AN: I can't think of much to say...uhh there is bunch of UST for Alex/Sean this chapter...and lots of Charles teasing and him being moody. Uh..yup that's all I believe. Anyways yeah. The other author will...edit this I forget anything I'm just really tired for some reason. Enjoy! Oh and sorry this is a shorter chapter but...I didn't feel like adding much.
By the time Charles and Erik had finally made it downstairs everyone was almost done eating.
"Oh, good morning everyone," Charles was the first to speak. "I see that we handled ourselves okay without any... well too much damage."
He had changed his mind when he saw the broken chair in the corner. Charles jumped slightly when a plate of food was shoved into his hands by Riptide.
He blinked, "Uh... thank you."
No problem, but I'm not doing it again."
Charles wondered how much trouble the children really where when he sat down next to his sister. He poked his eggs a few times with his fork and began eating. Riptide had done the same thing to Erik and then disappeared out into the living room.
Raven was amazed at how intent her brother was on acting like it a normal morning, like he hadn't just had shower sex with Erik. Like they were all five and thought that the moaning meant there was a ghost in the house. Erik was grinning like a loon as he sat down with them.
"Have fun in the shower?" She asked, arching an eyebrow at Charles.
He choked on his toast a little bit and sent a glare over to his sister, "Not funny Raven."
"I think it's hilarious," said Alex finishing off his drink.
Sean whimpered and cover his ears again, "Lalalalala I am not part of this conversation~"
"You are all extremely mature," Charles said sarcastically. "Can we eat breakfast instead of poking fun at my sex life?"
He grumbled, face completely red, and elbowed Erik in the side for the stupid grin on his face.
You're encouraging them looking like that - now eat.
Alex snorted, "But you make it so easy, Prof!"
"I agree with the Professor. Let's stop. This is like talking about our parents dude," Sean whined.
Charles raised an eyebrow and Banshee, eventually getting tired of Alex and his... Alex-ness, fled the room after Riptide. He sighed and gave his sister and irritable glare.
Did you really have to start that?
He swore he expected better of her, but then Raven was Raven and she acting a bit rebellious lately. Another thing he could thank Erik for.
Erik refrained from laughing out loud and wiped the grin off his face. As tempting as it was to help Raven and Alex patronize Charles and traumatize Sean, he figured it wouldn't be a great idea if he wanted it happen again in the near future.
"Start what, Charles? I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about, I was only asking a question." Raven said innocently, batting her eyes for effect.
Erik's poker face cracked, and he fake coughed in a weak attempt to disguise his laughter. Hank and Armando were flat out howling with laughter at this point. Raven chuckled.
"You don't have to be so embarrassed about it, it's not some huge secret. Believe it or not none of us believe the stork story anymore." Raven said.
Charles pouted, Oh shut up Erik - it isn't a decent thing to talk about anyways. Oh good morning everyone, I just got done fucking my boyfriend in the bathroom.
Also, he blushed again, you could of told me if I was being loud!
Nonsense, Charles, your sex life is always a decent thing to talk about. Perfect for dinner conversation. Banshee's favorite topic. Erik thought. And I'll mention it next time, okay?
There will be no sex life if you keep this up, Charles thought back, still a little red.
I'm sorry, you're just so fun to tease.
"Nothing Raven," he grumbled in his cup. "Nothing at all.
Charles rolled his eyes and stood up to put his plate in the sink, "Well since you all have the free time to be giggling I think we should start some training."
"What do you think we should start with?" he said with a smile as Alex groaned and hit his head on the table. "Besides since we have some new... members to the house hold, I'm sure we could pair you off in partners or something."
Sean screamed in from the other room, "I call not working with Alex!"
"Hey, well I don't like you either, brat!" Havok screamed back.
"I think that it would be a good idea for you two to practice fighting together." Erik said, looking at Alex and Sean. "Or at least fighting against each other, either one prepares you. Raven could you partner up with Angel? I don't think she's too pleased with me or Charles right now. Riptide, you want to start with us?"
Sean stuck his tongue out at Erik, "Whatever, dude."
"You're just afraid of getting your ass kicked, Sean," Alex snickered.
"Language," Charles corrected him half-heartily.
Banshee glared at the older boy, "You won't be able to even catch me."
As the two continued to bicker back and forth out the door, Charles gave a deep sigh. Riptide seemed to shrug and waited from them to lead the way.
The telepathic looked back at his other students, "Beast, Darwin - will you two be joining or staying inside with Azazel?"
"I'm going to work on getting cerebro up and running again, Professor." Hank said, getting up from his seat and heading to his lab.
Charles just pouted slightly in Erik's direction and called after Hank, "Alright - good luck! But do make sure you stop out here for lunch, I get tired of you locking yourself in that lab all day!"
"I'll, erm, keep Azazel company then." Darwin said, looking at Azazel a little nervously.
"Actually, Azazel, you could do some training if you wanted to. What do you want to do, target practice in an enclosed space? Or we could go outside and see just how much destruction you can cause." Erik grinned.
When he turned around to watch Erik and Azazel's exchange the other mutant tugged on his hand.
