14 Prosthesis

Once outside the X men mansion I changed my mind. I wouldn't go there as Night Walker, but as Mason Tunt. I know that with his capabilities Xavier could find my true identity by himself, so I might as well make the first step and present myself.

Xavier may be in a wheelchair, he mustn't be underestimated. He is the best telepath on earth, and if he wanted he could change the world. He may not be able to directly mind control me due to my haki, but he could do it to the several people at the head of this world and control everything.

If he didn't it is only because he strives toward a greater good and wants humans and mutants to work together. And his morals keep him from mind controlling everyone into liking each other.

I changed myself quickly and returned to the gate, and pressed the doorbell. Monroe answered" Xavier's Institute, how may I help you?" I replied" I was the one on the phone earlier this day, I wish to see the professor."

Tornado answered" Please enter then, we will come find you." The gate unlocked itself and I entered the domain. It was really huge, a castle in the center with a great space around it, filled with life. The view was beautiful.

I smiled seeing a man on a wheelchair get out of the castle, along with two other people, one black woman with white hair and a feral looking man. Those three seemed to be Xavier, Tornado and the Wolverine.

I walked toward them and extended my hand to the professor and said" Mason Tunt, a pleasure to meet you." Xavier smiled and shook my hand, and said" Charles Xavier, I am glad you came. Why don't we visit the school together?"

I nodded and turned to the two others and said" Hello, may I talk with the professor in private? There are some things I would like to keep between us." Logan, alias Wolverine, grunted while Tornado frowned, but the two eased.

It seems that Xavier talked to them using his powers. I smiled and walked behind his chair and began pushing it inside. As soon as we entered I said" Why don't we talk like we did for the first time?"

I heard Xavier answer in my mind" You really put a lot of trust in me mister Tunt, for you to reveal your identity to me." I smiled and replied internally" I do not, we don't know each other. But I believe that seeing your powers, it wouldn't be hard to find my identity, but you didn't so I think you deserves to know my identity."

We entered a big common room and inside a lot of young people around my age, or even younger, were gathered, laughing and playing with each other. They stopped when they saw us enter and looked at me curiously.

But they stopped in an instant and continued their activities, and one of them said" Man, you saw what Night Walker did last night? Someone recorded one of his fight with his phone. He beat up seven men with knives without even getting touched! The fight was amazing!"

I looked at the professor and added" Moreover coming here with my alter ego would have caused a ruckus and I don't want that." Suddenly I felt another mind come and connect to the conversation, inside my head.

I looked around and saw a girl was looking at us intently. I heard a female voice say" Professor…" I frowned and interrupted her" It is very rude to enter people ='s head without permission." I did not let her answer and used my haki to shatter her connection.

The girl looked at me in anger and came walking toward us, and said" You!" I ignored her and let Xavier talk" Jean, he is right, you shouldn't use your powers to enter people's head without their agreement. I already told you, would you like for a stranger to come inside your bathroom while you are showering?"

Jean tried to protest" But he still shouldn't have so rudely forced me out, it could have hurt me!" I shook my head and replied" I couldn't have hurt you, my powers can keep me from yours but I can't attack your mind."

Xavier looked at me in surprise and asked" You can't do mind attacks? Aren't you a telepath?" I smiled and tapped my head a little. He nodded, understanding what I meant, and I turned toward Jean and said" See you later Jean."

I pushed the professor out of the room, and when I felt his mind enter mine I said" I am not a telepath." Xavier replied" I thought you were a telepath that didn't knew how to use his powers, but it seems I was wrong."

I smiled and said" Is this the reason you talked to me personally? Because I could have been a telepath like you?" Xavier smiled in the real world and replied mentally" No, I talk to every mutant I can feel to help them, but you are indeed special.

If I wanted to talk to you it is not because of the nature of your power, but because of it's strength." I listened intently, curious about how my ability would be classed. Xavier continued" Mutant abilities can be classified under several categories according to their potential.

The mutants considered as the weakest are called Gamma mutants, they have abilities that seems to be useless like being able to eat plastic. Then there is the Beta class, they are mutants that have some combat capabilities, or can possibly use their powers for combat. Most mutants are Beta ones.

Then there is the Alpha class, those are mutants with powers strong enough to wreak havoc and be near untouchable by normal humans. The last one is the Omega class. The mutants classed as Omega are seen as the strongest existing, and can potentially be walking weapons.

