Hey, mes amis, *gasp* look! It's chapter four! Ha, bet none of you figured that out, it's a good thing I'm here to tell you… Thanks again for the reviews, glad you're liking Bobby and Kurt, I figured somebody deserved to get a little action seeing as how Remy and Roberto are so damn clueless and somebody needs to be having a little fun. Not much Kurt/Bobby in this chapter *sniff* They'll be in the next one more though, I think, uh, God, can't remember… Anyway, please enjoy and review:D
Chapter Four
Roberto found Remy under his usual tree at lunch the next day. He was leaning back against it, not moving, almost seeming asleep. He tilted his head to the side when Roberto approached.
"De answer is still no," Remy said shortly. Roberto would not be put off by Remy's loner act this time and sat down beside him. Remy glared tiredly at him but did not say anything against it.
"How about just coming to the school a few times a week to work with your powers?"
Remy thought about that for a few minutes. It would give him the chance for control and he could return home afterwards. Jean-Luc would never have to know what he was doing. He nodded slowly and Roberto's eyes lit up in happiness.
"Oui, I'll come." Remy noticed the happy look on Roberto's face and turned to look at him more fully. "Why do y' care so much?"
"Uh, we care about all mutants at the institute," Roberto said quickly. Remy's face seemed to drop. Roberto didn't actually care about him; he would have done this for any mutant that came along. Remy turned his head back away and leaned it against the tree. "If you want to meet after school, I'll take you to the mansion and show you around a bit, introduce you to some of the other mutants," Roberto suggested.
"Don' know," Remy whispered but seemed to consider it. "I guess."
"Great!" Roberto didn't make any move to leave though. Remy looked back at him, head tilted to the side. "Do you mind if I stay?"
"Huh? Uh, I guess, if y' want," Remy stammered. Roberto grinned at him and Remy blinked from behind his sunglasses. Why was Roberto staying? He had gotten what he wanted; Remy was coming to the mansion. Did he care after all?
#
Remy shifted his weight from foot to foot, nervously fidgeting with his hands as he waited for Roberto in the parking lot. He couldn't wait to get started on learning how to control his powers but at the same time he was nervous about meeting other mutants.
A yawn caught him by surprise though it shouldn't have. He'd had to spend half the night fixing the crater in the back yard he had caused. His dad had been pretty pissed about it. Luckily though Jean-Luc had only yelled at him for an hour.
"If you're tired, we can wait until tomorrow."
Remy spun towards the voice a little too quickly and ended up slamming right into Roberto who had to grip Remy's arms to keep them both from falling. Remy mentally berated himself; he had to start paying more attention.
"Are you okay?" Roberto asked, concerned.
"Oui and I'm fine doin' dis now."
"'Kay, we'll have to walk though, it'll take a bit."
"Dat's okay. Don' mind walking."
Roberto led the way through the parking lot and, once they were on the sidewalk heading towards the mansion, they walked side by side in companionable silence. Roberto couldn't help but steal covert glances at Remy as they walked. The bruising was still there and Roberto was determined to find out what had happened to Remy.
It took them an hour to reach the school. Roberto had spent most of the walk telling Remy about the other mutants at the school and what they could do. Remy had seemed fascinated by the different powers they all possessed and had given Roberto a demonstration of his own. Remy had also been impressed with the size of the mansion and it took Roberto another hour before he felt that he had given Remy a complete tour. Roberto also told him about the lower levels but couldn't take him down until they spoke with the Professor. That was where Roberto was taking Remy now.
"Come in," the Professor said as they walked up to the door. Remy looked at Roberto, an eyebrow raised above his glasses.
"Oh, he's a telepath," Roberto said by way of explanation as to how the Professor knew they were there. Remy looked a little worried. "Don't worry, he won't read your mind without permission," Roberto reassured. Remy nodded his head relieved. He didn't need Xavier finding out about Jean-Luc as he would probably try to get Remy away.
They entered the room and took a seat in front of the Professors desk. Remy tried not to show how nervous he really felt.
