Clash of the Titans

Being in a plane crash was painful. Amelia had initially been afraid for Charles and Erik –unlike her and the others, they weren't harnessed in. But then she got distracted –crashing plane and all that.

Her body was fighting to tumble along with the motion of the plane but the seatbelts kept jerking her back. The only reason she wasn't screaming was because she couldn't. The jerking of the plane didn't seem to stop Raven though.

It stopped moving. She was upside down but the jet stopped moving. She was alive. She looked around –so was everyone else.

Amelia fumbled with the seatbelts keeping her in place and heard as Charles rushed to Moira. She didn't want anyone to help her –especially not Erik. She was no damsel in distress.

She managed to get herself free. That was a huge mistake. She landed painfully and watched as Erik helped Raven and Alex got himself out. Wait… It was too painful… something wasn't right…

Amelia looked at her right shoulder. It was dislocated. She nearly passed out from the shock but then Hank was there doing another impromptu medical exam.

Hank hesitated. "Amelia, we're going to have to pop this back in place…"

"I know. Just do it."

"I'm not sure if I can… I don't know if I'll be able to temper my strength… I don't want to hurt you."

Erik made his presence known. "I'll do it."

Amelia groaned. "Of course you will."

Hank helped her up and Erik was suddenly very close to her.

He was looking into her eyes. Trying to comfort her and make sure she could take whatever having your shoulder popped back in felt like.

Amelia gave a frustrated sigh. "Let's just get this over with."

Erik positioned his arms on her and then made eye contact again. "This is going to hurt."

She kept her eyes open and her mouth shut. It hurt just as bad as landing –this is what she got for not being able to admit when she needed help. Amelia couldn't help the muffled groan that escaped her throat.

Erik finished fixing her and took a step back. Amelia slumped her shoulders and breathed heavily.

She looked up and everyone was staring at her. "I'm okay…"

It was back to the business at hand –Shaw.

Charles brought them all back to reality. "I read the teleporter's mind. Shaw is drawing all the power out of his sub. He's turning himself into some kind of nuclear bomb."

Moira looked at some instruments in the jet. "We got no time. The Geiger count is going out of control." Everyone had moved toward the windows.

"Moira this is what we're going to do… Get on the radio and tell them to clear the fleets out immediately."

Erik was obvious. "I'm going in." He had to be the one to kill Shaw –no one else would do it.

Charles continued with the plan. "Beast, Havok, back him up. Erik I can guide you through once you're in," Azazel, Angel, and the tornado guy were visible through the windows. "But I need you to shut down whatever it is that's blocking me, then we just hope to God it's not too late for me to stop him."

Erik gave a quick, "Got it" as he rushed out of the plane to join Hank and Alex.

Charles shouted a quick, "Good luck."

Raven and Amelia made to follow but Charles called out to them. "Raven, Amelia –stop!"

They stopped in their tracks and Raven turned to Charles. "I'm going to help them."

"We don't have time for this. If anything comes in that entrance, you're taking care of it, yes?"

Raven was pissed. "Fine."

Charles turned to Amelia. "You're my back up –if anything gets out of my control, I'm going to need you to use your telepathy and help me."

Amelia gave a curt nod and looked out the window. Angel flew off and the tornado guy started another tornado before Alex blasted him. Azazel disappeared but then tried to sneak attack Hank and Alex. The three of them disappeared together in a tangle of body parts.

Amelia was miffed. How convenient –all the girls were out of the fight. There were good reasons –but still. Charles held back Raven purely out of nepotism (however unwanted). Charles didn't want to send Amelia in because of her injury –and he wasn't lying about wanting her as back up. And Moira couldn't go in because she didn't have a mutation –she'd be dead in seconds.

Moira was talking on the radio. "We believe Shaw is trying to detonate some kind of bomb."

Amelia saw as the tornado guy, recovering from Alex's blast, was promptly knocked unconscious again as Erik pulled a hole out of the submarine and made the debris land on him.

Charles was speaking to Erik telepathically but he spoke aloud. "Erik, make for the middle of the vessel. That's the point my mind can't penetrate. We have to assume that's where Shaw is." There was a pause. "That's the nuclear reactor. Disable it." Charles was frustrated now. He started walking. "Erik, you're there. You've reached the void." He was even more frustrated. "What? He's got to be there. He has to be! There's nowhere else he can be. Keep looking." Panic now. "Erik? Erik?" Silence. "He's gone."

Moira was shocked. "What?"

"He's gone into the void! I can't communicate with him there!"

Amelia didn't want to be in the plane anymore. She saw as Sean and Alex landed on the beach. She inched toward the entrance with Raven.

Charles suddenly shouted, "He's back! Erik, whatever you're doing, keep doing it. It's starting to work. It's working! I'm starting to see him, but I can't yet touch his mind."

Amelia saw Angel try to attack Sean and Alex. Alex got her with a blast. Amelia took off running. She couldn't be in the plane anymore. Charles was going to have to deal with Shaw on his own.

Raven called after her but Amelia didn't stop until she reached Sean and Alex. Angel was trying to get up –still trying to fight.

Amelia gave Angel a hard look. "No more fighting."

Angel stopped and then headed for the submarine. Amelia followed her and made sure to tell the same thing to tornado guy.

Alex and Sean headed toward the plane and Amelia caught up with them. Raven and a very tired looking Hank were standing around Azazel –he was fighting unconsciousness but looked ready to get up.

Amelia knelt down toward him. "No more fighting." Azazel blinked and then disappeared. The recruits looked around. Azazel was with Angel and tornado guy by the submarine.

The recruits stood by the plane and the Hellfire Club stood by the submarine. The two groups were waiting. Waiting to see how exactly this would turn out.

Amelia could hear Charles yelling in the distance. But that stopped being important after a moment. Metal was pulled away from the submarine. Erik was alive.

Shaw's dead body floated and then fell. "Today our fighting stops!" He did it. Erik killed Shaw.

Amelia looked up as Erik descended from the sky.

He was a god.