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Chapter 3 : A meeting of old friends
Nobody said a word as Rogue & Gambit just stared at each other, Rogue took a tentative step towards him not believing the evidence in front of her eyes "You are alive" .
Remy just continued to stare at Rogue the woman who he once had wanted to spend the rest of his life with who time & again he had given his heart to only to have it crushed.
As Rogue reaches out towards Gambit, he slowly but purposefully turns his back on her leaving her speechless and hurt. She moves to go after him, but finds her path blocked by Storm "child this is not the time for a confrontation go back to the mansion you do not want to do anything while you are feeling like this."
Rogue looks longingly at Gambit before facing her friend "I can't Ro he has to understand why I did it"
Storm looks sorrowfully at Rogue "Let me talk to him first I know when you two try to talk things out you spend more time fighting than talking . You do not want to face him like this"
Rogue glares at Storm before turning on her heel & striding towards the mansion "Fine I will wait, but I won't wait forever I have to make him see it was him inside my head that made me leave".
Remy watches Rogue leave from behind his shades until he sees Wraith coming towards him.
Wraith & Bishop leave the surprised X-Men behind as they walk towards Gambit . Wraith grins embracing Gambit laughing "I just loved your subtle entrance".
Remy just grinned smiling at Bishop" Bish glad to see you made it back to Earth mon amie have to admit I missed your paranoia"
Bishop's lips quivered as though he were about to smile, but instead he just looked at Gambit " it is god to see you safe LeBeau so that I can kill you for dragging me into your mess"
Gambit grins as wraith tries to hide a smile "ah mon amie you wound me & here I was thinking you might be worried about ole Remy".
Bishop groaned "you will never change your still causing trouble just for the sake of it."
"Oui but I do it with style"
"Remy are you going to introduce me to your friend?"
Gambit turns around smiling at Frenzy "D'accord Juliette, Bishop this is Frenzy I think you fought each other a time or two"
Bishop & Frenzy just stand there eyeing each other before Bishop extends his hand.
Frenzy smiles turning towards Remy "ooooh Tall Strong Silent type can I keep him?"
Wraith bursts out laughing at the look on Bishop's face while Remy just looks at Bishop apologetically "It's so hard to get good help these days"
Bishop realizes he is still holding Frenzy's hand & drops it sharply trying to overcome his shock at her boldness "c'mon I am sure the professor will want to see you"
As the three walk off Frenzy singsongs "bye Bishop see you soon"
Bishop's only reaction is a slight flushing of his cheeks causing Gambit & Wraith to laugh"ahhh mon amie you always were such a hit with the ladies Remy don't know how you do it"
"Shut up Lebeau lets just find the Professor"
Logan carefully approaches Jubilee trying to picture the child he knew in the Woman before him. He clears his throat to get her gaze away from Remy "Hey darlin what are you doing with these idiots?"
Jubilee snaps her head around to face the man she once called father "How dare you Wolvie these so called "idiots" are the people that saved my life where were you where were the high & mighty X-Men when I was being tortured"
Logan looks down whispering"I didn't know"
Jubilee sighs "it's ok logan I did not come here to fight."
Logan bites his lip "I missed you why didn't you just come back here I didn't look after you all those years for you to become some thug"
Balling her fists Jubilee looks down at her onetime mentor/father figure"because with Remy I am treated like a part of his team, not someone who needs to be protected he listens to my ideas. This team of what you call thugs are my friends."
"is that all Gumbo is a team mate?" seeing the look on her face Logan immediately regreted asking.
Jubilee's face turns ashen "HOW DARE YOU! What gives you any right to ask me that."
Logan attempts to apologise, but Jubilee walks off to rejoin her team.
Havok watches Jubilee march away & walks after her to see if she needs to talk about what happened until he feels a hand on his shoulder making him realise Jubilee isn't the only one with unresolved issues in the X-Men.
"Alex is that really you?" asked Scott Summers
Alex reluctantly turned around & placed one of Remy's fake smiles on his face "Hey big brother long time no see"
Scott & Jean exchanged a look before Scott asks" what the hell are you doing with scum like Gambit why didn't you tell us you were alive"
Alex loses his smile " we are making the dream a reality I had almost given up on it until Remy recruited me you have no idea who he is or what we do".
