Clara felt like she barely let the words come out of her mouth before she even knew what was happening to her. One second she was facing Peter with the pyramid behind him, the next she was standing high up in front of some magnetic shield. She bent down as she felt like the insides of her body were about to come up to her mouth and just display their contents everywhere in front of her. Her head almost felt like it was spinning as she didn't know which was better to either close her eyes or not. After taking a few slow breaths, she slowly straightened herself up and let out a sigh before opening her eyes, she noticed that Mystique was no longer on the platform which meant that Peter had switched them out so one of them was still fighting.

In the center of the magnetic field was Erik, levitating himself with his eyes closed, sensing out metal from as far as he could reach. He seemed at peace now but she knew it wasn't what was displayed on his face that counted but actually what was going on in his mind. Being this close to him after all these years felt almost like nothing as her heart fluttered and tears formed in her eyes. Clara reached out and placed her hand on the metal but noticed it felt like a round ball as she tried to push her way in.

"The magnetic field is too strong" Peter told her, "I couldn't get us in there"

"Erik!" Clara yelled out.

Upon hearing her voice, Erik opened his eyes and looked over in the direction of Peter and Clara standing there, he seemed just as stunned to see her as he did back at the mansion as he whispered out, "Clara"

"I know you think you've lost everything" Clara finally started out, "But you haven't. You have me, you have Charles and Mystique"

Clara looked over to Peter who glanced back to her before Clara turned back to Erik, "You have more family than you know. You never had the chance to save your family before but you do now that's what I've come here to tell you"

Erik stared at her for a long moment, boring his eyes straight into her soul with tears in his eyes before he turned and looked to Peter, "And you?"

Peter almost looked surprised that Erik would even acknowledge him standing there with her. Clara turned and looked at the young man standing next to her, wondering if this was his chance. She glanced down to the ground as she didn't know what to think with her position in his life amongst his wife and kids.

"I'm your…" Peter was about to finish his sentence before he stopped himself as panic was written all over his face, "I'm here for my family, too"

She looked back over to Peter, almost shocked that he didn't tell Erik the truth. Peter cleared his throat and shifted his feet a little bit.

Clara glanced back over to Erik who had a far off daze written on his face.

Tears fell from his eyes as he locked eyes with her once more. She remembered the first time she saw him when she used her powers openly to scare off a man trying to hit on her, setting his mustache on fire. She was about to pick up her moscow mule when it moved suddenly down the bar into Erik's hand. The second she saw him, she knew this man would be intriguing to chase.

Now, years and complicated relationships later, they were standing on opposite sides with the same look on each other's face. That no matter what, they still loved each other.

"You don't know what they have done to my girls, Clara. You weren't there when you saw them die" Erik said tearfully, "My life was ripped away from me when they died"

Clara shook her head, "Think about what you're doing right now"

"I am doing what was meant to be done thousands of years ago" Erik told her.

Clara turned around and looked at all the destruction that Erik was causing, all the metal appearing above the air. All the destruction as not too far from them, the X-men were fighting to get to Charles. She stood idly by, trying to coax her ex-lover into stopping this madness. She caught a glimpse of Nightcrawler teleporting around with Angel stuck on his tail, just as he was about to lose the battle, Mystique jumped out of nowhere and separated Angel from her son, giving him time to teleport away. Clara blinked as she turned back around, glad to know that Erik was still staring at her and not going back into his meditation.

"What about the mutant families you are helping destroy?" Clara demanded.

Erik opened his mouth slightly before he suddenly stopped himself. He glanced back out to the world with all the metal in the air. She knew this was hitting him home as she decided to pressure on. If there was anything else Erik loved, it was mutants and staying together.

Clara turned back around as she noticed the battle was still being diverted away from her, Peter's, and Erik's conversation. She had to hurry, she didn't know how much longer they could hold without her. Clara glanced back over to Erik as his train of thought seemed weakened.

"Erik, you're killing millions of mutants for just one man claiming to be a god"

Erik formed his jaw as he turned back to his work and tried to concentrate. Clara knew this part of him too well, but instead of all the times in the past where she backed off, she persisted.

She refused to lose this battle over some mutant who came back from the dead.

Erik stated, "Being with Charles has made you weak"

Clara shook her head as she looked around and shimmied herself on the platform. Peter urged her to stop but she didn't care. She continued to move until she was directly in front of Erik. He stood there, his eyes locked in on hers as she, her eyes nearly glowing the with fire behind them.

"Being at Charles' mansion has made me realize something that you never taught me in the brotherhood"

"And what's that?"

"The people who truly care about you would never abandon you" Clara said coldly.

Just then, she heard a rumbling sound as she turned and noticed the jet moving upwards. She breathed a sigh of relief as she knew that meant that the others had the Professor.

"Looks like you're about to be abandoned again" Erik said from in front of her.

"Have you honestly stooped that low to make those kind of jokes when it was you who abandoned me?" Clara turned back to him, "You need to realize that this is getting pretty damn old"

"Then leave" Erik told her.

"Not until you stop this magnetic crap" Clara countered.

"It's all I've ever known"

"No, it's all you ever want to shine light upon"

From behind her, Clara heard an explosion. She quickly turned around and saw the jet plane had crashed and burned in a neighborhood in the distance. Clara had turned around so quickly that she lost her balance and let out a gasp. Before she could let out a scream, she felt something grab a hold of her and stop her fall, she turned expecting to see Peter there but noticed it was metal holding her up. Erik moved the metal to where Peter was as she stood on the bigger platform and stared up at him, there was still good in Erik… there was still hope.