Chapter 12
And now back to the charismatic couch with Mads, Henri and Belle. Henri is about to push the button.
"Wait!" Mads rushes to cover Henri's hand with her own, "Dis is kinda racy- "
Belle rolls her eyes, "Fine, Mads, go grab some popcorn."
"Sweet, be right back!" said Mads happily as she skipped off to the kitchen.
"An' bring me a diet coke!" Belle yelled after her.
Within a short time Mads returned with a bowel of popcorn and Belle's soda.
"Can we continue now?" asked Henri in an exasperated tone.
"By all means," said Belle cracking open a can of diet coke.
Henri sighed as he pushed button, "Filies."
(Cut to the airplane)
It's not even half filled because of the flight being so early in the morning. Remy is of course out cold in one of the isle seats, not sawing logs mind you but redwoods. Rogue sits beside him and looks out the window for a few seconds then turns her attention to Gambit. She leans over and rubs his chest in small slow circles until he wakes up.
Gambit smiles and takes Rogue by the hand (both are wearing gloves).
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"Oh mah God, stop the tape!" yelled Rogue as she received an assist for Wolverine's healing power.
"Vhy?" asked Kurt.
"Never you mind whay just do it!" Rogue ordered as she tried to get off the couch.
"Hold it, Stripes, yer still bleedin'!" said Logan as he pulled her back on to the couch, "I think you slit an artery."
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Meanwhile back at chez Mags things were going in a similar direction as the Institute.
"Mon Diu! Stop de tape!" yelled Remy as he tried to get up from the couch.
"I got 'im," said Sabertooth pinning Remy to the couch with one arm, for some reason he had been selected the unofficial bouncer.
"Non, mon ami, you don' understand!" Gambit begged Sabertooth.
"Well if it's really that bad-" Pyro seemed to be having a moment of morality, "TURN IT UP!" (Oh, well nothing lasts forever).
"Consider it done!" said Pietro hitting the volume button.
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Remy took Rogue by the hand and led her down the isle of seats to the bathroom (Dun dun dun!).
After a few seconds something slams against the door and a lot French can be heard from both parties (and yes, Rogue absorbs Remy's knowledge of speaking French). Some of the phrases used were as follows: "Cela est l'endroit!" "That's the spot!", "Plus bas!" "Lower!" and "Pas l'arrêt!" "Don't stop!", just to give you an idea (as if you didn't already have some ideas of your own ;)
About ten minutes later the door opens. Remy and Rogue walk out of the bathroom and back to their seats. Remy's hair is disheveled and Rogue's bra is coming off of her shoulder as they sit down again. Rogue curls up in Remy's arms and the two drift back to sleep.
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Back to the smashing couch.
"I knew I should've 'ad 'im fixed when I 'ad the chance," said Belle mentally kicking herself.
"We know, Belle, we know," said Henri patting Belle's shoulder.
SMACK! Belle took her hand across Henri's face, "Don' touch me!"
Mads rolled her eyes and pulled out a folded piece of white paper, then held it up to the camera, "'ere we 'ave a statement from de flight crew." She unfolded the paper and read from it, "'Dude, we thought they were married!'"
"An' there you 'ave it!" said Henri.
"Well, we 'ope you enjoyed the de flick!" said Mads.
"Oui, an' de bes' part is we still got it!" said Belle regally.
"How do you mean, Sis?" asked Mads.
"I mean we completely pulled dis off an' our fathers are none de wiser!" said Belle ecstatically.
Then the three froze.
They looked straight into the camera, too afraid to turn around.
"Dere right behind us aren't dey?" asked a horror stricken Henri.
"What was yo firs' clue, Pup?" came Jean Luc's voice.
The camera angle widened to reveal not only Jean Luc, but Magnus and Tante Mattie standing directly behind the perfect couch.
"Merde (shit) ," said Mads, "Jus' merde."
"Mais, comment (But, How)?" asked Henri.
"Ya, you were talkin' all week what's de deal?" asked Mads.
"We fin'shed talking' on 'Day 2'," explained Magnus.
"QUOI?!" asked the three on the couch.
"You tree hones'ly don' tink we know what you in yo spear time?" asked Magnus.
"Mais (But) we were so careful!" exclaimed Mads.
"Careful? CAREFUL?!" yelled Magnus, "Oui, de tree o' you were so careful you din' even notice our spies!"
