Vanessa watched as the last of the workers delivered the extra stuff, tipped them generously, and then walked over to the phone dialing swiftly. The first number she called was Scott's but she only got a disconnected signal and Jean and Ororo were out of range. The next one she did went through. It rang a few times before a deep slightly groggy voice answered the phone.
"Hello?" The baritone voice said.
"Dr. McCoy, it's me Vanessa." Vanessa said. She remembered the first time she had met Dr. McCoy. She had been nervous at first, but the more she talked to him the more she saw the extremely intelligent man he was and not the beast he looked like. It was also nice to meet someone who understood what it was like to be ahead of your generation in the field of studies.
She had added on his charm, a book, along with Rogues which was a lily, and a wolverine animal charm for Logan all in silver with diamond chips.
"Vanessa? What…" Hank started, but Vanessa cut him off.
"The school was attacked tonight by some sort of soldiers." Vanessa said.
"What?!" Hank said wide awake now.
"I don't know who they were, but they took some of the kids. I tried to call the Professor and Scott, but they didn't answer their phones and Jean and Ororo are out of range." Vanessa explained quickly. "Logan, the one that was left in charge is also missing along with Bobby, Rouge, and John as well as at least six other kids."
"Where are you now?" Hank said and she could hear him getting out of bed and dressed.
"At the Aurora Grand Hotel along with the kids that managed to get away. I didn't think it was safe to stay near the school." Vanessa said.
"You did well, I'll be right there." Hank said and she could hear the jingle of keys. "What room are you in?"
"Top floor suite." Vanessa answered. "Should I let the kids call their parents?"
"No, not yet. We'll wait until morning." Hank said. "Just keep everyone calm and I'll be there in an hour."
"Ok." Vanessa said then hung up the phone.
"So?" Megan asked as she came over followed by Piotr and Kitty.
"All I could get a hold of was Dr. McCoy." Vanessa said.
"I picked some of these up on the way out of the school." Megan said showing her the strange needle like objects that were shot out of the guns.
Vanessa took it and started to look it over. She broke one open and smelled the residual substance inside. She reached into her pocket and pulled out an extremely high tech looking phone. It had a frame and a translucent center which she started to tap on.
"JARVIS wake up, I got an unknown substance I need you to run." Vanessa said putting a drop of the substance on the screen. Then she scanned the injector with the phone. "While you're at it see if you can see who manufactured this."
"Right away Miss Stark." The phone replied.
"That is still so weird." Megan said shaking her head. She had already shown off JARVIS at school.
"Yeah, but it works." Vanessa replied as they waited for results.
"The tranquilizer is Immobilon, a mixture of etorphine and a phenothioazine tranquilliser such as acepromazine or methotrimeprazine." JARVIS announced making Vanessa bite her lip.
"What's that?" Kitty asked.
"Also known as Etorphine it is often used to immobilize elephants and other large mammals." JARVIS said as Vanessa worried her lip.
"That stuff is supposed to be highly regulated by law so that means this attack came from a highly connected organization." Vanessa said. "Someone high up is helping them, what about the manufacturer JARVS?"
"There is no manufacturer mark and no other way to tell where it had originated from." JARVIS replied.
"Ok, thanks JARVIS, oh and keep this secret from my dad. I'll tell him, but I'd rather wait till we get things sorted." Vanessa said.
"As you wish Miss Stark." JARVIS replied.
"Thank you again JARVIS." Vanessa said as she slipped the phone into her pocket. Everyone else settled down as Vanessa paced the floor trying to make sense of what had happened.