The Truth Hurts
Chapter XIX: Revelations
By: Michelle
Remy slammed on the brakes so hard that they nearly hit their heads on the dash board. "De quoi parlez-vous?[1]" He replied, in shock from what she said.
Rogue felt herself go forward as he slammed on the brakes. Damn Remy. She held her hand on her rapidly beating heart. Try not to kill us.
He quickly glanced in his mirrors. Thank God no one was behind us. He took a deep breath and ran his fingers through his hair. Then, he pulled off to the side of the road. He glanced over at Rogue feeling the fear and nervousness running through her.
I shouldn't have told him. I should have kept my mouth shut. She tucked her hair back behind her ears and looked at the roses in her lap. Why the hell did I tell him?
"Chere." Remy said now that he relaxed. "What makes you think dat man be ya frere?"
"I don't know." She replied. "I just remembered it from my childhood."
"What do ya remember?"
"I remember digging in Momma Raven's keepsake box…and I saw a picture of Graydon when he was younger." She explained. "She said he was her son. That makes me his adopted sister."
"Chere, you know how unlikely dat is." Remy replied. "Dat dat boy in da picture be the same son of a bitch in da debate. It's like saying…Kurt is your brother."
"Yeah, I suppose." She answered. But it seems to fit. Yet, it was much easier to deny it. However, it was the truth. And The Truth Hurts. "But my instincts are telling me that I'm right."
How could Rogue, sweet beautiful and innocent Rogue, be related to that fagot ass Graydon Creed? Remy felt a headache coming on and closed his eyes.
He stared into his enemy's dark bloodthirsty eyes. He could sense no fear from the tall blonde haired beast standing before him, but he had no plans on backing down either.
"You better get out of my face Kid." His enemy growled. "I'm leader here."
"Yeah, but if ya want get to da Morlock tunnels." He reminded him. "Ya best be following my orders. Understood."
The two snarled in each other's faces until they were divided by Scalphunter. "Knock it off Gambit, Sabretooth. We have a job to do." He turned to Remy. "Gambit, show us the way."
He stared into Sabretooth's eyes again. Gambit don't trust you, you sniveling weasel-like lawyer, but he have to fulfill his debt.
Remy opened his eyes remembering his haunting past and the image of Graydon Creed at the debate. Sabretooth's son. The truth hurts. No wonder why Remy didn't like him much. Oh God, should I tell her she's…
"Look, Remy. Don't tell anyone I told you this." Rogue asked him, knowing he was good at keeping secrets.
"But Chere…"
She grabbed his hand. "Please, I just want to forget about it."
"D'accord." He kissed the back of her gloved hand. He wanted to forget about it too.
"Thank you."
Remy started the truck back up. "So, why Kurt be wanting dese roses?" He asked changing the subject.
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"Excellent work Mystique." Magneto praised looking down at Graydon's unconscious body in the cell. "Now let's make sure he is in our control."
Mystique watched as Magneto pulled out five pencil size metal sticks. He shaped them in tight bracelets around Graydon's neck, wrists, and ankles, leaving enough room to keep them from cutting off his circulation.
"Where are Sabretooth and Pyro?" She asked folding her arms.
"They are going after Kurt and Rogue as planned" Magneto looked up at her. "Is something bothering you?"
"No. Not at all." Mystique replied and left him to deal with her son.
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Logan sighed as he listened as Hank and Professor Xavier held a conversation. He jumped in a few times, but he wasn't the real talkative type. He closed his eyes to take another nap again, but couldn't help but look at Bobby.
Bobby sat quietly in his own little world using his fork to play with the food left in his plate. He was usually the talkative type, liking to crack jokes during a conversation. He was always good for putting people in a better mood, but how do you put him in a better mood.
"Hey, you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." Bobby answered now getting the attention of Hank and Xavier.
"Bobby is something the matter?" Xavier asked to avoid reading into his student's mind. He already knew what was bothering him. He missed Rogue.
