wow this is the longest chapter in the whole story, i really should write a lot longer. anyways enjoy!

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X-Jet

"Zey are not answering zere communicator." Nightcrawler informed Cyclops, who had been pacing back and forth. "Zey have been in zere for over a hour now, should ve help zem?" He asked the X-Men leader.

Cyclops stopped pacing as soon as he felt everyone's eyes on him. "Yeah, it's time we go down there." He told them.

"About time we get some action." Kitty said as she got up from her seat and began walking to the exit of the X-Jet.

Soon Cyclops, Beast, ShadowCat, Colossus, and Nightcrawler were walking through the forest to find the building that their teammates were in.

'Ororo, please be safe.' Kurt thought to himself as he walked along side Beast. "How are ve going to get in zere? If zey vere captured, vouldn't zere still be a trap?" Nightcrawler asked Cyclops.

"We are going to have to be careful when going in. I think I remember Storm saying on the communicator they went in a side door, we have to find another entrance." Cyclops told them.

Inside Sinister's Base

They were all side by side in a medium size room. Wolverine was on the far right, next to him was Storm, next to her was Jubilee, next to her was Rogue, and finally next to her was Iceman. None of them had woken up yet since they had been taken by surprise. Now they were lying on tables strapped down, ankles and wrists.

Wolverine eyes fluttered open and he looked straight up at the lights shining down at him. 'Oh shit.' He thought to himself, realizing their rescue mission ended up with them captured as well. He turned his head and saw the other X-Men were still unconscious.

Wolverine tried to move his arms and break free of the straps that held his wrists together, but surprisingly they held against his struggle. After a few seconds he quit and just waited until the others regain consciousness.

Rogue began to wake up, shortly followed by Jubilee. "Mah head hurts." Rogue murmured as she tried to get up, but found she couldn't.

"Sorry darlin, doesn't look like we will be going anywhere anytime soon." Wolverine said to her. Rogue rested her head against the table.

"Has anyone come in here yet?" She asked Wolverine as Jubilee opened her eyes.

"Oh this is great, first mission and I get captured on it." Jubilee whined, not hearing what Wolverine and Rogue were saying.

"No, whoever it is hasn't shown up yet." He told Rogue.

"Ah remember hearing a laugh before everythin went black." Rogue informed the other two that were awake.

"So, he likes to laugh. Well there's a start." Jubilee said with a small grin. "Maybe he will say this was all a joke and let us free?" She was starting to sound nervous.

"I don't think he will let us walk out of here. Don't worry, I won't let anythin happen to ya two." Wolverine told them as Storm and Iceman began to wake up. "You alright Ro?" He asked Storm, who opened her blue eyes.

"Yes, my head just hurts." She told him and looked down at the straps.

"This sucks, I can't even use my powers." Iceman complained as he tried to ice up, but found his powers were neglected somehow.

"It's probably from these straps." Wolverine told him as the door opened. Sinister walked into the room with his hands behind his back and a pleasant smile across his black lips.

"How are my guests? Comfortable I hope, for you all won't be going anywhere for a long time." Sinister smirked, revealing his pointed teeth.

"Ew, you should get those teeth looked at." Jubilee said as she stared at Sinister, who ignored her.

"What the hell do ya want and where is Remy?" Rogue demanded as she tried to move out of her restraints. When she found she couldn't move a inch she stopped and began glaring at Sinister, who looked amused at her.

"Have no fear, my dear, he is perfectly fine." Sinister told her, making Rogue even more uneasy.

"Please tell me you didn't change him to look like you." Jubilee began to say, forgetting to be nervous and began talking as if she was speaking to Kitty. "Seriously you need a make over or something. Maybe go to a tanning place or actually enter into the sun, maybe then you won't look so ugly." Jubilee started talking, she wasn't even looking at Sinister, only looking at the ceiling.

"Or send him to that show, Extreme-Make over, I remember seeing a episode when Storm turned it on. They might be able to help him." Iceman added onto Jubilee's musing.

"Yeah your right." She agreed with him and turned her head to look past Rogue to look at Iceman. "Hey did you see the episode last week where they changed that lady who locked herself up in her house and finally her family had her go out and get a make over because she thought she was ugly?" Jubilee asked Iceman.

'I should tell Scott to give them a lecture if we get out of here.' Storm thought to herself as she listened to the two talk.

'Well maybe the two of them will annoy him to death." Wolverine thought to himself as he kept his eyes on Sinister.

"No I didn't watch it. But did you see. . ." Iceman began to say, when Sinister finally had enough of them.

"Enough!" Sinister yelled at them. "If you want I can make it so you both share the same body and you can talk there." He offered them, both of them immediately stopped talking.

"For the last time, what did you do with Gambit?" Rogue yelled at Sinister, who smirked at her.

"You wish to see him, I guess I can arrange that." Sinister smirked at them.

