Disclaimer: I don't own X-men Evolution.
AN: Yikes I feel stupid. This whole time I've been Calling Rogue Rouge, the color. I fixed it on all the chapters now so it's all good. Sorry about that. Thanks J. H. Fee for pointing that out.
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The Chess Master
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"I knew you stole them." Kitty said pawing at the jewels.
Rogue stared at the shining assortment of colors hardly able to utter a response. "How? Ah just got here."
The black cat rolled her blue eyes as her words dripped with sarcasm. "Yeah sure. And it was another girl dressed like you that left the castle last night."
Rogue glared at the animal in shock. "You saw me do it?!"
"Well no. I overheard my friend tell this other cat that his ex- girlfriend's sister's cousin saw it. but I heard that she's, like, totally reliable."
Rogue groaned. "Great. My innocence is proven wrong by valley-girl cat gossip." She grabbed the bag and began to dump the contents out.
"What are you doing?" The cat said prancing to her side.
"What's it look like? Ah don't need to be a thief along with all the crap Ah'm already dealing with, so to meh these stones never existed."
Kitty pounced on to Rogue's arm and bit into her hand making Rogue gasp from the pain and drop the bag on to the ground. Before Rogue could kill the cat, it hissed to show she meant business.
"Don't even think about deserting these jewels. Don't you know how powerful these things are?"
Rogue cradled her hand as she blew a fuse. "No Ah don't know how powerful those things are. Ah don't know ANYTHING! All Ah know is Ah want out'a this place."
"You did the crime the crime now you do the time. Kay?"
"Ah didn't though. Ah was framed!"
Before she could continue a slight rumble from the ground beneath them cut her off. She slowly backed away as the ground rose into a mound and separated. Out popped a blue slimy head looking like a giant worm. The worm looked around to make sure he was at the right place and nodded to himself once he saw Rogue.
"Greetings." He said in a thick German accent. "I have a message for a rogue in green clothing and cakey make up. I take it zat's you."
Rogue was to mesmerized to take it as an insult. "What exactly is that?" she asked Kitty through the side of her mouth.
"A night crawler, Duh. They're like the messenger's of the land."
"Ha." Rogue managed to say as she kept a distance from the ugly thing. And she thought Kurt was ugly back in the mutant world. "Yeah that's me."
The blue thing looked relieved. "Zat's great! You have no idea how many people in green I've given this message to. Hah! And it was supposed to be top secret."
"Heh." Rogue and Kitty managed to humor him.
"Ok.'Meet me outside of zee Wicker's Pub tonight with zee jewels and I will pay you double it's worth' from some mysterious woman. I didn't see her face. She was dressed in a white cloak."
Rogue gave Kitty a skeptical look and thanked the worm.
"Da." The worm burrowed back into the ground leaving the two others.
"Maybe you WERE framed." Kitty said. "Are you going to do it?"
"Yeah. Ah need answers from someone." Rogue threw the jewels back in the bag and had Kitty jump in with them. "So where's this pub anyway."
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Rogue walked in the pub smelling like homemade ale and sweaty men. Fiddles were playing a lively tune in the background and mostly men populated the building. She sat down at the bar and looked around for any mysterious looking women dressed in a white cloak. No luck.
"What will it be lass?" The bartender asked in a rough Irish accent.
Rogue wasn't exactly old enough to drink so the question left her stammering .
"Heavy cream would be great." A smothered voice shouted from her back pack.
"Only heavy things we have here is the ale miss. Now order or don't waste my time." The bartender growled at Rogue.
"Of coarse." Rogue said as she punched the bag that sat on her lap.
"Ouch."
"Shut it!" She hissed at the bag.
"Order or leave!" The Irish man said easily aggravated.
Rogue stammered again. "Ah'll uh."
"Give the mademoiselle a rum and put it on my bill!"
Rogue couldn't believe her ears as she slowly turned her head towards the voice. She prayed it was him and sure enough it was. The man gave her a wink from the table he sat at which was surrounded by others. He patted a vacant seat next to him once they made eye contact. "You can have the drink that is if you keep me company for my next game.
Once Rogue received her drink she obeyed his request and sat next to him holding in her happiness to be close to him again. Even if he was a different person in this weird world, his face made her feel less afraid. "The name's Gambit as everyone calls me. Et tu?
"Rogue." She said still in disbelief.
"If you'd quit flirting Gambit I'd like to start this game." The man on the other side of the table said impatiently. His money rested beside him. Rogue realized that they were about to play a game of chess.
