/N: Hey peoples remember, whomever answers Who is Alex Summers related to in the series? First, gets a character! Yay! Thanks for reading
Lia's POVThe rest of the week was average in ordinance with my new lifestyle. Yes, Alex and I kissed once or twice, yes, Cassie pelted me with water, and yes, Raven and Hank are still kind of halfish dating. The only great thing out of this week is that everyone is getting better concerning their powers.
Sean can now fly, his first flight was amazing. Imagine him being pushed off a 300 foot satellite by Erik. Raven has gotten stronger; she never really needed that much help in the first place. Hank has let loose the inner beast within himself and can now run insanely fast. Cassie's streams have gotten more controlled and much more painful. Even Andrea has learned to control her powers so much better, when she lashes out at you, you aren't burned.
The final test of the day was Erik, he overcame what it was he had to and can now move just about anything. He just moved the entire satellite, which is an amazing feat in itself.
Soon after, Moira called him in the room where we all were, the President was about to make his address. Raven, Cassie, Drea, and I were all comfortable on the couch, the big chair was left for Charles, and everyone else was standing. The President came on the news and said that Russia was going to cross the line near Cuba or whatever. Either way, it meant a war was about to start.
Erik said, "If I were you, I'd get a good night's sleep tonight." He then left the room, Charles and Moira followed suit. I looked outside and it was just beginning to get dark, guess we are making our own dinner tonight.
I said, "I'm going to make some rice pilaf, but it serves about 3 people, anybody else?"
Cassie's and Drea's hand shot up. I nodded and began making my way to the kitchen. It looked like Hank was following and I'm glad, I hadn't had the chance to talk to him an awful lot.
I took out the ingredient and began cooking, then said, "So, how'd your training go so far?"
He paused and looked deep in thought. He said, "Fairly well I think, I've progressed quite a bit the past few days. I'm excited about it. Lia, can I ask you a question?"
I said, "You just did, but sure, shoot."
He said, "If your mutation changed your appearance, would you give anything to reverse that?"
I said, "Well, maybe, I can't say what'd I do because I'm not in that situation. Hank, don't let teasing get to you, they just don't realize what an amazing person you are."
He said, "You don't understand."
"You're 100% right when you say that, but if you let me, I could."
"Are you asking to mess in my head?"
"Only to the point where I can empathize with you."
He nodded and braced himself even though I'm told it isn't painful. I scanned through his thoughts and on the forefront was embarrasment and hate. He absolutely hated the way his feet changed him. They would never see him as Hank, only as big foot. It wasn't just Alex either, so many kids had teased him about it his entire life, poor thing.
I tended to be rather emotional when I connected so a tear or two fell down my face. I said, "Yes Hank, I would do whatever I could to change it."
He nodded and walked out while holding some black box that was rectangular shaped. I shrugged it off. The rice pilaf only had to be cooked for 17 minutes by itself anyway. I set a timer and clipped it onto my shirt.
I left the room and saw Sean. I said, "Hey, how soon do you think the war is going to be?"
"I don't know, but it's making me kind of nervous." I nodded in understanding. Concerning Sean, that was about as deep as you were ever going to get.
I ran up to my room, grabbed my book, and ran back to the kitchen. I sat down and started where I had left off.
Just when Triana was finding whom the culprit was, the timer rang. I cursed, "Damn it." I took out the rice pilaf and started scooping it into three bowls. I got three spoons and water glasses for us all, then searched for Cassie and Drea.
Cassie was in her room reading yet another book and Drea was walking around the pond outside, practicing her flames. I yelled to each of them, telepathically, and said get to the tv room.
Soon enough, they came and we all sat on the couch, I gave them their bowls and we ate while watching some stupid cartoon they seemed to enjoy. I felt I was getting closer to them, good.
Cassie started yawning after two hours or so, so I said, "We better go to bed guys."
Drea said, "Okay, just make sure you fall asleep in your room so Alex doesn't have to carry you again missy." I blushed a bit and she laughed.
I said, "You be quiet or I will sick Sean on you, even though you would probably like that just a little too much." I winked at her. We had formed a sister-like relationship the past few days; I was still working on Cassie.
I took all the bowls, utensils, and glasses and said, "Night guys." They called back, "Night Lia."
I washed everything quickly; even I had to admit that I was really tired. I yawned and swung out my arms. They hit something though. I could've sworn I wasn't too close to any walls. Then, I looked back. "Sorry Alex." I smiled a sheepish grin.
He looked back at me and said, "Do you always do that when you yawn?"
"Ninety nine point nine percent of the time, yes, yes I do."
"Watch your arms, Charm."
"Oh so we're going to do this, are we. Well you should've watched where you were going, Havok."