Do you have insurance on this place? Riptide sent him the thought.
Charles gave him a confused look, which turned into a worried one when Azazel answered that going outside would be 'fine by him', along with the dangerous smirk on his face. He then snuck a quick glare at Erik and went to follow the former Hell Fire member out the door.
He knew this was going to be a long day.
When they arrived, Alex and Sean were already chasing and screaming at each other. Banshee was up in the air and Havok sending fire from above.
Charles correct himself- an extremely long day.
Erik frowned at the glare from Azazel, boy was he in trouble with them… he followed Charles outside, who seemed exasperated at the sight of Alex and Sean fighting. And no wonder, they were doing it all wrong.
"You've got to aim better than that, Alex! Shoot for where he's going to be, not where is he is. Sean, don't let your guard down, keep your movements erratic!" Erik shouted at the two.
"Yes yes, that's all very good for fighting an enemy, but the two of them are on same side." He shouted up, "Don't you two dare cause any severe injurious or you're both in major trouble!"
He grumbled rubbing his temple, "When I meant teaming up, I was planning on having them strategize how to work their powers together. But it's not like we could get them to settle down and stop from the looks of it."
"It didn't matter too much we'll try next time, let them have at it," he finished with a sigh and focused on the others.
Charles look from Riptide, to Azazel, and finally to Darwin, "You are supposed to...naturally adapt - so I'll leave you and Azazel to...explore that, I guess. Please refrain from damaging each other or anything that's around you."
He said looking more at Azazel than anyone else, who just flashed him a grin. Charles pulled Riptide and Magneto away from the others and stoped when they reached a small open area.
"Both of you rely on your powers," he started and then gave a smirk. "How about trying to fight without them?"
I don't do that much hand-to-hand combat, Riptide answered.
Charles shrugged, that's the point.
Does he know much? I don't think it's fair if he does, he replied stubbornly - reminding Charles of the children.
I don't know really, he sent truthfully.
Janos gave him a look and turned to Erik for an reaction.
"Well, I don't see what the point is, this would never come in handy, we'll always have our powers, but I'm game if you are." Erik said then nodded at Janos.
"Never, Erik? Let's just assume we have an enemy who know what you're capable of. This person might find a way to get you into a room without any metal, what would you do then? You would have to fight like a normal person would assumingly." Charles pointed out and stepped back to let them try.
Erik did know how to fight somewhat, but it had been ages since he'd done it. Using his powers was just simpler and it saved time. Perhaps Charles had a point about the whole relying on powers thing…
Riptide bit his lip making the sacrifice, and throwing the first punch at Erik's right shoulder. Charles turned to the girls who were standing behind him.
Erik opened his mouth to reply to Charles but was taken aback by Riptide's attack. Riptide was definitely strong, it hurt. It had been too long since he'd gotten in an actual fist fight. Well, unlike most times, he was at least sober right now. He quickly pushed everything from his mind and focused on fighting. Erik grabbed Riptide's hand so he couldn't retaliate and threw a punch of his own.
"I was thinking, my friends, that Angel as you see what I was pointing out before- your wing is injured therefore you cannot use your mutation. Which proves my point that we cannot always rely on powers. If you and Raven wouldn't mind... sparing a little- that's my suggestion." He babbled off an explanation even though the girls understood what he wanted them to do before he started to do so.
Charles pointed out an area a little further away from Janos and Erik, and then turned to check on all the boys behind him - scanning the area for where Sean and Alex ran off too. He hoped they weren't causing too much trouble.
Angel and Raven walked over to the area that Charles pointed out. They watched Erik and Riptide fighting until Angel broke the silence.
"I hope Janos gives him two black eyes." She practically growled.
"That's a little harsh, don't you think?" Raven said, wincing at the furious tone in Angel's voice.
"No. He shouldn't have stayed here. He was supposed to leave with us. It's not fair of him to keep the rest of us here so that he can go and play Romeo."
"Well… Don't take this the wrong way, Angel, I like you, but you don't have to be here."
"I know, and I've got half a mind to just leave once my wing heals up. I'm pretty sure Riptide and Azazel would come with me. You should come with us, too, Raven. Professor Xavier will insist that humans and mutants can coexist as they burn him at the stake for being a 'freak'. This is hopeless and going nowhere. You understand that, don't you?"
Raven sighed, "Yes, I do. I agree with you and Erik. But I'm also not angry at him for sticking with Charles. I'm a little grateful, actually, becoming my brother's enemy wasn't exactly something I was looking forward to. He gets on my nerves, sure, but I don't have to choose now. And I've realized that I really don't want to go as much as I thought."
"Regardless, consider it." Angel pushed.
"Okay, I will. But let's start, before Charles sees that we're not doing anything." Raven said, then added after a beat, "Not that I think he'd say anything. He's scared of you when you're mad, you know that?" She laughed.
"I know." Angel said smugly. "You first."
Raven started it off with a kick that Angel dodged, who then landed on a punch on Raven. Raven staggered for a moment, being caught off balance, before jumping in with a flurry of punches.
