Chapter 32

After a lively night of meeting and having a game of paint ball with the other cousins and family members, rogue and gambit had retired for a peaceful night of just sitting and cuddling up while watching a Johnny depp film. Rogue had been teasing gambit at how hot Johnny was and enraged with jealous, gambit thought to wipe depp out of rogues mind but kissing her so hot and passionate that she wouldn't even remember her name.

And then the phone rang. Gambit frowned but reached for the phone and answer it. Rogue instantly saw that something was wrong by watching gambit question the person on the phone. She sat up from underneath him and asked what was wrong.

"Dat was bell. The person de assassins r targetin is jean Luc."

"what?" Rogue asked confusedly." But they can't kill em, or it'll be an act of treason on their side n if they all planned it then all of em would have ta face the external."

"apparently dat ain't what they t'ink. They're thinking dat cause you made Henri led dat he's takin over real soon from pere. Dey think dat you have more pull now in de guilds, almost as if your the external herself. Dey think dat if they kill jean Luc den you'll let em off de hook cause ya don't like em. N it wouldn't be classed as a known kill. Bella said she had to follow her pere cause she thought he was up to something, n he was. He found someone who'll be willin ta do it n die."

"when do they plan on killin him?"

"tonight. Bell said the guys only left a few minutes who."

"then we gotta stop him. We gotta tell jean Luc.-"

"no."

"wait what?"

gambit took rogue by the shoulders, a little spark in his eye. I have a better idea.

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Rogue had had to call a secret meeting of the court. They questioned why the secrecy but rogue was just following gambits plan. Rogue let gambit led her, the court, his pere and frere to an old meeting place without anyone there, but she and the court had to follow them without Jean Luc or Henri knowing. It was hard, but she was glad she had gambits thieving skills to help her out and help keep the others at a distance. Gambit stopped and the others stopped too. Herni and Jean Luc questioned gambit but he just kept quite. He made them wait until they heard foots steps and Bella emerged with her pere and frere.

"huh, Bella what is dis? Why they here?" Questioned Marcus.

"I was just t'ink de same thing." Said jean Luc folding his arms."Remy, what's de meaning of dis?"

Rogue felt the presence of the external within her, watching this scene play out. Rogue was a little surprised at how angry gambit suddenly turned. He folded his arms and glared at his father. "Ya wanna know what dis is about? Ya went behind ma fillies back n sticker her up to de assassins didn't ya? Just cause she brought in somethin new dat ya didn't like n which threatened ya status ya turned to treason. you wanted ta get rogue outta the way so you could go back ta your sneezy ruling. N ya thought you could get rid of two gators with one stick, didn't ya by manipulating de assassins inta seein her as de enimy n hoping they'd do what they do ta all their enmities n kill her. Admit it jean-luc."

Jean Luc said nothing, just glared at gambit. Henri however was taken back. "Pere, is dis true? Ya planned ta kill rogue with de assassins?"

Jean Luc glared at Henri now. He didn't see a way out of this as he'd seen Marcus looking extremely interested and pissed at him. if he denied it, he'd be outed by Marcus, but if he backed up his actions he wouldn't seem so low. "So what if it is! You'd do the same! One day youll be ruler of de thieves guild and just you wait. You'll be doin anythin in ya power ta get rid of threats. And fillis." Jean Luc turned to glare back at gambit. "Ya disappoint me! Ya choosing dat putain over ya family-"

"she ain't a slut and if ya ever refer to her as dat again den I Wong be responsible off my actions."

"It be the truth though Remy. Love doesn't last forever boy. She'll leave ya hangin. Want more then what you can offer. Your gonna lose her and then ya families gonna have ta pick up de pieces. Only nif won't be happen unless ya show ya loyalties to de guild and not dat putain-"

