough to write. Anywho, I don't know why I'm blabbing about those other ones. Back to this one. I really tried with this chapter, combining two former chapters into one. Though, I have to say that I was incredibly tempted to just used the old chapters, but I didn't. But besides all that, I watched Scarface yesterday… and I think I'm in love with Al Pacino, the young one anyway. Read, review and enjoy!
Servgrlx, Star-of-Chaos, T.: Thanks for reviewing y'all! Much appreciated and loved always!
Ludi: Oh Ludi, my dear, gosh, you don't have to stick with this story til the end. It's a rather horrific story, in my honest opinion. I don't even think I've kept the characters to their true selves. Not to mention, I have no clue how Sinister's personality really is. And the sequel… gosh, you might hate that one all together considering it's one big soap opera. Completely different from this one. Geez.. I don't want you to read all that and there goes my reputation in your eyes…LoL. Yes, I'm being a little melodramatic here, but I always am as you can tell by my stories. And the break-up… thinking about it makes me depressed. I already sign the petition, I was number 100! Got my brothers to sign it too, though they could really care less. Anywho, one more chapter to go, dearie. Don't hesitate with any criticism you have! It'll always be appreciated. Slickboy444: Yes, I haven't forgotten about The Wedding. It will be finish for you! I can assure you that much, just can't give you a time regarding it's end. Alyxandria: Glad you enjoyed the last chapter, I had a tougher time with it. I think I'm beginning to despise this story. Like the first time wasn't bad enough. Anywho, hope you stick with it til the end, but if you don't, it's completely understandable! Kitsu LeBeau: I hate cliffhangers too, so I updated just for you and for the fact that I want this story to end. Cheers! Ishandahalf: I know, let's get rid of stupid perm Gambit! Though… Ultimate X-Men will be the only place I find solace while Gambit and Rogue are messed up once again in the other comics… say it isn't so, ISH! I can't handle that kind of drama! And I agree with Sinister's rhyming name. I never thought about it until you pointed it out, but it is rather ridiculous. And one more chapter to go…. Blah. Demiducky25: LoL… I'm sure you know what happens to our hero considering the sequel is posted. Anywho, enjoy and Marvel are full of idiots who have nothing to do but break up our favorite couple of all time! Gosh… I'm sad just thinking about it. Grr.. off to read X-treme X-Men 40 to get some peace of mind now.
A Different Way To A Perfect EndingCareless deals.
Blind purposes.
Unimaginable deaths.
It all caught up with him.
-xoxo-
The faint giggling of a child, the blistering bright lights, the dying of the hysterical screaming, and yet, the room felt as cold as the freezing white merely three years ago. Having a difficult time opening his eyes, he could feel the numbness in his arms and legs. When his eyes finally flashed open, it took a few seconds for him to adjust to the bright light that encompassed the room.
"Wake-up now?" The familiar high-pitched voice questioned him from below.
He looked down and standing before him was a boy – his boy - Jeremy. A breath of relief was released as he attempted to take the boy in his arms. However, considering the fact that his arms were tied together behind the chair he was sitting on, it was an impossible task to do. He attempted to stand up instead, but once again, he found his legs were bounded to the legs of the chair.
"No mo' sleepy?" The little boy drawled and looked up at him with curious green on black eyes.
"No more, petite." He answered this time while he struggled with his binds.
"Good. Momma not okay." The boy said and pointed to the left. Remy's eyes followed the boy's direction and saw that Rogue was dangling from the wall, chained to it. Her eyes were closed and she looked unconscious.
"Rogue! Rogue!" He cried, but he received no answer from her.
"Shh… uh-oh. Mister come back now." Jeremy said. He, then, turned around and walked back to the front of the room where a crib was located next to a throne. The little boy stealthily crawled back into it, and sat still.
Suddenly, Remy could feel a door behind him open and the hair of his back stood up naturally. The ominous figure hovered behind him for a few seconds before he glided towards his throne. Taking his time to seat himself in the grand chair, Sinister's demon eyes were completely focused on his former employee.
