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Donovan had gotten Jonathan from his flat and brought him to Muir Island. Jonathan had taken permanent residents at Skye’s side only leaving to use the bathroom. Donovan frowned as he came to check on his sister and saw Jonathan asleep in the chair leaning forward with his head on the bed a hand holding her’s tight. “Da lad in fer a world o ‘urt.”, Donovan sighed shaking his head. “Maybe.”, Atif commented casually walking by. “Wat dat mean?”, Donovan asked following after his cousin. “I mean you think he’d going to get his heart broken because he’s obviously fallen for Skye and she’s got Mason, right?”, Atif asked stopped. “Well aye. We all kne dat Skye is in love wid Mason.”, Donovan nodded. “Yes, but there are limits to what Skye is willing to tolerate about a man. And Even if I didn’t think Mason has reached that tolerance level. What I do know is that man…”, Atif said pointing back to Skye’s recovery room door. “That’s the man I see in her future. That’s the man I see fathering children with her.”, Atif stated. “Wat? And ya just keeping dat knowledge ta yerself?”, Donovan demanded. “Yes. Look Donovan I know a lot of things. So many things that it scares me. I know who people end up with. I know how people die. I don’t mind knowing the happy things about those I love. I like knowing for example that Landon is going to marry Rachel and have three beautiful children with her. But I don’t like knowing how he will finally die. I don’t tell everyone everything I see. Because that makes life predicted. And the fun of life is not knowing. That’d be like me telling you who gives you children. I know it, but I won’t tell you because you need to find it out yourself when the time is right.”, Atif smiled. “Now I’ve got patrol.”, he added with a grin hitting the button on his watch disappearing before Donovan could ask more.
Donovan muttered something under his breath cursing his cousin before heading back to check on his twin making sure his mask was down. Skye groaned a little waking up. Her eyes partially opened looking around trying to determine where she was then she looked to her left and blinked seeing Jonathan’s head on the edge of the bed and felt the warmth of his hands closed around hers. She looked up and saw her twin in his mask standing at the doorway. ‘Wat he doing ‘ere?’, she asked telepathically. ‘From da look of it sleeping at da side of da woman he loves.’, Donovan teased. ‘Dinna start. He canna actually be in love wid me. And even if he is it doesn’t matter. Ah wid Mason. W’ich Mason… w’ere is he?’, she asked. Donovan sighed a little. ‘Yer at Muir Island. So Mason in London at his flat w’ere he belongs.’, Donovan answered. ‘So wat dis one ‘ere fer?’, she asked ‘He called and asked ta see ya. Figured he owed ya given ya saved his life and someting bout dat ya stayed at his bedside w’en he got shot. Plus he already been here so Ah dinna fash bringing him.’, Donovan shrugged. Jonathan opened his eyes and blinked looking at Donovan then turned his head to look at Skye. They seemed focused. “And you two are having a telepathic conversation. Is it about me?”, Jonathan asked. Skye blinked getting out of her unplanned staring contest with her twin to look at Jonathan. “Um..Aye. It was. Ya was sleeping so dinna want ta wake ya.”, Skye explained.
“Wat ya doing ‘ere? Ah t’ought dat ya’d be at yer flat or someting. Ya kne far from me and da dangerous dat come wid me.”, Skye asked looking at Jonathan. “You’d think. I’m not that smart beautiful. I needed to see you, to know you were okay with my own two eyes. And your twin, Donovan, there was nice enough to oblige.”, Jonathan smiled nodding to Donovan. “Mah twin? And ya know dat ‘ow?”, Skye asked. Donovan looked confused as well. “When you got shot yesterday. He came roaring in throwing his hot knives at one of the men and shouted something about and I quote ‘Ya want someone ta shoot ya shoot me! Ya DO NOT SHOOT MA TWIN!’.”, Jonathan smiled. “And I know your twin brother is the Glasgow Warrior’s Donovan Kearney. Actually a fan mate.”, Jonathan grinned glancing to Donovan for the last part. “I also puzzled out that the um… Black King… bloke with wind powers is Mason.”, he added. Skye and Donovan both froze. “Well Ah guess first Ah don’t need dis.”, Donovan sighed taking off his mask running his hand through his hair. “Wat makes ya say da Black King is mah Mason?”, Skye asked. “No man that isn’t in love with you or as close to your as your brother there would yelling such anguish or hold you as gently as he did seeing you were shot. And because he loves you I don’t fault what he initially did after your team left. But everything after that…”, Jonathan frowned.
“Wat ya mean wat he did initially after? Wat went down after we left?”, Donovan asked neither confirming nor denying Mason was behind the Black King’s mask. “The one that fired the gun… that shot Skye. He went after him. I don’t blame him for that. If I had the powers or enough courage to I’d have tackled the man and beat him black and blue for shooting Skye. But what Mason did.. it was more than that. He killed him… just sucked the last breath from the man. Then turns to the bird with the snake eyes and scales and says they do this their way now. And I watched that bird walk up to the one you had pinned Donovan and stab him with a talon in the throat. The three of them killed near half the men there before getting out as the police arrived.”, Jonathan explained. Donovan blinked recalling what Atif said about Mason and Skye’s tolerance limits. Killing people was a quick way to reach Skye’s tolerance limit. Skye was stunned in silence. She didn’t want to believe it. She couldn’t believe it. “No… you have to be mistaken. Maybe Bishop and Rook. But he’d… he’d never. He promised he’d never…”, Skye shook her head. “I wouldn’t and couldn’t lie to you Skye. I know what I saw and I saw him kill people.”, Jonathan said turning his attention to Skye. Donovan sighed. “It wouldn’t be da first time he killed Skye…”, he frowned. “Wait hold on. You knew? You knew you were dating a killer?Is this the issue? Is this why it always sounds like there’s a part of you holding back in regards to caring for him? That has left me to think your relationship with him isn’t as great as you say?”, Jonathan asked a tad horrified that Skye would knowingly date a killer.
