DisClaimier: THat sounds french. heehee. I'm glad ya'll are happy I'm back and up on my feet again. You know, school, the usual. Gag gag. hey, know what? I can say ugly horse in sign language!! ^_^ yay fo' me!! ::mini wave in celebration of me!!::
Gambit was bored to death and so he decided to go find 'dite. He had been so close to kissing her yesterday. And it didn't even scare her at all, being so close to him. *Well*, he thought as he wandered by the gym, stopping to watch the class. Gambit saw them watching a student climb the ropes and bar courses. *She is a fearless gi-* He choked as he saw what looked like SwitchBlade fling herself from the highest rope, toward the bars. She flipped in the air and managed to catch her legs around the lowest bar, inches from hitting her head. She swung for a moment, then flipped herself up onto the bar and started to flip from bar to bar with such speed and accuracy Gambit could not believe she wasn't related to him.On the last bar though she fell and practically split open her lip.
She ran toward the girls locker room.
Gambit, after deciding not to go in after her, th8inking that may upset some of the girls, walked over to Wolverine. "What the HELL are you doin'?! She mighta killed herself, no tanks to you!" He whispered angrily.
Wolverine smiled all teeth at Gambit. "I completely trust her to not kill herself bub. She's almost as good as you." The two men watched as she slid off the bars to the ground. The class returned to their exercises and SwitchBlade went to go get a drink in the locker room.
Gambit decided to leave before he embarrassed himself even more by doubting her.
When Aphrodite emerged from the locker room she was disappointed to find that her friend had gone. She looked at her feet. *Man, I guess I did suck didn't I?* She straitened up, her face determined, even with her split lip. *Well, I'll have to practice more than. Starting right now.*
That night, Gambit was surprised to see that Aphrodite was not in her room. Not in Jubilee's either. He looked around the mansion until he finally found her, in the gym, wearing herself out.
"Chere, what you doing?" He said yawning. She practically fell off the bars, so hard was she concentrating. "What does it look like Remy?" She said with a scowl. *He's got to be kidding. He saw himself how bad I was today.* She swung off the bars and turned to face Gambit. "You don't have to stay up. I'm a big girl." She tried to smile but it turned into a yawn. She rubbed her eyes and attempted to flip onto the ropes. *Doin' quite a good job of it too.* Thought Gambit. "Chere, you gonna wear yourself out!" He protested as she did a flip off the ropes.
"Gambit, how do you think I'm ever gonna get into the Xmen if I'm not like you guys?" She frowned. "You saw how bad I was today!"
"Chere, you don' have to get inta the Xmen by bein'-" He stopped, her words registering in his mind. "You tink you did bad?" Gambit chuckled, but not unkindly. "'Dite, you put Nightcrawler to shame today. I couldn' have done much betta." She looked confused. "But you left…" He shook his head. "You were great. De only reason dat I left chere, was 'cause Gambit didn' tink you could do it…"- Remy shifted uncomfortably."-and when you did, well, I didn' really trust myself not to sweep you off your feet in public." His grin was back and he put his arms around her.
"But I t'ink I will now…" He pulled her forward and she relaxed in his arms. She closed her eyes as she saw, for the second time this week, Remy close his red and black eyes and bring his handsome features toward hers.
"This is a gym Bub, not your room." Growled a familiar voice form the doorway. Remy spun, letting go of SwitchBlade to glare at Wolverine.
"Logan." He said nodding his head. *Why does dat always happen when Gambit about to kiss her!?* He thought as he gave Aphrodite a quick hug around the shoulders and exited the gym, pushing Wolverine roughly as he passed.
SwitchBlade glared at him, flexing her blades in anger.
"Damnit Logan!" She whispered.
His attentive ears caught that and he snickered.
" You wan' ole Gumbo ta kiss ya huh?" She glared at him while she left the gym. "He's too old for you Hon.'" The man called after her, chuckling.
She spun around and unsheathed her blades once more. "Would you care to argue on that fact?" She said softly, narrowing her eyes dangerously. When he didn't answer she turned and walked down the hall, out of his sight.
