Chapter 2
Several minutes had passed when Scott noticed that he was alone in the hall, frowning he turned, "Jerks…" he growled as he doubled back to search for them, after about ten minutes he sighed and slumped his shoulders as he entered the rec room where the adults were still conversing, "Professor…" Scott whispered as he entered the room.
Charles turned to Scott a bit confused, Jean-Luc and Jacques sat up when they didn't see their sons with the boy, "They didn't…" Jacques sighed as he stood.
"I swear dat boy's grounded for a week…" Jean-Luc sighed.
Charles gave a small smile and closed his eyes a moment, "They actually ditched Scott…that is precious…" Logan chuckled softly, then glanced over at Charles whose face paled rather quickly, "Chuck?"
"They're in the danger room get in there now…a program is running…"
"What!" Logan quickly stood and ran to the elevator, fearing for their sons Jean-Luc and Jacques quickly followed, Mattie was told to stay put.
"Explain Danger room?" Jean-Luc growled as they entered the elevator.
"A room specifically built to withstand mutant powers, we usually use it to train our powers…"
"And ya panicking why?" Jacques pressed. As the elevator descended when it stopped and the doors opened the two thieves followed the man down the hall to a door which read danger room.
"The room fights back so to speak hence the reason why we call it the danger room…"
Logan pushed a button opening the door, the three quickly entered, Logan yelled out for the computer but quickly ducked when the program that was running sent a few shots towards the new targets, Jean-Luc spotting the boys quickly started running towards them as did Jacques, ducking flipping and dodging the lasers, both men quickly grabbed their sons. Looking around at their surroundings the men both leapt as a huge saw was thrown their way. Then everything suddenly shut down, and both men slowly stood holding their trembling sons tightly.
Jean-Luc kneeled down leaning Remy back eyeing him over, "Ya alright petite?" he asked his hands roaming the boy's body to feel for any broken bones or bloody spots. Jacques did the same with Lapin.
"They all right?" Logan asked stepping forward, "Damn you two can move…" he breathed.
"Di-dn't mea-n ta…da d-oor di-sappe-ared…" Remy spoke with quick breaths, as did Lapin.
"Come on…" Jean-Luc whispered picking his son up and walking out of the room, followed by Jacques who sighed since Lapin refused to let him go as well then by Logan.
When they arrived back to the rec room the fathers put their sons on their feet whom rushed to Tante fearing the punishment they'd get later. "Yeah ya better run…" Jean-Luc scolded as he eyed the two, then sat in a chair. "I must apologize M'sieu…"
"Please don't it's quite alright…as long as they weren't harmed…" Charles answered looking to Logan as he approached.
"Kyle and Josh were setting up a new program, they didn't notice the kids go in…" Logan then turned to the two men, "And you two have obviously had some training…"
"What ya got something against bein' physically fit homme?" Jean-Luc chuckled he then looked to Xavier wanting to change the subject, "Can you help Remy with his powers?"
"Yes of course…we can start tomorrow if you'd like…"
"Well dat's good ta hear, I'll come back in da morning…after that little experience tink the boys need a little time ta breathe…" Jean-Luc glanced over his shoulder, looked at Remy and Lapin as they shied away. Tante wrapped her arms around them and gave a small smile, happy that they were alright.
XxXxX
After thanking the Professor, the LeBeau's were now resting comfortably in their hotel rooms, Remy was jumping on his bed bouncing around while Jean-Luc had just finished calling room service, "Ey watcha been doin in dat dere mansion?" Jean-Luc asked as he watched Remy bounce up and down on the bed.
"Nothin' much couldn't get in any of da rooms…when ya gonna teach me ta pick locks?" Remy asked as he looked up and tried to touch the ceiling.
"Ya wanna learn 'bout locks?" Jean-Luc chuckled.
"Wanna learn befo Lapin does…" he answered still bouncing.
"Ohhh ya wanna be da first hun?" Jean-Luc smirked as his head followed Remy's movements.
"Oui…" Remy grinned.
"Alright let's see if ya can get out of a head lock…" He laughed lunging forward wrapping his arm around Remy's neck.
