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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David focused on the light above his head, barely blinking as he clicked his fingers, switching the light on and off as he did so.
If anyone was watching from the outside, they would have seen the light come on and off, as though there was an electrical shortage.
Legion was still battling at his cage… although not as much as he had been a few days ago.
Everything was fine… until he realised that objects were flying around his room.
"No, no, no…" he whispered, pushing himself to his feet as he watched the objects fly around, "…. No, stop it! Please stop it!"
Nothing.
"STOP IT!"
…
"You heard what de Professor said…" Remy sighed, watching as Kurt paced his bedroom floor, "…. We need to give him space."
"It doesn't mean I have to like it!"
"… Why don't we continue watchin' de movie mon ami?"
Remy was trying to watch the second Star Wars film, but Kurt's endless pacing was driving him insane.
A few more moments of silence passed, before the pair heard a lout shouting coming from the room next door.
"STOP IT!"
Kurt didn't even hesitate, grabbing Remy's hand and teleporting into the room next door, only for a copy of the first Harry Potter book to strike him in the forehead.
"Scheisse!" he yelped, pressing his head against his sore forehead, as he and Remy plastered themselves against the bedroom wall, their eyes wide as they watched the room practically coming apart.
David was knelt on the bed, hunched over on his knees with his ears covered and his eyes tightly squeezed shut.
"David!" Kurt yelled, trying to catch his cousin's attention, "David! You need to calm down!"
Glancing up at them for a brief moment, David's eyes widened. "You need to get out of here!" he screamed, "GET OUT!"
Before Kurt could say anything, Remy shook his head, "We're not leavin' you mon ami, you don't need to protect us!"
"GET OUT!"
Kurt and Remy turned to one another in unison, before Kurt grabbed his friend's hand and teleported them both to the bed, re-appearing next to David.
"Please don't shut us out David…" Kurt whispered, wrapping his arms around his cousin in an attempt to calm him down, "… we're not going anywhere."
There was no answer from the telepath and when the pair tried to catch David's eye, they could see that they were glazed over.
David was trapped in his own mind.
"Is it Legion?" Remy asked, his voice tinged with pain, "Is he winning?"
"I don't know! I don't know! David please! We're here!"
It took a few moments before David seemed to come back to himself, taking a deep breath. "Go away…" he growled, "… leave me alone and go away!"
"We're not leaving you alone mon ami!"
"I need to be alone! Stay away and then you'll be safe! Just STAY AWAY!"
Kurt and Remy glanced at each other, before Kurt tightened his grip around his cousin. "You'll have to force us away."
"W-what?!"
"Your cousin is right mon ami…" Remy answered, tightening his own grip, "… you will have to force us to leave!"
"Control him David! You're stronger than him and you know it!"
"No, I'm not!"
"Yes, you can! We know you can!"
"I'll never be free! He's too strong, I can't control him!"
Kurt tried to force David to look him in the eyes, but to no avail. David just tugged his face away and continued to try and push them away. "You're only making it worse!"
"Don't panic!"
SO MUCH DELICIOUS FEAR.
Legion's voice caused the other two to startle, but they remained strong.
"We can do dis together mon ami!"
YOU CAN'T STOP ME!
"You can do it!"
"Don't let him win David!"
"Stop him!"
"I CAN'T!"
With this final scream, everything that was swirling around the room, suddenly picked up speed before slamming against the walls and door, and smashing through the windows.
And then everything was still.
Cautiously, Remy re-opened his eyes (having closed them when the items picked up speed), and winced at the destruction all around them. He then glanced at Kurt, who was staring down at David.
"Is it over?"
Kurt slowly nodded, rolling David (who was either asleep or unconscious) onto his back, "I zink so… Legion doesn't sleep, not like this."
"…What if it's a trap?"
Kurt was silent for a few moments, before he took a deep breath. "Ve vill have to take zat chance…. Check his eyes."
"What?"
"Vhen Legion is in control, David's eyes are red instead of blue… ve need to check zem."
Cautiously, Remy reached out and gently lifted up one of David's eyelids up and away from his eye.
Blue… the eye was blue.
"I t'ink we are safe…" he sighed in relief, "… We're safe."
"Danke Gott!" Kurt collapsed onto the bed, and throwing his tail over his eyes, "Danke Gott."
"What should we do now?"
Kurt just yawned, curling up into a ball.
"Kurt?"
Silence.
When Remy looked over, he rolled his eyes…. Kurt was already fast asleep, his tail now curled around David's wrist. "Fine…" the Cajun grumbled, lying down on the other side of David, "… I guess we're sleepin' here tonight then."
He may have grumbled, but honestly… he was sleep within seconds.
….
"I find him anywhere…" Azazrel sighed, folding his arms over his chest as he walked beside Charles, "… we were meant to have a training session this morning, but he never showed up… and he always shows up."
Charles frowned, "That is indeed concerning. Kurt is usually very punctual… have you tried his room?"
"Da."
"And Remy's room?"
"The new kid's? Da."
"And nothing?"
Azazrel nodded, causing Charles to frown. "Then I can only think of one more place they could be…. Could you please teleport us into David's room?"
The teleporter clearly didn't want to, having heard the rumours about the re-appearance of Legion, but he gently took a hold of Charles and his wheelchair before BAMFing them into the room…. Where they stopped in surprise.
Curled up on the largish bed, were the three teens.
David was in the middle, one arm wrapped around Remy and legs over Kurts'. Kurt was on his right side, his tail reaching over David and curling around Remy's hand as his other hand gripped David's t-shirt. Remy, was on the other side of David, one arm under David's head as the other hand gently squeezed the tail that was wrapped around it.
Cautiously, Charles reached out to David's mind, quickly checking the walls that kept Legion at bay.
Nothing.
No cracks, scratches or dents.
Legion had finally been fully contained… for now.
"I think we should let them sleep…" Charles eventually decided, a warm smile on his face, "… Everything is going to be alright now."
"How can you be so sure?"
Charles just smiled mysteriously and slowly started to wheel himself out of the room, allowing himself one last look at the three boys, before leaving the room.
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David stirred weakly, lazily batting at whatever was batting at his cheek.
Pat
Pat
Pat
"Piss off…" he muttered, batting at whatever was hitting him again…. and then he grabbed it, "…AHA!"
"ARGH!"
There was a popping sound and the smell of sulphur as David suddenly found himself lying on a hard surface, his hand gripping Kurt's tail (which was struggling to get free) and the other, twisted in Remy's t-shirt.
"So nice you could join us boys."
David wearily glanced over, his eyes lidded as his Dad smirked at him.
"Why don't I let you boys get changed and then we can have a talk?