Sorry, this chapter was suppose to be up yesterday, but ended up going somewhere for father's day, which is strange because we usually never go anywhere. Well anyways, sorry it took a bit longer than it was suppose to.
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It seemed like nothing but a dessert waste land. The sky had looked like it was about to set anytime, but there was no sun that was visible. Remy stood in looking around at the new area. 'Dis is Marie's mind?' He thought to himself, before his question became answered.
"No, you have yet to enter into her mind. This is the outside of it." He heard Jean's voice say to him. He looked around and found no one else there.
"So, how does Gambit enter her mind?" Remy asked Jean. He didn't know how she was communicating with him, the only way he could think was telepathic. 'Gotta remind monself to tell her not to enter Gambit's mind.' Remy thought to himself.
"I heard that." Jean's voice said to him. "You don't need to worry, I have seen everything you have done in your life. You can't hide anything from me. Now as for entering her mind. If you turn a foot to left and keep walking straight you will be in." Jean told him.
'Sounds easy enough.' He thought to himself as he stepped over and began walking straight. The scenery around him began to change from the dessert to standing in front of the mansion. "So den Gambit go find Rogue?" Remy asked Jean.
"It won't be that easy. Within the mansion lurks some of the things that Rogue fears and that haunt her. Within every door holds a memory, inside one of those rooms is Rogue and somewhere in there is Carol. I am afraid Carol has gained much control over Rogue's mind and is able to add things in to her liking." Jean told him. Remy nodded.
"Dis still seems easy." Remy said suspiciously. Nothing was ever that easy. Walking into the mansion, finding her and only worrying about is Carol and whatever she had added. Remy walked up the to the door, when someone opened the door.
"May I help you? Let me guess, your another person she has trapped within her mind? Hm, don't remember seeing you at the mansion, you must be someone that she attacked earlier on before she entered." A familiar female voice asked him. Remy glared at the blonde woman, it was her fault for all of this.
"Where is Rogue?" Remy demanded, reaching into his coat pocket for a playing card and pulling out three in front of him. His other hand reaching for his bo staff.
"You actually want to find her? Well I am sorry to tell you, but that won't be happening. She must be punished." Carol told Remy, she was about to shut the door on his face, when he placed his foot in the way.
"Gambit not gonna ask y' again, where is Rogue?" He had already lost his temper when he had seen Carol open the door. "Gambit don' care about what shit happened to y' when y' were younger, all he cares about is gettin' Rogue, den y' can go and piss someone else off. Leave Rogue alone." He threatened her.
Carol's eyes went wide, no one ever spoke to her like that. "You are a fool, that must be why you are in here and as for me leaving Rogue alone." Carol stopped speaking and went closer to Remy, who stood his ground. "She deserves everything that has happened and more. She is a murderer and no one else sees it that way, except for me." Carol stepped away from Remy.
"She never murder anyone. Just because she absorb people don' mean she wanted it to happen. And de only fool around 'ere is de one Gambit looking at." He shouted at her as he threw a card at her. Carol flew up before the card hit her. She floated in the air looking down at him.
"You will pay for that, but as for right now I have some things to do." She told him before she disappeared. Remy placed the cards he hadn't used back in his pocket for later, knowing he may need them. He pulled out his bo staff and held it within his hand as he entered the mansion.
'Dat remind moi, Jeanie, y' dere?" Remy asked as he closed the door behind him. This mansion was exactly like the real one. The stairs and rooms seemed to be all in the same location. It seemed dead quiet in the place, which really freaked him out.
"Yes I am here. What is it?" Jean answered him finally. "Oh, good you got in, now be on your guard." She told him in his mind.
"Dat reminds moi, can Gambit get killed twice if anythin' happens?" He asked her. He hadn't taken a step since he entered. He waited for a few seconds before Jean finally answered him.
"No, you can't get killed again, but your not immortal in there either. You will feel pain if something hits you. Reason of why I said to be careful." She replied to him.
"Yeah, yeah, Gambit know dat." Remy said as he started walking up the stairs of the mansion. Each step making a noise has he moved to the next, something that wasn't in the real mansion. Finally when he reached the top he saw Wolverine standing there, except his eyes were of pure black. His claws were extended and were also black instead of the silver the real one had.
