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Logan and Ororo had stepped outside the room, leaving Bobby alone with Remy. "What was going on in there?" She asked the Canadian, who silently leaned against the wall a moment before answering.
'How could someone so beautiful fall for someone like me?' He thought to himself, then realized that he hadn't answered her question. "Nothin'. Drake just needed a little lesson." Logan replied.
Ororo raised an eyebrow at him. "From the looks of it, you were having more of a lesson. What happened?" The white-haired goddess asked. She wouldn't let him leave until he said to her what went on in there.
"Drake cheated on Rogue." He told her. She gave a shocked expression.
"I can't believe he would do such a thing. How is Rogue?" Ororo asked him curiously. She remembered she hadn't seen the younger girl in the room.
"I talked ta her. She said she was hurt and didn't want ta face him right now. Can't blame the kid. I gave Drake a little warnin': if he ever hurts her again." a SNIKT filled the quiet hallway, "the only date he'll be having is with my claws." He replied..
"Logan, I don't think the Professor would like us bringing home Bobby in a body bag. Try to control your temper around him. What he did was very wrong." She told him.
"Yeah, I know. But, he needs ta know he can't get away with that stuff. She deserves better than that little runt." He growled.
Ororo smiled at him. "I am sure Rogue will find the perfect man for her. She might have made a mistakes in the past, but I'm sure she learned from them and will be able to move on." She said to him as she turned to leave. "I'm going to check on Jean."
'Say somethin' before she leaves!' He was shouting at himself. This was the perfect opportunity to ask her out. No one else was around. "Ororo!" He called to her.
She turned around to look at him. "Yes?"
"Ya want ta go get somethin' ta eat tomorrow? Ya don't have ta if ya don't want ta. Just a suggestion." Logan told her as he scratched behind his neck. 'This is where she turns around and leaves, thinkin' y'r a dumbass. I should of planned it better.' He cursed to himself, and was shocked to see she was still standing there.
"Sure, that sounds lovely." She nodded her head as she turned back around and entered the women's room.
Logan was in shock. He thought for sure she would give him a weird look or back away from him. She had actually said 'yes'. A small smile crept on his face as he thought about the white-haired goddess.
His concentration broken when he saw Scott coming down the hallway with a blonde haired woman following behind him. He raised an eyebrow at Scott. "Who's this?" Logan asked as the blonde smiled at him and held out her hand.
"My name is Emma Frost. I am guessing you're Logan, am I correct?" Emma asked as she shook Logan's hand. The Canadian looked over at Scott.
"The Professor told you about him, too?" Scott asked her.
"Of course, he said something about a new mutant who could not remember his past." Emma replied as she ran a hand across Logan's cheek.
'There's somethin' fishy about this woman. I can smell it.' He thought to himself as he swept her hand away from him. "Nice ta meet ya, why are ya here?" He demanded to know.
Emma chuckled a bit. "My, my, don't you cut to the chase right away? I have news on Magneto that you should find interesting. Shall I tell you gentlemen here or in the room?" She asked them.
"This way, but when we get into the room you're calling the Professor." Scott told her. He still had his doubts that this woman really knew Charles Xavier.
"Alright." She said to Scott with a smile. They entered the room to find Jean, Rogue, and Ororo sitting on the bed, talking quietly. Jean was by Rogue since she needed to examine the younger woman's wrist.
"Who's this?" Ororo asked the two men as the new woman made herself right at home. She sat down on the bed next to Ororo and stretched out her legs.
"This is Ms. Emma Frost. She said she is a friend of the Professor's." Scott began to explain. Both Ororo and Jean gave him a look that said 'are you kidding me?' "She has news about Magneto. Can you please call the Professor now?" He asked the blonde haired woman.
Emma smiled at him and ran a finger under his chin. "Only cause you asked so nicely, darling." She told him as she scooted off the bed and walked over to the phone. Jean was giving her a death glare. She then turned her gaze to her boyfriend.
