"Man, the mansion has never looked so good." Hawks says to Storm as she leads him out of the infirmary. Down the hall, Hawks can see Kurt leaning against a wall while talking with a group of recruits before their training with Logan.
"Hawks! You're up!" Kurt perks up, spotting the pro hero and Storm coming their way.
Hawks, leaning heavily onto Storm, gives a weary smile as he approaches his friend.
"How are you, man? It's great seeing you." Kurt says.
"Sore and tired." He says, taking note of the young teens watching.
"Hawks, meet some of our new recruits." Kurt says.
"Aren't you guys supposed to be at simulator training with Logan?" Storm asks.
Kurt groans. "Oh man, I totally forgot." He admits rubbing the back of his neck.
"Aw, but we don't wanna. Logan's no fun." Iceman says.
"Hawks, how about you teach us?!"Sunspot exclaims.
Hawks opens his mouth to reply but Storm cuts him off.
"Show more respect."
"Listen, get better quickly, Hawks, so you can take over for Logan sometime. He's a slave driver." Kurt says.
"Will do. Don't annoy Silver Claws too much, he's not as cold as you might think." Hawks says. Kurt gives Hawks a smirk and teleports himself and the others away.
"Should we be concerned about this?" Hawks asks Storm.
"I wouldn't worry too much, Logan can handle a few rowdy teens." She tells him, then frowns. "How about we get back to infirmary, you're shaking."
Hawks opens his mouth to object but closes it after seeing concern and stern look she was giving him. "Okay, fine." He agrees while they walk back towards the infirmary.
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Hawks stares enviously outside the window at the recruits chatting. Their carefree smiles are illuminated by the lamps against the night sky.
Suddenly, Logan walks up dragging Kurt along with him. Kitty, Evan, Scott and Deku are following. What are they doing?
Logan begins explaining something to the group while Kurt pouts next to him.
Wanting to hear what is being said, Hawks pushes himself up and stumbles over to the window, gripping what he can to support himself.
Unlocking the window, Hawks leans on it for support. His legs begin shaking as the window takes his weight.
"Okay, listen up." Logan says once everyone grouped together. He begins to explain the course of the exercise to the group. "Elf here," Logan continues, pointing to Kurt, "will be your target. Find and capture him. Winners get to skip my training lesson tomorrow."
The recruits cheer in unison hearing this.
Hawks smirks.
"Team A, you will be led by Kitty. Team B, Evan will be your leader. Team C, you're stuck with Scotty boy." Logan assigns the recruits to their designated teams, then Kurt teleports away and the competition begins.
Deku, who is standing just outside the window Hawks is peering through, is unaware Hawks is on the other side of the window. Hawks, amused by the scrambling recruits motivated by the training's prize, tries to silence his temptation to startle Deku, but eventually gives in.
"So, night training, who's idea was that?" Hawks says loudly. Deku jumps into the air, whipping around to face Hawks.
"H-H-Hawks?" Deku stammers.
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Flying Free: My Hero Evolution Wings of Change (X-Men/My hero crossover)
General FictionWhile out on patrol Hawks comes across group of strangers to himself. As he takes time to talk with them, little did they all know that their lives were now forever changed from that one fateful encounter.
