Ch. 15: The New X-men

Remy slammed the door to Magneto's base closed. Since it was a metal door, it was a loud bang and it echoed through the halls. But Remy didn't care. Why Should he? He just yelled at the girl he loved, telling her in the yelling that he loved her. And then he left not waiting for her response. But the look on her face said it all. He knew she liked him, but he didn't know if she loved him. She probably didn't. and that what was eating him. He saw John sitting on the couch in the living room, and the only way to get to his room was through the living room. He sighed and tried to creep behind the couch. "I can see you Gambit, there's no creeping past the Pyro." John said not turning his head. "then you can see that I am in no mood to talk." Gambit Replied and continued walking behind the couch. John didn't say anything after that and for that Remy was thankful. He walked out of the living room and down the hall to his room. Right before he went into his room. Sabertooth came down the hall. "Hey Gambit." He growled. Gambit didn't say anything just turned the knob to his door. "Ok, I know I am not be your favorite person in the world, but it is still nice to say something back." Still Gambit said nothing. He walked into his room and slammed the door. "thanks." SAbertooth kept walking.

Remy slammed the door, and went to his bed and fell down onto it face first, so he was laying on his stomach. His face was in his pillow and soon he turned his head to the side because he couldn't breath. He looked at his wall and couldn't help letting a tear roll down his cheek. He grabbed his sheets with one hand and pulled it up to his neck, so only his head was visible. He clutched them to him. Although it was close to summer he was cold, and his body shook every time he thought about Her. HE sighed and was starting to get uncomfortable so he shifted himself so he was laying on his left side now. On the left side of the bed was a little night stand. He looked at the Alarm Clock on the table. 4:17 Pm. It was still early in the day, but he felt like he could fall asleep any second. He closed his eyes, hoping he would fall asleep. He was about to plunge into slumber when he heard a loud outburst from the hallway. It was Pyro's Girly squeal. Gambit moaned and pulled the sheets over his head, hoping making the room darker would help him fall asleep easier. It did. After only a few minutes his body relaxed and he fell into Dreamland.

