Hank McCoy looked almost like a blue gorilla in shaggy dark blue fur. Fangs
poked out from his under his lips and he had claws on each of his fingers.
Despite his beastly appearance, he wore small glasses on the edge of his
nose and he wore a coat much like a doctors.
Smiling, he held out his hand and shook each of theirs in turn.
"Well, since you're here, you must be on the right side." He said. He turned and indicated a young slowly rising from his seat at a table. "This is Piotr Rasputin." He said. Towering over all of them, Piotr walked up and nodded his head a bit in greetings, crossing his arms across his chest.
Kurt looked him up and down and he slowly smiled almost in an evil way. Seeing the look on his face, Logan rolled his eyes. Smiling, Kurt rubbed the palms of his hands together, plotting silently in his head. He didn't notice that everyone was looking at him.
"Um Kurt? What are you doing?" Warren asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Plotting." Kurt said simply. Smiling, he looked up at Piotr. "So, you must be pretty strong, ja?" he asked. Cocking an eyebrow, Piotr nodded.
"Da, my Gift is turning into steel." He said, still wondering why he wanted to know. Kurt's smile became even more devious.
"Just get it over with, Kurt." Logan sighed. Kurt put on a mock hurt face.
"Vhat are you talking about?" he asked. The two looked each other in the eyes, and Kurt could barely suppress his laughter. Sighing, Raven clicked her teeth together and shook her head.
"We need to talk about this king issue, Hank." She said, heading towards a bookshelf. Before they could get too far away, there was a BAMF and a startled shout from Piotr. Turning around, Raven couldn't help the twitching in her lip.
Laughing, Kurt perched on Piotr's shoulders in demon form, his tail wrapped around his eyes. Furiously, Piotr tried to knock him off.
"Get off dammit!" he shouted, getting furious.
"Now calm down, mein freund!" Kurt laughed, looking down at him. "I am merely testing you out for further use."
"He does this every time he either sees someone taller than him, or someone who can be stronger than him." Logan sighed, placing his arms across his chest.
"Why does he do it?" Warren asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"In case he needs a lift." Scott laughed.
"Get off!!" Piotr shouted, going into steel form swiftly. Grabbing Kurt's tail, he pulled as hard as he could, nearly swinging Kurt into a shelf. Kurt was able to teleport and land on top if it, still smiling down at him in demon form.
"It vas harmless fun!" he insisted, wagging his tail at Piotr sternly.
"Should I be worried?" Raven asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Oh not at all. Piotr is quite harmless really, unless you try to harm his little sister of course." He added, smiling faintly. "Now you wanted to talk in private I believe?"
"Yes." Raven nodded, looking over as Kurt leapt down and turned back to a human trying to soothe Piotr's temper down a bit. "If we stay here, these idiots will keep interrupting us." She explained. Hank raised his eyebrows slightly, but he kept quiet, shrugging and leading her into his office to talk.
"Come on, mein freund. Ve are going to be vorking on zhe same team any vay! Vhy not get it over vith now so zhat it is not a surprise later?" Kurt tried, smiling sweetly.
"I do not give piggy back rides!" Piotr snapped, placing his hands on hips as he slid back into his normal form.
"Big brother!"
A little girl with golden hair and blue eyes ran up to Piotr, her arms held up. Smiling, Piotr scooped her up and lifted her over his head and onto his shoulders.
"Oh you don't huh?" Kurt asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"She is my sister. It's different than a complete stranger." Piotr said.
"And what's your name?" Warren asked, smiling at the little girl.
"I'm not allowed to talk to strangers." She said, her grip around Piotr's neck getting tighter. "They could take me away from my big brother."
"We're not like that." Warren assured her, smiling faintly. He spread his wings out slightly. "See?"
"It's all right, snow flake." Piotr assured her, still eyeing Kurt warily. "They're good."
"My name's Illyana." She said finally.
"Well it seems to me that what needs to be done is a sneak entrance into the castle." Hank said, polishing his glasses on his furry arm.
"You say that like it's so easy to do." Raven snorted. Smiling, Hank placed his glasses back onto his nose.
"It is when you have the kind of friends I have." He countered with a smile. "Kitty can phase through solid objects, Piotr can simply smash through anything, and let us not forget Peter Wisdom with his fire knives. There are others I could name but that would take time that we don't seem to have at the moment." He added.
"So you have a plan do you?" Raven asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Perhaps, but it will take some time to work out the little kinks in it." Hank said, shrugging a bit.
"Well as long as the king doesn't know where we are, we can take as much time as we need to take in order to get into his castle." Raven said, getting up. "Now it's getting late. I think what would be good right now is some food and then rest."
"My my, you certainly like taking charge of situations don't you?" Hank laughed, standing up with her.