"What did ya do to him?" She asked him angrily. "Ah swear if Ah get outta here Ah'm hunt ya down and kick your ass!" She yelled at Sinister, who only began to laugh at her.

"You are in no position to be issuing threats to me." Sinister told her as he stopped laughing. "As for your precious Gambit, well." Sinister smirked as the door behind him opened. Rogue's eyes went wide when she saw Gambit enter, his eyes were glowing red, similar to Sinister's.

"Remy?" Rogue called to him, but he did not answer her, he only stared straight ahead of him. 'Ah swear when Ah get done with this guy he is gonna be wishin he was never born.' Rogue swore to herself.

"What did you do to him?" Storm yelled at Sinister, who only grinned. Sinister stepped behind Gambit and placed his hands on his son's shoulders.

"That is none of your concern." Sinister told Storm. "Though I doubt the X-Men really want murderer's with them, do you?" He smirked as he saw their confused reaction.

"What do you mean by that?" Wolverine demanded, he had killed a few people in his time. When he thought about it, he was considered a murderer, but the people he killed were causing harm to others, none were innocent.

"Didn't you hear the news of the mutants that were slaughtered in the sewers?" He asked them, everyone then knew what he was talking about.

"What does this have to do with Gambit?" Jubilee asked him. Sinister walked away from Gambit, who remained where he was. He walked by the tables where his prisoner's were.

"He lead a group of assassins into the sewers to slaughter every single worthless Morlock." Sinister answered.

"No, there is no way he would. Your lying!" Rogue accused Sinister, who looked insulted.

"Why would I lie about a thing like this? Have you ever asked him where he was only a few months ago?" He asked them all and waited for a answer. "I didn't think so." He smirked at them.

"From the looks of it, if he did, it wasn't of his own free will." Wolverine said loud enough for everyone to hear. Sinister's eyes turned to Wolverine. "Looks like you got the kid under some strong mind control. I may not know the kid for that long, but I doubt he would agree to what your talking about." Wolverine told Sinister.

"He is right, Gambit is a good person and would never of killed those people. You either manipulated him or used mind control on him like you are!" Storm said, if she was not released she was going to lose her temper with Sinister. No one accused her brother of murder.

"And you can only make assumptions, you don't know the whole truth." Sinister laughed at them as he turned around to leave. "I shall be back, there are some tests I wish to do on you while you're here." He told them as the door opened. Gambit turned around to follow behind Sinister.

'He wouldn't, Ah know he wouldn't.' Rogue thought to herself as they all heard a noise. A tile was removed from the ceiling and Cyclops and Beast jumped down, while Nightcrawler bamfed ShadowCat and Colossus into the room.

"I have never been so happy to see you." Iceman said to ShadowCat as she looked down at him.

"Had problems?" She asked him as Cyclops found the switch to release the held X-Men. Jubilee sat up quickly as soon as she was released and jumped off the table.

"Finally I can move!" She stretched her arms out. "Kitty, you got to see this Sinister guy." Jubilee said as she walked over to ShadowCat.

"Is he hot?" ShadowCat asked, getting a stare from Colossus. She turned and smiled at him. "Don't worry, your still number one on my list." She reassured him.

"He is ugly. That's probably why he is a scientist, I mean they have no lives." Jubilee said and then turned to Beast. "Except for you Hank, you're a good one." She told him quickly.

Rogue sat up from the table, but did not stand up. 'Remy.' She thought to herself. A hand was placed on her shoulder, she looked over to see it was Wolverine's hand.

"Don't worry darlin, well get Gumbo back." He told her, she gave him a weak smile.

"Okay lets move out." Cyclops ordered to everyone as they opened the door quietly and peaked out into the hallway to find no one there. They moved silently down through the building, although they found it strange that no one was roaming the hallway to keep guard.

"I hear someone talking in this room." Wolverine told them all. They let him lead because of his nose and excellent hearing.

"Are ya sure it's him?" Rogue asked as she came to stand next to Wolverine.

"Yeah, it's him and Gumbo's in there also." He told them. He looked at everyone, who looked ready for battle, no matter what was behind the door.

Wolverine kicked down the door and they all ran into the room and found Sinister standing by a table, and a few feet away was Gambit, who didn't notice they entered. The Marauders were all in there, each of them were not prepared for a attack.

Cyclops immediately sent a optic blast at Sinister, knocking the geneticist off his feet and crashing into the wall. 'Good keep him there, he's going to pay.' Rogue thought to herself as she started heading for Sinister.

Wolverine swipe his claws at one of the Marauders when he felt someone tap his back. He turned around and was punched in the face. He hit one of Sinister's computers, destroying it. He growled and got up. "Long time no see, bub." Wolverine said as he kept his claws in front of him as Sabertooth approached him again with a smirk on his face.

