It's a long and stressful morning and since the days of Apocalypse, things have been better. Charles was returning to his original state and Mystique is now looking up to her 'Hero' status. Erik was still dealing with his decisions and Peter or Quicksilver ( a more X-Men name that he's fond of), still hasn't got the courage to tell Magneto that he has a son, and that's him.

" come on, tell him already"

" I... I... I'll tell him later" muttered Quicksilver, jabbing his a fork in a piece of bacon. He didn't move from his position but merely stared out of the window heading towards the open field.

Jean rolled her eyes, turning slowly towards Storm (a name she's now calling herself).

" typical" mouthed Jean and Storm nodded in an agreement. Quicksilver hasn't confessed to Erik about who he truly is, about who he was to Erik and why he's really staying. The dining hall was quite full now and with new students coming in and out, it was hard to be heard over the noise.

The teachers and Professors sat in one end of the room, talking so casually that it seemed as though the noise didn't bother them. Among them were Hank, Mystique and a few others. Professor Xavier was in his office thinking things through. Erik soon came in and got his lunch and sat down next to Mystique. It seemed that Erik was finding his home at Xavier's Academy despite he's absent during the past few weeks. For a while, Quicksilver manages to look up from his plate but did not move. Jean had to nudge him with her elbow to focus his attention on Erik. Telepathically telling him to go over there and tell him now. Without saying a word he slowly dropped his fork and walked over to the teacher's table.

" Um, can I... Can I..." He muttered but the words seem to fail him. All the teachers looked around but Mystique- knowing what's he's going to say- made eye contact with them so only her, Hank and Erik were staring. Quicksilver gulped and soon swallowed his words. However, as he was about to regurgitate his words, Scott ( Cyclops) came rushing through the huge, wooden oak doors, trailing behind him was Nightcrawler.

" please...please help us! Please" Cyclops screamed, he's lungs hurting. Nightcrawler running behind him, he too was out of breath.

All heads were on them now. All child and adult alike had their eyes on the two mutants; tired and need of rest. Erik got up and placed his hands on Quicksilver's shoulders, looking him in the eye.

" Listen, kid, I'll talk to you later"

" sure," said Peter and off Erik went to the two mutants. He was followed by Mystique and Hank where they had rushed past through the sea of mutant students.

" what happened?" Said Hank. Nightcrawler spoke before Scott could begin his train of thoughts and had said it so fast that it came out as one fluent word.

" theprofessorisgone"

In the mix of confusion, Mystique had to step in, looking paler than before; couldn't take the words as real.

" what? Slow down Kurt, we can't understand you"

Kurt took a deep breath before he turned to Scott for help. Jean and Storm had pushed passed other students; they crowded amongst the sea of young mutants of all ages. Their minds filled with so much concern.

" Scott, what's going on?" Asked Storm, her arms folded against her chest, looking between Scott and Kurt.

" Storm's right Scott, what's going what is Kurt on about" Asked Jean. Soon the whole room erupted with noise again as students started to raise their voices high and loud; shouting and for some reason, the noise continued without tiredness.

It took five teachers to unsuccessful calm them all down; to shut down the voices of the mutants amount them. It's not until Erik decided to make himself heard and useful.

" QUITE!" He screamed, his voice echoing from the walls, almost making the glass windows shatter. Everything and everyone became quiet and still as every mutant went dead silent, standing in the dining room looking at the older mutant.

" tell us, Scott, what in the hell is going on?" Said Erik, annoyance in his voice, his arms folded across his chest waiting for answers. Scott and Nightcrawler sighed and what seemed to be guilt had entered their voices.

" he's gone," said Scott, and soon the shouts of concern filled the room once more.

' what do you mean?' Shouted a young boy.

' who's gone' asked another, and so forth until they were told to shut it by Professor Maine the Physics teacher.

As soon as the crowd fell silent once more Nightcrawler spoke with little voice he had left.

" he was taken by...by..." Stumbled Nightcrawler.

" by Apocalypse" Scott finished.

Shock overwhelmed everyone. It's been three whole weeks since they defeated Apocalypse, it's been three whole weeks since Charles was overcoming he's struggling with his encounter with Apocalypse. It's been three whole weeks since they had started to rebuild their lives since Apocalypse. It's been three whole weeks since Charles and Erik tried to mend their relations, where Charles tried to overcome his ordeal with Apocalypse. Erik fell silent, he's brilliant green eyes widened with concern.

" what happened? Where did he take you, my friend?" Thought Erik in his mind.

With the silence mounting on, a disbelieved Raven was shaking her head.

" that's...that's impossible, we defeated Apocalypse. He's dead. Jean defeated him. No! No, I refuse to acknowledge that my brother, my friend had been taken by such monster" Raven said, her heart beating faster and harder against her ribs, her blood at boiling point. This couldn't be and Raven refuses to believe this, today anyway. Today was just a prank of some sort and Charles will come through those doors like he always does, but it never came and soon the whole room erupted with an uproar and with very little they could do about it, it seemed useless but they tried anyway. No luck. Besides, Apocalypse isn't alive, he's dead. He's dead, they made sure of that, there was no way that he got to Charles. It's all going to be fine; Raven knows it, Erik knows it, Hank knows it. Everyone knows it. It's all going to be fine. Right?.