Author's notes:
Oh dear god! I'm so sorry if this makes no sense, I've been wroking on this chapter in bits and pieces throughout school and my play. I hope it's ok! I PROMISE the fluff between Remy and Rogue will start SOON!
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As Remy entered the room, he was greeted by a less than happy Logan.
"Yer late." He growled, waving his hand to the rest of the class. Remy looked at Bobby and Peter, who shrugged and looked at him apologetically.
"Remy was jus' in wit' de Professeur!" Remy insisted, a little afraid of what Logan would do, after their first encounter. The look of terror made Logan crack a feral grin.
"I know Gumbo. The boys told me already, I was just wonderin' what yer reaction would be if ye got in trouble." Logan said, failing to hold back a chuckle. Remy just smiled in relief and went to stand by Bobby and Peter.
"Alright. Gumbo, you get to try yer skills against our very own Snow cone machine." Logan grunted as he looked at the boys. "Weapon of yer choice."
"None." Bobby said quickly, readying into a stance. "You want something Rem?" Bobby said with a menacing look in his eye.
"Non, mon ami. Remy's got 'is own weapon." Remy said bluntly, and pulled a collapsable bo-staff from his belt and extended it, making Logan smirk.
{This is gonna be interestin'.} Logan thought happily, watching Bobby take a perfect position while Remy took a less than stellar, but still well done, looking stance. "Don't put yer all into it, Popsicle." Logan warned Bobby, who just nodded and waited for the go. Logan turned his back to watch as he moved behind the rest of his students, belting out a "Go!" as he walked. Before he got to turn around again, he heard a yelp. "Bobby! I told you not to go full -" But his next words were gone as he turned to see Bobby flat on his back, with the tip of a staff at his throat. Remy helped Bobby up, and waited for the action again. "Well, this is interestin'. Bobby, put yer all into it this time." Logan grunted seriously before motioning them to start again. This time Remy took a few punches to the gut, and a kick to his head, but still managed to pin Bobby again.
"That looks like enough humiliation for now from our best hand-to-hand combatant. Time fer the Danger Room!" Logan said, and smiled at the teens' groans. "Go an' get changed inta yer uniforms. Gumbo, ye can come with me."
"M'sieu Logan, Remy know dat dis soun's stupid an' all, but Remy still wonderin', can he go in de danger room too?" Remy asked, hoping not to offend anyone.
"I don't think that's such a good idea Remy. You ain't exactly up with the rest o' the kids with yer powers, so -" but his final words were cut off by the Professor's telepathic speech.
{Let him go Logan. He may surprise you.} Xavier said mentally to the two, making Remy grin broadly, but Logan frowned.
"Fine. Y'aint got a uniform, so just go an' wait fer the others." Logan grunted before going to the control room.
The boys were the first out, followed shortly by the girls. They walked up to the door, and were confused by the presence of a certain Cajun mutant.
"What do ya think your doin' Swamp rat?" Rogue voiced the question on everyone's mind.
"Well, de Professeur persuaded Logan to let Remy in de Danger Room." Remy said happily, before walking in behind the others. "Dis sure is one big room!" He whistled as he looked around.
Then Logan's voice came over the loudspeaker. "Ye got ten seconds guys. Get ready."
Remy watched as Bobby turned his entire body into ice, and Peter became covered in his metallic skin. The were becoming their X-men counterpart.
"Ready Gambit?" Colossus*(A/N: I will use their code names when they are on missions or training)* asked. Gambit just nodded. Then it began.
Gambit was in for the time of his life. He had never been able to move around so much, he hadn't been in a fight for months. He gracefully avoided lasers and flying discs, destroying robotic arms with his staff. Suddenly the lights dimmed. He still saw fine, but the other's weren't having the same luck. Rogue didn't see the arm coming behind her. He moved without even realizing it.
"Rogue! Duck maintenant!" Gambit shouted, pulling out a card from his belt. *(A/N: Remy's/Gambit's belt consists on 4 deck holders and a clasp int he back for his staff, btw)* He charged it, sending it flying, and the arm exploded on contact with the card. Gambit realized he had just revealed his other power and froze, pale as a ghost, with his mouth open wide. The lights switched back on, and he was met with a group look of shock and confusion. Then Logan's voice boomed over the loudspeaker.