But I mustn't be forgotten that mutants are classed on their potential, and not on their actual strength. For example there existed a mutant before able to change an atom's number of protons, and thus was classified as an Omega.

But he didn't know how to use his powers and was basically a normal human, when he could have become so much more. Another example is myself, I am in a wheelchair and cannot directly attack someone if they are even a little trained in mental arts.

But I am classed as Omega because of the potential destruction I could potentially cause. But even if someone only has a Beta ability, he could still defeat an Omega one if he uses it smartly and is good at combat."

I nodded and asked" Then what is my ability classed as?" Xavier pointed to a room and said" This is one of our classes, we can take a look if you want. As for your ability, it is special and I haven't seen this for a while.

I normally can assess a mutant's approximate power but I can't even see what your power is. No that's not right, it is more like your ability is blurry because of something hidden within it."

I headed toward the classroom and asked" You said you already saw it somewhere before, what was hidden?" Xavier smiled and replied" I fear I might not be able to tell you." I opened the classroom, that seemed to be for physics, and asked" It is that Jean, right?"

Xavier looked at me calmly and asked" Why do you think so?" He may be in my head but I was blocking him from most of my thoughts, only my questions he could hear. I replied" My ability grants me the power to manifest my will in the real world."

Xavier raised an eyebrow and said" I don't really understand how can something like will be manifested in the real world?" I shrugged and replied" I don't really know, it is only my ability. It could potentially be an above Omega ability but I am restrained, I can only use it in a few different ways.

One of them is something that can scan people, predict their movements, their emotions as well as their strength." Xavier sighed and said" And you are scanning with your will, not your mind, that is why I couldn't feel anything."

I nodded and continued" When I came in I checked for any potential danger, and was shocked by what I discovered. I expected your strength, but I felt Miss Jean's power was near yours, but beneath that was another thing, very dangerous, like on a whole other level."

Xavier grunted and said" Yes, she is special. Like you saw earlier she has telekinetic powers, but she has something else inside her, an entity so powerful it could potentially destroy the world."

I nodded, I already knew about her powers and about the Phoenix inside her. The both of us continued our chat as we walked through the mansion. About the limitations of my powers, it is something I tested some time ago.

My ability is haki, the power to manifest my will in different ways. Thus I tried to not restrain myself to the three styles and create something else, but every time I tried something new it would just get canceled and I wouldn't be able to use my ability for anything else like levitation or anything like that.

After we ended our visit Xavier asked me" What would you like to do now? Interested in staying and trying to unlock your powers here, or just go back?" I smiled and replied" I will return, I have a duty after all. Moreover I plan change things in both my jobs."

Xavier nodded and we met up with Munroe who was waiting for us at the door of the mansion. I smiled to her and moved Xavier next to her, and went to the door. As I opened it I asked" Is there anything I need to be wary of, Professor?"

Xavier calmly replied" I have an old friend that might want to recruit you, or fight you if you refuse. Do as you wish, but I hope you will not join him, his ideas are a bit too… radical." I nodded and got out.

The one he talked about was the X Men main enemy, Magneto. He is another Omega mutant who can use metals however he wants through magnetism.

I got out of the mansion and dressed up as NW again, because I didn't want to walk all the way home. I wished I had decided to come as Mason before not taking my car, but now I could only run back.

I still had a lot of time in front of me, so I ultimately decided to go to my lab and work. I first worked on Otto's project and mine, before I got a message from Otto. He asked me to meet him at his lab.

I quickly got there and was surprised to see Norman Osborn was there as well. I looked at them curiously and asked" Why have I been called?" Norman waved at me and said" Come Mason, we were waiting for you. Otto, tell him."

Otto nodded, excited and said" Mason, I have a new project in mind, and it is also going to be revolutionary. And I would like for the two of us to work on it, I will need your mind to help with everything. And I believe you might be better than me in mechanics."

I saw it coming from kilometers away. I kept a straight face and asked" What is it?" Otto replied" We will work on making prosthesis, real ones." I raised an eyebrow, curious as to why he said real, and asked" Why real ones? What is going to be different?"

Otto laughed and replied" We will make those connected to the brain and it will become like another limb, a real one, with even nerves!" I smiled and said" Otto, people already thought about this. Essentially you want us to make it real… But aren't you afraid that would take too much time?"

This time Norman spoke" This is something I believe to be easier and would bring benefits to Oscorp quicker. That's way I would like for the two of you to mainly work on it instead of working on the miniature sun."