"PERE…" Remy whined as he began to struggle.
Jean-Luc chuckled as he ruffled his son's hair and kissed his forehead, then let him go Remy frowned as he crossed his arms and began to pout, "Oh come now petite…" he smirked as he gently pushed him back to fall on the bed. Jean-Luc laughed softly at the sight Remy was sitting cross legged on the bed he still had his arms crossed as he stared at the wall pouting as if his life depended on it Jean-Luc sighed as he went to the bathroom, "Alright come ere…" he ordered, as he locked the door and took out his lock picks, Remy grinned as he jumped off the bed and ran to his father. "Now once ya learn ta do dis ya gotta promise me ya only use dis when ya graduate from bein' properly trained d'accord, don' want ya breaking inta other kids lockers ya understand?"
"Oui papa…" Remy answered excitedly.
"An' when ya get ya lock picks ya keep dem on ya always alright?" Remy nodded happily. "Good boy…" Jean-Luc then proceeded to teach his nine year old how to successfully break into a bathroom…yay. After eating dinner, Jean-Luc was lying on one of the beds watching a movie, Remy had rested his head against his father's right arm his eyes slowly closing as sleep was about to claim him, Jean-Luc smiled a bit as he chewed on some popcorn, after the movie was over Jean-Luc tucked his son in the bed, turning off the lights and the television, he then made himself comfortable on the other bed, and went to sleep.
The next morning Remy groggily woke up to the ringing of a cell phone, a bit annoyed since no one was answering it Remy slowly woke up and got out of bed whining as he grabbed his father's cell phone, "'ello?" he yawned, hearing the other person on the phone Remy rolled his eyes and walked up to his father who was lying on his stomach on his bed, his eyes closed since he was still fast asleep, Remy gently shook his arm, "Papa…" he whispered, then shook him a bit harder, "Papa…" he whined again, he was still extremely tired and wanted to go back to sleep.
Jean-Luc wearily opened an eye, "What's da matter petite?" he mumbled.
Remy showed him the phone, "Henri's callin fo ya…" he answered then dropped the phone on the bed, slowly turned and headed back for his bed.
Jean-Luc smirked as he took the phone, "Ey…" he jolted up grabbing Remy around the waist and hoisting him on his bed, laying him by his side and covering him with the blanket, Jean-Luc then held the phone to his ear as he closed his eyes. With a yawn, "It's only been a day Henri what could possibly have gone wrong?" he asked peeking at Remy who had snuggled up to him and had already fallen asleep.
"Oh nothing too important…so he drivin ya crazy yet?" Henri chuckled.
"Henri it be…" Jean-Luc looked to the clock beside the bed and groaned, "It's a quarter ta five…what da hell?"
"Oh you mean da call…well dis would be payback…ya remember when I was out wit Mercy that one time and ya call me ta get suited up for a heist dat had gone bad…and when I got dere, I got thrown inta da bay and…" Jean-Luc rolled his eyes turning off the phone he then threw it at the foot of the bed, and sighed as he wrapped an arm around his son and tried to get a little more sleep.
At around seven the LeBeau's were rudely awakened by a bit of poking and shaking compliments of Tante Mattie, "Alright you two…come on get up…" she ordered pulling on the blanket, giving a small smile as they both whined out.
"Remy, Tante's bein' mean…" Jean-Luc smirked as he slowly sat up and gently nudged Remy, chuckling as he only hid under the blankets. "Come on petite time ta get up…" he smirked as he headed for the bathroom. An hour later Jean-Luc and Remy where on their way back to the institute, Remy looked out the window and sighed as he felt the car park and the engine shut off, Jean-Luc got out of the car and walked over to Remy's side opening the door, he had a small smile on his lips at how Remy tried to take his sweet time, "What's da matter fiston?" he asked.
Remy frowned, as he walked beside his father, watching as he pushed on the doorbell, "Nothin'" he answered as he looked around and grasped his hand.
"You sure ya alright?" he asked ruffling the boy's hair, they were at that moment greeted by a mass of blue fur, Remy quickly grabbed his father's arm and took a step back eyeing the beast like man.