“It’s...it’s not like dat. Ah knew he did bad tings before he met me. But dat was in da past. He promised… he promised me he wouldn’t ever again. Dat fer me he would never take a life.”, Skye covered her face with her hands still in disbelief. It wasn’t knowing that Mason was capable of killing someone and had in the past that always made her relationship with him feel unsteady. No it was Adder and his love for her. “I.. I need to talk to Mason myself. I need to hear it from him.”, Skye demanded moving to try and get up. Donovan moved quickly and pushed his sister back down. “Hold it. Ya took a bullet to da leg yesterday. Ya don’t get out of dis bed till Wolverine says so. Plus ya still have a catheter in. Ah don’t recommend just yanking dat out on yer own.”, Donovan insisted. Skye frowned folding her arms across her chest. “Fine. Then get Wolverine’s arse in here so Ah can be cleared ta leave.”, she said sternly. Rose was actually just arriving to check on her having gotten the newspaper and was reading about the attack at the times and how nearly half the terrorists were found dead by the police. All the witness said that masked mutants had saved their lives but then three other masked mutants wearing a different symbol had been there too and killed as many men as they could before the police arrived. She at least was wearing her mask since she figured Jonathan would still be there.
She looked up from the paper seeing Donovan, Skye and Jonathan in Skye’s room. “Morning all…”, she greeted putting the paper down. “Speak and she shall appear.”, Jonathan commented before leaning and snatching the paper looking at the headline with a frown and handing it to Skye. “Believe me now beautiful? Look you may not want to believe that Mason is a killer but I know for a fact he is. I should go. Being here is apparently a mistake. Donovan mind giving me a lift back home?”, he asked standing up shaking his head looking to Donovan. Rose then realized Donovan wasn’t wearing a mask and Jonathan was using his given name not to mention talking about Mason killing people. “What did I miss?”, Rose asked. Skye took the paper reading the headline. “Jonathan… it’s not that I don’t believe you. It’s that I don’t want to. I don’t want to think he could break his promise to me.”, Skye sighed setting the paper aside. “Um sure mate. Skye can fill Wolverine in.”, Donovan nodded. He couldn’t exactly blame the man. Skye didn’t want to believe him about Mason which just probably adds to his hurt feelings that Skye could still choose to love a man that had taken lives innocent or not. Donovan took Jonathan’s wrist and the pair disappeared.
“Okay what just happened Skye?”, Rose asked taking off her mask and sitting on the edge of the bed. “Apparently Jonathan pieced together dat Laoch is Donovan, he called me his twin w’en he went rage mode yesterday after Ah got shot. And Ah guess because of Mason’s reaction he figured dat da Blank King is Mason.”, Skye sighed looking to the article. “He told me wat Mason and his team did after we left. Ah just… oh god Rose wat Ah gonna do? Ah love him, but dis… dis is the final straw. Ah’ve been trying ta ignore dat he cheated in October… but dis ‘ow can Ah ignore dis?”, Skye asked holding up the paper. “Wat...wat would you do? If it was Merrick? If he went back ta da Academy ways? If ya kne he’d fooled round and came verra close ta screwing dat Zoe bird while dating ya?”, Skye asked. that line of questioning hit hard and too close for Rose. She’d been jealous of Zoe and how close she was and still is to Merrick. “I’d leave him…”, Rose said simply, though quietly. “I nearly did leave him,. Just for being friends with her. Because I knew he could be happy and in love with her, even with whatever pain me leaving him caused.”, she admitted.
Skye frowned. “Ah s’ouldn’t ever started dating Mason. Ah’ve known da way he feels bout Adder. Even if he adamant he doesn’t feel dat way.”, she sighed. “You have to choose. If you can handle him killing people.”, Rose shrugged. “Ah kne Ah can’t. Ah told him from da start w’en ya identified him as da bloke from dat rescue of date Kyle lad.”, she sighed. Rose sighed softly. “Then it is still yoru choice. But if I was you? I couldn’t. Because if it came between killing a mutant that murders or letting an innocent die… I’d kill the mutant. And I wouldn’t want my husband or boyfriend’s blood on my claws.”, she explained. “Den guess after ya clear me ta get off dis island. Ah break up wid him. It prolly fer da best. Widout me he can finally do wat he been longing fer years and be wid Adder.”, Skye sighed nodding. “What make syou think he’d be with her, after ignoring her all this time already?”, Rose asked. “Ah’m a telepath. And she’s da one dat while Ah was ‘ere watc’ing after Jonathan dat he was making out with and got ta outside her bedroom door close ta bedding.”, she explained.
“Doesn’t answer my question. If he’s wanted her for years but hasn’t said anything, why now?”, Rose repeated. “He kept telling himself she saw him as and older btoher type. She he’d put her in da not ‘appening box. But given dat she reacted verra receptively in October he now knows she doesn’t see him as a brother.”, Skye re-explained. “That asshole.”, Rose suddenly cursed. “now ya swear?”, Skye laughed a little. “I was waiting to get the whole story.”, Rose shrugged slightly. “Aye. He stopped himself before dey went inta a bedroom at least… but still.”, she sighed. “Day Ah got back ‘ome from getting Jonathan safely ‘ere. He came over dat morning and neither of us spoke. Just dragged his sexy ass ta mah s’ower den ta mah bed fer a muc’ needed romp. it was after laying dere dat Ah felt someting bubbling under da surface, guilt.”, she frowned. “So Ah peaked. And Ah saw it all. From da kissing on da sofa ta pinning her ta da wall by da bedroom doors before it clicked in his mind he take and he backed away ending it.”, she explained. “Ah been telling mahself it was just dat once. He’s had six years ta try something wid her. And he felt guilty about it. Da man stopped himself from bedding his Cinderella fer me.”, she frowned.
