Turmoil

Ch. 1

Charles bolted upright screaming and fidgeting knocking both him and Raven out of the tiny bed waking up Raven who looked angry then worried as she turned to Charles and saw him as white as a ghost

"Charles," Raven asked looking worried "You ok?" it took him a second to organize his thoughts into sentence so he simply replied

"I'm fine, just a nightmare, probably due to nerves…" Raven accepted this answer and stood up to leave but not before turning around to say one last thing

"Just remember, we're on a boat so just take it easy." with that she left to get ready. In all honesty he couldn't think of what had awoke him, sure he didn't like boats but that wasn't the reason but what was? After thinking over it for awhile he decided it must've been another persons feeling he had absorbed so he stood up and went to change, but not before he spun around because he had the feeling someone was watching him.

"Adrian!" Erik yelled in frustration upon realizing the boy had brought with him another useless women that night. The two of them had been working together ever since that night combining their powers and achieving their revenge,

"This is getting ridiculous!" Erik thought to himself, the boy was with a different person every night only to abandon them the next morning.

"Morning Erik," Adrian came dashing down the stairs dressed and ready.

"Adrian," he sighed "one day your going to end up with some disease that even you can't heal from.." Adrian just laughed the same laugh he had been laughing for years now, although he knew the circumstances of Adrian's' inability to age still freaked him out. But who was he to complain for Adrian had been doing the same for Erik himself. He noted that he should look like some 40 year old man if not for Adrian's healing which kept him looking near 30 years old. In truth the power that the boy possessed disturbed Erik a bit, it was the ability to manipulate the matter surrounding them. It was so similar to Shaw's and yet different at the same time, because Adrian would always avoid destroying anything and only allowed himself to create.

"Erik, are you ready for this?" Adrian's concerned voice called out, drawing Erik from his thoughts, he only gave a nod and the two set out to hopefully complete the task ahead.

Charles heard the cry of frustration it startled him as the voice pushed through his mental barriers he could only grab onto that and hold on hoping for an insight into the events transpiring on the yacht. Then everyone on the ship froze as a gigantic anchor began to crash and tear the boat to pieces. Then the anchor fell and he sensed a disturbance in this mutants mind all he could do was turn and look at Raven and say "He's dying." With that he ignored the screams and drove into the ocean below. Using his telepathy he found the man being dragged by a the very sub he was trying to stop. Desperately he grabbed hold of the man and began speaking to him mentally

"My friend you must let go, or we will die!" The man was startled Charles could easily tell by the mad shuffle of his thoughts

"What.. the?" was all his mind could think of before Charles began talking mentally to him again

"Erik! you must let go otherwise your goal will never be achieved…" the man now know to Charles as Erik saw the truth in his words and released his hold on the sub and the two began to swim towards the surface. When they broke the surface of the water they little to do but float so Charles decided it was time to introduce himself

"Hello, my name is Charles Xavier…" he paused hoping for some sort of response he wasn't disappointed for the man replied

"and I am Erik Lensheer." Charles was surprised at the calmness of his voice in comparison to the mans chaotic mind but who was he to judge. "I thought that he and I were the only ones…" Erik seemed to be thinking more to himself rather than to Charles but he still felt the need to reply

"No, my friend you are not." The two floated next to each other in silence for awhile Charles was beginning to feel the negative affects of the cold "S…S..Sure is cold in the water." he said failing at his attempt to seem unaffected Erik turned to look at him before replying

"I know a person who can help us." he quickly began to focus himself drawing what power he had left. Charles could feel the concentration rolling off him like the wave in ocean before hearing a loud rip of metal some distance off then in his head he heard the screams of a young man currently hurling right towards him and Erik's location. The boy landed not 10 yards from the two's location with a sickening crack. Horrified for a moment Charles began paddling towards the floating un-moving body. Laying a hand on the boys back he turned to Erik in a fury about to yell but then he felt movement beneath his hand. He turned back around to see the young man shifting and moving, the sight nearly made charles puke as he heard the bones snapping properly back into place.

"Verdammt, was für ein Weg zu einer neuen Person, Gott Erik treffen!" he exclaimed

Erik just gave the boy a glare as he swam towards Charles and the stranger he was trying to help.

"Adrian, quit over-reacting your fine." Erik said in a bored tone "Now please heat up this water for we are all freezing." Charles could sense Adrian's frustration at being ordered around, but he complied and the water began feeling much warmer.

"So," Adrian stated facing Charles although he couldn't see him "we are at an awkward moment for you know my name yet I do not yours." He was attempting to keep his tone light Charles could tell but he could sense the tension rolling off both Erik and Adrian like waves, Charles was saved from having to speak by Erik who answered for him

"His name is Charles, Adrian you need not know more." Adrian scoffed at this and they all resumed the awkward silence. Charles decided to take a stab at conversation

"So you two appear to be from Germany if I had to guess."

"Then your guess is correct." Adrian answered Erik simply nodded. They sat in silence until Charles ventured another question

"So, Adrian what is your mutation?" as he expected Adrian's shoulders tensed as he tentatively answered

"I can manipulate nearly everything around me… I can heal any illness, injury, even defy aging…." Erik nudged him to get him to stop before he spilled far to much. Charles was about to question further when he heard the sounds of boats approaching. Attempting a stab at humor Charles re-opened his mouth

"So looks like we're saved" Erik and Adrian just stared at him as though he was crazy. "This is going to be tough" Charles thought to himself.