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The X-Men are mutants, unfortunate people born with an X-gene that gives them extraordinary powers and abilities which makes them outcasts to those considered "normal" in the world. ___________________________________________________________________
Xavier Institute cast: (Teachers) Dr. Moira & Charles Xavier [founders],
S.H.I.E.L.D [Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division] AGENTS: Colonel Alvin Calisto [Director], Agent: Steve Rogers [aka: Captain America], Agent: James Logan, Agent: Victor Creed, Agent: Clint Barton [aka: Hawkeye], and Agent: Sam Wilson [aka: The Falcon],
X-Men Tales: -pt87
Title: ABNORMAL PARADISE
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ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
Jean Grey-Summers stood on the edge of the Alaskan pier [with her 2 daughters], waiting for her husband's ship to roll in from a long 2 month hull out on the open seas!
Scott Summers was a fisherman, one of a crew of 12 who ride out on the dangerous seas of The Pacific Ocean, searching for Marlon! It's a billion dollar game, with each fisherman netting close to $3000 per venture [if the catch is good]! Jean worked as a elementary school teacher at a local school in town!
She was eager to see her husband...!
Scott's ship [`The Phoenix'] was the last to come rolling through that day! Jean could instantly sense a foreboding mood as its crew stood on deck, looking quite somber [in complete opposition to when they have a good day at sea]!
The men came ashore one by one, with a small group [including Scott] carrying the covered remains of a body! Other families searched the faces of the men for their confirmed loved ones..., with ONE family starting to worry when they didn't see their beloved boy among them! Scott had to inform that family of their loss, saying that their son drowned during a mishap, but that they managed to recover his body for a funeral!
The family fell to their knees in despair, with some of them blaming Scot for his death!
"It's NOT your fault, honey..." said Jean, snuggling up next to Scott as their 2 small daughters glue around his legs...! "...they just NEED someone to blame...! We ALL know how dangerous the open seas can be...!"
"Doesn't help ease any of the pain, thought Jean..." said Scott, recalling how his brother [Alex] also died at sea!
"C'mon..." said Jean, leading him to their pickup truck parked at the dock...! "...lets get you home and into a hot bath...! You'll feel better once we get some dinner in you!"
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ODESSA, UTAH
The small town of Odessa only held about 3000 people at its peak! On any given day it was filled extra with passer-bys, out of town visitors, and truckers hauling cross country! Meek and mild Bruce Banner came into twice a day for breakfast and/or lunch and dinner...! There was a particular diner that he liked to visit, where the meatloaf was especially good! The local waitress found him intriguing and strange, and often gave him an extra big slice of cake or pie whenever he ordered!
Bruce noticed the woman immediately upon entering the establishment, but knew there was no way he could ever approach her, given his current status...!
The woman took a nearby customer's money, then punched up the price of his meal on an old fashioned register, and handed him back his change...! "Thanks, Wally..., come back again soon...!" she smiled [wiping down his area at the counter] before walking over to Bruce and removing his empty plate...! "You REALLY like that meatloaf, eh...?" she smiled, making him blush! "Wonder how you'd feel if you knew the meat wasn't cow...but came from the horses out back...?"
"huh...?" questioned Banner, dropping his jaw just as he started to wipe his mouth...!
The waitress laughed...
"I'm just joking...!" she admitted, loving the customer's facial expression! "Can I get you the `usual'...?" she asked, placing the dirty dishes through the service window before heading over to the dessert rack to cut Banner a huge slice of chocolate cake...!
"Thank you." said Banner [politely], grabbing his spoon before slicing through the moist cake and spooning it into his mouth...! The waitress caught herself daydreaming, as she awakened herself out of it and poured Banner a second cup of coffee...!
"You've been coming here for weeks now..." she said, wiping off the sugar containers [keeping busy] as she stood in front of him...! "...yet nobody in town seems to know you OR your name...! I'm Kate, by the way...!" she introducing herself...!
"Bru...uh...David..." said Banner, changing his name at the last second in case she wanted to google him when she got home...!
