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>> "Do I know you?"

Sh!t! How many manticore mutants are there in New York City. Well, this was awkward. He stared at not-Leon for a while before shaking his head. He was about to say sorry and walk away when he spoke again.

>> "Sorry, been out of sorts, you wouldn't believe the week I've had, care to clue a guy in?...Hey Barkeep, a Coke this way for my friend,”

Derek blinked a few times before slowly sitting down next to whoever this was. Hopefully he was just as confused as he was. "Well, uh, where do I begin? Not-you and I was on a survival challenge at the Mansion when he went to get water. However, he never came back so we went looking for him. I did."

The twenty-year-old sighed heavily and scratched the top of his head. "...Personality wise, you're certainly different."

>> "School is still pretty much the same...I love my art class and a few of the others but I just can't get used to this school. It just seems really strict. I can't walk out of class when I get bored and they give out too much homework. I actually got detention. It's such a waste of time. I already know what I want to do with my life so why should I waste my time in chemistry class. I cannot wait until I graduate. Your life seems so fun and exciting. You can do whatever you want and meet whoever you want. I just feel like I'm under house arrest. It sucks."

"Aww, Allegra. I'm sorry you feel that way. Have you talked to the counselor about how you're feelin' or maybe thought about being a trainee?" Derek asked, sitting up in the mud to look at one of his best friends.

This mission was incredibly important. Not only did he want to prove how useful he was to Haven, but he also needed to stop the hatred that was spreeding like wildfire. People were actually mutant baiting so that they could be seen in a negative light? Horrible. Despicable. Awful. All of those words and their synonyms.

The handsome piece of man candy, Devon Sexy Eyes, had briefed the Havenites on what was happening and apparently had given Mister Nate Hallow the duty of pairing everyone up. Of course, Derek's thirsty mind wanted to be partnered up with the weather manipulator himself, but instead he was paired up with the hot dark man. Dark as in personality not...anyway!

Speaking of, there was a lot that came to Derek's mind when he saw Nate. Pluto, Loki, Thanatos, even Czernobog. Though, none of those named fit except Lucifer. Of course he wasn't about to telll him that. The last thing he wanted was for one of the Inner People to feel uncomfortable around him.

Once Derek and Nate was paired up, they headed toward the docks. There mission changed from information gathering to informations gathering and taking care of the weapons. Derek was super excited about going on another official mission concerning Haven. His first was Sveta. The unofficial first was with Merida.

Derek's towncar dropped Derek off a block away from the location that he was supposed to meet Nate so it wouldn't be too suspicious. The twenty-year-old mutant was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans, a v-neck green t-shirt, and sunglasses. After the block walk, he saw Nate standing there. With his happy smile, he walked up to the older, very attractive mutant.

"Creator?"Derek tried to sound all secretive and tough. "Hi. I'm...Animagus." Was that his official codename? He didn't know.

>> "Detective Linely, MRC... I'm glad I could be of help, though I'm going to have to ask you to file in a statement at the station as soon as you can. We'll get somebody looking for the girl as well, when we have the time."

Dammit, Derek didn't mean to get involved with the police. All he wanted to do was protect that young mutant girl from being ambushed by those mother f-ers. "A-Alright, then. I can go and take care of that. Thanks again for the backup. I wasn't completely sure that I would be able to take on those three bigots." Derek felt a lot better with the gun being put away. An owl hooted overhead causing the twenty-year-old mutant to look up. A smirk came to his face as he looked back down.

>> "Now that formality is over with, that was a rather brave thing you did. Mr...?"

"Oh, no mister. Just Derek Menes." Derek shook the detective's hand. "...has anyone ever told you that you look like that one guy from Adolescent Werewolf?"

Derek was still trying to get his breath under control. Beads of sweat had formed on his forehead and on both of his temples. The room had gotten considerably hot and he could tell that Aleksandr was enjoying himself. The twenty-year-old mutant moved his hands from around his waist and moved them to his snake-like hair.

"I am thinking we have missed the best parts of the movie,"

"...we might need to rewatch it again sometime," Derek whispered with a grin on his face. "Maybe a couple of times." He chuckled breathlessly and ran a hand cross Aleksandr's face.

Primal nodded his head in confirmation. He liked seeing that curious look on Khalil's face. It was both cute and entertaining at the exact same time.

He turned his attention to the waitress who was standing to the side of him. "Uh, mai tai for this beautiful creature and for me, a dragon tail." He ordered with a grin. Those were pretty fruity drinks, but he assumed that Khalil wouldn't mind it all that much. "We'll get food later." Primal added as he watched the waitress walk away. After she was gone, Primal turned his attention back to the devil that was sitting next to him. He wrapped his arm around Khalil's shoulders and leaned in a bit.

"So, how long can you fly for?"

>> "Moscow...But I... um, moved around a lot, so never really called any city home until New York."

"Ah," he was sure that Russia was a nice place...for Russians. He had no desire to visit the Asian country anytime soon. Maybe in five years when things have hopefully been more progressive, "I've seen pictures on the Internet, but nothin' in person."

>> "I... uh, had a fiancé here, but things didn't work out. I ended up staying anyway. How about you? What brought you to New York?"

Derek frowned a bit when he heard about Sveta's failed engagement. In the moment, that must've sucked. Though, he was glad that she was still in the country.

"Oh, uh, I came here for more understanding of who I am as a mutant," he admitted with a coy shrug of his shoulders. "Things seem to be more liberal and open here so I decided to leave home and venture up north."