"Oh dis should be fun." Remy said as he extended his bo staff. Wolverine growled and approached him.
"Get out of here." Wolverine snarled at him, before raising his claw to strike Gambit. Luckily, his staff held off the claws.
"Don' think so mon ami, not leavin until Gambit get's chere outta 'ere." Remy replied as he took his staff back and slammed it against Wolverine's head. The attacked seemed to have no effect on him.
'In here he also has a healing factor I should of reminded you.' Jean said in Remy's mind and he blocked another attack and kicked Wolverine in the stomach. The other mutant only seemed to stagger back a bit, before gaining back his balance.
'Gee, dat's great Jeanie, but y' got any advice on beatin him?' Remy asked as he ducked as the claws came at his head. 'Dat was close.' He thought to himself.
'He is only a illusion, if you believe he is real, then he is. If you accept he is a illusion he will. The same with the Carol that you had met earlier.' Jean told him. Remy was having a hard time believing that Wolverine was a illusion, to him those claws seemed VERY real.
'Thanks for tellin' moi dis now. Could of saved a card.' Remy thought to himself as he ducked from the claws. 'Okay, dis homme is only a illusion, dis homme is only a illusion.' He kept reminding himself. Wolverine raised his claws again to strike Gambit, who closed his eyes. 'Only a illusion.' He repeated again as Wolverine slammed his claws into Gambit, but they passed right through him.
Remy opened his eyes to see Wolverine had disappeared. 'See that wasn't so bad, was it?" He heard Jean mocking him.
"Well excuse moi Miss. Know it All, but don' see y' in 'ere doin' anythin'." He said out loud as he started going down the hall. The upstairs was very much different, it just had doors all next to each other and it looked nothing like the real mansion.
'Okay okay, I am sorry. You are doing well.' Jean said to him in defeat. Remy stood in front of one of the doors.
"Hm, mebbe she behind dis door?" He asked himself as he went to open it. He turned the knob and it revealed something that he didn't think even Rogue would of remembered.
"Are you sure you want this one dear?" A man stood over a crib, which was next to many others.
"Yes I am sure I want this one." The man's wife said as she picked up the baby.
"What did they say happened to her parents?" The husband asked as he went through the papers. "That's strange, it doesn't say how they were killed. She only appeared here a few days ago." The husband said as he placed the papers down.
"It was fate that lead her to us." The wife said as he rocked the baby in her arms.
"Very well Irene, we will get her. What should we call her?" The man asked as he stood next to his wife. The woman smiled down at the baby girl.
"Marie." The woman answered him. Remy stared at them both, before finally leaving the room.
"Dere's somethin' y' don' see everyday." Remy said to himself as he stared at the door, feeling bad that he knew something that Rogue probably didn't. He sighed before he moved onto the next door. He opened the door to find Rogue sitting in class.
"Rogue!" Remy smiled as he went over to her, but she seemed to not see or hear him. He waved his hand in front of her.
'This is only a memory.' He heard Jean say to him. He backed away from Rogue and watched as Bobby entered the room. She had a huge smile across her face.
"Hey sugah." Rogue said as she went to greet her boyfriend, but he didn't look as pleased as her. She frowned. "What's wrong?" She asked him, he turned away from her.
"Listen, I have been thinking. I think it might be better if we just become friends and that is it." Bobby told her, she looked in shock.
"What changed?" She asked him, he shook his head and took a seat before her.
"Listen Rogue, we can never have a normal relationship. I really want to have a family some day and I just don't see that with us." Bobby told her. Remy glared at Bobby and called him a few words that he hoped Jean hadn't heard and prayed she didn't know French.
Rogue looked as if she was going to cry. "Alright." She said to him as she slumped back in her desk. Other students came into the class, usually people would sit around her, but today they all went to the opposite end of the class.
"Settle down." Scott said as he entered his class. "Yesterday we received a new student, her name is Carol Danvers. I hope you all make her welcome." Scott introduced Carol as she walked through the room and smiled at the class. She then quickly gave Rogue a dirty look before sitting down.
