written in the stars

chapter seven

A/N: Well, it's been ten months since I updated! I'm really sorry about that, because I really was not expecting the next update to be this late! On the bright side, you can expect more frequent updates, because I'm almost done with First Class! I'm kind of sad about that lol. Speaking of sadness, you might be sad from this chapter :o

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After Erik had lifted the submarine out of the water, Riptide had sent one of his tornadoes at the jet. The jet had started to spin out of control. Everyone held onto something as the jet spun. Erik had lost his concentration on the submarine, which led to it crashing onto Cuba's shore. Moments later, the jet had crashed into the sand as well, on its' roof. This led to everyone being suspended in their air, as they were still strapped into their seats.

Maureen could feel the fear and adrenaline from everyone. It was overwhelming her, if truth be told. Maureen felt like she was going to be sick and that she was going to vomit if she was still going to be upside down any longer.

"I read the teleporter's mind. Shaw is drawing all the power out of his sub. He's turning himself into some kind of nuclear bomb," Maureen could hear Charles say, as Alex was helping getting her down. When she was on her feet, she looked outside of the window. The submarine was hundreds of yards away from their crashed jet.

"Moira, this is what we're going to do. Get on the radio and tell them to clear both fleets out immediately," Charles told MacTaggert.

"I'm going in," Erik told Charles.

"Beast, Havok, Sprite, back him up," Charles ordered the three young mutants. Maureen wasn't going to lie, she was terrified of going out there, having to fight the others. But she couldn't back out now. She had to do it.

Maureen and the boys all shared a look with each other before they exited the submarine. Maureen looked back towards Raven, giving her a small, sympathetic smile. She knew that Charles wouldn't let his sister go out in the field, she could feel the protectiveness and control from him.

Erik, Alex, Hank, and Maureen all exited the jet, their feet finally touching the sandy beach of Cuba. As they stood, they could all see their opponents that had exited the submarine. They were Azazel, Riptide, and Angel. The rivals all stared down at each other. Riptide had formed two small tornadoes in his hands, and that was when Alex fired an bright, red energy beam at him. Riptide had been thrown back and his friend had disappeared.

Before Maureen could do anything, she heard a poof! behind her, and she saw Azazel's red tail was wrapped around Alex's neck. Before Azazel could disappear with him, Hank had grabbed onto the teleporter's shoulder and all three of them were gone.

Maureen glanced around her quickly, realizing that she was the only one around. Hank and Alex had vanished while Erik must have ran off during that. She looked back to the submarine, seeing that Riptide was the only one still standing there. He was smirking. He had something up his sleeve, Maureen could feel it.

Slowly, Maureen began walking towards him.

"Where did your friend take my friends to?" Maureen called out to her rival, who only began to look smug at her question.

"I will never tell," Riptide informed her, creating two new tornadoes in his hands. Before he could set them off and away, Maureen threw out a hand. Maureen saw that Riptide was screaming and was clutching his hand, but she couldn't tell why because the mutant had sent out his tornado and she got caught in it. She began to swirl around in the air, but she was able to freeze the tornado and she fell out of it, landing on the sand. She couldn't help but clutch at her left wrist, feeling pain as well. What had she done?