"Everyone out. Gumbo, explanation. NOW!" He growled. Logan flipped the last switches and walked out to hear the large doors hiss while opening. The other five young mutants walked out with looks of confusion and anger mixed on their faces.
{Why would he feel he had to lie to us?} Kitty thought sadly. She looked to Jubilee and saw the same look on her face.
"What the hell was that Remy?" Logan bursted before thinking or even looking at Remy, who looked like he just lost his entire family AND his dog had just died. Logan instantly regretted the explosion when he finally looked at the kid.
"Remy sorry, M'sieu Logan, but he was t'inkin dat de school was gonna turn 'im 'way b'cause o' his o'ter power. He t'ought dat nobody would want 'im around, comme usualement." Remy stumbled over every word, losing every single ounce of his charm and suaveness he usually managed to hold on to. Before Logan could say anything, Bobby cut in, now furious.
"You LIED to us! You fucking lied to us, and we trusted you! Why the hell would you do something like that?" Bobby spitted, with a mixture of hurt and anger in his voice.
"If it makes any difference, homme, if Remy could go back an' change de past and tell you all de whole trut', he would 'ave done it! You know no'ting 'bout what Remy's been through, an' he didn' tell you abou' it b'cause he didn' wan' you to see de shame in his fucking diable eyes!" Remy shot back, his defenses rising with every word until he half cried the last words and ran out of the place, to the only place he could think of, his tree by the lake.
A few hours later, Remy woke up by the lake and realized what had happened when we saw dark blood mixing with the grass. {Remy's never drained enough blood from 'imself to pass out b'fore} He thought groggily to himself. He saw someone approaching and tried to cover himself with his coat again, so whoever it was wouldn't see his cuts. He realized he couldn't move his arms fast enough when the sweet southern voice rang in his ears.
"Remy! What the hell happened to you?!" Rogue's voice called out. "Remy, are you ok? What happened? Did someone attack you?" Her questions poured out, and he tried to focus on her face, and made a slow grab for his knife, so she wouldn't see what happened.
She saw the abrupt movement in his arms, then the knife, then she actually *looked* at his arms. "Swamp rat! You're cuttin' yourself! Why would you do something so stupid?" She asked, and Remy couldn't define the underlying emotion in her voice, so he answered defensively.
"Since when is it your business, chere, what Remy does to 'imself? Remy can' help dis, it's de only way dat he knows how to release 'is pain!" He half- shouted, making him dizzy again. He saw her stiffen, and then anger flashed over her face.
"Fine, Swamp rat. Do whatever you like! I don't know why Bobby felt so bad he yelled at you." Rogue spat, before getting up and walking back. "You could try talking to us. We would listen." She said, a little softer, over her shoulder. No matter how much she hated the person, she always hated it worse when people used their own selves to hold their pain.
When Remy finally recovered enough to walk slowly back to his room. He opened the door, hoping to see an angry face, just so he could know he was worth the emotions of others. What he saw brought him to tears. He looked around and saw Peter holding Kitty who was crying and muttering something about losing more friends. Peter soothed her slowly. Jubilee sat on Remy's bed, looking forlorn. Rogue still looked angry, but it was Bobby who made him actually realize he was crying. Bobby was pacing, his eyes red with tear streaks down his face.
"Allo?" Remy questioned apprehensively, stuck in between hoping they'd banish him to live on the streets again, and hoping they'd accept his lying and deceit, and maybe consider becoming his friends again.
"Remy." Jubilee said, and rushed over and hauled him into an embrace. This was followed by everyone, and Remy found himself letting Kitty cry onto his shoulder before she went back to Peter, who kissed her quickly before she smiled weakly. Then it was Bobby who was left.
"Remy. I'm so sorry. I just didn't know how to react, I just thought about what John did to us, and I couldn't believe that another friend would go behind our backs. I realized somewhere in between that you didn't exactly lie, you just held back the truth, and I can understand why, with your... Past." Bobby said, trying to sound confident, but he lost face every time he slipped on the smallest word.
