Seconds after the scream was heard Kurt teleported into the room "Professor! you have to help! I couldn't stop him, it all happened so quickly!"

Charles raised a hand "Kurt what's happened? what was that scream?!" he demanded.

"Ororo! She's gone he took her!"

Raven clasped a hand over her mouth as Charles asked "Who took her?!"

"Vat mutant from Cairo, he's not dead somehow, I saw him! he just sort of appeared in the room and he took Ororo vith him."

Erik wore a grave expression "so he was talking about me and Ororo."

Charles sighed "It appears so, Erik."

Kurt was shaking "Vat vill ve do?"

"I don't know Kurt," he turned to Erik "but I do know I'm not letting him hurt you."

Erik gave him a sort of sad smile that said 'you couldn't stop him if you tried.'

Peter was growing more and more enraged by the second, here everyone was chatting away while the girl he loved-LOVED?!- no, what made him think that, they were just friends,sort of- while one of his closest friends, whom Peter had to admit had grown a strong attachment to and if he was honest was very attracti- he was thinking off topic again! while Ororo was at the mercy of that monster, and what made it worse was he father was probably next!

"Here's an idea! how about you all shut up and do something! he's already got Ororo and I bet it won't be long before he comes for you too!" he looked at Erik.

"Peter we will find Ororo and Erik will be fine, I promise." Jean tried to sound reassuring but Peter could hear the doubt in her voice,

"You don't know that! and if you guys aren't gonna do something then I will!"

"PETER! NO!" Erik yelled, but it was too late, he was gone, his son was gone. Possibly forever.

"Don't worry, I'm tracking him." Jean said, two fingers on her left temple,

"WHERE'S HE GOING?!" Erik practically screamed at her,

"he's going to Cairo."

Everyone stared at her.

"He going after Ororo." she said opening her eyes and meeting Erik's to see they were full of worry.

"We need to stop him." Erik said,

"We can't," Jean replied "he's already found her."

Everyone went pale.


Peter didn't waste a second, he was going fast, even fast for Peter, going as fast as his legs could carry him. He reached Cairo, the same place he and the other X-men arrived just a fortnight or so before, the same place he had his leg broken. He shuddered at the thought, luckily the leg healed quickly due to his superspeed effecting his healing rate.

Only it wasn't the way he remembered it, the destroyed buildings were already being rebuilt and the once isolated area was now swarming with people.

Peter looked around desperately in desperate hope of finding Ororo, so many people, everywhere, making it so difficult. Peter had never felt this helpless before, never so useless.
Peter heard terrified screaming faintly from behind him and the he heard it become louder as crowds of hysterical people were running past him in the opposite direction. Peter smirked slightly "gotcha" he thought to himself. He approached the building where the panic seemed to be stirring from, a crumbling wreck that Peter guessed was previously a rug store. Peter quickly moved inside the building and he found Ororo in the center of the largest room, Peter checked her pulse, unconscious but alive.

"Peter!"

"What the hell?!" Peter jumped slightly at the voice inside his head,

"Peter it's Jean. you have to get out of there while you still can!"

"Oh hey Red, I found her but shes out cold, can't see blue boy anywhere though."

"listen to me, Erik is worried sick and your in danger! I can sense it!"

"look tell him he has nothing to worry about, I'm fine."

"Quit messing around and get home now!"

"Okay Okay! I'll be there soo-"

Peter was cut off as a strong force from behind slammed him against the wall, he groaned in pain as he felt something grab his hair, forcing him to look up at the familiar face of his attacker.


Jean's eyes snapped open, alarm etched all over her face.

"Oh my god." she whispered,

Erik grabbed her shoulders, a little more roughly than he intended "WHAT? what's happened?"

Jean felt tears welling up in her eyes "I tried to warn him, that Apocalypse was there with him but somethings wrong, I felt Peter, I felt Apocalypse attack him and now I can't reach him, that thing's blocking me."

To say Erik was panicked was an understatement, he was visibly shaking with worry, anger was boiling up inside him. God or not, that creature was going to pay dearly for laying a hand on his son, he would not lose his only other blood relative to that arrogant bastard that had the nerve to call himself a god.

"Erik calm yourself please." Charles started gently,

"I have no intention of calming down, that things still out there and it has my son!"

Raven rubbed his shoulder "we will stop him Erik."

Erik tensed and gritted his teeth, these people just didn't understand. "You people don't understand! My son is in danger! MY SON!" he growled, venom laced within his voice. Raven stepped away, she and Charles both knew that when Erik was like this he was not to be reasoned with.

"I'm going after him."

Jean tapped his temple "We can help you, trust me Erik you can't do this alone."

Charles smiled at Jean and put two fingers to his own temple "listen to Jean old friend, going after Peter alone is suicide, calm your mind we will help you."

Erik sighed he felt a warmth spread all over his body, Charles was using his power to calm him in hope that Erik would then listen to reason.

"Assemble your X-men as quick as you can Raven." Erik turned to Jean "if we have any hope of finding my son we'll need you." Jean nodded in agreement.

"Yes I'm sure you will."