Disclaimer: Not in this lifetime.

A/N: I am officially back on track! Woot! And this story officially became very Romyish.

Starrydreamz - Thanks for the review! And no, Tabitha wasn't attacked exactly the same way. Kitty was never stabbed; she was just beaten horribly. Well, I guess you could say she was saved, but then again…I don't know how to put it. The "attacker" isn't really aiming to kill…

Sugarhighnutjob - First of all, I love your name, lol. And thanks for the review! And yes, you did spell it right, lol. Well, I wouldn't know anyway, but I checked it all the same, lol…since you asked and all. And was this soon enough?

Numbuh333halfway2hell - No, it isn't just Kitty…anymore. I kind of forgot about where I wanted to go with it a while ago and when I started writing again it went in a totally different direction. Um, it also became very Romyish. I'll still try to add a bunch of Lancitty but I don't wanna promise anything. Hopefully you'll keep reading anyway. If not, thanks for the reviews and I'm sorry if I disappoint!

Chapter 6

Out cold

Rogue knocked lightly on Tabitha's door the next morning before entering. Tabby was lying on her bed, eyes closed, a serene look etched on her face. She stirred when Rogue sat down in the chair beside her bed, opening her eyes a little in order to adjust to the light. After taking in her surroundings, she fixed her gaze on Rogue.

"How are ya feeling?" Rogue asked politely.

"Not that great." Tabitha said, unconsciously moving her hand down to hold her side.

"What happened exactly?" She asked, watching Tabitha sigh before starting.

"I got up to go to the bathroom and when I came back someone jumped me from behind. They covered my mouth with their hand and then shoved me up against the wall, face first." She said, indicating her broken nose. "I bit down on their finger and they spun me around and, well, stabbed me." She finished quietly, her speech obviously rehearsed.

"Do you know who it was?" Rogue asked, just as quietly; Tabitha didn't answer. "Come on Tabby, someone is trying to seriously harm us. Please, did you see who it was?"

"No." She said firmly, looking away from Rogue and noticing another presence in the room for the first time. "What are you doing here?"

"Gambit's here to help, petite." He said, coming out of the shadows and moving to sit on the edge of her bed.

"Why do you care if someone's trying to kill us?" Tabitha asked coldly, staring up at the guy who is supposed to be her enemy.

"Gambit doesn't wan' to see one of his teammates die." He replied seriously, glancing at Rogue as he said this.

"What?" Both girls asked in unison.

"Gambit, are ya serious?" Rogue asked quietly, looking at him suspiciously. "You're really joinin' the X-Men."

"Oui chère." He said, taking her hand in his causing her to blush.

"Why?" She asked, removing her hand.

"Why, to be close to ma belle chère, of course." He replied, winking at her; she narrowed her eyes and he sighed. "Remy just t'ink it be time for a change, non?"

"Okay, if you guys don't mind could you take it somewhere else. You're making me sick." Tabitha said, making gagging noises at the two; Rogue blushed and Gambit smirked.

"Are ya sure ya didn' see who attacked ya?" Rogue asked one last time as she stood up; Tabitha paused before biting her lip and shaking her head. Rogue sighed and headed for the door, but stopped abruptly causing Gambit to run into her. "Tabitha, what were ya stabbed with?" She asked slowly, not really sure if she wanted to know the answer.

"A knife." She replied, before closing her eyes and pulling her blanket up to her face.

Rogue closed Tabitha's door behind her as she and Gambit left the room. She started down the hall in deep concentration. Something wasn't adding up. But she didn't really have any time to think about it now considering she had to go to school.

La la la…okay, school's over

Rogue was sitting in the Brotherhood kitchen with Gambit, Lance, Wanda, and Blob; Toad had just been hexed into the living room for the fifth time and hadn't come back yet. They had been discussing the connection between the attacks. So far they came to the conclusion that both victims were attacked at 2:30 in the morning and that they are both dating a Brotherhood member; which would explain where Pietro is.

"Maybe it's Mystique, yo." Toad called from the living room.

"Why the hell would Mystique be attacking us? Ah doubt she gives a rat's ass 'bout any of the X-Men." Rogue said angrily. "Besides, last Ah heard Mystique was dead."

"Maybe she wants revenge." Wanda put in.

"For what?"

"Who knows, Rogue? The woman's insane." Lance said, rolling his eyes.

"Fine, she's a suspect, are ya happy now?"

No one said anything else and Rogue rubbed her temples with her hands. They had been sitting there for hours coming up with possible suspects. So far they had: Mystique, Magneto, the mysterious guy either working for or employing Magneto, Sabretooth, practically anyone who wasn't a mutant in Bayville, and Wolverine and Scott; the latter of which Rogue insisted on blaming.

"Rogue, chère, ya need to relax." Gambit said, moving to stand behind her. He placed a hand on each shoulder and began massaging. She tensed up immediately and a scowl came across her face.

"Gambit, Ah'm givin' ya three seconds to get your hands off'a me." She stated dangerously. He just smirked and lowered his face down to her ear, breathing onto her neck causing her to tilt her head slightly to the left. Her eyes drifted closed as the others all watched in amusement, making bets on how long it would take before Gambit had a black eye.

Gambit continued to massage her shoulders as he moved his mouth closer to her ear. "Want Gambit to help relieve you of some of that…frustration?" He whispered huskily so only she could hear.

Rogue's eyes flew open and she stood up abruptly, face as red as a cherry. Gambit still stood behind her with an annoyingly smug look on his face. Rogue narrowed her eyes dangerously and then smiled sweetly at him. She walked over to him and ran a finger down his arm. Gambit raised his eyebrows at her as the others checked the clock and handed their money over to Lance, who only rolled his eyes. Then he mouthed 4…

"Gambit, ya know Ah'd love to take ya up on the offer."

3…

"But there's just one little problem" He scrunched his face up in confusion.

2…

SMACK

"Ah can't touch, ya insensitive asshole."

"But chère," He whined, completely unfazed by the slap. And then he perked up and winked at her. "Gambit's very creative."

Lance rolled his eyes again and said, "One."

BAM

Gambit was out cold.

"You know, Rogue, I don't think using the frying pan was necessary." Wanda said, leaning down to make sure that he was still breathing and that he wasn't bleeding…much.

"Nah, sheila, 's much more amusin' when he gets hit with something other than a fist." Pyro said from the doorway.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Lance asked, getting up and standing in the doorway leading to the stairs.

"Gambit here called me this morning and asked me to do some digging." He said, throwing an envelope onto the table; everyone just looked at him skeptically. "It ain't gonna explode." He said, rolling his eyes.

A/N: Um, sorry about the crappy attempt at an Australian accent. That, I can't do. So I'm really not even gonna bother. Lol.