Written in the Stars
April 14th, 1912. 1: 57am
by
Adréa



Disclaimer: The song is from Aida, so credit to Disney. The Scarlet Pimpernel... I don't know who it belongs to now, but it was written by the Baroness Orczy. Well, everyone else seems to own the X-Men. Marvel, Fox, Warner Brothers, Universal, etc. etc. Why can't I? Look! They'll work for twinkies and beer! It's true! They did this fic for twinkies and beer. Although I had to throw in a few steaks and peeps somewhere...

Author's Notes: I tried to make it not exactly like Cameron's movie! But some things kinda snuck in there and stuck. Be prepared for suckiness! (that even a word?) Big shout out and thanks to my best friend JenN who unknowingly gave be ideas and knowingly gave me every ounce of support she could.

Author's Notes2: I don't even own Amy and Jenn for they are based on people I know. I'm currently working on another fic involving them that would go much farther into their personalities, so sorry if you don't understand things or what not because they aren't well developed in this one. Now, on with the show!




"I was about to give up hope that you would show."

"Irene had another vision. She has no doubt it's this voyage it will happen."

Erik glanced briefly at the blue woman beside him. No matter how many times she relaxed and went back to her original form, he would never get used to seeing a blue woman. "Does she know when?"

Raven shook her head, a few strands of her fiery red hair falling out of place. "No, but she says there will sufficient time in doing what we plan after we hit."

"Your top priority is making sure that the girl complies enough for it to happen."

"What about yours? Your stupid henchmen didn't dispatch of that one like they said. In fact, I don't doubt she's with him now. I'll have to work more on her." She eyed the cigarette hanging from her leader's mouth.

With a slight grin, Erik retrieved his case and held it out to her, open. She took one and he lit it for her. The two of them stood for a few minutes in silence, reveling as the addictive drug spread like wildfire through their systems. Raven rarely smoked, but when she did, he didn't say anything about it. He had practically thrown his life away to those little wrapped goods, but he wasn't about to tell anyone else not to.

"Do not worry about them, my dear," he said with a puff of smoke escaping his lips. "New events have unfolded which I believe will keep them occupied."

"What new events?"

As if planned on cue, Wanda, dressed in her customary red, approached the duo at the stern of the ship. "You've made Pietro a happy man."

Erik chuckled at the thought. "Yes, I've no doubt I have. But make it clear to him that neither of the girls is to be harmed at all costs. Unless one tries to escape, then some force will be tolerated in order to keep them contained."

"Why not harm them? They're our enemy."

Erik treated Wanda as one would a child who simply does not understand. "Because, one day they may join our cause. And if we harm them, all hope of that is lost. You know how powerful the one is, and how useful the other could be."

"Yes. Perhaps I should go back and remind Pietro before he tries anything. I don't trust him alone with them for long. And, how long are we to keep them?"

"You'll know when you can release the girls," Erik answered, unwilling to tell his other followers of the events to come just yet. They might not be of good service to him if they knew.

Wanda opened her mouth to ask what he meant by that, but Erik had turned his back on her. Sighing and clamping her mouth shut, the red-clad woman left at the dismissal.

"I don't know who's more incompetent. The two lackeys in the lower classes, or that hyper boy," Raven mused more to herself than to Erik.

"That is a good question. One I hope they do not go to great lengths to answer."



CHAPTERS:   Prologue   1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10   11   12   13   14   15   16   17   18   19   20   21   22   Epilogue




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