1. Chapter 1: A Long New Orleans Night

**Hello everyone, I know sucky summary I may edit it later on, this is a prequel to Hiding the Past and it's much better than the sequel. This story will be longer than my other two and it'll span over two or ****four years so it'll probably be a bit more fun and lighthearted than my other two. This will be mostly focused on Gambit, I hope y'all like it!**

**DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING!**

The Grifter and The Thief

A Long New Orleans Night.

1981

The New Orleans street were bustling with people walking up and down bourbon street to the beautiful french quarter, it was 4th of July and the festivities were still going strong, one man though, loved this time of year mostly because it was when business boomed. He had medium length auburn hair, a light tan from being in the bayou in the summer, and he wore grey and purple armor and shin length boots but what made him different from everyone else he had red on black eye's. He was also a mutant, he could 'charge' almost any object he wanted.

His name is Remy LeBeau, and he is a thief, yes that's right, a thief. He enjoyed his job very much, he also belonged to the infamous New Orleans Thieves' Guild, and to add to that, he knew these streets like the back of his hand. He was orphaned as an infant, he grew up on these streets until when he was a child and was than raised by the leader of the guild when he had attempted to steal his wallet. Gambit, as he went by, smiled at the fond memories but his face suddenly went serious as he climbed down the wall and went to work, he walked out of the alleyway and into the busy streets as he walked he pick pocketed every rich man he came across, he smirked how many didn't even notice they were gone until he was out of sight.

Remy came across a man yelling very loudly at a woman, he had assumed the man was drunk, and Remy stopped and watched to see if the conversation escalated but it soon died down and the conversation was over. Remy returned to pickpocketing when he looked up and saw someone sitting on the roof of the building, he smirked and went toward the building, climbed up onto the roof, and he quietly walked up behind them.

" Like the view Chére?" He asked, the woman jumped about ten feet before she spun around and grabbed a knife out of its holster and pointed it at him, she had short blonde hair, violet eye's, and was wearing silver armor and a mint green cloak, she gave him a cold glare.

" Remy! Ya scared me half to death!" She exclaimed but sighed in relief as she saw it was him, she holstered the knife as Remy chuckled.

" My apologies Belle, but I couldn't help it, you looked so beautiful I just couldn't disturb you." Remy said, Belladonna Boudreaux, his fiancé, and daughter to the leader of the Assassin's Guild. She walked up to him, smirking, and wrapped her arms around his neck and she leaned forward and kissed him tenderly. Remy returned the kiss as he wrapped his arms around her waist, Belladonna broke the kiss and she looked up at him.

" So, how's work?" She asked as she turned to look back out at the sea of people Remy shrugged as he crouched down next to her.

" Okay as usual, you?" He glanced over at her and saw her shrugged nonchalantly.

" Slow." She stated, he nodded and they sat there watching all the people come and go, their marriage had been arranged when they were kids, neither one got a say in the matter, but if it was keep a war from happening between the Assassin's and the Thieves' Guilds than both were willing to marry each other. Belladonna sighed and stood up after a while Remy looked up and she had her arms crossed.

" I'm going to a different rooftop, see ya later chére?" She asked and Remy nodded as she turned around, ran, and jumped off the rooftop and landed on the next one. Remy smirked, oh how he loved that woman, he stood and stretched his limbs before slowly climbing down the wall and he landed with a quiet 'thud' on the ground. He walked out into the busy streets and resumed pick pocketing, once the festival had ended he had picked enough pockets to last him till the end of the year.

* * *

Remy walked up to the Guild mansion and smirked, the outside was decorated in the French 18th century style, it was surrounded by tree's and landscape, which gave the people that live there loads of privacy, the house itself was a cream color with ten windows, two wings, gravel walk/drive way, and three chimney's. Remy smiled as he walked up the stone steps, opened the door, and walked into the house.

Remy was welcomed by no one, which surprised him, usually he was greeted by Tante Mattie, but he wasn't. He was reminded of that time when he was abducted by Stryker and his goons and taken to that island, a cold chill ran down his spine. He pulled out a couple of cards, along with his bō staff, and walked slowly and quietly to the kitchen.

Remy pushed the door open and saw Tante Mattie sitting there, drinking coffee with his sister-in-law, Mercy. Remy put the cards and bō staff back in his trench coat pockets as he walked inside, Mercy looked up as she, suddenly, noticed him.

" Where've ya been Remy, Tante's been worried sick about you." Mercy said, Tante Mattie nodded as she grabbed her cup of coffee, walked up to him, and wagged her finger at him.

" Ya about made me a nervous wreck, boy, I swear one of these days ya gonna give me a heart attack!" She exclaimed worriedly, but relief was written all over her face. Remy chuckled and held his hands up in mock surrender as he walked toward the fridge, grabbed himself a bottle of water, and sat down at the kitchen table. Tante Mattie shook her head as she poured herself one last cup of coffee, she sat herself down across from Remy and cut him a look.

" What?" He asked innocently and Tante Mattie smiled and she shook her head.

" Ya was out with Belladonna, don't even try to lie, I'm assuming y'all were out for Fourth of July." Remy shook his head as he took a sip of water.

" Nah, I mean yeah we met while I was out on the street but, no, we didn't go on a date or anything." He shrugged and Mercy nodded before she gave him a serious look, that she usually gave to Henri.

" Remy, ya getting married to her tomorrow! Ya shouldn't even had seen her today, ya know it's bad luck to see the bride before the wedding day!" She exclaimed quickly, Remy frowned slightly.

" I thought that was looking at the bride in her wedding dress?" He said, confused. Mercy just rolled her eye's as Tante Mattie's shoulder's moved up and down with silent laughter.

" Oh whatever, I'm so tired I'm a little scatter brained." She excused herself from the table, kissed Remy and Tante's cheeks, and she put her coffee mug in the sink before heading off to bed. It was only Tante Mattie and Remy.

" Remy, I hope you're not only marrying Belle because your father said so." Tante Mattie said, Remy took a swig of his water before he sighed.

" You worry too much sometimes Tante," Remy said as he leaned back in his chair, Tante just rolled her eye's as a hint of a smile graced her lips.

" I have a reason to worry about you, you're alway's reckless and bull headed, ya do the opposite of what anyone tells you." She said pointing a finger at him.

" I won't deny I'm a little reckless, but bull headed? I highly doubt that." He crossed his arms over his chest and Tante Mattie scoffed.

" I don't."

" Anyway, I think I'm gonna go to bed." Remy stood up, threw his half empty bottle of water away, and he walked over to Tante Mattie.

" And before you say I'm ignoring your earlier question, no, I'm not only marrying her because pére said so, I'm doing it because I love her." He kissed Tante Mattie on the cheek before he left the kitchen and went up to his room.

* * *

Once he walked into his room he took off his trench coat, threw it over a chair, and collapsed on his bed. It had been a very long day and tomorrow was going to be an even _longer_ days, He stood up slowly and went into his bathroom and took a shower. When he had gotten out of the shower, put on a t-shirt and some shorts, he was about to get into bed when he heard someone knock on his door, he walked over to it and when he opened it to reveal his brother, Henri.

" What'd ya want Henri?" Remy asked tiredly, Henri smiled and walked inside the room. " Oh no, please, do come in won't ya!" Remy added annoyed.

" Okay I will." Henri said as he sat down in Remy's desk chair, Remy sat on the edge of his bed and looked at Henri.

" Why are you here?"

" Can't I come and see if my brother is excited about his wedding tomorrow?" Remy rolled his eye's and rubbed his face with his palms.

" Not you too." Henri chuckled and shook his head.

" What? Tante scared you're not marrying Belladonna out of love?" Henri asked and Remy nodded.

" And she thinks I'm only doing it because of pére." Henri nodded as he leaned back in his chair.

" And are you?"

" Am I what?"

" Are you marrying Belladonna just because Pére had arranged it?" Remy blinked than shrugged.

" No, Yes, Maybe, I don't know." Remy said, exasperated. Henri nodded sympathetically as he stood and head to the door.

" Get some sleep Remy, you have a big day tomorrow." With that he walked out the door and Remy nodded, tomorrow was going to be a life changing day, for better or worse he didn't know yet. He crawled into bed and fell smooth asleep.

* * *

Far away a woman began planning her next move, she wanted... Revenge.

" I'm coming for you, Remy LeBeau."

**Wonder who the woman is? I still have writer's block for the sequel but I'm hoping it'll go away soon, also I'm setting it in the early 80's because it seemed to fit the story a little better and sorry it's short. Please don't forget to review and I hope y'all enjoyed!**


	2. Chapter 2: The Wedding from Hell

**Hi everyone, here's the second chapter I know it's a little early but I'm feeling generous haha. Anywho I hope y'all enjoy and thanks to everyone who has faved, followed, and reviewed!**

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The Wedding From Hell

Remy opened his eye's slowly as the blinding morning sun shone in the sky through his window, he sat up, rubbed the sleep out of his eye's and he swung his legs over the side of the bed and took a shower.

Once he got out of the shower he put on his tux and he was tying his dress shoes when someone knocked on his door, he heard it open and in came Jean-Luc LeBeau, his father, and Henri.

" Excited?" Jean-Luc asked Remy looked up and shrugged.

" More nervous than excited." He laughed and Henri nodded as he sat down in the chair across from Remy and chuckled.

" I remember when Mercy and I were getting married, I was so nervous I thought I was going to throw up." Remy laughed and nodded.

" Yeah, and Tante said if you threw up and ruined that the she'd knock you into next week." Jean-Luc chuckled as he nodded.

" Speaking of, where is Tante?" Remy asked and Jean-Luc looked at him.

" She's at the church, helping Mercy to get the wedding all set up." Remy nodded and he stood up as Jean-Luc looked at his watch and told them they should be heading toward the church.

* * *

Remy was anxious as he stood at the altar, waiting for Belladonna to walk down the aisle. His heart was racing, palms were sweating, knees felt like jelly... Wait. Remy LeBeau _never_ and I repeat _never_ got nervous and he wasn't about to start now. He looked up as the Wedding March began to play and he saw Belladonna and his jaw almost dropped.

Her golden blonde hair was down and loose, her ivory lace full wedding dress reached the floor, she wore a blue sash around her waist and she wore a shoulder length veil and her eye's were bright and shinning with happiness. When she had reached the altar her smile just got wider.

Anything the Priest had said went through one ear and out the other, Remy just couldn't take his eye's off of her, when the priest asked Remy to repeat after him Remy did as requested and when he asked Belladonna she did the same.

" Do you, Remy LeBeau, take Belladonna Boudreaux to be you lawful wedded wife?" The Priest asked

" I Do."

" Do you, Belladonna Boudreaux, take Remy LeBeau to be your lawful wedded husband?"

" I Do."

" Than by the power invested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride." After the Priest said that Remy wrapped his arms around her waist as she wrapped her arms around his neck and they kissed.

Once they broke apart and began walking down the aisle and was almost outside when Julien, Belladonna's brother, came out of one of the pews and began yelling at Remy.

" How can you let this thief marry an assassin?!" He yelled incredulously and Remy held a hand up at him.

" Look, mon ami, maybe you should calm down-" Remy barely got the last word out before Julien punched him in the face and Belladonna had a look of horror on her face.

" JULIEN!" She yelled and Julien looked at her as she stalked up to him.

" Don't you 'Julien' me, Belle, this low life thief is not good enough for you! You deserve better!" He yelled and pointed at Remy, who wiped away the blood on his lip, he stood and walked up to Julien, who was glaring intently at Remy.

" I challenge you, LeBeau. By the code Duello. You've defiled my sister, but you won't live to defile the name of Boudreaux!"*

" I have done nothing but honor the name Boudreaux for Bella Donna's sake." Remy replied " I accept your challenge."

" I hope you know, LeBeau, we're not fighting at first blood. We're fighting to the death." Remy nodded as he grabbed a dagger and a saber and Julien did the same.

" I wouldn't have it any other way." Remy said as he got into his fighting stance, Julien did as well before their swords clashed.

Remy parried most of Julien's attacks, but he alway's seemed to get cocky, Julien did a straight thrust as Remy tried to dodge but he ended up getting a cut across his arm. Remy winced as Julien smirked and knocked Remy's sword out of his hands and it skidded five feet away Remy crouched down to get it but Julien stepped down on his sword.

" See, you're not match for an Assassin! You're nothing but a low life thief!" He laughed and did notice the magenta coming from Remy's hand.

" Well I'm not only a thief," Remy stood from his crouching position and he glared dangerously at Julien before throwing the charged dagger at him. " I'm also a mutant." It landed in his chest and went 'boom'.

" JULIEN!" Remy heard Bella Donna shriek she and her father ran over to Julien's lifeless body, Remy felt someone put a hand on his shoulder and saw his father looking relieved but also sad.

" C'mon, let's have your wound looked at." He mumbled, Remy didn't argue but he turned around and followed Jean-Luc to a doctor.

* * *

Remy sat down in a chair as the doctor person wrapped a bandage around his chest, he didn't have to listen to know they were talking about him. Discussing what they should do with him, he heard the wood door creak open and his father had a remorseful look in his eye's, he walked up to Remy and sat on the edge of the table.

" If they're going to take my life than so be it." Remy stated, he was getting tired of the uncomfortable silence, Jean-Luc looked to the ground and sighed.

" They don't want your life Remy, it would've come to that if your wife hadn't spoken for you, but their is one thing." Jean-Luc looked up at him, Remy saw not only sadness in his eye's but pain too.

" They're going to exile you."

" What? They're going to send me into exile, I'll never be able to come back here!" The bewilderment wasn't only evidenced in his voice, but also in his eye's. This city was his home, he grew up here, his family was here, how could they take that all away from him.

" It is fair though," a cold voice said in his head " You took all that away from Julien, the only difference is you're still breathing." Remy shook his head but knew what the voice had said was true.

" Your wife is the only reason you're still breathing right now Remy." Jean-Luc said as Bella Donna ran up to Remy, Jean-Luc walked out of the room to give them privacy.

" You, you did this?" Remy could hardly keep the anger out of his voice.

" Oh Remy," Bella Donna threw her arms around his neck and hugged him, which he didn't return. " I couldn't-wouldn't let them kill you." He almost said she should've let them kill him but he kept that to himself.

" Take me with you, please!" She begged Remy pulled away from her, grabbed her upper arms gently but firmly, and stared into her eye's.

" You really want to leave your family behind? Leave your life behind?" Remy said " I give a year, maybe two, before you start realizing you made the wrong choice." Remy took a couple of steps back.

" I don't want you to spend the rest of your life regretting that decision." Remy turned his back to her, knowing she was probably holding back tears, and began walking away. This was turning out to be the wedding from hell.

* * *

Remy had gotten Tante Mattie to bring him a duffle bag worth of clothes they met at the cemetery and, after a tearful goodbye, he walked out and was heading toward the bus station, when someone tapped on his shoulder, he turned around to see a porcelain skinned woman, with silver hair in tight curls and dark brown eye's looking at him.

" Excuse me, are you Remy LeBeau?" She asked her voice sounded as some and sweet as honey, she was wearing a red and black stripped corset top with tight sleeves that flared out when they reached her wrists. A mini skirt that went to mid thigh, she wore a red and black cloak with the hood down, and she had thigh high charcoal boots on. Remy smirked at her.

" Yes that would be me," He said " But, unfortunately, Remy doesn't know you're belle name." The woman smirk herself.

" Oh darling, you don't know how unhappy I am that it's you. But, I would be happy if you hadn't destroyed my life." The woman said and she threw a glass ball down on the ground and smoke came up and surrounded Remy, he coughed and waved the smoke away with one hand, and with the other he reached for his cards.

" Oh don't bother with those," the woman said " Oh, and as for my name it's Emilie." She whispered seductively in his ear and he groaned and fell to the ground.

* * *

Remy groaned again as he opened his eye's slowly, the bright sun was about to kill him. Wait, bright sun! It was late evening when that chienne* knocked him out, he sat up slowly and rubbed his eye's. He was in the middle of an alleyway, he stood up and stumbled out of the alleyway and he pulled out a pair of sunglasses out of his trench coat pocket and he slipped them on before walking onto the sidewalk.

It was busy today, he looked around and saw they cars looked different, _very_ different. He frowned and walked to the french quarter and saw it was just as busy as normal, except people were talking on small devices he frowned, it couldn't possibly be cell phones, those horrible things were big and bulky he accidentally bumped into someone who was typing on another small device. He frowned, something was very off.

Remy walked up to a newspaper dispenser and he pulled out a newspaper to see what day it was, his eye's widened, his heart stopped, his breath hitched in his throat and his palms began to sweat. The date on the newspaper said.

August 22nd 2014.

***1: That quote was taken from the Gambit Origins comic, so I don't own it!**

***2: That's, supposedly, french for b!tch. **

**Well, how's that for a time warp! (I know, bad joke), But anyway I hope y'all enjoyed it, sorry if it was short and confusing, and don't forget to tell me what y'all thought!**


	3. Chapter 3: Rogue

**Hi everyone! Here's chapter three, I edited chapter 2 a bit but not enough so you have to re-read it. Anyway this is one of my favorite chapter's and I hope y'all enjoy! Thanks to everyone that has faved, followed, and reviewed! I really appreciate it!**

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Rogue

Gambit nearly fainted, 2014 he half expected there to be flying cars and houses high in the sky! He dropped the paper and began walking, not really knowing where to go. He felt completely numb, why had that woman send him into the future? How did he destroy her life? He doesn't even remember meeting her! Gambit sighed as he walked to nowhere, he finally stopped when he stumbled across the café du monde, the smell of beignets and chicory hit his nose and he took a deep breath before walking in, sitting down, and ordering a cup of coffee and a beignets.

Remy was still in shock over the revelation of being in a different century, he wondered if anyone missed him. Did they even know he was gone? He doubted it, he took a sip of his coffee and sighed he'd have to learn to adapt, that's what all great thieves' had to learn: Adapt to your surroundings. He took a bite of the warm beignet and he couldn't keep the smile from forming on his face, he could easily remember his Tante Mattie making home-made beignets, they could rival even the café du mondes. This made Remy sad again, even though he was home, he felt homesick.

" Hey! You, stop!" Remy heard a man yell, he looked toward the yelling when he saw, what appeared to be, a wealthy business man holding onto someone's arm. Whoever the man was yelling at was concealed by a green cloak with the hood up. Gambit got up as the person was struggling to get out of the angry mans grip, he walked up to them and he slipped his sunglasses on before stepping behind the person wearing the cloak.

" Is there a problem here mon ami?" Remy asked politely, the person wearing the cloak looked up at him, Remy glanced at them and saw, just by the face shape, it was a woman. The business man glared at Remy.

" Yes there is a problem! This thief just stole my wallet!" He pointed at the brown leather wallet in the woman's hand, Remy tried to quickly think of something before he smiled at the man.

" Really? Oh I am terribly sorry sir, you see, this is my dear sister and, well, sometimes she can't tell right from wrong. Darling, when I said we would get the money for food somehow, I didn't mean to steal it." Remy explained and he gave the girl a wink, signaling for her to play along, she must've caught onto it because she said.

" I thought that's what you meant, I'm sorry. But ya see, mister, our dear mother is terribly ill and we have no money for food, water, her medicine, or even shelter. I just was trying to help, I didn't know stealing was something wrong, I just," At this point she started choking up " I don't know what else to do! I don't wanna lose my mom and my brother here, he can't do everything by himself and I... I just was trying to do the right thing!" She began to sob hysterically, she hid her face in her hands as she handed the man his wallet.

Remy blinked, this woman was selling the story, so much so that Remy was starting to believe it. But the man sighed as he opened his wallet, took some money out, and handed it to her.

" How's five hundred? Is that enough?" He asked and the girl nodded before taking the money and the man turned on his heel, she told him thank you but he grumbled in response.

The woman sniffed and she brought her head out of her hands and she smiled as she counted the cash. She turned to look at her rescuer and she blinked, he was tall, very handsome, and had a Cajun accent. His eye's were hidden behind very dark sunglasses, he looked down at her and smirked.

