A/N: First ever X-Men fanfiction. Reviews would be very nice.

Disclaimer: I don't own X-men if I did Charles would be able to walk still.

I was 13

Always beautiful days when bad things seem to happen. I look back now and see how young I was when I was forced into a life of pain. I was 13 when first met him I was on the couch watching TV in our home in London. There was a knock at the door my father got up to get it. I loved my father so much He was a tall man that was 6'0 wide shoulders, ivory skin, and his beard had tiny streaks of gray.

I wished that I could have gotten his height back as it seemed I might be medium height like my mother was when she was alive. He was getting old I giggled at the thought as he proceeded to the door I watched his face turn from calm to enrage.

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Dad practically yelled his tall frame blocked my view of the door.

"Is that anyway to greet an old friend William?" A voice asked.

I shivered that voice was so cold and evil the voice of a monster that would haunt you in your dreams. Suddenly heard a strangled cry of pain as a man appeared in front of my dad I screamed at the sight he looked like the devil black hair, red skin, and a tail had cut my dad in the chest he fell to the ground clutching his chest.

His eyes found mine and whispered "Run!" I was frozen in place I couldn't move.

My purple eyes danced between my dad on the ground and the people in front of him. One was a blonde woman wearing a white dress, a Latin man with long brown hair in a suit, and another man with blonde hair and cold, empty unfeeling blue eyes.

"Christina I presume it's been a long time haven't seen you since you were a toddler." The man said with a slight smile. I knew it was fake his very presence screamed evil I looked down at my father who was still on the ground.

"RUN CHRISTINA! He screamed and he was met with a knife in his chest.

I screamed in terror and ran as fast as my feet could carry me. I dashed out the back door and across the yard and into the woods. I cursed myself for going into the woods of all places not to mention bare footed but I continued to run. I collapse to the ground, my lungs burned as I gasp for air and I prayed to God that I had lost those people.

I was wrong in a puff of red smoke they appeared before me I screamed in shock and tried to crawl away then I heard a voice in my head. Don't run you have nowhere to go even if you got away we would find you a female voice said in my head.

My eyes widened, "H-how y-you were in my head," I stared in shock at the blonde woman.

"Emma can do a lot of things but you my dear well a whole another story oh how rude of me to forget my manners I'm Sebastian." the blonde man said with a wicked grin.

What the hell were these people talking about? I thought. I glared at all of them especially the devil looking man.

"You killed my father you son of a bitch." I said picking up a large piece of wood and preparing to throw it at him. Suddenly I couldn't move I had no control of my body as I dropped the piece of wood I stared in shock at them.

"Another thing I can do." Emma said with a sickly smile. "What do you want from me if its money we don't have a lot." I cried. "My dear you're very powerful and we want you to join us." Sebastian said his lips curling up in a smile that was supposed to be warming but just came off as fake.

I needed to be strong I slowly stood up."You will leave me and my family alone or you'll regret it."I said feeling the power in my words. Just turn around and leave. Suddenly all their faces went blank except for Emma like they were in a trance.

"We should leave Shaw." The demon said to Shaw.

Shaw slowly nodded and they turned to leave until I saw Emma stare at them. Shaw turned to me wonder and excitement in his eyes it really creeped me out.

"My God she's more powerful than I thought Azazel." Shaw said nodding at the demon. In a puff a red smoke he appeared in front of me knocked me out with a sharp punch.

I was 15

2 years I endured torture of the worst kind he said it would make my powers stronger. Apparently I could control people's actions and bodies with my voice and it was even stronger when I would sing. I am also a telepath like Emma and with her training my telepathy is super strong. I can use my telepathy to project a focused beam of directed psionic energy called a "psycho-blast." that could incapacitate or kill a living being instantly. I also possessed limited precognitive powers that occasionally allowed me to envision probable future events or to see quick flashes of the immediate future. These visions were random and infrequent however and I have no control over them. I also have telekinesis ranging from objects to human bodies.

Some days he wouldn't test on me he'd leave me alone. Some days all those things they injected me with would leave me numb and I wouldn't be able to move others would make me feel as if my body was set on fire and then it would feel as if some on put me in a pool of ice. I was 15 when I met Jason he was a handsome guy tall black hair beautiful blue eyes he had the power of super strength. I thought he was nice I was sorely mistaken I made the decision that whenever I could I would try to escape well I wouldn't make it very far. The punishment was even worse they strap me down tape my mouth attack these things to all parts of my body and electrocute me for hours my screams of pain were muffled by the tape.

