Calvin could not think what was happening. He had just hurt someone, nearly
killed that person, if it was a person. The man he had seen before had been
chased by the cops. This could mean that he was the enemy maybe he was in
league with the man with the helmet. Calvin had to test him.
Before Calvin could say anything, the man came up to him. He was of normal height; he was wearing a dark blue shirt with a brown leather jacket and jeans. This reminded Calvin of a cowboy he had seen in Canada. It was kind of funny to compare this scary person to a tourist attraction. Calvin was scared that someone would do something.
"Kid, you should be more relaxed, nothing is going to happen to you"
With that, three giant claws shot out of the man's hands. With this, Calvin jumped up and, instinctively, did what he did when the bear had him; he went Vulcan on the man's ass. Right before the CDs came out Calvin's hands, he saw that the man was puzzled about something with Calvin, but, all in a second, three CDs came out and hit the man in different places. One CD hit him square in the chest. One hit him in the leg. The last one winged him, and went right through the wall behind him.
He fell to the ground in much the same way that the blue woman did. Calvin could only think to run, so he did. He ran out the door and into a hallway. Then, as Calvin looked around franticly for a way out, a bell rang and people started to run out of doors and down the hallway. Not knowing what to do, Calvin hid behind a pillar¹.
When Calvin thought that all the people had left, he came out from behind the pillar. There was a tall muscular man there. The man was looking at a piece of paper. Then, the man that Calvin had wounded walked out of the room, unscathed. His claws were out and he was panting slightly.
"Have you seen a boy out here, about half your size?" said the, now alive, man.
"I didn't see anyone Mr. Logan but I'll—
With this, the man looked at Calvin, so did Logan.
"Look, kid, I know your scared, but it's O.K. We are the good ones. This is Colossus" he pointed to Colossus, "I am Wolverine and we won't hurt you."
Calvin's adrenaline rush became too over powering and all went black.
* * * * * * * *
Calvin's eyes opened. He was on a comfortable bed. He knew that he had seconds before he could realize where he was or who he was. For three blissful seconds, Calvin was just a sheet. Then reality came back at ludicrous speed. ¹ does this remind anyone of a scene from movie number one? "Son of a bitch!"
"What?" was the answer from a man in a wheel chair.
"Oh...uh... I'm Calvin." came the reply of Calvin.
"Yes, I know that. You know, if Logan didn't have the gift of healing, then he would be dead, and you cut right through a teak wall with steel plating. Do you know how much that is going to cost me?" said the man in a light humor in his voice.
"I'm sorry about the wall, but I don't know what I did, I was scared and I just did what I did. Can you help me know what I'm doing?" asked Calvin.
"I can help you with your new gift, Calvin. You have an ability that is going to help you with many things that are going to happen, to you, to all of us." The Professor said, as he wheeled out the door.
Calvin followed him out of the office. The hallway was empty, again. They walked down and then to a large pillar. Calvin was about to ask why they were there, when the pillar slid to the side, to reveal a small room. The Professor went in and Calvin followed in. The pillar door slid shut. Calvin realized that this was no room, but an elevator. They started to move down.
When they got out, they were in a series of hallways. They were all metal and looked stylish. The Professor went down a hallway and down another. Calvin had to jog to keep up with the paraplegic's battery.
The Professor stopped at a door. He pushed a series of buttons on a pad. The door opened, like the ones on Star Trek. He wheeled inside and beckoned that Calvin follow him in.
"This is what we X-Men call the Danger Room. You can train and practice all of your abilities any time. You can fight alone or you can use the automated defense system."
With that, the Professor hit some keys on his wheelchair, and a great tank- like thing came out of the wall about fifty feet from Calvin. It was large and looked like it could do some serious damage, if it got into the wrong hands.
"What do I do?" asked Calvin.
"You use your powers to destroy it." said the Professor.
"How?"
"How did you fight Logan?" asked the Professor.
"I went like this" Calvin said, as put his hand in the Vulcan position.
"Calvin, think about what you are about to do. Be one with your powers" the Professor stopped.
Calvin, you must feel the powers within, then use them.
Calvin thought, he could feel something happening. There was a buzz in his head, and he willed the CD to come out. There was a zing, and the spinning hot plastic came out and missed the tank by 20 feet.
"Good! Good!" said the Professor. "You just need control. You are more advanced than you look. Try to produce more of them."
Calvin did that. He made three come out, one right after the other, then four, then five, then six. Calvin took a break. Then it happened, he found it in him. He could not fathom what it was, but he could feel something in him, helping him. He aimed and fired. A stream of CDs came out of his hand. Within a second, Calvin thought of the tank, and it being destroyed. The CDs arched up and, in succession, came down on the tank. The were sounds of gears moving, and the thing fell to pieces.
"Calvin, you did it!" the Professor looked relieved. "Calvin, are you aware of your eyes?"
"What do you mean...uh...Wheels?"
The Professor rolled his eyes, why did everyone call him that? He knew that the chair was too much of an overstatement. He should use a hover chair or something.
"I'm Professor Charles Xavier, you can not call me Wheels, though. Anything but that." the Professor said with a light humor.
"Can I call you Chuckles?" asked Calvin.
"No, I should think not. In fact, if you do I will scramble your mind so much that Magneto will want to leave you alone." With this, Calvin cringed.
"I'm sorry" the Professor quickly collected himself "Your eyes, can't you see...don't you realize that they...they turn...O.K., never mind." The Professor looked puzzled
He knew for a fact that the time Calvin had gotten all the CDs out, he had seen the eyes of the boy turn green. Not green as in the normal eye color, but neon green. The kind of green that you would see in a computer. Something was up that Charles didn't know about. What was Magneto up to and what did Calvin have to do with it. All Xavier knew was that something big was going to happen, and happen it would soon.
