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Chapter 4

And now back to the movie and the bitchin' couch.

"All you have to know are de basics," said Henri.

"Dere are assassins, my family, and t'ieves-" Mads explained.

"Are my family and de families don' get along."

"We're together now because an assassin-" Mads continued.

"and a t'ief took each other out de other night and now our fathers have to reassign various territories-" Henri stopped when Mads smacked his shoulder.

"We've said too much already. Jus' know dere are two families, dey don' get along."

"Dis is where Remy and Belle come in. An' to make dis documentary even better-" Henri smiled and looked at Mads.

"We have baby pictures," ginned Mads holding up a rather weighty photo album.

"Were gon' keep dis as basic as possible. De head of de t'ieves, Jean Luc Lebeau, my father, adopted Remy when he was about four. Here's picture when Dad first brought Remy home." said Henri holding up a photo.

It was a picture of Jean Luc wearing a full length trench coat. Peering out from the coat was a 2' tall, 4 yr old little boy with red on black eyes clinging to Jean Luc's leg for dear life.

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"OMG!" squealed Kitty, "Gambit was so adorable as a kid."

"What happened?" asked Scott sarcastically.

Wolverine snickered at the comment.

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"This is priceless," laughed Pietro.

"You know we have to hold this over Gambit's head for the rest of his life, Mate," laughed St. John.

"I hate to admit it, but Gambit was cute as a kid." Wanda paused, "What happened?"

Mesmero, Mystique, Magneto and Creed couldn't help, but exchange mocking smiles.

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Back to the tape and that hot couch.

"Jean Luc adopted Remy to ultimately to marry my sister, Belladonna, and bring peace between the warin' families," Mads held up a picture of a girl with a build very similar to Rogue's, she had medium length, blonde dreadlocks and crystal blue eyes. The photo looked like it could have been a cover shot for a fashion magazine.

"You'll meet her later and oui, de fille is as bad as 'er name indicates," said Henri as he looked over at Madeline, "Ain't you gon' hit me?"

"Non, my sister's a bitch, I don' deny dat," Mads shrugged it off.

"Anyway, tings between Remy and Belle were hot and heavy for quite a few years, but dey got over each other. How old were dey?" Henri asked Mads.

"Remy was about 15, so that would have made Belle 13."

"Don' get us wrong dey still banged de hell out of each other during Mardi Gras for at least another two years-" said Henri with a wicked grin.

"But in de dey did completely break it off. An' now der just-"

"Unforgivingly wicked to each other. Although we do have it on authority dat dey still do sexual favors for each other on occasion."

"It's worse den having toddlers," said Mads turning to Henri, "Remember last time when our fathers told us watch dem while dey handled somtin' at de docks?"

"How could I forget? We wound up in de ER in less den an hour." Henri rolled his eyes.

"But speaking of de ER dat's where we picked Remy up tonight and he wasn't alone." Mads began uneasily, "Rogue was with him, actually de other way around. Dey were fighting on top of a condemned building and it collapsed on dem."

"Dere alright now. Remy bruised a couple of ribs and Rogue dislocated her shoulder and were still not quite sure how dey got to de hospital, but will ask when dey wake up."

"With any luck dey'll sleep for de rest of de night."

"Mads, please, wid dey amount of pain killer dey be on dey'll sleep through de night."

"Well, were gon' sign off for now, check on Remy and Rogue, den turn in."

"See you in de mornin'," said Henri.

[Fade to black]

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"They fell through a building?" said Jean in horror.

"You mean a building fell on them," said Scott swallowing hard.

"No wonder, Rogue, didn't want to talk this morning," Kitty said.

"There lucky to be alive," Hank observed.

Logan just sat there, "Damn her," he thought, she was the only one who could completely shut out his animal senses. He just thought she was being a pain in the ass this morning, like she always is when she's tired or awake for that matter, it didn't even occur to him that she would be hiding fear. Oh ya, now he felt like a jackass.

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Meanwhile the Acolytes weren't laughing anymore.

"A building collapsed on them?!" Wanda was the first to break the silence.

"Why were they on a building?" asked Pietro, "I thought Gambit took the back roads to the museum."

"This is Gambit yer talkin' about, Mate, of course he took the back roads he just never said where they took him through to end up at the museum in the least amount of time." St. John offered.

"I'm surprised they got away with those minor injuries and didn't get crushed," said Mesmero.

THUD! Needless to say hearing about the collapse and that Rogue's shoulder was dislocated was too much for Mystique, who fortunately had put the knife she was sharpening down before fainting.

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Next chapter: Day 1 - lets see what happens when Rogue wakes up at Gambit's house and Henri + Madeline get creative with the Camera angles. Enter Jean Luc and Magnus, the fathers in a debate over land, Aunt Mattie and Belladonna.