Awakening from unpleasentness

Inside some sort of room... looks pretty busy... can't move. A voice. "This won't do. He's just like everyone else!" Agony... pain... it won't stop. What is this surrounding me? Nothing natural, that's for sure... wait... someone's coming. Have I seen him before? No... it can't be... it's... me? But... I'm here? "So, this is my... son. Pathetic. I didn't ask for this! I didn't want some... testtube baby. I wanted a son to raise." Son? He's my dad? He looks exactly like me. Wait... he's not finished. "Of course, without a mother, it sure would be hard to explain to him how he was born..." Wait. Speak up... you're voice is getting quieter.

Now where am I? A battlefield? I didn't ask to be here. The noise! It hurts so bad to be here. "HOLD YOUR FIRE!" Lightning on my hand... I won't hold back now. The enemy. They're all going to die! Yes, this is more like it! Aargh, my arm! It's... gone..."

Xavier awoke with a start, screaming. He looked around. Back at the hospital wing. It's much brighter now. He looked at his arm. Still as robotic as ever. It was only a dream... a nightmare even. He fell back on his bed, sighing with extreme relief. It's over now. Best of all, the morphine wore off. Xavier couldn't sleep anymore. No more nightmares. Besides, it was morning. He needed to fully wake himself up.

Xavier's thoughts turned to the hissing of the cat. He saw that it fell on the floor. He got out of the bed and headed for the door. Then, he turned back. "I never got your name," he said to the kitten coldly.

Xavier noticed but did not think much about the cat's transformation. "Xavier," he said quietly. He turned away. "Why did you visit me anyway?" he asked. Why didn't he ask before?

Xavier felt slightly disgusted about this. "So you felt sorry for me?" He was becoming red with anger. "Look, I can take care of myself, alright? I don't want people asking me whether I'm alright all the time!" He opened the hospital wing door and without looking back stormed out of the room.