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*Dere I was, few inches from her face when ole Logan had to do his knight in Shining arma ting. She wanted ta kiss me too. Is not jus me!* I thought as I slammed the door to my room. A few minutes later I could here 'Dite do da same ta hers. Trough de wall I could hear her collapsing on de bed and den turn on her music.
"I am human and I need to be loved…"Sang a woman in soft tones. *Now where would chere get music like dat?* I tought as I pulled off everyting 'cept my boxers and crawled inta bed.
"Goodnight chere." I said softly trough de wall.
"Goodnight Remy. I'll see you tomorrow." She answered.
I smiled and looked at de wall by my bed, picturin' chere on the other side, starin' at de wall too.
Xavier's School, Nov 18, 4:36 PM
I bet I would've killed Logan last night if I hadn't been so worn out.
Remy almost, for the second time, in my life, kissed me! And I blew it again, by deciding to go to the gym, kiss him in the gym, in my room, all places that can be invaded.
We would have to go to the mall or, or something like that. I walked down the hall to Professor Xavier's office and I was nervous.
Nervous is definitely an understatement. I was sweating and wringing my hands.
I knocked. "Come in." As I entered the room I noticed that the Professor really didn't act like the leader, other than Scott, of the Xmen. Maybe I just got the wrong idea of leader by watching my father though.
There were pictures of practically all his students, Remy and Rogue and Beast at a dance. Jubilee and Bobby playing in the snow.
Jean and Scott's wedding.
The professor was sitting at his desk smiling and I sat down hesitantly.
"Now SwitchBlade, I'm going to probe into your mind if you will let me. Is that all right?"
I nodded, wondering what he meant by "probe".
I was not in the mood for a lobotomy. Not a lobotomy. Just a way of seeing into your mind. No tools involved. Jean and I have the power of mind reading. Now I am going to search through your memories to see if you are who you say you are. Of which I have no doubt, but I can't speak for some of my Xmen. Now just lay back and relax and close your eyes.
His voice echoed in my head. I followed his instructions and closed my eyes.
After a few minutes the Professor told me to open my eyes. I did and found he was sitting quite solemnly behind his desk, no longer smiling. "This is very serious. Did you come here because you thought Remy or the Xmen could send you back home?" I was startled by that question. I didn't know he could find that out. "No. I came here because my father betrayed me and I'll follow Remy anywhere he wants me too."
He smiled again and nodded. "Good, very good. Well, I have decided, with my fellow Xmen of course, that you should join the team." I practically leapt up and hugged him. "Oh, really?! Are you kidding? Thank you so much!" I said grinning; forgetting for the moment that Professor Xavier was a professor. I drew back blushing, but still grinning.
He reached into a drawer in his desk and pulled out a leather suit with a Xman symbol on the front.
"This is your uniform, which, needless to say, I had help from Jubilee to make. You will wear it whenever we go on a mission or we are greeting new members. The other Xmen are in the war room, if you would care to join them. I'd put on your uniform first. Jubilation was very exited to see how it fits. And," He winked. "So is Remy if I'm not mistaken." That shocked me and I laughed.
"Thank you Professor! I'll never forget this!" I hurried out of the room and down the hall. I reached my room to see that the door was open.
"Hey chere." Said Remy, who was sitting indian style on my bed. "Look!" I said holding up my uniform.
He grinned broadly. "I knew you was tellin' de truth. And Gambit… Gambit got somethin' for you."
As I sat down next to him on the bed he pulled something like a leather belt with sheathes on it out of his coat. "Dis somthin' you might like. I know you have two blades awready but, you need ta learn somthin' other than your powers." He buckled the leather strap down my chest and over my shoulder so it crossed my front. Than he took out two more small leather belts and hooked them around my upper arms. "Thanks Remy. I can't tell you how much I want to thank you for everything. You saved my life, you brought me here, you got me into the Xmen and now your giving me presents." I said practically crying.
"Chere, dats what friends are for. And I haven't even givin' ya your whole present yet." He exclaimed, laughing, pulling out seven sleek knives from his coat. "Des' for you 'dite." He handed them to me and I fitted them in all of the sheathes. "Remy, thank you so much. I don't know how to thank you…" I said as he stood up and was standing at the door.