There was a loud sounding of skin hitting skin in a deadly silence followed by the sound of a falling body. Gambit had punched his father, Jean Luc, in the face leaving everone speechless. "I told ya not ta call her dat. And Oui, my loyalties are and will forever stand with rogue. Or more to, the external. I may have been part of your guild once jean Luc, bug de externals gave me freedom, remember. She gave both me and rogue a chance and a new start at life. Just like she's helped alla you out by creating thee guilds. Ya just so wrapped up in ya selfs and power dat ya don't understand if anymore, what de true meaning of leading des guilds are. It ain't ta steal valuables, n blackmail people inta getten em ta do what ya want so ya get ya luxuries. It ain't to kill just anyone ya have a problem with or just gives ya a little bit of bad news. Both of ya, jean Luc and Marcus, ya become so caught up in what ya want and how ta keep ya power n authority dat ya don't see or care bout the purposes of de guild anymore. Marcus ya were actually planning on turning against rogue, just cause ya heard jean Luc had been shown up Cause ya were scared of losing your place too. Ya werent just plotting on turning all de other assassins against rogue though was you? Ya were planning ta kill her, weren't ya?" Marcus' face was hard and unmoving. "Weren't ya?" Gambit demanded again.

"pere, maybe ya should-" Julian tried talking to Marcus.

"be quite!" Marcus snapped at Julian. "I don't take orders from you boy! You have no evidence I had any plans of killing de externals treasure. I denie de charges."

"non, but there is evidence dat ya were setting up ta try and kill jean Luc." Bella Donna injected. There again, was a deafening silence.

"Bella." Marcus said in warning.

"no pere, what ya doin is wrong and ya know it." Bella Donna came to stand more closer to gambit as she chose her side. "Ya just using ya position for power. Ya've always hated Jean Luc and Ya've plotted ways in de past ta try and kill em, but ya thought now would be the best and easiest time since the money was found and their was a peace offering of being mutual victims to Malcolm's stealing and lieing. Malcolm had all de power over de guilds, or so he thought, n he lost it. It's de same for you two. Ya both been lost and corrupted by power. Admit it pere, ya were planning ta kill jean Luc, willing ta sacrific the new peace offering that had been made, just so you could get rid of your rivel."

Marcus said nothing.

"Is dis true Marcus?" asked jean Luc who pushed away his son Henri who was trying to help him up. "Ya liar! Ya were gonna betray moi. Ya low life, sneaky-"

"but you were gonna do the same pere." Injected gambit. "Ya both as bad as each other and ya both gonna bring this new peace offering to it's knees again cause of ya selfishness. Money and lives are gonna be ruinined. People are gonna die all cause you two hate each other and are willing ta do whatever it takes to get at each other. I only have one more thing ta say or rather ask. Henri, do ya stand with pere and everything he offers, or do ya stand by Bella, rogue and me who look to following the externals rules and purpose?"

Henri looked taken back. He looked between an angry jean Luc and a calm determined gambit. He was being asked to chose, his choice and beliefs or his family?

"And I ask the same to you frere. What's it gonna be? I know ya hate Remy as much as ya hate a hit going wrong, but do ya really wanna end up like pere? So selfish and revenge seeking that yad use and destroy anything and everything just ta get a point over on ya rival? I've seen you when pere isn't there and you've had ta rule over de guild. Ya good at it and have real passion for it and the guilds purpose. But will you honestly stand by a man who'd have you killed in a heart beat if it meant getting back at Jean Luc? Cause that was what both of em were hoping by having me and Remy you'd kill Remy and you'd either be exiled or killed yaself And pere was willing to do that ta ya. Can you really stand by a man who'd kill recklessly with no honour or care for the kill?"

"Bella you stop dis right now!" Marcus said, losing all patience for this, he grabbed Bella's arm hard and was yanking her away. " Were goin home bell and-"

Marcus was stopped by a hand that pressed hard against his chest. He looked up into the eyes of an angry Julian. "Is it true? Ya planned ya use me just so ya could get at Jean Luc by having one of his sons killed? I'm you eir pere. Ya were really willing ta kill me to get at him?"

Marcus dropped Bella arm. "Son, ya might have a few good brain cells up there, but ya ain't that good of a killer if ya ain't noticed. It's embarisin ta have other peoples sons doin better than the king of the assassins son. He'll, even Bella better at you at killing and to be honest, I'd much rather have Bella carrying on the legacy of mine then you, even if she ain't got much skill for planning de execution of a kill. Now get ya backside moving back the way it came or else-"

"no pere!" Julian snapped, shocking Marcus some what. Julian moved to stand by his sister and his rival enemy gambit. "I ain't gonna anywhere you go. Ain't followin you anymore. I've followed you long enough. But now knowing ya care so little bout me, or bout how loyal I've been... I think I wanna try dis new world de externals bruwin, even if it does mean that hes" Julian looked back, glaring at Remy. "Has to be alive and part of it... I chose them pere."

