Chapter 128: Recruitment -2 (Edited!)

"Then I can be your Daddy," I joke with a smirk.

"You are so bad!" Jean exclaims with a blushing face as she slaps my arm.

"If you would join our school, then I might think about it," she adds, looking away.

"Sorry, Jean, my schedule is very hectic. I can hardly attend my own college. I wanted to visit Marie and you all, but it took me three whole days to arrange that," I explain with a wry smile.

"I-It's fine, Luke. I understand you own a multinational company and are also completing your doctorate at ESU. It was selfish of me to ask you to join the School," Jean responds with a sigh.

"Hey, how about this? You can keep a room empty for me. This way, I will have a room to crash in if I want to stay here overnight," I suggest, not wanting her to be sad.

"Really?" Jean asks with a bright smile. "This is great! We can have movie nights and play board games. It will be so much fun!" she exclaims happily.

"You are really passionate about this school, huh?" I say with an amused smile, as in my mind, the games I was thinking about were more like the games I played at my aunt's house.

"Yes, very," Jean says excitedly. "Ah! ... I really miss my school days," she adds with a reminiscent smile.

"But you should still be in high school, no?" I ask her curiously.

"I stopped going to school as soon as I entered high school," Jean explains, keeping her hands folded on the table, her face a bit sad. "You see, I don't have just 'Telekinesis' as my power. I can also read minds. B-but don't worry, your mind ... just like the professor said, is like a void, so I can't read yours," Jean quickly explains, worried that I might be wary of her.

"It is one of my powers. It makes me immune to telepathy," I nod with a small smile, placating her concerns.

"I am glad that you have this power, as it is honestly very relaxing sitting here talking with you. If it was someone else, then I have to actively stop myself from reading their mind or even their surface-level thoughts," she remarks with a wry smile.

"That sounds exhausting," I sigh, taking her hand in mine.

"It all started in school one day... during a lecture, I could suddenly hear the thoughts of everyone in the school. From my best friend who was secretly jealous of me, to the thoughts of the boys in my class, how my teacher hated teaching in the school, even my principal's thoughts about swindling the school's money, I could hear all of it, all at once!" Jean recounts with a pained look as she closes her eyes.

I go ahead and hug her, making her eyes open wide; as I feel her amazing breasts squish against my chest. "You must have been so scared," I whisper softly as I caress her back.

"Yes," she murmurs, melting in my arms. "I had passed out then, and the professor had to be called by the teachers. Professor Xavier then started teaching me how to control my new powers, but it was very hard for me to control them, especially in crowded areas, so I quit school. Scottie also quit so I wouldn't feel alone here," Jean murmurs quietly, getting more and more comfortable in the hug as I activate my Angelic Aura.

"That was nice of Scottie," I say as her red hair tickles my face.

"She is the best ... I had just mentioned to her once that it would be cool if this mansion itself were converted into a school for kids like us. Then just the next day, Scottie went to Professor Xavier with this idea, and the professor agreed. From then on, we have been trying to convert this place into a school, and now we finally have Marie as our first fellow student," she says with a smile as she ends the hug, looking at me shyly.

"So if I deactivate my power of Psychic Immunity, would you be able to tell what I am thinking?" I ask, looking at her gorgeous face and her plump red lips in front of me.

"I-I don't know. The professor says I have gotten better at controlling my … powers," she says softly as we both inch closer and closer.

"Huh? Professor!" Jean abruptly backs away, standing up from her seat.

"Luke, the professor is asking me to bring you to him," she says with a blushing face.

I curse the baldy in my head for ruining the good moment, as I get up and follow behind a red-faced Jean.

Jean takes me downstairs through an elevator. "This is our secret basement," Jean informs me as we walk though a long corridor.

"Sure ... every house or school should definitely have one of those" I say with a chuckle to clear the air. Jean giggles clearly feeling more relaxed now. 

We both walk ahead, and just at the end of the corridor we find Ororo, standing in front of a big X door that I am very familiar with from the movies.

"Lucas, I didn't know you had come to visit us!" Ororo looks pleasantly surprised to see me.

"You were busy tending to your gardens, so I didn't notify you," Jean says with an awkward smile.

"Do you like gardening, Ororo?" I ask with a raised brow.

"I love to take care of the plants and flowers. If you have time, I could show you my garden," Ororo answers with a smile.

"I would love to." Just as I say that, the door opens, and I see a large hollow spherical room.

We all walk over the short bridge inside this huge room where the professor is seated, wearing a helmet connected to a computer-like device.

"What is this all?" I ask, feigning ignorance of the room that I have seen many times in the X-Men movies.

"This is Cerebro, Lucas. It is a device that magnifies my psychic powers, allowing me to reach out and identify mutants," Professor Xavier says with closed eyes.

"That is impressive," I remark, looking around the room. "So you can identify all the mutants around the world with this? Did Helen make it?" I ask, noticing the circuitry lining each of the panels in the huge room.

"No not every mutant ... it was definitely capable of that a long time ago, but it was damaged. And Helen didn't make it, but she managed to get it operational again. At the moment, its range is limited to our country. However, Helen has assured me she will do her best to fully restore it," Professor Xavier says, opening his eyes.

"Well, maybe we should add some Holographic projection panels so whatever you see can be displayed outside too," I suggest, rubbing my chin, noticing the distinct lack of any imagery devices which were seen in the movies.

"I am sure Helen would be more than happy to brainstorm with you about it," the professor replies with a smile.

"Professor, did you find another mutant?" Jean interrupts our talk.

"Yes, two, in fact, both from the same area. I managed to pinpoint and track one of them," the professor replies, removing his helmet. "This time, the three of us will go, and Luke, I would be happy if you could also join us," he adds with a smile.

"Sure," I readily agree, as honestly, I was here today because of this new mutant update that my Index had gotten. Before checking it out myself I wanted to check first if the X-Men were also 'up to date' with that news.

"What about the others?" Ororo asks, going behind the professor and pushing his chair out of the room.

"Scottie has gone out to try out her new bike, a gift from Luke," Jean says as Ororo looks at me and mouths "thanks." "Marie wanted to spend time with Luke, but according to her timetable, she has combat lessons with Logan in the Danger Room, so she must be suffering alone in there," Jean says with a pained smile, obviously having suffered from Logan's lessons. "Helen is busy with something in the lab," Jean says, giving me a side look.

I had sensed that Helen was avoiding me, and based on what Jean mentioned, it seems to be because of the stunt I pulled last time when I powered off Scottie. Apparently, Helen is either afraid or uncertain about its effects on her.

"Alright then, let's set off," the professor nods along, wheeling towards the elevator.