X-MEN The Shadow Team
Chapter 4 : Secrets Revealed
Charles Xavier sighed wishing he had not had to call Remy in as his students would not understand or approve of his agreement with Gambit.
"I know Remy, but times change and I am going to need you and your team a lot more than I have in the past. I understand you have no love left for the X-Men after Antarctica and to be honest I completely agree with you as I was very upset by their actions".
Remy laughed watching Scott's face change from anger to outrage " Charles I think Scottie needs to be told about us before the homme explodes."
Xavier smiled back at Gambit "yes it is time that he found out a few things about the X-Man they all call Judas despite my objections."
Gambit clutches his hand over his heart as his face pales in false hurt "ahhh mon amie it is my lot in life to be misunderstood".
Charles Xavier tried unsuccessfully to hide his laughter "Remy I have missed having you around here my friend."
Still trying not to smile he turned to his favorite student "Scott by the look of purple your face has turned I assume you have a few questions"
Scott's gaze swapped from Xavier to Gambit and back again many times seemingly at a loss to put his thoughts into words and the longer it took him the more he could see Gambit enjoying it. Finally he just blurted out the first coherant thought that entered his head "What is going on I don't understand.Sir you said an old friend lead the X-Terminators, but you & Gambit barely said two words to each other while he was an X-Man"
Gambit couldn't hold his laughter in any more and just let loose with a laugh of unrepressed humour realising Scott was utterly oblivious to what had been under his nose since the beginning.
Scott clenched his jaw fighting the urge to hit Gambit and turned to face his mentor once more.
Professor Xavier just smiled that irritatingly smug smile as if he as talking to a child "Scott Gambit has been working with me secretly since he joined the X-Men and offered me his services. "
Scott looked stunned his mouth kept opening & closing like a Goldfish.
Xavier looked sadly at Scott's dumbfounded expression " and yes before you ask Remy told me of his role in the massacre when he offered his services and I told him not to share it with the team."
Scott almost fell back into his chair at this shocking statement " "YOU KNEW! Why didn't you tell us we had a right to know the kind of scum we were trusting with our lives"
Xavier gave Scott a stern look as he grated out "And Remy had a right to a fresh start. I told Remy that I would ask him to tell the team his role in the massacre once he was accepted & trusted. Sadly this never happened and he was always treated like an outsider. The only people who remotely trusted him were Ororo, Jubilee, Logan and Rogue."
Remy smiled looking at Scott "Can you say dat it's not true Cyclops(If scott was only going to refer to him by codename then Remy can play that game) we all know I was never trusted by nearly all the X-men."
Scott whirls around on him angrily " you never trusted us either Gambit friendship starts with mutual trust."
Remy sighed "maybe your right but since you had all made your feelings towards me pretty plain from the start it didn't seem to matter.Trust is a two way street Summers"
"And a thief never reveals more of himself than he should isn't that so Remy?" queried Storm
"Oui padnat,, but after everything you and I have been through together. Maybe I should have been more forthcoming especially with you if not the rest of the X-Men."
Storm smiled "I knew all I ever needed to know about you Remy, you always had my faith and trust, Your role in the massacre did nothing to change that."
Remy bowed his head thankful that one of the most important people in his life didn't hate him "thank you Ro your friendship has always meant more to me than you can know"
Warren looked over at the bowed head of the man he threw to the wolves at the trial" I would like to offer you my apology Remy"
Scott looked stunned at this while Remy looked up confused"you don't owe me one after all I did to you"
Warren rose out of the chair and walked towards Remy "I should not have abandoned you at the Trial, I just blamed for everything that happened because of what happened in the tunnels. You and I have a lot in common we both have been controlled by evil beings causing many deaths. However the difference is the X-Men ignored the destruction I caused as death while holding you accountable for every life lost."
Scott interrupts angrily defending the X-Men's opinion of why they could forgive one & hate the other "Warren you were just a tool of Apocalypse and you had no control unlike Gambit who new exactly what he was doing"
Warren turned angrily on Scott " You have no idea what you are talking about. I didn't care who I hurt or what it cost I would have sold my soul to get my wings back!"
