A Moment in Time [X-Men First Class]

10.

      "Woah."

      "I know right."

      We all stared in awe at the ship in front of us.  It was almost unbelievable that Hank built this all by himself, except, where was he?

"Where's Hank?" Raven said practically reading my mind. I could hear the worry in her voice and I couldn't blame her, something went down in Hank's lab that could only be cause for worry. A few moments later Hank's voice echoed through the hangar.

"I'm here."

We all turned to watch as the silhouette of what I assumed was Hank walk towards us. Once in better lighting I saw that Hank was no longer looking like his previous self. His face had more animalistic features and his body was covered with blue fur.

"Hank?" Charles questioned unsure.

"It didn't attack the cells, it enhanced them." Hank explained. I immediately felt sorry for Hank. I remember him briefly telling me about an experiment he was doing on himself, but I feel as if this was not the desired outcome.

"Yes, it did Hank. Don't you see? This is who you are meant to be. This is you." Raven spoke, inching closer to Hank who looked extremely ashamed of himself.

"Hank we will all always love you, no matter what you look like." I said placing my hand on his shoulder. I have him an encouraging smile. His ashamed facial expression softened onto a shy smile.

"Never looked better, man." Erik said. Immediately after speaking he was being choked by Hank. His arm had moved so fast I barely had time to register what happened.

"Hank!" Charles warned.

"Don't mock me." Hank growled. Erik's face turned purple as he struggled for air.

"Hank put him down now!" I demanded while trying to yank Hank's death grip off of Erik's neck. After pleading with him, Hank reluctantly dropped Erik to the ground with a loud thud.

"I wasn't." Erik grimaced.

"Even I have to admit that you look pretty badass," Alex semi joked, "I think I got a new name for you... Beast."

"Are you sure you can fly this thing?" Sean asked while inspecting the jet.

"Of course I can, I designed it."
~~~

      It didn't take long to get to Cuba,  Hank's jet flew at almost super sonic speeds.

      "It looks pretty messy out there."  Hank said lowly to himself as he circled the jet around the two fleets of ships.  I was sat in the middle of Charles and Raven who seemed to have some tension between them. 

      "I have a feeling something is wrong,  I'm going to check out the ship below."  Charles said to me.  I nodded in response and watched as he closed his eyes, focusing. 

      "The crew of the Areal Sea is dead,  Shaw's been there."  He explained to everyone he opened his eyes. 

      "He's still here, somewhere."  Erik said. 

      "He's right,  Shaw probably wouldn't give up that easily from what I've seen."  I agreed with Erik.

      "He set the ship on course for the embargo line."  Charles continued, keeping two fingers on his temple. 

      "Of that ship crosses the line, our boys are going to blow it up and the war begins."  Moira said from the cockpit beside Hank. I let out a shaky breath.  If we fail we could let a Third World War happen, if that's not stressful I don't know what is.