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Rogue walked into her apartment and locked the door. For the past few weeks she'd been having the feeling of being followed. She hadn't seen anyone or anything strange though, but the sensation of being watched had become some sort of a constant lately. She was a tough girl, the type of girl who hardly ever got scared but the recent news about the MRD raids, the so called Sentinel Project, President Kelly's declarations about mutants and Magneto's stand about it weren't the kind of things to be taken lightly, especially if you were an incognito mutant on your own.
Walking through the dark, Rogue played her answering machine. No new messages, why didn't that surprise her? She took off her shoes and coat, before dropping her keys into a purple crystal bowl on the center of her coffee table. With the lights still off, she entered her darkened bedroom and was just about to take off her top when a distinctive voice cut her off.
"Keep going ma belle. I certainly will enjoy de sight."
"Rem- Gambit?" Rogue corrected herself and called him by his codename. "What the hell are yah doing? Why are yah sitting in mah bedroom in the dark?" she said as she adjusted her shirt and turned to face him. "And in the middle of the night?"
"It was too crowded in ma maison… couldn' sleep."
"Ah'm not kidding Swamp Rat."
"Neither am I." Remy waited for some kind of response, but not having one he continued. "Thieves Guilds meeting… and I believed we're past de codenames and de pet names… Anna."
The mere mention of her real name said by him, made her shiver and she raised her eyes in order to look at him. However, not having turned the lights on yet, Rogue was only able to see his red on black eyes. The unique and well-known sparkle of them caught her off guard and for a moment she got lost in the intensity of his stare, unable to speak.
"Ah- how do yah?"
"Know y'r real name? C'mon petite… I'm one of de best thieves in de world. I can have access to anyt'ing I want."
"So Ah've heard," she said trying to sound nonchalant. "That explains how yah got in here, and forces meh to change mah locks."
"Hahahaha," Remy laughed openly. "Y' should know by now dat no locks are gonna keep me away from y' ma chère."
"Well if Ah'm not wrong, last time yah didn't think that way," Remy was sure her voice cracked for an instant as she spoke, and his empathy let him feel her grief and rage.
"Yah throw meh out from yahr house… didn't give meh the chance to explain… didn't want to see meh again." Rogue managed to say without letting out a single tear or show any emotion, or so she thought.
"Non, in dat y'r wrong… I did want to see y', I still do." Remy stood from the chair in the corner he's been sitting on and walked to the window. After giving a quick look outside, he shut the blinds and turned on Rogue's night-table lamp.
"It's a little late for that don't yah think?" Rogue said watching Remy's movements, and with her hand on her hip as if to say 'hey look at me' she asked. "And what the hell are yah doing? Yah're acting weird."
"Look chère dere's not'ing I would like more dan be here 'cause of moi… 'cause of us," he corrected himself. "Truth is y' might be in danger."
"Danger? Wha-what the hell are yah talking about?"
"Wolverine came to moi and asked moi to-"
"Logan? Ah can't believe this!" Rogue exclaimed as she walked into the living room. "First he shows in New Orleans and ruins the best thing that ever happened to meh, talks bullshit about meh and the Brotherhood, giving the wrong image of meh to the only guy Ah've ever truly lo-" she turned to Remy who had followed her into the room and was now standing right behind her, Rogue felt vulnerable due to both his proximity and the rush of feelings hitting her, the kind only Remy LeBeau was able to cause.
"De only guy y've ever truly what chére?" Remy asked Rogue as he wrapped his arms around her waist and pull her close to him in such a quick move that Rogue wasn't able to avoid.
"Does that matter now?" Rogue asked trying to release herself from Remy's embrace, which he tightened at every move she made.
"Oui, it does." Remy said almost in a whisper in her ear, the warmth and softness of his words fill Rogue with lust and desire, but most of all of need. The need of him. The urgency of his touch, of his hands roaming through her body, and his lips crushing hers. Once again Remy caught her emotions thanks to his empathy and before doing something he could regret he loosened his grip.
"Apparently some people t'ink y'r life is quite interesting… interesting enough to follow y'."
"Are yah serious?"