"What did y' do t'her?" Remy growled his question as his own crimson eyes burned angrily.
"My my… you do seem to care quite a bit for those who leave you behind to die." Sinister commented instead of answering Remy's question.
"Answer de question." Remy demanded.
Once again, instead of answering him, Sinister turned to Jeremy who was sitting still in the crib next to him. "So, how is my favorite project doing?" He asked slowly, in order to torture Remy even more.
"He is NOT your project!" Remy exclaimed.
Ignoring him, Sinister continued to press Jeremy to answer. "Well, my child, are you going to tell Mr. Sinister how you are doing."
"HE IS NOT YOUR CHILD!" Remy screamed loudly as he struggled harder to get out of his binds.
"There isn't any point to struggle, Gambit. You won't be able to escape. Plus, you have the best seat in the house. Don't you want to enjoy the show?" Sinister questioned in a sickening sweet cold voice.
"What do y' have plan dis time, y' bastard?" Remy snarled.
"Watch your language, Gambit. You wouldn't want this child to start cursing like a raging idiot by the time he's three, do you?" Sinister reprimanded slightly.
He was rather tempted to respond with a string of curses when he looked over at the crib and realized that although a lunatic, Sinister did have a point. So, he simply kept his silence instead while glaring at the man intensely.
"Now that you have calmed down, I bet you're wondering just where does everyone else fit in this great show I'm presenting. Rogue is… let's just say under a neutralizer and apparently unconscious. Next we have, Mr. and Mrs. Summers off to your left." Sinister said, and as soon as he said that, a light turned on and chained together right up against the wall were Cyclops and Phoenix. The odd thing about it was that Remy noticed Cyclops did not have his visor on, which meant as soon as he opened his eyes, he would shoot full blast straight into his wife's face.
"Cyclops? Jean?" Remy queried loudly.
"Remy? Oh god… you're okay." Jean said with a sigh as she tried to adjust her eyes to the light.
Rather than answering her vocally, he attempted to send a telepathic message. However, she wasn't responding and Sinister provided the explanation as if right on cue. "Her powers are neutralized as well, Gambit. You know I'm not a fool. However, your leader over there does not have his power neutralized. It's more interesting this way, don't you agree?" Sinister asked sadistically.
"Where are de ot'ers?" Remy answered with a question of his own.
"See for yourself." Sinister responded, and right on cue, the series of lights turned on and dangling fifty feet around him were the rest of the X-Men. All were chained, except for ShadowCat and Kurt who were contained in a gigantic plastic box that was undoubtedly acting as a power neutralizer. All of them were awake and alert, but completely helpless.
"Y' ain't gonna win." Remy stated bitterly as he made eye contact with the madman.
"Oh… but it looks like I'm the one holding all the cards right now, Gambit. And within a few minutes, you'll know what I mean. Wouldn't he, Jeremy?" Sinister directed his question to the bewildered little boy.
"Jeremy?" Rogue said groggily.
"Rogue? Rogue?! Y' hear me, chere?" Remy asked loudly.
"Remy?" She said as she adjusted her eyes to the light with great effort.
"Momma!" Jeremy cried happily once he witnessed Rogue's wakening.
"Jeremy? Baby?" She responded frantically as she forced her eyes to look in her son's direction. As soon as she made contact with those pair of green eyes so like her own, she pulled on her chains as she tried to get to her boy.
"Jeremy! Momma's coming, baby!" She cried as she tried to use her incredible strength to pull herself from the wall, but to no avail.
"What are ya doin' t' him, ya monster??" She asked as she continued to twist and turn.
"It's useless, Rogue. Your powers are neutralized. Struggle all you want, but you will not be able to free yourself." Sinister told her.
"What are ya gonna do t'him? Let my baby go!" She demanded.
"But your child has so much potential in him. More than you will ever realized. Jeremy, here, is practically a one-man army." Sinister began.
"Oh… fuck you! Y' ain't doing anything to him! Don't touch him!" Remy cried as he realized the intentions of Sinister.
