Still working on bits of the plot to this story. Logan and Warren will be a big part of this (considering they were Death before). Also, not everything is going to follow the comics, so some stuff may be different.
Disclaimer: Own no character in here.
The X-men sat in the War Room with the exception of Rogue who was in the infirmary with Mystique. The southern girl hadn't said one word since she had found her dead foster mother. Bobby had tried to comfort her, but she refused to talk. She only sat in a chair next to the bed holding Mystique cold lifeless hand.
"I knew that guy was no good." Bobby muttered as he sat down next to Cable and Sam. "The only reason he even got let on this team was because of Storm. I bet he set the whole thing up." He huffed.
Cyclops and Emma entered the War Room to find out what had happened. They had received a message that two people had died on the last mission to the Morlock tunnels. Emma sat down in Scott's chair, causing him to sit in another seat. Lately, she had been taking over the leadership of the X-Men. "Now explain to me what happened." She asked and sat back in her chair and crossed her legs.
"We were misled into a trap. The Marauders were waiting for us and had killed most of the Morlocks, again. Their plan was to terminate Sabertooth on Sinister's orders. While down there, Mystique got away from the group and was killed." Cable reported to Cyclops instead of Emma.
"Gambit killed her!" Bobby slammed his fist on the table. "This entire time he has been double crossing us. We shouldn't have let him come back after Rogue dumped his sorry ass in Antarctica." He told the group.
"It all seems a bit too fishy for me." Logan stated in the doorway. He had overheard the conversation and stepped into the room. "The Cajun may have been a lot of nasty things, but killer ain't one of them."
"Well, you're wrong. We found a card next to Mystique's body. Who else do you know uses cards and hates her? He was doing this to get back at Rogue!" Bobby yelled.
"Bobby, please calm down." Cyclops asked him calmly, but Emma shot him a disapproving look.
"Why? He has a point. We all know Gambit hated Mystique; he didn't want her on the team. He has shown his true colors by turning to Apocalypse and now to Sinister. We already know he has no problem with murder after the first Morlock Massacre. It doesn't surprise me that he went back to his old ways." Emma sneered.
"Ya seem ta have an easy time accpetin' that he ran off ta join Apocalypse." Logan observed and folded his arms. "Anyone ever wonder what could be the reason for it?" He asked. Scott folded his hands on the table and listened. He too had been curious about the circumstances that could have led Gambit to leave the X-Men and join Apocalypse. Why now of all times? He could have walked out anytime during the past few years.
"He got jealous because that Pulse guy was here and paying attention to Rogue. I don't blame her; I mean he did cheat on her with Foxx or Mystique." Bobby told them.
"How do ya know? Anytime Gumbo has been with Rogue he's always been faithful to her. He doesn't look at another skirt unless they break up." Logan shot back at Bobby. Sam and Cable sat and watched the two mutants argue back and forth. It was starting to become annoying.
"How does this involve what happened in the tunnels?" Cable finally asked, putting an end to the two. "Why would Sinister want Sabertooth killed? Did he also want Mystique dead?"
"Creed's been runnin' back and forth with him for years. Don't get what made Sinister get tired of him." Logan responded and took a seat next to Scott.
"But what about-" Sam began to ask when Rogue walked into the room and sat down quietly. She didn't look at the rest of them. No one said anything until Emma finally finished for Sam.
"Why would Mystique be killed? Who knows, maybe she was a threat or something." Emma said, causing Rogue to look up. The others looked at Emma and glared. Rogue had lost the one woman who had raised her and didn't need to hear this.
"Ya don't have ta be here if ya don't want ta, darlin'." Logan whispered to her and put a hand on her shoulder.
"No, Ah'm fine. What is our next mission?" She asked to Cyclops and Emma. She didn't want to think at the moment. All she wanted to do was kick some ass.
"There is nothing at the moment. We're trying to piece together what happened at the Morlock tunnels." Cyclops responded to her. Rogue bowed her head.
"It's all my fault." She sighed and refused to look at anyone.
