I'm back, sorta! I did not get along well with this chapter, for some reason it didn't seem to come out right. I've gone over it and it still doesn't sound right each time, dunt know what it is. Hope this didn't turn out that bad.
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters in here yadda yadda, you know the drill.
"So where do ya think they went ta?" Rogue whispered to Remy as they made their way through the swamp. They had exited out of the mini temple dedicated to Candra and now were looking for the External and the assassin that was helping her, Julien.
"Don' know cher." Remy whispered back to her as they made their way around a small pond. A cool breeze went pass them and rocked the leaves of the trees near by. "But we gotta find dem before tomorrow mornin." He added.
"Ah'm sure we will find them bah then." Rogue said to him, raising her voice a slight higher than before. This place really gave her the creeps. 'Too many damn insects.' She thought to herself as she swatted at her neck as a bug bit her.
"I told you to go and stir the assassins up!" Rogue and Remy both stopped when they heard a female voice shout.
"Well looks like it is my lucky day after all." Remy smirked to Rogue as they squatted down behind a shrub and walked closer to where the shout came from.
"I don't care, it will be done once you've payed moi. Don't give moi dat shit about after it is all done." Julien shot back at Candra. He had enough of being ordered around.
Candra came up closer to him. "And I told you already, how many times do I have to repeat myself you pathetic human?" Candra glared down at the assassin, who did not look like he was going to back down. She looked over to her side. "We've been followed." She said in a low voice as she turned around to look at the shrub that both Gambit and Rogue were hiding behind. "Come out, I know your there."
Remy stood up slowly. He reached into his coat pocket and found his bo staff was in his coat. 'Merci Jeannie.' He thanked silently. He wasn't sure if it had come with him when he came back, luckily she let him keep it and a pack of cards.
"How did you get out?" Candra glared at Gambit and then at Rogue, who stood up beside the man she loves.
"Well as y' said before, good help is hard to find." Gambit smirked as he pulled out his bo staff and extended it. He saw Julien reaching behind his back and pulled out a staff of his own. The only difference was there were two sharp edges on the tips of the staff.
"I'll make sure y' stay dead dis time, LeBeau." Julien growled as Gambit stepped forward, twirling his staff.
"Just kill him quickly." Candra ordered, her back turned on Rogue. "I need to make sure he-" She was cut off when something behind her knocked her in the back of the head, making her fly through the air and crash into a tree.
"Ah got a better idea, why don't ya shut up for once." Rogue spat at Candra as she flew at the External, who was returning to her feet.
"Your going to pay for that little girl." Candra glared at Rogue.
Remy ducked as Julien swung his staff at Gambit's shoulder. "Y' getting slow, or does dat come naturally with old age?" Remy asked as he brought his staff up and smacked Julien in the face.
Julien staggered back, then regain his posture. "Dere ain't no way y' survived." Julien glared at Remy as he came forward and swung at Remy, but Gambit blocked the blow. "Y'r goin' to wish y' were dead when I'm done." Julien said as he swung under Remy's legs.
Remy jumped before the other staff knocked him off his feet. "Please, dat's de oldest threat in history. Can' y' come up with somethin a bit new?" Gambit asked sarcastically as he swung his staff at Julien, who dodged the attack. He caught Gambit off guard and the tip of Julien's staff struck Remy's shoulder.
Remy placed a hand to his shoulder. He pulled his hand away to find blood on his hand. He inspected the wound briefly, knowing he would not have much time before Julien attacked again. 'It's not dat bad.' Remy thought to himself as he glanced up at Julien, who was coming at him again.
"Y'r goin to die LeBeau!" Julien shouted as he tried to stab Remy with the end of his staff, but Remy dodged out of the way. Remy brought his staff down and swung it, knocking out Julien's legs from under him.
A few feet away from them another battle was taking place between Rogue and Candra. Rogue flew at Candra and had been able to hit the blonde a few times.
"I've had enough of this game, little girl." Candra glared at Rogue as she picked herself up from where she had been thrown. She had never felt so insulted. This mutant girl had been able to hit her. No one in hundreds of years had been able to come near her, and now Candra had enough of this.