Rose listened, then sighed softly. “I know the feeling.”, she said softly. “I almost kept Merrick away because I thought him and Zoe… he had so long to be with her. So many changes.”, she sighed. “Aye. But Mason...on a business trip in India he got tricked and blackmailed. A bird dat uses pheromones and illusions approached him. her trick is finding wealthy looking blocks and making dem see deir heart’s desire. Beds dem den w’ile dey sleep steals from dem. Mason saw Adder. She his heart’s true desire. Ah canna compete wid dat. But you. Ya got all of Merrick. Zoe got friend zoned cause dat lad wants just you.”, Skye countered. Rose smiled a little. Merrick had friend zoned Zoe, though for Faelan at first but when she didn’t run from Faelan Zoe stayed in the friend zone because of her. “Well either way give your leg a couple days to heal and then you can do what you feel is necessary about Mason. Which let me take a look at the leg.”, Rose said going into doctor mode moving the blanket to check the wound and redress it. Mason was true to his word he brought roses to Skye’s apartment putting them everywhere during the three days she was on muir island healing. Jonathan didn’t try to call after he left, though Donovan called him to tell him that Skye was going to be released from bed rest.
When Skye arrived in her apartment she was stunned into silence looking around at all the roses. She looked at the note that just said ‘Feel Better. I love you. - Mason’. “Oh ya sweet man. W’y do ya need ta make wat Ah need ta do so difficult.”, Skye sighed setting the note down and starting to collect the roses. Tt pained her but she didn’t think this she could keep them. So she gathered them all together and before going to find Mason took them to the local LLS location saying they were a gift. Many of the young girls at the location were smiling happy to receive the roses as Skye told each of them that no matter what society says they are beautiful and can do and achieve anything they want in life. But with the roses disposed of into new hands Skye took a cab to Mason’s office. She took a deep breath as she stepped out of the elevator carrying her cane. Donald blinked seeing her starting to stand. “Miss Kearney..”, he started to greet. Skye walking right past him and opening Mason’s office door.
Inside his office Mason was at his desk and Adder was lounging in a chair against the wall the pair talking about what to do for lunch. Adder sat up quickly when the door suddenly opened and blinked seeing Skye walking in with a cane. Mason was quick to get up. “Skye…”, he exclaimed with a smiled moving from around the desk to try and hug her. “Thank god you are okay. I’ve been so worried.”, he smiled but stopped as Skye raised her cane to prevent him from getting any closer. “We need ta talk Mason. Adder ya can take yer leave.”, Skye said eyes locked on Mason pointing to the door with her free hand. Adder looked to Mason uncertain as this didn’t really seem like a loving girlfriend coming to see her loving boyfriend after days of being in recovery from being shot. Mason nodded. “It’s alright, pet. Leave us.”, he instructed. Adder internalized a hiss as she went past Skye. She wasn’t sure if she should be leaving Mason alone with her. he she followed his orders anyways closing the door behind her worried. “So want to tell me what’s going on love? Why you are looking at me so coldly and keeping a cane between us?”, Mason asked grabbing the cane starting to pull Skye to him.
Skye tightened her grip on the cane and with a solid yank pulled it from Mason’s grasp preventing her from getting brought any closer. “We need to end dis Mason.”, Skye stated. “End what love?”, he asked. “Dis charade of a relationship. Look Ah love you Mason, Ah really do. But Ah can’t let wat you’ve done go. You broke yer promise. You kill people dat day. Ah can’t trust you anymore.”, Skye explained. “That first man shot you. I won’t apologize for that. I’m willing to apologize for any others that day. But him I won’t. I love you Skye.”, Mason shook his head. “If you want I’ll give up my mask completely.”, he added. Skye took a breath at that offer. “Mason...Ah don’t want ya ta give up yer mask fer me. Ah told ya killing was a deal breaker. And even if it wasn’t. C’eating is.”, she stated. “Cheating….”, Mason repeated the word with a sense of dread. So she knew? She knew this whole time what happened that night between him and Adder. A few thoughts crossed his mind, each a worse outcome than the last of what was going to happen next. After all his red haired Scottish girlfriend with super strength and telepathy was aware he'd cheated. He gulped a little wondering if having Adder leave was smart. But then if Skye knew who he cheated with its best Adder wasn't there.
“Aye, Ah kne bout ‘ow ya took Adder wid ya on dat date ya’d planned fer us. And bout after ya kissed her and dat kiss turned inta wandering ‘ands, clothes getting removed and ya pinning her ta da wall by yer bedrooms before logic and yer conscious spoke up ta remind ya bout yer cailín, me.”, Skye explained with a sigh. Mason looked down with shame. Shame it’d happened and shame he hadn’t ever tried to confess or explain. “Ah get it Mason.”, she said. Mason blinked and looked up. “What is there to get? I cheated and I have felt and still feel like a total git for it. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me and in a moment of sheer stupidity and lust I ruined that and put what we have at risk.”, he shook his head. Skye sighed again and stepped closer to him placing a hand on his cheek. “Mason… Ah ain’t da best ting dat ‘appened ta ya. Ah just da bird dat got ya ta get out o yer self made isolation. And we’ve ‘ad fun and it been great. But Ah ain’t yer Cinderella. Ah ain’t yer ‘eart’s desire. She is and ya canna lie ta me like ya lie ta her and yerself bout dat.”, Skye explained. “Skye no… it was a moment where we both forgot ourselves. It didn’t…”, he tried to counter. “Dinna wat? Dinna mean someting? Bullocks. It meant everyting and ya kne it. Fer her ta kiss ya back like dat, ta return yer affection wid equal passion it meant everyting ta ya. Ya love her. So ya kne wat ya need ta do.”, Skye shook her head.
