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Title: Part Two : The Cajun Card Trick
AU: The second part of an AU arc, main characters- Gambit/Remy, Storm, Rogue, Kurt/Nightcrawler, Wolverine/Logan, Xavier, Scott/ Cyclops (in order of frequency in part 2)
Chapter Ten: The rest
Remy wasn't sure why he turned around, a feeling, an instinct? But one things for sure- if he hadn't turned around he'd have died.
Turning around his eyes widened in barely contained horror as the entire corridor glowed red and the new mutant knew that running was his priority. His head swung round and he saw another door. Bolting towards it he could feel blood resonating in his ears, his heart beat straining against the confinements of his body. He swung himself round and slammed the door behind himself, sliding down the metal wall and praying that it would hold. He closed his eyes as he heard people running down the charged corridor, they were cursing and then they were dead.
The explosion rocked the compound and Remy instantly blamed himself, he would have honestly killed himself there and then if it weren't for a small voice reaching his throbbing ears in the room.
"Swamp-rat?" a young Rogue was crouched at the back of her cell, "is it really you?"
He paused, feeling a moments respite that there was still a chance that he could do something right. After a few ragged breaths being forced in and out of his lungs he mustered a fake smile.
"Its me, chere" he confirmed although he felt oddly detatched.
Then after a few more moments he realized that he was in a lab of sorts. He also couldn't take her out the way he'd come in. She'd see that he'd done and that was a secret he'd die to keep.
He crawled over to her, the flimsy red alert lighting flashing. As he struggled over to the table she sitting on, he pulled himself to his feet, seeing his reflection on the metal wall. His eyes were red, he could somehow feel it, he could also see better than he should in the bad lighting. He was a demon.
Now standing Remy saw not only Rogue on one table but also an obviously dead girl strapped down on another, Rogue had silent tears dripping down her face.
Rogue had killed too but at least her excuse was stronger than his 'accident'.
He noticed that the metal bonds Rogue had obviously been strapped down with were bent and twisted, the dead girls bonding also looked slightly bent but they looked like they were made of stronger alloy.
He spotted another door and decided that they'd leave that way.
Remy started picking the lock on the door, his bangs hid most of his face, his hands were shaking badly but he was physically uninjured, "Few moments" he said out loud but it was mainly to comfort himself.
"Hurry!" Rogue whimpered softly, "they might come back!"
The door clicked open, she was free but there was still fear inside her heart even after he said the words in an ice-cold voice, a voice that didn't seem like it belonged to him, "They won't"
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'She don remember me' he gritted.
'Look at it this way kid, maybe it'd be good to start again?' Logan pointed out lazily.
'Yet she's angry at me' he sighed with a wistful smile.
'Who, the Rogue?' he asked.
'How'd you know?' Gambit frowned.
'Why do you think I'm hiding on the roof' Logan raised an eyebrow.
'You're kidding?' the kid seemed skeptical.
'Nope' Logan allowed himself a crooked smile, 'wish I was!'
'And she does remember you' Logan informed him.
'Huh?' Gambit dumbly responded.
'I can smell it' Logan got up and walked back to the window he'd slid out of to get on the roof and leaping down hes swung back into his room.
'You can't possibly…' Gambit began speaking to the departing figure.
A voice coughed and Gambit stumbled to his feet, abruptly turning around to see 'Rogue' he breathed.
'I'm not in the mood for words' she was hovering slightly off the ground.
Gambit found a few comments forming in the head.
'Or anything else' she smirked as though she read his mind.
She landed and walked over to him, 'Want to start from the beginning?' she held his gloved hand with her gloved hand.
Gambit bit his lip and then grinned back at her, inside his heart screamed. He began to tell his story from 'Gambits' point of view, not 'Remy's'.
He lied.
'She isn't ready to learn the truth and I'm not ready to face it' he though to himself.
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Rads: I'm sorry for the delay...... and you can flame me or do whatever you wish.
Catch you's later.
