at some point gambit met scouts in new orleans who represented andreas and andrea von strucker, the fenris twins. the twins were presidents of fenris international and secretly mutants. their goal was to obtain mutant supremacy through economic empowerment. to accomplish this, they needed to find out the secrets of their business rivals. the twins made gambit an offer that he could not refuse to participate in espionage activities. in addition to paying him, they cleaned up his accent, and helped him control his powers.