The room was opposite of the X-Men's underground facility. Where
gleaming stainless steel and fresh air was prominent in one, the other was
dank, cramped, and stale. It was obvious hoe far underground the occupants
of the room were, even as the bright floodlights tried to banish the
darkness and claustrophobia that edged along the thin line that separated
the light from the shadows. The darkness was oppressive. As was the voice
that broke the silence.
"Ye failed, Lebeau." The three words conveyed more disappointed disgust than any hour-long lecture could have delivered. Gambit would have rather had the lecture.
"Oui, Parran. Gambit, he failed..unforeseen complications, non?"
"Oui, he did dat. De Guild be tired of waitin' on de Le Blanc's first chit."
Gambit paled at the mention of his debt. It was not his fault that Belladonna had divorced him. In his eyes he didn't have the debt that she had brought into their marriage without telling him. It had been her, not him that had sworn her first born to the Guild-and the Assassin's Guild at that. He was of the Thieves' Guild. All the more reason that he shouldn't have the debt. Yet some how, by marrying her, joining the two Guilds and her leaving, he had still retained the debt and must repay it. He gave a snort. Bella always had been an manipulating bitch. "Dat was de deal, non? To have de chit or dat cher wit de stripes, non? Neither be here."
Gambit gave a half smile. "Non. Dat be HER deal. Gambit non be responsible for."
The voice cut him off. "For what, Gambit? For lettin' a slip of a bell git de better of ye? Ah always dought dat dere not be a force on de earth dat could make de Gambit fall in amour."
Gambit looked up sharply. "Gambit non be in amour. Gambit be de one doin' de playin', non de one gittin' played."
The man in the shadows chuckled. "Non, non Gambit, now it be true dat de reason Bella left ye was of dat. It be de true reason. She sensed it, Le Blanc. Non, non Gambit. Non body see it other den we, but ye be in amour wit de cher. It be a fact. So de question be now, do ye knock up some belle for un chit? Or do ye bring Striped to out Guild?"
Gambit took a deep breath. "Gambit prove dat he not in amour wit dat chit. She be another notch on de post. It don madda. Ye see-Gambit bring dat chit in."
"See dat ye do, Gambit. See dat ye do."
"Ye failed, Lebeau." The three words conveyed more disappointed disgust than any hour-long lecture could have delivered. Gambit would have rather had the lecture.
"Oui, Parran. Gambit, he failed..unforeseen complications, non?"
"Oui, he did dat. De Guild be tired of waitin' on de Le Blanc's first chit."
Gambit paled at the mention of his debt. It was not his fault that Belladonna had divorced him. In his eyes he didn't have the debt that she had brought into their marriage without telling him. It had been her, not him that had sworn her first born to the Guild-and the Assassin's Guild at that. He was of the Thieves' Guild. All the more reason that he shouldn't have the debt. Yet some how, by marrying her, joining the two Guilds and her leaving, he had still retained the debt and must repay it. He gave a snort. Bella always had been an manipulating bitch. "Dat was de deal, non? To have de chit or dat cher wit de stripes, non? Neither be here."
Gambit gave a half smile. "Non. Dat be HER deal. Gambit non be responsible for."
The voice cut him off. "For what, Gambit? For lettin' a slip of a bell git de better of ye? Ah always dought dat dere not be a force on de earth dat could make de Gambit fall in amour."
Gambit looked up sharply. "Gambit non be in amour. Gambit be de one doin' de playin', non de one gittin' played."
The man in the shadows chuckled. "Non, non Gambit, now it be true dat de reason Bella left ye was of dat. It be de true reason. She sensed it, Le Blanc. Non, non Gambit. Non body see it other den we, but ye be in amour wit de cher. It be a fact. So de question be now, do ye knock up some belle for un chit? Or do ye bring Striped to out Guild?"
Gambit took a deep breath. "Gambit prove dat he not in amour wit dat chit. She be another notch on de post. It don madda. Ye see-Gambit bring dat chit in."
"See dat ye do, Gambit. See dat ye do."