I wish I had a Kryptonite cross, because then you could keep both Dracula AND Superman away. - Deep Thoughts.
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5
Rogue led the way through the colorful streets of New Orleans, passing by strange voodoo shops and other tourist magnets alike. Jubilee scrunched up her nose and shook her head "This is gunna be a lot harder then we thought, isn't it?"
Kitty nodded "What if we were to split up? We'd have more of a chance to find him if we were-"
"We ain't splittin' up in New Orleans Kitty. It's bad enough ah dragged y'all out here with me, Logan would have mah head mounted on the wall if anything happened to us because we split up." Rogue crossed her arms.
"We could always ask around." Jubilee shrugged.
"Ah don't know… somethin' tells me that if he is in trouble an' we ask the wrong person…" Rogue shook her head.
"That's true." Kitty frowned, finishing Rogue's sentence in her head. If he really was in trouble and people knew they were looking for him… not only would they be endangering him, it would be very easy to take out three little girls in a foreign city.
"What about if we just hang out somewhere… wait an' see if someone mentions anything about the guilds." Jubilee shrugged.
Kitty rolled her eyes. "Yeah right. What are the chances of that happening?"
"I don't know, but I'm getting hungry and tired and sick of walking around in what feels like a giant circle." Jubilee crossed her arms, falling in step next to Rogue.
"Alright. We'll get off the main road here… find a place t'eat that's outta the way." Rogue nodded, pointing to a side road as she led the two girls in that direction.
"There's a café over there. They gotta have something we can eat." Kitty pointed. "Doesn't look busy either."
"Fahne. It'll do." Rogue threw her gloved hands in the air.
Jubilee pushed through the front door with a smile, breathing in the sultry aroma that hung in the air of the café. Without a thought she headed over to the counter to order.
Kitty and Rogue followed, ordering a couple of coffees.
"I don't understand how you can be so hungry already anyways." Kitty shook her head when they took their seat.
"I'm a growing girl." Jubilee shrugged with a smile as she stuffed her mouth with croissant.
"You just ate like… two hours ago." Kitty laughed. "The real question is how do you keep it off your hips?"
Rogue chuckled with a nod.
"What are you laughin' at? You're the same!" Kitty tossed a hand in the air. "Eat anything you want, no consequences."
Rogue laughed, taking a sip of her coffee, glancing at Jubilee who stared as if caught in a trance. "Right. Well it ain't like ah try." She looked at Kitty who sat next to her. "An' it ain't like ah eat everything in sight like some of our young jubilant friends…"
The two girls laughed again.
"Hey." Kitty kicked Jubilee under the table. "Smile. It's a compliment."
Rogue furrowed her brow. "Jubes? You alright sugah?"
Jubilee's face was blank as she looked past the two girls. "You… are not going to believe me."
"Hey kid!" Rogue snapped her gloved fingers in front of Jubilee's face. "Snap out of it! Y'ain't makin' any sense."
"Geeze… what do they put in their pastry here?" Kitty giggled.
Rogue laughed "Ah don't know, but it's enough t'make me wanna go get one…"
Jubilee held up her hand and pointed past them. "Look."
The two girls furrowed their brow, looking over their shoulders in unison.
A tall Cajun with a trench coat and sunglasses caused Rogue to stand up.
He flirted with the woman behind the counter effortlessly as she handed him two coffees, flashing him a flirtatious smile, refusing to take his money.
"Merci belle." He smiled, stacking the two coffee cups in one hand. He turned to leave, stopping instantly mid-turn. The smile fell from his face immediately.
"Chère… what…" He looked over his shoulder, out the front door before turning back to face her. "What are y'doin' here?"
Kitty stood up next to her followed by Jubilee. She lifted her chin slightly, finding herself at a loss for words. She'd gone through the scenario a thousand times over in her head. But now; she was speechless.
She sucked in a breath "Ah didn't… um…" She shook her head.
"We didn't believe you." Kitty finished for Rogue. "That you're not in trouble. So we came to make sure." She smiled.
"Yeah. Nice t'see you too." Jubilee grinned.
"AJ ain' with you… is she?" He furrowed his brow.
Rogue shook her head. "No."
He relaxed slightly, the smile returning to his face. "So Remy's belle Rogue was concerned?"
She squared her jaw. "Don't read into it too much."
He chuckled before the grin slid off his face again. "Belle femmes… Remy'd love t'stay an' chat. But due to prior engagements…" He let out a breath, grabbing a pen off the counter and a napkin from the table. "Y'shouldn' be here fleur. Remy told y'not t'come." He shook his head as he scribbled down something on the napkin before handing it to her.
"Au revoir." He gave them a small wink from over his sunglasses before spinning around and leaving.
"What does it say?" Kitty snatched it away from Rogue, knitting her brow as she stared at the napkin. "I can't read his chicken scratch."
Rogue snatched it back, scanning her eyes along the napkin. "It's an address. Says t'meet him there in an hour."
"What does that say?" Jubilee pointed to the part at the bottom of the napkin.
Rogue balled the napkin up in her fist, squaring her jaw. "None o'your damn business… nosy."
Kitty giggled with Jubilee. "Bet it says somethin' romantic…"
Rogue pressed her lips together, trying to hide her smile. "Shut up. Besides. Something still feels weird."
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Low and behold... they find Gambit in less than a chapter. What a coinky-dink.
yeah... I coulda made them look... but where would the fun be in that? Besides... it's much nicer for the story line to extend reality for a moment and just kick it in the butt. lol.
So Please... I don't want any e-mails about how unlikley it would be for them to just 'run into' Gambit within their first... hour of searching. Cause I know. It's dumb. I just don't care. :D
