xxi. skyfall

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BEAUTIFUL CRIME
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CHAPTER TWENTY ONE ━━ skyfall

 another lifetimeCHAPTER TWENTY ONE ━━ skyfall

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THERE WAS SO MUCH CHAOS, SCREAMING MEN AND WOMAN, CRACKLING FIRE AND SMOKE THAT ROSE LIKE A THREATENING SIGN IN THE AIR. IT FELT VAGUELY FAMILIAR TO THE CUBA CRISIS, BUT AT THIS POINT, everything felt like it always came back to that moment in time. Were paths were forged and blazed into stone. Not to be unwritten, or remoulded. If she were to believe Hank's Quantum Physics theory, she would surely be in this potion many times over. She would diverge this road, only to stumble upon the very same crossroad again.

She had stood across from Erik in 1962, and now, in 1973, she was back again, facing the man hell-bent on destroying the human race.

Maggie should feel scared, terrified to the bone, but she can't bring herself to cower under Erik's iron stare. He had killed and murdered, almost ended the life of one of her closest friends from the past, but yet, she stood straight, muscles relaxed. "Erik?" She breathes out, not sure how he is supposed to hear her over the chaos around them.

His eyes meet hers for a split-second, but he doesn't relent. His eyes are still ahead, arm outstretched and in search of President Nixon. "Erik!" She bellows when the Sentinel starts to attack Logan and Hank in his beast form.

"Please Erik, for once in your stupid life, stop this nonsense!" She cried out, not caring about the battle around her as she runs towards him, eyes ablaze and pleading. "Think, just for a second about what you're doing!"

His head tilts, a dangerous glint in his eyes that makes her falter, "I am Maggie." He states so surely, so confidently, "I'm doing the right thing, I am securing our future."

Maggie shakes her head, chestnut brown locks whipping around her face, "No, you are destroying the only chance we have." She tried to persuade, taking a cautious step towards him. "What you're doing now, is only proving that we are something to fear."

"We are something to fear."

"We might be stronger, smarter, hell we might actually be the better species, but that does not give us the right to install fear!" She shouted, anger flooding her veins, "We were once the scared little children! I remember that feeling so vividly, and I never want to feel it again! And I would never want anyone else to feel like this! Neither human nor mutant."

"They are to blame for it." Erik countered strongly, "They will pay for all they've done!"

"You know, I have source in the future, who knows for certain, we can all come back from this. Become friends again." She tried desperately, stepping closer and she stopped right in front of him.

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