" Heh sucker."

" That's quite a talent you got there chére." She looked at him and shrugged before pulling her hood down, she had brown hair with shocking white streaks that was tied in a bun, she had tan skin, bright green eye's and the most beautiful smile he had ever seen. He shook the thoughts away as she began talking.

" Anyone can do it, you just gotta sell it." She shrugged before walking away, Remy ran after her.

" Hey wait! I wanna talk to you!" Remy said as the woman turned around and put a hand on her hip and she arched an eyebrow at him.

" What about?" She asked, slightly annoyed, Remy crossed his arms and he motioned his head toward the café du monde.

" Why don't you have a cup of coffee with me." He stated as he turned on his heel and walked back to the café, this being a new era and not knowing if any of his old acquaintances are still alive, he decided he would try to form an alliance with her, even if for only a moment.

The woman followed behind him, warily mind you, and when he sat down in his chair she sat down across from him. She ordered a coffee and he ordered two fresh beignets, once the waiter put their orders on the table she took a sip of her coffee before looking at him.

" What's your name?" Remy asked, the woman smirked.

" Rogue."

" Gambit." Remy put his hand out and the woman took his hand in her gloved one before shaking it, but Remy turned it so he could kiss the back of her hand, but she yanked it back. Remy blinked, no one had done that to him before, Rogue tried to hide the smile that crept onto her lips, this one was a smooth talker alright and, apparently, she knocked him off balance.

" It's a pleasure to meet you, Rogue." He said as he, took a sip of his coffee and made sure no one was listening in on their conversation, and she shrugged.

" I'm not too sure if it's a pleasure to meet you though," She leaned back in her chair, Remy just noticed she was wearing a short red/black plaid skirt with black pantyhose underneath, she wore black knee high heeled boots, and a red tank top with red ribbon laced on the sides, she also was wearing black leather opera length gloves. " What'd ya wanna talk about?"

" Is that a Mississippi accent I hear?" He asked, suddenly noticing her accent and she shrugged.

" Yes, but stop changing the subject Cajun." She said, annoyance lacing every word, Remy smirked.

" Just trying to get to know you better chére," He sighed " I wanted to know if you'd like to work with me." She snorted.

" First off, don't call me 'chére'. Secondly, Why on earth would ah wanna work with you?" She arched an eye brow at him before leaning back in her chair.

" Because, we could use each other. I'm not Familiar with... Ah... All of this." He said, gesturing to the people on the portable computers (or at least that's what he thought they were) and on the small devices that he could only assume were cell phones.

" You're not familiar with technology?" Rogue asked, confused and bewildered, she thought everyone was familiar with smart phones, tablets, and lap tops.

" Well, unless you have big old computers and floppy disks than maybe I could be of some help." He laughed and Rogue couldn't help but laugh as well.

" You mean, anything from the '80's?" She asked, she certainly hoped he wasn't one of those people that lived in the eighties.

" Pretty much." He laughed slightly, and Rogue nodded.

" Okay, but what's in it for me?" Remy took a sip of his coffee and a bite of his beignet.

" What's in it for you? Well, I'm a professional thief and I can teach you how to be a proper thief, but it seems you're something else entirely, also I can make these the best days of your life." He leaned back in his chair and put his hands behind his head, Rogue frowned slightly as she leaned forward slightly.

" How long will we be working together?" She asked, she liked this deal but was still wary of it.

" Well, first it depends on how well your training goes, second, it depends on how long you want to work together." Rogue looked thoughtful for a moment.

She liked the idea, of being trained by a thief, but what if he was a cop just impersonating a thief? Than she'd be in deep... Trouble. Rogue took a bite of her beignet before answering.

" Fine, but if you double cross me or if I think you're going to, you'll live to regret it." She stood up but Gambit grabbed her gently by the wrist.

" Meet back here at 6:00 A.M. and don't be late." He stood up and walked away, Rogue shook her head, what had she gotten herself into?

* * *

Remy had found this cheap hotel and had stolen some money from people to pay for it, he knew New Orleans like the back of his hand so it wasn't hard for him to find an abandoned warehouse that he could train Rogue in. He was currently sitting at the Café du monde again and he looked at his watch, 5:58, Rogue still hadn't showed up. He was beginning to think she wouldn't show until he felt someone put their hand on his shoulder. He turned and smirked when he saw who it was.

" You had me worried petite, thought you got cold feet." Rogue sat down across from him, she was wearing a 3/4 length sleeves and long baggy sweat pants and wrist length gloves, with a pair of combat boots.

" Sugah, Ah never get cold feet." She smirked as she stood up abruptly. " Shall we?" She asked and Gambit stood up and the two of them began walking toward the warehouse.

Rogue blinked when she walked into the warehouse, it was big and spacious and it had exposed beams going every which way, she looked at Gambit than looked in the center of the room. There was a mannequin wearing a coat, she frowned.

" What's going on?" She asked and Gambit just smirked.

" I wanna see if you can pick that mannequins pocket." He moved over to the other side of the room, and Rogue scoffed, this was going to be easy.

She walked over to the mannequin and she walked up next to it and went to grab his wallet when she heard a bell, she retracted her hand quickly and Remy chuckled.

" You thought this was going to be easy." He walked up to her and she glared at him.

" You put bell in the pockets?"

" You see, everytime those bells are disturbed, that means your mark knows you're trying to steal from them." Gambit explained and he walked past the mannequin and pulled out a wallet without disturbing the bells.

" See, simple." Rogue blinked and groaned, this was going to be much harder than she thought.

**Hope y'all enjoyed, don't forget to review, and chapter four will hopefully be longer than this one. Thanks for reading!**


	4. Chapter 4: Training and 'Truth'

**Hey everyone, here's chapter four it's a little short and I'm sorta in a funk at the moment so it's probably not as good as it could be but I can alway's edit it later on. Hope y'all like it, don't forget to tell me what you think, and thanks to everyone that has faved, followed, and reviewed!**

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Training and 'Truth'

Rogue huffed slightly, this was her 3rd attempt at picking a mannequins pocket and the bell's kept ringing! She was beginning to get frustrated, her 'teacher' as he called himself, wasn't much help. He chuckled as she made the bell go off again.

" What's so damn funny?" She asked in annoyance, Gambit stood up and walked over to her.

" You're thinking to much chére," he shook his head " Don't think. Just do." Rogue blinked, that was his helpful advice! Don't think. Just do?! She sighed and didn't think about it. She walked past the mannequin, stuck her hand in it's pocket, and slowly pulled out the wallet she cowered slightly, waiting for the bell to go off, but it never did. She grinned like a manic and couldn't help but jump up and down.

" Ah did it! Ya see that Swamp boy, Ah did it!" She said happily, Gambit nodded and he opened a comic book.

" Good, now you just gotta do that 999 more times." Rogue's eye's widened, her jaw dropped, and her mind went blank.

* * *

1 MONTH LATER:

Rogue breathed a sigh of relief, she had just finished pickpocketing the mannequin for the 1,000th time and she felt pretty damn proud, She threw the wallet at Gambit and he caught it with ease.

" There, Ah finished your 'training' now what?" She asked, hand on her hip, Gambit looked at her and he stood up, walked over to her and he pulled out something small and made of metal.

" One, I can't believe it took you a month to learn that," Rogue rolled her eye's. " Second, here." He handed her the metal piece.

Rogue moved it from one hand to the other, she had no idea what it was, she saw a small red button and she pressed it. The short metal object extended into a long metal staff she looked from the staff to Gambit and back again.

" It's called a bō staff, ever used one before?" He asked and she shrugged slightly, Gambit pulled his bō staff out and he pressed the red button.

" Well I guess you'll be getting a lesson." Before Rogue had time to react, Gambit lightly hit her in the ribs she yelped slightly, more in surprise than in pain, she got into her defensive position and was ready for his next attack. He went to hit her left arm but she blocked it, than she feigned a left but actually went to hit him on the side of the face but stopped short.

" 1-1." She said, Gambit nodded and he went to hit the back of her leg but Rogue blocked it, she countered by trying to hit his knee but he blocked it. They continued parrying each others attacks, occasionally one of them would get a lucky hit. Rogue swung the staff and almost hit his abdomen but he caught it with his left hand and he kicked her legs out from under her and she fell down on the ground, Gambit straddled her hips and he held her bō against her chest.

" 10-9, I win." He said a little out of breath, their body's glistening in sweat, their breathing heavy, his brown eye's seemed to have a bit of red in them and he had a look in them, a look of want or maybe lust, Rogue looked at the muscles in his arms as they went a little lax. That's when she remembered that she was wearing a short sleeved top and wrist length gloves, she pulled her legs toward her, positioned them underneath his stomach and, with all he strength, she pushed him off of her. He landed with a thud, all the wind knocked out of him, he sat up and looked over at Rogue, who stood up, and glared at him.

" Is something wrong, chére?" He asked, he didn't know if maybe she had a boyfriend or maybe a husband.

" Yes something's wrong! Ah could've-!" She stopped, even though they had known each other a month, she hadn't told him she was a mutant, her ability was to absorb people's thoughts, memories, and their power, if they were a mutant.

" You could've?" He asked, Rogue blinked than she shook her head.

" Never mind, Ah think we're done for the day." She said as she walked past him and toward the warehouse doors, Gambit stood up, grabbed his bō staff, and his leather duster and followed her out the door.

* * *

They began walking toward Rogue's apartment, which happened to be in the French Quarter, they walked up the stairs and they stood in front of Rogue's room. She turned to look at him a small smile on her face.

" Thanks for walking me back here and for the training today, same time tomorrow?" She asked and Gambit nodded.

" Yep, well, g'night Rogue." He said and She nodded as she opened her room door, she stopped, and turned around to look at him.

" Hey umm Gambit," he turned and looked at her, she stared at her shoes. " Do you wanna come in and have dinner with me?" He blinked, this was the first time she had invited him for dinner, he nodded and followed her inside.

Rogue closed the door behind her, the room was 1,100 square foot, it had two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It was a little big for just one person but she used the other room mostly for storage. She walked into the small kitchen area as Gambit walked into the sitting area.

" Nice place." He complimented, he sat down on the couch and Rogue nodded, she poured two glasses of wine and she walked to where Gambit was sitting.

" Thanks, it wasn't cheap that's for sure." She laughed slightly as she handed Gambit his glass, he nodded in thanks and he took a sip Rogue sat down next to him and she also took a sip of her wine.

" It's a pretty big place for only one person." He commented, Rogue set her glass down on the coffee table and she nodded.

" Yeah, but it provides great storage space." She joked and he nodded as he took another sip of his wine, they sat there in silence for, what seemed like an hour, as the pizza cooked.

" Ah hope you don't mind pizza for dinner." She stood up and walked into the kitchen and grabbed a pizza out of the oven and she walked over to the coffee table, placed the box of pizza in the center, and sat down on the floor. Gambit stood up and he sat down across from her and he grabbed a piece of the pizza but quickly dropped it.

" It's hot." She said and he rolled his eye's, he up the piece of pizza again, when it had cooled some, and he took a bite. He and Rogue ate quietly, and once they had finished Rogue grabbed the empty box of pizza and threw it away, she walked back into the sitting area and she sat down on the couch next to Gambit. He looked over at her, she seemed really weird when they were sparring earlier he took a sip of his wine before speaking.

" What happened earlier? When we were sparring?" He asked and Rogue looked over at him and frowned.

" What're you talking about?"

" The skin thing, you started to say something but stopped. What were you going to tell me?" Rogue sighed as she took a big gulp of her wine, she could tell a lie or suck it up and tell him the truth.

" Ah... Ah have a rare skin condition." She lied, well, it wasn't a flat out lie. She just couldn't risk telling him she was a mutant, but wait, why did it matter? Why did she hate lying to him? And why was she so concerned about what he thought? His eye brows raised considerably.

" Okay, and is that why you wear gloves all the time?" He pointed at her gloved hand and she nodded, she usually never felt this bad about lying, but this time, she was really starting to regret it. Gambit looked at his watch and saw the time, he stood up and put his duster on.

" I should be going, 6:00 a.m. sharp." He said as he walked toward the door and Rogue followed.

" Ah wouldn't miss it for the world." She said with a small smile, and he nodded, opened the door, and walked out. Rogue closed the door behind him, locked the door, and took a shower before heading to bed.

Gambit pulled out a pack of cigarettes and, as he walked toward his hotel, pulled one out of the pack and lit it with the tip of his finger. He took a drag, held the smoke in for a little while, and he let it out slowly, something was off about Rogue and he couldn't put his finger on it, if she actually had a skin condition than he couldn't tell. He took a longer drag of his cigarette and he held it much longer, relishing in the taste, before he let it out again. He put the cigarette out as he walked up to his hotel room, opened the door, and walked in. Gambit took his duster off and threw it over a chair before going and taking a shower, once he got out of the shower he put on some shorts and a t-shirt and he crawled into bed and fell asleep quickly.

* * *

Rogue walked into the warehouse and frowned, there was rope tied to the rafters, going in all different directions, and crouching on one of the ropes sat Gambit Rogue shook her head.

" What in the world are you doing?" She asked as Gambit jumped down and landed with a small thud, he walked over to her with a cocky smirk.

" I'm just testing your balance today, every good thief has to have good balance and flexibility." He said and Rogue nodded slightly.

" What happens if Ah fall?" She asked and Gambit shrugged.

" I'll catch you, but hopefully that won't happen." Gambit said as he walked underneath a rope, Rogue walked over to the ladder and she climbed it till she reached the beam. She stood up slowly and swallowed hard, her palms began to sweat, her heart was racing, and she had butterflies in her stomach she was liable to throw up at any point. She took her boots off and she walked over to the rope.

" You're gonna catch me right?" Rogue asked worriedly, Gambit nodded.

" Yes chére, if you go to fall I'll catch you." He than mumbled. " Or at least I'll try to anyway."

" I heard that!" She yelled down at him, she took a deep breath, held it, than let it out slowly. She began to slowly walk on the rope, she began to tilt slightly to the right, than the left, and she was getting even more anxious as she slowly walked. She than felt a huge gust of window come through one of the broken windows, it blew her off balance and she gripped the rope with her toes, hoping to stay on, she went for ward than backward, arms flailing every which way till finally.

She fell.

**Did he catch her? Or did he not? Hope y'all enjoyed, I'm currently writing a sad one-shot but it's really not connected to this story I'll put two hints on my profile, any-who, thanks for reading!**


	5. Chapter 5: Fais Do-Do

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Fais do-do

She fell.

Rogue was falling faster and faster to the ground, she was mentally making her will incase Gambit didn't catch her. She closed her eye's and she landed in someone's arms but with the sudden weight in the person's arms they also fell to the ground. Rogue looked over to see who attempted to catch her and it was Gambit.

" You need to lay off the fried chicken and beignets chére." Gambit said, Rogue glared at him and she stood up and began to walk toward where her boots were, he stood up and followed her.

" I was joking Roguey, no need to take it so seriously." He said, She looked over at him and if looks could kill, he would be dead.

" One, don't call me 'Roguey' or 'chére', second Ah'm not mad about the joke, Ah'm not mad at all, a little irritated but not mad." She said as she went to put her boots on, he grabbed her upper arm before Rogue could say anything. She felt the pull that came with her powers, she saw all the veins in his hand and face, she pulled away immediately and she saw a bunch of memories that weren't hers. She closed her eye's and she created a hallway, which stored the psyches and memories of the people she had absorbed, and she opened an empty door and she put his psyche and memories in there and she locked the door. Rogue opened her eye's to see Gambit unconscious, she ran out of the warehouse and went back to her apartment.

* * *

Gambit groaned as he lifted his head off the ground, the sun was setting outside, he frowned. It should be noon not evening, he slowly stood up and he shook his head. Everything was blurry, although he did recall touching Rogue's arm than everything went dark now it felt like he had been hit by a train. He looked around and saw no sign of Rogue anywhere, he walked out of the warehouse and went to Rogue's apartment.

He walked up to Rogue's room and he knocked, he heard some muffling inside.

" Go away." He heard Rogue say from the other side of the door, Gambit shook his head.

" Can't do that chére, we need to talk." Gambit said and went to open the door but it was locked, he went to pick the lock before he heard a 'click' and the door opened slightly and he saw some of Rogue's face.

" Just leave me alone, please." She pleaded and Gambit shook his head.

" Like I said, I can't do that." Rogue sighed as she looked down at the ground.

" Why can't you just do what Ah ask?" Asked Rogue, and Gambit smiled.

" Cause I'm stubborn, now please let me in." Rogue opened the door and Gambit walked in, she closed the door behind him and she slowly walked behind him.

" Do you want something to drink?" She offered and Gambit shook his head, Rogue walked into the kitchen and she grabbed her glass of wine and she sat down on the floor, Gambit walked over and he sat down on the floor across from her.

" We gotta talk about what happened Rogue." She looked at him and saw the seriousness in his brown eye's, she shook her head.

" No we don't, you could just forget it ever happened." She said and he shook his head.

" You're a mutant aren't you? That's actually the reason you wear gloves and long sleeves in the middle of summer." He said, Rogue looked down than looked back up at him. She took a big gulp of her wine before speaking.

" Yes, Ah'm a mutant. Ah absorb people's psyches, memories, and if they're a mutant their powers. Unlike some mutants Ah can't control my powers, any time someone touches my skin ah absorb them." Gambit blinked, he could see the hurt in her eye's as she spoke about her powers, Gambit was one of the lucky ones, he couldn't alway's control his power but he found someone who could help him.

" Ah used to go the a school that helped people like me, he said he could help me control my powers and it wasn't working. Ah had gone to take the cure and it only worked for a few weeks before it wore off. My boyfriend and I went our separate ways after that, than Ah left the school and traveled for a while before Ah settled here." She explained, Gambit nodded.

" Why didn't you go back home and stay with your family?" He asked, Rogue chuckled darkly.

" Ah put the first boy ah ever kissed in a coma for three weeks, after my parents were afraid of me, afraid that ah might hurt them, Ah waited till they went to bed than Ah ran away." Gambit blinked, he couldn't imagine going through that when his powers first manifested than to add to that his family being afraid of him? He shook his head.

" Are you afraid of me?" She asked.

" No."

" You should be, Ah can hurt you." She said and he moved closer to her.

" What if I told you I don't care?" He whispered as his face was inches away from hers, her hand was balled into a fist.

" What if Ah told you that if you don't move, Ah'm gonna deck you." She whispered dangerously, Gambit just smirked.

" Well, Gambit alway's loves a good challenge." He moved closer to her and she fulfilled her promise of decking him, she hit him with a right hook and he landed on the carpet with a small thud, his smirk just got bigger as he rubbed the side of his face Rogue rolled her eye's.

" Do you ever give up?" She asked and he shook his head.

" Non, oh I almost forgot. We're going to a Fais do-do tonight." He stood up and walked toward the door, and Rogue jumped up.

" Why?" She asked and he turned to look at her.

" It'll give us something else to do other than training." He was almost out the door before he added. " Wear something casual and pretty." Rogue rolled her eye's as she gave him the middle finger, he laughed as the door closed behind him. Rogue frowned, he never gave her a time! She sighed and decided to go take a shower and get ready.

* * *

It was around 6:30 when Gambit left his hotel room and went to Rogue's apartment, he walked up the stairs and he walked up to her apartment and he knocked on the door. It opened and his jaw almost dropped. Rogue was wearing a knee length white summer dress, she wore white elbow length gloves and a pink 3/4 length sweater, she wore nude pantyhose and a pair of white heels. Her hair was in wild curls and she was wearing very light make up.

" Speechless swamp boy?" She asked and he shook his head.

" Yes, you're usually wearing dark colors this," he gestured to her outfit. " Is a complete departure from that." Rogue laughed.

" This was going to be used for a job, but Ah figured Ah'd wear it today." She shrugged as she walked out of her apartment and locked it, she took Gambit's arm and the two of them walked out of the building.