I swear I didn't do anything. Scott told Jean over their telepathic link. Jean nodded as she saw him out of the corner of her eye follow her glare back to the blonde.. The red head was very tempted to throw this woman right out the window.
"Hello, Charles? Haven't heard from you in a while, darling. How have you been?" Emma asked into the phone as she sat down next to Jean.
'There is no way the Professor is actually talking to her.' Scott thought to himself. Emma then winked over at him as she continued to talk.
Just then, Bobby entered the room as quietly as he could. Logan turned and growled at the young man. A smirk almost came to his face when he saw Bobby. His slightly swollen right eye had a garish purplish black bruise. 'Hehe, guess the Cajun is good for somethin' after all.' He thought to himself.
Rogue raised an eyebrow when she saw Bobby's black eye, but as soon as he looked at her, she turned away. "Oh, Scott. The Professor wishes to speak with you." Emma stated as she passed the phone to Scott.
"Hello, Professor?" Scott asked into the phone. The only thing coming to his mind was this was not really the Professor. 'Maybe she is playing mind tricks on us, unless she does really know him.' He reminded himself.
"Yes, Scott. I see you met my friend, Emma Frost. I called her earlier and told her where she could find you. She told me she had heard Magneto was in the neighborhood and wanted to help." Xavier told him. Scott's mouth almost fell open.
'She does know him. I got to remind myself later to ask what went through his mind when making friends with her.' He thought to himself as he glanced over at Emma. She had a seductive smile spread across her face. "Hopefully, we will be able to find Magneto. Good-bye, Professor." He said as he hung up the phone.
"I told you I knew Charles." Emma pointed out. "I suppose now you want the information on Magneto?" She asked them.
'Yeah, and then you can leave.' Jean thought to herself. She had met the blonde haired woman only minutes ago and already didn't like her. She could see by the look Scott gave that he didn't like her either. The way Emma had winked at him and called him 'darling' made Jean's blood boil. Scott was her boyfriend. "It would be helpful." Jean told her in the calmest voice she could produce.
Emma looked over at Jean and gave a small smile. "Alright, dear." The blonde began as she turned back to Scott. "From what I've found out, Magneto wants to break into one of the government buildings in New Mexico. Apparently, he has been planning something. My guess is that it is a backup plan in case mutants decide they no longer want to be harassed by humans. Whatever is in that building is thought to be able to wipe out every mutant on the planet." She explained to them.
"Why don't he just go in there himself and get it?" Logan asked as he folded his arms over his chest.
Emma turned her head in his direction and smiled. "Because the government already knows about him. They have been keeping tabs of where he goes and what he does, but until he attacks, the little strike force is useless." She told them as she turned back to Scott. "Any other questions you want answered, cutie?" She asked him.
Jean clenched her fingers around the blanket beneath her. If there was no one in the room, this other woman would have been thrown across the continent by now.
"So why is he in Paris? Wouldn't it be easier ta be in New Mexico if he was gonna sneak inta a buildin'?" Rogue asked her.
"The building has one of the highest security system in the world. No one can get by it without being undetected. To be able to get into the building, he would need someone who knew what they were doing." She said as she rested her cheek against the headboard of the bed.
"That's why he wants the Cajun, I'm guess?" Logan asked her.
"Very good. From what my source has told me, Remy LeBeau is one of the top thieves in the world." Emma said as she watched Scott walk over to Jean and sit next to her. He placed his hand on top of hers. 'Let's see how long that lasts.' Emma thought to herself.
"I'm gonna go check on him." Rogue said as she got up from her spot on the bed. Bobby attempted to take a step in front of her to talk to her, but Logan grabbed his shoulder firmly and yanked him back. Rogue wouldn't make eye contact with her boyfriend as she exited the room.
"How did you get this information?" Ororo asked Emma. She didn't know what to think of the blonde woman. She could tell that the woman upset Jean and she couldn't blame her friend. Emma seemed to be flirting with Scott.
