Mutant powers, like anything dealing with the body, is genetic. It tends to be a dominant gene. Similar to the advances in normal genetic engineering, there was a serum that could…"awaken" a dormant mutant gene.

This serum needed a catalyst. A reactant that causes the serum to work inside of the body.

Kurt woke up to the smell of metal and….cleaning supplies. And lady gaga playing in the background.

He sat up abruptly and saw two people in this metal room. A man and a woman, both in their early 20s. They noticed he was awake and started bombarding him with questions and tasks.

"Dr. Wells, get down into the cortex, like right now!" The man said on a walkie talkie device. While the woman shined a light into Kurt's eyes. "Pulse 120, pupils equally reactive to light."

He felt extremely overwhelmed as he tried to process everything that was going on at once.

"Where am I" Kurt asked, confused, as he tried to stand up.

The man put his arm on Kurt's shoulder, trying to prevent him from getting up. "Heey man, you're at S.T.A.R. Labs."

"STAR Labs? Who are you?" He asked, confused, as the woman, obviously a doctor, stuck an Otoscope in his ears.

"I'm Cisco Ramon, she's Caitlin..Dr Snow"

"I need you to urinate in this" Dr Snow said, lift up a plastic container.

"Not this second" Cisco said to Caitlin, taking it out of her hand.

"Wh-What is happening? What is going on?"

"You were affected by the explosion, dude. The hotel manager heard you screaming, called 911 and Dr Wells decided to have you moved here."

Cisco dragged Kurt back to the bed and sat him down "You were in a coma."

"What? For how long?"

"2 months." Said a thin, aging man with thick rimmed glasses, in a wheelchair.

"Dr Wells?"

"Hello Kurt, we have a lot to discuss."

"Your cells kept freezing, keeping you in a constant state of hypothermia."

After being given the tour of the lab they ended up back in the pseudo hospital room.

"I need to go. I'm fine, honestly."

With that he left the building and saw the Nav parked just in front of the gate that sealed the lab of from the rest of Central City.

So he packed his bag and set out on the long drive back to Lima…