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Chapter 24:Rise of Ultimate Power

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Scott's screams of agony and loss drowned out the sound the X-Jets landing systems and the creek of the landing struts. Tears poured out from under his visor as he shook to his knees. Nobody moved, not sure whether to comfort him, cry with him, or just stay out of his way. Smoke still rose in the aft camera a ways back, marking the destruction of the Velocity and many of X Men, including Jean Grey-Summers. In front of the grounded X-Jet, the light show of the Justice League's attack and the retaliating domes' could be seen not too far away.

Scott slammed his fist onto the console and opened the hatch. With a roar of rage, Scott ran for the dome.

"Scott-" Charles yelled but the words were lost on rage blinded ears.

Scott met little resistance as he raced for the dome, only having to dodge a laser once before coming to the base of the dome. With a flare of angry red, Scott ripped off his visor and opened his eyes wide, delivering a massive wave of raw energy into the dome. Ground tore apart, revealing the dome as a sphere that it truly was as Scott let loose every ounce of energy he had in an attempt to either destroy Apocalypse or the sphere.

Waves spread across the sphere as Scott plowed on recklessly, caring for nothing but achieving revenge for his fallen wife. Scott fell to one knee as he neared the end of his strength as all the League members in the area and the remaining X Men gathered behind him.

Slowly, the energy ebbed until all that remained was a trickle of energy. Soon, even that was gone as Scott fell face first into the dirt as he neared unconsciousness. Rogue was there, leaving Gambits side to sit Scott upright and place his visor back onto his face.

The purple glow of the dome flickered once and brought everyone's attention forward, hopeful that Scott's attack had done some damage, some fearful that a new attack was being released. Those last were correct.

Light lanced down at the seated group, illuminating the group in white fire. There was no time to move, no time to scream. The instant before impact, blackness enveloped them, deflecting the onslaughting beam away from its intended targets. The X Men looked around to see their rescuer.

Five people raced toward them, three of them flying, two on foot. Black light extended from one of the fliers hands, connecting her to the wall above their heads.

"Robin!" Rogue screeched, jumping up and clapping her hands as the Titans came up next to them, and dropping Scott to the ground. Then, remembering the seriousness of the situation, quickly sat back down again next to Scott.

"I'm glad we weren't too late," the Boy Wonder said, making a point of stepping into the middle of the group to show his new, darker outfit with a blue bird stretched across the upper center. "And the name's Nightwing, now."

"Even better," Rogue hissed up to Gambit who silently shook his head.

"Thanks, kid," Logan said, stepping forward and nodding to the rest of the group. "I think it best if we left the area though, if ya know what I mean."

Nightwing nodded. "Right." Under Raven's umbrella energy, the group retreated out of what seemed normal range for the lasers while the Justice League continue to fight and, in a few cases, die as they attempted to break through. Magneto took the opportunity to attack the dome with all his might, trying at the very least to attract Apocalypse's attention and draw him out.

"We saw what happened," Nightwing said. "I'm sorry we couldn't stop the attack on your ship."

"Yeah, well," Logan said, feeling a little uncomfortable as Scott simply turned his head away. The loss of the team had hit him hard, too. "Right now, we can't think about that. We need to focus on our objective and that is getting through those shields and bringin' down Apocalypse." The group nodded. At least most did.

In Nightwing's ear, his comm. beeped. Frowning at the unexpectedness of it as his team members were already here, he answered.

"This is the Watch Tower," the voice of Mr. Terrific said. "Batman had me patch him through to you. Standby."

"Hey, wait-" Nightwing started to say but there was a click.

"Dick," Batman's voice said.

"What?" Nightwing answered hotly. This was so typical of Bruce and one of the more minor reasons he had left both Bruce and Batman behind.

"We are at the Egyptian dome," Batman said, ignoring the sour tone. "I don't know if you are dealing with the laser problem there-"

"Yeah, we are," Nightwing cut him off. "It has already taken out a group of the X Men. We're with them now in Mexico."

There was an uncharacteristic pause. "I see," Batman said, sounding very tired. "Do those lasers look familiar to you at all?"

Nightwing frowned and looked out toward the dome. "I don't know, Bats," Nightwing said. "Kinda hard to tell from just a beam of destructive light, isn't it?"

"Look closer," Batman said sternly. "That laser is cutting through that barrier with without any problem. Almost as if it was out of phase with the shield entirely. Didn't Slade use something like that against you and the Titans before?"

Nightwing peered at the point where the laser and the shield separated. "So? What's your point?"

"Slade's working with Apocalypse," Batman said. "If that is the case, than that probably is the same laser that you guys ran into. Which means-"

"Which means we can reverse phase the laser and short the whole system out," Nightwing finished.

"Exactly," Batman said. "I was monitoring the shields when the laser show started. The lasers seem to be drawing power from the domes directly which means if we short the lasers out, the shields go down. Is that possible?"

Nightwing thought for a moment. "It all checks out on my end."

"Good. Thanks."

"No prob-" There was a click as the come went dead.

Nightwing gritted his teeth and turned back to the group. He hated Bruce so much sometimes. "Alright guys," he said, trying not to show his frustration. "Batman may have just found us a lucky break. If everything works, those shields are about to come down."

"What's our time frame?" Logan asked.

There was a flicker of purple and the shields protecting Apocalypse's precious pyramids vanished. "Right about now," Nightwing said, not even bothering to be upset that Batman had taken down the shield without his help. "Let's move."

