Chapter One: The Watch

[Tessa]

Tessa smiled at Hank, “That’s a little bit of a foreign thought to me, McCoy.” The smiled faded as she listened to Spiderman’s explanation, “As for our names, you’ve heard a few of them already but I’ll inform you of the rest.” Tessa paused looking at Matua, He was large enough to rival Hank in size she noted absently, “My name is Tessa Niles, or you may call me Sage if you prefer. The big green guy is Dr. Hank McCoy or Beast; the woman beside him is Dr. Victoria Essex.” She pointed at each one in turn, “The southerner is Paige Guthrie, also known as Husk; and that is Spiderman.” She paused taking a breath, “Most of us have genetic variants, four of us are what some realities call mutants; Spiderman is the only one that is not.” Tessa kept her gaze on Matua, “Does that question well enough?”