The Prince of Thieves
Chapter XXVII: FireStorm
By: Michelle
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DISCLAIMER: I don't own the X-men. I just write fanfics for fun.
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Rogue sat up and looked around. Fire was everywhere and smoke made it hard to breath. She coughed and began calling. "Remy."
"Remy."
She crawled along the floor. She didn't know where he was. She couldn't see a thing with all the smoke around. She crawled around coughing until she ran into someone. "Remy."
Remy lay dazed on the floor. He could hear her calling his name and her coughing. It was so hot in the room. Chere.
Rogue debated shaking him but her gloveless hands stopped her. So, she poked him on the chest. "Remy." Cough cough. "Remy wake up." Cough.
Chere. Remy groaned as he sat up. "You alright." He asked as he looked at all the fire and smoke.
"I'm fine." I think. Rogue coughed. "We need to get out of here."
Remy looked over to the door that was engulfed in flames. "We need to head to the balcony. Come on."
They crawled along the floor towards the balcony. When they got there, they saw Pyro and Mystique safe on the other side of the glass. How the hell did they get out?
Remy got up on his knees to unlock the sliding glass door, but it would not budge. "Shit." He tried to pick the lock, but that was not working either.
"What's wrong?' Rogue asked. Cough
"I can't be getting de door unlocked." Remy replied getting frustrated. Then, he realized why.
Magneto lowered himself in front of them safe on the outside. "Problems with the lock Gambit. And here I thought you were an expert in that field."
Remy stared at the smirked old man. "Let us out."
Magneto laughed. "Give me the disk."
"Fuck you."
Magneto's face hardened. "Then have it your way." He replied as he sealed the door up with sheets of metal.
Remy hollered. He and Rogue were trapped.
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NO!!!! Storm flew in slamming Magneto up against the metal he sealed the hotel with.
The metal burned him slightly from it already beginning to heat up. He threw Storm off of him. "You are too late. He's as good as dead."
"You better hope you are wrong about that." She replied as she got back up. "Because you know metal attracts lightening."
Meanwhile, Nightcrawler observed the metal wall. He could feel the heat coming off of it. It meant fire was inside. It also meant that Gambit and Rogue could be unconscious ore even worse: dead.
He stepped back and took a deep breath. He'd prefer to see where he was going but this was another one of those cases where faith intervened.
BAMF
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"We're trapped." Rogue coughed. She and Remy were stuck in an inferno with no way out. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She didn't want to die like this. "We're gonna die, aren't we?"
Remy's eyes cut through the smoke. He could see her tears and feel her fear in his head. "Non, I ain't gonna let ya die."
"But we…"
"It's alright." Remy silenced her with his two gloved fingers. "We gonna git outta here."
Rogue nodded as more tears rolled down her cheeks. She felt so lightheaded from the smoke.
"Come on Chere." Remy grabbed her upper arm and forced her to crawl towards the bedroom. He wasn't going to bother touching the door knob to open the door. I ain't stupid enough to burn my hand off.
He stood up and kicked the door in. Unlike the rest of the hotel room, the bedroom had less smoke in it and no fire blazing. "Come on Chere." He said pulling her inside and closed the door. "Stay with me. Chere."
"I feel like I can't breath." Rogue said to him leaning against the bed.
"I know." Remy answered. He was starting to feel the affects of breathing in too much smoke too. "But you got to stay with me. Come on."
Remy grabbed their bags and went back to her side. "Let's go." He carefully put one arm around her and lifted her too her feet.
Rogue leaned on him. "Where are we going?"
"Outta dis place." Remy replied as he opened the bedroom window. He looked out to see Storm fighting with Magneto. Then, he looked down to see a ledge. "Come on." He let her stick her head out the window to inhale the clean air. "Better." He dug in his bag and pulled out to grips he used when he climbed walls. 'Put these on."
'What?"
"Put these on." Remy ordered. "We getting outta here."
"Out the window." Rogue said as he began climbing out. "Are you crazy?"
"It's either dis or dat fire in dere." Remy said pulling her along with him. "It's gonna be alright."
Rogue stepped out onto the ledge where he was. She looked down seeing the multitude of police cars below. I wish I could fly, but this sure beats being in that hotel.
