Bolivar Trask was directing the bombardment of the dragons. As he watched one dragon after another get shot down by the Transport Aircraft's relentless barrage, he was caught off guard by Professor X's Mental Power Impact, which pierced space and time and burst straight into his mind. The pain was unbearable!
The pain did not come entirely from the stabbing in his brain. A flood of information surged into his mind, bringing an explosive chaos that threatened to overwhelm and break him!
Memories of his childhood came rushing back: his dwarf-like stature, the discrimination he faced from classmates and teachers, his brilliance going unrecognized, the scorn of his colleagues and superiors, women's rejection, his twisted psyche, his resentment, and the sleepless nights spent tossing and turning, lost in thought.
Then he discovered the existence of Mutants. The joy of that revelation—
The cries, curses, vicious maledictions, and resentful glares of countless Mutants as they were dissected all surfaced in his mind, one after another.
Too much information crammed into too short a time could drive anyone mad. And Bolivar Trask had just been hit with an all-out mental assault from a desperate Professor Charles, who was staking everything on this one attack.
Professor Charles had never unleashed such a powerful Mental Power Impact against a human being. But he knew they were on the brink of life and death, and that the survival of his people was at stake. If Bolivar Trask did not die, the Mutants would be wiped out!
If you failed to kill a tiger, it would come back to harm you.
This time, Professor Charles had risked his life and wagered everything on a long-distance attack. He had to kill Bolivar Trask on the spot!
Streams of blood gushed from Bolivar Trask's mouth, eyes, and nostrils.