Hello Readers! This is my very first fanfiction so please bear with me! I'm a busy college student but I'll do my very best to keep this fic updated. Hope you enjoy what I've written so far and please leave feedback if you can!

I don't know if you guys are having this problem but I can't seem to be able to access chapter 2 from this chapter. There's no drop down menu. If that happens to you just change the /1/ in the URL to /2/ and it should work.

I'm not sure what the problem is, Chapter 2 exists but the drop down menu does not! I'm quite new to this site so if this is something normal then excuse me for being a noob. *_*;;

The sight was almost too much for him. Their bodies convulsing and contorting and then going painfully still. Dead, but not for long. It was only a matter of minutes before they sprung back to life. Hungry and wanting.

Erik watched in disbelief as his people, once again, were rounded up and sectioned apart. Forced into rooms in single filed lines. They were in a building somewhere, he wasn't sure where. It had all happened so quickly. While he had been on a mission with Azazel and Emma they had been surrounded by men in suits. It had been some kind of trap. They were supposedly responding to a distress call from a fellow mutant but it had been a ruse. The humans had somehow managed to devise a radio signal that prevented the use of any powers. Azazel was unable to teleport them to safety. Without their powers to protect them they were taken. Handcuffed and thrown into vans.

The humans had finally discovered a cure. A cure that would rip apart mutant DNA and destroy mutant genes. It had originally been developed as a cure for cancer. But the humans would rather destroy than heal.

Once inside the building they were led down a corridor to a large room. Hundreds of mutants were inside. Men women and children all with their hands bound and worried expressions on their faces. One of the walls to the large room was glass. There was another room on the other side.

Erik was pushed to the side by a government soldier. The mutants were separated and pushed into groups. Luckily Azazel, Emma and Erik all remained together. Another group of mutants was forced into a door that led to the other side of the glass room. A man in a suit appeared and raised his voice.

"Mutants, we have finally learned how to put an end to your reign of violence and terror. This cure will turn you into normal civilized human beings. Inequality will end and we can hope to move on towards a more peaceful future. We will administer the very first dosage of the cure here today in front of you all."

Erik was fuming yet fearful, these people were going to destroy him, destroy his people. It was a demonstration. A demonstration of cruelty and Erik had been here before Losing his gift was worse than death, being rounded up and humiliated was worse than death. Before he could react, a haze filled the glass room. All of the mutants contained inside began to cough and heave. Screams and gasps were audible from Erik's side of the glass as they were left to watch their friends and family stripped of their rights and their passed out faster than others but it was only a matter of time before everyone in the room was lying on the floor. They looked dead Erik thought. Erik turned to look at the uniformed humans that had been guarding the rooms, they all looked concerned and were whispering in hushed voices. Erik was unable to make out anything they had to say.

The bodies in the room started convulsing and contorting in horrible ways. Arms and legs were bent in impossible ways. An allergic reaction to the cure perhaps, surely everything was going to be okay in the end. Erik watched in disbelief as his people, stripped of their power, thrived around on the floor. All at once they became very still.

One by one, their eyes began to open, but there was something wrong. Their normally brown and blue eyes were white and grey with death. Their veins had risen to the surface of their skin and were highly visible. They bared their teeth like they were hungry, and wanting. The mutants on Erik's side of the glass began to scream and panic. This was wrong. Everything was wrong. The cure hadn't worked and now those mutants were dead. They were dead but messed up beyond comprehension and he had to escapce. He would not be left to the same fate. The uniformed people began to point their guns into the crowd, which did nothing but worsen the situation.

The mutants inside the glass room began to break into a frenzy. They were ripping apart the tables and chairs left in the room and using them to break through the glass. The glass was not shatterproof and soon the whole window was shattering into pieces. One of the undead mutants broke free and took a lunge towards a live mutant biting into his skin and tearing off flesh. He screamed and ran but there was nowhere to go. He was shot by one of the uniformed men as they started to flee.

Erik grabbed Azazel and Emma. He was trying to keep calm in the chaos that surrounded him. He had been through this, he was stronger than this and he was going to escape at all costs. The radio signal was still broadcasting throughout the buildings complex. None of them could use their powers. They were outnumbered by the undead mutants who now looked more like animals than humans. Erik pushed his way through as many people as he could and followed the path of the uniformed men.

An undead mutant broke free from the original area and made a run for Erik and his crew. Azazel did his best to fight off the enraged mutant but was unable to avoid a huge bite out of his shoulder. The undead mutant retreated, happy with his spoils as Emma and Erik pulled Azazel out of the way.

They ran through the complex trying to find an exit. The building must have been meant to contain prisoners. Hallways seemed to never end and when they did, they emptied into dead ends and glass rooms similar to where their ill-fated brethren had met their end. They eventually stumbled upon a gigantic hole that had been busted into the side of the building. The fresh air felt welcoming against the dead stale air inside the building. The mutants squeezed through the hole and ran as fast as they could.

Azazel was bleeding very heavily making him unable to teleport even out of the radio signal's reach. Erik did his best to rip up part of his pant leg and create a makeshift bandage for his teammate until they could get back to their base and provide him with adequate medical help. When the bleeding had slowed Azazel managed to teleport them one by one back to their headquarters where Janos and Raven awaited.

Charles awoke suddenly. Flashes of terror shot through his brain. He could see figures thrashing and then just pain and suffering and fear. He looked towards the clock. Half passed 7 in the morning. The sunshine belting through his window created a stark contrast from the images left burned in his mind. It was probably time to get up anyways he thought to himself.

He got out of bed and walked to the kitchen. Still feeling shaken, he hoped a cup of tea would calm his mind. As he walked in, he saw Hank sitting at the table.

