Death By The Lakeside

Chapter 16

It was a glorious summer evening when the sun was setting. Charles and Erik were in separate rooms getting ready for their big day. Raven sat in a chair by her brother's side as she looked at her brother in amazement and in awe. 
"I'm so proud of you" 
"thank you.. Raven?" 
"yes" 
"do I look alright?what happens if Erik doesn't think the same?" 
Raven laughed. 
" Charles, you've been going out with Erik for three years, you deserve to be happy" 
Charles smiled at her comment and once he finished fixing his tie he hugged his sister. 
"I love you" 
"I love you too"

Everyone was in the church already, Erik's children Lorna and the twins Peter and Wanda sat happily next to Charles' child David in which Lorna was happily willingly to hold on to. Kurt Marko Charles' step father sat with his wife but had disapproved of his step son's relationship with a man he disapproved of but needless to say that Charles was happy with Erik and there was nothing that Kurt could do to stop their love. Dispite his refusal to walk Charles down the aisle raven didn't reject on bit and when everything was ready it had began. Raven walked Charles down the aisle arm in arm until they gotten to where Erik was. It went the same way. The wedding day went according to plan, they recited the vows and then Erik turned to Charles, placing the ring on his finger. 
"until death do us part" 
Charles did the same. 
"until death do us part" 
They kissed of course, they kissed into the night and everyone cheered.

They were finally married. They were finally married and happy. 
"I love you" 
"I love you too" 
Both Charles and Erik smiled and kissed in the moonlight as they shared Their bed together, their arms around each other. It's the best memory they have and it was a hard memory to forget.

Shaw, Azazel and a now recovered Emma Frost stood around Erik. 
"you won't see your little bitch ever again" he said and with this as though it was the last breath he'll take Erik was soon closing his eyes and holding his breath. Shaw raised his hand and Azazel handed him a gun. He cocked the gun with bullets and had fired one in the air and then he fired at Erik. The bullet raced through his body and exited the other side. Charles cried in pain, the horror in his heart aching as it fell into pieces. Darwin pulled Charles into a hug, his hand on his shoulders and head, comforting him as he cried. Sean was mad, angered. He felt his blood boil as he tempted to get up and punch Shaw I'm the face but Darwin stopped him shaking his head. 
"that will do" said Shaw as he took something else from Erik's body, something he had worn before and Shaw had worn it for himself. He had taken his sunglasses and had worn it making sure it had for and it did as he looked pleased in what they had achieved until they heard sirens in the distance.. it's growing and growing and it was soon closing in on them. 
"shit.. RUN!" He told the others and yet Emma stayed. Emma bowed her head in defeat and accepted the consquences.

Shaw and Azazel ran and so did the police. They rushed out of their cars and ran in to the woods for the other two and as for Emma she too was arrested, they handcuffed her and taken her back, she passed Charles and saw the hurt in his eyes and had enough moments to mouth I'm sorry to Charles but he was too broken to forgive her. Once everything was cleared, Charles ran passed them all, he rushed to his Erik, he knelt down before him and had taken him into his arms. He craddling the body wishing he was there to take the warmth of his arms back, to hold him tight but it never came.
"please... Please.. d..don't die on me" cried Charles as he wiped away the fallen hair upon his face. To Charles' surprise Erik was drawing breath and had coughed lightly his eyes closing and opening slowly.

Charles held him tighter still as he smiled with tears still running down his face. 
"I... I'm sorry.. I'm sorry.. I couldn't.. lose..y..you. I love...y...you" 
"I love you too" cried Charles as he stroked his face, his hands on both his cheeks. Erik's smiled. 
"happy.. a..a... anniversary" 
There was a pause and then Charles shook his head. 
"this.. this wasn't suppose to happen" weeped Charles as he began to stroke Erik's hair now. 
"I'm sorry" 
"no.. no it's okay.. I love you still.. please don't leave me" 
"I.. I promise" he said kissing Charles' hand. 
"I want you by my side, we are lovers you and I. All of us together, protecting each other. We want the same thing" cried Charles shaking Erik's body a little. Soon as though the world was spinning too slowly that hands were on his arms, his body being pulled upwards. He cried and begged to be left alone but they weren't having it as they pulled harder. He screamed and screamed at them wanting to leave them alone and for a moment he leaned in and kissed Erik one last time on the lips and when Erik didn't kiss back he knew it was time to let go. He loosen his grip from Erik and let them carry him off back to Hank's home as they brought him some water and a blanket and there he didn't speak to any one and none of them dared to ask if Charles was alright. They took him away from Erik too quickly, it wasn't even a proper goodbye. While still in the forest Charles looked at his husband on last time, his heart forever his and as they took him away he looked back and cried as they placed Erik on a stretcher and carried him away. As they passed Charles held onto Erik's limp hand and held on tight only letting go when they were to far away. They didn't ask for anything else as they walked pass.

Moria walks in and sits next to Charles. Charles looks at the person sitting next to him and had almost chocked on his drink. 
"Moria? Moria MacTaggert.." Charles couldn't shake off the thought in his mind the reason why for some odd reason he hates Moria. Then the thought came flooding back. 
He got up and cried as he screamed at her face.
" YOU ABANDONED ME. YOU TOOK HIM AWAY AND YOU ABANDONED ME!" 
Moria sat there in shook for she didn't know what he was saying. 
"what do you mean? I didn't abandoned you" 
But she did, and Charles never forgets.