"What? Ya ain't choosing anything ya selfish son of a bitch. Either of ya. Ya ain't got de right. Ya my flesh n blood and y'all do what i say."

"no, we won't pere." Bella said, wrapping an arm around Julian's arm. "Ya can't make us or threaten us or scare us inta doin anything ya say. We've chosen our sorry pere, but ya just too corrupt."

Marcus glared at his son and daughter, looking as if he wanted to say more, but what more could he say.

Elsewhere, Jean Luc turned back to Henri. "You gonna betray me too? Gonna follow dis new woman who knows nothin bout de guilds or how to rule em? Who won't care bout ya like I do. I ain't ever set ya up for a fall Henri."

"non, but you set Remy up."

"he aint really my son." Jean Luc said coldy. Both Henri and rogue looked at gambit, pity in mind, but when they saw him, gambit didn't look arsed. He stood tall and determined with his arms folded. He really didn't care if he was jean lucs son or not anymore. He'd moved on and found a better life with bearly any strings attached than Jean Luc had ever offered. Henri looked back at Jean Luc wondering just how cold a man could possibly be. He'd raised that boy, his brother, Remy, just as he had him. Treated him just like he was his son. All those years though of watching Remy get extra attention just because of his demon eyes and powers. He thought Remy had been the favourt, but Jean Luc had set him up to be murdered and he knew it. Everything that his brother was saying was or seemed close to the truth. He'd been jealous of all the attention Remy had gotten while they grew up, but Remy always looked up to Henri as if he really was his older brother. Henri walked to stand besides his brother. It had been decided. Jean Luc said nothing. Like Marcus there wasn't anything he could say or do. They had both lost in the end.

gambit looked almost directly at rogue from where she hide behind the bushes. That was her queue to make her presence known.

"and they're you have it." Rogue said standing up and moving over to stand with the group that had gathered in the middle, between Marcus and Jean Luc. The other court members slowly, hezently revealed themselves. When she reached gambits side she turned back to look at them. "There is the admittance of betrayal and bad leader ship and I will not stand for it. I wish to call a vote for the dismissal of both guild leaders jean-luc LeBeau of the thieves guild and Marcus Boudreaux of the assassins guild. All those in favour raise your hand."

the court seemed relooktant at first until one of the court members asked. "Does she, errr, do you have authority to do that?"

"I think she does. And I think even if she didn't we do." Answered another guild member. He and tante Mattie were two of the first to raise their hands. Others followed, but not all did.

"against?" Rogue had to be fair, there were a few raise of hands, but not enough to save them. "Then the motion is carried. Jean Luc LeBeau and Marcus Boudreaux I here by strip and remove you as guild leaders."

they started to protested but rogue just ignored them. It was too late. The decision had been made. "Enough, we need two new assassin and thief guild leaders now. I nominate that we stick to the LeBeau and Boudreaux blood line."

Just then she heard jean Luc go "ha, see, she ain't doin this for the good of de guilds. She's doin it to get her b-"

rogue cut him off. "I nominate Henri LeBeau and Julian Boudreaux. They are young still, but from what ahve seen n heard, theyll be just as good or better than their parents only without the selfish ruling that is. Besides, they were next in line anyway. So all those in favour for Henri LeBeau being the thief's guilds new leader, raise of hands" almost all did. a few rejected when rogue called against Henri. "And for Julian." This time just over half raised their hands for, and the rest against. "Then there you have it. Ah now present to you Julian Boudreaux and Henri LeBeau as the new assassin and thieves guild leaders. But of course were gonna have ta have a ceremony ta make it official. hope there's an after party with cake."

Gambit chuckled and shuck his head. He wrapped an arm around rogues shoulders while looking deep into her eyes. "Come on den, well get you cake." And gambit started leading rogue off back to the mansion. As he did though, he looked back and gave both Marcus and Jean Luc a warning glare saying if they took revenge they'd be dead.