Chapter Thirty-Five: Sleeping to Refresh

Here is the next chapter for you all.

I wanted to tell you all that I have posted a new story that is a crossover between The Mummy and Dance Central, it's called The Tag Along. It's not a very long story and it is completed so all I have to do is upload a chapter when I get a chance. : )

I hope you all enjoy and have a Jesus filled day.

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Previously:

In the back Remy could feel his inner turmoil. The pain, anger, and guilt had taken over the Gill's mind. He knew better than to ask what it all meant. He like Greg had started fighting back. It wouldn't surprise him if Gill did the same thing before he had gotten free and found Greg. If Remy was honest with himself, if it had not been for Gill they would have never made it out. He had kept a cool head the entire time not letting anything bother him. Even Remy himself had felt close to panicking at a couple of points during their escape. Reaching his mind out he sent a calming wave over to his pained friend. Gill glanced over and gave a thankful smile then went back to driving.

Now:

John watched Remy sleep his head on Ava's (1) lap. The female herself was also asleep with her head resting against a small pillow against the window that she had packed. "Hey Greg (2), what was Remy like when it was just you guys?"

The glowing eyed mutant made a face, "I guess the best way to word it was he was incomplete. It was like some part of him was gone and I'm not talking about his eye sight. We didn't know till later why he was like that." The man shrugged, "Either way he still tried to make our trip as safe as possible and it was during that trip we found he was really the best friend we could ever ask for. With his secondary ability he was able to tell if we were feeling down due to our situation and he helped us out the best he could. Honestly we would have never made it without him. Especially since some of the people tried to grab us again. Luckily he told our families we should move so that we couldn't be taken again and our parents didn't even question him. They accepted what he said and got right to work."

Gill (3) nodded in agreement, "To be honest with you John, he was like a wounded guardian angel."

The fire mutant frowned remembering the reason why Gambit had been wounded the way he had when he had been taken. It had hurt Colossus and him when they heard that he had gone missing. It was like a piece of them had been stolen away. Looking again at his friend sleeping he tried to see the old Gambit in him but the pieces that had made his friend that had made him who he was, was not there anymore. He had so many changes happen to him that the Cajun had just grown with it and became the man he was now. To John it was like a combination of what he used to be and the person he wanted to be.

Ava was playing with Remy's hair as he slept on her lap in her sleep. It was likely she was dreaming of something she needed to be gentle with. Greg smiled, "I wonder which of her people she's dreaming of."

John looked at the night seer, "You mean the elderly that she takes care of?"

Greg nodded in confirmation, "Yeah, she cares for them a lot. The fact that she's here with us and away from them is probably hard on her to be away from them."

Peter smiled from the front seat, "Why'd you pick wanting to teach any Greg? I get Gill and Ava and the jobs they went with but why did you pick teaching?"

The red highlighted male smiled and turned to face the Russian, "I needed to prove to others that I could handle doing a job. However when I mentioned it to others they would suggest things that would…be less stress causing. They wanted to treat me like glass and I hate being treated like I can't handle something. So I ignored all their ideas and went with my mom's job, teaching. I've always looked up to her and how much her students loved her. I remembering thinking I wanted the same thing. So I went to get my teaching degree." Glowing eyes rolled behind the sunglasses, "However the school I went to get a job from took one look at my resume and decided to make me an after school tutor instead of the teaching position I rightfully earned after going to school for it. However I knew that no matter what I said they would not give me my own class so I went with it. I just wish people could see that I'm really good about holding back my stress. The class I wanted wasn't even a class that would cause me to freak out. I wanted to teach Social Studies."

John's jaw dropped, "Wow, that sucks."

Greg shrugged, "Nothing I can do about it, at least I have a job that is around kids."

"Do they like you?" The pyro asked curiously.

The questioned mutant nodded, "Even after I call them on their attempts to get out of doing their work."

"That's pretty neat." John said with a smile.

"What about you two? What do you two do?"

"We actually work for Professor X trying to find mutants and looking into things that happen to mutants in general." Peter replied, "It's not the most well paid job but we enjoy it."

"Interesting. You two seem like the kind of people that would like to do other things." Greg said before yawning and stretching his hands over his head. Looking out the window he pointed out a gas station sign, "Say we should stop by there and get some snacks and fill up on gas." Peter nodded in agreement and started to shift over to the appropriate lane.

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Sky blue eyes opened and looked around. She nearly panicked when she didn't see anyone in the car other than her and Remy, who was still sleeping undisturbed on her lap, till she saw Peter paying for the gas he had put into the X-Van. With a sigh of relief she glanced to the store at the gas station and smiled seeing Greg and John walking to the cash register, holding snacks and drinks. They were joined not long later by Gill carrying the same thing in one arm and a cooler by the handle. Looking toward the Russian she smiled when he got into the drivers seat. "How do you feel?"

"Better rested, how long till we get to the mansion?" Ava asked starting to play with Remy's hair as he fidgeted in his sleep.

