What if Erik met his son years before Days of Future Past??
Days after days, Erik dedicates his life to revenge, and spends his life in the frustration of searching for Sebastian Shaw- the greatest threat of his life, a frightening specter, and his...
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It was all over, at least that was how it is. The False God–– En Sabah Nur or Apocalypse had been defeated. The destruction of the world was successfully stopped.
With the death of Apocalypse, Erik was free from his nightmare, out of the shadow of Apocalypse and all the suffering that he gave him.
Erik opened his eyes slowly. He was still paranoid with all the images of horror and suffering that trapped him, Erik was still panting and sweating. But when he turned his head, he saw someone lying not far from him.
The sluggishness in his limbs disappeared and was replaced by a burning sense of worry and fear.
"No...please no...Pietro..."
He touched Pietro carefully, afraid of hurting him more, Erik took a deep breath before he turned Pietro's body, there was a lot of blood, his hair was messy, and his stained bangs were falling down his face.
Shallow gasping for breath from the unconscious form he was holding, Erik gathered Pietro into his arms, brushing his hair back.
Icy fear gripped his heart, Erik looked at his son's face and it was very pale and stained with blood.
"Pietro, My Son...." Erik rubbed his cheek, he just got his son back, he couldn't lose him again.
Pietro slowly opened his eyes, finding a blurry figure above him.
"H-hey old m-man...." Pietro gave Erik a small smile.
"Thank God...." Erik wiped his tears.
"I-I'm s-sorry...." Pietro said weakly.
"It's okay Pietro, you come back to me, that's all I need," said Erik.
"I remember you... " His words were breathless, coughing several times until his body trembled in pain.
"I knew you would..." Erik said
"It's over,"
"I'm never letting you go, Pietro. Never again," His thumb stroked Pietro's cheek, his son gave a faint smile.
Suddenly the walls shook violently, as well as the floor felt like it was about to collapse. The ceiling began to crumble. Erik instinctively bent over Pietro to protect him.
Erik created a magnetic field that protects himself and Pietro when the Pyramid created by Apocalypse unexpectedly shattered, collapsing with all the debris and stalagmite.
"I got you, we'll be fine," Erik hugged Pietro while continuing to maintain the strength of the magnetic field he now relied on as a shield.
Pietro was trying hard not to groan, showing that he was in pain all over, he just didn't want Erik to see him like that. At first, it did work, but the pain was getting worse, he couldn't keep his breath from becoming ragged due to his aching chest.
Pietro was afraid to make the slightest movement because it would only make him feel more pain with his broken bones.
"Stay with me Pietro, you gotta stay awake..." Erik's thumb touched Pietro's cheek, he noticed that Pietro was fading. His face paled even more as his breaths grew shallower and shorter.
The shaking started to become more intense before it finally stopped, and everything had crumbled and collapsed. They were quite buried among the rubble, but they managed to get out somehow.
"I-I can't breathe...." Pietro said, every time he took a breath it hurt, his chest hurt more and more.
"Hold on, we're getting out of here," Erik's voice trembled.
But at this point Pietro could no longer maintain his consciousness, he could no longer hear Erik, he succumbed to the darkness that grabbed him.
"No, no, Pietro!"
Pietro wasn't with him anymore, it only added to his worries. Erik wiped his eyes from the sticky dust. He pulled himself and Pietro out of the ruins of the Pyramid, he lifted Pietro very carefully, placing him on the floor, where it had not been crushed.
"Pietro, please wake up...." Erik was desperately searching for his pulse, he could barely feel that Pietro was breathing.
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While they were still gathering the others after the battle they had just finished, the new Pyramid crumbled, signaling the end of Apocalypse's reign.
"No, no!" Raven screamed, her voice hoarse as her neck still hurt from Apocalypse's deadly strangulation.
"Raven!" Hank pulled her away from the crumbling Pyramid.
"No Hank! Erik is there!"
"He'll be fine! You know he will!" Hank shouted, still clutching Raven.
"Is my father there?" Lorna asked, still wobbling, unable to stand up straight from the dizziness.
Raven nodded
As soon as the Pyramid stopped collapsing, Hank and Raven ventured in, just the two of them, they didn't want to take the risk of bringing in more people.
They searched every ruin, boulder, and statue that was crushed.
"I found him!" Hank told Raven.
"Erik!" Hank called him.
Erik turned to find Hank and Raven coming.
"Pietro!" Raven reacted when she saw Pietro.
"Please, help him....please..." Erik's voice was almost desperate.
Hank knelt beside Pietro, he pulled him from Erik's arms, leaving him lying on the floor. Hank put his two fingers on Pietro's neck, looking for his pulse
Hank breathed a sigh of relief, at least for now his pulse could still be felt, if he didn't check his pulse maybe he wouldn't know if Pietro was still alive because he looked completely motionless, he was breathing very short, Hank barely saw that his chest still up and down looking for air.
"Let's take him away from––"
Hank stopped when suddenly Pietro coughed, causing drops of blood to gush out of his mouth and down his chin.
"Pietro––" Erik's voice caught his throat as he watched his son's struggle grow weaker.
Pietro was out of breath as he choked on his own blood.
"Help me open his suit!!" Hank shouted.
They tore off the top of Pietro's suit and observed the damage. Black bruises and blood dotted Pietro's pale chest.
Erik watched, he froze and was helpless, as his son slowly fell silent, his breaths rasping as he gasped for air.
Erik watched as Pietro's chest rose slowly in one last shuddering gasp for air. It did not rise again.
