CHAPTER 12

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One thing led to another with my new quest, and in the blink of an eye, I was in the X-Men Jet on my way to space to help a bunch of astronauts, cool right? I mean, I knew the only reason why Charles had let come in this mission with his special group of mutants was because he wanted to convince me of joining the X-Men for a reason I had yet to understand, no other reason, and I also knew he thought that if I saw how much good his little group did for the world, I would perhaps be persuaded to join him on his quest of mutant equality.

Sitting on the chair assigned to me, I laid my head on one of the only windows on the Jet, and witnessed as we soared into the sky leaving a column of white smoke on our wake as we neared the atmosphere, feeling the powerful engine of the plane roar with might with every passing second.

"Out here, you follow our order newbie," Scott said in a rather condescending tone.

To which, I ignored him.

Soon enough, the X-Jet started to shake, probably because we were leaving the earth's atmosphere that was desperately trying to keep us on our planet. 

"I think this is not as much fun as I thought it would be!" Nightcrawler muttered, his tail twitching nervously. [Kurt Wagner - Nightcrawler LV 51]

Inwardly chuckling at that, I focused my attention on someone I didn't know how to explain, Quicksilver, [Pietro Maximoff - Quicksilver LV 101] he was here, but if that was the case, where was Wanda? Were there two Quicksilvers? Or was the other quicksilver an imitation of this quicksilver, fuck so many questions, and so little answers. Heck, they even shared the same name.

Then again, Hydra was supposedly involved in the making of both Wanda, and Pietro, MCU wise, perhaps they cloned them? It would be plausible, or perhaps they captured them after the events of X-Men, and brainwashed them to think their origins were different… fuck it, I suppose I won't get my answers staring at him.

"You scared buddy?" Quicksilver asked, glancing around nervously. 

"Not really," I answered, lying through my teeth. I was about to come face to face with the Phoenix Force, and I was understandably scared.

"You lie," Jean said, holding Scott's hand.

"Mind reading?" I chuckled.

"Surface level," Jean nodded, gripping the strap of her seatbelt with her free hand.

"I will start thinking of porn if you keep doing that," I winked, getting a glare from Scott. "My mind my rules,"

Turning my attention back to the window, I noticed as the X-Jet reached the darkness of space with a final violent shake, seconds after the X-Jet thrusters stopped firing as Beast stopped pushing the pedal, leaving us floating above the planet in an motionless manner as ice crystal started to form in all of the windows, including the windshield. 

"Is… that a solar flare?" Raven muttered. [Raven LV 71]

"I've never seen a reading like this before," Hank replied, [Hank - Beast - LV 69]

"Let's save the astronauts and let's get out of here…" Quicksilver muttered, as the X-JET floated gently towards the spinning USA space shuttle.

All the while, I started to wonder why the universe hated me, couldn't they wait for me to be level… I don't know, a thousand?

"Kurt, can you get in there?" Raven asked.

"I can't it's spinning too fast, I can't see inside," Kurt replied

"Scott, I need you to blast that thruster," Raven sighed, turning to Scott. "Slow down the spin,"

Nodding, the seat where he was seated moved, to a room underneath the one we were currently in.

"Is it wise to blast an already broken spacecraft?" I muttered.

"We don't have any other choice," Raven replied.

Soon after she said that, a laser was shot into the shuttle, effectively slowing its spinning motion down.

"Kurt take Peter, go!" Raven ordered, and immediately after, Kurt and Pietro teleported out of sight.

"The space shuttle is losing oxygen," I said, I mean… the thing looked like a party balloon dying. 

"Storm, seal those cracks!" Raven nodded.

Taking a deep breath, [Ororo Munroe - Storm LV 102], did as she was told, her eyes turning white in the process, creepy.

Two seconds later, both Kurt and Pietro reappeared with the astronauts. Gotta love super speed, it sure is handy. "That was fast," I whistled, wondering why I had come to this mission, I mean, in retrospect this was not the event I had to stop, I could've skipped this.

"I know," Pietro nodded with a smirk, strapping his seatbelt on.

"Strap in, we are heading home," Raven sighed, happy the mission had gone well, little did she know there was someone still inside.

"I can still feel someone inside," I announced.

