| 1:03p |
Never a Quiet Moment
Should she add the bug robots? It would be a surprise she hadn't prepared the students for, but how often had the X-Men been confronted with something they hadn't planned on out on the battlefield?
No, it would do them good to fight against something unexpected. While she was glad most of them hadn't had to live through a raid of real sentinels, fighting them in the Danger Room again and again, in every gruesome reinvented form Ororo and the other X-Men could remember, was making some of the older students a little cocky. That wasn't good - a healthy self-image would not help them once the first robot stuck his metal arm through the roof, stirring them from deep sleep and presenting an entirely different, uncontrolled menace than the danger room ever could.
Just as Ororo prepared the addition to her training program, she was herself reminded that the unexpected was never far away at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. There was a banging at the door and two young voices calling her name.
Ororo saved the progress she had made and let the machine shut down as she hurried over, opening the door.
"What is the matter?"
"Ms Munroe, there's a horse right outside." As the words came out of his mouth, the student seemed to realise how strange they sounded combined with his honestly panicked tone. "I mean, a really giant thing..."
"It's some sort of demon horse!" The girl claimed. "It has eight legs."
"Is there any sign of a rider?"
"It doesn't look like it'd really need one to make trouble," the girl said.
Ororo frowned slightly. "Stay inside," she commanded. "I will see what decided to visit us." With these words, she opened a window in the hallways and gracefully jumped out, staying airborne to have the advantage of a greater overview and a better opportunity for attack, if she needed it. |