Amor caecus est

I am SOOOO sorry about the wait!! I’ve had quite a bit of trouble writing this chapter!


Chapter 15-End of the Conflict


Logan landed on the floor, rolling around and trying to put out the flames incasing his body as they burned his flesh. He screamed loudly at the pain, alerting Lucas to his sudden appearance. “Ah Logan!! So good of ya ta join us again!!” He laughed, moving to stand over Logan, using his pyrokinesis to prolong the fire burning him. Charles stirred on the floor as Mystique silently slid out of a ventilation shaft near the floor. Spotting her, Charles gestured quickly at his daughter, then at the shaft. She mouthed ‘what about you?’ But he shook his head vigorously. Mystique quickly hurried over to the fallen baby and picked her up, moving back towards the ventilation shaft. She hesitated, glancing back at Charles with a frown on her face. He gestured once again towards the vent as he sat up. She gave a slight nod and slid into the vent, closing it behind her.

Mystique made her way through the vent and slid out of it. She glanced down at the wide brown eyes of the baby girl and couldn’t help but smile at how cute she was. She then made her way around the area and managed to find the doors to the room Xavier was in. Just as she found them, a blue figure pinned her to the wall. “What the hell did you do???” Beast seethed, his hand closing around her neck.

“W-wait!!” Mystique gasped, holding up the baby girl. “Here…” She managed to whisper. Hank’s fingers loosened, then dropped as he took in the sight of his daughter. He reached out to brush his fingers lightly over her cheek, a smile spreading across his face.

“You definitely look like a Mia to me…” He said to himself, then his expression turned serious. “Charles is in there?” He asked, pointing at the doors. Mystique nodded, hefting the baby farther into her arms.

“Yes, but the doors are blocked.”

“I see. I have to try and open them, I need to help Charles. You, stay here with my daughter. If you leave so help me, I will track you down and kill you!!” Mystique nodded, sliding down the wall and sitting on the floor to wait. Hank slid his fingers into the crevice of the doors and began prying them apart. For a minute, it didn’t look like anything would happen, but the doors began moving apart. Once they were fully open, Hank charged inside.

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Charles was getting ready to stand up, when the doors to the room were suddenly pushed apart and Hank rushed inside. Before anything could be said, Beast jumped onto Lucas and tried clawing at him. Lucas had a telepathic shield on, but because of the concentration he had focus on maintaining it, Charles was able to easily slip into Lucas’ distracted mind, trying to find someway to stop him.


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*Charles’ POV*

I blocked everything out but the task at hand. I was going to try and retrieve David from within the confines of Lucas’ mind. Since I had inadvertently trapped David, maybe I could bring him out and lock Lucas in a ‘cage’ on the Astral Plane. That is, if I could get him to go there. First though, I needed to find David.

I broke through the barriers in his mind, making my way into the deepest part. I found a wall so dark and thick, I knew it had to be where David was being kept. But also, once I broke through the wall, I’d have to be careful of Ian. I would have to get rid of both Ian and Lucas, once and for all. I started working my way through the barrier when I felt Lucas start to fight back. I had to split my concentration between fighting off the other telepath and try and break David out. As I was doing this, I heard a welcome voice in my head. *Professor!!*

*Jean!!* I called out happily. *I need your help!*

*I’m all ears Professor, what do you need me to do?* I felt a smile cross my face. ‘I trained my students well!’.

*I need you to drag Lucas onto the Astral Plane and keep him at bay while I break David out of his mind. Do you think you can do that until I can help?*

*I…I think I can, just hurry!* I left Jean to take on Lucas, and attacked the barrier with renewed vigor. It took several minutes before I was able to break through the wall, but once I did, I was face to face with both Ian and David. I pulled both of them free, then let go of David and began dragging Ian off.

“Wait!!” David called out, reaching his hand towards us. “I want to keep Ian with me.” I blinked quickly at him, confused by what he was asking.

“But why?” I asked, shaking my head slightly.

“I’ll explain it later, but for now just get rid of Lucas and let me keep Ian. Please?” I frowned, but knew this wasn’t my choice.

“Alright then, I just hope you know what you’re doing.” I let go of Ian, and watched as both of them embraced, giving me a grateful look before I turned and slid easily into the Astral Plane. Jean was on the defence, a manifested shield blocking attacks from an axe that Lucas was wielding.

