"What do you want?" Logan spat at the now old looking man. He certainly didn't look so high and might now. If Logan didn't know him, he might have been inclined to feel sympathy for the fragile man. After all age was never going to an issue for him.
"I only want to see my Goddaughter." Logan didn't buy his innocent act and attempted to close the door before someone asked him what he was doing.
"Erik what are you doing here?" Alex asked while running to give him a hug. She was completely oblivious to Warren trying to hold her back and Logan's glares in his direction.
As Alex hugged Erik Logan took the small distraction as an opportunity to call a first year pupil to get Storm. Warren walked over to stand beside Logan, getting a better view of what was going on.
"I take it that she doesn't know," Logan asked, their dislike for each other momentarily put aside. Warren answered that she didn't as they watched her conversing lightly with the once manipulator of metal.
"Alex what are you doing?" Storm managed to ask between gasps for air. Once she had heard Magneto was in the school she had sprinted from her classroom to the entrance hall.
"Storm what's wrong?" Alex asked while taking everyone's faces in for the first time.
"Alex," warren started gently taking a step forward, "There is something you should know."
"What… he has tried to take out the whole human race?" Alex asked. They had taken her into the sitting room and called all the teachers together after sending the children to their rooms. "Is this true?" Alex asked Erik who sat beside her.
"Yes my dear it is," he replied calmly.
"What…Why?" she asked while standing up and moving away from the man.
Erik lent forward, "Because we are stronger than they are, we are the beginning of the end of the human race."
Alex laughed and spat, "I would have thought out of everyone you would be against the idea of Social Darwinism, after the pain it caused you."
"That is exactly why I am doing it. Not one more mutant will have to suffer due to the prejudice of those in power."
"Prejudice only stems from that which we do not understand. Why don't we help them understand and not fall to the only thing they think we are capable off."
"You are so much like Charles. You think you are so righteous and just but look at where that got him. Where is he now?"
The whole room was silenced at the bitterness and bluntness of his words. Everyone knew what Charles had meant to him, they were best friends. They knew he didn't mean it but that didn't however stop them being shocked.
"And what?… Do you really think you are doing any better? You are powerless, Charles wasn't," Alex was so angry, she felt like the universe was out to get her. She knew that no one deserves to be happy, that it is simply luck but she felt she had been dealt a poor hand. She decided to play on. "I thought you had come here to see me, spend time with me but I guess that was too much to hope for."
"My dear, I did come here to see you. This just happened to be a bonus," Erik replied coolly.
"Get out," She relied softly.
Magneto sat in shock until Logan volunteered to remove him. " This is not over. I will get what I am after one way or another," he walked to the door, "Do not think when judgement comes you will be saved."
"I'll bear that in mind," Alex whispered and with a wave of her hand the door slammed behind him.
Warren walked over and sat beside her, running a hand through her hair, " You okay?"
"Yeah," Alex smiled, "I am."
Erik sat on one of the old wooden park benches waiting for him to arrive. He waited for another minute before a figure with blonde hair sat down beside him.
"How did it go?"
"Not well but it doesn't matter. At least now we know for sure that they are creating an anti-virus," Erik explained.
"Do you want me to tell the others?"
"Yes, we will make a move very soon."
The figure stood to leave but Magneto spoke, "Tell them to be ready, the end is coming Pyro, I can feel it."
I have not updated in forever, I am so sorry. Hope you forgive me and I will try to update sooner. Let me know what you think. Until next time.