Chapter 7 The tunnels

A few day's later

Everything was quite normal at the mansion. Mornings were hectic, as always everyone would rush downstairs to get a warm breakfast before there'd be none left. Logan would always grumble cause he could never enjoy his morning paper and cup of coffee in peace and kept muttering "Can't these damn kids learn to shut the hell up in the mornings?" Everyone quieted down when the Professor entered the kitchen. "Good morning everyone..." he smiled when he heard his students groan and mumble.

"Professor why'd we have to get up so early?" asked Rogue.

"Cerebro has found another mutant somewhere in Paris since you happen to know the streets in Paris, Remy would you mind being our guide?" The Professor asked.

Remy just shrugged "Sure...whatever."

"Very well then everyone suit up and meet in the hanger in half an hour."

After a few hours they were in Paris again

"So which way are we going Jean?" Scott asked.

"Cerebro detected her somewhere below the city probably in there." Jean pointed towards the sewers.

"No way I'm not going in there remember what happened to me last time" Bobby whined as Logan lifted the manhole cover and jumped down, followed by Gambit, Kitty, Rogue, Kurt, Scott, then Jean.

"Quit your whining icecube and get your skinny ass down here...now" Logan growled.

Bobby pouted and climbed down after walking for about ten minutes in the tunnels Rogue, Kitty and Kurt hid a smile as Bobby tripped and landed face first in the mud he slowly got up and muttered "I hate Paris" he looked to a smiling Gambit and growled "Oh shut-up I was right behind you why the hell didn't you trip and fall on your ass."

Remy chuckled "Cause Gambit got night vision, mon ami," he said as he pointed to his eyes.

"Really?" They all asked together.

"Well you could've warned me you assho..."

"Shut the hell up...we ain't alone" Logan growled unsheathing his claws, and sniffing the air. "Over there..."

They could hear laughter all around them.

"Well well what have we here..." Sabretooth laughed, "Still babysitting these little brats eh Wolverine?"

As Scott and the others got on the defensive, Remy silently backed off against the wall and stood completely still.

"Whata ya doing here Creed?" growled Wolverine.

"Oh don't worry Logan were not here for ya. Actually ya'll just made our job easier."

The Marauders all laughed.

"What do you mean?" asked Scott.

"Ya'll helped us find the mutant we were searching for."

"We're not gonna let you lay a hand on that girl..." Scott yelled.

"GIRL...What girl, I'm talking about LeBeau over there." Creed nodded towards Gambit.

The X-men all turned towards Gambit his face had gone pale and he was breathing rather heavily. "Remy...What's he talking about?" Rogue asked.

While everyone was distracted the Marauders attacked. Instantly Kitty, Kurt and Bobby where knocked unconscious, Jean was covering them with a protective bubble Vertigo had thrown a handful of mud in Cyclops face and so Scott was blasting away blindly and hit the ceiling which made debris fall around them.

Rogue and Wolverine where left fighting off Harpoon, Arclight, Scrambler and Scalphunter. Gambit watched the fight and threw charged cards at a few of the Marauders who had gotten behind Rogue, as he did so he didn't notice Creed sneak up behind him. He did however hear Logan yell at him to look out but it was too late Creed had pinned Remy to the floor and injected him with a very powerful sedative. "Nighty night kiddo." Sabertooth laughed.

Remy smiled "You ain't taking...me...back a...liv...e." Remy tried to fight off the effects of the sedative which was fruitless. Gambit smirked but before he passed out he had charged a portion of the floor.

"Damnit, everyone out now!" Scalphunter yelled.

Creed had picked up Remy and threw him over his shoulder and ran off with Vertigo and Harpoon behind him. The other Marauder's had taken different routes and then the floor exploded.

Jean lowered her protective bubble which all the X-men where surrounded with, shaken by the explosion and a few slaps from Rogue. Kitty, Kurt and Bobby woke up. Smoke and debris littered the tunnels. "Damnit I knew it, Gambit lured us into a trap..." Scott was definitely pissed.

"Let's go back to the jet, we need ta figure this out." Logan growled.

On the jet

"Professor I told you it was a bad idea to have a thief like Gambit stay in the mansion." Bobby huffed.

Rogue started yelling. "Shut-up Bobby. Why are..."

"Didn't anyone else notice how nervous he seemed, he didn't even move from his spot on the wall during the fight." Jean cut in.

"I should have seen this coming Chuck."

"What do you mean Logan?"

