Somewhere new

A/N Hello! I own nothing, it all belongs to wonderful Marvel

Charles directs Moira, map open across his lap. He never had to drive to his mansion when he was little, because he never left. Once they get within 10 miles or so, he won't need this map (and let's face it, he'll get rid of it anyway because it's embarrassing you can't direct someone to your own home without a map) to find his way to the large gravel driveway.

He's quite nervous about what the others are going to say. The mansion is perfect, of course, it secluded, there is plenty of space and a lab for Hank. There's even a bunker where he can train Alex. But he's seen what Erik grew up in, practically the polar opposite to Charles' childhood. If Erik wasn't moody enough already, this is surely going to put him in a bad mood.

In the back of the van, the other mutants watch the green countryside roll past the small window. Raven personally thinks that she should be the one directing Moira, as Charles never went out, but she found her way to the mansion using her instincts. Charles is only up in the front because Moira fancies him.

Lena picks up on this stray thought and frowns. She doesn't know why it should annoy her, but it does.

Raven senses her friends discomfort and looks at her questioningly. She thinks about what Lena could have just seen in her mind, and compares it to what Lena told her in secret the other day.

"Don't worry." She says. "I know Charles, and he doesn't like her that way." Lena smiles, and scans Raven's mental pattern for any hint that she might be lying. She could easily just search Charles' brain to see whether he likes her or not, but she did promise him she wouldn't look in his mind.

Raven tried to make her promise, but then she realised it was pretty pointless trying to ask her to. Lena's telepathic ability is more advanced than Charles', even though it is Charles', and instead of searching for the thoughts, she is tuned to hear them, and they find her.

Raven can tell when she is reading her mind, and so has taken to thinking of cabbage in these moments. This makes Lena smile, and is quite welcoming to her, seeing as most of the time she knows exactly what people think of her, and just seeing images of a small green vegetable.

Another thing stopping her reading Charles' mind is that, as they've been training, he can some times sense her. He couldn't at the beginning, but after he agreed to train her to control her telepathic ability, she helped him conjure shields that can hold her mind back, and tell Charles when she's there. Not only does it make him feel more secure, but also makes him a more formidable weapon against Emma Frost.

Lena was trained by Clint Barton, Hawkeye, one of SHIELDs top agents, so she's been trainer instead of trainee. Raven told her there is a decent gym in the mansion (how big is this place?) so she's promised to help train the other mutants in hand to hand combat. She'll be helped by Moira, something she can tell Moira isn't too pleased about,but it will be fine. Lena's glad to finally have an outlet for all her training. She's a weapon, so to use her powers for good just makes her feel better every day.

Erik looks up when Raven speaks, and shakes his head when he digests what she says.

He recites his most commonly used phrase. "Bloody Telepaths!"

Raven stares at him. "Stop eavesdropping!" She tells him, then goes back to whispering with Lena about nothing in particular.

Aiysha wakes as Charles throws the map back, as it lands on her face. Alex lifts it off, laughing at her bewilderment. She looks up at him. He shifts her hand on his lap slightly, then leans his head against the hard metal side of the truck he was using for a pillow.

Aiysha's sight blurs as she plunges into a vision of what is come. She can't control when this happens, and before her reality in the truck dissaperes, she hopes she doesn't stop breathing like she did last time.

She's on a beach, wet sand beneath her. Moira is shooting at the man she assumes is Shaw, as he's wearing the helmet. Charles is standing behind him, and what surprises Aiysha is that they are wearing matching suits. Aiysha lifts her own arms, and looks down at her yellow jumpsuit, then looks closer at the face of the man deflecting the bullets. Erik. But why is he wearing Shaw's helmet. Does this means they defeat him? That's good, right?

A few feet to her right, she sees Alex, Sean and Raven, also wearing yellow suits. Raven is crying, and keeps looking over at something. Aiysha follows her line of sight, then feels her heart stops as she sees what it is. The body of Lena lies in the sand, blood staining the golden beach. Aiysha wants to go over and try and make some sense out of this, but then something else happens.

A bullet hits Charles, and he gasps. Aiysha feels her grip on this slipping away, the vision is ending. The panicked voice of Alex reaches her, and she sits up, breathing heavily.

She wipes the sweat of her forehead, and looks around her. She's lying on a table, the other surrounding her. Alex looks stressed, and his face relaxes when he sees she is okay.

"Aiysha!" Says Moira. "Are you alright?"

Aiysha nods. Charles appears, and gestures to the others.

"Leave her be. She needs to rest." If she wasn't so scared at the sight of him, knowing what is going to happen to her friend, she would be grateful.

Alex squeezes her hand, then leaves with the others. Only one person is left in the room, and they come to her side immediately.

Aiysha feels tears running down her cheeks as Lena sits beside her. She isn't think of it, Lena is a mind reader. But too late, and Aiysha realises her mistake as Lena freezes, then says,

"Charles." under her breath. Aiysha wants to hug her, tell her everything is going to be okay, but it's not. Lena is going to die.

Lena speaks very quickly.

"Aiysha, listen to me. It is very important that I do something, and I need to do it now. Charles must not know of what is going to happen to me, or to him. Let me set up some walls in your mind, so that he cannot see what you did. The future is dangerous, Aiysha, I'm sure you of all people understand."

Aiysha is astounded by her lack of concern for her own fate, but nods. Charles must not know.

Lena closes her eyes, and a weird feeling penetrates Aiysha's mind, as thought it's being dipped in freezing water.

"I have to go." Lena says. "I'll be back later."

Then she's gone, leaving Aiysha hurt and confused at her ability to block out what Lena must be feeling. She has seen the way she is going to die, and seems to show remorse only for her friend. Aiysha admires that. But it worries her as well.

Lena finds the others investigating the bunker in which Alex is going to train. Charles relaxes a bit when he sees her, as it means Aiysha is fine. He feels compelled to look after these mutants as best he can, so one getting hurt before they start fighting isn't good.

Next Charles and Raven lead the crew up a thin flight of stairs, to a room with white walls. The only furniture is a white stool in the middle. Charles sits on the stall, explaining that this room is for thinking.

Lena's heart stops. Her mind flashes to another white room, smaller, stained with red. She sees the red on this stool, on these walls. She sees things she shouldn't see, things she locked away. The box opens, and the memories fill her with fear.

The walls seem to close in on her, and the room shrinks, red glaring on the white. Her blood stains the walls, the floor, the stool. Loki's voice echoes, taunting her, and she shrieks, holding her hands over her ears, curling into a ball.

"Please!" She whispers, over and over again. "Please don't hurt me. Please!"