"Like ya can really do anythin." Rogue laughed at Candra as she stood in front of the External, who was now on her feet. Candra smiled and placed her hand out. Rogue was thrown back by Candra's telekinesis.
'Damnit.' Rogue cursed to herself as she tried to move, but Candra held her in place against a tree. She tried to move her arms, but they were held tight. She watched as the other woman came closer to her and stood in front of her.
"You should have minded your own business. None of this concerns you." Candra said softly as she placed her gloved hand on Rogue's cheek. "This is the end of the line for you." Candra smirked as she brought her hand into a fist and was about to punch the younger girl.
'Ah got to be seein things.' Rogue thought to herself as she looked pass Candra and at the sky. She saw a bird coming right at them. The bird was about the size of a eagle, but was covered in flames. 'Yep, Ah've lost it.' Rogue thought to herself.
Candra noticed that Rogue wasn't looking at her and lower her fist. She turned to look behind her to see the bird coming right at her. The External ducked as the bird flew over her head. She had released Rogue from her hold and now had her concentration on the bird that came out of the no where.
'What the hell is going on here?' Candra thought to herself as the bird turned back and was coming back at her. 'I remember reading about something like this, but from what the tablet had said it was a legend.' Candra thought as she placed a shield around herself to hold the bird back.
'A bird sent from the heavens to protect the people. There is no way this is that bird.' Candra growled as she placed a stronger hold on the shield as the flames started to break inside. 'This can't be the Phoenix.'
Flames surrounded the shield that was placed up in front of the bird. Rogue rubbed her head as she saw Candra fighting. The bird suddenly left Candra alone. Having spend most of her strength on keeping the bird away, Candra fell to her knees in exhaustion.
Rogue watched as the bird came near her. She took a step back, not sure if the bird was going to attack her as well. She looked at it's eyes and then suddenly got a quick flash in her mind. She saw a image of Jean Grey standing in the same outfit she had seen her before she died, behind her was the bird in front of her.
'What was that?' Rogue thought to herself as she watched as the bird vanished before her. She turned her attention back to Candra, who was getting back to her feet. "Let's finish this." Rogue said as she glared at the blonde.
"My pleasure." Candra glanced at Rogue.
Meanwhile, Remy and Julien were getting no where in their fight. Whenever one tried to strike, the other was able to block it. "Dis gettin' really old, why don' y' just save us both de trouble and give up. We both know y'r goin to lose." Remy said to Julien, looking right at his opponent as he kept his staff in front of him.
Julien didn't reply. He was more determined on killing the man in front of him. Julien lunged at Remy again, swiping his staff at Remy. Remy dodged the attack and swung his staff at Julien's and was able to knock it out of his hands and sent it flying into the air. When the staff landed the sharp edge hit the ground and kept the staff standing straight up.
Julien tried to hide his smile. He had planned for Remy to knock his weapon away from him. He had another plan on his mind. "Here I thought thieves had honor. Fighting against a opponent dat is defenseless, while you are armed." Julien sneered. He secretly had a knife planted in his boot and just had to wait for Remy to become defenseless before he struck.
"Who said dat Gambit needs dis to beat y'?" Remy glared at Julien as he threw his staff to the ground. 'Gambit ain' stupid, he know y' got somethin planned. Dat why he got a card up his sleeve that is ready to be charged de moment y' try anythin.' Remy thought to himself as he walked forward.
Julien looked to his side and noticed his staff was still sticking up. He could easily get it and end this fight quickly, but he wanted to make it look like he was going to fight fair.
"See y' found y'rself another femme quickly, what mon sister wasn't enough for y'?" Julien said as he tried to punch Remy, but the other man ducked and kicked Julien in the stomach. The assassin felt a tinge of pain from the kick, but nothing to serious.
"Y'r goin to regret bringin her into dis." Remy growled. The assassin was making his way to his boot, but Remy pulled the card out of his sleeve and charged it. Julien glared at the card and then at the person who was holding it. "Y' might wanna reconsider goin' for dat knife in y'r book M'sieu." Remy glared at the assassin, who raised his hands up.
