12 Chapter 11 - Realization
A/N: I was randomly scrolling for some fanfiction just earlier in the power rankings and accidentally tapped the popular ranking and surprise surprise! This novel is the number 1, lol. I even doubted it for a bit, lol. It was also the no. 1 for the collections.. Anyway, for that surprise, here's a bonus chapter for ya'.
Appreciate you all!.
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[°Milbury Chapel°]
After looking at the sky for a bit, Andrew fixed himself as he pats the dust and sands away from his shoulder and asked "Are you okay?
The other mutants also looks at her with concern.
Dani smiles as she nodded and replies that she is okay and they don't have to worry.
Andrew nods at that and was about to go help Berto find some clothes for him when he felt something rubbing at his mind sphere. He furrows his eyebrow a bit but relaxed when he felt it slipping out and leaving after not getting its expected result.
He looks around as he spotted Sam's head perking up as if something caught his attention with his face a hint of confusion.
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[°X-Mansion, Westchester, New York°]
In the sub-basement of the X-Mansion, a long silver-colored corridor extends all the way from the entrance of the basement while. At the end of the corridor lies a thick circular metal door that has the letter of X at it. Behind this seemingly indestructible door lies a globe-shaped space. A relatively long platform that extends from the metal door through the middle of the room hangs stably to air.
At the end of this silver-plated platform reveals two people. One is a relatively handsome white man that seems to be in his twenties with an eyeglasses and neat slicked-back brown hair. He just stands there behind the other guy while looking at him with trust and alertness, seemingly ready for any harm that will come to the other man.
While the other party is much more older, with his looks that seems to be around sixty, he seems to radiate an aura of wisdom and goodness as he sits at a wheelchair that has a futuristic touch on it. The most notable thing you will notice about the older man is helmet-like silver machine that is currently placed at his head while his eyes are shut closed, focusing on something.
Slowly. The older man opened his eyes as he lift his right hand and rubs his temple as if he has a headache. After a moment he reached for the helmet attached in his head but the man behind him was alert as he quickly moved and helped him remove the silver helmet at his head carefully.
Once the helmet was removed, the older man revealed his head to be shining bald as the bright light above them seems to be reflecting off of it. The older man rubs his head to get a good feel, after he was satisfied, the wheelchair he is sitting on seems to have a mind of its own as it slowly moved and turned around without any external force guiding it.
The wheelchair moved slowly onwards as the older man lifts his bald head to the other man and spoke with a face seriousness "Hank, prepare the team and quickly aboard the blackbird. I have discovered a group composed of teenage mutants. We need to hurry before other parties that has no good intentions senses them too."
The glasses-wearing man now known as Hank McCoy also became serious upon hearing this and immediately hurried off after saying "On it, professor"
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"Guys! It's the X-Men." Sam shouted to the group after staying still for a moment with his face performing different emotions earlier "Some guy spoke in my head just now calling himself Professor Xavier."
The group immediately perked up at this and decided to continue this talk inside the still-intact building instead of this destroyed dust and rubble filled place. Berto gives his all in holding the wood covering him as he walked with careful steps and eyed them–looking if any of them can see his little Berto.
Andrew shook his at this guy and looks around as he spotted a curtain that is used in the window of the now destroyed chapel under the rubble. He controlled the curtain to move to Berto as he himself starts to move inside the building while helping the limping Illyana.
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The new mutants plopped their butts at the couch inside Dr. Reyes' office tiredly as they stretched their aching body except for Andrew.
Sam sat at the chair of the doctor as he tiredly explained all that transpired earlier in his head the reason why he just spaced out earlier.
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"So you're telling us that some guy calling himself Professor X talked to you earlier and introduced himself as some kind of founder for an institution dedicated to teaching and protecting mutants like us and now they are coming to fetch us here so we just have to wait?" Berto immediately said while rubbing the bridge of his nose after Sam finished explaining.
"Don't forget the part that that professor was also the founder of X-Men from what he said." Rahne commented at the side.
"Oh great." Illyana rolls her eyes at this.
