The next thing I knew, I was slowly through the sub trying to get to the hole Erik had ripped in the side of the vessel. The sunlight was blinding, but when my eyes adjusted I saw hundreds of missiles being fired towards the beach. I floated off of the ship and hovered over to Charles. "Oh my god! What did you do to her, Erik!" he yelled as the missiles were getting closer and closer. "She was collateral damage" he said ominously, trying to stop the missiles from reaching the beach with all of his strength. I quickly helped, as the weapons came to a stop above our heads. I was feeling extremely dizzy and was losing concentration, due to the blood loss from Erik's blows, so I gently touched the ground and used Charles as a crutch. Erik was attempting to turn the missiles to face the soviets and americans. "Do something, Charles. I'm too weak to stop him" I said drifting out of consciousness as Charles layed my limp body on the sandy floor gently. I regained consciousness to see the missiles just seconds away from destroying the ships, and Charles and Erik wrestling around in the sand as Charles tried to take the helmet off of Erik's head. The next thing I know, Mira's walking towards Erik, shooting him repeatedly as Charles tries to stand back up behind him. "No!" I screamed as one of the bullets that Erik deflected hit Charles in the lower back. I quickly snapped back into reality, running over to charles' now limp body on the sand. Erik runs over to him, removing the bullet. "Get away from him!" I yelled sending Erik flying into the jungle behind us. "You're going to be fine, ok. I just need to see what we're dealing with here" I rolled him over as he yelled out in pain. I quickly removed the cloth around his wand. "Oh my god" I said through tears as I realized that the bullet had gone straight through his spinal cord. "Bring me Shaw!" I yelled to the others on the beach. "What are you gonna do to him?" Raven asked tears running down her face. "I am attempting to remove the piece of damaged spinal cord with a piece of Shaw's" I frantically said, opening up Shaws back and removing a small piece of his spinal cord and attempted to put it into Charles' wond. I was still struggling to stay conscious while trying desperately to heal Charles' back. Black spots were clouding my vision as I was frantically fussing the two pieces of organ togher. Finally, Charles' spinal cord accepted the piece of Shaw's and to my knowledge, was functioning regularly. "Move your leg, Charles" I whispered worried that the on sight purseeder didn't take. To my excitement, his leg lifted into the air without any trouble. "Oh my god, I thought I lost you" I cried, laying my head on his chest. My ankles were still in excruciating pain as I crouched on the sandy floor with him. "The humans have played their hand. Now we get to play ours. Who's with me" I heard Erik say, as I slowly lifted my head. "No more hiding" he said to Raven as he reached out his hand. She slowly started walking towards him, but turned to Charles and crouched down next to us. It was a moment of relefe, but I knew in my heart that Raven would go with Erik, no matter what we say. "You should go with him, it's what you want" Charles crooked, lying in my arms. "You promised you would never read my mind" she said coldly as I clutched his gloved hand. "I know. I promised you a great many things, I'm afraid" he said sadly staring into her yellow eyes. I wanted to intervene and tell what a horrible decision this was. But I knew that it was her decision to make. "I'm sorry" he whispered, as she kissed his forehead sweetly. "Take care of him" she said to me, choking back tears. "Remember what I said, never let anyone tell you how to think" I said a tear rolling down my face. "And Beast, never forget. Mutant and proud" she said firmly, standing in the line of Magneto's new team, as they teleported into oblivion.