Mason arched an eyebrow still not wanting to accept this. “And what am I supposed to do? Other than drink a bottle of tequila?”, Mason asked. Skye smiled rolling her eyes leaning up a little lightly kissing him pulling back before he could try and react and kiss back. “Ya take dis c’ance. Ah leave and ya call dat lass back in ‘ere. Ya lock dat door. Ya tell da bird dat ya love her. Den ya put ya bot’ outta yer miseries and fook her brains out on yer desk. And den ya date da bird or just marry her. So ta simplify it fer ya, get out dat glass slipper and claim yer Cinderella already. Ah’ll see ya round Mason. Ah wis’ you and Adder da best. And Ah ‘ope dat we don’t see eac’other on opposite sides o a fig’t.”, Skye smiled softly taking her hand away from his face and walking out. Mason’s jaw was left slightly open wanting to speak and say something but he just couldn’t find words. When the door opened Adder and Donald both gave their full attention wanting to know what happened. Skye gave a small nod to Donald before looking to Adder. “He gonna be wanting ta see ya now Adder.”, Skye stated before getting into the elevator. When the elevator doors closed Skye slumped to the floor leaning against the wall tears in her eyes. “Dat was da ‘ardest ting Ah’ve needed ta do in mah life. But Ah ‘ad ta. Ah canna tolerate killing and Ah will not come between him and da lass he really wants.”, Skye told herself trying to gain her composure.
Adder blinked watching Skye leave but quickly got to her feet and went into the office shutting the door. “W’at ‘appened mate? ya okay?”, Adder asked concerned looking at Mason. She didn’t see any physical injuries. No he didn’t look physically hurt just stunned. “She… wow. Um that was a first.”, Mason managed to get out furrowing his brow trying to get his mind right. “W’at ‘appened?”, Adder repeated. “She dumped me…”, Mason breathed out leaning back against his desk holding it with both hands. Adder’s eyes went wide then narrowed as she looked over her shoulder to the door. How could a woman want to ever dump him? “T’at bitch.”, she hissed moving for the door. “No. Stay put pet.”, Mason instructed holding up a hand. Adder stopped and turned her attention back to him. “No? She dumped ya and ya telling me ta do not’ing?”, she questioned. “Yes.”, he nodded. “W’at she give for a reason?”, Adder asked. “For one, what happened at the paper after she was evacuated. I knew from the beginning that killing was a deal breaker with her. But I didn’t let that phase me that day and I took lives and allowed you and Garrison to take lives.”, he sighed. Adder nodded a little. Skye had told him that killing would be a deal breaker. So Adder couldn’t fully hold that against her. “Ya said ‘fer one’. She give more t’an one reason?”, Adder asked. Mason nodded letting his eyes lock on Adder’s.
Oh those copper eyes killed him. He could see her concern in them. He smiled a little of course she was worried about him. She was his best mate and she figured he was heart broken. And yes part of him was. He had and still in a way did, loved Skye. But as he looked at Adder he couldn’t really ignore the fact Skye was right. He’d been in love with Adder for years just never saying anything for various reasons. But her reaction to him kissing her that night in October told him all his reasons were invalid. She wanted him just as badly as he wanted her. “There was another reason.”, he nodded. “And?”, Adder asked folding her arms waiting for an answer. “That I cheated.”, he explained. Adder blinked unfolding her arms. of course the telepath knew he cheated. “But t’at… ya barely… not like we… ya know actually ‘ad sex.”, Adder shook her head. “Ah sorry mate.”, she added. “For what? It’s not your fault Adder. She was very civil about it actually. She’s known the whole time what happened between us that one night. She also knows we stopped ourselves.”, he shrugged. ‘You stopped yourself. I didn’t want to stop’, Adder thought. “She told me that I need to take this opportunity and get out the metaphorical glass slipper and just go for my Cinderella finally.”, he smiled a little. Adder took a breath, of course he was back to this Cinderella bird. “Ya s’ould. Ya deserve ta be ‘appy mate. And if t’is Cinderella is t’e bird t’at can make ya ‘appy go for it.”, Adder forced herself to agree.
Mason smiled a little more hearing her tone knowing she was forcing herself to be encouraging. If she only knew that she was Cinderella. He thought about what Skye had exactly told him. About locking the office door, telling Adder his feelings and then just taking her on the desk. No if he was going to tell Adder how he felt, if he was going to ask her to be his he wanted that to be the perfect moment. And right after Skye dumped him was far from that perfect moment. “Oh she is certainly the woman that can make me happy.”, he nodded. “So t’en go tell yer.”, Adder said trying to not sound annoyed. “Oh I plan to. When the time is right. Directly after getting dumped doesn’t feel like the right time.”, he shrugged. Adder nodded. “Didn’t ya say once ya didn’t think Cinderella cared for ya t’at way?”, she asked trying to poke a small hole in the idea. It’d been hard enough seeing him with Skye. She didn’t want to imagine how bad it would be if he was with this dream girl. Mason chuckled a little pushing off his desk. “That’s what I thought. But recent events all indicate she wants me just as bad as I want and need her.”, he smiled. Adder rolled her eyes which got Masson to laugh. “Come on pet, let’s go grab lunch. I’ll deal with telling Cinderella another day.”, he smiled offering her his hand. Adder sighed but took his hand. She wasn’t looking forward to him getting this dream girl, but till that happened she’d enjoy her time with him. As they left for lunch Mason was mentally trying to calculate the proper ‘grieving’ period to give his relationship with Skye before telling Adder how he feels and then the right setting to tell her in.

