The TARDIS spun through the Time Vortex as the Doctor checked the console again. \u201cStill on course, old girl,\u201d she said to the TARDIS. \u201cI\u2019m surprised you didn\u2019t want to take us back to the Motherlobe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor,\u201d called Amy as she entered the console room, \u201cyou said you wanted our psychic abilities trained up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat I do, only you need to check out another school,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a Psychonauts school?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, more like a school for gifted people,\u201d explained the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A bald man in a wheelchair was in his office. He did some paperwork, then he heard a noise. He looked up as the TARDIS faded into view. \u201cDoctor?\u201d muttered the man. The TARDIS fully materialized and the doors opened with the Doctor stepping out. She saw the man and smiled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCharles Xavier!\u201d she greeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWelcome back, Doctor!\u201d replied the man, Professor Charles Xavier, AKA Professor X. He used his own mental abilities to wheel himself to the Doctor. The two shook hands. \u201cI haven\u2019t seen you since that business with the Silurians!\u201d said Professor X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot questioning the new face then?\u201d asked the Doctor with a grin as her friends stepped out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou know me,\u201d replied Professor X. \u201cWho are your friends?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNew psychics,\u201d answered the Doctor. \u201cMeet Amy Rose and Lurra Rus. Amy, Lurra, meet Professor Charles Xavier, founder of the Xavier\u2019s School for Gifted Youngsters!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s been renamed, Doctor,\u201d said Professor X. \u201cNow it\u2019s the Xavier Institute. Still a safe haven for mutants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, as long as the mission doesn\u2019t change,\u201d remarked the Doctor. Someone then burst through the door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPROFESSOR! ARE YOU-?!\u201d It was a young man with fingerless gloves. He blinked as he saw the scene. \u201c\u2026Erm, Professor\u2026?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s quite all right, young Davies,\u201d assured Professor X. \u201cI\u2019m just catching up with an old friend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHow do you do, young man?\u201d asked the Doctor. \u201cI\u2019m the Doctor. That\u2019s Amy Rose. And that\u2019s Lurra Rus.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDoctor?\u201d asked the kid. \u201c\u2026Did you take a guy called William Davies on a journey?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy yes!\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cDo you know him?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s my big brother! I\u2019m Brandon!\u201d He stuck out his hand for a handshake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood to meet you!\u201d greeted the Doctor. \u201c\u2026You know, he mentioned that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI was adopted?\u201d finished Brandon. \u201cI think you can guess why. Professor, could I open your window, please?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course,\u201d replied Professor X. Brandon opened the window, then pointed his palms outside. He used his thumbs to press a button on each glove and force beams fired from his palms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHEY!\u201d called a voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh, shoot!\u201d he yelped as he pressed the buttons on his gloves again and cut off the force beams. \u201cS-Sorry, Mrs. LeBeau!\u201d A woman with brown hair that was white in the middle glared at the office before storming off. \u201c\u2026I\u2019m getting extra homework for that.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYour blood parents didn\u2019t!\u201d hissed the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey did,\u201d replied Brandon. \u201cTheir child was born a mutant and they didn\u2019t want that, so they just dumped me in an orphanage. Then Mr and Mrs. Davies adopted me and tried to help me cope with my powers, then the X-Men found me and gave me a chance for a normal life here. They still visit from time to time. In fact, William\u2019s here as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWilliam?!\u201d asked the Doctor. \u201cThink he has time for an old friend?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLet\u2019s all see him,\u201d suggested Professor X. Brandon helped Professor X move around the mansion as various mutants walked around, talking about classes, their love lives, current events, all that stuff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Is Brandon\u2019s treatment from his old family the norm against mutants?\u201d asked Lurra Rus. \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey\u2019re declared not normal, thus they\u2019re not human,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cSame as any minority group. Blacks, Asians, Pakistanis, Native Americans, Indians, Hispanics, LGBTQIA, and Mutants, they\u2019re all beaten down when they just want to live life and be comfortable. That\u2019s why safe places need to be made, such as Xavier\u2019s school.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHere we are!\u201d called Brandon. \u201cHey, Bro! You-!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cInvestigating a scene right now!\u201d replied a familiar voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSir, you were out cold!\u201d protested a second voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I wasn\u2019t!\u201d said a third. The team rounded a corner to see someone covered in spikes sitting on the stairs with Dr. William Davies and a tall black woman with white hair in her X-Man outfit. The woman was Ororo Munroe, wife to King T\u2019Challa of Wakanda and the X-Man known as Storm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo, what\u2019s going on here, Ororo?\u201d asked William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI called the medical staff,\u201d explained Storm, \u201cbecause this young man passed out and he\u2019s refusing to get checked out!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat\u2019s because I didn\u2019t pass out!\u201d insisted the kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, you did!\u201d replied Storm. \u201cAnd then you fell down the stairs!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I didn\u2019t!\u201d argued the kid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd human bowling-balled into that lamp!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I didn\u2019t!