A wolf scents the air...

[southernreaper]

Who: magnetic_magpie and southernreaper
When: Feb 9th, 11pm
Where: Random abandoned warehouse in Sector 9
Summary: Kevin saw something and he's not sure what it was.
Warnings: Talk of human experimentation

Kevin had shown up here a couple hours ago. He wasn't taking the chance. He'd climbed up into the rafters and was sitting on a metal beam, his hands bare. He didn't want to run the risk of getting caught without his weapons open.

A shadow was in the doorway and he tensed, but it resolved into Dr. Xavier. Kevin took a moment to be quiet and watch, hoping he'd come alone like he'd been asked to.

Carefully, Kevin climbed down the metal girders, then he tucked his hands into his pockets.

"Dr. Xavier." He said quietly, his shoulders hunched forward. His hair fell into his face, hiding his eyes in the shadow.

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[magnetic_magpie]

"It's me. Jacó Ribiero - you can say hello, I won't bite. Emma knows that I'm there, and what I'm doing. I have other spies there too." Lucifer, Marrow, but he didn't say that.

"I can check it out. Do you know who is working on it?"

[southernreaper]

Kevin shrugged. He didn't talk to people. He liked the quiet. "No. Didn't recognize no one. But I don't work with the scientists a lot." Except when they wanted to test the extent of his powers. He did that willingly.

[magnetic_magpie]

"All right. I'll do some poking."

He took a breath.

"Kevin. Lad. I'm going to ask something terribly unfair. Something I understand which will be very difficult for you. And I'm sorry, but I must. Understand?"

[southernreaper]

Kevin took a step back. The only reason he'd come here was because it hadn't seemed right. Something was off, and while he understood these weren't 'good' people, there came a point that even Kevin couldn't rationalize their actions away.

His hands slid from his pockets; his only weapons but deadly enough. He didn't trust Xavier, except Ms. Frost did, which was the reason he'd brought it to him, rather than her.

He tensed, ready to run.

"What's that?"

[magnetic_magpie]

"Pay attention to that project. Any time they call you. Pay attention. Who is there, how many, hours, so on. Careful attention. See if you can remember faces, and project details."

He recognized Kevin was tense, and there wasn't much he could do about it. Getting Kevin to trust him was extremely difficult.

[southernreaper]

No. He'd done the biological weapon thing already. It'd been a promise; a way to control his powers... and then he'd had to destroy it, because he was the only one that could.

His jaw ticked and he looked away. He didn't want to be a hero. Not here. Not without the rest of the Hellions. He missed them. Julian, Soo, Cess... all of them were grounding for him and they understood each other.

But he was alone. It was just him trying to figure out how to deal with an alternate dimension that made no sense, where people hated him just as much as back home.

"Fine." He turned away. He'd help, but he sure as hell wasn't going to like it. He was going home.

[magnetic_magpie]

"As I said. I know it's not fair." There was real sorrow to that. Because he didn't want to have to do this.

He wasn't going to ask Kevin to get involved, but whatever he would see any way? Yes he wanted him to pay attention. He needed that information.

[southernreaper]

Kevin turned back to Xavier, his face shadowed. "Ya don't know nothin' 'bout it." Why? Because he hadn't told anyone. No one knew how much he missed, just for an afternoon, being able to lay in the grass and not have to worry about killing everything. No one.

"I ain't lookin' fer fair. Stopped doin' that a long time ago." Kevin snapped. "I'll do ya dirty work, Xavier."

He turned away again and left the warehouse. He didn't have anything else to say.