Hello everyone and welcome to my story! I have plenty of other stories in the Marvel universe if you're a new 'fan' of mine. So, the basis of this story is that Charles and Erik each have a sister (well in Charles's case, another sister.) So, this story is set during the timeline of First Class, but is mostly about the relationships between the characters and their own personal journeys. It's fully written, so I'll try to update every day. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this story. It was co-written with by my good friend, WaterGirl15.
Disclaimer: Neither WaterGirl15 or I have any legal rights to the characters, script, or overall plotlines of First Class. Those rights fall to Fox. We only own the small handful of OCs that either star or make an appearance to this story.
Note: I know that our OCs names may not fit into where they come from, but they are our OCs and if you've read any stories from either of, you know they are usually there.
Overall story warning: WARNING! This story contains throughout it themes of PTSD caused by torture, abuse, and rape, trust issues, self harm, depression, suicidal thoughts, and also has sexual themes, language, and some violence. There is also an M/M relationship in the story in some of the later chapters. You have been warned of all this in advance rather than my traditional chapter by chapter warning.
Poland, 1944
"Stay with your sister," a woman tells her son in German, "Promise me you'll keep her safe. Promise me. No matter what."
"I will," a young boy says, taking the young girl's hand, "I promise to keep her safe." The soldiers come and they start to drag people away. The boy pulls his sister away into a hole in a building and watches in horror as his parents are pulled away and the soldiers shut the gates. The boy runs to the closed gates and is grabbed by soldiers before the impossible happens - the gate starts to bend. The girl ran over to help her brother, who is struggling against the soldiers. Where she touches them, their skin burns. One of the soldiers grabs a gun and hits the boy over the head with with the butt and he's knocked to the ground. The girl grabs the gun before it hit her and it burned to ash. Another soldier knocks her to the ground and she hits her head, now laying limply beside her brother.
"Jessica!" the boy screams kneeling besides his sister. Little do they know that their little fight had been witnessed by a scientist and they are about to become lab rats.
Westchester, New York 1944
It's a stormy night and Charles Xavier suddenly wakes, sensing something isn't quite right in his house. He stands up and leaves his room, grabbing a baseball bat quietly going into the kitchen, only to find his little sister already there, as well as his mother.
"Mommy?" the three year old girl asks.
"Mother?" Charles sees his mother, "What are you doing up? I thought you were a burglar."
"I didn't mean to startle you two. I just came down here for a snack. Charles, take your sister back to bed," their mother says, but Charles doesn't move. There's something very wrong and he can sense it. He steps in front of his little sister to protect her.
"Bra bra?"
"Who are you? What have you done with my mother?" Charles asks, stepping closer to the woman, 'My mother has never set foot in this kitchen.' He projects his voice into her head, which causes her to shift forms and he sees a blue girl standing in front of him. She can't be much older than he is. His little sister squeaks and hides more behind him seeing the girl change.
"I knew I couldn't be the only one. I'm Charles," he smiles, "This is my little sister, Gabrielle."
"Hi," Gabrielle says shyly.
"I'm Raven," she says, "I'm sorry for breaking in. I had no place to go. My parents kicked me out. Your house is so big. I was just hungry."
"Take whatever you want. You don't have to steal ever again. I promise," he smiles. He knows he wants to help her and if he ever meets anyone else like them, he wants to help them too.
Gabrielle walks up to Raven and takes her hand, "Sissie!"
"Thank you," Raven smiles.
Poland
Sebastian Shaw turns on his record player and sits down at his desk and looks up at the two children standing on the other side.
"Understand this, children," he says, "These Nazis, I'm not like them." He grabs the chocolate bar from his desk, "Genes are the key, yes. But their goals of blonde hair and blue eyes are pathetic," he slides the chocolate towards them, "Eat the chocolate. It's good. Want some?" He looks up at the kids.
"Where's our mother?" Erik asks, standing in front of his sister, "We want to see her."
"It's a very simple thing I want you to do," he says to the pair, "Move the coin. And then your sister needs to burn the other one." Erik focuses on the coin and tries to move it without any luck. Jessica reaches onto the desk and touches the coin, but nothing happens.
"I'm sorry sir. We tried. It's not possible," Erik says.
"I see," he says, and rings a bell, "The one good thing about Nazis is their methods produce results." Soldiers drag in their mother. The pair of siblings run over and hug their mother, but the soldiers pull the family apart.
"I'm going to count to three. Move the coin, boy. And your sister better melt the other one. Or your mother will die." Erik moves his hands desperately to get the coin to move, but to no avail. Jessica picks up the coin and holds it between her hands, but nothing happens.
