AN/ Hello readers! I'm so sorry this is a much later update, my laptop broke a while back so I was out of commission for a while! Happy Holidays though and I hope everyone is having a wonderful winter season :)
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Strapped onto an operation table she could only see bright fluorescent lights and people wearing green uniforms. The smell of sterilization, and rubbing alcohol burned her nose as a man with pasty white skin and glaring red eyes looked down on her. He had a surgical mask on but she could tell he was wearing a vile grin. He pulled out a shiny silver scalpel disinfecting it and seemingly about to pierce it into her. Rogue screamed "NO STOP" but he wouldn't. "I thought you made sure you had knocked him out," The man said coldly to another. " H-he was" they responded. Rogue screamed again crying out and demanding to be let go. She was then knocked out again with some sort of needle. Waking up she realized she was still trapped on an operation table. A mirror was placed in front of her and she realized she was a young boy, the expression she wore was shocked, confused, and fearful. Looking at the pasty white man again he began to cackle wickedly. She screamed.
Rogue woke up immediately shouting "His eyes, the eyes, th-they were" but the dream began to escape her, and the more she tried to recall the more she forgot.
Checking the clock, it was 5 a.m here so back at Xavier's it was probably 6. Rolling out of bed Rogue jumped into the shower and felt the warm water washing over her body making her forget the terrors she had dreamed of, but something was still nagging her mind, those eyes she had remembered, something about those eyes.
Pushing the thoughts away as she did with so many, Rogue jumped out of the shower and dried her hair pulling it into a ponytail. Dressing up in her classic leather boots, jacket, pants, and a simple dark green shirt she was ready to go.
She walked out of the luxurious hotel and towards the first cell phone store she found, grabbing the same model she had before and purchasing it. She quickly transferred the SIM card from her old phone and saw she had 24 missed calls from Logan and 54 from Kitty.
"Oh mah god, they're gonna kill me," She said to herself as she dialed Kittys first which was probably the better of the two options. At least Kitty would only damage her eardrums.
The phone didn't even have to ring once before Kitty picked it up screaming in Rogues ear. She quickly told her what had happened, minus the cajun, and Kitty was relieved she wasn't dead. Handing the phone over to Kurt he was even more worried and had threatened to come and track Rogue down, which made her smile slightly (she'd been doing that a lot since coming to New Orleans). Soon she said she had to go since the screaming was starting to hurt her ears and looked at Logan's contact before hesitantly dialling his number. As expected she didn't even have to wait.
"What the hell happened to you kid, 24 calls, and all of them never went through, you better have a good answer or else I'm coming to get you myself," He said in a low dangerous voice.
Rogue responded fast, "Ah'm really sorry Logan, I dropped my phone bah accident and it shattered last night so ah waited until today to get a new one"
She swore she heard Logan sigh of relief. " So did you make contact with the Cajan?" He questioned.
"Yeah ah did and were planning on meeting up today, ah think" She responded.
"I think?" Logan questioned her.
She realized that she and Gambit had yet to actually figure out when or how they were going to meet up let alone contact each other. Ah can't tell Logan that though he'll think ah'm too irresponsible.
"Yeah we're still tryin to pick a location but we're gunna meet up tonight" Rogue lied.
"Ok stripes but you better be careful, remember anything happens just call me" Logan responded hanging up.
"Whew, ah almost got caught." Rogue said, in a relieved voice.
Using her phone she looked up stores in the area that could wash Gambit's jacket Rogue walked around until she finally found it. Walking in she noticed a slightly older-aged man in the front of the store grinning.
"Well bonjour madame welcome, how can I help you?" he said grinning.
Rogue gave a small smile back, "Hi sugar, ah was wondering if you could possibly clean up this jacket for me?" she asked.
"Well, of course, madame" The man took hold of the jacket, realization dawned on his face before he looked back at the beautiful woman. Choosing not to say anything, he nodded saying she could pick it up in a few hours.
"Thanks, sugar" Rogue said, giving him a pleasant look and walking out of the store.
