I'm lazy, okay? I'm sorry I haven't been updating. But I'm enjoying the end of my summer. School starts back up at the end of the month. So, I've been doing nothing but eating, sleeping, playing Zoo Tycoon and watching Arrow on Netflix. That's right, TheOtherAvenger is now a traitor. I've crossed over to the dark side. But here you go.
Next thing the partying teens know, Moira, Charles and Erik walk into the room.
"What are you doing? Who destroyed the statue?" Moira exclaims when they see what is happening.
"It was Alex," Hank answers.
"No. Havok. We have to call him Havok," Raven says, "That's his name now. And we were thinking, you should be Professor X, and you should be Magneto." She points to Charles and Erik.
"Exceptional," Erik says. He leaves, followed by Moira.
"I expect more from you two!" Charles says, looking at his sisters before leaving.
In the morning, before any of the younger mutants are awake, the pair of older men along with CIA members fly to a Russia. They take a truck to the General's mansion and stake out in the woods, hoping that Shaw would show.
"Someone is inside with the General," Charles says, "But it's not Shaw. I think it's his telepath friend."
"Maybe she knows where he is," Erik stands up and heads towards the mansion, taking out the guards on his own.
"He's going to start World War Three single-handedly!" One of the agents says, "We gotta get out of here."
"I can't leave him," Charles gets up and follows Erik inside the mansion.
When they enter the mansion they find the general under some type of illusion and Emma sitting on the couch. Emma immediately stands up and turns herself into diamond form.
"I can't read her mind in this form," Charles says.
"I can handle that," Erik says. Charles watches as Erik uses his powers to pull her to the bedframe and into a sitting position. He moves the bars on the frame to wrap around her arms, but when that doesn't work, he wraps it around her neck as well.
"Erik, that's enough," Charles says, but Erik ignores it, wrapping it tighter around her neck, trying to force her back, "Erik," but Erik doesn't stop until the diamond all but breaks and Emma is forced back into normal form. Charles bends down and reads her mind. In it, he sees Shaw's plan: put US missiles in Turkey and then get the USSR to put some in Cuba to start World War Three.
"This is worse than we imaged," Charles says.
"What is it?" Erik asks.
"Shaw means to start a third World War," Charles says, "A nuclear one."
"Damn him."
"We need to get back to the agents and back to America. There has to be a way to stop this," Charles says.
"Good luck with that, Charles," Emma says, "you will have better luck alone than with those other mutants."
"I don't believe that," Charles says, "If we work as a team, we can stop Shaw. And we will."
"Ha, I bet that one girl will be a problem. What's her name again? Gabrielle?"
"That's my sister!" Charles snaps, "Don't you dare talk about her like that!"
"And why is that? Isn't she the weakest one? The one who cannot follow rules?"
"Get out of my head," Charles growls, "My thoughts are my business, not yours!" He tries to force her out.
"But her powers seem stronger though. If only she could tap into her true power. I am sure Shaw would love to get his hands on her."
"Leave him alone," Erik says, making the bar around her neck tighter again.
"Good luck with her, both of you," Emma barley gets out before passing out. Charles is uncharacteristically very, very angry now. No one talks about his family like that.
"Charles, let's head home," Erik says, placing a hand on his friend's shoulder.
"Fine," he says, brushing Erik's hand off.
Meanwhile, back at the compound, the other are hanging out in the room they were in before. They aren't causing as much damage anymore. Suddenly, the CIA agents that were guarding them start falling from the sky, being dropped by Azazel, who kills all the agents.
"Good evening. My name's Sebastian Shaw. And I'm not here to hurt you," Shaw appears in front of the group, who look terrified and don't know what to do, "My friends, there's a revolution coming. When mankind discovers who we are, what we can do, each of us will face a choice. Be enslaved or rise up to rule. Choose freely, but know that if you are not with us, then by definition, you are against us. So, you can stay and fight for the people who hate and fear you. Or you can join me, and love like kings and queens." They look at each other before Angel looks at Shaw and walks over and takes his hand.