"Well alright Bru-David...its nice to meet you...!" she greeted, reaching across the counter to shake his hand...! The 2 touched hands for the first time and paused, both surprised by the connection between them...! When a customer called for her attention, they both broke out of their gazes as she blushed and came from behind the counter...! "Cake's on the house...!" she smiled, walking by him as she went to attend to her other customers!
Banner left a bigger tip than usual as he snuck away while she was in back of the diner! He'd already decided NOT to return, fearing they were getting too close, and he didn't want to jeopardize his identity...!
He'd just gotten into his rented jeep and was heading for the town's exit, when the road was suddenly detoured by police...! Bruce got suspicious, as he drove up to one of the officers...! "What seems to be the problem...?" he asked politely [trying to act nonchalant]!
"Avalanche!" answered the officer, waving the driver forward...! "Move along, sir!" he warned!
Banner turned in the direction that the officer indicated..., but quickly noticed that it was in the opposite direction of OTHER traffickers...! He noticed a SHIELD military chopper quickly descending from the sky, and realized he'd been ambushed!
Turning his jeep off road, he bounced over rugged terrain, nearly capsizing a few times until he hit open pasture and started to GUN it across the plains! A couple of SHIELD agents [Logan & Creed] leaned out the side of the chopper and started firing on the speeding jeep, with one of their missiles hitting the back fender, blowing the jeep off course as Banner fell out onto the hard ground!
Any normal human would most certainly have been injured or maimed in the explosion..., but Banner managed to emerge unscathed, rising to his feet as he faced his opponents and BEGGED them to leave him alone!
"He's about to change!" said Agent Logan, as he and Creed leaped from the chopper and onto the ground before darting across the field as fast as humanly possible [both agents all dressed in black reinforced field-gear and helmets from head to toe]!
Banner started to change, his body growing bigger, thicker, stronger, greener..., as he ripped away at his clothing, his muscles suddenly protruding where there were none! In his place stood THE INCREDIBLE HULK...!...roaring like a mountain lion about to charge! It was then that Agent Creed ran up [within 25ft.] and shot HULK with an energy net, which immediately sent 30,000 volts of electricity straight through HULK'S bulky body, causing the monster to howl out in physical pain!
"That's NOT gonna stop em...!" said Logan, aiming a giant [multiple-head] bazooka like weapon at the monster, before firing 6 mega doses of tranquilizer stun-rays at the creature [enough to knock out a herd of buck]!
HULK ripped the metal energy net from around his body, then charged the 2 agents angrily [leaping 25ft. in a single bound]! Agent Logan switched heads on his bazooka, then blasted the monster with a Unibeam [a concentrated energy beams capable of blowing holes through solid steel]! HULK flew backwards, crashing into the ground like a speeding jet [kicking up earth everywhere]!
"NOW you've made `em MAD...!" said Creed, seeing The HULK's energy aura [through his specially designed helmet visor] go from orange to RED [indicating the level of anger in the creature]!
HULK leaped towards the 2 soldiers [ready to SMASH], when he was suddenly intercepted by cannon fire from a dozen arrows shot in succession! Logan looked back to see a second SHIELD Helicopter coming into view...!
"Yay, the cavalry's here!" he said [sarcastically], as the chopper lowered and out jumped Clint Barton [Hawkeye], Steve Rogers [Captain America], and Sam Wilson [Falcon], all dressed in similar black reinforced field-gear and helmets from head to toe]...!
"Bout damn TIME you guys showed up..." snarled Creed [happy to see them]! "...what `chall do...?...stop for coffee...?"
"Starbucks is just over the ridge!" said Hawkeye, shooting another explosive arrow at The HULK once the smoke started to clear!
"What's the strategy...?" asked Falcon, ready to rumble!
"Distract him from above, Sam..." ordered Captain Rogers [as Falcon released his mechanical wings and shot skyward without hesitation]! "...the rest of us will use Ground Tactics until The Avengers arrive...!"
"The Avengers...?" complained Logan, "We've already pumped him with enough tranquilizers to stop a heard of Buck! Whatta we need with The Avengers...?"
"Not our call, Logan..." said Capt, pulling his red, white, and blue Vibranium shield from his back as he prepared to go into battle...! "...ours isn't to wonder why, ours is just to DO or DIE...!" he said, leaping over his troops before heading into the battlefield with The Incredible HULK!
