Ishandahalf: aww that's a lovely thing to say! I'm glad the author alerts are making you smile! I thought you'd like the Belle thing, I decided that for once, Remy shouldn't have to be the bad guy and dammit! Belle deserves exile! I think it would be very distressing to find your friends body like that, but you'll just have to wait and see what Remy does, I'm trying to give as little away as possible, this story is predictable enough as it is! I hadn't actually thought of the violent death thing (people are coming up with better ideas in their reviews than I have for the rest of this story, you should collaborate and write a super-story!), but making a quick decision on it, if they laid Rogue to rest, she'd still be an angel, but maybe a more peaceful one...ta for the lovely long review:-)
Ms.Rogue LeBeau: the dead thing is a problem, Remy and Rogue both know it, they just don't want to admit it...something like that anyway...
Star-of-Chaos: oh don't worry, I have a cunning plan! Well its not all that cunning, yours is definitely better, I'm just overworked at the moment and don't really have time to re-write...but thank you very much for your suggestion, things like that are always appreciated. I've been very half-arsed about putting in additional characters, this is very Remy/Rogue heavy but there is more from the rest of the x-men in a couple of chapters...
Southern Gal 8: hey a new reviewer! Aww it is sad shes dead, but in this story, if she hadn't died her and Remy would never of met, so there is an upside. Thanks for your review!
Lady Xiu Mei Phoenix: I'm gonna keep a look out for stuff by them then, I've definitely heard the name but I don't remember ever hearing any by them, I'll do some research... you live in Hawaii? That's so cool! You can't complain about the weather though! I live in London, England and it rains constantly! It's very depressing! I'd love to live in Hawaii...
Enchantedlight: ooh another new reviewer:-) it's very nice to hear from you, thanks for the review!
Abaiisiia: thank you! I'm glad people seem to like the plot, I wasn't to sure about it to start with myself...Lloyd sounds great, very cute indeed! Thanks for the review!
Ret: you'll just have to wait and see ;-)
Miya Reino: y'know, I never thought of a Charade fan fic, I'm thinking about it now though...one thing I did have in mind was re-working another Audrey Hepburn classic 'Sabrina Fair' with Rogue as Sabrina, Remy as David and Scott as Linus. I dunno if you've seen that film, but I think Scott and Remy would suit those parts perfectly, although I'd have to use a Scott/Rogue pairing, which frankly I don't want to do, romy all the way! Which kinda ruins the plan...I've totally lost you now haven't I? I'm going to stop rambling now, promise ;-) ta very much for the review
MorriganFearn: yay, another new reviewer! It's nice to hear from you too! And what a lovely long review for me! Yeah I'm really not up on Evo (still haven't even been able to see Cajun Spice, damn you British TV) I'm good on the old cartoon and the comic though, so I'm improvising a bit...the only new recruit I've got in here is Bobby (does he count?) and he's turning up in a couple of chapters...Aww, thanks very much for the angel compliment, and aren't you observant! Faye and Mark are a little like Jean and Scott, but far less irritating ;-) I love Cupid too; he's a sweetie...I based all the angels off friends of mine (with the exception of Gabriel, who is gonna turn up eventually), and the real life Cupid is completely loving his part in all this, but the real life Faye thinks I've made her angel boring, but I guess you can't please everyone... As for The Breeders, have you heard of The Pixies? The Breeders is a spin off from them fronted by guitarist Kim Deal. I'm not really sure about any songs that could be used for stories though, I just like to put references to stuff in mine (see if you can spot them all!), the song I used didn't really fit in with the story but I wanted to put it in anyway. I appreciate all the quotes by the way-they made me laugh! Ta for my gold stars too! It was lovely of you to take the time to write me such a long review; I hope you'll do it again some time!
Anyway! I'll stop talking and you can have the next chapter! Enjoy...
One More Star in the Sky
Chapter Eleven (In which plans are made)
"What!" Professor, you can't be serious about this!" Scott practically yelled, waving his arms expressively.
"Just calm down Scott," soothed Jean, placing a hand on his arm in a vain attempt to make him sit back down. It didn't work though, and Scott was still jumping around like a crazy person, furious about what they had all just been told.
He was even angrier when he heard that this was in fact Remy's plan. Scott's obvious dislike of Remy seemed to have developed into a deep routed hatred in the last couple of days. Scott liked to make sure everyone stuck to the rules, whilst Remy liked to make sure that this never happened.
Now Scott had his face right up close to Remy's. He was so angry, he had begun to turn purple, it would have been funny if it wasn't such a serious situation. Remy wasn't moving an inch though; he just sat on the desk, staring Scott out. Rogue sat there with him, gripping his hand tightly. She had never seen Scott so angry either, not even when he almost left the x-men altogether did he manage such a spectacular outburst.
"You are not part of this team! Do whatever you want, but don't drag us down with you!"
