Chapter 6 : Cajun Sweetheart
Date: July 16, 2003
A/N: Okay, I know I posted the 5th chapter yesterday, but I couldn't wait any longer to post this on up! ^_^ Things will be clearer in this chapter. And a certain Cajun will make his appearance. ^_~
DISCLAIMER: I envy Marvel. I wish I owned Remy and Logan and everyone else. But, sadly, I don't. I do own my characters, Kalli and Hanna (..and Idget, too ^__^). 'Cause I made them up. So stick that in your back pocket! ^__^
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Jean pulled on the door, which could not open. "Locked." she muttered. Logan growled, pushing her away, then SNIKT! He sliced the door open along the side with the doorhandle. He pried it open and ran inside, followed by the two girls accompanying him, until they reached the door at the other end. He sliced through that door, not checking to see if it was locked, also, and kicked it in. Just as Mystique shoved Kalli into the elevator, Sabretooth and Toad jumped down out of nowhere and landed in front of them. Logan growled at Sabretooth, who then leaped forward and kicked Logan down onto his back. Toad spit his tongue at and wrapped around Hanna and flung her against a wall. Jean wasn't quick enough to slow her fall, but Hanna was.
Kalli peered out from behind Mystique and gasped as she saw Hanna stop in midair with her arms in front of her and watched her stand and straighten herself up. Mystique pushed a button and the elevator door closed then started to descend slowly. Kalli swelled with fear.
But nobody noticed as they continued to fight. It was 10 minutes, maybe, when backup started to arrive. Storm and Cyclops burst through the door. Jean and Hanna were having a difficult time with Toad, as he just spit in Hanna's face, and it was starting to harden, cutting off her air. Scott ran over to inisist, by pressing the button on his visor and zapping Toad in stomach as he was about to leap at him. Then he stood back. "Hold still!" and zapped the green goop off of Hanna's face. She gasped for air as soon as her air passages were clear.
Logan, who was down on the ground and was choking, saw Sabretooth's hair stand on end as electricty filled the room. A lightning bolt came down and hit Sabretooth, sending him flying into a nearby wall. Logan stood up, faced and nodded at Storm.
"So, where's the girl?" asked Scott, walking up to Logan, followed by Jean and Hanna. Logan turned to examain the room, sniffing slightly. His eyes rested on the elevator. A growl rose from his chest. The others followed his gaze. Scott sighed impatiently. "We can't get her yet. Magneto might be behind it, and we're not ready to face him yet."
Logan spun around and faced him. "Why the hell not? Magneto could kill her, for whatever reason why he kidnapped her!" He snarled. "And besides, how could we not be ready to face him? We've faced him before when he wanted Rogue!"
Scott got up in Logan's face. "Listen! We don't know why he wants Kalli! That's what we've got to figure out first! Or else we'll be blindsided by the fact of he's planning to do, and we wouldn't know what to do."
Logan drew in a breath, his anger wavering as he took a step back. His eyebrow twitched, though his eyes were still fixed on Scott's..or where Scott's eyes would be, anyway. Logan grunted impatiently.
"Fine! Fine, we'll do it YOUR way! But if Magento harms one hair on her head, I'm putting you at fault for not taking action first!"
The elevator trip seemed like forever to Kalli. She fretted at the idea of what was going to happen to her. She looked up and saw Mystique leaning against the silver wall opposite of her, staring at her with a smug expression. Kalli sighed helplessly and dropped her gaze. The elevator door finally opened. Kalli looked up as Mystique grabbed her wrist and pulled her forward. Kalli retracted her arm, and followed her down the short hallway. Mystique opened the door at the end and Kalli stared at her. Mystique's lip curled and nodded her head in its direction, motioning Kalli to go on. She obeyed and went through the door. As she did, the door closed behind her and she froze. She examained the room. It looked exactly like the room above where Logan and the others were fighting at that moment. It dawned on her that the walls were metal. Suddenly, she started to move forward. She looked down and saw that she was on a moving-sidedwalk kind of thing. Kalli swallowed hard and looked up. She noticed a shadowed figure at the end of the room, seated at a desk. As she approached, the figure came clearer. She stopped, just 20 feet from the desk. Kalli peered up at a man with a white hair and a long gaunt face. A helmet was setting near the edge of the desk.
The man looked back at her, icy blue eyes peering out. "Kalli. So nice of you to join me." A small smile appeared as he waved his hand. A scraping noise came from behind Kalli. She looked over her shoulder and saw a chair pulling up. "Have a seat, stay awhile."
Kalli turned back to the man, fidgeting. She opened her mouth to say something, failed, and closed it. She exhaled and tried again. "Wh-Who are you? And what do you want with me?"
The man looked at her, a frown forming. "Please have a seat." Kalli, realizing that she didn't want to tick the man off, sat on the edge of the metal chair. The man's smile returned. "I am Magneto. I'm merely a man with an ambition to stop this war between humanity and mutants. But this hasn't got a thing to do with the reason why you are here."
