CHAPTER 14
Three's Company
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"They've got to be somewhere around here!" Scott said in frustration. Its not like they jus disappeared or something!"
"Knowing the Acolytes its possible." Logan said, sniffing around.
"Kurt!?" Jean exclaimed.
Scott and Logan looked up from their search when they saw Jean running over to the X-Jet.
They both exchanged confused looks but followed the redhead's lead and went over to see that Kurt was, in fact, crouching on top of the X-jet.
"Kurt what are doing up there?" Jean exclaimed.
"Forget what he's doing up there. What the hell are you doing here? Why aren't you and Amara out on the docks!?" Logan asked.
Kurt bamfed down to them and they saw that his face looked solemn.
"Zere was an accident." He said with grief and guilt dripping in his unsteady voice.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Bobby and Jubilee were no longer staring at the spot that Jamie had been in but still not looking at each other.
Jubilee had quickly found a fascination with her shoelaces and was staring at them where as Bobby stood, looking around the room at the walls and furniture as if something was about to happen to one of them but he wasn't sure which. Either way they boy averted eye contact.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Well that was a huge step up!" Tabby said in exasperation.
"They aren't even talking to each other!" Roberto added.
"Well at least its out in the open." Ray said.
"Yeah." The others all murmured.
"So does anyone else get the feeling we might have made things worse?" Sam asked, getting nods and bowed heads from the other teens in the room.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
'Come on Drake! Say something!' Bobby screamed at himself. He finally looked over at Jubilee who had chosen that exact moment to look up from her worn laces.
Their eyes met and Bobby was the first to open his mouth but before he could say anything the shrill sound of a telephone that was beside them on the table filled the room.
Bobby rolled his eyes after the fifth ring and decided that no one else was going to get it. He picked up the phone and spoke into it.
"Hello?" Bobby said into the receiver.
"No, sorry you have the wrong number." He said after a few seconds and hung up.
"Look Jubes, obviously we need to. . ." Bobby trailed off when he turned back to Jubilee and saw that she was no longer there.
He got a glance at the door as it closed and Jubilee walked out into the yard.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rogue slowly opened her eyes. She was met with Remy looking down at her, a small smirk on his face.
"Y' sleep well belle?" He asked.
"Yeah." She said, not even jerking away when she realized the position she was in. She was too comfortable to move at the moment.
She saw out of the corner of her eyes that Kitty was now stirring from her sleep as well. The young valley girl's eyes slowly fluttered open as she blinked some of the sleep away and yawned.
Kitty felt her pillow move, and then she felt what she could have sworn was a wallet in the pillowcase. Her eyes widened and her head flew up in horror as she realized that she had been using Pietro's lap as a throw cushion.
Pietro couldn't contain the small laughter that he let out when he saw her cheeks burn red in embarrassment.
"I like cannot believe I just did that!" Kitty groaned, holding her head up with her hand and shutting her eyes. The sudden movement she'd made caused her to become a little dizzy for a minute.
"Oh come on. You know you liked it." Pietro said, grinning at her.
She opened her eyes, only to glare at him and receive another annoying laugh from the speed demon in return.
"Not like I blame you. I mean apparently you have a thing for brotherhood guys. How else do you explain having any sort of attraction toward Lance?" Pietro asked, trying to get under her skin.
He was bored and her getting angry was the only form of entertainment he had at the moment so he worked with it.
"Pietro I swear if you don't shut up I'll-" Kitty was cut off when the door swung open and Pyro burst into the bus with an unidentifiable bundle in his arms.
The look on the Pyromaniac's face was anything but its usual somewhat insane, laid back, mischievous look. It was a look of horror, fear, worry, and somewhat frustration.
The five other mutants in the bus all looked up at him in shock as he neared them in a hurried pace, keeping his eyes glued to whatever he was holding.
"John homme, what be de problem?" Remy asked as Rogue rolled off of him and stood up. Kitty, Pietro and the other two boys did the same as Pyro reached them all.
Kitty gasped and Rogue's eyes widened when the girls got a better look at what, or rather who, John was holding.
"Amara!" Kitty exclaimed in alarm.
Pyro put Amara's wet and unconscious form on the table gently and turned to Remy and the boys.
"I found her outside. She musta been washed into shore or something cause I couldn't find any others on the beech and there weren't any boats in the water." Pyro explained.
I got her to breathe and she woke up for a second but then the sheila went back to sleep. I can't wake her up! Gambit mate, do something!" Pyro said, grabbing Remy's collar.
"Easy homme, what makes y' think Remy can help? Y' did all dat can be done so far. Y' prolly saved de filles life." Remy said, calming down his friend as Pietro tried to calm Kitty down a little and Piotr went into the back somewhere.
Rogue just stared at Amara's limp form. She gazed at her with a neutral, undetermined look. She was in deep thought, that was for sure.
'How did she get all thah way out here!?' Rogue wondered. Then it hit her, and hard. 'She must've been out lookin' fer Kit and Ah with thah othas and had an accident. This is all our fault.' Rogue thought as the color drained completely from her already somewhat pale face.
