Here is my latest chapter. I would really appreciate some review because I've had three for a six or seven chapter story and I just want to know if everyone enjoys it or if anyone is even reading it, thanks. Firstly just a little bit about this chapter it is basically just taken straight from the ultimate X-men comics (and so are the next two chapters) but I really liked the story and I thought it was important to share.

First Love

Flying thought the little girl as she woke up stretching she had been for a long car ride with her parents and had drifted off to sleep and dreamt she could fly. She yawned once again and wiped the sleep from her eyes. The little girl looks in the front seat of the car to find her parents aren't there, she suddenly hears a lot of commotion outside the car she slowly shifted her weight to her knees so she could see out of the windows of course first she grabbed hold of her best friend Raggedy Sally.

'Look I know I'm behind but I needed that money Rachel was very sick we needed to pay her doctors bills' said Rachel's daddy as he argued with the large man with the square shaped head who had hold of him while her mother clawed at him trying to free her husband. Rachel had been ill she still had a painful scar from her operation she remembered that before it she hardly had the energy to walk.

'The boss doesn't care about your little personal problems all he knows is he loaned you a great deal of money and you have failed to repay that money so I have been sent make an example of you' The man was dressed in a sharp blue pinstripe suit, he pushed Rachels dad away from himself and as quick as a flash pulled his gun and shot both Rachels mother and father. Rachel went wide eyed she was unsure if she would make any noise if she tried so she did and she did make a noise it wasn't anything coherent just a loud loud scream which caught the gangsters attention.

'Get out here you little…' the gangster trailed off as he pulled on the door handle before he growled and took a few steps backwards, he hurled himself at the door with his head down causing a resounding crashing sound as his solid head smashed through the window sending glass everywhere. Rachel screamed again and fiddled with the door behind her. Her mother had shown her how to take the lock off just in case of an accident where Rachel could escape.

'The kid got away boss…yeah…okay…yeah she saw me…it'll be my pleasure' laughed the man down the phone to his boss ominously.

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Oohs and aahs came from the crowd which were tightly packed around the street performer as Rachel carefully manoeuvred her way to the front, she looked up to see a teenager who was about nineteen with a deck of cards in his hand. The teenager began to feed each card in succession through his fingers flipping it between them before finally reassembling the deck on the other side for which he got a few dollars.

'For my next trick you will see the most special trick in my arsenal' said the brown haired teen who wore a long brown overcoat his eyes glowed red a little no doubt from some new sort of contact lenses but Rachel didn't think of this she thought only of magic.

The boy began to throw the cards into the air as he juggled with them above his head, he hardly seemed to touch any off the cards and they would fly into the air which allowed him to keep the entire deck in flight much to the crowds delight, his skill was amazing with not a singly flutter from any of the cards. Once he was sure he had all the money he was going to get for this trick he was winding up for his finale, he began to catch the cards in his hand before he made the entire deck glow, he hurled the cards in to the air which made them scatter and they slowly drifted through the air till they lay just above the peoples heads where they exploded gently like tiny fireworks in the air much to the crowds joy.

'How about you come to see me after dark' said one leggy blonde as she whispered in the Cajun's ear offering him a card for the hotel she was staying at with her name and room number scrawled across the back.

'After dark…now you wouldn't be ashamed to be seen with Remy would you?' asked the Cajun already knowing the answer, the woman pulled her face in anger while Remy just smiled allowing her card to burn away to dust in his hand. Then the beautiful day in New York City changed as the heavens opened and the rain poured.

'Nothing like a good shower to clear a crowd' chuckled Remy as he packed up his things and grabbed his bo staff. He turned round and bumped straight into a tiny girl who was now getting wet. 'I'm sorry Cherie' said Gambit as he helped the little girl to her feet.

'You better go find your parents mon petite' said Gambt trying to shoo the little girl away before he walked away. Rachel quickly scurried after him trying to keep up with his long strides.

'I need you to come with me to see my Mommy and Daddy' said Rachel as she rushed to keep up with the teenage mutant.

'Hey not this time kid, Gambit tired he been working hard all day and needs to get something to eat' said Remy trying to brush off the little girl.

'You need to come with me and do your magic' said the girl as she sniffed and wiped her face where the tears were now flowing quickly down her face.

'My magic huh?' asked Gambit 'Why would such a pretty little girl need me to show her parents magic?' asked Gambit trying to humour the little girl till her parents realises she is missing and comes find her.

'I don't need you to show them magic, I need you to do magic on them' said the little girl.

'Well what magic would you like me to do to your parents…perhaps make them give you lots of sweets' laughed Gambit as he wrapped his jacket around the little girl.

