Erik woke with a sudden start, chest heaving and eyes wide as he shook his head, raising a hand to it with a groan. What the hell had that been-?
"Good morning."
He looked to the door now, letting out a sigh of defeat. "Good morning Lexi, I see you're feeling better? Now I'm never going to be able to eat oranges and chocolate ever again."
She laughed now and got back on the bed, cup of tea in hand. "It's so much fun messing with your head... because you lie and pretend you didn't like it."
Erik sighed now and lay back down, closing his eyes for a moment before saying. "I know what you're capable off. You don't-"
"But I need to practice." Alexia sighed now, then walked her fingers up his chest and tapped his nose. "And you are the perfect lab rat."
"Lab rat? Thanks." he chuckled, letting her kiss him for a moment, then said through another. "Please stop putting those dreams inside my head. I feel like a pervert now..."
Alexia smirked and just said. "You already are one sweetie. Now- plans for the days? Or are we staying in bed?"
"Not today, we need shopping remember? I doubt we can live on air."
"Hmm, my stomach is growling pretty bad." Alexia admitted, then. "Plus my head hurts from about fifteen shots..."
"Serves you right... alky."
"Pfft, at least I wasn't the one that passed out in a duck pond. That was so funny-"
"Ok, ok. Let's leave it at that."
Alexia yawned widely now, sipping on a cup of coffee as they sat at a cafe, and Erik sighed, asking quietly. "Still having nightmares?"
"No." she said a little too quickly for Erik to believe her, and she gave in. "Yes. It's just..." she couldn't think of anything to say.
Erik understood though- she'd been having nightmares of her parents getting killed for the past few weeks. She'd wake up crying in the middle of the night, not knowing who or where she was.
It had also affected her powers, for they had grown more powerful, and they were more prone to exploding out of her at random times. And when she got angry, she really did it in style. Whatever glass that was near was shattered well and truly.
"You look tired." he said now, and she nodded. "A little. Using these powers is draining me out... god it hurts sometimes." she smiled at the end, then looked up at the cafe that was in their current residence of New York.
"I wanna see Evan." Alexia said now, and Erik nodded. "Yeah, it has been a while."
The pair left New York later that day and headed for Kassel, Germany where 'Kasts Bar' was still the same on the outside.
Alexia pushed the door open now, scanning the place, then smiled as she saw the man.
"Oi! Evan!" she yelled, and he looked around, a grin appearing on his face. "Bloody hell... is that you Lexi?"
Alexia let him hug her tightly now, laughing. "It has been a while huh?"
Evan looked up and saw Erik now, then let out a low whistle. "Haven't you changed." Erik chuckled and shook the mans hand. "Its the frown lines that Lexi gives me isn't it?"
Alexia scoffed, then Evan gestured to the bar. "Take a seat and just give me a moment to finish serving up, then I'll be with you."
They sat down now, and Alexia sighed- it had been about four- five years since she had dropped in on Evan. And Erik alot more than that.
"So-! How's things?" Evan grinned as he returned, his blondy brown hair still the same as ever, dark sapphire eyes bright.
"Oh, you know. The usual."
Evan nodded. "Still looking for Shaw?"
Erik spoke now. "Yes, but dead ends so far." now Evan sighed and closed his eyes for a moment. "I'm sorry. But-!" he grinned now and said. "I got something to show you-" then he got up and nodded to the back, making them follow, mystified.
They stopped in front of a few computers, then Evan sat down and said. "Now, you didn't see this ok?"
Alexia grinned. "Still doing you hacking crap?"
"Crap? You won't be saying that when I tell you where Shaw is."
The pair froze now, then Evan smirked. "Not so big now are we? But don't get your hopes up, the bastards hard to find."
"Hey, Evan-"
Alexia looked around now, then saw another man that looked like Evan, but with dark brown hair instead. She grinned. "Dante, it's been a while."
The older of the brothers frowned now, then realized. "Alexia Shaw-?" She flinched a little internally at that last name, but shrugged it off as she smiled. "The one and only." then hugged him, chuckling. "I didn't think you'd be back here?"
Dante glanced at his younger brother, then nodded. "Well, mom and dad died-"
"What-!" Alexia exclaimed, eyes wide. Evan spoke now. "That was what I was going to tell you. They were found..." he sighed, and the pair got the gist- they'd been killed.
"What happened?" Alexia asked now, remembering their parents. Such lovely people.
"I really don't know." Evan replied, tapping back at his computer. Alexia was still looking at Dante, but he didn't look away, so she said to break the tension. "Evan told me a while ago that you're a mutant too?"
Dante nodded now, then spotted Eriks expression, which was almost suspicious- clearly he knew of his and Alexia's history together. Then again, he had been the first person that she dated. Then when he left for Berlin at a bar of his own, Evan, who had always had a little crush on her, jumped in and snapped her up.
