"Now Gambit, explain to me again. What happened?" Hank McCoy said in exasperation. Gambit had ran into his room in the middle of the night with a bloodied and unconscious Rogue in his arms. The Proff. was not there and neither was Storm; they had gone in search of a grief stricken Logan. So it was up to him to try and get an up set Cajun to tell him about Rogue.

"Remy was jus' takin' parts fo' Remy's bike t' de shop, when de fille bumped int' Remy an' fell down de stairs. Remy din' see 'er!" It was hard to make out what Gambit was saying between his pacing and his accent.

"I do not blame you Gambit. Please continue."

"Remy set de box down an' bend down to 'elp de femme, den Remy see de blood dat cover 'er! Remy a empathy an' could feel de fille's pain an' fear, so Remy jus' want t' 'elp! She ran up de stairs before Remy could get 'er 'elp an Remy ran aft' 'er. Remy found 'er leanin' up angain' the door lik' she in pain, den she start t' fall an Remy went t' catch 'er, an she said sometin' 'bout 'er skin Remy brought 'er t' you an," Gambit sighed, "Remy confused!" Gambit plopped down in an uncomfortable chair beside Rogue's bed in the med lab.

Hank looked at Rogue in deep thought. "I am not sure of what caused Rogue's loss of blood because I have found no wound, but I have suspicions of why she was in pain and confused as you say."

"De skin?"

"Oh, that." Hank said softly, "That is her mutation. You did not know? I thought that you would…considering your connections with Magneto."

"Non. What Mags got t' do wit de fille?"

"Rogue can absorb a mutant's power and a human's life force just by human contact. She absorbs their memories and part of the person into herself. If skin to skin contact is maintained for a certain period of time, she will kill the person."

"De fille cnt' touch? Ever?"

"Unfortunately…not. Magneto developed a machine that would turn all humans into mutants. The only problem was that it would kill him if he powered it, but it needed his power to work. Therefore, he captured Rogue, made her absorb him, and made her run the machine. Fortunately, the X-Men were able to apprehend him and free Rogue before any harm was done to humanity."

Gambit noted that he said no harm to humanity and did not include Rogue. Gambit never seen dis fille 'round 'ere. But Remy sure he knew all the pretty femmes…O' course Remy be tryn' real 'ard t' fit n' 'ere an not t' do any 'arm…may be that why Remy not seen 'er…Remy'll 'ave t' keep a eye on 'dis one.

"Now, I do see the blood on her clothing but no wound. Did you see one when you bumped into her?"

"Oiu(AN: Spelling of the French yes correct?). On her neck."

"But there is no wound there." Hank gingerly pulled the cloth back from Rogue's neck exposing the pale skin; it was unmarred. Suddenly, Rogue's grey eyes shot open and she jumped from the bed quickly bursting from the lab at inhuman speed. Gambit moved to go after her, but then noticed Hank's blank expression.

"We need to go after de fille home!"

'"Her eyes…" he said weakly.

Gambit froze at the thought of her eyes. The coldest grey he had ever seen…

Hesitantly, Gambit asked, "What dis got do wit de fille's eyes?"

"Gambit, Rogue's eyes are green."

"Merde."

"Precisely."

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Ah, here thou go. Short because I felt that it t'would be suspenseful to end it there…hehehe…I'll make up for it in the next chapter…I promise. And a special thanks to my lovely reviewer… Prexistence. Thanks for the review darling! I'll try to up date at LEAST once a week. I'm in a Romy mode too ;) …so I'll make sure there is some more Remy and (new and improved) Vamp Rogue action. I'll give ya peoples a hint for future action: picture Remy and Rogue in da wilderness fighting and some very good fighting I might add, and it ends up with Rogue…kissing Remy…or biting him…or both? gasps from the audience Wa? HoW? WhY? And an even bigger question(s)….who is the vamp Rogue absorbed? And will she take over?

All will be answered in future chapters grasshoppers…tune in same bat time…same bat channel!

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