00068. An angry drunk bear?

00068. An angry drunk bear? AnnouncementOnly one chapter this week, Starfield is still taking up most of my time. I will be back to two chapters next week though. Hope you guys have had a good week.

Ezekiel and Mordo ported back to Xavier's school to find that Inoichi was done with Mikhail. The two men were seated next to each other at a metal table as they quietly conversed. Mikhail looked a lot better and was actually in his human form now. But there was still a hint of deep sadness in the man's eyes, which was tinged with anger and determination as he looked up at Ezekiel who just returned.

Ezekiel glanced over at Inoichi as he said, "Thanks for your help, you can head back now."

Inoichi reached over and placed his hand on Mikhail's shoulder as he said, "I’d like to stay with my new friend here for a while more.”

Ezekiel smiled as he said, “That’s fine, we might need an extra hand anyways.”

As Ezekiel pulled out a chair and dropped down into the seat, Mordo moved over next to the back wall. Ezekiel then set his tablet on the table and looked over at Mikhail as he asked, “Tell me about your unfinished business.”

Mikhail glanced down at his hands resting in his lap for a moment before he looked up at Ezekiel as he said, “I want to find out who caused my team to die.”

Ezekiel glanced at his tablet for a few moments as he asked, “What will you do when you find them?”

“Kill them slowly.”

Ezekiel looked back up at Mikhail as he asked, “What about the people who actually killed your team?”

“I just want the person who leaked our info and made us fall into that trap. I won’t blame the others for following their orders, that would just make me a hypocrite.”

Ezekiel nodded his head before he picked up his tablet as he started to type on it, the monitor on the wall powered on and some files were displayed. He glanced at Mikhail as he said, “I figured you would ask for vengeance, so I was proactive about it. Do these look familiar?”

Mikhail slowly nodded his head as he was reading over the info on the screen. As he was reading he became agitated. As he continued reading, he leaned forward as his hands were placed on the table. His hands unconsciously clenched and deformed the table they were resting on. As his eyes took on a hard edge as he looked back at Ezekiel as he asked, “Is this all true?”

Ezekiel nodded his head as he said, “Yes, but it only gets worse from here.”

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Ezekiel tapped on his tablet and some more documents appeared on the screen. It took a few more minutes before Mikhail said, “Next.”

This continued for about half an hour until the last document appeared. As Mikhail was reading it his body started to grow and morph the more he read the faster his body transformed until Inoichi was forced to move away. Ezekiel picked up his tablet and backed away towards Mordo as he typed on it for a moment.

Ezekiel looked back over his shoulder to speak as Magneto said, “I don’t think Ezekiel was asking for your opinion Chrales.”

“But more bloodshed isn’t going to help.”

Magneto placed his hand on Xavier’s shoulder as he said, “Not everyone thinks the same as you, my old friend. I think Mikhail is a lot more like me and Logan when it comes to dealing with something like this.”

Ezekiel nodded his head as he said, “I think the same way as Magneto, which is why I made the offer in the first place.”

Xavier let out a sigh and handed the tablet to Magento as he said, “I don’t agree, but I can’t stop you. I’ll be bringing this up at our next meeting though.”

Xavier glanced up at Logan as he said, “Take me to my office please.”

As they started to move towards the door, Xavier glanced at Ezekiel as he said, “I can’t stop you, but take your revenge business elsewhere, I don’t want you killing someone at my school.”

Ezekiel nodded his head as he said, “I never planned on it.”

After Xavier left Ezekiel looked back at Mikhail and said, “I can give you two choices. The first is I let you kill the man outright. The second one you will still kill him, but we do it my way.”

Before Mikhail could respond, Inoichi spoke up and said, “I know you wish to kill the man outright. But trust me. You should choose the second option.”

Mikhail glanced at Inoichi for a few moments before he looked back at Ezekiel and said, “Alright, we’ll do it your way.”

Ezekiel had a cheshire cat-like smile as he said, “Great, now this will take a couple days of prep work, but I think you’ll like it.”

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It had been a few days since the nightmares started and it had taken over his life completely. He kept waking up screaming in terror, covered in sweat. The worst part is he would randomly fall asleep even if he wasn’t tired. After it happened a couple times in his office at the base he decided to just stay home for a few days. But that just made it worse, he would wake up screaming then fall back asleep within a few minutes.

He couldn’t even remember the dream completely, just the forest. The endless forest was the only thing he remembered clearly, the rest of the dream was a blurry mess he could never remember. Something at the back of his mind kept telling him there was something very important from the dream he was forgetting, but it was always just out of reach.

He was laying in his bed having just woken up a few minutes ago, when he felt himself falling back asleep again. How many times was this now? He had stopped counting after the hundredth time...