"You think you can escape me, how pathetic where would you go they won't accept you. You belong to me I won't let you get away not like Erik did." He would tell me when I would escape. All at the hands of...him, I loathed him hated him with a deep burning passion. Shaw... Sebastian Shaw the man that caused me so much pain he would pay for killing my father.

Then I met Theresa another mutant the same age as me. She has black hair and green eyes we became best friends even though we were being tortured by Shaw and Jason. Theresa power is shadow manipulation. She can create, control, manipulate, materialize and summon darkness in various ways often by accessing a dimension of dark energy and the beings that exist there. Theresa was here before I was Shaw always kept her locked up because she always tried to escape. She told me that she first met Shaw at a concentration camp when the holocaust was going on.

Present Day Hellfire Club

I sat down and looked at my reflection. My rich chocolate brown hair had grown longer eyes a dark purple had lost its spark, high cheekbones, full lips, ivory skin tone. I didn't even recognize myself I had lost myself my personality had changed dramatically getting stuck with a man like Shaw does that. I wasn't the happy, loud, full of smiles Christina Braddock was when I was 13 I was empty, quiet, and frown stuck on my face.

"Ah my Christina are you ready for your performance and I must emend you for last week you are a wonderful singer and for helping Shaw speak with Col. Hendry." Jason said placing a hand on my shoulder I quickly shoved him off. Shaw had wanted me to focus on him last week to help move missiles in Turkey I felt a deep feeling of guilt in the end Hendry was killed.

"I'd be careful if I were you Jason." I said my voice cold as I fluffing my hair a bit. I got up and walked over to the clothes rack as several woman walked by in lingerie. My my must all men be complete and total pervs.

"Where is my dress?"I said searching through the clothes and turned to see Jason sitting on a velvet couch next to a large box. My heart beat quickened "Green is beautiful but I think red is more of your color." he said getting up and handing me the box.

I opened it revealing a beautiful red gown. "I think a "thank you Jason." should be coming up." He said with a smug smirk. "Get out of here Jason." I said feeling the power in my words he got up and left as I got into the dress. I dropped down on the couch feeling my eyes water no I will not cry I hated myself every time I was by him or Shaw my heart would pound I began to sweat in fear of another experiment or another beating. I would not cry again.

"Are you ready Christina?" Theresa asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I replied.

Theresa pulled on her gloves covering her scars left from the needles and the numbers on her arms. Theresa is also a Holocaust survivor so she has been through a lot.

"Make sure you hit all the right notes on the piano. I don't want you tortured for a piano note." I said.

"Trust me I got this. And you do the same with your singing." Theresa said while putting on her royal blue dress.

"Christina and Theresa you're on." One of the girls said I gave her a fake smile and retouched my makeup.

Theresa and I made our way onto the stage we both got so many cat calls and whistles all I wanted to do was hit every one of tempo to the music began just as two men walked in one was short handsome man with brown hair and warming blue eyes the other was tall with short brown hair and piercing ice blue eyes.

"Sweet love, sweet love
Trapped in your love
I've opened up, unsure I can trust
My heart and I were buried in dust
Free me, free us" The last line came out as a plea, I could always relate when I would sing. I could feel my heart ache as I remembered the past.

"You're all I need when I'm holding you tight
If you walk away I will suffer tonight
I found a man I can trust
And boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can you see that I'm bound in chains
I finally found my way
I am bound to you
I am bound to you" I hated how the lyrics were like my situation, I was bound to Shaw every time I'd try to leave he would find me I lived a life of pain for the last 7 years.

"So much, so young
I've faced on my own
Walls I built up became my home
I'm strong and I'm sure there's a fire in us
Sweet love, so pure" I remembered my dad so young when I watched my father die.

"I catch my breath with just one beating heart
And I brace myself, please don't tear this apart

I found a man I can trust
And boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can't you see that I'm bound in chains
I finally found my way
I am bound to you
I am bound to

Suddenly the moment's here
I embrace my fears
All that I have been carrying all these years
Do I risk it all
Come this far just to fall, fall"

I didn't even notice I was crying all the memories were flooding back I felt a presence in the back of my head ...a telepath. I force the presence away until I couldn't feel it. I looked at the crowd noticed that everyone had stopped moving and were listening to me. I was overwhelmed the power in my voice had grown making every freeze, I notice the two men staring at me with wide eyes the small man face held great pity while the other looked at me as if he somehow knew which was impossible. His hard face softened as the smaller man whispered something to him, his face of stone turned to anger.

