Shout outs:
GambitGirl2008: Glad you like the story.
enchantedlight: Yes, Remy is bad, but will ROgue be able to turn him good? And he does have his reasons why he's with Magneto...
Kaliann: I hope you enjoy this chapter too.
ishandahalf: Yeah, Rogue is clever...And she doesn't like Remy joining Mags. But what can she do?
Star-of-Chaos: Thanks, and you're right, there's probably lots of people out there that would want a Remy stripper.
Disclaimer: Oh yeah, by the way, I don't own any of this X-men Evolution stuff.
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Normally, Rogue wouldn't have been able to warn her teammates without getting noticed. If Remy was here, then the other Acolytes and Magneto must be present too. If they knew she was here, her cover would be blown. Not that she was hiding or anything.
Hiding by a maze of crates, Remy pulled out a single card, the ace of spades. Once it was charged, he moved a little closer to the group of Scott, Jean, Evan, and Kurt.
None of the four mutants noticed the attacker behind them, but Rogue did. With her newly gained telepathy, she summoned a thought to Jean.
Behind you! Rogue's voice mentally called out to Jean. Taking the warning as a reflex instinct, the red head spun around just as Gambit toss his charged card her way. Acting fast, Jean spun the card around with her TK, and redirected it at Gambit. The Cajun jumped back as the card exploded.
Part of the blast caught him, which became evident as he stood up. The left side of his dark gray over shirt was missing, and his tight black undershirt was in shreds on one side. There were no injuries apparent though.
Gambit smirked oddly, and then showed a handful of cards to the X-men. As he charged them, he produced another handful. Scott fired off an optic blast as Gambit charged the second handful of cards, but the Cajun simply leapt over the beam. While in midair, he tossed down a fury of kinetic cards.
Jean formed a TK shield in front of her, as Kurt teleported himself and Evan away. But Scott tried to destroy the cards before they could explode on impact. As his optic blast tore through about twenty cards, they exploded. He hadn't expected the explosion to be as powerful though. The kinetic discharge caught Scott in its wake.
"Scott!!!" Jean screamed as her teammate and maybe more, was hit. As the last of the cards rained down towards the two mutants, Jean extended her shield over Scott on the ground.
Once the attack had ceased, Jean cleared the explosion fumes away with a TK bubble. Gambit, however, was long gone.
"Scott," muttered Jean as she rushed over to him. Kurt and Evan appeared behind her. Scott was baring burn marks on his arm and chest. The explosion had been strong enough to badly tear up Scott's uniform, leaving the upper half only in shreds, but the burns were only minor.
"I should teleport you back to de Professor," Kurt suggested as he helped Jean get Scott to his feet.
"No, I'm still going to fight." Scott replied sternly, as he groaned a bit.
"Hey, wasn't that Rogue's boyfriend or something?" Evan asked suddenly, causing all the others to look at him.
"Yeah, you're right. But what's he doing with Magneto?" Jean asked angrily.
Scott replied quickly, already trying to move without support.
"Whatever the reason, he's are enemy now. And don't forget that."
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The second group, composed of Beast, Kitty, Lance, Todd, Fred, Warren, and Tabitha, had watched the explosion from afar. They immediately set into action, racing towards the fumes floating in the air.
"Finally, some action," muttered Lance as he ran with Kitty. She just giggled at his comment, which made the older mutant smile sheepishly. But off in front of them, Jean came into view from behind a crate.
"It's a trap!!" Jean screamed at them, but it was too late. The large group of mutants started to notice there were large metal objects littered around them. They were standing in a clearing between warehouses. All the metal objects around them started to vibrate, then surge, and then bounce and flop around with great shuddering noises. The mutants had to be light on their feet to evade the large objects.
Large metal pipes broke through the ground and lifted up, as the whole ground started to vibrate. Over to the side, a cylinder building of metal stood shaking. All the nuts and bolts that held it together shot out like rain. The whole building parted into metal plates, and shot off into the air.
Piles of crates were stacked next to each other, having been concealed by the metal dome. But there was something else that was attracting the mutants' attention.
Sabertooth roared vigorously as he stood atop one of the crates. A few crates to his left sat Psylocke; crossing her legs as she sat on the edge and casually looking around like nothing was interesting her. Until Quicksilver appeared next to her in the blink of an eye. He slipped his arm around her, and she rubbed his chest playfully.