"Fine." Julien said as he started to step back away from Remy, heading towards his staff. 'Catch y' off guard den another way.' He thought to himself. Remy threw the card to the side causing a small explosion.
"Still dis fille has to be as stupid if not stupider den mine sister. Anyone who fall for y'r crap has to be." Julien smirked as he saw he was making Remy madder. His plan was to get as close as he could to his staff and then as Remy came at him he would stab him.
"Here I thought y' two were close." Remy said as he kept walking closer to Julien; meanwhile, keeping his eyes on the staff behind Julien. 'He gets dat staff I won't have a chance.' He thought to himself.
Julien almost broke out laughing. "She just as blind as mon pere. Both believe dat dere was a way for thieves and assassins to come to a peace agreement. Dat's full of crap. Dey both were always weak." Julien spoke low as he kept backing away.
Remy was done talking now. He knew if he didn't make a move soon, Julien would get the staff and he would be screwed. Remy attacked him quickly and swung his fists at Julien, but the assassin dodged the attack. He was now within a arms reach of the staff.
Julien could feel the mud under his boots and started to curse that rain that had come the night before. He began to slip and fall backwards. Remy reached out and tried to grab him, but Julien fell backward and onto the sharp edge of the staff that had now gone though his chest.
Julien started to cough up blood and glared at Remy, who was looking at him sympathetically. 'May of hated y', but dat is no reason for y' to die.' He thought to himself, seeing the other man was still alive.
"Doesn' matter, de Guilds will soon be-" Julien began to say, but was cut off when a bullet connected with his head. Remy looked over to find someone he never expected to see.
"De Guilds already know." A female voice said as she lowered the gun and stared at her brother. "And for y'r information mon brother, y'r de one dat was de fool." Belledonnna glared down at her brother.
Remy stared in shock as he saw Belledonna come closer to look at her dead brother. "Sorry Belle." He whispered to her, but she waved her hand.
"We were never close. Had a feelin he was up to somethin'." Belle told Remy as she looked at him. "When I heard y' were killed in a accident, I had a feeling he was behind it. Since den I've had a spy checkin to see where he has been goin' when he leaves at night. My sources told moi dat he was seein Candra to de elixirs." She paused for a moment before she continued.
"Was headin dis way when I ran into y'r cousin with some thieves. He said dat somethin was goin on and y' were in trouble. Thought de homme finally lost his mind." Belle smiled at Remy. "Glad to see y'r alive, mon ami."
Remy raised a eyebrow. The last time the two of them had been in a room, she had tried to kill him. "Y' seemed to change." He commented.
Belle shook her head. "When we were goin out it wasn't right. Think it was better when we were just friends." She told him. Remy nodded. When they had been younger they had been very good friends. The thing that had separated that friendship was when they had gone out, which had seemed to break their friendship apart."Besides I already found myself a guy." She added in.
'Rogue!' Remy thought to himself as he turned away from Belle and was going to go help Rogue. That was until he felt a hand on his shoulder. He turned around to see Belle standing behind him. "Don' worry, both Guilds are here and are gonna have a little talk with Candra." Belle smirked. "Y' might wanna get her away, it ain't gonna be pretty what dey are gonna do to her."
Remy nodded and was about to go when he heard Belle say one last thing. "Sorry Henri died." She said softly.
"Moi too." Remy whispered as he went off to find Rogue.
Rogue smirked as she watched Candra hit the tree and slide down it. She had been able to get a advantage over the other woman since the 'phoenix' had shown up and distracted her. "What's that matter, Ah thought ya were goin ta finish meh?" Rogue mocked Candra as the other woman got to her feet.
"You got lucky before." Candra whispered as she glared at Rogue. She was about to raise her hand and send Rogue into a tree with her telekinesis, when she heard a twig snap near them. She turned her head to the side to see Lapin standing there with a bunch of thieves behind him. Each and everyone of them had a weapon in their hands and did not look happy at all. Next to them was the Marius Borderaux, patriarch of the Assassin's Guild, and standing behind him were a bunch of assassins.
