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Chapter seven

The pace the group was taking was considered quite slow. The appearance of Brian's broken ankle was the cause. Luckly, Alex and Gambit were able to scrunch up some scrap pieces of wood from the van and make a homemade splint so Brian could walk better. For the first ten minutes of walking it seemed that the splint was working, but it soon was making no difference.

Brian's ankle continued to swell, and the pain was constantly increasing. It was impossible to walk in a just a very short amount of time after they had started walking. Alex couldn't stand to see Brian in so much pain so she made the decision to stop and rest for the night, to see how Brian's condition worsened or inproved.

"Okay, Brian are you warmer?" asked Alex. Immediately after they had settled down Brian had developed a chill, that made his entire body shake. She had asked Gambit for his cloak, which he gave willingly, but unfortuately she saw his wound. "What's that?!"she questioned rather loudly.

Gambit tried to shrug it off like it was nothing, but it didn't work. "Oh, it's just a cut. No biggy."

"Oh, really. Then let me see it." commanded Alex, who at this moment was looking like her mother. Rather angry for him not telling her, but also concerned for the injury he had.

He had tried to cover it up with his soaked sleeve, but to no avail. The sleeve was covered in his blood and Alex was determined to see it. Reaching over to his arm, she tried to pull the sleeve up but Gambit grabbed her hand.

"It's nothing." said Gambit, but Alex didn't seem fazed by his action and just slapped his hand away.

"Ouch, woman."

"Oh, stop your babbling." chastised Alex. Gambit didn't feel like getting into a fight, so he simply kept his mouth shut.

Again Alex attempted to raise his sleeve. Looking to Gambit to see if he was going to stop her, she found that he was just staring at her, doing nothing to stop her. Letting out a sigh, she slowly raised his shirt sleeve to find a small but significant hole in his shoulder. The skin around the wound had turned a shade of rouge and raised slightly. A sign Alex took to be a cause of infection. "I think it's infected. But tell me again, what did this?" questioned Alex, skeptically.

"I told you, I just got a cut." repeated Gambit. Alex looked at him like she could slap him. He was lying to her, and she didn't like to be lied to.

"Liar. It's a hole, not a cut. And call me crazy, but it almost looks like a gunshot wound." smirked Alex. She had now kneeled down to come eye level to Gambit, who had sat under the branches of a larger evergreen.

This time it was his turn to turn his attention towards the opposite direction. He had suddenly become fastinated in the shade of blue and black the sky turned. The stars were not visible through the layer of clouds gathered across it. It was going to be cold tonight.

"Just tell her, Gambit." commented Brian, while he tried to huttle closer inside the cloak.

Getting up for a brief moment, Alex adjusted the cloak around Brian so he would be warmer. Finally happy with her handy work, she left Brian to get some sleep, and walked back over to Gambit. "So, what happened?"

"You might want to take her out into the woods more. She's going to yell, and frankly I don't want to hear it." coughed out Brian.

Brian's condition was getting worse. The weather was changing dramatically resently, and Brian wasn't wearing the warmest jacket. He was getting sick and the broken ankle on top of that, was diffiently not helping out his ammune system. Sure, Alex didn't even bring a coat but she could fight colds better than Brian.

"Come on, Gambit." beckened Alex, while she started walking farther into the woods.

"What about him?" questioned Gambit, as he indicated towards the officer, who they had tied to a tree when they had set up camp.

"I'll watch him. He can't go anywhere, besides I'll have the gun." replied Brian. Alex looked at him skeptically, but he insisted that he would be okay. He wasn't tired yet, and he needed something to do to keep his mind off his ankle.

Gambit got up, and handed over the gun to Brian, before trailing behind Alex. They walked a good ten yards into the woods before they stopped. Gambit seemed a little uncomfortable, he diffiently didn't want to tell Alex what happened, but she wasn't concerned about that anymore.

"Look, I didn't me.........."

"Don't worry, Gambit. I don't want to talk about that, yet. I'm just concerned about Brian." whispered Alex, while she stared off in the direction Brian was at. Gambit knew Brian wasn't doing so well, and he wanted to help but he didn't know how, yet.

Alex continued to stare off towards Brian. Tears began to well up in her eyes and her vision was blurred. For a minute, she had forgotten where she was and who she was with. She had her mind on Brian and nobody else.

"I know your concerned about Brian, Alex," Gambit said, while he gripped her chin between his thumb and forefinger to turn her head to face him,"But you need to calm yourself. You could make yourself sick, too. Right now, you're the only normal one here."