"I thought your power was premonitions or something," Scott said.

"It's… complicated, but yes, there is someone inside," I repeated.

"He's right, our commander is still there," A female astronaut said, confirming my point. [Anna Love LV 15], "He's on the airlock, working on the thruster."

"I don't like being the ass, but that cosmic storm is already disintegrating the ship… going back would be quite literally a suicide," Nothing against the guy still on the spacecraft, but… part of Jean's downfall was dying on that ship thanks to the Phoenix Force, if I can avoid that, perhaps I can finish my quest without unnecessary effort.

"He's right, the heat signature is rising fast," Beast nodded.

"I can't hold it any longer," Storm muttered, her body trembling.

"I'm sorry…" Raven muttered, "But we gotta get out of here… strap in."

Yes, Raven has a brain! Before I could actually rejoice in things going my way, mister high horse invaded our minds, "No, Raven. No. We're not leaving anyone behind, remember our duty."

"Surviving is also important," I hissed with a strained smile, "Nothing against their commander, but we saved the majority!" I don't know why I said we, I have done nothing but watch.

"Alex is risk, going back is a suicide, and I am not putting this team in any more danger," I am loving Raven more and more by the passing second.

"I know he has a point, but what about their team?" Fucking manipulator, I swear to god, I will slap him, "Jean and Mr. Walker can hold that shuttle together…" say what now?

"How did you…" I muttered, I had learned that a month ago inside a dungeon, how to move things with my mind, how the fuck did he… that bastard is watching me.

"I know you have telekinetic powers Mr. Walker," Charles added, "You can help Jean… you can save lives."

"I can also shove a boulder down your throat for spying on me," I hissed.

"That for later… but for now, please help Jean save that man," Charles said and I sighed, if something happened, I would simply teleport inside one of my dungeons, but then again, why risk it.

"You overestimate my powers, I can at much lift a single person. I am versatile but nowhere near as powerful as Jean," I replied, dismissing the idea of helping her.

"You know you can do anything you set your mind to," Yeah, that's not how things work you bald bitch.

"But you can tell me where he is…" Fuck you Kurt.

"Fine, but if I die, I am haunting your asses," I sighed, "Also, I am gonna stick with you," I knew Kurt managed to escape the Phoenix Storm, so with him I would stay.

"They have a minute!" Beast shouted, and in the blink of an eye, Kurt teleported us to the breaking shuttle.

As Jean started to reassemble the ship with her powers, Kurt looked at me and asked, "Where?"

"Down there, thirty meters to the left!" Eager to leave this place, I answered my hand planted on his shoulder.

Nodding, Kurt teleported to where the commander was, and grabbed him, teleporting us back in front of Jean, but before he was able to grab her, the cosmic storm suddenly moved faster reaching the spacecraft in less than a second, blasting Kurt, the Commander and I against one of the walls, and for a brief moment before Kurt teleported in panic back to the X-JET I saw it, [Phoenix Force LV ???]

"I hate you all," I muttered, gasping for air, that little love tap the fucking cosmic being had delivered on my body had depleted me of my mana and some of my HP.

"Where is she?!" Scott demanded, and once again I ignored him, for apparently the Phoenix Force wanted Jean, I mean, why else would it suddenly double its speed.

"I'm sorry…" Kurt apologized, his claw pointing to the spacecraft.

"Brace for impact!" Beast shouted, while I drank a mana potion, ready to leave this place into a dungeon should the necessity come to happen.

But before the Phoenix Force came to claim our booties… their booties, the flare coming our way changed course to the USA spacecraft. Standing up, I focused my attention on the spaceship, as I saw Jean's HP begin to drop non-stop, the entire cosmic storm tearing her atom by atom, and when her HP reached the 0% percent, the entire spacecraft exploded.

Perhaps this was one of those absolute points in time What If Marvel said, Jean becoming the host of the Phoenix Force.

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 0%]

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 1%]

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 3%]

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 7%]

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 15%]

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 33%]

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 57%]

[Jean Grey LV 151 

HP = 76%]

And so it begins, awesome…. I feel like a golden fish about to square up against a fucking shark… maybe I can be a shocking hazard to this cosmic shark.