"So y' wanted to start a war?" Marius spoke as he approached Candra. Candra forgot about Rogue. "Thought dat mebbe if we were at war we would serve y' again?" He questioned her. His voice was low and dangerous.
"It is the only reason for both Guilds purpose. Y' both were never suppose to get along." Candra explained, but it seemed to only make matters worse.
"I've had enough of dis. Consider y'rself outta a job. In de mornin I'm signin a permanent peace treaty with Jean-Luc in de mornin." Marius said as he turned around and walked away.
"You can't do this!" Candra shouted. "For hundreds of years both Guilds have never gotten along! There is no way you both will get along. You'll be back!" Candra shouted as Marius turned around and turned to his assassins.
"I've had enough of her speakin, y' know what needs to be done." Marius said to them. Candra began to back away from the approaching assassins. She ended up running into someone behind her. She turned around to find a pair of emerald eyes starring at her.
"Remember meh?" Rogue asked as she punched the Candra in the face and sent the woman flying and crashed into a already broken tree.
"Y' alright cher?" Rogue heard a voice from behind her and turned to see Remy standing behind her.
"Yeah, Ah'm fine sugah." Rogue smirked as Remy bent down and kissed her.
"Excuse moi, sorry to interupt y' two, but we really need to be gettin outta here and return home." Lapin tapped his cousin on the shoulder. The couple broke the kiss. "Besides dis is no place for such a lovely fille." Lapin winked at Rogue.
'Keep talkin like dat and Henri is gonna be gettin some company.' Remy thought to himself as he placed a protective arm around Rogue's waist as they began to leave.
At the Thieves Guild Mansion- 10 minutes later
Lapin opened the door and walked in. Remy and Rogue walked in after him and shut the door. 'Never thought I'd be back here?' Remy thought to himself with a smile as he looked around.
'Wow, this place is huge.' Rogue thought to herself as she looked around at the nicely decorated mansion. Her thoughts were interrupted when a woman came down the stairs screaming.
"Chile!" The woman screamed as she ran to Remy and hugged him. The woman let go of Remy after a few minutes. "Where have y' been? Dey said y' were killed." The woman began to question him.
"Non, I'm fine Tante Mattie." Remy said to the woman and turned to Rogue. "Dis femme over here saved moi." He winked over at her to go along with what he was saying.
Mattie turned and looked at Rogue and hugged her. "Thank y' for savin him, dis one was always trouble." She told Rogue, who chuckled.
"Ah can believe it." Rogue told the older woman. Remy gave her a hurt look.
"Dat reminds moi, Jean-Luc just returned home from a meetin. He should be in his study." Mattie told Remy, who nodded and was about to head for the study when Mattie pulled him back. "Not so fast, chile. First I am goin to clean dat cut." Mattie said to Remy. Rogue smirked at Remy, who was getting treated like he was a child. "I wouldn't be laughin, y'r next after him." Mattie pointed a finger at Rogue causing her smirk to disappear
Mattie had them in the kitchen where she cleaned up Remy's cut and applied a bandage to it. She then checked over Rogue. "Ah told ya, Ah'm fine." Rogue insisted, but the other woman wouldn't listen.
"Don't argue with moi and sit down." Mattie scolded Rogue who sat down instantly.
"Ah think ya should know that mah skin absorbs people's memories when they touch mah skin." Rogue told the woman.
"Merci for tellin moi." Mattie thanked as she inspected Rogue to make sure she had no bruises or cuts anywhere.
"Mon Dieu, I didn' think it was true." Remy heard a voice behind him say and turned around to see his sister-in-law, Mercy, standing there.
"Oui, I'm back." Remy smirked as he hugged Mercy. "Sorry about y' losin Henri, I know y' meant de world to him." Remy whispered to her. Mercy released Remy from the hug and wiped the tear that was in her eye.
"I miss him, but I know he is in a better place. Now he is watching over all of us." Mercy said to Remy, who nodded.
'Ah think comin back here might of been a very good idea after all.' Rogue thought to herself happily. She was happy to see Remy be reunited with his family. She saw Lapin coming down the hall with someone else.
