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Chapter thirteen: Demon Eyes
Rogue groaned and began hitting her head on the walls of the orb. Remy watched her with an amused expression. "Y' keep doing that petite and yor going to get a concussion."
Rogue stopped, but only to think about the opportunity she had missed. "Ah almost had her! She was right there, but then that stupid red head miss perfect Jean Grey had ta stop meh!" She began banging her head against the walls again.
"Don' worry chere, yo'll get yor chance wit de Mystique again," Gambit said, trying to get her to stop banging her head. "But fo' now Remy thinks y' should stop banging yo head or yo'll be to brain dead t' fight her de next time."
Rogue stopped. "Ya probably right," she agreed, but her face said otherwise. Rogue had a troubled expression on her face, and Remy had a hunch that it didn't have anything to do with Mystique.
"Something on yo' mind chere?" He asked.
Rogue shook her head. "No, it's nothing."
Remy cocked his head and gave her a skeptic look. "Don' look like nothing to Remy."
"Oh and what does it look lahke to Remy?" She sneered
"It looks t' Remy that y' got something troubling on yo'mind that y' don' know how t' deal wit'." He looked her directly in the eyes. "Wanna tell Remy about it?" She averted her eyes from his gaze. Remy was just beginning to notice that his eyes had some kind of affect on her. They had an effect on most people, but usually it was a negative one, but for Rogue it seemed to entrance her. He noticed this the first day they met, when he handed her the charged card. She was so entranced by his eyes that she hadn't even noticed the card was charged till it was gone, but she probably didn't remember that now. "What's the matter chere? Remy's eyes had never failed to hold your gaze before, why y' turn away now?"
He grinned as he watched her face turn red. "Just leave meh alone Gambit."
His grin grew wider and he leaned back against the wall of the orb and stretched out his arms. "Kind of hard t' do that in here chere. Bit crowded even for two." He leaned forward and took her chin in his hand with his two gloved fingers. "C'mon chere. Tell Remy whats wrong."
Rogue pushed his hand away and looked to the floor. "It's none of your business. Besides, ya'd think it was stupid."
"Non chere." He said sincerely. "Remy could never think yo' stupid."
Rogue sighed, giving in, said, "When we fought the X-Men, Ah felt-" she stopped, unsure of how to say it. "Ah don't know what it was, but it felt wrong to fight them. When Ah went for Mystique Ah was feeling great, and anxious to kick her ass, but when Ah tried to drain Shadow Kat, and when Ah did drain Wolverine, it just didn't feel right. And then they all kept talking to meh like Ah was their friend." She let out a fake laugh. "Lahke the X-Men could ever care about meh! Ah must be insane for even considering believing their lies. It's Mystique all over again."
Remy's face had now gone very serious. He wasn't liking this one bit. It didn't feel right to him to let Rogue believe what Mastermind had put in her head. Even though she had let him do it and said she wanted it to happen, it still didn't feel right. Remy had done a lot of things that had been considered bad, but letting Rogue believe a lie to help Magneto's cause seemed the worse.
"It don't seem so unbelievable," he said quietly. She looked up at him with questioning look. "The X-Men go around saying dat dey all one big happy family. From outside it almost looks cozy, something that some people don't have so they want in on it as well. After everything y' been through chere, wit Mystique betraying you and turning out t' be yo own mother, adopted or non, Remy don' blame y' fo' wanting a family. De X-Men act like a family, now all de sudden for unknown reasons dey be treatin y' like yor apart of it. Remy can see how dat might make y' feel something, longing maybe. Hope dat dey might be able t' share wit y' what dey have, or pretend t' have."
"Magneto said they were only trying to get meh to join them by making meh think Ah could be apart of their family," she said quietly.
Remy swallowed hard before he went on to lie to her again. "He was probably right."
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"Icantbelievethatstupidcajungotintotheorbwithrogue!" Pietro was complaining so fast that Pyro could just barely understand what he was saying. "Nowhesprobablyhittingonherandtryingtoputsomecajuncharmonherthatasshole!"
St. John began laughing manically once he had finally deciphered all that Pietro said. "Sounds to me mate like you got a bit of a crush on the shiela."
Pietro's face turned red. "Idonothaveacrushonrogue!"
St. John laughed some more and said, "Say that again, only more slowly, less defensively and with skin color that doesn't make a cherry jealous."
Pietro glared as St. John laughed some more. He calmed himself and took a deep breath and began talking slowly. "I do not like Rogue. I am just worried that Gambit is going to try and hit on her because if he does she'll drain him and my father will have lost an acolyte."
"Sure you are," St. John said sarcastically. "C'mon mate, when Magneto told us he was gonna bring Rogue over to our side you were the first to volunteer to get her, and don't think I didn't see you go goo goo eyes over her when she came out in that new outfit. What is it with that Sheila anyway? Magneto went to so much to recruit her, Remy started ignoring other sheilas when he heard we were goin after her, and then you start acting all funny."
"Whatthellareyoutalkingabout?" Pietro shot angrily.
"You were nice to her," John pointed out. "When she came here you managed to convince her to wear the power stripper. Gambit told me all about it."
"So," Pietro said. "That doesn't prove anything."
St. John laughed. "It does mate."
"How?"
"Your not nice to anyone."
