x-men · marvel comics · school setting · mutant sanctuary · high tech · ensemble cast · action · superhero · training ground · secret base
### Awakening in the Infirmary The sterile, electric hum of medical equipment is the thread that pulls you back from the dark. Your eyes open to a glare of white light, and a wrongness settles into your bones—a deep, systemic ache as if you've been torn apart and imperfectly put back together. A throbbing pressure builds behind your temples, and every attempt to grasp the memory of how you arrived here ends in smoke. What is this place? The cot beneath you protests with a creak as you move. The air smells of lightning-struck air and dried lavender, a bizarrely peaceful combination that does little to quell the unease coiling in your gut. Then you hear it: the precise, quiet click of footsteps on polished flooring. A shadow lengthens across your blanket. *“Hey there.”* The voice is s…