Awakening from unpleasentness

It was dark inside. It was almost empty inside the ward except for an unconcious young man. Xavier's bionic arm was broken, though repairable. That wasn't the problem though. Xavier could fix that.

He couldn't hoever fix the more serious problem.

A few months earlier, he went to the local shop to buy some supplies for the machine he hopes to build soon. He didn't even manage to walk into the shop when he felt tapping on his shoulder. A stranger pointed at his arm. "What's with your arm?"

Xavier simply laughed and changed his bionic arm into its sword form. But before he could raise it, he felt a sharp pain on his torso. He looked down and saw he was bleeding. But before he could discover what had happened, he fell to the ground and drifted into unconciousness.

Now, in the hospital, his eyes opened. Agony struck him instantly. He felt as if his stomach had just expanded five times its size. He looked around. He's back in this stupid school. Without his supplies. How long WAS he out for? What happend to him?

He tried sitting up, but the pain was already unbearable. But he didn't dare to show it, in case anyone showed up.

The pain grew larger inside him, but still he wouldn't show. He noticed a small cat go towards him. When the cat touched his hand, he looked at it. The cat was a student, no doubt about that. But he didn't care... he couldn't hide the pain anymore. He curled into a ball and yelled very loudly. Either something was inside him, or he was badly damaged. Either way, he needed something now, or he wouldn't last long. He got out of his bed, but struggled to keep himself upright, and fell over. He looked at his human hand. It was looking very pale. He just noticed he was sweating. He crawled to the nearest cabinet, but couldn't stand up to see what he could use. Anything to make the pain stop.

Xavier noticed the cat fetched him a bottle. After straining to read the label, he found out that it was morphine. Better than nothing... smart cat. He took the bottle and took a small sip. He'd have been happy to drink the entire bottle, but the pain wouldn't let him. After a few moments, the pain faded rapidly. It wasn't completely gone, but it was now nothing more than an upset stomach. He stood up, feeling much better, then looked at the cat. "Thanks a lot. Perhaps you're not just a useless kitten after all." He turned to leave the hospital wing.

As Xavier made his way to the door, he looked at his bionic arm. He finally realized that it had been damaged. He looked around for any tools he could use to fix it. It was nothing major. He found a screwdriver and sellotape and fixed his arm in no time. However, as he did so, he noticed a piece of paper on his bed. How could have he missed it? Too much pain, he figured. He picked it up and looked at it.

It's growing inside you. Stop what you are doing or it will take over your weapon

"It's growing inside me?" Xavier instantly thought of the pain. Perhaps that explained the damaged arm, but why is he feeling pain in his stomach? Is 'it' still growing inside him, now that he drank morphine? How can he get rid of 'it'?

Xavier automatically said "I don't know" before he realized that someone asked him. He turned to the cat. "Why do you want to know? It's none of your business!"

He turned away and reread the note. "Could be something to do with what happened..." he muttered to himself.