Starting Another Path.

"Good God" Charles couldn't help but exclaim after seeing Alex's condition.

"If this is how it looks, imagine how it feels, although now I don't feel so bad, I just feel my whole body numb" Alex said from the stretcher while being inspected.

"You really did an amazing job of supporting your life, and while I usually couldn't help someone in your situation, as long as you can assist me during the operation then I have the confidence to do a good job." Charles inspected Alex's body, and he noted that several arteries and veins were torn, not counting that they were all missing in the hole that Alex had in his chest, not counting that the amount of blood that Alex had was not enough to live, if Alex did not prioritize his brain and organs, then he does Time that he would be a corpse, but there really was a long job to put everything in its place.

"Do what you have to do doc, and we have a deal, and to the world I will be dead, but don't blame me if you want trouble with me" Alex said as he finished giving his deal guidelines.

"I guess this is a start, so let's get started, but let me warn you that I will not be able to use any kind of anesthesia, since you are in charge of keeping your systems working while leaving everything in place" Charles had to warn Alex as he what followed would be painful on a new scale.

Right now Alex would have wanted to be a mutant with regenerative powers "do what you have to do doc." Now he could only hope it didn't hurt too much, but a large part of him knew that this really hurt.

Hearing Alex's confirmation, Charles took the scalpel to start the operation.

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Alex was using his powers to increase the morphine dose, but no matter how many times the button was pressed, the pain continued.

"I really should have destroyed my nerves" bedridden, Alex could only see into space in an attempt to forget his current situation.

Alex's adaptability was excellent, but that played a trick on him when the morphine stopped working properly.

Only when Charles connected everything in place did Alex feel the real pain in his limbs. It was the first time that Alex felt a tear fall down his cheek, causing his record to be lost, but that was a worthless topic, the important thing was that Alex had several theories of how to increase his power, but now his body could not bear it. without exploding like a balloon.

And according to Charles, this would take time to heal, but it was not all that bad, this was a good time to return to basics, especially when a new world opened before the silver-haired.

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Jean had grown tired of being in her room, the nightmares continued, but at least she no longer heard voices in her head, maybe it was the best thing for her to be isolated, it was impossible for her to return to her daily life with her situation.

Witnessing the death of her friend Annie was enough to leave someone completely traumatized, but feeling all the negative emotions one has before dying was something Jean couldn't deal with.

No matter how many psychologists Jean went to see over the past 2 years, there was no cure for her condition, but according to her parents, she could find the cure here.

A week had passed since Jean arrived at the mansion, and throughout the morning she trained with Professor Charles, but she did not feel any improvement, but according to the professor's words, this needed time and effort.

Wandering around the mansion, Jean decided to go to the garden, at least the plants couldn't think of anything strange.

If the mansion was big, the surroundings were bigger, Jean saw several interesting things, from sculptures to a variety of trees.

It was not difficult to find the greenhouse, where a wide variety of plants surprised Jean, it was really pleasant for her to have a good time to forget everything, the only thing Jean regretted was not having any snack, since the atmosphere was excellent, but That could be easily arranged, so Jean decided to come to this place more often to enjoy the moment with some snacks.

Time passed too quickly for Jean, and the sun was already on the horizon, so it was time to go back, although somewhat reluctant, she decided it was all for today.

But to try to enjoy the whole day, Jean decided to return using another path, and this time she found something that surprised her much more. But unlike the decoration, this was a silver-haired boy who was writing with great speed, while in front of that boy there was a huge rock levitating.

Forgetting her condition for such a scene, Jean unconsciously approached the silver-haired boy. Being a little closer, Jean was able to see that young man better, surprising her when she saw a handsome boy with silver eyes, with a somewhat expressionless face that seemed to be a few years older than her.

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Alex stopped his almost suicidal training to increase his abilities, although that was due to the promise he made with Charles, but also that his body in recovery was one.

But this was the perfect opportunity to deepen his understanding, years ago Alex tried to interact with gravity, connecting his mind to one of the fundamental forces of the universe of the universe, the first attempt being a total failure, Alex had planned to take his time to try again, but the conditions were met, and a great find was achieved.

The achievements would be greater, and the possibilities endless, but the process would take a long time, and the applications for a battle were still non-existent, but he could do quite interesting things.

The start was somewhat slow, but after a week, Alex managed to create a small system that worked with a language created by Alex, using a fusion between Alex's powers and his understanding of the same law of gravity.

And Alex only realized that this looked a lot like magic when his first experiment worked correctly.

Modifying gravity to work under pre-established parameters with encodings created by Alex, inspired by runes to record command, the silver-haired film took a new step in the compression of its powers. But first you had to find experimental material.

A fairly large rock was Alex's first experiment, which was marked with silver-colored runes imbued with Alex's energy, to function under simple rules, such as being immune to earth's gravity until he stood a meter away, where that stone would lose that property.

The rock fell and rose again quickly looking like it was static as it levitated over the ground, that was not close to what Alex wanted, but it was a start.

The silver-haired man was so focused on his experiment that he hadn't noticed the intruder, until the sound of a stomped branch woke him up.

Turning Alex saw a young woman with long red hair who was somewhat disheveled. The first thing that stood out about her was her youthful beauty, but this was overshadowed by the clear dark circles of not having slept well lately. But that detail did not overshadow the beautiful green eyes of her natural cuteness, but the combination of poor choice of clothing and lack of personal care would destroy any first impression.

Now the two teens were staring at each other, making Jean feel embarrassed by her appearance after meeting such a handsome boy.

It seemed that this meeting was going nowhere, but Alex started being polite.

"Alex Hall, I will stay in this mansion for a while, I suppose you are Jean, a pleasure to finally meet you" although Alex knew that Jean was living in the mansion, she seemed to be hidden most of the time, so that was a theme for the future.

Jean tried to speak when she was awakened by Alex's words, but the nerves dominated her, she does not remember when the last time she tried to have a chat with someone her age, so she was paralyzed.

Alex didn't have much information about Jean, all he remembered was that she was the physical reincarnation of the Phoenix Force, and it seemed funny to Alex to see the future Phoenix having trouble speaking.

Alex heard from the professor that Jean couldn't control her powers and that's why she didn't leave her room very often, so he tried to make the conversation more fluid, "Don't worry, you won't be able to read my mind"

Alex had misinterpreted Jean, since Jean had forgotten that detail, but with the mention, a huge question mark appeared in her mind.

"You ... are you like the professor?" Jean couldn't help asking questions as she tried to contain the excitement of finding someone to talk to.

"Not really, but I have some tricks, ........ and speaking of tricks, aren't you interested in helping me?" Speaking of powers, something came to Alex's mind, and to test his new theory a telepath was indispensable, and Alex doesn't think Charles wants to help him improve his repertoire to counter telepaths. And at the end of the day he would be helping Jean, so everyone would gain something.

Forgetting.