(Cut to int. of Magneto's lab. Pietro is running on a gear in a bizarre
contraption. (Cerebro's energy source) At the top of the contraption is a storm brewing.)
Pietro: (REALLY BORED) With all due respect, your
greatness, couldn't we just wait for a real storm?
Magneto: Save your breath, Pietro. Faster! (He places the
Professor in Cerebro, still hypnotized)
Pietro: Yes, o mighty evil one.
(Petey runs faster. A lightning bolt streaks through Cerebro, passing
into the helmet Xavier is wearing.)
Magneto: Ah, Xavier--reveal to me the one who can
enter the cave. (The images within Cerebro forms the Cave of
Wonders. It disappears then reappears
showing Gambit climbing up a ladder, followed by
Rogue who is covered in her cloak.) Yes, yes!
There he is. My diamond in the rough!
Pietro: That's him! That's the clown we've been
waitin' for? (Pietro loses his footing and is sucked
into the gears.)
Magneto: Let's have the class pet extend him an invitation to
the mansion, shall we?
(Pietro goes flying past and slams into the wall, dazed)
Pietro: You're the boss.
(Magneto laughs hideously, and the camera zooms in on Cerebro image with
Gambit in it. Finally, we dissolve into the real Gambit climbing
to the top of the ladder, followed by Rogue.)
Gambit: Almost there.
(Rogue climbs over the top, but trips and falls into Gambit's arms.
She stands up.)
Rogue: I want to thank you for stopping that man.
Gambit: Uh, forget it. (He grabs a BO-STAFF.) So, uh, this is
your first time in the city, huh?
(Gambit BO-STAFF vaults to the next building, leaving Rogue behind.)
Rogue: Is it that obvious?
Gambit: Well, you do kinda stand out. (He stares at her,
still in love. She returns the look. But he
realizes what he is doing, and returns to normal.)
I mean, uh, you don't seem to know how dangerous
the city can be. (He lays a plank between the
buildings for her to walk over, but as he is leaned
down, she BO-STAFF vaults over his head. He looks back in
surprise. She tosses the BO-STAFF to him. Both
Gambit's and Storm's eyes bulge.)
Rogue: I'm a fast learner.
Gambit: Right. C'mon, this way. (They go inside the roof
of a building, dodging planks and beams as they
go.) Whoa. Watch your head there. Be careful.
Rogue: Is this where you live?
Gambit: Yep. Just me and Storm. Come and go as we please.
Rogue: Fabulous.
Gambit: Well, it's not much, (he pulls back the curtain and
exposes the mansion) but it's got a great view.
Mansion looks pretty amazing, huh?
Rogue: Oh, it's wonderful.
Gambit: I wonder what it would be like to live there, to
have classes and train...
Rogue: Oh, sure. People who tell you where to go and how
to dress.
Gambit: It's better than here. Always scraping for food
and ducking the brown nosers.
Rogue: You're not free to make your own choices.
Gambit: Sometimes you feel so--
Rogue: You're just--
Both: (in unison) --trapped.
(They look at each other, realizing that they're perfect for one
another. But Gambit then realizes where he is, and breaks the
look. He takes the apple out of Storm's hand and rolls it down his
arm into the hand of Rogue.)
Gambit: So, where're you from?
Rogue: What does it matter? I ran away, and I am not
going back.
Gambit: Really? (He takes a bite from the apple in his
hand, then hands it to Storm, who has a disgusted
look on his face.)
Storm: Why you!
(Gambit walks over and sits next to Rogue.)
Rogue: My father's forcing me to get married.
Gambit: That's--that's awful. (Storm appears from behind Rogue and tries to steal the apple.) Storm!
(Storm races up to a higher point, chattering and cursing as she goes.)
Rogue: What?
Gambit: Storm says that--uh--that's not fair.
Storm: What?
Rogue: Oh did she?
Gambit: Yeah, of course.
Rogue: And does Storm have anything else to say?
Gambit: Well, uh, she wishes there was something she could do
to help.
Storm: Oh, boy!
Rogue: Hmm, tell her that's very sweet.
(Gambit and Rogue have been getting closer and closer, until
Gambit leans in to kiss her. He is interrupted, however,
by the brown noser squad, who have found them.)
Scott: Here you are!
Gambit and Rogue: They've found me! (To each other) They're
after you?
Rogue: The Professor must have sent them--
Gambit: Do you trust me?
Rogue: What?
Gambit: Do you trust me? (He extends his hand)
Rogue: Yes. (She takes it.)
Gambit: Then jump!
(They both jump off the roof, fall and land in a pile of salt. They
try to get away, but the exit is blocked by Scott.)
Scott: We just keep running into each other, don't we,
swamp rat?
(Again, Scott's glasses are pulled off by Storm, but more x-people are
here and block the exit. Scott pulls Storm off his head and
throws her in a vase. Three other X-people grab Gambit.)
Scott: It's detention for you, boy.
Gambit: Hey, get off of me!
Rogue: Let go of him.
Scott: (Not realizing she is Rogue) Look what we
have here, men--a river rat. (He throws her
down.)
Rogue: (standing up and pulling off the hood of her cloak)
Unhand him, by order of the princess.
(The x-people suddenly stop and bow, forcing Gambit to bow as well.)
Scott: Princess Rogue.
Gambit: The princess?
Storm: (peeking out from the vase) The princess?
Scott: What are you doing outside the palace? And with
this swamp rat?
Rogue: That's not your concern. Do as I command. Release
him!
Scott: Well, I would, princess, but my orders come from
Magneto. You'll have to take it up with him.
(The brown noser squad drag Gambit out, bowing as they go.)
Rogue: (getting a very pissed-off look) Believe me, I
will.