Beast's Lab
Scott put his shirt back on as Hank had given him the ok, "most damage she has done to you but nothing a few days won't take care of" he explained as Scott stood up. "Both the Professor and myself warned that staying in the same room as her would be dangerous."
"I'm not going to leave her alone" replied Scott, "Where is she now?" he asked as Hank finished putting his instruments away.
"She is with the Professor like she usually is after one of her nightmares" answered Hank. "Best thing you can do is go back to bed and get some rest, they could be talking the rest of the night."
Scott sighed and began walking towards the exit "I just wish they could get this all of this figured out" he said as the door opened and closed behind him.
Hank sighed "Me too, my boy. Me too."
Xavier's Office
Charles looked at Jean carefully as she sat in his office, the nightmares were becoming more frequent and worse. Charles was beginning to think that Scott would be in danger soon if they couldn't find a way to control Jean's outbursts. "Remain calm Jean, Scott is fine. I Just need you to talk to me" Charles said hoping to find some way to help Jean.
"The nightmares are getting worse Professor" she said with fear dripping from every word. "This time it was all hate, destruction, death, and…fire."
Charles nodded along trying his best to keep his composure as his mind played out scenarios in his mind. "Just remember Jean these are dreams, but your powers react to them, We need to try and get the nightmares under control" he said as Jean looked around the room.
"Is Scott really okay?" she asked hoping she hadn't hurt the man she loved too badly.
Charles nodded "He's fine, nothing was broken. And as usual Scott doesn't blame you for anything. I might ask that you and him, stay in separate rooms until your nightmares have subsided" he advised getting a firm head shake from Jean.
"Scott keeps me calm when they start, he usually gets me awake before we get to that point but tonight he didn't realize in time what was happening" she explained as Charles continued to weigh his options.
"Very well, but keep me informed on how you are feeling and make sure you see Hank in the morning so he can give you the full once over" he ordered as he led Jean from his office and back on her way towards her room.
Jean walked away as Hank came around the corner and towards the Professor, she stopped him in the hall "I'm so sorry" she said as she pulled the blue mutant in for a hug.
"It's quite all right Jean. It was out of your hands at that point, we'll get you sorted out just fine" he said with a smile. "Scott should already be back at the room by now, see you in the morning and please get some rest." Jean nodded and cautiously made her way back to her room.
Hank entered Charles room and closed the door behind him, "How's Scott?" Charles asked.
"Bruised and beaten up but nothing serious but this is starting to get out of hand, when she first came here it was every year or two now it's a few times a month and that's only the ones we know about…I'm sure Scott and Jean are keeping a few outbursts to themselves" explained Hank as Charles nodded.
"I know but what choice do we have?" replied Charles.
Hank shrugged "Maybe we should contact Korvus?"
Charles scoffed "No, we are not there yet…we can still find a way to salvage this" he said as he turned to look out into the darkened grounds. "How are the students?"
"Most have no idea anything happened and the ones that do seem calm but word will certainly spread amongst them over the next day or so like usual" replied Hank as he moved to head back to bed himself. "Everything is still working in Jeans mind like it is supposed to, right?"
Charles nodded "For now everything is holding and I don't see that changing at least for now" he replied getting a sigh of relief from Hank. "Get to bed Hank, I'll see you in the morning." Hank nodded and made his exit leaving Charles to his own thoughts. He didn't have the time to deal with this particular problem right then and there, he needed to get Magneto under control first.
Charles left his office and used the hidden elevator in the hall to get to the basement where all the labs and equipment were located. He left the elevator and turned heading past the labs and briefing room and directly to the large door at the end of the room. The room was where Cerebro was located, Charles used Cerebro to amplify his abilities and allow him to see everyone on the planet, well everyone except Magneto who thanks to the helmet he acquired years ago, it prevented telepaths from entering his mind and he wore at almost all times.
Charles needed to act quickly and find something or someone related to Magneto and his Brotherhood of Mutants. As Charles placed the helmet upon his head that connected him to the machine his mind filled with people all over the world, he had long ago figured out how separate regular humans from mutants which often allowed him to focus his strengths far more effectively. Since finding Magneto was going to be impossible with Cerebro, Xavier instead focused his efforts on the people around Magneto, such as Mystique. The blue mutant who had been an early recruit when Charles and Erik started trying to build the early versions of what would come to be known as the X-Men.
Mystique was strong, smart and above all else sneaky, her ability to shapeshift had allowed Magneto access to thousands of places he would normally have no chance of getting too. Finding specific people was always a tough task regardless of how hard Charles would focus, and too much focus in Cerebro was dangerous. Mystique was smart enough to keep her profile low and blend in with everything else, finding Sabretooth could prove more useful but even he managed to hide himself most of the time.
Charles would spend the rest of the night scouring the Earth with Cerebro with no success.
