Chapter 8
Old Friends or new Enemies
The Boathouse
"You wouldn't believe it Jean, he threw me like I was nothing"
Jean looked at her husband "I know Scott I felt the backlash in the kitchen".
Scott snorted "teach me to watch what I say to him in the future"
Jean smiled "well I think that you were right in what you said to him. The X-men are better than that, we have to be or what is the difference between us and people like Magneto."
Scott shook his head slowly "I sometimes wonder if Remy isn't right after what he went through in Antarctica. After leaving him to die are we any better"
Jean was actually shocked at what her husband was saying "You don't honestly believe that Scott the slaughter he caused.Nightcrawler almost died let alone what happened to Warren, it was the most horrific experience the X-Men ever had. Even what I did as the Phoenix pales in comparison to it."
Scott walks over to the window staring up at the mansion wondering what he can do as fight as hard as he can, he cannot accept Gambit's way is right , but he cannot agree with Jean over the type of man Gambit is.
Turning to look over his shoulder at his wife Scott replies "If Warren can forgive him after all he indured at the massacre why do I still hate him so much."
Jean walked over to her husband "because he betrayed us. I once referred to him as the Judas X-Man and that is what he was. I will never trust him again while he still keeps so much from us."
Scott bowed his head almost whispering "why couldn't he have just stayed dead"
"I know Scott, but he didn't. All we can do is stay faithful to the dream and if we have to fight him for it we will" whispered Jean as she wrapped her arms around her husband letting her gaze travel up to the mansion.
The Kitchen
Remy walked around the corner aiming to head up to Storm's loft, but stopped short on hearing the eruption of laughter from the kitchen. Altering his course he stood in the doorway looking bemused at the sight before him. Juggernaught seemed to be laughing so hard he had almost stopped breathing, Wolverine meanwhile had a huge grin on his face while Jubilee Frenzy and Link were telling them stories of their missions.
"Bonjour hope I'm not interrupting"
Cain walked forward slowly looking Gambit up & down "Hi Gambit been a long time"
Remy nodded "Bonjour Juggs I see you ave changed sides since last time"
Wolverine grumbled "yeah ,but he's still a royal pain in the ass."
Remy grinned"same old Logan, mon amie you are about as subtle as a nuke"
"And your harder to kill than a cockroach" snapped Logan which earnt him a shot from one of Jubilee's fireworks directly in the chest sending him three feet across the kitchen and landing him on his ass.
Jubilee grinned glad she had held back now her powers had been magnified.
Logan just sat there looking stunned while the rest of the kitchen erupted in laughter.
"Chere wasn't I the one meant to attack the X-Men" Remy asked smiling
Blushing Jubilee turns away muttering "Dumb Cajun"
Remy smiled leaving the kitchen "oh and Jubes when you know who shows up make sure he doesn't cause his usual chaos."
Jubilee mock salutes sticking her toungue out at Remy's retreating back "Yes sir Mr Cajun Sir"
Logan finally manages to get back up "why the hell you do that Darlin"
Jubilee grinned "you were being rude"
Cain laughed "looks like you just got taken to school by a slip of a girl runt"
Logan just growled in annoyance "who was Gumbo talking about I thought your team was all here"
Link, Frenzy & Jubilee all exchanged a quick look before Jubilee responded "Trust me Wolvie you don't want to know"
"Besides who ever said this was our whole team? The X-Terminator compound houses around twenty five mutants" put in Frenzy.
"Shut up Frenzy" snapped Link
"Why so many"queried Logan
"That's on a need to know basis and you don't need to" chimed in Wraith as he and Alex walked in.
"We're heading to Harry's Bishop is coming anyone else want to come with?"
The three X-Terminators nodded joining them as they walked out the Kitchen.
They were stopped short by a question from Cain."mind if we join ya?"
All the X-Terminators looked surprised at this, but at a nod from Alex, Frenzy answered "sure big guy let's see how long it takes me to drink you under the table "
"Babe you can do anything you like to me under the table" grinned Cain smiling even wider at Frenzy's blush.
Wolverine stood there stunned at Cain flirting, he didn't think he knew anything other than violence.
"I take it Remy isn't coming?" asked Alex
"He went off to find his weather witch" laughed Link
Alex smirked and wondered if Remy would ever admit to Ororo that he saw her as much more than a friend.Knowing Remy's fears of losing that friendship, Alex doubted he ever would.
"Are Drayven Tsunami and Flashback coming?"asked Link
Wraith shook his head"No they are trying to wear out the Danger Room you know they live to fight"
Frenzy grinned"like that's a bad thing"
Cain nodded grinning
The group of mutants piled into one of the X-Mansion's vans surprised to see Bishop had been joined by Sage "Don't ask" he said frowning while she had a satisfied smirk on her face.
Grinning at Bishop they all piled into the van even Cain though he felt very squashed.
STORM'S LOFT
Remy anxiously knocks on the door his heart thumping as he hears the words "come in"
"Bonjour Stormy I thought I would come up to see you as we have not seen each other in too long a time"
Storm feels herself smiling at the use of the ridiculous nickname only Remy ever uses.