Remy looked around, everything was dark. It was silent. He could hear the wind whistling through the trees, but couldn't see the trees. He could hear cars zooming down the streets, but couldn't see the cars or the street. He turned around in circles hoping that he would at least see something. He didn't. He put out his hands and felt around for things, he finally touched something hard. He felt around it and It had a wooden feel to it. It had slits too. He figured it was a bench. Suddenly he saw a spark of light in the sky. He looked up and looked at where the light came from. The spark became bigger and bigger until there was a bright light all over the place. The light was so bright he had to close his eyes, and block the light out with his wrist. When he opened his eyes, he realized he was in front of Bayville High School. And he was as a matter of fact holding on to the back of a bench. He smiled as he remembered this is where Rogue went to school. He sat down on the bench and waited for the bell to ring. After a few minutes he got tired of waiting and turned and laid down on the bench, putting his knees up in the air. The sun was in his eyes so he covered his eyes with his hands. He sighed and looked at the watch on his wrist. 1:34. Bayville High School ended at 3:00. He still had an hour and a half. He sat up, and looked around, looking for something to do. Plus it was really hot out. He spotted a tree across the yard and went to sit under it. He got himself comfortable, in the shade. He pulled out a deck of cards and started playing solitare. After a few games he started getting bored. He cleaned up his cards and put them back into his pocket. He looked at his watch again. 2:03. Ugh he still had an hour to go. He decided to take a nap. He took of his trench coat, folded it up to use like a pillow, put it under his head and closed his eyes. He opened them a few minutes later, but to him it felt like a long-time. He looked around and saw noine around. He looked down at his watch hoping he didn't miss Rogue. 2:08! He only fell asleep for five minutes! He sighed and got up. he took his trench coat and put it back over himself. He decided not to wonder, for it was a hot day and he was burning up. (not a fever) He finally took off his trench coat and threw it to the ground. He wiped the sweat off his fore-head. He sat down leaning against the bark of the tree. He started to pant, like a dog. Right now he cold really use a glass of water. A cold glass of water. Or a pool. Or a hose. Or anything that contained cold water. He spotted something attached to the school. He squinted his eyes to get a better look of what it was. It looked like a hose. He jumped up and ran over to it. IT was a hose. Now he only had to figure out how to turn it on. He looked around for a nozzle of some-sort but found nothing. "it must be controlled from the inside." He said drearily. "wait that don't make sense." He continued looking for it and finally he found something that looked like a nozzle. He turned it and watched the hose. No water came out, instead There was a loud scream from inside the building. Uh oh! Remy decided to get out of there fast. He ran over to ware-house that seemed to just pop out of now-where. He opened the door to the ware-house and saw what looked liked a barn. (hey it's a dream!) He walked inside and closed the door and ran over to a window, he saw a man sopping wwet walking over to the foucet/nozzle thing. He turned it and t urned his head to face Remy direction. Remy ducked, and his heart started to pound. He waited a few minutes before peaking. The man was not there anymore. He sighed and walked out of the Barn looking thing. How the hell do animals stand living in there, He thought. He went back to his tree and sat down in the shade again, starting to cool off. He closed his eyes now feeling cool and refreshed and the next thing he knew he heard the bell ring. I must have fallen asleep, he thought. He watched all the students come out in a big crowd. He was hoping that he would see Rogue in that crowd but he didn't Everyone took their different paths. He saw some of the x-men, most of them. He saw Scott, Jean, Kurt and Kitty, all talking going to the parking lot. He noticed that Rogue was not there. He waited a few more minutes under the tree until he finally spotted her. He smiled and was about to Walk over to her when he stopped dead in his tracks. He watched the sight before him with so many different emotions running through him. There was Rogue, yeah that was not the suprising part, but next to her was Pietro. They were holding hands, and smiling at each other. Suddenly Lance came up to them and he was smiling also. They all laughed at something. Suddenly is heart stopped beating for a moment when he saw Pietro look at him and frown, but then smirk. He tapped Rogue on the shoulder and motioned for her to look backwards, she did. Her smile faded also, but then got replaced by a smirk. She moved her head in a "come on" kind of movement. They all started walking towards him. He watched Rogue as she came up to him and smiling at him Evilly. "Well, well, well. Look what we have hear. A steaming Cajun." Rogue said in a taunting voice. She huphed. "what's wrong gambit? Cat got your tongue?" Remy shook his head. He couldn't believe she was treating him like this. "What are you staring at?" Remy turned to Pietro who was staring at him, with ice cold blue eyes. "you staring at my girl!" Remy suddenly became angry. "You're girl!" He exclaimed. "What you think she's…" Pietro burst out laughing and fell to the floor. Rogue realized what Gambit meant too and started to crack up too. "What makes you think I would go out with you!" Rogue said inbetween laughs. Gambit's face turned solemn. "Rogue we like eachother. I told you that I like you and you told me that you liked me!" Rogue laughed even harder. "Me Like You! Oh that's classic!" she started rolling on the floor in laughter. Remy looked at her in sadness. His love didn't love him. When she finally stopped laughing she stood up and had a serious look on her face. "Remy Lebeau, I can't believe you would think I would like you. After all the stories that were spread. The true stories. You are a player Gambit! And I don't want anything to do with you." She said then pushed him making him trip over his feet and fall back."You can't be serious, Rogue." He complained. "Note: serious face!" She laughed once more and took Pietro's arms and walked away. Gambit sat there watching his one and only love walk away from him, hating his guts. He started crying softly, and then everything turned black again and he heard his name being called. "Remy!" It was Rogue's Voice. He looked around trying to find the voice. "Reeemmmyyy" It called again. It seemed closer. He looked around through clouded vision. "Remy!" IT called again, it sounded like it was right next to him. He reached out and felt something. He grabbed it softly. And it slowly came into vision, it was An evil Rogue. She picked him up and stood him up. "Now listen." She took a chair. "get down!" she shouted. Remy got his courage up and kicked her. Suddenl

y she let out a shrill scream ,and she fell to the floor. After a few minutes she got up and pounced at him, she was about to land on him when a light appeared.

