Southern Comfort
Chapter 2: Rescue
By: Rogue-Slayer13
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of X-Men: Evolution, they belong to their respective creators.
Summary: Takes place from Cajun Spice and forward. Rogue returns with the X-Men, and Gambit decides to go abroad for awhile. What will happen when they run into each other again?
Note: This is my First X-Men: Evolution fic, and I haven't gotten to see all of the episodes in a long time, so please bare with me.
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Gambit carefully crept through the old house, taking care to stick to the shadows and to be as silent as possible. As he passed through the kitchen, he eyed a case of soda, that was sitting on the table. Gambit thought about it a moment before pocketing one of the cans. Nearing a corner, he could hear voices up ahead.
"I don't see what the big deal is," said one of the voices. "I mean, he's just another thief."
"You idiot, LeBeau's the head of the Thieves Guild!" exclaimed another voice in a whisper. "Don't you see how much he's worth to us, alive or dead?"
Gambit charged the can of soda and rolled it around the corner.
"What's that?" asked one of the voices.
"It's a can of soda."
"Why's it glowing?"
Gambit waited for the explosion and as soon as he heard it, he raced around the corner. Easily stepping over the incapacitated guards, Gambit picked the lock on the door, and walked inside.
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"I should let those Rippers tear 'im apart," growled Rogue under her breath as she followed Gambit's path into the house. "I can't believe him!"
"Hey!" a voice called out.
Rogue turned to see one of Julien's guys from the bar walking toward her.
"I don't have time for this." Rogue turned around and held out her uncovered hand, which the man walked right into and passed out.
Rogue felt dizzy, but quickly shook off the feeling and headed in the direction the newly acquired thoughts told her Gambit and his father would be.
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"Remy! You came!" exclaimed Jean-Luc as he saw his son walk through the door.
"Don't get excited, Jean-Luc. Nothing's changed between us," replied Gambit as he walked over to where his father was tied to a chair.
"Den why are you here?"
"Not too sure of that myself," replied Gambit as he charged the ropes around Jean-Luc, causing them to fall off.
"We need to get outta here," said Jean-Luc as he stood, and rubbed his wrists where the ropes had been.
"This place is like a maze. You'll need help gettin' out."
Gambit turned to see Rogue standing in the doorway.
"Hurry up though, we don't have a lot of time."
"Who's de femme?" Jean-Luc nodded toward Rogue.
"No time," replied Gambit as he followed Rogue out of the room.
The two men followed Rogue down the darkened hallway, and over to a bookcase. Rogue looked at the bookcase for a moment before pushing in one of the books. The whole unit slid away to reveal a secret passage.
"This way," said Rogue quietly.
"How she know?" asked Jean-Luc.
"Trust me, she knows," replied Gambit as he followed Rogue into the passage.
It was a fairly short walk through the passage and out of the house, and soon the trio was near the boat dock once again.
"That went smoother then I thought," said Jean-Luc.
"Too smooth," replied Gambit as he surveyed his surroundings, look for the trap that they'd obviously run into.
Sure enough, about twelve Rippers could be seen coming out of the shadows surrounding the dock.
"Either one of one of you got a plan?" asked Rogue as she eyed the Rippers.
Gambit looked over his shoulder, and the looked at his father. Jean-Luc nodded as if in understanding, and Gambit grabbed a hold of Rogue's gloved hand and followed his father into one of the boats. Rogue looked over her shoulder as the boat sped away, to see several Rippers get in boats as well.
"Do we have somewhere to go, or are we just going to let them chase us around the bayou all night?" asked Rogue as the Rippers got closer.
"We can go to de Guild house, but we'll have to lose dem first," said Jean-Luc.
"No problem." Gambit took out a handful of cards, charged them, and threw them into the Rippers boats.
The boat quickly caught of fire, causing the Rippers to have to jump ship, but as they did so, one of the Rippers shot at the boat, causing Jean-Luc to make a sharp turn to avoid getting hit. The motion of this knocked Rogue out of the boat and into the bayou.
"Rogue!" yelled Gambit as he leapt out of the boat after her.
"Uh, Gambit?" called Rogue as Gambit swam over to her.
