Disaster Strikes

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An Agreement

Rogue awoken to bright light. She clenched her eyes shut as soon as she'd opened them. The light was blinding and gave her a throbbing headache. Her whole body ached, especially her left leg. Was she dead? She lay motionless on the charred ground for quite a while. She was too weak to move at all it even hurt to breath.

Lying there she could hear all the movements of her surroundings. Chirping birds, the whistling wind, whirring noises of the flying insects. Above them all she could hear the sound of feet shuffling on leaves and twigs making loud crunching sounds. The sound grew closer and closer. Then it stopped. She wondered if the person had noticed her lying there on the ground. She silently hoped that they hadn't. Unfortunately they had because the sound of the footsteps grew nearer and nearer. Until it stopped near her. She knew they were near her because she could feel their body heat. Being near them for some reason gave her a sense of security. Made her feel safe near them. Something she hadn't felt since she developed her mutant powers. She thought maybe it was Kurt. No, couldn't be. She knew for a fact it wasn't Kurt.

The person checked her pulse on her wrist with their gloved hand. She hadn't even heard when they bend down. Curious, she slowly opened her eyes to see who it was. When she opened them her eyes met with.his. Hadn't really gotten his name. Their first meeting wasn't exactly a pleasant one. Though it started off that way. It was like she had seen at their other encounter, the school.

Rogue guessed he could tell she was staring because he turned his eyes elsewhere. She was still looking at him but he didn't turn to look back at her. His eye was focused on something else. Uneasily she positioned herself upright. It pained her left leg. She looked back at him and followed his gaze to a bloody gash on her left leg. She sucked in her breath. It seemed to her the pain intensified as she looked at the massive amount of blood her leg exposed.

Gambit slowly and gently reached down and ripped a piece of her skirt. Confusion was written all over her face. Carefully he lifted her leg up a bit. She flinched and gritted her teeth to keep herself from screaming. And he wrapped the piece of cloth around her leg. As carefully as he lifted her leg, he placed it down. After doing so he turned his head to the clearing where the forest used to be. There was an uneasy quietness in the air. She couldn't take it. She tried to speak but found herself unable to. Her mouth moved but no sound came out. Her throat felt tight and clogged. She coughed a bit to clear her throat.

"Where.w-where are the others?" asked Rogue trying to hide the fear in of her raspy voice. She had no success in that. They stayed quiet for a few minutes the only thing heard being the wind. And it only amplified the turning anxiety in her stomach.

"Don' know," said Gambit finally, "Dey coulda been blown elsewhere like us o'." His sentence trailed from there.

She gulped. He didn't have to finish; she knew what he was implying. Tears were beginning to well up in her eyes at the thought of those she cared for being gone. Before they could fall she shook her head to clear it of all bad thoughts. Uselessly she tried to stand up only for a stab of pain to surge through her leg making her collapse. Hastily, she closed her eyes waiting for the pain to come when she'd hit the floor. And when it didn't come she opened her eyes to find Remy had caught her. She was in his arms. And she liked the feeling.

"Chere y' okay?" asked Gambit.

"Yes," said Rogue. She stood up and pushed him away from her. With as much strength as she could muster she headed the direction away from the cleared forest, scolding herself for thinking like Kitty.

Remy furrowed his brows.

"Where y' goin' chere?" asked Gambit.

"Ah'm goin ta find the others. Wha' d' ya think?' said Rogue continuing to limp away. Gambit followed a few meters behind.

"Wha' Gambit t'ink is y' crazy. Didn' y' hear wha' he say?"

" Ah heard him."

" No y' didn' ' cause if y' did y' wouldn' go lookin' fo' dem by yo'self," said Gambit.

"It's mah choice," snapped Rogue.

Gambit sighed. "Den Gambit's comin'," said Gambit. Rogue stumbled over a rock and fell flat on her face. She cursed under her breath. She felt so feeble. Slowly she rolled over to the other side breathing heavily. Gambit stood over her shaking his head. He bended down and extended his hands towards her.

Rogue glared at his hand. Ignoring it she picked herself up and brushed dust off her tattered skirt then turned her back to Gambit. He frowned and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Slow down p'tite. Y' c'n hardly walk let alone go on a search party," said Gambit.

Rogue jerked her shoulder from his hand and turned around to face him. The action of that made her stumble over her own foot. She panted. Closing her eyes she tried to gain composure. Her head was spinning terribly. She had not fully recovered from the incident with the psyches trying to take over her body and the explosion had only made it worse. Mah life keep getting better and better, thought Rogue sarcastically. She sighed when her body seemed relax .

"Comfortable?" asked Gambit with amusement in his voice. Gambit had ended up catching her once again. Rogue's eyes snapped open. She quickly arose from her position. "Ah can' believe Ah let a swamp rat touch meh," said Rogue avoiding his eyes. Gambit gave a chuckle. "Y' didn' seem t' mind 'fore."

"Ah wasn' thinkin'. Ya know Ah have other things ta do.like.like..."

"Findin' de ot'ers."

"Ya."

"Gambit'll be glad t' help y'."

"How 'bout ya do yar own search an' Ah do mah own?" suggested Rogue.

"Y' know wha' dey say. Two heads are better den one. I'll just be yo' ot'er head." Rogue looked uncertainly at him debating whether to agree or not. She chose the latter.

"Ah'll do it bah mah self."

"Y' need m' help jus' as much as Gambit needs yers." She frowned. He was right. Who was she kidding? With his help she could probably find Kurt, Kitty and the other X-Men. Hopefully they weren't dead. She pray they weren't dead. To die such a cruel way was awful to think of. She wouldn't even wish Jean dead. As much as she disliked the girl.

"Fine. Ah'll work with ya," said Rogue in an inaudible voice.

"Huh Chere? Y' said somet'ing?" asked Gambit.

She glared at him and repeated, "Ah'll work with ya," bitterly.

"See. Wasn' dat hard I hope," said Gambit. She glared at him before turning around walking (perhaps limping) away. She wanted to find them and she wanted to find them quick.

"Hurry an' catch up swamp rat."

"Course. Gambit goes where the belle go," said Gambit nonchalantly. Rogue turned around and frowned.

"This better not be yo' behavior while Ah'm stuck with ya, swamp rat."

Remy grinned in response. "Why don' y' call dis swamp rat Remy. Dat be Gambit's real name. Remy Le Beau."

"Ah think Ah like swamp rat better," stated Rogue.

"Wha' 'bout y' chere? Wha' yer friends call y'?"

"Rogue," said Rogue simply. Remy raised an eyebrow at her questioningly.

"Tha's right Rogue's wha' they call meh. Problem?" asked Rogue her voice rising a bit waiting for his smart mouth comment. Remy held his hands up in defense.

"Non. Remy said non such t'ing."

"Good let's go," said Rogue. Remy nodded his head. Rogue leading the way the two went to embark on a new journey.

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Next Chapter: Cajun and The Belle

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I'm back! Sorry it took me such a long time to update. School projects started to pile up and I had to go to meetings for the school magazine. I wouldn't have went but if I didn't I'd get booted out because I've messed tons of meetings. I still have lots of things to complete but I don't feel like it. I only had time to print fanfictions then read them later and maybe review. My twin sister was the one that reminded me about my fanfiction. Any way I hope you liked the chapter. Thanks for the few reviews. It is so precious to me and they were written by some of my favorite writers too. I feel so lucky. *tear*tear*

r + r please

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