He got in my face like the first time we met. "Really, because it's all your fault."
"Get out of my face."
"Make me."
He kissed me and it was warm and passionate, nothing too long though. We broke apart and I said, "Wow, things have changed in such a short amount of time."
He nodded and I tried to leave, but he was holding me by the waist. "You know, when my sister was saying all those things about how you're just another girl. You're not, you're special. I … l-ike you, I like you a lot."
I said, "I really like you too Alex, see you in the morning." I headed up the stairs and briefly touched his thoughts, and he gave me the look. I put my hands up as if I wasn't guilty and continued my way to my room.
Once there, I changed, then brushed my teeth, hair, blah blah blah, and went to bed. I fell asleep uneasy, wondering what was going to happen.
I came into consiousness and made my way over to the bathroom. While going, I saw Cassie and she said, "I didn't do it." I glared suspiciously at her, and then entered the bathroom. I looked at myself and nearly screamed.
Andrea had decided to draw all over my face with my makeup, lipstick on my cheek, blush on my forehead, concealer on my lips, and eye shadow every where else. I wasn't stupid enough to chase them around the house, so I took it off. I put on my regular makeup and then screamed, "ANDREA, CASSIE, YOU'RE DEAD!"
I took off running and saw they were a step ahead of me. Eventually, we found our way outside and I had a rolling pin and a cheese grater ready to injure them. Charles came outside and said, "Lia, drop it, Now."
Slowly, my anger subsided and I allowed the supplies to drop onto the grass. I then stomped inside and Charles came in after me. He asked, "What did they do?"
I said, "They covered my face in make-up."
He said, "Isn't that the point of make-up?"
"No, they smothered it everywhere. You know, for a professor you're not very smart."
He sighed and said, "It's gone now though."
I groaned and walked back to the bathroom. I sleeked my hair back, then adjusted it into a very high ponytail. I saw Raven coming out of her room and I followed her. One odd thing, she was in her natural form. I asked, "You have any idea where we are going?"
She said, "Not a clue, you?"
"Nope, might as well go to the kitchen. Charles almost always tells us what we're doing in there. By the way, Raven, has Charles told you anything… umm… interesting lately?"
She hugged me and said, "Welcome to the family." I smiled and said, "Nice to know that I have an aunt I can count on."
She smiled and we made our way to the kitchen. Eggs, bacon, and pancakes were out. Charles smiled and said, "Hurry you have about 10 minutes."
We ate quickly and noticed that Moira and Sean were with us, scarfing down their food also. The Summers came down quickly after us and ate at twice the rate all four of us could put together.
Charles came in the room not a moment after we had finished and said, "Follow me."
We were led to Hank's lab. On the door, it had a note that said, "Grab the suits in the box in the back. Meet me in the hangar."
I was a bit suspicious, Hank wasn't usually this mysterious. I grabbed the doorknob and walked inside. I nearly froze in shock from what I saw.
Hank's lab was destroyed; it looked like Riptide had gotten a hold of it. The carefully placed vials full of hazardous chemicals were scattered on the table. The light fixtures we hanging by a wire. The "operating" table was over turned and his beloved microscope was smashed to bits.
Charles looked around, but continued to the back and the rest of us followed. He opened the box slowly as if to build up suspense then bust it open. There were yellow and blue suits. Alex was the first one to speak our thoughts. "Do we have to wear these?"
Charles matter of factly said, "Unless you can withstand great G-Force and have bullet resistant skin, yes you do." I groaned, along with the rest of us.
Then, Raven began distributing the outfits. It's obvious that Cassie's was the smallest, Alex's was the one with the giant circle thing, and Sean's was the one with the wings, but after that it got a bit confusing. Raven, Andrea, and I had about the same build, but we gave the smallest of the three to her, the middle to me, and the largest to Raven. Then, we gave Charles his and Erik's outfit and let them decide on their own.
Once we were all changed, Charles led us to the hangar. We formed a line in front of a magnificent plane. It had the sleekness of a new car and the size of four elephants. Then, we saw Hank walking toward us, but he didn't look like Hank.
Slowly, he got closer and we saw that he was blue and furry. It was insane. He had striking blue hair coming from every angle, except on his face where his eyes had turned yellow and animal like. He seemed awfully on edge about this and said, "It didn't attack the cells, it enhanced them."
Raven looked hard at him and said, "Hank, you are beautiful. This is the way you were meant to be and nothing can change that. You are finally you."
Erik said, "Never looked better." Hank growled and took Erik by the neck, seeming to choke him. He looked in an awful lot of pain and Charles said, "Hank, release." Hank dropped him and Erik said, "I meant it."
Alex said, "Even I have to admit you look pretty badass. I think we have a new name for you, Beast."
