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Chapter 7 The Decision
Remy slowly opened his eyes and scratched his head as he stretched, getting out of bed he made his way to the bathroom for a quick hot shower, yawning as he started to get dressed, Remy looked himself over in the mirror. The scars where still visible but at least he had gained back most of the weight he had lost, shrugging he finished getting dressed and headed downstairs, "Can ya believe I'm still getting fricken calls and e-mails from those bastards…" Henri chuckled then looked up when he noticed Remy enter the kitchen, "Ey petit frère…" he greeted with a smirk, Remy frowned and went to the sink for a glass of water he knew exactly what his brother was talking about, Xavier's students kept calling him to try and get him to fix the damage he and Lapin had done. Some asked nicely while others threatened, Remy sighed and sat at the table.
"Enough talk Henri…" Mattie scolded as she walked over to Remy and placed a plate for him on the table along with his medication.
"Merci Tante…" Remy whispered as he picked up a fork and slowly started to eat.
Jean-Luc entered slamming the door shut and headed for his office, four of his men at his heels Remy glanced up and winced, Henri frowned as he noticed this, "Remy…ya okay?" he asked putting his coffee down. Remy ignored his brother and focused his attention to the door, Jean-Luc was on the phone not too impressed with one of his clients practically yelling at the man on the other line. "Remy…" Henri shook his arm, Remy turned and looked at his brother, "What's da matter?" he asked a hint of worry in his voice.
Mattie looked up from what she was doing, drying her hands on her apron she stepped forward and laid a hand to Remy's back. "M'fine…just tired…" he chuckled softly, "Didn't sleep much last night…" he lied and continued eating. Tante didn't seem too convinced as she rested the back of her hand on his forehead.
"You look awfully pale chile, aftah ya done eatin' why dontcha go lie down for a spell?" not wanting to worry her Remy nodded his head, after eating he slowly walked to the living room and sat on the couch, putting on a movie he made himself comfortable as his head hit the pillow Remy found himself slowly falling asleep.
Watching Remy's chest slowly rise and fall, Henri made his way to his father's office, while Jean-Luc was still on the phone the men either leaned against the wall or sat in a chair, waiting until he hung up Henri spoke up. "Père we need ta talk 'bout Remy…something's not right…"
Jean-Luc quickly wrote down something on a piece of paper then gave it to one of the men. "I want dis done by tonight…" he ordered the men nodded and left the house. Jean-Luc turned to Henri "What's da matter?"
"He's actin' weird, just now when ya came in he flinched as if someone burned him or something, he gave me some stupid excuse bout not sleeping much…dat boy's on so much medication it's a wonder he wakes up at all…"
Jean-Luc sighed then shook his head, "I was pissed at the client…damnit I thought he was still sleepin'…" he groaned.
"Père we can't keep going on not being pissed in dis house…"
"I know but we gotta try at least for a little while…" he sat on the couch and rubbed the back of his neck, "Fucken X-men…" he whispered.
Henri chuckled, "I got a sound mind ta go ovah there and beat some sense inta them…they keep filling up my messages, e-mail's and whatever with hate-mail say dey gonna get even…pffft please…" he snorted. "Dey got no right ta be pissed at me…dey damn well knew dis was comin'"
Jean-Luc took a deep breath and looked up, "Yeah well they'll pay for it later…Where is he?"
"Fell asleep in da livin' room…"
Slowly standing Jean-Luc headed for the living room and leaned against the doorframe watching as his son slept wondering why life had to be so cruel to him, he needed a vacation they all did. Stepping in the room he sat on the arm of the couch and ran his hand through Remy's hair resting it on his forehead, Jean-Luc sighed, "You get better petite…can't stand seeing ya like dis…" he whispered leaning down and kissing his forehead, he then slowly stood and left the room.
Remy slowly opened his eyes as he had heard their little conversation in the other room, they were actually going to start something on his behalf, and the X-men were probably going to retaliate…oh joy. Remy didn't want that sure they deserved it but it wouldn't change the fact that what they did had already been done the pain was slowly going away and he could handle the stress at the moment, they were already marked as enemies by the guild wasn't that enough…apparently not…maybe if he fixed what Lapin had done they'd stop annoying Henri long enough for him to convince his brother that all this crap wasn't worth it…Remy slowly stood and made his way upstairs grabbing his cell phone he called a cab while he packed a small bag, clothes, meds, and laptop, opening his window he threw his bag out shouldering the laptop then climbed down the side of the house, snuck out of the yard he then dialed another number and waited fifteen minutes spotting the cab he had called he flagged it down, "Where to"
The driver asked.
