Disclaimer: These are Marvel’s characters, not
mine. So don’t sue, it’ll make me feel bad.
NOTE: The Professor had assigned both
Gambit and Storm to obtain a vital mutant information disk from a powerful
businessman named Jay Thompson. Since both were former thieves, this mission
should be no problem.
The streets
of New York were busy with activity as was the usual for a Friday night.
Gambit stood
outside a busy nightclub where the mission was supposed to take place. With his back up against the wall, Gambit
lit a cigarette with a charge of his finger and waited for Storm to arrive.
After a few
drags he flicked his cigarette away and noticed a certain white haired woman
walking towards him out of the corner of his eye. He slowly turned his head and
was blown away by the sight of her. She was dressed in an all black dress that
showed every curve, not to mention a lot of cleavage. Her tan leather duster
flowed behind her with every step. Her hair framed her face and partially
revealed her piercing blue eyes. Gambit
had never seen Storm look so hot. The word that came to mind was ‘DAMN’.
“Hello Remy,
I hope I haven’t kept you waiting long.” Storm hadn’t noticed that Gambit had
been looking her up and down.
“I’d wait all
night fo’ you, chere.” Gambit flashed Storm a mischievous grin, took her hand,
and led her inside.
Storm could
feel the beats from the deafening music throughout her entire body. Gambit held
her hand tight as he led her through the crowd. They found a spot on the dance
floor and began to dance. They both swayed their hips to the music and slowly
got closer to each other with each movement. Their eyes never left each other.
Gambit placed his hand on the small of Storm’s back and drew her in closer. Gambit
could feel Storm’s chest against his as they danced while Storm locked her
hands around his neck.
Gambit then
turned Storm around so that her back was against him. He wrapped his hands
around her small waist while her left hand rested on the back of his neck. He
bent down a little so that his face was next to hers. The intensity between
them was growing. They sure put on a
good act for two people who were suppose to be just “friends”. Storm turned her
face a little so that their lips barely met. Gambit then motioned with his eyes
for Storm to look straight ahead, indicating that he spotted their target.
Storm looked to find Thompson sitting at a booth not far from them staring
intently at her. Thompson had a fondness for exotic looking women and Storm
planned to take full advantage of that.
Storm made eye contact with him and walked towards him leaving Gambit to
observe from the background. Storm sauntered over to Thompson’s booth and
leaned on the table locking eyes with him.
Her eyes held
his as she whispered, “Dance with me.”
Storm took
Thompson’s hand and led him to the dance floor. Gambit moved to his booth to
get the disk but his eyes never left Storm. He had never seen her look so wild
before. He watched the way Thompson put
his hands on her hips and in her hair—he hated it. His red eyes almost burned
into him. Gambit didn’t like anyone putting their hands on her like that, even
if it was a mission. ‘Come on Gambit, why ya actin’ so jealous, it’s jus’ Stormy.
Jus’ get da disk an’ get out’. He started to search the man’s briefcase but stopped
himself. ‘If dis disk is so important, he likely ta have it on ‘im’. Storm was beginning
to wonder what was taking so long. Dancing with Thompson was beginning to annoy
her because he couldn’t keep his hands to himself. She didn’t have to wait long
before Gambit cut through the crowd and dragged her by her arm into the
bathroom leaving Thompson bewildered.
Once in the
bathroom Gambit checked to see if it was empty. He turned to find Storm staring
at him a bit confused.
“Remy, is
something wrong?”
Gambit looked
at Storm for a moment, but before he could answer he heard footsteps coming
towards them. Gambit instinctively took Storm into his arms and kissed her with
such a force that almost left her breathless. He massaged her tongue with his
and nibbled on her bottom lop. The stubble from his unshaven face tickled her a
little. Gambit knew he surprised her but didn’t expect her to kiss him back. He
had only meant to keep whomever was coming from interrupting them, but she felt
so good. When they opened their eyes they both saw a bit of surprise in the
others face. Gambit saw that the footsteps belonged to Thompson. He had
followed them and looked a looked a little pissed.
“You wanna
tell me what the hell that was?” From the look of him, Thompson was no match
for Gambit.
“Yeah, you
were gettin’ a lil’ too close ta mah girl. Ya got a problem wit dat?” By this
time Gambit was right in his face. He was about eye to eye with Thompson, who
looked a little intimidated.
“Yeah, I got
a problem. You wanna...” Before he could say another word Gambit punched him
the face leaving him moaning in pain on the floor.
“Let me know
if ya got any other problems dat ah can fix.”
Gambit took
Storm by the hand and led her out of the club. He could feel her watching him.
He didn’t want to hear a lecture but he knew she would say something.
“Come on
Stormy, ah know ya wanna say somethin’” She pulled on his hand to get him to
stop. He turned to her and waited for her to say something, anything.
“Well...ain’t
ya got nuthin’ ta say. No ‘ya shouldn’t ah done dat’ or ‘ya actin’ like a
child.”
“No, I
believe you said it better than I could my friend. I just want to know if you
obtained the disk?”
Gambit raised
his eyebrow and gave a little chuckle. He reached inside his jacket and pulled
out the disk. He had been right about Thompson having it on him. Right before
he hit him, Gambit reached in his coat and palmed the disk without Thompson
knowing. He was that good. He twiddled it between his fingers in front of her.
“As dey say,
da hand is quicker dan da eye, non?”
Storm smiled
and tried to take it from him but he snatched it back.
“Look chere,
but don’ touch”, he said playfully as he winked at her.
Storm was
quite impressed by him. They linked arms and headed back to the mansion, though
neither spoke of their kiss. They each felt a little confusion by it but
thought it was just something that happened, but both Storm and Gambit couldn’t
help that they wanted more of each other. They just kept walking in silence,
but each kept repeating to themselves, “We’re just friends, nothing
more...right?”