"Ya alright." Remy asked her as he looked at her soot filled and tear streaked face. Even her white streak in her hair was black from the soot. She looked so weak and vulnerable. "Ya t'ink ya can make it ta dat balcony over dere."
Rogue glanced at it. It was only 15 or so feet. Then, she turned back to him. "Yeah." I hope so. "I can do it."
"Good."
"Where are you going?" Rogue panicked as he turned to go in the opposite direction.
"Gonna take care of some unfinished business." Gambit style. Remy replied. He knew she was afraid he'd say that. He leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips. "Don't worry about me. I be fine. Just git tad at other balcony."
Rogue nodded and watched him leave. Then, she worried about herself.
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Wolverine rushed through the hotel just as fast as Kurt bamfed him inside. It took no rocket scientist to figure out that the room engulfed in flames and surrounded by dozens of police officers, and now firemen, was Gambit and Rogue's room.
He knocked a few people out of his way to get to the room, but he could care less. Of course, they were too shocked to see a man dressed in black leather with an X on his chest to say or do anything.
"What are you all looking at?" He said and shrugged. He looked at the rolling flames coming out of the room just as they brought in the hoses. They are going to be here for a while. He thought and jumped in before anyone tried to stop him.
Once through the bulk of the flames, Wolverines healing power kicked in. It was one of many times he was thankful for it. But Rogue wasn't like him. "ROGUE."
The room was so full of smoke that he couldn't even smell her. The heat was so unbearable that he knew there was a strong possibility that she and Gambit were already dead. "ROGUE."
Wolverine coughed and looked around only to find a pair of glowing eyes. "Elf, is that you."
"Ja." Cough. Cough.
"Where is Rogue?"
"I couldn't find her anywhere." Nightcrawler coughed. "Gambit either. Just his bo staff and body armor." He said handing Wolverine the Bo staff wrapped in a towel. Cough cough.
Adamantium. 'Shit." Wolverine growled as he took the bo staff. Where the hell are they? "Get out of here Elf." He order seeing his friend was starting to feel the affects of the smoke. "I can handle it in here. Go help Ro."
Nightcrawler didn't argue and bamfed out of sight.
Like this room needed anymore smoke. Wolverine thought to himself, then got back to the task at hand. "ROGUE."
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Mystique eyed him as he made his way towards the balcony. There it was. The disk. Sticking halfway out of his pocket. With one hand clinging to a secure position on the building, he used the other to push the disk down in the pocket. Then, he continued. She smiled to herself and metamorphed into a raven. She flew over to him, attacking him.
Remy nearly loss his grip as he swatted the black bird away. Damn bird. It went after him again clawing at his side.
Mystique clawed at him getting a grip on the disk. Once she had it she screeched at him.
Damn bird. Remy noticed the disk in the bird's claws and the glow of yellow in its eyes. Oh shit.
Mystique flew up and landed on the ledge of the top of the building above Gambit. She shifted to her original form and looked at the disk. "Thank you so much for your cooperation Gambit."
"Bitch, give it back." Gambit snapped climbing up towards her.
"No." Mystique replied. "I got what I came for."
Remy scaled up the building after her. He needed to get that disk back.
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Nightcrawler bamfed back out on the balcony. He coughed at first, and then felt the fresh air fill his lungs.
He looked around seeing that Magneto had taken to the skies in a battle with Storm. By the way she was fighting; he could tell that she could stand her own ground.
Of course, there was a bigger problem to deal with. He couldn't find Rogue or Gambit inside the burning hotel room. Hopefully, Wolverine would be successful where he had failed.
Click
Nightcrawler turned slowly to see Pyro standing there with a lighter. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out who started the fire in the hotel room.
A ball of fire formed in his hand. Pyro gave Nightcrawler a wicked smile and hummed it at him.
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Gambit reached the roof to see Mystique tantalizing with the disk. He was ready to fight for it too.
Being the slick cunning woman she was, Mystique made the first move. She hit him quick and hard, something he hadn't expected.
Gambit stumbled back. The bags he had been caring spilled disks, clothes, and his computer tools all over the roof. If he wasn't angry before, he was certainly pissed off now.
Mystique smiled wickedly and made another advance.
