The assassin was on a bed in the medical bay, sedated through an IV. He has short brown hair, pale skin, and a lean figure. Hank looks him over and says "No wounds. None at all. Kid's got a healing factor, Hank." Logan growled. "He needs to be killed," Laura stated. "He is from HYDRA. We need to end this threat now. No, Laura," Scott responded,"We don't kill prisoners unless we have no other choice." Even if I think we should make an exception in this case, he added mentally. This one is just too dangerous.
I do not understand. There is a high chance he will come back at a later date, seeking revenge. The most logically sound course of action is to end the threat now. Laura was jolted out of her thoughts as Scott began to speak. "Our only option at this point is to turn him in to SHIELD. They would just use him as a weapon," Ororo replied. "We have another option," Charles said quietly," I can remove his memories. All of his memories about everything they did to him, and replace them with artificial ones.
What are the risks?" Scott asked. "It will be difficult to suppress years of memories, and I will not be able to permanently remove them. They will be... dormant for a few months at most. He will remember the stronger memories if he notices something he associates with them, but he will not be able to understand them. This plan is not acceptable," Laura stated," this will give him the perfect opportunity to attack us again. I am hoping by the time he remembers that he will decide to stay with us." Charles admitted. "But even if he does not, I will be able to detect his thoughts anywhere at the Institute, so if he does decide to attack us I will know immediately."
Logan noticed that the others appeared to accept this and felt a surge of anger. "Chuck, you're kiddin' right? He tried to kill me and Laura, not to mention he woulda gone after the students next. The kid's a psychopath. Logan," Charles began," He deserves a chance. Laura did the same thing when she first arrived here, and now she is an ally. It's not the same thing," Logan argued,"She didn't hurt anybody and she was confused. Psycho over here tried to kill us. Logan, Charles is right," Scott interjected," For all we know they did the same thing to him they did to Laura.
They're too willing to see the good in everyone. It's gonna be up to me and Laura to make sure this psychopath doesn't murder us all. "Go ahead with your plan, Chuck, but when you wake up dead don't say I didn't warn ya. We're all agreed then?" Charles asked. After receiving nods from Storm and Hank, and a hesitant one from Scott he placed his hands on the boys temples.
"Proceed with the experiment. But, sir, he's ten. The dogs will tear him apart. That's why there are others, isn't it? We need to make an example as to the price of failure. X-29 begin the exercise." A young boy entered the area wearing the same uniform as the assassin and armed with a combat knife. Four dogs were trapped behind a gate. The boy examined the dogs, then looked down at the knife. The gate was opened and the dogs sped out, barreling towards the boy. He raised the knife, looked at his arm coldly, and brought it down. There was a spray of blood and the he tossed a piece of flesh towards the dogs. It hit one in the shoulder and the dog immediately jumped on it and began eating it. The other dogs began tearing the first dog apart for the meal. The boy watched, analyzing the the situation.. As soon as all the dogs but one were dead he walked up and buried his knife between the dogs eyes.
Logan watched Charles frowning in concentration and when he stopped Logan asked,"What happened?" Charles explained his discovery. "Sounds like he did go through something similar to Laura," Scott said. If I ever find this guy I'm gonna kill him myself. What kind of sick monster could do that to a kid? "I'm going to try again," Charles sighed," This may take awhile."