Chapter Two
Almost three hours had past since the incident at the shopping mall, Storm sat next to Sunspot, dabbing a block of ice covered by tissues across the students face, gently but it didn't stop the student from complaining.
"Storm, that hurts!" He cried pushing her hand away.
"Roberto, stop complaining, this is your own fault!"
"What!" He screeched. Storm jumped in fright, "If any one deserved a black eye it was that stupid bastard!"
"Don't swear!"
"Hell, that jack ass deserved two!" Sunspot yelled, "He was lucky those imbeciles held me back!"
"Roberto De Costa!" Cyclops snapped storming into the rooming, many of the other students turned around, ready and anticipating a fight between the shortest tempered mutant known to earth kind and the control freak.
"Oh joy, look who it is!" Sunspot snapped standing up. "Mr Control Freak!"
"Robby. Calm down!" Storm said, pulling him by the arm, attempting to get him to get him to sit down. He just pulled his hand away furiously.
"Rob, chill out," Bobby muttered. Sunspot shot him a death stare, before finally stomping out of the room swearing at the top of his lungs.
"That boy really has an attitude problem," Cyclops sighed. Storm nodded in agreement.
"I better call the hospital; see if Remy is ready to leave." Storm said walking up towards her room.
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New York.
He sat watching the smaller green man, his temper wearing thin. Victor Creed, who was much better known as Sabertooth, sat beside his ally, who was in hibernation. Ever since the incident at Lady Liberty, his irritating green comrade remained in a deep sleep. The amphibian had been hibernating ever since Storm electrocuted him, healing slowly. Which reminded Sabertooth- She owes me a scream!
Sabertooth looked around and growled. For a year he lay low, hidden in a small cave right next to the sea. After waking up from the fall, caused by Wolverine, he had driven the boat off to escape as Magneto was captured, and Mystique got away, by shifting. While getting away he found Toad, floating by on what appeared to be an extremely soggy log. Sabertooth pulled him into the boat, and found that he was still alive.
Now Toad was hibernating covered in thousands of jackets that Sabertooth stole of some humans. Sabertooth was brought out of his thoughts by soft mumbling.
"Cold, why is it cold?" Sabertooth looked up to see Toad tossing and turning. "Mummy, turn on the heater please."
"Mummy, turn on the heater?" Sabertooth repeated in a confused growl. He stood up and walked over to Toad, before grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking him like crazy.
"Get. Up. You. Worthless. Little. Twit." Sabertooth snarled shaking him with each word. Toad's eyes shot open.
"Who? What? Where? When?" Toad screeched. His eyes darted around the room. Sabertooth let him go and watched him drop like a sack of potatoes. "What's the big deal, you stupid cat!"
"Get up, gonna go get some payback." He simply muttered. Toad nodded; surprised the large tom didn't bonk him across the head for calling him stupid.
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Three doctors stood in front of a chained Gambit. He looked at them fearfully, wondering what they were going to do to him. He tugged at the only chain that stopped him from running; it was attached to his left ankle.
"How old are you dear?" A middle-aged blonde woman asked. He refused to answer.
"Its okay sweetie, we won't hurt you."
Gambit raised a brow, "Why should Gambit believe you? The people, who brought Gambit here, hit him and hurt him."
"Yes, well young chap," a 30 year old, brown haired man said, he seemed to be British. "We like mutants, the git who brought here didn't he seems to think we don't like them much either"
"Right, well then, if you like mutants so much, why don't you let Gambit go?"
"No," the last man said, "you are here to be experimented on, now we need you to answer some questions"
"No, Gambit doesn't answer questions," Gambit said, "Unless Gambit is promised freedom."
"Alright fine you have your freedom" the woman said, "We will free you by the Royal Room's door."
"Ay yes the Royal Room," the British man said. "My name is William Smith, this is Katherine Fuller, and this is Bill O'Brien."
"Gambit doesn't care about your name's" Gambit said, like I'll send you any Christmas cards any way.
"Right, anyway," Katherine said, "Will you answer our questions?"
"Sure."
"Alright," Bill said "Question one: What is your full name?"
"Gambit," he said.
"Your real name please,"
"Remy Le Beau," Gambit sighed.
"Question Two: How old are you?"
"Twenty-three," Gambit answered.
"Question Three: Gender?"
Gambit stared at the man, rolled his eyes and answered: "um, female."
"Male," Bill muttered scribbling it down as Katherine and William laughed. "Question four: What are your powers?"
"Gambit makes cards go boom!" Gambit smirked. "Question five?"
For the next ten minutes Gambit continued to answer the questions he was asked, when finally Katherine said that was all.
"Can Gambit go now," Remy asked.
"Yes, however do you mind if we place this anklet on your foot?" Katherine asked, showing Gambit a silver chain.
"What does it do?" Gambit asked, suspiciously.
"It just tells us were you are," she said, "for your own safety."
"What is wrong with Gambit's safety?"
"Many people are trying to kill mutants, like you witnessed with those ambulance drivers."
"Gambit needs to think."
