The Prince of Thieves

Chapter XXII: Remy Wants to Leave

By: Michelle

DISCLAIMER: I just write fanfics for fun. It wouldn't be pointless to sue me because I don't have shit.

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Remy tossed and turned in his bed. His mind was racing and it seemed like it wasn't going to stop.

Gambit lay back on his head with his hands behind his head and a cigarette in his mouth. He didn't like the situation he was in at the moment. He was suppose to get paid 20 grand for the ruby he stole, half in advance and half when he handed the ruby over to Magneto. However, that was not the case. Instead, he got 10 grand and forced to join the brotherhood. That was definitely not part of the deal. He wanted the other 10 grand and was currently plotting how he was going to acquire it.

His eyes darted to the door as he heard the knob turn. He sighed, sat up, and took the cigarette out of his mouth blowing out smoke. "What de fuck ya want?" He said glaring at the older man who stepped in the room.

"I was just checking up on you." Magneto replied. "How do you like your quarters?"

"Heh." Gambit smirked. "I've been in better dumps."

Magneto glared at him. Gambit was making it clear that he wasn't liking the situation was in. He never liked to take orders from anyone. He was a loner and made up his own rules. He was damned if anyone was going to take that away from him.

"I have another mission for you Saturday night." Magneto said simply. "It is an easy job. Mystique and I will be assisting you with the information she got while you were out stealing the ruby."

Gambit rolled his eyes. "What's it involve?"

"I'll tell you when the time comes." Magneto replied.

"You will tell me now." Gambit said seductively with his eyes glowing red.

Magneto wanted to laugh at him. "I'm far more advanced than you." He said with a placid face. "Your little charming abilities won't work on me."

Gambit sighed in frustration and laid back down on the bed. Damn Buckethead. It was killing him not to know what was going on. After his last mission with Sinister, he made it an obligation to find out every little detail about the jobs he was contracted for. "If you want me to do this job, it's going to be another 20 grand and I'm going to have to know everything about it."

"Oh really." Magneto replied.

"What? You need a hearing aid old man." Gambit said with an attitude. "It's 20 grand and details."

"You forget who I am." Magneto replied. "I am your boss. This is my brotherhood and you will do as I say." He raised an eyebrow at Gambit. "It would be wise not to double-cross me."

Gambit folded his arms. He knew Magneto was right. He was the boss and held control. "Fine. Boss." He replied with a smirk. "Anything ya say, goes."

"Good." Magneto replied and walked out the room.

Gambit just stared at him. He was going to fix him. Magneto may threaten him all he wants, but he doesn't take orders from anyone. If Magneto wasn't going to pay up, he was going to get it good. It was never wise to double cross Gambit.

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On his Harley, Gambit sped down the highway in New Jersey at 2 o'clock in the morning. He always drove fast, but this time he was really pushing the limits. He was surprised he wasn't pulled over by a cop already.

He was tired and hungry. He wanted to pull over, but wasn't going to risk it. He had to admit that he was afraid. He had never been afraid before. Growing up on the streets of New Orleans taught him how to be tough, but now it was different.

He thought about pulling over to make a phone call. There were several people he could have called. Henri and Mercy always had a cell phone on them, but what well could they do. He wondered about calling his ex-wife, Bella Donna Boudreaux. She was an assassin. She could take down Magneto. However, he hadn't seen her since he ran from New Orleans and he wouldn't have been surprised if she hated him for leaving without taking her with him despite what happened.

Of course, there is always Stormy. No, he couldn't call her. She would be all overprotective and try to bring him to that school she worked for. He wasn't into that. Besides, he couldn't go running to her. She was Goddess. He was just a low life thief.

He kept his eyes on the road. His eyelids were slowly starting to droop when his bike jerked. His eyes shot wide open. He knew he couldn't go to sleep while driving. He could really get into a bad accident. So, he focused on the road again. That's when his bike jerked the second time. He tightened his grip on the handle bars.