"Goodmorning Hank how ar-"

"They've found a cure Professor" Hank laid the paper down carefully on the table, eyes burning holes through it.

"I'm sorry Hank, what?"

"The humans, they've found a cure. According to this article they've already captured hundreds of mutants and exposed them to it without their consent." Hank sounded furious but terrified at the same time. He had once loved to have found a cure for his mutation. He had even tried to discover one himself, but it had only backfired and made his mutation more powerful. This was different. This was murder. This was beyond unethical and he couldn't stand to think of people getting their gifts ripped away from them.

"I can't believe it. How can this be? Surely the government wouldn't allow such, an atrocity on human rights"

"We aren't human Professor, It's over, we've lost"

Charles could only think of Erik and Raven and how much he hoped they would stay unharmed and unchanged.

Erik, Azazel and Emma materialized back at their head quarters. Azazel was starting to become weak and was losing a decent amount of blood. They were exteremely lucky to have made it back in one piece in the state he was in.

Erik knew that they needed to grab as much of their belongings as possible and flee to Charles' home in Westchester. The house was so isolated he knew nobody would bother them there. The government obviously had caught on to Erik's plans and it was only a matter of time before they tracked him down. Charles, Erik though to himself, he would know what to do. Erik had been right after all, the humans only wanted to hurt his kind. Charled could not except it in the past, but now he would have to. Erik would make him accept it. He wouldn't let the one person he cared about fall victim to the human's disgraceful actions.

"Erik! What's going on? Theres been reports of a cure? I've been so worried I didn't know what to do. With you gone and everything I-" Raven had appeared. Her face covered in worry and fear.

"Raven I need for you to go get everything you want to keep with you, not too much, just the essentials. We might not be back here for a while. The humans have indeed found a cure but it kills as well." He felt as though he should leave out the whole, reanimation and walking dead detail. Raven looked worried enough as it is, that could be explained at a later time.

"Where are we going? We need to find Charles"

"Yes we're going to Westchester to regroup with Charles and the boys. We should be safer there and we'll be stronger with greater numbers."

Raven looked slightly relieved, she hurried off to her room. Erik explained the same to Janos, Emma and Azazel. He promised Azazel medical treatment once they arrived at Westchester. He carefully rebandaged up Azazel's arm the best he could and packed a small bag of clothes.

Azazel explained that the he would take Erik and Raven to Westchester but Janos, Emma and himself had no interest in staying. He said they would go somewhere else and wait out the extinctions until mutants could strike back. He knew of a mutant doctor and would seek medical treatment there. Erik hesitantly agreed. He would be stuck at Westchester for an undetermined amount of time without Azazel but at least he would be with Charles and the other kids.

Once everyone had collected their belongings Azazel linked arms with Raven and Erik and in a second of smoke and haze they were standing outside of the mansion. Erik turned to Azazel to bid him farewell and give him his thanks but Azazel had doubled over in pain. Erik bent down to him and shouted at Raven to go and get help. She ran off as fast as she could.

"Azazel, can you hear me? What's the matter, is it your arm?" Erik shook the man trying to get a response but it wasn't working.

Azazel collapsed to the ground and started convulsing. This was too familiar to Erik who suddenly had the horrible realization. Azazel was becoming what they had fled from the previous night. He was dying and when he came back to life, he would be hungry for flesh.

Raven had run come back with Hank and Charles.

"Erik? What's going on here, Why are you here?"

"Stay back!"Erik shouted, He didn't want anyone to get to close. When Azazel had stopped moving Erik placed to fingers where his pulse should be. Nothing.

"He's dead. Azazel is dead" Raven clasped her hands over her mouth and sunk to the ground. She had been rather fond of him. His devilish appearance masked a rather charming personality and they had become quite close. Tears spilled down her blue-scaled cheeks.

Erik placed Azazel's lifeless body on the ground. He knew what was coming next. He backed away slowly holding Azazel in place with his power. The metallic buttons and zippers on Azazel's clothes responded to his gift. When Azazel came back to life, he would be ready, and nobody was going to get bitten or hurt.

"Erik what are you doing? What happened? Why did you leave him there? I don't understand" Charles looked horrified and scared. What was Erik doing here? Did this have to do with the cure? Why was Azazel killed?

"Charles, please" the pain in Erik's voice was evident, he had cared for Azazel too, they had been team mates and he hadn't been able to deliver the medical attention he had promised. "Just trust me. Whatever you see now, please just trust me, don't be scared."

Azazel's body began to twitch once again, everyone looked on in horror. Erik maintained his control over the body. Azazel once again began to move, he stood up. His eyes had turned from light blue to glazed over and grey. His skin lost it's bright red hue and almost looked faded and old. He made horrible sounds. Gasping and growling. Like an animal. He reached out towards the living mutants and tried to run but Erik still had full control of his body.

"This is what the cure does to Mutants. This is what the humans are doing to our people" Erik said. Distraut, he didn't know what to do. He didn't understand how this could be possible. Dead mutants, walking around. Hungry for flesh and bone and life. He didn't know what to do with Azazel. Was he truly dead or was he just extremely sick? And if he actually was dead, what had he become? How were they to kill something that was already dead.

Erik looked back at Charles, Hank and Raven. Nobody could move, nobody knew what to do. Erik's stomach dropped when he heard the sound. The all too familiar sound of Azazel's teleport. Erik looked back to where Azazel had been standing nothing but a faint bit of smoke left floating in the air. Azazel was gone.

Thanks for reading! Chapter 2 should be up sometime tonight or tomorrow.