"Well this gunna be interesting," The man said.
He walked into the small jacket repair shop that he so often visited. In fact, it was one of the few he trusted to repair and buy good quality jackets since the owner himself was related to the guild.
"Ahhh my boy, how are you doing." The owner immediately asked, breaking into a sly smile.
"Anatole, good to see you mon frère" Gambit replied knowing that smile.
In actuality, the two were not brothers, but since they were both guild members it was tradition.
"Well frère I know you definitely been havin some fun these days," Anatole said.
Gambits eyebrows raised, as Anatole revealed a familiar leather jacket, in fact, he recognized it immediately as the jacket he had given to Rogue!
"Une tres belle femme came into the shop today, asked if I could clean it. I said yes with no doubts but she seemed very nice so you better not be breaking hearts again. Afterall it is in two weeks" referring to the unspoken wedding.
Gambits face softened a bit knowing that Rogue had willingly sought out a repair shop so that she could return the jacket clean.
"No worries frère, moi et elle are just friends and dats it nothing else" Gambit replied walking out of the shop. "Do me a favour though, let her off free of charge she shouldn't hafta pay for my jacket to be cleaned".
"Yeah yeah I know, was planning to already ever since I recognized it" Anatole replied slightly annoyed.
As Gambit walked away, he started to severely doubt his own words. Even though he had only met Rogue yesterday he could tell his feelings were starting to develop for her at a fast pace, which made him a bit worried.
"Guess it's time to go visit mon chérie" Gambit said under his breath.
After picking up the leather jacket from the strange man who had given it to her free of charge, Rogue returned to the hotel and was deep in thought, contemplating what exactly she was supposed to do on this mission.
Ah've already gotten way too involved at this point, She thought.
Equally as conflicted as Gambit she didn't hear the knocks on her door until they had become considerably loud. Quickly standing up and going to open the door she was met by the rude receptionist she had encountered when first checking in. For some reason, he almost looked scared of her now and she couldn't figure out why.
Deciding to ignore it, she quickly asked, "Excuse sir but why exactly are yer here?".
"Oh hello M-Miss, I'm so sorry to interrupt whatever you w-w-were doing but I have a message for you," He said with an extremely nervous look.
"Oh umm thanks," Rogue replied while he hurriedly passed over a bouquet of roses that had a cream coloured envelope attached to its stems.
The receptionist disappeared as fast as he could leaving Rogue to wonder again what had exactly made him so antsy. Pushing away the thought, she carefully opened up the letter to see a short message.
Meet me at Antoine's Restaurant at 8 p.m - Gambit
For the first time in forever Rogue was excited, after looking up the restaurant's directions she realized that it was a very fancy establishment so she chose a stunning royal purple strapless dress with matching long silk gloves. She put her hair in a low chignon with her white strands of hair framing her face. Rogue decided to wear minimal makeup and used very light shades of lavender eyeshadow to accent her face. Once she had finished, she grabbed a small clutch and stuffed her phone and credit card inside. Walking outside she followed the directions that she remembered which lead her to the restaurant. When she saw it she could already hear the smooth jazz that was playing from the inside of the high-end restaurant. She stared at it for a solid minute admiring its beauty before taking a deep breath and walking inside.
French Vocab Translation:
-Mon chérie:My Darling
-Mon amis: My friend
-Mon bijou: My gem
-Petite:Small or little
-Cracheur de feu: Spitfire
-Maison:House
-Mon coeur:My sweetheart
-Mon trésor: My treasure
-Famille:Family
-Madame:Mrs.
-Moi:Me
-Elle: Her
-Et:And
-Oui: Yes
-Bonne: Good
-Nuit:Night
-D'accord:Ok
-Merde:Shit
-Très:Very
-Femme: Woman
-Homme: Man
-Un/Une: A
-Belle/Beau: Beautiful
-Frère: Brother
-Mon dieu: My god
-Désolé/Désolée: Sorry
-Pardon: Excuse me
