"What am I going to do?" Gambit asked himself quietly. He closed his eyes, seeing how not even he could see anything in this darkness.

"Rogue, I promised you I'd never let Mesmero hurt you. But killing the X-Men means killing my best friend, John. And it also means killing the only family you know. And where would we go?"

"Shit, that bastard has to die." Gambit slammed his fist on the ground, "I will kill him with my bare hands."

"Bad idea Gambit." A voice chimed in.

Gambit looked around for the source of the voice even though he partially knew who it was.

"Have you made your decision? Times running out."

Gambit sighed, he would not let Mesmero think Gambit was pain, but the wound from the stab had reopened and wasn't getting any better.

"Yes."

Mesmero was almost surprised, "Oh? And what have you decided?"

Gambit closed his eyes again and thought of Rogue. He wouldn't let Mesmero hurt her…

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"Any luck Charles?" Beast asked carefully.

Xavier sighed. He had been searching for Gambit and Rogue with Ceribro for hours. But he still could not find them, "No, neither one of them have been using their powers recently."

"What about Mesmero?" Jean suggested.

"He works for Apocalypse which means Ceribro can't touch him.

Jean thought for a moment, "Why can't we just go search for them?"

"Because if we don't have any idea where they are we could be searching for days and still come up empty handed. It'd be useless. And if I'm right about Mesmero and Rogue, he could kill her if we come any where near him." Beast sighed, "Gambit may not be able to do anything in his weakened state. I'm not sure."

"Beast is right, we need to get an idea of where they went before we go out searching for them." Xavier added.

Jean thought for a moment, "What if Mesmero purposely took away Gambit's cards and anything he could charge so that we wouldn't be able to find him?"

"I guess that's possible but how would Mesmero know about that?"

"I don't know." Jean paused, "But I have an idea. You said that Mesmero can not be picked up using Ceribro because he works for Apocalypse?"

"Yes, but what does that have to do with anything?"

"You'll see." And with that, she left the room.

Jean caught up with John who had been outside, talking to Tabitha for a while.

"Pyro!" She called out.

"Hmm?" He turned around.

"Pyro, I need to speak with you about Gambit."

"Gambit? Why?" He asked.

"Because I have an idea of how to find him using Ceribro without him using his powers."

Pyro shrugged, "Okay."

"When Gambit's eyes glow red, does that mean he's about to use his powers or he's just really pissed off?"

Pyro laughed, "Yea, he usually is when that 'appens. But he is actually using 'is powers when 'is eyes glow like tha'. 'Is not jus a side affect, that's 'is actual powers as well."

"And when he blows things up, that's not his powers, charging the objects so that they will blow up is his power, right?"

"Yea"

"Good, thanks Pyro."

"But wha will that do for 'im?"

"I have a feeling Xavier's been looking for the wrong thing the whole time."

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"So, will you work for me, or not?"

Gambit bit his lip, "Yes. I will. But you hafta promise meh Rogue will be safe from harm."

"She will be, don't you worry about that." Mesmero smiled, "You made a very wise decision Gambit. I think you will be happy working for Apocalypse."

Gambit stood up and starred Mesmero in the face, "Just shut it. Ah agreed teh work fer you, not take all this bullshit."

"You make a very strong point, but I assure you, after a while, you will learn to like it."

'Yeah right,' Gambit said under his breath.

Mesmero cleared his voice, "I except you to go to the Institute tonight and tell them that that blinding light somehow transported you and Rogue across town."

"You promised to let her go."

"I did, didn't I? Very well then, Rogue will go with you, however she does not remember anything from the light till you leave this building. And I expect it to stay that way."

Gambit nodded slowly and proceeded to follow Mesmero out of the room.

'Ah will kill him, Rogue. Ah will.'

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Poor Gambit, he's really not having a very good day now is he? (sniffle) As Ishandahalf put it: poor guy, somebody needs a hug. X) Also, I'm pretty sure I spelled Ceribro right, I couldn't find the correct spelling for it. If that's not right just lemme' kno. Please review.