"Remy?" Remy heard his name called and turned to see his father standing in the door. Jean-Luc walked closer to his son, unable to believe he was alive. Lapin stood in the doorway with his arms folded over his chest as he watch his uncle and cousin be reunited after sometime.
Remy did not know what to say at the moment. He remembered Henri telling him that his father was heart broken when he heard he had been killed. Suddenly his father pulled him into a hug. Remy hugged his adopted father back and closed his eyes. 'Sorry I made y' dis upset.' Remy thought to himself.
Mattie had told Rogue she was okay to go, but at the moment she did get up from the chair. 'Wish mah family was like this.' Rogue thought silently to herself.
Jean-Luc pulled away from his son. "I thought I lost y', mon petit' fils." Jean-Luc spoke. Tears were in his eyes. Only a short while ago he had thought he lost both of his sons. Now at least he had one back. When Lapin told him to come into the kitchen, he almost refused his nephew, but now was glad he came.
"Missed y' poppa." Remy said to him. Rogue could feel a tear forming in her own eyes. Remy turned from his father and held out his hand to Rogue, who stood up and went to Remy's side. "Dis is Rogue, she saved my life." Remy said as he squeezed Rogue's hand.
Jean-Luc took Rogue's other hand and kissed it. "I owe y' de world, mademoiselle." Jean-Luc told her as he looked up at her. "If dere is anythin y' ever need, just tell moi." He told her.
"Actually we could use a night ta stay at." Rogue suggested. Before they had been captured, they were going to find a place to stay, but never found one.
"Y' are always welcome to stay de night here." Lapin said from the doorway. "My rooms down de hall if y' need anythin." Lapin added in.
"Also we've been stayin in New York. Was wonderin if y' could mebbe arrange a flight for us tomorrow?" Remy asked his father.
"Y'r leavin?" Mattie asked as she placed all the first-aid equipment away.
"Mah family and friends live in Westchester. If ya want Remy ta stay here, Ah understand." Rogue said to them all. Remy looked down at her.
'Where ever y' go, I go cher.' He thought to himself.
"Whatever makes y' happy Remy, I understand." Jean-Luc said to his son. "Just keep in touch." He said.
"No problem dere." Remy smirked as he looked down at Rogue.
"I'll show y' two to y'r rooms." Mattie insisted as she began to walk out of the kitchen. Rogue and Remy followed after her.
"Can't believe he was alive all dis time." Jean-Luc bowed his head and placed a hand over his face. Mercy placed a comforting hand on her father-in-law.
"Nice to see Remy found a nice fille." Lapin commented as he looked at his uncle. "Y' gonna make sure dat dey both arrive safely?"
"Oui, I'll send someone to make sure dat no one disturbs dere flight and dat dey arrive home safe." Jean-Luc said as he sat down in a chair. He was still trying to process the fact that his youngest son was alive.
End of Chapter 27
A/N: the phoenix idea came from my friend, who pointed out that Rogue would not have much luck against someone who had telekinesis, unless she had a optic blast or controlled the weather, etc. tried to make it obvious it was Jean that was helping Rogue, probably just made things more confusing. I hope not. Also for the Belle killing Julien part, it was partially to put him out of his misery, otherwise he would sit there and die slowly. That and I did some research, Candra can live forever, but if someone were to stab her or a bus fell on her, then she can die. And a group of assassins I dunt think would have a hard time taking her down, especially since Rogue kinda helped them.
Thanks to: Chica De Los Ojos Café, Cat2fat900, SaintEmo, Elle457, crystalwish, sakura5tar, Lucy Wood (he dies), Poisoned Tattoo, Rogue gaL, Lil Lady Lost (had a beta-reader and he quit on me, been tryin to find a new one, but I will try to fix the other things), FluidDegree, firestorm13, Jinxeh, bored247, Pyromaniac, enchantedlight, Wolv Gambit Le Diable Blanc, GambitGirl2008, silverbells, Shaishe, dawn1, Nightcrawler03, and dreamer's dawn. Thank you all for reviewing the last chapter. And sorry for this chapter being so late, I promise the next one will be up soon!