| Rogue returned during the Onslaught disaster alongside a young man called Joseph, who seemed to be the rejuvenated and amnesiac Magneto. Gambit and Rogue clearly still cared for each other, though they were not sure where they stood. Gambit was wary of Joseph and his obvious affection towards Rogue. He was also angry that the others seemed to give their former worst enemy the benefit of the doubt, while still doubting him who had been fighting alongside them for so long. As a result, he reacted sarcastically to any attempt of Rogue’s at reconciliation. |
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| Gambit, Rogue and Joseph were amongst the few X-Men who were shanghaied into helping their Shi’ar friends against the threat of the Phalanx in outer space. When Rogue was about to be absorbed by a Phalanx during a battle, her last remark was that she loved Gambit. Remy, the master of good timing saved her and told her that, without her, he didn’t have a life. After that, their on-off relationship was firmly back on “on.” Eventually, the X-Men managed to beat back the Phalanx’s attack on the Shi’ar. [Uncanny X-Men #341-344] |
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| When the X-Men returned to Earth, however, their ship was damaged and they crash-landed someplace unknown. Gambit quickly found himself attacked by bounty-hunters, who had been sent by an unknown party to capture him. Two of the bounty-hunters, Spat and Grovel, used to be old friends of his. In fact, during a mission in their past, Spat, seemingly a young, pre-teen girl, had taken a shot meant for Gambit, as a result of which she kept on getting younger. Now, the two of them, aware of his past involvement with Sinister, clearly despised him though. |
| Rejoined by the other X-Men, they found out that they were in Antarctica, near Magneto’s old base, and became prisoners of his psychotic robot, Nanny (who had taken care of imprisoned X-Men before). With their powers negated, Rogue and Gambit took the opportunity to spend what might have been their last night together. A short while later, with the help of Joseph and Trish Tilby, whom as a human Nanny didn’t detect, they were able to destroy the robot and escape. However, Gambit decided to face his past and let the bounty-hunters take him to their secretive master. The X-Men followed and were joined by several other team members, as well as the mysterious Maggott, to witness and participate in a trial at Magneto’s old basis and conducted by a mystery man using the Eric the Red persona (actually, it was Magneto in disguise). |
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