Hi everyone :)
Random fact of the chapter: No piece of paper can be folded in half more than 7 times O.o
WolvGambit Le Diable Blanc: Update came as quickly as I could manage.
enchantedlight: Glad you liked it, here's the update :)
ishandahalf: Hey, I like all presents and cards too :D I'm glad you liked everything and Remy leaving was a neccessity I'm afraid. Don't worry, he doesn't stay gone for long.
LucreziaNoin86: Thank you and I'm glad to hear it :)
CalliopeMused: Oh yes, Louisiana is gonna be a blast :D (evil thoughts)
Lucy Wood: Yep, I got everything wanted, thank ya for wishing :)
Chica De Los Ojos Cafe: Thank you for the birthday cheers :) I'm glad you liked everything from last chapter so much.
adrenaline addict: Hmm, Remy being okay...Depends on your definition of okay really :D (evil snicker)
Anna: Good point about the teachers being worried, I didn't skip that on purpose, I'm planning a few, hopefully, classic one liners from either Kitty or Jubilee on that subject.
sakura5tar: I had a great day thank ya much :) I'm really sorry about the length of the last chapter, I've tried to make this one as long as possible.
chicita: I don't think it's possible to od on ROMY, you can never have too much :D
IvyZoe: Not enough ROMY? There was that huge delicious ROMY scene! There is, however, some ROMYness in here though so you've got your wish granted :)
Coletterby: Yes, sigh, if only all things could be like ROMY goodness. I could eat all the cake I wanted then :D
Friend to All: And there was me thinking you had got bored. I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK! (hugs you tightly)
Gep: 1 - I don't mind what order you review in just as long as you review :)
2 - You shouldn't be jealous about the amounts of reviews other people get. I find the amount of reviews depends on what the story is and the length of it. You should see some of the stories in the Harry Potter section; not half as long as this one with twice as many reviews.
3 - Chapter 2 was better than 3 hmm? Interesting...
4 - (joins screaming fan-girl in passing out) :D
5 - New reviewer! Welcome to the story. I'm glad you're enjoying everything so much and thank you for the compliments, they make me feel all warm inside :)
6 - More compliments which still makes me feel all warm inside :)
7 - I've had a lot of people call me evil for this story; I actually take it as a compliment :D
8 - You should feel pretty lucky that you can find these things out straight away; everyone else had to wait for updates lol
9 - Ooo, a muffin! (clutches muffin to my cheek) I'm gonna call him Charlie :)
10 - I'm kinda glad you find it frustrating; more entertaining for me :D
11- Your hamster died too? We could start a support group :D
12 - Nope, no cheating allowed, that's not in the spirit of the story is it?
I am so sorry for the delay in this update! I'm suffering from absolutely massive writer's block with this story at the moment and writing this chapter was a huge struggle. If it wasn't for the fact that we're a mere 4 or 5 chapters away from from the end I would be sorely tempted to discontinue it. That's not the case though and I refuse to just simply abandon this fic after all the time and effort I've put into it. The end will come, it might just come very slowly :D
Time for a game I think. That'll make it all the more exciting in a weird kinda way...O.o...Anyways, there's a reference to a movie besides X-Men in here. It's a small thing but it's definately there. Big hugs to anyone who finds it :)
Enough from me, on with the chapter:
"Uck, it's awfully dusty in here. Cold too."
"Stop complainin'. What did ya expect; first class transportation?"
"Well no but I expected something a little better than this. Better yet, I don't see why you couldn't have just teleported us there."
"Rogue needs to save her strength duh."
"We could've taken a cab or something then."
"Got enough money for that do ya?"
"We could've all pitched in a little."
"Do you have any idea how much it would cost to get a cab from the school to Louisiana?"
"She's got a point Jubes."
"Yeah, but, still, it is really dusty in here."
"Aw man, I love teleporting so much!"
"Lord knows why; makes me feel ill."
"Is this the place?"
"Yep, this is their hahdeaht."
"It's huge! What d'ya reckon the rent is on a place like that?"
"I think it's highly doubtful they pay rent."
"Hey look, what d'ya think they're doin'?"
"Looks like they're gonna hang a banner above the front door."
"Eww gross, I stepped in something squishy!"
"Whah would they be hangin' up a banner?"
"Annual Assassin convention?"
"Oh no, look! I've got green stuff all over my shoes and they're my third favourite pair of walking shoes!"
"Jubilee, will you shut up! Someone'll hear you."
"The banner's up...Ah can't make it aht though..."
