"You're all a bunch of lunatics!" Raven, disguised as the Saigon Officer, drew a gun. "I told you, no one can stop me."
"I agree with her, too." A figure suddenly emerged slowly from the other end of the alley.
"Magneto!" "Eric!"
Everyone cried out in alarm.
"Weren't you here to talk Raven out of this?" Logan snapped.
"I've heard the outline of the story." Magneto smiled. "I have no doubt whatsoever that it's true. When I broke out of the Pentagon, I already experienced firsthand how powerful Kirk is. But I'm not one to give up, Charles. You know that."
He smiled briefly, then continued, "The lesson I've learned from this story is that killing just one Bolivar Nielatrik clearly isn't enough. If we're going to kill, then we should kill every warmongering hawk in the US Government, Nixon included! That's the only way to eliminate the threat once and for all."
"It's just like that chess game you and I played, Charles," Magneto said slowly. "The reason I could never beat you was that you played by the rules, while I've never been the one to benefit from them. It'd be easy for me to beat you, too. I'd just use my power over metal to crush all your pieces!"
"Bastard!" Charles shouted. "You've betrayed us again, you ungrateful bastard!"
Magneto smiled faintly. "Come on, Raven!"
"Raven," Kirk said quietly. "If you can turn back, I won't kill you. Otherwise, to save time, I'd rather kill you here than let you go back!"
Raven gave a low laugh. "Listen. Maybe you're somebody important, but in my eyes, no one can—"
Before she could finish, Kirk shot toward her like a cannonball. The God of War's Fury in his hand was about to pierce her chest!
Mystique, Raven, was