Shuffling his cards calmly, Gambit looked up at the X-men with a saucy smirk. But there was someone else with Magneto's henchmen. Standing atop the tallest pile of crates was a figure dressed in sleek black clothing. A mask concealed the person's face and hair, as they stood rigidly. The figure's head tilted down, and they crossed their arms in a diagonal fashion. Their fist clenched in front of their shoulders, and two sets of twin adamantium claws popped out with a sound the X-men were familiar with.
A few mutants thought it was Wolverine instantly; he had been missing. Until they noted the figure's form. It wasn't Wolverine.
As the X-men stared down their opponents, Gambit causally selected a card out of his new deck. With a kinetic charge, his ace of spades glowed. He tossed it towards the X-men, followed by more and more kinetically charged cards.
The majority of the mutants backed up as the continual line of cards caused explosions, but Beast leapt forward and started toward Gambit. He leapt up at the younger mutant, but was taken to the ground by Sabertooth.
Psylocke floated off her block and stopped a few inches off the ground. As Sabertooth and Beast hit the ground, they knocked a barrel to the side. With a clap for emphasis, Betsy raised her hand, lifting the barrel into the air. She sent it forward at Jean, who stopped it mid air only a few feet away.
Not letting up, Psylocke waved her arms continuously, sending more barrels, as well as crates and metal bars. Scott and Jean used their powers to deflect or halt the flying projectiles, while Kurt and Evan tried to get in close on Psylocke. They were casted backwards by a wave of TK though.
High in the sky, Storm extended her palms down toward Psylocke. She summoned a lightning bolt aimed straight for the purple haired ninja. It crashed down just as she flipped out of the way.
Psylocke recovered to her feet, and shot off into the air towards Storm. But an object blast slammed into her in mid air, sending her backwards through the air.
The telepathic ninja dropped back toward the ground, until Warren caught her in his arms as he flapped his wings through the air.
Psylocke looked a little dazed, until she locked her gaze on Warren.
"Thank you big, strong man with wings. My name's Betsy." Betsy cooed flirtatiously, as her hand moved across Warren's muscular chest. She found the zipper that went straight down the front of the upper half of his uniform.
"What're you doing?!" Warren demanded, as he noticed Betsy had fully unzipped his shirt.
"Aw, can't I have a little fun with the enemy too? That valley girl liked her man when he was against her." Betsy whined in a soft voice, as her hands snaked up onto Warren's bare shoulders. However, the winged mutant was looking past her and at the ground.
Betsy smoothed her hands down Warren's bare chest as he spoke.
"Do you fly well?"
"Huh?" Betsy asked with a confused looked. Then she suddenly found herself dropping through the air as Warren let her go with a smile. He had planned it, and she only dropped ten feet before she landed in Pietro's arms. The silver-haired speed demon looked as confused as Betsy did.
Quickly, Betsy hugged onto Pietro's broad chest, and squeezed tightly.
"Hi, love! How's it going?"
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Never having to leave her spot, Rogue watched the battles unfold. None of the X-men had needed her help, so she watched from her hiding spot. Sooner or later she hoped to spot Magneto. He was planning something, and she wanted to know what.
Off to the side, Sabertooth knocked Beast down to the ground from a large construction frame. Sabertooth grinned in satisfaction as he left Beast on the ground, and walked over to big up a large and heavy crate.
But before he could even try to squash his opponent, Rogue quickly knocked a pile of metal pipes into the air, sending them at Sabertooth. Rogue controlled two of the pipes with her TK, sending on that knocked the crate from Sabertooth's hands. The other one turned sideways, and knocked the feral mutant onto his back.
None of the X-men or Magneto's henchmen had noticed Rogue aid her fellow teammate. But as she gazed around the battlefield, and then the tall buildings around her, a figure became apparent on one of the buildings.
Rogue was sure it was Magneto, but then again one of Magneto's team members had gone missing. The one that had attacked Rogue in the mansion, the one like Logan, was missing. Rogue didn't doubt that whoever it was had some sort of secret agenda to deal with.
With her focus now on who she thought was Magneto, Rogue lifted into the air. Instead of going straight at him though, she moved along the outside of some warehouses, coming to the building Magneto was standing on. She went to the opposite side on the balcony he was on, and quickly shot into the air.
Maybe she could surprise the master of magnetism. But then again, Rogue had no idea what Magneto was orchestrating. A simple touch could steal the man's memories and plans.
If she could touch him.
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A/N: Just to say it, this will be in three parts. I just shortened the battles so it wouldn't take a long time. And also, the fling with Betsy and Warren is also something to look for, since in the comics they had a relationship. Please review.