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""- talking
''- thoughts
italics- telepathic
bold and italics- flashback
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X-Mansion
Scott and Betsy sat in the kitchen discussing about Warren. "I'm sorry, I've tried to call him about fifteen times already, I've tried his cellphone and work numbers and there is no answer. I am going to try one last time before I go out there myself to see him." Scott told Betsy, who nodded.
"I just hope he doesn't do anything foolish. I was afraid to leave him by himself, but he kicked me out of the apartment. Everytime I went back he would never answer, but I could see the light was on in the apartment." Betsy said as she rested her forehead in her right hand.
"We'll find out what's the matter with him, even if I have to blast down his door and drag him out." Scott reassured her as he got up from his seat when Beast entered into the kitchen.
"I am sorry to disturb you two at the moment, but Kurt informed me that the security system you plugged into Cerebro has gone down. Apparently someone cut one of the wires." Hank said to Scott.
Scott grumbled to himself. "I swear if one of the students did this they are going to be in detention for life." He muttered to himself as he turned back to Betsy. "I'm sorry I have to go check up on that. I promise when I am done I will try to call Warren again." He promised her.
"Thanks, luv." She replied with a half smile. This was the closest thing to a smile she had had in the past few weeks.
Professor's Office
"I must say this is quite a surprise." Charles Xavier smiled at the two people seated before him. "I suspected you would return here someday, but never suspected this soon and with a guest."
"Couldn' stay away dat long. Besides de petit' here could use some help with her powers." Remy smirked as he looked over at Sarah, who sat in the chair next to him. Sitting around his feet, Dirge, the brown, black, and white cat he had found, sat rubbing it's face against Remy's left leg while purring.
Sarah sat swinging her legs back and forth as she looked around the Professor's office. "I am sure we will be able to help her gain full control over her powers in no time." The Professor said as Sarah turned and looked back at him.
"You mean I won't have these bones growing out of me anymore?" Sarah asked innocently.
"We will help you gain control over them. So that way you will be able to drawl them out whenever you wish." The Professor replied to the little mutant girl, who smiled back at him.
"Thank you sir." Sarah said excitedly. She had always dreamed of looking normal and not having to worry about people starring at her because of the spikes on her arms and shoulders. All of her clothes had holes in them where the bones poked out. "Also can Dirge stay in my room?" Sarah asked the Professor, who looked down at the cat sitting by Remy.
"Well in the room you will be staying in, one of the students doesn't like cats very much. Which by the way your two room mates are Rahne Sinclair and Theresa Cassidy. Rahne's power makes her able to turn into a wolf, giving her the nickname Wolfbane and Theresa has a sonic scream, giving her the nickname Siryn. Both girls are around your age, I assume you three will get along very well." The Professor explained.
"So then what will happen with Dirge?" Sarah asked as she looked down at the cat.
"Well Dirge can stay with Remy." The Professor insisted as he looked over at Remy. "Also by the way, your old room has been taken so you will have to stay in one of the dorm rooms with the students." The Professor told him.
'Please be in chere's room. Please be in chere's room.' Remy thought to himself as he crossed his fingers.
"You will be staying with Pietro Maximoff, whom I believe you have met already from months back. Also one of our newer students who just arrived here, Jonathan Starsmore." The Professor told Remy.
"Dat be fine." Remy replied. He had been hoping to go back to the room he had been staying at before when he was at the mansion. 'Oh well.' He thought to himself.
"I have called Wolverine to show you two to your rooms. He should be here shortly." The Professor told them as they got up from their seats. Sarah opened the door to the office and stepped out. Just as Remy and Dirge were about to follow the Professor wanted to ask one last thing. "Also I was wondering of how long you plan to stay here?" The Professor asked him.
Remy turned and smirked. "Well Remy don' really plan on leavin'. Dat answer y'r question?" Remy asked him.
"I suppose it does." The Professor nodded and smiled back. "Welcome to the X-Men Gambit."
"Merci, Professor." Remy bowed his head and stepped out of the room. The Professor had offered him a spot on the four months ago, but he had declined. He wanted to deal with his demons before he came back here. They were still there, but did not haunt him as they had before.
"Well, well, look who's back." Remy heard a familiar voice say as he turned to see Logan standing next to Sarah, who looked a bit frightened of the Canadian.
"Nice to see y' too, M'sieur." Remy said as he watched the older man grab Sarah's bags and drag them up the stairs. He noticed Kurt working on a side box that was close to the door. A few seconds later, Scott appeared from down the hall to join him, but he first noticed Gambit standing by the door.
"Oh, I see you returned." Scott noted. He had a bit of mixed feelings towards the Cajun mutant. He didn't mind him, but he didn't exactly like him either.
