Chapter 3 The True Identity of Daphne Blake
Spiderman was about to knock on the door of Professor Xavier's library. "Come in Spiderman." Spiderman entered the room and exchanged greetings with the professor. "What brings you in here so early, the game is not due to begin for a couple of hours yet, and as I recall you are usually running a little late."
Spiderman was not sure how to take the professors comment. "Well I wanted to check in on the young lady we rescued the other night and see how she is doing," replied Spiderman.
" She is doing just fine and is out and about talking and meeting other mutants," replied the Professor.
Spiderman thought for a moment about what he was thinking and feeling and felt the professor could advise him. "Professor, I normally don't have a problem with girls, in fact every date I have ever had I have always been late for one reason or another. But since meeting Daphne I can't get her out of my mind and felt this need to get here as early as possible. It is like there is some kind of connection between her and I. Can you give me some advice?"
Professor Xavier thought a moment and said, "Answers will come in due time, so be patient."
Spiderman felt disappointed and didn't expect the response he got from the professor. "Since, I have some time before the poker game I am going to see if I can find Daphne."
The professor replied, "Well relax and enjoy the company and good luck tonight, rumor has it, that the X-men have been taking all your money"
"That is not a rumor that is a fact," replied Spiderman.
Spiderman headed for the Parlor room, hoping that he would find Daphne there. And sure enough she was sitting on a couch and Jean was sitting across from her. It looked like both were deep in discussion. Jean looked over and saw Spiderman enter the room.
"Hello Spiderman" said Jean, "how are you? Kind of early for the game aren't you?"
"What is it with me being here a little early, is that a crime?" Spiderman asked.
"Spiderman would you care to help us with an exercise with Daphne" asked Jean. Spiderman thought for a moment and then said, "Okay, what do I have to do"?
"I was just showing Daphne how to use her telepathic powers in reading someone's mind with out getting at information that needs to be protected," replied Jean.
"Whoa, I am not to sure about someone probing into my mind", Spiderman replied. Then he looked at Daphne's blue eyes and in that instant he felt an over whelming urge to give her whatever she wanted, he said "Okay, but tell me exactly how this is going to work and promise me, you will not probe any further than what I allow you."
Daphne looked at him and couldn't help but feel a warm feeling come over her. What was this she thought? This guy walks around in pajamas, why would I feel this kind of attraction for him. She thinks about Fred and finds that he is no longer that important to her. Wow, what is happening here? "Daphne, are you okay?" Jean asked. "Yes I am okay, I was just having some weird thoughts, oh never mind let's get started." Daphne replied. "Spiderman, I want you to think about your favorite color and number and I will tell you what they are."
Daphne took Spiderman's hand and guided him to sit next to her. They both turned and faced each other. They both closed their eyes. Daphne started concentrating and looked into Spiderman mind. She remembered a quote she once heard that the "eyes are a window to the soul" and at that moment she felt if she was looking at Spiderman soul only it wasn't Spiderman she saw. It was a young man about her age, but she could not make out the face. But, wait that isn't the exercise. She was supposed to look into his mind and see what his favorite color and number are. But more was coming. What she saw next was an image of a young man with an elderly woman, and then another image appeared that came from a top of a bridge watching a young lady fall and another image of Spiderman standing in front of her. In the last image Spiderman reached to his chin and pulled off his mask. The young man standing said, "my name is Peter Parker." Daphne felt at that point that she had gone to far. She opened and saw Spiderman looking at her. She didn't know whether his eyes were open behind the mask.
Spiderman felt himself go weak after he closed his eyes. Thinking about his favorite color and number. But, he couldn't think about those. He wanted to tell Daphne who he was. "No!! I can't," he thought. But it was to late. He opened his eyes and saw Daphne looking at him. "I am sorry Spiderman, I didn't mean to probe" Daphne said as she lowered her head.
Spiderman reached over and lifted her chin until he was looking her in the eye. "You have nothing to be sorry about. I let you probe. You now know my secret and you need to promise me that you will not tell anyone." Spiderman asked. "I won't, " Daphne replied.
Daphne looked up to see where Jean was, but apparently she had left the room to allow Daphne and Spiderman work on the assigned exercise. "Well I am glad Jean is not her or else she may have found out about Spiderman's secret or maybe if she had stayed she might have been able to stop me, Daphne thought.
