OH champs d'Elyessé" Gem sang peeking out of a side street onto one of the main streets of Paris, as the song she was singing suggested this high street WAS called 'champs d'Elyessé' and it was definitely an easy place to find for someone who didn't know the area, there were also good places to hide. There were countless top designer shops and Of course 'L'arc de triumph.'
Gem slid through as many shops on the insides as possible, bobby hadn't programmed any people and Cyclops hadn't put any in that she could see so far so the shops that were normally teeming with people were now deserted and that felts strange to Gemma. Gambit was from New Orleans, they shared the language and part of the heritage but not the home town, Gem had grown up here, the cities rhythm beat in her blood like a second heart. Soon she was nearly up to the tourist attraction, she slipped from the shop down into the metro, underneath the street and up UNDER the arc, if he was where she thought he'd be he wouldn't have spotted her yet.
Gem ran her fingers along the wall of the arc de triumph feeling the stone cool and smooth against her hand, she just couldn't believe this wasn't the real Paris that this wasn't a whole city, that this was just one room, it was amazing. She tried the door handle and it swung open, bingo! Gem mounted the steps into the last floor of the arc, no bobby. Well what did she expect him not to hide or something? She searched the floor as quietly as possible before deciding he wasn't there. (The roof) she'd never been on the roof, you weren't allowed, she scanned the ceiling. There, there was the ladder, she jumped up, failed to reach it, dragged a fold up chair to it, still trying to be silent, and pressed the clip, the ladder fell with a slight bang. (DAMN).
Gem dropped from the chair and climbed up the ladder quickly, she looked around still no bobby, DARNIT maybe he'd heard her, maybe he was on one of the roofs nearby, she WAS sure she'd seen him go down those side streets, he had to be somewhere on the champs d'Elyessé, she just KNEW it, otherwise it would be the Eiffel tower, she bet you anyone who could fly or climb well would be using THAT, and bobby would probably try to do something more original, there was of course Notre Dame but compared to here? There weren't enough places to hide.
She sighed and walked to the edge of the roof to get a good look at the town below, she was scanning the streets for any sign of bobby when she heard a sound behind her. She swung round, bobby had just pulled himself up onto the roof from the spot just on the side where he'd been hovering on an ice slide, he made a mad dash for the ladder, but Gem rushed forwards to block him, diving into a rolling tackle. Unfortunately gem's foot hit the edge of the ladder, and her speed sent her careering into bobby way too fast! She collided with him and they were both knocked backwards into thin air "SHIT!" gem yelled. Wildly trying to form some kind of crystal rope or something to dig into the side of the building, she succeeded in getting a crystal grappling hook as bobby iced up beneath her, but it wasn't exactly gonna take their weight and it probably wouldn't cut into the stone of the building, She screamed closing her eyes and waiting for them to crash into the floor… or something.
It never came, instead the hit the cold ice of bobby's ice slide, tumbling over and over down the ramp to the ground and ending up in a breathless heap on the pavement.
"Remind me to take … more preliminary lessons" gem said heaving herself to her feet"and by the way tag" she touched bobby's arm, he groaned and lay there looking up at her with a tired look on his face as if to say "how can you even suggest getting up of this nice comfy pavement"
"STOP" Cyclops voice rang out behind them, the simulation faded behind them and everyone somehow made it back to ground level to stare at bobby, gem and Cyclops.
"Quick thinking Bobby, And GEMMA do the words ' bull in a china shop' mean anything to you?"
"Hey it was an accident I tripped, I'm sorry"
"You'd better be you could Have hurt both yourself and bobby badly, you can't afford to make Mistakes in this job"
Cyclops didn't look like He was gonna finish any time soon, it was about then that gemma tuned out.
Gem slid through as many shops on the insides as possible, bobby hadn't programmed any people and Cyclops hadn't put any in that she could see so far so the shops that were normally teeming with people were now deserted and that felts strange to Gemma. Gambit was from New Orleans, they shared the language and part of the heritage but not the home town, Gem had grown up here, the cities rhythm beat in her blood like a second heart. Soon she was nearly up to the tourist attraction, she slipped from the shop down into the metro, underneath the street and up UNDER the arc, if he was where she thought he'd be he wouldn't have spotted her yet.
Gem ran her fingers along the wall of the arc de triumph feeling the stone cool and smooth against her hand, she just couldn't believe this wasn't the real Paris that this wasn't a whole city, that this was just one room, it was amazing. She tried the door handle and it swung open, bingo! Gem mounted the steps into the last floor of the arc, no bobby. Well what did she expect him not to hide or something? She searched the floor as quietly as possible before deciding he wasn't there. (The roof) she'd never been on the roof, you weren't allowed, she scanned the ceiling. There, there was the ladder, she jumped up, failed to reach it, dragged a fold up chair to it, still trying to be silent, and pressed the clip, the ladder fell with a slight bang. (DAMN).
Gem dropped from the chair and climbed up the ladder quickly, she looked around still no bobby, DARNIT maybe he'd heard her, maybe he was on one of the roofs nearby, she WAS sure she'd seen him go down those side streets, he had to be somewhere on the champs d'Elyessé, she just KNEW it, otherwise it would be the Eiffel tower, she bet you anyone who could fly or climb well would be using THAT, and bobby would probably try to do something more original, there was of course Notre Dame but compared to here? There weren't enough places to hide.
She sighed and walked to the edge of the roof to get a good look at the town below, she was scanning the streets for any sign of bobby when she heard a sound behind her. She swung round, bobby had just pulled himself up onto the roof from the spot just on the side where he'd been hovering on an ice slide, he made a mad dash for the ladder, but Gem rushed forwards to block him, diving into a rolling tackle. Unfortunately gem's foot hit the edge of the ladder, and her speed sent her careering into bobby way too fast! She collided with him and they were both knocked backwards into thin air "SHIT!" gem yelled. Wildly trying to form some kind of crystal rope or something to dig into the side of the building, she succeeded in getting a crystal grappling hook as bobby iced up beneath her, but it wasn't exactly gonna take their weight and it probably wouldn't cut into the stone of the building, She screamed closing her eyes and waiting for them to crash into the floor… or something.
It never came, instead the hit the cold ice of bobby's ice slide, tumbling over and over down the ramp to the ground and ending up in a breathless heap on the pavement.
"Remind me to take … more preliminary lessons" gem said heaving herself to her feet"and by the way tag" she touched bobby's arm, he groaned and lay there looking up at her with a tired look on his face as if to say "how can you even suggest getting up of this nice comfy pavement"
"STOP" Cyclops voice rang out behind them, the simulation faded behind them and everyone somehow made it back to ground level to stare at bobby, gem and Cyclops.
"Quick thinking Bobby, And GEMMA do the words ' bull in a china shop' mean anything to you?"
"Hey it was an accident I tripped, I'm sorry"
"You'd better be you could Have hurt both yourself and bobby badly, you can't afford to make Mistakes in this job"
Cyclops didn't look like He was gonna finish any time soon, it was about then that gemma tuned out.
