The door to their hideout opened as Clara flicked on the switch and walked over to the fireplace and flew a fireball into the furnace so fast that Erik didn't have time to close the door. He sighed as he knew scolding her would be pointless, she was in her own little world right now and he was just along for the ride. Erik pinched the bridge of his before he walked over to the mini bar to get a glass of scotch. It's been three days and they have been doing nothing but short interrogations and burning victims. It was safe to say that this Clara was a new Clara entirely, the brotherhood Clara only wanted to cause mayhem because she though burning buildings was fun, not humans.

He turned back around as he stared at Clara, zoned in on the flames, searching for something. Her visions have been coming back because she wasn't trying so hard to find Erica, now she was focusing her thoughts on the scientists. A tickle in the back of his head made him blink as he felt the presence of Charles wanting to contact him. Erik set down his glass and walked outside as if he was trying to get something out of the car.

"Hello, old friend" Erik said.

"Erik, what is going on?" Charles asked, "It's all over the news how there are random burned people, Moira is doing her best to cover this up but these are people's lives at stake here-"

"You don't think I know that?" Erik demanded, "Each time we find another scientist, it's like Clara doesn't hear me anymore. I try telling her to be more decisive but she just wants a bloodbath, Charles"

"So it's Clara who is behind all of this" Charles was silent as Erik could only assume his friend was feeling remorse for Clara, "Erik, I am so sorry but if she doesn't stop this soon then I will have no choice but to send a team out for her"

Erik closed his eyes, "She'll kill you all"

"We're her friends, Erik"

"She's not thinking start, she's not going to stop until she finds Erica" Erik felt a lump in his throat as he struggled to swallow it down, "Have you found anything new?"

"Unfortunately, no" Charles answered, "Clara was right, Nathaniel learned from his past mistake and now I can barely get a read anywhere. He has five different facilities cloaked and I can only focus on one at a time while I'm in Cerebro"

Erik slammed the trunk of the car down before he asked, "Do you believe there is still hope for her, Charles? Tell me honestly"

Charles waited a long time to speak, making Erik believe that Charles had severed the connection before his voice rang in his head, "I believe she is still out there and that is why he is trying so hard to cover her up. He wouldn't be doing that if she were… weren't here, however, it's been almost a week since Clara's seen her and a lot of what Nathaniel could be doing to her can be traumatizing to a four year old child"

"That's what I feared" Erik turned to the door, "I need to go back so I don't look suspicious to Clara"

"Remember, Erik, if she kills again, I will have no choice but to give the X-Men the green light in apprehending her"

"Understood" Erik said.

Erik opened the door to see that Clara hadn't moved from her spot, just had a notepad in her hand. He watched as her eyes narrowed in as she scribbled down random words or clues from a vision. When she was finished, she got up and grabbed her coat as if she wanted to go out.

"Come on"

"What?"

"I found out where Jack Silver lives" Clara responded, "It's not far from here"

"We just got back" Erik glanced to the clock, "It's 10:20 already, you haven't eaten anything and have been awake nearly 24 hours"

"That's because we're getting closer and closer to finding Erica" Clara told him, "I can feel it! This one knows something"

"Like the last four that knew something?" Erik said, "Face it, Clara, you just want to kill"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Clara demanded, "I want to find our daughter"

I understand that" Erik told her, "But did you not hear your last victim? She had not one but two daughters and you still burned her alive"

"What I did was necessary" Clara rose up her chin.

"And dangerous" Erik finished.

Clara rolled her eyes, "Oh, I see. You get the go ahead because Apocalypse "got to your brain" about committing mass murder but when I go on a spree, you all of a sudden think it's wrong"

"Because it is wrong!" Erik shouted, "This is not you!"

"And what is me?" Clara argued back, "Someone who waits around for you to choose me as some sort of fuck buddy and is extremely cool about you leaving all of a sudden? You don't know me at all, Erik, you never gave me the chance"

Erik turned to her, "I know what I did was wrong and damn it, there are so many apologies over the years that I should write a damn book about it but that's not the point I'm trying to make. I'm trying to tell you that killing people until you are reunited with Erica is going to bite you in the ass!"

Clara rolled her eyes and threw her hands up in the air as she found her way over to the couch and plopped herself down. Erik moved to walk in front of her, making Clara turn her head to the side and avoid looking at him.

"When the policemen came for me, it was because of my threat against the President" Erik explained, "That was 10 years after that incident and no one has heard from me since then. I tried saving a co-worker in the evening, and in the morning the police had come for me"

Clara slowly turned her gaze over to Erik.

"They didn't care that I saved a man, they didn't care that I wasn't causing a disturbance to their country, all they cared about was the evil and threat I inflicted on everyone else" Erik told her, "Do you understand what I am telling you?"

Clara let out a sigh as she slowly nodded her head. Erik let out a breath that he felt like he was holding since he felt Charles in his head. He walked over to her and sat down next to her before bringing her in and kissing the side of her head. He felt Clara ease into his embrace, finding comfort in him like she used to before a loud knock rapidly came at the door. Erik stiffened up and glanced over to the door before slowly getting up and walking over to the noise, moving a knife to his palm.

"Who is it?" Clara whispered.

Erik turned and silently shushed her before he swung open the door.

He blinked in surprise before he said, "Peter?"

"Hey" he said, not even the least bit breathless.

"Where did you come from?" Erik asked, "I've been looking for you"

"We need to go now" Peter urged, "I figured out where Nathan has Erica"

Clara shot out of her seat as Peter said, "And he's got Beast and Mystique"