118. Bait
The morning glow rises from the horizon, the sky is slightly white, and the warm sun envelops the whole of Westchester, a suburban county in the north of New York, bordered by Connecticut and Long Island to the east, Putnam County to the north, and the Hudson River to the west.
Uninformed outsiders would never have imagined that the retro-style castle standing on the outskirts of Westchester is actually a special school for mutants, privately funded by Professor Charles, who admits mutant children for free, teaches them how to control their abilities, and spreads the beautiful idea of living in harmony with humans.
Jean pushed the old man in a wheelchair and walked through the spacious school, where the bright sunlight pierced through the clouds and sprinkled among the lawns and trees. In the free space, many children are engaged in various sports under the guidance of their teachers, bypassing the pleasing gravel lake, and at the end of which is a small dock, and in fact, if you go deeper, you will find that there is a hole in it.
It was a specially built underground bunker during World War II, specially transformed by Professor Charles into a training ground for the younger generation of mutants, specializing in combat practice and combat drills, and it was here that the first generation of X-Men grew up, and at that time he and his friend Eric had not yet parted ways, and they were familiar with their abilities together, talking about their visions for the future, and working together to resist the evil conspirators who tried to destroy the world.
Walking through the breezy gravel lake, Jean pushed the professor to the shade of a large tree, where she used to sit and read Jane Austen's novels when she was a student.
Sitting in a wheelchair, the professor looked out at the dense forests and wetlands in the distance, with the breeze blowing through and the fresh morning air blowing in his face. Memories that were as old as faded photographs suddenly became vivid and vivid, Charles did not need to rely on a wheelchair to move at that time, and he had just graduated from Oxford University, and he was full of vigor and energy.
"Eric and I used to talk about the future of the country at the foot of the steps of the Lincoln statue, and we worked with the state department against Sebastian Shaw, a terrible scientist. He takes his power from the genes of mutants and tries to turn the whole world upside down......"
Professor Charles has a faint remembrance in his eyes, since he last saw his old friend in Manhattan, he has often fallen into self-doubt, who is right between him and Eric, as the Watsendon attack ferments and intensifies, the call for a mutant registration bill is getting louder and louder, and the living conditions of his compatriots are becoming more and more severe.
The fragile peace that had been built for many years was shattered, which left the professor, who had always played a leading role, a little confused, and he was unwilling to go to the extremes like Eric and let the world suffer from the ravages of war, but if he continued to hide, it seemed that there was no hope for peace to come.
"You and Magneto teamed up to defeat him, and Mr. McCoy often talked about these glorious deeds, and of course he mentioned it the most, it was the Demon Girl Raven!" Jean covered her mouth and chuckled, obviously knowing the bumpy love story of the man known as "Hank the Beast".
Hearing the familiar name, the professor smiled faintly, of course he knew this interesting story, but unfortunately Raven did not stand on his side, but chose Eric, and joined the Brotherhood to rebel against the human government and strive to build a beautiful home for mutants.
"Jean, you and Scott and Auroro, go to Los Angeles to find a mutant named Kurt Wagner, who is a circus actor and can teleport." With his hands on his knees, the professor admonished, "He sent a plea for help to the academy that the military was arresting him, and that Eric and the Brotherhood were wanted, and we couldn't afford to sit idly by." ”
Charles often uses brainwave enhancement machines to find powerful compatriots, those mutants with unstable strength can be easily searched, and immature children are difficult to detect.
The circus actor with the ability to teleport, who seems to be being hunted by the military, must have key intelligence information, and the other party has sent a distress signal to him through several mutants who often interact with the school.
"Do you need to send so many people?" Jean asked with some concern.
The professor nodded, he was worried that there would be a conflict with the military, so he sent the younger generation of X-Men, with the strength of these students, even if they met the brotherhood, there would be no damage.
"It's a pity that Logan isn't there, and he's gone to find his memories." Charles sighed that if Wolverine was still in school, then there would be no accidents.
Hearing the word memory, pushing the piano in the wheelchair, his eyes suddenly jumped, and the intense fire flashed away, and then quickly returned to normal, even the professor did not notice it.
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Washington, D.C., a secret operational command center.
According to the photos taken by the satellite, Stryker saw that the Blackbird fighter plane located in Xavier's Talent Youth School had already taken off, and he was secretly proud in his heart, and transferred the young mutants with strong combat power, and the next step was to deal with Professor Charles.
In the name of the White House, he sent an invitation to Charles Xavier to come over and discuss the capture of Magneto, as well as the dispute between humans and mutants.
The unsuspecting professor would happily agree, but it was a bit troublesome that the other party had brought a burly beast covered in blue hair, and if it weren't for the mutant suppression potion developed by Ambrera, the powerful and intelligent beast Hank might have brought variables to Stryker's plans, but nothing was a problem now.
McCoy, who is burly and has thick hands and feet, used to be a scientific researcher at the CIA, and was later discovered by the professor and Magneto, at first he just had unusually large soles and strong physical fitness, but McCoy, who felt deeply inferior to physical deformities, chose to develop a drug to cure himself, who knew that the result would cause a genetic mutation, and his once handsome appearance was covered with blue hair, like a tall beast.
"I don't think you should come here, Charles." As an old man of the same age as the Professor, Hank the Beast had a certain degree of wariness of humans.
He felt the hostile eyes of the Secret Service bodyguards, and he was a little nervous, now is the time when the contradictions between mutants and humans are acute, as the leader of mutants, Charles rushed to the White House, undoubtedly putting himself in danger.
"Peace is something you need to earn, Hank." The professor kept smiling, he had tried to check with his psychic abilities, and these Secret Service bodyguards, while hostile, were only targeting the mutant community.
McCoy pushed his wheelchair into a reception room in the White House, where the secretary brought two cups of coffee and said softly, "Please wait a moment, Mr. President will be there soon." ”
Watching the secretary push the door and leave, McCoy, who was crowded on the sofa, vaguely felt that something was wrong, and many small holes suddenly opened in the wall of the room, and a large amount of ether gas sprayed in, turning into a faint mist, and quickly dispersed!
The professor's gaze flickered, and his psychic abilities spread out like water waves, not yet fully radiating outward, and the piercing sound waves pierced through the barrier of the room, stirring the brain like a sharp knife!
The bald old man instantly covered his head and dispersed the mental power of manipulating the spirit, McCoy reacted immediately, he picked up the sofa and smashed it against the wall, but there was a muffled sound of "bang", and his face covered with blue hair was instantly angry, he jumped to the door like a beast, tearing the door like tearing paper, and saw a team of heavily armed soldiers crowded outside the door, a few sharp needles pierced into the skin, and cold liquid was injected in.
McCoy, who roared loudly, suddenly lowered his voice, and even the blue hair on his body gradually faded away, and the beast Hank, who had not had time to be surprised by his own changes, fell directly into a coma and fell down!
The professor, who was breathing a large amount of ether gas, felt drowsy for a while, and he tried his best to open his eyelids, and saw an officer striding in and putting on some kind of metal instrument for him, and the mental will that could be infinitely extended, suddenly seemed to be cut off, like a tall adult being locked in a small cage, and an unprecedented uncomfortable feeling swept over his body.
"William ......"
Before consciousness went into darkness, the professor saw a grim face, and he knew the man, William Stryker.