"Like I am afraid of you, you little punk." Sabertooth said as he leapt at Wolverine, who was ready to take him down.

Bobby froze Vertigo before she was able to use her powers to attack the others. "This is going to be easy." He said to himself, not noticing a piece of metal coming for him.

"Iceman!" Shadowcat yelled as she grabbed him and let the metal phase through both of them.

"Thanks, that was close." He said as they turned around to find a green haired girl was floating before them.

"Ya sick son of a bitch, your goin ta pay!" Rogue yelled as she began to get closer to Sinister, who was getting back to his feet. Someone grabbed her from behind, she turned around to see Gambit holding her arm. "Remy, please!" She said, forgetting about Sinister for a moment and placed her hands on his shoulders. "Don't you remember me?" She asked him, but his eyes had no change to them.

"He can not hear you, he will only do as I order." Sinister said with a smirk as held the small remote in his hand. Rogue let go of Gambit, who had gone to help the Marauders under Sinister's order.

"Why did ya do that ta him, ya have no right ta destroy other people's lives." Rogue shouted at Sinister.

"I have every right." Sinister said as he dusted off his arms. "I am only doing the world a favor by getting rid of all the weaklings of this world, only the strong deserve to live." He told her.

"Remy, please!" Storm begged Gambit, she did not want to fight him, but he had attacked her from behind. "Don't you remember me? Stormy, we met in Cairo, you saved me." She said, but he threw another card at her. She flew into the air to dodge it.

Cyclops had just knocked out Scrambler and Arclight with the help of Nightcrawler and Colossus. He turned to see Rogue yelling at Sinister and him holding up a small remote. He placed his hand to his visor and shot a optic blast at Sinister's hand, it burned his hand and he dropped the remote and it shattered.

Sinister glared at him. "You fool!" He shouted as he turned to Gambit, who had stopped fighting. Sinister wasted no time in creating a portal to escape, leaving the Marauders behind. He could always clone new ones he figured.

"Where are ya goin?" Rogue asked as she ran at him, but he disappeared before she could reach him.

'What happened?' Gambit thought to himself as he looked down at his hands and found energy pouring out of them. The ground beneath him began to turn bright pink.

Malice stopped fighting Iceman and Shadowcat as soon as Sinister left. She watched as Rogue ran to Gambit. 'Hm, this is not over.' She thought to herself, still looking at Rogue. 'I shall be seeing you later, my pretty.' She laughed as she exited out of Polaris's body.

Lorna grabbed her head and fell to the ground. She looked up to see Iceman starring at her. "She's gone, thank god." Lorna said with almost tears in her eyes. Iceman came over and bent down beside her.

"Are you alright?" He asked her, offering her a hand to help her stand.

"Yeah, I am now." She said as they pulled each other to their feet. He was about to ask her who she was when they saw the ground beneath them turn pink. They turned to see Gambit on his knees, covering his eyes.

Sabertooth retreated from his battle with Wolverine as soon as Sinister left as well. He figured he wasn't being payed for extra time and told Wolverine the fight was not over.

"We got to get out of here, it's going to blow!" Cyclops shouted at them all. Everyone made a run for the exit as equipment began to blow up around them. Everyone left, except for Rogue, Storm, Nightcrawler, and Wolverine.

"We got to get out of here!" Wolverine yelled to Rogue, who ignored him. Instead she kept approaching Gambit, slowly. Storm placed a hand on his shoulder.

"I think she might be the only one that can help him." She told Wolverine, she watched the two young mutants.

"And if your wrong?" Wolverine asked her, he turned slightly to look at her. Kurt stood next to her.

"I'll take over your class for two years." Storm told him.

"Remy?" Rogue said as she came closer to him.

"Get out of 'ere, cher. I can't control mon powers!" He yelled at her, not moving his hand away from his eyes. Rogue didn't listen and stood before him. She bent down to his level.

"Remy, listen ta meh. Ah did not come all this way just ta lose ya." She said, he lowered his hand, but kept his eyes closed.

"Dere is nothin' y' can do." He told her. She leaned closer to him, ignoring what he said again. Their faces were close as she brushed her lips over his. She could feel his powers without even touching him yet. She then locked her lips with his.

Gambit kept his eyes closed, but wrapped a arm around her waist to bring her closer as they began to stand up. He felt his powers slowly leave him. He ran his tongue across her lips and she opened her mouth so it could enter her mouth. Their tongue interlocked as the room started to change back to normal.

'He is enjoyin this too much.' Wolverine thought to himself as he saw them kissing. He decided to put it to a hault when Remy place a hand on Rogue's ass. "That's it, the room is not going to blow!" Wolverine shouted over at them. Storm laughed at Wolverine's protectiveness of Rogue as he approached the two. She leaned her head against Kurt's shoulder.

They finally pulled apart. "Sorry mon ami, couldn't resist." Gambit smirked at Rogue, who was smiling at him.

