Charles sat in the seat in the Cerebro chamber. He wasn’t sure the extent of the
contamination nor how virulent this strain would be. But what was for sure was after a day, the
air inside the sealed room would turn toxic and he would suffocate. However, if in his haste to get out he
released the infection; he, the rest of the school and possibly the world would
be at the mercy of Doom’s plague.
Charles reached out with his mind looking for someone to
help.
*
“Hay Alison,” the girl in her math class smiled as she
walked by.
“Hay,” Amara smiled.
Amara Juliana Olvians Aquila normally went with the
shorter anglozied Alison Chrestmere, but when she was in the special ‘gym
classes’ here at Xavier’s she was called Magma for her powers over lava. All be it right now she was just another
young girl enjoying sometime between classes at her boarding school.
~Magma, can you hear me?~ The Professor called to her
mind.
She thought yes in her native tongue and then stopped and
thought again in English.
~To your right there is a panel hidden behind the frame
of the first class,~ Xavier informed her, ~Please go look at it for me~
The blonde did as asked and found the display. All of the diagrams had the basement
sectioned off in red.
“The Basement is all marked red with that medical warning
emblem,” Amara thought aloud, “I don’t know what all of these little code
things mean.”
~Relax Amara,~ The Professor soothed her, ~You are doing great,
look at the infirmary on the first floor, there should be a pipe icon with a
down arrow. Touch it and let me know what happens.~
“It turned green,” Amara spoke out the English.
~Very good,~ The Professor couched the young mutant
along, ~Now look at the basement and find the Cerebro chamber. Let me know what it looks like.~
“Cerebro is Blue,” Amara said, “The door to the basement
is red and has that sign on it. But in
back there is a hallway that goes from the kitchen to an exit underground. The door is green in hallway but red on
cerebro side.”
~Very good,~ Charles informed the younger mutant, ~Now
here is what I need you to do, first close the panel, next go to the infirmary
and find the canister labeled ‘kitten pox treatment,’ and put it in the messenger
tube to the basement. After that go to
the kitchen and help me get out of Cerebro.~
“Right away Professor!” Amara smiled.
*
There was a loud ping noise from down the hall that
caused Tigra, Storm, Black Widow, Storm and Jean to cover their ears in pain.
“What was that?” Tony purred.
“Supply delivery from the infirmary,” Hope cheered, “Maybe
they sent the cure!”
*
The panel in the bottom of the sphere gave way and a hand
extended out.
“Are you ok Professor?” Amara asked.
“Yes,” Charles made sure to smile, “Let’s get back upstairs.”
“Why me?” Amara was having trouble speaking English out of
confusion, “Why not a… a… Teacher?”
“Well Amara,” Charles was careful to keep control over
his own emotions, “Most of the teachers are down stairs and I needed someone
who would remain calm and not panic. That
is why I asked you to help. Now let’s go
back upstairs and see about getting this all resolved.”
Amara said something roughly translated to “Ok”