Before Calvin could say anything, the man came up to him. He was of normal height; he was wearing a dark blue shirt with a brown leather jacket and jeans. This reminded Calvin of a cowboy he had seen in Canada. It was kind of funny to compare this scary person to a tourist attraction. Calvin was scared that someone would do something.
"Kid, you should be more relaxed, nothing is going to happen to you"
With that, three giant claws shot out of the man's hands. With this, Calvin jumped up and, instinctively, did what he did when the bear had him; he went Vulcan on the man's ass. Right before the CDs came out Calvin's hands, he saw that the man was puzzled about something with Calvin, but, all in a second, three CDs came out and hit the man in different places. One CD hit him square in the chest. One hit him in the leg. The last one winged him, and went right through the wall behind him.
He fell to the ground in much the same way that the blue woman did. Calvin could only think to run, so he did. He ran out the door and into a hallway. Then, as Calvin looked around franticly for a way out, a bell rang and people started to run out of doors and down the hallway. Not knowing what to do, Calvin hid behind a pillar¹.
When Calvin thought that all the people had left, he came out from behind the pillar. There was a tall muscular man there. The man was looking at a piece of paper. Then, the man that Calvin had wounded walked out of the room, unscathed. His claws were out and he was panting slightly.
"Have you seen a boy out here, about half your size?" said the, now alive, man.
"I didn't see anyone Mr. Logan but I'll—
With this, the man looked at Calvin, so did Logan.
"Look, kid, I know your scared, but it's O.K. We are the good ones. This is Colossus" he pointed to Colossus, "I am Wolverine and we won't hurt you."
Calvin's adrenaline rush became too over powering and all went black.
* * * * * * * *
Calvin's eyes opened. He was on a comfortable bed. He knew that he had seconds before he could realize where he was or who he was. For three blissful seconds, Calvin was just a sheet. Then reality came back at ludicrous speed. ¹ does this remind anyone of a scene from movie number one? "Son of a bitch!"
"What?" was the answer from a man in a wheel chair.
"Oh...uh... I'm Calvin." came the reply of Calvin.
"Yes, I know that. You know, if Logan didn't have the gift of healing, then he would be dead, and you cut right through a teak wall with steel plating. Do you know how much that is going to cost me?" said the man in a light humor in his voice.
"I'm sorry about the wall, but I don't know what I did, I was scared and I just did what I did. Can you help me know what I'm doing?" asked Calvin.
"I can help you with your new gift, Calvin. You have an ability that is going to help you with many things that are going to happen, to you, to all of us." The Professor said, as he wheeled out the door.
Calvin followed him out of the office. The hallway was empty, again. They walked down and then to a large pillar. Calvin was about to ask why they were there, when the pillar slid to the side, to reveal a small room. The Professor went in and Calvin followed in. The pillar door slid shut. Calvin realized that this was no room, but an elevator. They started to move down.
When they got out, they were in a series of hallways. They were all metal and looked stylish. The Professor went down a hallway and down another. Calvin had to jog to keep up with the paraplegic's battery.
The Professor stopped at a door. He pushed a series of buttons on a pad. The door opened, like the ones on Star Trek. He wheeled inside and beckoned that Calvin follow him in.
"This is what we X-Men call the Danger Room. You can train and practice all of your abilities any time. You can fight alone or you can use the automated defense system."
With that, the Professor hit some keys on his wheelchair, and a great tank- like thing came out of the wall about fifty feet from Calvin. It was large and looked like it could do some serious damage, if it got into the wrong hands.
"What do I do?" asked Calvin.
"You use your powers to destroy it." said the Professor.
"How?"
"How did you fight Logan?" asked the Professor.
"I went like this" Calvin said, as put his hand in the Vulcan position.
"Calvin, think about what you are about to do. Be one with your powers" the Professor stopped.
Calvin, you must feel the powers within, then use them.
Calvin thought, he could feel something happening. There was a buzz in his head, and he willed the CD to come out. There was a zing, and the spinning hot plastic came out and missed the tank by 20 feet.
"Good! Good!" said the Professor. "You just need control. You are more advanced than you look. Try to produce more of them."
Calvin did that. He made three come out, one right after the other, then four, then five, then six. Calvin took a break. Then it happened, he found it in him. He could not fathom what it was, but he could feel something in him, helping him. He aimed and fired. A stream of CDs came out of his hand. Within a second, Calvin thought of the tank, and it being destroyed. The CDs arched up and, in succession, came down on the tank. The were sounds of gears moving, and the thing fell to pieces.
"Calvin, you did it!" the Professor looked relieved. "Calvin, are you aware of your eyes?"
"What do you mean...uh...Wheels?"
The Professor rolled his eyes, why did everyone call him that? He knew that the chair was too much of an overstatement. He should use a hover chair or something.
"I'm Professor Charles Xavier, you can not call me Wheels, though. Anything but that." the Professor said with a light humor.
"Can I call you Chuckles?" asked Calvin.
"No, I should think not. In fact, if you do I will scramble your mind so much that Magneto will want to leave you alone." With this, Calvin cringed.
"I'm sorry" the Professor quickly collected himself "Your eyes, can't you see...don't you realize that they...they turn...O.K., never mind." The Professor looked puzzled
He knew for a fact that the time Calvin had gotten all the CDs out, he had seen the eyes of the boy turn green. Not green as in the normal eye color, but neon green. The kind of green that you would see in a computer. Something was up that Charles didn't know about. What was Magneto up to and what did Calvin have to do with it. All Xavier knew was that something big was going to happen, and happen it would soon.