Back At The Mansion.

" Don't think those two are going to be pleasant company when they get back here, slim." Logan chomps down on his unlit cigar, he thinks about lighting it inside the mansion but the look McCoy was giving him makes him think twice. " Mebbe ya shoulda waited until they came back themselves, instead of ordering them back."

" Great idea, Logan, let Remy run loose without any backup. He knows damn well how much I hate it when he does this." Scott shouts at him as he paces the floor. Turning quickly, Cyclop's glares at Wolverine. " All Sinister has to do is pop up out of no where, ball his hand into a fist and Remy's eyes light up like a Christmas tree."

" Scott, he is with Rogue, relax. She can protect anybody from anything." Bobby replies from across the room. He was trying to watch television and with Scott pacing in from of the tube, he could not enjoy it. " Uh, Scott, I hate to break it to you, but you are not made out of glass, so move. I can't see through you."

" Anybody besides me wonderin' why Creed suddenly took off before the real action started." Wolverine suddenly changes the subject. He has a sick feeling that Sabertooth has another motive behind his departure.

" Maybe he didn't like his deal with Sinister," Warren enters the room with Betsy by his side. " Betsy told me what everyone did in my absence, sorry I was not here when you needed me."

" It's alright Warren," Jean glances over at him. " Did you have any problems with Harpoon?"

" After he realized that I was serious, I dropped him off and came back here as fast as I could." Angel answers.

Xavier came into the room with Jean and Storm following close behind him. " LiLandra just sent a message through the Starjammer that she is replacing all the equipment that Bastion took out of the mansion, the ship should be here in two days."

" Where would the X-men be without the Sh'air to aid us in our hour of need." Hank pipes in as he joins the group with several of the Starjammers close behind him. " I hear that someone has decided to buy us dinner, I must insist that we hurry before that person changes their mind."

" And once I am convinced that the mansion is secure, the Starjammers have to get back to doing what we do best," Corsair smiles as he and Hesbeth join the crowd. He glances over at his angry son, " Come on Scott, it can't be as bad as all that, can it?"

Before Scott could answer the door bell rings and he goes to answer it. Opening the door and seeing who it is did nothing to ease his temper. " What are you doing here?"

" Nice to see you too big brother," Alex pushes pass Cyclops and walks inside the mansion. " You called me on the phone Scott, remember?"

Scott slams the door hard before glaring at his brother. " We called you three days ago and you just now show up?" He wastes no time and telling his brother what is on his mind. " We needed your help for a rescue attempt and you knew it, this is just like you Alex."

" Look, Scott, I don't want to start a fight with you. I know you still don't trust me, but I want to prove to you that I have changed." Alex waits until his older brother nods slightly before he smiles and approaches his father. " Hi Dad, I would have been here sooner but I was out of town on business. I got your message a few hours ago."

" Alex, everything turned out alright. I was just worried when we didn't hear anything from you." Corsair admits as he gives his son a hug. " I should have realized that you have your own life to live now. I know it taken us a long time to get back together but it is so hard for me to think of my boys as grown men." He releases Alex and smiles. " You're here to see your brothers and me I hope."

" Brothers? oh yeah brothers," Alex chuckles as he eyes Scott, " I'm not sure if Scott wants another brother hanging around the mansion and cramping his style, but I do." He glances over at his father. " You said his name is William right?" Alex slaps his hands together. " I'm here to meet him."

" William, that is going to take some time to get use to, love." Betsy replies. " Hard for me to call Gambit anything but Remy."

" Gambit! You mean LeBeau is William?" Alex starts laughing after getting several nods from three different people. He suddenly looks in Cyclop's direction. " Bet you almost died when you heard that, didn't you?" Havok tries to keep from laughing harder. " Scott, you are going to think I am a saint compared to William, or Remy, Hey,what are we calling him now?" He looks over at his father. " It is William, right?"

" He prefers to be called Remy," Jean quickly informs her brother in law, she knew almost instantly the hostilities she was getting from Corsair by reading the anger that was coming from his mind, either on purpose or by accident. The disgusting look that was slowly creeping across his features did nothing to ease her fears. " Christopher, I get the feeling you do not approve of Remy's choice to keep his own name."

" I'll never call him that name," Corsair suddenly yells out in a rage, that startles everyone in the room. Scott does a double take, as does many others. Xavier looks at the man, knowing full well his reasons, but he knows it is not his place to explain. He quickly uses telepathy to calm the Star jammer Captain. Corsair nods slightly in the professor's direction before he turns back around and speaks. " Essex was the one who named him, Remington, Remy," Corsair calms down a little but still remains angry. " And I will be damned if I allow that bastard to have any hold or claims on my son."

" Well he really isn't,"

Jean, Scott, Hank, Xavier and Betsy all shoot Bobby a quick look to silence him. Alex really wasn't paying

attention to the conversation, he was busy looking around the mansion and the two marauders who were standing upstairs looking down at them. " Since when did the X-men allow Marauders in the mansion?"

" They are our guest, Alex," Xavier tells him. " If it wasn't for Prism, we would have never known where to find Sinister's base or to rescue Remy," He gets an ugly look from Corsair but manages to ignore it, by glancing up at the two visitors. " Vertigo, it seems that Sinister has miss led you with some false information. The details that Jean received from your mind was very outdated."

" Well I was never he's favorite sir," Vertigo answers while looking at a very confused Prism, she grabs his hand and tries to calm his questioning look. " I have no explanation of why the information was not accurate, my love."

Prism just stares at her but remains silent.

" I would never trust a Marauder, no matter how much information they give you." Alex eyes the two very carefully before turning his attention to Xavier. " Have you already forgotten what they did to the Morlocks? What they did to your own X-men?"