X-Mansion

The knob turned and the door opened up. New Sun stepped through the door and looked around the hallway. To one side there was a door that read on it 'Medical Lab'. The door had been closed and New Sun had no interest in going in.

'This all looks so familiar.' New Sun thought to himself as he saw a button on the wall. He walked up to it and placed his hand on it, after deciding to see what it did he pressed it. A hidden room opened up behind him.

He turned and walked slowly into the room to find it filled with glass cases that were empty, except for one. In the center was a uniform that once belongs to Jean Grey. New Sun approached the costume, his eyes wide.

He reached out and placed a hand on the glass and then closed his eyes.

Flashback

He had been sitting around in his room, everyone else had been out doing something and he didn't want to bother with any of them. He had joined only a few months ago and was starting to rethink about his decision. A knock at the door interrupted his thoughts.

"What?" He asked as the door opened up and a red haired woman entered into the room. New Sun rolled his eyes. "What do you want Phoenix?" He asked her as he glared over at her, not trusting her.

"I just came to see how you were, you seem so distant." Phoenix said to him as she came into the room and sat down by him.

"What I do is none of your business." He snarled at her. 'You have no idea what I've been through.' He had thought to himself.

"We are just concerned. We are all a family and everyones worried about you." She told him.

"I doubt that, I know everyone would be happy if I left and I am thinking of it." He said to her as he got up and started to head for the door, but she also got up and blocked him.

"No one thinks that way." She tried to tell him, none of the other telepaths were able to get into his head and from what the Professor had told her, there was something disturbing within him. "Let me help you." She said to him.

"I already told you I don't need your help." He said as he shoved past her. Phoenix looked at him and closed her eyes and brought a hand to her head. New Sun stopped walking as soon as he felt someone try to enter his mind. New Sun turned around.

Phoenix opened her eyes as soon as she felt him looking at her. "I am sorry." She began to say, but he cut her off.

"Don't bother." He said as she began to glow. Phoenix looked down at herself as she felt herself become heated and looked back at New Sun.

"Please stop." She yelled to him. He did nothing, but stared at her, his eyes glowing a dark red.

"I told you to leave me alone. Ever since I arrived here I've felt you or one of the other telepaths try to enter my mind, I've fed up with it." He told her. "Good Jeannie." He told her as he left the room a few seconds later a explosion was heard.

End of Flashback

'I risked my life for them and they still never trusted me.' New Sun thought to himself as he opened his eyes and took his hand away from the glass. 'Just because I wouldn't tell them my past.' He clenched his hand into a fist. A smirk then appeared on his face.

"Well, I guess, what is his name here?" New Sun asked himself, raising a hand to his chin. "Gambit, that's it. Well he won't be the only target. I want them all to pay." He thought to himself as he left the room.

He walked down the hallway, it was identical to the one he had been in once. "Blowing up this place is too easy, I want them to suffer." He said to himself. He stopped walking when he saw a object resting on the floor in front of him. He slowly bent down and picked it up.

It was a playing card that had been dropped. New Sun examined the card before standing up. "Better yet, why don't we play a little game." He said as he kept his eyes on the card. "And I am sure I can find some people that would just love to play with them." He smirked down at the card before it began to glow.

End of Chapter 23

bored247: see everyone turned out fine and also got a bonus with a romy moment also next chappie more romy. Thanks for reviewing

dawn1: he could be sincere, he may not, but right now he will be away from Rogue and never look at her, he's found someone else. Thanks for reviewing

WolvGambit Le Diable Blanc: glad ya liked the chapter, thanks for reviewing

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Roguechere: it was to show Rogue's reaction to first meeting Remy, also show his reaction to meeting Rogue. I don't really like New Sun either, don't like anyone that trys to kill Gambit, but he serves many purposes in here, also gives me a excuse to bring in some other familiar characters. Thanks for reviewing and glad ya like it so far

sakura5tar: when Sunnie transported himself here, he didn't see Sinnie's guys and they captured him, Sinnie then put mind block in Sunnie's head and gave him orders, the mind block prevented him remembering before, when Xavier entered his mind, he knocked the mind block out and now Sunnie remembers everything, including what happened while he had the mind block. Hope that clears up some confusion for ya Thanks for reviewing

firestorm13:everyone turned out fine after all, well for now Sunnie begins his little part of the story next chapter, though he is a wimp and won't face them. Instead he will be having others fight for him. Thanks for reviewing

Prof3ss3r Marsi: hehe, well I am glad ya are enjoying the story. Thanks for reviewing

Rogue gaL: Remy is all better now and remembers and well he can sorta now control his powers, thanks to Rogue. Though they are not like they use to be. Thanks for reviewing

Next Chapter: they all battle against Sinister, his Marauders, and try to save Gambit, while New Sun heads down to New Orleans.