For the next few minutes, his ride was smooth. Then, it happened. His bike was out of control and he knew why. Magneto had found him. He knew it the moment the bike swerved around like it had a mind of its own. Then, he veered off the road towards a tree. He knew he was going to die, so he made a jump for it.

Remy jumped up in bed. His heart was racing as he looked around at his surroundings. Magneto was no where around, but he knew he wasn't going to be able to sleep.

He threw off his covers and slipped out his room. He made his way down the hall to her room.

Ororo lay peacefully in her bed until she heard that god awful nickname.

"Stormy."

Ororo opened her eyes and looked at the end of the bed. There she saw two glowing red eyes. She didn't jump though. She knew who it was. "What Remy?"

"Can't sleep." He whined. "Nightmares."

"Again." She replied and watched as the two ruby eyes nodded at her. "Alright. You can sleep in here again."

"Merci." Remy replied and crawled up under the covers. "Where ya boyfriend?"

Ororo made herself comfortable on her side of the bed. "He's in his room."

"Why?"

"Because, he sleeps in his room and I sleep in mine." Ororo replied.

"He dumb den." Remy replied. "If ya wuz my girl, I'd be in here every night."

"I'm not your girl now and you are in bed with me." Ororo replied.

"So." Remy answered. "I look no touch. If I be him, I'd definitely touch."

'You know not all relationships are based on sex." Ororo said snuggling on her pillow imagining it was Kurt. "Now go to sleep."

"Stormy."

"What?" Ororo answered. I'm tired and am trying to sleep.

"Is it blue?' Remy asked with curiosity.

"What?"

"You know." Remy replied. "His dick. Is it blue?"

Ororo sighed. "I'm not answering that, especially to you. Now go to sleep."

"Stormy."

"What?"

"How old Rogue be?" Remy asked.

"She's seventeen." Ororo answered. 'Why?"

"Just wondering."

"Remy, I want to make something clear to you." Ororo said knowing what he was thinking.

"Huh."

"My students are not eligible dates, joyrides, or one night stands." Ororo said turning him to face her. His body faced her, but he didn't. She grabbed his chin and turned him to look directly into her eyes. "I'm serious."

"K."

"Now get some sleep." She said and snuggled on her side of the bed.

"Stormy."

"What now?" Ororo said getting irate. She wanted to sleep.

"I'm gonna leave tomorrow." Remy said.

"What do you mean you're leaving tomorrow?" Ororo asked. She was wide awake now.

Remy just cuddled under the covers. 'I mean I be leaving tomorrow." He replied. "In de afternoon."

"And how do you suppose you're going to do that?" Ororo asked. "Your bike is totaled."

"I gots legs. I can walk." Remy answered. "Besides, I can get a new bike. I gots money. And if I didn't, I'd borrow one, heh."

You mean steal one. Ororo sighed. "Why do you want to leave?" She wanted to cry. She wanted Remy to stay at the mansion and change his life around. She worried about him all the time.

"Cuz." Remy replied. He hated his empathy. He was hurting her and he could feel it in his head. "I don't belong here."

"Yeah you do." Ororo answered brushing the bangs out his eyes. The once brightly colored ruby eyes seemed dull and saddened as she looked into them. 'Please don't leave."

"Gots too." Remy sighed. It's dangerous if I stay here. "I don't belong here."

"Yes you do."

"No, I don't." Remy answered. "I's just a thief."

"You're more than that to me and you know it." Ororo said trying to change his mind. "And you are really good with the students. Not all of them adjust as easy to new people entering the mansion, especially Rogue. She usually keeps her distance."

Chere. Remy sighed. He really liked her. He didn't want to leave her. She seemed the only one to understand him other than Stormy. "I...I don't fit in here." He said making up any excuse he could. "No one wants me here."

"That's not true." Ororo replied. "Name one person that doesn't want you here."

Remy sighed. "Kurt, Logan, Iceboy...do you need any more."

Ororo sighed. She knew he was right. Those three were having trouble adjusting to Remy being there. "I don't want you to leave." She said honestly.