"Sometimes I just wanna kick that guy's ass...!" said Creed, as he, Logan, and agent Barton started calling out strike positions...!
"Naw...it's much better to just FUCK it!" said Logan, watching Cap's ass as he ran off for hand to hand with the beast!
The smoked was starting to clear again, as Capt leaped in and slammed HULK in the face with the brunt end of his shield! HULK roared angrily as he swung wildly, missing Capt as the super-soldier quickly somersaulted away, then leaped back into action and hit HULK with an uppercut before falling back again! HULK [infuriated] went after Capt in a rampage, only to be bombarded again by gas-bombs from Falcon [overhead]!
HULK staggered as he looked skyward at his new enemy! Falcon was flying overhead when the creature suddenly bolted, leaping straight up at him!
"Holy shit...!" shouted Falcon, doing immediate evasive maneuvers to get away as HULK nearly caught him midair [only missing him by a hair]!
Now an airborne target, agents Logan, Creed, and Barton aimed their weapons up high, firing a multitude of defenses that quickly knocked HULK out of the sky and back to the ground in a massive heap! The ground SHOOK when he hit! But the green monstrosity got up [ever so weakly], poised for another attack...!
That's when Ironman dropped in out of nowhere [in his Hulkbuster attire]!
"GO! GET OUT OF HERE WHILE YOU STILL CAN!" ordered Ironman, cracking HULK in the back as he smashed him to the ground [underfoot]...!...the recoil sending the SHIELD Agents to the ground for cover...!
HULK swung back with his mighty muscled arm, connecting with Ironman and sending him soaring sideway, crashing into a cluster of trees! That's when the OTHER Avengers [Ms. Marvel, War Machine, and THOR] showed up, slamming their fists into HULK'S jaw simultaneously, sending him flying backwards into a nearby lake where he lay unconscious...!
"AND THAT'S HOW WE DO IT IN THE AVENGERS!" bragged War Machine, pissing off the agents of SHIELD...!
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HELICARRIER
The SHIELD Quinn-Jet flew up to dock with the Helicarrier at 30,000ft. Once landed, a flight crew rushed in to secure the jet while its occupants [Logan, Creed, Rogers, Wilson, and Barton] exited, taking the esteemed Dr. Banner's unconscious body along with them for transport and lockdown at The VAULT in Colorado [a high tech prison from super-powered beings]...!
"Welcome back..." said SHIELD'S Director: Colonel Alvin Calisto, walking out to meet with his elite team...! "...you've found Banner, I see...! Was it much of a fight...?" he asked, as the five agents walked by, each holding an end of Banner's containment capsule [like pallbearers]!
"Hardly ANY fight at all..." snarled Logan [sarcastically], walking by the Director...! "...I don't see WHY you hadda call The Avengers in...! They ain't nothin' butta bunch'a showboaters! They ain't do shit but HOG all the spotlight after WE did all the work!"
"Was out of MY hands, Logan...!" said Calisto, following them back into the Carrier...! "We couldn't afford another SCENE like the one in Denver..., so `the suits' wanted The Avengers to take point! YOU were just supposed to follow and delay him..., NOT interact!"
"Things got kinda dicey when he tried to BOLT...!" said Creed [sticking up for his little brother (Logan)...]!
"Is THAT true, agent Rogers...?" asked Calisto [knowing Rogers (as the famed Captain America) couldn't lie]...!
Steve looked around at his fellow brethren, all of which were staring back at him [hard], DARING him to tell the truth...!
"uh..." he GULPED, knowing he needed to have the trust of his TEAM...! "...that's the way I saw it, sir...!" he said, causing Logan and the others to smirk...!
"uh-huh..." said Calisto, stopping in the corridor...! "...just take Banner down to HOLDING and get him OFF my ship before he awakes and tries to get away again! Then meet ME in my office for a debriefing...!" he said, before heading in the opposite direction! "And ALL of your paperwork better be in order!"
"Yes sir!" said the team, taking Banner down to `Stasis' [their holding cells]!
"What'r you guys all getting into tonight...?" asked agent Wilson [after securing Banner]!
