I´m obsessed with First Class :D Well,this is set during X-Men: First Class .
I asked myself what it would be like if the Phoenix Force would have chosen Charles to be its vessel, so...
Well, this will be a Erik x Charles story ( because we aaaalll saw that they were more than friends.. ! xDD)
Uh,and I´m german,so don´t kill me for any grammar mistakes xD


Prologue

Those incredible blue eyes looked up at him " You are back."

It wasn´t a real question,more a statement.

...

And now here they were, together with those kids and the CIA. Erik couldn´t tell why he had decided to stay but maybe it was because of what Charles had said. Whatever, the fact that he had agreed to stay seemed to satisfy Charles.

He had smiled but he hadn´t had much time to say anything else, this CIA agent began to speak to Charles again. They had talked about Cerebro, the thing which McCoy had built.

Charles had agreed to use it. Hah, he was like a child, always optimistic and confident, naive. But at least had the same view as Erik :
They would use Cerebro alone, without those CIA humans. It was better this way, it really was.

Erik had been leery, he wasn´t sure if it was a good idea to use a technology that no one had used before. But Charles was dewy-eyed, he had been to excited to be able to use a technology which was able to find other mutants.

This whole thing had been damned from the start, Erik had known it but no one was listening to him anway. That had been fine, at least for him, but he had to admit that he had been worried.

Was worried.

Charles was obsessed, obsessed by the idea to find other mutants, obsessed with Cerebro. Since three days he stayed in there, searching for other mutants, from early in the morning till late at night.

Every day his smile grew ,but he became paler as well. Erik didn´t want to imagine how energy consuming this whole Cerebro thing had to be. Charles, however, was positiv. He grinned like a fool, telling everyone that he was fine.

The humans noticed his actions, they became interested in him. Of course, it was a precious gift to be able to locate every person on earth and of course it only had been a matter of time until the CIA became interested to use it for their own good.

If Charles could use it to locate all people of the world, they asked , If he was also able to locate humans with Cerebro. And,what did he say?

" I´m not quite sure about that. It is much easier to locate mutants . Mutants are clearly visible, humans are a bit blurry and in a shade of grey and white. But I´ll help you, if I can."

He was such a fool.

...

" You shouldn´t agree. " Erik eyed Charles,who put his head to one side , " You nearly passed out last time. You shouldn´t risk your health for them."

They sat in Erik´s room and played chess. Somehow they have become accustomed to playing chess in the evening ,after Charles had finished his searching.

Charles gave him one of his brilliant smiles " Erik,my friend, I know what you mean, but I think I should agree. " his gaze went down to the chessboard , he looked thoughtfully " Maybe I´ll be able to help them.."

" Help them with what?"

Charles raised his gaze again, his thoughtful expression tunred into a warm smile " I honestly don´t know. I just like the idea that mutants and humans could work together. Just think of it ! The world could be a much better place if we would help them to catch criminals!"

Erik couldn´t suppress a wry smile " If you say so, Charles, then it must be right."

Charles sighed and shook his head ," I think I´ll continue to search for other mutants, in the evening I´ll search for their humans."

Erik furrowed his brow and made a move with his knight " But than we wouldn´t be able to play chess. " he looked up and Charles laughed out
" Oh,are you worried that I´ll neglect you?"

Erik rolled his eyes but had to smile slightly " Maybe?"

Charles leaned forward until he was almost nose to nose with Erik " Well,don´t worry, I always have time for you." he grinned but leaned back again
" Oh my, it´s already this late? I think we have to stop our game for now."

Erik leaned back as well and crossed his arms while he looked at Charles, who stood up " You are already neglecting me ."
Charles, who had turned to the door, turned back to Erik " I´m terrible sorry, dear." he grinned and walked up to the door " See you tomorrow,love"

Erik could almost see Charles´s big grin " I love you too, lab rat."

...

Charles agreed.

Erik couldn´t understand why he did this, Charles had enough to do,so why did he choose to help the CIA? So,here they stood, in Cerebro.

Still there were no humans with them, they both had refused to let them in. Just them both,and Hank, of course.

" And you think you´ll be able to locate them?" Hank asked, pushing his glasses upwards " I mean, I never constructed it to search for humans, I don´t know if-" Charles waved of, smiling kindly " I know , Hank. But I´ve used Cerebro for quite some time now, I think I know how it works."

" But," Hank looked as if he wasn´t really convinced " ..if something happens ?"

" Don´t worry, Hank. If something happens then it is my own fault, not yours. Anyway ," he laughed " what should happen? "
Hank sighed and scratched the back of his neck , then he shrugged his shoulders and nodded " Okay, but..But you should quit it if you´re not able to find the person,okay?" Charles nodded but somehow Erik had the feeling that he wouldn´t stop. He eyed his friend , who gave him a friendly smile. Erik silently asked himself how a person could be able to smile that much. Charles always seemed happy, or at least in a good mood. Those blue eyes never darkened ,they always were bright and warm. Erik wasn´t sure if he should admire Charles or if he should laugh about him.

Maybe both.

" Okay,please don´t move, right? " they hadn´t even time to answer, Charles already began his searching. They stayed still all the time. Hank looked at the paper while Erik just looked at Charles,who had his eyes closed.

Erik could feel the odd atmosphere, he couldn´t describe it but he felt watched. Charles furrowed his brow and his hand clenched around the iron railing. Erik gave Hank a questioning gaze, but Hank just shrugged his shoulders. They couldn´t talk, not now, because they would distract Charles.

Minutes slowly passed by and still there was nothing. Charles was pale by now, his brow still furrowed and his eyes moving under his lids. It was time to stop but Charles wouldn´t stop. Then, when Erik was about to tell Hank that they should stop, Charles opened his eyes.

" Found him."

Hank quickly looked at the paper and his eyes widened slightly " You´re right, you found him!" Charles grinned from ear to ear
" It wasn´t that difficult,just unfamiliar."

Erik somehow had hoped that Charles would stop searching for now, but he didn´t. " We´ll play chess tomorrow." he promised, his blue eyes sparkling .

But they didn´t play chess tomorrow. And they also didn´t play chess the day after tomorrow and the day after that.

The CIA had their eyes on Charles now and Erik grew impatient. He wanted to find Shaw, he wanted to have his revenge ! He didn´t want to stay here with those kids and those CIA humans , he had his plans ! The only person that kept him from going was Charles.

Somehow he wasn´t able to leave the young man,and it confused him. Never in his life had something like this happened to him. He had been alone,always alone,and now he cared about someone he barely knew. Someone that he could consider as friend. It was confusing but he liked the idea of having a friend. But still there was this rage inside of him...And this rage was greater than the desire to have a friend.

He was about to go, alone, but his plans were interrupted by one single person.

Charles.

Again.

This time it was more unintended than intended.

It was Raven who ran towards him, her eyes wide and her voice full of fear and worry " Erik !" she screamed " Erik, you have to help us !"

He stopped and sighed . What was it now? Hopefully they hadn´t destroyed anything again ... " Calm down,Raven. What´s the matter?" Raven grabbed him by the arm, not able to say anything .She dragged him along the corridor ,she almost ran.

" Raven !" Erik said ,again,calm but emphatically " Raven,what´s the matter?" Raven stopped , she was breathing fast and when she turned around he could clearly see the panic in her eyes " It´s Charles !" she said,her voice trembling " It´s..he..Something is the matter with him !"


:D well, I hope my grammar is okay and...dunno. xD
I´ll try to update as soon as possible, but I have another story and holidays are commin´so..^^"
see ya ;D