Remy's eyes shot open and he pulled open his sheets because he was sweating. He started breathing heavily. Sudden;y he heard moaning coming form beside his bed. He looked over the side of is bed and saw John rolled up in a ball moaning and holding his hands over his crotch. "johhny?" He said breathlessly. "uhhhh." He moaned. Gambit stared at his friend as he rolled back and forth. After a few minutes of that, John finally stopped and sat up. He took a deep breath. "What was that all about?" Gambit asked. "ya hit where the sun don't shine!" John whined. Remy stared at his friend for a moment then he couldn't hold it in any longer. He started laughing like crazy. He fell back on to his bed and laughed his lungs out. John was angry for a moment then remembered how Remy was in a bad mood before. "hey, at least oy got you cheered up mate!" Remy suddenly stopped laughing. "or not." John added. Remy sighed and got up. "you cheered me up John, a little bit." Remy said smiling a little bit. John smiled back at him. Remy nodded and Opened the door to his room to find Magneto staring at him. He backed up a little, surprised to have Magneto right in his face. "I heard you were not in a good mood." Magneto said plainly. "Well you heard right." Remy replied, then looked at John. John made a face like It-wasn't-me! Remy shook his head and turned back to magneto. "it wasn't Pyro, A little Kitty told me." John who was clueless said. "Shadowcat? How did you get to talk to her?" Magneto and Remy decided to ignore him. "Apparently he said hello to you and you just slammed the door in his face." Magneto continued. "OHHHH...the Kitty is sabertooth." Pyro said now getting it. Magento looked at him and shook his head. "you seemed smart when I hired you." He said quietly to Pyro. Pyro gaped and crossed his arms. "Now," He said turning back to Remy. "I have a little test for you" His eyes started to glow yellow and Magneto moved aside and a metal table that sat across the Hall flew up into the air and staright at Remy. He didn't move aside or jump over it. He didn't feel it so the Table hit him, knocking him straight into John. So Pyro now had Gambit on him and a Metal table on top of Gambit. John tried to push Gambit off him but he couldn't. "Remy…could you get…off…me?" John said his voice raspy. Magneto raised the metal table off if gambit and moved gambit off of John by throwing him against the wall. Gambit landed and the floor holding his arm. He looked up at Magneto with eyes full of hurt. "get up!" When gambit would not respond Magneto used his powers to pick Gambit up in the air. "talk!" Gambit looked at him and just did that. Magneto growled and threw him against another wall. Gambit groaned a little this time when he landed. "what is wrong with you." Magneto yelled at him. "He's in love." John answered for him, in a sing-song voice. Magneto turned to John and then back at Remy. "IS it true?" Remy nodded sadly. "with whom?" Magneto growled. "one of the x-men." John answered for him again. "Rogue…I think it was."

"an X-man!" Magneto roared.

"i think you mean X-woman." John said.

"Pyro! SHUT UP!"

"Ok." John squeaked.

Magneto gave him a glare, and Pyro decided not to talk again.

Magneto started pacing around the room. "I wouldn't get mad if it was my daughter or one of the brotherhood…" he stopped and looked at Gambit. "But an X-man!" John opened his mouth to correct him but he thought twice and decided not to. "Why an X-man! And Rogue! She is…" Magneto suddenly got an idea. "She is a very strong, independent woman who has a bad attitude." He smirked. "Very dangerous." Remy got what he was saying and seemed to regain his composure. "No! You will not use me to get to her! I don't love her because she 's dangerous, I love her because she's herself!" Magneto narrowed his eyes. "Get out." He said. "gladly." Remy grabbed his bow stick and his cards and fled his room. John watched his best friend leave. "Uhhh. Mag's"

"go Pyro."

"but.."

"Go!"

John ran out of the room, yelling like Goofy.

"Finally I have a good reason to fire them."