* * *

They walked into a school gym and saw a lot of people there, some were students, some were married couples with children. Rogue felt a little uncomfortable being around quite a bit of people, but she put on a brave face and she sat down at one of the tables in the corner, Gambit went to get the two of them something to drink. When he came back he sat down next to her, the band began to play a faster tempo and the people on the dance floor began to move in time with it.

" Wanna dance?" Gambit asked holding his hand out to her, she shook her head.

" Nah maybe later." She said, she noticed Gambit didn't take his sunglasses off and she thought it was kind of odd but she really didn't mind. Soon the song ended, Rogue took a sip of her drink as the new song began, Rogue grabbed Gambit's hand and dragged him out to the dance floor. She put one arm on his shoulder and the other was still clasped in his hand as he put a hand on her waist, it was a slower song so the two of them began to waltz, Rogue laid her head on his chest and smiled to herself.

Gambit looked down at her and smiled to himself, he knew he couldn't have a relationship with her but who said a bit of flirting would hurt? He heard the bands music get a little bit more upbeat and fast, Gambit quickly spun Rogue around the dance floor, she giggled slightly, he pulled her back to him and he smiled.

" Having fun?" He asked as the two of them began to move around on the dance floor faster.

" A little." She said and Gambit nodded, as the song got faster so did Rogue and Gambit, the two of them began spinning faster, she couldn't stop laughing and pretty soon so did Gambit. They were going so fast and were having so much fun they didn't see the other couple dancing just as fast as them, they bump into each other so hard they were all knocked down. The girl they had bumped into went to apologize before she let out a shrill scream, her boyfriend looked over and his eye's widened and he pushed his girlfriend behind him, Rogue looked over at Gambit and was shocked, instead of brown and white eye's looking at her they were red and black. Gambit saw his sun glasses on the ground he hurried the get them and put them back on but the damage was done, everyone was wide eyed and scared he heard them mutter the words 'freak' 'mutie' and even 'mutie freak' he got up off the floor and, he shoved anyone that was in his way out of it, he walked out of the gym and Rogue wasn't far behind him. She watched as he pulled a box full of cigarette's out of his pocket, pulled one out of the box, lit it with his finger tip, and he took a long drag from it.

" You're a mutant too?!"

**Sorry it's so short, I hope it was an okay chapter, don't forget to tell me what y'all think please, and thanks for reading!**


	6. Chapter 6: You Always Remember Your Firs

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You Always Remember Your First

" You're a mutant?!" Rogue said as she walked up to him, he turned his head slightly and shrugged.

" Maybe." He stated bluntly.

" Ah just freakin' saw you light that cigarette with your finger tip!" She said as she pointed to the cigarette, Gambit looked from the cigarette to her than back again, he put it to his mouth and he took a long drag from it, he held the smoke in for a minute before he slowly let it out. Rogue saw the cigarette bud turn a purple/pink color before he threw it into the air, there was a small pop as it exploded.

" That's my 'gift', I can 'charge' anything with kinetic energy, I could level a building if I wanted too but the bigger the object the longer I'll have to hold on to it." He explained, Rogue walked up to him slowly.

" Why didn't you tell me?" She asked quietly, he sighed and finally turned around to look at her.

" Why didn't you tell me before today?" He countered, Rogue blinked than she looked down.

" Ah was afraid."

" So was I." He walked up to her, he looked her in the eye's. " If I showed you my eye's, you would've run away screaming, terrified of me. When I lived on the streets I used to be called 'Le Diable Blanc'."

" The White Devil." Rogue translated, Gambit nodded sadly.

" Mhmm, and what happened with that girl in there, is what I was afraid would've happened with you." He said, Rogue moved a little closer to him, they were now standing chest to chest with each other.

" As you can see, Ah'm not running away in fright. Ah think, they're the most beautiful eye's Ah have ever seen." Said Rogue as she put both hands on either side of his face, he avoided eye contact with her. " Look at me, please." He finally looked at her, he hated that he was so vulnerable with her, especially when he had only known her for over a month, but she shared her story with him, it was only fair he shared his with her.

" How could anyone hate your eye's?" She said more to herself than to him, he smirked slightly. Rogue pulled away slightly and she walked past him.

" Why don't we take a walk?" She said, Gambit frowned but followed her. They walked in silence all the way to her apartment. They went inside, walked up the stairs, and when they got to her room she finally spoke.

" Tonight was... Eventful." She said and Gambit chuckled.

" To say the least." He added and Rogue nodded as she giggled softly.

" Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow?" Said Gambit, Rogue nodded as she unlocked her door, opened it, and walked inside her room, she turned to look at him.

" Goodnight."

" Goodnight." Rogue closed her door and Gambit turned around and began walking down the hall, suddenly, Rogue's room door opened and she walked out of her room, He turned around and frowned.

" Hey, umm, Ah was wondering, since we're floating in the same boat, if you wanted to be roommates?" Rogue instantly regretted saying that, Gambit saw it written all over her face, he smiled at her and he shrugged.

" Sure, why not?" He said, she blinked than smiled.

" Great, Ah'll have to move all of my stuff to my room and find the spare sheets but other than that." She said, she was relieved he didn't think she was stupid.

" I'll have to go back to my hotel to get my stuff so you'll have plenty of time." He said, Rogue nodded and she went back inside her apartment, she went straight to the second room and began clearing all the junk out.

Gambit went to his hotel, grabbed all of the stuff he had bought/stole, checked out of his hotel, and went back to Rogue's apartment. He knocked on her door, and it opened up immediately, Rogue smiled brightly at him as she opened the door.

" You can set your stuff wherever, and Ah can show you your room." Rogue walked toward the room on the right and she opened the door and flipped the switch. The room was 300 square foot room, with a tv on a dresser the right while the bed was on the left, there was a nightstand on either side with a lamp.

" I hope it's okay, I know it's not very big but." She said with a small shrug, Gambit set his stuff on the floor before he turned to look at her.

" It's fine, thanks by the way." He said as he sat down on the bed and began taking his shoes off, Rogue frowned.

" For what?"

" For not being afraid of me." She smiled.

" Not a problem, oh and thank you." It was Gambit's turn to frown.

" What for?"

" For not being afraid of me either." She walked out of the room and closed the door behind her Gambit shook his head, got up and put on sweat pants, and crawled into bed. As he fell asleep he thought.

' A grifter and a thief living together, nothing could possibly go wrong, right?'

* * *

3 MONTHS LATER:

Rogue took a deep breath before she put her foot on the tight-rope, she than put her other foot, she slowly walked across the rope. Gambit walked underneath her, in case she went to fall, and she held her arms out to the sides as she walked. Finally, she made it to the other side and she smiled down to Gambit.

" Ah did it Cajun, for the hundredth time in three months!" She yelled, he rolled his eye's but smiled up at her.

" Yeah yeah so ya've told me," he said. " Now get your butt down here, we got business to discuss." Rogue rolled her eye's but she walked over to the ladder, climbed down it, and she walked over to him.

" What'd we need to talk about?" She asked as she grabbed her water bottle, opened the cap, and took a sip. Gambit pulled out a file and he handed it to her, she took it, opened it, and began reading.

" You remember that artifact I've been trying for the past two months?" Rogue nodded. " It's here, in New Orleans, I've traced it to a Thomas Floyd he has it in his home, which is located in the garden district, but there is a couple of small problems."

" What problems?"

" He has an unhackable security system, it's a G-Tech issue 25 which is the best of the best, our next problem is the buyer wants it by midnight tonight, and our third problem is the place is surround by cameras, motion sensors, lasers, and trip wires." He explained, Rogue looked at him and blinked. " What?"

" If ah recall, this is my first job! You just taught me how to get around lasers! How in the hell do you expect me to get past, lasers, trip wires, and motion sensors?!" She asked, Gambit smiled.

" I know a guy that can help us."

* * *

As the moon was high over New Orleans and the people of the garden district were either sleeping or out partying, three people were currently sitting in a van two houses away from their target.

" So, you're entrance is either the roof or the basement, but if you want less security I'd suggest the basement." A man with short silver hair said, he wore a tight fitted black t-shirt with a pair of acid wash jeans and a pair of tennis shoes, His code-name was Alpha first name unknown. Gambit didn't trust him but with the short deadline, he had no other choice.

" Is there a reason Ah'm wearing this?" Rogue asked as she pulled her hair up into a ponytail, she was wearing a catsuit that had gloves and feet, it was black, made of leather, and she had it zipped all the way up, Gambit couldn't help but notice it accented her every curve especially her-.

" Helloo, did ya hear a word Ah said swamp-rat?" She asked as she waved her hand in front of his face, Gambit blinked and shook the thoughts out of his head.

" M'sorry, what?" Rogue rolled her eye's.

" Ah said, why am ah wearing this?" Gambit smirked.

" 'Cause you look trés belle in it," she hit him on the arm. " But on a serious note, it's so you're quiet, you're near invisible, and so you don't leave a finger print." He explained.

" Why aren't you wearing one than?" She asked.

" Because I'm a master thief, you are a novice." Alpha cleared his throat.

" Sorry to break up your lover's pitter patter but I have all of the cameras, motion sensors, and lasers down. But I can't disarm the trip wires." Said Alpha as he typed on the lap top.

" How unfortunate." Gambit mumbled as he patted him on the shoulder. " Thanks for the help mon ami." Alpha nodded.

Rogue and Gambit got out of the van and quietly ran to the mansion, he pulled out his bō staff and he used it to hurl himself over the wall, Rogue growled as she had to climb it, once both of them were over the wall, they unlocked a window which led to the basement. Gambit crawled in first, than he held it open for Rogue, he closed it quietly behind her and the walked up the stairs, opened the door, and went inside the house.

Gambit stealthily made his way through the dining room, with Rogue in tow, and they went toward a hallway. Gambit walked down the hallway but quickly stopped when he looked at the ground and saw a trip wire, he felt Rogue bump into him and he spun around and grabbed her by the wrist. He pressed a finger against his lip and he pointed to the trip wire, she nodded as they both stepped over it they turned a corner, opened a door, and saw the artifact at the end of the room. Rogue went to step forward but Gambit grabbed her arm.

" What?" She whispered, Gambit pulled a hair pin out of her hair and he dropped it on the floor, the step sunk into the floor and throwing knives shot out of the walls. Rogue gulped.

" How did you know?" She asked.

" That tile was slightly more elevated than the others, which means it's a spring loaded trap." He said, matter-of-factly. They began to make their way across the room, once they reached the artifact, which looked like a genie lamp, and Rogue grabbed it. She turned to smiled at him.

" You just stole your first item chére." He said, somewhat proudly, Rogue nodded as the two of them began walking out of the room, she heard a 'click' and felt something loosely wrap around her ankle, she felt something push her forward. Rogue curled herself around the artifact as she landed on the ground, she heard 'slam' and 'click, click' she stood up, turned around, and saw Gambit locked in a cell.

" What-?" She started but he cut her off.

" You have to get out now!" He yelled as sirens and red lights began flashing, the doors to the room were beginning to close.

" But-!"

" Go! Y'know where to find me! Hurry get out!" He yelled, Rogue relented and finally ran out of the room as the door shut behind her.

* * *

Gambit moved his wrist slightly, he heard the usual jingle of the handcuffs, he knew this was the first time he had been arrested. His family would never let it down, he sighed, he missed them terribly and just thinking about them made him miss them more. The door to the interrogation room opened and two detectives walked in, the first one looked to be in his mid-fifties, he was around 280 pounds, and was bald. Gambit kept track of that in case he decided to fight his way out. The second one was around, 6'5 and was about 167 pounds, he was very scrawny and lanky, he had short black hair. Their names were Browning and Williams, They sat down across from Gambit.

" What's your name?" The older one, Detective Williams, asked, Gambit shrugged.

" Newton." He stated simply.

" Okay, Newton, What were you doing in Mr. Floyd's home at 10:09 this evening?" Detective Browning asked.

" What were you doing in his home this evening?" Gambit repeated.

" Don't copy what I said." Detective Browning said.

" Don't copy what I said." Gambit repeated again but with a higher pitched voice, Detective Browning's face began to get red with anger.

" If you copy what I said, so help me-." He started before Gambit cut him off.

" If you copy what I said, so help me." Gambit repeated with a deeper voice, Detective Browning slammed his fist against the table.

" Look here punk I-." He started before the door opened and in walked a girl with a red mini pencil skirt, a tight red button up top, a black business jacket, and red heels. She wore green eye shadow, pink lipstick, and she had flame red hair that had a lot of volume. She smiled seductively at the Detectives.

" Good evening gentlemen, I'm Tabitha Fox, Mr. Newton's attorney. Now, I hear you're harassing my client is that correct?" She asked as she walked over to Gambit, she was holding a folder in her left arm while her right hand was on her hip and, Gambit noticed, she had a Texas accent, Browning and Williams stuttered for a moment.

" Well, y'see Ms. Fox he was caught breaking into Mr. Floyd's home-." Browning started.

" Are you sure it was Mr. Newton because, according to this photo, taken by Mr. Floyd's cameras, that your burglar appears to be blonde, not auburn." She pulled out the photo and she pushed it in front of them, Gambit looked at the photo, it was him and Rogue, he looked at the detectives who nodded.

" It appears he is blonde, I'm so sorry about the mix up Mr. Newton." Williams said, Gambit stood up and shook his outstretched hand, Browning shook his hand as well.

" Not a problem, we all make mistakes every once in a while." He said as he and Tabitha walked out of the interrogation room. Once they were out of the police station and out of their eye and ear shot, Tabitha pulled off her hair, which was a wig, and she handed to Gambit. She pulled her hair out of the bun it was in and she smiled at him.

" Thanks for getting me out of jail, Rogue." He said as he handed her the wig, Rogue smiled at him.

" It was the least Ah could do after you went to jail for me." She shrugged. " By the way, Ah'm sorry for that Ah should've-." Gambit stopped, turned her to face him, and, he moved his trench coat sleeve over his hand, he cover her mouth.

" Hush, there ain't no hard feeling's over that. But now we have to leave New Orleans." He said sadly, Rogue nodded.

" Well this has been a very interesting job." Gambit said after a moment of silence, Rogue smiled and nodded.

" Like momma alway's said, you always remember your first." She giggled slightly, Gambit nodded.

" Ain't that the truth." Suddenly, he looked over at her and frowned.

" How did you convince those two detectives that I was blonde in the photo?" Rogue giggled.

" Ah absorbed a telepath on the way over, and Ah figured the accent would help cover mine so." She shrugged and he nodded, the two of them walked in silence for a while before she looked over at him.

" Where next boss?" She asked, he frowned.

" Let's start with up, than we can decided." Rogue nodded.

" Sounds like a plan."

**I hope y'all liked it, now every chapter after this will feature a job so if anyone wants me to write a certain job feel free to tell me, I hope y'all enjoyed and thanks for reading!**


	7. Chapter 7: The Smithsonian

The Smithsonian.

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On an airplane somewhere over the states:

Rogue looked out the window and watched all the clouds go by, she ignored the shuffling of cards next to her, as she continued watching the clouds. Sometimes, she wished she had the power to fly, to feel the wind in her face, to get away at a moments notice.

" Rogue?" She heard someone say, she turned to see Gambit staring at her.

" What Cajun?"

" You okay?" He asked, slight concern in his voice, she nodded.

" Yeah Ah'm fine swamp rat, just wishing Ah could fly." She said as she looked out the window again.

" Didn't you ever absorb someone who could fly?" He asked, Rogue cut him a look.

" Ah tried _not_ to absorb people on purpose." Rogue said, Gambit held his hands up in defense.

" Désole, I didn't mean it like that, I know you wouldn't have absorbed anyone on purpose." He said. Rogue nodded.

" So, where are we going?" She asked, changing the subject, Gambit pulled out a small brochure and he handed it to her, she opened it.

" The Smithsonian?"

" The Natural history Smithsonian to be exact," his went hushed as he spoke the next part. " We're going to scope it out first, than we're going to steal the Star of Asia." Rogue frowned.

" Isn't that the worlds most known sapphire?" She asked, Gambit nodded. " How much does it weigh?"

" 330 carats, or 66 grams if that makes you feel better." He said, Rogue groaned.

" How are we gonna get that thing outta there?" She asked, Gambit smirked.

" I came prepared." He said, the put on seatbelt light came on and they followed the instructions and the plane landed, everyone got off the plane and walked into the airport.

* * *

Gambit sighed as he looked around the Gems and Minerals exhibit, he was just itching to take more than the Star of Asia, he looked at Rogue and saw she seemed to be enjoying the exhibit. They came up to where the sapphire was and he glanced around to make sure no one was around.

" Motion sensors around the entrances and exits, lasers around the windows and the glass case." Gambit whispered, Rogue, pretending to look at a brochure, nodded.

" Air duct above the gem, possible lasers or a possible motion sensor, but Ah highly doubt it. That would be our best and safest bet." She said, not looking at him, he nodded.

" I agree." He said as he watched a blonde woman walk past him, he turned around and walked away, with Rogue turning around and following after him.

They walked to the car, got inside, and Gambit began to drive to the hotel. They drove in silence while Rogue went over the building designs, he heard her sigh eventually.

" What?"

" Ah'm trying to figure out how we'll be able to get to the air ducts." She said as she continued reading over the blue prints, He shrugged.

" Why don't you do what you do best?" He suggested.

" Do what ah do best?"

" Yeah, you know, use your gift." Rogue frowned.

" What? Con the guards?" She asked, he nodded, she scoffed. " And how am Ah supposed to do that?"

" You're the con man, you figure it out." He said, she rolled her eye's and continued to study the blue prints.

* * *

At The Hotel:

Rogue sat on her bed with her laptop, looking at the guard schedule. Gambit had gone to get them dinner, she looked at all the different guards that would be on duty. She looked at the dining table they had and saw Gambit's computer there, she shook her head, she wasn't going to be nosy. She looked at one guard in particular, a Carl Donovan. She looked up as the door opened and in walked Gambit, she saw he had Chinese food.

" Hope you like Chinese food." He said as he closed the door, she nodded as she closed her laptop and stood up.

" Love it." She said as she sat down at the table, he sat down across from her, he put the food on the table and he begun handing her some of it.

She grabbed a box of noodles, and a pair of chop-sticks, they began to eat in silence. When they finished eating they threw the boxes away, Rogue grabbed her drink, and she sat down on her bed with her laptop.

" Ah found the guards patrolling tonight." She announced, Gambit nodded as he sat down on his bed and he looked at her.

" Good, did you find the one in charge?" He asked, she nodded.

" Yeah, a Carl Donovan."

" Okay, oh and I found us another job here." Gambit said, she nodded.

" What's the job?" She asked, he shrugged.

" We'll be breaking into a secure facility, it's supposedly a holding place for mutants." He said, she frowned.

" How did you hear about this, 'secure facility'?" She used air quotes when she said secure facility.

" Through the grape-vine, I'll be scoping out the place after we steal the sapphire." He said as he grabbed the t.v. remote, he turned it on, and began to channel surf.

" Who is the buyer for the Star of Asia?" She asked curiously, Gambit glanced and her and shrugged.

" Who said there was a buyer?" He countered, Rogue's eye's narrowed.

" You're keeping it to yourself?"

" No, _we're_ keeping it to ourselves." He corrected, she shut her laptop and she looked at him.

" And how in the world do you-"

" _We_" he corrected her again, she sighed.

" And how in the world do _we_ plan on hiding it without getting caught?" She asked, Gambit smirked.

" Simple. We hide it in one of our many accounts, which can't be traced to either of us, and make sure no one goes inside." He said, Rogue looked at him.

" Do you just think of that stuff ahead of time or on your feet?" She asked, his smirk widened, but he didn't answer.

* * *

The Smithsonian, Midnight:

Rogue sighed as she stood outside the museum, she couldn't believe what Gambit was making her do. She wanted to be in on the theft, not a distraction. She blew a strand of her, now teal, hair out of her face, She grabbed her baseball bat swung it around once before she gripped it with both hands, and swung it at a glass window. She heard the alarms go off, she began shouting wildly in a french accent.