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Donovan had gotten Jonathan from his flat and brought him to Muir Island. Jonathan had taken permanent residents at Skye’s side only leaving to use the bathroom. Donovan frowned as he came to check on his sister and saw Jonathan asleep in the chair leaning forward with his head on the bed a hand holding her’s tight. “Da lad in fer a world o ‘urt.”, Donovan sighed shaking his head. “Maybe.”, Atif commented casually walking by. “Wat dat mean?”, Donovan asked following after his cousin. “I mean you think he’d going to get his heart broken because he’s obviously fallen for Skye and she’s got Mason, right?”, Atif asked stopped. “Well aye. We all kne dat Skye is in love wid Mason.”, Donovan nodded. “Yes, but there are limits to what Skye is willing to tolerate about a man. And Even if I didn’t think Mason has reached that tolerance level. What I do know is that man…”, Atif said pointing back to Skye’s recovery room door. “That’s the man I see in her future. That’s the man I see fathering children with her.”, Atif stated. “Wat? And ya just keeping dat knowledge ta yerself?”, Donovan demanded. “Yes. Look Donovan I know a lot of things. So many things that it scares me. I know who people end up with. I know how people die. I don’t mind knowing the happy things about those I love. I like knowing for example that Landon is going to marry Rachel and have three beautiful children with her. But I don’t like knowing how he will finally die. I don’t tell everyone everything I see. Because that makes life predicted. And the fun of life is not knowing. That’d be like me telling you who gives you children. I know it, but I won’t tell you because you need to find it out yourself when the time is right.”, Atif smiled. “Now I’ve got patrol.”, he added with a grin hitting the button on his watch disappearing before Donovan could ask more.
Donovan muttered something under his breath cursing his cousin before heading back to check on his twin making sure his mask was down. Skye groaned a little waking up. Her eyes partially opened looking around trying to determine where she was then she looked to her left and blinked seeing Jonathan’s head on the edge of the bed and felt the warmth of his hands closed around hers. She looked up and saw her twin in his mask standing at the doorway. ‘Wat he doing ‘ere?’, she asked telepathically. ‘From da look of it sleeping at da side of da woman he loves.’, Donovan teased. ‘Dinna start. He canna actually be in love wid me. And even if he is it doesn’t matter. Ah wid Mason. W’ich Mason… w’ere is he?’, she asked. Donovan sighed a little. ‘Yer at Muir Island. So Mason in London at his flat w’ere he belongs.’, Donovan answered. ‘So wat dis one ‘ere fer?’, she asked ‘He called and asked ta see ya. Figured he owed ya given ya saved his life and someting bout dat ya stayed at his bedside w’en he got shot. Plus he already been here so Ah dinna fash bringing him.’, Donovan shrugged. Jonathan opened his eyes and blinked looking at Donovan then turned his head to look at Skye. They seemed focused. “And you two are having a telepathic conversation. Is it about me?”, Jonathan asked. Skye blinked getting out of her unplanned staring contest with her twin to look at Jonathan. “Um..Aye. It was. Ya was sleeping so dinna want ta wake ya.”, Skye explained.
“Wat ya doing ‘ere? Ah t’ought dat ya’d be at yer flat or someting. Ya kne far from me and da dangerous dat come wid me.”, Skye asked looking at Jonathan. “You’d think. I’m not that smart beautiful. I needed to see you, to know you were okay with my own two eyes. And your twin, Donovan, there was nice enough to oblige.”, Jonathan smiled nodding to Donovan. “Mah twin? And ya know dat ‘ow?”, Skye asked. Donovan looked confused as well. “When you got shot yesterday. He came roaring in throwing his hot knives at one of the men and shouted something about and I quote ‘Ya want someone ta shoot ya shoot me! Ya DO NOT SHOOT MA TWIN!’.”, Jonathan smiled. “And I know your twin brother is the Glasgow Warrior’s Donovan Kearney. Actually a fan mate.”, Jonathan grinned glancing to Donovan for the last part. “I also puzzled out that the um… Black King… bloke with wind powers is Mason.”, he added. Skye and Donovan both froze. “Well Ah guess first Ah don’t need dis.”, Donovan sighed taking off his mask running his hand through his hair. “Wat makes ya say da Black King is mah Mason?”, Skye asked. “No man that isn’t in love with you or as close to your as your brother there would yelling such anguish or hold you as gently as he did seeing you were shot. And because he loves you I don’t fault what he initially did after your team left. But everything after that…”, Jonathan frowned.
“Wat ya mean wat he did initially after? Wat went down after we left?”, Donovan asked neither confirming nor denying Mason was behind the Black King’s mask. “The one that fired the gun… that shot Skye. He went after him. I don’t blame him for that. If I had the powers or enough courage to I’d have tackled the man and beat him black and blue for shooting Skye. But what Mason did.. it was more than that. He killed him… just sucked the last breath from the man. Then turns to the bird with the snake eyes and scales and says they do this their way now. And I watched that bird walk up to the one you had pinned Donovan and stab him with a talon in the throat. The three of them killed near half the men there before getting out as the police arrived.”, Jonathan explained. Donovan blinked recalling what Atif said about Mason and Skye’s tolerance limits. Killing people was a quick way to reach Skye’s tolerance limit. Skye was stunned in silence. She didn’t want to believe it. She couldn’t believe it. “No… you have to be mistaken. Maybe Bishop and Rook. But he’d… he’d never. He promised he’d never…”, Skye shook her head. “I wouldn’t and couldn’t lie to you Skye. I know what I saw and I saw him kill people.”, Jonathan said turning his attention to Skye. Donovan sighed. “It wouldn’t be da first time he killed Skye…”, he frowned. “Wait hold on. You knew? You knew you were dating a killer?Is this the issue? Is this why it always sounds like there’s a part of you holding back in regards to caring for him? That has left me to think your relationship with him isn’t as great as you say?”, Jonathan asked a tad horrified that Skye would knowingly date a killer.