"Well hello there…" he smiled, "Please come in…" he gestured then looked at the child, "You must be Remy…my name's Henri…but everyone calls me Hank…"
"M'sieu…" Remy whispered,
Hank chuckled softly at how much the boy was extremely shy. "Come the Professor is waiting for you downstairs…"
"Downstairs…I ain't goin in dat big metal room 'gain am I?" Remy looked at his father.
"Oh it's quite alright, we've set up a program for you so you can use your powers without any fear of them going haywire don't worry the room will not fight back." Hank assured as he led the LeBeau's into the elevator.
Entering the room Remy's eyes went wide as the metal room had been replaced with a clear blue sky with white puffy clouds, the floor was covered in grass and trees, there was even a river and a huge waterfall. "Wow…how'd ya get all dis in here?" he asked looking around.
Charles smiled as he approached, "It's a hologram Remy…"
Remy quirked an eye, "Like da hollo-decks on Star Trek?"
"Something like that yes…" Xavier chuckled, as did Logan, Storm and Hank.
"Ya sure it gonna be safe in here?" Jean-Luc asked, "No rocks gonna fly out?"
"No of course not…Remy if you like why don't you go exploring…" Charles smiled as he gestured for Mr.LeBeau to have a seat on the picnic table next to the group.
Remy looked up at his father to see if it was alright, Jean-Luc smirked, "Go on…" he chuckled, "Have fun…find me a frog or something…"
"K…" Remy ran off towards the river. Logan followed the boy his arms behind his back observing the boy's attitude.
"Okay ya got him excited now what?" Jean-Luc smirked as he watched Remy looking towards the shore and under a few rocks.
"Well we observe his behavior, you said he was playing ball with some children when his powers surfaced…he was enjoying the game having fun, not much of a care in the world, we're trying to recreate that…" Xavier answered simply.
"Ah…and what's with Mr.Muscles followin' him?"
"Just a precaution…in case Remy accidentally charges anything and can't get away in time…" Charles chuckled as Jean-Luc's mind had just gone into overdrive, "Logan has a healing factor…" he answered the unasked question.
"Okay…so what happens if nothing happens…it's been over a week since he blew up that wall."
"Then we'll have to try something else…"
XxXxX
Remy frowned as he couldn't even find one tiny little tadpole, he turned to Logan, "Hey...are dere any critters in here?" he asked.
"Could be I don't know this is my first time in this place…" he smirked.
Remy huffed as he continued to look around after about forty five minutes Remy was bored and went back to his father, "Didn't find nothin?" Jean-Luc smiled.
"Non…" Remy sighed as he plopped down on the ground.
"Perhaps later…" Charles chuckled, "Tell me Remy…do you remember what you were going through when you touched the wall that blew up?"
"Hun?" Remy looked at him confused.
"Did you feel sick or dizzy…did you have any pain?" he specified.
Remy thought for a moment, "Well I did get a little dizzy…then my hands felt funny…" he looked at his hands and wiggled his fingers, then looked back up, "…then they hurt, then it stopped and the wall started to glow…"
"Did you touch the wall?"
"Ahun…" Remy whispered nodding his head.
"Were you angry or scared?"
"Non…"
"What were you thinking?"
Remy only shrugged, "Had to get the ball…"
"Nothing else?"
"Non…"
Charles lifted an eyebrow, "Hmmm you have me in quite a dilemma…" he answered giving a small pout.
"Dilemma?" Remy looked up "Papa what's a dilemma?"
Jean-Luc chuckled, "Kinda like a tight spot…"
"Oh…" Remy then turned to Xavier a bit confused, "How come?"
Charles smiled, "Well, I'm afraid I can't figure out how your powers work…" Remy frowned as he leaned against his father's leg, "Tell me do you like playing hide and seek?" Xavier asked, Remy only shrugged, "I wonder…Logan is a very good player, do you think you might be able to find him?"
Remy eyed a smirking Logan, "He's too big he'll be easy ta spot…"
Logan grunted, "Wanna bet?"
Remy grinned evilly, "Ya got to da count of ten M'sieu…" he smirked as he stood up turned his back, closed his eyes and started counting.