" Louis! Vous tricherie fils de pute! Sors d'ici ou je te jure que tu vivras à le regretter il!*" She yelled but slurred slightly, she saw a door open and two guards come running toward her, she dropped the bat and picked up a half empty liquor bottle and took a big swig from it.

" Ma'am! Ma'am, is everything alright?" The first guard asked, she looked at his name tag, C. Donovan, she smiled inwardly.

" Non, everything is not alright, Louis is going to come out here and explain why he cheated on me with that hussy!" She yelled again, Donovan grabbed her gently by the arm.

" Ma'am, no one lives here this is a museum." He tried to calm her down but she wouldn't listen to reason.

" Ce salaud m'a dit c'est là qu'il a vécu! que la tricherie mère-!" She yelled again, but was cut off when a man, with short black hair and blue eye's came up to them.

" Excuse me gentleman, but I believe this woman is looking for me." He said, Rogue glared at him, than she slapped him. Hard. He winced slightly.

" Louis, Vous tricherie fils de pute! I hate you so much!" She said as she hit his chest, than she turned to the guards. " I told you he lived here!" They sputtered slightly.

" Look, I'll pay for the damages, I'm sorry about what happened here." The man pulled out a wad of cash and he handed it to the guards, the man pulled Rogue away and they walked down the street.

As soon as they were out of eye and ear shot, Gambit pulled the wig off and took the contacts out of his eye's, he looked over at Rogue, as she also pulled her wig off, and smiled.

" Ya did good chére." He said as he got in the car, she shrugged.

" Ah wish ah could've actually stole the sapphire." She mumbled, he sighed.

" I know, and I'm sorry but I thought you'd rather pretend to cuss out a cheating boyfriend." He smiled as he noticed her smiling.

" Yeah ah did enjoy that part." She agreed, they went silent as Gambit drove, but when they were near the hotel he sped past it, she frowned.

" Where are we going?"

" Y'know, that mutant facility I was telling you about?" She nodded. " Well I know where it is, and I know how to get in."

" Are we equipped for this type of thing?" She was beginning to get a little nervous, he nodded.

" We'll be fine."

* * *

Somewhere in Washington, D.C.:

Gambit quietly opened a window, he hoisted Rogue up and, once she's inside, he climbs in after her. The room was made of metal, it was a mixture of titanium and adamantium. They walked as stealthily as they could through the halls, the hall was big and empty, except for one door at the end of the hall. Gambit went toward it until Rogue grabbed his arm.

" Wait, what if it's a trap?" She whispered hurriedly, Gambit shook his head.

" I doubt it." He whispered back, they continued down the hall until they came to the door. Gambit opened the door and his eye's widened.

Cages upon cages were lined up next to each other, all of them filled with mutants, some you could tell had been experimented on others you could tell hadn't. They walked on and looked in each of the cells, some were older, others were younger, Gambit looked in one of the cells and stopped dead. It was a little girl, no older than five, she had short red hair, big brown eye's, and she looked so small and frail. She was ice pale, as though she had never been in the sun. Gambit's anger was flared and, from what he could tell, so was Rogue's the girl stood up and walked over to them, until, she collapsed onto the ground. They noticed she was wearing a shock collar.

Gambit growled and he ran to the other end of the hall, with Rogue hot on his heels, he hated it when people hurt children. He opened the door and he turned to his right, ran up the stairs, and saw a door. He kicked the door open and he pulled three cards out of his pockets, charged them, and threw them at the guards, he put a flash drive in there computers and he typed in a few numbers, and their money began to transfer into his account. Rogue came in after him, she saw a guard out of the corner of her eye, she swung her leg to the side and hit him on the side of the face. Gambit walked over to the control panel and he hit a button. All the cages doors opened and the collars came off, the mutants walked out. Gambit and Rogue walked out of the control room and into the cell room, the mutants gathered around at the sight of Gambit and Rogue.

" Why're you letting us go?" A man asked, Gambit looked at him.

" We ain't with these guy's, we're here to, not only rob them, but to give your freedom back to you." He explained, Rogue looked at him.

" When did you rob them?" She asked, he glanced at her before shrugging.

" Umm, when I took those first guards out." He said as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.

" So, I want everyone in a single file line, no pushing or shoving, and please keep your voices down." Gambit said, they all nodded as they began to walk out of the room, Rogue came up next to him.

" Ah thought you said this was a secure facility?" She whispered, he shook his head.

" Shhhush! Don't jinx it!" He whispered hurriedly, suddenly, there was a crunching of metal against metal, loud banging, they all stopped moving to look behind them. The wall behind them began to be ripped apart, Rogue's eye's widened. Once there was a huge hole in the wall, a mechanical lion, bear, and ox came out. Gambit glared at her.

" You just had to open your big fat mouth!" He said, Rogue looked at him.

" Your the idiot that brought us here!" She yelled.

" Uh, sorry to interrupt you love birds but uh, don't ya think we should be running about now?!" A boy asked, Gambit and Rogue looked at him, than at the mechanical animals, than at the mutants.

" Right," Gambit said as the animals began to charge at them. " EVERYBODY RUN!"

***Louis! You cheating son of a bitch! Get out of here or I swear you will live to regret it!**

***That bastard told me this is where he lived! That Cheating mother-!**


	8. Chapter 8: The Smithsonian Pt 2

**Sorry this chapters late, and probably the next chapters will be too.**

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The Smithsonian Pt. 2.

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Gambit, Rogue, and the mutants were currently running for their lives, the Bear and The Lion were chasing Rogue and Gambit while the Ox chased the mutants. Rogue ran to her right while Gambit, his left, the Lion went after him while the Bear went after her.

Rogue ran down a long hallway than turned left, she heard the mechanical bear chase after her, she continued running until she came to a dead end. She heard it slowly approach her, she turned around slowly to see it's red eye's staring at her, they just stared at one another for a moment, the bear ran at her. She jumped up as it hit the wall, she landed on it's head and she stood there, balancing herself somehow, before she jumped off and took off down the hall.

Gambit was having just as much luck, as he ran down the hall way he charged a card and threw it at the lion, the card hit its ear and it exploded, he was thankful it wasn't made of vibranium otherwise it would've been that much harder to destroy them. He pulled out more cards from his pocket, charged them, and threw them at the lion, they hit their target, it lost both of it's front legs, it's left side, and than the fourth one hit it's face. When it exploded Gambit ducked into a corner so he wouldn't get hit by debris, he walked out of the corner and took off down the hall and to the right, he needed to find Rogue and the Mutants.

Rogue slid underneath the bear as it came toward her again, she stood up and spun around, she round kicked it in the face, the bear shook it's head before it roared at her, she jumped back slightly until she saw it glow a purple pink color, her eye's widened at the realization at what was about to happen, she covered her head as the bear was blown to pieces. She uncovered her head and she saw Gambit standing there, she glared at him.

" Ah had it." She growled, Gambit shrugged and half smirked.

" Yeah, that's why when it roared you jumped back twenty feet." He said sarcastically.

" Ah didn't jump."

" _Sure_ ya didn't." His smirk widened when she flipped him off.

" Screw You Cajun." She and Gambit both jumped when they heard screaming, they ran out of the hallway and turned right, they followed the screaming until they saw the Ox had cornered the mutants, Gambit ran toward them, but, instead of helping them he climbed the ladder! Rogue grabbed a metal pipe, ran toward the mutants and the ox, and began to distract it. She should've known better than to trust a thief.

" Yo! Ya big hunk of junk! Ah wanna give you a piece of my mind!" The ox turned toward her and was about to charge when, suddenly, Gambit jumped down from the pipes and he pulled out his bo staff, extended it, and he jammed it into the mechanical Ox's neck. The Ox struggled, Gambit made sure the ox couldn't get free before he put his hands on it's neck and he charged it.

The ox exploded once he removed his hands, Gambit jumped off it's mechanical ox's body and he saw Rogue looking at him.

" What?" He asked, she rolled her eye's and threw the pipe to the side.

" Nothing." She mumbled as she walked over to the mutants, they were standing there, stunned.

" Alright everyone, excitements over, start climbing." They nodded and began climbing the ladder one at a time, the little girl, who looked like she had never been in the sun before, tried to climb the ladder but her feet slipped, Gambit caught her and, when she looked up at him, he smiled.

" You need some help petite?" He asked, she nodded, he crouched down slightly and she climbed onto his back, she wrapped her arms around his neck and he began climbing up the ladder and Rogue followed behind him.

When they had reached the surface they noticed all the mutants were gone, Gambit crouched down so the little girl could slide off his back. He helped Rogue up before he closed the shaft, he looked at the little girl and saw her eye's were wide.

" What's wrong sweetie?" Rogue asked as she walked over to the little girl and crouched down in front of her, the little girl shrugged, she noticed her shivering, since it was mid December and the little girl was wearing a thin long-sleeved red jumpsuit and a pair of matching shoes. Gambit took his trench coat off and handed it to the little girl.

" Here ya go fille." He smiled, she took the jacket reluctantly, but she slipped it on and wrapped it around herself tightly.

" Have you ever been outside?" She shook her head, Rogue looked at Gambit.

" Do you have a name?" He asked as he crouched down next to Rogue, the little girl shook her head.

" Umm, Okay, Ah know a place you can stay." Rogue said as she stood up, she held her hand out to the girl. " C'mon hun, let's go." The girl grabbed her hand and they began walking to the car, Gambit stood up and followed them.

* * *

Once they got into the car Rogue sat in the back seat with the little girl while Gambit drove, although, he wasn't really sure where he was currently going he decided he'd start at their hotel. The little girl laid her head, albeit hesitantly, on Rogue's covered shoulder, she inhaled sharply but relaxed when she knew she wasn't absorbing the girl.

" So, do you have a name?" Gambit asked her, he looked at her through the rearview mirror and she shook her head. " Okay, umm, family? Do you have any family petite?" She shook her head again.

" Do you know how to talk?" Rogue asked not unkindly, the little girl moved her head to look Rogue in the eye's and she shrugged.

" A bit." She squeaked, Rogue looked at Gambit than back at the little girl.

" So she finally speaks." Gambit said, a smile on his face, the girl glowered at him before directing her attention to Rogue.

" The only name I would be called was mutate #825368463." Rogue blinked.

" Wow that's a mouthful." She laughed slightly, the little girl nodded, Gambit listened to the girl talk and he looked in the rearview mirror.

" Well since you don't really have a name we could come up with one. Hey, y'know what those numbers spell out when you make them into letters?" The girls shook their heads and Gambit's smile widened. " It spells Valentine, I think that name fits you, it means Strong, and from what I cam tell you're one tough fille." She grinned at him.

" Hey look, it smiles." He teased, she stuck her tongue out at him. " Oh very mature Vally, oh so very mature." She laughed and laid her head on Rogue's shoulder again, Rogue looked at Gambit and she smiled slightly at him, his grin turned into a soft smile as he looked back at the road.

An Hour and a Half Later:

Rogue climbed between the seats and she sat down in the passenger seat, Valentine had fallen asleep sometime on the way to the hotel, Rogue buckled up and she watched the white lines in the middle of the road. Gambit glanced at her.

" She asleep?" He asked, Rogue nodded.

" Yeah, she fell asleep a couple of minutes ago." She whispered as she looked back to make sure Valentine was still asleep, she looked back toward the road.

" What did you mean when you said you knew a place she could stay?" He asked curiously, he noticed her eye's widen, it wasn't in fear, it was more like shock and nervousness at the same time.

" Ah, Ah heard about this school through the grap-vine, it's supposed to be a safe haven for mutants who want/need to hone their powers. And for those who have nowhere else to go." She said the last part quietly, she looked out the window and the rest of the ride was quiet.

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The Next Morning:

Gambit had gotten up early and went to the nearest store to buy Valentine some clothes because, he figured, it'd look kinda suspicious if she went to the airport wearing a prison like jumpsuit. He walked back into his hotel room and heard the shower running and saw Rogue sitting in the dining room chair, he put the breakfast he had got on the table and handed her a cup of coffee.

" Thanks." She said as she took the cup from his hands and took a sip, Gambit sat down across from her and jerked a thumb toward the bathroom door.

" She been in there long?" He asked as he pulled out three boxes of food, Rogue shook her head.

" Not really," Rogue said as she heard the shower water turn off, she looked at the other bag on the floor, he shrugged.

" I bought her some clothes, I thought it might look suspicious if she went to the airport wearing her jumpsuit." He said as he ate his breakfast, she nodded as she grabbed the bag, stood up, and walked toward the bathroom She knocked on the door.

" Hey Val, Here's some clothes." She said, Valentine cracked the door enough to fit her hand through and she took it from Rogue and she closed the door again.

" Thank you." She said, Rogue shrugged.

" Thank Gambit he bought them for you." Rogue said as she walked toward the table, Valentine walked out of the bathroom wearing a grey t-shirt, a pair of blue jeans, a brown coat, and a pair of white tennis shoes. Her hair was an ebony color, her skin looked like porcelain, her eye's were a deep chocolate brown and as big as saucers. Her cheeks were sunken in and she was so thin Gambit was slightly afraid if he picked her up he'd break her on accident. She walked over to the table and sat down, Rogue put her breakfast in front of her and she looked from her to it.

" What's wrong?" She asked, Valentine shook her head.

" What are these?" She asked, she held up a knife and a fork, Rogue and Gambit looked at each other before looking at Valentine.

" Umm well, this is a fork, you poke food with it," Rogue said as she stabbed a pancake with her fork. " And this is a knife, you cut food with it." Rogue used the knife and cut the pancake, Valentine nodded slowly before she cut her own pancake.

Once they finished eating they packed up and checked out of the hotel, the drive to the airport was uneventful and quiet. They walked into the airport and instantly Valentine got nervous, she was holding both Gambit and Rogue's hands they noticed the lights began to flicker and they heard people complaining about the computers. Gambit crouched down next to her.

" Is that your power? To manipulate technology?" He asked, she nodded, He picked her up and he carried her. " You're nervous because there's so many people huh?" She nodded again as Rogue put a hand on her back.

" It's okay sugah, no one's going to hurt you, and if they try to. They'll have to go through us first." Rogue assured her, Valentine nodded and she laid her head on Gambit's shoulder, they went and got their tickets and they boarded the airplane.

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Salem Center, NY:

The plane ride was somewhat smooth, except for an annoying six year old kicked the back of their seats. They got a rental car and drove to the school, Rogue began getting nervous, she hadn't been back to that school in over a year and a half, she quickly changed into a navy blue dress shirt, a pair of black dress pants, a black blazer, a pair of stilettos, and a pair of black gloves. She put on a black wig and a pair of glasses, they pulled up to the school and he parked the car.

It was a mansion, it had two oak doors, Rogue turned in her seat to look at Valentine.

" You remember what to say right?" She asked, Val nodded, she hugged Gambit around the back of his neck and she smiled.

" Thanks for saving me." Gambit waved it away and he smiled.

" Not a problem, be good petite." He said, she nodded at him before she and Rogue got out of the car, walked up the steps, and knocked on the door.


	9. Chapter 9: The Return

The Return.

Rogue and Valentine walked up the stone steps and knocked on the door, it didn't take long before the door opened. A girl with short brown hair and beautiful hazel eye's looked at them, Rogue recognized her as Kitty Pryde aka Shadowcat, she was one of Rogue's best friends. Until Rogue left the school two years ago when her powers returned, Kitty smiled at them.

" Can I help you?" She asked kindly, Rogue cleared her throat before speaking.

" Hello, I am Danny Torrence, I'm part of a group that locates missing mutants," Rogue said in an Australian accent. " We recently found a facility capturing and experimenting on mutants, they tried to evolve their mutations by mixing different types of DNA and the X-Gene. I was wondering if I may be able to come in?" Kitty blinked and moved out of the way to let them in.

" Follow me." She said as they walked, Valentine held Rogue's hand tightly, she looked down at the little raven haired girl and smiled warmly at her, Val looked up and returned the smile.

" In here please, I won't be gone long I just need to get the headmistress." Kitty said, Rogue and Val walked into the office as Kitty closed the door behind them, Val looked at Rogue.

" Are you okay?" She asked, Rogue blinked than looked down at her. The office was exactly the same, there was a leather couch against the wall on the right, a small coffee table was in front of it, the desk was across from the door and there was two chairs in front of it, the chess board on the left side of the room was exactly in the same spot.

" Yeah sugah, just reminiscing." She whispered in her normal accent, she sat down in one of the chairs in front of the beautiful mahogany desk as Val sat in the other.

A few minutes later footsteps could be heard outside the room, the door opened and in walked a beautiful african woman with long snow white hair that was brushed back with a head band and big blue eye's, she wore a blue sleeveless maxi dress with a golden bracelet and gold sandals. She walked over to the desk and sat down in the chair.

" I was told you help mutants." She stated, Rogue nodded and cleared her throat.

" Yes ma'am, our group is called S.M.A.A., Saving Mutants All Around, we find information on supposed mutant base camps where they're hiding, sealing, experimenting, and even killing mutants. I found about twenty to thirty mutants just the other evening in Washington, they all varied in age, although they mostly were in their late twenties to early thirties." Rogue explained in her Australian accent, she than gestured to Valentine.

" This is Valentine, she was formally known as Mutate #825368463, she's only four years old. We believe she may have been born there, she's adjusting well to her surroundings. Before you ask yes she is a mutant, she can control technology." Rogue explained, she looked over at Valentine who nodded, Val closed her eye's and concentrated on the computer. Storm looked over at her computer and saw it was uploading anti-virus hardware than it suddenly turned off, along with the lights in the room.

" That's some power." Kitty said, the lights in the room came back on along with Storm's computer, Rogue smiled at them.

" She does have an interesting power," Storm agreed with a nod of her head. " But I'm also curious as to why you brought her here."

" I assumed you could help her hone her powers and teach how she can use them properly instead of out of fear." Rogue said, Storm and Kitty glanced at each other before looking back at them.

" We don't have special classes for children her age, since most of the time their powers emerge when they're in their adolescents, but I'm sure we can make some exceptions for her." Storm said as she looked from Rogue to Valentine, Rogue knew they wouldn't be able to turn her away, that wasn't what they did, they helped people who had nowhere else to go. They all stood up and Storm held her hand out for Val to take, she looked over at Rogue as she crouched down next to the little girl.

" Hey, you'll be alright, this nice lady will make sure you get everything you need." Rogue said, she so much wanted to say it in her regular accent but didn't want them to know it was her, Valentine nodded.

" Will you visit me?" She asked quietly, she shrugged leaned forward and whispered, in her normal accent, in Val's ear.

" We'll try sweetie, be good, okay?" She asked before clearing her throat and moving back, Valentine nodded before taking Storm's outstretched hand, cautiously I might add, and walking away.

Rogue walked out of the mansion and got into the car, Gambit looked over at her.

" You okay?" He asked, she nodded.

" Yeah, Ah'll be fine." She sighed as Gambit began to drive away from the mansion that was once her home, they drove for a few minutes before pulling into their motel. Gambit got out of the car, walked into the office to get the keys, and walked out again. They found their motel room and walked inside, Rogue walked over to her bed before sitting down on it.

" So, we got any jobs here?" She asked, Gambit pulled his laptop out, turned it on and entered the password, before looking something up.

" Yep, we've got a job. Tobby Langley, CEO of Armstrong inc., husband and father, he currently has a security system made by Alpha and Omega." He said as he continued looking at something on his computer.

" Wait, didn't we work with Alpha?" She asked, He nodded.

" Yep, and that was one of their systems too, they set us up." He slammed his computer shut before grabbing his duffel bag and walking toward the bathroom.

" I'm taking a shower." He grumbled to no one in particular, She nodded before grabbing the TV remote and looking for something to watch.

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Once Gambit had finished taking a shower Rogue jumped in, she finished, put clothes on, and they quickly left the hotel and drove to Tobby Langley's home.