"Airport…" Remy answered and rested his head against the window hoping he wasn't going out of his mind at what he was going to do opening his eyes he took a deep breath and released it he was determined to end this stupid little war, hoping his father wouldn't be too pissed when he'd find out that his youngest son had suddenly disappeared.
Arriving at the airport Remy waited patiently as they began to board the passengers, as he arrived at the door he suddenly felt extremely nervous turning away a few times in hopes of changing his mind, summoning up his courage he handed his ticket to the flight attendant eyeing him over she noticed how he breathed deeply and clutched the straps of his bags she gave him a small smile "First time on a plane?" Remy smiled in turn and nodded his head, she assured him that these flights were always smooth as she led him to his seat.
Remy sighed as he buckled himself in, "I gotta be out of my mind helpin' da X-men…" he whispered.
After the plane had landed in New-York, Remy glanced around him and hailed a cab half an hour later he arrived at the institute, slowly walking to the doors Remy stared at the doors for a while after ringing the doorbell he waited patiently for someone to open the door, "Remy what are you doing here?" Hank asked dumbfounded and a bit overjoyed to see the thief.
"Came ta undo the damage, so everyone can leave me the hell alone…" he growled as he stepped inside the mansion. "I got the names of everyone they screwed with but I don' want to spend fucken days trying ta figure out what da hell Lapin did to who…"
"That's awfully kind of you Remy we most…"
"Just fucken get the info so I can start and get the fuck out of here…" Hank frowned a bit Remy seemed to be on the verge of a breakdown, he was extremely pale and looked as if he was about to pass out.
"Very well why don't you rest in your old room for a bit while I go speak with Charles he has all that information…" Hank smiled as he led Remy to his old room. Arriving at Chuck's office Hank latched onto the doorknob and turned it, eyeing the Professor, "I'm sure you know by now of our guest?" Hank asked as he entered the office.
"Yes I do…" he handed Hank a disk, "I believe he's doing this to keep the peace within his family…make sure no one disturbs him, I'll be along shortly."
"I've sent him to his old room to rest…I believe he'll be more comfortable to work in the library…" Hank suggested, Charles nodded with a small smile. A few hours later Remy sat in the library a laptop before him working on a few programs typing away, Hank arrived with a plate of food and a few bottles of water. "Are you sure you don't need any help?"
"Non…" Remy frowned and continued working ignoring the food offered and the Beast as he sat in the corner.
Another hour had passed and the two mutants still hadn't spoken a word to each other Hank suddenly stood as the Professor had called for him telepathically, "Is there anything else you need?" he asked Remy just shook his head no and continued typing, Hank sighed as he left the library.
Half an hour had passed and Remy leaned back against his chair stretching his arms above his head, yawning he grabbed a bottle of water and took a few gulps, cringing as he felt a presence approach the library, Remy frowned as he looked to the door, a girl grumbled as she entered the room and flung her books on the table obviously she was a new student since Remy didn't recognize her, she looked about eighteen years old with long brown hair, Remy growled as he sensed how pissed she was, "Will ya relax already…" he yelled.
"What…who the hell are you?" she turned to him.
"Calm-da–hell-down…" Remy repeated. The girl looked at him confused, Remy sighed, "I can sense ya feelings…and frankly it's startin' ta piss me off…now relax…"
The girl snorted, and looked at him then frowned, "Really?"
"Yeah really…" Remy answered as he looked to the laptop again.
"Sorry I didn't know I'm Kaylee…Just arrived here three weeks ago…so are you new here too?" she smiled as she sat beside him.
Remy snorted. "Non…"
"Okay…so what are you doing?" she asked peeking at the screen a bit interested in the mysterious mutant.
"Cleaning up a mess, can ya stop with da questions?" Remy asked obviously annoyed.
"No…what's your name?"
"I ain't staying here that long so why bother tellin' ya?"
"Wow…I guess I'm not the only one in a shitty mood today…" Remy sighed as he noticed the time on the laptop, and grabbed his bag from the floor beside him, taking out a pill box, Remy palmed his daily medication which was about nine pills a day and popped them in his mouth, then drank from the water bottle. "Woah…are you that sick?"
Remy glared at the girl, "Don't ya have someone else to annoy?"
"No…what are the pills for?"