"Take your time dear."
He rubbed his chin while he thought with his thumb and index finger. If I let them put that thing on me, they will let me go faster and I can break it off later, when I'm out but if I don't let them put it on they might not let me leave, and they may be lying.
"Alright, Gambit will wear your gizmo."
"Good," Bill smiled attaching the chain. "Come we will take you to the Royal Ro-door"
"Okay," Gambit smiled, as he was unchained and helped up by William.
He was led to a large door, which had a small white plaque, with ROYAL ROOM, in a red font. Gambit watched as William pulled out a handful of keys and searched for the right one, he opened the door and pushed Gambit inside.
"There is your exit." Bill laughed slamming the door in Gambits face.
"Are you sure the children won't be hostile towards him?" Katherine asked.
"If he doesn't annoy Nina, then no," Bill said walking off, William and Katherine followed.
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Gambit turned around facing the room.
"Hey this is no exit! Gambit has been tricked! No one tricks Gambit that is Gambit's job!" Gambit turned back and began to kick and pound the door. A screech made him jump and turn around. Inside were six children from the ages of five to seventeen, and a large bald eagle (which made the noise) sitter in a swing that could hold three humans. It was attached from the roof and hanging up by ten metres from the ground. He faced the children quietly, slowly getting much more uncomfortable, as they stared him down.
"Hello," he muttered moving back into the door. They continued staring at him, not speaking. Four boys, two girls, and a big, scary bird. Yup I'm out numbered. "I'll leave now."
He pulled out two cards from his pocket and moved back to the door and placed the cards under the door. He charged them and walked away waiting for the boom.
Waiting. Still waiting. More waiting. Even more waiting. Why won't it go boom?
Gambit walked back to the door and pulled out a card, where are the flames!?
What's wrong with my powers?
He turned around and faced the children, all six were laughing at him.
"That chain they put around your leg stops your powers from working."
Gambit looked around, all the children are laughing, who the hell said that.
"Up here," Gambit's head slowly moved up, as all the children stopped laughing. The large, scary bird was gone. Instead a girl who looked about fifteen sat on the huge swing, swinging back and forth. She had white, straight hair tied back in loose, messy French plait. It looked odd against her dark skin. Gambit raised a brow; she looked exactly like Storm, only her features looked slightly sharper then Storm's. But it was the eyes that really stood out. He could just, only just make out the white back ground, her pupils were large and black, and they looked very hollow and cold.
Remy swallowed in fear, a teenager was terrifying him.
"Hi," he said, staring up at her from behind his glasses, which were stolen.
"Hey," she muttered, as she dropped from her perch to the floor. Remy gasped, as she landed on the ground standing. "As I said your powers won't work until they take that chain off, and the only person in here who can take it of is Meta, but she also has the chain on, so you're stuck with it, at least for the time being."
She pointed at a metallic, silver haired mutant, with golden eyes. She waved.
"Okay, are you all mutants?"
"Yes," she answered. "The name's Nina Creed."
"Remy Lebeau, but most people call Gambit, Gambit." Nina raised a brow.
"Any who, these are my brothers." She pointed at three boys standing near a set of swings and a slide. "Julius. Also known as Raphael. His ability is healing."
The youngest in the room, was a five year old. He had the same eyes as his sister's but his looked slightly smaller, and warmer. He had short, dirty blonde hair, which looked a little like a lion's mane.
"Hello," he said shyly.
"Hey there," Gambit said, smiling cheerfully. Nina walked over to the next boy, who looked just like Julius, only he was much older, seventeen.
"This is my eldest brother, Matthew, or Ice, he can control water, but not create it."
"Hi," Matthew said, inclining his head.
"Bonjour!" Gambit grinned.
"This is my twin Tobias," Nina pointed, to her final brother. Gambit stared at him in astonishment; he looked exactly like Storm, only he was a boy. Her white hair, brown eyes, dark skin, soft looks. It was uncanny. "Otherwise known as Stallion."
"Pleasure to meet you," Gambit finally said.
"This is Meta, or Lolita, she can turn anything into metal, and can slice things with her mind like a knife but better."
"Hey, how's it going?" she had a very mischievous voice.
"Quite well, minus getting caught pick-pocketing, get stuck in an elevator with a claustrophobe, breaking my arm, getting hit across the head, and now Gambit is stuck here and he doesn't now when he will leave." Gambit said very quickly, the children stared at him. "Yeah, Gambit is good."
"Um, okay, right, eh, this is Stacy or Attracta; she is like a magnet, able to attract any thing to her, and deform them in anyway she wants."
"Why hello there," Gambit flirted. Stacy blushed, her skin went as red as her hair. Her eyelashes fluttered over her brown eyes.
"Hey," she said, breathlessly. Nina rolled her eyes, "Next is Helen, or Spider, she can produce any kind of cloth from her hands. Rope, silk, leather, anything."
"Nice," Gambit said smiling at the brown haired, green eyed girl.
"Hi," she said cooling before walking of creating herself a hammock, from her own string which poured out of her hand. Once finished she attached it to two poles and slide in.