Scott shakes his head backing away muttering "no no your wrong it's completely different you never betrayed the X-Men"
Turning back to Remy he holds out his hand "I know we were never really friends, but I would like you to consider me an ally"
Remy smiles still stunned by the offer Warren has made he reaches out gripping the outstretched hand"maybe in time we might become friends wings"
Xavier leans back observing the scene in front of him smiling at how far Warren had matured since his return to the X-Men.
Scott stands up once more in leader mode " Look all this kiss and makeup rubbish for the traitor is all well and good, but it is not why we are here."
Ororo nods sadly "as much as I hate to agree with Scott he is right we are here to discuss if the X-Terminators should continue".
Xavier shakes his head slowly "no we are not I am sorry, but the X- Terminators are nothing to do with the X-men. The reason I have brought Remy in is that he will be leading your next mission and you will need his briefing."
Scott stalk over to Xavier placing his fists on the desk speaking to him through clenched teeth "I have just about had enough of this , how can you expect us to work with a bunch of Murdering Psycopaths that are no different from Magneto's Acolytes".
That was about as far as he got before the air around him turned pink the explosion sending him across the room crashing into the wall before sinking to the floor. "The next time you say anything like that about my team mon amie you might not get up afterwards"
Scott is helped up by Warren as Storm just stands there looking at her friend who has a pink glow surrounding him like a mantle. "By the goddess what happened to you how did you do that without charging anything why are you glowing like that".
Remy powers down refusing to meet her gaze "Times change cherie"
Ororo turns to Xavier "Charles what happened to him where did this power come from".
Xavier steeples his fingers and looks over to Remy who nods giving permission "very well if Scott will sit down and not interrupt I will tell you ."
Next Chapter The X-Terminators confront Rogue
Authors note: You will find out Remy's new powers(yes powers plural)but not for a few chapters
Chapter 4 : Secrets Revealed
Charles Xavier sighed wishing he had not had to call Remy in as his students would not understand or approve of his agreement with Gambit.
"I know Remy, but times change and I am going to need you and your team a lot more than I have in the past. I understand you have no love left for the X-Men after Antarctica and to be honest I completely agree with you as I was very upset by their actions".
Remy laughed watching Scott's face change from anger to outrage " Charles I think Scottie needs to be told about us before the homme explodes."
Xavier smiled back at Gambit "yes it is time that he found out a few things about the X-Man they all call Judas despite my objections."
Gambit clutches his hand over his heart as his face pales in false hurt "ahhh mon amie it is my lot in life to be misunderstood".
Charles Xavier tried unsuccessfully to hide his laughter "Remy I have missed having you around here my friend."
Still trying not to smile he turned to his favorite student "Scott by the look of purple your face has turned I assume you have a few questions"
Scott's gaze swapped from Xavier to Gambit and back again many times seemingly at a loss to put his thoughts into words and the longer it took him the more he could see Gambit enjoying it. Finally he just blurted out the first coherant thought that entered his head "What is going on I don't understand.Sir you said an old friend lead the X-Terminators, but you & Gambit barely said two words to each other while he was an X-Man"
Gambit couldn't hold his laughter in any more and just let loose with a laugh of unrepressed humour realising Scott was utterly oblivious to what had been under his nose since the beginning.
Scott clenched his jaw fighting the urge to hit Gambit and turned to face his mentor once more.
Professor Xavier just smiled that irritatingly smug smile as if he as talking to a child "Scott Gambit has been working with me secretly since he joined the X-Men and offered me his services. "
Scott looked stunned his mouth kept opening & closing like a Goldfish.
Xavier looked sadly at Scott's dumbfounded expression " and yes before you ask Remy told me of his role in the massacre when he offered his services and I told him not to share it with the team."