Title: Part Two : The Cajun Card Trick
AU: The second part of an AU arc, main characters- Gambit/Remy, Storm, Rogue, Kurt/Nightcrawler, Wolverine/Logan, Xavier, Scott/ Cyclops (in order of frequency in part 2)
Chapter Ten: The rest
Remy wasn't sure why he turned around, a feeling, an instinct? But one things for sure- if he hadn't turned around he'd have died.
Turning around his eyes widened in barely contained horror as the entire corridor glowed red and the new mutant knew that running was his priority. His head swung round and he saw another door. Bolting towards it he could feel blood resonating in his ears, his heart beat straining against the confinements of his body. He swung himself round and slammed the door behind himself, sliding down the metal wall and praying that it would hold. He closed his eyes as he heard people running down the charged corridor, they were cursing and then they were dead.
The explosion rocked the compound and Remy instantly blamed himself, he would have honestly killed himself there and then if it weren't for a small voice reaching his throbbing ears in the room.
"Swamp-rat?" a young Rogue was crouched at the back of her cell, "is it really you?"
He paused, feeling a moments respite that there was still a chance that he could do something right. After a few ragged breaths being forced in and out of his lungs he mustered a fake smile.
"Its me, chere" he confirmed although he felt oddly detatched.
Then after a few more moments he realized that he was in a lab of sorts. He also couldn't take her out the way he'd come in. She'd see that he'd done and that was a secret he'd die to keep.
He crawled over to her, the flimsy red alert lighting flashing. As he struggled over to the table she sitting on, he pulled himself to his feet, seeing his reflection on the metal wall. His eyes were red, he could somehow feel it, he could also see better than he should in the bad lighting. He was a demon.
Now standing Remy saw not only Rogue on one table but also an obviously dead girl strapped down on another, Rogue had silent tears dripping down her face.
Rogue had killed too but at least her excuse was stronger than his 'accident'.
He noticed that the metal bonds Rogue had obviously been strapped down with were bent and twisted, the dead girls bonding also looked slightly bent but they looked like they were made of stronger alloy.
He spotted another door and decided that they'd leave that way.
Remy started picking the lock on the door, his bangs hid most of his face, his hands were shaking badly but he was physically uninjured, "Few moments" he said out loud but it was mainly to comfort himself.
"Hurry!" Rogue whimpered softly, "they might come back!"
The door clicked open, she was free but there was still fear inside her heart even after he said the words in an ice-cold voice, a voice that didn't seem like it belonged to him, "They won't"
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'She don remember me' he gritted.
'Look at it this way kid, maybe it'd be good to start again?' Logan pointed out lazily.
'Yet she's angry at me' he sighed with a wistful smile.
'Who, the Rogue?' he asked.
'How'd you know?' Gambit frowned.
'Why do you think I'm hiding on the roof' Logan raised an eyebrow.
'You're kidding?' the kid seemed skeptical.
'Nope' Logan allowed himself a crooked smile, 'wish I was!'
'And she does remember you' Logan informed him.
'Huh?' Gambit dumbly responded.
'I can smell it' Logan got up and walked back to the window he'd slid out of to get on the roof and leaping down hes swung back into his room.
'You can't possibly…' Gambit began speaking to the departing figure.
A voice coughed and Gambit stumbled to his feet, abruptly turning around to see 'Rogue' he breathed.
'I'm not in the mood for words' she was hovering slightly off the ground.
Gambit found a few comments forming in the head.
'Or anything else' she smirked as though she read his mind.
She landed and walked over to him, 'Want to start from the beginning?' she held his gloved hand with her gloved hand.
Gambit bit his lip and then grinned back at her, inside his heart screamed. He began to tell his story from 'Gambits' point of view, not 'Remy's'.
He lied.
'She isn't ready to learn the truth and I'm not ready to face it' he though to himself.
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Rads: I'm sorry for the delay...... and you can flame me or do whatever you wish.
Catch you's later.