A black sedan drove into the Mutant Academy in Westchester. The younger students playing around campus all cast surprised, curious looks its way. Their lives rarely extended beyond the area around the school, and strangers seldom visited.
On the balcony of the main building, Jean pushed the Professor's wheelchair as they watched the young man step out of the car. Every now and then, he offered a gentle smile to the Mutant children passing by.
After greeting Storm, who was teaching students on the lawn, from a distance, Sean entered the main building with his secretary, Yuriko. As they made their way down the deep, shadowed corridor, they saw quite a few young students. Bobby, still boyish and immature, and his friend John peeked out from their classroom.
When Stryker had invaded the campus last time, they had been almost completely helpless against the fully armed elite soldiers. Later, they learned that Sean had rescued them and destroyed the Dam Base where their brethren had been imprisoned. That naturally sparked the curiosity of the older students. After all, even the seemingly omnipotent Professor had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the colonel known as the "Mutant Butcher."
"He looks like an ordinary person," John said with a curl of his lip. This great savior who had rescued the Mutant Academy was neither a muscle-bound powerhouse nor some terrifyingly imposing superhuman.
"Then how did he defeat Stryker?" Bobby objected. Watching Sean's composed demeanor, with a seemingly delicate female secretary following behind him, he could not help feeling confused as well.
Sean did not even look as formidable as their history teacher, Logan. At the very least, the burly man known as Wolverine radiated an aura that kept strangers away. With his steel-like body and indestructible Adamantium claws, many firmly