"We jus' have t' keep de petite warm an' dry an' hope she comes to." Remy said calmly to John who nodded in understanding as some of the panic left him.
The Aussie looked down at Amara. The young girl's wet hair dripping. He pushed a damp piece of hair back from her face and tucked it behind her ear.
Remy, noticing Rogue's deep gaze and picking up on the guilt that was practically screaming from her with his empathy, gently placed a comforting hand on the Goth's shoulder.
"Dis ain' yo' fault petite." Remy whispered into her ear after she flinched at his touch but didn't pull away. She was still staring at Amara's lifeless form.
"Ya don't know that." She whispered, not taking her eyes off of Amara or changing her expression.
"An' y' do? Oui de fille was prolly out lookin' fo' ya but dese tings happen. An' Remy knows dat she wouldn' wan' y' feelin so bad on her account." Remy told her, encircling his arms around her waist.
"But-" Rogue tried to cut in.
"Non, She's an X-man like y'self. De fille knew what she was gettin' int' when she came on de mission an' she be trained fo' dis sorta ting jus' like you." He told her, not letting her interrupt.
"An' sides, de fact dat she came all dis way jus' t' find y' both shows how much she cares. She cares enough t' do all dis an' she cares enough not t' be upset wit y' fo' gettin' her int' dis situation." Remy said, pulling her into his arms and resting his chin on her head.
She didn't say anything, but she was now less tense and she sighed in content. Remy couldn't see, but he knew that on her face was now a small smile and in her head was less guilt and more appreciation.
"Wait! Remy your right! Amara did come all this way. Ya know what that means!?" Rogue asked, turning to him with an excited glint in her eyes.
"What petite?" Remy asked, smiling down at her.
"It means thah othas are out there too. They came fer us Remy! They can't be too far away if Amara is here. We're goin home Remy! Kitty and Ah are finally goin home!" She said with excitement.
Getting caught up in the happiness that this whole mess of a nightmare was almost over she flung her arms around Remy and surprised him with a hug.
He hugged her back and held her to him as she over his shoulder with her eyes closed. She didn't see Remy's face and that the look on it was of disappointment and dejection.
She was going home. And this would all be over. Things would go back to the way they were before he'd found her the previous days before and he wouldn't have this responsibility to be burdened with. . . So why did he feel so horrible?
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Yeah okay, short chapter but a lot is going on right now so I hope you all can forgive me. I will update as soon as I can so keep those reviews coming. Thanks everyone who reviewed before.
-AngieX
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
"They've got to be somewhere around here!" Scott said in frustration. Its not like they jus disappeared or something!"
"Knowing the Acolytes its possible." Logan said, sniffing around.
"Kurt!?" Jean exclaimed.
Scott and Logan looked up from their search when they saw Jean running over to the X-Jet.
They both exchanged confused looks but followed the redhead's lead and went over to see that Kurt was, in fact, crouching on top of the X-jet.
"Kurt what are doing up there?" Jean exclaimed.
"Forget what he's doing up there. What the hell are you doing here? Why aren't you and Amara out on the docks!?" Logan asked.
Kurt bamfed down to them and they saw that his face looked solemn.
"Zere was an accident." He said with grief and guilt dripping in his unsteady voice.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Bobby and Jubilee were no longer staring at the spot that Jamie had been in but still not looking at each other.
Jubilee had quickly found a fascination with her shoelaces and was staring at them where as Bobby stood, looking around the room at the walls and furniture as if something was about to happen to one of them but he wasn't sure which. Either way they boy averted eye contact.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Well that was a huge step up!" Tabby said in exasperation.
"They aren't even talking to each other!" Roberto added.
"Well at least its out in the open." Ray said.
"Yeah." The others all murmured.
"So does anyone else get the feeling we might have made things worse?" Sam asked, getting nods and bowed heads from the other teens in the room.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
'Come on Drake! Say something!' Bobby screamed at himself. He finally looked over at Jubilee who had chosen that exact moment to look up from her worn laces.
Their eyes met and Bobby was the first to open his mouth but before he could say anything the shrill sound of a telephone that was beside them on the table filled the room.
Bobby rolled his eyes after the fifth ring and decided that no one else was going to get it. He picked up the phone and spoke into it.
"Hello?" Bobby said into the receiver.
"No, sorry you have the wrong number." He said after a few seconds and hung up.
"Look Jubes, obviously we need to. . ." Bobby trailed off when he turned back to Jubilee and saw that she was no longer there.
He got a glance at the door as it closed and Jubilee walked out into the yard.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Rogue slowly opened her eyes. She was met with Remy looking down at her, a small smirk on his face.
"Y' sleep well belle?" He asked.
"Yeah." She said, not even jerking away when she realized the position she was in. She was too comfortable to move at the moment.
She saw out of the corner of her eyes that Kitty was now stirring from her sleep as well. The young valley girl's eyes slowly fluttered open as she blinked some of the sleep away and yawned.