"Ah yes you must excuse me chere. I have a another game to win. Enjoy your rum and my success."
Yep it was Remy alright. Still she was confused with his status here. She tapped a man on the shoulder and asked, "Who is this man exactly?"
The man gawked at her like she was crazy. "Who? Why this man is famous. He is Gambit the chess master. He manages to win every game through his opening move always leaving the opponent unsure of what to do next." He pointed at the chess game as he narrated their moves. "See how Gambit gives up his pawn looking like an advantage to the opponent. It always ends up going to Gambit's benefit. Amazing isn't it?"
Rogue watched feeling quite impressed. "Yeah, amazing."
A surprising 15 minutes later the game was over. Rogue was a little dizzy from the alcohol. Gambit counted his coins and grinned to himself. By then the others left now that the excitement was over, so Rogue and Gambit were alone. "Not bad, eh Rogue? You must be my good luck charm."
"Don't be so modest." Rogue said enjoying the confidence the alcohol gave her. Usually Remy would have made her shy and less bad ass.
Gambit leaned into her slightly smiling as he spoke. "Believe me, chere. I'm anything but modest."
Right then she felt shy and less bad ass as a blush formed under her pale makeup.
"How about we find a quieter place to celebrate." He said coming closer.
Rogue didn't know exactly how to react. Gambit never acted that way with her in the real world. She didn't exactly want to push him away either.
Right then she felt a pair of familiar teeth dig it's way in to her leg. Rogue cried out in pain making Gambit back away in confusion. Rogue jumped from her seat and kicked the cat off of her. Kitty flew over onto another table quickly regaining her balance.
"Did you forget your little meeting?!" The cat screamed annoyed.
Her yelling was quickly drowned out once everyone saw the black cat, and let out their own screams.
"BLACK CAT!!!!"
"CURSE!!!"
"RUNAWAY!!!!"
Chaos ensued as the whole pub tried to evacuate the tiny door, and jumped out of the windows letting their bodies break through the glass and wooden shutters. Rogue ran for Kitty and threw her into her arms before going back for the bag. She then ran to the door that led to the cellar, hoping no one saw the way they exited.
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Thanks for the reviews. You people must be psychic because you got the night crawler thing right and someone else figured something else out. You'll see in the next chapter.
AN: Yikes I feel stupid. This whole time I've been Calling Rogue Rouge, the color. I fixed it on all the chapters now so it's all good. Sorry about that. Thanks J. H. Fee for pointing that out.
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The Chess Master
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"I knew you stole them." Kitty said pawing at the jewels.
Rogue stared at the shining assortment of colors hardly able to utter a response. "How? Ah just got here."
The black cat rolled her blue eyes as her words dripped with sarcasm. "Yeah sure. And it was another girl dressed like you that left the castle last night."
Rogue glared at the animal in shock. "You saw me do it?!"
"Well no. I overheard my friend tell this other cat that his ex- girlfriend's sister's cousin saw it. but I heard that she's, like, totally reliable."
Rogue groaned. "Great. My innocence is proven wrong by valley-girl cat gossip." She grabbed the bag and began to dump the contents out.
"What are you doing?" The cat said prancing to her side.
"What's it look like? Ah don't need to be a thief along with all the crap Ah'm already dealing with, so to meh these stones never existed."
Kitty pounced on to Rogue's arm and bit into her hand making Rogue gasp from the pain and drop the bag on to the ground. Before Rogue could kill the cat, it hissed to show she meant business.
"Don't even think about deserting these jewels. Don't you know how powerful these things are?"
Rogue cradled her hand as she blew a fuse. "No Ah don't know how powerful those things are. Ah don't know ANYTHING! All Ah know is Ah want out'a this place."
"You did the crime the crime now you do the time. Kay?"
"Ah didn't though. Ah was framed!"
Before she could continue a slight rumble from the ground beneath them cut her off. She slowly backed away as the ground rose into a mound and separated. Out popped a blue slimy head looking like a giant worm. The worm looked around to make sure he was at the right place and nodded to himself once he saw Rogue.
"Greetings." He said in a thick German accent. "I have a message for a rogue in green clothing and cakey make up. I take it zat's you."
Rogue was to mesmerized to take it as an insult. "What exactly is that?" she asked Kitty through the side of her mouth.
"A night crawler, Duh. They're like the messenger's of the land."
"Ha." Rogue managed to say as she kept a distance from the ugly thing. And she thought Kurt was ugly back in the mutant world. "Yeah that's me."