Sam looks at them and then said "Guys, come on, this ain't a bad thing. Remember, we don't have anywhere to go right now so maybe this will be a new start."
"Don't include me on that. I have a home." Berto said at the side.
Andrew who was quiet suddenly stood up as he made his was to the drawer beside the table of the doctor and began shuffling through the stacks of paper inside.
"What are you looking for?" Sam asked curiously.
Andrew didn't answer as he just looked at the papers one by one and then pulled six brown folders with their names on it then telekinetically floated it to the small circular table at the front of the where the mutants are currently are and then made his way to the couch and sat again.
"What is this?" Illyana looks at Andrew with a curious face as she reached for the folder with her name at the cover and took a look to read what's inside. She took a moment to read the paper and then stopped after as she puts it to the table again "Killer huh.."
The other mutants also took a look at their respective folders and came to the realization that Dr. Reyes was really just taking care of them to mold and nurture them to become her and her superiors' killing machine. The atmosphere slowly became heavy at this while Andrew nibbles on some candy he found at the table of Dr. Reyes. He eats for a while and then also reached for his folder.
He opened the folder and immediately saw his face at the top right corner of the paper inside. He then looks at the information regarding him.
«Andrew Detmer»
«Mutant Ability: Main Mutation; Force-field; Sub-Mutation; Telekinesis»
«Personality: The subject was a nerd and loner at first but then became a psychopath after awakening his ability. After recovering from his wounds and waking up at the facility, the subject seems to have changed for the better and began an interaction with the other subjects»
«Potential: An efficient killer»
`Hmm.. not bad, so they actually even searched my background at Seattle huh.ʼ Andrew thought as he looks at the information regarding where he lives and stuff `Speaking of Seattle. Should I come back and end that pathetic piece of filth's life? Hmm.. Food for thought..ʼ
Andrew removes his thoughts about the filth after he realized something about the information regarding his power. He furrows his brows as he looks at the words that says that his supposed main ability is actually the force-field and his telekinesis was actually just a sub-power.
He looks at the other silent mutants as he thought about why that was like that. He pondered a bit before he gathered his senses and then took a look within him–to his supposed main ability. His senses erupted within him as he tries to activate his force-field at the same time without actually activating but to just take a look at its energy. But just like the first time that he activated this force-field, all he got was that the ability was just pure psionic energy.
Andrew didn't gave up and began pondering at different possibilities using his [Parallel Thinking] all at the same time. After a few moments, he got his most feasible answer. It was definitely true that his telekinesis came from the alien crystalline, but one thing happened after he was supposed dead when he was speared through. That was his own latent X-Gene activating. His mutant ability activated just as after the original Andrew died and this was the force-field.
After looking thinking of different possibilities and analyzing why this force-field seems to be constructed by his telekinetic energy and doesn't have its own energy was because that is its ability. His mutant ability; force-field creation would be activated by using the most prominent energy within his body, and if there's none–then it would use energy from the outside.
Andrew rubs his chin at this like an elder and smirked. This was a good a thing for him because he can take enemies by surprise if by chance someone manages to use an X-Gene suppressors at him then they would definitely in for a ride because they would only be deactivating his mutant ability but never his telekinesis. Now the only thing he should think for the near future is on how to prevent others stealing, suppressing or sealing his telekinesis, and the answer lies on his telekinesis again.
Andrew nods his at this thought and then lies at the couch for a more comfortable position as he prepares to take a nap. He wouldn't wait for the X-Men with opened eyes since he's very much tired just like the rest of the mutants.
"Guys come on cheer up, every thing is fine now. By the way, wake me up when they are here already, I'll just take a quick nap."
The young mutants looks at his nonchalant attitude and then also relaxed after realizing that Dr. Reyes was now gone and they don't have to worry anymore since they would be going with the X-Men.
Though Roberto was still dejected after seeing his folder which clearly says that his parents willingly gave him away to this facility after the incident with mariella, they basically abandoned him since they also said that he should stay here indefinitely.
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Half an hour later, a black dot from the blue sky slowly became larger and larger as the thing approached the facility at an amazing speed bringing fierce gust of winds at its wake.
The Blackbird.
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