Single father life with twins
Eight years had passed since Natalya's death and getting used to the life of a single father hadn't been easy, especially since the twins were newborns who needed their mother so much.
Of course I had to leave Sebnitz, but I decided that we would stay in an apartment very close to a pediatrician. I've never had so many fears. I felt so helpless. I couldn't lose them they were all that was left of my family. So I neglected a lot in the Brotherhood, until I finally left my last message: I cannot lead our Brotherhood, but our cause remains and you are free to fight for it.
I never revealed the reason or rather my two reasons for going out to your protection, so after some research I found out that not even the CIA knew about my connection to the twins. What kept them safe but not silent.
Wanda and Pietro became much more weepy without their mother and I often didn't know why.
I remember once, they were a year old and they were having one of the biggest tantrums ever, while I was trying to make a plan for what was to come, I had already fed them and changed their diapers.
"-Wanda, Pietro, I swear that if you tell me what you want I'll do anything for you."-I took Pietro and rocked him. "-Give me a chance."
As an understanding both twins stopped crying.
"-Thanks."
But back to the present, right now the kids and I were walking through the woods around our house in Coaticook, Canada. It was out of sight of the neighbors, so Pietro was free to run.
I forgot to tell you that the twins manifested a few months ago. I couldn't be more proud.
Pietro gained super speed and Wanda is very complicated, she has telepathy, empathy and telekinesis and much more.
I don't know what to say, weird things just happen.
I haven't forgotten the day of the explosion, I'm sure she was the one who stopped the car to protect us. But I don't think I'll ever be sure.
While Pietro became excited and more agitated about the new powers, Wanda was slightly startled by the diversity of hers. I understand her fear, so I will do anything to help her.
But back to the boy, it wasn't easy either when the speed showed up, he said it seemed like everything around him had stopped in time, which was very scary for him, but when I explained the mutant genetics he never stopped running.
So I gave them both metal bracelets so I could feel where they were. I felt safer with his runs like that.
"-Your grandmother and I used to come to a forest like this, where she taught me about mushrooms and herbs, which ones could be eaten and which ones could not. It came in very useful later on." - I told my daughter that she held me by her hand.
"-Could you teach me?"-she asked in her sweet voice.
" - Of course, if you want."
"-I want to," she said shaking her hands. "Were you and grandma close?"
"-Very much, she was all I had, at least until I met your mother."
"-You lost her like we lost ours..."-she said stopping. "-...I don't want to lose anyone else, but this possibility scares me."
"-Wanda..."-I knelt down in front of her.
" - I'll do everything to prevent you from not losing someone else, but you're also strong and you'll be able to guarantee that alone. "
" - But now I don't feel strong or powerful, just scared."
" - You darling are Erik Lehnsherr's daughter. You'll be one of the most powerful mutants the world has ever seen. And nothing will scare you."
"- I know what you are, you know."
For a moment I thought she had accessed old memories of mine and seen the horrible things I've already done. And I was afraid of what she might think about it. What would she think about me.
" -The strongest of all. Enough to keep bad things away."
"-What do you mean, what bad things?"
"-Bad people, monsters, persons mean and selfish, nervous people..."
"-Nothing will harm my little girl, nothing will even come close. You and your brother are all that matters to me."-She smiled and hugged me but I felt her shiver so I pushed her away a few seconds later."I hugged her and she clung tightly to me, she and Pietro are my world, I feel at peace with them. But that peace easily turns to worry when I feel my little girl trembling." - Okay shivering. Are you cold?"
" -I am and already have some time."
"-Let's go inside, okay? "-she nodded and I picked her up." - PIETRO! TIME TO BACK!"
In a nanosecond he was standing at the foot of us with his silver hair that came with the mutation, he was smiling from ear to ear, he loved what he did, luckily.
We started walking across the lawn towards the house but halfway there, Wanda whispered in my ear: Someone is coming.
I concentrated and felt a car approaching. It could have been Marya and Django who would come from Germany to Canada every now and then to visit their nephews but if they were them, Wanda would have said.
"-Pietro keeps you close." - He nodded.
The car arrived minutes later, I didn't send the kids in because it could be a trap.
I watched three men get out of the car and when they turned around I immediately recognized two of them, Hank Mackoy and… Charles Xavier.
" - Is everything okay, Dad?" - Pietro asked.
"-Yes." - I put Wanda on the floor. "-Go home, I'll go." - They agreed and walked away.
I approached slowly, watching my old friend's expressions, which drifted from fury to curiosity. It was then that I realized something...
"-Charles? Good to see you old friend, and walking."
"-No thanks to you."-he pointed.