It was a typically cold Scottish night. Peter, a tall, black haired and brown eyed boy was playing with his Yu-Gi-Oh Cards with his Brother. Peter realised he was finally going to win; he had four of the five pieces of Exodia. It was his turn to draw, a massive smile crept upon his face as he had now obtained all five pieces, placing his last card upon the floor announcing "I summon Exodia, the Forbidden One"
After those words had left his mouth Peter suddenly felt drained, all his energy gone for no apparent reason. In his peripheral vision he noticed a creature - that was eerily similar to Exodia itself - before he could react in any formal way the creature set loose against the house, destroying everything in its wake. Peter had passed out cold.
Peter awoke a few days later in what he realised to be Raigmore Hospital, but he couldn't understand why he was there. He figured everything that had happened was merely a dream however that still didn't explain the visit to the hospital. Taking a look around Peter noticed he was alone in the room. This gave him time to contemplate as to the question behind his visit but nothing came to mind. A short amount of time passed before a Doctor let himself in, his name tag indicated his name was Doctor Smith. The Doctor held an expression of surprise as he approached Peter introducing himself "Hello Peter. I'm Doctor Smith. I've been the one checking up on you during your stay, you've been in this room, unconscious, for the past three days"
Peter was shocked to discover his time spent in the Hospital. His mind reeled back to his family and the accident. 'Were they all OK?' He wondered in a panic. Peter was adamant that the accident was just a dream, but his mind wouldn't let up. If something had happened to his family what would happen to him? During his over-anxious thought process Peter began to have a meltdown. In his current state Peter was only able to ask one question, "Where are my parents?"
The Doctor was taken aback by Peter's question, knowing that in his current state added stress could deteriorate Peter's health further - during the scan of Peter's Medical File he took a heavy note of Peter being Autistic - but he would have to answer the early teen's question sooner rather than later. Taking a deep breath Doctor Smith answered in truth "I'm sorry. Oh Peter, I am so, so sorry but your parents are dead. As I was told by the Police your house was blown up, killing everyone except you"
The words cut into Peter like burning daggers, sending him into a complete Meltdown, crying in sheer agony. Doctor Smith attempted to calm Peter down however Peter violently jerked away from the physical contact. The Doctor considered his options on how to relieve Peter's grief and ultimately decided to leave him to process the information given to him alone knowing his lingering presence would only make matters worse.
Peter laid there in his bed curling up as best he could while he sobbed for hours. He didn't exactly know how that creature was summoned, destroying his life and everyone in it but he knew one thing; he was responsible for it. The guilt and grief crushed him into the night, forcing him to doze through the night but he didn't sleep. He never slept when he had a Meltdown unless his body completely shut down.
The next morning Doctor Smith tried again to speak with Peter but was cautious in his words and his tone, he didn't want to set Peter off on another Meltdown. He slowly eased into their conversation "Peter? I'm going to have to take some blood and enforce a check-up on you too. The Police are also here, they want to ask you some questions if that's alright with you?"
Peter desperately yearned to say "No" but he knew that he'd have to eventually, so he reluctantly nodded to get it out of the way.
Once the Doctor had finished a lone female Officer let herself in "Hello. My name is Officer Campbell, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you if that's alright?"
Peter just nodded, too exhausted to bother with words.
"OK. Where were you home on the night of the accident"
"Yes" Peter hissed out
"So, you mind telling me what you were doing that night?" Her tone sounded condescending to Peter but replied nonetheless
"Playing a Yu-Gi-Oh Card Game with my Brother"
"Did you notice anything strange before the accident?"
Peter had to stop and think before answering this question, should he tell her about what he had actually seen? The more he dwelled on it the less realistic it would sound to her, she'd probably just laugh or not take him seriously but he answered truthfully with "All I remember is seeing a tall creature appear out nowhere and then I passed out" if Peter had the energy to do so he may have lied or bent the truth a little.