"Oh, I can trust
And boy, I believe in us
I am terrified to love for the first time
Can you see that I'm bound in chains
And finally found my way
I am bound to you

I am,
Ooh, I am
I'm bound to you"

Towards the end I hurried off stage as applause filled my ears I ran picking up the hem of my dress. I slammed the door of the bathroom locking it as I sob into hands, why why had all those memories come back I had kept them locked up. Damn I hate crying it was so weak! I heard a loud pound on the door and lock click out of place I knew who it was. Suddenly my body was dragged out I looked up to see a furious Jason.

"What the fuck did you think you were doing you could have exposed us!" he yelled as he slapped me in the face.

I fought against him but he won in size. "I didn't mean to it was an accident." I explained. He wasn't buying it. "You stupid bitch." He spat in my face he pulled me out the bathroom and downstairs I knew where he was taking me.

"NO NO JASON NO LET ME GO," I pleaded trying to use my power. "YOU'RE TRICKS DON'T WORK ON ME ANYMORE!" He said pulling me into that god forsaken room. It was all white on the walls hanged several torture items Shaw came bursting into the room.

"Christina Christina you know better than to pull a stunt like that." He said calmly I expected him to be mad that fact that he was so calm just made my heart sink at what he had planned.

"Jason do what you will." He said pointing at me leaving. I tried to fight back kicking him with my heels soon I was strapped down to the table. And so began the pain he picked up a needle with a strange purple liquid. "Shall we begin?" he asked flicking the needle.

Theresa POV

Once I walked off the stage the two gentlemen the short handsome man with brown hair and warming blue eyes the other was tall with short brown hair and piercing ice blue eyes followed me into a hall.

"Where is Shaw?" The one with piercing blue eyes asked.

"I don't know what you're talking about." I lied.

"If you know this would really help your friend she's being tortured." The one with warm blue eyes said. "Follow me." I said while walking fast.

The short man screamed out in pain clutching his head I wasn't sure what to do. "What is it?" I asked looking at the man bent over in pain.

"It's her we have to hurry," he said running down the hallway. The man with piercing blue eyes and I ran too. We went downstairs into the club as we went deeper we heard a loud terrifying scream. The short man dropped to the floor screaming."She's in so much pain Erik we need to hurry or she'll-."He was interrupted with another terrifying scream from down the hall.

Back to Christina's POV

Blood trickled down my arm staining my dress I could feel the liquid in my veins burning it was so painful flashes of white blocked my vision. Pain flashed through me my body jerked upward tears flooded down my cheeks.

"JASON PLEASE STOP!" I screamed but he didn't stop he cut me on my neck not deep enough to kill me.

I wanted to die like I always wanted to die when they would do this to me. I could feel consciousness slipping out of my grasp and I heard footsteps and Jason cursing under his breath. I turned to look up to see the metal door be completely crush and tossed to the side revealing the man with piercing blue eyes filled with anger and hatred. They voices got farther away as they fought each other I felt bad he couldn't win not against Jason he was too strong. Then I heard a voice in my head I expected it to Emma but it was a voice of a man.

Christina don't be afraid My name is Charles Xavier I'm like you and so is Erik please don't be afraid we're here to help you. You lie no one can help me leave me here I don't want anyone else to get hurt he'll hurt you. No Shaw is gone he escaped where here to save you everything will be fine .No no it won't.

I heard a rip I looked up to see the man I assumed to be Erik. I wonder if he's the Erik Shaw talked about he wrapped up my arm and neck. "You need to leave." I choked out. "And what leave you here." Erik said I felt myself slipping my eyes slowly closed.

"Hey hey no dying on me you already bleeding on me." He shouted shaking me so I would stay up. "He'll hurt you Erik he's upset about losing you." I whispered his face turned hard and he picked me up. I groaned in pain anytime I would move it would hurt because of that stuff Jason injected in me. We entered the hallway and I saw the man he was with during the show he must be Charles.

"We have to get her out of here and to the facility," Charles said.

"No SHIT!" Erik cursed as we got out of the Hellfire club. Charles drove and Erik was in the passenger seat. While I layed down on the seat next to Theresa. As the ride began millions of thoughts ran through my head why why were they helping us. Theresa and I had done terrible things at the orders of Shaw why would they want to help us. What was Erik's connection to Shaw how did he manage to escape him. My arm began to feel warm oh no not again I screamed my whole body jerking off the seat. I felt two strong hands hold me down I jerked violently my arm felt as if it were on fire.

"Charles." Erik growled.

"Hold her down were not far from the facility." He replied. I felt the car speed up white flashed before me I struggled against his hold damn he was strong. Fear rushed through me I didn't like being pinned down brought back to many memories.

"GET OFF ME!" I shrieked I tried to use my power but I was weak and too tired to make it work. White flashed again before darkness consumed me.


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