“It’s...it’s not like dat. Ah knew he did bad tings before he met me. But dat was in da past. He promised… he promised me he wouldn’t ever again. Dat fer me he would never take a life.”, Skye covered her face with her hands still in disbelief. It wasn’t knowing that Mason was capable of killing someone and had in the past that always made her relationship with him feel unsteady. No it was Adder and his love for her. “I.. I need to talk to Mason myself. I need to hear it from him.”, Skye demanded moving to try and get up. Donovan moved quickly and pushed his sister back down. “Hold it. Ya took a bullet to da leg yesterday. Ya don’t get out of dis bed till Wolverine says so. Plus ya still have a catheter in. Ah don’t recommend just yanking dat out on yer own.”, Donovan insisted. Skye frowned folding her arms across her chest. “Fine. Then get Wolverine’s arse in here so Ah can be cleared ta leave.”, she said sternly. Rose was actually just arriving to check on her having gotten the newspaper and was reading about the attack at the times and how nearly half the terrorists were found dead by the police. All the witness said that masked mutants had saved their lives but then three other masked mutants wearing a different symbol had been there too and killed as many men as they could before the police arrived. She at least was wearing her mask since she figured Jonathan would still be there.
She looked up from the paper seeing Donovan, Skye and Jonathan in Skye’s room. “Morning all…”, she greeted putting the paper down. “Speak and she shall appear.”, Jonathan commented before leaning and snatching the paper looking at the headline with a frown and handing it to Skye. “Believe me now beautiful? Look you may not want to believe that Mason is a killer but I know for a fact he is. I should go. Being here is apparently a mistake. Donovan mind giving me a lift back home?”, he asked standing up shaking his head looking to Donovan. Rose then realized Donovan wasn’t wearing a mask and Jonathan was using his given name not to mention talking about Mason killing people. “What did I miss?”, Rose asked. Skye took the paper reading the headline. “Jonathan… it’s not that I don’t believe you. It’s that I don’t want to. I don’t want to think he could break his promise to me.”, Skye sighed setting the paper aside. “Um sure mate. Skye can fill Wolverine in.”, Donovan nodded. He couldn’t exactly blame the man. Skye didn’t want to believe him about Mason which just probably adds to his hurt feelings that Skye could still choose to love a man that had taken lives innocent or not. Donovan took Jonathan’s wrist and the pair disappeared.
“Okay what just happened Skye?”, Rose asked taking off her mask and sitting on the edge of the bed. “Apparently Jonathan pieced together dat Laoch is Donovan, he called me his twin w’en he went rage mode yesterday after Ah got shot. And Ah guess because of Mason’s reaction he figured dat da Blank King is Mason.”, Skye sighed looking to the article. “He told me wat Mason and his team did after we left. Ah just… oh god Rose wat Ah gonna do? Ah love him, but dis… dis is the final straw. Ah’ve been trying ta ignore dat he cheated in October… but dis ‘ow can Ah ignore dis?”, Skye asked holding up the paper. “Wat...wat would you do? If it was Merrick? If he went back ta da Academy ways? If ya kne he’d fooled round and came verra close ta screwing dat Zoe bird while dating ya?”, Skye asked. that line of questioning hit hard and too close for Rose. She’d been jealous of Zoe and how close she was and still is to Merrick. “I’d leave him…”, Rose said simply, though quietly. “I nearly did leave him,. Just for being friends with her. Because I knew he could be happy and in love with her, even with whatever pain me leaving him caused.”, she admitted.
Skye frowned. “Ah s’ouldn’t ever started dating Mason. Ah’ve known da way he feels bout Adder. Even if he adamant he doesn’t feel dat way.”, she sighed. “You have to choose. If you can handle him killing people.”, Rose shrugged. “Ah kne Ah can’t. Ah told him from da start w’en ya identified him as da bloke from dat rescue of date Kyle lad.”, she sighed. Rose sighed softly. “Then it is still yoru choice. But if I was you? I couldn’t. Because if it came between killing a mutant that murders or letting an innocent die… I’d kill the mutant. And I wouldn’t want my husband or boyfriend’s blood on my claws.”, she explained. “Den guess after ya clear me ta get off dis island. Ah break up wid him. It prolly fer da best. Widout me he can finally do wat he been longing fer years and be wid Adder.”, Skye sighed nodding. “What make syou think he’d be with her, after ignoring her all this time already?”, Rose asked. “Ah’m a telepath. And she’s da one dat while Ah was ‘ere watc’ing after Jonathan dat he was making out with and got ta outside her bedroom door close ta bedding.”, she explained.
“Doesn’t answer my question. If he’s wanted her for years but hasn’t said anything, why now?”, Rose repeated. “He kept telling himself she saw him as and older btoher type. She he’d put her in da not ‘appening box. But given dat she reacted verra receptively in October he now knows she doesn’t see him as a brother.”, Skye re-explained. “That asshole.”, Rose suddenly cursed. “now ya swear?”, Skye laughed a little. “I was waiting to get the whole story.”, Rose shrugged slightly. “Aye. He stopped himself before dey went inta a bedroom at least… but still.”, she sighed. “Day Ah got back ‘ome from getting Jonathan safely ‘ere. He came over dat morning and neither of us spoke. Just dragged his sexy ass ta mah s’ower den ta mah bed fer a muc’ needed romp. it was after laying dere dat Ah felt someting bubbling under da surface, guilt.”, she frowned. “So Ah peaked. And Ah saw it all. From da kissing on da sofa ta pinning her ta da wall by da bedroom doors before it clicked in his mind he take and he backed away ending it.”, she explained. “Ah been telling mahself it was just dat once. He’s had six years ta try something wid her. And he felt guilty about it. Da man stopped himself from bedding his Cinderella fer me.”, she frowned.
