The next morning, Erica woke up in Erik's arms as they'd fallen asleep but she heard shouting outside all the way from the main room. She sat up and rubbed Erik's chest to wake up.
"What is it? Are you alright?" he asked as she too sat up, the gray hairs on his chest a mess on his skin.
"It's not me," she replied as she gestured with her ear for him to listen, "There's something go on which means we have to put on clothes and skip a shower."
"That is certainly not the worst thing that has happened in the last few weeks," he replied with a gentle smile as he stood and began to put on his costume, knowing he may need to use it. He had a feeling in his gut that Lorna was the reason for the yelling.
Erica got up and put on her leather leggings and a tight longs sleeve top, to be ready to fight as well, earning a frown, "I was upset because my hair will look terrible without a shower," she added from before.
"You look beautiful no matter what, my Dear," he corrected as he moved toward her and kissed her on her lips gently but with passion.
"Let's go see what's going on," she stated as they made their way to the main room where as Erik had suspected, they were yelling because Lorna had left in the night.
Marcos wanted to go after her but the others thought it would be too dangerous and things were already rough without adding that.
"We do need to retrieve her," Erik interjected, "Thunderbird, can you track her?"
Johnny nodded as he closed his eyes and began to use his abilities before he looked back at the group, "She went to an airstrip with the triplets to put down Campbell's plane and end this once and for all."
"We are not killers," Marcos yelled, his frustration evident, "We have to stop her immediately."
Erik was already ahead of him, "Come Blink, Thunderbird, Eclipse and Lightning."
They followed and Johnny drove them to where he'd sensed her in his vision. When they reached the airstrip, Erik got out.
"You all must stay here," he stated, "I am the only one she can not stop with her powers and she will put any of us down to reach her goal. She may not be a killer but I'm already gone and I can do it for her," he explained.
"We don't kill," Marcos challenged.
Erica laid her hand on Marcos' shoulder, "This is the only way and he can do it letting us all remain unburdened. Sometimes his way is the right way, trust me." She turned her attention to Erik, "Be careful, Babe. Do you want some cloud cover?" she offered.
He shook his head as he walked away from the vehicle and toward Lorna.
"Lorna, you can not do this," he yelled as he walked closer to her.
She turned on him and tried to push something in his way but he easily deflected it, "You can not stop me and do you know why?" he asked.
Lorna shook her head, "No and I don't care just dont' get in my way. This is the only way we can end this."
"I agree but not by your hands," he replied, "Lorna, you are my daughter and I don't want you to go down the same path of darkness I did. I know the triplets tried to convince you that you're Father would want you to be this ruthless killer but I'm here to tell you that is the exact opposite of what I want for you."
"If you're my Father, where have you been all these years?" she asked, emotion beginning to overcome her.
Erica noticed they were losing their window as the plane was beginning takeoff so she began a light rainstorm to slow them down, prepared to add thunder and lightning if necessary.
"I went into hiding with everyone else and I can never make up for anything I've done or not done as your Father but I can save your soul," he explained, "Allow me to kill these people for you. I am already tarnished."
Lorna turned to face him, confusion on her face, "I thought you wanted to redeem yourself for your girlfriend and your unborn child."
"I do but Erica knows that this is necessary and I will do it to save your humanity," he instructed as he lifted his hands just barely and the plane began to buckle as it took off into Erica's rainstorm, "This is the one thing I can do right for you, Polaris. You being on the path you've been on is redemption enough for me," he confessed as he crushed his hands together.
Above them all the plane that held the secrets of the hound program and all the ties to it and it's existence died.
Once the plane was down, Lorna walked to Magneto, "Thank you."
"Of course," he replied as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders and led her back to the car.
They arrived back at headquarters to see everyone waiting. "Is it over?" Reed asked.
Marcos nodded, "The hound program is over for now and though we still have the Sentinel Services to worry about, our fight may have just grown easier."
Kris walked up and embraced her friend before Clarice and then the two of them walked back to their room to take a much needed nap.
Lorna gave Erik a small smile before she too walked away to clear her mind of all the chaos that had been in it for the past few days. Marcos followed her.
"You did good," Erica said as she wrapped her arm around Erik's waist, "I never thought I'd get to see Magneto in action like that. I have to admit, I found it to be a bit of an exciting moment," she teased getting a smile from him.
"That's why you were gifted to me because there's still light in me when you're by my side," he revealed, leaning down to place a kiss on the top of her nose.
The End - Until Season 2 -