"What, chere?" asked Gambit.
"Is that an alligator?"
Gambit looked to where Rogue was pointing in time to see something very large slip into the water. He was about to reply when Rogue disappeared in a cloud of smoke and brimstone. Not wanting to wait for the alligator to catch up, Gambit swam for the shore.
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"Are you okay, Rogue?" asked Kurt as the two of them teleported back onto the shore.
"Yeah Ahm fine," said Rogue, not really paying attention to Kurt, and looking toward the shore where Jean-Luc was getting out of the boat.
"Are you sure? Cause you look totally spaced out," said Kitty.
"Ahm fine," repeated Rogue as she turned to look at her friend and brother. "How'd you find us all the way out here?"
"The Professor found you vith Cerebro, and then Jean did some mind probing, Logan followed your scent, and the rest vas actually a lot of luck," explained Kurt.
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Gambit had just gotten out of the water when a large fist grabbed a hold of the front of his shirt, and slammed him into a nearby tree. Gambit looked up to see Wolverine glaring at him as he reared back his other fist, and extended his claws.
"Logan! Stop! Leave him alone!" yelled Rogue from her spot next to the other X-Men.
Wolverine looked from Gambit to Rogue, before releasing the Cajun, and retracting his claws.
"I'm gonna want some answers, Rogue," said Wolverine as he walked past.
"And you'll get them," replied Rogue as she continued over to Gambit who was wringing the excess water out of his jacket.
"Rogue–"
"Don't," said Rogue as Gambit let go of his coat and looked at her. "You just did the wrong thing for the right reasons."
"So what now?" Gambit leaned against the tree.
"Ahm going back with the X-men. I don't care what you do." Rogue turned away.
"Sure you don't," said Gambit with a smirk.
Rogue smiled dispite herself as Gambit came up behind her.
"Well . . . Ah better go."
Rogue went to walk away, but Gambit caught a hold of her hand.
"You will be fine, chérie. You got people watchin' over you."
Rogue turned and watched as Gambit disappeared with Jean-Luc into the fog. It wasn't until they were gone that she realized there was something in her hand. Looking down, Rogue opened her hand to find the Queen of Hearts in it.
"Come on, Rogue!" called Scott. "We need to go."
Rogue cast one last look in the direction Gambit had gone, before turning and heading to the Blackbird.
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"Does this have to feel so much like an interrogation?" asked Rogue as she looked at her fellow X-men who were gathered around her in the rec room.
"You owe me answers, as to why you were off gallivanting around with that Cajun," said Wolverine.
"I think what Logan was trying to say, is that we were worried about you," said the Professor.
"Yeah Rogue, you like, totally didn't show up for school. You just bailed all of the sudden," said Kitty.
Rogue sighed.
"Look. I talked to Kurt on the way to school, and that bothered me, so I decided to head back here. On the way back, I ran into Gambit, and he said his dad was in trouble, and that he needed my help, so I went with him," explained Rogue.
"He's the enemy," said Scott.
"We're supposed to help other mutants, and he needed my help. All right?" Rogue got tired of all the questions, and stormed out of the rec room.
"She has a point," said Jean after Rogue left.
"Yeah. I mean, it is our job to be like helpful, and stuff," said Kitty.
"Am I the only one who sees that he's the enemy?" exclaimed Scott, as the majority of the group left the rec room.
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"Where ya gonna go now, Remy?" asked Jean-Luc as the two continued on their way through the bayou. "You gonna go back to dat femme?"
"Huh?" asked Gambit, who was only half paying attention.
"Are ya headin' back to da femme?" repeated Jean-Luc.
"I dunno," replied Gambit with a shrug. "Haven't really thought about it."
"I know things haven't been the best between us, but ya always welcome 'ere."
Gambit looked at his father.
"What do ya mean?"
"I realize that I wasn't the best father to ya once ya got ya powers, and I'm sorry bout dat. Yer brot'her, Henri is gettin' married soon, he'd like for ya to be dere," said Jean-Luc.
Gambit was quiet for a moment.
"I guess I could stay a while," said Gambit. "I don't have anywhere else to go."
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To Be Continued . . .
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