X-Men The Shadow Team
Chapter 7 : Reality Bites
Xavier's Office
Ororo sat there crying tears streaming down her face "Why didn't you come to us let us help you?"
Remy looked at his best friend sadly " The X-Men abandoned me chere and I am not just meaning Rogue. Nobody went back to Antarctica looking for me even to bring back my body. Even if you didn't know what she had done I know she told you I was dead, but not one X-Man apart from Rogue went back to bring me or my body back. Was I supposed to come back here begging help from people who wished I was dead not knowing whether I would be attacked on sight when I had contacts who I knew wouldn't judge me."
Ororo & Warren both looked away unable to meet his gaze.
Scott meanwhile was just sitting there numb thinking of the sacrifices Remy had made to survive the pain he had suffered since Antarctica . He wondered not for the first time since hearing what Remy had been doing since his abandonment how the X-Men could have failed a team member so much that they would rather think him dead than want to hear he was alive.
Clearing his throat Scot sank into Leader mode " Look I am sorry for what you have gone through, but you didn't seem to learn anything from your time as an X-Man. We fight for a dream while you have surrounded yourself with a bunch of scum sucking murderous Phsycopaths to replace what you had with the X-Men. You cannot expect us to support your policy of the ends justify the means. There is no difference between you and.."
Grinning Remy interrupted saying "Cable maybe. Your son realized the dream needed to be fought for why do you think he moulded X-Force into the team it was."
Turning red Scott blustered "that is totally different Cable has proved himself a loyal X-Man."
"Whereas I have not." Retorted Remy
"That's not what I meant" blushed Scott.
Remy sighed "no I think it is exactly what you meant. You and your superior than thou attitude, if I have to be you to be an X-Man then I would rather be a murdering phsyco than a boy playing in a man's world seeing things in pure black or white. You seem to think I couldn't match up to your moral code, but the truth is you don't have what it takes to match up to mine.Alex is worth ten of you."
Scott jumps out of his chair standing face to face "who the hell do you think you are to come in here insulting us with your street scum attitude"
"I am the man who your mighty X-Men sentenced to Death so who is the murderer and who is the victim" glared Remy his eyes glowing menacingly.
Scott refuses to back down "Well maybe if you had told us everything you wouldn't have brought that upon yourself."
"SCOTT! Are you trying to say you think he deserved to die!" shouted Ororo shocked at the statement.
Remy held up a hand to his friend "no it's ok Ro I wanted to find out the opinion the X-Men have of me and I guess I just did." Xavier cleared his throat not wanting to let this escalate too far "Remy I think we should postpone the briefing until tomorrow."
Remy gave a brief nod before leaving the office
Warren turned to Scott " I cannot believe you said that to him you accepted Jean, Logan, Cable & me back without any concern how could you say he had not proved his loyalty.Damn Scott without him we would have died a hundred times over".
Warren stormed out angrily followed by a very sad looking Ororo
Scott was too shocked at his best friend's statement to say anything as he left wanting to find his wife."
On The Roof
Rogue sat there all huddled up rocking backward and forward ""Why did I abandone him why wasn't I stronger. He hates me I know he does and who would blame him".
A voice suddenly calls out to her "You know he never stopped loving you even after Seattle and Antarctica"
Rogue sighs "Leave me alone Duncan"
Wraith becomes suddenly visible looking down at Rogue wondering where his hate for what she had done in Antarctica had gone" You know when I heard what you had done I wanted to kill you so badly"
Rogue looked up through red eyes "What stopped you"
Wraith smiled sitting down beside her "Remy would have made sure I would suffer a truly painful death"
Rogue sat there staring at the stranger beside her she thought she knew before" Who are you really Duncan? What do you want?"
Wraith lays back against the roof deciding between what Rogue should know and what he could tell her "Well I guess you know that Remy and I have ben in contact for some time. We have saved each others lives more times than I can count. We know each other's darkest secrets and trust me we have some really bad ones."
Rogue shudders remembering the pain and self hate she absorbed from Remy at the trial.