"I got a couple of days off..." said Barton [as the team headed back to the elevators], "...I think I'm gonna fly HOME to see my wife and kids...!"
Steve Rogers gave Barton an unfriendly look...!
"I'll take the stairs!" he said, breaking away from the group!
Everyone gave Barton an evil look!
"WHAT...?" questioned Barton, as they all entered the elevator [minus Capt]! "SO I'm married! What's the big deal...?"
"You could've told em BEFORE you fucked the shit out of em...!" said Logan [pressing what `level' they wished to reach]!
"I didn't think it would matter...!" said Barton, looking down at his shoes [guiltily]! "We were just supposed to be fuck-buddies...!...he wasn't supposed to go catching feelings!"
"Rogers...?" questioned Wilson! "You're forgetting the guy's from 1940 something...! I'm sure if he got involved with somebody, he'd believe it was for keeps!"
"Yeah..." said Barton [wishing he could get a `do over']...! "...maybe...!"
"Just admit ya fucked up, and git ON with it!" said Creed, as they all exited the elevator on Colonel Calisto's office floor...!
"Ya wanted to SEE us, sir...?" said Creed, as they entered The Director's office [Capt was already there) having taken the stairs)...]!
"Yes gentlemen..., have a seat!" offered Calisto, seated behind his desk!
The 5 agents sat down! Calisto stared at them one by one...! "I assume everything Capt gave me in this digital report is accurate...?" questioned The Colonial!
"With the BOY SCOUT tellin' it...? Of course it is!" said Creed!
Calisto looked Capt up and down [eyeballing him hard], then tossed the report into the `done' file! "Okay..." he said, knowing how closely the team worked together [having each other's backs]! "...what's your beef against The Avengers...? For real!"
"Other than their knack for flying in last minute and stealing OUR thunder...?" asked agent Wilson, "Absolutely nothing!"
"I just don't see a NEED for `em..." said Creed, "...unless we fightin' ALIENS or sea serpents...!"
"Look, The Avengers are the nation's..., correction, -the WOLRD'S first line of defense...! THEY'RE the ones the government spend all their money supporting! We need to find a way to work WITH them, if we want to keep this little thing we call OUR JOBS!
"Does everyone understand that...?" asked The Colonel! Yes', Yes sir' [answered his men, all except one]...! "Logan..." called Calisto, "...you're being uncharacteristically quiet...! What's your thoughts...?"
Everyone looked at Logan...!
"I..." started James, unsure WHAT he thought [as his mind was a jumble]! "...I...can't shake this feelin' that somethin' just ain't right...!"
"What feeling, Logan...?" asked Calisto, concerned! "What IS it...?"
"I dunno..." said Logan, rubbing his throbbing temples...! "...it's...something...!"
"We've been hearin' this shit for WEEKS, Colonel...!" complained Logan's brother [Creed]! "He's convinced we're livin' a LIE!"
"That's NOT what I said...!" defended Logan!
"It kinda IS!" said Wilson [agreeing with Creed]!
"I...just can't put my finger on it...!" said Logan, sensing SOMETHING!
"YUR the only one feelin' it!" argued Creed!
"Maybe it's a mental thing...?" surmised Calisto, rearing back in his swivel chair [thinking]! "Hell, when we first fished Steve out of The Artic, HE had a lot of mental shit going on too...! Right Agent...?"
"Yes sir!" said Rogers [having had to transition into this new world after being a soldier in World War II back in 1945 (see: The Libidinous Avengers #'s 2 & 4 for details)...]!
"Talking to someone, -a therapist, COULD help...!"
"But YOU awoke from a traumatic experience..." reasoned Logan, "...I ain't just wake up from no shit like that...! I'm just tellin' yall about some recurrin' DREAMS I been havin'...!"
"Recurring dreams that don't means JACK-SHIT to the rest of us...!" said Barton [ready for his `leave']!
"IN these dreams..." said Wilson, sounding concerned...! "...are there any big breasted, fat assed WOMEN horny to get fucked by a black man...?"
Calisto chuckled!