We all looked at Hank and nodded, then Hank led us on to the plane. On the way, Cassie said, "I want my codename to be Hurricane, Andy's can be Phoenix." We nodded and then we got situated with 4 seats on either side and Moira and Hank in the front. On the left, it was Charles, Raven, Cassie, and Sean. On the right, it was Erik, Alex, me, and Andrea in order.
Soon, the jet took off roughly and we made our way to Cuba.
We got there in record time and saw American ships on one side with Russian on the other, then, a boat was in the middle moving toward some destination. We curved in and glided overhead. After a minute of tension building, a missile was shot out of the Russian ship and I noticed Charles had his fingers to his temple.
It was coming rather close to us so Hank had to make a very sharp barrel roll. Alex put his hand over my waist and the world began spinning. My head started to throb a little I couldn't tell what was real or not. After what seemed like forever, we got control of the plane again.
Hank said, "A little more warning next time professor."
Charles said, "I'm sorry about that." Then, the missile hit the ship on neither side, which we all knew held the Hellfire Club.
Hank said, "We just lost track of Shaw."
Erik looked determined and said, "Are they on the radar or in the air?"
Moira said, "Nothing, it doesn't look like it."
Hank continued, "Clearly, we don't have sonar."
A look sparked up in Sean's eye and he said, "Yes we do." He began unstrapping from the seat's confines, as did Erik and Charles.
Hank pulled the lever to open the floor and Sean began situating himself over it. The wind whipped all through the plane and Charles grabbed Sean's neck then said, "This is a muscle, you can control it just like the rest of your body. Remember, search for Shaw then get to shore." Sean nodded and looked at Erik then said, "Stay away from me."
He used his hands to cross over his heart, and then jumped into the ocean below. He hit the water and from there, it was up to Charles to read his thoughts. Of course, I decided to listen in.
Sean had found a submarine under water and was going back up for breath. That was all Charles needed and he and Erik each got on a wheel. Then, Hank lowered the wheels too.
I tried watching, but I couldn't see much. What it looked like was Erik got control of the submarine and was lifting it out of the water to my great surprise. Then, Cassie unlatched herself and Alex started screaming at her. She looked at the sub and with her hawk eyes, saw Riptide ready to make his tornados. She tried throwing water onto them, but it only added. Andrea got up and tried attacking him with fire, but the tornado was already set in motion. It was a gigantic mixture of wind, water and fire.
Erik was forced to relinquish control and Cassie and Andrea quickly clipped themselves back in. Hank said, "It's about to get bumpy." He lifted the wheels and I saw a wing get ripped off.
Suddenly, we entered a spiral and Alex once again covered me with his arm. I focused on him, trying to only feel his warm limb and not focus on whatever the hell what was happening this moment. The only thing that could describe this was dizzying.
At one point, the spinning stopped and was replaced with incredibly rough bumping. It felt like I was a football being punted. Then, the jet came to a grinding halt and I let out a breath I didn't know I had been holding in.
It was difficult, but I managed to unstrap myself then my head hit the old ceiling, new floor. I saw Erik slowly lower himself, so he and Charles dropped to the floor slowly. I rushed over and undid Cassie since I was the first one out. Soon, we were all situated and standing up. I looked out the window and saw their submarine crashed also. Riptide, Azazel, and Angel were all standing outside of it, ready to fight. Charles said, "Erik, go do what you have to. Beast, Havok, back him up. Hurricane, Phoenix, stay here no matter what. Mystique, make sure nobody gets through that door. Charm, go help if they need it." I looked out the window and saw Alex shoot Riptide with his energy. They seemed to be doing all right. I decided to go out anyway.
When I came out, I saw Erik entering the sub and Beast, Havok, and Riptide were gone in a flash. I screamed and focused on their thoughts. Then, before I could read anything, I remembered Sean and tried to locate him. I searched for his thoughts and found him near and American ship.
I thought, "Sean, are you okay, talk to me Banshee." He thought back, "I'm fine, just waiting for the right moment to get Angel, if you'd look, you'd see she is trying to get Beast and Havok."
I said, "Okay, just be ready and think loud if you need help." I severed our connection and tried watching what was happening. Ocasionally, I would see of puff of red smoke in the distance. Then, I saw Banshee come out of the water and he and Angel entered in an aerial fight. I felt rather useless.
Out of nowhere, Beast and Azazeal appeared on the beach and they were in an intense brawl. I looked up to the sky again and saw Sean screaming, I could hear it a bit out here.
Azazeal tackled Beast and put his spiked tail to his eye. Then, Shaw came out of the jet and said, "Azazeal, let him go." He then made a tsking noise and Azazeal stopped. Beast punched him in the jaw and he flew backward. Shaw turned back into Raven and I smiled at her. She looked awfully proud of herself.