" Alex, now is not the time to dwell in the past, we have come to terms with these two. They have helped us in ways that we would not have succeeded if they had not assisted us." McCoy tries to settle his former team mate down. " I assure you that they have no intentions of going back to Sinister or the Marauders."

" Yeah right!" Alex glares back at the two before walking out of the room towards the kitchen. " Everyone of you have better be sleeping with one eye open all the time if I were you."

The door flies open, Remy and Rogue walk in eating hot dogs. " Hey, where's mine?" Bobby jumps to his feet and approaches the two. " If I knew you were going to New York City, I would have given you some money to get me some. Those vendors have the best dogs in the world."

" Well Sugah, if someone who shall remain anonymous in this room wasn't so dad blame rude, me an' Remy woulda been more than happy ta bring ya'll some back." Rogue glares over at Scott, who didn't hide the fact that he was just as angry at her. Rogue takes a bite out of the hot dog while eyeing Cyclops, making the gesture that it is Cyclops' head she just bit off.

Remy stands back watching Rogue taking the air out of Scott's ego. He was about to pop the hot dog in his mouth when it is suddenly yanked out of his hands. " Hey!"

" Hay is for horses," Wolverine chomps down on the hot dog and wolfs it down in two bites. He snorts at the Cajun. " If I get indigestion from these onions Gumbo, I'm taking it out of yer hide." Logan grabs the bag out of Remy's hand and opens it. Pulling out a doughnut, he starts eating it. " Yer going out fer supper and I'm stuck here baby sitting those Marauders, so shut yer yap."

" Mebbe Gambit get y' a doggie bag, huh mom ami!" Remy flashes him a cocky smile.

" You want to switch places, Gumbo?" Wolverine glares at him. " Be more than happy to let ya stay here while I go get some good grub fer a change."

" And what is wrong with my cooking?" Jean puts her hands on her hips and gives Wolverine an evil look.

" Nothin' darlin'," Logan answers quickly.

" Nothin' darlin'," Remy mocks Wolverine while laughing. " Wimp!"

'SNIKT' Wolverine's left claws appear, watching Remy retreat a few steps, he chuckles. " Wimp!"

Alex quickly slaps Remy across the back. " Well little brother, I guess now would be as good of a time as any to break you in just right." Alex quickly slaps Remy across the back. " Let's you and I go out and make a night of it, my treat."

" We are all going out together Alex, as a family. We haven't done it years." Corsair walks up to the two, placing an arm around each of his two youngest sons, he turns back to Cyclops. " Scott, you and Jean hurry up, we will be waiting in the car."

" Dad, why don't you, Scott and Jean go ahead." Alex replies. " I want to spend some time with William."

" Remy!" Gambit corrects him.

" No, we go together." Corsair says. " I am not taking the chance of you two being out there alone if Sinister shows up." He notices that Scott gives a sigh of relief as Hepzibah joins the three. " I'm ready."

Bobby quickly gets to his feet and heads out the door. " Hank's driving and I'm up front."

" We would be honored if anyone else would like to join us." Hank offers as he grabs the keys off the table. " Warren, you, Betsy, and Rogue can ride with us."

About that time Storm comes down dressed in a beautiful evening gown, in which Bishop offers his arm for her to take. " Ororo, you put the stars to shame."

" Thank you Bishop." Storm smiles while taking Bishop's arm and kissing his cheek.

" Whoa Stormy," Gambit whistles.

" Thanks for the complement," Ororo glances at her friend, a sudden twinkle comes into her eyes. " William."

Remy makes a face at the name she calls him, he knows now that she has a name to call him that he hates as much as the playful name he has called her over the years. As everyone was heading out the door, Wolverine taps Remy on the arm and motions for Gambit to follow him back into the house. Logan waits until they are alone before he speaks. " Ya plannin' on tellin' the others what Sinister told ya inside his force field?"

" Don' know what y' talkin' 'bout, Logan, Essex said a lot of t'ings dat Gambit don' believe." Remy quickly turns around and heads back outside. " Dey out dere waitin' on me, I gotta go."

" Don' try an lie to me, gumbo, ya know I can smell it a mile away, an' ya know damn well what I'm talkin' about."

Wolverine yanks Gambit back around and shoves him into the chair he was just sitting in. " Cajun, this is no game I'm playin' with ya here, yer gonna hafta deal with this."

" Logan, if it makes y' feel any better, Gambit will let Beast run some test," Remy tells him hoping it will convince his friend that nothing is wrong. " Dis is all a game wit' Essex. Anot'er ploy of his t' get me t' come back t' him."

Wolverine sighs deeply before waving Gambit out of the chair, he pops down into the lazyboy. " I just hope ya know what yer doing, Cajun." Logan suddenly lites up his cigar. " Yer sure ya wouldn't want ta change places with me?" He asks while laughing. " Don' wanna even look at those Marauders, much less feed em."

" Non, got my own problems." Remy pulls out a cigeritte and lights it. Taking a drag, he exhales. " Scott wants t' get buddy buddy an' now Corsoir wants t' make a Starjammer outta Gambit." Remy shivers at the thought. " Can y' imagine dis Cajun boy playin' Star Wars?"

" Cyke means well, but he can get a lit' pushy at times," Logan gets up and hits the com button. " Prism, you can help me feed yer former friends, cause if they don' like what they're gettin' I might just enjoy cramming it down their throats for my amusement."

" Remy, we're waiting on you." Scott comes back inside, seeing Logan with that look on his face, Cyclops shakes his head. " Logan, I am counting on you not to start anything with the Marauders."

" Don' worry about me, Cyke." Logan chuckles. " I have no intentions of starting anything."

" Yeah, I just bet you don't." Scott was having doubts of leaving Wolverine in charge of the prisoners, but he finially gives up the idea and pulls Gambit out the door with him. " Logan, don't disappoint me."