{"id":11728,"date":"2018-09-11T15:06:11","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T22:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=11728"},"modified":"2018-09-11T11:18:04","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T18:18:04","slug":"afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-twelve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-twelve\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part Twelve)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Azazel_X_men_First_Class.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-twelve\/azazel_x_men_first_class\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Azazel_X_men_First_Class.png?fit=442%2C489&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"442,489\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Azazel_X_men_First_Class\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Azazel_X_men_First_Class.png?fit=442%2C489&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11729\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Azazel_X_men_First_Class.png?resize=442%2C489&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"442\" height=\"489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Azazel_X_men_First_Class.png?w=442&amp;ssl=1 442w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Azazel_X_men_First_Class.png?resize=136%2C150&amp;ssl=1 136w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Azazel_X_men_First_Class.png?resize=362%2C400&amp;ssl=1 362w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 442px) 100vw, 442px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part One<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-eleven\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part Eleven<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> You&#8217;re getting two scenes today and also on Thursday &#8230; as their won&#8217;t be any posts of Afternoon Fic, during McFassy Fortnight.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It took a train trip out of the city, and a mental scream at Emma, before Azazel showed up in front of him. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I should smack the living shit out of you, but I actually get it.&#8221; \u00a0Erik snarled at the teleporter. &#8220;But we have a bigger issue than protecting your kids mother. \u00a0Protecting your kid to start with.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Is Kurt in danger?&#8221; \u00a0That got his attention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Not at this moment, but in the future.&#8221; \u00a0He explained everything: Logan, the Sentinels, and the fact they were already built.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;And you and I are not in this future?&#8221; \u00a0Azazel frowned as he started to pace. &#8220;Nor my son?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;He didn&#8217;t know a Teleporter, doesn&#8217;t recognize Peter, Sean or even Alex.&#8221; \u00a0The implications were astounding, add in the fact he only ever mentioned one Telepath indicated Emma wasn&#8217;t making it through this alive either.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I lost my friend to this cruel man.&#8221; \u00a0He argued, the emotion coming through. &#8220;We may have never agreed fully with Shaw, but he saved both of us. \u00a0And we made a life, found a purpose with your Brotherhood. Did you know he and Angel thought about having children.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;More kids for me to raise?&#8221; \u00a0Erik smirked slightly, he had known the two had become lovers, hadn&#8217;t realized it had gotten that serious.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azazel chuckled. \u00a0&#8220;You make a good Vater.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Thanks.&#8221; And he meant it. \u00a0&#8220;I know you still care for Mystique, she is the mother of your son, but if she keeps this up \u2026 it&#8217;s just not us Azazel. \u00a0\u00a0I am willing to die to protect Charles, the kids, the school, our fellow Mutants. But our kids shouldn&#8217;t be sacrificed. And not just ours, but we&#8217;re talking all of mankind. \u00a0This isn&#8217;t a concentration camp he&#8217;s building, this is the destruction of the world.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;She has already left Paris, I do not know where she is going. \u00a0But I may have lead on these Sentinels. Janus got out some Intel, there was a lab in Texas, what was odd was the manufacture plant next to it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Then let&#8217;s go.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">***<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charles had lost track of what day he was on, by the time they landed back in New York. \u00a0He was quiet for the drive back to the school, no one was really in the mood to talk. By the time they pulled up to the front door, Charles was already out and wanting to get to Cerebro.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;All okay?&#8221; \u00a0Darwin opened the door, taking in the burly new guy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;No, but it will be.&#8221; \u00a0Charles pulled the young man into his arms and hugged him tightly. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what&#8217;s going on, but it&#8217;s okay.&#8221; \u00a0He held the smaller man tightly, before letting go and stepping back. \u00a0&#8220;Sean is playing with Kurt and Alex is back, he&#8217;s been talking to Peter.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Keep an eye on them. \u00a0I&#8217;m heading below.&#8221; He looked at Logan. \u00a0&#8220;Come on it&#8217;s time you learn a few things.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Darwin watched them pass through the lobby, heading to the elevator that took them to the labs and X-Men territory. \u00a0As they disappeared he stepped in front of Hank. &#8220;Where&#8217;s Erik?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Looking for the things that could destroy us. Come on, let&#8217;s get Alex I have a story to tell you.&#8221; \u00a0He grabbed Darwin and headed for the offices. He wanted to check the feed from France, see how much damage he did, by going after Mystique.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part One Part Eleven Note: You&#8217;re getting two scenes today and also on Thursday &#8230; as their won&#8217;t be any posts of Afternoon Fic, during McFassy Fortnight. 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