Remy was speechless. He didn't expect acceptance, and realized that there was so much more to tell them, but he wasn't sure he was ready to yet. "Remy's got more secrets," he said quietly, avoiding every eye in the room. "but he can't tell you dem all right now." He choked on the last words, waiting for the harshness in everyone's voice to come back.
"Oh Remy." Bobby said, pulling his friend into an embrace. "It means so much that you would tell us that you even have these secrets. When you're ready, we know that you will tell us." This was reinforced by nods from everyone in the room. Once everyone had composed themselves, Bobby began to smile widely, which put Remy off center for a moment.
"We have a surprise for you." Bobby said happily, and everyone grinned. "Go open the closet."
Remy walked quietly over to the closet shared by the three boys, expecting to find the same thing. The three rows of drawers on the bottom, and the two X-men uniforms hanging on the bar across the top. Remy was greeted by a third hanger on the top. Holding another uniform.
"Oh mon dieu." Remy said, pulling it out. It was a sleeveless shirt, like Peter's, only fitted to his slim, yet muscular form. It had a silver outlined X down the chest/stomach, and dark pants with two X's on the knees and then on the floor lay black boots, black fingerless gloves and his belt, which matched everything normally. He was in awe when he heard Jubilee squeal an excited "Try it on!" And then he marched to the bathroom and got changed. He walked out and crossed his arms, one reason for the scars on the bottoms and the other was to hopefully hide his muscles, which were less defined than either Peter's or Bobby's. He had muscles, and he liked to show them off, but he thought that the uniform made his arms look small.
"It's missin' something, Swamp rat." Rogue said, happy at the funny look Remy gave her. "Here." She said quickly and pulled out the final touch, a black leather trench coat.
Remy pulled it out of her hands and put it on quickly. Then he walked over to the mirror. "Wow. C'est parfait, mes amies." Remy said breathlessly, looking in awe at how good the jacket made him look. It was as long as Remy's normal coat, just halfway through his calf muscles. It had the silver X's on the shoulders and across the back. The collar stopped just below the high neck of the shirt.
"You look nice." Kitty said happily. "It suits you."
"Agreed." Bobby said, his voice horrifying in it's resemblance to Scott's 'fearless leader' tone. "Generation X, meet it's sixth member."
Oh dear god! I'm so sorry if this makes no sense, I've been wroking on this chapter in bits and pieces throughout school and my play. I hope it's ok! I PROMISE the fluff between Remy and Rogue will start SOON!
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As Remy entered the room, he was greeted by a less than happy Logan.
"Yer late." He growled, waving his hand to the rest of the class. Remy looked at Bobby and Peter, who shrugged and looked at him apologetically.
"Remy was jus' in wit' de Professeur!" Remy insisted, a little afraid of what Logan would do, after their first encounter. The look of terror made Logan crack a feral grin.
"I know Gumbo. The boys told me already, I was just wonderin' what yer reaction would be if ye got in trouble." Logan said, failing to hold back a chuckle. Remy just smiled in relief and went to stand by Bobby and Peter.
"Alright. Gumbo, you get to try yer skills against our very own Snow cone machine." Logan grunted as he looked at the boys. "Weapon of yer choice."
"None." Bobby said quickly, readying into a stance. "You want something Rem?" Bobby said with a menacing look in his eye.
"Non, mon ami. Remy's got 'is own weapon." Remy said bluntly, and pulled a collapsable bo-staff from his belt and extended it, making Logan smirk.
{This is gonna be interestin'.} Logan thought happily, watching Bobby take a perfect position while Remy took a less than stellar, but still well done, looking stance. "Don't put yer all into it, Popsicle." Logan warned Bobby, who just nodded and waited for the go. Logan turned his back to watch as he moved behind the rest of his students, belting out a "Go!" as he walked. Before he got to turn around again, he heard a yelp. "Bobby! I told you not to go full -" But his next words were gone as he turned to see Bobby flat on his back, with the tip of a staff at his throat. Remy helped Bobby up, and waited for the action again. "Well, this is interestin'. Bobby, put yer all into it this time." Logan grunted seriously before motioning them to start again. This time Remy took a few punches to the gut, and a kick to his head, but still managed to pin Bobby again.
"That looks like enough humiliation for now from our best hand-to-hand combatant. Time fer the Danger Room!" Logan said, and smiled at the teens' groans. "Go an' get changed inta yer uniforms. Gumbo, ye can come with me."