"Dat's what Wolverine told moi… y're an extremely powerful mutant, an important target. De MRD is after y' Rogue, and he's worried about y'."
"Yeah right… as if he cared."
"Believe it or not he does… he, dat blue boy, and de cute, petite brunette."
"Kurt? Kitty…" a faint smiled appeared over Rogue's face at the remembrance of her brother and her best friend and for a brief moment Remy caught a glimpse of some missed happiness in Rogue's eyes, but it instantly faded. "Well, assuming yah're being honest where are they? Why aren't they here?"
"Oh trust moi they wanted, de blue boy especially mais Wolverine didn' t'ink de same way… He-he thought you would need time."
"Ah see…" Rogue couldn't be mad at Logan, that man knew her so well. Well enough to not appear in her door, to not even send Kurt or Kitty, which would have been a 'low move'. Gawd, she could even heard Logan saying it. So he sent the one she wouldn't be able to ignore, to reject… Remy LeBeau, because she was certain, Logan knew the way she felt about the Cajun thief. "So, he sent yah?" Rogue asked with a sarcastic laugh.
"He asked moi 'cause he said… he thought I might be able to… dat y' would let moi…"
"Let yah what? Yah burst in mah apartment!"
"I never ment to…" Gambit let a deep sigh escape his lips. "Look, I agreed to do dis for many reasons chère."
"So, tell meh."
"It's complicated… more dan Wolverine knows, I didn' even mentioned it to him."
"Yah want meh to trust yah, don'ta yah? Then trust meh Remy, just as Ah asked yah before."
"Bien, Wolverine asked moi to…" Remy sighed and tried to choose his words better, after all he didn't knew Logan, neither his relation with Rogue and her reasons to join the Brotherhood over the X-men. "He thinks y' might be in danger, as I told y' before y're an extremely powerful mutant chère and a big war is coming… a war with no winners just great loss."
"And how does he know all that?" Rogue asked skeptical.
"Je ne sais pas… he mentioned somet'ing about Professor Xavier, some astral-mental plane, mais he didn't explained dat much. Anyway I've ma propre way to know such t'ings."
"What does that suppose to mean?"
"Someone pay m' to do somet'ing chère… a big amount of money." Rogue gave Gambit an inquisitive look. She didn't know what to think mostly because she didn't truly understand him. "Considerin' de risk et de consequences."
"And what is it exactly?"
"Go to Genosha to steal Magneto's helmet."
"Who paid yah for that?"
"Senator Kelly."
"Ah don't get it… why- why would he want it?"
"In fact it's very clear Rogue, it's a provocation of war." Remy made himself comfortable next to Rogue, even placing his arm on the back the couch, a movement that didn't pass unnoticed by her, yet she tried to stay calm. She couldn't help but stare at the look on his face. Even when talking about something as serious as this that man didn't lose his sensuality. "Dat way Magneto attacks and Kelly could invade Genosha with a 'fair' reason."
"And yah accepted it?" Rogue shook her head in disbelief; she didn't understand how Remy could go that far.
"I'm a thief chère, I work for the highest bidder." He stated the obvious, noticing Rogue's rage, he loved the way her eyes sparkled when she was mad and, oh man he wanted to provoke her.
"Yeah well, nice way to earn daily bread! What kind of life do yah pursue Remy LeBeau?"
"Since I lost y' I really don' care." He took a white lock of hair and placed it behind her ear in a gently move, making sure to brush her face with it.
"Ah can't believe it Remy!!!" Rogue said trying to ignore his words and his touch, and raised her eyes in order to meet his. "It could be the ruin of all mutant kind, yah'r own kind and yah didn't care?" She said and was about to stand up when he stopped her, forcing her to stay by his side.
"Mais I do care!" Gambit said as his hand rested on hers, squeezing it gently as he spoke. His red on black eyes fixed on her emerald green ones. "I cared de moment I found y' were one of deir major targets! Dat's why I'm here Rogue, not because of moi or all de mutant kind, but because of y'… y're de only t'ing dat matters to moi, believe it or not!"
