on the edge of the world [raven]

Charles shouldn’t have been surprised that after inviting Erik back into his life (well, that was a slightly generous way to describe his old friend breaking into his bedroom widow), trouble only seemed to follow. They had managed to get Cerebro working in the mansion and Charles kept to his word, searching for any large groups of mutants who seemed to be in distress. It didn’t take long for him to find the mining town of Odd, West Virginia. Though it didn’t seem to have any ties to the government, as Erik initially expected it would, they both agreed that what was going on there wasn’t okay, and that something had to be done.

And that was what began the grudging partnership between Erik’s brotherhood and his own students. The two had agreed on a time and place to meet and while Charles was expecting Erik would not come on this particular venture alone, he was not quite prepared to see Raven standing in the airport parking lot. It had been nearly five years since he had seen the woman he had always considered his sister, and whatever her current form of appearance, Charles had always been able to pick her out in a crowd. Wanting the two of them to have a chance to clear the air before the fighting started, and without the outside influence of the other members of their group, he approached her, nodding politely. ”Raven, it’s… good to see you well.” And despite the awkwardness, he meant it.