Ever since then Erik and Clara have been avoiding each other. Clara didn't know what to say and Erik didn't know what he could do to make it better. When they were in the same room it was only the niceties of strangers that they used together. Eventually the day came for Clara to go in and be interviewed at their local police station. It was only then did they even had a conversation with one another.

Erik only glanced up and said, "So it's today"

Clara nodded, "Yes, at 3:30"

Erik took this chance to look at Clara thoroughly before he said, "You look nice"

"Thank you" Clara said as she leaned on the counter, "Have to look presentable for those blue collared jerks"

Erik smirked, "You never liked cops or lawyers"

"Could you blame me?" Clara waved around her home, "Cops came and took my parents away and lawyers convicted me to the orphanage"

Erik stayed silent and slowly nodded as the quietness seeped in between the two. Clara looked around the vast room before she picked up a glass, poured herself some water, and went and joined him in the living room. Erik seemed surprised that she even went over to sit near her but decided not to say anything. Clara took a long sip as she glanced up at the clock and counted down the minutes until she had to go to the station.

"I'm sorry for the making you go through this" Erik suddenly said, "You and the others shouldn't have to"

"But we do" Clara told him, "You did save us so it's the least we could do. Besides, I would gladly tesitfy for your name"

Erik looked up, "Really?"

"Of course" Clara couldn't help but smirk, "Anything to stick it to the cops"

Erik sighed, "Listen, I'm sorry-"

"Can we not talk about that?" Clara asked, "I just put on makeup and I don't want it to run down to my chin by the time of my appointment"

"Fair enough" Erik told her.

"Thank you for meeting us" the officer said.

"Thanks for not arresting me" Clara shot back.

The officer looked up and stared at her as Clara gave off the same stare. He chose to not say anything but exchange a weary glance with his partner before unpacking his briefcase. Clara sat straight as if nothing that she said was wrong or out of place.

The other officer cleared his throat, "We're here to ask a series of questions residing to the Cairo incident and Erik Lehnsherr better known as Magneto"

"You don't mind if we record this?" the first officer asked.

"Go ahead" Clara said.

The first officer said, "What is your name?"

"Clara Sloan" Clara answered.

"And what is your relation to Erik Lehnsherr?"

"Up in the air" Clara scoffed before she noticed the serious looks on the officers before she said, "Friends a couple of years back, before his assassination attempt"

"And you were an accomplice" one said.

Clara turned to him, "Excuse me?"

He continued, "You were reported as one of his acomplice's in the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants"

"Oh yes, I was affiliated with him in there" Clara told them.

"So you knew him when he killed, am I correct?" the other said.

"No!" Clara let out before she said, "Well, whenever I was involved it was just vandalism and what not, no one died whenever I was involved. I'm sure it says that in your records somewhere"

"Yes, it does" the first one responded, "But has Mr. Lehnsherr killed before?"

Clara bit her lip before she muttered, "Unfortunately"

He leaned in, "Care to tell us what was the first possible killing for him?"

Clara stiffened before she said, "A man named Sebastian Shaw was the first I ever heard, another mutant"

"Was there a reason?"

"He was saving the world from a nuclear war" Clara told them.

The officers looked up from their papers before glancing over to one another. Clara couldn't help but feel a sense of pride as she knew she said the right thing.

"He saved the world?" one repeated.

Clara nodded, "Shaw was going to use the nuclear energy to cause world abomination, have only the strong survive"

"What's the difference from Lehnsherr?" one asked.

Clara sighed, "Shaw just wanted the strong to survive; mutants rule the world and humans be slaves"

Clara continued, "Erik believed and fought for mutant rights and freedom to express themselves instead of hiding"

"And he thought that killing the President 10 years ago would do just that" one officer asked.

"That was because he was planning on moving forward with some kind of sentinel that would kill all us mutants" Clara let out, "You'd be terrified too if your own leader was plotting against you on human soil"

"That was because he was attacked" the other argued.

"Okay, what are we talking about?" Clara asked as she leaned into the table.

"We're talking about Erik Lehnsherr, better known as-"

"Magneto, yeah, I know" Clara finished, "But you're not listening to everything that I have pointed out"

"Listening to… what?" one of the partners said as he looked over to his comrade.

Clara stared at them blankly before she let out a short huff as she realized she was going to have to spell it out for them.

"Erik isn't the bad man whatever you claim it to be" Clara clarified, "He is a protector"

"He instilled fear in nearly everyone just a few weeks ago" the assertive one argued.

"That's how you perceive it; a human" Clara argued, "Erik found out about the nuclear crisis and stopped it, he heard about the sentinels being passed as an act and went to stop who was responsible, and when he found out about Cairo he did what no human could do and defeat the person responsible"

"Then why did he kill the Poland police, his wife, and child?"

"He didn't kill his wife and kid" Clara rolled her eyes, "Someone found out at his work about his powers and told the authorities, his daughter freaked out because she didn't want her father to be taken away from her and in the chaos the policeman accidentally killed the mother and child"

"Chaos? Are you saying that she was also a mutant?" one officer asked.

Clara turned her attention on him, "Does that scare you?"

"What about his work? They didn't deserve to die that way" one officer countered.

"That's because it wasn't him" Clara said, "They were found in the dirt, empacted, no ounce of metal was found within them"

"So Erik went from a vengeful rampage to a savior within 24 hours, why?"

Clara thought for a moment before she said, "Because he was one of the most mysterious mutants we will ever know"

Clara slammed the door more than she wanted to as she marched over to the kitchen. She took out a beer and immediately opened it before she drank it like it was water. She slammed down to bottle and leaned her hands on the counter and ducked her head down. Her head was still spinning from the investigation and not in a good way. Everything that the police said angered her as she wondered what the others said.

"So I'm guessing it went horribly wrong" Erik's voice came from in front of her.

Clara sighed, "Maybe on my end"

"Why's that?"

"My impulsive words might've been the first words" Clara mumbled.

"Would've expected nothing less" Erik told her.

Clara looked up to him, "You're not scolding me for it"

Erik shrugged, "I've scolded you enough on it, it's getting exhausting"

Clara scoffed and shook her head as Erik made his way into the kitchen and opened up the fridge door. Clara turned around and watched as he too took out a beer and opened it. She took hers over to the high stool chairs by the counter. Erik turned and followed her and sat down and took a long sip.

"Are you scared?"

"Of what?"

"Of the final saying" Clara asked, "It's supposed to be in two weeks"

"Oh yes, I am" Erik told her, "I don't even know what country would take me in"

Clara watched him as she said, "You've gone incognito before"

"This is different" Erik mumbled.

Clara slowly nodded as she realized that he was right. He always had a place to go to in case something was pretty heated but now he couldn't. This was going to be viewd worldwide and no matter what the outcome, everyone's eyes will be on Erik.