137. Dark Phoenix

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[A/N: Late cus I tried to have a social life today.]

Earth, 1997

A Nasa mission to space had gone wrong. It was supposed to be a routine flight to fix the satellites. But something went wrong as Space Shuttle Endeavour sensed a solar flare approaching them. They could not move in time, and it ended up frying up their systems.

In the meantime, the new President of the United States, one not completely under Hector's faction's control, asked the X-Men to help this time, as it was akin to a disaster.

The X-Men did have the ability to intervene as they had their own jet that could fly to space. So they agreed without any conditions. Charles and Erik were still influential members of American politics as they served as Senators twice. Now they had many subordinates who were Senators and representatives. They didn't need anything.

The team went out under the command of Erik. There were Jean, Raven, Nightcrawler and Cyclops. The plan was simple, Erik would use his powers to pull the shuttle closer to their ship's entry bay. If the crew on the ship were unconscious, then Nightcrawler would bring them in.

However, plans often don't go as planned. What they predicted to be a solar flare was something completely different. Primordial energy that creates and destroys anything and everything.

As they were evacuating the crew, Jean noticed something coming toward their jet. And just like that, she felt her mind being swept away. Words would resound in her mind, "Come to me. We can be one."

"JEAN!" Erik woke her up after seeing another flare coming. "We need to get away,"

"We can't", Jean replied and jumped directly out of the ship in her spacesuit. Erik used his powers to pull her back, but she won't budge. Jean looked back and told them to leave, "GO! It's here for me. It won't leave otherwise,"

Raven was in the pilot seat, and she had no choice but to at least move away from the path of the solar flare. "Stay there. We will be turning the ship."

However, there was no need to, as the solar flare seemed to be getting absorbed by Jean's body, making her scream, but the space didn't allow her screams to go anywhere. The spacesuit also got shredded to peace, leaving Jean without any protection. Yet, her body didn't explode and turn into ice.

She was left unconscious, floating in space. Nightcrawler was quick to teleport her and bring her back inside.

"What's going on with her? These glowing veins!" Cyclops noticed.

"I don't know. We need to return quickly." Raven rushed.

...

What followed was Jean slowly getting emotional and losing control of her powers. However, a hidden danger appeared when some aliens from space came to catch Jean Grey with the purpose of destroying the Phoenix.

These aliens were a joint alliance of the Kree-Shi'ar-Nova Empire. They had come together because the Phoenix force had destroyed multiple planets and their complete population.

They were now fed up with this menace and desired to end it once and for all. Hence, a fight on Earth ensued. Kennedy still had some pull and was able to keep the media from making a mess by blaming the X-Men for the bad situation.

"It is a military experiment gone wrong," that was the official announcement.

This fight went all the way until the final showdown in the Sahara Desert.

"Embrace me and defeat them. You are me, and I am you. Our fates were joined before we both even existed." Phoenix brainwashed Jean.

In a situation where she was cornered, she took the risk and let her mind open up. But then, Phoenix's memories started entering Jean's mind. They were full of screams, trillions of beings, innocent most of them, killed by the Phoenix Force across the Universe.

"NOOOO! YOU MONSTER!" She broke down and let the Phoenix force control her body. It was now a one-way fight, all aliens were destroyed, and the X-Men repelled.

But Jean's mind was broken. The trauma was too much for her, as it brought back memories from her childhood—the day when she joined with the mind of her dying friend. And now, she felt that experience intensified by trillions of dying people.

Outside, a dark cloud appeared around Jean's body, keeping all away from her. She started to fly into the sky, letting off a destructive aura. Jean's mind had changed things. The Phoenix that was supposed to create and destroy, now only knew the latter.

Dark Phoenix was born, and Jean was not in control of her body.

The X-Men could only watch helplessly as they could not go near her. Kennedy was a superhuman and part of the whole fight. He cursed, "FUCK! That old man warned me about this. Now it's all on you."

He took out the Intersteller pager, given to him by Hector in 1988. "Dark Phoenix ran away!"

That was the message. All they could do now was wait.

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Freedom One,

Hector's flagship flew towards the Milkyway Galaxy in the hope of catching the Dark Phoenix.

"Grandpa, I will fight too. I learnt how to punch," Yelena jumped around Hector as the old man donned his red coat.