I returned my gaze to the skies and saw, wait, Sean carrying Alex. Alex let out a whoop of excitement, when I saw Angel not too far behind them. I thought hard to Sean, "Behind you!" By the time he looked, she had blown a hole in his wing. I knew this was the part where I come in and help. I focused on Sean's wings, and then imagined myself holding up that patch. My thoughts went into holding him and Alex up, just enough to get to the shore.
Even with my help, the landing was a little rough nonetheless. I went up to Alex and hugged him. He then screamed, "GET DOWN!" I ducked and him hit Angel in her wings even without his focuser.
I smiled and hugged him again, and then he hugged me back. I went over to Sean and hugged him too; glad they were both in one piece. I said, "Are you guys okay? Sean nodded, as did Alex, slowly, we got up and made our way over to the jet. Andrea and Cassie came out.
Andrea shot flames out of her fingertips and it hit Riptide who we hadn't noticed was coming to get us. I high-fived her and we formed a line.
Then, Shaw's body comes out of the submarine and Charles came out of the jet. Erik then came out and said, "Today is the day of the downfall of Sebastian Shaw. Today begins a new age. One where the superior race of mutants rises. My friends, look to the sea, the Americans and Russians alike are targeting us with their missiles. I can feel their metal guns pointing toward us. Tell me I'm wrong Charles."
Charles lifted his fingers to his head and a shocked look came over his face. He said, "I-I can't."
Erik continued. "Today, they unite against a common force, us. Americans, Soviets, humans. I say we take a stand against them. I say we show them exactly what we can do and that we're not afraid of them. Either fight for the people who fear and hate you or fight for your protection. Brothers and sisters, join me now."
Then, the missiles were shot out of their ships and I stood there helpless. It felt like the world was going to end, so I said, "Alex, I love you." He said, "I love you too." Then, Erik stopped the missiles and I got the idea.
I unwrapped myself from Alex's embrace then focused on pointing the missiles to the water where they won't hurt anyone. Erik stopped the missiles and said, "I'm warning you." Then Charles said, "Show them you're the better man. There are thousands of innocent, honest men on board merely following orders."
Erik said, "I've been under the control of men following orders for too long. … Never again." He continued the missiles forward and I used all my strength to stop them. Erik flicked his hand back and suddenly I went flying. The metal in my outfit pushed me back into a tree and the world went black.
I woke up and saw Alex and Beast rushing over. I must've only been out for a second or two. Then, the Moira started shooting Erik with her gun, of course he deflected it. They scattered themselves, when Charles fell to the ground. I immediatley stood up, with a little help. I screamed, "DAD!"
Everyone stared at me while I attempted to go over there and Erik pushed us all back. He said, "Stay back." Then, he started choking Moira. He said, "It's all your fault."
Charles, quietly, said, "No, it's your fault Erik." Erik dropped her and rushed over to Charles. He laid his head in his lap. Erik said, "Charles join my side. We've always wanted the same thing."
Charles looked in great pain, but still managed to say, "I'm sorry my friend, but we do not want the same thing."
Erik looked in emotional pain, then got up and said, "Join me now." All of the Hellfire Club walked over. Then, Raven started walking. She made her way over to Charles who now had Moira at her side. Charles said, "Go, you belong there." She nodded and he kissed her hand. Raven said, "Take care of him." Moira nodded, then Raven got up and took Erik's hand. We stared in shock at them.
In a puff of smoke, they were gone and we rushed over to Charles. Hank said, "Don't move."
Charles said, "I won't. In fact, I can't feel my legs. I can't feel my legs. I can't feel my legs."
I saw Hank run into the jet and he grabbed a gurney. Slowly we lifted Charles onto it and called down the helicopter that we hadn't noticed had been there. I took Charles' hand and said, "Dad, I'm so sorry, just be okay. Please be okay." Tears began falling and I begged myself to stop.
He said, "Don't worry Lia, I'll be fine." The helicopter landed and we put Charles on it. I looked at the pilot and saw the man who had the base and the pilot. He said, "We can fit three more in here."
I said, "Andrea, Cassie, and Hank. Go. Sean, Alex, Moira and I will be fine." They nodded and got in. I said, "Hank, make sure nothing happens, please." He nodded and I looked at them as they left.
Moira went back to the jet and tried to contact another vehicle. I sat on the beach in the middle of Alex and Sean. I said, "What an exhausting day."
Sean said, "No kidding."
I kissed Alex and said, "I meant it."
He smiled and said, "So did I."
A/N: Hey, this took forever to write and I don't know why. I hope you guys enjoy, remember the question!