He smiled. "Chere, get your stuff on and show all de Xmen what ya made of. And don't be too hard on Logan. He jus'…" Remy shrugged. "He's an idiot." I finished and Remy laughed as he walked to the war room.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE WAR ROOM, NOV 18, 4:55 PM
The conversations in the room stopped as the new Xman stepped in the room. She was dressed in a tight black leather body suit, which included a large Xman sign across the chest.
Leather straps were tight around her front and they held knives.
She had tight black gloves on and above the gloves were two more leather sheathes that held long, obviously dangerous knives.
On her feet were the new long, black, zip up boots that she and Jubilee had bought at the mall.
" I knew that that material would look good on you." Said Jubilee triumphantly, breaking the amazed silence. "You call that good? I call that… there is no words for that, it's better than good though." Murmured Bobby, as he looked SwitchBlade up and down.
"I think it looks very good SvitchBlade." Said Nightcrawler, blushing like the monk he was.
"Now why don't ah have something like that?" Complained Rogue as she pulled the leather clad teen down to the seat beside her.
"Thanks guys." Said SwitchBlade, embarrassed by all the compliments. "You sound like you've never had a compliment in your life SwitchBlade!" Joked Beast and SwitchBlade laughed. "Never so many!"
Scott sat silently in the seat across from her twiddling his thumbs. He knew he should not have been so judgmental but when you're the leader of the Xmen, you can't just let anyone in can you?
He sighed. {Scott, you have to apologize, she's waiting for you to accept her as one of the Xmen and it feels like you don't want her here, which is how she's been treated her whole life!} His wife reminded him in his mind.
"You look very good SwitchBlade. I'm glad that we have you with us." Said Scott. SwitchBlade looked up and raised her eyebrows and he blushed.
*This is the best time I've ever had in my life!* Thought SwitchBlade as she teased Wolverine, forgiving him mentally for the interruption the day before and Remy put his arm around her.
"C'mon SwitchBlade, lets go outside and practice on all the dummies in the training area. You have to use your knives at some point!" Exclaimed Jubilee as she pulled her friend to her feet. Remy made a pouting face. "Ah, the funs jus' started. Why you have to go practice killing people now?" He whined, teasing as the girls scrambled out the door and his teenage friend waved to him.
Outside the School, Nov 21, 7:48 PM
I had had the best times of my life that day. I had been with the Xmen, what? Three, two weeks? And already I knew them as my family. My other family, my parents, had no way of knowing I was all right. I felt sorry for them, even wanted to go home for a while, but then I would see one of the Xmen, and all that loneliness and homesickness would go away. I had not forgotten Sinister, and his threat to make me keep my end of the bargain. My father. Hadn't forgotten about him either. They were both dangerous men, not to be messed with, obviously. I don't know anyone who would shoot his own daughter.
It had been two days since I had had practice with my knives, and that was right after I got my uniform. So Jubilee and I decided to go outside and practice more. It was chilly outside and the leather suit felt cold. I decided against going in and changing, because we didn't have much time before dinner, and I loved my new uniform anyway. My knife hit the target right in the center and Jubilee cheered.
Yes, this was definitely my home.
When the girls were outside and deep in concentration, the Marauders were only a few feet away from them, hidden in the bushes.
"Jubilee?" SwitchBlade said turning to her friend who was holding her hand to her mouth and gasping for breath. "Jubilee?!" She ran to her friend's side. "The air..." Gasped her friend and SwitchBlade smelled a peculiar smell in the air that made her feel lightheaded and unable to breathe. She gagged and collapsed next to her friend on the ground.
The Marauders stepped out of the undergrowth with gas masks and Sabretooth picked the brunette roughly, slinging her over his shoulder. "Leave the other one." Commanded Arclight, leading the way through the forest once again, back over the wall to their jet.
"Their defenses will be up in about..." She checked her watch. "Two seconds."
They disappeared over the fence, lugging the girl with them.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters except SwitchBlade and her family. (So please ask when you want to use them!!) PLEASE do not sue me. I have no money. (Damn!) I wish I owned Gambit… I don't… please don't hurt me for using him too much… And, anyone who's confused like Wildcard, Remy was used as an experiment for Sinister when he was a teen, cause he used to have the power to charge things by jus' lookin' at 'em. But then Sinister 'helped' him and he couldn't do it anymore.
