Hawk and Xavier Have Words
"Xavier for a guy who preaches good human/mutant relations you sure as hell don't practice them!" Hawk snapped. He had traveled to the Institute once he had learned about Magneto. "Why the hell didn't you call me?"
"There wasn't time," Xavier told him.
"Xavier we live in an era of nearly instant communication," Hawk looked at him. "You mean you had time to fly halfway around the world and plan a rescue but you didn't have time to turn on a cell phone? I don't buy it!"
"It was a mutant affair," Xavier told him.
"The hell it is," Hawk told him. "Especially when you ally yourself with one megalomaniac to fight another megalomaniac for control of the world! What you really mean is that you didn't want us coming along so we could try and take Magneto into custody! Which would have happened by the way!"
"And would have caused a serious delay in our efforts to stop Apocalypse."
"Are you forgetting that we have a little thing called the Mass Device? You know that transportation machine our kids use nearly every day to come here?" Hawk shouted.
"I just thought it was for the best that we kept this outside official channels as much as possible," Xavier said. "You of all people know that there are forces in the government that would use this possible threat to their advantage."
"Let me see if I get this straight," Hawk glared at him. "You would trust the fate of the world to a terrorist who not only has harmed your students but mine as well? Think about it Xavier! I'd sooner trust Cobra Commander to join the ballet!"
"Like it or not Hawk he is the one man who may be powerful enough to help us fight Apocalypse," Xavier sighed.
"Oh please!" Hawk groaned. "Even if he was you can't seriously consider any kind of an alliance with him! Not that it did any good."
"You are right about one thing," Xavier sighed. "Apocalypse is too powerful for even Magneto to handle."
"So obviously humans can't cut it?" Hawk snapped.
"This is not about the human ego…" Xavier began.
"More like mutant ego if you ask me," Hawk said. "Xavier open your eyes! The man has committed countless felonies! Kidnapping, illegal genetic experimentation, stealing powerful weapons from SHIELD and governments all around the world! And that's just the tip of the iceberg! Magneto is so obsessed with his ideas of a mutant controlled world he's already insane! And the fact that an even more powerful mutant is loose out there plotting to take over the world just might really send him over the edge!"
Xavier's eyes narrowed. "I fear you may be right."
"You're damn right I'm right!" Hawk snapped. "If we had Magneto in custody at least we would have had one of those nutcases under control! And if we really needed his help we would have been able to negotiate with it! Instead we have two of them roaming around loose out there. Mark my words Xavier there is going to be a showdown between those two which is going to end up with a lot of damage done to not only lives and property but to mutant/human relations for years to come! I just hope you can live with what you've done. Because we all may have to!"