"I'm SERIOUS..." said Logan, leaning forward in his chair [his elbows on his knees]...! "...I've had dreams about MOST of you..." he added, looking around at his companions! "...Calisto and I were part of another group..., we belonged to a SCHOOL or somethin'...! There was A LOTTA people there! We had POWERS! Creed did too! I worked with HIM also! And Capt and Barton were on this ANOTHER team..., they WERE Avengers!"
"Really...?" questioned Barton, "Cause WE tried out to be Avengers..., and they ONLY take high powered heroes..., not weaklings like me and Steve...!"
"Look bro..." said Creed, trying to reason REALITY with his half-brother...! "...it don't matter what you dreamt...! We ALL have dreams! They don't mean shit! It's just mental hocus-pocus to FUCK with ya head in reality...!
"That SHIT you been dreamin' ain't REAL...!" he added! "THIS is real!" he emphasized, slapping his hand down on Calisto's desk! "Git yur HEAD back inna game b'fo Calisto kicks yur ass outta the Elite and send ya to the psych ward for evaluation!"
Logan glanced up at The Colonel, realizing his hands would be tied if he continued talking gibberish...!
"Well...?" asked Calisto, wanting to know if Logan wanted to further this topic...?
"I...I'm FINE, sir...!" he said, realizing it was a `personal' issue...!
"You SURE, soldier...?" asked Calisto, ready to DROP it if the agent agreed...!
Logan took a deep breath...
"Yes sir, I'm sure!" he agreed!
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WESTCHEASTER, NY 2 days later
With a couple of days off, James Logan decided to spend it traveling to Salem Center, New York [a big part of his recurring dreams]...!
He rode an old refurbished Harley Davison through the tranquil streets of Salem Center, getting a few odd looks from passer-bys who wondered WHO the new stranger was coming to town...? He rode around until he found something that looked familiar, stopping in front of a local Biker Tavern called: Merle's Bar...!
Something about the tavern drew Logan inside, as he looked around the dimly lit hangout to see a bunch of locals and ex-biker types milling about! No one seemed to KNOW him as he found himself a seat at the counter...! "First time here...?" asked the big burly [hairy-faced] redhead behind the counter [with the bike handle mustache thing going on]...!
"Yeh!" answered Logan [settling onto his stool]...!
"Welcome to Merle's...!" greeted the server! "I'M Merle! What can I get for you...?" he asked [wiping up a clean spot at the counter for Logan]...!
"Beer!" said the SHIELD agent, as Merle popped the cap on a bottle [for him] before placing it in front of him...! Logan picked up the beer and turned it up to his lips to guzzle down! He was halfway through with only a few gulps when something on the tv-news suddenly caught his attention...!
He turned around on his stool and stared up at the television mounted on the wall..., as a local news crew did an interview with a nearby school in the county..., calling the husband and wife running the school `heroes to the community...!' The interview had footage of the school and its massive grounds, all donated by Mr. and Mrs. Xavier, who couldn't have children of their own, so they opened up their house to children of all ages needing a good quality education!
"Hey bub..." called Logan, turning back around to see Merle standing in the background [cleaning glasses]...! "...you gotta restroom...?"
"Straight to the back...!" said Merle, nodding his head towards the sign that said RESTROOMS...!
Logan put $5 for the beer on the counter, then headed towards the back of the bar [past the pool tables] and into the men's room to take a leak! The men's room was small, only housing 2 toilet stalls and one urinal! Someone was already standing at the urinal when Logan walked in, so he opted to use one of the stalls instead! While standing over the toilets [pissing], he heard the restroom door creep open and close, figuring it was just the other guy leaving...? Suddenly he heard someone slip into the stall next to his...! But thinking little of it, he shook the piss-drops from his uncut slab and started to tuck it back in his jeans, when he suddenly noticed a small 4" HOLE drilled into the side of the stall! Another glance told him that there was someone peering through the hole, getting a good eyeful of his meaty sausage!
Logan decided to have some FUN with the cocksucker, as he started to PULL his pud, making it grow thicker in his hand! The man next door got down on his knees, pressing his red-velvety mouth up to the opening, extending his juicy tongue, letting Logan know his mouth was there for the taking! Logan inched his cock closer, watching the man's mouth salivate! He placed his cockhead at the opening, letting the man suckle piss drops from the bulbous head! The man pressed his face in further, trying to get more cock in his mouth! Once Logan felt the man's warm wet lips wrap around his dickhead, he stepped in closer, feeding him MORE of his plump sausage!