Anyway, to Sinister, Remy is as obsession worthy as the Summers family tree… worthy as the Summers family tree…
I uploaded two chapters together, so this is just the start of anoth chapter so i won't have to upload more!! Aya fo' moi!
"SwitchBlade! Jubilee!!" Jean cried out.
"What? What's wrong shuga?" Rogue flew over to sit next to her friend who had been reading peacefully on the couch until the second before. "The Marauders, Sinister… SwitchBlade! They took her! I could feel her confusion and terror!"
Rogue left her friend after lying her down on the couch to go find another Xman. "Remy!" She called desperately.
Remy came out of his bedroom with only his pants on.
"What Roguie? What wrong wit ya?" Rogue tugged his arm toward the door to the outside. "It's the Marauders or someone!" Gambit froze. "They took SwitchBlade!" Remy ran back in his room to grab his things and raced out the doors, toward the training area.
Wolverine was already there, kneeling over the unconscious form of Jubilee. "Wolverine! Where Switchblade?" Remy asked.
Logan's face turned angry. "They took her Gumbo. The Marauders. I can smell 'em. I don't know how or why but they took her."
He watched as Gambit's eyes blazed with the fiery red, which only appeared when Gambit was incredibly angry.
"Sinister…" He snarled running toward the wall.
The other Xmen crowded around Beast and Jubilee as he checked her condition. "Nothing serious. They have given her a sleeping gas, which is very powerful, enough to knock anyone out for ten to twelve hours. I wonder how they designed such a thing."
"Why does Sinister need SwitchBlade asleep? That's the thing we should wonder right now." Bobby said, voicing most of the Xmen's thoughts.
Remy returned from the wall, holding what looked like a black glove. "Dey took her. Dose bastards took her." He said softly, though to every person there it sounded like Gambit was shaking with suppressed anger. Storm started forward to touch his shoulder but backed off when he swung around to face them. "Dey took her." He repeated gripping the glove. "I'll kill dem if dey hurt 'dite." He said seriously, in rage. And not really wondering who "'dite" was, every Xman knew he mean it.
CHAPTER TWELVE
SINISTER'S LAB, NOV 22, 1:35 AM
I woke up in what I knew was a lab; the white walls and the hospital beds tipped me off. All I remembered of the past hours (or days can't be sure.) was that gas or something, that smell that had knocked me out.
I tried to sit up on my bed, just to find that I was strapped to the bed with metal clasps.
"Hello?" I whispered. The lab was cold and silent. There were no windows and I could practically smell the reek of death.
"Remy?" I whimpered. "Anybody?" The door to the lab opened and I was blinded by the sudden light that came from outside.
"Hello. We finally meet again Aphrodite. Or are you calling yourself SwitchBlade nowadays?" A cool voice said. I knew… that voice…
*Sinister* "W-what do you want with me?" I asked trembling.
"I am a bargaining man SwitchBlade. You do not remember our deal? It is time for your side of the bargain." He said, smiling.
"I don't owe you anything Sinister! I never wanted to come here! You forced me too! I've been shot, hit and abused ever since I've come here! And now that I've been through hell you're making me pay for it!?" I shouted angrily.
"My dear girl. Of course not. You are free to go…" I relaxed. "Back to your time. And I will give you a medication that prevents you from remembering any people you may have met here. Remy for instance?" I winced. *Why did I ever think he would let me get off without paying something?*
"No. But what do you want? A blood test?"
Sinister chuckled. "Not really. You see, I put those blades in your hands and I want to see if I can take them out, without killing you. And without painkillers." My eyes widened as I realized I would not make it out of here unhurt. "B-but, that's inhuman! You can't!" I screamed as he took out a scalpel. "But we are not human are we? We are mutants. Freaks of nature. And you will be my first test subject to ever become human again. All the others have died, but I have great faith in you." He said as he made a deep cut across my knuckles.
I clenched my teeth as he twisted his scalpel on my third knuckle and my knives came sliding out. "No, no…" I whispered and then screamed as he pulled out one of my blades.
