Part 4
Rogue and Storm reached the mall in record time. All thought flying would have been quicker, they could not risk the chance of being seen. They parked the car that Mrs. Nelson had graciously let them borrow and ran into the mall . They entered the mall and started searching. They looked everywhere and at everyone they passed, hoping that one of the passer- byers would be her. The mall was rather large and their hope was beginning to diminish as they quickly circled the mall. As the reached Gadzooks, one of Rogue's favorite stores, they noticed a pink haired girl staring at them. As Rogue and Storm walked closer to the girl, the girl's gaze locked on Rogue. The pink haired girl couldn't believe her eyes. The woman had her friend's face and a alarming white stripe in her hair. "I must be seeing things", she told herself. She closed her eyes believing that when she opened them, the women would be gone. Rogue and Storm continued walking toward the pink haired girl. When the girl opened her eyes, the two women stood in front of her.
"Whatcha lookin' at?" Rogue asked the pink haired girl
"Uh…. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stare. It's just that you look a lot like a girl I know. "
"Perhaps a girl named Emory." Storm said
"Yeah, but how do you know her?" the pink haired girl ask still staring at Rogue
"Ah'm her sister". Rogue said
"She told me that her sister died a long time ago." the pink haired girl said.
"I can assure you that is not so", Storm said with a friendly smile
"Mrs. Nelson said that she might be here tonight. Ya haven't seen her around have ya?" Rogue asked the pink haired girl.
"No, she won't be here tonight. It's a Cellar night for her."
"Blasted! I knew I should have written those directions down." a disappointed Storm said.
"Well I am heading there now and would be glad to take you, if you want" the smiling pink haired girl said. "Oh by the way my name's Leslie"
" I'm Rogue and this is Storm. Well, let's go sugah"
Rogue and Storm left the mall with Leslie and headed to The Cellar. Hank and Remy entered The Cellar. The place was booming with mutants of all kinds. The made their way to the bar. Remy ordered a beer and Hank asked the bartender if he knew Emory. "Emory,……. Emory, oh you mean Rae, yeah she's here somewhere. Whatcha want with her?" the bartender asked. "We jus' be old friends wantin' to catch up, mon ami", the cajun said as he took another swig of his beer. Hank turned his attention to the stage area, where a band had just started to play. He was scanning the crowd, when he stopped all of a sudden. My sweet Lord, she was the most beautiful woman he'd ever seen. Her hair was light reddish blonde with white streaks. Her skin was pale and flawless. Her eyes were blue but had a strange green glow to them. Her body was slim and muscular, it moved in rhythm with the music. Hank was hypnotized by her. She noticed him watching her and she smiled at him. Hank melted right there in his seat. Remy noticed Hank staring out in to the crowd. He lifted his head and look the in the direction that Hank's gaze fell. Remy saw her. She was beautiful and he couldn't help but stare. She smiled at him too. As she made her way through the crowd to the two staring men, their gaze followed her. As she got closer to them, Hank and Remy noticed her face, it was her, it was Emory. She was more beautiful in person than in the photo Mrs. Nelson had. As Rae made her way to the two gorgeous men, her heart pounded madly. The guy with the red on black eyes was a real hotty, but she really dug the blue furry guy. She loved blue fur and guys, she loved them more as a packaged deal. Remy leaned over to Hank, "Better leave dis one to de expert, mon ami." Hank just rolled his eyes at Remy, "Expert, yeah right ." he muttered under his breath. Rae now stood in front of the two men, her eyes still glowing green. "Have a set Chere. Remy don't bite. Now mon ami Hank dat's a different story." the cocky Cajun said. Rae sat down in the seat across from Hank and Remy. She smiled and extended her had to Hank first, "Mah name's Rae. Nice to met ya sugah." Hank took her hand and shook it firmly. He smiled at her. "I'm Hank McCoy. Pleasure to met you". His hand was strong but gentle and she loved the feel of his fur. Remy took her hand out of Hank's hand. Put it up to his mouth and kissed it. "I'm Remy Lebeau de man of your dreams chere." Oh he was cocky, too cocky for his own good. She pulled her hand back, "Well nice to met ya too" Rae said as she turned her attention back to Hank. Remy again tried his hypnotic charm on her, flashing his flirty smile with his eyes glowing red. Rae played along with Remy, not wanting to disappoint him, at least not yet. Every time she and Hank would strike up a conversation, Remy would butt in. Remy flashed his signature smile at her over and over again. She would look at him and roll her eyes. Sure he was hot, but he was getting on her nerves. She looked at Hank and smiled using one of her mutant abilities sent him a telepathic message. "Hey blue furred hotty, wanna see this cocky Cajun defeated at his own game." Hank lips broke into an evil grin. "Well just sit back and watch, this is gonna be good." Rae shot Remy a devilish grin and walked over to him. She took his head in her hand and brought his eyes up to met her blue and green eyes. Remy's eyes blazed red as he stared deep into her blue eyes as the began to glow green. She said something to him in a low voice that Hank could not make out. Remy got up and headed to the stage. Rae sat down beside Hank. "What did you tell him?" Hank asked in curiosity. "You jus' have to wait and see, sugah" Rae said looking at the stage where Remy stood totally controlled by her. Rae looked at the DJ and smiled. He knew the drill, all too well. Smiling and shaking his head at her, he started the music. Remy started dancing very erotically. As the music went on, he started taking off his clothes piece by piece. The females in the audience started going crazy, throwing money on the stage. As the music ended, Remy stood in all of glory on the stage in front of everyone at The Cellar. Rogue, Storm, and Leslie arrived just in time to see the last of Remy's act. Storm and Leslie were admiring the view , but Rogue was very angry. "What in the sam hell is he doin'?" Rogue stomped angrily to the stage. Rea's eyes stopped glowing releasing the control she had over one now very embarrassed Mr. Lebeau. Remy gasped in horror at the site of the crowd staring at his naked body. What scared him more was the sight of one very pissed off Rogue coming towards him. "What de hell happened?", he asked himself looking towards the back to see Rae and Hank laughing at him. Rogue made her way on the stage, grabbed Remy by his arm and yanked him down the stage stairs. Storm went to the stage ; gathered Remy's clothes and handed them to him. "What in the hell possessed ya to do that swamp rat!" Rogue yelled at him. "Chere, de last person I remember seeing is your sister." Remy said putting his clothes back on. "Get dressed Cajun" Rogue went to find her sister. She looked around the room. In the back she spotted Storm, Leslie, Hank, and some other gal. As she made her way to the back table, she realized that the other gal was Emory. She was sitting beside Hank and all four of them were laughing. "Rogue is going to laugh herself silly when she hears what you did to Remy. I have known Remy many years and have never seen him that embarrassed. It was fabulous" Storm said. Rae sensed someone coming, someone she hadn't seen in years, but how could that be. Raven told Mrs. Nelson that her sister was dead. Rae lifted her head and looked into the crowd. There walking through the crowd was a woman with auburn hair. A large white stripe ran down the middle of it. Her large emerald eyes locked on Rae as she made her way to the table. "There's Rogue now." Storm said signaling to her. Rae couldn't believe it, Rogue was alive. Rae stood up as Rogue neared the table. Rogue was already crying and so was Rae. Rogue ran up to Rae and they embraced each other. Finally after all these years they were reunited.