"It was Mystique."
Scott reacted almost instantly.
Mystique could transform into anyone she had seen and could even gain fragnts of their recent mories.
As Magneto's most trusted right hand, if she had personally moved to force Rogue out of the school, it would have been ridiculously easy.
"Don't worry, Bobby. We'll bring Rogue back."
After ending the transmission, everyone's face had turned grim.
Rogue absolutely could not fall into Magneto's hands.
New York had a population in the tens of millions. If all of them were turned into mutants, the chaos and unrest that followed would be unimaginable.
And what if Magneto's ambition extended beyond just New York City?
When that ti ca, it would still be the weaker mutants who bore humanity's wrath.
"Professor?"
"I'm going to Cerebro."
The Professor's gentle voice carried an unusual steadiness, easily calming the anxiety in everyone's hearts.
"You can find Rogue with that?"
Inside the enormous circular chamber, Logan curiously looked around at everything.
"With it, I can see every mutant in the world."
The Professor settled the helt onto his head with practiced ease. "Including Fenris getting lost in Canada, and you almost getting knocked unconscious by Victor."
Logan's mouth twitched. "...Enough."
As Cerebro activated, everything around them gradually dimd. Soon, one red phantom after another began to appear.
The image rapidly zood in, and Rogue's figure ca into view.
"She's at the station to the west."
The Professor removed the helt. "Scott. Ororo. You two go bring her back."
"I'm going too," Logan said.
"This ti Fenris won't be there to save you."
Scott mocked him without rcy.
Logan glanced at Jean beside him and spread his hands. "Fine. Then I won't go."
"Oh, get over here."
Watching the three of them rush out in a hurry, the Professor tilted his head slightly. Jean imdiately understood, pulled out a small communicator, and dialed.
"Who is it?"
After a long mont, Fenris's lazy voice ca through.
"How have the past few days been, Fenris?"
Charles asked pleasantly.
"Not bad. A lot more comfortable than driving." Fenris stretched. "Would've been even better if I'd heard Jean's voice instead."
"Haha."
The Professor laughed, and Jean took the cue.
"Fenris, can you co to the school? We've run into so trouble."
"Rogue got taken by Magneto?"
Fenris asked it almost casually.
Jean stiffened in shock. "How do you know that?"
The information had just been uncovered through Professor X's painstaking telepathic search, and Rogue's departure had only happened a short while ago. How could Fenris, all the way out there, possibly know?
"Oh, after I caught Sabretooth, I beat him up a little and found out."
Fenris chuckled. "He was pretty stubborn at first, but after I knocked him out seven or eight tis, he started talking."
"Can you co here?" Jean asked. "We need you right now."
Beep, beep...
Listening to the dead line, Jean looked utterly bewildered.
"Professor, Fenris, he...?"
"It's fine."
The Professor smiled faintly and wheeled himself upstairs to the office. "Co on. Let's wait for good news from Scott."
A short while later, there was a knock at the door, and Fenris strolled into the office at an unhurried pace.
"Hungry?"
The Professor smiled.
"Not really."
Fenris found a spot and casually sprawled down. "You don't need to help?"
"The three of them should be enough."
The Professor did not appear flustered in the slightest.
With Sabretooth already in their custody, Magneto's side had limited manpower. They should not have had too much trouble dealing with it.
"Piece against piece, general against general. The mont Magneto makes a move, those three together still won't be enough. Especially Logan."
Fenris did not seem concerned and casually turned on the television in the office.
He could not rember the original plot very clearly, but in his mory, Magneto's plans had never successfully worked out even once.
Unlike Jean, who was fretting anxiously off to the side, Fenris, who already had a rough idea of the outco, was far calr.
"As Arica's forr gateway for immigrants, Ellis Island is once again becoming the center of world attention thanks to the upcoming United Nations summit to be held there."
"Senior leaders from various nations will gather there to discuss the economy, technology, and the impact mutants are having on the world. Many lawmakers believe the top priority is reaching a consensus on mutant regulation as soon as possible..."
The broadcast echoed through the office, making the already restless Jean even more uneasy.
"Don't be anxious. Trust them."
The Professor gently comforted her.
"A conference aid at mutants..."
Fenris, on the other hand, found it all fascinating. "Isn't that basically telling mutants, co over here and hit ?"
At that, the Professor turned to look at him.
"So you also think these people are hateful?"
"Hateful? Not really. As long as they don't provoke in front of , I don't care."
The first half of Fenris's answer made the Professor nod gently.
"But..." Fenris changed tone. "The ones who hurt before, people like Stryker, that's different."
"Mm."
The Professor still only nodded calmly and said nothing more.
Fenris was a little surprised that the Professor did not try to persuade him otherwise. But then, rembering that Charles himself had been the kind of man to throw down without hesitation when he was younger, it suddenly seed reasonable.
Ti passed bit by bit as they waited. As the sky gradually darkened, the communicator sitting on the desk finally rang.
Jean's face lit up. The device flew through the air and dropped straight into her hand.
"Professor, we failed."
Ororo's dejected voice ca through.
"What happened? What went wrong?" Jean asked urgently. "You're not hurt, are you?"
"We're not hurt."
Scott took the communicator and got straight to the point.
"We thought that with Sabretooth missing from Magneto's side, dealing with them shouldn't be a problem."
"But just when we started gaining the upper hand, a red mutant who can teleport instantly suddenly appeared, along with a man who can control hurricanes."
"Logan found Rogue first, but he had absolutely no ability to resist in front of Magneto..."
"Sigh."
A long sigh broke the air, and for a mont, the office fell into silence as well.
"Professor, do you know those two mutants?" Logan asked through the communicator.
Being handled so easily by Magneto had clearly dealt him a blow.
"I do. They're both old friends. I didn't expect them to show up too."
There was a trace of rembrance in the Professor's eyes. He gave the order without hesitation.
"Jean, Fenris, co with to Westchester Station."
"Professor, looks like soone's infiltrated the school."
Fenris's ears twitched, and he suddenly looked at Charles with a strange expression. "They're in your Cerebro chamber right now."
"Hm?"
The Professor frowned and imdiately recognized who it was.
"I need you to stop her. Jean and I will leave first."
"Professor, why not just control her directly?"
With powerful enemies ahead of them, the Professor was actually leaving Fenris, one of their strongest fighters, behind at the school. Jean was anxious beyond words and could not understand his decision.
"Don't ask, Jean. Let's go."
The Professor let out a helpless sigh. Before leaving, he turned to Fenris and warned him again and again.
"Do not hurt her."
"Understood."
Fenris grinned.
A little sister type. He got it.
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