Remy cringed again, "Why don't ya ask da Professor?" he hissed slamming the water bottle on the table then continued working on the programs.
"What do you mean by that?" she asked, at that moment Xavier and Hank entered the library. "Hn…hey Professor…"
"Kaylee…I see you've met Remy…" Charles gave her a small smile.
Kaylee smiled in turn, "Remy hun?"
"If she doesn't leave I ain't finishin' dis…" he growled.
Kaylee frowned, then grinned, "Professor did you know he takes like a dozen pills, I asked him what they were for and he said I should ask you…"
Charles quirked an eyebrow and steepled his fingers lifting them to his mouth, "Kaylee would you please return to your room, I'm afraid Remy's concentration suffers when he's being observed…" Kaylee was a bit surprised at this answer but grabbed her bags and left the room without saying another word, the moment he sensed that she was gone Xavier looked to Remy, "Remy you seem a bit stressed…"
"No shit…" he seethed then took a deep breath, "The way I figure it'll take me 'bout two maybe three days to hack into everything…"
"Three days?" Hank questioned.
"Well it wouldn't take me so long if I didn't have ta take all these fucken meds…anyways I ain't Lapin, he's better wit this shit then I am meanwhile I'd appreciate it if everyone, especially her stays away from me…" Remy stood and packed up the laptop throwing the bags over his shoulder he was about to leave the room. When Xavier's voice stopped him.
"Remy…why are you doing this?" he asked turning to the thief.
"I don't got much of a choice, I don't particularly care what happens ta any of ya, but I'm tired of staying at home listening and feeling to everyone so pissed at you, when dey find out I fixed the mess in ya worthless little lives, then maybe I can convince them ta back off a little and get a decent night's sleep…last ting I need is ta worry bout some stupid little war ya'll started with my family…" he growled out.
Charles sighed, "Does your father know you're here?"
Remy snorted, "Are ya stupid…ya think he'd let me come back here aftah what I've gone through with you people…" Remy hissed as he left the library and headed for his old room.
"Well if he's taking his medication at least now we know that he's trying to take care of himself…" Hank smiled.
"Yes…but he's nowhere near completely healed yet…" Charles pointed out. "I fear the day his father finds out that he's here, I'm debating the thought of telling him this very moment…"
Hank sighed "Perhaps you should…they did brand us their enemies…but doing so would mean that they would come get him immediately…which in turn means that the students records would still be tainted…"
Charles frowned, "I so hate making decisions like these…I must contact him…"
While Remy was sleeping in his room, he was to hack into the police precinct that night. Charles stared at the clock took a deep breath and dialed a number. Several rings had gone by and there was still no answer, "They're probably searching for him at this very moment…" he sighed and hung up. Calling for Hank telepathically he ordered the doctor to put the mansion on alert and asked for Logan to join him in his office.
Ten minutes later Logan frowned as he sat on one of the chairs facing Charles' desk, "Alert Chuck…can't be that bad?"
"Maybe not but we have to be prepared, Remy's already left, would you join him, I'd rather he not be alone at the moment, he's still very ill."
"Yeah sure no problem, kinda hopin' ta have a chat with the pup…" he smirked as he left the office and headed for the city.
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Meanwhile it had been about several hours since they left Remy to rest. Mattie had entered the living room to check on Remy not finding him there she searched the house and nearly trampled down Henri as he entered, "Remy's gone…" Hearing this Henri quickly sent some men to search the surrounding areas hoping Remy just went out for some fresh air, half an hour had passed the men called in without any luck Henri sent them to where Remy usually hung out, the searches continued well into the next day.
Jean-Luc was starting to carve a groove in the floor, when Jacques rushed in, "He was seen at da airport..."
Jean-Luc turned to his brother in law, "What?"
"He's in New-York…" Jacques sighed. "The moment Henri found out he already left with a group of men, flight left twenty minutes ago…"
Jean-Luc was furious, "How many?"
"Including Henri twenty-seven men…"
Jean-Luc frowned, why the hell would Remy return to that city, "Get us on the next plane…" he growled
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Remy was walking down the street, sensing that there was no one watching him he hoped, he slipped into an alley and sighed as he had to climb seven stories, Remy frowned as he quickly turned and looked down the alley then smirked, "Came ta learn how ta be a tief Wolfie?"
Logan chuckled, as he strolled up the Remy and patted him on the back, "Couldn't help it kiddo had ta see ya again…" Remy sighed as he looked back up to the roof of the building.