"Eight hours. I'm going to drive the rest of the way there. There is no point in staying in a hotel. The professor will likely have someone awake to greet us." Peter replied as they looked out the front of the car that he was driving into a parking spot near where Gill, John, and Greg were putting the snacks and drinks in the cooler. Till this point they had no need for one as they had plenty of places they were staying at during the time to eat breakfast and dinner. However since Peter now planned on driving the rest of the way the two could see that they had bought donuts, stuff to make sandwiches, along with other hearty foods with the junk food and drinks. "What do you think you will do after this is all over?"

"Go back home and get back to my favorite people." Ava replied with a smile, "As much as I enjoy being around other mutants and doing this adventure. I miss them. I miss taking care of them; they are like family to me."

The Russian chuckled, "Sounds like it." The back of the van opened while Greg and John jumped into their seats in the middle. "Got everything we need?"

"Yes." Gill answered putting the cooler down then closing the back of the van to go to his seat in the front. Once there he handed out the water bottles he had been carrying. "We got plenty of water and one soda for everyone."

Ava took the two water bottles that Greg handed to her putting them in the cup holders then went back to playing with her friend's hair, "So I take we are good to continue without problems."

"Yep, no sense in going to another hotel when we can have a straight shot back home." John said with a smile before taking a drink of his own bottle of water. Hearing Remy's phone go off he reached back and took it answering the call, "Hello… Oh hi Alexis (4). …Yeah, Rem's asleep right now." John was quite for a moment then laughed behind his hand, "Yeah, he's had a hard time falling asleep yesterday so he conked out on the last stretch."

Ava smiled and looked down at Remy sleeping peacefully on her lap. Tuning out the phone conversation she focused on seeing is he was okay. She wondered what it was like to see the way he could. Since she couldn't read his mind like the others it often made her wonder how his mind worked. The idea that one could see in heat or with kinetic energy was interesting to her. She wondered if this Scott fellow would allow her to look into his mind just so she could see what Remy was possibly seeing. Out of everyone that survived their problem she had always worried about Remy. The fact that he had lost his eyesight had worried her when they had first reached him when they had escaped their rooms. Looking up she smiled at Greg who was looking back at the two of them. Amused she said, "What?"

"You have the mama bird look on your face. What are you thinking about?"

With a small laughed Ava replied, "Just worrying about Remy as usual." Pushing a strand of hair out of his face she added, "I'm also wondering how he sees. It just seems interesting to be able to see using kinetic energy."

Greg nodded in agreement eyeing his savior. Next to him he and Ava could hear John ending his conversation with Remy's wife and dropping the phone into the cup holder near the Cajun. The glowing eyed mutant gained a bigger smile as he said, "Are you sure you want to go back."

The nurse nodded in confirmation, "I can't leave my people permanently. I simply care for them too much to leave just because a part of my life is back in." She gave a small giggle, "Besides, we do plan on getting together once a year. So I'll get to see that he's okay. And we now get to call each other now that he's back in the states." Greg nodded in understanding then looked out the window quietly, "What about you?"

"If the mansion is the place to be then I'll probably stay with them." He could feel John look over at him in surprise, "I'm barely stable enough to actually live on my own. I have to have someone come to my house just to make sure that I haven't gone crazy or lost my mind. As far as they are aware I need to be watched just to see if I'm a danger to myself or others. I wouldn't have to do that if I was living with people that actually want me around. My reactions are so violent that I'm surprised I'm able to live on my own at all."

In the front seat Gill and Peter felt their chest squeeze in sympathy for the scarred mutant. It confirmed the Russian's fears that Greg was mentally scarred and had a hard time functioning to his highest potential. For Gill it made him feel bad that he didn't insisted that Greg live near him and his wife. Having people that Greg was not fond of check on him sometimes made him a bit unpredictable depending on his mood of the day. Turning to look at Greg he offered, "If you wanted there is a home for sell near Elane (5) and I if you wanted it." Seeing the eye-based mutant about to protest he quickly added, "And no you would not be a burden. Elane would love to have you around."

Greg shook his head, "Nah, I'm okay."

John raised an eyebrow, "Isn't that contradictive to what you just told us?"

At first those glowing eyes glared at the fire mutant from behind the sunglasses before he cooled off and looked away, "It doesn't matter."

Gill sighed at his friend before looking at John, "Don't worry about him. Even when he brings it up the subject is a little touchy for him." Glancing at Greg, Gill knew that was also the other males tell sign that he wanted help. The problem was that the subject had to be handled the best way possible before Greg curled back in on himself. Looking at Ava, Gill could see that she looked worried for the Greg. Despite the fact that Remy was the only one that really lost something physical, Greg was equally scarred by the whole experience. It made the two of them happy that they were relatively unscarred by what happened. With a small, quiet, sigh Gill smiled at Greg who was now looking out the window again. "Well if you ever wish to come over just let me know and Elane and I will have a room ready for you." The eye-based mutant looked over with an appreciative smile and nodded.

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Red on black eyes opened and looked up when he felt Ava's hand stop moving. Seeing her features with his kinetic sight he was able to make out the energy moving as she smiled at him causing him to do the same. "Hi there. Sleep well?"

Nodding Remy sat up and looked around out the window. From how some of the flowers were starting to close he could tell that the sun was going down. "How long did he sleep for?"

