Chapter 14

That morning Elena jolted up in her bed, grumbling she rubbed at her eyes and spotted Remy sitting at his window dressed in dark blue jeans, a black t-shirt, boots and a brown jacket, looking outside, "Rem..." Remy was too deep in thought to hear his wife call out to him. Hunter was still sleeping, getting out of bed Elena stood next to her husband putting her hand on his shoulder Remy jumped and looked at her. "You okay?"

Remy looked back outside not saying a word hearing her sigh and turn Remy quickly grabbed the back of her shirt pulling her to him and sat her down on his lap, hugging her close Remy rested his head on her left shoulder and closed his eyes, "'m scared chère..." he whispered. "Ever since Paris, I could feel it within, just like when I first got my powers but worse..." Elena ran her hand down his arm, trying to comfort him. "My hands keep hurtin...what if I can't control it...I couldn't bare it if I hurt you or Hunter...I..."

"Hush...Remy you'll get through this...you're not gonna lose us...stop thinking like that..."

"Can't help it dove...every time somethin' good happens in my life I always lose it or something bad always happens..." Remy breathed trying desperately to hold back his tears.

"Shhh...Everything will be all right you'll see..." not knowing what else to say Elena leaned her head on Remy's, tears brimming her eyes then smiled as Hunter started babbling. "See and Hunter agrees..." she laughed, Remy snorted as he reluctantly let go of his wife and smiled, Elena picked up their little bundle of joy, and handed him to Remy.

Quickly getting dressed she watched as her husband cleaned and dressed his son. "Dey should be here soon." Remy murmured as he cradled Hunter to his chest and slowly rocked back and forth in the rocking chair.

After being force fed by Tante, Jean-Luc looked at his family carefully from the kitchen entrance he saw how worried Remy seemed before he could open his mouth, the doorbell rang.

"I'll get it." Mattie announced, as she saw Jean-Luc head for his study.

"Good morning miss Mattie, how are you today?" Hank asked as he stepped aside to let Xavier enter as well as Ororo and Logan who had just arrived from Cairo.

"I be just fine thank-you, what exactly do you want?" Tante quirked an eyebrow as she closed the door.

"We are here to speak to Remy." Charles answered,

"And what makes you tink I'd let you speak ta him?" Tante asked as she crossed her arms.

"S'alright Tante..." Remy came forward handing Hunter over to Mattie. "Ya didn't bring the others did ya?" Xavier shook his head no. "C'mon we talk in père's study..." Remy led the way opening the French doors, Jean-Luc who was pacing in the room looked up and frowned as his son led in the small group of people inside, closing the doors behind them.

"Remy?" Jean-Luc glanced over to his son.

"Dey here ta talk bout my powers..." Remy sat down on the couch stretching his arms to rest on the top of the couch, and looked at his father. "'parently dey evolvin' too fast and dey gonna be too much fo' me ta handle."

"Well now shall we begin?" Xavier asked Remy just shrugged.

"Remy when did you first start to notice the change?" Hank asked as he sat in a chair next to the Cajun.

"Paris...when Rogue attacked."

"How did you feel?" Charles asked.

"How did I feel?" Remy chuckled, "How you tink I felt Rogue wanted to take my son, I was pretty fucken pissed off..."

"It didn't start before Paris..." Jean-Luc interjected, Remy and the others looked at the eldest LeBeau. Logan was leaning against a wall his arms crossed to his chest, Storm was sitting beside Remy.

Jean-Luc slowly walked over to the couch and kneeled in front of his son. "Aftah Sinister took Elena, remember..."

"Sinister took Elena when?" Logan stood up straight.

"Before they were married, Sinister kidnapped Elena, and gave instructions to Remy to meet him at an abandoned building. When Henri got there the place was on fire, Remy was passed out and Sinister was unconscious from lack of oxygen."

"Lack of oxygen?" Hank asked puzzled.

Jean-Luc smiled, "'parently Remy strangled him..."

Charles and Hank both looked at Remy in awe. Storm had a hand to her mouth and gasped, Logan approached, "Damn pup, how da hell d'ya manage that?"

"Don' know he wouldn't tell me where she was...I just..." Remy shook his head in his hands and sighed.

"How did the fire start?" Charles frowned and concentrated on Remy's words as he watched the fear and pain appear on Remy's face.

Remy looked at the floor as if he was in a trance as he remembered. "...couldn't breathe...I panicked...didn't know what he had done ta her...kept thinking that she was strapped to a table or somethin'. My whole body felt like it was on fire, couldn't take anymore...passed out." Remy then looked up as his father sat beside him.

"And with Rogue?" Hank leaned forward in his chair, "Your brother said that you just looked at her and she caught fire?"

"Yes she also told me that she was thrown against the walls and that you weren't even close to her..." Charles continued.

"I told ya she wanted my son, no way in hell, I'd let dat happen..."

