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and all other OCs to me.
A/N: All reviews greatly appreciated.
04
Rogue had sneaked out of the mansion dressed to impress. Now she stood hugging herself in the cold outside of the concert whilst the rest of Bayville flooded in through the doors. She had no idea if Remy would show by himself or not, or even if he'd turn up with another girl. But she had to try, or she'd never forgive herself.
Finally she spotted him, alone, coming towards her with a smile on his face. But just as he was about to sweep her off her feet and into the concert, there was a screech of tyres in the roadway. Vixen's jeep was jet black with mud-splattered panels and X-alloy wheels. She leapt out of the car like a woman possessed, accosting Gambit halfway to Rogue as the Southern belle looked on astonished. Gambit was taking Ilehana Xavier to the concert? Rogue stormed forward with that thought, determined to defend her ticket.
"......... You can help me or I'll damn well castrate you, Cajun! At least that'll get you out of Rogue's hair."
"I ain't in Rogue's hair." Gambit droned. "An' if Blaze don't wanna be found, then she don't wanna be found."
"What are you talkin' about?" Rogue interrupted, but was ignored.
"What do I have to do to get across to you that neither you nor Blaze has a choice in this! I'm not leaving my friend thinking that the only way she can survive is by being a thief! She has a home here and both of us know that we never should have let her leave!" Vixen's predatory eyes bore into Remy's red-on-black ones. She won; Remy dropped his gaze first and shrugged.
"Whatever. Blaze toasts us, it your fault."
"Hey." Rogue snapped, not liking the sound of this one bit. How come Blaze was messing up her life even when the irritating redhead wasn't here? "What about the concert?"
"I'se sorry Chere." Gambit was genuine, holding out the tickets in his hand. "Some other time, okay?"
"Okay........." Rogue replied, blushing as he took her gloved hand, kissed it and placed the tickets in her fingers.
"I've contacted Kitty, Rogue." Ilehana acknowledged her fellow X-Man finally. "She's on her way down here."
"Thanks." Rogue replied, but Vixen and Gambit were already leaving.
"One more thing." Ilehana retorted, smiling as she walked Remy to her car. "You are not going anywhere with me dressed like that."
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"So Gambit's gone off with Vixen?" Kurt asked Kitty and Rogue the next day at lunchtime. They were all sat at the picnic tables behind the school, enjoying the sunshine and the break from lessons. The two girls nodded simultaneously. "Totally weird." Kurt commented. "I mean, I thought he was the bad guy? Now he's working for the X-Men?"
"No." Scott was adamant. "This isn't an X-Man mission that Ilehana's gone on."
"How do you know?" Rogue asked indignantly. She quite liked the idea of Gambit joining the team, even if it was only temporarily.
"I asked Logan, and he didn't know anything about it. In fact he was really annoyed when he heard. I don't think Ilehana had his agreement about this at all." Cyclops took a heavy slurp of his soda and looked round at his friends.
"Who can blame him?" Jean was sympathetic. "I mean, one minute Vixen's smitten on Wolverine, the next she's off with some other guy. I do not understand her."
"Do we even know where they've gone?" Bobby asked. "Or why? Are they coming back?"
"They've gone after Blaze." Rogue filled in with a sigh.
"Well that explains why its not an X-Man mission, why Vixen didn't tell Wolverine or anyone what she was up to." Jean answered. "Why would the X- Men want to help that traitor? I think we need to talk to the Professor about this, I mean, I don't know about you guys but I for one am not all for welcoming Blaze back with open arms."
"Surely," Rogue began hesitantly, not happy that she was the only one to say this, but somebody had to. "If Blaze had wanted to come back, she wouldn't have left in the first place? Ilehana has bin warnin' us that it wasn't over with Blaze. We don't know that they're gonna bring her back. Maybe she's up to somethin' so bad, they're gonna put a stop to it?"
"I think you're all over reacting." Magma had been Blaze's pupil, had spent more time with her than any of the others, and she didn't like the way they were turning on Blaze like this. "Blaze needed some time out, that's all. She hasn't betrayed us, and she's not a traitor. Its not like she's gone and joined Magneto, is it? At least, that's what I think."
"I think your right, Omara." Scott agreed, and so ending the conversation despite Jean's troubled pout. "And its time we all headed for class anyway. Later team."