Erik had reason to feel suspicious- they were both past men that had been in her life.
Alexia raised an eyebrow, then Dante grinned, raising a hand and the room watched as a mini tornado appeared in his hand, and Alexia chuckled, raising her own and put it in her hand.
"That's pretty neat." she smiled, then he grinned. "Thank you. Nowhere near as powerful as yours though. Jeez... Evan told me what's been going on. I'm sorry about your parents..."
Alexia shrugged it off. "It really doesn't matter. I'm going to kill the bastar-"
"Errhmm?"
"Sorry, we are going to kill the bastard." she corrected, smirking at Eriks raised eyebrow. Dante nodded, then there was a call from the bar and he left.
"So how's the bar going?" Alexia asked Evan now as he tapped away at the computer, alternating between screens and chuckled. "Very well. We had a few other mutants in here the other day. One was like you, but jeez the other guy looked like the devil-"
Alexias eyes widened now, then she asked. "Umm... did you get their names?"
Evan spun round now, then frowned. "Do you know them?"
"Please say it wasn't Emma Frost and Azazel?"
He frowned even more, then nodded. "Yes. How-?"
"What happened? Did they ask anything?" she hurriedly said now, and Evan realized. "These guys work for Shaw, don't they?"
Alexia nodded, then said. "Yes, I helped Shaw recruit Azazel. That government testing place explosion a while back?"
Erik remembered, then spoke. "What did they want?"
Alexia was silent, thinking.
"Not me..." he said, then glanced to the bar where the pair understood at the same time.
"Dante." Alexia realized, then made for the counter, then froze as she saw Frost, who looked equally shocked to see her.
"Emma..." Alexia snarled, then went for her, but suddenly there was a pain in her head, making her stumble a little, realizing that she'd stupidly let her guard down around another telepath, and knock her out.
"Lexi!" Erik yelled, then looked to Frost, but then he saw Dante, realizing in an instant that him returning hadn't been an accident. Shaw had found him and recruited him, using his and Alexias past to get to her. Erik now snarled. "You traitor-!"
"What the hell's going on!" Evan yelled now, but then Frost did the same to him as she had done to Alexia, making much more of a dent that knocked him out too.
There was a snap now, then Erik saw a flash of red, then they were all gone, leaving him and an unconscious Evan alone.
Erik stood there, almost as if he was frozen to the spot-
Why had they taken Alexia as well-?
When Alexia woke up, she felt groggy and hardly able to think straight. She frowned now as she felt chains on her arms and other parts of her body, pinning her to a cast iron chair.
The room was dark, but she could just about see the door, the light coming from underneath.
She pulled against the chains, trying to break free, but failed. Her powers weren't helping either, on the edge, unable to be of any use. Alexia coughed now, then called. "Erik?"
"Erik's not here sweetie."
She jolted now, then the lights came on, and for the first time ever, she felt a shiver of fear as she saw her "father."
"Shaw." she muttered, trying to pull away again. He sighed now, then folded his arms. "You've no idea how much I didn't want to do this."
"And yet you still did." she snarled as he pulled up a chair before her. Shaw stared into the face of the young woman he still wanted to call his daughter, then chuckled. "It was quite the surprise when I found out that this 'mysterious man' you were with was Erik Lensherr. But then again, you did help him escape after all, didn't you?"
Alexia snorted. "Of course, you sadistic asshole."
Shaw sighed once more, then said. "Look- I've no interest in Erik at the present. I know he'll come after you, and face that when it happens. You, however, I do have interest in." he stood up now and walked over to the equipment. "Just think of how much power you have, Lexi. What if we could harness it? We'd be unstoppable."
"'We' stopped years ago." Alexia snapped. "When you killed my parents!"
Shaw was silent, knowing that she spoke the truth, but then nodded and said. "It was for the-"
"If you say 'greater good' I'm going to kill you twice."
He didn't speak now, but then retrieved a helmet that looked like a mini Faraday cage and put it over her temples, sighing. "But it is, Lexi. I'm sorry..." he lent down and kissed her cheek, making her snarl and pull away. He went over to the computer now and sighed once more, pressing a button.
Alexia screamed now as a ripping feeling started in her head, and she gasped out. "What are you doing to me-?"
"What I took you for love. Your powers." Shaw said conversationally, checking that the dials were correct, and not overload the storage container where the raw power was going to be kept.
Alexia felt the fatigue wash over her now, then saw the door open, Shaw leaving. But now she saw Dante and his apologetic face just before the door closed.
You couldn't trust anyone these days...
Human or mutant...
Well, let's get this party started;D looks like trouble ahead:( Next chapter up later on:D reviews are much loved and thanks! X Nic