"I don't have to touch the child. All I have to do is give him this simple pill in my hand. Where I failed with Nathan Christopher, I shall succeed with Jeremy." Sinister said tauntingly in the direction of Cyclops.
"You fucking bastard! Don't touch that child, or I'll show you how it's like to have everything ripped away from you!" Cyclops threatened menacingly, while his eyes remained shut due to the fear that he would kill his wife with one blast.
"I wouldn't be so quick to make threats, Cyclops. Thinking about it now, I have completely misjudged your character… well, at least your genes. I would have thought that the mixture of yours and Ms. Grey's would have created the most powerful mutant. Yet, Nathan was nothing but the biggest failure of all my experiments. He proved to be too weak, almost pitiful. But, Jeremy will be otherwise. He will not fail me." Sinister explained.
"Ya are not touching my baby! Remy, don't let him hurt our son!" Rogue screamed.
"Gambit won't be able to prevent that, Rogue. It's foolish to think anyone can help this boy at this point, well, besides me that is. And we are going to help him, I can assure you that. With your genes mixed with Gambit's, Jeremy will literally become a one-man army. Invulnerability, super strength, power to make explosives, ability to fly and not to mention, the ability to leech the powers of others. Yes, Jeremy will become my most successful experiment as soon as we trigger it all with this pill in my hands." Sinister explained dazedly, as he was seemingly preoccupied with envisioning the glory he would receive.
"If dis has t'do wit' me and our deal all dose years ago, I'll do whatever y' want. Just don't hurt de child." Gambit swallowed his pride and pleaded.
"Aren't you rather egotistical, Gambit? Still haven't changed, I see. This has nothing to do with you and all to do with Jeremy. There is nothing you can offer me that will make me change my mind… unless…." Sinister trailed off.
"Unless what?? I'll do whatever needs t'be done. Just let de petite go!" Gambit insisted.
"Are you sure you're willing to handle the consequences of dealing with me again, Gambit?" Sinister asked.
"Dere is no choice. What do y'need done dis time?" Gambit queried.
"Take de pill." Sinister simply answered.
"Quoi?"
"You heard me, take the pill. See, Gambit. You have always been a mystery to me. All that I have studied about you, I still cannot quite conclude the make-up of your genes. But, from what I have learned, I do believe that there is perhaps a second mutation in you, just waiting to be festered. So, take the pill and quell my curiosity." Sinister stated.
"Fine. Give me de damn pill."
"Gladly."
"REMY! No, don't take it!" Rogue cried.
He looked over at her frightened eyes with his own defeated ones. "Ain't got a choice, chere." He simply replied.
Sinister walked over to him, a round pill in hand. Gambit glanced at all his former teammates who were witnessing the moment in dead silence, none of them wanting to object to his decision because to them, it was the right one. Gambit's eyes landed on Jean's for a few seconds and then ever so casually, he rolled his eyes towards Cyclops; hoping with all hope that Jean somehow understood what he was getting at. It was a long shot, but then again, Jean was incredibly perceptive even without her telepathy. Maybe it was false hope on his part, but he had faith that she could surely read his body language and his true intentions.
After all, she wasn't called the Phoenix for nothing.
She turned back to Scott, and whispered ever so quietly, "Scott, I need you to turn forty-five degrees to the left and open your eyes when I tell you to."
"I can't. I'll hurt you." Cyclops refused.
"Trust me, you won't. As soon as I tell you when, do as I say." Jean pressed harder.
"Jeanie, I'm not going to hurt you." Cyclops refused once more.
"Do you trust me?" Jean asked sternly.
"You're my wife, of course I trust you." He answered with the utmost confidence.
"Then do as I say, Scott. When I say 'now', that's when you do it. Got it?"
"Got it."
Quickly turning back to Gambit, she was about to give him some sort of signal that she understood, but he was already glaring into the demonic eyes of Sinister.
"Open up, Gambit." Sinister ordered in a sadistically happy voice.