"I know." Remy heard her sniffle. "But I gots to. Don't mean ta hurt ya." He said softly. "But I can't stay here." I don't want you to get hurt. I don't want you to pay for the mistakes I made. He kissed her softly on the lips. "I'm sorry Stormy."

Ororo wiped a tear from her eyes as he pulled away. Then, she watched him snuggle under the covers on the opposite side of the bed. He was going to leave and there was nothing she could do about it.

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Saturday Morning

Ororo fixed her hair in the bathroom as she heard a familiar sound from her room. She opened the door and looked at Kurt. "Good Morning."

"I wish I could say the same." Kurt replied as he stared into her eyes. Did she sleep with him? "What's he doing in here?"

'Sleeping." Ororo replied. She knew he was mad and he had every right to be.

"No kidding." Kurt said sarcastically.

"It's not what you think." Ororo answered and explained. "Besides, Evan, Jamie, and Rahne sometimes wonder in here when they have nightmares."

"Ja, but they are not a young horny 22 year old." Kurt reminded her. I'm going to hurt that little bastard.

"Will you keep your voice down?" Ororo fussed at him. She couldn't believe he was being so jealous.

"Vhy?" Kurt snapped. "I might vake zhe ungrateful pain in zhe ass."

"Will you calm down?" Ororo said pulling him into the bathroom and shutting the door behind them. "Nothing happened. He had a nightmare and came in my room and went to sleep. That's all that happened." She explained again, but she could still see doubt in his eyes. "Don't you trust me?" Please don't be like Forge. Please don't be like Forge.

"Ja." Kurt sighed as he calmed down. He had no reason to not trust Ororo. "I trust you." I just don't trust him.

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Remy heard the ruckus from the students downstairs and pulled a pillow over his head. It's only 11 o'clock on a Saturday for crying out loud. He could sleep all day if no one disturbed him, but unfortunately he was having no luck. He tried to get to sleep again but it was useless.

He sat up and yawned. Where Stormy be? He thought looking over at her side of the bed. She's probably with that Kurt guy again. He rolled his eyes and climbed out of bed.

After he made his way back to his room, he cleaned up and headed downstairs for lunch. He didn't realize how hungry he actually was until he downed another whole pizza. These people need to learn how to cook some real food. Good thing I'm leaving. If I eat anymore pizza, I might as well hang out with the Ninja Turtles.

As soon as lunch was over, he went to find Ororo to tell her goodbye. He looked all over the mansion, but couldn't find her for nothing. She must be real upset. He wanted to kick himself for making her feel that way. I don't want to hurt her.

Remy sighed and wandered into one of the rooms. He didn't find Stormy. Instead, he found someone else he wanted to say goodbye to.

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Ororo hid in her favorite spot in the world: her greenhouse. It was the one place that gave her peace. Besides, she figured the more she hid from Remy, the longer he had to stay. She knew he could never leave her without saying goodbye.

She wiped the sweat from her brow. She looked like a complete mess with all the potting soil on her clothes and her sweat soaked clothes, yet Kurt insisted she looked as beautiful as ever.

Crunch

Ororo sighed as she looked down at her smashed tulip. She had told him that she didn't need help in her garden, but he insisted to help her anyway. Now, her tulip paid the price.

"Ororo, I'm sorry." Kurt pleaded to his girlfriend. "I didn't mean to hit it with my tail. Sometimes it has a mind of its own."

'I didn't need your help to begin with." Ororo replied. "I asked you to let me have some time by myself."

"I know. I know." Kurt answered. "But I just trying to help."

"I know." Ororo turned from him. She wasn't mad about the tulip. She was mad at Remy for wanting to leave.

Kurt came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her. "Vhat's vrong, Liebling?" He asked. He hated seeing her so upset.

"It's nothing." Ororo replied as she leaned back in his arms. "I'm fine."

"I know ven something is bothering you." Kurt replied. It was true. I may not have known you as long as Gambit, but I know when you are hurting. "Ororo talk to me."

Ororo sighed. "Gambit is leaving today." She hung her head. "I don't want him to go."