I could hear myself scream without even knowing I was. I screamed and screamed and then it faded away and I was in the dark, without my switchblades.
or even worse if possible...Without Remy Lebeau.
I screamed.
Gambit was bored to death and so he decided to go find 'dite. He had been so close to kissing her yesterday. And it didn't even scare her at all, being so close to him. *Well*, he thought as he wandered by the gym, stopping to watch the class. Gambit saw them watching a student climb the ropes and bar courses. *She is a fearless gi-* He choked as he saw what looked like SwitchBlade fling herself from the highest rope, toward the bars. She flipped in the air and managed to catch her legs around the lowest bar, inches from hitting her head. She swung for a moment, then flipped herself up onto the bar and started to flip from bar to bar with such speed and accuracy Gambit could not believe she wasn't related to him.On the last bar though she fell and practically split open her lip.
She ran toward the girls locker room.
Gambit, after deciding not to go in after her, th8inking that may upset some of the girls, walked over to Wolverine. "What the HELL are you doin'?! She mighta killed herself, no tanks to you!" He whispered angrily.
Wolverine smiled all teeth at Gambit. "I completely trust her to not kill herself bub. She's almost as good as you." The two men watched as she slid off the bars to the ground. The class returned to their exercises and SwitchBlade went to go get a drink in the locker room.
Gambit decided to leave before he embarrassed himself even more by doubting her.
When Aphrodite emerged from the locker room she was disappointed to find that her friend had gone. She looked at her feet. *Man, I guess I did suck didn't I?* She straitened up, her face determined, even with her split lip. *Well, I'll have to practice more than. Starting right now.*
That night, Gambit was surprised to see that Aphrodite was not in her room. Not in Jubilee's either. He looked around the mansion until he finally found her, in the gym, wearing herself out.
"Chere, what you doing?" He said yawning. She practically fell off the bars, so hard was she concentrating. "What does it look like Remy?" She said with a scowl. *He's got to be kidding. He saw himself how bad I was today.* She swung off the bars and turned to face Gambit. "You don't have to stay up. I'm a big girl." She tried to smile but it turned into a yawn. She rubbed her eyes and attempted to flip onto the ropes. *Doin' quite a good job of it too.* Thought Gambit. "Chere, you gonna wear yourself out!" He protested as she did a flip off the ropes.
"Gambit, how do you think I'm ever gonna get into the Xmen if I'm not like you guys?" She frowned. "You saw how bad I was today!"
"Chere, you don' have to get inta the Xmen by bein'-" He stopped, her words registering in his mind. "You tink you did bad?" Gambit chuckled, but not unkindly. "'Dite, you put Nightcrawler to shame today. I couldn' have done much betta." She looked confused. "But you left…" He shook his head. "You were great. De only reason dat I left chere, was 'cause Gambit didn' tink you could do it…"- Remy shifted uncomfortably."-and when you did, well, I didn' really trust myself not to sweep you off your feet in public." His grin was back and he put his arms around her.
"But I t'ink I will now…" He pulled her forward and she relaxed in his arms. She closed her eyes as she saw, for the second time this week, Remy close his red and black eyes and bring his handsome features toward hers.
"This is a gym Bub, not your room." Growled a familiar voice form the doorway. Remy spun, letting go of SwitchBlade to glare at Wolverine.
"Logan." He said nodding his head. *Why does dat always happen when Gambit about to kiss her!?* He thought as he gave Aphrodite a quick hug around the shoulders and exited the gym, pushing Wolverine roughly as he passed.
SwitchBlade glared at him, flexing her blades in anger.
"Damnit Logan!" She whispered.
His attentive ears caught that and he snickered.
" You wan' ole Gumbo ta kiss ya huh?" She glared at him while she left the gym. "He's too old for you Hon.'" The man called after her, chuckling.
She spun around and unsheathed her blades once more. "Would you care to argue on that fact?" She said softly, narrowing her eyes dangerously. When he didn't answer she turned and walked down the hall, out of his sight.
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*Dere I was, few inches from her face when ole Logan had to do his knight in Shining arma ting. She wanted ta kiss me too. Is not jus me!* I thought as I slammed the door to my room. A few minutes later I could here 'Dite do da same ta hers. Trough de wall I could hear her collapsing on de bed and den turn on her music.