"Mr. LeBeau, welcome," Xavier said reaching a hand across the desk. Remy stood hesitantly to shake it.
"It's Remy, please."
"Remy, then," the Professor agreed. "I'm glad that you've decided to take advantage of the help that we are offering here."
"Don' really have a choice."
"Why is that?"
"Can' control my powers. Don' want t' hurt nobody." The Professor nodded in understanding.
"What are your powers?" He wondered if it had anything to do with his eyes. The young man had to be wearing glasses for a reason.
Instead of telling him, since Remy didn't know how to explain it, he took a card from one of his pockets and lightly charged it with kinetic energy. It glowed a dull crimson and he tossed it up. There was a small explosion but it did no damage. The Professor looked at him in interest.
"Could you make the explosion bigger?" Remy nodded. "Is there a reason why you are wearing glasses?" Again Remy nodded but made no move to remove the glasses or explain why. He was curious to know but did not want to push Remy for too much information. "I will set up a training schedule for you. If you would come back tomorrow we can start then."
"Bien, merci Professor," Remy said as he and Roberto stood to leave the room. The Professor gave a smile and nod of his head in return.
#
Roberto suggested grabbing something to eat from the kitchen and Remy hesitantly agreed. They had been fortunate not to run into any of the other kids yet and Remy had hoped to keep it that way. Roberto had explained that most of them had been down in the Danger Room training. Remy knew that he would have to meet them eventually though, so there was no point in putting it off. They could hear the voices of several people before they even reached the kitchen. Walking in they saw three other teens there, two of whom Remy recognized from his classes. They greeted Roberto and looked at Remy curiously. Roberto grabbed Remy's arm and pulled him forward slightly. He failed to notice the flinch when he reached for Remy's arm.
"This is Remy; he's going to be training here. Remy, this is Scott, Jean and Kurt." Roberto quickly made the introductions.
"Welcome to the institute," Scott said and shook Remy's hand. Jean did similar and Kurt saluted him. Roberto headed for the fridge and started gathering up some food. After a moment, Remy decided to help him so that they could get out of the kitchen faster. While they did this, Scott and Jean asked him questions, which he answered, about his mutant powers. Remy was beginning to get annoyed by the questioning and was relieved when he and Roberto finished with the food. With a quick 'see ya later' to the three in the kitchen they headed for Roberto's room.
Once there, they ate in silence too hungry to bother with anything else. About half way through there was a knocking on the door. Roberto knew who it was immediately. He had seen the curious looks that Kurt was throwing at them. And where Kurt was, Bobby was.
"Come on in, guys." They looked up as Kurt and Bobby walked in. Remy's eyes got huge and his eyebrows rose into his hairline when he saw Kurt. He nearly choked on his sandwich in surprise. Kurt looked down at his now blue and furry form.
"What?" he asked innocently. It was a moment before Remy replied.
"Merde, y' were not blue before. What de hell is goin' on?" The shock was evident in his voice.
"I don't know what you're talking about. I've always been blue, maybe your eyes are going?" At Remy's perplexed look, the others couldn't help but start laughing at him. Realizing he was the target of some joke, although he didn't know what it was, Remy tried to glare threateningly but gave up when he realized they couldn't see it from behind his glasses. He sighed and looked indignant.
It took a few moments but they showed Remy the image inducer that Kurt used. Remy made him demonstrate a few times before he was satisfied. In the end, they were all sitting on the bed, no tension between them, just friends hanging out. Remy was vaguely shocked when Bobby pulled Kurt to him in a hug. At Remy's interested look, Roberto explained.
"They've been dating for over a week now. No one else knows though." He smiled. "At least that's what they think." Remy watched the two and began to feel strangely alone. Roberto noticed the changed expression. "You don't have a problem with it, do you?"
"Non," Remy said immediately. He was telling the truth and for some reason Roberto felt immensely relieved. The conversation moved on to other things. There never seemed to be an uncomfortable pause they just let the conversation flow. It wasn't until an hour later, when Remy glanced over at the clock on the desk, that he noticed how late it was and cursed. The others looked at him in confusion. He smiled apologetically at them.
