He gave a slight bow. "Naturally."
"Let me get this straight. You would kill your own brother and sister-in- law, and nieces, just because they stopped working for you?"
"Oh no! There's so much more to it than that. If you'd just hear me out, I could tell you why I did it. I didn't want to, and I did it with such a heavy heart."
I interrupted once again, and indicated all of Magneto's little henchmen. "How gullible are these people that they buy into all your bull? You have no remorse whatsoever over what you did to our parents, or to us!"
"Now, don't be so hasty! Whatever makes you say that?"
"You laughed." I narrowed my eyes at him. "You laughed when you killed them. And you laughed as you tried to kill us!" Between the two of us, Gwen and I were able to recall every gruesome detail of what had happened: All the sounds, the sights, even the smells.
Then suddenly, Randy spoke up, but it didn't sound like Randy. "Let the young ones go, Eric." Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. He looked different somehow. All the confusion on his face was gone, and there was something in his eyes that just.well, he didn't seem to be himself. That's the best way I can describe it.
Magneto looked at him for a moment and looked around for something. "Come now, Charles, they're my concern, not yours." he called to no one.
"What do you want with them?"
Rina, it's me, came the voice of Professor Xavier in my head. Listen! Don't try to fight him. Try to stay calm. Keep control! We'll be there in a moment to get you out of there.
I tried to say something back, but he was gone. However, in my attempt to open my mind to him, the spirits of my mom and dad, which filled the clearing flooded into my head. Then I knew what we had to do.
I stopped listening to what Randy and Magneto were saying to each other and focused on Gwen, and explained my plan to her telepathically.
It's a long shot, but I'm not coming up with anything better.
I needed to work my arm free. While I was struggling, Xavier and his team showed up, with some new faces that I had never seen before as well as Kurt, Kitty, and Jean.
Jean obviously saw me struggling. She looked right at me and placed her fingertips on her temples. I saw that both she and Magneto were struggling. They were fighting each other. He was trying to keep me pinned while she tried to pull the metal off of me. Eventually, she managed to get it barely loose enough for just long enough for me to pull me right arm free. She fell to her knees and the metal snapped right back into place. But I had what I needed: a free hand.
I reached over, hoping that no one would notice, and laid my free hand on the metal that held Gwen to the tree. I focused my mind on my goal and became oblivious to everything else. I pushed all words but one out of my mind: heat. I imagined the red-hot coals around a campfire, and the crimson glow of a hot branding iron. I felt the heat in my hands as I heated the metal, and signaled Gwen. NOW!
"Let me get this straight. You would kill your own brother and sister-in- law, and nieces, just because they stopped working for you?"
"Oh no! There's so much more to it than that. If you'd just hear me out, I could tell you why I did it. I didn't want to, and I did it with such a heavy heart."
I interrupted once again, and indicated all of Magneto's little henchmen. "How gullible are these people that they buy into all your bull? You have no remorse whatsoever over what you did to our parents, or to us!"
"Now, don't be so hasty! Whatever makes you say that?"
"You laughed." I narrowed my eyes at him. "You laughed when you killed them. And you laughed as you tried to kill us!" Between the two of us, Gwen and I were able to recall every gruesome detail of what had happened: All the sounds, the sights, even the smells.
Then suddenly, Randy spoke up, but it didn't sound like Randy. "Let the young ones go, Eric." Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at him. He looked different somehow. All the confusion on his face was gone, and there was something in his eyes that just.well, he didn't seem to be himself. That's the best way I can describe it.
Magneto looked at him for a moment and looked around for something. "Come now, Charles, they're my concern, not yours." he called to no one.
"What do you want with them?"
Rina, it's me, came the voice of Professor Xavier in my head. Listen! Don't try to fight him. Try to stay calm. Keep control! We'll be there in a moment to get you out of there.
I tried to say something back, but he was gone. However, in my attempt to open my mind to him, the spirits of my mom and dad, which filled the clearing flooded into my head. Then I knew what we had to do.
I stopped listening to what Randy and Magneto were saying to each other and focused on Gwen, and explained my plan to her telepathically.
It's a long shot, but I'm not coming up with anything better.
I needed to work my arm free. While I was struggling, Xavier and his team showed up, with some new faces that I had never seen before as well as Kurt, Kitty, and Jean.
Jean obviously saw me struggling. She looked right at me and placed her fingertips on her temples. I saw that both she and Magneto were struggling. They were fighting each other. He was trying to keep me pinned while she tried to pull the metal off of me. Eventually, she managed to get it barely loose enough for just long enough for me to pull me right arm free. She fell to her knees and the metal snapped right back into place. But I had what I needed: a free hand.
I reached over, hoping that no one would notice, and laid my free hand on the metal that held Gwen to the tree. I focused my mind on my goal and became oblivious to everything else. I pushed all words but one out of my mind: heat. I imagined the red-hot coals around a campfire, and the crimson glow of a hot branding iron. I felt the heat in my hands as I heated the metal, and signaled Gwen. NOW!