Inaras P.O.V.
After some slight persuasion, I let Scott drive my car back to the school. It's a rare occasion that I let someone else drive my car, I love my car. Well, I say my car, it was Dad but he was unable to make the modifications needed to accommodate his paralysis; So he gifted it to me. The car in question is a Black 1969 Chevrolet Camero RS/SS Convertible. It would have been a squeeze to fit everyone in but Jubilee had to stay behind at the school, unlike the rest of us she had classes to attend during the afternoon.
Anyway, Jean, Peter and Kurt are sitting in the back, whilst Scott is driving and I'm sitting in the passenger seat with my arm resting on the door and my head in my hand. Scott was right, it felt good to have an afternoon off from everything, to be normal teenagers for once. I've just sort of zoned out whilst the others are discussing the film we just watched, Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. I'll admit it was good but you just can't beat the original. Either way, I wasnt really paying attention to the conversation when I heard Dad's voice in my head
"Inara…"
A tingle ran up my spine and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up on end. I lifted my head up and mumbled
"Something is wrong at the school…" They all looked at me as Scott said
"What?" the bad feeling grew stronger as I turned to them and said
"Somethings wrong at the school! Peter GO!" Peter wasted no time jumping from the car and running towards the school. I turned to Scott and said
"Get us home"
10 minutes later we pulled up outside what was once my home. As Scott turned the engine off, I opened the door mumbling
"Oh my god" We wasted no time getting out of the car and running towards the others
We ran over and joined the others in front of the rubble. I pushed to the front of the group and just stared at the burning remains of my home. Looking over my shoulder towards Mystique I said
"If you had anything to do with this…" she cut me off by saying
"It's good to see you too golden girl" I spun around with my hand raised only to have Hank step in front of Mystique and Scott grab my wrist. He pushed my arm down and said
"This is not the time or the place" I just pulled my arm from his grip and stepped back.
"Hank, what happened? Where's Dad? Where's my father?" Peter then said
"I definitely got everybody" Hank hesitated but stepped forward and mumbled
"Inara…"
"Was he in there?!"
"No, well yes but someone took him"
"What do you mean someone took him?! Who?"
"I don't know. Alex tried to stop him but…" Scott then spoke
"Alex? My brother was here?"
"Charles asked for his help but…Alex was closest to the blast" Scott turned towards the destroyed mansions and mumbled
"Alex" He then took off running towards it
"Scott wait!" I wasted no time running after him.
Scott ran through the rubble as far as he could go before coming to a crater that would have been the lower levels of the school. Falling to his knees he pulled his sunglasses off and let out a cry of despair. I crouched beside him, wrapping my arms around him as I said
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry" He fell into my embrace just as a helicopter approached
"Please remain calm" Jean then put her hand on my shoulder and said
"Guys we gotta move, somethings not right"
"Medical assistance is on the way. Please remain calm. Medical assistance is on the way. Please remain calm. Medical assistance is on the way. Please remain calm. Medical assistance is on the way" I looked up at her before wiping my own tears away and saying
"Baby… Baby we gotta move, We gotta hide" As we got our feet we heard Mystique shout
"WAIT!" We immediately took cover behind a piece of broken wall as someone new shouted
"Fire!..." As we ducked behind the wall some kind of pulse rippled above us as we heard bodies drop to the floor. The same man that gave the order to fire then said
"I want her! Him! Him! Her! And find me Xavier's daughter!"
"Yes, sir!" At the mention of my name, Scott protectively wrapped his arm around my waist tucking me against his side.
As footsteps crumbled against the rubble, Kurt looked at us and said
"What do we do?" Jean quickly replied
"Keep quiet" She pressed two fingers against her temple just as a solider approached
"X-Ray 7, I'm doing a final sweep on the ground…" He looked right at us but thanks to Jean he couldn't see us
"Areas clear Sir. The girl isn't here" his radio crackled to life
"Acknowledged. Regroup with the rest of us to load up the mutants"
"Acknowledged" he then walked away. After he disappeared Scott looked at Jean and said
"Thanks, Jean... We got to help Hank and the others" I then spoke
"Agreed. Kurt, can you get us in that thing?" He looked at me and said
"You want to get in there? What if the soldiers see us?" Jean then said
"Don't worry. They won't see us, trust me" he then sighed before holding out his arm and saying
"Hold on"
Kurt then teleported us onto the helicopter.
We only just managed to get onto the helicopter before the door closed. After the door closed Scott said
"Kurt, get us all out of here!" Kurt reached out and attempted to get us out. He tried multiple times but after the third attempt he said
"I can't! When they closed the doors, there is some kind of electric field" As the engines started, Scott looked at Jean and said
"Jean, get into the pilots' heads. Don't let them take off!" Se once again pressed her fingers against her temple and closed her eyes. However, she quickly opened her eyes and said
"I can't. I can't reach the pilots. I can't reach anyone" Scott looked at me and said
"Inara?" I put my fingers against my temple but all I got was silence
"Nothing" Kurt looked between us and said
"What do we do now?" I looked at Scott before holding onto his hand, looking back at the others and said
"We wait"
All we could do was sit and wait…
As we waited, Jean and Kurt sat on one side of the helicopter whilst Scott and I sat on the other. I had tucked myself into Scott's side with one of my arms wrapped around his and my other holding tightly onto his hand. He was unusually quiet. I rested my chin on his shoulder and pressed my forehead against the side of his head before saying
"What are you thinking about?" He took a shaky breath before saying
"It should have been me. He was the one who was going to do something with his life. He was always the one" He was talking about Alex. I ran my thumb across the back of his hand as I replied
"That's not how he felt. He felt you were the one who was going to do something special with your life. That you're going to make a difference in the world. Maybe even change it" He leant into my touch as he said
"How did you know what he felt?"
"I feel everything" I kept my head on his shoulder as I looked across to Jean and Kurt. Kurt was holding some rosemary beads in his hand and mumbling
"Hold me in the light of God. Protect me from danger. Save me by your command. Listen to my prayer. And keep me safe…"