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Charles didn't move as Mark stared straight at him. The telepath was reaching for control over his step-father's mind; to make the man leave, forget what he had seen. Instead Mark fought back, pulling shields that Charles' weakened telepathy couldn't penetrate. "Where is it?" Charles stayed silent, knowing that his friends had noticed something was wrong. "How did you get it off?"

"Why does it matter?" Charles asked, sending a thought to Erik to make the man stay in place. One of the suits Mark had brought with him was reaching for a gun but Charles froze him in place. They didn't need guns going off here.

"Because you're dangerous." Mark said, incredulously, his hand going to his pocket. Charles didn't move as his step-father placed the gun on his lap. Erik was moving now and it took all Charles' effort to keep the man and the other mutants from moving. He didn't want his friends to get hurt because of this.

"What are you going to do?" Charles winced at the tremble in his voice but his focus was on keeping the people in the café in place. If someone started a fight then Charles didn't know what the outcome may be and while he was worried about what his step-father might do he did not want anyone to die.

"I'm not going to do anything. You are going to follow me out of this café and make sure no one follows us." Charles swallowed his hold on Erik and raven's mind slipping. Their anger at him for freezing them in place was coming through and Charles strained with the effort to keep them in place.

"Don't hurt them." Charles didn't care that he was practically begging the man not to hurt his friends but at this point he didn't care, not if it meant Mark wouldn't kill his friends.

"You keep them in place until we're gone and I won't."

"I thought you hated my mutation." Charles countered, stalling as his mind ran over all the possibilities of what he could do. Unfortunately, Mark had had too much time getting used to Charles' power and blocking Charles from his mind. Charles couldn't control the mans' thoughts and with that went the only edge he had.

"I do but right now it's' useful." Charles glared as Mark stood up. Logan stood up then, his metal claws coming from his hand but Charles strained to keep the man in place. It was an effort, keeping control of all these people but he couldn't let his friends get hurt and he couldn't let his control of the suits slip in case they hurt his friends. "See what happens when you do as you're told." Mark said, taking the wheelchair arms and wheeling Charles towards the café door. Charles tried one last time to take control of Marks' mind but the man hit him over the head.

His control slipped and his friends started forward. Angel's wings had started to appear from her back and Darwin's skin had changed. Alex's power came to surface and Sean opened his mouth and blue fur started to erupt on Hanks' skin. Logan's' claws were fully out now and Azazel had appeared in the café. All of the metal was shaking in the café as Erik lifted his arms and Raven vaulted over the table, starting towards the suits who all had guns aimed at the mutants.

Charles closed his eyes in pain as he froze everyone once more in place. He could feel blood dripping from his nose from the strain of controlling their fighting minds. "Let my suits go." Charles' hand shook as he did what his step-father asked, though he made sure to make the suits put the guns down and walk out of the café. On another thought he made sure to make everyone in the café forget the faces of the mutants, though Marks' mind was still blocked to him.

By the time Mark pushed the chair towards a black car and pulled Charles into it, Charles' control of all the minds slipped and he slipped into the blackness at the edges of his vision.

…..

"Charles!" Raven shouted as the car sped away from the front of the café. The other mutants looked a little dazed from the compulsion Charles had put on them while Logan and Erik just looked furious. Metal was shaking all over the café in Erik's anger.

"Azazel can you follow them." The red mutant didn't blink twice as he flashed out of the café. Hank put a hand on Raven's shoulder but she shook it off, anger coming off her in waves.

"Where would he have taken the Professor?" Angel asked, quietly.

"We need to find him." Sean's voice had a hint of desperation to it that had Raven shivering because this was Charles and that man had just taken him. They'd been helpless to help him.

"How did that even happen?" Alex asked, causing Raven to shudder.

"Charles, he did it." Raven leaned into Hanks' arms as she remembered the familiar mind of Charles keeping her in place.

"Shit, I didn't know he was that powerful."

"It doesn't matter." Erik all but snapped at Alex. "We need to find him now." The mutants nodded their heads in agreement but Raven didn't. How were they supposed to find someone when they had no idea where they were going.

…..

Erik was pacing the floor of the staff room, waiting for news. Any news. He was still furious at Charles because the telepath had promised he wouldn't go into Erik's mind like that and that was exactly what he had done. Erik still couldn't believe that. It wasn't the power that had radiated from Charles or the fact that his friend had forced his will upon Erik. It was that Charles had done so, causing Erik's' friend to be taken hostage.

"No one's heard anything." Logan grunted, taking out a cigar as he collapsed into one of the chairs. It hadn't surprised Erik when the other mutant had stayed around to help them. While Logan may pretend not to care he was always prepared to help whenever one of his tenants was hurt.

Alex, Sean, Angel and Darwin came into the staff room straight after Logan, all shaking their heads in frustration. They'd gone to work the streets to see if any mutants or anyone had heard of where Mark Warren was keeping his new lab.

"There wasn't anything in the files." Ravens' voice carried into the room as she and Hank emerged, having searched through the files. Erik's anger got a hold of him then as the metal inside Logan caused Erik to lift the man from the ground. The mutant glared at him as Erik put him down but at this point Erik couldn't care.

"Then where the hell is he?" Erik shouted at them, anger boiling up.

Raven jumped to her feet. "We don't know, we've tried everything." There were tears in her eyes as she glared at Erik, causing the other mutant to calm down quickly. He wasn't the only one who was worried about Charles. He had to keep calm because these kids, and Logan, where expecting him to know what to do. He was their leader. Erik had to keep calm. Had to concentrate. But this was Charles, his friend, their friend. And he had been taken by a mad man who was doing who knows what to the telepath.

A flash of smoked in the corner of the room stopped Erik before his anger got out of control again. Azazel got the attention of all the mutants in the room as he said, "I know where he is."

Shorter but next chapter should be longer. As always hope you enjoyed and please review :)