Rogue turned on her side and drew her knees up a little ways. Then she closed her eyes. Gambit watched her until her breathing became soft and steady and he knew she was asleep. Gambit exited the room quietly. Because he didn't want to cause anymore conflict or disturb Rogue's sleep (Gambit snores) he decided to sleep on the couch. However as soon as he exited Rogue's room he heard voices, Destiny's and someone else's.

"Where is she know?" someone asked. It was a woman's voice, although it was deep. Gambit could hear strength and malevolence in that voice.

"She's in her room with that boy, if she hasn't already climbed out the window. She was so upset, Raven, she said she hated me." answered Destiny.

"She's a teenager, Destiny. She doesn't know what she's saying," said Raven.

Gambit slowly and quietly made his way down the hall. Who's Raven? Gambit wanted to see this stranger, but he wanted to do it without being seen. There was a mirror at the end of the hall. If he positioned himself the right way he could see Destiny and her visitor without leaving the hallway. The downside to that is that they would be able to see him. Gambit could only hope they weren't paying attention. After positioning himself accordingly, Gambit saw exactly what he knew Rogue didn't want to see: Mystique, in the blue flesh. Gambit moved away from the mirror and once again could only hear the speakers. Part of him wanted to wake up Rogue and get her the hell away from there, but the more intelligent part of him wanted to know why Mystique was there, what she wanted, and whether or not she posed a threat.

"Look Destiny, this doesn't change our plans."

"Maybe we shouldn't do this. Maybe we should wait a while. I mean, how are we going to do it with her boyfriend here?"

"Boyfriend? You didn't say he was her boyfriend."

"Well, I don't know really, but judging from the way they interact and the fact that she wanted him in her room with her, I'd say they're in that kind of relationship."

"Who is this boy?"

"His name is Remy."

"Remy? I don't know any X-man named Remy."

"He said his nickname is Gambit."

"Gambit! That's one of Magneto's thugs. I swear that girl has the worst taste in men I've ever seen."

"This coming from someone who's slept with Sabertooth."

"We weren't in a relationship. Anyway, we're going through with the plan and Rogue will thank us one day."

"How?"

"Get rid of the boy."

"Once again, how?"

"Tomorrow just tell him you and Rogue need time alone, to talk."

"I don't think Rogue would allow that. She would go with him."

"Ask him by himself. If he does actually care about her or even if he doesn't, I'm sure he'll want you two to work this ugly mess out. Then while he's gone, I swoop in and we take Rogue far, far away."

"I don't know about this Raven. She's not going to go quietly."

"That's what the tranquilizers are for. We aren't giving up now Destiny, we have come too far, and I want my daughter back and away from that quack Xavier and his foolish ideas!"

Now, it was time to get Rogue the hell out of there, thought Gambit. Gambit sneaked back into Rogue's room and shook her awake.

"Chere, chere, wake up."

"Gambit? What's wrong?" said a groggy Rogue.

"We have to go."

"Why?"

"Mystique is here," whispered Gambit. Rogue practically jumped out of the bed. She would have, if Gambit hadn't grabbed her.

"What did you say?"

"Mystique, she's here, and we have to get ready to go."

"I knew I shouldn't have trusted that . . ."

"Not know, chere. Grab anything you want to take back with you."

"I don't want anything in this god awful place."

"Fine. We need to sneak out without being seen. Right now Mystique's in the living room with Destiny, but I don't know how long she'll stay there, so we should go now."

"Where will we go?"

"You know dis place better than I do. We just need to get far enough away that it's safe. Den we'll call for a taxi."

"Okay. There's a strip mall not far from here, but it definitely won't be open."

"Relax, chere. I know how to get around an alarm," said Gambit.

"Gambit."

"We're not gonna take anything chere, we just need some cover."

"Okay."

Gambit opened the window in Rogue's room and slung his and Rogue's bag on his back. The porch roof was right under Rogue's window and Gambit climbed out and walked/stalked/crawled over to the side of the roof and lowered himself down. Rogue was right behind him with her school bag on her back. Gambit looked to Rogue to decide which way they should go, but suddenly the two Dalmatians next door started barking at the couple. Gambit and Rogue hoped it wouldn't make a difference, after all, dogs bark all the time. However, their barking did cause Mystique to look to the side of the house. She saw movement, so she went outside and she came face to face with her "daughter" and her daughter's boyfriend.

"Hello Rogue," said Mystique. Gambit dropped his bags and pulled out his staff.

"Go away," said Rogue.

"How's Kurt?" asked Mystique.

"Get out of our way," said Rogue.

"I can't do that Rogue. Why don't you come inside and we can talk?"

"I'm not going anywhere with you," answered Rogue.

"Yes you will," said Mystique.

"Rogue doesn't go where she doesn't want to go," said Gambit. Gambit's interruption angered Mystique.

"You stay out of this. Shouldn't you be off fetching something for Magneto?" spat Mystique.

"I'm right where I need to be, between you and Rogue."

"Rogue, I suggest you warn your boyfriend to back off."

"Why don't you back off and leave me alone," said Rogue.

"Enough of this," said Mystique. She then went into a fighting stance and launched her leg into Gambit. Gambit blocked the kick with his staff and tried to use the momentum to knock Mystique aside, but Mystique did a back flip and landed perfectly, back in the same fighting stance. Gambit and Mystique launched into a fight with both participants pulling off some breathtaking maneuvers, at least that's what Rogue thought. She wanted to get involved, but didn't want to upset Gambit's battle plan, whatever that was. As Gambit and Mystique appeared to be evenly matched they broke from each other and engaged in a stare down. Neither broke their fighting stance. Gambit realized that Mystique was too good at hand to hand combat to beat, so a long range attack would be best. He looked around to check Rogue's position, then came Gambit's trademark card tricks. Gambit used his card projectiles to maneuver Mystique to one side, then he grabbed Rogue's hand and made a dash past Mystique. He urged Rogue to keep running while he blocked Mystique with his bow staff. Rogue ran past Mystique and Gambit, but wouldn't leave the scene until she knew Gambit was behind her. Gambit flipped away from Mystique and he and Rogue ran off, and didn't stop until they were sure they were safe. Gambit used his cell phone to call a cab and the two made their way to the airport. Since their flight wasn't scheduled 'til Sunday, they had to fly standby. They spent most of the night in the airport and got back to Bayville early Saturday morning.

"Where to, chere?" asked Gambit as they sped around on his motorcycle.

"Let's go back to your apartment. I need sleep," said Rogue.