Logan looked up as well, "Don't tell me ya gotta climb that?"
Remy took a breath and released it as he moved the laptop from his side to his back and looked for a few footholds then started climbing the wall. As he was up to the fourth floor Remy looked down to Logan, "Ya know dis would be a whole lot easier if I could breathe…" he hissed, "Remind me why the hell I'm doin' dis again…" he mumbled.
"Cause you're a sweetheart…" Logan chuckled as he followed the thief.
Now on the roof, Remy was a bit breathless as he started to set up. Logan eyed him over, "Ya alright pup?"
"Oh…dere are days I envy you homme…" Remy huffed as he sat down and leaned against the air conditioning unit and looked to Logan who quirked an eyebrow in question, "Ya don' get sick…" he specified.
"Ah yeah…so how you doin' really?" he asked kneeling down beside the thief.
Remy chuckled softly, "Always tired…still can't sleep…" he whispered as he was now connected within the precinct mainframe, taking out a list he started to type a few commands. The two stayed on that roof for a little over two hours. As Logan carried Remy's stuff down he looked a bit worried as he watched Remy the moment he was on the ground he started coughing.
"C'mon pup I think you've done enough for tonight…"
"Non I'm alright…took me less time than I thought…I don't want ta stay here longer dan I have too…I could be back home by tomorrow." He chirped.
"Remy…You look like hell I'm drawin da line here don't want you getting sick again…"
"I'll be fine just need ta break inta the school and college won't take me more then a couple hours tops…"
"Screw it pup…I ain't kiddin' ya need ta rest…"
"Won't take long until père gonna find out I'm here…he's gonna drag me back home, either I do it now or never…"
"Is your father really gonna start a war with us?"
"I'd bet on it…ya'll really pissed him off…" Remy chuckled as he started walking down the alley, Logan sighed as he followed him trying to talk him out of continuing.
After half an hour of bitching and whining Logan sighed as Remy was determined to fix everything in one night. Leaning against the building of the college, Remy glanced over at the few security guards roaming about and snorted, massaging away a headache he strolled up to the main entrance and quickly picked the lock, walking down the hall with Logan in tow, Remy entered the dean's office and sat in his chair, leaning his elbows on the desk he closed his eyes for a few minutes waiting until the computer booted up, Logan sat in one of the chairs watching him carefully, three hours had passed.
"Alright that's it pup…it's nearly five in the morning, I'll knock you unconscious and carry you back to the mansion if I have too…"
Remy sighed, "An hour at the high school…"
"No…now get your ass in gear come on…" Logan growled as he grabbed Remy's arm, Remy quickly tensed as he looked to the door, Logan sniffed the air and frowned. "How's your getaway plan?"
"Workin' on it…" Remy groaned as he peeked out of the door, seeing the shadows on the walls he was not into climbing out of windows right now, glancing around the room to make sure that everything was at it was when they entered, Remy opened the door locking it as he led Logan to a set of stairs on the right, cursing as he heard one of the guards shout, the two rushed down the stairs and bolted out of the building.
"Well that was fun?" Logan chuckled as he leaned against a building Remy was sitting on theground gasping for breath, "Pup?" Logan frowned as he kneeled down and grasped Remy's shoulders and pulled him up to rest his back on the wall, "Jesus you're burning up…"
"P-pills…" Remy gasped clenching his fists in the grass, Logan quickly searched Remy's coat pockets, finding the pill box he opened it and gave them to the thief watching as he swallowed them, and kept his eyes closed as he concentrated on trying to breathe. About half an hour had passed and Remy looked exhausted.
"Think ya can stand?" Logan whispered. Remy lazily opened his eyes and looked around, Logan grasped his arm and helped him on his feet, "C'mon pup Jeep's a three minute walk from here…"
As Logan drove to the mansion he kept a close eye on Remy, helping him to his room where Hank and Charles were waiting for them, "He was determined to do it all tonight he wouldn't listen to me when I told him ta call it quits…he's pushing himself too hard, screw the rest Chuck…the kids are smart they'll get over it." Logan growled as he helped Hank take off Remy's boots and jacket and lay him down on his bed covering him with the blankets. Remy had already passed out.
"Yes I know…I've called his father a few times but I've yet to receive an answer…"
Logan smirked, "Oh he's probably on his way here right now…" he answered watching as Hank took Remy's vitals.
Hank sighed, "And I'm afraid he won't be too pleased to learn that Remy has a fever of a hundred and five"