Logan sighed, "Can't believe I'm doin' this…" he whined as he started running towards the woods.
"Oh ya bettah run faster dan that homme." Jean-Luc chuckled as he watched the man disappear into the woods.
"Eight, nine, ten…" Remy turned around, "ARE YA WELL HIDDEN M'SIEU?" he yelled out and waited for a few moments, then turned to his father, "He not like Henri…" he smirked and ran towards the river, listening to any sounds that might give him a clue as to where to look for the man.
"What did he mean when he said he's not like me?" Hank spoke up.
Jean-Luc laughed, "Henri be Remy's older brother, and every time they play this game Remy shouts out 'Are you well hidden, cause I'll find ya…' and every single time Henri yells out 'Yes I am'" Hank, Storm and Charles chuckled.
"Adopted as well?" Storm asked.
"Non…" Jean-Luc answered with a smirk as he watched Remy cautiously enter the woods.
XxXxX
Logan was hiding up in a tree and grinned when he spotted Remy sneaking below him looking around. After a few moments, Remy stood up straight, 'What's he doing?' Logan thought to himself as he stared at the boy a small smile plastered on his face at the certain amount of amusement he felt at the moment. It was rare that Logan was thought of as prey, and he found it hilarious that this little kid was his hunter. The moment that thought plagued Logan's mind Remy quickly picked up on it and turned his head towards Logan locking eyes with the man, "How the hell did you do that?" Logan gawked at the kid as he leapt down from his perch.
Remy only shrugged and grinned as he ran back to his father, "Papa I found him…" he laughed and ran around the picnic table.
Logan arrived and looked at the kid's father, "Is blowing up stuff his only power?" he asked a bit amazed.
Jean-Luc looked at the man and grinned, "Ah he used his charm on ya did he?"
"Charm?" Logan asked confused.
"That's what Tante calls it…" Jean-Luc answered as he lunged forward and grabbed Remy sitting him on his lap, "This little one can…oh mon dieu how do I explain dis…" he thought for a moment, "Um…one day Tante was sitting in da kitchen and Remy just walked up to her and gave her a hug, she just looked at him, and asked him why he did that…" Jean-Luc looked at Remy who was playing with his sleeves then back to Xavier, "He said that he felt she needed one…"
Storm leaned forward a bit confused herself, "Did she need one?"
"She had just found out minutes before that an old friend of hers had just passed away…"
Charles looked to the boy, "Remy did you hear Logan's thoughts?" he asked.
"Non…"
"Did you feel them?"
Remy turned to his father a bit unsure if he should answer, "Go ahead it's alright…" he assured his son.
"Oui…" he whispered.
Charles smiled at the boy, "Interesting…you might be an empath…you can sense other peoples emotions…how long have you been able to sense them?" Remy only shrugged as he watched his father answer his cell phone. "Alright we can talk about that later now let's see you were playing basketball with some children when your powers surfaced correct?" Remy nodded, "Very well…Computer run program RL1…" Charles spoke up. Suddenly the forest, river and waterfall disappeared replaced by a basketball court Logan bent down to retrieve one of the balls.
"Watta ya say kiddo wanna play a little game of one on one?" he asked as he held out the ball.
"But you're a lot bigger than me…"
"Hey I suck at this game…come on show me how to play…" he coaxed.
Remy only frowned, "How bout Lapin would you play with him?" Jean-Luc asked, Remy turned his head and nodded with a smile, "Would dat be a problem?" Jean-Luc asked the Professor who shook his head no, "Good cause dey waiting upstairs…" he smirked putting his phone away, Storm smiled as she left the room to escort them downstairs.
A few moments later Tante and Lapin arrived, Jean-Luc went to the woman who told him that Jacques was called for a small meeting outside of town, Jean-Luc nodded as he turned and watched the boys play, Logan keeping a close eye on Remy as the two boys argued.
"It did not…" Lapin snorted.
"Did too, there was a waterfall and a lake and everything…" Remy answered.
"Ya see any running water in here?" Lapin tilted his head.
"You hopeless, dis wasn't in here yesterday…don' ya remember?"
"AH…oh shut-up…" Lapin mumbled as he started to dribble the ball.