Once there they sat outside the house, they were waiting for Langley to leave so they could get inside, they mostly sat there in silence.

" Y'know, I think I've finally figured out what you are." He suddenly said, she turned to look at him.

" And what might that be?"

" A Grifter." He stated firmly, she frowned.

" What the hell is that?" She asked, he chuckled.

" It's basically being a con man, you're sort of an actress playing multiple parts, you're actually one of the best that I've ever seen. And considering your powers you wouldn't really have to try to act, you'd have their accent, their appearance in some cases, possibly their personality." He explained, Rogue blinked.

" So you're a grifter."

" And you're a thief."

" We make quite the pair, eh?" He smirked, she couldn't help but chuckle slightly. They heard a car door slam shut and saw it's tail lights come on, Langley was leaving his home. Finally.

After the car pulled out of the drive way Rogue and Gambit got out of the car and quickly ran to the house, jumped the fence, and went toward the back yard. Gambit came up to the side of the house with Rogue next to him, he grabbed her arm and pushed her against the wall, Gambit had his body pressed up against hers.

" What're you-?" He silenced her by putting his gloved hand over her mouth, she glowered at him, he motioned his head toward the side.

" There's a camera on the other side of the wall, I just saved your river rat butt from getting caught on camera." He whispered, she blinked and moved her head slightly and saw, as much as she hated to think it, the damn Cajun was right, there was a camera on the other side of the wall. She went to tell him that but her breath hitched in her throat, she didn't notice their close proximity until that moment, they were both breathing heavily, she watched the way his chest rose and fell with each intake of breath, she noticed if she moved her head a certain way her cheek would brush against his chest. Her eye's traveled up his chest to his face and noticed slight stubble on his jaw she glanced momentarily at his lusty and very full lips, than her eye's met his. They were so full of fire and lust, they looked like embers burning in a fire, she realized her thoughts and she quickly shook her head, she shouldn't be thinking about her business partner this way, they were only working together, she wouldn't -couldn't- have a crush on him, it would end badly for both of them.

" Chére?" He asked, Rogue blinked.

" Hmm?"

" The camera's gone." He whispered, she looked up at the camera and saw there was nothing left but smoke, she pushed him back and she ran toward the back door, with Gambit following behind her.

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They walked inside the house and began to head toward the back stairs that were in the kitchen, they quietly walked all the way up until they came to a dead end, she looked at him.

" Now where genius?" She whispered, he held up a hand to silence her.

" They attic is right there, and there is about twenty to thirty lasers, plus one motion sensor, and a heat sensor." He whispered, he grabbed the door knob and slowly opened it, as soon as it opened the laser activated and the motion sensor turned on as did the heat sensor.

" Where is Spiderman when you need him." Gambit mumbled, Rogue nodded.

" Okay, first we need to cut the power to this room," she said and, at first, she didn't notice he was missing, until she did a double take. " Gambit?" She asked, she assumed he was cutting the power off.

She leaned against the door jam when she noticed the right light turn off on the motion and heat sensors, she noticed the lasers didn't turn off and she sighed, she hated lasers. She skillfully crawled, stepped, jumped, and leapt over the lasers, once she was on the other side she saw a small cuboid shaped box, she slowly picked it up and frowned, since when didn't an alarm go off? She shrugged and slowly went through the lasers and, once on the other side, she walked down the stairs.

Once toward the back door she saw Gambit leaning casually against it, her eye's narrowed at the sight of him.

" Have you been down here the entire time?" She asked as she shoved him out of the way and opened the back door.

" Kinda," he admitted with a grin on his face Rogue wanted to wipe off.

" Well ya could've helped!" She said loudly, Gambit ran up to her and shushed her.

" I _did_ help, I turned to power off!" He whispered hurriedly she rolled her eye's.

" You could've helped getting this stupid box! You know Ah hate going through lasers!" She said loudly again as they walked to the car, he shushed her again.

" Can you learn to be quiet?!" He whispered she shook her head.

" NOPE!" She yelled loudly, he finally yelled.

" BE QUIET!" She smirked and laughed.

" Geez keep your voice down, you'll wake the dead." She sat down in the car and he growled before getting in the car and driving away.

They drove toward an empty field, she always hated meeting clients like this it made her nervous, he eased on the brake as they made a dead stop in the middle of the field. Rogue rubbed her hands together.

" Cold chére?" Gambit asked as he turned the heater up, she shook her head.

" Nah, just nervous." She mumbled, he nodded.

" Just don't let it show on your face, 'kay?" He asked, she nodded and calmed herself down.

" So, what do you want for Christmas?" He asked, he was trying to get her mind off what was going on, she looked at him and shrugged again.

" Nothing, we thieves can get anything we want, without needing a special holiday." She said, he crossed his arms.

" Everyone deserves something for Christmas, even thieves." He smiled, she couldn't help but return the gesture. " Also, if you think about it, Christmas is the thieves holiday."

" Why? Because it's one of the two holiday's that most thefts occur?"

" Non, because jolly ol' Saint Nick, AKA Santa Claus, is the patron saint of thieves*." He stated matter of factly, her brow furrowed.

" No he ain't." She argued.

" Yes he is."

" No he ain't!"

" Yes he is!"

Argued back and forth until their client arrived, Gambit took the box from her hands and got out of the car. She watched as he handed the client the box and the client gave him an envelope full of money. They shook hands before Gambit walked back to the car, got inside, and drove away from the field. As they drove back to the hotel Rogue took the envelope and opened it.

" How much?" He asked.

" 210,000." She said, he blinked, she didn't even count it! Either she could tell how much was in it by the weight and look, or she was just assuming.

They pulled into their hotel parking lot, got out of the car, and walked inside their hotel. Rogue kicked her shoes off and plopped face down on the bed, she didn't even bother to take her coat off. He smiled as her breathing got deeper, she fell asleep, he walked over to the bed and blinked, her coat was soaking wet from the melted snow. If it wasn't wrong he'd take her coat off, oh to hell with it, he's done worse than just taking off a woman's coat so why should this be any different? He gently turned her onto her back and he quietly unzipped her coat he pulled her left arm first than her right. He grabbed her coat and threw it over a chair, he took his own coat off and threw over the opposite chair he grabbed his thick blanket from his bed and threw it over her. He made sure she was tucked in before he walked over to his bed and fell asleep, tomorrow would be another day.

***He actually IS the patron saint of thieves, I looked it up just to make sure.**

**I'm so sorry this chapter's late, I hope it's okay, Although I wish I could draw because I would so love to draw this whole story haha! Thanks for reading and reviewing!**


	10. Chapter 10: Canada's Surprises pt 1

Canada's Surprises pt. 1

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Gambit awoke with a start, he was hearing groaning and the rustling of a blanket, he turned to look at Rogue and frowned slightly, the blanket he had thrown over her was down by her ankles, one of the pillows was on the floor the other was next to her. She was mumbling and thrashing her arms slightly, she tossed and turned for a good few minutes, her head moved from side to side. This went on for about ten minutes before Gambit got up, walked over to her bed, and sat down by her feet.

" Hey, are you awake?" He whispered and when he got no response he, gently, shook her shoulder. " Hey Rogue, it's time to get up." He shook her again but all she did was groan, sweat was steadily glistening her forehead and this time, Gambit shook her with a bit more force.

" Rogue! Get up, Now!" He yelled in her ear, Her eye's snapped open and she bolted up right, her hair was going every which way, she gripped the sheets tightly, and she glared dangerously at him.

" What the hell Swamp rat?!" She yelled as she tried to get the ringing in her ear to stop.

" I tried waking you up nicely but you wouldn't wake up so, I had to get a little rough." He shrugged, she looked down and noticed her coat was gone, she than looked over to the dining table and saw her coat hanging over a chair she looked at Gambit.

" Ah don't remember taking my coat off before going to sleep." She said, he looked slightly sheepish as he looked down at the blanket.

" I kinda took it off, after you fell asleep," her eye's widened before he said hurriedly. " The reason I did that was so you wouldn't get sick!" He held his hands up, she still glared at him but she accepted what he said.

" So, what's for breakfast?" She asked, he looked sheepish once again.

" I kinda just woke up."

" So no breakfast?" She asked, he rolled his eye's before going to his duffel bag and he threw it onto his bed.

" We'll get breakfast on our way to our next location." He said as he unzipped his bag, Rogue got up and headed toward the bathroom.

" I'm taking a shower." She said, once she had taken a shower and gotten dressed, she walked out of the bathroom and began putting her things back in her bag.

Gambit took a shower next and he walked out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a towel around his waist, Rogue, who had been in the kitchen at the time, walked into the main room and when she saw him, she didn't know whether to look away and be polite or be completely lewd and just stare at him.

She looked away and cleared her throat loudly, he smirked at her as he continued rummaging through his duffel bag.

" What's wrong chére? Don't like what you see?" He teased, she turned around to look at him, he looked over at her as well, she couldn't help but stare at his lean and chiseled body, he had some muscle on him it wasn't to much nor to little it was just right, he might as well have been Adonis himself, she swallowed hard as her cheeks turned a bright pink.

" Ah, ah'm not going to answer that so, just get back into that bathroom and put on some damn pants!" She said as she stalked back into the kitchen and she occupied herself with looking at the wall.

" Whatever you say miss Prude." He joked as he walked back into the bathroom and closed the door behind him, she exhaled slowly and she walked back into the main room and she sat down on the bed and turned the tv on.

She heard the bathroom door open and she turned to see Gambit walking out, with no shirt on, she blinked and her eye's narrowed.

" Ah thought Ah said to put some clothes on?" She said and he shook his head and water dropped onto his shoulders and face, her eye's traveled down to his six pack and she couldn't help but think he should've been an Abercrombie model.

" No, you said to put on some pants, you didn't say anything about putting a shirt on." He said mischievously, she blinked and began gaping at him like a fish out of water.

" Dammit Gambit! Put a damn shirt on or Ah swear on my grandmamma's grave, Ah will personally put you in a early grave!" She said loudly as her face turned red, he laughed as her accent got thicker the more she talked.

" Désole, I didn't mean to make you so angry." He grabbed a long sleeved fitted shirt and he sat down on his bed and began putting his boots on.

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They quickly checked out if their hotel and began driving, to where Rogue didn't know, but it must've been pretty far since Gambit had woken her up at seven in the morning. They drove for a while until they came to a town, Gambit pulled into a little store and he turned the car off.

" Please tell me we're not planning on robbing the store?" She groaned, he chuckled and shook his head.

" Nah, that's amateur stuff." He said as he got out of the car, she giggled and nodded in agreement. They walked inside the grocery store and she looked at him.

" What're we doing here?" She asked as he headed toward the drink sections he looked over at her.

" There's nothing between here and where we're going, so, I suggest we get food, something to drink, and go to the bathroom before we go any farther." He said as he began grabbing waters, Gatorade, and sodas. Rogue nodded.

" Ah'll go get some food." She said, he nodded, she went toward the snacks aisle and began grabbing chips, chocolate, and others snacks. She met up with Gambit a the check out counter, they paid for their stuff, got into their car, and drove away.

They continued driving for a few hours until they came to a stop, Rogue looked and saw they were at the border, she blinked.

" Why are we at the Canadian border?" She asked, he looked over at her than back at the road as the line began moving.

" Our next jobs in Canada, well, Alberta, Canada." He said matter of factly, why did that place sound so familiar? She shook her head as she looked for her passport.

" Where is it?" She mumbled as she began searching through her stuff, their little black 1989 challenger had their duffel bags and things in the back seat, Gambit smirked and pulled them out of his pocket.

" I've had them the entire time." He said, Rogue hit him on the arm.

" Ya could've told me that before Ah started getting worried!" She said, annoyance laced in her voice, he chuckled slightly. They pulled up to the booth, handed the guard their passports, and drove through the border and onto the open road.

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It took a day and twenty-two hours to get to Alberta, Canada Gambit drove half way there before Rogue made him pull over and let her drive. Once they were in the province, she had no idea what city they were going to, so, she woke Gambit up.

" What? Did something happen?" He asked groggily, she shook her head.

" No, Ah need to know what city we're going to." She said, he sat up straighter, yawned, than stretched before answering.

" We're going to the Rose City."

" The Rose City?"

" Yes, Camrose, Alberta, Canada, also known as the Rose City for it's numerous parks." He explained, she blinked.

" What? I do a lot of research." He said as she giggled slightly, they drove to Camrose and pulled into one of the motels. Gambit checked them in and he told Rogue the room number.

They parked the car before going to the room and Rogue blinked, there was only a king sized bed in the middle of the room, she looked at him and he cleared his throat.

" This was the only room she had left." He mumbled before walking inside and dropping his bag next to the bed, she sighed before closing the door and dropping her bag next to his.

" So," she started as she plopped down onto the bed. " Who we stealing from today?" She asked, the sun was beginning to rise and shine through the curtains in their room, Gambit pulled out his laptop, punched in the password and began searching through, what seemed to be, documents.

" We are stealing from a Judge Leonard Foreman, he owns a very expensive painting from Picasso." He said simply.

" So our buyer wants us to steal it for him?" She asked, he shook his head.

" There is no buyer." He explained, she frowned.

" So we're just stealing it for the hell of it?" She asked and he nodded.

" Yep."

" What kind of system does he have?"

" A standard one, y'know, like the one almost all families have. That's the type he's got." He said as he looked through more documents. " So this should be a piece of cake." He rubbed his hands together, turned his computer off, and walked over to the bed.

" You take the bed, and I'll sleep on the floor." He said, she went to protest but he shook his head.

" But-."

" No buts, I am sleeping on the floor, so, goodnight or good morning whichever you prefer." He shrugged, grabbed a pillow and a blanket, and he slept on the floor as she slept on the bed.

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When night had fallen the left their hotel, got into their car, and drove to the judges home. Once there they noticed there was no car there, so either it was in the garage or they weren't home.

They got out of the car and ran to the house, Gambit walked up to the front door and Rogue blinked.

" What are you doing?" She whispered, he put a finger to his lips in order to silence her, he pulled a pin from her hair, straightened it, and he charged it before putting the pin in the lock. There was a small pop as the lock exploded, he turned to look at her.

" Your turn to cut the power." He whispered, she nodded and ran to the backyard, she jumped the fence and walked over to the breaker, turned it off, and walked back to the front door, only to see Gambit was gone. She sighed and ran into the house.

She looked around, not seeing Gambit anywhere, she ran up the stairs and looked into each bedroom.

" Cajun, where are you?" She whispered, she suddenly felt someone tap her on the shoulder, she jumped, spun around, and was about to plant a left roundhouse kick to the persons face only for them to grab her foot and look at her.

" That's not very nice chére." He said, she exhaled slowly as Gambit let go of her foot.

" Ya scared me half to death!" She whispered, he chuckled.

" Sorry, anyway I got the painting." He said holding it up for her to see, she nodded. They walked out of the house, closed the door behind them, got into their car, and drove away.

As they drove Rogue noticed they were going away from their motel instead of towards it, she looked at Gambit.

" Where are we going?"

" Black Diamond, it's a small town, where reportedly there's mutants fighting to the death." He said as he glanced over at her.

" But ain't that far away?" She asked.

" Kinda, we'll be coming back here in time for breakfast." He assured her, she nodded but felt a knot in her stomach, she knew something deadly awaited them in Black Diamond, she just couldn't place what.

**Hey guys I know it's been a while since I've updated and I'm sorry for that, I've focused on finishing my other story, but I hope y'all liked it! Thanks for reading and reviewing!**


	11. Chapter 11: Canada's Surprises pt 2

Canada's Surprises pt. 2

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As Gambit drove to Black Diamond* Rogue just couldn't get this bad feeling out of her head, she desperately wanted to tell him to turn around and forget about this job, but he wanted to help any imprisoned mutants, although she didn't know why. It took them three hours to get there, the town was small, they had no idea where someone could hide a base full of mutants and no one notice it.

" Gambit, are you sure we're in the right place?" She asked, he nodded.

" This is where my source said they'd be." He muttered, he continued driving through the quiet town until they came to the outskirts, where there was an old abandoned barn out in the middle of a valley, he pulled the car over, turned it off, and got out of the car and she followed suit.

" Think that's it?" She asked he shrugged.

" Don't know, but it's worth a shot." They walked quietly to the barn, the snow crunched under their boots as they came up to the barn, they came up to the window and looked into it. They saw mutants, all chained up to the walls, a man, that looked like a bean pole, was up against a butch and beefed up guy, they were fighting. Just as Gambit had suspected, they were fighting to the death. The much smaller man's face was beaten beyond recognition, Gambit walked to the front door with Rogue following behind him, he pulled some cards out from his coat pocket, charged them, and threw them at the door.

The door exploded with a loud 'Bang' wood went everywhere, some of it was still smoking, the big man stopped assaulting the younger one just long enough for Gambit to run inside and hit him on the head with his bō staff, he was beyond angry, the man held his hand but stood up, Rogue ran up behind Gambit and yelled.

" Hey, wanna do the up and down?" He frowned but when he saw her jump he got exactly what she meant, he back up slightly than ran at the big man, Gambit than slid across the ground and knocked the mans feet out from under him as Rogue jumped up and hit him square in the chest. He landed on the ground with a groan but did not move. Gambit stood up and he smirked at her.

" Nice trick chére." He complimented, she smiled than ran to the mutant on the ground and she checked for vitals, than turned to look sadly at him and she shook her head.

" Sorry, sugah." He looked down sadly, if he had only gotten there sooner, than the boy, who could've been no older than sixteen, might still be alive. He walked up to the other mutants, charged the locks, and they popped. The mutants, who's ages varied from fifteen to twenty, he shook his head, they were only kids, just like he was. He shook the thoughts out of his head and he continued unlocking the locks.

Suddenly, when the mutants were free from their chains, there was a booming noise coming up to the barn, Gambit looked at Rogue as she looked at him, their eye's locked and they both knew what that meant, something horrible was coming up to the barn.

" We need to get out of here." She whispered, he nodded and the mutants ran toward the exit but before they could make it to the exit, the roof of the barn was ripped off, and there was a shadow statue, with piercing red eye's, it looked like those ancient guardians in Egypt called Anubis, they gulped.

" Ah knew ah had a bad feeling." Rogue said, they ran out of the building and that was when she realized they all wouldn't fit into the car, Gambit charged a few more cards and threw it at the monster, but when they came into contact with it, it seemed to absorb it. Gambit blinked.

" Great, we can't fight it, we have no room in the car for everyone!" Rogue said as they began backing away from the Anubis. She looked around and saw a thin metal cord a few feet away, she looked at Gambit.

" Turn right!" She yelled, he frowned, she pointed to the outstretched metal wire, he looked and nodded, knowing what her plan was, they sharply turned left and began running in that direction, the Anubis followed them.

As they came to the wire, they jumped over it and continued running while the Anubis didn't see the wire, it tripped over it and fell to the ground with a loud crash. Rogue and Gambit jumped back over the wire and ran back to the car, the mutants were running toward the town with them driving back to the town.

Once there the mutants stopped to catch their breath, Gambit stopped the car and he and Rogue got out of the car and walked toward the mutants.

" Is everyone alright?" He asked, they all nodded but he saw they were shivering, that was when he noticed that the clothes they were wearing were flimsy, ragged, and torn. He looked around for a store but didn't see any close by.

" F-Fine, just so c-cold." A girl said, rubbing her arms, Rogue took off her black trench coat and handed it to the girl.

" There ya go." She said, the girl thanked her. She walked back over to Gambit and whispered.

" We need to get them some warmer clothes before they freeze to death." Gambit agreed and they got into the car, promised them they'd come back, and drove through town to see if there were any shops.

They finally came across one but saw it was closed, they got out of the car, Gambit quickly picked the lock, took out the security system, and began grabbing all the clothes, shoes, hats, gloves, and scarves and they put it in the car and drove back to the kids.

They drove back to where they were and saw they children huddled together, they stopped the car, got out and grabbed the clothes, than walked up to kids and began passing out clothes.

