CH. 16
"See Remy your precious X-men don' care about you. It's been four days and no one has come lookin'." Bella Donna knelt down next to where Remy had been tied up and propped against a wall. To keep him from using his powers he was kept in a drugged educed state, he could hear and see everything but his motor skills weren't working. Bella Donna reached out to caress his cheek when Gambit weakly jerked his head away. In a rage she stood up and kicked Remy making him fall to the floor. "So tell me Remy, what's she like dis girl you love?"
"She da most beautiful female I eva seen." Bella Donna snorted and rolled her eyes as she sat down on the bed.
"What's her name?"
"I call her Têtue. Das all you need know." Remy pushed himself back into a sitting position and leaned against the wall.
"Hm. So dis girl you love, she a mutant?"
"Yup. She uses her powers for good though unlike us. She's a Doctor and a teacher not no t'ief or assassin." When Bella Donna looked at the adoration in Remy's eyes she felt a rage she didn't know existed within her.
"Da woman you say you love ain't comin' for you." Gambit chuckled and looked up at his captor.
"Bella Donna you don' want her ta come here." Suddenly one of Bella Donna's men burst into the room panting having clearly run to speak with her.
"Ma'am we have a problem."
"What problem?"
"A strange woman has found her way to da Assassin's Guild and is bulldozing her way through da assassins."
"What?" Bella Donna hissed and Remy started laughing harder.
"Lemme guess, she's a redhead with pale skin, gorgeous eyes, and the prettiest ass ya eva seen? Most likely swingin' plants around?" The man nodded and Bella Donna glared at Remy. "I told said ya didn' want her ta come, now ya gonna see why." Bella Donna screamed and launched a silver brush at Remy that he barely managed to dodge.
"Bring me da bitch's head!" The assassin ran out and Bella Donna began to pace across the room. She could hear the sounds of fighting and with every male groan of pain she grew more and more frantic. Who ever was coming was strong enough to be beating her highly trained assassins singled handedly. She heard a man howling in pain and something hitting the wall then it all went silent. The door knob slowly turned before swinging open to reveal a thoroughly pissed of Skylar. She looked at Gambit tied up on the floor and then at Bella Donna.
"You must be Remy's precious Têtue. Nice ta finally meet you." Skylar stepped into the room and tucked one crimson curl behind her ear.
"My name is Skylar actually and I'm sorry who are you exactly?" Bella Donna donned an annoyed look.
"Remy's never mentioned me?" Skylar shrugged.
"Should he have?" The energy around the two women crackled with electricity. The tension between them was visible and Gambit didn't want to get between them when the fur started flying.
"I'm Bella Donna Boudreaux Remy's wife." The words were clearly meant to rile Sky up but they barely seemed to face her as she calmly looked at Remy.
"When this is over you and I will have words." Gambit winced in anticipation of their conversation and Sky faced Bella Donna again with a peeved expression. "Listen Ms. Boudreaux I'm sure you can see how ridiculous this situation is. Remy clearly doesn't want to be with you anymore and while I think that he has made a bone headed mistake by not telling me about you and just leaving you, I can only assume he came her to end things with you officially. Right?" Skylar shot Remy a look that had him nodding emphatically. "There now you see. So why don't you untie him and we'll be out of your hair." Bella Donna practically growled with fury.
"You think I'm gonna give my precious Remy over to some Northern slut?" Bella Donna lunged at Sky knocking her off balance and landed a solid punch to her jaw. Sky staggered back and rubbed the side of her face before smirking at the blonde and raising her arms to their fighting position.
"You've got a decent arm I'll give you that. Remy does seem to have a thing for strong women, but he's not staying in the back ass swamp one more day." Bella Donna charged again but this time was met with Sky fist as she landed a punch straight to her torso. The two of them traded blow after blow refusing to use abilities or weapons. They soon stopped blocking attacks and instead opted to simply land more than the other person. Gambit watched as the women endured head shots and neither gave the other an inch. Finally Sky landed a solid jab to Bella Donna's cheek that sent her staggering back and followed up with a leg sweep that had her on the floor. As she curled up on her side Skylar knelt down next to her.
"It's done Bella Donna, Remy's moved on with his life and now its time for you to do the same." Skylar didn't see her pull the knife until it was already being plunged into her side. Skylar cried out in pain and Remy tried to move to her but couldn't.
