I'm in a daze looking at the little girl who happily hugs my leg.
At that, I feel like everyone in the room are giving me strange looks.
Pietro with a smile says:
"It seems that from a young age you were a very active boy, Alex"
Pietro felt a shiver run down his spine when he saw Wanda and Psylocke look at him at his comments.
Reassuring little Illyana, Psylocke, Wanda, and Charles Xavier searched her mind.
The rest of us calmly wait for the results.
The three of them finish checking Illyana's mind and letting out a sigh Charles says:
"Illyana has suffered a mental shock and we can't restore her memories because we would end up hurting her"
"Then why did she call Alex 'Papa', Professor?" Jean asked.
Everyone else is also curious, especially Colossus who feels uncomfortable about the situation.
Charles sighing says:
"It's a way to protect herself, instinctively she considers that Alex is the only one with enough power to protect her"
"I don't know what is chasing her but she considers that she will be safe with Alex" Charles finished.
The people in the place fell silent.
I also find this surprising; I look at my right hand and then I say to Charles:
"It must be because I was the first to touch her when she appeared here"
Charles also thought the same thing, so he nodded his head in agreement.
If I remember correctly, Illyana must have escaped from the dimension called Limbo and time in that place moves faster than earth.
That my 'Imagine Breaker' has returned her to when she was a child means that it rejected the changes she suffered in limbo.
Of course, I don't tell them that because they would ask a lot of questions.
Looking at the little girl who is happy that I'm carrying her, I say to Charles and Colossus:
"I'll be here in New York for about four more days, I'll take care of her for the moment. If her memory can't be solved, I'll take her to Genosha, of course with your permission and you can visit her whenever you want"
Colossus thinks about it for a moment and says:
"For the moment we will wait for her to recover her memories, if she cannot, I will allow you to take her under your care"
Nodding his head, Charles also thinks the same.
I pat Illyana's head causing the girl to smile.
Seeing his smile, I curse the bastard who caused this to Illyana.