"Spies! What spies?" asked a rather confused Mads.
"Let's see dere was de sales clerk at de store, de biker in the park, de jazz band, de usher at de t'eater. Should I go on?! Boy, Jean-Luc tought he train you betta den dis!"
"Dat goes double fo de both o' you," said Magnus looking at his girls with distain.
"Daddy, dis outrageous!" Belle exploded, "We adults!"
"Adults?! Belle, don' start we been trough dis too many times-my roof, my rules. An' as far as I'm concerned you nev' gon' grow up at dis rate."
"De hell is dat suppos' ta mean?!" interrogated Belle.
"De las' time we din' watch you de 'ospital bill was over four t'ousand dollars!"
Mads laughed as she watched her "perfect" sister getting it in spades (slight Gambit implication) from their father.
"An' Mads I expect you to bring Simone to dinner tomorrow night." said Magnus sternly.
"I know I've been wantin' to meet her," said Tante Mattie crossed her arms.
Mads' mouth dropped wide open.
"Jus' cut to de chase!" said Henri attempting to reassume control of the situation, "Will we ever see de light o' day again?"
"Not if Tante Mattie 'as anyting ta do wid it!" she said lifting a rolled up news paper from behind the couch.
"Any last words?" asked Jean-Luc.
The three looked at each other and then Henri responded by looking directly into the camera, "Jus' thanks to Pierre fo' droppin' all de subtitles.
"Oh, and as far as Remy," said Mads getting a little teary, "our little man 'as finally grown up. It seems like only yesterday he was sittin' on dis very couch watching cartons in his underwear-"
"Mads, dat was yesterday!" Belle rolled her eyes.
"Oh right," said Mads, "well I guess Rogue has her work cut out for her."
"Rogue, don' hesitate to use a rolled up news paper-Oh, dat's right," said Belle with a wicked gleam in her eye, "you already have."
"An' to de audience as a whole," Henri continued, "don' bother looking fo' our bodies. You'll never find dem." Then he looked up at Jean-Luc, "Are you gon' shut off de camera now, so you can swear?"
Jean-Luc smiled and raised the remote and the screen went black.
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*Click*
Magneto turned the TV off.
All eyes were on Remy and Magneto.
"Well, what do you have to say for yourself?" asked Magneto.
"Not'in'" said Remy as he leaned forward and placed the small wooden box he was originally ordered to retrieve on the coffee table.
Gambit rose to his feet and walked over to coat rack and picked up his trench coat.
"Where do you think you're going?!" asked Mystique who was still bound to the floor.
"To kill what's left o' mon frère (my brother)!"
"In boxers and a trench coat, Mate?" asked Pyro.
"I've got a better idea," said Creed with an evil gleam in his eye. "Sparky (Pyro), go get the video camera."
"Proquoi?" asked Gambit.
Magneto gave Sabertooth confused look.
"Lets go for a walk," said Creed wrapping one massive arm around Gambit's shoulders ushered him out the door.
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Back at the institute things were going less than swimmingly (foreshadowing). All the adults had reconvened in Xavier's office.
SKNIT!-"I say we ground her for the rest of her life! I'll work with her everyday before and after school and then on the weekends she can wash the all the cars!"
"That seems a bit extreme, Logan." said Storm, "Besides I don't think we have much to worry about."
"What do you mean?" asked Hank.
"I mean, now we all know and I can only assume another copy of the movie was sent to the Acolytes."
"So what?" asked Logan who was really trying not to expand the professor's office by knocking out a wall.
"So," said Storm, "it's not a secret anymore. I'm sure they'll eventually lose interest in one another."
"I see your point," said Hank, "but won't that be kind of hard? I mean the movie pretty much labeled them as a couple."
"I'm not too worried." said Storm, "I'm sure Mystique will impair Gambit's ability to see Rogue for quite a while."
"What are you planning to do, Charles?" asked Hank.
"Nothing," responded the professor.
The other three gaped at him.
"What can I do? My hands are bound. Rogue is 17, the age of consent in New York, where the brunt of this relationship took place."
"On second thought she's probably punished herself enough already." said Hank "I mean I honestly don't know how well the rest of the X-Men are taking this."
"All the same I should probably give Eric a call before we decide to do anything."
