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"Logan stop!" Professor Xavier yelled as he saw Wolverine running at Spider-Mans exposed back, his fists wound back and claws pointed forward.
Before Peter could act as his spider senses were going off, Charles took it upon himself and used telekinesis to toss Logan onto the nearby wall, pinning him there by his arms and legs.
"Grrrr... Ahhhhh!" Logan growled and scread as he tried to break out of the Professors hold.
As Wolverine strained against Charles' hold, the Professor grabbed his head in pain, unable to hold against Wolverine's strength for long.
"Sigh..." Peter saw this and walked up to Logan. "You keep making do this."
Peter shook his head as Wolverine growled at him like an angry animal. Pulling back his fist, Peter launched a well-placed punch at the side of Logan's head, causing his body to go limp against the wall.
"Ah, thank you..." Charles breaths out in relief as the pain in his head disappears.
"No problem, want to show to your office?" Peter says as Wolverine slides down the wall and toppled onto the floor.
"Yes, we can talk privately there." Charles says as he wipes so sweat from his brow.
As he says this, Nightcrawler cos walking down the stairs and sees the odd situation.
"What happened..." Kurt says as Spider-Man appeared in his line of sight. "Oh, I see..."
Shaking his head at his friend's actions, Nightcrawler strolls over and picks Logan up off the floor, carrying him like a prince would in a fairy tale.
"I'll put him in his room." Kurt says as he ascends the stairs. "It was good seeing you again, Spider-Man!"
"Alright, follow along." Charles says as he leads Peter to his office.
Along the way, Peter saw a few children, who were most likely ta-humans that joined the school early. They all nervously peered at the superhero that ca to visit, excited to see him but too scared to co forward.
As they entered the Professors office, Charles pulled up behind his desk and motioned for Peter to sit.
"The children you saw are the first of our budding school." Charles says as Peter sat down. "Most of them co from sad beginnings. Parents that didn't understand their child's change, orphans, liberated test subjects. They've all been through a lot and you're actually a big part of their life. They see you as a hero. Soone they aspire to be."
"Well, they do have superpowers, so a good amount of them probably will be like in the future." Peter says with a shrug.
"True, though that doesn't an they can't choose normal career paths." Charles clarifies.
"Of course, but they can make that choice when they're old enough." Peter says, agreeing completely.
"Now, what's this I hear about a Spider-Man YouTube video on ta-humans?" The Professor asks curiously. "The children won't stop talking about it."
As soon as Peter tweeted about it, the halls of Xavier's mansion were filled with talks of Spider-Man and his coming video. The older students, who are in their teens, have a smartphone, so they knew instantly and spread the word.
Of course, the word about Spider-Man travels fast, so everyone knew within minutes. Even Professor Xavier.
"I was going to contact you and ask for an interview with you and a few others. You would answer so questions and show off so powers. It wouldn't take too long. We can bang out the entire video in a day." Peter explains as he leans back in his seat.
"Why are you doing this?" Charles asks.
"Maybe you don't understand how the internet and dia in general works. With the news articles about ta-humans surfacing, people with bad intentions will start taking advantage. Fear and outrage gets clicks and boosts ratings after all. The faster we get so good publicity out there, the better our chances are to protect ta-humans." Peter explains.
"Our?" Charles asks.
"Yes, the Avengers stick together." Peter smiles under his mask.
"I see." Charles mutters with a smile as well. "Speaking of Avengers, have you co to a decision yet?"
"No, but it's looking favorable for you. Just give us so ti." Peter says, not ntioning anything about Magneto's involvent.
He would keep that quiet until their first eting as counciln, which Peter is sure will be an interesting encounter to deal with, to say the least.
"Alright, do you want to do this interview today?" Charles asks, totally on board with this.
"Sure, we can film it on my phone." Peter says as he pulls out his ghost phone. "Do you have anyone here that would be interested in this? Three ta-humans is probably the best, so we need two more people."
"Hmm, Storm is a bit cara shy and Logan can't be in the sa room as you..." Charles thinks out loud.
"Then Kurt and soone else. Kurt will make a good addition. His appearance will shock so but that will help show the physical differences ta-humans can have as well. Anyone else or should we recruit one of the children?" Peter asked.
"I don't know if we should involve the younger children..." Professor Xavier comnts with a thoughtful look.
"I saw so teenagers out there. We can ask them." Peter offers.
After a mont of thought, Professor X agreed and they got to work. After getting Kurt's agreent, which was hard as the blue man is self-conscious about his looks, Charles called one of the older students to his office, who agreed instantly to be in the video.
Who wouldn't agree to be in a Spider-Man YouTube video? He would be mad to say no.
Surprisingly, this boy turned out to be a young 13-year-old Scott Sumrs, otherwise known as Cyclops.
Before he ca inside, Charles gave Peter a brief description of Scott and his powers. Scott Sumrs is a mutant with the ability to fire destructive optic beams.
aning he shoots lasers from his eyeballs, which is a pretty inconvenient power for the boy.
He has to wear special glasses made with ruby quartz lenses to keep the laser beams from destroying everything Scott looks at. Otherwise, the boy would have to keep his eyes closed constantly and live as a blind man.
When Charles found Scott, he was an orphan living on the streets and either doesn't rember much of his life or refused to speak about it.
As soon as he walked in the door, Scott dashed straight to Peter and started firing off questions. The boy was obviously a fan, which was flattering for Peter.
Though he didn't really like Cyclops' character in the movies from his past life, Peter wouldn't hold that against the boy. He only wished the character wasn't such an annoying simp.
Calming the boy down from his fanboy state, they started the interviews with him. After setting up his phone with a makeshift stand Peter put together with so web, he started the interview on the couch in the office.
Once the easy questions were out of the way, like his na, age, grade, and powers, Peter got into the interesting stuff.
"How do you feel about having superpowers?" He asks.
"Well..." Scott goes silent for a few monts before answering. "I think my power would be cool if I could control it. Professor X said that I could get it under control with enough ti and effort though."
"Professor X?" Peter asked as that's the first ti he's heard that nickna out loud. "Do you an Professor Xavier?"
"A lot of the kids call him that. It's hard for them to say his na. Everyone calls him that now." Scott explains as Charles smiles heartwarmingly from the other side of the room.
"I see, how was your life before you t Professor X?" Peter asked.
Charles didn't look pleased with Peter's question, as this was a big part of their therapy sessions. Though he never told Peter not to ask this, so he couldn't bla him.
"..." Scott tensed up imdiately.
He's been avoiding these types of questions for a while now, as it's easier to forget, yet this ti was different. Scott's hero, Spider-Man, was asking the questions this ti.
"I-I was in an orphanage for a while." Scott starts talking reluctantly. "I don't rember my parents or any ti before then. The orphanage was... not the nicest place."
"Was there not enough food or?" Peter asked, not knowing the backstory for Cyclops.
"There were a lot of doctors there." Scott says, shocking everyone in the room as they knew what this ant. "They would stick with needles and connect these wires to . I didn't like it there so I left."
"They let you leave?" Peter asked.
"No, I escaped." Scott says with a shake of his head. "They didn't let leave my room, so I used my eyes to cut a hole in the walls at night."
"What happened after that?" Peter asked.
"I lived in an alley for a while." Scott says as he turns to look toward Professor Xavier. "That's where Professor X found ."
The sad look on Charles' face disappeared as he heard this. He sent a warm smile toward the boy. Charles just wished that he found him sooner.
A/N: 1564 words
[DONT FORGET MY STONES! As king once again. I must assert my dominance. Gone is the crying figure of huddled in a corner. I now stand proudly T-posed at the top of my Throne of Stone! 🤴]
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