Remy took one last glance at the saddened Rogue before leaving the room. "So where is she den?" Remy asked Jean he looked at all of the rooms and didn't know how he could check them all.
'If you care for Rogue as much as you say, you will be able to find her. I don't know which room it is, the only thing I know is that she is locked in with one of her own memories.' Jean replied to him.
"Dat helps." He muttered as he walked down the hallway. He saw a few doors away a room that had a white glow coming from underneath it. 'Dat's de one.' Remy thought to himself as he raced over to the door. He reached for the door and turned the knob, only to find it was locked.
"So, Jeanie, y' know where Gambit can find de key?" He asked Jean, but she never relied to him. He sighed. "Dis is just great." He thought to himself. He stepped away from it and then charged at the door and slammed his shoulder into the door. That planned failed as he fell back onto the floor. "Merde." He cursed as he held his shoulder. He got to his feet and thought of another plan. 'Try kickin' it in.' He thought to himself. He soon found that the plan would fail and would then only have a hurt foot.
Remy sighed in frustration. He then reached into his pocket and pulled out a playing card. He turned the card over, revealing the Queen of Hearts and charged the card. "Lady luck, helped moi many times before, don' fail moi now." He said as he through the card at the knob. The door made a clicking noise.
'You are in.' He heard Jean say to him. He didn't reply to him, the only thing that was on his mind was Rogue. He quickly turned the knob and found Rogue in the room on the floor. She was crying and all around the room a memory kept playing in front of her.
"Chere?" Remy asked as he walked into the room and bent down next to her. She didn't say anything to him, she just kept muttering the same thing over again.
"It's mah fault." She said as she watched herself kiss David, then seeing him fall on the bed gasping for breath. "Ah destroyed his life." She said as more tears came down her face. Remy placed a arm around her, it had felt so strange to actually touch someone after so long of passing through everyone and thing.
"Sh, it wasn' y'r fault. Y' didn' know y'r powers were goin' to come den." Remy told her as he rubbed her shoulder. She leaned her head against his chest.
"He would of been able ta have a life and Ah took it away from him." She cried into his shirt.
"Dere is nothin' y' could do, it would of been different if y' knew y' had de power to absorb, but y' didn't. Everyone has things dey did in dere past dat dey are ashamed of, but y' can' let it eat y' alive." He told her, looking down at her.
"But," She began to say, but Remy placed a hand over her lips.
"Y' can' change what y' did den, de only thing y' can do is make sure it never happens again. Y' can' let Carol win dis. She may blame y' for what happened, but it wasn' y'r fault." He told her. Rogue turned away from him as if she was registering what was just said.
"Ah guess ya could be right." Rogue whispered to herself. Remy turned her head to look at him.
"Dis is one thing Remy know for sure." He said with a smile on his face. Rogue smiled back at him, then looked a bit confused.
"How did ya get in mah head?" She asked him.
"Y' needed help, so Gambit 'ere to help y'." He told her. She smiled up at him and wrapped her arms around him, giving him a silent thanks.
"Now about Carol." Remy said as he stood up, helping Rogue to her feet as well. Rogue gave him a smirk.
"Don't worry about Carol, sugah. Ah'll deal with her." She said with more confidence in her voice than before. "By the way, Ah believe ya owe meh a kiss." Rogue said as she placed her hands behind her back.
"Dat all y' want chere, who know if Gambit will be able to touch again and dere is a bed 'ere." He raised a eyebrow at her.
"Ah don't think so swamp rat." She told him. "The last thing Ah need is for mahself gettin' pregnant by a ghost." She said to him.
"Fine, fine." He raised his hands. "Den Remy guess he'll have to settle for a kiss den." He said with a smirk as he pulled her closer to him. He wrapped his arms around her waist as she wrapped he arms around his neck. He lowered his head and touched to kiss her. To Rogue's surprise she didn't absorb him, she had thought as soon as they touched she would absorb, but she didn't so she just lost herself in the kiss.
'Remy you were suppose to find Rogue and help her get Carol out, now make out with her!' He heard Jean protesting in his mind.
