Aprilangel413: Ok this one took me a while to think and type up. So I hope you enjoy it. And this will be the last chapter that has anything to do with Hurricane Katrina.
Disclaimer: I don't own X-Men Evolution
Remy and Lilly were unusually quiet the next day. Xavier put a team together and mapped out a course with Remy's help. So now Wolverine, Jean, Scott, Kurt, Kitty Rogue, Remy, Lilly, and X-23 were boarding the X-jet getting ready to leave.
Lilly's uniform had more then a few modifications, it was completely different. Her uniform seemed to be a mix between Rogue and Shadowcat's. It was a one-piece leotard with a red chest guard like Rogue's but no X's on her shoulders.It hadan X-Men belt that hung loosely around her waist and boot's like Kitty's but in red. She couldn't where gloves or her powers wouldn't work, and of course over it all was her leather jacket. The only difference in Remy's uniform was his jacket. Now there was a giant X on the back.
Wolverine sat at the front of the jet acting as pilot with Scott in the co-pilot's seat checking the systems. Jean sat in the front row while Kurt, Kitty, and Rogue were more towards the middle. X-23 sat a row behind them while Lilly and Remy took the back. Rogue walked over to where X-23 sat and took the seat next to her.
"Hey." She greeted the younger girl.
"Hey." X-23 returned.
"How's Lilly take'n it?" Rogue asked.
"She didn't sleep last night." X-23 answered.
"Oh." Was Rogue's response.
"I can't imagine it." X-23 said in a monotone.
"What?" Rogue turned back to X-23.
"What Lilly's going through. Logan is the only family I have, and he's right there. I can see him and hear him and I know that he's ok. But Lilly, her entire life was down there. She doesn't know where her sisters are, or her mother and father. She doesn't know if they're even alive." X-23 looked strait ahead as she spoke, not wanting to see Rogue's reaction.
"Wow ya been think'en about this haven't ya?" Rogue asked.
X-23 turned her head and looked at Rogue.
"She's my best friend, aren't I supposed to worry about her." X-23 said then turned back away.
Logan landed the jet and Lilly ran up to the hatch. She didn't wait for it to touch the ground, as soon as it looked big enough for her to fit through she ran and jumped. She landed on her feet and ran to the house just a head. It was a pretty big house that looked a bit colonial. The grass was wet and the clouds were blocking the sun covering everything in shadow. Lilly wasn't even half way to the house when the front door opened and three identical little girls came running out. Lilly got down on her knees and hugged them all at once. Everyone just getting off the jet now couldn't help but smile.
Lilly stood up and walked back to the house with the girls. Me-ma was waiting at the door and grabbed a hold of Lilly the second she was with in range. Lilly hugged her back, and it would have been an amazing display of water works if Scott didn't clear his throat. Me-ma released Lilly and she wiped away the tears that were forming in her eyes.Lilly grabbed Remy's arm and pulled him forward.
"Me-ma, dis is my brothah Remy. Remy, dis is Me-ma." Lilly introduced them.
"It's nice to meet you Ma'am, Lilly's told Remy much bout you." Remy stuck out his hand for her to shake.
Me-ma pulled Remy in to a quick hug and then laughed.
"Don't be foolish, you practically family. An don call me Ma'am it's Me-ma" She smiled.
"K." Remy nodded and smiled.
"Uh…Me-ma, where's Big Daddy." Lilly asked looking around.
The smile disappeared from the older women's face as she looked to the ground.
"As soon as da storm passed he went back."
Lilly didn't seem too shocked by this, just a little surprised.
"O course he did." Lilly said as if she supposed to know that.
"Why don cha'll come in, I'd loved ta hear bout everythin in Bayville." Me-ma said.
"Sorry Me-ma, but we gonna go help out. I be back with Big Daddy before you know it." Lilly smiled and turned to go back to the jet.
Me-ma got this very cross look on her face and then sighed.
"I swear if she ever got one thing from that man it was his stubborn streak. Head's harder then a mules." She said out loud to herself.
Remy smiled. He would never say that he was stubborn, persistent yeah but stubborn no. That was something that Lilly got from this Big Daddy guy.
"Don worry, she got all us to look out foh her." Remy said putting a hand on her shoulder.
"Thank you Remy." Me-ma looked up at him and smiled.
Remy nodded and turned walking back to the jet. The mood seemed to have been lifted as Lilly now new most of her family was ok. Lilly sat next to X-23 and Remy to Rogue.
"Don you jus feel so much better chere?" Remy asked as he put his arm around Rogue's shoulder.
"How many tahmes do Ah have to tell ya to stop call'en meh chere." Rogue asked sounding annoyed but truly happy (ok maybe not exactly happy, relieved is a better word for it.) that Remy was being his old self again.
"Somewhere in da hundreds by now Remy tink." Remy smiled.
Rogue just glared at him then lifted his arm off her and walked to the back of the jet. Lilly watched the scene unfold and got up from her seat to follow Rogue into the back. Rogue sat down in the last row and Lilly took the seat next to her.
"You know you should be flattered dat he be call'en you chere." Lilly said.
"And why is that?" Rogue asked.
"Cause dat's what our father called our mother." Lilly said as she watched Rogue's reaction.
At first Rogue looked shocked but she quickly wiped that look off her supposed sullen face.
"He really has tried his best ta be jus like our dad. Though those Lebeau's have left der mark. Our father always treat our mother like royalty, an was very romantic ta her. I don remember much but Remy does. He tells me bout dem whenevah he can. An I get dis feel'en dat he wan ta make it up ta me, foh him an dem not be'en der. So he act like dad did, sometimes he don even realize it. But I know." Lilly stood up and started to walk away, and then she turned back and looked at Rogue.
"An one more ting, Remy ain't evah call no other girl chere." Then Lilly returned to her former seat next to X-23.