Just at that moment, a door to Kalli's right opened and a tall man entered. He had red hair, bangs hanging in his eyes, and was quite attractive. Kalli noted that he was shuffeling a deck of cards. "Magneto." The man spoke with a French accent. The man stopped in his tracks when he noticed Kalli. A smile spread upon his face. "Ah, who iz zis beautiful girl?" He winked at Kalli, who almost melted right there in that chair with a small smile upon her face.
"Remy, this is Kalli." Magneto introduced. Kalli sighed deeply as she looked into Remy's red-on-black eyes. They were so demonic..but yet very enchanting.
"Ah, ma chere, such a pleasant ting zat Remy meets zuch a looker as you," He picked Kalli's hand up and kissed it, making her blush. He let it drop gracefully back in her lap and winked again.
"What is it, Remy? Why are you here?" Magneto interrogated. Remy turned to face him, his smile disappearing slightly.
"Ah, yes. Zabretooth and Toad have failed again trying to deztroy ze X-Men..but zey have retreated, Remy do believe." Kalli finally came back to her senses and furrowed her brow. She opened her mouth to say something.
"I see. Well, they'll be back. They always come back," Magneto shook his head. He looked down at Kalli. "Are you hungry?"
Kalli's anger started to rise, so did her fear. She realized that Logan and everybody else abandoned her. And they had retreated? 'What the hell? I have a problem with this!' They probally wouldn't come back. Her brow furrowed even more as her anger wavered, fear disappearing. She glanced up at Magneto then at Remy, who were both staring at her. "No, thanks. I lost my appetite," She said bitterly.
"Very well, then. Remy, would you mind showing Kalli the room where she can rest?" Magneto asked the Cajun, who smiled.
"No problem. Follow me, chere," he held out his hand, but Kalli disregarded it and stood up herself and followed Remy out of the room through the door he entered.
"Any records on Kalli that might strike Magneto's interest?" Logan asked Jean, peering over her shoulder at the folder of papers she was reading.
"Please, Logan. You're making me nervous when you read over my shoulder," she replied, flipping a page. Logan snorted impatiently and began to pace.
"We can't wait around forever. That's all we ever do nowadays,"
"Did you know Kalli's mother died?" Jean asked, as she continued to read. Then, suddenly, she stood up and showed Logan a picture paperclipped to the bunch of papers in the folder.
"She..looks almost exactly like Kalli. Is that her mother? How'd she die?" Logan interrogated, taking the picture. The woman was in her mid-20s, her raven black hair flowed down her back gracefully, and stormy grey eyes peered out at him. A golden chain and locket hung around her neck.
"It definatly is. But these only give me that she did, in fact, die. That's all.." Jean sighed, but paused when something fell to the floor. She kneeled and picked it up and looked at it as she straightened herself up. "Wait, I think I found something.."
Logan stood beside her and read the paper. His eyes widened "Oh my God.."
"Ah, Remy had never met zuch a lady as yourself, boo," the Cajun told the girl accompanying him. Kalli looked at him, as they continued down a hall. Remy chuckled. "Remy ztand corrected..He haz met zomeone just as lovely.." He smiled sweetly in her direction.
"And who was that?" Kalli asked, good-naturely. Her anger was lowering each moment she walked and talked with the Cajun. There was something about him that made her think she could tell him almost anything. But then again, that could be a bad thing.
Remy lowered his head. "Remy iz not allowed to zay just yet, chere. But ze woman I am zpeaking of, waz an extraordinary lady. She waz very kind towards Remy, though she never thought highly of his antics...az she waz married and had a daughter.." He stopped talking and came to a hault. "Mais, here we are, chere," He opened a door to his left and held it open for Kalli.
As she stepped inside, she examained the room. It wasn't as homey-looking like it was at the Intitute. It had metal walls like the ones she has seen previously. There was a bed in the upper-left corner and a dresser on the right wall. There was a door next to the dresser. Kalli presumed it led into a bathroom. She sighed, and turned around. Remy was leaning against the door frame, watching her. "Magneto wanted Remy to give vous zis," he reached into his pocket and pulled out a satin box and handed it to her. "He zays to Remy zat it will help vous,"
Kalli opened the box, and there lay a golden chain and locket. "Help me in what way?" She picked up the necklace and opened the locket. A woman in her mid-20s with raven black hair and stomry grey eyes looked up at her in one frame. In the other, was a picture of a baby. Kalli's eyes widened and she swallowed hard. 'Oh dear God..'
"He zays vous will figure it out."
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A/N: What do you guys think? I think I achieved my first real cliffhanger. Haha. ^_^;; I'm rather proud of this chapter. Not only does it clear a few things up, but Remy is in it! ^_^ And you all know I love Gambit! Oh, yah! I'll clear some things up on some of the words Remy used:
-boo - Term of indearment usually directed toward a child, but can be used toward an adult. Can also mean "honey" or "sweetheart."
-chere - Dear.
-vous - You.
-mais - Well. Used at the beginning of a sentence.
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