Did you like the last chapter?????!!!!! I thought it was pretty good.

Chapter 7: Crashed

And then I crashed into you
And I went up in flames.
Could've been the death of me
But then you breathed your breath in me.
And I crashed into you
Like a runaway train.
You will consume me
But I can't walk away.

- "Crashed" by Daughtry

CONTINUED FROM LAST CHAPTER

Remy landed directly in between Rogue and Wanda, shocking them both. Taking advantage of this, Remy punched Wanda hard enough to knock her back into Piotr who grabbed her and held her wrists behind her back.

John had woken up and managed to get the hexed fire to die out and everyone was shocked to see the tall, mysterious man kneeling beside Rogue.

"Y' alright chéri? De fille hit y' pretty 'ard," Remy whispered to Rogue, who was still on her hands and knees on the ground, panting and trying not to cry out in pain. (darling, girl)

"Ah'm…fahne…just…a…little…sore," Rogue replied. (A/N: each '…' is a wince)

She tried to stand, but her legs shook and she collapsed into Remy's arms. Rogue breathed in his scent, spices and tobacco with a hint of cologne and/or aftershave (she wasn't sure, but it smelled good). She tried to pull back, so as to not accidentally absorb him, but he wouldn't let her, and she was too weak to stand on her own legs anyway.

Logan growled at Remy, but Professor Xavier held him back and motioned for Kurt to go help his sister.

"Gehen Sie von meiner Schwester weg!" Kurt yelled. (get off my sister)

"Remy don' know what dat means."

"GET OFF MY SISTER!" Kurt screamed at him.

"Kurt, there is no need to yell. Gambit saved Rogue, and we thank him for that," the Professor said calmly as he wheeled over with the other X-Men.

"Le c'est bien. Jus' wanted t' 'elp de fille out." (It's fine)

"Will you be coming back with us, Mr. LeBeau? I assume that is why you've left New Orleans."

"Oui, dat is true. Remy's Tante Mattie sent 'im. Dat woman is crazy, but she be smart. Tante sent Remy to take up y' offer t' join de X-Men."

"You offered this-" Logan began.

"Remy's a fine man, Logan," a newly conscious Storm spoke up.

"Bonjour Stormy! Long time no see, hein?"

"I would appreciate it if you didn't call me Stormy."

"Dat wouldn't be fun, would it?"

"Let's get Rogue home, she must be in need of rest," the Professor stated, leading the team out to the Blackbird.

ONCE THEY GOT BACK TO THE MANSION

"Remy, Jean will show you around the mansion."

"But what 'bout de fille?"

"Kurt will teleport her to the Med Bay."

Remy gently passed Rogue into her brother's arms, albeit reluctantly, and followed Jean up the stairs.

IN THE MED BAY

BAMF

"Kurt, what brings you-" Hank began, and then he saw a barely conscious Rogue. "Set her down on the bed Kurt. What happened?"

"Ze Brotherhood. Zey attacked ze debate. Rogue was fighting zat Vanda girl, and was hit a lot. Zis man saved her, apparently ze Professor's been expecting him. His name is Remy, and he goes by Gambit."

"Ah, Professor Xavier did say something about him. He said he did not know if Mr. LeBeau would really come."

"Well, he did. Please Dr. McCoy, just give meh somethin' for mah pain," Rogue mumbled from her spot on the bed.

"Oh, yes, my apologies Rogue."

Dr. McCoy quickly went over to the cabinets full of supplies and went through it, deciding which would help Rogue the most.

"Are they ready?" The woman asked the man.

"Not yet. We're-"

"Why the hell not?! It's been a week! All you had to do is-"

"Hear me out! We've tried to get it all together, but some things just take time! Those idiots can't do anything right! I've had to do almost the entire thing on my own!"

"That's no excuse!"

"It'll be done as soon as possible."

"HA! If that was true, it would already be done! You imbecile, I'm not leaving you in charge of this anymore. But you know too much, so…"

And the woman pulled out a gun and shot the man in the heart. She tilted her head slightly, looking at the dead man, and bent down. She kissed his cheek, leaving a bright red lipstick mark, and walked away calmly.

(A/N: Who do you think those 'mysterious' strangers were/are? HAHA, you'll just have to wait and find out!)