"Come back here with my cigarettes, Lockheed!" SkyElf was not in the mood
for this! Every morning, Lockheed would take his pack of cigarettes and
hide them somewhere new. Usually, he laughed it off and found them again,
but today was just not the day for digging around for cigarettes!
"Come on, SkyElf! You can get him!" StarPryde laughed, looking up from her book. Lockheed fluttered over her and landed on the TV for a moment, fiddling a cigarette out of the pack. SkyElf froze and watched in horror as Lockheed made snapping gesture with it.
"Come on, Lockheed! Don't break my cigarettes again!" he pleaded. "I really need one!"
"It's a filthy habit, SkyElf." Nightcrawler said calmly, watching with amusement. SkyElf frowned at his twin, placing his hands on his hips.
"It may be filthy, but I've been doing it since Stefan and I smuggled two cigarettes from Haus! I am not giving it up because a purple dragon tells me to!" he said, turning back to Lockheed. He sighed softly and instead of threatening he went to pleading.
"Please! I'll only smoke one today, all right? Will that be all right with you?" he asked. Lockheed placed his arms across his scaly chest, thinking it over before he finally gave the cigarettes back. Smiling, SkyElf immediately took one out and lit it.
"Danke." He said around his smoke. Nightcrawler shook his head and sighed.
"You are impossible!" he said, heading for the kitchen. Shrugging, SkyElf took a long drag and closed his eyes, plopping down beside StarPryde on the couch. Smiling at him fondly, StarPryde calmly rested her head in his lap and continued to read. Looking down at her, SkyElf blew smoke from out of his nose and he brushed a strand of hair from her face.
"What's on TV?" Meggan asked, peaking from the kitchen doorway.
"I haven't put it on yet." SkyElf said, picking up the remote and turning it on with his tail. When he saw the news, it fell from his tail and broke on the ground as his and StarPryde's eyes widened in horror.
There was Hauptmann Englande, with a small army of Sentinels around him attacking people. Meggan was with him, and she was using her powers over the elements to cause fires and tear down trees.
The reporter said that the newcomers came suddenly from a machine and started shouting about Excalibur.
"I knew it." Looking over their shoulders, SkyElf and StarPryde found Excalibur looking at them with betrayed eyes. Brian looked absolutely furious, his arms trembling as he restrained himself from wringing their necks right there and now.
"We should have never trusted you two! I knew you two were spies!" he snarled, stepping forward slightly.
"Brian, we have something more important to worry about!" Rachel said, restraining him even though her eyes blazed with equal fury. "We must deal with Hauptmann Englande and his army first!"
As the rest of Excalibur started to leave, SkyElf and StarPryde watched in sorrow as they gave them betrayed glances. Unable to let them go without a word for their defense, SkyElf grabbed Nightcrawler by the arm and tried to hold him back.
"Listen to me! We did not..."
"I trusted you!" Nightcrawler snarled, pulling his arm away from him. "I trusted you both and this is how you repay me? Stay here and cause us no more grief! When we are done with Hauptmann Englande, we will decide what to do with you traitors!" With that said, Nightcrawler followed his teammates to their jet.
As they watched Excalibur fly off to fight, SkyElf and StarPryde looked at each other and helpless tears fell as they realized their dreams of peace were forever gone now that Hauptmann Englande had returned.
"Those Sentinels have a lot of technology that this world doesn't have." StarPryde said. "They'll never be able to win." SkyElf narrowed his eyes, looking after the jet.
"Then it's up to us to follow and fight alongside them." He said at last. StarPryde shook her head sadly.
"They think we're traitors." StarPryde said sadly, wiping her eyes. SkyElf gently hugged her, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Then we will prove them wrong! Come on, they have a spare jet and I've been learning how to fly!"
"Come on, SkyElf! You can get him!" StarPryde laughed, looking up from her book. Lockheed fluttered over her and landed on the TV for a moment, fiddling a cigarette out of the pack. SkyElf froze and watched in horror as Lockheed made snapping gesture with it.
"Come on, Lockheed! Don't break my cigarettes again!" he pleaded. "I really need one!"
"It's a filthy habit, SkyElf." Nightcrawler said calmly, watching with amusement. SkyElf frowned at his twin, placing his hands on his hips.
"It may be filthy, but I've been doing it since Stefan and I smuggled two cigarettes from Haus! I am not giving it up because a purple dragon tells me to!" he said, turning back to Lockheed. He sighed softly and instead of threatening he went to pleading.
"Please! I'll only smoke one today, all right? Will that be all right with you?" he asked. Lockheed placed his arms across his scaly chest, thinking it over before he finally gave the cigarettes back. Smiling, SkyElf immediately took one out and lit it.
"Danke." He said around his smoke. Nightcrawler shook his head and sighed.
"You are impossible!" he said, heading for the kitchen. Shrugging, SkyElf took a long drag and closed his eyes, plopping down beside StarPryde on the couch. Smiling at him fondly, StarPryde calmly rested her head in his lap and continued to read. Looking down at her, SkyElf blew smoke from out of his nose and he brushed a strand of hair from her face.
"What's on TV?" Meggan asked, peaking from the kitchen doorway.
"I haven't put it on yet." SkyElf said, picking up the remote and turning it on with his tail. When he saw the news, it fell from his tail and broke on the ground as his and StarPryde's eyes widened in horror.
There was Hauptmann Englande, with a small army of Sentinels around him attacking people. Meggan was with him, and she was using her powers over the elements to cause fires and tear down trees.
The reporter said that the newcomers came suddenly from a machine and started shouting about Excalibur.
"I knew it." Looking over their shoulders, SkyElf and StarPryde found Excalibur looking at them with betrayed eyes. Brian looked absolutely furious, his arms trembling as he restrained himself from wringing their necks right there and now.
"We should have never trusted you two! I knew you two were spies!" he snarled, stepping forward slightly.
"Brian, we have something more important to worry about!" Rachel said, restraining him even though her eyes blazed with equal fury. "We must deal with Hauptmann Englande and his army first!"
As the rest of Excalibur started to leave, SkyElf and StarPryde watched in sorrow as they gave them betrayed glances. Unable to let them go without a word for their defense, SkyElf grabbed Nightcrawler by the arm and tried to hold him back.
"Listen to me! We did not..."
"I trusted you!" Nightcrawler snarled, pulling his arm away from him. "I trusted you both and this is how you repay me? Stay here and cause us no more grief! When we are done with Hauptmann Englande, we will decide what to do with you traitors!" With that said, Nightcrawler followed his teammates to their jet.
As they watched Excalibur fly off to fight, SkyElf and StarPryde looked at each other and helpless tears fell as they realized their dreams of peace were forever gone now that Hauptmann Englande had returned.
"Those Sentinels have a lot of technology that this world doesn't have." StarPryde said. "They'll never be able to win." SkyElf narrowed his eyes, looking after the jet.
"Then it's up to us to follow and fight alongside them." He said at last. StarPryde shook her head sadly.
"They think we're traitors." StarPryde said sadly, wiping her eyes. SkyElf gently hugged her, resting her head on his shoulder.
"Then we will prove them wrong! Come on, they have a spare jet and I've been learning how to fly!"