Cyclops's Bad Medicine

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Chapter 4: Thoughts and Meetings

Professor Xavier's Office

Professor Charles Xavier, the super-powerful telepathic leader of the X-Men, was sitting in his office. With him were the teachers of the X-Men: Logan, the grizzed feral clawed Canadian codenamed Wolverine, Ororo Munroe, the Kenyan white-haired weather-manipulator codenamed Storm, Hank McCoy, the blue-furred ape-like Beast, and Warren Worthington III, the white-winged millionaire codenamed Angel. He was also joined by two members of the GI Joe team: Low Light and Cover Girl.

"You're kidding me, right? You've got to be kidding?" Warren groaned.

"Uhm…can you run this by us again?" Cover Girl was trying to process what she just heard.

"Okay." Jean nodded. "Scott got injured in the training session, so while he recuperated, Jake gave him this DVD. It contained a cartoon featuring this goofy superhero from the 1960s."

"Let me guess, the Amazing Eye-Man." Low Light nodded.

"Yeah, how'd you know?" Jean nodded.

"Jake showed it to me." The mutant sniper shrugged.

"Anyway, Scott watched it, and he took his medication with some hot chocolate. Turns out Fred had made hot chocolate for everyone…and some special caffeine and sugar-free hot chocolate for Scott." Jean continued.

"So it wouldn't cause any problems with the medication." Ororo reasoned with a nod. "Understandable."

"Oh, I think I know where this is heading…" Hank realized, rolling his eyes.

"You ain't the only one." Logan sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Well, anyway, Fred got confused, and gave Scott some regular hot chocolate." Jean continued on. "Now thanks to being hyped up on caffeine, sugar, and meds, Scott is now running around, believing he's the superhero himself."

"Oh, no…" Xavier moaned. "I think I need a drink."

"He took his costume and turned it inside out." Jean added with a sigh. "Now he's running around."

"You let him out?" Warren's eyes widened.

"I, we, it was just…" Jean fumbled. "It was…it was…it was just a big shocker, you know, seeing him act like that."

"I can imagine." Cover Girl agreed.

"Tell us about this Eye-Man." Xavier told the redhead. Jean sighed.

"I don't know too much about him." Jean admitted. "All I know is that he's some goofy superhero from the 1960s." A knock was heard at the door. "Here, he'll tell you." Jean opened the door, revealing Jake.

"Uhm…" The red-haired Bostonian rubbed the back of his head.

"Just tell them about Eye-Man." Jean told the dragon-powered mutant. Jake nodded.

"Well…there's not much to tell, really." Jake shrugged. "Eye-Man is this superhero who first appeared in the comic books in 1963. He was considered a real good character, but that was by the standards of Silver Age comics. The comic was cancelled in 1971, and the character has not really been seen in any comics since. In 1965, a cartoon series was made, but by today's standards, it's very cheesy. The animations are basically comic panels put on film." Jake explained.

"Uh-huh." Xavier nodded.

"Eye-Man's real name was Eric Lyons." Jake explained. "He was a scientist who got hit in the face by a ray from outer space. It gave him the power to fire all kinds of beams from his eyes. Heat beams for melting stuff, x-ray vision for looking through things, infra-red vision for seeing invisible stuff, telescopic vision for seeing faraway stuff, freeze beams for freezing stuff…"

"Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa WHOA!" Hank suddenly interrupted, moving his hands back and forth quickly. "I'm sorry to interrupt you Jake, but I have to get what you just said straight. He can shoot beams from his eyes that freeze things? I can understand beams from the hands or even from a fancy gun held by a man in a blue parka, but eye beams?"

"Well, I told you." Jake shrugged. "It's pretty goofy. Anyway, Eye-Man's alter ego has a thing for this woman named Mandy Jones."

"Evidently, she's a redhead." Jean concluded with a crossing of her arms.

"Yup." Jake nodded. "Scott's optic blasts are a lot like Eye-Man's Laser-Vision."

"Laser-Vision?" Ororo blinked.

"Yeah." Jake nodded. "Laser-Vision. It makes things go boom."

"So, if Scott believes he's Eye-Man, he's gonna think that he has all these vision powers." Warren realized, making Jake nod.

"But if he tries to call upon those powers, he'll only get his optic blasts." Xavier added.

"He'll probably believe he was stripped of most of his vision powers." Jake surmised. "One of his enemies is Dr. Blinder."

"Dr. Blinder?" Logan struggled not to burst out laughing.

"I know, Mr. Logan." Jake chuckled. "But it was the 60s. Anyway, he was a supervillain who had the ability to cancel out Eye-Man's powers for a period of time. He was a blind man who believed that if he cannot be given the gift of sight, then no one else should have."

"He sounds like someone who can't move on with his life." Warren shook his head.

"It is a 1960s comic book, Warren." Storm shook her head with a chuckle.

"So…" Logan looked at Jake.

"So obviously, we gotta find Scott before he finds Dr. Blinder…whomever he believes Dr. Blinder is." Jake sighed.

Downtown Bayville

Scott Summers, believing that he was the superhero Eye-Man, looked over the streets of Bayville, from his position atop a building.

"Ahhhhh…" He smiled. "My beloved Capital City. A lovely city plagued by criminals." He started to think. "Okay…most of my vision powers are gone. The only power I seem to have is my Laser-Vision. This has got to be the work of my nefarious arch-foe Dr. Blinder." He clenched his fists. "Evidently, somehow his powers have grown since our last encounter on the Dark Side of the Moon. He must've found a way to tap even deeper into the Black Rays that emanate from that area, and those rays are the source of his powers. Originally, he could only cancel out one or two of my vision-powers, but now, he's somehow found a way to cancel out all of them except my Laser-Vision, and he didn't even have to be near me to do it this time! It also appears to have enhanced my Laser-Vision to the point that it's much more powerful, but I lost the ability to control it. Luckily, being the intelligent man I am, I prepared for this and modified my visor so it is capable of harmlessly dissipating the rays." Scott looked back down at the city. "What're you up to, Dr. Blinder? Why are you trying to screw with my powers? Are you trying to prevent me from foiling your latest scheme?" Scott scratched his chin. "Looks like I'm going to have to try and find out myself." He ran inside the building. "My telescopic vision is useless, so it looks like I'm going to have to patrol on foot. This is a big city, but maybe a citizen can offer me a ride and help me in the fight against crime."

Well, well, well! Looks like Scott's become a crime fighter! What insanity will happen next? Will Scott's Silver Age mentality allow him to make it in Bayville? Who is Dr. Blinder? And will the X-Men and Misfits find him and be able to smack him back to reality? Find out in the next chapter! Suggestions needed badly!