"How is this your fault?" Bobby asked his friend.
"Ah ran into him earlier. Ah knew somethin' was extremely wrong with him, but figured it was just a side effect from whatever Apocalypse did ta him. Ah thought give it some time, he would be fine and come back. He told me the next time he saw me or the X-Men, we're dead." She told the group.
"Why didn't you tell us this before we sent your group down there?" Emma asked her. Rogue looked up at the blond woman and shrugged.
"Ah just told ya, Ah thought it was just a side effect. Ah didn't know he was still screwed up in the head. Ya think Ah wanted my teammates killed?" Rogue yelled at Emma. The White Queen raised a eyebrow at her and brought hand to her chin.
"I wonder." She responded. Rogue stood up from her seat and was about to pound the other woman into the wall. Cable and Wolverine grabbed her. Emma didn't move from her seat.
"Ah never wanted Mystique or Sabertooth ta get killed!" She screamed as Wolverine and Cable began to drag her out of the room. They knew if they let the southern girl go, Emma would be flattened.
"Well, we got nowhere." Sam sighed and got up to follow after the group. Cyclops and Emma stayed behind.
"I don't ever want to hear you talk that way to any of the X-Men again." Cyclops ordered to her, but Emma looked at him.
"You know it's true, darling. She should have told us that Gambit was hostile towards us. We would have been more prepared." Emma stated to Cyclops.
"I don't care what should have been or not, you are not in charge Emma. You are to treat everyone in here with respect or I will ask you to leave." He told her.
"You wouldn't dare." She looked at him coolly. She wasn't intimated at all.
"Try me." Scott responded before leaving the War Room. Emma folded her hands together and placed them on the table.
"You are leader, for now. One by one, I will dissemble all of you." She smiled.
Sinister's Lab
"Y' know dis gonna work or not?" Gambit asked as he laid his head down on the surgery table. His arms and legs were shackled down. Sinister explained to him it was incase during the process, Death somehow took over and tried to escape. He never thought he would ever have to stoop so low that he had to ask Sinister for help again. Already, he owed the man for transforming him back.
"Don't worry, my boy. I will make sure everything is set." The scientist assured Remy before he injected a sedative into his arm. Remy felt his vision become fuzzy as he looked at the ceiling. "Relax and let it take its effect." Remy finally closed his eyes.
Sinister smiled down at the boy and waited. It wouldn't be long until Death awoken now that Remy had been knocked out. Soon, vicious red on black eyes opened and Death stared him straight in the face. He began to chuckle as he looked at Sinister. "So, you're going to try and get rid of me?" Death asked.
"The exact opposite. As long as you remain, I have control over Gambit. I have grown tired of that boy running around with the X-Men and having to keep an eye on him." Sinister responded to Death and stood above him.
"How touching." Death grinned and tried to move. "What if I told him the truth? He'd blow up all your labs and make sure you could never clone another Marauder again. Who knows, maybe he'll join Magneto next." He laughed at Sinister, who looked disgusted.
"I can still remove you from his body and find a new plan." Sinister responded, wiping the grin off of Death's face. " You are just making things easier. In the end, we both win. You have a body to inhibit and I don't have to worry about the boy with the X-Men."
"He's going to know that I am not gone and freak out. How do you plan on dealing with that?" Death asked curiously. He was starting to like this plan. It seemed more beneficial than Apocalypse's previous one.
"You just stay in the back of his mind for now. Let him think that you are gone. I will work on breaking him mentally and physically. If he starts becoming aware of what I have planned snatch his mind and report to me." He ordered to Death. The horseman wasn't use to having to take orders from anyone other than Apocalypse. To serve Sinister felt like he was being disloyal to his master. Then again, his master deserted him.
"Not a problem." Death smirked and watched Sinister move over to his computes and type something in. "Why is he so important to you? I thought Summers was what brightened up your lab?" He asked.
A evil grin appeared on Sinister's face, revealing his razor sharp teeth. "You will know soon enough."
End of Chapter 4
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