"Remy ain't forcing y' t' come mon ami." The Cajun replied placidly. Scott ignored him and carried on.
"You're going to get us all killed!"
"Maybe if y' had been a lil faster in de firs' place, I wouldn't be havin' to go find her body now."
Now that worked. Scott was in a stunned silence.
"Remy, ya shouldn't have said that" Rogue said quietly beside him, seeing hurt looks across all friends faces, he had really hit it home exactly how they had screwed up before.
"Had t' be done chére, je suis desole."
Like, who are you talking to? Is Rogue there?" Kitty piped up, excited now. Remy just nodded whilst Rogue waved back at Kitty, who couldn't see her anyway.
Now everyone had forgotten Scott, who was still standing there, staring incredulously at the group, instead their eyes were searching the room, just in case they could see Remy's angel too. No one could, although Jean claimed that she could sense Rogue's presence with her telepathy. Everyone else thought she was attention seeking and ignored her, focusing on Remy instead.
"Errm, hello Rogue," Nightcrawler nervously offered.
"She says: hello yaself sugah!" Remy passed on, doing a poor impression of Rogue's Mississippi accent. Now excited chatter broke out, and Remy was forced to carry messages back and forth beyond the grave, it was very tiring.
Suddenly a forceful cough behind them turned their attention back to the original argument/discussion. The Professor had sat very quietly throughout the excitement, but now he felt would be a good point to intervene.
"Students, teachers, we need a decision. Either we rescue Rogue body or we don't, it is up to you now. Who is in favour of the proposed mission? A show of hands if you please."
Logan, Kitty, Kurt, and Ororo all raised their hands.
"And those opposed..."
Scott put up his hand but Jean decided to abstain.
"So it is decided, the mission will go ahead. Scott and Remy will head the team; I want to know what your finished plan of attack is in the next couple of days. You may leave now if you choose."
And so it was decided, even if it wasn't unanimous, the x-men were going to find Rogue...
Neither Remy nor Scott liked the idea of being stuck together to plan this mission, Rogue on the other hand thought it was hilarious. She sat on the desk purposely being a hindrance and annoying Remy, which in turn, annoyed Scott.
Over a desk sprawled blueprints of Trasks base, sourced by a contact of Remy's. It had been pointed out to them that the last time they broke into this particular base, security had been particularly lax, as if Trask had decided he had no real use for it anymore.
However, mainly due to Scott's paranoia, no chances were being taken. They had different places to get in and out again, back up places to get in and out again, designated meeting points...Although Remy wasn't too fussed about exactly how he would get in, Scott really, really was.
"Ya sure ya got enough escape routes there sugah?" Rogue's smoky southern accent drawled from across the room.
"Aren't y' suppose' t' be helpin' chére? Makin' sure Remy don' get killed..."
"Yeah Ah could do that swamp rat...or Ah could jus' sit here and watch ya and Scottie over there get all stressed."
"Y' cruel y' know dat chére."
"Can you stop arguing with you imaginary girlfriend and help me plan your suicide mission?" interjected Scott, seething.
"Remy don' know which part o' dat sentence t' correct firs'..."
"God, your so incompetent! I've had to do everything myself!"
"Not Remy's fault y' such a control freak."
"Oh screw you!"
"Now boys!" Rogue cut in, standing up and going over to Remy. "Aren't y'all takin' this jus' a touch too seriously?"
"He started it chére," Remy pouted like a petulant child.
"Ah know sugah" she mothered, "but don't let him get ta ya, ok?"
It had seemingly got to Scott though; he had stormed out of the room, no doubt off to find Jean so they could bitch about the institute's newest addition together. Now he was gone, Remy took advantage of the situation, taking Rogues hand and pulling her closer to him.
"Can't believe y' put up wit' him fo' so long chérie."
"Ah never really thought he was all that bad..." she trailed off, biting her lip a little.
"Remy really hopes y' not implyin' what he t'inks y' are!"
Now Rogue blushed a deep pink, her eyes not meeting his but still grinning just a teeny bit.
"Y' didn't!"
"Ah did..."
"How could y' have a crush on a homme like dat?"
"Ah dunno, but Ah can safely say that Ah don't anymore."
"Remy sure is glad t' hear dat," he said, his arms encircling her waist. Now they were right up close against each other and Rogue could smell the spicy cologne he wore mixed in with the smell of tobacco that seemed to be impregnated into his trench coat. She loved it when they were close like this. After years of never being able to touch, she finally felt as if she could let someone in, instead of always pushing people away. Now she was torn though, this was so wrong 'probably borderline necrophilia' she thought to herself, but she still found herself not wanting to ever let him go.
She knew though, that it was only a matter of time before she had to.
So a mission is planned! Will Roguey get a nice burial with all her friends and family there, or will it all go disastrously wrong? I know what I'm hoping for...
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