{"id":8779,"date":"2017-09-15T15:53:08","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T22:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=8779"},"modified":"2017-09-15T15:53:08","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T22:53:08","slug":"afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Part One<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Two<\/a><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

A few hours later he found himself sitting next to Erik’s bed, holding his hand.\u00a0 He ignored the machines around him.\u00a0 The sound of the ECG Machine was background noise, telling him Erik’s heart was beating.<\/p>\n

The scar was long and ugly down the middle of his friend’s chest, the stitches dark against the pale skin, a few pieces of thread that was holding his chest together.\u00a0\u00a0 Charles took a calming breath, swearing to himself that he would make sure Erik had the best care.<\/p>\n

“You will need to keep him calm when he wakes.”<\/p>\n

Charles jumped out of the chair, tripping into the bed, before turning around and glaring at the intruder.<\/p>\n

Azazael gave him a smirk.\u00a0 “I couldn’t sneak up on Emma.”<\/p>\n

“Well I am a bit distracted.” Charles forced himself to calm down, and not lash out at the mutant.\u00a0 “What are you doing here?”<\/p>\n

“Checking on you two.”\u00a0 He stepped closer to Erik, giving him a critical eye before focusing back on Charles.\u00a0 “He is recovering?”<\/p>\n

“They are worried about infection.”\u00a0 Charles sat back down, taking Erik’s hand again, not caring about the look he was getting.\u00a0 “One lung is damaged, the other collapsed under the pressure.\u00a0 They lost him once, but \u2026”<\/p>\n

“Stubborn asshole.”<\/p>\n

“It’s like you know him.”\u00a0 Charles snorted softly.<\/p>\n

“A man who hunts for twenty years to find the bastard who killed his mother.” \u00a0Azazael walked around the room.\u00a0 “Stubborn is only the beginning.”<\/p>\n

He looked down, not ready to talk about Shaw.<\/p>\n

“I will have to thank him for killing the bastard.”\u00a0 He continued watching his fellow mutant.\u00a0 “My people can rest easily.”<\/p>\n

Charles’ head snapped up, a frown on his face.<\/p>\n

“You think we followed him because we loved him.”\u00a0 His chuckle was rich and dark.\u00a0 “Some aspects we agreed.\u00a0 My mutation can’t be hidden, hence I normally stay on my island with my fellow teleporters \u2026”<\/p>\n

“You don’t think in time the humans would accept you?”\u00a0 Charles had always thought Raven was beautiful in her natural form, but then she had the ability to hide, Azazael didn’t.<\/p>\n

Azazael shook his head.\u00a0 “They don’t let black people drink from the same fountain as whites in your country.\u00a0 What do you think?”\u00a0 He whipped his tail around, giving him a pointed look.\u00a0 “As far as good humans think, I’m the devil.”<\/p>\n

“But in time they can be \u2026”<\/p>\n

“Look at his arm.”\u00a0 He pointed at the hand Charles was holding.\u00a0 “I know what those numbers are.\u00a0 They represent what humans will do to those who are different.”<\/p>\n

His fingers ran across the inked numbers.<\/p>\n

“Shaw did that, and worse.”\u00a0 Azazael shrugged.\u00a0 “He bragged about Erik.\u00a0 The monster he created.\u00a0 How he loved him.\u00a0 The anger.\u00a0 The hatred.\u00a0 But he forgot that the story ended when the monster killed the doctor.”<\/p>\n

“There was another way, he didn’t have to kill him.”\u00a0 He stubbornly held his point.<\/p>\n

“He will wake up disoriented and likely flash back to his time with Shaw.”\u00a0 The teleporter looked around the room, eyes laying on everything that was metal.\u00a0 “Be ready to calm him down.\u00a0 Do you have a message for your sister?\u00a0 They demanded information.”<\/p>\n

“Are they okay?”<\/p>\n

“I took them to your home.”\u00a0 He smirked, laughing lightly to himself.\u00a0 “The blue furred one, kept growling.”<\/p>\n

“Hank!\u00a0 You didn’t hurt them\u2026”<\/p>\n

“No.\u00a0 Your sister is one to reckon with.”<\/p>\n

“Raven can be very protective.”<\/p>\n

“Bites too.”\u00a0 Azazael smiled showing all his teeth.\u00a0 “Shall I tell them, you are waiting by your lover’s side.”<\/p>\n

