Chapter 9: Betreyed
The two walked in silence. Rogue couldn't understand what was wrong, Gambit always had something to say. The moon was full and illuminated the hole woodland area in the new darkness, so Rogue was able to see the worried look on Gambits face as his eyes remained fixed on the ground.
"Are you alwright? You seem............."
"Seem what chere?"
She shook her head and turned her gaze to the ground. "Nuthin', ah just ain't used to ya bein' quiet is all."
"Y' only known m' for three days mon petite......Y' got alot t' learn bout de Gambit."
He smiled down at her, but there was something about the smile that seemed different. It didn't have the sarcastic "Im so great" look to it. His eyes told a different story.......like he was dreading something inevitable which he had no control over. This analysis of Remys face scared Rogue a little so she pulled her hand away from his and rubbed her shoulders as if she was cold.
"Y' cold mon petite?"
"No, ahm fine." She said quietly.
"Don't be stubborn chere."
Remy stopped and put his long coat over Rogues shoulders and ran his hand down the length of her arm and returned it to his side. They walked again through the trees in silence, Rogue was still weary of where they were going, and started thinking things like, it was turning 9pm already and she was miles away from the institute alone with one of the enimies groupies. What exactly was he doing? Rogue took in a deep breath and said nurvousley,
"Ah should go back now."
"But were nearly der...."
"Remy.......Ah really have to start making mah way back to the institute now."
Remy stopped and pulled Rogue close to him, dropping his coat on the ground. he looked down at Rogues sparkling green eyes and spoke very jentley in suprise.
"Y' ain't ever called me dat before chere."
" what?"
"M' name.......It sounds good when y' say it. "
Remy brushed Rogues hair from her face and put his arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to him. He he hugged her closely and kissed her hair, then wisperd something by her ear, but she couldn't make out the words. Rogue took a few steps back, and looked up at Remy just in time to see him close his eyes and look away from her why'll clenching his fists tightly. Then he wisperd just loud enough for Rogue to hear: "Im sorry Rogue I realy am".
Rogue looked at him confused before being knocked out by something hard and cold hitting her neck, she fell to her knees, bearled conscious, then heard sabertooth laghing and blacked out.
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An hour or so later Rogue woke up, not opening her eyes at first. She couldn't hear anything besides a quiet humming of some machinery, possabley an air conditioner. She opend her eyes to see a dim lighted room in the shape of a dome. The room was matalic and disstresingley spacious. Rogues hands and feet were held down, to a metal table that she was lying on, by bands of metal.
As she looked around, she noticed that there were no doors that she could see, then she noticed the wall open up like a folding down fan. Three people stepped in, Sabertooth, Colossus and Gambit with Magneto floating behind them. Rogue heard the sound of bending metal as the table tilted up untill she was vertical, and then it twisted around untill she was faceing them.
" It's nice to meet you again Rogue." Magneto said.
"Bite me ya metal bender!" She spat at him.
"Now now child, thers no need for name calling. Im not going to hurt you.........much."
"Get lost ya buckit head!"
"Youre in no position to be giveing orders Rogue."
Rogue turned to the side whyl grinding her teeth, then looked at Remy who was stairng straight past her.
"Just cut the crap and tell me why ahm hear." She said coldley.
"Because I want you on my team Rogue." Rogue laghed and roled her eyes.
"No way! Are you compleatley stupid or what."
"Mock all you want Rogue....But one way or another, you will be joining me!"
"Whats that supposed to mean?" She said, fixing her gaze on the older man.
Magneto just floated off with Colossus and Sabertooth following behind, he told Gambit to stay in the room with her to try and convert her, as he floated out. The wall closed up and Remy stepped forward.
"Why?!" She shot at him.
"So as you don't get hurt....." He smirked as he walked closer to her, knowing that she didn't mean: 'why was he still there'.
"Thats not what ah meant swamp rat!"
"Juss folowin orders chere."
"Get me down."
"Non. Remy can't do dat chere, but don worry bout it, y' can come down if y' juss agree to join us."
"Ah knew ah couldn't trust you!"
"But y' can trust me mon petite." He said, his smile fadeing as he strugled to keep in her gaze.
" Then get me out of hear."
Remy stepped even closer to her and looked up at her whyl placeing one hand on the metal on each side of her waist.
"Come on Chere.....Y' were complainin erlier bout de rules at de instituit. Hear der ain no rules. Its juss us doin what we wan't." He said softley to her.
"Ah dont care, ah aint gonna join you! so back off! All you do is plot to kill of humaninty, an ah dont wonna be a part in that!"
"Magneto says dat day are de problem wit de world."
"Yea well Magnetos an idiot! People are jusst scared about what they dont know, they need time to adjust."
"Mutants have as much right as them to live, de world aint juss for dem!" Remy backed off and pulled out a card.
"So what did they ever do to you swamp rat?"
"Juss what day do to evry other mutant..............How do y' feel when someone-some human, comes up to you and starts trouble, callin y' names n pushin y' around, den five minuits later y' saveing der asses an day dont even thank you for it. Den day see you again and start some more trouble. Don't dat make y' hate dem?"
"Yea but they arnt all like that."
"Yes day are chere! An dats what Magneto is tryin' to stop. all dis discrimination, when some ungreatfull basterd can't even look you in de eyes when you save der life riskin y' own! He is buildin a solid future for mutants all over de world an ahm all up for dat, so why can't y' accept it chere."
"Cause the way youre goin about it is all wrong! You cant solve this problem by wipein out a whole race!"
"Please chere, make de choice y'self, cause de other way could hurt ya...... an I don' won't ya hurt."