Kitty felt her pillow move, and then she felt what she could have sworn was a wallet in the pillowcase. Her eyes widened and her head flew up in horror as she realized that she had been using Pietro's lap as a throw cushion.
Pietro couldn't contain the small laughter that he let out when he saw her cheeks burn red in embarrassment.
"I like cannot believe I just did that!" Kitty groaned, holding her head up with her hand and shutting her eyes. The sudden movement she'd made caused her to become a little dizzy for a minute.
"Oh come on. You know you liked it." Pietro said, grinning at her.
She opened her eyes, only to glare at him and receive another annoying laugh from the speed demon in return.
"Not like I blame you. I mean apparently you have a thing for brotherhood guys. How else do you explain having any sort of attraction toward Lance?" Pietro asked, trying to get under her skin.
He was bored and her getting angry was the only form of entertainment he had at the moment so he worked with it.
"Pietro I swear if you don't shut up I'll-" Kitty was cut off when the door swung open and Pyro burst into the bus with an unidentifiable bundle in his arms.
The look on the Pyromaniac's face was anything but its usual somewhat insane, laid back, mischievous look. It was a look of horror, fear, worry, and somewhat frustration.
The five other mutants in the bus all looked up at him in shock as he neared them in a hurried pace, keeping his eyes glued to whatever he was holding.
"John homme, what be de problem?" Remy asked as Rogue rolled off of him and stood up. Kitty, Pietro and the other two boys did the same as Pyro reached them all.
Kitty gasped and Rogue's eyes widened when the girls got a better look at what, or rather who, John was holding.
"Amara!" Kitty exclaimed in alarm.
Pyro put Amara's wet and unconscious form on the table gently and turned to Remy and the boys.
"I found her outside. She musta been washed into shore or something cause I couldn't find any others on the beech and there weren't any boats in the water." Pyro explained.
I got her to breathe and she woke up for a second but then the sheila went back to sleep. I can't wake her up! Gambit mate, do something!" Pyro said, grabbing Remy's collar.
"Easy homme, what makes y' think Remy can help? Y' did all dat can be done so far. Y' prolly saved de filles life." Remy said, calming down his friend as Pietro tried to calm Kitty down a little and Piotr went into the back somewhere.
Rogue just stared at Amara's limp form. She gazed at her with a neutral, undetermined look. She was in deep thought, that was for sure.
'How did she get all thah way out here!?' Rogue wondered. Then it hit her, and hard. 'She must've been out lookin' fer Kit and Ah with thah othas and had an accident. This is all our fault.' Rogue thought as the color drained completely from her already somewhat pale face.
"We jus' have t' keep de petite warm an' dry an' hope she comes to." Remy said calmly to John who nodded in understanding as some of the panic left him.
The Aussie looked down at Amara. The young girl's wet hair dripping. He pushed a damp piece of hair back from her face and tucked it behind her ear.
Remy, noticing Rogue's deep gaze and picking up on the guilt that was practically screaming from her with his empathy, gently placed a comforting hand on the Goth's shoulder.
"Dis ain' yo' fault petite." Remy whispered into her ear after she flinched at his touch but didn't pull away. She was still staring at Amara's lifeless form.
"Ya don't know that." She whispered, not taking her eyes off of Amara or changing her expression.
"An' y' do? Oui de fille was prolly out lookin' fo' ya but dese tings happen. An' Remy knows dat she wouldn' wan' y' feelin so bad on her account." Remy told her, encircling his arms around her waist.
"But-" Rogue tried to cut in.
"Non, She's an X-man like y'self. De fille knew what she was gettin' int' when she came on de mission an' she be trained fo' dis sorta ting jus' like you." He told her, not letting her interrupt.
"An' sides, de fact dat she came all dis way jus' t' find y' both shows how much she cares. She cares enough t' do all dis an' she cares enough not t' be upset wit y' fo' gettin' her int' dis situation." Remy said, pulling her into his arms and resting his chin on her head.
She didn't say anything, but she was now less tense and she sighed in content. Remy couldn't see, but he knew that on her face was now a small smile and in her head was less guilt and more appreciation.
"Wait! Remy your right! Amara did come all this way. Ya know what that means!?" Rogue asked, turning to him with an excited glint in her eyes.
"What petite?" Remy asked, smiling down at her.
"It means thah othas are out there too. They came fer us Remy! They can't be too far away if Amara is here. We're goin home Remy! Kitty and Ah are finally goin home!" She said with excitement.
Getting caught up in the happiness that this whole mess of a nightmare was almost over she flung her arms around Remy and surprised him with a hug.
He hugged her back and held her to him as she over his shoulder with her eyes closed. She didn't see Remy's face and that the look on it was of disappointment and dejection.
She was going home. And this would all be over. Things would go back to the way they were before he'd found her the previous days before and he wouldn't have this responsibility to be burdened with. . . So why did he feel so horrible?
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Yeah okay, short chapter but a lot is going on right now so I hope you all can forgive me. I will update as soon as I can so keep those reviews coming. Thanks everyone who reviewed before.
-AngieX