La Douleur Exquise - the exquisite pain of wanting someone that you know you can never have, and knowing that you will still try to be with them.
Chapter 1: First Meetings
When young Charles Xavier first met that timid and shy psychologist graduate, he found her fascinating. Not just by her looks, but by both her thoughts and her age. From what he could tell she seemed young to be a scientist. He first met her with Raven when they were to be presented to the CIA on the behalf of Agent MacTaggert, or Moria as she insisted to be called, of course. Charles saw her there standing in the back, with her dark brown locks cascading down to her shoulders; next to her was a man with a slim, athletic body build and blonde hair like Raven's; and another agent who was sitting in a small chair.
"Individuals with already extraordinary gifts or abilities may already be among us, Thank you very much." Charles said curtly taking a seat as he had just finished his presentation to the agents. Charles then took a seat looking back at the agents, who didn't seem convinced.
"MacTaggert, do you really think some crackpot scientist is going to make me believe in sparkling dames and vanishing men? You just brought yourself a ticket to the typing pool!" A bespectacled agent spoke, look back at Moria, "This meeting is over!"
Moria, looking disappointed, stood up about to protest when Charles spoke, "I didn't really expect you to believe me, given all you could think about during my presentation was what sort of pie they were serving in the commensery, it's apple-pecan." Charles rung out, "I haven't been entirely honest with you, I'm sorry," he then turned his attention to the two CIA agents and continued. "You see; One of the many spectacular things my mutation allows me to do is that I can read your minds." At this the young woman's eyes in the back lit up, with both amusement and curiosity. Charles saw this an inwardly smiled to himself. He would take a peek to learn what her name was, but he decided against it, now was not the time to be smitten by an unknown woman.
The older agent chuckled, finding this highly amusing, "I've seen this kind of thing before in a magic show. Are you going to ask us to count from one to ten?" Charles seemed to be amused as well.
"Not at all Agent Stryker, although I could ask you about your son William who you were thinking about which is very nice, but I would, I would rather ask you about the Jupiter missiles America are currently placing in Turkey." Silence filled the air of the whole room, moments before chaos was enissued.
"He's a spy! He's a god-damned spy You brought a god damn spy!" Every agent was now on their guard as they reached for their guns. On cue, Raven quickly stood up and morphed into Agent Stryker. The whole room froze, the agents stared gawking at Raven. The brunette and the blonde haired male in the back, gazed at the scene before them. The brunette had a flicker of wonder in her eyes, while the young blonde stared in awe.
"How's that for a magic trick?"
"Best one I've ever seen." The agent sitting at the back spoke up. He seemed to be intrigued and excited at the same time, unlike the other agents. The young woman had a small smile on her lips, while the blonde beside her stilled seemed awed.
"I want them out of here! And locked down until I can figure out what to do with them." The bespectacled man cried.
"Our facility is offsite, we'll take them." The agent sitting in the back spoke, gesturing to both himself and the brunette standing next to him. The meeting was ajorned.
The agent then turned to the two, "If you would, could you two follow us to the parking lot please." Charles stood up with Raven as they followed the agent out the door with the brunette haired woman and the blonde haired male. Charles then made his way next to the brunette. She held her clipboard close to her chest, looking as if she was guarding herself from any means of social contact.
"Hello." The brunette looked up at him, slightly startled, but gave him a small smile, avoiding any eye contact with him.
"Hello." She replied. The first thing Charles noted was that she was British from the accent of her voice.
"British as well, huh?" He said, striking up a conversation.
"Yes, I used to live in Liverpool, but I moved here for my work," she replied in a soft voice.
"I see, and your work is?" Charles asked, slightly curious. Her eyes lit up as she stood up a bit staighter.
"Oh, I work on the psycology of the mind. It's actually quite intresting, the mind is so complex and mysteryous in many ways. You see, we only have access to only ten percent of the brain, if we were to access the other 90 percent, the result would be either miraculously spontaneous or disastrous." she was about to continued, but she stopped herself noticing that she was rambling. "I'm sorry; You probably find this less for your taste." She said, returning to her closed off and guarded form.
"On the contary, I find this fasinating." Charles said.
"Yes, it is but she does tend to drag on the topic," the blonde said, walking up to the two. "I believe introductions are in order at the moment." The blonde added.
"Ah, yes. Charles Xavier." He said.
"The telepath, am I right?" The blonde asked, as Charles nodded. "Nice to meet you, Daniel Richards, but I like Danny better."
"Nice to meet you too, Danny." Raven said, "Raven Darkholme."
"Oh yeah, that was quite the spectacular mutation you have, unlike anything I've ever seen." Danny said, this caused Raven to feel a bit self cautious. Danny noticed this and put a hand on her shoulder, "And it was amazing."
At this Raven looked up at him, smiling. Charles looked away from the two blondes and looked back at the brunette.
"I never got what your name was." Charles said, as the young woman seemed a bit nervous.
"Catherine. My name is Catherine Ryan." She said, giving him a smile. They all continued walking following the agent.
"I always knew there were people like you." The agent exclaimed. "I've been the laughing stock of the agency for years but not anymore!"
Catherine smiled, though this man was her supervisor in her work, she did wish he would stop talking. Alot. It also seemed that Danny, Charles, and Raven shared this opinion as well. To their relief Moria pulled her car over.
"You're going to love my facility-"
"I'm afraid that's going to have to wait," Charles cut him off politely.
"What?" The agent said, turning around to face them.
"Agent MacTaggert has got a lead on Sebastian Shaw, and if we don't act, apparently, we are gonna loose him." He said opening the door and bent over at Moira. "We just had a lovely conversation."
"Wha-How?" The agent was now astonished.
"Sir, he's a telepah," Catherine rung out, "He can read minds, and he did quote, 'One of the many spectacular things my mutation allows me to do'."
"Yeah, not only can he reads minds, but he can also communicate with them as well." Raven added, though she looked clearly bored.
"Yes, we did." She agreed, turning her gaze at the baffled CIA agent, who was loving the surprises thrown his way.
"That's incredible. But I strict instructions not take you anywhere but my facility."
"Would you like to see another magic trick?" Charles placed two of his fingers at the side of his forehead.
"Um. Alright," the agent replied.
"Get in the car." With that the agent nodded, slipping into the car, shutting the door for good measure. Charles turned to both Catherine and Danny. "Would you two like to come as well?" Danny was the first to answer.
"As long as I'm not suck in the lab, then yes." He said and turned to Catherine, "What about you Cathy? " Danny asked, using his nickname for her. Catherine pursed her lips together as she was in deep thought.
"I would love to," she answered. Both Charles and Danny gave her smiles as she got in the car with the others.
Okay, so I watched X-Men: Days of Future Past, and I got inspired for a new Marvel fanfic, this one will be relatively short, compared the Captain America fanfic. It's only going to follow First Class and Days of Future Past only. If you have read my Captain America fanfic then you already know that Catherine and Danny are related to Amelia, if you didn't read it, you could check it out if you want to. There are grammar and maybe spelling mistakes, but I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Review would be helpful and boost my self esteem.
EDIT 5/29 - I edited this chapter a little because I rewatched First Class again. Chapter 2 will hopefully be up soon.