He smiled lovingly. Despite not liking kids much, he was fond of this bubbly one, "Really? But I am very old. It takes so much training to fight bad guys. Look at your big sister, even though she isn't ready to fight yet,"

Natasha wanted to refute, as she had taken all of Hector's classes secretly, but she couldn't reveal that. She was a spy, after all. "Mister President is right,"

Hector always felt disheartened when she called him by his official title, "Child, I told you so many times, call me Grandpa, like Yelena. You are not my subordinate,"

She didn't speak anymore. Hector felt she was the toughest person to read. It has been a few years, and yet she refuses to open up to her. ~One day, I will make her feel at home here,~

"WOOF!"

Moony also arrived, having donned a red cloak on his back as a badass sorcerer would. ~Dad, Baldy master gifted me this.~

"Haha, careful there, boy. If she hears you calling her that, then forget your master rank. Let's go now. We need to head out."

Hector didn't know how powerful the Phoenix Force was, but it was strong enough to erase planets quickly. So he reckoned it wouldn't be good to take the ship along.

Hence, only he and Moony would travel to Jean in a pod. He ordered the crew to leave for Moran after he left.

"GRANDPA! I wanna tell you something," Yelena chirped.

He lowered himself to her level, "What is it?"

She quickly brought her face to his side and pecked on his cheek, "BEAT ASS!"

(⊙﹏⊙)

"Who taught you that word, sweetie?"

"Oh, I heard baldy Yondu saying it," she answered.

*CRACK* Hector cracked his knuckles, danger radiating from him, "Hmm, he needs some communist styled re-education, it seems."

"Bow?" Moony walked to her as well, asking for his kisses.

Yelena hugged his neck and pecked all over his face. Moony nearly melted in his place. He loved these tiny humans to the core. So cute, so small. He'd do anything to protect them.

"Let's go."

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2 Days Later,

It was a long flight to Milkyway Galaxy. Hector and Moony were bored beyond belief in the pod and played UNO.

"You forgot to say Uno, haha. Pick four cards now."

"WOOOOOF!" Moony angrily barked, slamming his cards out of his jaw. ~I said it in dog words.~

Hector glared at him with narrow gazes, "Don't lie to me. I can understand you even if you don't bark. You didn't even open your mouth."

~You need to clean your ears, dad.~ the boy growled.

Uno was undoubtedly a game that could destroy families. Even higher dimensional beings were not safe. Hector remembered a war among the Greek Gods that was caused because Zeus didn't say Uno, and Athena caught him. So Yup, Uno was an Omniversal game, played in hell and heaven as well.

*Sigh* "Fine, you win."

But Moony scoffed, ~I don't need your pity, daddy. Let's play the game again.~

"Fine..."

*WOOSH*

As he started to give cards, he noticed something brushing past their pod. It was something like a fire outside. That was it, the moment of truth. "Moony, get ready,"

The good boy quickly put his cloak on. Hector also donned his coat. The sound kept on increasing. The pod's outside was being chipped as if sandpaper was being rubbed on it.

*BOOM*

It completely blasted away with a small fire. In empty space, Hector and Moony found themselves floating in the middle of nowhere. But there was one source of light. Bright, hot and seething in rage.

"Well, she sure looks angry. That's definitely not our goofy Jean," he murmured.

Moony started growling at the Dark Phoenix that appeared to have taken over Jean's body. There was a bird-shaped fire surrounding her body. The expression on her face showed pure rage and lust for destruction.

Hector stretched his neck and shoulders, preparing to fight. His face, too, left all smiles and goofiness. Now completely serious, he taunted, "Listen up, little bird. If you don't leave my Jean's body, I will have no choice but to remove you from existence."

"YOU? A MORTAL? LEAVE... IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!" the Dark Phoenix's voice resounded. It was not coming from Jean's mouth; instead, it came from the fire surrounding her. It felt demonic, like how ghosts speak with muffled, intertwined multiple voices.

Hector sighed for a second. After staring at Jean's body being misused, his anger started to rise, and he bellowed, "Then you leave me no choice. To me, your fire is like a child's ire. Your anger is useless. Your dark pride has clouded your mind. You stand before Hell's Inquisitor—My job is to deal with your kind."

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