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'How can someone so innocent be so damn sexy' Gambit silently wondered to himself as he watched her. He let his head drop back and his eyes close as he tried to picture something mundane to take his mind off the girl sitting between his legs. If he didn't think of something soon he would be in serious danger of jumping her; his mind, without his permission, had already thought of ways to work around her powers. Skin to skin contact really wasn't necessary for what he wanted to do to her.

– Non! Stop it Remy, t'ink of something else y' imbecile! - He pictured what Logan was going to do to him when he eventually caught up. The thought sobered him up somewhat but it was still a long way back to Magneto's base and it was going to be a long time before Logan realised he'd been led on a wild goose chase half way down the country. He laughed at how easy it had been to snatch Rogue away from her 'protected' life at the Xavier Institute.

Against all odds he had managed to get her within Magneto's grasp but what now? Her words echoed in his mind. 'What does her want with meh?' What did Magneto want with her? Gambit had not let himself think of this before knowing he probably wasn't going to like the answer. As far as he knew Magneto was not harbouring any new plans for the 'advancement of mutantkind' but it was possible that Gambit had just not be informed of had sworn that he had no intentions of hurting Rogue so Gambit would let it go for now. Whatever happened he would be around to keep an eye on her, everything would be fine.

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Meanwhile in Philadelphia the X-Men had changed out of their uniforms and split up to search the train without attracting too much attention to themselves. Jean did a psychic scan of the train but found no signs of Gambit or Rogue. She decided to broaden her search to see if any of the passengers had seen either of the pair at any point on the journey. She quickly found that nobody had any memories of seeing them but she had picked up a feeling of anxiety from many of the passengers. Taking a closer look to see what had caused this atmosphere of unease she discovered that along the journey there had been a violent shaking from the cargo carriages near the back of the train.

'Wolverine have you checked the carriages at the rear end of the train? Many passengers believe something happened down there during the journey here.' Jean quickly informed Logan telepathically.

'Yeah Gumbo's stink is all over this one. Rogue was here too but their gone now. They must have jumped before they got here otherwise we'd have seen them by now. What spooked the passengers?'

'A violent shaking it seems; do you think it was Gambit's powers?'

'No there's no sign of an explosion. Not a single mark on the train for that matter'

'But then what happened?'

'I dunno but I don't like it one bit'

"X-Men fall back and regroup at the blackbird." Jean heard Logan's gruff voice on her communicator seconds later.

"Have you found her?" Kurt echoed back overjoyed at the thought of his sister being found safely.

"Just get back to the jet Nightcrawler." Wolverine barked. He was fast losing his temper. If 'Gumbo' had jumped off the trained with Rogue before it stopped in Philadelphia then it would be impossible to track them by foot; Logan would have to sit back and rely on the psychics to find them. He hated the thought of doing nothing while Gambit was doing god knows what to Rogue. He had to find them and fast.

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While his eyes were closed she stole glances at him, safely knowing he wasn't aware of it. It made her more comfortable now those sole eating eyes weren't watching her every move anymore. She studied him; telling herself that she needed to know what he was thinking but in reality just stealing a chance to stare at the man who always managed to get under her skin even when he wasn't trying to.

The truth was that Gambit was the most attractive man she had ever met. He had the body of a god and a face that even a Hollywood heart throb would be jealous of. His cocky flirtatious personality and self-confidence only added to this appeal. Basically Gambit was sex on legs and Rogue bet a lot of women would do anything for this man's attention, even if it was only for one night.

So why did he bother wasting his time with her, the untouchable Rogue? He could have any woman he wanted and yet he was always flirting and teasing her. Sure, she didn't know what he got up to when they weren't facing each other in battle but she wasn't the only female on the team. He didn't treat Jean or Kitty the way he treated her. Maybe it was because of her powers, he could wind her up because he didn't have to follow through with what he said.

That must be it; it wasn't possible that he actually liked Rogue, was it? She wasn't tall and glamorous or small and beautiful. She was just plain old Rogue, the untouchable girl. She didn't 'dress to impress' as Kitty called it. In fact she did the opposite, wearing dark clothes and heavy make-up to keep people away but she remembered the look in his eyes when she was lying beneath him moments ago. He couldn't pretend that surely?

She decided that if she could inspire that look in him again than maybe it was real and against all odds he did actually like her. She didn't know why it was so important for her to know but for some reason it felt like it made a difference to her; even if she couldn't have him if he did like her. She felt the need to know where she stood with him.

She deliberately wiggled her hips in discomfort. She wasn't touching him but the movement was enough for him to notice and open his eyes to look at her. Keeping her eyes down, she arched her back forward stretching out her spine as though she had been sitting in an uncomfortable position for too long, which wasn't actually too far from the truth considering where she was. She looked up at the last moment to catch his expression; he was caught off guard by her action and was staring at her breasts in complete unedited awe. His sparkling eyes were wide with surprise and his mouth fell open in shock. It gave her a confidence boost and as she finished stretching she casually leaned back into the curve of the ball letting her legs fall apart and rest against his; her hands slowly falling down her body until they finally came to rest suggestively on her inner thighs.

His face darkened with that familiar look of hunger and he slowly wet his lips, letting his tongue slide across his lower lip before he looked up, letting his eyes travel the full length of her body taking in every detail and curve as they went until finally meeting her gaze. For a while he said nothing; just stared at her through hooded eyes, obviously trying to decide if she was deliberately teasing him or if she was in fact just innocently stretching out her back in discomfort. She tried to act innocent but she was struggling to keep the smile from her face.

"T'ink dats funny do y'? Teasing poor Remy like dat?" She didn't reply, instead she had to bite her lip to stop herself from giggling. A cocky grin spread across his face as he moved his hands to rest on her knees causing her to gasp in surprise. He didn't leave them there for long; soon they were travelling down her legs towards her ankles. She watched them glide along her shins as they sent shivers down her spine. When they got to the bottom he slipped his gloved hands under her jeans and began to run his finger back up her leg causing a wonderful tingling sensation in Rogue's belly.

"Still t'ink it's funny chéri?" he asked in his most seductive voice as he watched her reactions play across her face. She returned his gaze but couldn't respond; she was too wound up with where his hands were touching her. They had made it almost to her knees before snaking round her calves where his fingers were currently tracing circular patterns so softy that it made her whole body tense up in delight. He opened his mouth to say something else but was interrupted as the metal ball started vibrating softly. She gave him a confused look, silently asking what was happening. His cocky grin and hungry gaze were gone, all traces of them vanished and replaced with a serious look that made Rogues stomach tie up in knots of anxiety.

"We're here." It was the only answer he gave her and it was all she needed to know. They had arrived at Acolytes base and Magneto was waiting for them.

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