Jean had planned on staying for the exercise, but Professor Xavier had summoned her and some of the other X-men to his library. Jean thought that Daphne would be okay, especially with Spiderman having some control of his own mind.
When Jean got to the library Scott, Logan, Ororo, and Rogue where already waiting in the library. Professor Xavier was talking on the phone. After a few minutes he was done. "I just finished speaking with Daphne's parents and told them that Daphne was with us. They are relieved and a detective will be coming in the morning to speak with her to make sure that she is here of her own free will. Her parents are coming as well. However, that is not why I have summoned you. I believe that after Magneto's failed attempt to get Daphne he will try again, and it could be tonight." Professor Xavier said.
"Looks like we will have to go general quarter then," replied Scott.
"Let them come I have some unfinished business to complete and look forward to finishing what they started" replied Logan.
"Logan I don't want you to antagonize this situation any more that is needed, do you understand?" asked Professor Xavier.
"Yes Professor," replied Logan.
"Scott you know what to do and make sure the rest of the mutants know that we are in general quarters," replied the Professor.
"I will take the first watch in the control room," Ororo said.
"I will work outside the perimeter," replied Logan.
The rest of the X-men made arrangements and decided who would do what for the next 24 hours. Jean went to the parlor room to look for Daphne and let her know that there could be another kidnap attempt.
After Spiderman and Daphne discussed the situation, Daphne excused herself from Spiderman and told him that she was tired and was going to her room for a nap.
Spiderman went to look for the X-men who would be playing in tonight's game. As he was heading toward the danger room where he thought the X-men would be he ran into Jean. "How did the exercise go?" Jean asked. "Okay" Spiderman replied.
"Where is Daphne now?" Jean asked.
"She said the exercise made her tired and that she was going to her room for a nap," replied Spiderman.
"I also have some bad news, the school had been put on general quarters which is going to cancel the game tonight," replied Jean
"Rats not again, are you sure you guys are not wanting to just not give me another chance at wining my money back?" Spiderman asked.
"I am sure there will be other times for you to win your money back, Spidey" replied Jean.
Jean left Spiderman and headed to Daphne's room. She knocked on the door, but there was no answer. She knocked again and still no answer. She grabbed the door handle, turned it and opened the door. Daphne was nowhere in sight. Jean noticed that the window was opened and appeared that Daphne might have used it to crawl out of. Jean ran to the Professor's office and told him that Daphne was not in her room and feared that she might have left the school.
"Who was the last one to see her?" the Professor asked.
"Spiderman was," Jean replied. "Have Spiderman come see me as soon as possible." The professor said.
The professors then closed his eyes and sought out through the minds of the mutants on the school grounds to see if he could locate Daphne. After a few moments the Professor knew she had left the school grounds.
Jean summons the others.
The professor then summoned Spiderman telepathically.
Spiderman heard the voice of the Professor in his mind" Spiderman come to my office at once."
When Spiderman got to the Professor's office he found Scott, Rogue, Ororo, Jean and Logan there as well.
"If I had know we were going to have to check in every 30 minutes I would not have left the room," Logan replied.
"Logan this is serious," the Professor said. "Daphne has left the school." "Wait a minute, I was with her just 15 minutes ago," replied Spiderman.
"What happened?" the Professor asked. "I was helping Daphne with some mind reading and when we got done she said she was tired, and then went to her room for a nap," Spiderman replied.
"Did anything unusual happen?" the Professor asked
"Know I think it went well." Spiderman replied. He wasn't sure if the Professor bought that, especially someone like the professor, who could very easily read his mind and know that he wasn't totally being truthful.
The professor knew that Spiderman was not being totally honest with him. "Spiderman come with me." The professor led him to another inner office where he and the Professor would be alone.
"Spiderman what really happened? I am not going to read your mind to get the answers, so you must tell me what happened," said the professor.
Spiderman knew better and told the professor everything.
"Well I still don't understand why that would have made her leave and as far as we know it could been something else," replied the professor.
The professor and Spiderman returned to the office where the rest of the X- men were waiting.
Daphne decided that after reading Spiderman's mind that she did not want to know more than she needed to know. This really scared her to know what others were thinking. She knew that she was not that good at solving mysteries and felt more comfortable that way. Even though she felt more comfortable at the school she needed to get back to Mystery Inc where life is so much simpler and surprises are part of it.
She also felt that she had betrayed Fred with her feelings for Spiderman, and this really scared her. Fred has always been there for her, and the man under the mask who she did not even know had stolen her heart.
