Okay, I know I have a lot of things on the go at the moment, but this has been in my head for a while.

Basically, it's an X-Men AU where Cherik is canon. They have Pietro, Wanda and David as children. Raven and Azazel are together with Rogue (adopted) and Kurt as their children.

Kurt and David are the same age, along with Remy/Gambit….I'll let the story tell the rest.

Please read and review.

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THEY HATE YOU, YOU KNOW.

"Shut up."

ALL YOU WANTED TO DO, WAS HAVE FUN.

"Shut up!"

ALL IT WOULD TAKE IS A LITTLE… RE-WIRING, AND YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM SPOILING YOUR FUN EVER AGAIN."

"SHUT UP!" David screamed, covering his ears with his hands and clenching his eyes shut. As he screamed, the objects in his room were sent flying, many crashing against the walls and door… some even smashed through the window.

YOU CAN'T SHUT ME UP DAVID… I'M ALWAYS HERE REMEMBER?

"Please… please go away!"

As he pleaded and begged, there was a cautious knock on his door.

"David… David is everything alright?"

Dad.

Desperately, David glanced around his room, knowing that he couldn't hide the destruction. There were holes in the walls and windows…. Shelves had been ripped off the wall and the bed posts were cracked.

"David…. Please answer me."

Blue eyes, that flickered red occasionally, darted towards the door. Hitting the side of his head with his hand, David willed the voice to shut up and he waved his hand and the door unlocked, swinging open to reveal his Dad.

"Oh David…" whispered Charles, as he wheeled himself into the room, "… why didn't you say anything?"

"It. Didn't. Start. Until. Today!" David forced out, grasping at his hair as he hunched over, "Make. It. Stop!"

Charles cautiously wheeled closer, until he was an arms-length away from his son, carefully reaching forwards and placing a gentle hand on top of David's head. Closing his eyes, Charles winced as he ventured into his son's mind, helping to seal the cracks in Legion's prison.

"Shh, shh, shh…" he whispered soothingly as he heard David whimper with the searing pain in his head, "… It's alright. It's alright."

After a few minutes of constant attention, the cracks in Legions' prison was sealed tightly shut once again.

Relieved, Charles gave a deep sigh. "What happened?" he whispered, "How did it get that bad."

David, who was breathing rather heavily, shook his head. "I-I don't know… the music teacher was yelling at me… calling me immature and childish. But her thoughts… her thoughts were calling me something different. That's when Legion spoke up… he kept telling me to hurt her, change her thoughts… I managed to resist until I got out of the classroom."

"What happened then?"

"I couldn't resist having a little fun… he managed to convince me to knock a large pile of books over. It could've really hurt her… Kurt was right about that."

"I'm assuming that he wriggled his way free, started feeding you negative thoughts about how your friends?"

David nodded, "He kept telling me that they hated me…. That they would leave me the first chance that they got."

"… He was wrong. You know that, don't you?"

Silence.

Gently, Charles encouraged his son to look him in the eye. "Right? You do know that?"

Slowly, David nodded, smiling as his Dad ruffled his hair. "Yeah…" he whispered, "… I know that now."

"Good… I think the others managed to convince Kurt and Remy to watch a film with them. Do you feel up to joining them?"

David thought to himself for a few moments, before shaking his head and pushing himself off the ground. "I-I think I'm going to stay in here for a bit…" he shuffled over to his bed and collapsed onto it, "… try and meditate."

"… Alright. I'll let them know you need some… time alone."

Waiting until the door closed behind his Dad, David clicked his fingers and the door locked. Safe and secure in the knowledge that very few people could enter the room.

"Shit…"

….

Remy couldn't help but keep his eyes on the door that opened into the recreation room. He and Kurt had been invited to a movie night with the rest of the young mutants as everyone tried to avoid the delicate subject of David.

As the movie droned on in the background, Kurt and Remy straightened up as they saw Charles wheel himself in. Kurt teleported them directly in front of the man and they both began to pester him, asking question after question until Charles finally held up his hands in a silent gesture for them to be quiet.

"Let's have a talk in my office…" he sighed, spinning around and wheeling out of the room, knowing that the other teens were still fearful of Legion… and therefore David. To have them overhear that the young man almost succumbed to the alternate personalities would have caused panic.

Once they reached his office, Charles was slightly pleased to see his husband already waiting for him. Before he could say anything, Erik noticed his presence and rushed to meet him.

"Is he alright, is it- "he stopped, not wanting to say the name (as though the alternate personalities were Beetlejuice).

Simply gesturing for Erik, Kurt and Remy to follow him into the office, Charles chose not to say anything until the door was firmly closed behind them. Before anyone could say anything, Charles held up his hand again.

"Yes, David is alright. No, there's nothing to worry about…. And yes, Legion had made cracks in his cell. We managed to fix them however."

"Legion got free?" Kurt asked in alarm.

"Thankfully no… but David could hear them. Legion were making their usual promises."

"All you have to do is 're-wire' us and ve'll follow his every vhim?"