"I am human and I need to be loved…"Sang a woman in soft tones. *Now where would chere get music like dat?* I tought as I pulled off everyting 'cept my boxers and crawled inta bed.
"Goodnight chere." I said softly trough de wall.
"Goodnight Remy. I'll see you tomorrow." She answered.
I smiled and looked at de wall by my bed, picturin' chere on the other side, starin' at de wall too.
Xavier's School, Nov 18, 4:36 PM
I bet I would've killed Logan last night if I hadn't been so worn out.
Remy almost, for the second time, in my life, kissed me! And I blew it again, by deciding to go to the gym, kiss him in the gym, in my room, all places that can be invaded.
We would have to go to the mall or, or something like that. I walked down the hall to Professor Xavier's office and I was nervous.
Nervous is definitely an understatement. I was sweating and wringing my hands.
I knocked. "Come in." As I entered the room I noticed that the Professor really didn't act like the leader, other than Scott, of the Xmen. Maybe I just got the wrong idea of leader by watching my father though.
There were pictures of practically all his students, Remy and Rogue and Beast at a dance. Jubilee and Bobby playing in the snow.
Jean and Scott's wedding.
The professor was sitting at his desk smiling and I sat down hesitantly.
"Now SwitchBlade, I'm going to probe into your mind if you will let me. Is that all right?"
I nodded, wondering what he meant by "probe".
I was not in the mood for a lobotomy. Not a lobotomy. Just a way of seeing into your mind. No tools involved. Jean and I have the power of mind reading. Now I am going to search through your memories to see if you are who you say you are. Of which I have no doubt, but I can't speak for some of my Xmen. Now just lay back and relax and close your eyes.
His voice echoed in my head. I followed his instructions and closed my eyes.
After a few minutes the Professor told me to open my eyes. I did and found he was sitting quite solemnly behind his desk, no longer smiling. "This is very serious. Did you come here because you thought Remy or the Xmen could send you back home?" I was startled by that question. I didn't know he could find that out. "No. I came here because my father betrayed me and I'll follow Remy anywhere he wants me too."
He smiled again and nodded. "Good, very good. Well, I have decided, with my fellow Xmen of course, that you should join the team." I practically leapt up and hugged him. "Oh, really?! Are you kidding? Thank you so much!" I said grinning; forgetting for the moment that Professor Xavier was a professor. I drew back blushing, but still grinning.
He reached into a drawer in his desk and pulled out a leather suit with a Xman symbol on the front.
"This is your uniform, which, needless to say, I had help from Jubilee to make. You will wear it whenever we go on a mission or we are greeting new members. The other Xmen are in the war room, if you would care to join them. I'd put on your uniform first. Jubilation was very exited to see how it fits. And," He winked. "So is Remy if I'm not mistaken." That shocked me and I laughed.
"Thank you Professor! I'll never forget this!" I hurried out of the room and down the hall. I reached my room to see that the door was open.
"Hey chere." Said Remy, who was sitting indian style on my bed. "Look!" I said holding up my uniform.
He grinned broadly. "I knew you was tellin' de truth. And Gambit… Gambit got somethin' for you."
As I sat down next to him on the bed he pulled something like a leather belt with sheathes on it out of his coat. "Dis somthin' you might like. I know you have two blades awready but, you need ta learn somthin' other than your powers." He buckled the leather strap down my chest and over my shoulder so it crossed my front. Than he took out two more small leather belts and hooked them around my upper arms. "Thanks Remy. I can't tell you how much I want to thank you for everything. You saved my life, you brought me here, you got me into the Xmen and now your giving me presents." I said practically crying.
"Chere, dats what friends are for. And I haven't even givin' ya your whole present yet." He exclaimed, laughing, pulling out seven sleek knives from his coat. "Des' for you 'dite." He handed them to me and I fitted them in all of the sheathes. "Remy, thank you so much. I don't know how to thank you…" I said as he stood up and was standing at the door.
