Author's note: Some of you asked for Remy to find out about the comics 'n' all…. Here you are! Sorta… *grin*
Do You Want A Real Remy?
Chapter 3: …We'd Better Wash Up. Yeah, At The Same Time…
Remy woke with a jolt, hearing the loud, insistent knocking that was on the door. * Remy gonna hurt dat person real bad, * he thought, then he remembered just where he was. * Remy not at de Mansion, he be in a teen's house! * he thought, wary of anything.
Suni woke up from the warm niche in his arms, hearing the insistent knocking. She was instantly alert. " Hide under the bed," she whispered in his ear and slid out, leaving him to hide. "Yeah, yeah, I'm awake already! What you're trying to wake the dead along with me is it?" she yelled out loud. Affecting a sleepy, grumpy face she opened the door, revealing a short, dark, pudgy Asian woman with graying hair.
"Suni, I don't have a class today, the boy just called to cancel it. So I'll be at home the whole day!" she said, beaming.
Suni blinked. "Oh…um…that's…good! Yeah, it's excellent!" she lied, knowing that Remy couldn't possibly leave with her mother in the house.
" I just called Irene and Jothi and the rest of the ladies… we're going to have a little talk in the house."
"A talk?"
"You know, basic chatting. They're going to stay here for lunch, too. I've already cooked a range of excellent Asian cuisine for them."
"Oh…erm… I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to stay right up here and do my work."
"You're not going to join us?"
"Uhhh…no."
"Okay, you're missing all the fun!" Her mother turned to go down the stairs. "At least show your face when they come."
"Fine, I'll do that."
Suni watched her mom go down, then sighed, closing the door. Going to her stereo, she put on one of her CD's, turning the volume on loud enough to mask any sound she made in the room. "Remy?" she called out, and he poked his head out from under the bed.
"De coast is clear?"
"Yeah. You heard the conversation, didn't you?" And Remy's nod, she sighed and went on. "If Mom's happy 'girl scout' troop camps here, it means that you can't get out until at least eight o'clock tonight. Remy got out from under the bed and sat on it instead. "Remy can sneak past them."
"One small problem. They're EVERYWHERE……Meaning," she explained as Remy cocked an eyebrow, "they treat the house as their own home… they walk into every room and mess about. There's no way they won't see you. The best we can do is to sneak you out as soon as ALL of them leave. I'm not taking any chances."
"But how is Remy going to stay in dis house?"
"The same way the puppy stayed. You can wash up and bathe in my bathroom, use some of my clothes, and I'll sneak up food for you: breakfast and lunch. It'll be easy, 'cause I already told her that I'll be up here to do my work which, by the way, is completing my jigsaw and doing some research on the 'Net." Suni went to her cupboard leaving Remy to ponder over her logic.
"Ain't dis troubling you, petite?"
"Not particularly. It's kind of a challenge for me, actually, and it's kinda fun." She tossed two t-shirts a pair of jeans and tights onto the bed. " The jeans are for you… you can pick whichever t-shirt you want. Or would you want a pair of shorts?"
Remy stared at her, and she looked at him. "What? Have I grown a pimple overnight or something?"
"Why you doing dis for Remy, chere?"
Suni sat beside him. "You asked me the same question yesterday. Well, if you want a different answer, think of it as me wanting to do a friend a good turn as well as the fact that if I turn you out now, how on earth am I going to explain you to my parents?" At Remy's quiet nod, she continued. "Now, let me ask you a question. Why can't you not question my moves? It's not like I want to hurt you or something. You've not even been here long enough to make any enemies."
" It's just practice, petite. You never know when someone will turn on you and destroy you, so Remy keep de practice of making sure de moves people make are not hazardous to Remy's health."
Suni looked at him, then nodded." Come on, we'd better wash up. Yeah, at the same time," she added, smiling a little at Remy's face.
"Just how are we gonna do dat, and why?"
"Easy. The shower and the bathtub are both blocked from the rest of the bathroom by a sliding door. You can have the shower first, then switch with me and use the sink; which by the way has an extra toothbrush, the blue one, while I use the shower. The reason we are doing this is because it'll be weird if I have two baths during one morning. You can hear the water running downstairs. My mom is kinda nosy, so she'll have a billion questions to ask about me having two baths."
"Okay petite, if you say so."
"Nice to see you docile."
"Wat is dat supposed to mean?"
"Absolutely nothing."
They both got in, and she left Remy to bathe first while she cleaned her teeth. Remembering her clothes, she crept out to snatch them, then snuck back in. "You done yet?"
"Non, petite. Almost done."
"Well, hurry up."
"Okay."
Remy slid open the door and poked his head out before walking out, covered by a huge bath towel at the waist. Suni cocked an eyebrow. "Nice…" she said, noting his sleek, muscled chest. Remy grinned and let her pass him into the shower. Washing up, he wondered just how he was going to survive in this world. * Remy is obviously gonna have'ta steal until Remy has enough resources to survive… maybe he had better infiltrate de Underworld…*
Walking out, he saw that she had taken her clothes inside. He began to dress. Ending, he stood in front of the mirror, gazing at his teenage self. * Dis feel very creepy… Remy has ta find a way to get outta here, * he thought, picking up a hairbrush.
