Flying Free: My Hero Evolution Wings of Change (X-Men/My hero crossover)

Chapter 53: White Wing Angel

Blaring sirens of a fire truck racing towards the enflamed apartment building cuts through the cold, snowy night. Through the chaotic shouts of families looking for one another, a woman's voice rings out loudly as she fights the firefighters and pro heroes to let her re-enter the building.

"Let me go!" she screams, trying to wiggle loose from the firefighters' grasp on her arms. "Let me save her, please! Mother!!"

Angel, from the sky, hears the young lady's bellowing. He flies alongside the blazing building until he locates the woman he presumed to be the young lady's mother, passed out in a wheelchair. Angel shoots into the fire-filled room, retrieving the lady just before the fire engulfs the entire room.

Placing the lady on a park bench, Angel waits patiently as the lady regains consciousness.

The woman opens her eyes, gently smiling back at Angel in gratitude. Her daughter's shouts pull her away from the moment.

"Jamie! Honey, here I'm over here." Angel flies away.

"Mom?!" Jamie cries as she sees her mom and runs to her. "How?"

"An angel saved me. A real one, with wings."

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Shuddering, Hawks lands on the front porch of the mansion. The snow hasn't let up much, so snowflakes cling to his wings, hair, and clothes. "God, I need to preen." He sighs as he steps inside the warm mansion. Immediately, a phone is shoved in his face with a new article reading Is that an angel or are we getting a new pro Hero for the holidays?

"What's the big idea, Hawks?! You said you weren't going to do hero work last night." Scott says, pointing the silhouetted an angel flying from the apartment fire. 

"Uh, that's not me, Scott. The wing shape is off and, though I'm flattered that you think I'm as tall as that 'angel,' I'm 5'8" on a good day."

Hawks takes off his coat and shakes the snow from his wings. "But since you're checking my every move, I was asleep with Jean last night, then dropped Chickadee, Kit Kat, Furry, and Sun Spot off at the airport."

Scott's brow twitches. "You two-"

"Slept! Geez, calm down." Hawks defends, rolling his eyes at Scott as Hawks continues shaking the snow off his wings, in turn covering Scott's socks with snow.

Scott scoffs as Hawks walks past him.

"Keigo is right. We need to look into this 'angel.'" Professor Xavier says, joining the two at the door with Rouge and Hank following after him.

Hawks groans at the thought of having to be in the cold again. His body just started feeling like it was thawing from the cold flight to get here.

"I'll have to go change my socks before we leave. They're a little wet." Scott huffs, nudging Hawks in the arm.

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"Ah yes~ man, this hits the spot." Hawks chirps, happily sipping his hot chocolate.

"Your weren't joking about your hatred for the cold." Scott says. The bell on the door of the store chimes as they leave.

"Yeah, hallow bones. I have to keep moving in the cold; my body temperature drops really quickly. Just a beautiful side  effect of having an animal mutation." Hawks smirks.

"Do ya think this person we are looking for is the same as ya?" Rouge asks.

"It's possible. The degree of animal mutation varies by the person's quirk. But, given what he was able to do, especially so discretely. I imagine he has great vision, similar to yours truly. What really interests me, though, is how he got that close to so many people and almost got away unnoticed. Im curious if he hides them? Or are they white, so did the blend in with the snow? My wings can be seen from miles away in the sky just from my shadow's size alone.