Just as the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters was preparing to find Nightcrawler and investigate the truth behind the the presidential assassination—whether it was the act of a few mutants or an attempt to frame the entire mutant community—the school's phone rang.
Rewind time to roughly when Logan had just arrived at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters: William Stryker received orders from the President. As long as there were no news reports of mutant children being abused, William Stryker was free to do whatever else he pleased.
Hearing this, William Stryker was delighted, but he still had one last concern: the formidable existence of Professor Charles.
If pushed to the brink, Charles could likely erase the consciousness of most beings in the world. William Stryker, who had dealt with Charles for many years, knew this deeply!
However, William Stryker had already devised a method of restraint, and even a way to eradicate all mutants!
Therefore, William Stryker went to the plastic prison, had the guards subdue Magneto, and then dripped a liquid onto the back of Magneto's neck.
Magneto had been waiting for an opportunity to escape, but he didn't expect William Stryker to act first.
The next moment, Magneto's eyes became vacant, and a smile appeared on William Stryker's lips as he softly said, "Now, tell me everything about the Cerebro in the basement of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters..."
"Cerebro is..." Magneto, with no emotion in his eyes, his gaze hollow, revealed everything about Cerebro.
"Does Charles know about the presidential assassination?" William Stryker nodded in satisfaction, then suddenly changed his mind and asked.
"He knows. He contacted me and asked if I was responsible," Magneto continued to explain expressionlessly.
"Very good. Contact him and tell him you've made a major discovery, and that he must meet you face-to-face to discuss it!" A cold sneer appeared on William Stryker's lips as he whispered.
And so, that was the call that came to Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters. After receiving the call, Charles frowned, a flicker of doubt in his eyes, and then he slowly closed them.
After a long while, Charles opened his eyes again, the doubt in them even more pronounced. He couldn't help but say, "What happened? Why can't I find Erik, or contact him anymore? Did something happen to Erik? No, I must go and see!"
"What's wrong, Charles?" Everyone, who had been waiting for Charles to go find Nightcrawler, heard his words, and Logan was the first to ask.
"Something might have happened to Erik. Scott, you come with me to see him!" Faced with the possibility of his old friend being in trouble, Charles couldn't remain calm. He quickly looked at Cyclops and said.
"What about the guy who assassinated the president?" Cyclops asked with a frown. "And we can't just ignore the school..."
"Jean, you and Ororo go find that child. Logan, Mr. Banner, I'll entrust you two with looking after the children at the school here!" Charles quickly made a decision, speaking with some urgency, "Scott, we need to hurry!"
"Alright, I guess I'm back to being a supervisor again. I've gotten used to it by now anyway." Logan shrugged helplessly, knowing he couldn't change Charles's decision.
However, Logan wasn't worried about Charles's safety. In Logan's opinion, it was impossible for anyone in this world to deal with Charles.
Soon, everyone split up. Charles and Cyclops arrived at the plastic prison, but Cyclops, who was pushing Charles, was stopped. The guard motioned for Cyclops to wait outside.
"Hmm?" Charles suddenly frowned, because he had read the guard's memories.
In an instant, Charles's expression changed dramatically, but it was already too late.
Streams of hypnotic gas were sprayed throughout the entire plastic prison, causing the guards to fall to the ground, unconscious, along with everyone else.
A mocking glint flashed in William Stryker's eyes as he walked in wearing a mask. He gave a look to his subordinates, who quickly took Charles and Cyclops away.
"Magneto..." William Stryker glanced at Magneto in the prison, then shook his head, not intending to take him away.
In the plastic prison, he could still control Magneto, but if they went to a place with metal, the probability of losing control was simply too great.
That night, at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, Logan and Bruce Banner chatted idly, while Iceman Bobby sat nearby, listening aimlessly.
"Hmm?" Suddenly, Logan's expression changed, and his adamantium claws instantly extended. "Bobby, go tell everyone, we have intruders!"
"What?" Bruce Banner and Bobby's expressions changed. Bobby looked at Logan with some disbelief; Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters had never encountered any crisis!
"No! It's real!" Logan rushed directly into the hallway. "Colossus, take everyone and escape! Enemies are here!"
Colossus rushed out of his dormitory in a panic. Not just Colossus, but others, hearing the commotion, also ran out in a state of alarm. For a moment, the entire Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters was in chaos.
"Colossus, take them and go! Banner and I will cover the rear!" Logan heard the approaching sounds and quickly gave an order, rushing towards the source of the noise.
"I never said I was going to rush in with you!" Bruce Banner pouted a little unwillingly, but when he saw fully armed soldiers charging in with guns, Bruce Banner instantly transformed into the Hulk and charged out.
"Hulk..." A flicker of anticipation flashed in Colossus's eyes, and then he quickly led the students to evacuate. "Bobby, what are you doing? Hurry up and go!"
"You guys go first, I need to find Rogue!" Bobby hadn't found Rogue (Anna), with whom he had just established a relationship, and was unwilling to leave. Pyro (John), seeing this situation, followed, searching for Anna with Bobby, while Colossus led the students away through a secret passage.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Countless tranquilizer darts hit Logan and the Hulk. The purpose of these soldiers was to capture the students of Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters for research, so they naturally wanted to capture them alive.
However, mere tranquilizer darts had no effect on the freaks that were Logan and the Hulk. The soldiers who realized this quickly switched to live ammunition, but the result was no different; the bullets merely enraged the Hulk and Logan.
"Long time no see, you're still so young!" William Stryker's voice, tinged with a sigh, made Logan instinctively stop. He felt very familiar with this voice, but he didn't remember the slightly aged man in front of him.
"Stop, Hulk." Logan called out to the Hulk, who was about to continue fighting, and looked at William Stryker with a frown. "Who are you?"