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Chapter 8 – Visiting.

Kate was leaning against a wall as she watched Merci come out of a dressing room occasionally wearing a beautiful dress. She was getting bored and her feet were starting to hurt. She glanced over to Bella who was talking to a worker there. And then looked down at her shoes, they were a pair that Remy had gotten her. She didn't know what to make out of him, he seemed nice and yet she had this dark feeling that something wasn't quite right, like he was hiding something from her. She mentally smacked herself, of course he wasn't telling her everything! He hardly knew her and her to him.

She sighed and began to absently pick at her hands. When Merci came out of the dressing room wearing a mid-thigh powder blue dress with a small slit on either side, Kate looked up and her hand flew to her neck where she went to feel for a necklace of some sort, but never found one. She shook her head and concentrated on what she was wearing.

"What you think? I like dis one, it brings out my eyes, you think Henri will like it?"

Kate smiled at her nodded, "Ya look gorgeous, ah'm sure Henri will just gawk at ya." Merci did look beautiful, and even though she had never really spoken to Henri, she had only heard wonderful things about him, the only bad was that he hadn't proposed to Merci yet, even though everyone thought he should have by now.

Merci smiled and looked at herself in the mirror, she ran her hands down the side of the dress and paused on the top of her leg, she frowned and lifted up the dress and took out a knife and passed it to a shocked looking Kate. "Hold dis for a sec." Kate stared at the knife and quickly hid it by her side. She looked wide eyed at Merci and gave an uncomfortable smile. Merci was just smoothing out her dress again. Kate just shrugged, 'Ah guess ah'll have ta get used ta this kindda thin''.

Merci turned again and went back into the changing room, Kate looked up at the ceiling, she wrinkled up her nose and turned her head sideways to look at Bella again, she was still talking to the person from before. Sighing, Kate stood up straight when Merci came out the dressing room. She had a big smile on her face and held two dresses, walking over to Kate she held one up to her and nodded to herself.

"'Ere, dis one is for you."

Kate looked at it and took it from her. It was a deep red, with a couple of black patterns at the bottom that looked like flames. It had a big one sided strap and she instantly liked it. The only problem was that she would never wear it.

"Thanks…Ah think…"

Merci smiled brightly at her and went to pay for them both. Kate stared at her and she realised, even though she was slightly crazy and loved shopping even thought it was boring her to death, she liked Merci. She felt a wave of happiness and she followed her.

They left the store and Merci stopped suddenly causing Kate and Bella to nearly fall over. Bella frowned and looked at her watch, "What now, Merci?"

Merci had a look of horror on her face that was panicking Kate and then she said the one thing that both woman wished they would never hear. "I don' have any shoes to go wit' de dress!"

Bella groaned and grabbed Kate's hand and they both looked at each other and made a secret plan to run for it, but Merci had already grabbed them by their free hands and was pulling them to a huge shoe shop next to the shop they just came out of.

Bella growled and stomped her foot. Kate just smiled at them, she had friends. And for that she was thankful for, she got a strange feeling she had not had friends in a long time. Before they entered the shop she saw a black object in the sky and as she went to look at it and see what it was, it had flown by so quickly that she couldn't make it out, she just guessed it was a black bird.

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Logan looked out the window in the jet, as much as he hated heights and flying, he hated not knowing where he was more. He didn't see much though, they were too high up for him to be able to make anything out in detail, all he could really tell was that they were over land and land that had a lot of buildings. He sighed and sat back in his chair, the leather of it cold against his back.

Ororo was sitting up front again, she was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and an elegant white blouse with a dark blue jacket that went with her jeans over the top. He was getting kind of anguish and ran his hands over his jeans before glancing out the window again then turning to look at Ororo again.

"So… You an' the blue guy…"

Ororo turned round to give him a shocked look, he only raised his eyebrows at her and she gave a small smile and answered his hidden question. "Yes, we are friends. He has really helped me out of the late."

"Of the late? You mean 'bout Marie? 'Cause I think there was somthin' going on even before that." It was true, when they had found him and brought him with them, he had definitely seen a connection between 'Ro and Nightcrawler. They spent a lot of time together and he had often seen them hugging or holding hands.

"We have been supporting each other. I helped him with his problems and he has helped comfort me with mine." Logan snorted. Which earned him a stern look from Ororo before she turned round again and said, "We are coming up to the LeBeau Mansion. We will land in one of their landing sites and Logan-" she turned to give him a look, "They don't know we are coming, so they may be a bit…unwelcoming, but that is no means to…hurt or give them more reason to hurt us. Understood?"

