19 CHAPTER 19

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Convincing Magneto was surprisingly easy, barely an inconvenience, the guy believed what I said right from the bat, no doubts at all, which was refreshing and relieving for I had no idea how to convince him otherwise, what really didn't make any sense was why Akiri was coming, I mean, no offense, but what will hair do against… Well, everything right now.

Beyond that, I couldn't help but wonder how the events coming would play out, after all, timeline wise things were out of control, I mean.. It was more than obvious Jean didn't come to Erik this time, he had confirmed so himself, meaning I had no idea where she actually was at this point, in the movie originally she went to Erik after killing Raven, a bold move if you ask me, then to the streets or a bar… where she meet Vuk the leader of the The D'Bari, in all honesty, I didn't know what would happen now, and I only hoped The D'Bari hold on her wasn't that strong...  otherwise this mission would be a bit too out of my depth. 

"This.. power she acquired, can it be controlled?" Erik asked, as I flew the Jet.

"No idea," I answered, sighing at my lack of knowledge about the Phoenix Force, "All I know… is that each passing second, Jean is one step closer to… well, Godhood…" and our extinction… one step closer for both if she didn't let go of her darkest emotions.

"And we are one step closer to our extinction," Erik said, his eyes fixed on the wall of the Jet.

"Yes," I nodded, "But.. there is a possibility she learns to control it, and doesn't kill us…" like in the movie, though in the movie she ascends to a higher plane, but… that's still better than total annihilation.

"A possibility I won't take," Erik replied, his tone firm and cold. I could already tell what he was thinking, he wanted to kill her.

"Not to burst your bubble, but you won't be able to kill her," I snorted, getting a glare from Ariki. "Look, I would have a better chance of killing you with a metal knife than you killing her… she's basically immortal at this point… the ones we have to kill are The D'Bari, those bastards are within our power reach."

Erik chuckled, "You would have zero chance of killing me with a metal knife,"

"Yes, but that's still a million times better than my chances with Jean O'nuke…" I rolled my eyes.

"So… The D'Bari?" Erik sighed, and I nodded. "Will killing them stop our possible extinction?"

"It would… Jean, while unstable, doesn't really want to kill us, had she really wanted that… she would have snapped my neck with a simple move of her hand, during our last fight.... Her powers are simply out of control… now, The D'Bari… they want to kill all life on earth to colonize it, using Jean's powers to do so." I sighed, "So… yes, killing them would save us, and the rest is up to Jean,"

"I see," Erik said, "One question… Why did you fight with Scott again?"

"In order or the most prominent one?" I asked with a chuckle.

"In… what?" Erik chuckled.

"Well, I guess in order it is," I chuckled back, "First he didn't want to host my baby girl on the X-Mansion…"

"Why are you leaving your daughter there?" Erik inquired, his interest piqued. 

"I… I suppose I can tell you," I sighed, realizing that if anyone could understand my situation, it was him. "I was a normal guy not so long ago, heck I didn't even have a daughter, but then… Hydra happened,"

Erik tensed, his eyes flashing with anger, "I know of them…"

"Yep," I nodded, "They kidnapped me… you know, cuss of my powers, then they started to try and break me… you know the basic, physical torture and stuff, spoiler alert, it didn't work out as they intended… so they resorted to other methods," 

"Your daughter," Erik growled.

"Yep, they assigned Emily to me, with the following information and instructions, their entire family was dead… and I was now her family, they… appealed to my emotions, and it worked…" Remembering those times, it really hurt… "My new living conditions were rather straight, disobey, she explodes, don't perform as expected… she explodes… talk back to us… and well… you know,"

"And you left her with Charles… so that you could hunt them down… right?" Erik said, and I had to admit, the guy was connecting the door beautifully.

"Yes, and no," I replied, "My plan was to train my powers to be strong enough to wipe them off the earth…"

"After this… if you need a hand, count on me…" Erik said after a while.

"I know you are out of this… killing business, I don't want to be the reason why you go back to it," I replied with a smile on my face.

"This is beyond that… Hydra kidnaps our kind, experiments on them… and everyone hates them, no one will care about their deaths…" Erik stated, and he had a point.

"You know what sure, I might need you for a raid or two," Especially against Bucky, and his metal arm, hehe.

"Is… Emily… like us?" Ariki asked, and boy did he startle me, I had completely forgotten he was with us, he must be a close relative to Drax.

"Not to my knowledge," I answered, "But… knowing Hydra… perhaps they had a plan for Emily when she got older, maybe she does have a mutation, or maybe she's just what she is, I don't care… I love her anyways,"

"Even after you were forced to take care of her?" Ariki asked.

"I do, I… at first I didn't know what to think, or how to handle the situation, but with time, I accepted I was… a father now, not by choice but by the circumstances of… my life," I answered.

"I see now why Scott hates you, you wanted to kill Jean… and he found out," Erik chuckled, and I'll be honest, I had completely forgotten that was the main point of our conversation. 

"Yes… I mean, when she was at her weakest, it was the most logical choice, or at least the one with less shit on the way…" I sighed.

"Eliminating the threat before it becomes one… I can understand that," Erik nodded.

"We're here," Ariki said, pointing at the GPS.

"Then let's say hi…" I chuckled, readying for combat… or should I say kombat at this point.