Spiderman was about to knock on the door of Professor Xavier's library. "Come in Spiderman." Spiderman entered the room and exchanged greetings with the professor. "What brings you in here so early, the game is not due to begin for a couple of hours yet, and as I recall you are usually running a little late."
Spiderman was not sure how to take the professors comment. "Well I wanted to check in on the young lady we rescued the other night and see how she is doing," replied Spiderman.
" She is doing just fine and is out and about talking and meeting other mutants," replied the Professor.
Spiderman thought for a moment about what he was thinking and feeling and felt the professor could advise him. "Professor, I normally don't have a problem with girls, in fact every date I have ever had I have always been late for one reason or another. But since meeting Daphne I can't get her out of my mind and felt this need to get here as early as possible. It is like there is some kind of connection between her and I. Can you give me some advice?"
Professor Xavier thought a moment and said, "Answers will come in due time, so be patient."
Spiderman felt disappointed and didn't expect the response he got from the professor. "Since, I have some time before the poker game I am going to see if I can find Daphne."
The professor replied, "Well relax and enjoy the company and good luck tonight, rumor has it, that the X-men have been taking all your money"
"That is not a rumor that is a fact," replied Spiderman.
Spiderman headed for the Parlor room, hoping that he would find Daphne there. And sure enough she was sitting on a couch and Jean was sitting across from her. It looked like both were deep in discussion. Jean looked over and saw Spiderman enter the room.
"Hello Spiderman" said Jean, "how are you? Kind of early for the game aren't you?"
"What is it with me being here a little early, is that a crime?" Spiderman asked.
"Spiderman would you care to help us with an exercise with Daphne" asked Jean. Spiderman thought for a moment and then said, "Okay, what do I have to do"?
"I was just showing Daphne how to use her telepathic powers in reading someone's mind with out getting at information that needs to be protected," replied Jean.
"Whoa, I am not to sure about someone probing into my mind", Spiderman replied. Then he looked at Daphne's blue eyes and in that instant he felt an over whelming urge to give her whatever she wanted, he said "Okay, but tell me exactly how this is going to work and promise me, you will not probe any further than what I allow you."
Daphne looked at him and couldn't help but feel a warm feeling come over her. What was this she thought? This guy walks around in pajamas, why would I feel this kind of attraction for him. She thinks about Fred and finds that he is no longer that important to her. Wow, what is happening here? "Daphne, are you okay?" Jean asked. "Yes I am okay, I was just having some weird thoughts, oh never mind let's get started." Daphne replied. "Spiderman, I want you to think about your favorite color and number and I will tell you what they are."
Daphne took Spiderman's hand and guided him to sit next to her. They both turned and faced each other. They both closed their eyes. Daphne started concentrating and looked into Spiderman mind. She remembered a quote she once heard that the "eyes are a window to the soul" and at that moment she felt if she was looking at Spiderman soul only it wasn't Spiderman she saw. It was a young man about her age, but she could not make out the face. But, wait that isn't the exercise. She was supposed to look into his mind and see what his favorite color and number are. But more was coming. What she saw next was an image of a young man with an elderly woman, and then another image appeared that came from a top of a bridge watching a young lady fall and another image of Spiderman standing in front of her. In the last image Spiderman reached to his chin and pulled off his mask. The young man standing said, "my name is Peter Parker." Daphne felt at that point that she had gone to far. She opened and saw Spiderman looking at her. She didn't know whether his eyes were open behind the mask.
Spiderman felt himself go weak after he closed his eyes. Thinking about his favorite color and number. But, he couldn't think about those. He wanted to tell Daphne who he was. "No!! I can't," he thought. But it was to late. He opened his eyes and saw Daphne looking at him. "I am sorry Spiderman, I didn't mean to probe" Daphne said as she lowered her head.
Spiderman reached over and lifted her chin until he was looking her in the eye. "You have nothing to be sorry about. I let you probe. You now know my secret and you need to promise me that you will not tell anyone." Spiderman asked. "I won't, " Daphne replied.
Daphne looked up to see where Jean was, but apparently she had left the room to allow Daphne and Spiderman work on the assigned exercise. "Well I am glad Jean is not her or else she may have found out about Spiderman's secret or maybe if she had stayed she might have been able to stop me, Daphne thought.
Jean had planned on staying for the exercise, but Professor Xavier had summoned her and some of the other X-men to his library. Jean thought that Daphne would be okay, especially with Spiderman having some control of his own mind.