With his pelvis now pressed flat against the wall, he could feel the guy starting to go to work on his cock, enveloping more shaft as he slid his hungry mouth! Logan had no idea WHO the cocksucker was that was eating his dick so good, but he was definitely going to get a HOT lunch if he kept it up!
Big Merle [as some of his biker friends called him] had been a secret cocksucker for years, having sucked his first cock back in high school when he and his best friend [Jimmy] would hooky school and spend the day hanging down by the train tracks near the river...! It was there [after skinny dipping on the banks] that he sucked his first cock, blowing Jimmy after his friend noticed him admiring his cock too much!
Jimmy kept Merle's secret all through school, getting as many blow jobs as he could before joining the military! After graduating HS, Merle got a job locally, saving up enough money to buy his first motorcycle! Once on the road he felt free, getting away from his strict father and traveling WEST to California where he lived for a while! It was there that Merle joined a biker gang and started selling marijuana! He got close to a couple of the gang members, becoming secret lovers with a few of them! Once arrested for distributing drugs, he got the bulk of his cock sucking skills living in a penitentiary for 2 years! It was in prison that he got his first of many tattoos, honoring the prison gang he associated with, the ones that kept him from getting butt-raped by the blacks and Hispanics that overcrowded the prisons!
After his release, Merle moved back home to Westchester, finding himself a honorable job working at a local Home Depot! It wasn't until his father died [leaving him his bar], that he started working as a bartender! He and his ole man never got along, and Merle spent years away from home avoiding the old guy..., and was quite surprised to find one of the bathroom stalls in his dad's bar housing an old fashion gloryhole! It appears his dad had it put there to help drum up business, but he soon learned from old patrons [as well as local cocksuckers] that he dad often frequented the hole for his own use, getting his cock sucked by some of the best cocksuckers in the county! Merle suddenly wished he had visited more, perhaps he could have sucked his dad's cock before he died...?
Merle sucked and slurped the thick fat prick in front of him, alternating licking the furry balls between jaw-jobs! He could feel it thickening every time he deep throated it, loving the way the thick cock filled his ballooning throat, giving his larynx a good workout!
Logan could feel his balls starting to tighten in their hairy sac! With his facial cheeks pressed closely against the stall wall, he grit his teeth as the cocksucker in the next stall slobbered over his swollen manhood, swallowing his cock again and again, getting him closer to losing his load!
"Oh FUCK..." he gasped, humping his hips into the wall as the cum started erupting from his aching balls...! "...Arrhhhh..." he growled just as his cock swelled and started pulsating...! "...ARRHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH...!!" he yelled [even louder] as the cum finally spew forth, flooding Merle's mouth and throat with a tidal-wave of gushing sperm that cascaded down the back of the biker's contracting throat like a waterfall!
Merle gobbed down every ounce of the stranger's juice, jacking his own cock all over the stall floor as soon as he tasted the potency! Logan was still recovering from his intense orgasm, when Merle packed his cock, got up off his aging knees, then slipped back out of the stall before being seen...! Hearing the stall door open next door, Logan slowly pulled his spent cock back through the hole, then took a seat on the toilet to catch his breath! The cocksucker was good, and if he lived in that area [like he sensed HE may have at some point], he would definitely have to stop by again for another...!
After pulling himself together, Logan tucked his cock and balls back into his pants, then went back out to the bar to buy himself another drink before heading upstate! Merle handed him another beer upon request, as he licked his salty lips and tried not to stare too much at the man who'd just fed him a delicious cum-shake!
Logan had no idea that it was the bartender who blew him! He finished off his beer, then took off on bike for Xavier's School...!
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Logan pulled up outside the gated entrance of The Xavier Institute, parking his bike along the side of the road as he walked up to the 15ft. metal gate and peered in through the bars...! In the distance he could see the HUGE school [which used to be the mansion home of Brian and Sharon Xavier (Charles's parents)...], and some of the students walking about the lawns! He got an eerie feeling that he'd been there before...! In his mind he could SEE himself fighting on the lawns, metal contraptions [weapons] hiding underground...! WHERE were these dreams coming from...?