Remy smiles as his friend turns around to meet his gaze stunned as always by her beauty "Padnat I have missed you more than I can say"
Oroo smiles pulling Remy into a tigt hug "I should be mad at you for not contacting me in all this time that I thought you dead"
Remy laughs "Ahhhh but you never could stay mad at this ole thief non?"
Ro laughs softly sending a shiver down Remys back"Too true you rascal you always seem to make life interesting whenever you are around I have to admit"
Remy smiled sadly"you mean like bringing in and I'm quoting Scott here "A team of scum sucking murdering Killers"
Ro bites her lip to keep from laughing "isn't that a bit cold? You know he didn't mean it like that"
Gambit sighs"I know how he meant it chere he's not going to like what's about to happen or my tactics".
Ro put a hand on Remy's shoulder"is he wrong? Is there not some other way for you to do what you do?"
Gambit lowers his head "I wish there was chere,but if we didn't do things this way the X-Men wouldn't be able to cope with the onslaught to make the dream a reality. We are a necessary evil I am afraid."
Ororo looks at her friend concerned over the resigned doom in his voice "Remy my friend why do you sound so resigned to disaster"
Remy walks over to the balcony looking out over the grounds he once called home wondering if he could have done anything to stop the way things had turned out. "Because chere soon the X-Men will have to decide whether to support us or stop us."
"You can't be serious" gasped Ororo"surely it won't come to that.
Gambit sighed wishing he could go back to when it was just him and Ro on the streets of New Orleans. "Once the X-Men and even Charles see the tactics I use they will be left with no other choice"
Ororo was silent a second before saying "If it came to that Remy I am sorry, but I would have to side with the X-Men I am sorry."
To her surprise Remy smiled "Don't be sorry chere you know you have to follow your heart and so must I. You don't belong in my world, your home is with the X-Men and my destny lays with the X-Terminators".
Remy turns to Ororo "just remember Padnat wherever I am you are never far from my thoughts"
Remy kisses Ro softly on the lips "Au Revoir cherie"
Ororo watches Remy leave her fingers touching her lips where he kissed her whispering "Oh Remy if I had only followed my heart when you were an X-Man things would have been so different, but now it is too late.
Next chapter: An Alliance forms Questions are raised & A visit from an Enemy as well as the return of an old X-Man
AUTHORS NOTES
To everyone who emailed me I apologise for the time between chapters I will try to update weekly
I keep being asked 3 questions so let me try & answer them
No I do not like the original X-Men especially
I am still deciding who Remy will end up with
I have no idea how this will end so I do not know if a sequel will happen but I will be doing a series of prequels.
Old Friends or new Enemies
The Boathouse
"You wouldn't believe it Jean, he threw me like I was nothing"
Jean looked at her husband "I know Scott I felt the backlash in the kitchen".
Scott snorted "teach me to watch what I say to him in the future"
Jean smiled "well I think that you were right in what you said to him. The X-men are better than that, we have to be or what is the difference between us and people like Magneto."
Scott shook his head slowly "I sometimes wonder if Remy isn't right after what he went through in Antarctica. After leaving him to die are we any better"
Jean was actually shocked at what her husband was saying "You don't honestly believe that Scott the slaughter he caused.Nightcrawler almost died let alone what happened to Warren, it was the most horrific experience the X-Men ever had. Even what I did as the Phoenix pales in comparison to it."
Scott walks over to the window staring up at the mansion wondering what he can do as fight as hard as he can, he cannot accept Gambit's way is right , but he cannot agree with Jean over the type of man Gambit is.
Turning to look over his shoulder at his wife Scott replies "If Warren can forgive him after all he indured at the massacre why do I still hate him so much."
Jean walked over to her husband "because he betrayed us. I once referred to him as the Judas X-Man and that is what he was. I will never trust him again while he still keeps so much from us."
Scott bowed his head almost whispering "why couldn't he have just stayed dead"
"I know Scott, but he didn't. All we can do is stay faithful to the dream and if we have to fight him for it we will" whispered Jean as she wrapped her arms around her husband letting her gaze travel up to the mansion.
The Kitchen
Remy walked around the corner aiming to head up to Storm's loft, but stopped short on hearing the eruption of laughter from the kitchen. Altering his course he stood in the doorway looking bemused at the sight before him. Juggernaught seemed to be laughing so hard he had almost stopped breathing, Wolverine meanwhile had a huge grin on his face while Jubilee Frenzy and Link were telling them stories of their missions.
"Bonjour hope I'm not interrupting"
Cain walked forward slowly looking Gambit up & down "Hi Gambit been a long time"
Remy nodded "Bonjour Juggs I see you ave changed sides since last time"
Wolverine grumbled "yeah ,but he's still a royal pain in the ass."
Remy grinned"same old Logan, mon amie you are about as subtle as a nuke"
"And your harder to kill than a cockroach" snapped Logan which earnt him a shot from one of Jubilee's fireworks directly in the chest sending him three feet across the kitchen and landing him on his ass.
Jubilee grinned glad she had held back now her powers had been magnified.
Logan just sat there looking stunned while the rest of the kitchen erupted in laughter.