Scott almost fell back into his chair at this shocking statement " "YOU KNEW! Why didn't you tell us we had a right to know the kind of scum we were trusting with our lives"
Xavier gave Scott a stern look as he grated out "And Remy had a right to a fresh start. I told Remy that I would ask him to tell the team his role in the massacre once he was accepted & trusted. Sadly this never happened and he was always treated like an outsider. The only people who remotely trusted him were Ororo, Jubilee, Logan and Rogue."
Remy smiled looking at Scott "Can you say dat it's not true Cyclops(If scott was only going to refer to him by codename then Remy can play that game) we all know I was never trusted by nearly all the X-men."
Scott whirls around on him angrily " you never trusted us either Gambit friendship starts with mutual trust."
Remy sighed "maybe your right but since you had all made your feelings towards me pretty plain from the start it didn't seem to matter.Trust is a two way street Summers"
"And a thief never reveals more of himself than he should isn't that so Remy?" queried Storm
"Oui padnat,, but after everything you and I have been through together. Maybe I should have been more forthcoming especially with you if not the rest of the X-Men."
Storm smiled "I knew all I ever needed to know about you Remy, you always had my faith and trust, Your role in the massacre did nothing to change that."
Remy bowed his head thankful that one of the most important people in his life didn't hate him "thank you Ro your friendship has always meant more to me than you can know"
Warren looked over at the bowed head of the man he threw to the wolves at the trial" I would like to offer you my apology Remy"
Scott looked stunned at this while Remy looked up confused"you don't owe me one after all I did to you"
Warren rose out of the chair and walked towards Remy "I should not have abandoned you at the Trial, I just blamed for everything that happened because of what happened in the tunnels. You and I have a lot in common we both have been controlled by evil beings causing many deaths. However the difference is the X-Men ignored the destruction I caused as death while holding you accountable for every life lost."
Scott interrupts angrily defending the X-Men's opinion of why they could forgive one & hate the other "Warren you were just a tool of Apocalypse and you had no control unlike Gambit who new exactly what he was doing"
Warren turned angrily on Scott " You have no idea what you are talking about. I didn't care who I hurt or what it cost I would have sold my soul to get my wings back!"
Scott shakes his head backing away muttering "no no your wrong it's completely different you never betrayed the X-Men"
Turning back to Remy he holds out his hand "I know we were never really friends, but I would like you to consider me an ally"
Remy smiles still stunned by the offer Warren has made he reaches out gripping the outstretched hand"maybe in time we might become friends wings"
Xavier leans back observing the scene in front of him smiling at how far Warren had matured since his return to the X-Men.
Scott stands up once more in leader mode " Look all this kiss and makeup rubbish for the traitor is all well and good, but it is not why we are here."
Ororo nods sadly "as much as I hate to agree with Scott he is right we are here to discuss if the X-Terminators should continue".
Xavier shakes his head slowly "no we are not I am sorry, but the X- Terminators are nothing to do with the X-men. The reason I have brought Remy in is that he will be leading your next mission and you will need his briefing."
Scott stalk over to Xavier placing his fists on the desk speaking to him through clenched teeth "I have just about had enough of this , how can you expect us to work with a bunch of Murdering Psycopaths that are no different from Magneto's Acolytes".
That was about as far as he got before the air around him turned pink the explosion sending him across the room crashing into the wall before sinking to the floor. "The next time you say anything like that about my team mon amie you might not get up afterwards"
Scott is helped up by Warren as Storm just stands there looking at her friend who has a pink glow surrounding him like a mantle. "By the goddess what happened to you how did you do that without charging anything why are you glowing like that".
Remy powers down refusing to meet her gaze "Times change cherie"
Ororo turns to Xavier "Charles what happened to him where did this power come from".
Xavier steeples his fingers and looks over to Remy who nods giving permission "very well if Scott will sit down and not interrupt I will tell you ."
Next Chapter The X-Terminators confront Rogue
Authors note: You will find out Remy's new powers(yes powers plural)but not for a few chapters