I DON'T OWN THE X-MEN. THIS IS ONLY FOR FUN, SO DON'T SUE ME.
I used the 1st and last chapters of Always and Forever to begin this story but it is different when you get passed the fist part. There are some added parts to it, so please read.
Remy has been rescued by an old flam and is one his way to recovery when he finds out something that will change his life. Note: Ruby is not the old flame, she's to old. This is an AU story.
Takes place around the same time as the 2nd part of Always and Forever. This is sort of a sequel to it.
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The End of the Begining.
'So cold, so cold, gotta keep move'n, keep move'n', Remy thought to himself. 'Someone will come, Dey won't let me die. Not like dis. I be dey family.'
These are the thoughts that kept going through his head. Remy Lebeau, thief, great lover, x-man. He had been left to die in a cold wasteland by the woman who claimed to love him. Who he thought he truly loved, but no more, not after this. If he mad it out alive he was through with the untouchable x-woman Rogue.
He had been prepared to love her for the rest of his, even if he could never touch her. To him it was a small sacrifice to be with the one he loved, which he thought loved him.
"If I get out o' dis, I'm through wit' you, Rogue. Never again!" he said aloud.
After awhile, he didn't know how long, the pain started to go away and he started to get sleepy. ' Dis not so bad, at least I'm not in pain', he thought.
He had stopped moving now and was lying in the snow. As he drifted asleep he thought he saw a black clad figure coming toward him. As it got closer he saw it was a woman. A beautiful woman with jet-black hair, almost blue-black, and skin the color of caramel or honey, with the most piercing gray eyes he had ever seen. She reminded him of someone whom he knew long ago, someone he once loved, but like Rogue she had left him to.
This had to be his angel of death. "You come to take ol' Remy to hell," he whispered, "you be de prettiest death angel I ever see."
"No I've come to bring you home," she whispered back to him. Then all was black as he slipped into nothingness. "My love."
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He woke up in pain. Like sharp needles everywhere. He was cold and hot all at the same time. To weak to open his eyes yet. 'So dis is hell' he thought.
When he tried to open his eyes he groaned at the bright light that was causing him even more pain.
"Ssshhh. Don't try to open them just yet." Said a voice that sounded warm and motherly, and it put him at ease.
"How is he?" another voice said. This one sounded younger by far, like a young woman.
"His fever has broken, I think he'll be just fine in a week or two." said the motherly voice. Then he felt something warm touch his lips, "here you go, young man, drink this, it will make you feel better." It was warm chicken broth and he drank it as best he could, it did make him feel much better.
"Good I'll be gone for a few days could you.."
"Don't worry about it dear, you just go and take care of whatever business you have."
"Thank you Ruby, you're a life saver."
"So are you dear, so are you."
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Two weeks past and Remy was up and about, do mostly to Ruby and her powers. She was a mutant with the gift of healing and visions, she could see into the past, present and future at will. Ruby had used her visions to help find Remy, but that's not all her gifts, she is also a Wiccan. A witch if you will, a sorceress of the highest level.
It was Ruby's gift of sorcery and healing power combined that speed up Remy's recovery. She was on old black woman, about 72 years old, with warm brown eyes and a soft smile.
They had become good friends in the month that Remy was sick, she treated him with the same love and care that she would treat her own son with, though she had no children. That was part of the reason he liked her so much, she treated him like a son.
"How are you feeling today, my boy?"
"Much better, t'ank you. Ruby?"
"Yes"
"Who saved me? I mean I couldn' get a good look at her face, you know with freez'n to deat' and all." Remy had not seen who saved his life that day, all he had seen were shadows and blur. All he could tell was that it was a woman with jet-black hair and coco brown skin.
She had not come back to the small house since the night his fever broke and he hadn't seen her then either.
"Oh don't worry about that right now, I..."
"Ruby please, I hafta know" he cut her off mid sentence. "I thought it was someone I knew but I.... who was she?" he half pleaded looking just as pitiful as her could get to her.