As he reached for the water bottle and his phone Gill answered, "About five hours. We are six hours away from the X-Mansion."

Remy nodding in understanding and tilted his head when he saw a cooler in the back of the car without turning around. Turning his body he reached toward it and pulled out a loaf of bread, peanut butter and jelly. "Anyone else hungry like dis Cajun is?" Everyone agreed that they could use some food so he and Ava made everyone a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, with the exception of Gill who had an allergy to grapes. While they ate they drank their waters. "Did anyting happen while Remy was asleep?"

Peter shook his head, swallowing what was in his mouth, "No, everything is going smoothly for now."

Remy nodded in understanding while John said, "Alexis called while you were asleep. Wanted to check on you."

"Is she okay? What about de chilies?"

The fire mutant smiled at the concerned tone his friend took, "They are good. It sounds like Ethan (6) is getting better. But she can tell that he still misses you greatly."

Remy pouted hearing that, "His poor boy."

Ava giggled lightly, "Don't worry in six hours you will be able to see your children again." She started to get excited, "I can't wait to meet them. They are so adorable in the pictures you send to us."

The Cajun snickered, "Wait till you have kids of your own. Dey can be little stickers when dey want to be."

Gill chuckled, "That's when they get older right?"

Remy thought about it then shrugged, "Not sure. Ever child is different. For example, Etan is honestly de easiest child to take care of. He really doesn't put up much of a fuss unless he wants someting. Wit Delilah (7) she wanted our attention almost twenty-four seven when she was one to two years old. Now its Angela (8) dat wants our attention a lot. But she just wants recognition for what she's accomplished. Zachary (9) is a loner child unless he wants to play or be mischievous."

"How are they doing with their powers?" Ava asked curiously.

"Good, Angela is of course the one dat is de most ahead but Zach is getting pretty close. Diane (10) is getting much better having a teacher wit her exact powers. Delilah is…really amusing wit her illusions." Remy raised an eyebrow, "Let's just say dat people can tell dat dey are in a childs illusion."

Greg burst out laughing, "That's sounds so amusing to see. I might have to ask her to put me in one to see how awesome hers are."

Remy rolled his eyes amused at the highlighted male, "You would be willing to be in an illusion just to see what someone is capable of." The glowing eyed mutant snickered taking a bite out of his sandwich. "Oh his kids are going to have fun wit you. Dat if for sure."

"Hey, kids are a miracle. We have to enjoy that miracle while they are still young enough to be foolish and to not care what people think of them. It's when they start to care that they become brats."

Remy laughed, "You are only saying dat because you work wit older chilies."

"So what if I am." The others in the van enjoyed the entertainment that the two men were providing as they ate and drove the rest of the way to their destination.

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1) Ava Trace (1) Power telepath, (2) Hair short red, (3) Eyes sky blue, (4) Physical attribute is a purple tattoo over left eye, (5) Level _, (6) Attitude sweet, motherly, caring, (7) Job nursing home, (8) Alabama (second) (9) Age: 14 to 23, (10) Knows sign language, (11) was touched while she was held captive when a teenager

2) Greg Terence (1) Power see through anything and night vision, (2) Hair short black with natural red highlights, (3) Eyes glowing neon green, (4) Physical Attribute is his eyes, (5) Level _, (6) Attitude playful, sweet, caring, (7) Job after school tutor in which he wears green contacts that hide most of his glowing from his eyes, (8) Montana (third), (9) Age: 16 to 25 (10) Has a fear of needles near his eyes, _, (11) _ (12) Knows sign language (13) had to be beaten near of his captivity (black baseball cap, a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, and black boots.)

3) Gill Findel (1) Power electronic controlling, (2) Hair short blond, (3) light green, (4) Physical attribute is metal looking veins, (5) Level _, (6) Attitude serious, intelligent, almost emotionless, (7) Job electronic store, (8) Georgia (first) (9) Clothes: Laid back - wearing a black long sleeve shirt, black jogging pants, and white socks, (10) Age: 16 to 25 (11) Skin: dark tan (12) Allergic to grapes

4) Alexis Andre [Mirage] is the wife of Gambit and Andre is now his last name too he changed it she has the power of illusions she is the reason Gambit got a bit of his confidence back has long black hair and blue eyes

5) Elane Findel: (1) Power: _ (2) long black hair, (3) dark brown eyes, (4) Attitude: loving, gentle, and caring, (5) Job _ (6) Georgia (7) Clothes: green t-shirt, shorts, and sandals (8) Family: Sister [who does not like Gill, name Clara, mutant ability: shields] (9) Skin: Tan

6) 1 Ethan looks just like Gambit ability wise and everything even empathy

7) 3 Delilah long black hair blue on black eyes with ability of empathy and cause illusions looks just like her mom

8) 7 Angela long red hair pink on black eyes with empathy and moving things with mind

9) 5 Zachary short black hair green on black eyes with ability empathy and to talk to and manipulate nature (Zach man is Spikes nick name for him)

10) 2 Diane long blond hair green on black eyes ability of empathy and read peoples minds