"Robert? Same name as Speedball." Polaris muttered to herself, but quickly added, "It wouldn't be strange if he were human. Humans always produce every kind of weirdo; that's universally acknowledged. But how did he become an experiment of the Old Skrull Empire? Don't tell me he was really abducted by a flying saucer?"
"That's unclear for now," Professor X said. "Everything will have to wait until he wakes up. All right, hurry and get going."
Polaris and Iceman left. Not long afterward, a wormhole portal appeared in the office, and Iceman dragged out an enormous hibernation pod.
The pod's door was transparent, allowing Professor X to see a handsome youth lying inside. He looked quite young, but he was remarkably well-built, and his body seemed to contain tremendous power—the kind of power that even made Professor X feel alarmed.
After setting down the hibernation pod, Iceman turned to Professor X and asked, "What now, Professor? Should we activate this thing?"
"No, don't rush. Let me take a look." Professor X circled the pod once. Soon, Dr. Beast entered, clearly summoned by Professor X.
"Can you wake him up, Hank?"
Dr. Beast studied it for quite a while before saying, "This thing probably suppresses power as well. It's best not to activate it yet. Can't you sense his brainwaves?"
"Barely. They're extremely faint." Professor X paced around the pod. "His condition is very strange. His brainwaves are highly rhythmic—not much like those of an ordinary unconscious person. They're more like... a code?"
"A code?"
"Yes. I can't describe exactly what I'm sensing. It's a kind of rhythmic music. I think it may be meant to activate something."
"Activate what? This hibernation pod?"
"Can you find an obvious activation method?"
"No. By activation, I mean breaking it open."
"Then those brainwaves may