The Officer's face froze, believing that it was a dark, scary experience and Peter's imagination was simply playing tricks on him, she made a note of it anyway thinking nothing of it breaking the subtle silence, making a show of standing up "Thank you for your time, Peter. I have no further questions to ask you today, but we will be keeping an eye on you, just in case" Her face turned solemn "I'm sorry for your loss"
With that said she was gone. Once again Peter was alone in his room, the lack of sleep finally catching up with him. He was out in seconds.
Officer Campbell strode up to Doctor Smith's office wanting any other details Peter failed to mention.
"Hello Doctor Smith, I'd like to know something, please?"
"Of course. What is it?" The Doctor replied.
"Has Peter said or done anything strange during his time here?"
"Doctor-Patient confidentiality usually suspends me from sharing that information but no, he only woke up yesterday with no recollection of how he got there, why?"
"He's just told me that he saw a creature in his room on the night of the accident, has he said anything to you?"
"I'm afraid I cannot answer that. I am busy, and I need to run down to the labs for Peter's blood work results" The Doctor dismissed the Officer
"Of course. Thank you for your time"
Doctor Smith headed down to the labs with somewhat haste. He felt relief as the lab was currently empty, so he dove straight into his work. During his analysis of Peter's blood sample, he noticed something peculiar within Peter's Genes and made sure to triple-check before the realisation finally hit; Peter had the X-Gene.
After discovering the X-Gene Doctor Smith then dove into more research about the X-Gene, who knew about it and what could be attached to this Gene.
The Doctor had spent hours upon hours typing away, printing off pages of information that could potentially help Peter understand what the 'X-Gene' truly was and how it could affect him in future.
During his research one name in particular repeatedly appeared "Prof. Charles Xavier", Doctor Smith then rapidly typed away into his keyboard finding streams of information about this Professor and his school - for those of 'Special' or 'Gifted' needs to enrol Doctor Smith continued his quest to not only understand himself but in hope to make Peter as comfortable to the idea as possible knowing the young boy had nowhere to go and no-one to help guide him through future life, if Peter was going to gain a second chance... this was it.
Unbeknown to both a sleeping Peter and a Doctor thriving in his research, thousands of miles away Professor Charles Xavier himself was watching the New Headlines and Updates of a mysterious explosion within Invergordon, Scotland. Only one boy to survive the accident. Condition unknown and currently being treated inside Raigmore Hospital, Inverness. Xavier stretched his mind far to reach the boy - known as Peter Kieran Stewart. Finding the boy's mind to be scrambled with grief, anger, confusion and a strange creature lurking within his mind too. Expanding his search Peter's name was echoed in another mind several corridors down, a man - Doctor Johnathan Smith - was researching something all-too familiar to the Professor; the X-Gene.
Back peddling, Xavier blinked himself back into the present.
"Storm, Jean I have a new assignment for you"
A few hours later Storm and Jean found themselves in Inverness. They quickly made their way to Raigmore Hospital to find and speak to both Peter and Doctor Smith. Meanwhile back at the school Xavier was finishing all the paperwork he needed to have Peter fully transferred to the school without any troubles.
Peter woke up to the sound of two sets of shoes scrapping against the floor. Still bleary from his Meltdown he didn't pay too much attention to them until Doctor Smith re-entered. At first the Doctor wasn't sure who or why these women were here, they briefly explained the situation to the Doctor - who willingly accepted their story after his hours of research - and carefully woke Peter up properly so the situation could be explain wholly without interruption or distress.
Peter listened gathering up his remaining clothes; an older - slightly greying - white shirt, a crimson tie, black trousers and shoes along with his tan trench coat. All Peter could think at this point was 'Screw it', it's have nothing better to do. It's not like I've got anywhere to go'
A strong, comforting voice then spoke out of nowhere 'You're wrong, Peter. You have much more in store for you than you think. My name is Charles Xavier, we have much to discuss together once you arrive at my school for the gifted'.