Part 16
Warnings: M content
"You can trust me you know."
"...please don't make me forget again."
Charles considers Erik carefully. He feels naked under the glowing cyan blue gaze. But somehow it feels right.
{"I don't want you to come to harm due to my selfishness."}
"Maybe we can both be selfish."
Charles' smile is so heartbreakingly genuine, Erik can't help but reach to kiss him. Hard.
~x~
Erik is overwhelmed at how right this feels.
How right Charles feels. In his arms.
How sweet Charles tastes. On his tongue.
Erik's bare skin seems to come alive at contact with the humanoid's pristine, almost translucent skin.
~x~
Charles' heat is tight and slick around Erik's finger.
"Maus, y-your fucking wet...shit!"
Erik proceeds to message his hole with a vengeance.
{"Fuck me, Erik. Get inside me. Make me yours."}
"Lehnsherr? You're to bring X-163 to sub 2-5, brother."
Well shit.
Part 17
The new Subject had eyes that were cold and calculating.
Seemingly the polar opposite of Charles.
But Erik knew better. Charles rewarded him with a private smile.
"Ah, good! You've brought X-163!"
Shaw.
~x~
"Let's see how X-163 and F-102 get along then."
Everyone was on edge. Everyone that is except Shaw.
F-102 calmly awaited Charles' approach.
Erik has to admit, Charles knows how to put on a show.
All of a sudden, Erik feels a chilling stare directly on him.
She's reading him.
Charles snarls, and the mental intrusion is immediately gone.
Erik can only guess what kind of mental war they're waging against one another.
~x~
"Shit! T-they're talking!"
"McCoy, is all this being recorded?"
"Y-yes sir! L-loud and clear."
Erik can't help but think Charles' mental voice sounded all the more sweeter.
"Well, looks like things are likely to go as planned. Great work everyone!"
"Sir, I strongly disagree with your plans to-"
Shaw completely ignores Raven, turns to Erik and gives him a smile that doesn't reach his eyes.
"Mr. Erik Lehnsherr correct? Please, follow me."
Well shit.
Part 18
"Did you want to talk about Magda, sir?"
"Magda?"
Shaw burst out laughing and crocked a well groomed eyebrow, "Not at all boy. I know Magda and the twins belong to me. They are a dead end for you."
"No, l wish to talk about the bigger picture today."
"Let's talk about you and X-163, or Charles is it?"
~x~
"Reports say X-163 has taken you as his mate, is that true?"
"He's sprayed some type of pheromone on me, yes. But I wouldn't go as far to say I'm his mate." Yet.
With that thought, Erik felt a warm presence in his mind. Charles.
"And how well are you getting along with him?"
"I admit I was initially hesitant, but we've grown close." He's finally revealing himself.
"Very encouraging! So he's likely to do as you ask? "
"If you're talking about forcing him to mate with the female, I'm not going to help. "
~x~
"Very well. Then today I'm relinquishing you of your care of X-163, and effectively giving you your two weeks' notice."
"...w-what?"
"I have big plans for X-163, and I'm a bit embarrassed to say, you're once again redundant."
Erik swallows down the bile rising up his throat.
He has never felt such fury.
{"Erik! Please, be the better man, do not try to harm him!"}
{"Trust in me. "}
"You're dismissed. I'll have accounts settle your final cheque.
Well shit.
Part 19
Shaw's two weeks turned out to be a little less than ten minutes.
Erik was immediately escorted by security to retrieve his belongings.
At the gates, a well tailored man with shoulder length hair wordlessly hands Erik a blank envelope.
His final cheque. With a large bonus. And an employment reference.
Shaw may as well have shat on him.
~x~
Erik couldn't hold it any longer, and threw up on the street.
His legs gave way, and he slumped down against a wall in an empty alley.
Erik stared at the cheque, for what seemed like hours and came to a decision.
Like hell he was going to lose everything again.
Erik pocketed the cheque, determined to throw it back at Shaw's face.
He's a survivor. He will find a way.
{"That's right, my frie-..."}
"Charles! What happened? Are you alright?"
...
"Please, maus, tell me you're alright!"
The silence in his mind was deafening.
Well shit.
Part 20
"Angel, get him something stronger. The good stuff, on me."
Logan let out a long exhale of smoke, and left Erik alone to drink in silence.
Half way through his glass, a familiar figure joined Erik at the bar.
Raven.
~x~
"He's placed Charles in a specially designed room."
"It's blocking his telepathy."
Erik blinks, "Of course you knew about his powers."
"I told you, he is like a brother to me."
~x~
"I don't know how much Shaw knows, but I think he's just Frost's puppet".
"Frost?"
"F-102. Her family has long been exiled from Genosha."
"She blames Charles for it."
Erik goes pale, "You think she's after his life?"
"Not merely his life. She wants his legacy."
Raven trembles as continues, "If Charles is gone, and Frost returns with Charles' heir, she will become regent of all Genosha."
Well shit.