Savage Discovery

Savage Discovery – Starting Forever Pt1

Based on the 1990's X-Men cartoon and takes place during and after the second 'Reunion' episode. A discovery in the Savage Lands changes Rouge's life forever.

Sorry about the gap between chappies, but my muse Panda decided it wanted to take a hiatus, forcing me to take one as well. She's back now, so let's get this story on!

"Remy …"

Marie hesitated. She wasn't sure why since she had dreamed of being with Remy that way ever since she could remember; and yet she felt like the timing wasn't right yet. She felt guilty that she wasn't ready even though she knew he wouldn't press her any more than he had in the past. Squarely she met his fiery gaze and took a deep breath.

"Shush, chere." Remy smiled softly. He could feel her indecision and knew that Marie wasn't ready to take such a big step yet; he had ignored the cravings for her for several years, he could wait a little longer.

"It's not that Ah don wanna -" Quickly he placed his hand over her mouth and spoke up.

"Gambit jus wanted ya ta know how he feels is all." Remy reassured her, knowing that he would have to be the one to lead her in taking their relationship to the next level. It was a responsibility he would take very seriously.

"De Cajun is willin to wait as long as it takes."

"Even if ah'm not ready soon?" Marie ducked her head to fiddle with her fingers, letting her long hair hide herself from him. Time to switch tactics and grammar.

"Marie, look at me." Remy said quietly, waiting for her to respond. Once her shimmery emerald eyes were looking into his Remy continued.

"I love you; I have stuck by you through all this time. I'm not proud of the other women that have been in and out of my life while I was waiting for you, and I can swear to you the only one is you. I'll wait as long as I have to until you're ready."

Marie was looking at him with big eyes, her true innocence making Remy feel like it was his duty to look after and protect her as if she were a fragile steel magnolia. She then lit up with a bright smile and the tension melted away.

"Thank you." She whispered, wrapping her arms around his waist in a tight hug. "And I love you too."

Life intervened, chaos threatened, and the world almost ended several times before Rogue and Gambit could continue with their story. Emotions shattered, lives were lost, and paths chosen.

"Marry Remy."

Those words shocked Marie. Scott and Jean just had their vows renewed for their fifth anniversary to celebrate their lives as well as the lives of those who had survived the horrors of recent memory. Again Marie caught the bouquet and she had been deliberately standing at the back, knowing Jubilee would be all over anyone who got in her way.

"Remy? You sure?" Even after all this time, Marie still found it hard to believe that her Cajun man loved her. Years of ingrained thinking were hard to shake loose. Her red headed man grinned at her indulgently.

"De words are 'Yes, Remy, I'll marry you.'" He teased her, offering her a ring with a large Vui'lanae stone surrounded by diamonds and mounted in ASL – 225 and adamantium. Laughing with a gasp she kissed him.

"Yes!" She threw her arms, bouquet and all, around his neck.

Marie could feel the happiness radiating off Remy, wrapping her in a bubble of warmth. Still smiling she pulled back and kissed the man of her dreams. The world, as always, slipped away, leaving just the two of them. His kiss was better than anything, more addicting than chocolate and more precious than diamonds.

"Get a room you two." Logan groused as Jubilee snickered before pulling the older man away.

"I assume we have another wedding to plan." Ororo's voice was soft and indulgent.

"It would seem so." Xavier replied as Marie pulled back, smiling into the eyes of the man she loved.

Remy was down in the Danger Room, venting his anger, burning at the knowledge that his family wanted nothing to do with him. He had called his brother in Louisiana to let him know he was getting married and offered to have the Blackbird pick him up if he wanted to come to the wedding.

"You getting hitched?" Remy could practically smell the liquor on his brothers breath over the phone. "Bobby taught you'd ave learned from Bella Donna dat weddin is a no good as life in chains."

"Remy waned ya ta know. If you be comin lemme know now, oderwise we canna git ya." But Remy already knew the answer.

"Bobby don't leave the bayou like some people who only come back once in a blue moon." The words were sharp and bitter. "You left da guild and da family when ya left the last time. Do wha ya want, leave de bayou out of it."

For several minutes the buzz of a dial tone rang in Remy's ear before he gently closed his cell phone, trying his best not to blow it up. Still fuming he made his way to the Danger Room to let off a little steam.

"Remy?" Marie's voice floated over the comm. "Are you okay suagr?"

"Bobby ain't comin." He growled as he blew up one of the machines, his power spiking with his emotions. The simulation ended when the bay doors opened and Marie handed him a towel. Her expression was soft and concerned.

"Ah'm sorry. Daddy ain't comin either." She sniffed and then smiled. "But de ones that are really important will be there."

Hand in hand they walked further into the mansion that was their home, their sanctuary, the place where family wasn't blood, it was who you choose to include in your life.