Scott draws himself up as Jean lays a cautionary hand on his shoulder " oh yes your new team full of murderers & theives"
Alex turns his back on Scott "we may be unwanted , but when things are too much for the X-Men to handle Xavier calls us. When you can talk without insulting me or my team I will be around, but bear in mind Xavier has no qualms over using us. He knows that your boy scout morality is sometimes just a way that would get you killed. Scott shouts after Alex "Your wrong there is nothing that separates you from Magneto or Sinister I will burn in hell before I accept the help of a murderer like Gambit"
Professor Xavier smiles as Gambit approaches "Remy it is good to see you, it has been far too long"
Gambit grins "well you know I have been busy busy busy things to steal places to blow up "
Xavier smiles slightly "All in the name of peace I'm sure"
Gambit laughs "well peace & a small profit as well. Joking aside Charles shall we take this inside"
Xavier nods "Team Leaders please join us in my office"
Remy leads his team into Xavier's office while the X-men disperse now that the initial excitement is over.
Lighting a cigarette Remy leans against the wall while the rest of his team find somewhere to sit.
The office door opens admitting Xavier followed by an irate Scott, Warren & lastly Ororo.
Storm walks quickly over to where Remy is standing & after taking away his cigarette envelopes him in the tightest hug of his life. "I have missed you Remy I did not realise how much until I saw you again.
Remy returned the hug "me as well padnat I did not want to stay away but I no longer felt welcome here."
Scott grabs Remy by the shoulder swinging him around " I think you need to explain some things mister what right do you have to call your team of cut throats X-Men?"
Remy grabs Scott's hand & twists it almost to the breaking point "let us get one thing straight mon amie, I do not answer to you or anyone but Xavier". He gives Scott a push sending him sprawling on the floor.
Warren helps Scott to his feet as well as holding him back from swinging at Remy mainly because he thought Scott would get his ass handed to him.
Xavier smiles "Remy why don't you introduce us to your team"
Remy grins "of course Charles well from Right to left
Wraith Invisibility & Telepath Lycros Puma Lycanthrope Tsunami Water Manipulator Link Electronic Interface Frenzy Super Strength Drayven Vampire Havok Plasma Generator Flashbak Super Speed
Each member nods in greeting after their code name is spoken before returning their gaze to Remy who nods towards the door "why don't you guys go meet the X-Men I reckon this will taken a while & if I read Charles right we might end up working with these bunch of boy scouts".
After his team left Remy turned towards Professor Xavier "so why did you break our agreement Charles I was hoping never to see this place again."
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Forgiveness Given While the X-Men discuss the X-Terminators
Chapter 3 : A meeting of old friends
Nobody said a word as Rogue & Gambit just stared at each other, Rogue took a tentative step towards him not believing the evidence in front of her eyes "You are alive" .
Remy just continued to stare at Rogue the woman who he once had wanted to spend the rest of his life with who time & again he had given his heart to only to have it crushed.
As Rogue reaches out towards Gambit, he slowly but purposefully turns his back on her leaving her speechless and hurt. She moves to go after him, but finds her path blocked by Storm "child this is not the time for a confrontation go back to the mansion you do not want to do anything while you are feeling like this."
Rogue looks longingly at Gambit before facing her friend "I can't Ro he has to understand why I did it"
Storm looks sorrowfully at Rogue "Let me talk to him first I know when you two try to talk things out you spend more time fighting than talking . You do not want to face him like this"
Rogue glares at Storm before turning on her heel & striding towards the mansion "Fine I will wait, but I won't wait forever I have to make him see it was him inside my head that made me leave".
Remy watches Rogue leave from behind his shades until he sees Wraith coming towards him.
Wraith & Bishop leave the surprised X-Men behind as they walk towards Gambit . Wraith grins embracing Gambit laughing "I just loved your subtle entrance".
Remy just grinned smiling at Bishop" Bish glad to see you made it back to Earth mon amie have to admit I missed your paranoia"
Bishop's lips quivered as though he were about to smile, but instead he just looked at Gambit " it is god to see you safe LeBeau so that I can kill you for dragging me into your mess"
Gambit grins as wraith tries to hide a smile "ah mon amie you wound me & here I was thinking you might be worried about ole Remy".
Bishop groaned "you will never change your still causing trouble just for the sake of it."
"Oui but I do it with style"
"Remy are you going to introduce me to your friend?"
Gambit turns around smiling at Frenzy "D'accord Juliette, Bishop this is Frenzy I think you fought each other a time or two"
Bishop & Frenzy just stand there eyeing each other before Bishop extends his hand.
Frenzy smiles turning towards Remy "ooooh Tall Strong Silent type can I keep him?"