And now back to the charismatic couch with Mads, Henri and Belle. Henri is about to push the button.
"Wait!" Mads rushes to cover Henri's hand with her own, "Dis is kinda racy- "
Belle rolls her eyes, "Fine, Mads, go grab some popcorn."
"Sweet, be right back!" said Mads happily as she skipped off to the kitchen.
"An' bring me a diet coke!" Belle yelled after her.
Within a short time Mads returned with a bowel of popcorn and Belle's soda.
"Can we continue now?" asked Henri in an exasperated tone.
"By all means," said Belle cracking open a can of diet coke.
Henri sighed as he pushed button, "Filies."
(Cut to the airplane)
It's not even half filled because of the flight being so early in the morning. Remy is of course out cold in one of the isle seats, not sawing logs mind you but redwoods. Rogue sits beside him and looks out the window for a few seconds then turns her attention to Gambit. She leans over and rubs his chest in small slow circles until he wakes up.
Gambit smiles and takes Rogue by the hand (both are wearing gloves).
-------------
"Oh mah God, stop the tape!" yelled Rogue as she received an assist for Wolverine's healing power.
"Vhy?" asked Kurt.
"Never you mind whay just do it!" Rogue ordered as she tried to get off the couch.
"Hold it, Stripes, yer still bleedin'!" said Logan as he pulled her back on to the couch, "I think you slit an artery."
-------------
Meanwhile back at chez Mags things were going in a similar direction as the Institute.
"Mon Diu! Stop de tape!" yelled Remy as he tried to get up from the couch.
"I got 'im," said Sabertooth pinning Remy to the couch with one arm, for some reason he had been selected the unofficial bouncer.
"Non, mon ami, you don' understand!" Gambit begged Sabertooth.
"Well if it's really that bad-" Pyro seemed to be having a moment of morality, "TURN IT UP!" (Oh, well nothing lasts forever).
"Consider it done!" said Pietro hitting the volume button.
-------------
Remy took Rogue by the hand and led her down the isle of seats to the bathroom (Dun dun dun!).
After a few seconds something slams against the door and a lot French can be heard from both parties (and yes, Rogue absorbs Remy's knowledge of speaking French). Some of the phrases used were as follows: "Cela est l'endroit!" "That's the spot!", "Plus bas!" "Lower!" and "Pas l'arrêt!" "Don't stop!", just to give you an idea (as if you didn't already have some ideas of your own ;)
About ten minutes later the door opens. Remy and Rogue walk out of the bathroom and back to their seats. Remy's hair is disheveled and Rogue's bra is coming off of her shoulder as they sit down again. Rogue curls up in Remy's arms and the two drift back to sleep.
-------------
Back to the smashing couch.
"I knew I should've 'ad 'im fixed when I 'ad the chance," said Belle mentally kicking herself.
"We know, Belle, we know," said Henri patting Belle's shoulder.
SMACK! Belle took her hand across Henri's face, "Don' touch me!"
Mads rolled her eyes and pulled out a folded piece of white paper, then held it up to the camera, "'ere we 'ave a statement from de flight crew." She unfolded the paper and read from it, "'Dude, we thought they were married!'"
"An' there you 'ave it!" said Henri.
"Well, we 'ope you enjoyed the de flick!" said Mads.
"Oui, an' de bes' part is we still got it!" said Belle regally.
"How do you mean, Sis?" asked Mads.
"I mean we completely pulled dis off an' our fathers are none de wiser!" said Belle ecstatically.
Then the three froze.
They looked straight into the camera, too afraid to turn around.
"Dere right behind us aren't dey?" asked a horror stricken Henri.
"What was yo firs' clue, Pup?" came Jean Luc's voice.
The camera angle widened to reveal not only Jean Luc, but Magnus and Tante Mattie standing directly behind the perfect couch.
"Merde (shit) ," said Mads, "Jus' merde."
"Mais, comment (But, How)?" asked Henri.
"Ya, you were talkin' all week what's de deal?" asked Mads.
"We fin'shed talking' on 'Day 2'," explained Magnus.
"QUOI?!" asked the three on the couch.
"You tree hones'ly don' tink we know what you in yo spear time?" asked Magnus.
"Mais (But) we were so careful!" exclaimed Mads.
"Careful? CAREFUL?!" yelled Magnus, "Oui, de tree o' you were so careful you din' even notice our spies!"
