Jean shushed the other two.
On the television, it was saying something about a mutant with the power to turn into different animals. The scene was in Battery Park. A tiger was attacking some man and then it changed to an elephant hitting someone with her trunk, a bull sending someone flying and an eagle ripping someone's eyes out.
"Okay okay we're going," called Jean. Not waiting, she grabbed Logan and Cyclops and headed for the jet. Storm followed. Boarding the ship, Storm and Jean took control. Gambit and Rouge came in after them. Some other people came. After a short while, the ship landed in Battrery Park. (It's not a zoo) Tree limbs were scatteredhree and there. A cute little mut was waking its tail at them. But when Jean picked it up in her mind, it started slashing and barking. Window shutters closed and doorman locked doors.
Sky looked at Jean, her black and white vision making everything gray. She barked and snarled. They didn't know who she was. They didn't know she was a zoo all herself. She froze in mid-air. Jean dropped her slowly. Her hair bristled and a wave of fur starting at her head swept thoogh her body. Every hair the wave hit, turned orange. Her legs lengthened and her paws expanded. She studs of claws retracted and reappeared bigger and more leathal. She tail quivered and grew long and swishy. Her canines grew and her ears changed. She heard her bones creaking and she felt her spine become more flexible. Black stripes formed on her orange fur. It was as though an invisble hand was painting them on. Suddenley the world burstinto color and light. It was way too bright. She snared and leapt in the air. Jean held her in the air.
"We don't want to hurt you," she said calmly, "we're here to help you."
Sky snarled and then considered. And for the first time, Rouge and Storm and Gambit and Logan and Scott and whoever else present, heeard a tiger talk.
"Fine," she said, "Put me down and I'll do what ever you want. Just leave my family alone. They don't want me, but I still don't want them hurt."