Logan understood, but if any of tem had Marie, he would do anything to get her back, and if she was hurt…..he didn't know what he might do, just the thought bought white hot anger up inside him and he was sure the only way he could release it was by unleashing his claws and digging them deep inside of whoever he found first.

They slowly descended and he looked out the window again, and his eyes widened at what he saw.

"Crap 'Ro, this place is twice the size of the Xavier's."

Ororo smiled knowingly and flicked a couple switches. When she turned the last one down she felt the anxiety and panic that she was worried about before had come up and now she was dreading seeing Jean-Luc again. Sighing, she knew she would have to and straightened her back before standing and putting her hand on Logan's shoulder.

"Play nice." She smiled down at him and as he stood up she remembered something. "Oh, and go by Wolverine, and call Marie, Rogue. No need to give them any information they could use against us."

Logan raised an eyebrow but she just ignored it. He shrugged his jacket so it felt more comfortable and began to walk to the jet door.

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Kate was sitting on a small blue foot stool, she had been sitting on it for about ten minutes now, her fingers ran across the rough texture of it as she watched Merci try on shoes, and occasionally bring a pair over to her to try on. So far there was a pile of four boxes next to her of shoes that Merci was going to buy for Kate or herself. Kate glanced over to Bella who was sitting on a foot stool on the end of an aisle next to her. She was looking at her nails and frowning. As if she knew she was being watched she spoke.

"My polish is chipped." She said, with a slight annoyance in her voice yet Kate noticed that Bella really didn't care.

She snorted at her and said, "Yeah, ah bet all that killin' and assassinatin' mus' be messy work." She saw Bella smirk at her and she turn on her stool to look at her.

"Ya sure ya not from a guild? Cause ya seem like de type. Ya got de humour, de look."

Kate smiled and nodded, "Good ta know, ah'll fit raght in." she turned back to look at the boxes and noticed there were five now, she looked around to find Merci but she was with a man who worked there, he was showing her another pair of shoes, that she seemed to have fallen in love with.

"So ya really got no memory?" She had only known Bella for about half an hour yet she knew already that she was blunt and smart as well as stunningly gorgeous. And she knew she hated shoe shopping as much any man. She had said about six times now that she only needed three pairs of shoes and a bed "cause if she wasn't in one, she was in the other. And even when she was in her shoes she only ever wore ones that was as comfy as her bed."

"Nope, notta thin'. Cept a couple thin's that pop up every now an' again." She said, looking down at the floor, she recalled those chilling blue eyes and the mans name 'Logan'. She turned to look at Bella, she didn't know why she asked it, but she had been wondering for awhile now. "What color are Remy's eyes?"

Bella's mouth dropped and she wrung her hands out, "Er…" she glanced at the younger girl before looking back at her hands.

Kate tilted her head towards her and desided she wasn't going to stand for any crap. "He hides them behind glasses. He said they are grey, but ah know he's lyin'. Ah wanna know why. Does he have an eyes problem?"

Bella smiled at the girl as a thought came to her, she didn't say it though, she'd have to ask Merci later, but right now, she had to deal with this little question first. "He have… different eyes, he be self conscience of dem, but they are amazin', he sees dem as a 'curse' but he only see dem from his eyes. If ya get what I mean."

"Ah think so…."

Quickly Bella changed the subject, she didn't technically lie, but she didn't tell the truth either, and she would rather not have any more questions leading to anymore half lies on her part. "So, why you joinin' de guild?" it was something that was bothering her aswell, if she didn't have any memorise, how did she know about the guild?

Kate sighed and looked at her pale hands and noticed a small freckle on it, this caused her shoulders to drop, she really didn't know anything about herself, and if she didn't know herself, she couldn't trust herself and if she couldn't trust herself, who could she trust? These kinds of thoughts had been running through her head for ages now and each one lead her to nearly tears. The fact she was lost in everything, yet nothing at the same time. "Ah don't have anythin' else. Or at least, anythin' ah can remember."

'Dense fool! It is not you that matters!'

A flame drew up inside of her and she felt her eyes grow hot, she wasn't sure if it was from the tears that were about to fall or if it was something else but the next thing she knew Bella had grabbed her and they were now in the corner of the shop.

"What the hell are you doing?" Bella hissed at her, she just looked at her with confusion and worry in her eyes.

"What?"