Rose listened, then sighed softly. “I know the feeling.”, she said softly. “I almost kept Merrick away because I thought him and Zoe… he had so long to be with her. So many changes.”, she sighed. “Aye. But Mason...on a business trip in India he got tricked and blackmailed. A bird dat uses pheromones and illusions approached him. her trick is finding wealthy looking blocks and making dem see deir heart’s desire. Beds dem den w’ile dey sleep steals from dem. Mason saw Adder. She his heart’s true desire. Ah canna compete wid dat. But you. Ya got all of Merrick. Zoe got friend zoned cause dat lad wants just you.”, Skye countered. Rose smiled a little. Merrick had friend zoned Zoe, though for Faelan at first but when she didn’t run from Faelan Zoe stayed in the friend zone because of her. “Well either way give your leg a couple days to heal and then you can do what you feel is necessary about Mason. Which let me take a look at the leg.”, Rose said going into doctor mode moving the blanket to check the wound and redress it. Mason was true to his word he brought roses to Skye’s apartment putting them everywhere during the three days she was on muir island healing. Jonathan didn’t try to call after he left, though Donovan called him to tell him that Skye was going to be released from bed rest.
When Skye arrived in her apartment she was stunned into silence looking around at all the roses. She looked at the note that just said ‘Feel Better. I love you. - Mason’. “Oh ya sweet man. W’y do ya need ta make wat Ah need ta do so difficult.”, Skye sighed setting the note down and starting to collect the roses. Tt pained her but she didn’t think this she could keep them. So she gathered them all together and before going to find Mason took them to the local LLS location saying they were a gift. Many of the young girls at the location were smiling happy to receive the roses as Skye told each of them that no matter what society says they are beautiful and can do and achieve anything they want in life. But with the roses disposed of into new hands Skye took a cab to Mason’s office. She took a deep breath as she stepped out of the elevator carrying her cane. Donald blinked seeing her starting to stand. “Miss Kearney..”, he started to greet. Skye walking right past him and opening Mason’s office door.
Inside his office Mason was at his desk and Adder was lounging in a chair against the wall the pair talking about what to do for lunch. Adder sat up quickly when the door suddenly opened and blinked seeing Skye walking in with a cane. Mason was quick to get up. “Skye…”, he exclaimed with a smiled moving from around the desk to try and hug her. “Thank god you are okay. I’ve been so worried.”, he smiled but stopped as Skye raised her cane to prevent him from getting any closer. “We need ta talk Mason. Adder ya can take yer leave.”, Skye said eyes locked on Mason pointing to the door with her free hand. Adder looked to Mason uncertain as this didn’t really seem like a loving girlfriend coming to see her loving boyfriend after days of being in recovery from being shot. Mason nodded. “It’s alright, pet. Leave us.”, he instructed. Adder internalized a hiss as she went past Skye. She wasn’t sure if she should be leaving Mason alone with her. he she followed his orders anyways closing the door behind her worried. “So want to tell me what’s going on love? Why you are looking at me so coldly and keeping a cane between us?”, Mason asked grabbing the cane starting to pull Skye to him.
Skye tightened her grip on the cane and with a solid yank pulled it from Mason’s grasp preventing her from getting brought any closer. “We need to end dis Mason.”, Skye stated. “End what love?”, he asked. “Dis charade of a relationship. Look Ah love you Mason, Ah really do. But Ah can’t let wat you’ve done go. You broke yer promise. You kill people dat day. Ah can’t trust you anymore.”, Skye explained. “That first man shot you. I won’t apologize for that. I’m willing to apologize for any others that day. But him I won’t. I love you Skye.”, Mason shook his head. “If you want I’ll give up my mask completely.”, he added. Skye took a breath at that offer. “Mason...Ah don’t want ya ta give up yer mask fer me. Ah told ya killing was a deal breaker. And even if it wasn’t. C’eating is.”, she stated. “Cheating….”, Mason repeated the word with a sense of dread. So she knew? She knew this whole time what happened that night between him and Adder. A few thoughts crossed his mind, each a worse outcome than the last of what was going to happen next. After all his red haired Scottish girlfriend with super strength and telepathy was aware he'd cheated. He gulped a little wondering if having Adder leave was smart. But then if Skye knew who he cheated with its best Adder wasn't there.
“Aye, Ah kne bout ‘ow ya took Adder wid ya on dat date ya’d planned fer us. And bout after ya kissed her and dat kiss turned inta wandering ‘ands, clothes getting removed and ya pinning her ta da wall by yer bedrooms before logic and yer conscious spoke up ta remind ya bout yer cailín, me.”, Skye explained with a sigh. Mason looked down with shame. Shame it’d happened and shame he hadn’t ever tried to confess or explain. “Ah get it Mason.”, she said. Mason blinked and looked up. “What is there to get? I cheated and I have felt and still feel like a total git for it. You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me and in a moment of sheer stupidity and lust I ruined that and put what we have at risk.”, he shook his head. Skye sighed again and stepped closer to him placing a hand on his cheek. “Mason… Ah ain’t da best ting dat ‘appened ta ya. Ah just da bird dat got ya ta get out o yer self made isolation. And we’ve ‘ad fun and it been great. But Ah ain’t yer Cinderella. Ah ain’t yer ‘eart’s desire. She is and ya canna lie ta me like ya lie ta her and yerself bout dat.”, Skye explained. “Skye no… it was a moment where we both forgot ourselves. It didn’t…”, he tried to counter. “Dinna wat? Dinna mean someting? Bullocks. It meant everyting and ya kne it. Fer her ta kiss ya back like dat, ta return yer affection wid equal passion it meant everyting ta ya. Ya love her. So ya kne wat ya need ta do.”, Skye shook her head.
