PROMISES
Its so cold and dark outside, but there is some kind'a buildin' up ahead. Ah show the guards some sort'a id card and they let meh pass, but when Ah look down at the card, it doesn't have a name or picture on it, just some barcode and a giant X. So Ah'm lead inta this weird medical facility and Ah'm told ta watch for anybody who shouldn't beh here by some doctor Ah think. So Ah'm wonderin' 'round doin' mah rounds when Ah come inta some empty room where all the lights are off except there is this dim light over some tank towards the end. A quietly walk over ta it when Ah see it's a man. He has dark hair, but Ah can't see his face 'cause he has an oxygen mask on as he's suspended in some type'a fluid. So Ah look 'round the tank and find a file that says 'Weapon X', and when Ah open it and read the paperwork it speaks of a Wolverine. Ah look back at the man who just at that moment opens his eyes. Ah am in awe, and Ah drop the file and come ta face him in the tank and whisper, "Logan?" Before Ah could even blink Ah had three metal claws in mah chest.
"NNOOO!"
Ah'm breathin' heavy and sweatin' profusely as Ah sat up right quick. Then Ah remember where Ah am and Ah can't help but ta cry as Ah wonder where that came from. But that is when Ah feel two strong arms pull meh back behind meh a lil and into an embrace. As Ah am sobbin' miserably, he whispers, "Sshh chere, it was just a dream. Nothin' bad gonna happen ta ya. Remy be here and he make sure of that."
"Remy?"
"Oui." Ah sit up just a lil so Ah can see his eyes.
"Promise?"
"Oui. Je promets." Then he plants a kiss on mah head using mah hair as protection. Ah let him hold meh in silence as a try ta pull mahself together.
"Rogue."
"Mmhmm."
"We need ta talk about somethin' before we get to where we headin'." Ah notice the serious tone in his voice and Ah sit up and scoot away from him makin' sure Ah'm covered by mah covers since Ah just remembered what Ah was wearin'.
"Sure sugah. What 'bout?" Then he seems nervous, he gets up and starts pacin' a bit.
"What's wrong Remy?"
"We're, we're headin' ta Louisiana. I know a place where we can be safe for a lil while."
"That's fine sugah. But what's got ya all worked up."
"It's with ma famille."
"Oh." That's when Ah remember how we talked 'bout our families. All Ah know he was adopted and he didn't get along with them real well right now, kind'a like meh and mine.
"Are ya'll sure that it's gonna beh alright?"
"Oui, it's just," then he finally stopped pacin' and took a deep breath but kept lookin' anywhere but at meh.
"Remy was sent away from there, never allowed ta come back...Remy beh exiled, chere."
"Then how is that safe?"
"They didn't want ta do it. They had no choice. When Remy was a pup, he met this girl and we fell in love. So when we were both eighteen our parents decided that we had ta get married, they arranged it, like it or not. In the Big Easy there are two guilds, the thieves and the assassins. The two always fightin'. She was the daughter of the assassins leader. Mon frere was already married and since Remy already love her mon pere decide that we should bring peace bah havin' the two of us get married."
"So ya'lls daddy was the leader of the thieves guild?"
"Oui. Remy be the prince of thieves."
"So whay ya'll booted out then?"
"'Cause after we got married, her brother didn't like it and decided he gonna kill Remy. It was a fight ta the death and guess who won." Then he finally looked meh in the eyes.
"They didn't wanna kill Remy 'cause they said it was all honorable. Remy just defended himself. Don't matter though, he still dead."
"So the assassins gonna want ya hide if ya come anywhere near there. So how is that safe?"
"When we a few hours from there Remy tell ya how ta get there while he hidin' in the back seat."
All Ah can do is look at him an raise an eyebrow.
"Remy knows, but it's the only place he can think where ya can be safe chere. 'Leat for a few days. They might even know how ta help track down ya petit. They got connections."
"If'n ya'll think its safe that's all Ah needed ta know. Whay ya'll tell meh the rest of this."
"Chere ya needed ta know what ya gettin' into."
"An what's that?"
"Bein' protected bah a killer."
"Oh, is that all." Then he looked at meh like Ah'd grown two heads or somethin'.
"Ya seem ta forget who has the poison skin. An' it was self-defense, at least on ya part." Ah decide there's somethin' very interestin' in lookin' at mah hands.
"Chere, what sa mere do ta ya?"
"Ah guess ya'll deserve ta know what ya'll gettin' inta yaself. She made meh a killer."
"How's that chere?"
"Ah was trained bah one of the world's top assassins but she ain't part a'no guild. She found meh and used meh ta kill her worst enemy. Told meh lies, but memories don't lie. Ah thought she loved meh."
"Who was she?"
"Ya'll ever hear of a mutant bah the name Mystique." Ah needed ta see his reaction, but when Ah looked up at him Ah didn't see one. So that is probably the end of that. Mah clothes are right next ta the bed, so Ah get up and get mahself dressed. As Ah'm gettin' dressed he walks off somewhere and comes back in with two cups a'coffee. We don't talk until we're back on the freeway.
"Remy?"
"Oui chere."
"Can ya'll read mah emotions all the time?"
"Non. Ya a hard person ta read." Ah thought so.
"So ya'll can only know what Ah'm feelin' if'n Ah-"
"Project it or make it obvious. That somethin' she showed you?"
"At first, but Ah found out Ah don't have ta. Somethin' in the nature of mah powers. Telepaths can't get through without mah permission either."
"Remy too. Gotta keep up these walls 'round Remy's mind or else the emotions too strong."
"Can ya'll project them back at people? Ya know, make them feel how ya'll want them too?"
"Oui, but Remy don't enjoy doin' that if he don't have to. It's no fun that way." Then he turns and gives meh that awful smirk.
"When do ya'll think we'll get there?"
"Probably have ta stay somewhere else 'gain tonight, so sometime tomorrow."
"Ya'll know Ah could just fly us there."
"You could chere, but then we would have tons of angry humans with their angry sentinels ta carry out their business with us. Don't even practice turnin' ya skin on and off. It will trigger somethin' and they can detect the X gene in us anyway. Use ya powers and the humans will know and send them out after us like a pack of crazy dogs."
"Oh now ya'll tell meh." The look on his face was utterly priceless.
"Ah'm just jokin' sugah." He just shakes his head and looks back ta the road.