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd then you peed your pants!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNo, I\u2026\u201d The kid then looked down and\u2026he couldn\u2019t deny it; he peed his pants. \u201c\u2026You know, on second thought, I might need to see the school medical staff.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWise choice, young man,\u201d replied William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cStill putting your degree into action, hm?\u201d asked the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThat voice!\u201d whispered William. He looked behind him to see her! \u201cDOCTOR! Hey, give me a minute to finish up here! We\u2019ll catch up after this!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSounds great, William!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After taking care of the kid, William rejoined the Doctor and her team. \u201cSo, checking up on things, Doctor?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, yes and no,\u201d replied the Doctor. \u201cI think I had better put you in the picture. Amy and I traveled a bit, then we picked up Lurra Rus here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo they\u2019re real?\u201d asked William as she pointed to Lurra Rus. \u201cThe Twi\u2019leks?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, they WERE real at one point,\u201d said the Doctor. \u201cThey\u2019re gone by this time. But all that stuff in her galaxy DID happen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYikes, caught up in Skywalker family drama!\u201d winced William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYes, I learned about who Vader used to be and what happened to that\u2026Death Star above Yavin,\u201d said Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThen we had an adventure on Gallifrey that brought back the Time Lords,\u201d continued Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo they\u2019re back! Congrats, Doctor!\u201d praised William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd then we stumbled across a truth from Batman during an adventure with the Justice League,\u201d the Doctor went on. \u201cThere\u2019s an event coming called the Grouping where various points in time blend together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026That\u2019s alarming,\u201d remarked William. \u201cWhat started it?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t know. We\u2019re trying to make it manageable, but certain races intend to capitalize on it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe Daleks leap readily to mind,\u201d shuddered William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDon\u2019t remind me of those monsters,\u201d grumbled Lurra Rus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo why are you guys here?\u201d asked William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLurra Rus and I have some small measure of psychic powers,\u201d replied Amy, \u201cbut we want to learn from other psychics outside the Psychonauts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey\u2019re real too?\u201d quizzed William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOh yeah,\u201d answered the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy not learn from the Psychonauts?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause right now, an Empath is still working on his mental state after someone went after their Nona\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, there\u2019s plenty of psychics here,\u201d said William. \u201cLet\u2019s see if Professor X can get Amy and Lurra Rus into some classes. I can cover the bill.\u201d As the Doctor was about to object, someone screamed. \u201cThat\u2019s never a good sign!\u201d yelped William as he rushed to the source of the scream. Someone was kneeling over a person bleeding out with a stab wound in the knee. \u201cOkay, step back, everyone!\u201d called William. He then approached the stabbed guy. \u201cPlease tell me this was an accident!\u201d he said as he opened his medical bag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t say that!\u201d replied the poor guy. \u201cA guy shouted \u2018Die, Mutie!\u2019 and stabbed me in the leg only because I moved too fast for him to get my heart!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWell, I\u2019m gonna need to apply a tourniquet to stop the bleeding,\u201d advised William. \u201cBut I have to warn you, it\u2019s gonna hurt.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care, man! Do it!\u201d the patient insisted. William applied the tourniquet and tightened it. The patient DID feel pain from how tight it was, but he was glad he was okay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAll right, that should stabilize you until the hospital can take care of your leg.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAmbulance and police are on their way,\u201d called another student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGood to know,\u201d said William. \u201cNow\u2026we\u2019ve got a little whodunnit on our hands!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cNot exactly how I wanted to spend seeing you again,\u201d sighed the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe real question is this,\u201d remarked William, \u201cis it a human? An Inhuman? A mutant with shapeshifter powers? A Skrull?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhy a mutant with shapeshifter powers?\u201d asked Amy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBecause, since they\u2019re as human as William deep down, not all mutants share the same goals,\u201d replied the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201c\u2026Oh no, don\u2019t tell me!\u201d sighed Amy. \u201cOne bad apple?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYep,\u201d replied William. \u201cAnd the most infamous bad apple among mutants is Professor X\u2019s friend\/enemy, has a few names. Max Eisenhardt, Erik Lehnsherr, Magnus, but among the X-Men, he\u2019s\u2026right there.\u201d An old man was walking up to them. \u201cMr. Eisenhardt, we were just talking about you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI heard a student here was attacked,\u201d replied the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAnd there\u2019s a few possibilities that leap to mind, some of them being a mutant framing people like me,\u201d said William.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSir, I\u2019m the Doctor, an old friend of Charles Xavier,\u201d introduced the Doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019ve heard about you, Doctor, and your many faces,\u201d said Max.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWilliam was about to tell me what the X-Men call you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a name I picked. I am power, men call me Magneto.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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