"Move over, let me have a look."..."I think...Erm..."Congratulation Mr and Mrs Remy LeBeau"."
"WHAT!"
"This is the place?"
"Yes."
"You sure?"
"Yes Ah'm sure. Ah daht those two assassins were good enough lahers to even have their psyches lah to me in mah own head."
"I still can't believe you just walked up behind them and drained both of them!"
"What can Ah say? We're in a hurry."
"All right, so we're here...Now what?"
"We bust Remyout of there."
"Duh Jubes, I meant how? Either you guys got any ideas?"
"Ooo, I know what we can do..."
The First Prespertirian Church on Gorden Street. Inside, Remy LeBeau was currently being forced through the ceremony which would legally marry him to a woman he couldn't stand. Outside of said church, two beefy, macho looking bouncer-type men stood guard; perhaps they were expecting trouble.
The two men stood side by side in front of the entrance doors to the church, arms folded across their broad chests, looking very menacing. Just their presence alone would usually be enough to send most people scuttling away without incident. The only people who would try anything were either very brave or very stupid...
"Hey!" Kitty called to the two men from her position a few dozen feet down the road. They turned to see her standing right next to a highly polished black car which Rogue had recognised as belonging to Juli's father from an assassin in her head. "Hey you two, this car yours?"
"Why?" One of the men boomed deeply.
"Oh, no reason. I was just wondering how fast I'm gonna have to run once I've done this." She grinned, holding up her key to the school.
The two men watched in horror as the key was lowered to the hood of the car and then quickly dragged down. The, long, ear drum piercing, tell-tale screech of a scratch being made reached them and they immediately charged forward. Kitty grinned triumphantly before dashing off happily, the two men in close pursuit.
Once the men were a fair distance away from the church and it would take some time for them to make their way back, Jubilee and Rogue teleported to the front doors.
"Kay Jubes, stay aht here and wait for Kitty to get back." Rogue ordered as she released the hold she had on the other girl's arm and went to open one of the doors.
"Wait!" Jubilee stalled, reaching over and grabbing Rogue's arm to stop her. "Remember to wait for the Priest to ask if there are any objections."
"This isn't a movie Jubes!" Rogue half yelled in exasperation as she yanked her arm away from her friend and slipped inside the church.
After entering the building, Rogue only had to make her way through the small entrance room before she pushed the heavy oak doors, which led into the main body of the church, open. That effectively stopped the ceremony which was currently taking place.
Looking straight down the aisle, Rogue saw some blonde woman in quite an extravagant white wedding dress standing in front of a tuxedo-clad Remy. An elderly priest stood to the side of them both, an open Bible in his hands. Dotted around the room were several armed men. Other than that though, there was no one else there. Remy's father wasn't around and there was no one there who could obviously be assumed as being his brother. It was very odd.
No one spoke or moved for several moments. Then, Rogue managed to get over her surprise enough to rediscover her ability to yell: "What the Hell is going on?"
"I could easily say dhe same t'ing to yo'!" The blonde woman yelled back angrily. "Who d'yo' t'ink yo' are bargin' in here and ruinin' mah wedding?"
Rogue's eyes flickered to Remy in order to judge his opinion on the subject of her interrupting this "wedding". His expression was actually quite comical; a cross between silent rage and lip-quivering fear. One thing which was quite clear though, he very obviously didn't want to be standing up there, about to be married. The dozen armed menonly helped to back up that theory. And that was enough for Rogue.
With a dark glare in the blonde's direction, Rogue used her borrowed magnestism to shove the armed men nearest the couple away and then began to stroll purposefully down the middle of the aisle. Noise filled the room as orders were yelled out to the assassins and they cried out in surprise as Rogue easily forced them back, using the magnetism on the copious amounts of weapons they each had on them.
When Rogue was about half way down the long aisle, she saw Remy look as if he was about to yell something. However, the blonde also seemed to notice as well because she shot a horrid glare at him. Remy's eyes screwed shut suddenly and he clutched his left hand to his chest as if in pain. Seconds later, the sound of launching fireworks came from behind Rogue. She spun around to see an assassin, armed with a knife, fall flat on his face about two feet behind her. Kitty and Jubilee were a further few feet behind, looking rather flushed.
"Isn't this just the coolest?" Jubilee gushed excitedly, sounding breathless. "It's like a mutant soap opera!"