The blue thing looked relieved. "Zat's great! You have no idea how many people in green I've given this message to. Hah! And it was supposed to be top secret."
"Heh." Rogue and Kitty managed to humor him.
"Ok.'Meet me outside of zee Wicker's Pub tonight with zee jewels and I will pay you double it's worth' from some mysterious woman. I didn't see her face. She was dressed in a white cloak."
Rogue gave Kitty a skeptical look and thanked the worm.
"Da." The worm burrowed back into the ground leaving the two others.
"Maybe you WERE framed." Kitty said. "Are you going to do it?"
"Yeah. Ah need answers from someone." Rogue threw the jewels back in the bag and had Kitty jump in with them. "So where's this pub anyway."
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Rogue walked in the pub smelling like homemade ale and sweaty men. Fiddles were playing a lively tune in the background and mostly men populated the building. She sat down at the bar and looked around for any mysterious looking women dressed in a white cloak. No luck.
"What will it be lass?" The bartender asked in a rough Irish accent.
Rogue wasn't exactly old enough to drink so the question left her stammering .
"Heavy cream would be great." A smothered voice shouted from her back pack.
"Only heavy things we have here is the ale miss. Now order or don't waste my time." The bartender growled at Rogue.
"Of coarse." Rogue said as she punched the bag that sat on her lap.
"Ouch."
"Shut it!" She hissed at the bag.
"Order or leave!" The Irish man said easily aggravated.
Rogue stammered again. "Ah'll uh."
"Give the mademoiselle a rum and put it on my bill!"
Rogue couldn't believe her ears as she slowly turned her head towards the voice. She prayed it was him and sure enough it was. The man gave her a wink from the table he sat at which was surrounded by others. He patted a vacant seat next to him once they made eye contact. "You can have the drink that is if you keep me company for my next game.
Once Rogue received her drink she obeyed his request and sat next to him holding in her happiness to be close to him again. Even if he was a different person in this weird world, his face made her feel less afraid. "The name's Gambit as everyone calls me. Et tu?
"Rogue." She said still in disbelief.
"If you'd quit flirting Gambit I'd like to start this game." The man on the other side of the table said impatiently. His money rested beside him. Rogue realized that they were about to play a game of chess.
"Ah yes you must excuse me chere. I have a another game to win. Enjoy your rum and my success."
Yep it was Remy alright. Still she was confused with his status here. She tapped a man on the shoulder and asked, "Who is this man exactly?"
The man gawked at her like she was crazy. "Who? Why this man is famous. He is Gambit the chess master. He manages to win every game through his opening move always leaving the opponent unsure of what to do next." He pointed at the chess game as he narrated their moves. "See how Gambit gives up his pawn looking like an advantage to the opponent. It always ends up going to Gambit's benefit. Amazing isn't it?"
Rogue watched feeling quite impressed. "Yeah, amazing."
A surprising 15 minutes later the game was over. Rogue was a little dizzy from the alcohol. Gambit counted his coins and grinned to himself. By then the others left now that the excitement was over, so Rogue and Gambit were alone. "Not bad, eh Rogue? You must be my good luck charm."
"Don't be so modest." Rogue said enjoying the confidence the alcohol gave her. Usually Remy would have made her shy and less bad ass.
Gambit leaned into her slightly smiling as he spoke. "Believe me, chere. I'm anything but modest."
Right then she felt shy and less bad ass as a blush formed under her pale makeup.
"How about we find a quieter place to celebrate." He said coming closer.
Rogue didn't know exactly how to react. Gambit never acted that way with her in the real world. She didn't exactly want to push him away either.
Right then she felt a pair of familiar teeth dig it's way in to her leg. Rogue cried out in pain making Gambit back away in confusion. Rogue jumped from her seat and kicked the cat off of her. Kitty flew over onto another table quickly regaining her balance.
"Did you forget your little meeting?!" The cat screamed annoyed.
Her yelling was quickly drowned out once everyone saw the black cat, and let out their own screams.
"BLACK CAT!!!!"
"CURSE!!!"
"RUNAWAY!!!!"
Chaos ensued as the whole pub tried to evacuate the tiny door, and jumped out of the windows letting their bodies break through the glass and wooden shutters. Rogue ran for Kitty and threw her into her arms before going back for the bag. She then ran to the door that led to the cellar, hoping no one saw the way they exited.
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Thanks for the reviews. You people must be psychic because you got the night crawler thing right and someone else figured something else out. You'll see in the next chapter.