"As I said before, I have a reliable source around here. I ask him to find me something and he will get it for me." Emma told the white haired woman.
"There's one thing I wanna know." Logan spoke up. "How did he get Sabertooth outta prison? How was he able to manage that?" He asked her.
Emma chuckled at him. "You don't know that one?" She asked him as she turned to the others. They didn't know what she found so funny. "Please, from the encounters Charles has told me about, you should know who works for Magneto and what they can do." She hinted to them.
"Mystique." Scott whispered. That was the only person that came to mind. She could easily disguise herself as a guard and waltz right into the place without anyone knowing who she was.
"Very good, I can see why you're the leader." Emma smiled over at him. Jean glared back at her.
"Why wouldn't he just have Mystique go in there to get the stuff he wants?" Bobby asked. He didn't understand everything that was being said except for a few things.
"They have detectors in there. Mystique might be good at fooling the cameras, but not when they surveillance scans' your body for mutant DNA as soon as someone walks in the front door." Emma answered the youngest mutant in the room.
Rogue opened the door to the men's room where they had left Remy. As soon as she entered the room, she looked over at the chair he usually sat in and found it empty. Her eyes scanned the room until she saw him climbing out the window. "Goin' somewhere?" Rogue asked as she came closer to him.
Remy started cursing to himself. He had debated earlier if he should stay or leave. He had thought he would be better off on his own again. He only had a few more days until he had to leave Paris and he had spent some of it with people he didn't even know. He pulled his leg inside the room and turned to look at her. "Guess not anymore." He said to her as he shut the window.
"What were ya doin'?" She asked him curiously.
"Just stretchin' my leg out and gettin' some fresh air. Too stuffy in dis room." He told her innocently.
"Ya were plannin' on leavin', weren't ya?" She asked him as she folded her arms over her chest. She smiled at him. "Ah wouldn' blame ya. Puttin' up with everythin' that has been goin' on around here. Sorry about earlier. Ya shouldn' of had ta comfort meh." She told him.
"Non, Remy didn' mind at all. Besides, no one should have dat happen to dem. Dat boy needs a kick in de ass." He stated to her. She gave a small laugh.
"Ah just can't believe he did that ta meh. Not ta mention, he told Kitty we had broken up and started dating her. Ah wonder if he was plannin' on dumpin' meh for her soon." She said sadly.
"He's stupid. He has no idea of what he is throwin' away. Any guy would be lucky to have y' in deir life. Dey be lucky enough to set deir eyes on y'." He told her as he looked into her emerald eyes.
A shiver ran down Rogue's spine at what he said. "Ah had a question: did ya do that ta Bobby?" She asked him as he drew closer.
Remy smirked down at her. "Oui, he started goin' on about how he didn' know what he did wrong. Couldn' take it anymore. As soon as de claws left, de iceman hit de floor." He answered her.
"Why did ya do that?" She asked him in a daze. She was not mad about Bobby being punched. Heck, she would have done it herself.
"Cause he insulted y', mon chere." He told her as leaned down to kiss her. Normally, she would reject such an advance, but Rogue found herself falling for his charm. She placed a hand on his shoulder as their lips finally met. Closing her eyes, she began to think of two things.
The first was how she couldn't believe she was kissing him. They hadn't known each other that long. She did have to admit to herself though, he was a lot better kisser than Bobby. After admitting that, the only thing keeping her mind completely focusing on Remy was the second thing. Why hadn't she absorbed any part of his memory or powers yet?
End of Chapter 8
Special thanks to: loneraven, kyo-kitty, WolvGambit Le Diable Blanc, sweet n' crazy, jacx, Diaz F, Rising Goddess, bored247, jhessyemon, silverbells (almost forgot about that, thanks for the reminder), the supernugget, dreamer's dawn, Chica De Los Ojos Café, and PadfootGirl (you just have me a idea, thanks :). Thank you all so very much for reviewing the last chapter. I'm not sure on it yet, but I'm thinking of putting a Jean vs Emma battle later, well see.