Kurt felt her turn in his arms to cry on his chest. "It's alright Liebling. I'm here." He said stroking her back. "Let it out." Yes, he's leaving. Whahooo.

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Rogue sat alone in the music room with her guitar. She was so busy adjusting her strings that she didn't even notice Remy was in the room.

Remy made absolutely no sound as he walked in the room. To him, she seemed lost in thought. He wondered to himself what she was thinking about. He brushed back his hair out of his eyes and sat down at the piano still staring at her.

Rogue jumped when she caught him looking at her. She didn't know how he got past her, but he did. She placed a hand over her rapidly beating heart. "You scared the crap out of me. I thought I was alone."

"I sorry." Remy apologized. "But a bel femme like ya should never be alone."

Rogue blushed. "How long have you been here?"

"About five minutes." Remy answered. "What are ya doing here by ya lonesome?"

"I don't know." Rogue shrugged. "Just wanted some time alone. It gets crazy in the mansion sometimes."

"I believe it." Remy replied hearing a bunch of children screaming down the hallway. "So how long ya play de guitar?"

"A couple pf months." Rogue replied. "I kinda taught myself."

"Really." Remy's eyes widened.

"Yeah, but I'm not really that good." Rogue said as she began blushing. He's staring at me. "Do you know how do play any instruments."

"Yeah." Remy replied. "I know how ta play de piano and some on de banjo and guitar."

"Cool." Rogue replied.

Remy smiled and reached out touching a lock of her hair. He twirled the piece in his finger and watched her blush. "This natural?" He asked about her white streak.

"No." Rogue answered. She didn't particularly liked the memory of it, but there was no sense dwelling on the past. "A few days after Professor Xavier took me in, Magneto kidnapped me. He strapped me to this machine that was suppose to turn all the world leaders into mutants."

"Stormy told me about that." Remy replied. "Never knew ya were de one in de machine."

"Yeah, well. I didn't exactly have a say so in that." Rogue sighed. "Anyways, Magneto made me absorb him causing the machine to begin working. The machine started draining me as its power spread. It stripped front of my hair white." She tucked the lock behind her ear. "I would have died, but Logan saved me."

Remy studied her hard. "Do you hate Magneto?" He asked. Bastard. "You know, for what he did."

"Sort of." Rogue answered. "Magneto pasted on some really disturbing memories when I absorbed him."

She knows. Remy turned around to face the piano. Time to change the subject. He played a few notes on the ivory keys. Sounds good. It's been kept up real well. He noticed a small lightning bolt carved in the wood. Well duh. It's Stormy's. She told me once that she knew how to play.

Should I ask him about Magneto. Rogue thought as she tuned her guitar. No. I shouldn't. It might make him mad. Besides, he probably already told Ms. Munroe about it.

"Ya sing Chere?"

"Yeah." Rogue answered. "Why?"

"If I play, ya sing?"

"Sure." Rogue smiled. "Whatcha gonna play?"

"My Immortal." Remy replied. "Ya know. By..."

"Evanescence." Rogue finished recognizing the notes he was playing. "Yeah. I love their music."

"So do I." Remy smiled.

"Sounds like we have some things in common." Rogue replied. Besides Magneto. She smiled at him. Maybe we have more. He's kind of cute too.

"Yeah." Remy answered. And I want to leave because???

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"You feel better." Kurt asked as he lifted Ororo's chin for her to look up into his eyes.

'Yeah." Ororo replied. "I feel much better." She smiled up at him. "How's I find such a good guy like you."

Because Gambit didn't want you. Kurt smiled. "I ask myself the same question about finding a woman like you."

"I guess fate brought us together." Ororo smiled.

"Ja." Kurt replied. He didn't know what else to say, so he kissed her.

Ororo wrapped her arms around his neck as the kiss deepened. After she pulled away, they both had to catch their breath. "Well I never could resist a kiss like that."

Kurt chuckled and tucked a lock of hair behind her ear.

'You hear that?" Ororo asked as their moment ended.

"Hear vhat?" Kurt asked and listened closely. He faintly heard the piano.

Ororo sighed. "Those kids are playing with the piano again."

