Bloodshed

Chapter 10

Pandora looked down at the Russian and American war ships that were preparing for battle in the water below them. She knew that somewhere down there was her father and brother, though at the moment their location wasn't visible. Soon she would have to face them again and she knew it wouldn't turn out well.

            "Where's Shaw?" Erik growled as he searched the waters below.

            "I can't locate his mind." Charles frowned. "I know they're here but it must be under water."

            "Well obviously we don't have sonar." Beast grumbled from the pilot's seat of the jet.

            "Yeah we do." Banshee replied as he referred to his powers.

            Charles read his mind and grinned. "Yes we do."

            They got up and moved to the back of the jet, Erik was about to follow them but Banshee stopped him. "You stay back!"

            Pandora smiled at this remembering when Sean had come back from training complaining about Erik pushing him off the giant satellite dish. The floor opened up and Charles told Banshee something Pandora couldn't hear before he jumped out of the jet and disappeared from her sight, Charles stayed where he was and continued to look for a location on Shaw while Erik paced around impatiently.

            "Guy's the ship is almost passed the line." Moira warned.

            "On it." Charles replied back.

            They waited a few minutes before a missile was sent from the Russian side and Beast jerked the plane sharply to avoid being hit as it passed them and blew up the missile ship. "A little warning next time?"

            "Sorry." Charles apologized before concentrating on Banshee's mind. "Banshee's found them."

            "Where?" Erik asked quickly and ran over.

            Pandora sat with the others as they watched Charles point to a location in the water and Erik got down on the wheel to use his power to lift the submarine out of the water. They all looked at it in awe as it floated in the air beside them while Beast slowly flew the jet towards the beach, it was all going fine until Riptide came out and sent a hurricane whirling towards them. Beast tried to keep the jet under control but the hurricane was too much and soon they were spinning around and crashing through the sand on the beach before finally landing upside down.

            "Is everyone okay?" Beast asked as he got up.

            "Yeah, we're fine." Mystique replied.

            They got out of the jet, Pandora stumbled a bit as she shook her head to clear the dizziness, and saw Shaw's submarine crashed in the sand as well. Azazel, Angel, and Acheron appeared outside and glared at them while Riptide was still lying on the ground from where the chaos had left him.

            "Beast, Havok, take care of them." Charles instructed.

            "I'm going after Shaw." Erik replied before he could be given an order.

            Charles gave him a look but before he could saw anything Raven interrupted him. "What about me?"

            "You and Pandora are to stay here." Charles replied. "Make sure no one gets in while I'm guiding Erik."

            Pandora saw that Mystique wanted to argue and quickly used her powers to calm her down a bit before she could start and argument. The others left to follow their orders and for a few minutes they relaxed while they took care of all of Shaw's minions. Then Pandora heard the sound of someone teleporting behind her, before she could turn around Acheron grabbed her and teleported off again.