𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚅𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚒𝚗 // X-Men First Class

𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚃𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎

Part Twenty-Three: Cuba

1962. Cuba.

Svet's POV.

The X-Jet swooped through the skies, above the Soviet and American ships. The lot of us wearing headsets, as Erik and I held each other's hands.

"Looks pretty bad out there" Hank said, as he and Moira sat up front, flying the plane.

Charles placed two fingers on his right temple and closed his eyes, obviously trying to see into somebody's mind. But opened his eyes a few seconds after.

"The crew of the Aral Sea are all dead. Shaw's been there" Charles informed.

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

"He set the ship on course for the embargo line" Charles continued.

"If that ship crosses the line, our boys will blow it up" Moira said from up front. "And the war begins".

"Unless they're not our boys" I said. 

The X-Jet suddenly swerved as Erik put his arm over my body as I let out a squeal. A bomb had almost hit the jet and could've killed us all. 

"Hold on!" Charles yelled.

Hank let out a roar as the X-Jet swerved through the air in circles as the bomb hit the Aral Sea and exploded it. Destroying it. 

"A little warning next time, Professor" Hank asked.

"Sorry about that. You alright?" Charles asked everybody as Sean let out a "Yeah", which came as more of a pant for breath that he'd been holding.

Small Time Skip

"That was inspired Charles" Moira gushed front up from.

"Thank you, but I still can't locate Shaw" Charles continued.

"He's down there. We need to find him now" Erik said, a hint of anger laced in his voice.

Charles' head went to Hank, who looked towards Charles "Hank?" 

"Is there anything unusual on the radar or scanners?" Hank asked as Moira quickly checked the radar and scanners.

"No. Nothing" Moira replied.

That changes everything. Shaw must be underwater, shame we don't have sonar. That blasted helmet! The only reason we couldn't find Shaw was because of that helmet he used to block any telepathic action from entering his head.

"Well, then he must be underwater. And obviously, we don't have sonar" Hank said, as Erik groaned, I comforted him by laying my head on his left shoulder. 

Alex sat next to me, I was in the middle and Erik sat on my right. Charles, Raven and Sean took up the other side with Moira and Hank upfront with Hank flying the plane and Moira on scanner and radar duty. Erik laid a kiss on my temple, as I let off an true, toothless smile.

"Yes we do" Sean piped up, as the realization hit. 

Sean could use his sound waves to find the sub underwater! Genius!

"Yes, we do!" Charles repeated, taking his headset off.

Erik took his off seatbelt, as he, Sean and Charles slipped out of their seats. Erik gave me a quick kiss before walking towards the hatch with Sean and Charles. Everyone expect Erik gave me a look.

"Hank! Level the bloody plane!" Charles yelled as Hank began to level the plane as Charles, Erik and Sean made their way to the hatch.

"Whoa! You back right up!" Sean commanded Erik, who stood there with no amusement on his face whatsoever, and then raised his arms in surrender.

"Beast, open the bomb bay doors!" Sean yelled to Hank up front as the bomb bay doors slid opened.

The howling winds flooded into the plane as Charles gestured for Sean's throat "Remember! This is a muscle! You control it!" Charles yelled over the howling winds.

"You'll be in here the entire time" Charles yelled once more, gesturing to his head. "We'll see you soon!".

"On my mark! Three! Two! One! Go!" Charles yelled, dropping Sean out of the hatch as he screeched, allowing him to fly.

"Alert the fleet, they may want to take their cans off" Moira said into a communicator.

"Banshee's got a location on Shaw!" Charles announced, as his fingers were on his temple.

Erik looked surprised, as Charles moved towards Erik, asking "Are you ready for this?"

"Let's find out" Erik responded, as he walked towards the bomb bay doors with Charles, before so laying a soft kiss on my temple, before stepping out of the hole, as he held onto one of the runway wheels of the plane. 

Raven, Alex and I watched in awe as Erik used his powers to life Shaw's sub out of the ocean and float into the sky. 

"Hold on guys, it's gonna get bumpy" Hank replied, as Raven, Alex and I clutched onto the heads of our seats, as Riptide appeared and made a water vortex. 

As Hank flew the plane, it caused Erik's powers to smash the sub onto the coast of a Cuban beach. 

"Erik, take my hand!" I heard Charles yelled as I got worried about Erik.

I did have feelings for him. I admit it, I cared for him. And I think he did too.

The warning monitors blared out of control as a part of the jet was blown off by the sheer force of Riptide's vortexes. Hank tried controlling the plane in the current atmosphere as Charles pulled Erik out of the bomb bay doors, but suddenly the plane crash and Erik flew back on top of Charles. We were all screaming as the plane crashed on the beach, upside down, as Erik and Charles fell onto the roof. 

Charles walked towards Moira, who was clearly stuck "Moira? Moira? Are you alright?" Charles asked, worried for Moira. He liked her. Ooh.

"Yeah, I'm okay" Moira responded.

Charles unbuckled both Moira and Raven, and Erik helped me. He held me close as I laid my head on his chest.

"I read the teleporter's mind. Shaw is drawing drawing all the power out his sub. He's turning himself into some kind of nuclear bomb" Charles explained.

"We got no time. The Geiger counter is out of control" Moira said, kind of panicky like the rest of us.

"Alright, Moira, this is what we'll do. Tell them to clear both fleets out immediately" Charles commanded.

"I'm going in" Erik said, as I grabbed his hand. "Not without me, your not" I snapped.

"Beast, Havok. Back them up" Charles added. 

"Erik, Svet, I can guide you two through once you're in. But I need you to shut down what's blocking me,  then we just hope to God that it's not too late to stop him" Charles explained.

"Got it" Erik and I replied in unison, as we raced off the plane.

"Good luck!" Charles called to the both of us.