"Wow" Gambit said.
"That over there is Joshua," Nina pointed over to a small boy, only ten. He was sitting in a tree, which was so high it was hunching over to fit in the room. Gambit waved, but before he new it Joshua's hand was stretched out to him, ready to be shook. Gambit took the hand and laughed as he shook hands with the boy. "Also known as Flexy."
"Hello," he was soft spoken, with a warm gentle smile, pale blue eyes, and dark blonde hair.
"Hello," Gambit smiled. He took a look around. It was like an indoor park, swings, slides, a small pool, a basketball field and a cheetah. What? Why is the cheetah in here? Must be a mutant. "Is that cheetah a mutant?"
"No that's my pet." Nina said, "and it's a Leopard."
"Oh sorry, what is its name?"
"Spot."
"Okay, Gambit has another question."
"Shot."
"Okay, Julius has the nickname Raphael, which is a play on his powers, Tobias, is Stallion, Lolita is Meta, but what's yours."
"Anima." She said.
"Gambit has one last question."
"Hit me."
"Really?"
"With the question…"
"Oh, sorry, what are Tobias' powers?"
"I'll tell you, when I trust you." She said. Gambit gasped as her skin turn brown and furry and she shrunk. She morphed herself back into the eagle. It wasn't long before she was up in her swing watching over everyone.
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Professor Charles Xavier sat inside his office reading a newspaper when the door swung open and Ororo Munroe ran in. "What is wrong Storm?"
"I need you to check Cerebro!"
"Why, what is wrong?" He asked.
"Do you how I told you about that mutant Gambit?"
"Yes."
"Well I called up the hospital and asked if he was ready and they said they never heard of him."
"Are you sure he gave you his real name?"
"Yes, Remy Le Beau, he gave me his bag," Storm said, "and I'm quite sure he'd want it back."
"Alright," Charles said, wheeling the chair to the door, "Go and get ready, and get Wolverine, Cyclops, and Nightcrawler."
"Okay," Storm said running off to find the X-men.
"So what, he didn't turn up at the hospital," Cyclops asked walking next to Storm. Behind them Wolverine and Nightcrawler followed.
"No, Charles is on Cerebro finding out were he is, and then we will go get him." Storm said, "I just hope he is safe."
"Belief me Storm that little weasel is more then safe, you saw how he got away from us," Logan said assuring Storm.
"I hope."
"He will be," Logan said before mimicking him, "Gambit told you Gambit was a psychic, Gambit makes cards go boom! I'll give him boom."
Kurt, Scott and Ororo laughed as they walked up to Cerebro. Charles was exiting.
"Storm, he is being held with more mutants at a institution called MEAC, it's a few blocks away from the hospital, here are the direct co-ordinates." Charles said giving Storm the numbers on a paper.
"Charles, are you sure we should all go?" Scott asked.
"Yes, there is a fair few number of mutants there with him, all children, you might as well free them with Gambit, and bring them all here," Charles said, "Something tells me none o those children have parents."
"Alright," Storm said, as the group left for the jet.
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Sunspot slowly slide down the drainpipe, and finally hit the floor. He headed towards the brick wall. The moment he reached the wall he flung his bag over. He walked over to a tree and easily climbed up it and over onto the other side of the wall. He grabbed his bag and began to walk away from the institution.
He had left a single letter for them which only wrote:
Have gone, don't follow me, Roberto De Costa-- Sunspot.
He stopped and pulled a jumper out and wore it. It was a cold night and it was beginning to snow. This wasn't a good sign for Sunspot as he needed his energy from the sun which was to rise in more then ten hours, and he was already feeling weak.
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Sabertooth and Toad turned a corner and were right on the same street as the school. They were about to head up to the door, when a bag was thrown to the floor and then a boy jumped over the fence. Sabertooth and Toad smirked at each other. Toad jumped onto the fence and ran all the way over to the boy silently as he was putting on his jumper. Sabertooth just walked over in plain view.
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Sunspot turned in fright when he heard a twig snap, stalking up to him was a huge man. Sunspot picked up his bag and turned around right into another man, grinning at him. Sunspot attempted to push past him but by now the man behind him, was a few centimetres away.
Sabertooth raised a paw and struck Sunspot across the back of the head, knocking him into a wall. Roberto fell to the floor knocked out as the X-jet flew over there heads.
"Damn it, Sabertooth that bitch and the rest of them are probably of to save some stupid human!" Toad complained.
"Doesn't matter, we have a hostage," Sabertooth said picking Roberto up. "What do you say we go find Mystique and Magneto?"
"But isn't he in a prison?"
"Mystique would have busted him out already," Sabertooth snarled, frustrated at the amphibian "We will go back to the old hideout, maybe Mystique will be there, and if Magneto ain't out yet we will get him out."
"Okay as long as I can get my revenge," Toad smirked as they walked away from the mansion.
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Me and cliff hangers, next chapter everyone notices Sunspot is missing and will the
X-men save Gambit and the brats?