He smiled. "Chere, get your stuff on and show all de Xmen what ya made of. And don't be too hard on Logan. He jus'…" Remy shrugged. "He's an idiot." I finished and Remy laughed as he walked to the war room.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE WAR ROOM, NOV 18, 4:55 PM
The conversations in the room stopped as the new Xman stepped in the room. She was dressed in a tight black leather body suit, which included a large Xman sign across the chest.
Leather straps were tight around her front and they held knives.
She had tight black gloves on and above the gloves were two more leather sheathes that held long, obviously dangerous knives.
On her feet were the new long, black, zip up boots that she and Jubilee had bought at the mall.
" I knew that that material would look good on you." Said Jubilee triumphantly, breaking the amazed silence. "You call that good? I call that… there is no words for that, it's better than good though." Murmured Bobby, as he looked SwitchBlade up and down.
"I think it looks very good SvitchBlade." Said Nightcrawler, blushing like the monk he was.
"Now why don't ah have something like that?" Complained Rogue as she pulled the leather clad teen down to the seat beside her.
"Thanks guys." Said SwitchBlade, embarrassed by all the compliments. "You sound like you've never had a compliment in your life SwitchBlade!" Joked Beast and SwitchBlade laughed. "Never so many!"
Scott sat silently in the seat across from her twiddling his thumbs. He knew he should not have been so judgmental but when you're the leader of the Xmen, you can't just let anyone in can you?
He sighed. {Scott, you have to apologize, she's waiting for you to accept her as one of the Xmen and it feels like you don't want her here, which is how she's been treated her whole life!} His wife reminded him in his mind.
"You look very good SwitchBlade. I'm glad that we have you with us." Said Scott. SwitchBlade looked up and raised her eyebrows and he blushed.
*This is the best time I've ever had in my life!* Thought SwitchBlade as she teased Wolverine, forgiving him mentally for the interruption the day before and Remy put his arm around her.
"C'mon SwitchBlade, lets go outside and practice on all the dummies in the training area. You have to use your knives at some point!" Exclaimed Jubilee as she pulled her friend to her feet. Remy made a pouting face. "Ah, the funs jus' started. Why you have to go practice killing people now?" He whined, teasing as the girls scrambled out the door and his teenage friend waved to him.
Outside the School, Nov 21, 7:48 PM
I had had the best times of my life that day. I had been with the Xmen, what? Three, two weeks? And already I knew them as my family. My other family, my parents, had no way of knowing I was all right. I felt sorry for them, even wanted to go home for a while, but then I would see one of the Xmen, and all that loneliness and homesickness would go away. I had not forgotten Sinister, and his threat to make me keep my end of the bargain. My father. Hadn't forgotten about him either. They were both dangerous men, not to be messed with, obviously. I don't know anyone who would shoot his own daughter.
It had been two days since I had had practice with my knives, and that was right after I got my uniform. So Jubilee and I decided to go outside and practice more. It was chilly outside and the leather suit felt cold. I decided against going in and changing, because we didn't have much time before dinner, and I loved my new uniform anyway. My knife hit the target right in the center and Jubilee cheered.
Yes, this was definitely my home.
When the girls were outside and deep in concentration, the Marauders were only a few feet away from them, hidden in the bushes.
"Jubilee?" SwitchBlade said turning to her friend who was holding her hand to her mouth and gasping for breath. "Jubilee?!" She ran to her friend's side. "The air..." Gasped her friend and SwitchBlade smelled a peculiar smell in the air that made her feel lightheaded and unable to breathe. She gagged and collapsed next to her friend on the ground.
The Marauders stepped out of the undergrowth with gas masks and Sabretooth picked the brunette roughly, slinging her over his shoulder. "Leave the other one." Commanded Arclight, leading the way through the forest once again, back over the wall to their jet.
"Their defenses will be up in about..." She checked her watch. "Two seconds."
They disappeared over the fence, lugging the girl with them.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters except SwitchBlade and her family. (So please ask when you want to use them!!) PLEASE do not sue me. I have no money. (Damn!) I wish I owned Gambit… I don't… please don't hurt me for using him too much… And, anyone who's confused like Wildcard, Remy was used as an experiment for Sinister when he was a teen, cause he used to have the power to charge things by jus' lookin' at 'em. But then Sinister 'helped' him and he couldn't do it anymore.