"No Professor." Bobby looked up at the three adults staring at him in disbelief. "I'm fine."
"It's a girl isn't it?" Hank watched as the young man's cheeks blushed red.
"Yeah."
"So, Bobby." Hank asked. "What's the young lady's name?"
"Rogue."
"I'm sure she is missing you too." Hank smiled remembering his youth. "To be young and in love."
"Glad that's over." Logan grunted.
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"So how we suppose to get the roses upstairs without Stormy seeing them?" Remy asked as they parked in the garage.
"I don't know." Rogue shrugged then saw her friend running towards the truck. "Never mind."
"Like there you guys are." Kitty smiled as Remy helped Rogue out the truck. She could smell the aroma of the food as she got closer. Ah! Vegetarian's worst nightmare! "Did ya'll like slaughter like every innocent chicken in the state of New York to feed the school dinner."
"We didn't forgit about ya, Kitty Cat." Remy replied handing Rogue the roses.
I want details. Kitty smiled at Rogue. I can't wait to tell Jubilee.
"Kitty can you phase up to our room with these." Rogue asked. "We're trying to keep Ororo from seeing them."
"Like sure." She replied. Like I believe these are for Ororo. "Where do you want me to put them?"
"Put these red ones in our closet for now." Rogue replied handing her the bouquets. "And these white ones in the vase on my dresser."
"Ok." Kitty caught Remy giving Rogue a smile as she smelt her bouquet before she handed them to her friend.
Rogue caught the smile in the corner of her eye and blushed.
"You are so spilling tonight." Kitty whispered to her friend before phasing her way through walls and floors to get to their room.
"Chere." Remy handed her a few of the bags with boxes of chicken in them.
Rogue took a whiff of the food. "I'm starving. How about you?"
Grrrrrr. He looked down at his growling stomach as he grabbed the rest of the food out the truck. Damn.
"I guess that's a yes." She replied.
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Mystique closed the door to her room. She was nervous about tonight. It was going to be the first time she would be reunited with all of her children.
She tucked her sleeping son in his bed and gazed at him. My Graydon. It's hard to believe you are already three years old. She shifted her disguise into her true form. Damn, He looks so much like Victor it almost makes me sick.
BAMF.
I know that sound, and that smell. She looked up to see an old lover perched on the window sill. "Azazel, how did you find me?"
"There's just something about you that I will never loose." He gazed at the boy still sleeping in the bed. "Well Raven, I see you have moved on."
"I don't know what you are talking about." She denied looking down at her son.
"I'm not stupid Raven." He replied. "I know what you did." He glared at her hard with his yellow eyes. "I know what you did to our son."
She looked up with her yellow eyes and met his. She felt her heart pound in her chest. She thought she was going to be sick.
"Why did you do it?"
"You ruined my life."
"No. I gave you the one thing you wanted more than life itself." He replied bamfing to appear beside her to whisper in her ear. "I gave you a child and you threw him away like he meant nothing to you."
"It's ironic considering you did the same thing to me." Raven replied with tears streaming down her cheeks. "What do you want from me now? Haven't you hurt me enough?"
"No." Azazel glanced at her, then at her son. "How old is he?"
"He's three." She answered. "Why do you even care?"
"No reason." He replied. "It's just that our son looked like him at this age." He smiled at her wickedly.
"What are you talking about?" She responded knowing full well she dropped her son off that waterfall.
"You actually think I would let something happen to my own flesh and blood." He answered to her shocked expression. "All my children are important to me, Raven, but it will be a while before you understand that."
"He's alive."
"Of course."
She wanted to shrink in the corner and curl up into a ball, but instead she placed a hand on her pounding heart. "Where is he?"
"He is being raised by an old friend of mine." He answered. "But why would you care about that? You seem to have everything you want right here."
She looked down at Graydon still sound asleep in his bed. Her son was still alive. "Margali. He's with Margali."