"Angel?" Raven and Gabi ask.
"Are you kiddin' me?" Alex asks.
"Come on. We don't belong here. And that's nothing to be ashamed of," Angel says. Darwin tries to stop her from leaving.
"We have to do something," Raven says, watching Shaw and Angel walk away. Alex and Darwin look at each other, waiting for the other to do something. They shove each other before Darwin stops Shaw and his men from leaving.
"I'm coming with you," Darwin walks towards them. Gabi uses this opportunity to use her powers to try and get into Shaw's head.
"Get out of my head!" He yells, "The girl's a telepath! Kill her!" Azazel goes to Gabi and grabs her before disappearing.
"Gabrielle!" Raven yells. Next thing they know Gabi is falling, before catching herself with her telekinetic powers. She hits the ground with a soft thud.
"Now that that girl is dead," Shaw says, walking up to Darwin, "tell me about your mutation."
"Well, I adapt to survive," Darwin says, "so, I guess I'm coming with you." He walks over and they line up to get ready to leave.
"ALEX!" Darwin yells to signal him.
"Get down!" Alex calls as he activates his powers. Darwin uses his powers to protect Angel as Alex attacks Shaw and his men. But Shaw just absorbs the energy.
"Protecting your fellow mutants?" Shaw asks, "that's a noble feels good." Darwin goes to attack him, but all the extra energy Shaw had just absorbed gave him extra power.
"Adapt to this," Shaw says and puts a ball of energy into Darwin's mouth. Darwin turns to silver as Shaw's men leave. Then, Darwin turns to rock before exploding.
When Charles and Erik arrive back at the the base, the place is crawling with law enforcement looking for survivors in the wreckage.
"Raven? Gabi?" Charles approaches the group, who are sitting outside the wreckage, "are you alright?"
"She hasn't moved since she landed," Raven says, holding her little sister's limp body.
"None of these agents have thought to call an ambulance?" Charles asks.
"They are on their way," Raven answer as Gabi coughs and gasps for air.
"Gabi? Can you hear me?" Charles asks, "everything is going to be okay. I promise."
"B-brother?" Gabi coughs, "I..I tried to stop him."
"It's me," Charles says, "it's alright, help is on the way."
"I...I saw everything...all of his plans..."
"Don't talk, just rest," Charles says, "you can tell me when you're better, okay?" She coughs and rests against her sister.
"As for the rest of you, we've made arrangements for you to go home immediately," Erik tells them.
"We're not going home," Sean says.
"What?" Charles asks him.
"He's not going back to prison," Sean says, looking at Alex.
"They killed Darwin," Alex says, "and tried to kill Gabrielle."
"All the more reason for you to leave. This is over," Charles says, "I can't have any of you risking your lives for us."
"Darwin's dead, Charles. And we can't even bury him," Raven says.
"We can avenge him," Erik says.
"Erik, a word please," Charles says. The pair walks away from the group, out of earshot, "They're just kids."
"No. They were kids," Erik says, "Shaw has his army. We need ours."
"We'll have to train. All of us," Charles tell them, reluctantly agreeing to let them help, "Yes?"
"Yeah," Alex answers, the others nodding.
"We can't stay here," Hank says, "Even if they re-opened the department, it's not safe. We've got nowhere to go."
"Yes we do," Charles says, "Raven, take them home. I'll join you as soon as Gabi is able to be moved there. Erik, until then, you're in change."
"Of course," Erik says as the medics take Gabrielle.
"Keep us updated with her condition, okay?" Raven asks.
"I will," Charles says as the ambulance arrives and the paramedics get Gabi onto a gurney and into the ambulance after taking her vitals.
"Which one of you are family?" One paramedic asks.
"She's my sister," Charles tells them, "is she going to be okay?"
"Her vitals are fine, but we will take her to the hospital to see if she has any internal damages."
"Alright. Can I ride with her?" Charles asks them.