If the situation had been different, Rogue may've laughed at that comment. As it was, she could only manage a quick weak smile before turning and continuing towards Remy, picking her pace up slightly. Seeing the blonde tugging on Remy's arm, obviously trying to get him to follow her, Rogue scowled and brought the Cyclops in her head forward. The devastating red laser shot from her eyes almost instantly and succeeded in getting the woman a suitable distance away from Remy. The sound of launching fireworks had resumed behind her and the sound of firing guns suddenly began ahead of her. Not wanting to experience the pain of being shot again, Rogue teleported away from that spot and popped back right next to Remy.
"Remy, wha' is it? What hurts?" She demanded urgently, moving to stand in front of him and then firmly gripping his shoulders.
"The ring..." He managed to grit out, showing his left hand which was decorated by a golden wedding band on his ring finger. "Belle...She's a mutant." He ended as if that piece of information would explain absolutely everything.
"Belle?" Rogue echoed in confusion, remembering the name had come up before. Looking over her shoulder, Rogue saw the blonde woman being tackled to the ground by Kitty and Jubilee who each dove at her from opposite directions,as if trying tosnap the woman in two. Once on the ground, the three females began to basically wrestle, each trying to get the upper hand in the situation.
Rogue turned her attention back to Remy and quickly seized his left hand. She grabbed the ring and gave it a swift pull. It didn't budge. Frowning, she tried again, a little harder. It still didn't give an inch. She tried putting all her weight into it, leaning all the way back so that if the ring did come off she'd fall back to the floor; it made absolutely no difference what so ever.
"For fuck sake! What is this thing, welded on?" She grumbled, opting to try magnetism now. She moved her fingers away from touching the metal and instead let them hover just above.
There was still no give no matter how hard she concentrated and, unfortunately, she was concentrating so hard that she didn't notice Kitty and Jubilee's cries as they were knocked away roughly by Belle. Remy's attempts to warn her didn't register in her mind either. So, when a pair of bare hands wrapped around her equally bare neck, she wasn't prepared for the on-slaught of emotions and memories which flooded into her.
Before Rogue could get away and break contact, reality melded together in a mass of confused goop.
"Excuse me!...Excuse me! Excuse...Is this fucking thing even ahn?...Oh, there's a switch...Nah..."
Ear drum piercing megaphone feedback.
"Oh! Yes, that's much better."
Clears throat.
"Excuse me, if Ah could just have everyone's attention for a moment that would be really great...Right, okay people, we have a situation here. Ah need ya'll to take up ya posts in a calm and orderly fashion, just lahke we rehersed."
"Is this a drill?"
"No, it ain't a drill."
"Really?"
"Yes, really. This is the real thing."
"Yeah, but last time you said it was the real thing and that turned out to be a drill."
"For the last tahme this is not a fuckin' drill! Nah will ya shut the fuck up and get into ya positions!"
"Okay, okay, geez; someone's got a stick up their butt."
"Ah heard that!"
"You were meant to!"
When reality returned to Rogue, she found herself being gently lifted away from her position straddling the waist of the a now semi-conscious Belle, her nowbare hands having been wrapped aroundthe woman'sneck. Her head pounded terribly, she felt awfully disorientated and she was infinately confused about how and when she had managed to pin the taller, older blonde woman and when her gloves had managed to come off.
"Easy Rogue." Kitty's voice soothed as she felt two pairs of arms come around her, supporting her limp muscles which refused to hold her themselves. She gratefully leaned into the holds of her two best friends and didn't bother to gather the will to open her eyes. Sight turned out to be un-neccessary though:
"Please Remy, don' leave me again."
"Sorry Belle, but I am neidher t'ief or assassin; I am an X-Man an' I ain' never comin' back."
Something similar to relief swept through Rogue with that short and to the point conversation. That relief swiftly turned into happiness when she felt a pair of lips on the top of her head. A smile found it's way onto her face as she was scooped up into Remy's arms and clutched tightly to his chest. She felt Remy begin to walk forward and heard the accompanying footsteps of Kitty and Jubilee. Everything was going to be all right now...
...Although, she could hear faint screaming from somewhere very far away...
And there we have Chapter 30. Hope we all enjoyed it.
Okay, as for what happened to Remy with the whole wedding thing; I took that whole idea from the original X-Men cartoon and I'm assuming, since we're all fans of the universe, that we already have a basic understanding of what goes on in it. So, I'm not going to bother explaining it UNLESS enough people specifically ask for it to be explained. I really don't want to though as I've reached the stage where I just want this story to end as swiftly as possible.
Anything in here you don't understand? I assure you it will most likely be addressed in Chapter 31. It's not just me making silly mistakes :)
Okay, that's enough moaning from me, I'll let you all get on with your lives now :)
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