"I like to know that the plan is actually going to work." She said with a shrug. With that, she walked off on her own.
Smiling, he held out his hand and shook each of theirs in turn.
"Well, since you're here, you must be on the right side." He said. He turned and indicated a young slowly rising from his seat at a table. "This is Piotr Rasputin." He said. Towering over all of them, Piotr walked up and nodded his head a bit in greetings, crossing his arms across his chest.
Kurt looked him up and down and he slowly smiled almost in an evil way. Seeing the look on his face, Logan rolled his eyes. Smiling, Kurt rubbed the palms of his hands together, plotting silently in his head. He didn't notice that everyone was looking at him.
"Um Kurt? What are you doing?" Warren asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Plotting." Kurt said simply. Smiling, he looked up at Piotr. "So, you must be pretty strong, ja?" he asked. Cocking an eyebrow, Piotr nodded.
"Da, my Gift is turning into steel." He said, still wondering why he wanted to know. Kurt's smile became even more devious.
"Just get it over with, Kurt." Logan sighed. Kurt put on a mock hurt face.
"Vhat are you talking about?" he asked. The two looked each other in the eyes, and Kurt could barely suppress his laughter. Sighing, Raven clicked her teeth together and shook her head.
"We need to talk about this king issue, Hank." She said, heading towards a bookshelf. Before they could get too far away, there was a BAMF and a startled shout from Piotr. Turning around, Raven couldn't help the twitching in her lip.
Laughing, Kurt perched on Piotr's shoulders in demon form, his tail wrapped around his eyes. Furiously, Piotr tried to knock him off.
"Get off dammit!" he shouted, getting furious.
"Now calm down, mein freund!" Kurt laughed, looking down at him. "I am merely testing you out for further use."
"He does this every time he either sees someone taller than him, or someone who can be stronger than him." Logan sighed, placing his arms across his chest.
"Why does he do it?" Warren asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"In case he needs a lift." Scott laughed.
"Get off!!" Piotr shouted, going into steel form swiftly. Grabbing Kurt's tail, he pulled as hard as he could, nearly swinging Kurt into a shelf. Kurt was able to teleport and land on top if it, still smiling down at him in demon form.
"It vas harmless fun!" he insisted, wagging his tail at Piotr sternly.
"Should I be worried?" Raven asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Oh not at all. Piotr is quite harmless really, unless you try to harm his little sister of course." He added, smiling faintly. "Now you wanted to talk in private I believe?"
"Yes." Raven nodded, looking over as Kurt leapt down and turned back to a human trying to soothe Piotr's temper down a bit. "If we stay here, these idiots will keep interrupting us." She explained. Hank raised his eyebrows slightly, but he kept quiet, shrugging and leading her into his office to talk.
"Come on, mein freund. Ve are going to be vorking on zhe same team any vay! Vhy not get it over vith now so zhat it is not a surprise later?" Kurt tried, smiling sweetly.
"I do not give piggy back rides!" Piotr snapped, placing his hands on hips as he slid back into his normal form.
"Big brother!"
A little girl with golden hair and blue eyes ran up to Piotr, her arms held up. Smiling, Piotr scooped her up and lifted her over his head and onto his shoulders.
"Oh you don't huh?" Kurt asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"She is my sister. It's different than a complete stranger." Piotr said.
"And what's your name?" Warren asked, smiling at the little girl.
"I'm not allowed to talk to strangers." She said, her grip around Piotr's neck getting tighter. "They could take me away from my big brother."
"We're not like that." Warren assured her, smiling faintly. He spread his wings out slightly. "See?"
"It's all right, snow flake." Piotr assured her, still eyeing Kurt warily. "They're good."
"My name's Illyana." She said finally.
"Well it seems to me that what needs to be done is a sneak entrance into the castle." Hank said, polishing his glasses on his furry arm.
"You say that like it's so easy to do." Raven snorted. Smiling, Hank placed his glasses back onto his nose.
"It is when you have the kind of friends I have." He countered with a smile. "Kitty can phase through solid objects, Piotr can simply smash through anything, and let us not forget Peter Wisdom with his fire knives. There are others I could name but that would take time that we don't seem to have at the moment." He added.
"So you have a plan do you?" Raven asked, cocking an eyebrow.
"Perhaps, but it will take some time to work out the little kinks in it." Hank said, shrugging a bit.
"Well as long as the king doesn't know where we are, we can take as much time as we need to take in order to get into his castle." Raven said, getting up. "Now it's getting late. I think what would be good right now is some food and then rest."
"My my, you certainly like taking charge of situations don't you?" Hank laughed, standing up with her.
"I like to know that the plan is actually going to work." She said with a shrug. With that, she walked off on her own.