"Alright Gambit, this is your show. Where to first?" Wolverine snarled at the Cajun as he and Rogue came out the front door to join the rest of the team.
"Well, I say the first thing we do is get something to eat. We won't be going far on empty stomachs." Rogue answered resolutely.
"Like that sounds great! I've heard this city has some great food. I wanted to try those, oh what are they called, Big Nets? You know, those donut things this city is famous far!" Kitty was busy looking all around at the different building styles when she chimed in her two cents.
"Dey called beignets, petit. But, we don't need to go down daer. Dat area mo fo de tourists. We won't get no information down daer. Besides, don't want to take de chance of running into any members of de T'ieves guild. Dey be mostly where de tourists are." Gambit dismissed her request.
He turned to see the disappointed pout on Kitty's face. He grinned at her and said "Aw, now, don't make such a bahbin. Some of de best places to eat in dis city not be on de main roads. And, only de locals know about dem."
He donned his sunshades and looked at the rest of his team, then looked at Kitty. "Come, petit. We get you somet'ing good to eat. And, maybe get some information too."
They filed in behind Gambit as he started walking down the street. Every few intersections he would turn right or left to head down another street. Kitty was awestruck with all of the unique architecture – so many different styles. She was amazed at how a city could be so beautiful, so full of character, yet so dirty and run down in parts. As they past by different residents of the neighborhoods, she couldn't help but whisper to Rogue how scary some of them looked. Rogue just laughed at her friend.
After walking for awhile, Wolverine was beginning to lose his patience. "We actually going somewhere, bub, or are you just trying to walk the skin off the bottom of our feet?"
Gambit just smiled and pressed forward. A few more blocks and they finally stopped at a little café. They went inside and quickly found a table.
"What a dump!" Kitty exclaimed. Rogue flashed her a look that immediately made her apologize for what she had just said. They looked at the menu, trying to decipher the descriptions, and each ordered an item that they recognized. Wolverine muttered something to the waitress about hoping that his order was eggs and bacon. She smiled at him and continued writing on her pad. Gambit, who hadn't even bothered to open the menu, ordered his food in French.
"I guess ya been here before, huh sugah?" Rogue purred. He just continued smiling and scanning the restaurant.
After a while, a scrawny looking middle-aged man entered the restaurant and Gambit's eyes fixed on him. Remy excused himself from the table just as the waitress brought out the food. Logan was busy sniffing his food to make sure it was edible and Kitty dug right into hers. But, Rogue didn't touch her plate. She wasn't even aware of its presence. She was watching Gambit too intently to make sure there was no trouble.
Remy eventually made his way back to his teammates. As he sat back down and started eating, he looked over to Rogue's untouched plate and frowned. "What's de matter, cher? You don't like de food?"
"Quit stalling, swamp rat, and tell us what ya found out." Rogue rolled her eyes at him and started emptying her plate.
"People round here scared of dis little fille. Dey say she's a ghost cause you can see t'ru her and she glows." Gambit paused to put another bite in his mouth. It sure was good to be eating some true Southern cuisine. "Dey say she be seen mostly in de cities of de dead."
All three of his team mates stopped eating and looked up at him with a confused expression on their faces. Gambit paused mid bite when he realized they were all focusing on him. He sighed and stated "De graveyards. Where all de dead is buried here."
All three of them looked back and forth amongst themselves. Logan finally leaned back in his seat and snarled "Well, this ought to be fun."
"Gawd, there must be, like, a thousand cemeteries in a city like this. It'll take forever, not to mention it's so totally creepy!" Kitty was exasperated at the thought of searching through all the graveyards.
"Fortunately, Charles was able to narrow down that she is in this general area. That's why where staying in that lovely joint a few blocks back." Wolverine answered. "What can you do to narrow it down even more, Cajun?"
"Daer is another place we could maybe get some information. But, Gambit won't go." Seeing the look on his comrades' faces and the obvious irritation emanating from Logan, he explained. "It be a voodoo shop."
"And your point is, Gumbo?" Wolverine growled at him.
Gambit finished his meal, wiped his mouth, and stared directly into Wolverine's eyes. "I'll take you to da place, but I won't go in. Dis conversation is done." With that, Gambit stood up, through his money on the table and moved to leave the restaurant.
"Well what crawled up his butt and died?" Kitty asked.
"C'mon y'all. We better catch up to the boy before he leaves us lost." Rogue put her money down and moved to meet up with Gambit. Wolverine and Kitty followed.