6. The Miracle Doctor
Xavier rolled his wheelchair over to the bed, where the woman was lying. She hadn't yet regain consciousness after the explosion, so they still didn't knew, who she was. He took her hand and tried to close out the bleeping sound from the life-support system.
"Who are you?"
He tried to use his power, but each he was stopped by a blockade, which surrounded the woman's mind.
"Professor?"
He looked up and saw, that Beast was standing in the doorway.
"How is Rogue and Gambit?"
Beast smiled and shook his head very lightly, as he walked over to check the woman's condition.
"They have both only got minor injuries, so if you look away from the fact, that they have switched bodies, then they are going to alright. They should be up on their feet by tomorrow."
Xavier cast a glance back on the woman.
"And it's all thanks to her. Have you found out who she is?"
Beast nodded.
"Yeah, I took her fingerprints and ran them through the computer, which came up with a match. Her name is Dr. Neria Ury."
Xavier squeezed her hand as he tried her name.
"Neria."
Beast turned around to face Xavier.
"But there is more…. She is only fifteen years old."
Xavier looked very surprised over at the woman, who looked like she was at least forty years old.
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He had just stepped out of the shower, when it knocked on the door, so he quickly took the bathrobe on and went over to answer it. On the other side of the door stood there a messenger, who had a big package in his hands.
"A package to Mr. Louis Dubois from a Mr. Maximilien Arceneaux."
Louis smiled as he signed for the package and tipped the messenger. Finally he stood the package from Max in his hands, which he had been waiting for in hours. He quickly closed the door and went over to the table to he opened it.
There was a letter pasted to the top of package, which he quickly took it off. It was a letter from Max, so he quickly opened it and read it in a heartbeat. Afterwards he creased it together and threw it into the fire as he shook his head. Max was always so anxious, which were why it had taken Louis such a long time to persuade Max not to go with him on this trip. Max had always treated him like his younger brother, but still had Max never forgot his duty, which was to keep Louis alive.
Louis then opened the package and took the stuff out, as he made sure, that all the things, that he had asked Max to send him, were there. After checking one more time, that all the stuff, that he was going to need, was there, he then packed it all down in the sports bag. He then took the folder, which also had been in the package, began to read it.
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Xavier was sitting in his office and was starring at his computer screen, which showed the picture of a very beautiful teenage girl, when it knocked on the door and Storm came in.
"Professor?"
He looked up with an anxious look in his eyes.
"Something wrong?"
She quickly shook her head and came over to him.
"No, they are still sleeping, so I just wanted to see how you were doing."
She cast a glance over at his computer screen and saw the picture.
"Is that her?"
He nodded without taking his eyes away from the picture.
"Yes, that is Neria Ury or rather Dr. Neria Ury."
Storm sent him a surprised look.
"But isn't she too young to be a doctor?"
Xavier shook his head lightly as he took a deep breath.
"She is want you call a child prodigy, which mean that she not only have a degree in medicine, but also one in biochemistry."
"Wow, has that something to do with her mutant powers?"
Xavier typed something on the keyboard and a list appeared on the screen.
"I don't think so. If you look at this list, then you can she, that she until five years ago lived at a children's home in Poland, but then something mysterious happens, which suddenly sends her to some of the best schools in Europe."
Storm read the list and sent Xavier a confused look.
"It must have cost someone a fortune to send her to those schools."
Xavier nodded.
"My thoughts too, so I sat the computer to find sites on the net, where her name appears, and it came up with this."
He typed something on the keyboard and a new list came up on the screen. This one was much longer that the first one. Storm began to read it, but stopped for a second and sent Xavier an unbelieving look.
"She has been all over the world."
Xavier nodded.
"Yes, but look. She has one stayed a couple of days in each city."
"Do you think, that someone is after her?"
Xavier shook his head lightly.
"I don't know, but still that only brings up more questions."
He used the mouse to scroll down the screen, so she could she the very last one, which was an air ticket. Xavier then clicked on it, so they could see that the ticket had been used, but in the same time could they also see the plane's number. Storm immediately recognized the number.
"But… that was the one Gambit was on!"
Xavier nodded.
"Yes, and they were sitting next to each other."
"Do you think, that they know each other?"
Xavier switched the computer off and drove over to the door.
"I know, that they do, because it was Remy, who paid for both tickets."