Wraith bursts out laughing at the look on Bishop's face while Remy just looks at Bishop apologetically "It's so hard to get good help these days"
Bishop realizes he is still holding Frenzy's hand & drops it sharply trying to overcome his shock at her boldness "c'mon I am sure the professor will want to see you"
As the three walk off Frenzy singsongs "bye Bishop see you soon"
Bishop's only reaction is a slight flushing of his cheeks causing Gambit & Wraith to laugh"ahhh mon amie you always were such a hit with the ladies Remy don't know how you do it"
"Shut up Lebeau lets just find the Professor"
Logan carefully approaches Jubilee trying to picture the child he knew in the Woman before him. He clears his throat to get her gaze away from Remy "Hey darlin what are you doing with these idiots?"
Jubilee snaps her head around to face the man she once called father "How dare you Wolvie these so called "idiots" are the people that saved my life where were you where were the high & mighty X-Men when I was being tortured"
Logan looks down whispering"I didn't know"
Jubilee sighs "it's ok logan I did not come here to fight."
Logan bites his lip "I missed you why didn't you just come back here I didn't look after you all those years for you to become some thug"
Balling her fists Jubilee looks down at her onetime mentor/father figure"because with Remy I am treated like a part of his team, not someone who needs to be protected he listens to my ideas. This team of what you call thugs are my friends."
"is that all Gumbo is a team mate?" seeing the look on her face Logan immediately regreted asking.
Jubilee's face turns ashen "HOW DARE YOU! What gives you any right to ask me that."
Logan attempts to apologise, but Jubilee walks off to rejoin her team.
Havok watches Jubilee march away & walks after her to see if she needs to talk about what happened until he feels a hand on his shoulder making him realise Jubilee isn't the only one with unresolved issues in the X-Men.
"Alex is that really you?" asked Scott Summers
Alex reluctantly turned around & placed one of Remy's fake smiles on his face "Hey big brother long time no see"
Scott & Jean exchanged a look before Scott asks" what the hell are you doing with scum like Gambit why didn't you tell us you were alive"
Alex loses his smile " we are making the dream a reality I had almost given up on it until Remy recruited me you have no idea who he is or what we do".
Scott draws himself up as Jean lays a cautionary hand on his shoulder " oh yes your new team full of murderers & theives"
Alex turns his back on Scott "we may be unwanted , but when things are too much for the X-Men to handle Xavier calls us. When you can talk without insulting me or my team I will be around, but bear in mind Xavier has no qualms over using us. He knows that your boy scout morality is sometimes just a way that would get you killed. Scott shouts after Alex "Your wrong there is nothing that separates you from Magneto or Sinister I will burn in hell before I accept the help of a murderer like Gambit"
Professor Xavier smiles as Gambit approaches "Remy it is good to see you, it has been far too long"
Gambit grins "well you know I have been busy busy busy things to steal places to blow up "
Xavier smiles slightly "All in the name of peace I'm sure"
Gambit laughs "well peace & a small profit as well. Joking aside Charles shall we take this inside"
Xavier nods "Team Leaders please join us in my office"
Remy leads his team into Xavier's office while the X-men disperse now that the initial excitement is over.
Lighting a cigarette Remy leans against the wall while the rest of his team find somewhere to sit.
The office door opens admitting Xavier followed by an irate Scott, Warren & lastly Ororo.
Storm walks quickly over to where Remy is standing & after taking away his cigarette envelopes him in the tightest hug of his life. "I have missed you Remy I did not realise how much until I saw you again.
Remy returned the hug "me as well padnat I did not want to stay away but I no longer felt welcome here."
Scott grabs Remy by the shoulder swinging him around " I think you need to explain some things mister what right do you have to call your team of cut throats X-Men?"
Remy grabs Scott's hand & twists it almost to the breaking point "let us get one thing straight mon amie, I do not answer to you or anyone but Xavier". He gives Scott a push sending him sprawling on the floor.
Warren helps Scott to his feet as well as holding him back from swinging at Remy mainly because he thought Scott would get his ass handed to him.
Xavier smiles "Remy why don't you introduce us to your team"
Remy grins "of course Charles well from Right to left
Wraith Invisibility & Telepath Lycros Puma Lycanthrope Tsunami Water Manipulator Link Electronic Interface Frenzy Super Strength Drayven Vampire Havok Plasma Generator Flashbak Super Speed
Each member nods in greeting after their code name is spoken before returning their gaze to Remy who nods towards the door "why don't you guys go meet the X-Men I reckon this will taken a while & if I read Charles right we might end up working with these bunch of boy scouts".
After his team left Remy turned towards Professor Xavier "so why did you break our agreement Charles I was hoping never to see this place again."
Next Chapter
Forgiveness Given While the X-Men discuss the X-Terminators