“Choose freely, but know that if you are not with us..”

Your group bunches tightly together, their bodies tense and wary. Their eyes follow Shaw, glaring with suspicion and defiance.

”Then by definition,” Shaw continued, his voice dropping ominously, “you are against us.”

He’s offered to take you all in. But at what cost? Erik and Charles’ll be back momentarily, but are they enough to stop this assault?

“So, you can stay - fight for the people who hate and fear you. -Or you could join me, and live like kings.”

Shaw’s eyes drift from yours—- to Angel’s. You hadn’t known her a few hours from now, but you were all brothers and sisters, weren’t you?

“..And Queens.”

His hand is outstretched, offered to any one of you. Sean’s eyes are littered with vexation. Angel seems like she’s almost.. considering it.