A/N: All reviews greatly appreciated.
04
Rogue had sneaked out of the mansion dressed to impress. Now she stood hugging herself in the cold outside of the concert whilst the rest of Bayville flooded in through the doors. She had no idea if Remy would show by himself or not, or even if he'd turn up with another girl. But she had to try, or she'd never forgive herself.
Finally she spotted him, alone, coming towards her with a smile on his face. But just as he was about to sweep her off her feet and into the concert, there was a screech of tyres in the roadway. Vixen's jeep was jet black with mud-splattered panels and X-alloy wheels. She leapt out of the car like a woman possessed, accosting Gambit halfway to Rogue as the Southern belle looked on astonished. Gambit was taking Ilehana Xavier to the concert? Rogue stormed forward with that thought, determined to defend her ticket.
"......... You can help me or I'll damn well castrate you, Cajun! At least that'll get you out of Rogue's hair."
"I ain't in Rogue's hair." Gambit droned. "An' if Blaze don't wanna be found, then she don't wanna be found."
"What are you talkin' about?" Rogue interrupted, but was ignored.
"What do I have to do to get across to you that neither you nor Blaze has a choice in this! I'm not leaving my friend thinking that the only way she can survive is by being a thief! She has a home here and both of us know that we never should have let her leave!" Vixen's predatory eyes bore into Remy's red-on-black ones. She won; Remy dropped his gaze first and shrugged.
"Whatever. Blaze toasts us, it your fault."
"Hey." Rogue snapped, not liking the sound of this one bit. How come Blaze was messing up her life even when the irritating redhead wasn't here? "What about the concert?"
"I'se sorry Chere." Gambit was genuine, holding out the tickets in his hand. "Some other time, okay?"
"Okay........." Rogue replied, blushing as he took her gloved hand, kissed it and placed the tickets in her fingers.
"I've contacted Kitty, Rogue." Ilehana acknowledged her fellow X-Man finally. "She's on her way down here."
"Thanks." Rogue replied, but Vixen and Gambit were already leaving.
"One more thing." Ilehana retorted, smiling as she walked Remy to her car. "You are not going anywhere with me dressed like that."
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"So Gambit's gone off with Vixen?" Kurt asked Kitty and Rogue the next day at lunchtime. They were all sat at the picnic tables behind the school, enjoying the sunshine and the break from lessons. The two girls nodded simultaneously. "Totally weird." Kurt commented. "I mean, I thought he was the bad guy? Now he's working for the X-Men?"
"No." Scott was adamant. "This isn't an X-Man mission that Ilehana's gone on."
"How do you know?" Rogue asked indignantly. She quite liked the idea of Gambit joining the team, even if it was only temporarily.
"I asked Logan, and he didn't know anything about it. In fact he was really annoyed when he heard. I don't think Ilehana had his agreement about this at all." Cyclops took a heavy slurp of his soda and looked round at his friends.
"Who can blame him?" Jean was sympathetic. "I mean, one minute Vixen's smitten on Wolverine, the next she's off with some other guy. I do not understand her."
"Do we even know where they've gone?" Bobby asked. "Or why? Are they coming back?"
"They've gone after Blaze." Rogue filled in with a sigh.
"Well that explains why its not an X-Man mission, why Vixen didn't tell Wolverine or anyone what she was up to." Jean answered. "Why would the X- Men want to help that traitor? I think we need to talk to the Professor about this, I mean, I don't know about you guys but I for one am not all for welcoming Blaze back with open arms."
"Surely," Rogue began hesitantly, not happy that she was the only one to say this, but somebody had to. "If Blaze had wanted to come back, she wouldn't have left in the first place? Ilehana has bin warnin' us that it wasn't over with Blaze. We don't know that they're gonna bring her back. Maybe she's up to somethin' so bad, they're gonna put a stop to it?"
"I think you're all over reacting." Magma had been Blaze's pupil, had spent more time with her than any of the others, and she didn't like the way they were turning on Blaze like this. "Blaze needed some time out, that's all. She hasn't betrayed us, and she's not a traitor. Its not like she's gone and joined Magneto, is it? At least, that's what I think."
"I think your right, Omara." Scott agreed, and so ending the conversation despite Jean's troubled pout. "And its time we all headed for class anyway. Later team."