[groans]
Oh, no!
[screaming]
Help!
You're doing fine, Rogue.
Oh, I can't do this anymore!
It isn't working!
Listen, Rogue. This will take time.
You're confronting painful issues of your mother's betrayal.
I really think I just need to get away from everything.
Rogue.
[school bell rings]
-Kurt. -Excuse me.
I'm late for school.
Wait, Kurt...
I don't know what made me...
do that to Mystique.
-I just... -It's pretty clear, Rogue.
There's only one reason to push someone off a cliff.
I'm sorry.
Are the rumors true?
That you're thinking about leaving?
Maybe. I don't know yet.
-What do you think you're doing? -You are way too tense, cherie.
And I have just the thing for you. Something to help you relax.
[theme music playing]
[groaning]
I've been watching you for weeks, Rogue.
You're such an unhappy girl.
[grunts]
Is it any wonder? What do you want with me?!
I don't want anything.
It's what you want.
I'm just opening the door for you.
The door to what?
Freedom.
The chance to just walk away.
I know from experience that the first step is always the hardest.
So I'm giving you a little push.
Untie me! [grunts]
I will. I will.
Once you realize that I'm doing you a favor.
Check this out!
Sam, have you seen the professor?
[grunts]
[computer] Low battery.
Hey, have you guys seen the professor?
-[groans] -Logan, I'm looking for the professor.
Yeah? Why?
It's about Rogue.
What happened?
She never showed up at school.
And nobody's seen her.
Man! What if she took off?
[sniffing]
[growls]
Gambit.
[Magneto screaming on video]
[Pyro laughing]
[video rewinding]
[Magneto screaming]
-Yeah! Yeah! -[video rewinding]
You gotta love it.
Oh, I never get tired of this part...
[yells]
I'm looking for Gambit.
Watch it, mate.
You're wrinkling the uniform.
[grunts]
I'm real glad you dropped by,
since I've been bored out of my skull!
[hose hisses]
Huh?
What?
[grunting]
Where's your buddies?
Uh, since Magneto's gone,
Colossus bailed and went back to Russia.
Sabretooth's out playing with a big ball of yarn somewhere.
And Gambit didn't leave a note on the fridge.
[shouts] Okay.
Take care.
So long.
Don't get all weepy on me. Let's not drag this out or anything.
[groans]
Huh. I know just how to turn this frown upside-down.
What is it with you and cards?
Well, it's like having 52 explosives tucked away in one little pocket.
I always save her for last.
Queen of Hearts?
Mwah! My lucky lady.
She's gotten me out of a whole lot of jams.
Then I need a deck of those.
It is nice having someone to watch over you, Rogue.
So if you're ready to accept my help, I can untie you.
Okay.
It's just time you take charge of your own destiny, is all.
Good idea.
[both grunting]
Here!
I don't like getting pushed in any direction!
-Got it? -Point taken.
Now here's mine.
Pull me in or I blow this boxcar off the tracks.
[groans]
You're just crazy enough to do it!
We do what we have to. Right, cherie?
I'm not afraid. Go ahead.
Absorb my thoughts.
See for yourself that I mean you no harm.
Like I want you inside my head.
Hmm...
[Logan] I tracked them to the freight yard.
-I think they're heading south. -Yes. You're right.
Cerebro locked in on Gambit when he used his powers.
What makes you think I was ready to leave the Institute?
It's been obvious.
Besides, I heard you talking to that Nightcrawler fool.
-You've been spying on me?! -No.
Just looking out for you.
So, uh... where's this train going?
-Louisiana. -Really?
I do believe that's your neck of the woods, isn't it?
[jazz music playing]
I always loved Mardi Gras.
No matter who you are, you fit in.
-First time I've been here without working. -Hey!
Working at what?
Getting by.
Here. You dropped your wallet.
[Gambit] Hungry?
Because that little jazz club right there has the best jambalaya.
I forgot how much I really miss these kinds of places.
Yeah. Nothing like this up north.
So you've always been a thief?
Well, let's just say it runs in the family.
What? You mean like your father?
If you could call him that.
Fact is, I gotta go see the bum sometime tonight...
-Julien! -Huh?
Well, if it ain't the infamous Remy LeBeau.
This just saves me the trouble of hunting you down.
