The Return of the Phoenix
The X-men looked in fear as Inallianya became Dark Phoenix. They could feel the awsome power emminating from her. Wolverine pulled off the cape The White Queen wore. Both her and Cyclops looked at Wolverine with questioning eyes. Wolverine did not look at them. He ran over to Jean's body. He wrapped the cape around her to cover her nakedness.
"Jeannie can you hear me?" Wolverine whispered in the red-head's ear.
There was no response from her.
"We need to stop her," Cyclops stated about the dangerous enemy standing in front of them.
"Fools you can not stop me!" Innalianya yelled as she released a blast that knocked the X-men off their feet.
Cyclops and the White Queen were the first to their feet.
"Do you think you can use your powers to weaken her?" Cyclops asked his woman.
"I can try," Frost replied.
Cyclops nodded his head.
"We'll distract her. Good luck," he spoke.
The White Queen stared at her love with admiration in her eyes.
"X-men let's go!" Cyclops cried the call of battle.
Rouge flew and tackled Innalianya to the ground. When she tried to stand up, Gambit tossed a loaded card at her, knocking her to the ground. Storm created a small tornado to toss the evil witch to a wall. Inallianya was down for only a second. She jumped to her feet and sent a flame blast to the X-men that dared to attack her. They went down hard. Cyclops matched her blast with one of his optic blasts. It was dead even for a moment. But Inallianya was much more powerful than Cyclops.
"NOW!" Cyclops shouted.
The White Queen used her telepathy to enter Inalliayna's mind. The White Queen never felt so much evil. Her mind felt like a dark abyss and Emma was swirlling in a vortex of hatred. She felt numbing fear just being in her mind. The White Queen shook her head. A determined look graced her features. She had a job to do. She noticed the central focus of the evil woman's mind. She floated towards it.
Inallianya was standing in a pit of flames. The White Queen stopped in front of her. Inallianya looked up to the blond. She sent a telekenitc wave to the White Queen. Frost fell from where she was floating.
"You can not win," Inallianya spoke before blasting the blond one more time.
The White Queen's telepathic connection was broken. Her concious was thrown back into her body.
"What happened?" Cyclops asked.
The White Queen dusted herself off and stood up.
"She is too powerful," she stated, "but she can't control the power of the Phoenix."
"What are we going to do?" Rachel asked.
"Fight. Fight until we win," Cyclops answered.
Jean slowly regained conciousness. She opened her eyes and stared at Wolverine's clear blue eyes.
"Hey Red," his gruff voice spoke.
Jean smiled and stood up. She wrapped the cape around herself. She looked at the battlefield. The X-men were losing, big time.
"I'm the only one that can stop her," Jean stated.
Wolverine looked at the red-head. He knew what she was talking about.
Jean closed her eyes. This was it. It was her choice. She needed to accept that she and the Phoenix Force were bound forever. It was her destiny. Jean walked forward.
Inalliyana noticed the red-head stop in front of her.
"You can't stop me!" Inalliayna yelled at Jean.
Jean put a telekinetic shield around herself as the evill witch attacked. After, Jean floated in the air and sent debris flying to the evil woman.
"I can and will stop you," Jean spoke with determination.
Jean used her telepathy to enter Inallianya's mind. When she was inside her mind, Jean could hear the Phoenix Force cry out for her. Jean looked at Inalliayna. The power of the Phoenix was destroying her.
"You were not meant to wield this power," Jean informed the being in front of her.
"Yes I am. I am all powerful!" Inallianya yelled.
Jean's mind called to the Phoenix Force.
"We are one now and forever," Jean whispered.
Inallianya screamed in pain. What was going on?
"My power is your power," Jean called.
The Phoenix Force left Inallianya's body. Inallianya collapsed. The Phoenix floated in the air and made an anguish cry. Jean floated in the air as well. She spread her arms out and rolled her head back.
"Come to me," Jean finished.
The Phoenix Force flew into Jean's body. There was a blinding light. When everyone opened their eyes they noticed Jean in the White Phoenix (of the Crown) costume.
The Phoenix raptor appeared behind Jean as their powers blended.
Jean used her restored powers to destroy Inallianya once and for all. Jean floated back down to Wolverine.
"Great job Jeannie," Wolverine whispered in her ear.
Jean smiled at him.
Suddenly there was a large gust of wind. A shadow appeared and transformed into a man. Jean reconigzed him right away.
"Sensei, what are you doing here?" Jean asked.
The Old Man turned to the red-head. He wore a small smile on his face.
"I came to say you passed your final test," he stated.
Jean stood there stunned as she absorbed the information.
"You knew the whole time that she was coming and what she was going to do?" Jean stated more than asked.
The old man shook nodded his head.
"You needed to accept your true destiny. You and the Phoenix are one. Only you could have made that choice," he informed his pupil.
Jean smiled at her sensei.
"You could have at least warned me," Jean replied.
He smiled back.
"Where would the fun in that be?" he replied.
Jean broke out in a fit of giggles. It was good to be home.
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