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Remy smiled as Rogue began singing to the notes he was playing.

"I'm so tired of being here
suppressed by all of my childish fears"

Logan was in the middle of a meeting with Xavier when he heard it. "You hear that." He asked listening heard. "That's Rogue."

"She's with Gambit." Xavier replied as he briefly reached out to Rogue's mind.

"and if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave"

"This is Vernon Thompson channel 6 news. Join us this hour for news, sports, and weather. Plus join April O'Neil as she reports on the latest Gambit robberies."

"because your presence still lingers here
and it won't leave me alone"

Magneto smiled at the news report. Mystique had done an excellent job at destroying Gambit's reputation. It was only a matter of time now.

"these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase

when you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
and I've held your hand through all of these years
but you still have all of me"

Rogue blushed as Remy stared at her. Then, she got back to singing.

"You used to captivate me
by your resonating light
but now I'm bound by the life you left behind"

"Your face it haunts my once pleasant dreams
your voice it chased away all the sanity in me"

And I want to leave because...and I want to leave because...and I want to leave because??? Remy thought as he stared at her like he was hypnotized.

"these wounds won't seem to heal
this pain is just too real
there's just too much that time cannot erase

when you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
and I've held your hand through all of these years
but you still have all of me"

"I swear those kids and that piano." Ororo fussed as she and Kurt rushed into the room "I don't know how many times I have to tell them not play with it. It's not a...toy."

"I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
and though you're still with me
I've been alone all along"

Remy joined in singing as Rogue began playing her guitar. Neither of them realized they attracted an audience.

"When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
when you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
and I've held your hand through all of these years
but you still have all of me"

Logan walked over to Ororo and Kurt. "Chuck wants to talk to us all." He said. "And Now."

"All of me."

Ororo found it hard to pull herself away from the room. Kurt had to nearly drag her way. She didn't know what Xavier wanted to talk about, but she had a feeling it wasn't something good.

"All of me." Rogue stopped singing and playing her guitar. Remy stopped playing the piano too. She blushed. He keeps staring at me.

"Ya sing good Chere." Remy said as he turned away from her. How am I going to leave her?

"Thanks." Ok that is weird. Rogue thought as he hung his head. "Is something wrong?"

"Nothing." Remy shrugged. "I'm fine." He turned back towards her and stared into her emerald eyes. "I just don't want to tell you Good-bye."

"Good-bye?" Rogue was shocked and hurt. "You're leaving." No, don't go. "Why? When?"

"In a little while." Remy replied. "I just need to go." He said getting up and walking over to the window. He stared out the window, cursing himself under his breath. I shouldn't have fallen for her so fast. How could I be so stupid? He thought as he fought the tears watering in his eyes.

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Logan walked in Xavier's office with Kurt and Ororo at his heels. Ororo ran her fingers thru her hair trying to figure out what the meeting was about, while Kurt closed the door behind them.

Logan walked and stood next to Xavier. He folded his arms and narrowed his eyes at Ororo. Gambit's going down now.

As Kurt came to stand next to her, Ororo looked from Logan to Xavier. "What's going on?"

"Ororo, perhaps it's best that you take a seat for this." Xavier said. He didn't want to be the bearer of bad news, but it was inevitable.

"Alright." Ororo replied. She was confused as ever. What is going on? She thought again as she sat down. Something doesn't feel right.

"This is this morning's front page news." Xavier said as Logan handed her a rolled up newspaper.

Ororo opened it up and looked at the picture. She was completely speechless. "I uh...this umm..." Oh Goddess. "You can't possibly think..."

"Actually." Xavier folded his hands. "It's more complicated than that."

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Well, another chapter done. I guess I better get cracking on Prince22. Got to get in gear for some fighting. You know beat people up and stuff. I'll be nice. Muhahahahha.

I have posted the first 3 chapters to Sweet Little Lies. I will have another chapter out for that one in a few days.

My Immortal is one of my favorite songs by Evanescene. I love their music and listen to it when i write.

Thanks for the reviews

Michelle