Here is another chapter in the life of Magneto…this isn't all smiles and sunshine (you have been warned). Thanks for all my reviews (I'm looking at you psycix).

Anya

The wrench flew into Magnus's hand as he stretched it out, he continued to tighten the nut, he had been practising with his powers recently and found he had great fine motor controls but no real power, he had managed to bring a large sledgehammer to himself before but that was it and even that had greatly taxed him.

"Papa" cried the little voice which sounded like tinkling glass, Magnus smiled as he magnetically pushed himself out from under the vehicle he was working on, the runner he lay on slid perfectly along the frictionless runners as he cleared the vehicle and sat up.

A small girl leapt into the air and sailed into Magnus's arms, he hugged his daughter closely as her smell engulfed him and made him smile more, he loved everything about his daughter, everything was perfect and the fact that she was there made everything they lived through the death camps for worth while.

"Papa!…Momma says you have to come home for dinner" smiled the little girl, as her big brown eyes stared at him, they creased a little at the sides as she smiled as did her fathers.

"Yes fine I'll come as soon as I'm finished" said Magnus as he lowered his daughter to the floor with a kiss to the forehead.

"It won't be ready yet but Momma said 'Your father never can leave those blasted contraptions alone so you best go now'" smiled Anya innocently "Can I stay with you?"

"Of course but only if you help me" smiled Magnus as he slid under the truck he was fixing and asked for a spanner, He had set up the garage about two years before hand, he had no real training but his power seemed to let him see magnetic charges as well and with that he could easily see the way the machine fitted together and worked, fixing cars were easy after all he could probably build one from scrap metal and teaspoons with only a thought.

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Magnus hoisted Anya up onto his shoulders as he locked the door to his work shop and began to walk down the little dirt path that led to their home, the family had moved from their old home shortly after baby Anya was born and set up home outside of town in the middle of a flowery field "I never thought I'd see such beauty" gasped Magda the first time she saw the fields stretched out before her with all the different colours of the ranbow.

"It's ours" said Magnus as he draped a large arm around her and placed the other on his child to be "I bought it from Volchov for a reasonable price" smiled Magnus "We can start a new home for our new family."

Anya laughed and sang a song that Magda had taught her from Magda's homeland, her melodious voice filled Magnus's ears and heart with hope for the future whilst the flowers filled his nostrils with sweet scents that reminded him of his childhood.

"So my little buttercup would you like to go through the fields or down by the stream on the way home?" asked Magnus as he tilted his head up at the little girl who tilted her head down to him.

"Stream" said Anya as she twisted her fathers head playfully towards the direction of the gentle trickle of water which ran near their home.

"You will never pick the fields will you?" asked Magnus to which his daughter shook her head, she loved the water as it ran along her hot skin but it was not only that she loved the sound and the patterns of light it reflected back on her skin.

"Daddy tell me about the Oz Witch again" said Anya as Magnus lowered her shoeless feet into the shallow trickle as he walked hand in hand with her, he and Magda knew it was important that Anya learned about her past but they could not yet spoil her innocence so the death camp Auschwitz became the evil Oz Witch. They had came to the decision on the day that the war ended, Magnus and Magda had heard it on the radio and began to leap around with joy. Magnus had swept Anya into the air and she laughed gleefully until the huge explosion of excitement had died down and Magnus had hugged the two most important things in his life close to him "What's wrong Daddy, you happy and now you sad?" asked Anya as Magnus wiped the tears of joy from his eyes.

"Why do you like that story so much?" asked Magnus as he looked down at her as she splashed through the stream.

"You and Mamma are the heroes fighting the evil Oz Witch" smiled Anya sweetly "Tell me the story again please."

Magnus looked down at her little pleading face and his heart broke with a sigh he began the story, it changed a little with each telling based on Anya's whims of fancy but the main facts remained the same.

"Young Erik grew up surrounded by his family and friends, he was a prince among men. He wasn't your average prince like prince charming or the others in your fairytales but he was a true prince because he loved life and was loved by those around him, little did the happy group know that the evil of the Oz Witch was reaching ever closer to them" Magnus's voice went deep and booming to emphasise the evil of the Oz Witch but Anya just laughed, she knew her father too well to think he was anything other then kind and gentle.

"The Oz Witch had an evil army called the Nasties, they came upon the camp of prince Erik and killed his family, they took the captured prince to the castle of the evil Oz Witch where they locked him in the dungeons, he was so sad or at least he was until he met the beautiful princess Magda. Magda and Erik fell in love as soon as they met but the evil general of the Oz Witch Von Strucker had other plans. He kept the two separate and both of them were sad again but Erik had a secret, a secret that not even princess Magda knew and that's why little Anya you must never tell your mother but he could move metal. Erik burst from his prison" said Magnus as he mimed an explosion "he fought his way up to the highest tower where Magda was imprisoned and they escaped…he took princess Magda to a beautiful land and they had an even more beautiful daughter called princess Anya."

"I like that story and one day I'll finish it because I'm going to go to Oz Witch and fight Von Strucker" said Anya as she climbed out of the stream.

"What?" asked Magnus as he wasn't sure he had just heard that.