The adults watched the game and the little arguments in amusement, half an hour had passed and still nothing had happened, the boys gave up on playing with the ball and began wrestling trying to pin each other to the floor. Jean-Luc shook his head and chuckled, "EY…NOT SO ROUGH…" he warned.
"HA…pinned ya…" Lapin grinned as he hovered above his cousin.
"No fair I wasn't ready…" Remy pouted as he continued to struggle.
"Wasn't ready, mon derrière…" Lapin smirked as he let go and sat on the floor and sighed, "So what do we do now?" he asked.
Remy sat up and looked around, "Well we be stuck in a room wit six adults…what kind of trouble ya tink we can get ourselves into?" he grinned.
"Not much…" Lapin sighed.
"Well we can't get out of dis room dey be guarding it…" Remy huffed then smirked as he stood, "Come on…" he whispered as he ran to his father hugging his leg and looked to Charles, "M'sieu…do ya have a playground or something we're bored?" Remy asked giving the man a little pout.
"Yes of course…" Xavier chuckled as he called out to the computer for the program that ran earlier and added a swing set as well as a few slides.
"Wow…" Lapin gasped looking around.
"Told ya…" Remy laughed as he stuck his tongue out at his cousin, the boys ran towards the swings sat on them and began swinging their legs wanting to see which one of them could get the highest, Logan chuckled as he followed them and leaned against the small treehouse next to the swings watching Remy closely.
"I can get higher den youuuuu…" Lapin laughed as he kicked harder.
"Wanna bet?" Remy grinned as he did the same.
Logan smirked at the little rivalry this went on for a few minutes Logan frowned a bit when he noticed that Remy had stopped moving and looked at the floor, "What's da matter kiddo ya alright?" he asked kneeling down his head moving as Remy's swing slowed down. Sensing the boy's pain and fear Xavier quickly looked at the boys. Remy looked to be in a lot of pain as he was about to jump off the swing the chains began to glow.
Logan's eyes widened as he grabbed Lapin and Remy and ran off, Logan heard Charles shout out a command to the computer and a bubble surrounded the swing set which was now entirely enveloped in an eerie glow, a few seconds later the small playground blew up. "Oh mon dieu…" Jean-Luc stood and jogged to his son.
Logan smelling the fear on the kid kneeled down and turned the little thief to him, "Hey you okay?" he asked Remy only began to struggle to get away from the man, "It's alright…" Logan tried to calm him.
Jean-Luc quickly wrapped his arms from behind his son and sat down on the floor sitting him on his lap, "Non…non…" Remy cried fearing he'd hurt his father.
"Shhhh…it's alright see ya not touching me…" he whispered in the boy's ear and began rocking gently Remy held his arms out to make sure he wouldn't touch anything as he began to calm a bit.
Several minutes had passed and Lapin was quietly sitting beside Tante, while Hank was talking to the Professor, Storm and Logan tried to get the little boy to talk but seeing how tired he seemed they weren't having much luck, Jean-Luc still held his son tightly in his arms but was now leaning his back against a tree.
Charles wheeled himself next to the boy's father and looked at Remy who tried to stay awake, "It would seem that charge tired him out…"
"Happened last time too after we brought him home he passed out in my arms for well ovah an hour…" Jean-Luc whispered as he kissed Remy's temple the boy was now sound asleep.
"Over an hour…" Charles murmured, "Well I believe I've seen enough for today…if you'd like Ororo can lead you to a room where he can rest more comfortably, I would like to speak to him the moment he wakes though…"
"Yes of course…jus lead da way madame…" Jean-Luc smirked as he slowly turned his son in his arms and stood, Tante approached and ran her fingers through the youngest LeBeau's hair. "Tante…maybe ya should take Lapin back to da hotel, and wait fo Jacques…"
With a nod Tante stood grasping Lapin's hand, "Is Remy gonna be okay uncle Jean?"
"He will be, he just tired right now…you okay?" Jean-Luc asked with a smile.
Lapin slowly nodded and looked to Tante, "Come now…" she whispered Lapin looked to Remy again and slowly left with Tante, Logan leading the old woman out.