Wraith looks at her sideways "He still loves you despite the pain you have caused each other"
Rogue snaps her head around facing wraith " ARE YOU MAD HE HATES ME HOW COULD HE LOVE ME AFTER WHAT I DID"
Wraith chuckles "Rogue if he hated you I would have killed you by now. He cannot help loving you even after everything you two have been through".
Rogue lowered her head whispering "Then why didn't he ever come back to me"
Wraith leans forward lifting up Rogue's chin "You told him not to doll. He didn't stay away from hate, but because the world we live in as X- Terminators is too cruel for the likes of the X-Men. He didn't want you to get pulled into that life."
Rgue lets lose with a growl that would have made Logan proud " HE DOESN'T WANT! HE DOESN'T WANT! Who the hell gave that Slimy Swamp Rat the right to decide what is best for me."
Wraith smiled inwardly laughing to himself if there was one way to get Rogue riled up, it was by telling her someone was making decisions for her "Rogue you're an X-Man you don't have what it takes to live in his world."
Rogue bites her lip "why couldn't he just live in mine"
Wraith sighed as if talking to a child "He has tried your world but eventually he always realizes that he will always be drawn back to the world of shadows. Surely you can understand that being raised by Mystique, but then I am sure you told the X-Men everything you did while with her."
Rogue blushes lowering her head "No they never asked."
Wraith smirks "So they have no idea the people you killed before Danvers?"
"I don't know what you are talking about" answered Rogue turning her head away
Wraith stands up walking away "Don't take me for an idiot like the X-Men I have worked with your mother and I know your past. You have blood on your hands to".
Rogue loks up her face white with horror"Why havn't you told them then Sugah".
Wraith smiles before disappearing "Because it is your past and none of their business. The X-Men don't need to know the type of person you used to be."
Rogue sits there after Wraith leaves wondering what would have happened if she had told the X-Men all of her past with Mystique.
Next Chapter : Jean and Scott discuss Remy while a group of X-Men & X- Terminators head to Harry's
Chapter 7 : Reality Bites
Xavier's Office
Ororo sat there crying tears streaming down her face "Why didn't you come to us let us help you?"
Remy looked at his best friend sadly " The X-Men abandoned me chere and I am not just meaning Rogue. Nobody went back to Antarctica looking for me even to bring back my body. Even if you didn't know what she had done I know she told you I was dead, but not one X-Man apart from Rogue went back to bring me or my body back. Was I supposed to come back here begging help from people who wished I was dead not knowing whether I would be attacked on sight when I had contacts who I knew wouldn't judge me."
Ororo & Warren both looked away unable to meet his gaze.
Scott meanwhile was just sitting there numb thinking of the sacrifices Remy had made to survive the pain he had suffered since Antarctica . He wondered not for the first time since hearing what Remy had been doing since his abandonment how the X-Men could have failed a team member so much that they would rather think him dead than want to hear he was alive.
Clearing his throat Scot sank into Leader mode " Look I am sorry for what you have gone through, but you didn't seem to learn anything from your time as an X-Man. We fight for a dream while you have surrounded yourself with a bunch of scum sucking murderous Phsycopaths to replace what you had with the X-Men. You cannot expect us to support your policy of the ends justify the means. There is no difference between you and.."
Grinning Remy interrupted saying "Cable maybe. Your son realized the dream needed to be fought for why do you think he moulded X-Force into the team it was."
Turning red Scott blustered "that is totally different Cable has proved himself a loyal X-Man."
"Whereas I have not." Retorted Remy
"That's not what I meant" blushed Scott.
Remy sighed "no I think it is exactly what you meant. You and your superior than thou attitude, if I have to be you to be an X-Man then I would rather be a murdering phsyco than a boy playing in a man's world seeing things in pure black or white. You seem to think I couldn't match up to your moral code, but the truth is you don't have what it takes to match up to mine.Alex is worth ten of you."