At Remy's alarmed look, Kurt was quick to reassure him that "David can keep Legion back if it's just voices."

It was unclear as to whether Remy was actually reassured by this statement, but he seemed a bit calmer, so Charles felt confident that he could continue.

"David has made the decision to stay in his room alone for a while… I would ask that you respect his decision and leave him be for the time being."

Knowing that the statement was directed at them specifically, Kurt and Remy nodded as Erik headed towards the door. "I shall inform Pietro and Wanda of David's decision."

As the door closed behind the German, Remy nervously bit his lip. "Should we be worried?" he asked in concern, glancing over to Kurt, "Like… really worried?"

"Nein, nein… at least, I don't zink so."

…..

Weeks.

It had been weeks since David had come out of his room for more than food and school…. He wouldn't play pranks, he wouldn't watch films, he wouldn't play a game… nothing.

Even at school, he avoided Remy and Kurt, keeping his head down and doing his work, before rushing home before Remy and Kurt could even react to the end-of-day school bell.

Kurt was fed up of it, and that was clear to everyone.

"I know vhat he's doing…" muttered the blue-skinned teen, "… he's scared. He zinks zat we'll be safer without him, so he's avoiding us."

Remy, who was playing with a pack of cards, frowned at this. "So… what can we do?"

"…. Confront him."

Before Remy could say anything, Kurt grabbed him by the arm and teleported them directly outside David's bedroom door. As Remy got his bearings, Kurt began to hammer on the door.

"David! David, I know you're in zere!"

The only response was the radio inside the room increasing in volume…. Dark Paradise by Lana Del Rey it sounded like.

"Don't try zat with me" Kurt practically screamed, catching the attention of other students along the corridor (who of course, peeked out of their rooms to see what was going on), "Don't ignore me David!"

Sheepishly, Remy glanced around and smiled weakly at all the spectators, shrugging as many of them frowned at the scene.

"David! DAVID!"

"What on earth is going on here?!"

Suddenly, it was as if no-one else had ever been in the corridor, with everyone disappearing into their own rooms when they heard the Professor. Remy took a step back when he saw the annoyance on Charles's face… Kurt however, kept his eyes on the door.

"Kurt. What are you doing?"

There was a brief silence, before Kurt span around and threw his hands into the air, "Ze last time ve locked Legion up, ve did it togezer. Vhat he's doing now, isn't going to help!"

"You've got to let him get on with it alone…. That's what David wanted."

"But it's not helping! He spends all day locked up vith his own thoughts! And Legion has a habit of twisting David's thoughts around…. You said he was locked up last time. Vhat's to stop Legion from coming back and taking advantage of David's isolation."

"That won't happen."

"How do you know?!"

Charles sighed and shook his head. "Because… because I've been reinforcing the mental walls every night. Legion is not coming out any time soon."

"So vhy has David pulled away from us?!"

Another sigh. "Maybe, we should talk about this somewhere a little more… private."

…..

Remy felt as though he was spending half his time in the Professor's office as the door slowly shut behind them. Kurt was still visibly annoyed, but at his Uncle's insistence, he seated himself opposite the man and waited.

"…. David is scared…" began Charles, "… The incident a few weeks ago has made him wary of his own ability to keep Legion at bay."

"So?"

"So…" Charles sighed, "… do you remember what happened when Legion first appeared?"

"… Ja, of course."

"Legion went after friends and family first, because they knew that only David's friends and family could give him the strength to resist their control."

Remy frowned as Kurt seemed to deflate at this statement, "He's trying to protect us…" muttered the German, his tail flicking back and forth as Charles nodded in agreement.

"David saw and experienced everything the last time Legion took over…. He doesn't want to go through it again."

"We're going about this all wrong."

Startled, the three turned their attention to the office doorway to see Eric standing there. Having opened the door silently during their conversation, it was unclear as to how much Eric had heard.

Charles frowned as Eric moved further into the room and closed the door behind him, locking it with a flick of his fingers. "What do you mean, we're going about it all wrong?"

"We should be teaching David how to control Legion, not telling him that he should fear a part of him!"

"Legion cannot be controlled, only locked away."

"You don't know that for sure!"

"And you don't know that Legion can be controlled!"

As Eric and Charles glared at each other, Remy and Kurt found themselves edging away… especially as the metallic objects in the rooms began to shake.

After a few minutes of tension, Eric threw his hands into the air. "Fine. Let David be scared! I'm just saying, that if he knew more about what Legion could do, maybe he would be more inspired to control and master it!"

"WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT LEGION IS CAPABLE OF! MURDER AND DESTRUCTION!"

Charles's cry of outrage could be heard in both the physical world and inside their hands, which only made Remy and Kurt more nervous, continuing to edge away.

Seeming to sense that he'd crossed a line, Eric took a deep breath and headed towards the door, opening it with a flick of his fingers. "Just… think about it Charles. He can't stay in his room forever."

Before Charles could reply, Eric left…. Leaving Kurt and Remy behind to face Charles's annoyance.

"It's not that bloody simple…" Charles groaned, burying his face in his hands, "… It's not that bloody simple."