| During that time the Professor admitted Sabretooth as a patient and prisoner to the mansion, hoping to help him. Sabretooth taunted both Gambit and Rogue with tidbits of what he knew of his past and told Rogue not to trust Gambit – he’d break her heart. Sabretooth eventually told Rogue about his meeting with Remy back in Paris and left Rogue wondering what kind of man her boyfriend was. [X-Men (2nd series) #28, 33] |
| Soon after, Bella Donna eventually sought revenge on Rogue for stealing her memories by abducting Cody Robbins, Rogue’s first boyfriend and the boy she put into a come with a touch. Rogue traveled to New Orleans and both women had it out. This time, Gambit followed her to help, just like she had before him, and again he and Bella Donna found themselves pitted against each other by Candra. Together, Gambit and Rogue came through, while Bella Donna, now leader of the Assasins Guild, was eaten up by her own hatred. [Rogue (1st series) #1-4] |
| Back in Westchester, Gambit helped Storm and her friend, Yukio, against a group of the mysterious Phalanx, who wanted to destroy mutants. Yukio knew Gambit from a contract in Milan way back and was deeply distrustful of him. In fact, she warned Storm that leopards like Gambit wouldn’t change their spots. [Uncanny X-Men #311-313] |
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| When the acts of Xaver’s mad son, Legion, led to what seemed to be the end of the world, Gambit and Rogue tossed all caution to the wind and kissed for the first – and what they believed to be the last – time. [X-Men (2nd series) #41] |
| The world did not end, though. The proper timeline was restored and, as a result of the kiss, Gambit was left in a catatonic coma while Rogue fled from the X-Men (followed by Iceman). She was drawn away by some terrible memory she’d absorbed from Gambit, though she denied it to the point that she couldn’t really tell what it was Gambit had done. |
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| The world did not end, though. The proper timeline was restored and, as a result of the kiss, Gambit was left in a catatonic coma while Rogue fled from the X-Men (followed by Iceman). She was drawn away by some terrible memory she’d absorbed from Gambit, though she denied it to the point that she couldn’t really tell what it was Gambit had done. |
| The telepathic Psylocke, who had rifled through the comatose man’s mind, had come to the same conclusion, though she couldn’t pick up too much. Gambit finally awoke, intent on finding Rogue. He knew she had been in his head and felt she was in danger. After she called, he followed her to Seattle; desperate to make sure she wouldn’t learn the truth. [X-Men Prime, Uncanny X-Men #323-325] |
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