"Lucky guess." Azazel smiled. He could hear footsteps heading towards the room. "Well, I better leave you here to sulk in your own pity party. Until we met again, my Mystique."
BAMF
"Raven." Victor opened the door to his son's bed room to find a red puff of smoke smelling like sulfur and brimstone. He waved it from his heightened nostrils. Someone was in here. "Is he asleep yet?"
"Yes." She stood in a zombie-like trance. My son is alive.
He growled softly and scanned the room. I know there was someone here. "Come on. Let's go to bed."
Mystique lay down on her bed. The Truth Hurts.
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"I was wondering when the two of you were going to get back." Ororo said as she saw Remy and Rogue enter with all the food. "The natives are getting restless."
"Hey Stormy." Remy smiled at her comment and headed to the cafeteria with Rogue.
"Hey guys. Foods here." She turned to her sister and brother-in-law. "Vi, Derek are you going to stay for dinner?"
"Of Course."
Kurt took Ororo's hand as they followed the starving group of students to the cafeteria.
"Hold on." He fussed. "Let Remy git the food out first." They be really hungry. They be like a pack of dogs on three legged cat.
"Yeah, guys. Sit down at the tables." Rogue added then turned to Piotr and Jubilee who came over to help. "Here can you pass these boxes of chicken out Piotr. Jubes, can you get some plates"
"Hey like where's my food." Kitty asked as she phase through the ceiling into the kitchen.
"Dis is yours Kitty Cat." Remy hand her mashed potatoes, coleslaw, and biscuits. Crazy vegetarian don't know what she be missing. "Da rests of the sides are for everyone else."
"Here Kurt. This is for ya'll and the chicken tenders are for Jamie, Evan, and Rahne." Rogue hand him some boxes for the "adult's" table as he, Ororo, Vi, and Derek walked over to them.
"And dis is Stormy's." Another Crazy Vegetarian. "And here is your change." Remy said handing her her food and money.
"Well, I'm shocked Remy." Ororo stated. Usually you keep the change for yourself. "It just might storm tonight." She picked.
"Very funny Stormy."
"I'm teasing." She smiled. "Thanks for picking up dinner." Then, she looked at Rogue. "Are you feeling better?"
"Yeah." Rogue blushed as Remy smiled at her. "Much better."
"That's good." Ororo replied, and then joined Kurt, Vi, and Derek at the table.
"Alright, I'm starved. Let's eat." Remy picked up two large boxes of chicken and headed to the table where Kitty had her food set while she got drinks for the kids.
When Piotr, Kitty, and Jubilee saw him headed to the table, they quickly hurried over. The trio sat on one side, leaving Rogue to sit far enough from accidentally touching them while she took off her gloves to eat.
Rogue scooted over more as Remy sat down to eat on the left of her. He must want to end up in a coma. Even Bobby doesn't sit this close to me when my gloves are off.
Remy scooted even closer to her. I'm not afraid of you Chere. He pulled off his gloves and grabbed each of them a piece of chicken.
He's too brave for his own good. Rogue smiled as he placed a chicken leg in her plate. "Thanks."
"Soyez le bienvenue."[2] He smiled back.
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"So, Logan." Hank addressed him. "You are a teacher at Xavier's school."
"You could say that." He replied lighting up a cigar.
"What do you teach?"
"Who says he teaches?" Bobby added.
"Haha." Logan leaned back in his chair exhaling smoke from his cigar.
"What's your problem, Bub?" Logan asked annoyed at watching his teammate pace back and forth around the room. "Raven tying you down." (They are currently working in Germany)
Sabretooth stopped to growl at him, then continued to pace. "She is hiding something from me."
"When is she not?"
"No." Sabretooth growled again. "She was talking to someone the other night when tucking Graydon to sleep. Now she wants to go to the circus for some unusually reason. I don't like it."
"Why." Logan asked. "You afraid she'll make you part of the freak show."
