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A good way to threaten somebody is to light a stick of dynamite. Then you call the guy and hold the burning fuse up to the phone. "Hear that?" you say. "That's dynamite, baby." - Deep Thoughts.
7
On the way back to the hotel, Rogue was silent. When they reached the hotel Kitty put an arm around her friend. "You alright?"
"'Course ah am." She shrugged. "Why wouldn't ah be?"
Jubilee and Kitty exchanged a look as they walked up the stairs to their hotel room. "You're sure?" Kitty raised an eyebrow.
"Please. Ah told y'all that ah was done with him. Y'didn't think ah'd expect him t'wait around for me." She slipped the key card in the door and pushed it open. "He can't even touch me."
"…You have no idea."
The three girls jumped at the sight of the raven haired woman sitting on Rogue's bed.
"AJ?" Kitty stepped into the hotel room with a frown, her eyes falling on the red head that stood with her arms crossed. "Jean! What are you guys doing here?"
"Wolvie didn't send you, did he?" Jubilee crossed her arms with a small frown.
AJ let out a laugh "No. In fact… I'm pretty sure I'm in just as much trouble as you are at this point."
Rogue smiled, well aware that both intuitive women could tell she wasn't as happy as she let on.
"So I guess you bumped into Gambit." AJ crossed her arms.
Her smile grew stale before she shook her head. "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I promised." AJ pressed her lips together.
"So then why are you here now?" Jubilee sat down on the bed across from AJ.
"I also promised I'd come… if there was anything wrong."
"Did you meet her?" Jean looked at the three girls with a smile. "What did she look like?"
"She's cute I guess." Kitty shrugged.
"You kiddin'? She's gorgeous! Long blonde hair… bright blue eyes. Kinda rude but when you look like that you can get away with it right?" Jubilee smiled.
Rogue let out a breath.
"Oh… sorry Rogue." Jubilee knit her brow.
"Don't be. It's obvious what he sees in her." Rogue shrugged.
"Nothing." AJ pressed her lips together.
Rogue raised an eyebrow. "Excuse me?"
"He sees nothing in her. It's not his choice. He's being… forced to marry. For peace."
Rogue crossed her arms "Between the guilds?"
AJ nodded.
"Guilds?" Kitty scrunched up her nose. "What?"
"Remy's a thief." Rogue looked at Kitty.
"Right. We knew that." Jubilee furrowed her brow. "There's another… gang… thing?"
"The assassins. Belladonna must be an assassin. It's like… the Sharks and the Jets."
Kitty grinned. "Oh! West Side Story! I love that movie."
Jubilee began snapping dramatically "When you're a jet you're a jet till the end!" She sang horribly out of tune.
"Right. Except Romeo and Juliet are being forced to get married." AJ added.
"Juliet? You mean Maria." Kitty grinned. "Cuz in the movie their names were different."
AJ rolled her eyes "Anyways… Gambit's in a world of trouble and he doesn't even know it."
"In what way?" Rogue frowned.
"His lovely blushing bride is an assassin after all, and that's exactly what she plans on doing. They plan on killing Gambit and his family. Once the founding family of the thieves is gone… no more thieves. The Assassins rule."
"I guess that makes her quite the assassin." Jubilee crossed her arms.
"Yeah, but she hasn't met me yet kid." AJ grinned, cracking her knuckles.
"Christ. You sound more an' more like Logan every day." Jubilee rolled her eyes.
"The point is…" AJ glared at Jubilee. "We have to not only stop the wedding, but make it look like it was Belladonna and her family's idea and get Gambit out of here."
"How do you plan on doing that in two nights? They're gettin' married on Saturday. It's Thrusday."
AJ smiled at Rogue. "Don't you worry. AJ's got an idea."
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Another short one... I know... I'm sorry. But I update practically daily... geeze. lol. Please R&R!
