"Scenario 241-B" (early comicverse)
The Professor would be angry, Kitty thought, kneeling in Danger Room. He didn't like her practicing without supervision, but...
Today this scenario had beaten her seven times, belying her claim to be an X-Man.
She could do it. She could.
The center platform rose and Kitty ran up, air made solid beneath her feet by force of will. A gaudy flag hovered as the room attacked, a robot arm slamming into her. Breath whooshing, falling, she stretched toward the flag.
"Scenario over," the computer said.
Alone in her victory, Kitty cried hot tears into the crumpled fabric in her hand.
The Professor would be angry, Kitty thought, kneeling in Danger Room. He didn't like her practicing without supervision, but...
Today this scenario had beaten her seven times, belying her claim to be an X-Man.
She could do it. She could.
The center platform rose and Kitty ran up, air made solid beneath her feet by force of will. A gaudy flag hovered as the room attacked, a robot arm slamming into her. Breath whooshing, falling, she stretched toward the flag.
"Scenario over," the computer said.
Alone in her victory, Kitty cried hot tears into the crumpled fabric in her hand.
