No time for goodbye he said
As he faded away
It was strange, to say the least. The way betrayal feels when it's coming from someone you love though you don't yet know how much. It all happened so fast, going from best friend and companion to opposite sides of a losing battle. We started this side by side and on the same team. Erik and I had grown close over the course of preparation for this moment and now that it had come and gone we were both left in pain and confusion. Once the plane went down it seemed like all control was lost though I didn't yet realize to what extent. I will always believe that the good in Erik simply lost out over the fear that overcame him. Fear of his past becoming his reality. Fear is a driving force, so I don't blame Erik.
Don't put your life in someone's hands
They're bound to steal it away
Though my ability to read mind's gives me a tiny insight into people's innermost thoughts and feelings I will never truly understand what it's like to be Erik. The horror he's endured is one that no person should have to remember when they fall asleep at night Like any human being his instinct is to fight that which he fears the most, in this case it was rejection and imprisonment. I can't say that I blame him. When those missiles pointed at us I barely kept my composure. The thought of watching the people that mattered the most to me be obliterated was nauseating but I know how to handle fear. I think that's why Erik needed me, and also why watching him leave without a second glance nearly ripped me to shreds. The pain of his abandonment hurt almost as bad as the bullet he sent tearing into my spine.
Then he said If you want to get out alive
Hold on run for your life
I knew he'd want to take Raven with him just as I knew she'd want to go. He promised her a world of acceptance and happiness while all I could promise her was deeper and darker caves to hide in. Laying in that sand and watching them go was one of the hardest things I'd ever faced, aside from the rogue bullet that penetrated my suit and all but cut my legs from under me. My future was now filled with uncertainty and a small part of me ached to know that the ones I loved would be with me through it, but the voice of reason so delicately reminded me of my situation.
You're on an island Charles, laying flat on your back and you're not going to get up. Not ever again. But if you think that this is the end you're wrong. This is only the beginning.
If you want to get out alive
The passion that I loved about Erik would be his undoing, because he'd now made his decision to actively wage war against humanity.
Run for your life
In not being with them I am now against them, by definition. It's time to establish my place, raise my own army.
If you want to get out alive
I, Professor X, will not just stand idly by and watch the two sides systematically destroy each other. Erik wouldn't expect me to. He'll be coming for me.
And I'll be waiting...Magneto.
Run for your life.