"Eins," Shaw says and the siblings try even harder to do their designated jobs, but it just isn't working. They are both really scared.
"Everything is okay," their mother's voice says and repeats in the background.
"Zwei," Shaw continues to count, making the siblings even more desperate. They're doing all they can. Jess holds the coin tighter and Erik concentrates harder to move the coin.
"Drei," Shaw says, then pulls a gun and shoots their mother in the head and she falls to the ground, dead. Suddenly, the metal part of the bell caves in. The filing cabinet starts to collapse. The soldiers' helmets crush their skulls.
"NEIN!" Erik screams, and all the metal in the room goes crazy, including the tables and torture instruments in the room connected to Shaw's office. His sister, meanwhile, just starts crying and anything that is close to her or comes close to her turns to ashes. Shaw just smiles and watches as the siblings destroy his office.
"So pain is the key," he says once things calm down, "Pain and torture." He sets the coin into Erik's hand and pulls the siblings into the room that Erik had destroyed.
Argentina, 1962
After getting a lead on Shaw, Erik walks into a bar in Argentina and goes to the counter to get a beer.
"German beer?" he asks, switching from Spanish to German.
"Of course," the bartender says.
"Do you like it?" One of the two other men in the bar says.
"The best," Erik says, looking at a picture of a boat that's behind the bar. One of the men is clearly Shaw, "What brings you to Argentina?" Erik turns around and looks at the men.
"The climate. I'm a pig farmer," the first man says and laughs.
"Tailor," the other man says, "since I was a boy. My father made the finest suits in Dusseldorf."
"My parents were from Dusseldorf," Erik walks over and sits at the table.
"What was their name?" Pig Farmer asks.
"They didn't have one," Erik says, "It was taken from them. By pig farmers and tailors." He clinks his glass against each of theirs. They all drink, the two men nervous. Who is this guy? And what is he going to do? Erik flips over his arms and the numbers that were branded into his wrist are revealed: 214782. The numbers that marked him as a target, as a victim of the war. It's at that moment the two men know how screwed they are. The pig farmer pulls a knife, but Erik has faster reflexes and takes it from him.
"'Blood and Honor,'" he reads the knife, "Which would you care to shed first?"
"We were under orders," the pig farmer says.
"Blood, then," Erik says and pushes the knife into the guy's hand. The other stands up and backs away
"Freeze, asshole," the bartender pulls a gun. Erik moves it and has it point at the tailor and pulls the trigger using his powers. He falls to the floor dead and then Erik pulls the knife from the other guy's hand and uses it to kill the bartender, then uses his powers to bring it back to his hand and stabs the guy in the hand again before picking up his beer and finishing it.
"Who are you?"
"Let's just say I'm Frankenstein's Monster and I'm looking for my creator," he walks over to the picture of the boat. Miami. That's his next destination, "But you're Shaw's buddy. Tell me where my sister is and I'll spare your life."
"I don't know," he says, "I swear."
"That's too bad," Erik says. He uses his powers to bring the gun into his hand and shoots the guy before leaving.
England
"Excuse me, are you Charles Xavier?" A woman walks up to him in a bar.
"Yes, I am," Charles answers, "Who are you?"
"Agent McTaggart. CIA. Can I have a word?" She asks.
"Of course." She walks over and sits down a table away from the crowd of graduates. Charles follows her and sits down.
"Congratulations," she says.
"Thank you. It's a lot easier than it looks," he says.
"I mean on your thesis," she says, "I know this sounds crazy, but is it possible for the types of mutations you talked about to be possible today?" He looks at her and goes into her mind, wondering why she would ask about that. He finds his answer after a minute, seeing other mutants in her mind.
"You know what, let's have this conversation when you're sober," she went to stand up and leave.
"Something tells me you already know the answer to your question," Charles says.
"How could you possibly know that?" She looks him.
'Because I saw it in your mind,' he answers, using his abilities.
"You're one of them," she says, "That's how you know so much. Would you be willing to help me with something?"
"Of course."
"Are there any more of you? More would be helpful," she says, "Also, I hope you have a passport. We're going to America."
"I will have to talk to my sisters, but it won't be hard."
"Thank you," she says, then writes down the name of the hotel she's staying at, "I'm leaving tomorrow afternoon."
"You did what?" Raven asks when her and Charles are walking back to their flat.
"Something bad is happening. I have to help. You don't have to come with me," he says, "But a physical power might help them realize we're not lying."
"Have you called to tell Gabrielle? Have you forgotten that she is still in America at school?"
"I'm going to call her," he says, "She'll be glad to see us. And you know, you could have stayed in America with her. You didn't have to follow me to England."
