Beast of Luck

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Something wild was stirring inside Logan tonight. It had not been long since his return to the X-Mansion, but already the beast inside of him was beginning to feel restless. Xavier's special school for mutants was still much like Logan remembered, but somehow everything also felt very different. The school's halls and classrooms were still full of smiling students, some eager to learn, others anxious to pass, almost all of them willing to wave at their new combat instructor as he passed them in the hall. It was not hard for him to smile and wave back. Seeing all these children who would otherwise be alienated or worse for their powers being able to live and learn in a place where their differences were accepted and they could feel just like normal kids was enough to warm even his heart. Logan knew what it was like being a freak, and witnessing the Doc's vision as a reality was enough to remind Logan what he fought for in the first place.

Yet despite the crowded halls, the school still felt so empty. Logan passed classroom where Jean used two teach, and as he peered inside, a dead part inside of him expecting to see her beautiful face, he was almost disappointed when she wasn't there. Continuing on, Logan passed a classroom where he would usually see Rouge and Iceman flirting, but neither one of them took classes anymore. Finally, Logan passed the classroom where Xavier could usually be found droning on about some philosophical bullshit, but now the room was empty and quiet. Without the presence of so many of his former friends, the building felt tight and stuffy.

The bell rang, signifying the end of the day. Logan shook himself out of his sentimental stupor. His thoughts were beginning to sound like an old hosier going off about the "good ole days". It was about time he let go of the dead and started to care more about the living, but first he needed to get out and breath. Maybe take his bike out on a little adventure for the weekend.

A couple hours later Logan found himself descending down the stairs into the X-men's personal hangar/garage. In his hand was a paper plate loaded with several cuts of roast beef and a heaping portion of creamy mashed potatoes, all covered in a thick grainy gravy. As usual, Logan had opted to eat his dinner outside of the cafeteria, away from all the unfamiliar voices.

Before Logan could go on his little road trip, he would need to give his old bike something of a tune-up. As he reached the bottom of the stairs, Logan's ears informed him that he was not the only one performing some late night repairs. Even though he couldn't yet see who was accompanying him in the hangar, Logan didn't need his nose to figure it out. @beast 's little blue hairs were everywhere, signifying the genius X-men's presence in the hangar. "Hey Henry! Ya mind sum company?"

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Hank was busy at work like always. He had a cup of coffee with him as well as a small pastry snack to go along with his toll kit and other electronic equipment. It was a bit later in the evening with all the classes being done for the day he decided to occupy himself with some technical repairs on the X-Jet itself. The poor thing had been  the subject to much abuse as of late having been hi-jacked by Ultron to attack the X-Men luckily though all the X-Men and students made it out safe. The same could not be said for the  jet. It took Hank a while but he had finished its repairs by the time the final conflict with Ultron had begun. Still ever since then he had been working on upgrading the technical systems within the jet itself to prevent against any future hacking of the aerial vehicle.

To the untrained eye, Beast's work area was a complete mess right now with tools being all over the place. Wires going from a laptop to some of the ports on the Jet. Hydraulic fluid and oil seeping out of other such areas but this was all just  normal for the blue mutant. Hank tended to get caught up in his work so he didn't even realize he was going to get a visitor. Normally his hearing was quite spectacular but from his current position it was fixated on all the technical work he was doing with the X-Jet, which was quite a bit. He had finished programming some new navigational software for the Jet as well as just generally maintaining a lot of the more worn parts of the Jet itself.

It wasn't until his visitor spoke up that Hank finally took noticed. He put down his tools turning as a grin grew on his face. "Oh Logan pardon the mess," He said with a chuckle dusting himself up as he moved from the jet grabbing his cup of coffee taking a sip. "Be my guest I was just finishing up with some repairs and programming on the jet, I managed to streamline our navigational systems to improve proficiency and locking on capabilities by at least two-hundred percent," Hank stated quite proud of himself as he set down his coffee cup setting it down. "Ah look at me rambling again sorry about that Logan," Hank said finally a grin still present on his face.

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