Limbo Kurt laughed, running across the mansion's lawn on all fours, followed by first year students who were trying to catch him.

He paused once, sitting down like a dog as he waited for them to catch up with him.

"Come on you slow pokes!" he shouted, his tail wagging up and down rapidly. He teleported when a child got too close, and he started a whole other chase as he ran down the lawn, laughing the whole time.

Kurt was sitting on the porch with Xavier, smiling as they watched Limbo Kurt playing with the children.

"He seems to work very well with the first years." Xavier said. Kurt nodded, looking at his twin thoughtfully.

"I think that he would make a good playmate for first year students that are nervous or upset about coming here." He said. "It would help them get used to this school if they had someone like him to play with you know?"

"I agree." Xavier nodded. "We'll ask him when he's done with his game."

Limbo Kurt finally became tired and he stopped running, letting one of the first years that had garden snakes for fingers tug on his tail to catch him.

"You caught me!" he laughed, wagging his tail like a dog. "Now it's time for me to..."

"Come back where you belong, slave!"

Kurt got to his feet at once, ready for action as a cloud of red mist appeared a few feet away from Limbo Kurt and the children. Belasco stepped out of the mist, and Limbo Kurt reverted to his cringing demeanor, his tail tucking in between his legs.

"Come over here now!" Belasco shouted, pointing at the ground in front of him. Kurt was running at him, but Belasco saw it and he cast a shield that sent him smashing through a wall of the mansion, making him useless. With a snap of his fingers, he blocked Xavier's powers, locking him into his chair so that he could not move.

"I am in no mood for a big to do about this." He said as other X-men came running out to see what was the matter. "All I want is my property, and then I will leave you X-men to your own devices.

"Now what are you waiting for, slave? Come over here now!" he shouted. Limbo Kurt trembled almost about to go and crawl over to his older master, but then one of the children hugged onto his arm for protection, whimpering in fear. He couldn't go back, not when these children were in danger from his master.

"What are you waiting for?" Belasco demanded, narrowing his eyes dangerously. "Come over here now, slave!" Narrowing his eyes, Limbo Kurt snarled, curling his tail around the children near him protectively.

"I'm not going back." He whispered. Belasco's eye twitched slightly.

"What did you say?" he whispered.

"I'm not going back with you! I'm free here! You cannot take me back." Limbo Kurt said, slowly standing up to his full height. Belasco curled his lip up slightly, narrowing his eyes dangerously as he clenched his fist tightly.

"You just made a big mistake, slave." He whispered. "One that you're going to regret!"