Chapter 58: Interview

Chapter 58: Interview

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"Logan stop!" Professor Xavier yelled as he saw Wolverine running at Spider-Mans exposed back, his fists wound back and claws pointed forward.

Before Peter could act as his spider senses were going off, Charles took it upon himself and used telekinesis to toss Logan onto the nearby wall, pinning him there by his arms and legs.

"Grrrr... Ahhhhh!" Logan growled and screamed as he tried to break out of the Professors hold.

As Wolverine strained against Charles' hold, the Professor grabbed his head in pain, unable to hold against Wolverine's strength for long.

"Sigh..." Peter saw this and walked up to Logan. "You keep making me do this."

Peter shook his head as Wolverine growled at him like an angry animal. Pulling back his fist, Peter launched a well-placed punch at the side of Logan's head, causing his body to go limp against the wall.

"Ah, thank you..." Charles breaths out in relief as the pain in his head disappears.

"No problem, want to show me to your office?" Peter says as Wolverine slides down the wall and toppled onto the floor.

"Yes, we can talk privately there." Charles says as he wipes some sweat from his brow.

As he says this, Nightcrawler comes walking down the stairs and sees the odd situation.

"What happened..." Kurt says as Spider-Man appeared in his line of sight. "Oh, I see..."

Shaking his head at his friend's actions, Nightcrawler strolls over and picks Logan up off the floor, carrying him like a prince would in a fairy tale.

"I'll put him in his room." Kurt says as he ascends the stairs. "It was good seeing you again, Spider-Man!"

"Alright, follow along." Charles says as he leads Peter to his office.

Along the way, Peter saw a few children, who were most likely meta-humans that joined the school early. They all nervously peered at the superhero that came to visit, excited to see him but too scared to come forward.

As they entered the Professors office, Charles pulled up behind his desk and motioned for Peter to sit.

"The children you saw are the first of our budding school." Charles says as Peter sat down. "Most of them come from sad beginnings. Parents that didn't understand their child's change, orphans, liberated test subjects. They've all been through a lot and you're actually a big part of their life. They see you as a hero. Someone they aspire to be."

"Well, they do have superpowers, so a good amount of them probably will be like me in the future." Peter says with a shrug.

"True, though that doesn't mean they can't choose normal career paths." Charles clarifies.

When Charles found Scott, he was an orphan living on the streets and either doesn't remember much of his life or refused to speak about it.

As soon as he walked in the door, Scott dashed straight to Peter and started firing off questions. The boy was obviously a fan, which was flattering for Peter.

Though he didn't really like Cyclops' character in the movies from his past life, Peter wouldn't hold that against the boy. He only wished the character wasn't such an annoying simp.

Calming the boy down from his fanboy state, they started the interviews with him. After setting up his phone with a makeshift stand Peter put together with some web, he started the interview on the couch in the office.

Once the easy questions were out of the way, like his name, age, grade, and powers, Peter got into the interesting stuff.

"How do you feel about having superpowers?" He asks.

"Well..." Scott goes silent for a few moments before answering. "I think my power would be cool if I could control it. Professor X said that I could get it under control with enough time and effort though."

"Professor X?" Peter asked as that's the first time he's heard that nickname out loud. "Do you mean Professor Xavier?"

"A lot of the kids call him that. It's hard for them to say his name. Everyone calls him that now." Scott explains as Charles smiles heartwarmingly from the other side of the room.

"I see, how was your life before you met Professor X?" Peter asked.

Charles didn't look pleased with Peter's question, as this was a big part of their therapy sessions. Though he never told Peter not to ask this, so he couldn't blame him.

"..." Scott tensed up immediately.

He's been avoiding these types of questions for a while now, as it's easier to forget, yet this time was different. Scott's hero, Spider-Man, was asking the questions this time.

"I-I was in an orphanage for a while." Scott starts talking reluctantly. "I don't remember my parents or any time before then. The orphanage was... not the nicest place."

"Was there not enough food or?" Peter asked, not knowing the backstory for Cyclops.

"There were a lot of doctors there." Scott says, shocking everyone in the room as they knew what this meant. "They would stick me with needles and connect these wires to me. I didn't like it there so I left."

"They let you leave?" Peter asked.

"No, I escaped." Scott says with a shake of his head. "They didn't let me leave my room, so I used my eyes to cut a hole in the walls at night."

"What happened after that?" Peter asked.

"I lived in an alley for a while." Scott says as he turns to look toward Professor Xavier. "That's where Professor X found me."

The sad look on Charles' face disappeared as he heard this. He sent a warm smile toward the boy. Charles just wished that he found him sooner.

A/N: 1564 words

[DONT FORGET MY STONES! As king once again. I must assert my dominance. Gone is the crying figure of me huddled in a corner. I now stand proudly T-posed at the top of my Throne of Stone! ????]