They each slipped them on when they heard, 'thud, thud, thud.' Rogue frowned slightly and turned around, the ground under their feet began to shake and rumble, her jaw went slack and she began hitting Gambit's arm. He ignored her under the hitting began to get annoying, than he turned to look at her.

" What?" He hissed, annoyed by her actions, she couldn't speak and only pointed, he followed her arm and saw what she was looking at, it was the Anubis again, but it wasn't just one, it was TWO! He began gaping at them like a fish out of water.

" W-Wasn't there just one last time?" She squeaked, he gulped and nodded.

" Yeah." He said, she looked at him, he looked at her, there was no way they could warn all the people in time, unless.

" Do they a tornado warning siren?" She asked him, he shrugged.

" I don't know, why?" He asked.

" Because Ah think Ah can warn everyone and get them out of town, or, at least, Ah can try." She said. " You try to get these kids outta here." She added he shook his head.

" No, we stick together, that's what people like us do, get the hell out of dodge and stick together!" He said, she shook her head.

" And what about the kids, hmm? _you_ came here, _you_ wanted to save them, so now you want to abandon them and let the Anubis shadows kill them?" She asked as she pointed at the kids, he looked at them than sighed.

" Fine, just, just be careful, okay?" He said before quickly adding with a smirk. " 'Cause, I would really like my grifter to come back in one piece." She rolled her eye's and ran toward the weather station, she had no idea where the weather warning system would be, she could only assume that was where it was.

She ran into the building, the second Anubis following her, once in the building she looked around, if she were a tornado warning system, where would she be? She than ran to the stairs, it would probably be at the top of the building.

She ran up the stairs and continued doing that until she came to the top floor, she opened the door and, suddenly, the part of the building she was just on, was slashed away by the Anubis's sword, she jumped back and yelped in surprise, Rogue turned around and ran toward the monitors, the Anubis slashed off more of the building, she saw a red button with the words T. W. S on it, she busted the glass protecting it with her fist, than she pushed the button.

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Gambit watched as Rogue ran toward the weather station, with the second Anubis following her, the first one came toward them before he helped the kids stand up.

" Go, go, go!" He yelled as he ran behind them and they followed him, along with the Anubis, they ran down an alleyway, and the Anubis, trying to slash them, ended up slashing the buildings. Gambit hoped no one was in those buildings, he than made a sharp right and saw an 18 wheeler with a trailer hitched to it, he smirked.

They ran toward it and he yanked opened the door which was, surprisingly, unlocked. He got into the drivers seat as one of the kids got into the passenger side, six others got into the big sleeper that was in the back and he pulled the spare keys from the visor and put them into the ignition and he started the truck when, he suddenly remembered, he didn't know how to drive an 18 wheeler! He started mumbling curses in french when one of the kids tapped him on the shoulder.

" What?" Gambit snapped.

" Umm, I know how to drive one." He said and he began telling Gambit what he needed to do, the other kids sat on the trailer. The Anubis stood in front of them and Gambit stepped on the gas and went barreling into the creatures legs! It fell a little ways behind them and Gambit turned sharply to the left, he moved the clutch every few seconds, adjusting the gears and all. He swerved through back alley's and side streets and the Anubis followed them.

When they got back to the main street Gambit's eye's widened, he saw the second Anubis slash half of the weather station building off, his heart jumped into his throat, he hoped Rogue wasn't on the side of the building currently falling to the ground.

He saw the Anubis slash the building again, so, he assumed, that Rogue was still alive. He began driving at a faster speed, no one was going to attempt to kill his Grifter, skunk head, and spit fire and get away with it, wait, since when had he called her a spit fire? He put the thought away for another time, he moved the clutch again and drove right into the Anubis's legs as the siren went off.

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Rogue pushed the button, the siren began blaring, she turned around and saw the second Anubis raise it's sword and, right before it came down on her, the Anubis was pushed to the side and fell to the ground with a loud thud and, what was left of the building, shook. She began walking toward the edge, glass cracked, and she looked over and saw the trailer of an 18 wheeler, she frowned as she saw the mutant children sitting there, grins on their faces.

" What in the world?" She mumbled when she saw eight people climb out of the truck, and Gambit happened to be the driver, she jumped off the ledge and landed on the trailer, she saw all the towns people come out of their homes and go into a storm shelter, half of the buildings in the town were destroyed by the first Anubis, and the weather station was barely standing.

" Are they down for the count?" She asked, Gambit shrugged.

" I believe so chére." He said, a smile on his face she shook her head and jumped off the trailer, she than helped the kids off of it and she looked at Gambit.

" You gotta piece of paper and a pen?"

" Uh, lets see." He mumbled as he began searching through his various pockets, finally he pulled out a broken pencil and one of their envelopes that used to contain money, she took both and began writing something that he couldn't see, than, she handed it to the leader of the children.

" Here, call this number and they should be able to help you, and if they ask who gave you their number, just tell them Danielle gave it to you." She instructed, the boy nodded than he ordered the other children to follow him, Gambit came to stand next to her.

" You gave them the number to that Xavier school?" He asked, she glanced at him and nodded.

" Yeah." He nodded and walked toward their car with her following suit.

Once in their car they began driving back to Camrose, again the three hour drive felt like eternity, especially since what they've been through earlier that evening. They got to their hotel and walked inside the room, Rogue quickly took jacket, shoes, and gloves off and she plopped face first onto her bed, Gambit sat on his bed and began taking his boots off when she said suddenly.

" Y'know, tomorrow's Christmas Eve." She mumbled, sleep beginning to lace her voice, he nodded.

" Yeah, but I can't decide on what to get you." He said thoughtfully, she smiled at him.

" Ah don't care, as long as it ain't stolen." She laughed, he laughed along with her.

" Where to next?"

" Hmm, I was thinking maybe Paris, but I figure we should stay here for a while." He answered as he laid down on his bed, she nodded before closing her eye's and falling asleep.

***Black Diamond is a real place in Canada, it's a small little town.**

**Hmm wonder what Gambit's going to get his little grifter for christmas, hope y'all liked it and since I have finished my other story I'll probably focus on this one more and, although, I have a few new stories circling inside my head I probably won't write them out yet since this story will take a while. Oh, and I will be editing some stuff in Hiding the Past. But as alway's thanks for reading, Feedback is appreciated also!**


	12. Chapter 12: Is It Christmas Already?

Is it Christmas Already?

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Rogue opened her eye's slowly, she was so warm and comfortable in her bed that she didn't want to get up, she rolled onto her side to see Gambit's bed empty. He must've gone out to get breakfast or something, she sat up and rubbed the sleep out of her eye's, she looked around for a moment before her eye's landed on his laptop that was on the dining table, she stood up and walked toward it, she didn't know much about him, or what his deal was with not knowing much about modern technology, she opened it and saw it needed a password. She began thinking of what his password could be, she typed in his name and it said incorrect, she typed in her name, it said incorrect. She began to get irritated as she was running out of ideas, thief wasn't it, grifter wasn't it, she sighed when she heard a car door open and close, she quickly slammed the laptop shut and she ran to her bed, grabbed a book, and pretended to read as Gambit walked through the door.

" Morning Roguey." He said as he closed the door behind him, she looked up and saw he was carrying breakfast, she nodded.

" Morning Gambit," she said.

" Sleep well?" He asked as he put the food on the dining table, she nodded and put her book away, she got off the bed and walked to the dining table.

" When was the last time Ah fell asleep in pajamas?" She asked, he chuckled and shrugged.

" I don't know, but I'm guessing almost a week ago." He said as he pulled out two containers with pancakes in them and he pulled out two smaller containers with syrup in them. She grabbed her containers, opened them, and she poured her syrup on the pancakes before eating them.

" Here's your coffee." He said handing it to her, she nodded and took it, they ate in silence for a while, Gambit looked at her, this was the first time he had actually noticed how beautiful she was when she woke up, even though her hair was a mess, he swallowed laughter as she wolfed down her food, she acted like she had eaten in a week.

" What?" She asked as she saw an amused look on his face, he shook his head.

" Nothing, just watching you practically swallow your food." He joked, she swallowed what food was in her mouth before glaring at him.

" Well ah'm so sorry that Ah was hungry." She said as she closed her empty containers and threw them into the empty bag, he shook his head.

" No need to apologize, I probably look like that sometimes." He joked, she rolled her eye's but smiled slightly, he did do that sometimes, she stood up and walked over to her bed and continued reading her book. Gambit stood up and threw the containers away, he couldn't help but smile, she had no idea what was coming.

* * *

Rogue had stopped reading her book and she told Gambit she was leaving, she didn't tell him why though, she grabbed her car keys and began driving to the mall.

Once there she had looked in all the shops and didn't find anything she could picture Gambit wanting for Christmas, finally, she walked into a small Antique shop and began looking around, sure, she highly doubted that anything in here would be perfect for him but she had to try. She saw a small barrel full of gloves and began searching through them, because she could never have to many, when she stumbled across a glove that only covered his ring and middle finger, she for some reason could easily see Gambit wearing this, she searched for the other one and she found it, she smiled and walked quickly to the counter, paid for them, and walked out of the store.

She walked through the mall for another hour before going back to the hotel, she hide the gloves in her pocket and held put the empty box in her bag, she got out of her car and walked into the hotel room to see Gambit on his computer, he looked up at her and smiled.

" Did you accomplish anything at the mall?" He asked before standing up, she had a bunch of bags in her hands, he took some of the bags from her and put them next to her bed, she nodded.

" Yeah, did you accomplish anything here?" She asked, he shrugged.

" Nah, just looking through the internet and sitting here, bored." He laughed, she chuckled and nodded before sitting down on her bed and going through her clothes.

" How much did you buy?"

" Not a lot actually, and, besides, a majority of these are for future jobs." She explained as she pulled out a very short black cocktail dress with cut outs on the ribs and a slightly revealing neckline, he swallowed hard as he pictured Rogue in it, he was having all types of images flashing through his mind when she snapped her fingers in front of his face.

" Hey," she said amusement in her voice. " Where did you go just now?"

" Uh," he stammered trying to think of an excuse. " I was uh, just trying to, uh, think of the perfect way we could celebrate Christmas eve." He said, Rogue frowned.

" Is it Christmas already?" She asked, he nodded.

" Yes, you told me so last night." He said, she nodded as she began putting her clothes in her suitcase. He began thinking of a way to celebrate the holiday when he finally came up with something.

" Hey, let's go out to eat." He said, she frowned as she looked at some of the shoes she bought.

" Ah though you liked staying in?" She said, he shrugged as he began searching through his clothes.

" I do, but I figured we should get out of this stuffy hotel room for a couple of hours." He said as he pulled out some nice clothes, than he went into the bathroom to change.

He came out a few minutes later wearing a red silk button up shirt, a black suit jacket, dress pants, and dress shoes. He had his nape length auburn hair slicked back and he wore a pair of black gloves.

" Wow, someone dressed awfully nice." She smirked, he chuckled and nodded.

" I'll take that as a compliment, now, your turn to get changed." He said as he sat down on his bed, Rogue sighed but stood up and walked into the bathroom. About an hour or so later, Rogue came out of the bathroom and Gambit's jaw dropped.

She was wearing a beautiful midnight blue sweater dress with a pleated skirt, the sleeves were sheer and it was above her knees, she wore blue pumps and wore a wool black trench coat. Her make up matched her dress perfectly, her hair was wild and had curls she smiled at him.

" Ready to go?" She asked as she grabbed her bag, he nodded numbly, she looked so beautiful that he just couldn't take his eye's off her. They walked out of their hotel room, got into their car, and drove to the restaurant.

* * *

At the Restaurant:

They let the Valet park their car as they went into the fancy restaurant, the hostess asked them who the reservation was under and Gambit told her.

" Thomas Wilson." He said, the lady nodded and she began walking toward the tables and they followed her. She sat them a table next to the window and Gambit pulled out Rogue's chair, she nodded in thanks before sitting down he sat across from her as the hostess handed them their menu's, she winked at Gambit before leaving.

" Hmm, she seemed smitten with you." Rogue said as she looked over the menu, she was surprised Gambit could hear her over all the noise in the restaurant.

" Yes I seem to have that effect on women." He smirked, she chuckled but shook her head.

" Well, your good looks and charm don't affect this gal." She said, his smirk widened.

" Ah yes, but, how do you know that I'm not affecting you right now?" He asked as his eye brow raised, Rogue rolled her eye's but she looked over at him.

" Trust me sugah, Ah know you're not affecting me." She said as she shook her head.

" But, if I recall, who was the one blushing when I walked out of the bathroom in only a towel hmm?" He asked, she stammered as he laughed.

" Ah, who wouldn't blush and stammer when they see a handsome man, with greek god like chest and abs, and an amazing... Smile." She said as her mouth began watering at the thought of him in the towel, she swallowed some of her water that their waitress had brought them, he began laughing.

" See chére, I got under your skin with touching you." He said and she about choked on her water, how could she let him do this to her? And yet, why wasn't she trying to stop him from doing it? She shook her head as their waitress came and took their orders, after they had placed them the waitress nodded and walked away.

" So, where did you go this morning?" She asked, he looked at her and shrugged.

" I went driving for a while, but what I want to know is, what were you doing on my laptop?" He said as his eye's narrowed slightly, she was taken aback slightly but composed herself quickly.

" What do you mean?" She asked, she knew she had no right to invade his privacy, but she just wanted to know a bit more about him, she could lie and say she wanted to pick their next job, or she could tell him the truth.

" I opened my laptop after you left, and it said that the password was incorrect, I distinctly remember not being on it the night before or when I woke up so, I assume, you were trying to open my computer." He explained, she sighed but was saved by their waitress giving them their food after she walked away Gambit looked at her expectedly.

" Well?"

" Ok," she sighed. " Ah went on your laptop to pick out some jobs okay, Ah didn't know it'd upset you, Ah'm sorry." She lied, she didn't like doing it but how could she tell him she wanted to know all about him and why he never talked about his past, well, she was one to talk, she didn't talk about hers either, did this mean they didn't trust each other? She thought.

" Why didn't you just say so chére? If I would've known than I would've included you more in the jobs." He said as he began to eat, she smiled and nodded, she continued eating, though she really didn't want to, she felt like there was a rock in her stomach as he believed her lie.

* * *

Once they left the restaurant they went back to their hotel, Rogue saw it began to snow, she hated winter but she learned to deal with it after living in New York for so long. They got to the hotel and Rogue got out, Gambit followed suit and he smiled at her.

" Y'know, you look really pretty in this lighting petite." He said, his eye's widened, he hadn't actually meant to say it out loud but he couldn't help it, how the moon shone on her beautiful skin, she might as well have been glowing, and her eye's, Mon Dieu, looked like beautiful green diamonds, he shook his head, he shouldn't feel this way about her, he _couldn't_ feel this way about her, it was against the rules. She smiled at him.

" Well, ain't you just a smooth talker." She laughed as she walked inside the hotel room, he followed her inside and closed the door, she took off her coat and sat down on the bed, Gambit did the same as he walked over to his bed and pulled something out from underneath it.

" Merry Christmas Rogue." He said, she frowned.

" It's not Christmas yet."

" I know but, I couldn't wait until the morning." He said, she smiled and took her gift from him, it was a big rectangular box, she shook it but he laughed, she opened it to fine yellow wrist length gloves, she smiled but than saw something brown underneath, she pulled it out and saw it was an old brown bomber jacket, she smiled it was totally her. She looked over at him and threw her arms around his neck.

" Thank you so much Gambit, Ah love it!" She said happily, she continued looking over it as he chuckled.

" I'm glad you like it." He said, she nodded, he couldn't help but think she liked the jacket better than the gloves.

" Oh, here's your gift." She said handing him a small box, he opened it to find a pair of gloves that were missing the thumb, pinky, and index finger, he smiled as he put them on.

" These are cool, I love them Roguey, thank you." He said, she smiled and nodded.

" Ah'm glad you like them." She leaned forward slightly, He also leaned forward before stopping himself, he stood up and turned away from her.

" It's been a long day chére, why don't we call it a night." He said as he began taking his suit jacket off, Rogue nodded, why did she lean forward as though she were going to kiss him? They both knew how dangerous her powers could be, so why did she almost risk it? She shook her head as she began taking her heels off, he turned back to look at her.

" Rogue, I gotta tell you something." He said, sitting down on his bed, she looked at him.

" What?"

" Y'know, even if you didn't have powers, we couldn't be together huh?" He said, her eye's narrowed.

" How do you figure?" She asked, anger began to rise in her, he held his hands up.

" Now before you kill me let me explain," he said. " There is this rule, it's dumb as hell but it exists, Grifters and Thieves cannot date or become... Intimate with one another, they may have a platonic and/or professional relationship but that's it." He explained, Rogue's eye's narrowed.

" So, even if we were attracted to each other in that kind or way, we couldn't be together?" She said, he nodded, it was one of the few rules thieves and grifters abided by, she nodded and walked into the bathroom, her heart sunk at the realization.

She walked out of the bathroom wearing her pajamas, he tried to apologize to her but she wouldn't have it, she laid down in her bed and fell asleep, a few tears staining her pillowcase.

**Sigh, this is only the start of the drama, also I will be posting once a week not sure what days but more than likely it'll be on the weekends thanks to everyone for reading, faving, following, and reviewing! Hope y'all liked it!**


	13. Chapter 13: Alpha and Omega

Alpha and Omega

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Rogue woke up and her eye's felt puffy, she had been crying all night, she hated that she let him get to her, that she almost risked using her powers on him, when he told her that they couldn't start a relationship because of some stupid rule, even if she was a normal person. She got up, rubbed her eye's, and grabbed her suit case she went into the bathroom and changed then she left the motel to get breakfast.

When Rogue got back she saw Gambit sitting upright in his bed, watching the tv, she walked over to him and dropped his breakfast onto his lap.

" Thanks." He mumbled as he opened his bag, it was a breakfast sandwich from McDonalds, she also handed him a cup of coffee, she than sat down on her bed and began to eat her breakfast.

" I see you're wearing your christmas present." He said as he noted her wearing her new bomber jacket, she nodded as she took a sip of her coffee, he sighed.

" Are you not going to talk to me the rest of the day?" He asked, she didn't answer him, he took that as a sign that she was giving him the silent treatment. They ate in silence and they threw the paper bags away, Gambit grabbed his laptop, turned it on, and began searching for something.

Rogue sat back down on the bed and was watching tv when Gambit's eye's widened.

" I found them." He said to no one in particular, she looked at him and raised an eye brow.

" Found who?"

" Hey, I got you to talk to me finally!" He said happily, she rolled her eye's. " I found Alpha and Omega, they're in Moscow, Russia."

" So we're going there tomorrow?" She asked, he stood up and began to pull clothes out of his bag.

" No, we're going there today." He said as he went into the bathroom to change, Rogue shook her head but began packing her bag. When Gambit got out of the bathroom he also began packing, they than left their hotel, drove up to the office and checked out, than they drove to the nearest airport.

* * *

On the way there they drove past a seedy bar* that looked awfully familiar to Rogue, she frowned slightly, the bar was in the middle of nowhere. Suddenly, as they went past it, she remembered where she knew the bar, it was the same one she had met Logan in. She thought back to that day, how she had hid in the back of his truck, how he had pulled her out and almost left her on the side of the road, but he didn't and she was glad he hadn't. Gambit drove past it and he looked over at her.

" Everything okay petite?" He asked, she looked over at him before nodding.

" Everything's good."

They finally made it to the airport, they grabbed their bags and headed inside, Gambit went and got their tickets. About two and a half hours later their plane boarded and they flew to Russia.

* * *

Moscow, Russia.

They finally landed in Moscow after, roughly, ten hours of flying. They left the airport, got into their rental car and drove to the hotel.

The drive was quiet, they barely spoke one word to each other, Gambit did notice how strange that was, the tense and uncomfortable silence. Ever since he had mentioned the Grifter/Thief rule she had barely spoken, they both knew, with Rogue's powers, nothing would ever happen between them. They pulled up to their hotel and Rogue blinked, it was one of the fanciest they had been to, they got out and walked inside.