Sabretooth attacked him with that last comment, but they were quickly broken apart by Mystique.
"Can't you boys play nice for once?" She pulled Sabretooth away and smiled at him. "Hello Logan."
Logan just grunted at her. Ain't interested bitch.
"God Victor." Mystique fussed. "Can't you look like a man for once?"
"Ha."
Sabretooth shot him an I-want-to-tear-you-to-pieces glare.
"Come on Victor." Mystique said transforming her form into her 'Raven Darkholme' appearance. "We have to pick up Graydon." They headed towards the door. "See you around Logan."
"Logan."
"Ummm…Yeah." Logan said sitting back up.
"What do you teach?"
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"So, you slept with Mystique and your son is Senator Creed." Pyro said as he pulled out a pair of binoculars.
Sabretooth just growled at him and snatched the binoculars out of Pyro's hand.
I'm assuming that is a yes. Pyro shook his head then pulled out another pair of binoculars for himself. "So what are we spying for Chewy, can't we just go inside now and grab them." I don't want to be in these damn bushes.
"No." Sabretooth replied while looking through the binoculars into the cafeteria window. "And if you call me Chewy again, your head will be so far up your own ass you'll be able to see what you had for breakfast."
"Fine." Sasquatch.
Grrrrr
"What?"
"Gambit." Sabretooth growled. He's here too.
"Yeah, he's one of Xavier's new X-men" Pyro informed him. "Magneto tried getting him to join the Brotherhood, but he turned us down."
"No wonder why." Sabretooth replied as he spied on Remy flirting away with Rogue while eating. "Have fun Kid."
"Shit." Pyro answered observing how close Remy was to Rogue. Weren't Bobby and she dating. He would have been easier to take out.
Sabretooth focused in another window with his binoculars seeing his target.
Won't this thing end? Victor shifted a sleeping Graydon over to his left. Damn. That's unnatural how that man is bending.
He turned to see Raven's eyes light up as two little boys and one little girl tumbled across the floor. They were just a few years older than Graydon, he thought as he glanced down at them.
The little girl and one of the boys were dressed as angels with white outfits and silver body glitter. The other boy was a devil with blue skin and black outfit the color of his hair. The little devil was so natural at doing flips and twists, it made him sick to his stomach especially when he noticed Raven staring at him.
He growled softly under his breath so not to wake Graydon. No wonder why she wanted to come here. That wasn't just any little kid. That was her son. Her first born son.
Sabretooth growled as he looked at Kurt talk with Ororo and her friends. If he's anything like his mother, this isn't going to be easy.
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"I'm full. Mr. Wagner." Jamie said to Kurt who was sitting next to him.
He ate three chicken strips. That's more than he usually eats. "Alright." Kurt replied. "Go wash your hands."
"Yes Sir." Jamie hopped out of his seat and ran to the sink.
"Mr. Wagner, Ms. Monroe." Rahne put down her drink. "May I go too?"
"Go wash your hands." Kurt instructed.
"What about me?" Evan asked his parents who were sitting next to him.
"Go ahead Evan." Vi answered and watched her son run towards his friends at the sink. "They must keep you two on your toes." She directed the comment towards Ororo and Kurt.
"You have no idea." Ororo answered, knowing full well the trouble the three of them could get into.
"It's good training for the two of you." Vi replied. "You know for the future."
Vi, I can't believe you said that. Ororo blushed.
"Ja." Kurt felt his cheeks burn red. Thank You God for this image inducer that is hiding my blushing. "It is."
Evan, Jamie, and Rahne dried their hands on a towel. Then, the three of them took off running to the table where Jubilee, Kitty, Piotr, Rogue, and Remy were finished eating.
"Hey petites." Remy said as they climbed on the benches next to him, Kitty, and Piotr. "You three finished eating."
"Oui Monsieur LeBeau." Rahne answered remembering his teachings earlier.