[grunting]
Borrow this?
[shouting]
Thanks.
Anytime.
[both shouting]
[both] Huh?
[grunting]
[exhales]
Time to go!
Yes, Charles. I understand.
Does he know where they are?
Gambit has been using his powers again.
And so has Rogue.
Well, that's not a good sign.
-Where are they? -[Storm] Down there.
In the heart of the French Quarter.
During Mardi Gras?
Oh, man. We'll never find her.
All right. I got a dose of info from that lug.
You're part of some crime family called the Thieves Guild?
Was. Not anymore.
I'm sorry you got involved with that, Rogue.
And this Julien, he's from a rival family?
The Rippers. Look, thanks for your help, really.
But now I gotta go take care of some stuff.
Why didn't you tell me they kidnapped your father?
Because you don't need any more troubles.
-What are you gonna do? -Go get him.
As soon as I find out where he is.
[quietly] That's right, cherie. Come on.
What?
I need to talk to you.
What's the matter?
I just don't want you to be seen with me. It's dangerous.
Listen. I know where they're keeping your father.
-You do? Where? -Blood Moon Bayou.
But you'll never get past their sensors and water mines.
-So I'm going with you. -No, no.
I'll manage on my own.
Gambit, I had the chance to do something like this before,
and I didn't. I need to do it now.
I'd say this mess has Gambit written all over it.
Wow. Great costume!
Thanks. They are one of a kind.
They've been here.
Let's go.
Veer to the right.
Nice.
So all this trouble and I thought you didn't like your father.
I don't.
Just because someone adopts you doesn't make them a parent.
-Yeah. -Mystique?
You mean it wasn't her motherly instincts that led her to take you in?
Let's just say it was my powers she wanted to nurture.
You and I, we could write a book about it.
Been down the same roads.
Difference is you're here trying to save your father.
It's more than I did.
Hm. They took off from here.
Here's the raft from the X-Jet.
We can take turns blowing it up.
Want to start?
Sure.
[hisses]
We're almost there. Head under those roots.
It's the only safe way.
Father, the motion sensors in the bayou are picking up something.
Another gator?
Not unless it's 12 feet long and moving at two knots.
I think you know who it is.
Hmm. Gambit. How's your aim?
Never better.
Thanks for stopping by.
Huh?
Get down!
[grunting]
-How dare you? -What happened?
Your thoughts are in my head.
I know everything! You played me!
Rogue.
Ever since you put me on that train, it's all been a part of a plan.
Let me explain.
You knew you'd run into someone from the Rippers at the jazz club.
You knew they'd come after you. And you knew I'd use my powers to help you
because you wanted me to absorb information.
I'm sorry, Rogue.
You used me...
just like everyone else!
My father's life was at stake.
[sighs]
Huh?
[both shouting]
Remy? What are you doing here?
I've been asking myself that very question.
You actually came back.
I thought you'd walked away from this life.
I did. I'm just here for you.
Even after all I put you through.
Don't get any ideas, Jean Luc.
Nothing's changed between us.
-Now let's go. -Wait a minute.
What?
We're in the heart of the Rippers stronghold.
Do you know what an opportunity this is?
Forget it. We're out of time.
Remy, listen to me.
Let's rig this place and do some real damage!
We can ruin their family.
You don't need me for that.
No, I don't.
But I do need your powers.
I was right.
Nothing has changed.
Well, well, this must be father-son day.
Get back in there!
[both groaning]
Let's go!
You mean she can do all that with just the touch of a finger?
Forget it!
This way!
-How's she know? -Trust me. She knows.
[both] Huh?
[all shouting]
That one can control the weather?
Meet my family.
I'll take this.
[both shouting]
[growls]
[shouting]
Watch out!
[both shouting]
Whoa!
[all shouting]
Rogue!
[growls]
You've had it, bub!
[Rogue] Logan, stop!
Please, leave him alone.
[groans]
I'm gonna want some answers, Rogue.
You'll get them. Everything's okay.
-Rogue... -Don't.
You just did the wrong thing for the right reasons.
So what now?
I'm going back with the X-Men.
-I don't care what you do. -Sure you don't.
Well, I better go.
You will be fine, cherie.
You got people watching over you.
Hey, you okay?
Yeah. I think so.
[theme music playing]