"Caught in the Web of the Spider."

Xavier nodded, "I am aware. I must say this is certainly very thorough," he snapped his fingers and we were both up in the air, flying around my mind city, "your detailing is excellent, very good. No surprise though, considering your genius level IQ."

"Thanks," I smirked. I looked around some more. Most of them were buildings of NY, a huge glass building I saw filled with books, that must be my main data core.

But as I passed by several buildings, I saw flashes of something through the gaps between the buildings. I stopped and observed, as if granting my desires, all the buildings around us began to move away, just outside the limits of my mind city was a tall black tower jutting out into the sky.

"I believe that's what you wish to show me," Xavier replied looking at the tall tower.

"Really? You think?" I asked rolling my eyes. Just then a building near my right hand light up like a christmas tree. The Neon sign, 'Joke House' started flashing brightly over it. "What?"

"I believe that's where you make all your comedic quips and bad puns," Xavier smiled as he snapped his fingers opening the building in half revealing a comedy club inside with a packed audience and a smaller version of me inside dressed in a tux and charming smile.

"So I say to the girl, woman, you might be one cool cat, but all I care about is your fine puss-"

"Okay!" I cut in snapping my fingers, closing the building, "that's enough."

Xavier smiled, "it's alright Peter, I'm used to people's suppressed feelings coming out. Believe me, I've had it all."

I was about to reply when suddenly the tux wearing me came running out and yelled, "it' not that! I just didn't want you to hear a crappy joke! It would ruin my reputation!"

I blinked as the small me bowed and walked back inside. I turned to Xavier, "what he said."

Xavier chuckled, "come, I believe there's a tower you wished to show me."

I nodded as I took the lead. We soon moved out of the city of my memories, or more accurately, Peter's memories and approached the tower.

I didn't really understand why my old lives memories were in the form of a tower, especially one this...gruesome. But I knew this was the place.

I scratched the side of the tower and pressed my hand up against it. Suddenly the entire thing began to rumble and shake. Slowly a gateway opened before me into the middle of the tower. I looked inside and saw thousands upon thousands of crystal balls floating in the air, I focused on one and found a movie running inside.

"Those are memory balls," Xavier explained as he came up next to me, "they are the most basic way to store a memory. I must say when compared to your city, these are quite basic in design."

"That's because they are my memories from before I-"

KRAAAM!

A loud siren exploded outwards, overpowering my voice. Xavier and I held our ears shut and waited until it stopped. When it did we looked at each other in surprise.

"Why did it do that?" I asked.

"It….it seems to be some kind of defence mechanism," Xavier concluded, "whatever you were about to tell me, it obviously didn't want you to."

"This must be why Jean didn't understand me the first time around," I realised, "every time I try and tell someone about my past-"

KRAAAM!

Once again, the ears rang violently. I sighed when the ringing stopped, "shit."

"This is most vexing," Xavier said before eyeing the open tower, "come, let us go inside, I wish to see what could possibly need such protection."

I nodded as I floated inside. I recognized some of the movies playing in the orbs, the Dark Knight, Avengers 2, the Amazing Spider-man. All my memories of before, all that knowledge, it was right here.

Xavier approached, but the moment he stepped inside, he began to scream, "ARGH!"

Everything turned pink once more and I suddenly found myself back in the real world.

Xavier removed his hands from my temples like they were on fire. He began to pant furiously as he looked at me in horror, "what was that?!"

I blinked, "I-I don't know."

"It felt,... oh my God it felt like nothing I ever felt before," I gulped, "Peter, what is in your head is impossible. It's like a black hole, no telepath on Earth and break into that place. What is inside there? What are you keeping?"

"I-it's my memories of $#% $#% "

Xavier blinked, "what?"

"I said it's my $%#$%2#$%" I told him what it was, but somehow, he couldn't understand a word I was saying. I blinked, "okay, how is this possible?"

Xavier looked down in thoughtfulness. He looked at me and then his hands before sighing, "I can only come to one conclusion Peter. Whatever is in that tower, whatever you're hiding, something very powerful wants to keep it away from anyone else. It doesn't allow you to speak the words out, it makes everything you say sound like gibberish."

"So you're saying when I think I'm saying something legible, I'm actually just going ape shit?" I asked in disbelief.

Charles nodded, "yes….I'm sorry Peter, but there's nothing I can do."

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