Scott jumps out of his chair standing face to face "who the hell do you think you are to come in here insulting us with your street scum attitude"
"I am the man who your mighty X-Men sentenced to Death so who is the murderer and who is the victim" glared Remy his eyes glowing menacingly.
Scott refuses to back down "Well maybe if you had told us everything you wouldn't have brought that upon yourself."
"SCOTT! Are you trying to say you think he deserved to die!" shouted Ororo shocked at the statement.
Remy held up a hand to his friend "no it's ok Ro I wanted to find out the opinion the X-Men have of me and I guess I just did." Xavier cleared his throat not wanting to let this escalate too far "Remy I think we should postpone the briefing until tomorrow."
Remy gave a brief nod before leaving the office
Warren turned to Scott " I cannot believe you said that to him you accepted Jean, Logan, Cable & me back without any concern how could you say he had not proved his loyalty.Damn Scott without him we would have died a hundred times over".
Warren stormed out angrily followed by a very sad looking Ororo
Scott was too shocked at his best friend's statement to say anything as he left wanting to find his wife."
On The Roof
Rogue sat there all huddled up rocking backward and forward ""Why did I abandone him why wasn't I stronger. He hates me I know he does and who would blame him".
A voice suddenly calls out to her "You know he never stopped loving you even after Seattle and Antarctica"
Rogue sighs "Leave me alone Duncan"
Wraith becomes suddenly visible looking down at Rogue wondering where his hate for what she had done in Antarctica had gone" You know when I heard what you had done I wanted to kill you so badly"
Rogue looked up through red eyes "What stopped you"
Wraith smiled sitting down beside her "Remy would have made sure I would suffer a truly painful death"
Rogue sat there staring at the stranger beside her she thought she knew before" Who are you really Duncan? What do you want?"
Wraith lays back against the roof deciding between what Rogue should know and what he could tell her "Well I guess you know that Remy and I have ben in contact for some time. We have saved each others lives more times than I can count. We know each other's darkest secrets and trust me we have some really bad ones."
Rogue shudders remembering the pain and self hate she absorbed from Remy at the trial.
Wraith looks at her sideways "He still loves you despite the pain you have caused each other"
Rogue snaps her head around facing wraith " ARE YOU MAD HE HATES ME HOW COULD HE LOVE ME AFTER WHAT I DID"
Wraith chuckles "Rogue if he hated you I would have killed you by now. He cannot help loving you even after everything you two have been through".
Rogue lowered her head whispering "Then why didn't he ever come back to me"
Wraith leans forward lifting up Rogue's chin "You told him not to doll. He didn't stay away from hate, but because the world we live in as X- Terminators is too cruel for the likes of the X-Men. He didn't want you to get pulled into that life."
Rgue lets lose with a growl that would have made Logan proud " HE DOESN'T WANT! HE DOESN'T WANT! Who the hell gave that Slimy Swamp Rat the right to decide what is best for me."
Wraith smiled inwardly laughing to himself if there was one way to get Rogue riled up, it was by telling her someone was making decisions for her "Rogue you're an X-Man you don't have what it takes to live in his world."
Rogue bites her lip "why couldn't he just live in mine"
Wraith sighed as if talking to a child "He has tried your world but eventually he always realizes that he will always be drawn back to the world of shadows. Surely you can understand that being raised by Mystique, but then I am sure you told the X-Men everything you did while with her."
Rogue blushes lowering her head "No they never asked."
Wraith smirks "So they have no idea the people you killed before Danvers?"
"I don't know what you are talking about" answered Rogue turning her head away
Wraith stands up walking away "Don't take me for an idiot like the X-Men I have worked with your mother and I know your past. You have blood on your hands to".
Rogue loks up her face white with horror"Why havn't you told them then Sugah".
Wraith smiles before disappearing "Because it is your past and none of their business. The X-Men don't need to know the type of person you used to be."
Rogue sits there after Wraith leaves wondering what would have happened if she had told the X-Men all of her past with Mystique.
Next Chapter : Jean and Scott discuss Remy while a group of X-Men & X- Terminators head to Harry's