"How was dat chere?" Remy asked as he parted his lips from hers. She looked up into his red on black eyes.
"Great." She said as she pulled apart from him. "Ah guess we should go find Carol now." She said as she backed away from him. Remy nodded as he took her hand in his as they left the room. As the entered the hallway the door disappeared.
End of Chapter 16
Chica De Los Ojos Café: wow ur the first person that actually said that, but then again if Carol hadn't been absorbed into Rogue, then Remy wouldn't of been able to touch Rogue, so guess Carol is good for something Thanks for reviewing
dreamer's dawn: there was a bit of Romy moment in here, well this is little compared to what I have planned Thanks for reviewing
bored247: you will be able to do the celebration dance next chapter, when they face Carol, then no more Carol . Thanks for reviewing
Cat2fat900: hehe, there will be more of Rahne later, she will be a bit bossy then also. And couldn't have Wolv attackin Carol's body, one Carol wouldn't of felt anything, though it probably would of felt good to just sink his claws into her from what she did. Thanks for reviewing
jade: she kinda has a mental disorder, well not really, but that's what I think and as for the older kids, they will be very sorry for when Rogue wakes up. Thanks for reviewing
FluidDegree: with battles, unless its someone that everyone has to go against I let everyone go against that enemy, since this is Rogue's enemy, she will be going against Carol, Remy will only be able to help from the side. Thanks for reviewing
kyo-kitty: hehe, I think this chapter answered your question, they are able to touch in her mind and kiss and Rogue will learn she has the other powers in the next chapter when she goes against Carol. Thanks for reviewing.
WolvGambit: not to sure on the extra life thingy, but for now he will be able to touch her in her mind, then later, well, you'll see Thanks for reviewing
Colette Erby: I wish I was always right, the only thing I know of this fic is the battle one other thing and the ending for it, well so far, but its coming along. Thanks for reviewing
Arwen Manwathiel: nah, Carol deserves to be tortured. She will be learning her mistakes in the next chapter, don't absorb yourself into Rogue's head. Thanks for reviewing
dawn1: he got some happiness in this chapter, he also gets some happiness in the next chapter. And Carol does get hers in the next chapter Thanks for reviewing
Elle457: I've heard of that fic, never got around to reading it. Hopefully this is different from that, I don't like it when I use material someone else has already used. Thanks for reviewing
Crash Slayer: right now it is great to be Carol, got control over Rogue's mind, but next chapter, as you said it will suck to be her. Thanks for reviewing
PhantomPunkEvo: since this is Rogue's enemy I am going to let Rogue take her out, Remy will be like Jean and be able to help her on the side. And I don't know what that show is, sorry. Thanks for reviewing
firestorm13: I think I am going to let Rahne place more guilt on the other kids, they deserve it after all. And Remy will be able to touch and charge to his hearts desire until after the next chapter or maybe I might let him stay for another chapter. Thanks for reviewing
sakura5tar: classes suck, I wish my assignment was to write and update my fics. But one is bad the other isn't so not that bad. I tried to perk up this chapter a bit after the last one, hope ya liked it. Thanks for reviewing
enchantedlight: glad ya liked the last chapter, thanks for reviewing
A.M.bookworm247: DANG! Thats a long review. Well I am pleased you enjoyed the last chapter and thought the characters were up to standards The others will be very very sorry for being mean to Rogue when she wakes up, A LOT of guilt there. I know what ya mean about school, for me it started up again. (cries) Thanks for reviewing
BliberalQuestionAuthority: the leave her and go to heaven has crossed my mind a few times, still not crossed off the list yet, but I am pretty sure of how it will go. Not revealin it, but it will come, until then I got plenty more material until that happens. Thanks for reviewing
loner06: lol, if you want ya can take a shot at her, but it has to be before the next chapter, because after that she is gone! Thanks for reviewing
crystalwish: well glad ya like the story so far thanks for reviewing
silverbells: no need to worry, there will be some romyness in the next chapters and others to come, thats guaranteed. Carol causes a bunch of mischief in the next chapter, but she will get what she finally deserves in it. Thanks for reviewing