There was marble floors, high bolted ceiling, leather furniture, and a oak front desk where a woman was standing, Gambit walked up to her, wearing brown contacts, and smiled at her.

" Dobryy vecher, kak ya mogu vam pomoch'?*" the woman asked, he nodded.

" Zdravstvuyte, u nas yest' bronirovaniye dlya Roberto Florentsii i Izabel' Lorentso." He said in perfect Russian, Rogue, who also spoke a bit of Russian, added.

" Eto dolzhny byt' otdel'nyye komnaty, i, yesli net, to my mogli by sdelat' ikh otdel'no?" She asked, Gambit cut her a look than turned his attention back to the woman.

" Izvinite madam, no my vse zanyaty, tak chto vam pridetsya zhit' v odnoy komnate." The woman said, Rogue sighed but nodded, the woman handed them the keys and they went to the elevator.

" Why did you want separate rooms?" He asked, Rogue shrugged right when the elevator stopped at their floor, they got out of the elevator and walked to their room.

Once there Gambit unlocked the door and they walked into their suite, they looked around and the color of it was a creme white, the furniture was leather, except for the couch, which was made of some black fabric. Rogue saw that there was two queen sized beds, she took the one on the right while he took the one on the left.

" Looks cozy." He said, she nodded and sat down on the bed, he put his duffel bag on his bed and began searching through it.

" What're you looking for?" She asked, he pulled out a black button up shirt and a pair of indigo denim jeans and a pair of shoes.

" I'm getting dressed." He said as he pulled out a small bag that must've held his toiletries.

" For what?"

" Alpha and Omega are at a club called, The X, it's very popular in the underground parts of Moscow." He said as he walked into the bathroom and closed the door, Rogue turned on the TV and began watching whatever she could find.

When he got out of the shower, dressed, and walked out of the bathroom Rogue walked in, took a shower, got out, did her hair and make up, than walked out of the bathroom. Gambit turned around and he blinked, she was wearing that short black cut out dress, she was wearing nude stockings and wore black pumps, she was wearing a short red haired wig, she was also wearing piercing blue eyed contacts.

" Damn." Was all he could say, and he actually hadn't meant to say it aloud, she chuckled and smiled.

" Ah take it you like the outfit?" She said, he nodded absently and she grabbed her trench coat and purse before heading toward the door with Gambit standing in the middle of the room, looking like an idiot.

" Are you coming, or do you just plan on standing there?" She asked, he shook his head before walking toward the door and opening it for her.

They walked out of their hotel and went to the club, they drove for about forty five minutes before Gambit pulled into a parking lot, turned the car off, and got out, she followed suit and looked at him.

" Where is this club?" She asked, he walked over to her, grabbed her gloved hand, and began walking to the street. They walked out of the parking lot and went left before they saw a line of young kids standing there, Gambit walked right past the line and went to the building next door, where there was absolutely no line and no one by the front door, he opened the door and Rogue went inside first than him.

* * *

You could feel the beats from the music bounce off the walls, Rogue's chest felt like it was being hit with a hammer, the music was loud and bouncy, Gambit grabbed her hand and he walked down the hall, she saw couples and, possibly, random strangers making out on either side of the hallway, there was a bit of space where no one was making out, she could see the wall color was black, and the hallway was dimly lit. They finally made it to the main room and saw it was very crowded, the lights were flashing every which way, people were dancing their hearts out, some people were making out in the seating areas, and some were just grinding against each other for no reason, it was places like this that made Rogue nervous, all the skin contact made her slightly jealous, but all the people crowding one another, made her nervous about accidentally absorbing someone, Gambit squeezed her hand gently as he lead her to an empty booth. They sat down across from one another and he looked at her.

" There's Alpha and Omega, there sitting over there with the women surrounding them." He nodded his head over to the table across the room, a waitress came over to them and she smiled.

" Good evening, can I get you anything?" She said in english, although her Russian accent made it difficult for her to pronounce a bit of the words.

" A glass of your best wine for me, and for you?" He said he looked from the waitress to Rogue and she shrugged.

" Same I guess." She said, hiding her southern accent, he chuckled.

" What?"

" I just noticed this, when you're with me you talk in your normal voice, but, when we go out, you talk with a northern accent." He said, Rogue frowned, she didn't even realize she did that.

" No Ah don't."

" Yes you do."

" No ah don't."

" Yes you do." Their bickering was interrupted by their waitress giving them their drinks, she also gave them both a glass of water.

" If you need anything else, let me know."

" Okay, thank you." Rogue said in a northern accent again, when she left he looked at her and pointed an accusing finger at her.

" You did it again!"

" No ah didn't!" She said, she noticed she had done it again, but decided she would deny it.

" Yes you did!"

" No ah didn't!"

" Yes you did!"

" Yes Ah did!"

" No you didn't!" He said, she busted out laughing and it was the he realized, he'd be Bugs bunny'd .

" I hate you." He muttered as she rolled around in her booth.

" You love me, admit it." She said as tears filled her eye's, Gambit rolled his eye's but smiled.

" Anyway, you gonna grift or continue laughing your ass off?" He said, she suddenly got serious.

" Okay, Ah'll do the usual escort type thing." She said as she stood up Gambit stood with her but, before she could walk away he grabbed her upper arm gently.

" Wait." He said, he grabbed his cloth napkin, dipped it in the glass or water, and began to wipe off some of her make up.

" What the hell-?!" She started but he shushed her and wiped some of her thick eye shadow off her eye lids, than he used a dry part of the napkin and wiped whatever was left.

" There, now you'll stand out more." He said with a genuine smile on his face, she blushed slightly before fixing her dress and hair and she walked over to their table.

* * *

Gambit watch her saunter away, she stood in front of them and he could tell, just by looking at the back of their heads, they were intrigued by her. They soon stood up, after she whispered something to them, and began walking toward one of the hallways, he stood up and followed them. They were walking toward one of the rooms. He heard them close the door and he leaned against the wall, he heard something click like handcuffs, he smirked slightly. Than the door opened and Rogue stood before him.

" Ah figured you'd like to deal with them." She said, nodding her head toward the two bound and gagged men, his smirk widened and he walked into the room, she closed and locked the door before sitting down in one of the plush leather chairs.

" Alpha, Omega." Gambit said as he stood in front of them, they glared at him.

" Now, you're gonna tell me who set me up on that job, or, you're not gonna tell me and, well, you'll probably regret it." He said casually, the men shook their heads.

" Okay, so I guess we'll do this the hard way." Gambit said, he stood up, grabbed a silver, and before he could charge it Omega spoke but it was muffled by the gag, Rogue walked over to him and removed it so he could speak.

" Wait wait, I'll tell you who set us up!" He said hurriedly, Alpha began saying something that was muffled but they ignored him.

" Well? I'm listening."

" It was some silver haired chick, what was her name, Emile, Millie," he frowned before he remembered the name. " Emilie! Her name was Emilie and she paid us 300,000 dollars to make sure you got arrested, she didn't expect you to have a grifter though." He said quickly, Rogue crossed her arms and looked at Gambit, his eye's widened and he walked toward the door and she followed.

" Wait, aren't you gonna let us go?" He asked, Gambit shook his head.

" That was never part of our deal." He and Rogue walked out of the room and closed the door behind them, they quickly exited the club and once they walked toward the car Rogue decided to ask.

" Who were they talking about?"

" No idea, but I plan on finding out."

***1): Good Evening, how can I help you?**

***2): Hello, we have a reservation for a Roberto Florence and a Isabel Lorenzo.**

***3): It should be separate rooms, and, if not, could it be?**

***4): I'm sorry madam, but we're all booked up so you'll have to share a room.**

**So sorry this chapters late, it's been one heck of a busy week for me, hope y'all liked it though! The story is just getting started, I also started writing an epilogue for The Future Isn't Always Certain, it'll probably be a while though, but I hope y'all like this chap, thanks for reading, faving, following, and reviewing!**


	14. Chapter 14: Endings in Japan

Endings in Japan.

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" No idea, but I plan on finding out." When Gambit had said that Rogue could hear something in his voice, determination? Anger? Resentment? Something that just didn't sound good. As they walked to the car her teeth began to chatter and she wrapped her arms around herself tightly, it was too damn cold to be wearing this dress, she was too busy thinking about how cold it was she didn't even notice Gambit had stopped until she ran into him.

" Whatcha stop for?" She asked, slightly irritated he turned around and faced her.

" I can hear your teeth chatter from all the way up here." He smiled softly, he slipped his coat off and slipped it over her shoulders.

" Now you're gonna freeze." She said as they began walking again.

" Actually, because my body is full of potential energy it keeps my body warm all the time." He shrugged, Rogue nodded, she didn't think of that before, once they got to the car Gambit unlocked it, they got in, and drove back to their hotel.

* * *

After they walked into their room Rogue walked into the bathroom and changed, Gambit sat down at the coffee table and began searching through the internet, he wouldn't lie, he preferred these laptops over the big bulky computers they used to have back in his time. He heard the bathroom door open and out walked Rogue wearing her pajamas, she walked over to the couch and sat down.

" What're ya looking at?" She asked, he closed his laptop and shrugged.

" Nothing." He said, she looked at him skeptically.

" Uh-huh, anyway Ah'm ordering room service, Ah'm about to starve." She said as she grabbed the menu and began looking it over, deciding what she wanted to eat, she called downstairs and ordered.

A few minutes later there was a knock on the door and Gambit went and answered it, when he saw it was room service he let them in, the waiter handed their food to them, Gambit tipped him, and he closed the door behind him.

" What did you order?" He asked, she sat down at the other side of the coffee table and he set the food down in the middle of the table and he sat down across from her.

" Ah ordered pasta, and Ah got you a hamburger and fries." She said as she grabbed her bowl of pasta and he grabbed his burger.

" They didn't have Gumbo?" He asked, she shook her head. They ate in silence, Rogue took a small sip of her water and continued eating, things were still tense between the two, once she had finished eating she stood up and sat down on the couch and watched some tv. Gambit finished his dinner and he sat down next to her with his laptop.

He continued searching for Emilie all night, Rogue had gone to bed sometime around midnight, he stayed up until six in the morning when he finally found her.

" Found ya." He said as he read an article about a silver haired woman running around Tokyo, destroying stocks, people disappearing everywhere she went. Someone has been very busy during the holidays, he quickly booked a hotel, and he shut his laptop before walking into the bedroom to see Rogue curled up into a ball and her back was to the window. He smiled slightly, she looked cute while she slept, no, he couldn't think of her that way, an occasional flirt was fine but he couldn't fall in love or even like her that way. He cursed that stupid rule, that was probably the dumbest rule in history, he walked over to the bed and turned the bedside lamp on.

" Chére," he whispered as he shook her shoulder gently, she groaned slightly as she stretched her limbs, she opened her eye's slightly as she looked over at him.

" Hmm?" She hummed groggily, he chuckled slightly.

" You need to get up, we've gotta job in Tokyo." He said, it wasn't a complete lie, yes he was going there to get Emilie, but, he also got them a job. They were supposed to steal some blue prints for a client, She groaned and kicked her feet like a toddler throwing a temper tantrum.

" Ah don't wanna get up." She whined, she was all warm wrapped up in the blankets and she didn't want to get up.

" C'mon, I've already ordered room service." He said, she closed her eye's and pulled the blankets over her head.

" No!" Gambit sighed as she rolled over to her other side.

" Rogue," he warned. " If you don't get up, I'll have to force you to get up." When she didn't answer him he smirked.

Gambit stood from his crouching position and he walked to the foot of the bed, after making sure her feet were covered, he grabbed her ankles and yanked her toward the edge. Rogue yelped in surprise as she was pulled closer and closer to the edge until, finally, she was pulled to the floor. Gambit smirked as she pulled the covers off her head and glared at him.

" I told you I'd get you out of bed by force." He said, Rogue growled before standing up, she mumbled something under her breath as she walked to the bathroom and she slammed the door closed behind her.

* * *

After they checked out of their hotel, they got into the rental car and drove to the airport. They walked into the airport and boarded their plane after sitting and waiting for an hour.

It took 9 1/2 hours and they landed around 4:30, they left the bustling Tokyo airport and went to the rental car service, and when she saw what Gambit had rented her jaw dropped. It was a Ducati, a red and black Ducati to be more specific, he smiled.

" Like it?" He asked as he walked over to it and strapped his bag to the back, she nodded numbly as she walked over to it, he took her bag from her and strapped it to the back, he than got on and looked at her.

" You just plan on standing there?" He asked, she shook her head and got on the back of it. She wrapped her arms around his waist and he smiled to himself, he revved the engine and took off.

* * *

The ride to the hotel was anything but quiet, they were arguing over what direction would be fastest and easiest, when Rogue would say left, Gambit'd say right. They continued the arguing as they went into the hotel.

" Ah said make a RIGHT on third, not left!" Rogue said angrily, Gambit rolled his eye's dramatically.

" Yeah like I said make a left than another left on twelfth but oh no let's listen to Miss We-Won't-Get-Lost and we go right and THAN left!" He said, annoyed. They walked up to front desk, got the key to their room, and walked to the elevator.

They refused to talk to each other for the rest of the evening, Gambit continued looking around the internet for a sign, any sign, that Emilie was still here. He needed to find her so she could give him some answers as to why she sent him here.

Soon night fell and they began to go over their job, Rogue began looking over the blue prints.

" What's the company's name?" She asked, Gambit grabbed a piece of paper and began reading.

" Yashida, here is the factory's location." He said handing her a piece of paper, she read it and nodded.

" When do ya wanna leave?" She asked, Gambit looked at the clock before shrugging.

" As soon as possible." He said, it was about nine thirty, she nodded and she went into the bathroom to change, she walked out a few minutes later wearing that same black catsuit with black knee lengths boots, she wore her black trench coat, which she had buttoned up, and had her hair in a pony tail, she also wore her black gloves. Gambit went in after her and changed into his, what Rogue called, his thieving attire, they left the hotel soon afterwords and drove to the factory.

* * *

Once they were at the factory Gambit parked the bike out of site and they ran up to the building, it seemed everyone was preoccupied with something in the village, so Rogue and Gambit took the chance and ran to the building, they climbed the mountain and went into the factory through a back entrance.

The hallway was surprisingly quiet, Rogue figured everyone was dealing with whatever was happening in the village, they continued walking until Gambit stopped at a metal door, that had finger print scanner, he frowned as he looked at her.

" We can't get in." He said, Rogue looked at the scanner and smiled.

" Easy peasy, we can get in." She said as she looked into her trench coat pockets and pulled out a make-up bag and pulled out blush and some double sided tape.

" All we need is, a little blush," she applied it to the scanner. " Some tape, than all done!" She said as she applied the tape and pressed her finger on the scanner, the light above the scanner went from red to green and the door unlocked, he looked at her incredulously.

" You just happen to carry make up around?" He said as she put her make up back into her pocket, she nodded.

" Yeah, never know when you might need it." She said as she opened the door and walked inside, Gambit followed suit.

They searched high and low for the blueprints but they didn't find them, they suddenly heard footsteps approach the office, Gambit and Rogue held their breaths until the footsteps went past them. Rogue looked inside one of the bottom draws in the filling cabinet and that was where she found them.

" Good now let's get out of here." He said, she nodded and they walked out of the office, they were about to leave the way they came but footsteps approached them again.

" Merde, this way." Gambit said, grabbing Rogue's hand and they ran the other way, they suddenly turned left and tried not to run into any of the guards.

" Now which way genius?" Rogue said as they came to a dead end, he glared at her before looking up, he looked at her and smirked, she looked up as well and shook her head.

" No."

" Yes."

" Hell no." She said and his smirk only widened.

" Hell yes." She growled but he twisted the screws and the vent fell open, He helped Rogue up into the vent before he climbed in himself.

" Ah really hate you right now." She growled as they began crawling through the vent, he couldn't help but chuckle, he had an excellent view of her backside, he almost shook that thought out of his head but decided to keep it, in case he needed something to tease her with later.

They continued crawling for probably a few minutes but it felt like hours, until the vent began to shake.

" Please tell me you're moving the vent just to mess with me?" Rogue said, Gambit shook his head.

" I'm not moving it." As soon as the sentence left his mouth the vent shook again before collapsing under their weight, the landed on the cold metal ground with a loud thud. Rogue groaned as she got on her hands and knees while Gambit was down on one knee.

" You okay?" He asked, she nodded.

" Yeah, Ah'm just peachy." She mumbled as she stood up, he stood as well and they looked around, there was a balcony in front of them, and two doors on either side of them, Rogue heard metal clash and people yelling, she looked over the edge of the balcony and saw a suit of Japanese armor made of metal, she saw the person in the suit holding someone of the cliff, that person happened to be Logan!* Her eye's widened, whoever was in the suit was draining the life out of the person she saw as a father figure, someone she trusted. She than watched a woman stab the person in the suit, she watched Logan throw the man out of a hole in the wall than he collapsed.

Rogue went to climb over the balcony when Gambit grabbed her around the waist, put a gloved hand over her mouth, and dragged her away.

" What are you doing?!" He whispered hurriedly. " Are you trying to get us caught?!" He removed his hand from her mouth but she was fighting to get out of his grip.

" No, Ah'm trying to save a friend from getting killed!" She whispered loudly, she continued fighting him until they were out of the exit door on the left, now Rogue would never know if Logan was okay or not.

Gambit continued carrying her until they got to the motorcycle than he let her go and she pushed him away, anger in her eye's.

" Why didn't you let me help him!" She yelled, his eye's narrowed as he looked at her.

" You were about to compromise our job! What was I supposed to do, let you help your friend and than us get caught?" He yelled back.

" Ah don't care if we get caught or not! That man's my friend, the one person Ah could trust, the one person who helped me when Ah needed it most! And now he might be dead and it might be my fault because Ah didn't go and help him!" She yelled, her emotions trying to get the best of her, she could see the anger still in Gambit's eye's.

" So yo were willing to risk your life, mine as well, just to save a friend that you never told me about?" He asked. " Also what could you have done? You absorb people, your powers can kill people! If you had gone to give him CPR you would've done more harm than good, you're a walking plague!" As soon as the words left his mouth he instantly regretted it, all anger left her face and what was left in it's place was sadness, despair, hurt.

" Rogue, I-." He started but she cut him off, tears stinging her eye's.

" Save it Swamp boy, let's just leave." She said as she walked to the bike and got on the back of it, Gambit sat in front of her, started the engine, and drove back to the hotel.

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Once they were back there they went up to their room silently, as soon as Gambit opened the door Rogue walked inside and looked herself in the bathroom, he sat down at the coffee table and continued searching the web, he had to call the buyer and set up and date and time to meet. He looked through his email, which he thought was the coolest thing ever, and saw an email from someone he didn't recognize he opened it and read.

" _Dear Remy,_

_I know you asked Alpha and Omega about me, but I know they didn't tell you a thing, so, I suggest we meet tonight, 11:00, the bridge three blocks from your hotel, don't be late darling._

_Sincerely,_

_E"_

Gambit looked at his watch and saw it was three minutes to 11, he walked to the bathroom door and knocked.

" Hey I gotta step out for a minute, be back soon okay?" He got no response but he walked out of the room and left the hotel.

He walked toward the bridge and saw Emilie standing there with her back to him.

" Been looking for you." He said as he approached her, she smirked and looked at him.

" Been waiting for you." She turned to look at him, her smirk widened slightly. " I will admit, I was surprised you had found a grifter so quickly. Tell me, how did she react when you told her that you were from a different time?" She cocked her head to the side as he looked away from her, than she laughed.

" Oh! You didn't tell her did you? That'll be fun to see you tell her, oh my gosh, she'll probably bust into tears and yell and scream!" She laughed in delight, Gambit growled.

" Leave her out of this." He warned dangerously, she held up her hands in mock surrender.

" Geesh sorry, didn't know you felt so strongly about her, oh wait, isn't that against the rules? Only thieves can get with thieves and grifters with grifters?" She said, tilting her head side to side in thought.

