Gambit, who had his suspicions about the girl, intervened on Storm’s behalf, making her fight his own. Together, they escaped the Shadow King’s minions. Storm settled in with Gambit in New Orleans and they teamed up as thieves, playing Robin Hood, stealing from the rich and giving to the poor. [Uncanny X-Men #266-267] Eventually, they were found again by Nanny. The confrontation enabled Storm to regain her repressed memories and she left to find the scattered X-Men with an intrigued Gambit in tow. Upon reaching the Xavier estate in Westchester, Storm explained to Gambit why the mansion was in ruins; it had been blown up by one of the X-Men’s foes – Mr. Sinister. Remy sarcastically remarked, “like the name,” as if he never heard of the man before. The pair were met by Banshee and Forge, who had been searching for the missing X-Men, and soon the team was reunited during a crisis in Genosha. [Uncanny X-Men Annual #14]

Gambit fought alongside the X-Men, learning as much as he could about them without revealing any details of his own shady past, not even his real name. Only Wolverine had his doubts about the Cajun, which led to a Danger Room duel between them that Gambit easily won (which might have to do with him rigging the fight). [Uncanny X-Men #273-277] When the original five rejoined and the X-Men were divided into two squads, Gambit became part of the Blue team under Cyclops’ leadership. [X-Men (2nd series) #1]

He became interested in one of his teammates in particular, the young woman named Rogue, and started flirting with her, despite her off-putting manner and the obstacle of her uncontrollable power that prevented anyone from touching her. They started becoming more and more interested in each other, even though their first date was disrupted by a villain’s attack. [X-Men (2nd series) #4]

Another teammate held quite a different opinion of Gambit, though - Bishop, a policeman from a possible future, newly arrived in the present. In his timeline, the X-Men had died after being betrayed from within and Bishop realized that the one person alive who knew what happened – the so-called Witness, also known as LeBeau – seemed to be an aged Gambit. When Bishop shouted out his last name, Remy was offended, as so far he had not revealed his real name to any of the X-Men. Bishop became deeply distrustful of Gambit, believing him to be the man who would one day betray the X-Men, leading to the team’s death.

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