Hell hath no greater fury chp. 4

Avian

As Avi, better known as Avian by her peers, walked down the all too familiar path to the death ward, she couldn't help but wonder why Livvy had to keep torturing herself like this. She knew the pain of losing family first hand but she also knew that one has to move on eventually.

Avi rounded the corner and saw two things she had never seen before: Teach crying and a friendly stranger. For once she was glad that her feathers were their customary jet black colour, it allowed her to sneak past the strange sight without too much difficulty. She entered the ward and immediately began to search for her love, Livvy.

"Livvy?" she whispered, hoping that Liv wasn't too far off.

She heard a commotion and bolted toward the sound. She saw Livvy's knife drawn and a man twice her size on the other end. She longed to put herself between the unfair match-up but before she could act, the man threw his arms up in surrender. Livvy backed down and said something, most likely an apology. The man looked impressed, which wasn't too surprising but it did pique her curiosity so she made herself known.

"Hey Livvy! Who's this behemoth?" Avian asked, gesturing towards the stranger.

"Wolverine, and you are - ?" the man replied, looking at Avian.

"Why am I not surprised with the animalian name? Avian, in case the feathers covering my entire body weren't a clue," Avi replied, with an edge of sarcasm.

"Watch it!" Wolverine warned.

"Alright you two, there's no need to fight over me!" Livvy said, coming in between the two hot heads.

Wolverine and Avian backed off and nodded at each other. The display of dominance was successful - each side understood the other and the conflict was resolved.

"I take it you two are dating?" Wolverine said. There was no disgust in his voice, but time had taught both Avi and Livvy that everything is not as it seems.

"Yes, why?" Avi asked moving protectively in front of her love.

"Calm down, I don't care what you like as long as I don't have to hear about what happens when the sun goes down," Wolverine replied.

"We're gonna get along just fine," Avi said smiling and holding her hand out for him to shake.

Kurt

"Come now, we need to get these kids to the school," Kurt said, drying Artemis's eyes.

Artemis nodded and then shook herself off like a dog that had been tossed in water. "Alright, let's get the worst of the worst together."

Charles Xavier

"You alright Charlie?" Enigma-37 asked, poking her head in the door.

"No," he replied, furrowing his brow and threading his fingers together like he always did when he was nervous.

"How bad is it?" she asked, coming over to his side.

"They have forty-two in an intensive care unit of sorts and there is no way we can retrieve, let alone treat, all of them. Also there is a mutant there who might rival our telepathic abilities. Syd and his group are all wanted for one crime or another in their home country-"

"Charles, enough, go to bed. I'll take care of everything, I promise," 37 kissed him on the forehead and he rolled off, his mind still racing with everything that was happening.