Charles was around the corner and there was still no sign of the boys. Azazel and Darwin were...pretty into their battle and were already slightly bruised up from head-to-toe. Even with that they seemed keen on keeping up with each other, and Charles decided it was okay since the blood only went as far as a few scratches. That was something he could deal with. Really the pair he was most worried about was Havok and Banshee.
Knowing how edgy his boys were... they were most likely burning down the forest and deafening all the forest animals. Along with shattering windows with Sean's voice, setting parts of the house a flame, and various other things that Charles dreaded thinking about. He shook his head and hopped along on the search. Briefly the professor thought about checking on Hank, but he decided it against it. They hadn't been out here too long and much as Charles was looking forward to the rebuilding of cerebro he was sure he wouldn't be that much of a help right now. Quietly he trailed his hand down to his stomach, pausing for a moment.
Really, Charles knew he wouldn't be much help to anyone... once his child started growing. He gave a shiver at the thought- whether it was from fear or excitement he didn't know, but it was most likely both -and turned his attention to the sound of a distance crash. Quickly Charles went around another corner to see one of the bushes on fire and a top floor window shattered. He groaned and ran forward to Alex who was looking curiously up at it.
"Hey Sean! You alive buddy?" he called up, jumping when the telepath came up next to him. "Oh, hi professor."
Banshee stumbled to his feet and looked down from the window, some blood running down his face, "Fuck you, Summers!"
Charles looked alarmed, "S-Sean, stay where you are! I'll be there in a moment!"
"Chill Prof I'm compl-" he stumbled and caught himself. "Completely fine."
Alex gave a sheepish grin and followed Charles till the older man stopped him, forcibly trying to turn him around.
"Whoa whoa - I know you're mad about the whole thing, but I want to hel- HOLY SHIT FIRE!" he jumped at the sight.
Charles snorted and pushed him back the other way, "It's just a bush, but please put it out before it gets worse. I'm going to go check on Sean."
"Uh...alright," Alex answered, but Charles was already gone by the time he looked back.
The telepath made his way inside quickly as he could, ignoring the confused looks from Azazel and Darwin when he brushed them off before they were going to ask him something. He opened the door to the room Sean had crashed through- thankfully a guest room. It would be a hassle if he managed to get someone's room that was already being used. Banshee waved his one hand carelessly and held his head with the other as he sat on the floor.
"I thought I told you two to be careful!" Charles snapped, kneeling down.
Sean whined, "We totally were Prof, and stop fussing dude, it's nothing."
"Do not 'it's nothing' me Sean, you're bleeding all over the place! You crashed through a window!"
"Well... it's better than hitting a wall, right?"
Charles rolled his eyes and called for Hank, Sorry to bug you but could you grab the emergency kit from the lab and meet me upstairs in the forth room, the door should be open. Sean decided to come in head first through the room's window.
Hank jumped when Charles suddenly contacted him, jolting him out of his thoughts, and he accidentally knocked a stack of papers off the table. He swore softly, going straight for the first aid kit. He could pick up the papers later, the injuries could be serious. Probably not life or death, though, if Alex had something to do with it, which Hank was almost positive that he did. As much as the two bickered he really didn't think that they'd actually seriously injure each other… on purpose, anyways.
After pushing aside a pile of test tubes Hank located the first aid kit and rushed across the room, doing a dance to avoid leaving stepping on the scattered papers. Hank couldn't stand wrinkles on his papers, they had to be spotless.
He rushed up the stairs and flew into the room.
"Is Sean okay?" he asked anxiously, handing Charles the first aid kit.
"I think I'm perfectly fine - ow!" he jumped when Charles pressed a gauze to the wound.
The telepath grumbled under his breath for a moment, "I'm sure he won't die, from this at least. But, thank you for responding so quickly Hank. Would you mind maybe checking if Alex got the fire out? If not, go fetch Erik to help him, and you may return to the lab."
"Another fire? Seriously?" Hank rolled his eyes. He scurried out of the room to find Alex when Charles got angry, he didn't want to be caught in the crossfire. Well, Charles was supposed to be a little grouchy at this stage, so that was probably it.
Banshee wiggled around and whined as Charles cleaned him up. For as much as he previously insisted he was okay, he whimpered like a baby the whole time. It was getting irritating to Charles, who really didn't feel like putting up with much today for some reason.
"If you would of listened to me, you wouldn't have to put up with this," he growled.
Sean blinked, startled by the tone, "S-sorry? Don't get pissed at me, we really didn't mean to!"
Charles snorted as he finished removing a few pieces of glass that got stuck in Sean's skin. His stomach churned at the smell of blood. Quickly he grabbed Banshee's hand and dragged him to the bathroom a couple rooms down and shoved him into a sitting position. Charles washed his hands and got a wet rag to wipe off all the blood. Which started Sean's fidgeting all over again, until a fierce glare from Charles got him to stop.
Hank found a fire extinguisher, something that had become a commonplace item with Alex's antics. Charles had bought a ton of them just in case. Then exited the house and found Erik, who to his alarm was in a fight with Janos, they were both throwing punches rapidly. A little while off Raven and Angel were also engaged in a fight. This was not good, he had to separate them.
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