{"id":12029,"date":"2018-10-09T15:14:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T22:14:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=12029"},"modified":"2018-10-09T08:53:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T15:53:05","slug":"afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part 15)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11351\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world\/maxresdefault-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,720\" 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=\"maxresdefault\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?fit=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-11351\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?resize=800%2C450&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?resize=400%2C225&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/maxresdefault-7.jpg?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/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\/the-return-of-afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Part Fourteen<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;NO.&#8221; \u00a0Erik and Azazel yelled at the same time. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two looked at each other, then fist pumped. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Dude when did we become parents?&#8221; \u00a0Azazel smirked at his friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I think that would be when you fucked Raven.&#8221; \u00a0Erik shook his head. Peter coughed, only to get glared at by his father. \u00a0&#8220;Hush, you&#8217;re already in trouble.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We want to help Vatar.&#8221; Kurt looked at the two of them. \u00a0&#8220;I can teleport all the way to the city to St. Patricks.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Why are you teleporting there?&#8221; \u00a0Azazel bent down to look at his son. \u00a0He was so beautiful, and made him so proud. \u00a0He really wished he could spend more time with him. \u00a0Maybe after all this, he would take more time. The idea that he never saw his boy grow up, upset him more than he cared to admit, let alone the idea his son wouldn&#8217;t survive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I like their St. Michael statue.&#8221; \u00a0He said with a smile. &#8220;Father Gregory is also nice, but I prefer Mass here with Father Angel.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azazel stood and looked over at his friend, eyes narrowing. &#8220;My son is going to Mass?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;What do you expect when an Anglican and Jew raise a teleporting mutant, of course he becomes Catholic.&#8221; \u00a0Erik rolled his eyes. &#8220;He loved the stories of Angels as a toddler, specifically St. Michael and the Archangels. \u00a0He didn&#8217;t like normal picture books, just the big ones with the angel images. When he was threeish he popped into the local Catholic church, by accident. \u00a0Father Angel gave him some food, let him play with his St. Michael statue, and then called us. He&#8217;s a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">priest <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azazel and he <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">didn&#8217;t <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blink at your son.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I would like to meet this man. \u00a0Well if he is to follow Christian Symbolism, at least he went for the badass of them all.&#8221; \u00a0Azazel patted Kurt&#8217;s shoulder. &#8220;You&#8217;re still not helping, you are small and not quite at Archangel status.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;But I can move people.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;And I can get around people.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik looked at the two of them, knowing they would go into this war without hesitation. \u00a0He hated the humans for starting this. He hated Mystique for being who he would&#8217;ve been. \u00a0&#8220;You are too young.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Sean and Alex were not that young when you guys went against Shaw.&#8221; \u00a0Peter argued back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Let me put this in terms you will understand.&#8221; \u00a0Erik looked at the two of them. &#8220;If something happened to you. \u00a0I would kill Trask, and anyone around him without hesitation. I already want to, I already want to fight, but your safety is keeping me tempered.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurt poofed, then landed in his Vatar&#8217;s arms, something he hadn&#8217;t done in years. \u00a0&#8220;No Vatar, you wouldn&#8217;t. You are a good man, I see it.&#8221; He patted Erik&#8217;s cheeks. \u00a0&#8220;We stay.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erik held him close, then set him back down to the ground. \u00a0&#8220;Peter?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I get it man.&#8221; \u00a0In a rare show for the teenager, he hugged his father. \u00a0He stepped back and looked around the room, at the rest of the X-Men. \u00a0&#8220;But I want to be trained at some point.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;You&#8217;ve already ordered your uniform, it&#8217;s on backorder until your twenty-five, and graduated college.&#8221; \u00a0Alex snarked at the kid, making Erik snort. &#8220;Same with you kid.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kurt and Peter smirked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Azazel caught Erik when he stumbled suddenly. \u00a0&#8220;You okay?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It&#8217;s Charles.&#8221; \u00a0He shook his head, trying to absorb the mental anguish that was suddenly coursing through him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;He went to talk to himself.&#8221; \u00a0Hank frowned. &#8220;Wanted to find out what happened.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Fucking idiot.&#8221; \u00a0Erik stalked off towards Cerebro. \u00a0&#8220;Get some rest, we&#8217;re leaving in the morning.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It would be wise if we stay away from those two.&#8221; \u00a0Alex suggested, a smirk on his face. &#8220;How about some food?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I could teleport us to another country?&#8221; \u00a0Azazel suggested as Kurt took his hand to lead him to the kitchen area, it wasn&#8217;t often Papa stayed long enough for a meal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;We might take you up on that offer.&#8221; \u00a0Hank smirked as they moved away from the main sections of the school.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part One Part Fourteen &#8220;NO.&#8221; \u00a0Erik and Azazel yelled at the same time. \u00a0 The two looked at each other, then fist pumped. \u00a0 &#8220;Dude when did we become parents?&#8221; \u00a0Azazel smirked at his friend. &#8220;I think that would be when you fucked Raven.&#8221; \u00a0Erik shook his head. 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