"It was Kaycee." She said, she could never refuse a good-looking man who begged anything.
"Kaceillia, she rescued me? How did she know where I was and how did she get dere."
At that Ruby raised her hand like a little kid would when saying it was them who stole the cookies out the cookie jar.
"Oh yea, dumb question, I forgot about yo powers." said Remy. "Where is she now?"
"She said she had some business to take care of and she would be back in a week or so."
Just then a small child ran into Remy's room yelling for all she was worth, "Nanna, Nanna."
"What is it that would cause you to run in here yelling and screaming like a wild howler monkey, when I specifically told you to stay out of this room."
"Nanna Ruby, I got bit by a spider, a big black one and it hurts." the small child said.
"Oh, now that's some thing to yell about," Ruby said as she looked at the spider bit, it was turning red and was starting to swell. "Hold still now" then she put her had over the child's spider bit and healed it, " all better now."
"Thank you Nanna." With that she left to go play.
" Who's de petite, she cute as a butt'n, is she yo gran' chil'?"
"Oh no, I don't have any children. That little angel is CeeJay, Cyanne Jordan. She is Kaciellia's daughter," said Ruby with a smile on her face. "Isn't she just sweet as sugar?"
"Yes, she beautiful. She gonna be a han' full when she start lik'n boys."
And Cyanne was very pretty. She was a five-year-old little girl with curly reddish-brown hair and a very cute, chubby face. She had big brown eyes, creamy brown caramel skin and a smile that could light up a room. She was going to grow into a stunningly beautiful woman, just like her mother. 'She gonna break many a heart when her time comes' he thought.
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That night Ceejay snuck into Remy's room and got in bed with him. When he woke up in the middle of the night he came face to face with the five year old.
'I mus' be gett'n rusty if I didn' even hear her come in.' he thought.
"What you doin' in here petite?"
"I just wanted to look at you is all" she answered.
"Now why you wanna look at me, huh? I'm no' that ugly am I?" he said earnings himself a giggle form Cyanne.
"No silly, I just wanted to see what you looked like. Mommy says I look just like you when I'm cause'n trouble." She said a bright smile on her face. "I just wanted to see for my self is all."
At that Remy was speechless and felt sick to his stomach.
"Are you alright? You don't look so good. Do you want me to get Nanna Ruby?"
"No. No, I'm all right," he paused "what do you mean yo' mommy says dat you look like me."
"You so silly. Beeecause you're my Daddy, duh."
'I am going to kill her' Remy thought. 'This can't be my kid she's to young, she to cute, she to smart, no wait the cute an' smart could come from me, she to ol' den.
"How old are you petite?"
"I'm five and a half," she said proudly.
'Oh shit, I feel sick' he thought
"You sure you don't want me to get Nanna Ruby, she'll make you feel better."
"She can't help me wit' dis one petite. Now why you really in here petite?" he asked again.
"I had a bad dream, can I sleep with you? PLEASE"
"Why did'n you go to Ruby's room?"
"Cause I wanted to sleep with you."
"Sure, you can sleep wit' me," then he thought for a few seconds, " you don't pee the bed right?" he asked half afraid.
"NO! I'm a big girl."
"Night petite."
"Night Daddy"
'Kaciellia has some explaining to do,' he thought be for he went back to sleep.
When he woke up the next morning, Cyanne was gone but he wasn't alone.
"How are you feeling?" Kaceillia asked quietly.
When she came in early that morning she saw CeeJay and Remy curled up in the bed asleep. After she put CeeJay to bed she went back to Remy's room to watch him sleep.
"Fine," Remy said looking very upset, "why didn' you tell me about the petite, chere?"
"I was going to, I really was. But when I heard you wee living at that school and stuff, I didn't want to mess things up for you, so I didn't tell you."
There was a lone silence in the room, and then he spoke again.
"How did you find me in Antarctica, how did you get dere?"
"I've always kept tabs on you Remy, for CeeJay's sake. And how I got there, lets just say I have my ways."
"Why did you save me?"