Rogue did believe him. She wanted to tell him he was the only thing that mattered to her too, but the remembrance of the way he treated her back in New Orleans, the image of herself crying before him while he ignored her was too painful. She'd promised herself to not trust anyone again, never again and as hard as it could ever be, she had to. Even if the person she wanted to trust the most was now in front of her, telling her how important she was to him. With no trust there couldn't be love and therefore she would never be hurt again.
"So that's what Logan told yah, that Ah was in danger?" Rogue release her hand from his grip and let out a little chuckle. "Where here Ah am, fine." She stood up this time and showing Gambit the door with a hand move, she added. "So now, Ah'm gonna ask yah to leave please."
"Non," Remy stood up and walked towards Rogue, cornering her and stopping until he was mere inches away. Their bodies were very close, so close that their faces were almost touching. Rogue could even feel the warmth of his breath as he spoke. "I came for y'and I'm not gonna leave otherwise chère… I've been lost wit'out y'."
"Rem-Remy Ah… don't do this."
"Look, de Sentinel Project," Remy moved away a little, just enough to not make Rogue uncomfortable, since what he was about to tell her was important. "Logan told moi about dis Master Mold, dey want mutant's abilities to improve de Sentinels. Logan, Magneto, Wanda Maximoff, y'…" He took her chin in his hand and forced her to raise her face in order to meet his eyes. As he spoke he fixed his eyes on hers, as if his eyes could emphasize his words. "De moment I heard dey were after y'… I couldn't ever forgive myself if anyt'ing happened to y'." Remy gently caressed her cheek, and Rogue closed her eyes in response. His breath brushed her face and some kind of ecstasy enraptured her. She wanted to become his right there right then, to give into the temptation and let him possess her utterly, but this was THE Remy LeBeau who doubted of her, the one who made her fall in love with him just to turn his back on her at the very first moment of uncertainty.
Pulling all her strength together, Rogue pushed him away and stepped back. Adjusting her shirt, which Remy had slightly pulled up, Rogue look at him and faking some calmness she certainly wasn't feeling, she said coldly, "Well sugah thanks for the advice, it's nice to see yah care about meh… after all we've been through." She made especial emphasize on those last words. "Now Ah'm gonna ask yah to leave, once and for all."
"Je suis desole Rogue mais I'm afraid I can't do dat." Gambit made himself comfortable on the couch again, even spreading his legs along it.
At Rogue's 'what are you talking about/who do you think you are/what the hell are you doing' look, Remy took off a bright red Blackberry from his trench coat pocket. He opened a received message and threw the phone to Rogue.
Gambit, they're outside Rogue's, stay with her –all night if necessary- Kurt and I are going to create some distraction near by. Once they're gone, take Rogue with you preferably at daylight. I know your ways Cajun, keep your filthy hands off the girl or I'm gonna slice them off.
"Pretty clear," Rogue said raising her face and looking back at Gambit. "And direct… if Ah didn't know Logan as Ah do, Ah'd say he's threatening yah," Rogue walked towards Remy to give him back his phone, her hips swaying in a seductive way and Remy found himself unable to peel his eyes off them. He knew she was doing it on purpose, so he took the innuendo and played back. "What 'ways' is he talking about?"
"Monsieur Logan," Remy said as he took her hand in order to get his phone. "Doesn' know what he's talking about chère," then in the quickest movement Gambit pulled down Rogue's hand forcing her to land on his lap. Once Remy got her where he wanted, on top of him, he wrapped his arms around her tiny waist and snaked his legs around hers, preventing her from moving. "Non, I t'ink he must know dose ways of y' et dat's why he's telling moi to keep mes mains away from y'…" he said in a low and provocative voice. "Which y' can see est impossible, mostly if y're going to fall over moi at de minor provocation ma belle." As he spoke his hands roamed from her lower back to her legs and from her waist to her sides, stopping right under her breasts.
God the girl was beautiful in every sense of the word. Remy was sure she was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen and he knew plenty. The way she was staring back at him was extremely suggestive and Remy gasped as he felt her hand traveling down his chest.
"So Ah assume yah're gonna spend the night?"
"Avec plaisir… I'm more dan willing to chère."
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