"The kid running scared shitless...every time we'd mention Hank or the med lab...his wounds...the implants...Sinister's been using this kid as his personal guinea pig..." Everyone kept quiet as realization sunk in.

"Oh my god..." Jean whispered.

Scott turned to the Professor "We have to get him back."

"If they were hiding out in the sewers they have to be somewhere nearby, Do a search, Logan see if you can track them down Kitty contact Hank and Storm to meet us here as soon as possible." The Professor ordered.

"I just hope we ain't too late when we find the kid." Logan growled as he left the jet to try and track down the boy.

Sinister's lab

Sabertooth dropped the unconscious Remy at Sinister's feet and laughed, "Heh you were right he was with Xavier's little dream team. The little runt didn't put up much of a fight this time thought. That sedative ya gave me for him, how long's it gonna last? I'd like ta be here ta see the expression on his face when he finds out where he's at." He laughed even louder.

Sinister kneeled down and gently touched Remy's cheek. "SILENCE you pathetic fool...Leave us!" He commanded, without another word Creed snorted and left the room.

Sinister smiled. "Well now my dear Remington welcome home." He picked up Remy's body and laid him down on the bed in the lab, and started to do a thorough examination and concluded that his injuries were not life threatening, he then picked up a genoshan collar "I do not want to hear any objections when you wake, you give me no other choice. I shall not let you escape me again." And then gently placed the collar around Remy's neck, locking it in place and securing the boy's limbs to the table. "Now where were we before you decided to free yourself from my lab last month?" he let out a cruel chuckle, and lifted a very sharp scalpel from the tray beside him.

still in Paris, in the jet

Three days had passed and the X-men still hadn't found Remy, Logan hadn't slept since every time he'd get close to one of the Marauder's scent within the tunnels in the sewers he'd find himself at a dead end, Storm kept to the skies, and the others roamed the streets.

"Charles I'm starting to fear the worst for our young Cajun friend." Hank said fearfully. And considering the boy's recent experience with the psycho doctor Hank now fully understood why Remy didn't befriend him so easily.

The Professor said nothing; he just kept concentrating determined to find Sinister. Hank sighed and kept quiet as he left the jet to stretch his legs.
And took notice that it was beginning to rain. When an explosion could be seen at an abandoned building not far from where they'd lost Remy.

Quickly putting on his trench coat he had found that was thrown carelessly on the floor. Remy ran as fast as he could in a tunnel that led to the outside, he had woken up during a surgical procedure. Sinister was in the process of cutting open his left arm to check on the implant he had placed a few months earlier, to do so he had to take off the strap that held Remy's arm securely to the table. Sinister was so focused at the little piece of machinery inbedded in the boy's arm he didn't notice Remy stirring. Remy woke up screaming which made Essex drop the scalpel, it landed next to Remy's hand he looked at his arm then at Sinister on pure instinct he grabbed the knife and tried to charge it when it didn't the Dr. tried to grab Remy's arm seeing Essex's movement Remy stabbed Essex in the chest, Essex backed off and quickly took out a syringe and sedative. Remy had freed himself and as Essex was about to inject the boy, Remy rolled off the table crashing in a cart filled with different types of chemicals which burned his skin instantly, Remy cried out in pain grabbing and throwing everything he could get his hands on. The last bottle he threw, hit a lighted burner and exploded, fire started to consume the lab.

the jet

The Professor wheeled out, "Could it possibly be Remy?" Hank asked hurriedly.

"I'll send the others to investigate, go as well Hank if anyone was injured you should be there as well." Leaping into the X-jet Hank grabbed a backpack, which contained medical supplies and ran toward the burning building.

When Hank arrived he could see Bobby trying to freeze the entire building, While Logan slashed a fire hydrant releasing the water, Jean used her powers to direct the water to the flames. "What happened?" Hank asked as he stood next to Scott.

"No idea." Was Scott's reply.

After about ten minutes the fire was out and Logan quickly went inside to check for survivors which he doubted cause the building was abandoned and the fire was mostly on the ground floor, but when he entered he found that the floor had given way, the basement was gone but what surprised him more was that below the basement there was a tunnel. Without a second thought Logan jumped down.

"Logan what the hell are you doing?" Scott yelled and ran after him, the others close behind. "Ahh why the hell do I even bother he never listens to me anyways." He grumbled.

"Wow Wolvie's got guts jumping from this height." Bobby broke the silence and looked at the very pissed off, tired and hungry group surrounding him and decided to shut up, turned to his ice form and made a slide that went all the way down to the tunnel.