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Rogue leaned against the back of the orb. It had been at least thirty minutes since they left the base, and she was getting bored. "How much longer do ya think it will be?" She asked Remy.
He shrugged. "Remy's guess is dat Magneto is taking us to a base in New York, so not much longer."
Rogue looked surprised. "Magneto has a base in New York?"
Remy nodded. "Magneto's got bases all over de globe chere. Never hurts to be prepared in case something like what just happened might occur."
"Gotta hand it to Magneto," she mumbled. "He may be a bit crazy but at least he's prepared."
Remy looked at her and smiled. "Y' can say that again chere."
Rogue returned the smile, surprising her and Remy. She turned away from his gaze once more, a hint of red forming on her cheeks. Remy noticed this and said, "Y' been turning away from Remy so much lately chere. Did he do something wrong? Y' never used to be afraid to look him in the eyes." When she didn't answer, he used his empathy to tap into her emotions and see what she was feeling right now. Remy normally didn't like to use his empathy unless he was using it to win a poker game or fighting someone, but he was curious to why Rogue wasn't looking at him.
He sensed many emotions coming from her. Confusion about what happened between her and the X-men, impatience, restlessness, but mostly fear. Not fear of him, but fear of looking at his eyes again. Remy couldn't stand that thought that she might be afraid of his eyes. He wanted to know why. He reached out and took her chin in his fingers once again, forcing her to look at him. The fear came back, but this time with another emotion, an emotion that explained why she was afraid. It wasn't that she was afraid of his eyes, no, she was afraid of what she felt when she looked into them. Remy smiled, he liked the emotion coming off of her when she looked into his eyes. "Remy likes y' too chere."
Her face twisted in anger and embarrassment as she realized he had used his empathy on her. "Damnit Gambit! Don't ya ever use your empathy on me lahke that again!"
He grinned as she pulled away from him. "Whatever y' say petite." He didn't have to use empathy to feel the anger coming from her. She looked pissed as hell, but that didn't matter to Gambit. He knew how she felt about him. Normally he didn't like the ladies to get to attached to him. Gambit was a player, and only wanted the woman to like him enough for a one night stand and then not be angry about having no future relationships, but Rogue obviously liked him more than that, and that didn't really bother Remy. He'd never admit this to anyone else, but it made him feel warm.
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In the X-Mansion the X-men and the brotherhood stood warily together inside of Professor Xavier's office. Scott and Lance kept eyeing each other with suspicious and hateful looks as Jean told the professor the events of the fight at the acolyte base. Neither Scott or Lance were listening to the conversation. Both boys had their hands curled up in a tight fist. It wasn't until Kitty leaned into Lance did the tension between them lessen. Lance stopped glaring at Scott so he could concentrate on his distressed ex girlfriend whom he still cared about, and Scott, seeing Kitty so close to Lance just gave him one final glare before putting his attention back on Jean who was still talking, deciding there was no point in causing trouble with Lance with Kitty so close to him.
Most of the X-Men stood on one side of the office while the brotherhood stood on the other. The only exception was Kitty who stood with Lance. Mystique was glaring impatiently at Jean, wanting her to explain faster so they could come up with a solution.
When Jean had finally finished, Professor Xavier massaged his forehead with his fingers. "I was hoping that the reason for Magneto's kidnapping of Rogue had not been to recruit her, but from what you told me that is the case, and I believe he has used a mutant named Mastermind to brainwash her into joining him."
"Mastermind's the same mutant who brainwashed Wanda yo," Toad said.
"Yes that doesn't surprise me," the professor said. "Magneto is capable of anything when he is determined to get something."
"So what do we do about it?" Mystique demanded. "My daughter is out there working for a mad man, thinking whatever twisted thoughts he put in her head."
"Afraid he made you look bad Mystique?' Logan asked. "Wouldn't worry about that one, there's no way he could make Rogue could get a worse opinion of you than she already had."
Mystique glared at him. "Don't you dare criticize me! She was under your care! If you X-Men had kept a better eye on her Magneto would never have had the chance to steal her away!"
"Mystique, Logan, please calm down." The professor begged. "We are here to discuss a way to save Rogue, not point fingers."
Mystique didn't stop glaring at Logan as she asked the question on everyone's minds. "So what do we do?"
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Rogue jumped as the Rogue suddenly landed. It opened up to reveal a huge ware house. "Looks like we're here," Remy said stepping out. He held his hand out and helped Rogue climb out of the orb.
"This is it?" Rogue asked. "Magneto's New York base is a ware house?"
Gambit smiled and said, "Outside looks can be deceiving chere. Don't make judgments from what's on the surface." He took her hand and was surprised that she did not pull away.
When Pietro got out of his orb the first thing he noticed was Gambit leading Rogue by the hand into the base. He glared at the unnoticing Cajun, wishing that he had Pyro's power and could engulf him in flames.
A/N: Aww isn't that cute, Pietro's jealous. Okay, I'm getting over writer's block, and this is getting easier to write. There was lots of Romy in this chapter, and I promise you there will be rietro in the next chapter. Please please review and tell me how I'm doing! Tell me what you liked, make comments, I love the really long reviews. I love hearing from you guys so review! The more reviews per chapter I get the faster I am going to update.