The two walked in silence. Rogue couldn't understand what was wrong, Gambit always had something to say. The moon was full and illuminated the hole woodland area in the new darkness, so Rogue was able to see the worried look on Gambits face as his eyes remained fixed on the ground.
"Are you alwright? You seem............."
"Seem what chere?"
She shook her head and turned her gaze to the ground. "Nuthin', ah just ain't used to ya bein' quiet is all."
"Y' only known m' for three days mon petite......Y' got alot t' learn bout de Gambit."
He smiled down at her, but there was something about the smile that seemed different. It didn't have the sarcastic "Im so great" look to it. His eyes told a different story.......like he was dreading something inevitable which he had no control over. This analysis of Remys face scared Rogue a little so she pulled her hand away from his and rubbed her shoulders as if she was cold.
"Y' cold mon petite?"
"No, ahm fine." She said quietly.
"Don't be stubborn chere."
Remy stopped and put his long coat over Rogues shoulders and ran his hand down the length of her arm and returned it to his side. They walked again through the trees in silence, Rogue was still weary of where they were going, and started thinking things like, it was turning 9pm already and she was miles away from the institute alone with one of the enimies groupies. What exactly was he doing? Rogue took in a deep breath and said nurvousley,
"Ah should go back now."
"But were nearly der...."
"Remy.......Ah really have to start making mah way back to the institute now."
Remy stopped and pulled Rogue close to him, dropping his coat on the ground. he looked down at Rogues sparkling green eyes and spoke very jentley in suprise.
"Y' ain't ever called me dat before chere."
" what?"
"M' name.......It sounds good when y' say it. "
Remy brushed Rogues hair from her face and put his arms around her waist, pulling her even closer to him. He he hugged her closely and kissed her hair, then wisperd something by her ear, but she couldn't make out the words. Rogue took a few steps back, and looked up at Remy just in time to see him close his eyes and look away from her why'll clenching his fists tightly. Then he wisperd just loud enough for Rogue to hear: "Im sorry Rogue I realy am".
Rogue looked at him confused before being knocked out by something hard and cold hitting her neck, she fell to her knees, bearled conscious, then heard sabertooth laghing and blacked out.
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An hour or so later Rogue woke up, not opening her eyes at first. She couldn't hear anything besides a quiet humming of some machinery, possabley an air conditioner. She opend her eyes to see a dim lighted room in the shape of a dome. The room was matalic and disstresingley spacious. Rogues hands and feet were held down, to a metal table that she was lying on, by bands of metal.
As she looked around, she noticed that there were no doors that she could see, then she noticed the wall open up like a folding down fan. Three people stepped in, Sabertooth, Colossus and Gambit with Magneto floating behind them. Rogue heard the sound of bending metal as the table tilted up untill she was vertical, and then it twisted around untill she was faceing them.
" It's nice to meet you again Rogue." Magneto said.
"Bite me ya metal bender!" She spat at him.
"Now now child, thers no need for name calling. Im not going to hurt you.........much."
"Get lost ya buckit head!"
"Youre in no position to be giveing orders Rogue."
Rogue turned to the side whyl grinding her teeth, then looked at Remy who was stairng straight past her.
"Just cut the crap and tell me why ahm hear." She said coldley.
"Because I want you on my team Rogue." Rogue laghed and roled her eyes.
"No way! Are you compleatley stupid or what."
"Mock all you want Rogue....But one way or another, you will be joining me!"
"Whats that supposed to mean?" She said, fixing her gaze on the older man.
Magneto just floated off with Colossus and Sabertooth following behind, he told Gambit to stay in the room with her to try and convert her, as he floated out. The wall closed up and Remy stepped forward.
"Why?!" She shot at him.
"So as you don't get hurt....." He smirked as he walked closer to her, knowing that she didn't mean: 'why was he still there'.
"Thats not what ah meant swamp rat!"
"Juss folowin orders chere."
"Get me down."
"Non. Remy can't do dat chere, but don worry bout it, y' can come down if y' juss agree to join us."
"Ah knew ah couldn't trust you!"
"But y' can trust me mon petite." He said, his smile fadeing as he strugled to keep in her gaze.
" Then get me out of hear."
Remy stepped even closer to her and looked up at her whyl placeing one hand on the metal on each side of her waist.
"Come on Chere.....Y' were complainin erlier bout de rules at de instituit. Hear der ain no rules. Its juss us doin what we wan't." He said softley to her.
"Ah dont care, ah aint gonna join you! so back off! All you do is plot to kill of humaninty, an ah dont wonna be a part in that!"
"Magneto says dat day are de problem wit de world."
"Yea well Magnetos an idiot! People are jusst scared about what they dont know, they need time to adjust."
"Mutants have as much right as them to live, de world aint juss for dem!" Remy backed off and pulled out a card.
"So what did they ever do to you swamp rat?"
"Juss what day do to evry other mutant..............How do y' feel when someone-some human, comes up to you and starts trouble, callin y' names n pushin y' around, den five minuits later y' saveing der asses an day dont even thank you for it. Den day see you again and start some more trouble. Don't dat make y' hate dem?"
"Yea but they arnt all like that."
"Yes day are chere! An dats what Magneto is tryin' to stop. all dis discrimination, when some ungreatfull basterd can't even look you in de eyes when you save der life riskin y' own! He is buildin a solid future for mutants all over de world an ahm all up for dat, so why can't y' accept it chere."
"Cause the way youre goin about it is all wrong! You cant solve this problem by wipein out a whole race!"
"Please chere, make de choice y'self, cause de other way could hurt ya...... an I don' won't ya hurt."