"Oui, oh dat reminds moi." Remy said as he snapped his fingers. He reached into his duster's pocket and pulled out a wire. "I believe dis might help y'." Remy said as he tossed the wire to Scott.
"You're the one who cut the wire?" Scott asked as he looked down at the wire and then back at Remy. "You know how long it took to put the security system in with Cerebro. The system out there is not a toy, it is for protection so we know who is at the gate and know if someone is attacking the mansion." Scott raised his voice.
"Y' really think if dere is a bad guy out dere dey gonna ring de mansion from de gate and ask if dey can come in and kidnaped anyone? If dey want in dey will get in." Remy said, not intimated at all by Scott. He now was starting to remember more of the mansion, well more of who acted like what in the mansion.
"Gumbo's got a point there, Cyke." Logan smirked as he saw Scott look at him. He knew Scott was glaring at him from behind his sunglasses.
"I will deal with you both later." Scott said as he tried to ignore them both and went over to help Kurt.
Logan rolled his eyes and he turned his attention back to Sarah."Come on squirt, I'll show ya to yer room. Ya want help findin yer room, Gumbo?" Logan asked as Sarah followed behind Logan.
"Non, Gambit find it on his own." Remy replied as he picked up his bag and slung it around his shoulder. He hadn't brought many things with him from his apartment. Only a few pairs of clothes and a few packs of cards along with.
Logan lead Sarah up the stairs and down the hallway to the girl's dorm. He looked down at the little girl as they passed by some of the rooms. Sarah seemed excited as they passed the rooms and looking in to see other people inside.
"This is yer room, squirt." Logan said as he brought Sarah's bag into one of the rooms. There were two beds to the right of the room and to the left there was a bed along the wall to the left. There were two windows facing towards the back of the mansion.
Sarah smiled as she entered into the room. Having stayed in the sewers all her life, Sarah had never stayed in a place as nice as this. Sure when she stayed in Remy's apartment she got a bed, but now she had room mates that were her age.
"This is great." Sarah whispered as she looked around the room. Logan gave a half smile as he left the room and entered into the hallway.
"Hey Logan, whatcha doin here?" Rogue asked as she entered into the hall from her own room next door.
"Just showin the new kid to her room." Logan answered. He started thinking if he should tell Rogue that Gambit had returned. 'She probably has a idea he is back, he sent flowers fer her the other day.' Logan thought to himself. "I got to go talk to Storm. See ya." Logan said as he turned around and walked down the hallway.
Rogue looked into the room at the new student. She knew how scary it was to be new to the mansion, and she wanted to make sure this person was welcome here. She knocked on the side of the door and looked into the room. She saw a little girl with pink hair and spikes coming out of her arms and shoulders.
Sarah turned around to look at the visitor. 'It's her.' Sarah thought to herself as she stared at Rogue in fascination.
"Hi, Ah'm Rogue. Ah wanted ta welcome ya to the mansion." Rogue smiled at the little girl as she came closer into the room. "If ya ever need anythin ya can come to mah room, which is right next ta yours." Rogue said to Sarah.
"Your that pretty lady." Sarah said as she continued starring at Rogue.
Rogue raised a eyebrow. "Huh?" Rogue asked.
"I heard about you. Your that pretty lady that looks like she was sent from heaven and has the most beautiful eyes and perfect hair anyone has ever seen." Sarah answered as she looked at Rogue.
Rogue smiled. "Who told ya that?" Rogue asked as she bent down next to Sarah. 'Someone tryin ta play a prank.' Rogue thought to herself.
"Remy told me." Sarah answered Rogue, who's eyes opened wide.
"How do ya know Remy?" Rogue asked her. 'Oh mah god, is he back?' She thought to herself.
"He saved me from the bad man that had tried to kill me a few months back. He then took me in." Sarah replied to Rogue.
"Sabertooth was going to kill a little girl dat was about eight. Gambit stopped him, and got attacked for it. I den grabbed de girl and got out of de tunnels." (1) Rogue recalled what Remy had told her when they were on the jet. 'This must be that girl.' Rogue thought to herself as she smiled down at Sarah. "Is he here right now?" She asked the little girl.
"Yeah, he went to find his room." Sarah answered Rogue. "Are you going to go meet him?" Sarah asked her as she cocked her head to the side.
"Yeah, Ah'm gonna go see him." Rogue replied to Sarah. "It was nice meetin ya, Ah'll be seein ya around." Rogue smiled as she stood back up and headed for the door.
"I think he likes you a lot. I remember him telling me how much you were always on his mind." Sarah added in before Rogue left.