"Fuck y', homme." Gambit growled before he stuck his tongue out. Dropping the round pill on the pink surface, Gambit withdrew his tongue back into his mouth. Sinister looked at him anxiously, waiting for that gulp to happen. But it never did.
Instead, Gambit quickly snapped his head to Jean and spat the charged pill at her chains. The explosion broke her free as she screamed, "SCOTT NOW!"
Cyclops turned his head forty-five degrees to the left as his wife instructed and opened his eyes. The optic blast exerted from his eyes hit Sinister square in the chest, making him fly fifty feet back and landed straight into the wall. Jean rapidly got to work as she used her telekinesis to free Cyclops, Gambit and Wolverine. As soon as they were free, Gambit ran towards his son and picked the boy up while Wolverine worked on freeing the rest of his teammates.
"You are not going to get away with this!" Sinister bellowed as he regained his composure. He flew high up to the air and stared down at the released X-Men now. Suddenly, from thirty directions all around the group, genetically engineered mutants of all kind were released and started attacking. Rogue pounded her way through two of them as she flew full speed to Gambit and Jeremy in the middle of the room, where Sinister was also hovering above them.
Throwing a few charged cards at Sinister, Gambit passed the boy into his mother's arms. Rogue hugged the boy tightly as the relieved tears fell. The boy hugged her back with as much intensity for it had been too long since he had felt his mother's touch.
"Chere! GET HIM OUT OF HERE!" Gambit interrupted the mother-son moment, as he continued to hold off Sinister.
Pulled back to the chaos around her, Rogue flew to the ceiling with Jeremy in her tight grasp. With one arm up and the hand formed into a fist, she blasted through the ceiling and soared back out to the surface. The wind was violent, as Storm had landed the Blackbird a few feet from the opening. Opening the landing, Storm stepped out while Rogue climbed into the Blackbird with the child. Hovering above the opening, Storm quickly began manipulating the wind to lift the X-Men out.
Inside the broken down headquarter, Gambit was still fighting with Sinister though, the tables had definitely changed. Sinister was grasping Gambit by the neck with an invisible force and slowly squeezing the life out of him.
"You ruined my plan, Gambit. You're going to die for this." Sinister stated angrily as he squeezed tighter.
Trying to fight the invisible hand off, Gambit cursed profusely in response, though the lack of air was proving to be difficult for him to do such a thing. All of a sudden, the hold was released and he was able to gasp for air once more. He looked up and saw that Wolverine had pounded on Sinister from behind and was stabbing his claws into him feverously.
"You fucking bastard! Trying to hurt that Kid! I'll show you what real pain is, you fucking shithead!" Wolverine screamed with every jab.
With the help of Storm's wind manipulation and Jean's telekinesis, the X-Men were all out of the underground headquarter, except for Wolverine and Gambit.
Gambit ran towards Wolverine and held him back from beating on Sinister. "We gotta go, ami." Gambit said and looked up at Storm. Storm quickly used her powers to lift Wolverine in the air and floated him up to the surface while Jean used her powers to start lifting Remy.
Sinister was up on his feet again, as his crimson eyes burned with fury. With one blast, he hit Gambit squared on the chest. Jean lost his hold on him and Gambit fell to the hard cold floor.
"You're not going anywhere, Gambit!" Sinister growled and began throwing various broken objects at the opening, preventing any of the X-Men from attempting to lift Gambit out again.
Propping himself up slowly with the help of his arms, he could taste a mixture of sweat and blood on the edge of his lips. His ruby eyes burned intensely as he looked Sinister straight in the eyes while getting on his feet.
"Ya wanna tango, y' piece of shit? Fine. Den, we tango." Gambit snarled and threw five charged cards at Sinister who dodged the explosives easily.
"This is what you always do, Gambit. You never realized your potential and you must always ruin others along with your own. I'm not going to let you anymore though. Your life ends today!" Sinister cried as the walls of the headquarters began to rumble.
And within seconds, the entire underground headquarter caved in.
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