As soon as he left the Metal orb, Remy ran as fast as he could until he couldn't run anymore and collapsed to the ground. Where his running got him to was the middle of a woods. Being he never like woods he didn't travel through them so he didn't know where he was. He didn't feel like getting up, even after he caught his breath. In was almost summer so he didn't have to worry about getting cold. He rolled over on his back so he could get comfortable. He stared up through the leaves and the sun was right above him but the leaves were blocking it. Suddenly he heard leaves crumpling in front of him and then he saw a shadow of a figure above him. Remy sat up quickly and the persons face came into view. "Pyro! What are you doing here?"

"Magneto let me go!"

Remy raised his eye-brows. "why?"

"because I asked him too."

"ok whatever"

John sighed. "so where do we go now?"

Remy shrugged.

"Mate!" John exclaimed. "Why don't we go to the x-men?"

"Are you crazy?"

John shrugged. "actually I've always sort of wondered."

"I can't go back there." Remy looked down to the ground. "I can't face her." He said softly.

"Remy,Remy,Remy." John shook his head. "I thought you were better than that. I thought you knew how to face a girl when she is mad at you."

Remy shook his head. "she's not the same. She's different, she's my one true love."

"awwww! How sweet!"

"Shut up John!"

John crossed his arms and huphed and turned his head the other way. "well fine, be that way."

"fine I will."

Remy turned so he was facing the other direction. John peered at him through the corner of his eye. Remy did the same. As and soon as they realized what each other was doing they stopped.

"Remy?"

"yes"

"Im sorry." Remy turned his head, to look at John who was giving him a apologetic look. "well, I guess im sorry, too." John squealed at clapped his hands together. "Yay!" John saw the look Remy was giving him and stopped. "yeah I know, That was lame." Remy nodded. "yeah, don't ever do that." John held out his hand. "well we better get a move on if we want to get to the Xavier institute before dark." Remy grabbed his hand and let John pull him up. "Pyro, I said im not going there." John slapped his fore-head. "come on mate, I'll play match maker, I'll make you two get back together if it is the last thing I do!" He said as he took Remy by the hand and dragged him along.

Remy and John arrived at the Gate of Xavier's School for Gifted youngsters right when darkness filled the sky. "Well it seems like no one's up, let's go." Remy turned to leave but Pyro grabbed his arm and pulled him back. "Do you not hear the music blasting?" Gambit smiled sheepishly. John looked around and saw what looked like a voice-box on one of the poles. "this must be how we get in." John pressed the button and he heard static then he heard avoice. "How may I help you."

"uumm me and My compadre, would appreciate it if you would…consider…enrolling us in this…School for the Talented people." John said.

"John stop trying to act smart you're bad at It and, this guy knows us!"

"oh thanks mate you just blew our cover!"

"The guys' a damn telepath!"

"Yes I am" The "box" said. "and I am also about to open this gate so you may come in and discuss why you want to enroll here." The gates opened. And John screamed at the sudden movement of the gate. Remy shook his head. The both walked in and down the winding side-walk that lead to the front door of the Xaviers school. John was about to knock when the doors opened and once again he got scared. They both walked in and sighed as they saw no-one in the Main room. my office is down the hall to your right John looked around frantically to see where the voice was coming from. "He's a telepath Pyro." John stared at him with a clueless expression. "as in he can project words and images wit his mind!"

"oooooooooohhhh"

Remy shook his head. They walked down the hall to the Proffesors office. come in Remy winced thinking he would hear another outburst from john about where that voice came form but sat that he was already in his office. "You coming in or what?" John asked. "uhh yeah.". Remy walked in and sat in a chair. "now" Prof.X started, folded his hands together and leaning forward. "Why do you want to Join?"

"Can't you just read our minds?" John said pointing to his head.

He nodded "yes but that would be rude."

"Yeah John, it'll be rude."

John stuck his tongue out at Remy.

"alright we've all established that it is rude to probe people's minds. Now let's get back to why you are here."

"Magneto kicked us out."

"Why?"

"I rather not talk about it" Remy said slowly.

"that's understandable, it's like being fired from a job, no one needs to know why you are getting fired"

Remy and john nodded.

"This is not a trick. We really want to Join."

Prof. X thought for a moment then smiled at the two boys.

"Pyro, Gambit. Welcome to the X-men,"