Gambit blocked her advances with ease, but he was starting to tire. He was starting to agree with Rogue that 3 to 1 odds was a bad statistic. He was having a hard enough time fighting against one mutant terrorist, let alone three.
He round house kicked her sending the disk flying out of her hand. As if in slow motion, the disk sailed through the air. Both of them hauled after it like a single woman after a bouquet.
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"Rogue." Wolverine hollered around. The smoke was so thick that he couldn't see a thing. It was so hot that he felt like he was baking in his X-suit. He knew he had to get out of there too.
Walking around, he tripped over part of Gambit's body armor and slammed into the door of the bedroom. Damn. Then, he realized it was one area he hadn't checked.
He sliced through the door to find the room just starting to spread around the room. He noticed the window open and rushed over to it.
He poked his head out to see Gambit climbing onto the roof on one side and Rogue heading towards a balcony on the other side. Shit. What the hell does she think she is doing?
"Rogue." Wolverine called out to her. She turned and looked in his direction.
Rogue gripped the side of the building tightly. She had been taking her time heading towards the other balcony. She knew that one wrong move could be her end so she wasn't taking any chances.
When she heard her name called, she quickly turned hoping to see Remy, but instead she found Logan climbing out on the ledge. I'm in deep shit now.
"Hang on kid." Wolverine said as he headed towards her. "Everything is going to be alright. Just stay there."
Yeah right. Rogue turned back towards the balcony and headed for it. I am so dead.
Why is she running from me? Wolverine pondered as he caught up with her. "I gotcha kid."
Rogue thought about struggling to get away from him, but concluded that it wouldn't be the best idea considering they were hanging onto the side of the building. She was caught and there was nothing she could do about it.
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Lightening bolts slammed down all around Magneto. He was getting tired of playing games. He wanted the disk so bad he could taste it.
He had been expecting the X-men to interfere with the retrieval of the disk, but he hadn't been expecting them to make it so soon. He had thought by attacking Gambit quick and early that they would make it just as his team had taken care of business. Gambit and Rogue had put up a better fight than he thought they would. Now, he had no disk and was fighting an angry weather goddess. Well at least Gambit is out of my hair.
Of course, Storm was putting up a pretty good fight as well. She was trained extremely well by his former friend. He had to admit that. But, like most mutants, she didn't have complete control over her powers. That proved to be an advantage to him.
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"Why can't you stay still?" Pyro demanded as Nightcrawler bamfed out of the way of his fire.
Nightcrawler hid on the building in the shadows. Only his golden eyes were visible. "Vhy vould someone so young chose to follow someone so bad?"
"Magneto lets me do whatever the hell I want." Pyro answered. "Besides, I don't look good wearing black spandex."
"Oh, but vearing orange spandex with tinted glasses and two propane tanks on your back makes you look so much cooler." Nightcrawler replied sarcastically.
"Oh please." Pyro listened for the voice of his target. "You mates wear Xs on your suits like you're some sort of target. That's real genius there."
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It was a mad scramble for the disk. They both clawed and hit and kicked to get to it first.
Mystique held the disk in her hand as Gambit pinned her to the ground. Disks and clothes from Gambit and Rogue's bags were scattered all around her.
"What be de matter Mystie?" Gambit teased. "Dought ya wanted ta be in dis position with me?"
"No." I'd rather sleep with Sabretooth again. Mystique glared. "But now that you mention it…" She slammed him in the groin with her knee and scrambled to get up. She slipped the disk quickly in her pocket and grabbed another before scrambling off.
Thankful for the cup he wore, Gambit got back to reality and headed after her. Bitch is gonna pay for that.
Mystique saw the last helicopter. She ran, jumped off the roof, and gripped the railing. She quickly climbed up into the helicopter and tossed out the passengers and pilot.
Gambit ran, jumped off the roof and barely grabbed the railing. He hung on by his hands and swung until he wrapped his legs around the bottom.
Mystique looked down to see him climbing up. Damnit. She left the controls to greet him with a kick in the face.
Gambit fell back nearly falling out of the helicopter. This bitch is starting to irk my nerves. He counter attacked by knocking her off her feet. Once again, the disk popped out of her hand. They were in a tangled mess stretching to reach for it.