"We're over New Orleans." Logan announced.
Lilly looked out the window but pulled back immediately. She took a deep breath and then took another glance out the window. Green murky water was at least two stories high, while trees, cars and pieces of people's homes drifted away. People sat on their roofs waiting for help as the jet flew just overhead.
"We have ta help dem." Lilly said turning to look at Logan.
Logan glanced back at everyone, they all shared the same sad pleading expression.
"Fine." Logan said as he put the jet in hover mode.
A couple minutes later Lilly, Gambit, X-23, and Kitty were hooked up to harnesses that would lower them onto the roofs. Kurt BAMfed down first and then gave them the signal for them to come down. The people looked shocked at first but were glad that they were there. A mother and three kids, the littlest one hid behind his mother while his two older brothers stood there shocked.
Kitty and Lilly took the older kids, Gambit held onto their mother who handed X-23 the little one. He couldn't have been more then a year old. X-23 held his shivering form in her arms for a second before she zipped him up in her jacket and giving the signal to get pulled up. Once she was safe inside the jet she handed the little boy over to his mother.
"Thank you." The women said then sat down with her other children who were already wrapped up in towels.
They repeated this more times then X-23 would like to admit they had to. They alternated places so everyone got lowered down at some point. With in and hour the X-Jet was completely full. Scott stared in amazement at the families as the warmed up and thanked god that they were alive.
"It's amazing." Scott remarked.
"Yeah, an dey don even care dat we muties." Lilly smiled.
"I guess tragedy really does bring people together." Scott said.
"You bet. An now dat dat's done, you an me need ta have a lil' talk." Lilly said throwing an arm over his shoulder even though he as were most guys much tall then her.
"About what?" Scott asked suspiciously.
"Bout why you don like Remy." Lilly said turning to try and find his eyes.
The X-Men had dropped of the survivors at the astrodome a while ago and were now flying around looking for more people to help. They had past the suburban part of New Orleans and were now getting to its heart.
"STOP!" Lilly shouted.
Logan again switched the jet into hover mode and then looked back. But Lilly was long gone by then.
"Where'd she go?" Logan asked.
"She said something about her father and then like ran to the ramp." Kitty said.
Logan and Remy jumped up, Remy checking the pockets of his coat.
"She took Remy's bo-staff." He stated alarmed.
They ran to the ramp to see it wide open and a figure falling fast to the ground. Logan turned to see Remy backing up and then charging out the ramp. Logan didn't bother to stop him for two reasons. One Remy would taken him with him, and two he was hoping the Cajun would mess up andland on his head.
"Logan." Shouted a southern female's voice.
Logan turned around to face Rogue.
"Why didn't ya stop him?" She asked.
"Uh…" Was Logan's response.
"Forget it." She said peaking over the edge to watch the siblings fall.
Lilly hit the roof of a building and tumbled. She stood up and brushed herself off then looked up as Remy came closer to the stone roof. Lilly walked over to the ledge and peered over as she heard Remy hit the roof. He walked over to her, she pretending she hadn't noticed him yet.
"What da hell do you tink you do'en." Remy yelled.
"Shh." Lilly said putting her finger to her lips.
She jumped onto the ledge and Remy grabbed her coat.
"You crazy or jus stupid?" Remy asked.
"A lil' O both." Lilly smirked Remy's famous devilish smirk the jumped off the ledge.
Remy watched as she landed on an awning, slid down it and skillfully landed on her feet. The water was now up to her waist but she ignored it as she trudged towards the door of the building. Remy sighed and then copied heraction. But by the time he hit the water she was had justentered. Remy ran to the door and spotted her going up the stairs. He quickly caught up to her and grabbed her arm.
"What are you do'en?" Remy asked.
"Dis building belong ta Big Daddy. Da light be on in 'is office an looters jus came in da front door." Lilly said then breaking free of Remy's grasp.
They ran up the stairs to the second floor. There they spotted some of the looters going through the storage rooms. Remy took out a card and charged it while Lilly continued up the stairs to the third floor. She reached a white door labeled Owner and jiggled the knob. Locked. Lilly charged the knob and then dove for cover. Then she stood up and ran into the office. There standing over the desk stood Big Daddy. He was a rotund man, with a white an almost full head ofhairand matching goatee. He wore his usual business suit and his brief case lay open on the desk. He stared at where the door had been before the smoke cleared and Lilly made herself known.
"Lilly?" He asked.
Lilly ran up to the older man and hugged him.
"What cha do'en here Lilly." He asked.
This made Lilly smile as she stepped back.
"I was in de neighborhood an I tought I'd drop by." Lilly said.
There was a loud boom and then a crash. Big Daddy looked at Lilly with knowing eyes.
"Dat wan't me I swear. Dat's me brother Remy. I found 'im." Lilly smiled.
"Well I must meet this young man, jus let me finish what I was do'en." Big Daddy said turning back to his brief case.
Lilly flopped down into the lazy chair that could have been hers considering all the time she had spent in it. She lay in the chair, watching the door carefully as Big Daddy finished and packed up his briefcase. The second his briefcase snapped shutLilly stood up and was at the door.
Big Daddy chuckle in the way that always made Lilly think that he would make a great Santa Claus and then followed her out the door and down the stairs. At the base of the stairs stood Remy leaning against the doorframe. He smiled when he saw Lilly, and Big Daddy easily saw the resemblance. Lilly skipped the last step and then turned back to Big Daddy.
"Remy dis is Big Daddy. Big Daddy dis is Remy." She introduced them.
Big Daddy stuck out his hand.
"It's nice to finally meet you." He said.
Remy took his hand and shook it.
"Da feeling's mutual sir." Remy said.
Aprilangel413: One of my longer chapters but I think it's worth it. Review Please.