'No no no' said Rachel 'I need you to bring them back to life…they've been killed.'

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Gambit stood in the dark alleyway holding his hands over Rachel's mouth stopping her from making any noise as he watched her father being zipped up in a body bag and being loaded into the back of the coroners van.

Rachel freed herself from Gambit's hands and began to speak 'Use your magic to bring them back' this was almost an order but was asked so politely it broke the Cajun's heart to say no.

'I'm sorry…I'll make it right' said Gambit as he hugged the little girl as she cried into his chest.

Gambit waited until the coast was clear before he stepped out of the shadows and walked across the street carrying Rachel in his arms. 'So you got any other family kid?' asked the Cajun.

'My aunt Marie lives in Los Angeles' said Rachel as she yawned from her exhausting day.

Gambit thought that was too far for him to take her even though it broke his heart, he had no other choice no matter how much he disliked it he had to take her to the police. Remy didn't much like the police, well you wouldn't would you if you were the probably the worlds greatest thief.

Gambit and Rachel were not alone in that street however they were being watched very carefully from a near by roof top by a man in a blue pinstripe suit whose head was extremely square he smiled evilly to himself before snuffing out his cigarette and walking towards the stairwell.

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Thump came a loud bang from the back of Charlie's truck which was reversing down a side street, Charlie climbed out and walked quickly to the back 'Oh my god' yelled the man as he saw what he had hit, a little girl blonde girl holding a rag doll lay on the ground with her eyes closed. Charlie being a good man felt terrible, he scooped the girl up in his arms and carried her into the main street, it wasn't far to the hospital and it would be quicker to run then to pull the van around after a few steps the girl began to come around.

'Are you okay darling? You're not hurt are you?' asked Charlie as he looked at the little girl.

'No I'm fine you didn't even hit me, Remy said its called a pretence' said Rachel as she smiled at the man.

As quick as a flash Remy grabbed Rachel and began to sprint down the street dropping the cooked chickens he had just stolen from the back of the Charlie's van. Remy stopped to rest after a couple of minutes and put Rachel down. 'What the hell was that?' asked Remy as he stared at the little girl.

'My mommy always told me never to lie' smiled Rachel up at Remy with her big blue eyes. Remy felt his heart melting.

'I'm sorry petite but you got to work with me…sometimes its okay to lie' said Remy smiling at the little girl.

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Remy and Rachel walk down the stairs into the subway Remy stood on the platform looking up and down the tracks 'this is a great place to stay we jus' have to wait till there no train then we jump down and walk further along to my humble abode…you listening?' asked Remy as he turned around seeing nothing but thin air. 'Rachel?' yelled Remy quite worried. He looks frantically around the platform trying to see any sign of the little girl he had become quite fond of. He found her as she began to lower herself onto the tracks after her doll which she had dropped.

Remy dived and grabbed Rachel as well as flipping her doll onto the platform with his staff just in time for the train to go whizzing past if Remy was a second later she would have been dead.

'What the hell is wrong with you? You could have been killed what are you stupid?' yelled Remy who was obviously upset with the girl but really he was more worried about her safety.

Rachel's eyes welled up and she burst into hysterics shielding her face and curling into a ball on the floor screaming at the top of her voice 'please don't hit me, I'm sorry, it won't happen again, please don't hit me.'

Remy realised that maybe her parents weren't the perfect family they had appeared to be, he remembered his own life he had been beaten as a child. His father was the matriarch of the Le Beau family and as such the head of the Guild of Thieves so he demanded perfection from his son. When Remy was not the perfect child he was supposed to be he was beaten brutally he found it funny because Jean Luc wasn't even his real dad, Jean Luc couldn't have children so you'd think when you found a baby you'd treat them like a miracle not a tool. Remy never had anyone who cared for him till he found her, a few years after he had escaped his fathers grasp he had been keeping himself busy doing what he loved stealing, drinking, sleeping around and doing all the things his daddy had taught him how to do well. One night it all changed he was stealing some disk for quite a bit of cash from some government facility when he was gassed. He woke up in a cell realising he had been set up, sitting over him was an angel she was a little younger then him but he didn't care she was beautiful and from the first moment he loved her. She was Rogue and she treated him better then anyone in his whole life. Weapon X didn't hold him long after about a month there was a power cut, Rogue was away on a mission but this was his only chance he busted out of his cell with his powers and charged a near by wall when it exploded it caused quite a bit of damage no only to the building but to him. Remy escaped and removed the collar, he healed up and went back to get Rogue only to find the building levelled and no sign of the girl of his dreams.

