It was Erik who solved the equation. "Keep him busy," he muttered, then reached out. Not at Shaw, but at the coin on the floor of the submarine. The very coin Shaw had used to kill Erik’s mother. He pulled it. Through steel, through water, through the chaos. It shot up through the deck, through the air, and hovered, trembling, an inch from Shaw's forehead.
Charles sat in a wheelchair in the bowels of a secret CIA division, a strange, bulbous helmet amplifying his own mutation. Beside him, a young man named Erik Lehnsherr stood rigid, his hands clenched behind his back. Erik didn't hear minds. He felt metal. The rivets in the walls, the fillings in the agent's teeth, the distant hum of the submarine pens below. They were all strings on his personal harp.
Alex's plasma blasts ignited the sky. Hank, transformed by a failed serum into a blue-furred beast, tore through bulkheads. Raven, shifting from a soldier to a general to a nurse to a ghost, sowed confusion in the enemy ranks. And in the center, Charles and Erik fought Shaw. X-men- First Class
Charles Xavier closed his eyes and reached out with his mind. Not to fight. But to find the next scared, lonely mutant. The next girl who couldn't touch anyone without killing them. The next boy who saw colors in sounds.
When the smoke cleared, Erik stood over Charles, who lay broken on the sand. Raven stood between them, her blue skin finally uncovered, refusing to hide. It was Erik who solved the equation
"Peace was never an option, old friend. But I will try not to kill you."
"No." Erik turned to the others—to the survivors, the beasts, the angels, and the outcasts. "Who is with me?" The very coin Shaw had used to kill Erik’s mother
The battle on the beach was chaos and beauty intertwined.
But they were not a team. They were a schism. Two doors had opened in the human mind: one labeled "Cure," the other "War."
"Boys become men who fire missiles," Erik replied, his voice cold as the deep ocean. He tore the helicopter's door off its hinges and dove into the water.
"They were scared. We can make them understand."