And... Chicks brings you another! An angst fic after Magneto's 'death' (the first time). And who goes with Magneto? That's right! Oh yeah, disclaimer time, right. You people know I don't own X-Men, because if I did, I would hang Principal Kelly from a flagpole by his underwear. My fourth fic. Please read my others! This one is set to How Do I, by Trisha Yearwood, which I don't own.
He was gone. The only man she had ever really loved, and he was gone. She didn't know how she could ever forgive Wanda. She had put on a brave face for her boys, but now she was alone in her room, looking down at an old picture of them on their first date. A teenaged Eric held her blue hand as he swung her around the roller rink, her poodle skirt flaring and showing off the top of her knee socks. There was a sparkle in her amber eyes, and her ponytailed red hair flew behind her. She began to sing softly, so upset that her German accent came shining through clearly.
How do I
Get through one night without you
If I had to live without you
What kind of life would that be?
Oh I need you in my arms
Need you to hold
Your my world my heart my soul
If you ever leave
Baby you'd take away everything good in my Life.
Her life was over now. There was nothing left for her. Eric had been her everything, and he was gone, taken from her by his own daughter and a rampant Sentinel.
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live?.
Charles had been partially to blame as well, but if Wanda hadn't... no. It was more than that. If she had listened to Eric and left Wanda well enough alone, the crazy young woman would still be back where she belonged. And now, what would she do? How could she live?
Without you
There'd be no sun in my sky
There would be no love in my life
There would be no world left for me
And I
Baby I don't know what I would do
I would be lost if I lost you
If you ever leave
Baby you would take away everything real in My life
Nothing seemed real anymore. It was as if she was floating inside her own mind, lost and fragile as she had been when he first found her in the alleyway, scared and broken as she had been when she lost Kurt over that bridge. Torn apart like she hadn't been since she had to leave Anna behind with Irene.
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live?...
Please tell me baby..
Why was it so hard to breathe? Oh, right, she had her face in her pillow now. She wanted so badly to press into it so hard she would stop breathing, but she had the boys... they needed her.
How do I go on?
If you ever leave
Well baby you would take away everything
Need you with me
Baby don't you know your everything good in My life
But she needed him. Why would he leave her? It was so unfair! He knew how much she had leaned on him, and he shouldn't have risked it if he knew.
And tell me now
How do I live without you
I want to know
How do I breathe without you
If you ever go
How do I ever, ever survive?
How do I
How do I
O how do I live
She didn't know how, but she had to go on without Eric there. She had to take the others out to find Pietro, wherever he was. But for now, she had to get out of the house. She lay the picture down next to her note and locked her door silently. She opened the window and shifted into the bird for which she was named, but not before singing her last lines to the empty room and her empty heart.
How do I live without you
How do I live without you baby.......
Raven spread her wings wide and flew off, headed for God knows where. When she came back, she would be hardened, a different person. But, for now, she was just... lonely.
How do I live....