“It’s about time you got here, Professor!!” Jean called out, sliding back slightly from a heavy blow from Lucas. I rushed forward, manifesting armor and a sword. I swung the weapon towards him, but he manifested a shield on his arm and blocked the strike. Jean pushed Lucas back using her shield, giving us some room to attack. I continuously attacked Lucas, forcing him into a defence stance.

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*Hank’s POV*

When I burst into the room, the only think I had my sights on, was Lucas. I dove at him and tried clawing at his face, but realized quickly he was using a telepathic shield. I swung my fists at it, trying to break it but stopped suddenly at the sound of groaning. I looked around to see a naked Logan sitting up, his flesh mending together. I wrinkled my nose at him. “You smell like burned metal.” Logan gave me an incredulous look before bursting into laughter.

“You crack me up, furball!” He said, grinning at me. He stood and moved closer, dropping into a sitting position next to me and Lucas. “Is he dead or something?” He asked, poking at the body beneath me.

“No, he’s still breathing, but he suddenly stopped fighting and his eyes are…glazed over. I think he’s fighting telepathically. Logan looked over my shoulder, I followed his gaze to see Charles sitting several feet away. His fingers were on his temples, eyes closed, and a look of great concentration was on his face. “I’d say that’s about right…” I muttered, then looked down at the body. “What are we supposed to do with him?”

“Dunno, nothin’ I guess.” Logan said, shrugging slightly. I stood cautiously and when I was sure Lucas wasn’t suddenly going to jump up, I slid to the doors of the room and motioned Mystique inside. She entered slowly, handing my baby to me as we moved closer to the others. I sat next to Charles, cradling my baby girl in my arms as Mystique moved over to sit next to Lucas’ body.

“Nice birthday suit, Wolverine!” She grinned at Logan who, to my surprise, blushed slightly at the comment. He grumbled something under his breath and turned away. The strange way that Mystique was looking at Logan made me very curious though.


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*Charles’ POV*

With Jean’s help, the two of us were finally able to push Lucas into a void in the astral plane and locked him out of David’s mind. “Thank you, Jean.” I murmured softly, patting her on the shoulder.

“Do you, think it worked?” She asked quietly. I looked over at her, frowning slightly.

“I’m…not sure. I guess we’ll just have to find out.” I left the astral plane, opening my eyes slowly. I rubbed at my head, feeling a headache coming on. I looked around the room, smiling brightly at the sight of a naked Logan sitting next to Mystique, the two of them talking quietly together. I saw David lying on the floor near them, then turned farther to find Hank and my baby girl next to me. “Hank…” I whispered, he turned to smile at me. I gave a slight nod, still smiling. I stood after that and moved over to kneel next to David. I searched around in his mind. I only found David’s personality there. As I pulled out of his mind, his eyes opened and he sat up slowly.

“Um…hey, dad.” He said softly, rubbing his hand over his face.

“David!” I said, relief washing over me. He gave me a tired smile as he ran his hand through his hair. “I know you’re probably tired, but I need to know. What happened to Ian?”

“He’s…sleeping right now. I…don’t know how else to explain it.” I frowned at him, knowing I’d need to have a word with him about that at a later time.

“Alright, for now, let’s just get the hell out of here!” Just as I stood, Storm and a group of my students entered the room.

“Took ya long enough!!” Logan yelled from the floor. “Ya missed all the action!!” The group headed over to us, and I could feel the relief at finding us safe. Hank moved over and sat next to me.

“So…” He started, handing me our child. “I think she looks like a Mia, don’t you agree?” He asked, raising his eyebrows at me. I smiled, stroking her cheek softly, feeling happiness overwhelm me at her soft giggle.

“Yes…I do agree. My little Mia…” I whispered as Hank pulled me into a kiss. I ignored the noise of surprise from David and kissed back passionately. I was extremely happy! I not only had a daughter to dote upon, but I had gotten my son back as well! I just hoped that both him and his mother would allow me back into their lives.

Tbc

Okay!! Not the best ending to this story I know!! I am truly sorry about that!! There is going to be an epilogue, and I also have an idea for a sequel, which I promise will be much better!! It won’t have any fighting like in this one, mostly just conflicts which I’m much better at writing than fight scenes!! I’ll also be making a companion fic to this story, probably at the same time that I make the sequel, that will have some snapshots from the months that Charles was pregnant, it will have one chapter for each month that I skipped, so it’s not going to be very long. Okay! Let me know what you think of this chapter, and keep your eyes open for the epilogue and sequel!! XD