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Storm's eyes pearled over as she slammed lightning bolts every which way. Magneto was quicker and more skilled than she gave him credit for. Of course, he was one of the most powerful mutants on earth so she wasn't too surprised. Time to crank up this fight just a notch.
Thunder began to growl.
The Wind picked up.
The clouds began to twirl.
Magneto knew what was coming next.
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When Wolverine safely brought Rogue to the other balcony, he was shocked at the way she acted. She seemed to keep her distance from him. She never did that.
Once Wolverine let go of her, Rogue pushed away from his grip. She folded her arms and looked away. How am I supposed to face him? He's probably mad at me.
"Elf I got Rogue." Wolverine said into his communicator. He stepped forward to attempt to talk to her, but he paused instead. He could hear this awful roar. Shit. Tell me that ain't. He took one glance at the cloud formation and knew what it was instantly. Ro' needs to warn us when she does this kind of shit.
Rogue felt the wind pick up. Then, she felt Wolverine grab her again. She didn't know what the hell was going on until she saw the sky.
The windows of the hotel and the sliding glass door exploded into a million pieces.
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Pyro's huge stream of fire blew out. What the hell? He tried to get his lighter lit again, but it was no use. The wind was getting too wild.
Nightcrawler knew instantly what was going on. Someone pissed off his girlfriend. That was always a bad sign. Hopefully he wouldn't feel the aftermath of her anger once this whole ordeal was over with.
"Elf I got Rogue." He heard over his intercom. Danke Gott.
Pyro looked around at the sky. It's starting to get wild out here. A metal sphere surrounded him sending him flying into safety.
Well, he's lucky. Nightcrawler thought as he clung to the building. Then, he saw a certain Cajun and a familiar shape shifter battling it out in a helicopter. Mein Gott.
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Gambit and Mystique stretched for the disk. They heard the glass of the windows of the helicopter explode.
Gambit could almost feel the disk in his hand. He knew the consequences of Mystique getting it could be disastrous. He had to get it before she did. Just one could charge and the disk would be destroyed. He ground his teeth as he stretched with all his might to grab it.
Mystique reached for the disk. It was anything to keep distracted from her real plan in action. Magneto wanted the disk more than anything and she was going to fulfill her mission.
Gambit felt he tip of the disk touch his finger as he stretched for it. Just a little more. Then, the helicopter tilted and the disk came right into his hand. What luck?
The sky roared out of control sending the helicopter spinning with Gambit and Mystique inside.
Gambit kept his grip on the disk. He could feel the power of the wind trying to tear it from his grip. He wasn't going to let it get away from him. At least not without charging it up first. He let it go sending it into the ravenous twister.
KABOOM
Mystique saw the disk explode. She gave Gambit a quick mischievous glare. Then, she slipped out of the helicopter. Magneto quickly caught her in a metal sphere and sent her flying into safety.
Gambit was fully content into letting himself get sucked up by the twister. Ororo's got every right to want to kill me after this shit. However, he had to admit he was scared out of his mind. And I thought a hurricane was bad.
Bamf
Nightcrawler grabbed him by the arm. "Ve're getting out of here."
Gambit just looked at him. He didn't argue at all, even after Nightcrawler bamfed out the helicopter and held on to him while clinging to the building.
Debris flew every which way. Storm wasn't holding back with this twister. She could hear faint pleas from her teammates that Gambit and Rogue were accounted for and that she needed to regain control.
Just as fast as she had created the twister, she made it disappear. She could see Wolverine and Rogue on one balcony and Nightcrawler with Gambit hanging on the building. Magneto was no where to be seen. She knew Mystique and Pyro had made the escape in the metal spheres, but she only saw those two. She wondered silently if Magneto was sucked into the twister or if he made an escape. She had the feeling he had slipped out somehow as well.
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Thank God this chapter is over. I hate writing fight scenes. I hope everyone is happy with it. It's been one of the hardest chapters for me to write, but at least it's over.
Anyways, The Prince of Thieves seems to be coming to an end…
I guess I better get working on the next chapter. A new chapter to Sweet Little Lies will come out soon as well.
Thanks to SperryDee and DreamerLady for helping out with information and ideas for this chapter.
Thanks for all the reviews everyone. See you all next chapter.
Michelle