Rogue turned around to Sarah. "Ah like him a lot too, sugah." Rogue said making Sarah smile.
"It was nice talking to you." Sarah waved to Rogue as she turned around and began to unpack.
"Nice meetin ya too." Rogue said as she turned back and exited the room. She headed down the hallway determined to find Remy.
Back to Gambit
He walked up the stairs and down to the guys dorm's. The cat followed right beside him. "Great, dis really must be my day." Remy whispered to himself as he saw who was coming down the hallway. 'Out of everyone in dis entire place, it has to be him.' Remy thought as two people that were coming from the opposite direction stopped when they saw him. Remy stopped as well.
"Cajun." Bobby greeted him with a glare as he held Lorna close to him. The last time Remy had come to the mansion, he had been able to get Rogue away from him. He admitted though he did kind of push Rogue away from him being jealous, but he still didn't trust the Cajun.
"Ice Cube." Remy greeted back with a glare as well. Lorna looked at Remy and remembered him, but not from four months ago when she stayed at the mansion. She remembered him from one of the worst experiences of her life; the Morlock Massacre. A shiver ran down her spine as she remembered Malice taking control over her body and making her kill innocent mutants.
"Nice to see you again, Gambit." Lorna said with a half smile as she tugged on Bobby's arm to get moving. They were suppose to be heading out with Kitty and Piotr soon.
Remy nodded towards Lorna as the two of them passed by. He made his way down the hallway looking into the rooms. He heard a soft meow come from Dirge beside him. "Still don' get why y' keep followin moi." Remy commented as he looked down at the cat.
"Den again most people said dat Gambit act more like a cat den anythin. Dis just great, finally lost my mind. Talkin to a cat." Remy shook his head as he came to stop in front of a room that had the names written on the outside of it. 'Guess dis is it.' Remy thought to himself as he stepped into the room.
He noticed that the two other bed's that were to the far right of the room had clothes or were unmade. The bed to the other side was empty. He placed his bag on the bed and sat down. Dirge jumped up on the bed and ran his face against Remy's arm.
Remy scratched the cat behind it's ears and did not hear someone entered into the room. "Nice ta see ya are back." He heard a female voice say. Remy turned around to see Rogue standing in the door with a smile on her face.
Astral Plane
Malice continued backing away from the creature as it spread itself out into the Astral Plane. It seemed the creature, like herself, didn't have a appearance, but a pair of glowing yellow eyes appeared and long sharp teeth appeared.
"Finally, after all these years, I am free." A deep dark voice said with a chuckle. "Now I can finally get my revenge." It spoke.
Malice had never been scared in her life, she was the one that was suppose to scare any creature she came in contact with. How was it she feared this creature? "Who are you getting revenge on?" She asked, afraid it would come after her.
"Charles. . .Charles Xavier. He was the one that locked me up." The creature roared angrily. "I was the greatest telepath in the world, until he stole my title. He will pay for ruining my plans before. If he hadn't interfered I would of had the girl that controlled the weather." It began to growl.
Malice continued looking in horror at the creature. "What exactly are you? I've seen others in the Astral Plane, but none of them carried black fog with them." She said, her voice starting to return to normal.
"Some say I am a psychic parasite that invades people's minds." The creature then began to laugh. "I am the shadow that lives within humanity's soul. When the first dream came in the night. . . I was born as the first nightmare."(2) The creature said proudly.
'Oh shit.' Malice cursed to herself. She had heard rumors of this creature before. Everyone that spoke of it, spoke in fear. "You're the Shadow King, aren't you?" Malice asked.
"Correct, my dear." The Shadow King grinned. "I've seen you from behind the wall. I must say I am impressed. I would like you to join me. I promise you anything in the world once I have enslaved every human and mutant in the world." The Shadow King stated.
Malice grinned to herself. 'This is a better than working for Sinister. All the chaos I can ensue.' She thought to herself. "I'll help you." She answered. "I've been eyeing this girl for a while. Soon I will be taking over her body. She is a powerful one, able to absorb people's memories and for mutant's their powers." Malice told the Shadow King.
"Interesting, I would like to see this girl once you have enslaved her. I will be joining you down there as well. I know exactly who I plan to take as my host." The Shadow King began to laugh. "Xavier will be sorry he ever mess with me when I am done with him." He laughed.
Malice grinned to herself as she stared at the Shadow King.
End of Chapter 4
1- that is a part in chapter 24 of Unexpected Visitor
2- X-treme X-Men Annual 2001
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Next Chapter: Finally, we get to see where Jean Grey has been the entire time. It is the least place you would expect to find her. Also Remy and Rogue talk, plus there is a news report of a disturbance in Los Angeles.