Jamie squeezed in between Kitty and Piotr. "Hi." Burp.
'Eww, Jamie." Kitty said making a face. "That's like so disgusting. Like where did you learn that from?"
Bbbuuurrrpppp. "Umm. Excuse me."
Rahne, Jamie, and Evan busted out in giggles.
Kitty rolled her eyes at Piotr. "Did I like have to ask?"
Remy just shook his head at him as Piotr hung his head. You are going to need help if you think you have any shot at Kitty Cat there.
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The Truth Hurts. Mystique stared up at the ceiling, and then closed her eyes.
After the show and later that night, she peeked through the window of Margali's trailer watching her tuck in the three children. She could hear the gypsy talking to them.
"Good night Stefan." Margali said tucking in her oldest son.
"Good night Mutter." He replied closing his eyes.
She then turned to her daughter. "Sweet dreams, Jemaine"
"Good night Mutter." She said as her mother kissed her forehead.
Margali then made her way over to the other young boy. Raven stared at the little boy. It was true. He was alive. He was splitting image of his father, but with her blue skin.
"Give me the eye patch, Kurt."
"But I'm a pirate." He replied with his tail swishing around.
"I know, but even pirates have to go to bed." Margali waited but he refused to give up the eye patch. "Kurt Wagner. Now."
"Yes ma'am." Kurt pulled off the eye patch and handed it to her.
"Danke schon." She replied and placed it on a stand next to his bed. "Now go to sleep."
"Good night Mutti." He replied and curled up under the covers.
Raven's heart sank as she heard those words. He should be calling her Mother, not that gypsy woman.
She closed her eyes tighter. Suddenly, she was not so sure about tonight.
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"Well, Hank." Xavier said to him as they left. "I wish I could persuade you to rejoin us. I am looking for new teachers for next semester if you are interested."
"Thanks for the offer, Professor." Hank replied. "But I am quite happy with my research here."
"I understand." Xavier nodded. "Stop by and visit if you are ever in New York again."
"I'll do that." Hank smiled. "Maybe I'll make some time to visit some."
"My door is always open."
"Thanks."
"Come on Chuck." Logan said getting impatient. "We ain't gonna get home til after ten tonight."
"It was nice to see you again Professor." Hank said hugging him.
"You too Hank." Keep in touch.
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While Ororo was distracted with a conversation with her brother-in-law, Kurt excused himself to talk to Remy, Rogue, and Piotr while loud-mouthed Kitty and Jubilee were washing their hands.
"Hey Kurt." Rogue smiled. 'Getting nervous."
"Nein." He lied. I'm so nervous, I'm about to shit in my pants. "I need the three of you's help tonight."
"Wit what Monsieur."
"Rogue, I need you to distract Ororo later while Remy and Piotr help me in her room." He practically begged.
"No problem." Rogue said. "I'll keep her busy."
Remy folded his arms. "And what will we be doing?" I shouldn't help you after you lecture me this morning about the pinching Rogue on the ass.
"Remy, I need you and Piotr to help me..." Kurt began shaking.
"Relax Monsieur." Remy replied. "We be helping ya woo ya woman. Huh Muscles."
"Dah." Piotr replied. Like I know anything about getting a girl. I can't even get Kitty to notice me.
"Danke schon." Kurt said to them standing up as Kitty and Jubilee rejoined their friends.
"Hi Mr. Wagner." Kitty blushed when she saw him.
"Hallo Katzchen." He said as he walked pass her.
Kitty just giggled to Jubilee. "He called me Katzchen."
"I'm almost jealous." Ororo said as she took her boyfriend's hand. "She has quite a crush on you, you know. I wouldn't be surprise if she has your whole wedding planned out."
"I know." Kurt smiled and kissed her softly on the lips. "But she will have to understand that there is only one woman I want to spend the rest of my life with."
Ororo gazed into his eyes. She knew he was talking about her.
[1] What are you talking about?
[2] You're Welcome.