"Petite, you mind if Remy uses your comb?"
"No! Go ahead!" she yelled from the bathroom. * T'ank God de music is on. Otherwise, de petite's mom'll be here…*
Suni walked out of the bathroom, smelling of peaches. "Nice, petite. Remy don't mind sitting by you for the next few hours, if ya keep smelling like that."
"Flatterer," she said, smiling. "I'm going to go get breakfast. What do you eat in the mornings?"
"Whateva's on de table."
"Okay… what do you drink?"
"Coffee. Sweet, with milk."
"Okay. Now, sit tight and wait for me. You can touch whatever's in my room, but don't break anything." She left.
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He grinned and watched the girl walk down the stairs. * I like these mortals… they make such good entertainment, * he thought, creating another doll that looked exactly like Suni and placing it beside the Remy doll on his table. * Now, to make him stay with her… that we'll see… if she takes care of it, or I should injure him a little to make him stay… heh, heh, heh…* Outside, shadows draped the surroundings of great darkness, where only the pitiful and those who hold no hope for their souls live and die…
# # #
Remy casually glanced at the books in the huge bookcase. * Ouch chere… sci-fi an' fantasy… Hmm…De Mind O' God… dis be heavy readin' material for a teen… What's dis? * He noticed a book titled X-Men. * Mon Dieu ! De X-Men?! Just how did the petite get her 'hands on somet'in' like dis? * He looked at the front cover. 'Now a major blockbuster from Twentieth Century Fox' and at the bottom it stated, ' A novelization by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith…Based on the movie written by Christopher McQuarrie and Ed Solomon'. * Based on a movie? De X-Men never did a movie in d'eir lives! * Remy thought, and he sat on the chair and began to read.
# # #
Suni quietly crept up the stairs, trying not to alert her mother who was currently watching something on the television. She held a tray, where there were two steaming cups of coffee and two plates of sandwiches. She moved up the last stair and walked to her room, sighing in relief. Then, the doorbell rang and she jumped, nearly spilling everything. * Close call…* she thought and put the tray on the floor so that she could open the door without yelling for Remy to open it instead. She picked up the tray and walked in to find Remy completely focused on a book. She smiled to herself and put the coffee on the table, not bothering to see what book he was reading. A mischievous thought entered he mind, and pausing to put the tray down beside the cup of coffee, she put her mouth a couple of centimeters away from his ear. "Remy…"
Remy leaped into the air, barely restraining a yell from his mouth. Suni laughed at his expression, laughter that revealed the two shy dimples on her face. Remy glared at her, but he just couldn't bring himself to scold her. Instead, he tickled her. "Remy, stop!" Suni gasped, trying to get free, and he let go, chuckling. " How was dat, chere?" he questioned, grinning from ear to ear. She smiled and handed him the coffee. "You'd better take it before I decide not to give it to you," she said. "The sandwiches are bacon for you and turkey for me. Yeah, the left plate is the one with bacon." Remy took the plate and coffee and , placing it beside him and taking a sandwich, he continued reading. Suni shook her head at him, then took her breakfast to the table where her 5000 piece jigsaw puzzle lay and she began to work on that while having her breakfast.
# # #
"Has anyone seen Remy?"
"Check his bedroom. The Cajun's probably overslept again."
"I already did, and he is not there. Did he perhaps go out?"
"Naw, darlin'. His bike's still there."
"Then where is he?"
"I didn't see him at breakfast, shugah."
"My friends, I think Remy is missing."
"No way, Storm. The guy's probably trying to scare us or something. Come on, even Remy gets up by twelve, if not to have to have a late breakfast."
"Bobby, that's you. Didn't you hear what Storm said? He's not in his room. Get that?"
"But where can he be? All our tranport vehicles are here. No one is outside, except for Bishop, who's patrolling the grounds."
"Then where can he be?"
"Relax Ro, he'll be fine. This is Remy, after all. He's the most streetwise person I know."
"Scott…"
"Don't worry 'bout it, darlin. Cyke's right; the Cajun'll be fine."
"I still feel uneasy about his disappearance, Logan. Still…"
# # #
"Petite?"
"Hmm?"
"Dis book is false… Remy t'inks."
"What book?"
"Dis book. It's called De X-Men."
"WHAT?!?! You're not supposed to read that! Gimmie!"
Suni reached across to grab the book Remy held, but he took it out of her reach. " Dis book be very in'resting, petite… since de X-Men never did a movie. How'd you get it?" His eyes were glowing, ever so slightly.
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J Heh heh heh… now I gotcha… if ya wanna hear what happens next, be dears and REVIEW!!!! Heh heh heh… By the way, thanx ya'll who reviewed b4… hope you'll keep reading this fic of mine… WS
