Scott didn't know how to feel about Xavier retiring. Should he be upset that Xavier was leaving? Should he be happy Xavier trusted him enough to take over? Was he even ready to take over? Was he even Xavier's first choice to take over? He remembered Xavier talking to Jean about her possibly taking over before she died, and Scott was sure there were better choices than him.

"Scott, you've been silent for a while now," A look of concern crossed Xavier's face. "Is something bothering you?"

"It's just, this is a lot to take in. Are you sure you want me to take over? What about Hank or Ororo? Aren't they more qualified to run the school than I am?"

"Scott, there's no one more qualified than you to take over."

"I'm still not sure about this. Why did you decide to retire now?"

"There are a number of factors involved, but mostly I feel the X-Men have long since outgrown my original dream. You've all outgrown me. Truth be told I should have retired a few years ago, but..."

"Jean's death stopped you." Scott finished.

"Yes." There was a long pause before he continued. "Scott, if you don't want to take over, I can always find someone else."

"No. No, I just...I just need time to think this over."

"Take as much time as you need."

Scott left Xavier's office, going back to his classroom to finish writing those lesson plans, but it wasn't easy to focus with everything that just happened. Sure, Scott had led the X-Men since he was sixteen, but he was always the field leader, that didn't really translate into overseeing all the x-teams and the school. There was no way Scott was actually ready.

He was not getting anything done like this. He needed to talk to someone about it, but he didn't want to bother anyone else with his problem. As he was pondering this, Bobby came by and noticed something was troubling him.

"You look more dour than usual, Scott. What's wrong?"

"I'm fine. I just have a lot on my mind."

"Oh…" Bobby walked in and took a seat. "That's code for you want to talk about it."

"Are you sure you're okay hearing about my problems?"

"Just tell me what's bothering you."

Scott sighed. "Xavier wants me to take over as headmaster, and I'm not sure I'm ready for that."

"You're the only one in the entire school that doesn't think you're ready."

"I figured you'd say something like that, but it doesn't really help me." Scott didn't need reassurance of his qualifications. What he needed was someone who would listen, and Bobby wasn't really the right person for that. Scott stood up and walked over to the door. "Thanks for your help Bobby, but I'm going to go find Logan and talk to him about this instead."

"Great talk, Scott." Bobby said. "Never even gave me the chance to help you." He muttered once Scott was out of earshot.

Scott found Logan in the kitchen, making himself a sandwich. "I thought you would've already ate lunch by now." Scott noted.

"I have. This is a snack. You want me to make you something?"

"Do you even know how to make vegan food?"

"How hard can it be? It's just vegetables."

"No, it's not just-" Scott stopped himself. He didn't see much point in correcting Logan on this one. After about a minute Logan gave Scott a plate of celery sticks with peanut butter and raisins. Scott really shouldn't have been surprised that Logan succeeded in making something vegan. He ate a few of the celery sticks and just enjoyed Logan's company before bringing up the subject. "So, Xavier's retiring."

"Yeah, I figured he'd be doing that soon. Who's taking over for him?"

"He wants me to, but I'm not sure I'm ready for that. Sure, I've lead several X-teams in the past, and I teach, but I don't think that's enough experience to run an entire school and managing five teams."

"Does X-Club really count as a team?"

"Even if they don't someone has to reign them in when things get out of hand, and that would be part of my job when I take over for Xavier."

"You said 'when' not 'if'. Sounds like you've already made your mind up about this."

"Well, yeah, kind of. I mean I was the one who came up with the program to train students who wanted to be X-Men, and I have some other ideas that could help the school and the X-Men like that more, and if I was headmaster, it'd be easier to implement them, but I also know it takes more than just good ideas to take over from Xavier."

"Look, I don't know anything about what it takes to run a school, if it was me it would chaos within a week-"

"I remember your idea to outfit the whole school with danger room tech."

"That was a great idea, Summers, and not what I was talking about. My point is there's probably a reason Chuck picked you over anyone else. You may not understand that reason, but clearly he has faith in you, and if that's not enough for you to realize you're the right person for the job, I don't know what will."

"What if I'm just the least bad option? What if I take over and ruin everything?"

"If the X-Men go down in ruins because you took over, a time traveler would have already showed up to stop all this." Logan said with a chuckle.

"I'd probably end up being their dad too." Scott said with a small smile.

His talk with Logan managed to put Scott's mind at ease enough to finish up his work for the day. He was now more willing to acknowledge that he was qualified to take over from Xavier. With that, his decision was made, so he left the kitchen and made his way to the basement where he knew Xavier would be now.

The X-Men had several facilities down in the basement, including science labs, medical care, the blackbird's hangar, cerebro, the danger room, and holding cells. The original purpose of the holding cells was for the X-Men to temporarily hold criminals until SHIELD, the police, or someone along those lines could come and move that criminal to a more appropriate facility until they could be put on trial.

However, over time, Xavier started keeping some of their enemies in there indefinitely with the explanation that no one else would be able to hold them. That explanation really only worked with Azazel whose teleportation abilities could only be stopped with mental blocks Xavier put in his head and had to regularly strengthen.

The explanation could be stretched to work with the Juggernaut, who was only kept there by sigils Illyana put in his cell blocking him from Cyttorak's power, and the Living Monolith, who was kept from absorbing cosmic energy by dampeners Beast installed. Both these measurements could be replicated in any other prison they were moved to, the problem was actually moving them.

There was one prisoner they had that this explanation didn't work for no matter how Xavier stretched it: Sabretooth. Yes, he was as strong as Spider-Man, and yes, his claws could cut through steel, but ultimately Creed wasn't that difficult to keep imprisoned. The real reason Xavier kept him here was because he thought he could rehabilitate Creed. Why Xavier thought he could change Sabretooth of all people was anyone's guess.

Scott found Xavier in front of Creed's cell who was acting far more docile than the last time Scott was down here. Maybe Xavier's rehabilitation was really working. Scott waited outside the holding area for Xavier to finish up, and he managed to catch the tail end of their conversation.

"Must you solve all your problems with violence?" Xavier asked with a hint of frustration in his voice. "There are always other ways, many of which are far more effective than hurting others to get your way."

"None quite as fun though." Creed countered.

"Your right." Xavier sighed. "My mistake. Clearly you won't even try other methods unless the option of violence were to be taken from you."

Creed laughed. "I'd love to see you try taking that option from. No matter what the situation, I can get very creative."

"We'll see." Xavier left, running into Scott as soon as he was out in the hall. "Did you over hear that?"

"Some of it. What exactly are you planning?"

"Have you made your decision, Scott?"

Scott was used to Xavier dodging questions like that, so he didn't say anything. If it became important later, Scott would press further then. "I've decided I will take over as headmaster. I know there's a lot of good I can do for the school and the X-Men's cause as headmaster."

"I'm glad to hear that. I know you'll make a great headmaster."