Author Rant: Just got back from watching The Hulk, awesome movie. Everyone go watch it! Stan Lee makes a cameo. I would also like to apologize for the time it took for me to update this chapter, I'm in the process of moving at the moment, so there's a bit of a delay, so sorry. -_- Anyways, thank to you those who have submitted reviews thus far and to those who are reading. I'm glad people are enjoying my coffee-induced babblings. Thank you for the reviews thus far, they're really encouraging.

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Disclaimer: Unfortunately, do to my never-ending cravings for Ritz crackers, I am no longer in the running for owning X-Men Evolution. Damn you Marvel comics, you creative bastards.

Rogue let out a yell as Remy tossed her over his shoulders and bounded towards the windows. She had to cover her face from the glass shards as they went through, although the rest of her body was not without it cuts and gashes. When they had landed safely on the ground, she felt a light tap on her butt check. "Okay dere, chérie?" her captor said.

"I'm gonna kill you," she spat as she elbowed him in the shoulder blade. She was glad she couldn't see his face at the moment. Arrogant bastard probably had -that- smirk on his face, the one that drove her absolute insane the more and more she saw it.

This had to be the most degrading experience of her life as she desperately attempted to get free herself from his hold. She didn't know which was stronger at the moment--her anger or her embarrassment. She was caught up in disbelief that she could ever get herself in this situation. It was like a nightmare. That's it, it had to be one of those nightmares, like the ones where you walk into class naked. That had to be it. After she had gone to the bathroom, she must have gone back to bed, and now she was dreaming that all of this was happening. Aside from the pain from the twisted ankle and cut up arms, it all made sense. It had to be a dream… right?

"Kill me later, okay petite?" Remy replied in a serious tone as he stood up and made a mad dash to the forest. A storm brewed overhead, meaning the weather witch must have been on her way and fast from what he could make out from the ferocity of the storm. If what the other X-man had said was true, then that meant that his "comrades" were either defeated or received orders to retreat, most likely the latter though. That didn't mean too much to him, however. He had grown accustomed to working on his own; it made it easier when it came to digging himself out of his own messes. His motorcycle was hidden in the woods in close range to the Institute, now it was all a matter of outrunning the X-Men.

Oh well, dis still was a worthwhile visit. He thought to himself as he adjusted the girl's position on his shoulder. She was putting up quite a fight, slamming her fists into the his back, kicking and flailing her legs, almost made it hard to concentrate. Almost. He winced every time her fists connected with his spine, however, he had taken worse beatings in the past so all that was left for him to do was grin and bear it. In a matter of seconds, they were already yards away from the forest.

"Stop right there!" a voice boomed from behind him.

Rogue looked up to see Scott and Kurt jump out of the window she and the Acolyte had made their escape through. "Great," she mumbled under her breath as she continued her attempts to either slow him down--wiggling from his grasp, punching him in the back, or even try to reach up to touch the exposed part of his face. All in vain thus far, and now she had an audience. The two boys, meanwhile, were running right behind them. Kurt had turned his image inducer off and Scott had on his visor, with his secured fingers on them as if to prepare for an attack. Just put me out of mah misery, Scott, and shoot me. Please.

"You're not going to blast them, are you?" Kurt asked, shooting a confused look at the older X-man. "You could hit Rogue."

"I know that. Don't worry, I won't hit her." Scott spat out as he took aim at the first row of trees in the forest and fired one long shot at them. Much to his avail, however, clearing the path did nothing to slow him down. If anything it had made it easier for him to make his escape. The Acolyte deftly leapt over the fallen trees, even having time to look back at the two X-Men and smile.

"Merci beaucoup," Gambit replied as he reached into his coat pocket with his free hand and pulled two cards--the 2 and 3 of Spades. He tossed it at the two boys.

"Get down!" Rogue yelled to her friends as they stared bewilderedly at the glowing cards. Kurt immediately reacted, grabbing hold of Scott's arm and teleporting the two of them a few yards ahead of Rogue and her captor. Gambit turned back to face the X-men who now stood between him and his getaway as the card landed behind him, causing a huge eruption of dirt and grass as it made impact with the empty field.

" You must be quite valuable, chérie, for dem to go through all dis trouble," he mused to himself as he reached for three more cards from his hidden deck. "Quite valuable indeed." He held the three cards in front of him and charged them up. The cards started to emit a high-pitched noise as the cards began to light up with pink energy. Rogue began to fidget as she tried to get a good view of what was happening, although she didn't think that she could muster the courage to look at her friends faces at the moment. He was holding the cards much longer than he usually did however. What was he up to?

Scott and Kurt stood still in preparation for the oncoming onslaught of cards, but the Acolyte was hesitating. Scott took steady aim at his opponent's wrist, deliberating a way to stop Magneto's lackey without harming Rogue. He couldn't disable him. If he shot him, he would drop the cards and Rogue would get caught in the explosion. He had seen the damage that one card was capable of doing, three would probably kill the two of them.

"I'm going to teleport behind him and grab her," Kurt whispered to his silent leader.

"No, Kurt," Scott replied stoically as he continued to assess the situation.

"Gambit don't think dat a bright idea either," he shouted back to the blue X-man. "You quick, but not that quick."

"Tad bit cocky dere, aren't ya, swamp-rat?" Rogue muttered under her breath as she gave him another quick punch in the spine.

Remy smirked and looked back at the young woman who was tossed over his shoulder. "Swamp-rat? And Remy was just starting to think de femme was starting to like him." He then turned back to the two young men who stood before him. His cocky smile notwithstanding, he continued to address them, "Gambit sure dat ya figured out what happens if ya shoot de cards from mah hand, seeing as how ya haven't done it yet." His smile widened as he saw the red-haired mutant's anger spread across his face. "Yer friend teleports here, I'll give him one of de cards and finish you and de girl with de other two. Now, de way I see it, ya have only one choice to make here. See, de longer I charge de cards, de more unstable de atoms of de cards get. Pretty soon dey'll explode in mah hands, taking de femme with me. Dis isn't an ultimatum, boys. Get out of my way. Now."