"Like I said before, I did it for Cyanne. I was going to bring her to see meet you. She kept asking if she could." Kaceillia said.
"She's beautiful."
"I know, thank you," she said quietly.
"I wish I could of seen her when she was a babe. I know she had to be the best looking kid on da block," he said, "she had to be, she my daughter."
All Kaceillia could do was smile, he hadn't changed since the last time she saw him.
"I have a few baby pictures, if you want it." Then she got up and left. When she came back she had two wallet sized pictures, "Here, you can keep these if you like."
"Thank you," he took the pictures. One was of Cyanne when she was 6months old and the other was a more recent of Cyanne and Kaceillia.
When she got up to leave he stopped her. "Kaceillia wait, don't go. Stay wit me," Remy said.
For the next few hours they talked and laughed about old times with each other. Then Remy got serious.
"Chere, why did you leave?"
"Remy I…there were a lot of things going on, I had my reasons to why I left."
"Was it me?" he asked.
'Oh god,' she thought, 'I can't do this.'
"No, it wasn't you, Remy. There were some things I had to work through, I loved you so much, but I couldn't stay." She hated this, she had loved him, No, still loves him more than herself and would do anything for him, but she couldn't stay.
"Why didn't you.." he was cut off when CeeJay came into the room all energy and smiles.
"Mommy your home!" CeeJay yelled as she ran into her mother's arms. "I missed you so much. Look what I made at school," she said holding up a picture for Kaycee and Remy to see.
'Lord thank you for small miracles,' Kaycee thought to herself.
"That's wonderful baby," then she turned to Remy and said, "I know the two of you have already met, but I'm going to introduce you anyway. Remy Lebeau, I would like for you to meet Cyanne Jordan Lebeau, your daughter. Cyanne this is Remy Lebeau, your father."
Now it was official, he was a daddy.
"I knew you were my daddy, I just knew it." CeeJay said running up to Remy and giving him the best hug her little body could manage.
"Look Remy, I have some thing's to take care of, but I'll be back later."
"K chere," Remy said from around puffy reddish-honey brown hair and giggling child.
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Later that night a man in a white lab coat was standing by a window looking out.
"Did you find her yet?"
"No, but I'll.."
"Be dead if you don't. You have1 hour."
"But I"
"One hour."
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"Come on baby wake up."
"Mommy."
"Come on sweaty, we have to go."
"What about Nanna Ruby and Daddy?"
"There coming to."
It was 1 in the morning and Kaceillia had waken every one up and was preparing to leave.
"Remy wake up, we have to go. Now."
"What? What you talkin' bout chere?"
"We need to leave and we need to go now."
The very urgent tone told him that it was very important that they go.
"What's happening, what's wrong?" he asked while getting dressed.
"I stole something from some bad guys and now they want me, and I don't have it so.." she trailed off, while looking at him as he got dressed. 'Damn he fine,' she thought.
"Dey want you dead." Remy finished for her.
"Bingo, so if you don't want to die to I suggest you get your ass moving."
"I'm ready."
When they got to the car everything was already packed that they would need.
"If I don't come back here is everything you'll need. I set up a bank account for Cyanne, so you won't have to worry about money." Kaceillia said, "Remy I want you to take them somewhere safe."
"What about you chere?"
"I've got some things I have to take care of first but I'll find you, I always have." She said as she strapped CeeJay into her car seat.
"Chere…"
"If anything happens I just want you to know that I did love you. I always have," then she kissed him with every thing she had to give. "Take care of them, there all I have. Cyanne baby, you know I love you right?"
"Yes mommy. Please don't go."
"You know I have to. Be a good girl for Daddy and Nanna, K."
"OK."
"Give Mommy a kiss."
"I love you mommy," Cyanne said on the verge of tears.
"Remember baby, everything I do is for you and Daddy, OK. You remember that. I love you." Then she turned to Remy, " Now go and don't look back." After they drove away, she got on her bike and went in the opposite direction and rode away. 'I love you, always and forever.'