"Sorry, mes amis mais, it's late an' I gotta go." He stood from the bed and after saying goodbye again quickly left and headed for home.
#
The next day found Remy looking around at a large metal room, shocked and a little suspicious. They had called this place the Danger Room but all it looked like to Remy was a plain, boring metal room. How were they supposed to train in here?
Roberto was with him and he took comfort from the other mutant's presence. He still didn't know too many of the other mutants around the place and this was to be his first training session. He looked back towards the door when he heard it slide open. Xavier and two other mutants came in. He recognized one as Scott but could not place the woman that was with him.
"Remy, I assume that you have already met Scott," Xavier said and Remy nodded. "And this is Ororo Munroe, otherwise known as Storm. She can control the weather. She and Scott will be helping you train." Again Remy nodded and greeted them both. Roberto had already explained Scott's power to him when Remy had asked about Scott's glasses. "I've told them what your powers are, today we will work on discovering just how much control you do have and tomorrow we can start on refining that control."
Remy was nervous but agreed. Xavier and Roberto left the Danger Room and headed for the observation room overhead leaving Remy with Scott and Ororo. He watched, entranced, as Ororo rose into the air on her winds. Xavier had explained to him earlier what he was to do in this session: Attack them with everything he had so they could discover his power and just how well he used it. Storm and Cyclops would only be defending themselves not attacking him back.
He took a deep breath as Storm and Cyclops readied themselves and stepped back a few paces, retrieving a hand full of playing cards from his trench pocket. He charged the cards and tossed them at Cyclops, grabbing more with his other hand to hurl in Storm's direction. He heard a curse from Scott as he unleashed an optic blast, hoping to destroy the cards before they reached him. The beam swept through the cards, several explosions following. Storm simply dropped her altitude and let the cards sail over her head.
Not wanting to give them much recovery time, Remy hurled more cards at Storm, forcing her lower to the ground. In his other hand he held two cards which he charged until they glowed a brilliant red, throwing them at the last possible second towards Scott. Not directly at him, he didn't want to hurt Scott just knock him down.
He underestimated the strength of the explosion, though, and Scott was lucky that he was able to dive away from the blast. It was strong enough to shake the Danger Room and leave the floor and wall where it hit black and smoking. Scott looked over at him wide eyed.
"Holy shit," he exclaimed.
*Cyclops!* The Professor chastised him in his mind.
"Sorry, Professor."
"Merde! I'm sorry, Professor, I didn't mean t' make it so big." Remy looked down, ashamed at his lack of control.
"Don't worry about it Remy. That is what you are here to learn," the professor reassured him. Remy looked up at the observation booth and smiled, relieved, at the Professor.
"Merci, Professor."
"I believe that will be enough for today. If you would come back tomorrow, we can begin working more on your actual control," Xavier said. Remy nodded up to him. He walked with Scott and Storm over to the large metal doors, meeting Roberto on the way out. After saying good bye to Scott and Ororo, Remy turned to Roberto with a grin.
"How's dat for power, non?" Roberto shook his head.
"You cocky son of a- We'll see who has more power when-" Roberto was interrupted by a throat clearing behind them. They turned to see the Professor staring at them reproachfully.
"It's not about how much power you have but how well you can control it," he said in a lecturing tone.
"Oh come on, Professor, we were just joking."
Xavier smiled fondly at them, glad to see that they were getting along. He turned his gaze to Remy. "Will you be joining us for dinner tonight?"
Remy shook his head. "Non, got work t' do at home," he explained. "Will be back tomorrow t'ough."
"Very well, we shall see you tomorrow." He began to leave but looked back at Roberto. "Are you coming Roberto?"
"I'll just walk Remy out." Xavier smiled and left. "Come on, Rem."
"Rem?"
"Uh, I had to shorten the name somehow."
"Remy ain't short enough for y'?"
"I could call you Rems," Roberto teased. Remy looked at him in horror.
"Mon Dieu, please don'."
"Rem it is then," Roberto said, walking away. Remy trailed behind, shaking his head.