Anyway, to Sinister, Remy is as obsession worthy as the Summers family tree… worthy as the Summers family tree…
I uploaded two chapters together, so this is just the start of anoth chapter so i won't have to upload more!! Aya fo' moi!
"SwitchBlade! Jubilee!!" Jean cried out.
"What? What's wrong shuga?" Rogue flew over to sit next to her friend who had been reading peacefully on the couch until the second before. "The Marauders, Sinister… SwitchBlade! They took her! I could feel her confusion and terror!"
Rogue left her friend after lying her down on the couch to go find another Xman. "Remy!" She called desperately.
Remy came out of his bedroom with only his pants on.
"What Roguie? What wrong wit ya?" Rogue tugged his arm toward the door to the outside. "It's the Marauders or someone!" Gambit froze. "They took SwitchBlade!" Remy ran back in his room to grab his things and raced out the doors, toward the training area.
Wolverine was already there, kneeling over the unconscious form of Jubilee. "Wolverine! Where Switchblade?" Remy asked.
Logan's face turned angry. "They took her Gumbo. The Marauders. I can smell 'em. I don't know how or why but they took her."
He watched as Gambit's eyes blazed with the fiery red, which only appeared when Gambit was incredibly angry.
"Sinister…" He snarled running toward the wall.
The other Xmen crowded around Beast and Jubilee as he checked her condition. "Nothing serious. They have given her a sleeping gas, which is very powerful, enough to knock anyone out for ten to twelve hours. I wonder how they designed such a thing."
"Why does Sinister need SwitchBlade asleep? That's the thing we should wonder right now." Bobby said, voicing most of the Xmen's thoughts.
Remy returned from the wall, holding what looked like a black glove. "Dey took her. Dose bastards took her." He said softly, though to every person there it sounded like Gambit was shaking with suppressed anger. Storm started forward to touch his shoulder but backed off when he swung around to face them. "Dey took her." He repeated gripping the glove. "I'll kill dem if dey hurt 'dite." He said seriously, in rage. And not really wondering who "'dite" was, every Xman knew he mean it.
CHAPTER TWELVE
SINISTER'S LAB, NOV 22, 1:35 AM
I woke up in what I knew was a lab; the white walls and the hospital beds tipped me off. All I remembered of the past hours (or days can't be sure.) was that gas or something, that smell that had knocked me out.
I tried to sit up on my bed, just to find that I was strapped to the bed with metal clasps.
"Hello?" I whispered. The lab was cold and silent. There were no windows and I could practically smell the reek of death.
"Remy?" I whimpered. "Anybody?" The door to the lab opened and I was blinded by the sudden light that came from outside.
"Hello. We finally meet again Aphrodite. Or are you calling yourself SwitchBlade nowadays?" A cool voice said. I knew… that voice…
*Sinister* "W-what do you want with me?" I asked trembling.
"I am a bargaining man SwitchBlade. You do not remember our deal? It is time for your side of the bargain." He said, smiling.
"I don't owe you anything Sinister! I never wanted to come here! You forced me too! I've been shot, hit and abused ever since I've come here! And now that I've been through hell you're making me pay for it!?" I shouted angrily.
"My dear girl. Of course not. You are free to go…" I relaxed. "Back to your time. And I will give you a medication that prevents you from remembering any people you may have met here. Remy for instance?" I winced. *Why did I ever think he would let me get off without paying something?*
"No. But what do you want? A blood test?"
Sinister chuckled. "Not really. You see, I put those blades in your hands and I want to see if I can take them out, without killing you. And without painkillers." My eyes widened as I realized I would not make it out of here unhurt. "B-but, that's inhuman! You can't!" I screamed as he took out a scalpel. "But we are not human are we? We are mutants. Freaks of nature. And you will be my first test subject to ever become human again. All the others have died, but I have great faith in you." He said as he made a deep cut across my knuckles.
I clenched my teeth as he twisted his scalpel on my third knuckle and my knives came sliding out. "No, no…" I whispered and then screamed as he pulled out one of my blades.
I could hear myself scream without even knowing I was. I screamed and screamed and then it faded away and I was in the dark, without my switchblades.
or even worse if possible...Without Remy Lebeau.
I screamed.