"Spies! What spies?" asked a rather confused Mads.
"Let's see dere was de sales clerk at de store, de biker in the park, de jazz band, de usher at de t'eater. Should I go on?! Boy, Jean-Luc tought he train you betta den dis!"
"Dat goes double fo de both o' you," said Magnus looking at his girls with distain.
"Daddy, dis outrageous!" Belle exploded, "We adults!"
"Adults?! Belle, don' start we been trough dis too many times-my roof, my rules. An' as far as I'm concerned you nev' gon' grow up at dis rate."
"De hell is dat suppos' ta mean?!" interrogated Belle.
"De las' time we din' watch you de 'ospital bill was over four t'ousand dollars!"
Mads laughed as she watched her "perfect" sister getting it in spades (slight Gambit implication) from their father.
"An' Mads I expect you to bring Simone to dinner tomorrow night." said Magnus sternly.
"I know I've been wantin' to meet her," said Tante Mattie crossed her arms.
Mads' mouth dropped wide open.
"Jus' cut to de chase!" said Henri attempting to reassume control of the situation, "Will we ever see de light o' day again?"
"Not if Tante Mattie 'as anyting ta do wid it!" she said lifting a rolled up news paper from behind the couch.
"Any last words?" asked Jean-Luc.
The three looked at each other and then Henri responded by looking directly into the camera, "Jus' thanks to Pierre fo' droppin' all de subtitles.
"Oh, and as far as Remy," said Mads getting a little teary, "our little man 'as finally grown up. It seems like only yesterday he was sittin' on dis very couch watching cartons in his underwear-"
"Mads, dat was yesterday!" Belle rolled her eyes.
"Oh right," said Mads, "well I guess Rogue has her work cut out for her."
"Rogue, don' hesitate to use a rolled up news paper-Oh, dat's right," said Belle with a wicked gleam in her eye, "you already have."
"An' to de audience as a whole," Henri continued, "don' bother looking fo' our bodies. You'll never find dem." Then he looked up at Jean-Luc, "Are you gon' shut off de camera now, so you can swear?"
Jean-Luc smiled and raised the remote and the screen went black.
-------------
*Click*
Magneto turned the TV off.
All eyes were on Remy and Magneto.
"Well, what do you have to say for yourself?" asked Magneto.
"Not'in'" said Remy as he leaned forward and placed the small wooden box he was originally ordered to retrieve on the coffee table.
Gambit rose to his feet and walked over to coat rack and picked up his trench coat.
"Where do you think you're going?!" asked Mystique who was still bound to the floor.
"To kill what's left o' mon frère (my brother)!"
"In boxers and a trench coat, Mate?" asked Pyro.
"I've got a better idea," said Creed with an evil gleam in his eye. "Sparky (Pyro), go get the video camera."
"Proquoi?" asked Gambit.
Magneto gave Sabertooth confused look.
"Lets go for a walk," said Creed wrapping one massive arm around Gambit's shoulders ushered him out the door.
-----------
Back at the institute things were going less than swimmingly (foreshadowing). All the adults had reconvened in Xavier's office.
SKNIT!-"I say we ground her for the rest of her life! I'll work with her everyday before and after school and then on the weekends she can wash the all the cars!"
"That seems a bit extreme, Logan." said Storm, "Besides I don't think we have much to worry about."
"What do you mean?" asked Hank.
"I mean, now we all know and I can only assume another copy of the movie was sent to the Acolytes."
"So what?" asked Logan who was really trying not to expand the professor's office by knocking out a wall.
"So," said Storm, "it's not a secret anymore. I'm sure they'll eventually lose interest in one another."
"I see your point," said Hank, "but won't that be kind of hard? I mean the movie pretty much labeled them as a couple."
"I'm not too worried." said Storm, "I'm sure Mystique will impair Gambit's ability to see Rogue for quite a while."
"What are you planning to do, Charles?" asked Hank.
"Nothing," responded the professor.
The other three gaped at him.
"What can I do? My hands are bound. Rogue is 17, the age of consent in New York, where the brunt of this relationship took place."
"On second thought she's probably punished herself enough already." said Hank "I mean I honestly don't know how well the rest of the X-Men are taking this."
"All the same I should probably give Eric a call before we decide to do anything."