" Are you going to tell me why I'm here or not?" He questioned, he crossed his arms over his chest and she sighed.

" You're no fun," she whined. " But, from the sound of your voice, you don't really wanna leave do you?" She raised an eye brow as he looked away again.

" Just answer the damn question."

" So you do wanna stay! Is it because of her? That little skunk headed grifter? Whose skin is made of poison? She pointed a finger at him.

" Answer the question!" He demanded, she sighed.

" Nope, you'll just have to stay here and suffer." Her smirk widened and disappeared.

" Wait!" He started but when she disappeared he accidentally charged the concrete the bridge was made of, he pulled the charge back and went to the hotel, how did she know so much about Rogue? Was she following them? Did she intentionally put him there in New Orleans so he would meet her? He shook his head as he walked into the hotel.

He went up to his room and he opened the door, he saw the bathroom door was open he looked around the room and didn't see her anywhere, he looked at the kitchen cabinet and saw a note, it was in Rogue's handwriting.

_" Goodbye, Gambit."_

He blinked, what did that mean? Did she just leave him here? Did she leave for the night, or forever? He looked around the room and saw her stuff was gone, all of it, he sat down on the bed and sighed.

Rogue was gone.

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**A/N:**

***1) I mentioned this in the first chapter of Hiding the Past, also this scene was in the Wolverine movie.**

**This chapter was difficult to write in a way, I hated writing them fighting because I don't like seeing them fight. Anyway hope this was a good chapter, we'll be time jumping in the next one so be ready, hope y'all liked it thanks for reading and reviewing!**


	15. Chapter 15: Other Players

Other Players

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February 14th 2015

It has been two months since Remy had last seen Rogue, the night she took off without a word, he had been worried and angry at himself. How could he say those horrible things to her? _why_ did he say that to her? He had been angry, yes, but if that were one of his friends dying he would've wanted to do the same thing she had wanted.

Remy sighed, he had been trying to gather information on her whereabouts but he had no such luck, he was doing rather good on his own. But there were a few times he could've had a grifter by his side, he worked with a couple after she had left but none were as good as her.

Today though, he had his first solo job in a while, he was in Malibu, California. This rich billionaire called Quill Santos was having an art fundraiser, he was selling some of his most valuable paintings. But that wasn't what he was after, Mr. Santos had a rare bracelet worn by Queen Isabella 1, it was worth billions supposedly.

It was around 7:30 when Remy got dressed, he wore a simple black button up shirt, a pair of black suit pants, a pair of black dress shoes, and a white suit jacket. He had his hair gelled back and he put on a pair of sunglasses, he also slipped a pair of gloves on, so his fingerprints wouldn't get on anything, he grabbed his compact that held all his colored contacts, he grabbed the brown ones and slipped them onto his eye's. He blinked a couple of times before grabbing his car keys and walking out of his hotel room.

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He drove all the way to the house, it overlooked the beach, he pulled up the drive way and saw the valet standing there, he got out of the car, handed them the keys, and walked up to the house.

Before he could walk into the house he was stopped by a dark looming man wearing a suit and glasses, he looked up at the tall man.

" I need to see your pass for this event, sir." He said, his voice deep and booming, Gambit smiled smoothly.

" Of course, here you are." Gambit pulled out his wallet and handed him his pass the tall man looked over his event pass and, when he was satisfied that the pass was genuine, he gave Gambit the pass back.

" Here is your pass sir, enjoy the party." He said, Gambit nodded and walked into the house, it was huge! There was three flights of stairs all leading to different rooms, the staircase was clear so were the floors.

He saw a bunch of people lined up at the bar, he saw waiters and waitresses walking around the different rooms, serving the guests, he grabbed a glass of champagne and began walking to the right side of the room, where all the art is, he noticed some Picasso's, some Monet's, some Leonardo da Vinci's, and so many others. He was in Thief Heaven, he continued looking at all the different art works when he heard music playing, loudly. He walked out of the room and walked through a door and saw another bar, people laughing, people dancing, and people talking. This must be where they're holding the auction, Gambit thought with a nod of his head, he walked into the room and saw another line at the bar. He downed his glass and put it on a tray of a passing waiter, he scanned the room, three exits, glass wall that lead to a patio.

Remy always looked for the exits first, than he looked for his mark and saw him talking to a group of people, he went to walk over to him before something else entirely. A woman walked past him, he watched her walk to the glass wall, those curves, that long brown wavy hair, even though he could only see her from the back she looked familiar.

He noticed she was the only woman in the room wearing opera length gloves, her dress was green, sleeveless and floor length, and form fitting it hugged her curves in all the right places, her hair fell right underneath her shoulders, a waitress walked up to her and offered her a glass of champagne, which she took gladly, and she took a sip. Gambit walked over to her, gliding through the crowd of people, as he got closer the more she looked familiar until he stood slightly behind her.

Two white streaks, that was all needed to confirm his theory, the woman he hadn't seen in two months, the woman that walked out on him, the one he had yelled at. She looked so forlorn, it pulled at his heartstrings, he saw her drink the last bit of her champagne and he was thankful he hadn't drunk any of his yet.

" Here." He said handing her his glass, Rogue took it gladly before downing half of it in the first drink.

" Thanks doll." She said in a northern accent, he frowned at her.

" If I remember correctly, that's not your real accent." He said, her eye's widened and she looked at him, her dress was a scoop neck, which showed ample cleavage but not enough to be called vulgar, her hair was in her face slightly. Her emerald green eye's looked at him, not only in surprise and shock, but in excitement and slight happiness, but those two things quickly disappeared.

" Gambit?" She half whispered, he smiled and nodded.

" The one and only." He said before crossing his arms over his chest, something between them seemed uncomfortable and tense, like they were two strangers, meeting for the first time.

" So, you work with any other grifters?" She asked in a hushed voice, he shrugged slightly.

" Kinda sorta, not really." He stared into her eye's. " You?"

" Not really." She said, they stood there in silence for a long while, Rogue continued sipping on her drink.

" What are you doing here?" He asked suddenly, she almost choked on her drink.

" Ah-Ah'm here on business, you?"

" Same." He said, they both actually knew what the other meant, they were here to steal, a man suddenly walked up to them.

" Hello, love." It happened to be Gambit's mark! Mr. Santos came up to them, wrapped an arm around her waist and tried to kiss her cheek but she pulled away.

" Love?" Gambit accidentally said out loud, Rogue cut him a look before Mr. Santos started laughing.

" Yes, this is my date for the evening, Madame Caroline Sansa." He said. " I don't believe I got your name though Mr...?"

" Oh I'm Riki Delacour." He said, extending his hand Santos shook his hand.

" It is a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Delacour, I am Quill Santos." They let go of each others hands, Rogue saw the look Gambit was giving her.

" It's a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Santos." He said, with a forced smile, Mr. Santos than walked away to greet other guests.

" Please tell me you aren't dating him." Gambit said, Rogue shrugged.

" You could say that, but I'm gonna steal something very valuable to him." She said as she looked out the window, Gambit also looked out the window.

" And what is that?"

" A rare bracelet from Queen Isabella 1." Rogue smiled, his eye's widened considerably, they were after the same thing! Oh crap.

" Uh, why don't you steal one of the Monet's?" He asked, trying to keep his voice even, she chuckled.

" It'd be to easy, besides, Ah like a challenge." She said as her smile turned into a smirk, she looked at him before turning and walking away, Gambit grabbed her arm gently.

" Before you go, I gotta tell you something." He said, she looked at him patiently as he spoke.

" I want to apologize for what I said, before you left, I was being an ass and if that were my friend, I probably would've wanted to do the same." He said, she blinked a couple of times before sighing.

" Sugah, Ah forgave and forgot a long time ago." She said quietly.

" Than why did you leave?" He questioned.

" Because you were right," she pulled her arm away from him and began walking out of the room, he sighed and said under his breath.

" Right about what?"

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Gambit walked out of the room a little after Rogue had, he went up the stairs and turned right. If he had the bracelet, where would he hide it? He decided it would be in his office vault, so that's where he headed. The office was up the second flight of stairs and the second door on the left, he tried to open it but found it locked. He grabbed his lock picking tools and he picked the lock, he walked into the office and saw the safe door was open. He frowned, Rogue had beat him there.

He walked out of the office and ran into someone, he moved back slightly to apologize when he saw who had run into, he blinked.

" Rogue?"

" Gambit?" She said with as much surprise as he had in his, they stood there for a moment. " What are you doing here?"

" I'm here to steal the bracelet of Isabella, same as you." He said simply, Rogue blinked again.

" So," she said. " What are we gonna do about this?"

" We could split the profit." He said, she shrugged.

" We could do that." She agreed.

" But, uh, we've got another problem." He said, scratching the back of his head nervously.

" What other problem?" She asked, crossing her arms.

" We've got a third player." He said seriously, Rogue scoffed slightly.

" Yeah right, who else would know about the bracelet?" She cocked her hip to the side and placed her hand on it, Gambit shrugged. He looked behind her to see someone wearing a dark skin tight suit jump out of the air duct.

" I think I just found our third player." He said, she frowned before following his gaze, the other thief saw them as they saw him.

The thief than bolted and Rogue and Gambit gave chase, they ran down the hallway before the thief turned left and they followed him down that hallway as well but he turned the corner and, when they followed him, he had disappeared.

" Where'd he go?" Rogue whispered when, out of nowhere, an arm swung out and elbowed her in the face. She stumbled back slightly as the figure walked out of the shadow and kicked Gambit in the back, pushing him forward. Another figure came out of the shadows and began fighting Gambit, Rogue was taking care thief number two.

Rogue threw a left hook, which the thief blocked, the thief retaliated with a left round house kick, Rogue moved her head out of the way in time. Rogue than grabbed the thief's arm and swung her into a wall, the thief than mule kicked her in the face, Rogue grabbed her nose, which was now bleeding, and glared intently at the thief, she saw the thief smirk beneath his mask before dashing off again. Rogue would've gave chase if she didn't feel a bit dizzy.

Gambit and the other thief, on the other hand, were still fighting. Gambit punched the thief in the face and he stumbled back, The thief than did a double roundhouse kick and hit Gambit in the face, he fell to the ground before slipping his hand in his pocket, grabbing and charging a couple of cards, and than he threw it at the thief. The thief jumped back and dodged the cards, which hit the floor and wall, and they exploded.

The thieves than took off down the hall, Gambit growled but went back to Rogue when he saw her sitting on the ground. He walked over to her and than he crouched down next to her, she looked up at him.

" It's funny, even with blood on your face you're still cute." He smiled, she rolled her eye's.

" You're still as annoying as ever Gambit." She said as he helped her up, they heard people screaming and police sirens approaching.

" Maybe we should..." He started.

" Yeah." She said and they both walked back down the hall they came, climbed through an open window, jumped down to the ground, and walked to the car.

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**A/N:**

**I'm so sorry if these past couple chapters suck I've been so busy lately, I'm also currently writing two different stories ones a sequel to TFIAC and the second is a new story entirely but they won't be posted until sometime next week. Thanks for reading and reviewing, I hope y'all like this chapter!**


	16. Chapter 16: Where do we Stand?

**Hey everyone! I know it's been forever but i had writers block, and when i went back and read the last chapter i got hit with inspiration to write this chapter, sorry if it sucks or is sped through or is just plain awful. If the characters seem OOC please let me know ASAP, thanks!**

**DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING BUT I WISH I DID.**

Where do we Stand?

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Gambit got in the drivers seat as Rogue got in the passengers seat, he put the car in drive and began to drive away from Santo's mansion. He glanced over at Rogue and saw she had a napkin over her nose trying to stop the bleeding, her head was tilted back as she made the seat lean back, she looked over at him.

" What?" She asked with a questioning look in her eye, he looked back at the road and shook his head.

" Nothing." He said simply, he got onto the highway and looked out of the corner of his eye that Rogue was looking at the road as well, the tension in the car was so thick it could be cut with a knife, he drummed his fingers against the steering wheel as he drove, he could feel her glare into his back.

" What?" He asked as he turned to look at her before looking back at the road, she continued glaring at him.

" Will you stop drumming your fingers against the steering wheel? It's on my last nerve." She said as she continued holding a napkin over her nose, Gambit nodded, but he only drummed his fingers against it louder.

" Gambit!" Rogue said loudly as she sat up in the seat, he cut her a look. " What?" She snapped.

" You didn't say the magic word."

" What magic word?" She asked as her eye's narrowed sharply.

" _please_, you didn't say please." Gambit told her with a playful smirk on his face as he only got louder, Rogue sighed exasperatedly and laid back with a loud 'thump'.

"_please_ _,_ will you stop making noise?" She asked angrily, he stopped drumming his fingers almost immediately.

" Yes ma'am." He said in a southern drawl instead of his Cajun accent, before he knew it they were in front of an emergency room, they walked inside after parking the car and quickly made up a story about Rogue tripping down a flight of stairs and landing on her face.

They got back to the hotel around 1:00 in the morning, Gambit gave the valet the keys to his car before taking Rogue's arm and leading her inside the hotel, they got into the elevator and neither said a word the whole ride, at the 5th floor they got off the elevator and went to Gambit's room, he opened the door and let her go inside first. Once she was inside she looked around in awe before looking at him and sitting on the plush white sofa.

" Nicer duds then last time Ah saw ya." She said, Gambit chuckled, took his contacts out of his eye's and nodded.

" Yeah, I just thought a change would be good." He said sitting next to her on the sofa and putting his feet on the coffee table, he looked over at her, even with her nose bandaged up she still looked gorgeous. Her big green eye's were staring straight ahead, her beautiful lips pulled into a thin line as she was thinking, her porcelain skin seemed to glow in the light, he shook his head quickly.

_"Gambit! stop thinking of her_ _like that, you can't love her remember!"_ He thought, he sighed and he noticed she was staring at him.

" What's the matter sugah?" She asked quietly, he shook his head and looked at her.

" Just thinking about who those two goons could be." He lied easily, he wasn't sure Rogue would buy it though, but she seemed to as she folded her arms across her chest and looked at the ground in thought.

" Could it be a thief or grifter we crossed in the past? Or we accidentally stepped on someone's toes by mistake? Or..." She trailed off.

" Or could it he an ex-partner of ours." Gambit finished as he ran his hand over his face, he could only remember the name of a couple of grifters he had worked with, but he wasn't sure about Rogue and how many thieves she worked with in the past.

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4 days later.

" Thomas Lorane was the last Thief ah worked with, and he is currently in Germany, so all of the people on my list have alibis." Rogue said as she walked into the living room and she threw her phone on the couch before plopping face first into it, Gambit sat crossed legged at the coffee table, staring at his laptop, and he sighed.

" All but one of mine check out, her name is Thalia Jones, her jobs are mostly money orientated, like stealing from CEO's and business tycoons, but we did run a few cons involving some jewelry, artifacts, etc; so this might be right up her alley, seeing as Mr. Santos was a playboy millionaire." Gambit said as he typed away.

" Billionaire." Rogue corrected, he looked at her.

" What?"

" Quill is a Billionaire, not a Millionaire, believe me Ah have watched him for a long time to memorize how much money that man has." She said with a shrug, Gambit glared at her.

" I'm sorry, _billionaire_ Mr. Santos seems up her alley. Better?" He asked sarcastically, she nodded.

" Yep." She said with a nod as she rolled onto her back and stared at the ceiling, Rogue moved into his hotel room a couple of days after the whole bracelet incident to work on this case, to find the thieves, and Gambit was worried about Rogue's safety as usual. Now they were working together again as though they had never spilt in the first place.

Tension filled the room again, it would happen so quickly neither Gambit nor Rogue would know it had crept into the room until it was too late. Gambit sighed quietly and he closed his laptop and looked at her.

" Chére," he said and she turned to look at him. " What are your plans when this job is done?" He asked, Gambit knew Rogue was thinking by the look in her eye, when she said nothing he shook his head. " You don't know, do you?"

" Of course Ah do!" She snapped as she sat up and glared at him. " Ah might go home and see my family in Meridian, or Ah'll go back to New York, or Ah'll just find the next job." She said as she leaned back against the couch with a sigh, Rogue really had no idea what she was going to do after this job, maybe she would get out of the game, or maybe she'd stay solo, or maybe she'd join back up with Gambit or the X-men.

" Alright Chére, fair enough, if this helps I have no idea either." He said as he opened the laptop and began looking through reports and various things, Rogue just stared at him, eye's wide, she hated that he knew she was uncertain about everything.

Later that evening they ate room service together in silence, they basically ignored each other until the next morning and Rogue was up bright and early, room service had already been ordered, and Gambit sat at the dining table with a small smirk on his face.

" Morning chére."

" Morning swamp boy." She said as she sat down across from him and sipped on some coffee, they ate in silence again, but Rogue couldn't take it anymore, she had to know.

" Why did you do all this?" She asked as she ate a bit of her pancake, Gambit looked up at her, taken aback by her question.

" Why not?" He countered with a shrug as he ate a beignet, she sighed and set her fork down, she leaned back in her chair, arms folded, as she just stared at him.

" You almost always have an ulterior motive when it comes to things like this, now spill, why did you get this expensive room service breakfast?" She asked.

Gambit sighed and he stared right back at her. " I just wanted to be nice, if i had known i would get the third degree I wouldn't have bothered." He snapped as he drank some coffee.

" Ah'm sorry, it's just," she put her head in her hands. " Ah don't know how to act around you anymore, it feels like we've been in a relationship for years and we had a nasty break up and now everything you do has an ulterior motive." She said as she looked at Gambit and she saw him nod in agreement.

" I feel the same way, but we did work together for a while, and how we left things didn't help the already strained partnership, so it was kinda like a bad break up, just without all the tears and curses and ashtrays being thrown." He joked, Rogue forced a smile, pulled her legs up in her chair, and she rested her chin on her knees as she wrapped her arms around them.

" Ah'm sorry Ah left." She mumbled, he looked up at her and waved it away.

" I'm sorry I said all those nasty things to you, I shouldn't have run my mouth and I should've let you helped your friend because it was the right thing to do." He apologized, Rogue smiled sadly.

" From what Ah heard, my friend is doing just fine, Ah haven't heard anything about him since he left Japan." She said with a shrug and Gambit nodded, silence encased the pair again, they sat at the dining table, staring at empty plates, for about an hour until Rogue spoke in a soft quiet voice.

" So, now where do we stand since we've apologized and have seemingly made up?" She looked up into his red on black eye's, he stared back and was lost in thought, after a few minutes he smiled kindly.

" Let's take this new partnership one day at a time, after we find these two thieves who stole our prize from us, we'll see where we stand and if you want to leave and never see me again than that's ok," he said. " But, if you want to stay and continue working together, than that would be amazing, because no other grifter i have worked with are as good at their job as you." He laughed and Rogue laughed softly along with him.

" Well ah don't know if this helps any but, all the thieves Ah've worked with have never argued with me, weren't ever annoying, and we're never bullheaded and stuck in their ways like you." Gambit's smile dropped slightly. " But, they all sucked at their job, they couldn't grift, they weren't stealthy, none of the women swooned when they saw them, unlike you who is the master of thieves and can pick a lock in under 5 seconds and all the gals fall for ya." She laughed and Gambit's face brightened up.

" So, does this mean I'm the greatest thief that has ever lived and none can compare to me in any sort of way?"He said as he stood up, Rogue did as well, and he wrapped an arm around her covered shoulders, Rogue shrugged it off.

" Ah wouldn't go that far, Ah'm still not sure why all the girls think you're hot but hey, to each their own." She smirked and Gambit's jaw dropped and he began gaping like a fish out of water.

Man why didn't Rogue have her camera for this Kodak moment?

**Yay! Rogue and Gambit are working together again, I know this was probably a boring chapter but i wanted to get this written and published for everyone because you have all been very patient with me and I wanted. To thank y'all from the bottom of my heart for reading, reviewing, faving, and following, and i will try and work on my other story soon! Thanks for reading!**


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