May 1962-One Week Later
Candice, Charles and Raven had been dealing with the CIA for three weeks. They had located Sebastian Shaw, also known as Schmidt, and were going after him. They were on a ship watching the Shaw yacht.
"I'm sorry, but I cannot help you." Charles shook his head.
"What do you mean you can't help? You can't see Shaw?" Moira asked walking up behind him.
"She had better back up before I-" Candice started before she was interrupted by Raven.
"Relax. Charles loves you; he doesn't even see her."
Candice shrugged. Charles winked at Candice before looking at Moira, "They have a telepath on that ship, and there's something about her mutation that enables me to see Shaw. I'm sorry."
Candice and Raven were watching the yacht. They saw someone run on board. He disappeared for a minute.
"That was strange." Candice whispered.
"Yes, it was." Raven nodded. Then Candice felt it. Someone was lifting the anchor of the yacht out of the water. Raven grabbed her arm and pointed, "Tell me that's not you."
"It's not! Charles! Look!" Candice yelled. He ran to the girls.
"My word. There's someone like you on that yacht, love." Charles squeezed Candice's shoulder.
She looked back at him before turning her attention to the yacht. The anchor ripped through it. Charles pulled Candice and Raven down as it exploded. Then they heard someone jump into the water. Candice could feel that whoever it was, was trying to stop a submarine, "Charles, there's a mutant in the water. He's going to kill himself if he doesn't let go of Shaw's sub."
Charles spotted him. He followed him with his eyes before peering into his mind. Charles ran to the other side of the ship and jumped in.
"CHARLES!" Raven and Candice screamed.
Charles swam over to where the man had gone under following the sub. He reached him and wrapped his arms around him, 'You need to let go. I know this is important to you, but you're going to drown. Please, Erik. Calm your mind.'
Candice and Raven scanned the water for Charles. When they saw him surface with the man they let out a sigh of relief.
The man pushed at Charles, "Get off me! Who are you?"
"We're here!" Charles called out to the ship, "My name is Charles Xavier. Now calm your mind."
"That was you in my head. How did you do that?"
"You have your tricks. I have mine."
"I thought I was alone."
"You're not alone. Erik, you're not alone." Charles shook his head.
A few minutes later Charles and Erik were on the ship. Candice and Raven ran over to Charles and hugged him. Candice pulled back and punched him in the arm, "Don't you dare do that to me ever again. I thought I was going to lose you."
Charles laughed and kissed her, "I promise, sweet one. Never again."
Raven looked at Erik, "You could have died."
"I could have pulled it back." Erik growled.
"No, you couldn't have. I felt how fast that thing was going. You could have never brought it back to the surface. You would have killed yourself, dummkopf!" Candice snapped, "Do you not understand how to use your power to control metal correctly? Are you that dumm?"
Erik looked down. Charles pushed Candice back a bit, "Love, calm your mind."
"Charles, this idiota could have died."
Charles smiled small, "Candice, you do realize you're mixing German and Polish?"
"I do that when I'm angry. You're just lucky I didn't start speaking fully in Polish." Candice sighed, "I'm sorry."
Erik shook his head, "No, you're right. I was stupid."
Charles looked to the two girls, "Ladies this is Erik."
Raven looked at Candice, "Isn't your brother named-"
"Yes." Candice moved between Charles and Raven. She stepped up to Erik. He looked up at her, and she could see it. She saw her mother's eyes in his, "Oh my…bruder?"
"Candice." Erik trailed his fingers gently down her face, "Bist du es wirklich?" (Is it really you?)
"Yes. Yes, Erik. It's me." Candice smiled. Tears fell down her cheeks as she embraced him in a tight hug. Erik hugged her back. Candice laughed through the tears, "You are such an idiota, Erik."
"I know, I am." Erik laughed softly.
Charles wrapped an arm around Raven and kissed her cheek. She looked at him, "What did you see?"
"Apparently he knows our Eve intimately." Charles said softly.
"He was the boyfriend?"
Charles nodded, "He left her. If I wasn't such a nice guy, I would have let him drown."
"Ouch, Charles. That's mean."
Bist du es wirklich? - Is it really you?