"Skyla'! Skyla' hold on love ya gonna be ok." Bella Donna twisted the knife and laughed as Sky screamed and blood ran down her side.
"Remy LeBeau is mine. You can die wantin' him." Skylar grabbed a seed from her belt and shoved it in Bella Donna's smiling mouth. The seed touched her tongue and Sky willed the plant to grow. Ivy started to grow out of a now panicking Bella Donna's mouth and around her face. She tried to thrash around and dislodge the growing vines but Skylar held her face down and watched as her screams grew more and more muffled.
"Têtue you made ya point now stop before ya kill her."
"She planned on killing me why shouldn't I do the same to her?"
"Because you betta' dan her girl. Come help Remy up and we'll go home like ya wanted." Skylar let the vines keep swallowing her up leaving only her nose clear for breathing. Sky had no intention of stopping the plants growth from devouring the unpleasant bitch she just wanted to prolong the panic before letting her suffocate. The more the ivy spread the more Gambit began to panic.
"Dat's enough Têtue leave her be. Skyla' stop it. Skyla'! Sky stopped focusing on the plant and look over at a frantic Remy. His smoldering red eyes were bloodshot and his normal auburn stubble was now a borderline beard. His lovely tan skin had become almost grey and still he was more worried about her then himself. Skylar's hand fell to the side as she realized what she had been about to do.
"Remy…I,"
"Shhh Têtue it's alright you stopped." Sky crawled over to where he sat against the wall, pulled the knife out of her side and cut the ropes binding him. Remy immediately took Sky in his arms and held her to his chest.
"I wanted to kill her. I almost killed her."
"I know love, but you didn't so it's ok." Remy tore a piece of bedspread off and held it to Skylar's wound causing her to wince at the pain of pressure being applied. "Go call one of the X-men to come and do a pick up." Sky nodded and staggered out of the room to find a phone. Remy stood on shaky legs and walked over to Bella Donna who had started to try and rip the now weakened ivy off her body.
"I came here for a reason Bella Donna and I ain't leavin' without it." Bella Donna took the ring off her finger and handed it to Remy.
"I can see why you chose her, but I still love you Remy."
"I know Bella Donna but she's the only one for me." Remy and Skylar sat outside the Assassin's Guild holding hands until the X-men arrived to take them to the hospital.
3 days later
Skylar was on some lovely pain meds to cope with the fact that she refused to stay in the hospital even though she nearly bled out. Remy had been released one day after being admitted having only been malnourished. The X-men were all packing up to head back home when Jean-Luc pulled Remy aside to speak with him.
"You betta' have had a damn good reason to come home Remy."
"I did."
"Was it for dat girl?"
" Needed to get somethin' back from Bella Donna." Remy pulled the engagement ring out of his pocket and his dad smiled at him.
"She's betta' dan you deserve. I'll be expecting an invitation to the wedding." Remy punched his dad in the shoulder and walked over to where Kat was trying to coax Skylar onto the plane.
"I am not riding in that death trap! What if the engines catch fire and we all go down in a blazing inferno?"
"Gambit help me, the meds they gave her are way to strong and instead of numbing the pain from the stabbing they've numbed her entire brain." Remy chuckled as his beautifully brilliant doctor girlfriend stuck out her tongue and blew raspberries at her friend. He quickly scooped her up and carried her onto the jet ignoring her protests which quickly turned suggestive as the pain meds did their job.
"I said I'm not getting in that damn thing. Hey are you listening to me? You are really sexy. I'll only ride on the plane if you kiss me the entire time we fly or better yet I'll get in the plane if you get in me." Everyone groaned at the loopy scientist and Gambit quickly buckled her in and sat down next to her. She leaned against his shoulder and fell asleep and as they flew above the cities Remy looked down at the woman drooling on his sleeve and tried to think of the perfect way to ask her to become his wife.
(Author's Note: I am so sorry it took me forever to update! I don't like taking long breaks because then I never want to go back to them and the only reason this chapter was even put out was because I couldn't sleep so I thought I might as well try and write and it ended up working for me. I hope this chapter was somewhat worth the wait and I hope it doesn't take so long for the next chapter to get put up. Thanks for hanging in there everyone.)