“We’re not \u2026”\u00a0 The red mutant rolled his eyes.\u00a0 “Tell Hank to prep for us to return, Erik will need full time care, and well I guess I’m going to have to deal with the CIA.”<\/p>\n

“The ones who fired weapons at us?”<\/p>\n

“They were scared \u2026”<\/p>\n

“Yet you think they will accept someone like me or your sister?”\u00a0 Azazael’s smirk was downright vicious.\u00a0 He turned towards Erik, tilting his head slightly.\u00a0 “He did the right thing.”<\/p>\n

“He was going to kill innocents.”<\/p>\n

“And what do you think would have happened to all the civilians on this island?”<\/p>\n

And with that last statement he teleported out of the room, leaving Charles alone with his thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Part One Part Two *** A few hours later he found himself sitting next to Erik’s bed, holding his hand.\u00a0 He ignored the machines around him.\u00a0 The sound of the ECG Machine was background noise, telling him Erik’s heart was beating. The scar was long and ugly down the middle …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[747],"tags":[746,50,572],"class_list":["post-8779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-afternoon-fic","tag-afternoon-fic","tag-bj-jones","tag-the-generals-office"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Da1M-2hB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12040,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-save-the-mutant-save-the-world-part-16\/","url_meta":{"origin":8779,"position":0},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Save the Mutant Save the World (Part Sixteen)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"October 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Part One Part Fifteen Charles didn't hesitate, he was up and out of Cerebro in seconds, leaving behind Logan who looked a bit shell shocked at what he had witnessed. \u00a0 By the time the elevator dinged, letting him out on the main floor of the house, he was anxious.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_static_tumblr_static_7mi2uf9fwwowscwcskggkcokw_640.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_static_tumblr_static_7mi2uf9fwwowscwcskggkcokw_640.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_static_tumblr_static_7mi2uf9fwwowscwcskggkcokw_640.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8906,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-5\/","url_meta":{"origin":8779,"position":1},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 5)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"September 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Note: I have an idea of where I'm going with this but no idea how I'm getting there :) *** Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four *** Erik was resting once again. The doctor had removed the respirator \u00a0from his throat, Charles was thankful it was made of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_luzeyn3MTB1r6evzjo3_400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9079,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-7\/","url_meta":{"origin":8779,"position":2},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 7)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"October 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Note: So who's shocked there is already a sequel bunny running around for this?? *** Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six *** Hank wasn't sure exactly when Azazael would show up with Erik.\u00a0 He had his room prepped, with an oxygen tank, blood pressure\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hero_Xmen-First-class-image-6-800x333.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hero_Xmen-First-class-image-6-800x333.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hero_Xmen-First-class-image-6-800x333.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":8883,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-4\/","url_meta":{"origin":8779,"position":3},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 4)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"September 20, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Wakes up from nap just enough to post ... Part One Part Two Part Three *** The metal vibrations alerted him that Erik was waking up. He had been by his side for twenty-four hours, and only budged to find a shower and change, Azazael having popped in again with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_luzeyn3MTB1r6evzjo3_400.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":9195,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-12\/","url_meta":{"origin":8779,"position":4},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 12)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"October 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"First Chapter: Part 1 Previous Chapter: Part 11 *** \"Do you really love him?\"\u00a0 Raven asked leaning against the kitchen counter.\u00a0 \"I mean he can be violent.\" \"Yes.\"\u00a0 He turned and studied her. \u00a0\"He's also gentle, deep down, well mostly to me.\"\u00a0 Charles smirked slightly.\u00a0 \"Raven, I've seen what Shaw\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18zrl3lkxat3vjpg-800x340.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18zrl3lkxat3vjpg-800x340.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/18zrl3lkxat3vjpg-800x340.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":9106,"url":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-9\/","url_meta":{"origin":8779,"position":5},"title":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 9)","author":"Nicolaus Meridius","date":"October 10, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five Part Six Part Seven Part Eight *** He knew he couldn't hide forever. No matter what his inner six year old wanted. Hank had returned with some soup, bread and fruit to get Erik to eat.\u00a0 He scarfed it down,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Afternoon Fic"","block_context":{"text":"Afternoon Fic","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/category\/afternoon-fic\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_owqqf0OAdp1rpfvpno1_540.gif?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_owqqf0OAdp1rpfvpno1_540.gif?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_owqqf0OAdp1rpfvpno1_540.gif?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}