{"id":8883,"date":"2017-09-20T15:13:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T22:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=8883"},"modified":"2017-09-20T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T22:13:31","slug":"afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 4)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wakes up from nap just enough to post …<\/p>\n

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

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

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

***<\/p>\n

The metal vibrations alerted him that Erik was waking up.<\/p>\n

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 some clothes, necessities, and cash.\u00a0 He in turn had sent a list of medical supplies that would be needed for Erik’s recovering and told him to give it to Hank to prep a room.<\/p>\n

Charles stood, still holding Erik’s hand as he leaned over him.\u00a0 “Erik I need you to calm your mind.\u00a0 You’re safe.\u00a0 Where ever you think you are, it’s an illusion.\u00a0 Follow my voice.”\u00a0 He felt the grip on his hand tighten.\u00a0 “Come on Erik you can do this, I need you to stay calm \u2026 focus on my voice.”<\/p>\n

He barely flinched when the pen on the chart embedded itself in the wall, as the metal clipboard began to crumble.<\/p>\n

“Erik!”<\/p>\n

Charles startled when he was pulled into Erik’s mind.<\/p>\n

He looked around trying to gauge where he was, the rain was heaving down making it difficult to see.\u00a0 He flipped the hair out of his eyes, and stared up at the iron gates and the hordes of people being shoved through it.<\/p>\n

He heard a boy scream for his mother.<\/p>\n

Watched as the metal gate began to bend to his will.<\/p>\n

In a blink he was dry and in an office, startled to see Shaw looking the exact age as when they faced him down only a few days ago.\u00a0\u00a0 He studied the young boy, terrified of what was happening around him.<\/p>\n

This was the moment.<\/p>\n

The one that set Erik on his path, the one that would lead him to Charles\u00a0 \u2026 to Cuba \u2026 to recovering from a gunshot wound.<\/p>\n

A part of him was awed by Erik’s raw power as he destroyed the office and lab, inadvertently killing the German guards.<\/p>\n

Watching Shaw put his arm around young Erik, laughing as he dropped the coin at his feet \u2026 made him wonder why he wanted to take Shaw alive.<\/p>\n

The man was truly a monster.<\/p>\n

The next scene made him heave, even if the scene before him was only in his head.\u00a0 He logically knew what happened in the camps, read about the atrocities.\u00a0 He had even seen glimpses of these moments in Erik when they first met and during their recruiting trip.<\/p>\n

But to see it fully.<\/p>\n

The experiments.<\/p>\n

Torture.<\/p>\n

‘What are you doing here?’<\/p>\n

He turned to see Erik has he knows him standing in the corner, looking between his younger self being electrocuted and Charles.<\/p>\n

‘You pulled me in, you need to wake up.’\u00a0 He reached out to him, wanting to move him away from the scene.<\/p>\n

‘I pulled you into one of my nightmares?’\u00a0 Erik looked frustrated, as he ran a hand over his face.\u00a0 ‘I am sorry for that, no one should see these.’<\/p>\n

‘No one should have lived them.’\u00a0 Charles whispered softly.<\/p>\n

‘I don’t need your pity, Charles.’\u00a0 The voice became stern.<\/p>\n

He could feel the anger brewing. ‘Calm your mind Erik.\u00a0 You’re causing damage outside \u2026’<\/p>\n

‘That’s why I asked for a room away from the others.’\u00a0 He took a deep breath, hands clenching and unclenching by his side.<\/p>\n

‘We’re not at the manor.’\u00a0 He finally got close enough to touch, fingers softly caressing Erik’s arm.<\/p>\n

‘Where the hell are we?!’<\/p>\n

The scene changed in moments going from cold sterile operation room, to the beach in Cuba.\u00a0 Erik looked around, then back at Charles to see him in the black and yellow uniform.<\/p>\n

‘It’s beautiful when not being shot at.’<\/p>\n

‘What do you remember?’\u00a0 Charles asked, noticing that Erik was projecting his image without the helmet, not that it would work.\u00a0 He was already in his head.<\/p>\n

‘Shaw’s death.\u00a0 Humans trying to kill us.\u00a0 One succeeding.’<\/p>\n

‘You’re not dead my friend.’\u00a0 He reached out and laid a hand on his chest.\u00a0 ‘You’ll recover I’ll be there each step of the way.’<\/p>\n

‘I might as well be.’\u00a0 He shrugged.\u00a0 ‘You won’t forgive me for killing Shaw.’<\/p>\n

‘I\u2026’\u00a0 Charles hesitated only for a moment.\u00a0 ‘I am a pacifist by nature.\u00a0 I don’t believe in violence. I believe that one day we can all live in this world together.’<\/p>\n

‘Na\u00efve idealism.’\u00a0 Erik smiled at him. ‘But it’s what makes you \u2026 you.\u00a0 I wouldn’t change that, but I do wish you would see that the world isn’t ready for it.’<\/p>\n

‘Nor does it need another revolutionary.\u00a0 It’s seen enough death and destruction.’\u00a0 He pointed out in earnest.<\/p>\n

‘Then we find ourselves at a standstill.’\u00a0 He glanced out towards the water.\u00a0 ‘Maybe you should just let me go.\u00a0 Maybe I can finally find that peace that has eluded me all these years.’<\/p>\n

‘I cannot survive this without you, my friend.’\u00a0 Charles reached out and cupped his cheek, making Erik focus on him.\u00a0 ‘We’re not a standstill, we’re at a cusp.\u00a0 Neither of us is right nor wrong.\u00a0 We’re better together.’<\/p>\n

‘You teach, while I fight.’<\/p>\n

‘The point I’m making Erik is we do it together.’\u00a0 He ran a thumb across his cheek.\u00a0 ‘It’s time to wake up.’<\/p>\n

Charles blinked.<\/p>\n

He looked down to see Erik’s eyes were open, staring up at him.\u00a0 He smiled softly, running his thumb over his cheek.\u00a0 “Welcome back.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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