Humans are the only animals that have children on purpose with the exception of guppies, who like to eat theirs.
--P. J. O'Rourke

A/N

I thought that quote was hilarious.

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"He's so cute!"

"Yeah, I bet his mom will be happy that we found him. Don't know where she is right now, what do we do with him?"

"You can't sense her or something?"

"Naw. Mom can do that real easy. But I have to know who it is I'm looking for or know them. I might catch some other mom."

Uh…Maybe you guys should just leave it.

"We can't leave it!" Julian protested. Brutus just gave him a disbelieving look.

I don't think we wanna take that thing with us. If that's a baby, then how big is Mommy gonna be? And the broad may not be happy we ran off with her precious bundle of fur.

"Don't say broad. It's a bad influence on me."

Excuse me. Brutus said a little snarkily back.

Jamie looked curiously at the one sided, at least from his perspective, conversation between his friend and the rottweiler.

Then he was struck with a marvelous idea.

"Why don't we take him back to camp with us? He can stay there until his mom picks him up."

"Hey, great idea! Come on!" Julian beckoned a claw to the little brown bundle of fur. The animal trundled after them.

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"Where could they be?" Angel flew up above the treetops, but was forced to stay close to the campsite. Everything looked green from where he was, and if he went to far he'd never be able to find his way back.

It figured that something horrible would happen when he tried to relax. Maybe he was doomed to live until he died as the world's most dedicated working stiff. Warren shielded his eyes from the glare of the setting sun. Kurt was searching the forest by treetop, but hadn't come up with anything.

He had been totally unprepared for this. He didn't think the two boys could travel that fast together, and then those dogs disappeared. From what the professor had said, the dogs shared some sort of link with the little furry boy, and would be watching him. But it would have helped, if these dogs were as smart as everyone said they were, if one stayed to help him find the boys!

He shook his head irratatedly and landed back in the camp site and went off in the direction that Kurt had claimed to be searching. Maybe they could split the forest in half and search.

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"Hey, where'd everybody go?"

Probably out searching for you two.

"Oh. I guess we should stay here then, hunh?"

The three dogs looked to Julian as if to say 'you think?'

Jamie went to the tent Kurt and Warren had made.

"Their tent looks better than ours."

"Just because Kurt had help. We did ours ourselves!" Julian defended. Jamie agreed wholeheartedly. Then, in time honored fashion, both young mutants discovered that they were hungry.

"Let's see what Mr. Warren is cooking tonight."

"Chicken?" Julian asked innocently, which caused Jamie to burst out into laughter. He grinned at his friend's guffaws and turned to the little animal they had brought along.

"Are you hungry?"

The little creature nodded, which is an odd thing to see any animal do. Immediately Julian and Jamie rifled into the bags until they found some trail mix.

"I like the candy."

Jamie snorted. "It's the only good part. Think he'll eat nuts?"

"Yeah. Better not give him any candy though."

"Course not. We're saving that for us!" He laughed.

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A little after nightfall, incredibly down that they did not find the two boys, Warren and Kurt walked back into camp. Everything was as it should be.

Unless the trail mix everywhere and the laughing by the tent was normal.

Both of them rushed to the side of the hanging tent. Sitting there, eating the candy pieces out of the trailmix while being watched by three disapproving canines, were the two boys.

And a baby bear.

"Where have you been? And why is there a bear in our camp!?"

"It was lost. We brought it here so it could stay with us until it's mom found us." Jamie said, as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

Warren almost fainted. "We don't want the mother to come into the camp to claim the bear!"

"Why?"

"It's a bear! Put that cub back where it was this instance!"

"Why? His mom is almost here!" Julian commented with his mouth full of raisins.

"What?!"

"HUUUNNNHROOAAAAARRR!"

Both Warren and Kurt screamed when the large bear hurtled for them. They took off with the bear in close quarters.

Julian and Jamie stared at the three retreating figures.

"Why'd she do that?"

"They were between her and the cub. Mom said the worst thing you can do is threaten bear cubs when the Mom bear is around. Second worst thing is standing between her and the cubs, even if you don't know it."

"Should we be worried?"

"Nah, I heard her say to the little guy that she was gonna scare them up a tree and come back." Julian waved at the little bear cub, who was happily eating nuts and cranberries.

"Should we be worried?"

"I don't think so. If she really wanted to hurt us, she wouldn't take the time to scare Mr. Warren and Kurt up a tree."

"Cool. Hey! If they're gonna stay a night in the tree, think they'll mind if we take their tent?"

"Nah. Let's do it!"

They swiftly made themselves at home in the constructed tent.

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"What was I thinking? Vacation, he said. Just have to watch a couple of kids, so well behaved." Warren was gritting his teeth as the tree branches swayed as the big bear pushed her head against the tree. "It would be a learning experience for all. Oh, just wait till I tell you all I've learned, Charles Xavier!"

"Maybe if we're a little quieter it vill go away!" Kurt urged from his spot. Warren wondered why he didn't just teleport away, but didn't ask. Nor did he make some irritated comment at the boy. They were in this together.

The very thought almost made him take wing, nor matter if he couldn't get out of these tree branches. He should have stayed in New York.

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Heh, I really like writing this story. This was a fun chapter to write, too……

Asteria: I will keep your hints well in mind. And I fully intend that Angel should have some phobia about going to the woods when this is all over. I'm glad you like it!

Drunk on Tang: Actually, I don't really care for much of Warren, I don't hate him, but he isn't my favorite. But it seemed like a good excuse to use a character I don't use often. I'm glad you like it!

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