Gambit, Devereux and the Oyama job.
After getting exiled and leaving the New Orleans Thieves Guild, the only logical place for Remy to go next was New York City. It was a place he could be faceless, blend into the crowds, get bothered by no one, and start working his way up again. He started to make himself useful to the criminal underworld there, which wasn't that hard considering his many skills and the fact that he excelled at them. It was really the only reason that his being a mutant was tolerated.
One of the first jobs he found himself in was the so-called Oyama job. This involved intercepting shipments of adamantium sent in from Oyama Heavy Industries in Japan, either to sell on at inflated prices on the black market, or for use in the construction of arms. It was a daring heist, and Remy was in exactly the right position to make himself indispensable to the higher echelons.
It just so happened that another low-level criminal named Devereux was put on the same job. Neither he nor Remy were considered anything or anyone important; just cogs in a larger machine, working together to make sure the operation went smoothly. Both were nothing more than runners on the job, and while they shared absolutely nothing in common, they managed to get along well enough not to screw things up. And that was actually about the extent of their acquaintance.
Remy would've stayed with this gang and climbed the proverbial ladder, but it wasn't to be. Since the unfortunate mishap with Julien Bordreaux, Remy's powers were burgeoning out of control, and the only way he stop himself from blowing random things up was by numbing his senses (e.g. drink, drugs, whatever), until even that didn't do much good and he was setting fire to most things (mostly himself, in an attempt at damage limitation - hence the scars on his body - the ones Rogue finds so fascinating).
And that of course was where Sinister came along and offered to make it all better.
And then when Remy resurfaced, it was with the X-Men, of course.
But that's another story...
One of the first jobs he found himself in was the so-called Oyama job. This involved intercepting shipments of adamantium sent in from Oyama Heavy Industries in Japan, either to sell on at inflated prices on the black market, or for use in the construction of arms. It was a daring heist, and Remy was in exactly the right position to make himself indispensable to the higher echelons.
It just so happened that another low-level criminal named Devereux was put on the same job. Neither he nor Remy were considered anything or anyone important; just cogs in a larger machine, working together to make sure the operation went smoothly. Both were nothing more than runners on the job, and while they shared absolutely nothing in common, they managed to get along well enough not to screw things up. And that was actually about the extent of their acquaintance.
Remy would've stayed with this gang and climbed the proverbial ladder, but it wasn't to be. Since the unfortunate mishap with Julien Bordreaux, Remy's powers were burgeoning out of control, and the only way he stop himself from blowing random things up was by numbing his senses (e.g. drink, drugs, whatever), until even that didn't do much good and he was setting fire to most things (mostly himself, in an attempt at damage limitation - hence the scars on his body - the ones Rogue finds so fascinating).
And that of course was where Sinister came along and offered to make it all better.
And then when Remy resurfaced, it was with the X-Men, of course.
But that's another story...