"M'sieu Logan, Remy know dat dis soun's stupid an' all, but Remy still wonderin', can he go in de danger room too?" Remy asked, hoping not to offend anyone.
"I don't think that's such a good idea Remy. You ain't exactly up with the rest o' the kids with yer powers, so -" but his final words were cut off by the Professor's telepathic speech.
{Let him go Logan. He may surprise you.} Xavier said mentally to the two, making Remy grin broadly, but Logan frowned.
"Fine. Y'aint got a uniform, so just go an' wait fer the others." Logan grunted before going to the control room.
The boys were the first out, followed shortly by the girls. They walked up to the door, and were confused by the presence of a certain Cajun mutant.
"What do ya think your doin' Swamp rat?" Rogue voiced the question on everyone's mind.
"Well, de Professeur persuaded Logan to let Remy in de Danger Room." Remy said happily, before walking in behind the others. "Dis sure is one big room!" He whistled as he looked around.
Then Logan's voice came over the loudspeaker. "Ye got ten seconds guys. Get ready."
Remy watched as Bobby turned his entire body into ice, and Peter became covered in his metallic skin. The were becoming their X-men counterpart.
"Ready Gambit?" Colossus*(A/N: I will use their code names when they are on missions or training)* asked. Gambit just nodded. Then it began.
Gambit was in for the time of his life. He had never been able to move around so much, he hadn't been in a fight for months. He gracefully avoided lasers and flying discs, destroying robotic arms with his staff. Suddenly the lights dimmed. He still saw fine, but the other's weren't having the same luck. Rogue didn't see the arm coming behind her. He moved without even realizing it.
"Rogue! Duck maintenant!" Gambit shouted, pulling out a card from his belt. *(A/N: Remy's/Gambit's belt consists on 4 deck holders and a clasp int he back for his staff, btw)* He charged it, sending it flying, and the arm exploded on contact with the card. Gambit realized he had just revealed his other power and froze, pale as a ghost, with his mouth open wide. The lights switched back on, and he was met with a group look of shock and confusion. Then Logan's voice boomed over the loudspeaker.
"Everyone out. Gumbo, explanation. NOW!" He growled. Logan flipped the last switches and walked out to hear the large doors hiss while opening. The other five young mutants walked out with looks of confusion and anger mixed on their faces.
{Why would he feel he had to lie to us?} Kitty thought sadly. She looked to Jubilee and saw the same look on her face.
"What the hell was that Remy?" Logan bursted before thinking or even looking at Remy, who looked like he just lost his entire family AND his dog had just died. Logan instantly regretted the explosion when he finally looked at the kid.
"Remy sorry, M'sieu Logan, but he was t'inkin dat de school was gonna turn 'im 'way b'cause o' his o'ter power. He t'ought dat nobody would want 'im around, comme usualement." Remy stumbled over every word, losing every single ounce of his charm and suaveness he usually managed to hold on to. Before Logan could say anything, Bobby cut in, now furious.
"You LIED to us! You fucking lied to us, and we trusted you! Why the hell would you do something like that?" Bobby spitted, with a mixture of hurt and anger in his voice.
"If it makes any difference, homme, if Remy could go back an' change de past and tell you all de whole trut', he would 'ave done it! You know no'ting 'bout what Remy's been through, an' he didn' tell you abou' it b'cause he didn' wan' you to see de shame in his fucking diable eyes!" Remy shot back, his defenses rising with every word until he half cried the last words and ran out of the place, to the only place he could think of, his tree by the lake.
A few hours later, Remy woke up by the lake and realized what had happened when we saw dark blood mixing with the grass. {Remy's never drained enough blood from 'imself to pass out b'fore} He thought groggily to himself. He saw someone approaching and tried to cover himself with his coat again, so whoever it was wouldn't see his cuts. He realized he couldn't move his arms fast enough when the sweet southern voice rang in his ears.
"Remy! What the hell happened to you?!" Rogue's voice called out. "Remy, are you ok? What happened? Did someone attack you?" Her questions poured out, and he tried to focus on her face, and made a slow grab for his knife, so she wouldn't see what happened.