Bella stared at the girl, how did she not now what she had just done? She had just been covered in fire, her breathing getting more ragged as the flames grew. She had to get her out of view of others. She had never seen another mutant with physical mutations before. And by the sounds and looks of things, Kate didn't even know what she was or what she had done. "You were on fire!" she hissed at her, and watched as her eyes grew and fear was large in them.

Kate had only seen about 3 hours of television and only read one newspaper that she can remember and that was this week, but in them she had seen so much hatred and bad things about mutants that she knew she didn't want to be one. "No…" she breathed out, she began to panic and as she did, her vision became hazy. "No… ah don't want to be…..ah wanna be normal…"

Bella had seen this reaction before, and she did what she had done for him then, she just held her arms and watched. It was obvious that she did not know Remy was a mutant, if she did then why would she be so interested in him? And why would she be scared? But she didn't know. She wasn't sure if that was a good or a bad thing, but right now this girl was hyperventilating.

She let the girl stand there, not sure what to do, she looked round for Merci but she was paying for all the shoes. Bella reached out to soothe the girl but she felt her hand being grabbed, and being painfully squeezed. She looked wide eyed at the young girl who was breaking her wrist. And when she did she saw her eyes consumed in flames and her hair was floating around her face. Now she was panicking, she wanted to cry out for help but she knew she couldn't because it would draw too much unwanted attention. So she did the one thing an assassin did best, she knocked her unconscious with a head butt. She grabbed her as she fell and went down with her to the floor.

Bella cringed and looked down at the girl. It's been nearly an hour and she had already used her strength on her. "Dis is gunna take some explainin'…."

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The second the door of the jet was open and they walked down it, they were surrounded by about fifteen people, each one had a weapon of some sort, except one who had a hand full of cards and a long stick in the other, others had long metal sticks like him, but Logan was confused by why he held cards as if they would help him.

Giving him a weird look, that just made the man grip the cards tighter, he walked over to the man that Ororo was. He was the man next to the weirdo with cards, he was bald white man with a small goatee and very firm brown eyes. Logan knew that he could take him but he still had this "durable" feeling about him. One that made him tough, even though Logan could sense he was not a mutant and had any powers.

Ororo was walking to him, her hands by her side. She knew this was Jean-Luc's son. He had his eyes and nose. The mouth was his mothers though. She gave him a small smile and when she was closer to him, she held up her hand slightly, which made him hold his metal stick tighter. "Do not fear. I am here to speak to your father. Jean-Luc." She spoke softly, yet it held a slight demand behind it.

Henri narrowed his eyes at her and put his hand out to Remy, who was standing next to him. The sign showed that the woman was safe, but to still keep an eye on her. Remy asked him a silent question by pointing the end of his staff at Logan, which made him growl and bare his teeth at him. Henri just raised his hand that showed to keep on guard.

Ororo noticed the gesture and pointed to Logan, but she still looked at Henri. "He, is a friend of mine, one your father does not know, but he is…trustworthy." Even though this comment did not change the way they were treating them, with suspicion and wariness, it did cause Henri to turn around and walk to the mansion. The others followed including Ororo and one pushed Logan to make him follow, he grunted but moved with them.

Walking past some trees and across a big garden, Logan looked around and saw a rose garden. He was constantly trying to pick up any scent of Rogue, but so far all he got was the over powering smell of freshly cut grass, which made it imposable to pick up anything unless it hit you in the face. He growled again, which earned him a couple of weird glances. He looked over to see one person, it was a Asian looking woman with long purple hair which was tied up but she had it cut in layers so bangs curved all the way around her head. She had a big scar down over one of her eyes and she wore high leather boots and small leather shorts and a tiny black leather top, all of which was extremely tight and showed a lot of skin. As Logan looked her up and down he couldn't help wonder how she got the scar on her eye and he also noticed her blue eyes which had a hint of violet in them. He took in a slight breath of air and he smelt her scent, it was like passion fruit and honey, with a hint of beer. He smirked a bit and he wondered what it would be like if she-

He felt a slight pressure in his head and he looked up to see her smirking at him. "You can look, but just don't think about me like that when I am around." She said, she tapped her head and he grunted at the message that she was a telepath. And kept on walking.