"I know that, but what was I going to do? Gabrielle is still in school and now has a friend living at the mansion."
"I hope we can find her brother," Charles says, "She's really worried about him."
"I know she is, but I also think Gabrielle has a small crush on her brother thanks to all of the stories she has told her."
"Stories aren't the same as reality."
"I know that Charles, but you should know that Gabrielle has always had fantasies."
"I know, but who knows what her brother is up to? What they went through wasn't pleasant," he says, "Are you coming with me or not, Raven?"
"Of course I am coming."
"We leave tomorrow," he says, unlocking their flat and walking inside. Raven follows him and goes to start to pack her things.
Charles calls his sister, "Hey."
"Charles?" Gabrielle asks, "What are you planning?"
"I'm coming home tomorrow. I met a CIA agent today. She needs my help," he says, "So Raven and I will be back tomorrow afternoon."
"Really? But what about school? Won't you get in trouble for leaving?"
"Graduation was today, remember?" he asks, "I'm done with school."
"Oh, right," Gabrielle yawns, "I forgot."
"Good night," he says, "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Good night," Gabrielle says before hanging up. Charles heads to his room. He undresses and goes to bed, but setting an alarm so he doesn't oversleep.
In the morning, he and Raven head to the hotel to meet up with Agent McTaggart. He knocks on her door.
"You came," she says, opening her door.
"Of course I did," he says, "This is my sister, Raven. She's coming with us. But we need to stop off in New York before we go to DC and get my other sister and her friend."
"Of course, it's nice to meet you, Raven."
"Nice to meet you too," Raven says.
They all head to the airport to take a plane to New York and then drive from the airport up to the mansion. Charles smiles at his old home again before entering. It's exactly as it's always been. There is so much extra space that he wishes he has a use for.
"Gabrielle?" he calls, walking inside.
"In the kitchen!" Gabrielle calls back. Charles walks to the kitchen, his sister and the CIA agent following.
"Did you fire the chef?" Charles ask.
"No, he got sick today so Jess and I are on our own," Gabrielle replies, "Luckily, unlike you, I actually paid attention in Home Ec class."
"I paid attention," he says, "I just didn't learn much is all. Agent, this is my sister, Gabrielle, Gabi for short."
"Hello Gabrielle," Agent McTaggart says.
"Hello agent. Hungry?" Gabrielle asks all of them.
"I could eat," Charles says and the other two agree with him, "Where's Jess?"
"She should be home soon, she had her last test today." As if on cue the front door opened and footsteps were heard.
"Hey, I'm home," Jess calls, walking into the house.
"Hey, Jess!" Gabi calls, "in the kitchen!" She walks into the kitchen and sets her backpack on a chair before noticing the extra people.
"We've got company," Jess states, "I wish you had told me."
"Wish I could, they came suddenly."
"Well, I'll be up in my room," she says. Her German accent is still thick.
"You don't want to eat with us?"
"I'm not really that hungry," she lies. Truth is that she's not good around new people.
"Oh! Charles, Raven, this is Jessica. Jessica, these are my siblings," Gabi says, realizing what's going on.
"Yeah, I figured that out already. I'll see you later," she grabs her bag.
"Alright."
"So, Agent, what is it that you need us to do?" Raven asks Moira.
"I need your help preventing others like you starting World War III," Moira explains.
"Can you possibly elaborate?" Charles asks.
"There's this group called Hell's Fire, they mean to start the war. Their leader is Sebastian Shaw."
"Alright," Charles says, "the three of us will do whatever we need to to help."
"What about the other girl?"
"I don't know bout that," Gabi says, "she's not one to use her abilities after what she went through."
"German accent," Moira says, "Holocaust survivor?"
"Yes."
"Well, she doesn't have to help," Moira says, "I need you guys to come to DC with me. I need to prove to my boss that mutants exist."
"Alright," Charles agrees. Gabrielle, however, is still on the fence. She looks into Moira's mind and instantly recognizes Shaw from Jess's mind.
"I have to go upstairs," Gabi says, standing abruptly.
"What for?" Charles asks her, "can't it wait?"
"No, it cannot," she answers, running upstairs. She goes to Jess's room and knocks on the door.
"I'm busy!" She calls, "leave me alone."
"This is important," Gabi calls back.
"I'm not having dinner with you," Jess says, "I told you that I'm not hungry."
"It's not that, I found the guy who hurt you and your brother," Gabi tells her.
"I never want to see that guy again. I'm trying to get past that part of my life," Jess says.
"If we find him, we could find your brother. I just thought you should know."
"Good luck," she says. Gabi went back down stairs as they got ready to head to DC.