Chapter 8: She's Staying!
Pietro took a deep breath and walked into his father's study and shut the door. Magneto was at his desk reading a book, not acknowledging his son's entrance.
"Come on dad."
"Pietro, I said no," he replied strictly, looking up from his book. Pietro quickly moved over and sat on the chair in front of the desk.
"Dad if you just give her a chance-"
"Pietro, does anything I say get through to you? That is a wild animal! She may be cute now, but she'll get bigger and realize that we are food."
"Dad-"
Wanda came rushing into the room, Rajah in her arms, with the guys in tow. "Dad we're keeping her."
"Wanda!" Magneto said firmly.
"Just hold her," she replied, walking around the desk and pushing the cub into her father's arms. Rajah looked up at him, her blue eyes meeting his. Erik reluctantly held the now purring cub, then looked at the other occupants in the room.
"See she likes you," Pietro smiled.
Erik sighed in defeat, then put the cub on the ground. "If she shows any signs of becoming dangerous, she's gone! Do you understand?"
"Yes, dad. I promise she'll be good. She'll be are version of a guard dog."
Wanda reached down and scooped up the new member of the family and left with the others. Pietro got up to leave as well, but his father called him back.
"Pietro she's your responsibility, she had better not destroy anything or attack anyone."
"I understand."
Erik sighed and leaned back in his chair. "But don't you have to have some kind of permit or did you plan on hiding her for as long as you can?"
"No," Pietro smiled. "I already got all the stuff done, she is now a legal member of the family."
"How much is this panther going to cost me?"
"Dad, this isn't about money? This is about your only son's happiness…" He trailed off when he saw his father's face. He sat back down on the chair. "Well on matter what a vet says she wouldn't need all the shots that they think, the only real thing is meat."
"Meat? Like hamburger meat?"
"Yeah, any kind really. As long as she gets a certain amount of pounds of it. Other than that she'll be fine."
"Alright. And I don't want you to teach her to go after Xavier's team."
"Yeah, that'd be too easy," he called back as he left the study. Erik smiled at his son and went back to his book.
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