The Blood Phoenix: An X-Men: First Class Fanfiction

Chapter 11: The Search

I sat up, the blankets around my chest. Rubbing my eyes, I put my nightgown on and sat on the bed, stretching and giving a loud yawn. Getting out of bed, I changed into regular clothes before having breakfast and helping Charles gather the team to move out for Cuba. The surprise came with a new change from Hank. The new nickname: Beast. We soon set out in the jet, affectionately christened the Blackbird.

And we were on our way to Cuba.

We sat in the jet. I was next to Charles, holding his hand tightly as he used his telepathy to locate Shaw. Soon, he spoke up. 

'Crew of the Aral Sea are all dead. Shaw's been there.'

'He's still here. Somewhere.'

'Patience, Dad,' I chided gently. He looked at me, but said nothing. 

'He's set the ship on course for the embargo line.'

'If that ship crosses the line,' Moira added from the pilot's seat, 'our boys are gonna blow it up. And the war begins.' 

'Unless they're not our boys,' Charles spoke. 

'That was inspired, Charles,' I added from where I was seated next to Charles. 

'Thank you very much. But I still can't locate Shaw.'

'He's down there. We need to locate him now!' Erik yelled. 

'Hank! Moira!' I yelled. 'Is there anything unusual on the radar or scanners?'

'No, nothing,' Moira replied. 

'Well, then, he must be underwater,' Hank spoke. 'And obviously we don't have sonar.'

'Yes, we do.' Sean had said this and we all looked at him. 

'Yes!' Charles exclaimed. 'We do. Beast, open the bomb bay doors!' Charles yelled. Hank opened the doors and Charles and Erik went to assist him. Sean shooed Erik off. As if he could forget how Erik pushed him off the satellite disk. Sean jumped and we all held our breath. Suddenly, Charles had got a location on Shaw. The doors were still open and Charles was speaking. 

'You ready for this?' This was directed at Erik. 

'Let's find out,' he said. The wheel lowered and Erik was on it. Unbuckling my seat-belt, I went over to Charles and Erik. Holding on to a support of the ship and Charles' arm, I put my two fingers to my temple and spoke to Erik. 

'Dad, just stay with me.' He looked up at me. I gave him a thumbs up. 'You're good!' I yelled. Putting his hand out, I could feel the telekinetic pull with him as Shaw's submarine began to be pulled out of the water. I could feel him struggling. Putting my forefingers to my temple again, I spoke to Erik telepathically. 'Remember, Erik, the point between rage and serenity. Find that point.' Then I felt nothing but utter peace. Looking out of the window, I saw the submarine lift in the air. Suddenly, though, we felt a strong rocking. I tried to get into the other mutant's mind, the one that was creating the storm in front of my eyes, but to no avail. 

'Erik, take my hand!' Charles yelled. 'Take my hand!' Erik continued to stay there on the wheel as the ship rocked more and more. Erik, at the last minute, grabbed Charles' hand and let him pull him into the ship. I was thrown on the floor from the force of the rocking and nearly fell out of the ship. 

'Adelaide!' Erik and Charles screamed simultaneously. Erik grabbed my wrist and pulled me back in, then, using his telekinetic power, he stuck Charles and I to the floor, keeping us from sliding.

We didn't know where we were going. 

Except down. 

Towards the beach.