As the others ran into the back room, everything was silent as they all just stared at Rogue's motionless body. Her breathe was long and deep, but appeared to be shortening; Jean stepped forward, past Remy, and placed a careful hand on Rogue's shoulder. Jean placed her other hand to her temple, and closed her eyes.
"Is she…?" Remy started, but was quickly stopped by harsh shushing sound from Jean. Jean stood there for a moment, not moving, not saying a word, just standing as motionless as Rogue lying on the altar. Finally, Jean opened her eyes and took a step back from Rogue. "Jean…" Remy looked up to the red headed telepath.
Jean just shook her head and hugged herself worriedly. "I-I don't know…" she stuttered slightly, and took a deep breathe to recompose herself. "It's just like back at the Institute with Cerebro, she's there… I mean we can see that she is… But it's like she's just gone, I can't pick up any mental trace…"
Logan growled, and lowered his head. "So then what are we supposed to do? It's not like Chuck gave us specific instructions. How are we supposed to get her back?" he almost shouted. Jean quickly stepped over to Logan and placed a caring and calming hand on his shoulder. Logan sighed, and he looked over to Rogue and he quickly looked away again. He lowered his shoulders and head, and walked back to lean against the wall of the altar room.
Remy sighed, as he looked back down to Rogue. "C'mon Chere… Ya can't just leave us like dis…" he reached up to stroke her cheek, hesitating only for a second. As his fingers touched her cheek, Remy gasped. Quickly he pulled his hand away, and fell back to the ground.
Jean ran over, "Gambit… What's wrong, what happened?"
Remy shook his head, "I-I don't know… I touched Chere, and den I…"
"Then you what?" Logan asked, glancing up at the Cajun.
Remy looked over to Wolverine, "I saw Chere… Sh-she was standing in a bedroom…"
Storm finally spoke up, but her tone was apathetic with a slight hint of anger. "Of course… Don't you see? Rogue's powers absorb part of a person inside of her. When you touched her… You were able to glance into his world…"
Jean smiled brightly at Storm, "That's it! Ororo you are absolutely right! That's how we can get Rogue back!"
Logan stood up straight, looking at Jean incredulously. "What are ya gettin' at Red? Sure, one of us goes in with Rogue… But how do we get her out?"
Jean's smile faltered slightly, "I'm not one hundred percent sure, but… but it's a start. I'm sure that once with Rogue we can figure out what to do from there." She told them hopefully. "All we have to figure out is, who is going to be the one to go—"
Jean was cut off by Gambit, who quickly stood up "Remy'll do it." He said, this time with no hesitation at all. Everyone looked at him, as Remy stood there solid as stone. Only when he took a deep breath did his shoulders and muscles relax. "I'll be de one ta go."
Storm took a step forward, like she was ready to say something; when Logan beat her to it, "And why should we trust something like this with you, Gumbo?"
Remy glared over at Wolverine, "Because… Remy can talk ta her, she trusts me… Remember…" he added extra emphasis to his last word, getting the point across to Logan.
Logan growled, and folded his arms across his chest in defeat. Out of the group, Rogue seemed to remember Gambit the best; it was also Remy who was watching over her at the Institute, careful to make sure that nothing went wrong. Logan stared at the Cajun, whom was standing determinedly across the room. 'could it be… that this Cajun actually cares for Rogue…?' Logan thought to himself, before sighing. "Fine… The Cajun can go…"
Jean nodded, and Storm finally stepped forward. "Gambit… You'll have to be careful in there. Amahl will take kindly to intruders, especially if he has a plan ready to unfold" she said, gesturing towards Rogue. "He wouldn't just take Rogue for no reason, he's not the type to act without reason."
Remy nodded to the weather witch, and looked back to Rogue. "Alright, I'll do whatever it takes ta get Chere back."
Everyone nodded, Jean stepped forward standing by Remy "Be careful. We'll be right here when you two get back." Remy smiled and nodded, before turning back to face Rogue. He took his fingerless glove off, and carefully took off Rogue's glove. His bare hand hovered momentarily above Rogue's, before he clasped his hand around hers. Remy gasped, and held on tightly; it only took a minute before he slumped down on knees. Remy's hand was still entwined in Rogue's as he made his way to her, in the Astral Plane.
Astral Plane ~ Amahl's Palace
Rogue's eyes were opened wide, and her hands were covering her mouth; falling to her knees, her gaze never left the spot on the floor where she had just momentarily seen Remy. Slowly, she removed her hands from her mouth and placed one on the ground. "What in the world…? Was he really…?" Rogue's words came out quietly and slowly. Suddenly, there was a flash of bright, white light; Rogue fell back with a small scream. Her eyes were closed tightly, and she only opened them when she felt something wrap around her. When she looked, all she could see was a mop of messy brown hair. "R-remy…?" she asked slowly, a hint of fear nestled under her tone.
Remy leaned back from his embrace, keeping his hands on Rogue's shoulders as he gazed into her eyes. "Yea Chere… It's me…"
It only took those few words before Rogue threw her arms around his neck. Tears began streaming down her cheeks, as she held him tightly. "Remy… It really is you…"
As promised, here's the next chapter. Not only two chapters in one day, but two chapters in like 5 minutes. ^^ Gotta love my school! Anyways, things are finally starting to wrap up; I'm hoping to finish up the story by chapter 30. If not then it won't be too many more chapters after 30; I'm not sure about you guy's but when I'm reading a story, if it drags on for too long I start to lose interest... I hope that won't happen with you guys! Well I love you all for keeping up with this story, you guy's are awesome!