Mason arched an eyebrow still not wanting to accept this. “And what am I supposed to do? Other than drink a bottle of tequila?”, Mason asked. Skye smiled rolling her eyes leaning up a little lightly kissing him pulling back before he could try and react and kiss back. “Ya take dis c’ance. Ah leave and ya call dat lass back in ‘ere. Ya lock dat door. Ya tell da bird dat ya love her. Den ya put ya bot’ outta yer miseries and fook her brains out on yer desk. And den ya date da bird or just marry her. So ta simplify it fer ya, get out dat glass slipper and claim yer Cinderella already. Ah’ll see ya round Mason. Ah wis’ you and Adder da best. And Ah ‘ope dat we don’t see eac’other on opposite sides o a fig’t.”, Skye smiled softly taking her hand away from his face and walking out. Mason’s jaw was left slightly open wanting to speak and say something but he just couldn’t find words. When the door opened Adder and Donald both gave their full attention wanting to know what happened. Skye gave a small nod to Donald before looking to Adder. “He gonna be wanting ta see ya now Adder.”, Skye stated before getting into the elevator. When the elevator doors closed Skye slumped to the floor leaning against the wall tears in her eyes. “Dat was da ‘ardest ting Ah’ve needed ta do in mah life. But Ah ‘ad ta. Ah canna tolerate killing and Ah will not come between him and da lass he really wants.”, Skye told herself trying to gain her composure.
Adder blinked watching Skye leave but quickly got to her feet and went into the office shutting the door. “W’at ‘appened mate? ya okay?”, Adder asked concerned looking at Mason. She didn’t see any physical injuries. No he didn’t look physically hurt just stunned. “She… wow. Um that was a first.”, Mason managed to get out furrowing his brow trying to get his mind right. “W’at ‘appened?”, Adder repeated. “She dumped me…”, Mason breathed out leaning back against his desk holding it with both hands. Adder’s eyes went wide then narrowed as she looked over her shoulder to the door. How could a woman want to ever dump him? “T’at bitch.”, she hissed moving for the door. “No. Stay put pet.”, Mason instructed holding up a hand. Adder stopped and turned her attention back to him. “No? She dumped ya and ya telling me ta do not’ing?”, she questioned. “Yes.”, he nodded. “W’at she give for a reason?”, Adder asked. “For one, what happened at the paper after she was evacuated. I knew from the beginning that killing was a deal breaker with her. But I didn’t let that phase me that day and I took lives and allowed you and Garrison to take lives.”, he sighed. Adder nodded a little. Skye had told him that killing would be a deal breaker. So Adder couldn’t fully hold that against her. “Ya said ‘fer one’. She give more t’an one reason?”, Adder asked. Mason nodded letting his eyes lock on Adder’s.
Oh those copper eyes killed him. He could see her concern in them. He smiled a little of course she was worried about him. She was his best mate and she figured he was heart broken. And yes part of him was. He had and still in a way did, loved Skye. But as he looked at Adder he couldn’t really ignore the fact Skye was right. He’d been in love with Adder for years just never saying anything for various reasons. But her reaction to him kissing her that night in October told him all his reasons were invalid. She wanted him just as badly as he wanted her. “There was another reason.”, he nodded. “And?”, Adder asked folding her arms waiting for an answer. “That I cheated.”, he explained. Adder blinked unfolding her arms. of course the telepath knew he cheated. “But t’at… ya barely… not like we… ya know actually ‘ad sex.”, Adder shook her head. “Ah sorry mate.”, she added. “For what? It’s not your fault Adder. She was very civil about it actually. She’s known the whole time what happened between us that one night. She also knows we stopped ourselves.”, he shrugged. ‘You stopped yourself. I didn’t want to stop’, Adder thought. “She told me that I need to take this opportunity and get out the metaphorical glass slipper and just go for my Cinderella finally.”, he smiled a little. Adder took a breath, of course he was back to this Cinderella bird. “Ya s’ould. Ya deserve ta be ‘appy mate. And if t’is Cinderella is t’e bird t’at can make ya ‘appy go for it.”, Adder forced herself to agree.
Mason smiled a little more hearing her tone knowing she was forcing herself to be encouraging. If she only knew that she was Cinderella. He thought about what Skye had exactly told him. About locking the office door, telling Adder his feelings and then just taking her on the desk. No if he was going to tell Adder how he felt, if he was going to ask her to be his he wanted that to be the perfect moment. And right after Skye dumped him was far from that perfect moment. “Oh she is certainly the woman that can make me happy.”, he nodded. “So t’en go tell yer.”, Adder said trying to not sound annoyed. “Oh I plan to. When the time is right. Directly after getting dumped doesn’t feel like the right time.”, he shrugged. Adder nodded. “Didn’t ya say once ya didn’t think Cinderella cared for ya t’at way?”, she asked trying to poke a small hole in the idea. It’d been hard enough seeing him with Skye. She didn’t want to imagine how bad it would be if he was with this dream girl. Mason chuckled a little pushing off his desk. “That’s what I thought. But recent events all indicate she wants me just as bad as I want and need her.”, he smiled. Adder rolled her eyes which got Masson to laugh. “Come on pet, let’s go grab lunch. I’ll deal with telling Cinderella another day.”, he smiled offering her his hand. Adder sighed but took his hand. She wasn’t looking forward to him getting this dream girl, but till that happened she’d enjoy her time with him. As they left for lunch Mason was mentally trying to calculate the proper ‘grieving’ period to give his relationship with Skye before telling Adder how he feels and then the right setting to tell her in.