Title: The Ante
Chapter 28:  Mistigris – Part I
Fandom: X-Men: Evolution
Author: Lucia de’Medici
Summary: When Remy LeBeau left Rogue on the shore of the Ripper’s bayou hideout, he slipped a solitary playing card into the palm of her hand. It was a conciliatory gesture — an offer for friendship, an unspoken apology, and the beginning of a less-than-friendly game between rivals. A year has passed. The stakes have been raised, and Remy is not a person who enjoys entertaining the idea of folding before the bluff gets called.
Rating: Teen/Mature
Pairing: Rogue/Remy
Secondary Pairings: Gambit/Belladonna
Warnings: Language, violence, scenes of a sexual nature, minors engaged in sexual situations
Disclaimer: All characters and situations remain the property of their respective owners, included, but not limited to Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Kids WB. Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Goomba are the intellectual property of Nintendo.

Title: The Ante
Chapter 28:  Mistigris – Part I
Fandom: X-Men: Evolution
Author: Lucia de’Medici
Summary: When Remy LeBeau left Rogue on the shore of the Ripper’s bayou hideout, he slipped a solitary playing card into the palm of her hand. It was a conciliatory gesture — an offer for friendship, an unspoken apology, and the beginning of a less-than-friendly game between rivals. A year has passed. The stakes have been raised, and Remy is not a person who enjoys entertaining the idea of folding before the bluff gets called.
Rating: Teen/Mature
Pairing: Rogue/Remy
Secondary Pairings: Gambit/Belladonna
Warnings:Language, violence, scenes of a sexual nature, minors engaged in sexual situations
Disclaimer: All characters and situations remain the property of their respective owners, included, but not limited to Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Kids WB. Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Goomba are the intellectual property of Nintendo.

Title: The Ante
Chapter 28: Mistigris – Part I
Fandom: X-Men: Evolution
Author: Lucia de’Medici
Summary: When Remy LeBeau left Rogue on the shore of the Ripper’s bayou hideout, he slipped a solitary playing card into the palm of her hand. It was a conciliatory gesture — an offer for friendship, an unspoken apology, and the beginning of a less-than-friendly game between rivals. A year has passed. The stakes have been raised, and Remy is not a person who enjoys entertaining the idea of folding before the bluff gets called.
Rating: Teen/Mature
Pairing: Rogue/Remy
Secondary Pairings: Gambit/Belladonna
Warnings: Language, violence, scenes of a sexual nature, minors engaged in sexual situations
Author’s Notes: My New Orleans lust: let me show you it. (Extensive) notes are at the bottom. This chapter goes out to my home slices on LJ, who frequently inspire me, frequently get me screaming about Emil like a ridiculous fangirl, and frequently remind me why I started writing this ridiculously long, never-ending piece of fanfiction. I loffs you. (Long live the Cult of the White Rabbit. Now accepting minion hoards to worship at the altar of Emil. Or something.) A note regarding this sequence in particular (and the following “Parts” to come: this chapter has been broken down into several smaller chunks. The whole of Chapter 28: Mistigris is going to hit a page count of some hundred and fifty pages or so, and to accommodate both your schedule and mine, I broke the chapter into smaller parts… such as what you’re seeing here. The rest of it will be posted as each part is completed and polished, and life will carry on as usual as soon as this “interlude” of sorts wraps up.)
Disclaimer: All characters and situations remain the property of their respective owners, included, but not limited to Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Kids WB. Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Goomba are the intellectual property of Nintendo. Original characters and situations created for the purposes of this story are the brainchildren of the author, and if you intend to yoink them, or unsure if what you’re yoinking has been birthed from Luce’s creative headspace, please send an e-mail to the author in advance of perfecting your online thievery skills. Due credit for creative property is a kickass thing.