'I never hurt you petite' said Gambit as he hugged the little girl. Rachel explained that she too was adopted and her real parents and several of her foster parents had abused her but her parents who had been killed took her away from all of that.

'How about a little song' said Remy as he picked the last bit of meat from the bone of his stolen food and pulled out a little flute, he looked over to the little girl to find her nestled snugly on his bed fast asleep.

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Remy awoke and stretched yawning and rubbing his eyes, he slowly got to his feet and walked over to his bed to wake the little girl he was going to spend the day with her before dropping her off at the police station. He shook the lump under the covers but she didn't respond. Remy pulled the covers back to reveal a pile of pillows with a note pinned to them.

'We have the girls don't even try looking for her you wont like what you find and it will be worth more trouble then you can handle'

The note exploded as Gambit charged it his powers crackled around him in the air as his eyes began to glow.

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'Full house' said one man as he laid his cards on the table and pulled the pile of poker chips towards him causing the men around the table to complain.

The door suddenly flies open as the body of a guard comes crashing through it followed by a glowing card which floats down to the top of the table before exploding and flipping the table over onto one of the men. Remy leaps into the room through the smoke and smacks one of the men in the head with his staff causing him to fall backwards, he trips another with his leg before pinning one against the wall by the neck with his staff while he sits on the table and faces the man who is pinned underneath it.

'Where is she?!' screams Gambit who has never felt so angry in his life.

'I don't know what you're talking about' screamed the man who was terrified.

Remy reaches over and picks up a poker chip and charges it before dropping it on the floor causing an explosion 'You're next' growled Gambit.

'He's in there…Hammerhead' said the man as he reached into his pocket and threw Gambit his address book.

'Much obliged' said Gambit as he jumped through the window.

'This will save me a job later' said the man who had been pinned to the wall as he pulled his gun 'The boss finds out you gave him up I'm going to have to kill you' with a bang the guy under the table was dead and the gangster who had shot him was on the phone to Hammerhead.

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Hammerhead sat in the chair in his office gun trained on the door waiting for the Cajun to burst through.

'You got a few seconds to tell me where she is' threatened Gambit who had came through the open window, he stood behind Hammerheads large leather chair balancing on his staff with a evil look in his eyes.

'I should have expected this from you…I've heard your reputation Gambit. Let me give you this advice though leave now and never come back the only reason you alive now is because the boss owes Essex a favour…turns out you weren't always such a knight in shinning armour' said Hammerhead who still hadn't turned around.

'Things change…NOW WHERE IS SHE?' asked Gambit again with an edgy but calm tone to his voice.

'She's already dead' growled Hammerhead for which Gambit slams his staff into Hammerheads face which seems to have no effect.

Hammerheads men rush into the room and surround Gambit, Remy simply throws a few charged cards at them causing them to fall rather easily. Hammerhead growls as he takes off his cufflinks and knocks on his metal filled head. 'It looks as though I'm going to have to handle you myself then once I'm done with you I'm going to take your trick cards go into the back room and slit the girls throat myself.'

Gambit easily dodged Hammerhead and tripped the mans feet out from under him, Gambit drops his knee into Hammerheads neck before carefully placing his hand inside his mouth. 'The power isn't in the cards' grinned Gambit as he charged the large mass of metal in Hammerhead's skull. Gambit got up and slowly walked to the door slamming it behind him the noise of the door slamming was followed by a scream then an explosion and then silence. He opened the door opposite and saw an unconscious Rachel tied to a chair.

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'Hide her she has powerful enemies hopefully they wont come for her, when she wakes up tell her I'm sorry I had to leave but there isn't enough room in my life to look after her.' Said Remy as he kissed her on the forehead and handed her to the police officer at the front desk. The cop passed the girl onto another officer and turned to speak to Gambit only to find him gone.

Rachel woke up not long after and her only words to the police were 'Where's Remy? I wnt him to be my Daddy'

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That night Rachel sat on her bed in the children's home and stared out of the window as tears flowed down her cheeks, out of the window Rachel saw something move and quickly rushed to the window, she opened it wide and looked out to see only darkness. She moves away from the still open window, slowly the ace of hearts floats down carefully onto the windowsill in front of her. Rachel moved towards it and watched as it slowly burnt to ashes leaving behind the perfectly formed heart in the centre. Rachel smiled and threw Ragidy Sally from the window 'This is for you Remy, take care of her…I love you' yelled Rachel before closing the window placing her heart on her bedside table and turning off the light.

'I love you too my Petite' said Gambit as he brushes a tear from his eye, he slowly picks up Sally kisses her on the forehead and putting her inside his jacket before casting one last glance at Rachel's window and walking away into the night.

The End.