"Your powers seem to only manifest when you're extremely angered..." Xavier announced with a small smile.

"Not really...I don't know...I guess...evah since then I keep feeling that familiar pain in my hands, but it's worse then when I first got my powers...actually feels as if my hands are on fire..."

"Might be able to help you with that, but you'd have to return to the mansion..." Xavier leaned back in his chair.

"No way..." Remy groaned, then sighed he knew that there was no one else that could help him, massaging the back of his neck Remy stared at the floor. "For how long?"

"You know as well as I do, as long as you feel comfortable enough that you're able to handle this new power..." Charles answered as he interlaced his fingers.

"Right...in other words long enough..." Remy growled, as he fisted his hands and frowned.

"Their hurtin right now aren't they?" Logan asked as he looked at the Cajun's hands. Remy nodded.

"Even though ya hate their guts, an Lord knows I don trust them as far as I can throw dem but...they the only ones that can help ya...Dis be serious son tink ya need ta talk ta 'lena petite..." Jean-Luc grasped Remy's shoulder.

"Gimme an hour?" Remy looked to the Professor, as the man nodded. Standing up Remy found his wife outside playing with Hunter on the grass. Kneeling down Remy smiled as Hunter noticed him and started to crawl towards his father. "Come 'ere..." he cooed. Hunter squealed as his father picked him up and held him in the air, hugging him close Remy sat down next to Elena sitting Hunter in his lap.

The hour quickly passed, and Elena had refused the idea of letting him go through all this alone and not to mention her and Hunter being away from Remy for so long and had agreed to go with him on the condition that Rogue stayed away from them. The Professor had told them that he would let them stay at the boathouse and that he'd try his best to keep Rogue away.

Heading back home to their loft with Storm and Logan to help pack, Logan whistled when they entered. "Hey nice place pup, heh I bet this place cost a pretty penny."

"Not really." Remy chuckled along with Hunter who was on his father's hip as they watched Elena run around the house purposely from room to room cheering and giggling just to make Hunter laugh, "Hey Wolfie, can ya grab dat bag over there?" Remy asked, as he headed toward Hunter's room. "Did ya know we going on a trip...again." Remy cooed sitting Hunter in his crib, Hunter babbled away playing with his toys.

Logan while following his Cajun friend had taken note of all the things surrounding him, "Thought ya gave up your thieving ways?" he asked as he leaned against a desk an watched Remy as he packed his son's things.

"I did until I wasn't considered an X-man anymore...So I went back to the only thing I knew." Remy answered plainly.

"You were always an X-man Gumbo, always have been always will be." Logan stood up straight.

Remy chuckled, "Never have been, never will be," he corrected. "X-men are supposed ta trust each other, and to never leave a fallen man behind...at least that's what I thought...they're also supposed to start off with a clean slate...ya know forget da past your life starts now and all that bullshit...yet I was never allowed to."

"That's not true Gumbo..." Logan grasped the Cajun's shoulder and turned him around.

Remy snorted, "Oh come on Wolfie, nobody evah trusted me just cause I'm a tief, I didn't talk bout my past life not cause I didn't want ta share it but cause I didn't want ta remember it, the only reasons I followed Sinister's orders is cause I owed him, he stopped my powers from going crazy and killin' off everyone 'round me, and he promised he'd leave père and the others alone. Every single other person livin at the institute was welcomed with open arms, and forgiven for their passed sins, yet I was shunned and blamed for everything..."

Logan looked at his friend in awe.

"And don' tell me dat ain't da truth...cause it is..."

"Is that what you believe we thought about you?"

"Wolfie, I've been livin on da streets since I was born, I was forced ta do crap for some psycho then was left ta die in Antarctica...dis ol' boy stopped trustin' people a long time ago...yet Remy didn't learn and was stupid enough ta join da X-men and ta stay with people who treat ya differently just cause I was raised by a tief...a man that saved my life and cared enough to actually want me as his son...an as ya can see I ain't actually jumpin for joy cause I have ta go back to da institute..."

"Rem...I..." Logan was speechless; he'd never heard his friend talk like that before.

"Don't I'm tired of talking 'bout it, let's just leave it at that alright?"

Logan gave a small smile, "Alright..." then looked around "So what d'ya need help packing with?"

Remy grinned, "Everything..."

On the jet

Scott sat at the pilot's seat with Rogue beside him. Bobby, Hank, Jean and the Professor sat in front while in the back Elena chatted with Storm, and Logan sat beside Remy who held a sleeping Hunter in his arms, and watched the clouds outside his window.

"How ya doing?" Logan asked him curiously.

Without looking at Wolverine Remy stared at the mansion now below him and answered. "Oh Remy's just peachy..."

