Erik had no idea who the other Mutant was, but the long tongue had made things awkward fast.
Before Hank had even hit the ground, the Mutant had grabbed him and thrown him into the fountain, then used his tongue to bend the metal spikes trapping him in the water.
Erik levitated himself to the ground, and the moment the mutant toad attacked he threw a trash can, sending it straight into the idiots face. As he made his way towards Beast, he reached out with his metal senses looking for the bullet, but it was nowhere in the vicinity. The whiff of sulfur was enough to know how she got out of the area quickly.
“Now what?” Beast asked as Erik pulled the beams apart and yanked him out of the fountain, getting himself soaked in the process. He shook the water out of his fur, noticing instantly that everyone was staring at the two of them.
“We need to get back to Charles.” He stepped out of the fountain, throwing his hand out as the cops approached tossing them to the side. “Can you de-fur.”
“What happened to Mutant and Proud.” Beast stood next to him, growling lightly. He hated being furred and wet.
“Your wet fur is making me sneeze.” He smirked, getting the eyeroll he was expecting.
<<Go left the crowd has no idea what’s going on.>>
<<Ah Liebling did you mind whamming tourists?>>
<<Fuck you Erik.>> He could feel the pause. <<Yes, but you have a short time. Get to our rooms, I have news. It’s not good. And stop teasing Hank!>>
He glanced around noticing people were frozen – staring past them. “Time to leave.” He grabbed Hank, and headed left.
“Is Charles keeping us from being seen?” He asked, passing by a young couple obviously on their honeymoon, neither one of them looked at his wet sopping blue fur.
“At the moment.”
Charles had surprised him with a trip to Paris a few years ago, they spent half their time in bed, the other exploring the city. Giving Erik an advantage as they maneuvered through the city.
The moment they hit a dark alley, he grabbed Hank and shoved him against the wall. Beast growled, grabbing Erik’s wet jacket. “Why did you stop me from shooting her?”
“She’s his sister!” He pushed back using his strength to slam Erik into the opposite wall.
“You heard what Logan said, if she kills Trask we’re done.” He brought his hands down on Hank’s arms making him let go, then pushed him back into the wall. “I don’t give a shit about Mystique or even if Charles is pissed at me. I’m saving our future.”
“Killing her isn’t the way. You know it!” He argued back. “She think she’s doing the right thing, like you did back on that beach.”
“So you thought declaring your undying love would stop her?” His voice dropped, going from anger to frustration. “Hank that only works if she loves you back.”
“I know.” He sunk into the wall with a sigh. “Do you know how hard it is to see the adorable kid running around, the one who calls you uncle, knowing it’s the son of the woman you love with someone else!”
“Fuck Mystique.”
“Azazel already did.” Hank dead panned. They both snorted, laughing lightly. “I thought I was doing the right thing, but now everyone knows about us. I mean I know there’s been rumors and theories, government inquirers, but now we’re publicly out there … Shit.”
“It’s not a bad thing, we shouldn’t have to hide!” Erik argued. “Yes, we need the school, hell this would likely boost our enrollment finally, but why should we hide to make them comfortable.”
“Because they build Sentinels to hunt us down!”
“Then we stop them.” Erik reached over and put his hand on Beast’s shoulder. “I’m not sure how, but we will.”
He looked at the one person he thought he would never be friends with, the one person who wasn’t to be trusted. The one person who he had become family, who fought for and against him. The one person who made him believe in the geeky kid and the Beast. “But you die. You and I both know it. Logan doesn’t know Magneto … only Erik. So you died.” He reached up and wiped the tears from his eyes. “And I don’t think we handled it well.”
“This time.” He pulled Hank into his arms, not caring that they were both wet, and fur was getting up his nose. “We make sure I don’t.”
“How did this become our lives?” Hank asked stepping back while pulling off his glasses and trying to clean them with his wet shirt.
“I blame Charles completely for my lack of world domination.” Erik grabbed his arm, and headed out of the alley way, they had to get the hell out of sight. And later, he needed to find Azazel and beat the shit out of him.