When Jean got to the library Scott, Logan, Ororo, and Rogue where already waiting in the library. Professor Xavier was talking on the phone. After a few minutes he was done. "I just finished speaking with Daphne's parents and told them that Daphne was with us. They are relieved and a detective will be coming in the morning to speak with her to make sure that she is here of her own free will. Her parents are coming as well. However, that is not why I have summoned you. I believe that after Magneto's failed attempt to get Daphne he will try again, and it could be tonight." Professor Xavier said.
"Looks like we will have to go general quarter then," replied Scott.
"Let them come I have some unfinished business to complete and look forward to finishing what they started" replied Logan.
"Logan I don't want you to antagonize this situation any more that is needed, do you understand?" asked Professor Xavier.
"Yes Professor," replied Logan.
"Scott you know what to do and make sure the rest of the mutants know that we are in general quarters," replied the Professor.
"I will take the first watch in the control room," Ororo said.
"I will work outside the perimeter," replied Logan.
The rest of the X-men made arrangements and decided who would do what for the next 24 hours. Jean went to the parlor room to look for Daphne and let her know that there could be another kidnap attempt.
After Spiderman and Daphne discussed the situation, Daphne excused herself from Spiderman and told him that she was tired and was going to her room for a nap.
Spiderman went to look for the X-men who would be playing in tonight's game. As he was heading toward the danger room where he thought the X-men would be he ran into Jean. "How did the exercise go?" Jean asked. "Okay" Spiderman replied.
"Where is Daphne now?" Jean asked.
"She said the exercise made her tired and that she was going to her room for a nap," replied Spiderman.
"I also have some bad news, the school had been put on general quarters which is going to cancel the game tonight," replied Jean
"Rats not again, are you sure you guys are not wanting to just not give me another chance at wining my money back?" Spiderman asked.
"I am sure there will be other times for you to win your money back, Spidey" replied Jean.
Jean left Spiderman and headed to Daphne's room. She knocked on the door, but there was no answer. She knocked again and still no answer. She grabbed the door handle, turned it and opened the door. Daphne was nowhere in sight. Jean noticed that the window was opened and appeared that Daphne might have used it to crawl out of. Jean ran to the Professor's office and told him that Daphne was not in her room and feared that she might have left the school.
"Who was the last one to see her?" the Professor asked.
"Spiderman was," Jean replied. "Have Spiderman come see me as soon as possible." The professor said.
The professors then closed his eyes and sought out through the minds of the mutants on the school grounds to see if he could locate Daphne. After a few moments the Professor knew she had left the school grounds.
Jean summons the others.
The professor then summoned Spiderman telepathically.
Spiderman heard the voice of the Professor in his mind" Spiderman come to my office at once."
When Spiderman got to the Professor's office he found Scott, Rogue, Ororo, Jean and Logan there as well.
"If I had know we were going to have to check in every 30 minutes I would not have left the room," Logan replied.
"Logan this is serious," the Professor said. "Daphne has left the school." "Wait a minute, I was with her just 15 minutes ago," replied Spiderman.
"What happened?" the Professor asked. "I was helping Daphne with some mind reading and when we got done she said she was tired, and then went to her room for a nap," Spiderman replied.
"Did anything unusual happen?" the Professor asked
"Know I think it went well." Spiderman replied. He wasn't sure if the Professor bought that, especially someone like the professor, who could very easily read his mind and know that he wasn't totally being truthful.
The professor knew that Spiderman was not being totally honest with him. "Spiderman come with me." The professor led him to another inner office where he and the Professor would be alone.
"Spiderman what really happened? I am not going to read your mind to get the answers, so you must tell me what happened," said the professor.
Spiderman knew better and told the professor everything.
"Well I still don't understand why that would have made her leave and as far as we know it could been something else," replied the professor.
The professor and Spiderman returned to the office where the rest of the X- men were waiting.
Daphne decided that after reading Spiderman's mind that she did not want to know more than she needed to know. This really scared her to know what others were thinking. She knew that she was not that good at solving mysteries and felt more comfortable that way. Even though she felt more comfortable at the school she needed to get back to Mystery Inc where life is so much simpler and surprises are part of it.
She also felt that she had betrayed Fred with her feelings for Spiderman, and this really scared her. Fred has always been there for her, and the man under the mask who she did not even know had stolen her heart.