「 The Professor & I 」VOLUME II

(344) Apparently

Xavier's School, March 2017

Lynn's POV

Relatively peacefully, a decade cruised by.

Although faced with a regrettable number of catastrophes striking the cities of New York, D.C., London and Sokovia on separate—strange—occasions by alleged demigods, hacked secret organizations, aliens from other dimensions and an insurgent artificial intelligence unit respectively, the overall establishment of human-mutant coexistence was not, thereby, shoved into jeopardy.

Life at the mansion remained safe and sound as the gifted school bloomed into the dream Charles always envisioned it to be.

With the influx of help since the last racial provocation, our academy rapidly expanded, welcoming a wide range of students from primary, secondary and even tertiary levels. Every semester, countless pupils graduate, most rejoining society in a seamless, undiscriminated, fashion, while others dedicated their futures to serving their alma mater.

The once diffident yet pesky bunch—namely Siryn, Shadowcat, Rogue, Iceman, Pyro and Colossus—have risen as responsible teachers and veteran X-Men. Peculiarly, the clique of six wound up as three couples all lined up to be married in the coming seasons.

After that trying incident, the affinity between Rogue and Bobby had admittedly strengthened and was eventually rewarded when Bobby developed a subsidiary mutation that resisted the lethal effects of his fiancee's.

Similarly, Peter's earnest efforts ultimately moved his teenage crush, who also recently discovered herself a new—though anticipated—talent, of sending the consciousness of another back in time, and the two have been blissfully engaged since last summer.

Most amazingly, and in many ways unexpected, John displayed a remarkable capacity for repentance, almost on par to Erik's commendably compliant behavior, that absolutely charmed his comrade. It was comically described that Theresa nearly deafened all the other restaurant patrons, not to mention comprehensively shattered their glassware, when she enthusiastically accepted his proposal over their romantic Christmas dinner.

Other fresher ones have also earned their stripes as time whisked by. Jimmy, for one, had learnt to duly control his unique powers and was now undergoing training under the alias Leech to join the discretional squad. A handful of our initial batch of refugees have also, after much mentoring, fine-tuned their abilities in order to qualify for the choice team.

Clarice, aliased as Blink, was taught to efficiently create more stable teleportation portals bordered by pink rays, instead of the green and volatile analogue she was accustomed to. James, aliased as Warpath, honed his acute tracking expertise with us and Roberto, aliased as Sunspot, improved his solar projection techniques while Lucas, aliased as Bishop, practiced his energy absorption and redirection diligently.

Psylocke and Arclight, having received pardon and surviving the disastrous calamity, willingly pegged themselves to our cause and were now not only well-versed in combat but accomplished in the art of instruction.

Our original pool of adults still devoted their lives to the fulfilling profession and most have realized their happiness in the form of a significant other. Although maintaining a curiously chummy relationship with Logan, Storm remained likewise single but the terrifically eligible bachelorette was currently—purportedly—wooed by some Wakandan prince.

Definitely, one of the most notable events that have graced us was the birth of Jean and Scott's fraternal twins as they presented Rachel with her first and second siblings both at once. In the spring of 2010, the marvelously adorable pair of Alexander—clearly named in memory of his dear uncle—and his little sister, Lauren—in my honour at the insistent generosity of Jean—was pleasantly added to our family.