When they finally reached the main back entry they walked though the massive wooden door that had some roses growing up on each side of it and they entered that building. Logan let out a whistle of amusement, at this Ororo glared at him. He noticed her worry and he put a reassuring hand on her shoulder, Ororo smiled up to him at this and turned to Henri. But Logan had noticed the smirking guy with cards again. He was looking into the purple haired woman's eyes and it looked like they were talking and he guessed they were but telepathically, like he had seen Jean and Xavier do so many times before. He wondered what they were talking about because she looked slightly annoyed and yet he picked up on a bit of sadness and the other guy just looked smug and he wished he could hit him but he knew that wouldn't help any, so he just turned to see a another man opening a wooden door that lead to what he guessed was Jean-Luc's office. He followed Ororo into it and reminded himself to call her Storm from now on and not to say anything that could stop this guy from keeping anything about Marie from them.

As the door shut behind him he heard the woman behind him sigh. He raised an eyebrow to himself at what he heard her say next. He smirked and tuned to look at the man, he could only guess was Jean-Luc. And by the way he and Storm were looking at each other, there was a couple old issues still there.

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Betsy felt him looked at her up and down, checking her out, and she smiled mentally. When she had seen him come out of the jet she was intrigued at his rough handsomeness. He was extremely sexy and she was glad she was there to see what they were up to. She paid little attention to the woman, she knew Storm, and knew she was the delicate type that would only be a danger if you were a danger to her first.

This man though, she knew he was dangerous. She felt it coming off him in waves. She did a quick scan and found out that his code name was Wolverine, she hoped that he was called that for a reason and she guessed he was by the way he looked.

She honed in on his thoughts of her and smirked when she found out that he really liked the way she looked, and wasn't shocked when his mind started to wonder, like most men's did after about ten seconds of seeing her. She gave him a mental push, to stop his thoughts before he could finish them, she knew she wasn't the only one honing in on them. She glanced over to Remy who had a smirk on his lips too. She just gave him a metal push as well, but he eased it off.

She told 'Wolverine' to keep thoughts like that to when she wasn't around. But secretly she liked it when men appreciated what she looked like. She didn't care what they thought, but it made her happy that all that training and practise was paying off in more then one way.

As they entered the mansion she tilted her head to each side and clicked it. She didn't live at the Mansion, she had her own apartment just out side the French Quarter, like some others who were in the guild.

She saw Wolverine put his hand on Storms shoulder and frowned. 'Guess Stormy finally found someone…' she was happy for Storm, last lime she had met her, Storm was going though a "I'm not important, others need my help, my needs can wait." Stage. Which just annoyed Betsy. She felt Remy enter one of the lower barriers of her mental shield and felt him 'knock' almost, to let him come in to her mind. She opened up her barrier so she could heard him, but she already knew what it was going to be about.

/Remy know de dog man be pretty, but seems like he ein't one to play wit' ./

/Shut up, Remy. And even if he wasn't, I know not to 'entertain' with people we know little about, but can you say the same thing/

/Remy not 'entertaining' anyone. Anyway, Remy don't see a ring on 'is finger. Dere a chance for you, Betsy./

/Since when has a ring on someone's finger stopped me? We don't even know if we can trust him yet./

/What 'bout de white woman/

/I know her, from a long time ago, she wont recognise me now, if you know what I mean/ She felt Remy smirk. Betsy frowned a bit, she didn't like what happened, but she had to live with it now, it was her fault for bringing it up, now she felt like crap. She decided to push his buttons a bit to try and cheer herself up as well as find out some answers to the questions everyone has been asking. /I don't get any romantic feelings coming from either of them…You and Kate is a different story…./

/Stop trying to change de subject./

/Nope, just trying to see if the 'King of Hearts' has finally found his queen./

/Stop dat, Psylocke / She was getting to him, when he got annoyed he tended to call people by there code names, she smiled at the fact that he didn't even know he did that. /she don't even know who she is, maybe we focus on dat before we focus on how Remy feel, non?/

She heard the door to Jean-Luc's office close and she sighed, she knew that Remy liked 'Kate' more then he had ever really liked others, except Bella, but that was a totally different situation. She knew it would only end in trouble, like many relationships in the guilds. She looked down at her hands and like them glow a little purple before she felt Remy leave her mind.

"I need to get laid don't I?"

She saw Remy smirk and walk off, following everyone else. Betsy just pursed her lips together and decided to blow off steam in the training room. But Remy's voice stopped her.

"Oh, an' don' forget to stay waitin' for de guests, sure mon pere won' be long wit' dem."

She swore and leaned against the wall opposite the door to Jean-Luc's office, she crossed her arms over her chest and watched Remy turn the corner.

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