{"id":11571,"date":"2018-08-28T15:16:21","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T22:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=11571"},"modified":"2018-08-28T13:38:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T20:38:30","slug":"afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-nine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-nine\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part Nine)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Part One<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Eight<\/a><\/p>\n

\n

Erik had no idea who the other Mutant was, but the long tongue had made things awkward fast. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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. \u00a0\u00a0As 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. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Now what?” \u00a0Beast asked as Erik pulled the beams apart and yanked him out of the fountain, getting himself soaked in the process. \u00a0He shook the water out of his fur, noticing instantly that everyone was staring at the two of them.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We need to get back to Charles.” \u00a0He stepped out of the fountain, throwing his hand out as the cops approached tossing them to the side. \u00a0“Can you de-fur.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“What happened to Mutant and Proud.” \u00a0Beast stood next to him, growling lightly. \u00a0He hated being furred and wet.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Your wet fur is making me sneeze.” \u00a0He smirked, getting the eyeroll he was expecting. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

<<Go left the crowd has no idea what’s going on.>><\/span><\/p>\n

<<Ah Liebling did you mind whamming tourists?>><\/span><\/p>\n

<<Fuck you Erik.>> He could feel the pause. \u00a0<<Yes, but you have a short time. Get to our rooms, I have news. \u00a0It’s not good. And stop teasing Hank!>><\/span><\/p>\n

He glanced around noticing people were frozen – staring past them. \u00a0“Time to leave.” He grabbed Hank, and headed left. <\/span><\/p>\n

“Is Charles keeping us from being seen?” \u00a0He asked, passing by a young couple obviously on their honeymoon, neither one of them looked at his wet sopping blue fur.<\/span><\/p>\n

“At the moment.”<\/span><\/p>\n

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. \u00a0Giving Erik an advantage as they maneuvered through the city. <\/span><\/p>\n

The moment they hit a dark alley, he grabbed Hank and shoved him against the wall. \u00a0Beast growled, grabbing Erik’s wet jacket. “Why did you stop me from shooting her?”<\/span><\/p>\n

“She’s his sister!” \u00a0He pushed back using his strength to slam Erik into the opposite wall. <\/span><\/p>\n

“You heard what Logan said, if she kills Trask we’re done.” \u00a0He brought his hands down on Hank’s arms making him let go, then pushed him back into the wall. \u00a0“I don’t give a shit about Mystique or even if Charles is pissed at me. I’m saving our future.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Killing her isn’t the way. \u00a0You know it!” He argued back. \u00a0“She think she’s doing the right thing, like you did back on that beach.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“So you thought declaring your undying love would stop her?” \u00a0His voice dropped, going from anger to frustration. “Hank that only works if she loves you back.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“I know.” He sunk into the wall with a sigh. \u00a0“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!”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Fuck Mystique.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Azazel already did.” \u00a0Hank dead panned. They both snorted, laughing lightly. \u00a0“I thought I was doing the right thing, but now everyone knows about us. \u00a0I mean I know there’s been rumors and theories, government inquirers, but now we’re publicly out there \u2026 Shit.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s not a bad thing, we shouldn’t have to hide!” \u00a0Erik argued. “Yes, we need the school, hell this would likely boost our enrollment finally, but why should we hide to make them comfortable.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Because they build Sentinels to hunt us down!”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Then we stop them.” \u00a0Erik reached over and put his hand on Beast’s shoulder. \u00a0“I’m not sure how, but we will.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He looked at the one person he thought he would never be friends with, the one person who wasn’t to be trusted. \u00a0The 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. \u00a0“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. \u00a0“And I don’t think we handled it well.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“This time.” \u00a0He pulled Hank into his arms, not caring that they were both wet, and fur was getting up his nose. \u00a0“We make sure I don’t.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“How did this become our lives?” \u00a0Hank asked stepping back while pulling off his glasses and trying to clean them with his wet shirt. <\/span><\/p>\n

“I blame Charles completely for my lack of world domination.” \u00a0Erik grabbed his arm, and headed out of the alley way, they had to get the hell out of sight. \u00a0\u00a0And later, he needed to find Azazel and beat the shit out of him.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part One Part Eight Erik had no idea who the other Mutant was, but the long tongue had made things awkward fast. \u00a0 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 …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[747],"tags":[746,50],"class_list":["post-11571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afternoon-fic","tag-afternoon-fic","tag-bj-jones"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-30D","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12130,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-eighteen\/","url_meta":{"origin":11571,"position":0},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part Eighteen)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"October 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Part One Part Seventeen \"So anyone else see the irony of a Jew, a Black Man, and a Juvenile Delinquent saving the world?\" \u00a0Darwin gave his comrades a smirk. \"Who you calling Juvenile?\" Alex hit him on the shoulder. \u00a0\"War ages you man.\" \"Unfortunately it does.\" \u00a0Erik looked at the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p0cie1prme1wot2xbo2_540.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p0cie1prme1wot2xbo2_540.gif?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p0cie1prme1wot2xbo2_540.gif?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13012,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-final\/","url_meta":{"origin":11571,"position":1},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Final)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"January 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Afternoon Fic This is a quick update to let you know that Save the Mutant Save the World has been finalized and uploaded to the Afternoon Fic Page. 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Mystique let the Vietnamese General approach her. \u00a0She had made sure that she was everything he was looking for. \u00a0Sophisticated, blonde and beautiful. 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