"Chere wasn't I the one meant to attack the X-Men" Remy asked smiling
Blushing Jubilee turns away muttering "Dumb Cajun"
Remy smiled leaving the kitchen "oh and Jubes when you know who shows up make sure he doesn't cause his usual chaos."
Jubilee mock salutes sticking her toungue out at Remy's retreating back "Yes sir Mr Cajun Sir"
Logan finally manages to get back up "why the hell you do that Darlin"
Jubilee grinned "you were being rude"
Cain laughed "looks like you just got taken to school by a slip of a girl runt"
Logan just growled in annoyance "who was Gumbo talking about I thought your team was all here"
Link, Frenzy & Jubilee all exchanged a quick look before Jubilee responded "Trust me Wolvie you don't want to know"
"Besides who ever said this was our whole team? The X-Terminator compound houses around twenty five mutants" put in Frenzy.
"Shut up Frenzy" snapped Link
"Why so many"queried Logan
"That's on a need to know basis and you don't need to" chimed in Wraith as he and Alex walked in.
"We're heading to Harry's Bishop is coming anyone else want to come with?"
The three X-Terminators nodded joining them as they walked out the Kitchen.
They were stopped short by a question from Cain."mind if we join ya?"
All the X-Terminators looked surprised at this, but at a nod from Alex, Frenzy answered "sure big guy let's see how long it takes me to drink you under the table "
"Babe you can do anything you like to me under the table" grinned Cain smiling even wider at Frenzy's blush.
Wolverine stood there stunned at Cain flirting, he didn't think he knew anything other than violence.
"I take it Remy isn't coming?" asked Alex
"He went off to find his weather witch" laughed Link
Alex smirked and wondered if Remy would ever admit to Ororo that he saw her as much more than a friend.Knowing Remy's fears of losing that friendship, Alex doubted he ever would.
"Are Drayven Tsunami and Flashback coming?"asked Link
Wraith shook his head"No they are trying to wear out the Danger Room you know they live to fight"
Frenzy grinned"like that's a bad thing"
Cain nodded grinning
The group of mutants piled into one of the X-Mansion's vans surprised to see Bishop had been joined by Sage "Don't ask" he said frowning while she had a satisfied smirk on her face.
Grinning at Bishop they all piled into the van even Cain though he felt very squashed.
STORM'S LOFT
Remy anxiously knocks on the door his heart thumping as he hears the words "come in"
"Bonjour Stormy I thought I would come up to see you as we have not seen each other in too long a time"
Storm feels herself smiling at the use of the ridiculous nickname only Remy ever uses.
Remy smiles as his friend turns around to meet his gaze stunned as always by her beauty "Padnat I have missed you more than I can say"
Oroo smiles pulling Remy into a tigt hug "I should be mad at you for not contacting me in all this time that I thought you dead"
Remy laughs "Ahhhh but you never could stay mad at this ole thief non?"
Ro laughs softly sending a shiver down Remys back"Too true you rascal you always seem to make life interesting whenever you are around I have to admit"
Remy smiled sadly"you mean like bringing in and I'm quoting Scott here "A team of scum sucking murdering Killers"
Ro bites her lip to keep from laughing "isn't that a bit cold? You know he didn't mean it like that"
Gambit sighs"I know how he meant it chere he's not going to like what's about to happen or my tactics".
Ro put a hand on Remy's shoulder"is he wrong? Is there not some other way for you to do what you do?"
Gambit lowers his head "I wish there was chere,but if we didn't do things this way the X-Men wouldn't be able to cope with the onslaught to make the dream a reality. We are a necessary evil I am afraid."
Ororo looks at her friend concerned over the resigned doom in his voice "Remy my friend why do you sound so resigned to disaster"
Remy walks over to the balcony looking out over the grounds he once called home wondering if he could have done anything to stop the way things had turned out. "Because chere soon the X-Men will have to decide whether to support us or stop us."
"You can't be serious" gasped Ororo"surely it won't come to that.
Gambit sighed wishing he could go back to when it was just him and Ro on the streets of New Orleans. "Once the X-Men and even Charles see the tactics I use they will be left with no other choice"
Ororo was silent a second before saying "If it came to that Remy I am sorry, but I would have to side with the X-Men I am sorry."
To her surprise Remy smiled "Don't be sorry chere you know you have to follow your heart and so must I. You don't belong in my world, your home is with the X-Men and my destny lays with the X-Terminators".
Remy turns to Ororo "just remember Padnat wherever I am you are never far from my thoughts"
Remy kisses Ro softly on the lips "Au Revoir cherie"
Ororo watches Remy leave her fingers touching her lips where he kissed her whispering "Oh Remy if I had only followed my heart when you were an X-Man things would have been so different, but now it is too late.
Next chapter: An Alliance forms Questions are raised & A visit from an Enemy as well as the return of an old X-Man
AUTHORS NOTES
To everyone who emailed me I apologise for the time between chapters I will try to update weekly
I keep being asked 3 questions so let me try & answer them
No I do not like the original X-Men especially
I am still deciding who Remy will end up with
I have no idea how this will end so I do not know if a sequel will happen but I will be doing a series of prequels.