"I want to go to Oz Witch" said Anya excitedly as she looked at her father expecting praise for her bravery.

"Never Anya you must never go to Oz Witch castle, we don't tell you this story to give you ideas we tell you this story so if Von Strucker or the Nasties ever return you know to run and hide" said Magnus as he stooped to his daughters level. Anya nodded her understanding and then began to laugh as Magnus tickled her mercilessly.

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"Look I have done the work and you have refused to pay time and time again" said Magnus as he wiped the oil from his hands with a rag and stared at the short fat man.

"Look I'm just having a little trouble getting the money together at the minute, I'll take these cars today and then next time I bring the trucks in for an overhaul I'll pay you for all of them then" said the man who ran a business in another nearby town.

"No" said Magnus as he stared at the man without blinking.

"What do you mean no!" cried the man "These are my cars you can't stop me taking them" said the man as he moved forward.

"Yes I can, I did the work and you will not pay and so now I can take the cars as payment if I wish" said Magnus as he turned away from the man.

A firm hand clamped hard on Magnus's shoulder and turned him back to face the man "The fuehrer was right about you people know your place Jew and give me the keys" ordered the man.

Magnus felt the fires burning inside of himself as his eyes stared directly into the mans soul, he shifted uncomfortably as Magnus continued to stare but he didn't budge or even remove the hatred from his face.

"What did you say?" asked Magnus with a growl, the tattoo of numbers on his forearm burnt painfully as he clenched his fists.

"I said you Jews should know your place" growled the man back as his fists clenched, Magnus growled lower as he began to feel a migraine coming on. The man went pale and began to back up slightly "You know what you're right keep the cars, I'm sorry…please don't hurt me" cried the man.

Magnus turned as something shot past his head behind him a monster stood, it was made from spare parts and the cars which had been lying around the workshop and its exhaust pipe arms were beginning to wind round the man. Magnus's heart suddenly stopped as he saw the monster and it instantly collapsed to the floor. Magnus turned to see the man scurrying out of the door as fast as his legs could take him, Magnus thought for a second before locking up the garage for the day "I just need a walk to clear my head" he thought to himself as he walked towards the stream.

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Magnus walked down the long path towards his home, the sun had set about an hour before hand and he had finally put his demons to rest, his head titled upwards quickly as a faint wisp of smoke reached his nostrils. "Fire!" the words raced through his mind faster then he raced through the field, he came into eye sight of the house which was surrounded by a great crowd some of which held flaming torches. Magda was amongst the crowd, her face was bleeding.

"Magnus what are they talking about a demon" she cried as she stumbled to his arms "they wouldn't listen…they set fire to the house…Anya is in there!"

As soon as the words left her lips Magnus surged forward only to be hit on the side of the head by a huge piece of wood which drove him to the floor, boots started to land all over Magnus's body, he flinched in pain as the boots continued to fire into him, the heat of the flames and the smell of the smoke added to the yells of the crowd meaning he couldn't concentrate on what he was doing, he couldn't focus enough to use his powers.

"Help me!" screamed Anya from the window of the house as she coughed from the smoke "Please Daddy help me!" screamed the little girl as she toppled backwards to the floor still coughing, the house suddenly exploded as the fire hit the gas tank used to prepare meals and cook the meals.

The sound of his daughters voice and the explosion seemed to flip a switch in Magnus, his eyes went to pin pricks as blood flowed from his nose, his mouth, his ears and his eye sockets. He gulped back the pain as he seemed to fly to his feet, the blows from the crowd continued to fire in on him but he couldn't even feel them, he couldn't even see the people now to him they were nothing more then a pattern of metal and magnetic waves.

His fist clenched and the crowd dropped to their feet holding their throats, he thrust one hand into the air causing some of the crowd to fly into the air and explode showering the crowd with blood. The blood rained down on Magnus like a baptism his eyes hardened as he began to methodically rip the crowd apart. Limbs flew through out the air as well as a fine paste which was all that remained of some people as he destroyed them in a fit of rage.

He strode angrily towards the last of the crowd who was in him late teens, the boy scurried away but Magnus held him firmly in place "No please" begged the boy as Magnus ended his life with a single thought.

Magnus turned to stare at the smouldering ashes of his house, next to it stood Magda as she held the singed doll that had belonged to Anya. "Magda" began Magnus before she turned to him with teary eyes and a face like thunder.

"What are you?" asked Magda as she stared at him full of hate.

"I don't know…some sort of mutant or something" said Magnus as he wiped the blood from his face ad approached his wife.

"No…you're a monster" cried his wife "You could have saved her…you could have at least tried but no you had to have revenge, you're just as bad as them…you're just as bad as the Nazi's" cried Magda.

"Please Magda…no" said Magnus as he reached for her and she moved away.

"Please Magnus I love you but I need time, please don't make this hard…just let me leave" said Magda as she hung her head and began to walk away from her husband.

Magnus went to speak but stopped, he stood in the dark night as Magda walked away. He had had it all but lost it and now he was alone again.

To Be Continued…

That's it for this week but be sure to read the next addition as our favourite bald psychic turns up in Magnus's life.