Alex laughed at Gambit's observation. It was true, Gambit had a gunshot wound that looked infected and well, Brian was a train wreck. Sick and Broken. "I guess your right. I just might be the only manly person around her." smirked Alex.

"Hey, where'd that come from?" questioned Gambit. He was making her laugh right now, and that's all he wanted. It would keep her mind off things.

"I swear you two are the biggest baby's ever."replied Alex.

"I didn't tell you I got hurt." challenged Gambit.

"Yeah, but you won't tell me how." said Alex. She had gotten him there. Sure he was a man about it and not complaining about it, but he wouldn't tell her what happened. "But I appreciate you helping Brian and keeping him out of trouble."

"You, have no idea." sighed Gambit.

"While I guess I owe you." replied Alex. Gambit seemed surprised that she had said that, but he was even more curious as to what she was going to do.

His question was answered when Alex stood on her toes and placed a short but sweet kiss on his cheek. She pulled back, smiling for what she had just did. She had been having these feelings for Gambit for a little bit now, and was a little surprised she was brave enough to do that.

Looking up into Gambit's face she saw confusion and for a minute she believed that maybe he didn't like it. Sure, it really wasn't a kiss, but she expected a different reaction. Like, I like you too, type thing. Alex apologized and slowly backed away, but she was cut short by Gambit's hand on her wrist.

"Where are you going?" he smiled. Slowly he pulled her back to him. When she was close enough to feel her against him, he placed his hand on her face pulling it closer to his, while his other was placed on her waist. Slowly but surely, their lips meet in a life alternating, electric kiss. At first Alex was scared at Gambit's show of affection, but it soon all melted away and she moved her arms around his neck to pull him even closer, if possible.

They moved in a slow, loving rhymetic pattern. He was ever so gentle with her, but when he began to want more from the kiss, he began to kiss her harder. It was changed from a slow, loving to a hard, passion-filled kiss.

The kiss lasted for as long as possible, before they both had to pull apart to breath. They both stood plastered together, while they gasped for air. That was diffiently the best kiss they had ever had. It had sent a tingle throughout their body from the very first touch to feeling electricity flow throughout their body towards the end.

"Wow."Alex was able to stutter out, between gasps. Gambit smiled and placed a small peck on her lips again before he responded.

"Yeah. I just hope that wasn't the last time."

"Well, maybe you're right." smirked Alex, when she started to raise on her toes to meet his lips again.

"HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!" A voice screamed out, from the woods. Gambit and Alex both exchanged looks, that was Brian's call and he was alone with the officer.

The two took off in a run, with Gambit in front and Alex right on his heel. Upon reaching the site they found Brian where they left him, laying against the trunk of a tree, but the officer was nowhere to be seen.

"What happened, Brian?" questioned Alex, as she bent down next to him. He looked horrible. His eyes were dark with lack of sleep and his face was pale from the cold. His whole body was continuelly shaken from the incident.

"I didn't mean too. I mean it."Brian was able to force out.

"It's okay. Just tell us what happened." cooed Alex. She constantly ran her hand through his hair to calm him, while she held his hand with her other.

"I didn't mean to, but I fell asleep. And when I woke up, he was gone. That's when I called for you." Brian explained.

Alex constantly told him it wasn't his fault. She was able to calm him down to the point at which he fell asleep, but of course she had to reassure him that she would stay by his side. She waited patiently for Gambit to return, who had set out after Brian told her what happened to look for the officer.

Another ten minutes passed before she could hear the footsteps of Gambit's return. He appeared out of the bushes unharmed, but he was constantly talking into a cell phone, he didn't have earlier.

She waited patiently for him to stop his conversation and hang up. Another five minutes passed before he completed his phone call, and looked quite proud of himself.

"Where did you get a phone? And who did you call?" asked Alex, as she got up to meet up with Gambit.

"Apparently, are little prisoner was in such a hurry to get away he dropped his phone. So, I tried it out and it ended up working. And your answer as to who I called. I won't say." smiled Gambit. He was looking again, pleased with himself but Alex didn't find that funny.

Not wanting to know, Alex simply shut her mouth and sat down next to Brian again. Time passed slowly and an hour passed, when a single word wasn't spoken.

A half hour passed by, before anything happened, but did something happen. In a matter of seconds the air around them swirled together, whipping their clothes and hair into thier faces. Using her hand to shield her eyes from the intensity of the wind, she looked up. Hooving just above their heads was a jet. Alex couldn't believe her eyes, she had never seen a jet like it. It looked so slick, she was sure it could fly faster than any plane ever built.

"They're here," Gambit smiled, before turning his attention towards Alex, "The X-Men."

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