"Of course." Charles says goodbye to the others and gets into the ambulance. They leave to take Gabi to the hospital.
"Well, next stop, Westchester, New York," Raven says, "great news, Erik you get to see your sister again."
"Really?" Erik asks.
"Yes," Raven says, "although, I'm not sure she'll like all the company." They get on a plane and fly up to Westchester. They get a car and Raven drives to the mansion.
"Welcome to the Xavier mansion," Raven says when they arrive.
"This is yours?" Sean asks, staring at the mansion from the outside, "this place is huge."
"No, it's ours," Raven says.
"Honestly, Raven, I don't know how you survived, living in such hardship," Erik says sarcastically.
"I didn't start living here until I was about six or so," Raven tells the as she leads them inside, "Charles let me stay and his parents were very loving."
"This place is enormous," Alex says as she shows them around the mansion.
"This place was built by Charles and Gabrielle's great grandparents. Their family has been extremely wealthy for generations."
"I can tell," Erik says, "so, any idea where my sister is? As much as I love the tour, I'd rather be united with the person I've been looking for for years."
"She's either in the backyard near the pool or up in her room. Down the right hall, third door on the left."
"Thanks," Erik says, then heads off to find his little sister. He looks out the window to see if she is in the backyard. Underneath a big tree is a girl with a pencil in hand and a notebook in her lap. He smiles and heads out back, he heads towards a little cautiously not wanting to scare her.
"Stay away from me!" She jumps up when she hears footsteps. She doesn't even look at the person approaching her, she clutches her notebook to her chest.
"Beruhigen, es ist meine kleine Schwester," Erik says.
"Erik? Was machst du hier?" Jess ask, slowly approaching him.
"Ich bin hier, Shaw, zu stoppen, aber vor allem mit Ihnen, kleine Schwester zu sein."
"Wie weiß ich, dass du es bist wirklich?" Jess asks him.
"You love the song mother would sing to us," Erik says, "I even sang it to you when we were together in the camp."
"Why were you gone for so long?" Jess asks him.
"I thought Shaw and his men got you. I followed his trail to kill him and get you. Then I learn you are here, safe and sound."
"Where's Gabi?" Jess asks, "I've missed her. She's been gone a while. I'm not big on the alone thing."
"She's in a hospital in Virginia," Erik tells her, getting closer to her, "she was injured by one of Shaw's men."
"What?" She whispers, "is she gonna be okay? She's the only friend I have."
"Her vitals are fine, we will be hearing from Charles soon on her condition."
"Okay, that's good," she says, sitting back down.
"I'm surprised she survived the fall," Erik says, sitting next to her, "she's very strong."
"What exactly happened to her?" Jess asks her brother.
"From what I was told, she was trying to read Shaw's mind when he figured out it was her. One of his men took her high into the air and dropped her."
"Wow, that sounds really painful," Jess says, "I hope she comes back soon."
"I owe her, if it wasn't for her I may not be here."
"Well, I'm glad you're here," she says, moving a over away from him a little.
"Something wrong?" Erik asks her.
"I don't like people being close to me," she tells him.
"Still jumpy from everything huh?"
"Can you blame me?" She asks him, "I don't even like people touching me. Even just a little."
"You'll need to get over that."
"Why?"
"So you can try and have a normal life."
"I don't see that happening," Jess says, "I'll probably just stay here for the rest of my life."
"Maybe you should hang out with more people. Starting with the others who are now living here."
"I don't know…." Jess says, "I'm not a people person."
"I'm sure they will be nice with you. Just be careful of Alex and Sean, they can be a bit of a handful."
"Noted," Jess says.
"Jess! Erik!" Raven calls, "Charles is on the phone!"
"Is she alright?" Erik asks.
"Just a broken wrist and some bruising," Raven answers.
"When will she be home?" Jess asks.
"Tomorrow at the latest."
"That's good," Jess says, "I'll be in my room." Erik joins the others as Jess goes to her room.