He'd been stand at the gate for about 10 minutes, when school security happened by [on a golf cart]...!
"Can I HELP you...?" asked the Indian guard, getting out of his cart to approach the gate [the nametag on his uniform read: Proudstar]...!
"I'm here to see Xavier...!" said Logan.
"You have an appointment...?" asked the guard!
Logan pulled out his SHIELD credentials...!
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The guard took Logan IN to Xavier's Office, telling him to wait there while he went to search for the Headmaster...! Logan looked about the office [curiously], noting a fleet of books penned by Charles Xavier...! He picked up one of the titles and began flipping through it!
"I can't imagine what a government agency like SHIELD would want with The Xavier Institute...?" said The Headmaster, walking into the office...! "Hi. I'm Moira Xavier, I RUN the school...! What can I DO for you Mr. Logan...?" she asked!
"This BOOK..." said Logan, looking up at the woman in front of him...!
"Written by my HUSBAND, Charles...!" explained Moira! "What about it...?"
"WHERE did he get the idea for this story...?"
"Oh, I don't know..." said Moira, going behind her desk [where she often felt more comfortable talking to strangers]...! "...he's always had a vivid imagination...! He has a TON of books he's written..., all fiction of course!"
"Where is he NOW...?" asked Logan [unable to put the book down]!
"In class I believe..." said Moira, "...he's a literary teacher...!"
"Can I meet him...?"
"I don't see why not...!" said Moira! "But...what is this about...? Surely his BOOKS hasn't caught the attention of SHIELD...?"
"No ma'em...just MINE...!" said Logan, flipping the book closed to look at the title again: `The Shi'ar Conflict: A Space Odyssey!'
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"I...don't know WHERE I got the idea for that particular book..." said Charles Xavier, in his wife's office [after being summoned from his classroom]...! "...it was a part of a DREAM I had...! As my WIFE often tells me, I have a VERY vivid imagination...!"
"WHY is the book so important to you, Mr. Logan...?" asked Moira, curiously!
"I've had this SAME dream...!" explained the SHIELD agent!
"That's impossible!" said Moira! "Perhaps you READ the book before, and DREAMT several scenes inside it...!"
"No!" said Logan! "I remember Lilandra..., and The Shi'ar..., and The Starjammers..., and The Chandlier...!"
"You couldn't...I...I made it all up...!" insisted Charles!
"What ELSE do you remember...?" asked Moira!
"I remember...being HERE before..." said Logan, looking around...! "...at the school..., in THIS office...! Except YOU were The Headmaster here, Charles...and Moira wasn't your wife..., she was an associate...! She had her OWN research facility called Muir Island where she was a genetics researcher...!"
"Genetics...?" questioned Moira, looking over at her husband curiously...!
Logan continued...
"We LIVED here...! There was a GROUP of us...! We called ourselves...Xavier's Force, or something...! There was Ororo Monroe..., Sean Cassidy, Warren Worthington III, Hank McCoy..."
"He's a teacher here as well...!" intervened Moira!
"...Sam Gunthire, Jean Grey, Jean-Paul Berbier, Scott Summers...! We had POWERS...! YOU were a telepath, you could read minds...! I had...claws...! Jean was a telekinetic...! Scott shot beams out of his eyes! Angel had WINGS! Ororo controlled the weather...!
"We were MUTANTS!"
"Mutants...?" questioned Moira! "The ONLY mutants are on Genosha! And it's run by Magneto and The First Family...!"
"THEY weren't the only mutants...!" argued Logan!
"What are you saying...?" asked Moira!
"I'm SAYING..." said Logan, "...WE were mutants also...! We stood for something! We protected people! We were GOOD guys!"
"So what happened then...?" asked Moira, skeptically! "Why aren't you mutants anymore...?" she asked! "WHY don't anyone remember...?"
"I think SOMEONE does...!" said Logan, looking over at Charles! "Yur writings..., they're NOT fantasies! They're MEMORIES!"
NEXT: THE HOUSE OF M
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