Devana Finley is a mutant with the ability of energy manipulation and perfect aim which as one can imagine means that quite a few people are after her. When Devana has a chance meeting with Charles Xavier things change especially when she meets Erik...
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The place looked like a bomb had gone off as Erik, Charles, Moira, and Devana came back from Russia. Both Erik and Devana were reminded of how much they hated Shaw when they saw the damage done.
It also reminded Devana of how much she feared her own power no matter how much she tried to hide it. She feared it because she knew what energy could do. If she took too much, she could kill someone.
Erik for one couldn't help but admire Devana. She had watched her father get tortured and had an overall shit life yet hadn't turned into a psychopath like Shaw or even him. Something about her made him want to be better or at least better for her. All he knew was that he was never going to let anyone hurt her if he could help it.
"Alright, that's it," Charles's voice brought all of them out of their thoughts. "You all need to go home."
Alex shook his head "no, he killed Darwin. I'm not going anywhere until we end the bastard."
Charles looked at the others who all nodded in agreement with Alex. Charles sighed "we'll have to train. All of us, yes?"
Alex, Sean, Raven, and Hank all nodded "yes." Devana and Erik both had to admire their spirit to want a chance to get revenge for what happened to their friend.
Hank then brought up a good point "we can't stay here. Even if the lab opens again, it's not safe. We've got nowhere to go."
Charles looked at all of the mutants around him "yes, we do." Everyone looked at him confused wondering what the hell he was talking about.
Charles led all of them to the Manor where he lived and they all stared at it stunned that they may have a safe place to stay for a while. All of them made their way into the building and set their stuff in their rooms.
Erik and Devana ended up in rooms next to each other. Devana walked into Erik's room after knocking and noticed that Erik was shirtless. She averted her eyes as Erik chuckled and spoke "you can look."
Devana looked at Erik allowing her eyes to rove over his body seeing the scars from the past on his torso and back. Devana slowly walked forward and placed her hand on one of the scars. Erik tensed but didn't make a move to move away.
He leaned into her touch absorbing one of the first times that someone had touched him without meaning to hurt him. They stood like that for a moment just standing there and looking at each other.
They shook themselves out of their trance and Devana removed her hand from Erik's torso. Erik missed her touch which was abnormal for him to miss someone's touch. He filed that thought away for later as he slipped on a shirt then followed Devana outside.
Everyone spent the rest of the day training, Erik and Devana worked on their powers which they could already control so they worked on refining them. Banshee worked on training his vocal cords to help him do other things like fly. Taught Alex to control his nuclear energy toward one target and more.
Erik was just learning how to turn the satellite towards them from far away and to combine his powers with Devana's when Moira spoke out the window "hey, the president's about to make his address."
All of them came inside from training as Erik and Devana stood towards the back listening. Kennedy announced that they were going to send ships to meet the Soviets in the ocean. Devana and Erik spoke in unison "that's where we're going to find Shaw."
Alex looked at them "how do you know?"
It wasn't Erik or Devana who answered, it was Charles. "Two superpowers facing off and Shaw wants to start World War III. He won't leave anything to chance."
Erik spoke sarcastically "so much for diplomacy." Devana snorted making Erik smirk before he continued "I suggest you all get a good night's sleep."
