Hank walked up to the pair, "He's back. Take a seat in his office"
Raven looked to Hank, "Am I just another client now? Come on, Hank"
Clara cleared her throat, "Can this wait?"
Charles was heard from outside of the room, "Hank, Clara! Are you in here? I'd like you to meet-"
"Moira" Raven said in surprise as a woman with dark brown hair and chestnut eyes came in after Charles.
"Raven" Charles looked confused to see her.
Moira smiled kindly, "I'm sorry, have we met?"
Charles stammered, "Uh… Hank, Alex,Clara, and Agent Mactaggert would you give us just one moment, please?"
"Of course" Moira said as Clara rushed out of the room.
"Hi, I'm Moira Mactaggert" Moira smiled and held out her hand to Clara, "I believe you're the one he called Clara"
Clara smiled, "Yes, I am! So glad to finally see you"
Hank slightly hit Clara on the back, making her correct herself, "Meet you!"
Moira seemed to have noticed the difference but then just smiled politely as Alex led them to a couch. Clara sat down on the couch with Moira while Alex and Hank sat on the chairs opposite of them. She glanced over to the closed door and wondered how things were going between the two. Clara just hoped that Raven would be able to hold back her tongue the way she failed to do with Hank. She turned and looked over to Hank who was trying to make a conversation with the woman sitting right next to her.
"How's Scott doing?" Alex asked.
"The ruby quartz glasses were a success"
"He's not sulking in his room"
Alex looked to Clara, "What?"
"Last I checked he was wandering around the grounds with Jean. It's a good thing too, she doesn't really have any friends here" Clara told him, "I think he's fitting in"
Alex scoffed, "That's the last thing we need. Scott's always been a major flirt. He's got a thing for redheads too. Just hope that the girl knows what she's getting into. Scott can be a pain in the ass sometimes"
Clara shrugged, "I don't know. She's more powerful than you'll ever know"
"As long as he's fitting in that's all that matters to me" Alex smiled.
"You know, I could really use the bathroom. Excuse me" Moira said, "I already saw where it is. Please, if the Professor comes back, tell him to wait for me"
Clara watched her go before she said, "So that's Moira"
"In the flesh" Hank remarked.
Alex smirked, "It was awkward seeing them together. Charles was all over the place and I think Moira thought it was cute"
"Young love" Clara sighed before turning to Hank, "What about you, Hank? Are you over being mad at Raven? You seemed kind of harsh. She would've done the same for you if the tables were turned. You know that"
Hank sighed before the door opened Raven and Charles came out, "Where's Moira? We need to go to Cerebro"
Clara jumped up, "Oh, so now we get to use Cerebro!"
"Sorry but I didn't think your vision of Erik would entail this" Charles told her.
"Wait a minute! You had a vision of Erik and you never…" Hank stopped before he turned to Alex, "And you, did you see him last week or something?"
Clara stopped as she turned to Hank before he looked back to her with the darkest eyes she's ever seen laid on her. She was about to justify her actions but the look of betrayal made her stop. Hank shook his head and let out a huff as he walked past Clara and marched by Moira who quickly moved out of his way. Moira turned around and slowly let her eyes rest on Charles with wide eyes.
"Whose Erik?" Moira asked.
Charles rode right by as he said, "Let's just say he's a very old and complicated friend"
The blue doors whirred open as Charles, Moira, Alex, Raven and Clara walked into Cerebro where Hank was already waiting for them. He seemed to only looked to Charles, Moira and Alex while they walked up to him. He handed the helmet over to Charles as Raven and Clara looked to each other.
"Moira, I'm going to have to ask you to keep this a secret" Charles called over his shoulder.
Moira glanced around, "I don't even know what this is"
Raven smiled, "It's cerebro. The new model"
Hank couldn't stop himself, "I based the color on… It doesn't matter"
Charles sighed as he placed the helmet over his head as Clara waited as the beeping was heard overhead. A flash of blue light beamed around them as overlapping human figures ran about them.
Clara giggled as Raven was nearly on the floor from not being prepared for the "new model".
Moira asked from the back, "What are those?"
Charles spoke up, "Those are all the humans of the world"
Raven slowly straightened up as Clara smirked and winked at her friend. Raven then playfully nudged her as she looked around Cerebro. Clara turned to Hank to give the compliments to the genius but he still avoided her gaze. Clara opened her mouth to speak just as cerebro glared red with fewer humans around them.
"And these are all the mutants" Charles finished, "I'm connected to all of their minds"
"The CIA would kill for this" Moira chuckled.
Charles answered back, "I know they would. Where are you, Erik?"
"Hello, old friend" Charles said after a few moments of silence, making Clara gasp as her heart skipped a beat before Charles sighed, "I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! I feel your pain and your loss"
"What happened to them was terribly wrong but come back to us. I can help you" Charles said as Clara felt a tear run down her cheek.
Charles scooted up in his chair, "Think of your wife, think of your daughter. What would they have wanted?"
Charles turned slightly, "Hank, Clara… he's not alone"
Clara and Hank both exchanged a look as they both have never heard Charles this worried before. Hank turned back to Cerebro as he tried to lock in the coordinates in order to narrow down who was with him.
Clara turned to him, "Charles, I had a vision of another mutant, he felt-"
"Ancient" Charles finished for her.
"Sever your connection with Erik" Clara warned.
Cerebro started to whir out of control as Hank bent down, "Hey, Charles, wait"
Charles gasped, "Oh, my God"
"Charles!" Clara yelled out looked up as Cerebro changed it's color from ruby red to purple.
Hank grabbed onto Charles, "Charles, get out!"
Charles' eyes turned jet black, "I've never felt power like this before"
"Charles… Charles, get out of there" Hank urged.
"What's going on? What's happening?" Moira asked.
"I think… someone's taken over Cerebro" Hank said as he tried the dials once more.
"They've taken control of it" Clara looked to Hank, "To do what?"
Hank turned with a panicked expression on his face, "To connect"
Clara turned and looked back down to Charles who stared off into space with his eyes still jet black. She bent down and waved her hand over his face but still nothing. A smile was placed on his face but it didn't match the smiles she had seen over the years. She turned and looked to Hank who started slamming his fists down onto the machine but nothing helped. Clara glanced up to the helmet over Charles' head as she reached up to pull it off.
A deeper voice spoke through Charles' lips making Clara jump back, "Always the same and now, all this. No more stones. No more spears"
Clara looked up at everyone who seemed now terrified of Charles. The man himself didn't even look like he was aware of what he was saying. This only made Clara even more worried as now someone had taken control of Charles mentally. She now regretted urging Charles for so long now to use Cerebro.
Charles continued, "No more slings"
Clara turned around and opened up a latch with a big read button. She glanced over to Hank who was watching her before he nodded. Her hand raised over her head before she slammed it down on the emergency shutdown button… but nothing happened.
"No more swords" Charles shouted, "No more weapons! No more systems! No more! No more superpowers"
Hank screamed at him, "Charles!"
"Hank!" Raven screamed out.
Hank didn't listen as he reached out and grabbed onto Charles' helmet. When he tried to rip it off, an electrifying zap was heard as Charles let out a horrifying scream.
"What the hell are you doing?" Clara panicked, "You could've made him brain damaged"
Hank turned to Clara, "He's not himself, someone is using Cerebro to do something"
"He's right, the more he stays in there the more dangerous he is to the world" Alex chimed in.