Sitting Hunter in his baby seat, Remy buckled him in and covered him with a thin blanket. As Hank shouldered most of the luggage, Logan, Hank and Remy even Scott and Jean helped to unpack and clean up the boathouse. While Elena, Storm and Hunter went grocery shopping.

That night totally exhausted Remy and Elena sat on the couch cuddled up in a blanket watching the fire in the fireplace, as it slowly died they both fell in a dreamless sleep.

A week later

Remy had just come out of a session with the Professor and was heading to the boathouse looking a bit grim, Logan walked with him to make sure he wouldn't collapse or something, "Ya know ya look like hell Gumbo, maybe you should take a day off or something."

"Ah don' worry Wolfie I'll be fine..." Remy froze as he heard music from within his home beside the lake and smiled.

"What ya grinning at Gumbo?"

"Ya stay quiet and ya'll see." Remy patted the man's shoulder and sprinted to the front door and quietly opened it, motioning for Logan to keep quiet and not move. Logan smiled as he saw Hunter in his high chair and Elena in the kitchen dancing and singing off tune to the music using a wooden spoon smothered in chocolate as a microphone.

"You're just to good ta be truuuuee.
Can't take my eyes off of yooouuuu."

Remy silently crept his way to his wife Logan followed and leaned on the counter and waved at Hunter who was giggling and squealing at his mother's antics.Leaning down she kissed Hunter and continued singing totally unaware that her husband was in the house.

"I need you babyyyy.
If it's quite alrrriiiiiggghhttt."

Now standing behind his wife, Remy moved himself to the rhythm of the music.

"And I thank god you're alive.
You're just to good ta be truuuuee.
Can't take my eyes off of yooouuuu.
Bop, bop, bop."

"I need you babyyyy...Ahhhhhh" At that moment Remy grasped his wife's hips. Making her scream out flinging the spoon full of chocolate mix, Remy ducked at the flying batter, and laughed as it landed straight in Logan's face.

"Nice shot darlin'..." Logan chirped as he wiped the batter off with his index finger and stuck it in his mouth. "Damn that's good...hey gimme that spoon girl..."

Elena laughed graciously handing the spoon to the Canadian, who greedily licked off the chocolate. While Remy spinned his wife and danced with her to the music, mouthing off the words Elena smiled and wrapped an arm around his neck the other went to his side as Remy dipped her next to Hunter who in turn jumped in his seat with big eyes squealing with joy.

Logan couldn't help but smile as he watched the couple slow dance.

As Logan made his way back inside the mansion, he had a huge smile plastered on his face, Hank, Kitty, Storm and the Professor were in the kitchen conversing.

"My Logan you look cheery this evening..." Hank mused.

"I just watched the most heart warming thing I've ever seen without getting sick to my stomach." He chuckled.

"Really...well now what exactly did you see Logan." Storm chirped.

"Well I don't really want to get inta details...Chuck if ya can pick up on the thought, go right ahead and show Hank, and 'Ro...if ya don't mind." (can chuck do that...I forget)

"You're sure?" Charles asked with a smile.

"Go ahead..." Logan assured.

Xavier concentrated on Logan's thought and smiled at what he saw, as did the other occupants of the kitchen as Logan's thought was projected to each of them "Well it seems our little thief has found happiness at last." Hank grinned.

Kitty was so excited, that when she left the kitchen she told the first person she met what she saw.

The next day Remy was downstairs cooking breakfast, Elena was still sleeping Hunter was crawling around the kitchen floor, chasing after a ball. "You havin' fun little man?" Remy chuckled as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "Hunter...Hunter..." Remy sang out, Hunter hearing his name sat up and looked at his father. "Watcha doin'?" Remy asked.

"Ababababababa..." Hunter replied clapping his hands and seemed fascinated by the movement his fingers made, and stared at them.

Remy laughed and kneeled down next to Hunter who then grasped his father's cheeks and blew a raspberry, "Come 'ere..." Remy snickered and scooped up his son in a warm embrace.

When Elena woke up she felt a bit sick, slowly walking over to the bathroom she took a few sips of water, closing her eyes she waited until the queasiness passed which it didn't. Her eyes snapped open then she rushed to the toilet and threw up, leaning her head against the wall Elena sighed as she slowly got up undressed and took a hot shower.

Feeling a whole lot better after the warm water poured down her body, Elena sighed as she got dressed and headed downstairs. Hearing the familiar sounds of her two boys chatting, Elena laughed at the sight.

"Awww don't tell me I missed something cute?" Elena smiled as she entered the kitchen and sat beside them on the floor. Glancing at the clock Elena pouted, "Ya better get ready or you'll be late for your session..."

Remy looked at her curiously she seemed a bit pale "Ya all right chère?" Elena smiled and nodded, Remy then leaned down and gave her a heated kiss, then rested his forehead against hers, "Love you..." he whispered, Elena smiled and repeated his words, handing her Hunter, Remy stood and went upstairs to get dressed.