She saw the abrupt movement in his arms, then the knife, then she actually *looked* at his arms. "Swamp rat! You're cuttin' yourself! Why would you do something so stupid?" She asked, and Remy couldn't define the underlying emotion in her voice, so he answered defensively.
"Since when is it your business, chere, what Remy does to 'imself? Remy can' help dis, it's de only way dat he knows how to release 'is pain!" He half- shouted, making him dizzy again. He saw her stiffen, and then anger flashed over her face.
"Fine, Swamp rat. Do whatever you like! I don't know why Bobby felt so bad he yelled at you." Rogue spat, before getting up and walking back. "You could try talking to us. We would listen." She said, a little softer, over her shoulder. No matter how much she hated the person, she always hated it worse when people used their own selves to hold their pain.
When Remy finally recovered enough to walk slowly back to his room. He opened the door, hoping to see an angry face, just so he could know he was worth the emotions of others. What he saw brought him to tears. He looked around and saw Peter holding Kitty who was crying and muttering something about losing more friends. Peter soothed her slowly. Jubilee sat on Remy's bed, looking forlorn. Rogue still looked angry, but it was Bobby who made him actually realize he was crying. Bobby was pacing, his eyes red with tear streaks down his face.
"Allo?" Remy questioned apprehensively, stuck in between hoping they'd banish him to live on the streets again, and hoping they'd accept his lying and deceit, and maybe consider becoming his friends again.
"Remy." Jubilee said, and rushed over and hauled him into an embrace. This was followed by everyone, and Remy found himself letting Kitty cry onto his shoulder before she went back to Peter, who kissed her quickly before she smiled weakly. Then it was Bobby who was left.
"Remy. I'm so sorry. I just didn't know how to react, I just thought about what John did to us, and I couldn't believe that another friend would go behind our backs. I realized somewhere in between that you didn't exactly lie, you just held back the truth, and I can understand why, with your... Past." Bobby said, trying to sound confident, but he lost face every time he slipped on the smallest word.
Remy was speechless. He didn't expect acceptance, and realized that there was so much more to tell them, but he wasn't sure he was ready to yet. "Remy's got more secrets," he said quietly, avoiding every eye in the room. "but he can't tell you dem all right now." He choked on the last words, waiting for the harshness in everyone's voice to come back.
"Oh Remy." Bobby said, pulling his friend into an embrace. "It means so much that you would tell us that you even have these secrets. When you're ready, we know that you will tell us." This was reinforced by nods from everyone in the room. Once everyone had composed themselves, Bobby began to smile widely, which put Remy off center for a moment.
"We have a surprise for you." Bobby said happily, and everyone grinned. "Go open the closet."
Remy walked quietly over to the closet shared by the three boys, expecting to find the same thing. The three rows of drawers on the bottom, and the two X-men uniforms hanging on the bar across the top. Remy was greeted by a third hanger on the top. Holding another uniform.
"Oh mon dieu." Remy said, pulling it out. It was a sleeveless shirt, like Peter's, only fitted to his slim, yet muscular form. It had a silver outlined X down the chest/stomach, and dark pants with two X's on the knees and then on the floor lay black boots, black fingerless gloves and his belt, which matched everything normally. He was in awe when he heard Jubilee squeal an excited "Try it on!" And then he marched to the bathroom and got changed. He walked out and crossed his arms, one reason for the scars on the bottoms and the other was to hopefully hide his muscles, which were less defined than either Peter's or Bobby's. He had muscles, and he liked to show them off, but he thought that the uniform made his arms look small.
"It's missin' something, Swamp rat." Rogue said, happy at the funny look Remy gave her. "Here." She said quickly and pulled out the final touch, a black leather trench coat.
Remy pulled it out of her hands and put it on quickly. Then he walked over to the mirror. "Wow. C'est parfait, mes amies." Remy said breathlessly, looking in awe at how good the jacket made him look. It was as long as Remy's normal coat, just halfway through his calf muscles. It had the silver X's on the shoulders and across the back. The collar stopped just below the high neck of the shirt.
"You look nice." Kitty said happily. "It suits you."
"Agreed." Bobby said, his voice horrifying in it's resemblance to Scott's 'fearless leader' tone. "Generation X, meet it's sixth member."