They call in an expert

Before Violet could get a head start though the FBI agent, Moria had already bought an expert in on the mutants. A discussion that both Violet and Peggy intended to attend.

The lecturer was some British professor, named Charles Xavier was giving his thoughts to a committee. Peggy and Violet were both in attendance, though Violet was hidden in the back, trying not to be noticed.

“The advent of the nuclear age may have accelerated the mutation process. These extraordinary individuals may already be among us” he explained “thank you for listening”

The men scoffed, utterly disbelieving of the man’s words, but Violet wasn’t sure. She studied his theory and given what she knew about this world’s physics they were true.

“Well to be frank sir I didn’t expect you to believe my lecture, especially seeing as your mind was focused not on my lecture but rather on what pie they’ll be holding in the cafeteria” he said with a slight smirk on his face.

A telepath. A fucking telepath! Neither she nor Peggy had any defences against a telepath, if he just read their minds. Then he’d find out about her true plans, and about her Master, that could be catastrophic.

“Whose bright idea was it to bring a telepath into this secret meeting?” she demanded screaming above the crowd.

“I’m sorry, I wasn’t entirely honest to Moria here, I didn’t think” he said “but I’m afraid I couldn’t help but find out about the missiles in Turkey”

Violet didn’t care about that “how much did you read?” she snarled.

He stared back at her, and Violet didn’t know if he was reading her mind or not. She had to think of something else. Anything but Master. Think. Her machines. Experiments. Anything else.

“I’m sorry, I was careless. I didn’t think” he apologised “but I didn’t read your mind”

“Get these people somewhere away from here” she snarled, as Peggy came in to reaffirm the order. Leaving Violet to think, telepaths would be able to detect mind control. She was lucky that that person had the courtesy not to have read her mind, but what happens once will happen twice.

One thing was clear. She needed to call her sister.