The ground shook slightly as energy seemed to warp around the ground as if a fire burned yellow. Ice blue eyes strained to stay focused as Caliwone raised his energy to his limit. With a roar, his aura broke and he leapt forward. Pikkon, one of Kakorate's friends and sparing rival from Other World, pushed off backward as Caliwone came. The two bounced off the walls with high agility and speed, even in the hundred times gravity.

Caliwone raced in pursuit, knowing his prince was watching with a critical eye. Reaching up, he fired a multiple flash of energy that dug into ground and walls briefly before flinging up chunks a second later. Pikkon dodged every attack at more than incredible speed, showing his extreme training level. Caliwone sneered slightly. He may have been Kakorate's training partner but Pikkon had never faced someone of his fighting genius.

Caliwone halted and lowered his right arm. Red energy built up in his palm in an instant. Rearing back, he pitched his attack like a baseball. The energy expanded, his most massive attacks in his arsenal. As the energy ball moved forward and Pikkon's view on him lost by the attack, Caliwone fired one handed high toward the wall on Pikkon's right side. The blast hit and sent a large section of wall falling down. Caliwone raced for it as fast as he could in this intense gravity.

Pikkon hurtled sideways to his right, his eyes tracing the largest of energy attacks. His attention diverted, Pikkon slammed full tilt into the falling debris hard enough to nearly knock the wind out of him. As his body bounced off the rock slightly, Caliwone sank a knee full tilt into Pikkon's stomach. Stunned, Pikkon let out a mere exhaust of air as Caliwone reached his right arm to his left shoulder and elbowed Pikkon in the back of his massive alien head.

Pikkon's body went rigid as Caliwone removed his knee and his elbow from respective impact points. Before Pikkon could even fall to the ground, Caliwone hit Pikkon in the back hard enough to have Pikkon bounce up off the ground and finished with a spinning hook kick to Pikkon's head. Pikkon hit the ground and skipped once or twice before he was able to regain his balance just as Caliwone rushed in to continue the fight.

From his seat, Vegeta smirked. With Caliwone's quick learning of techniques and his dramatic increase in power, Caliwone certainly proved himself to be all that Saiyan Elite's were suppose to be. During the time of Frieza, Caliwone would have been a much better ally than Nappa ever was.

"Vegeta," Kakorate said, appearing next to him. "Just thought I should give you an update on Earth. There have been more casualties. Most so far with the X Men, so King Kaio says," He blurted before Vegeta could silence him.

There was a sickening thud from Pikkon and Caliwone's direction. "What are you doing, you idiot," Pikkon hollered as Caliwone slid across the ground.

Caliwone ignored him, his eyes locked onto Goku's. "What did you just say?" Caliwone said angrily as he stood and hurried over to the two other Saiyans.

"Nothing for you to concern yourself with," Vegeta snapped, giving Kakorate a glare that showed he wished him nothing but a quick and violent death.

"With all due respect, my prince," Caliwone said, just on this side of respect, "if the X Men are being killed, it is my concern."

"Get back to your training," Vegeta roared, standing to his full, somewhat short height.

Caliwone held his stance, trying hard not to back down. "I will not if my frie- if those people are dying," Caliwone corrected himself.

Vegeta ground his teeth and glared at Goku. "This is your fault, Kakorate," he snarled.

Kakorate shrugged apologetically. "Well, he does have the right to know," Kakorate said, then shrunk under Vegeta's glare.

"I need to get down there," Caliwone stated.

"Hn. Fine," Vegeta snorted. "And how do you propose to do that?"

"We could ask for King Yama's help!"

Vegeta slowly turned his head to look over at Goku. "Kakorate," Vegeta said through gritted teeth. "Do you ever shut up?"

"So how do I get my body back?" Caliwone asked Goku.

Goku glanced over at Vegeta, as if to ask for his approval. "King Yama is a personal friend. He use to be the gate keeper at the Check-In Station back when I was alive. Met him a bunch of times there. I'm sure he'll be willing to help bring your body there from Living World."

"Ok," Caliwone said and started heading for the entrance to the training room, then stopped. "Wait, if I am outside of my body, how is all my training going to fit in?"

"That is something you will not have to worry about," Vegeta said reluctantly. "Your physical body will adapt to your spirit. In the physical reality, your body is as strong and powerful as your spirit."

"Oh," Caliwone said, not really caring about the details as long as it worked. "Let's go."

"Sure thing," Kakorate said, grabbing hold of Caliwone's shoulder. Together, they vanished only to reappear at the large building he had first been brought to by Captain Yamamoto with the cloud lined path.

"Hello?" Goku hollered cheerily at the large door.

There was a pause then a sputtering hiss through the speaker. "What do you want," the voice said, sounding exceptionally irritable. "Who is this?"

"It's Goku from Earth," Kakorate said, still super cheery. "I need to talk to King Yama, please."

There was a pause. "Goku?" came a deep thunderous voice. "Well, well. It has been a long time, hasn't it? What can I do for you?"

"King Yama, I need a favor," Goku said. "I need you to retrieve Caliwone's body from Earth and bring it here."

"Oh," King Yama said. "Goku, you know I can't. It' against the rules."

"Sir, the Earth is in peril," Caliwone spoke up a bit urgently.

"Who is that with you, Goku?" King Yama asked.

"Caliwone," Kakorate responded.

There was a pause. "Have you talked with King Kaio about this?"

"Yes. King Kaio suggested I talk to you," Goku answered.

"Well," King Yama said after a moment. "You have always been a great help to me. I suppose I can do this once."

"Thank you!" Goku exclaimed and patted Caliwone on the shoulder.

"Alright, Goku. It's done," King Yama said.

Caliwone looked down. He felt no different, looked no different, but if King Yama, Lord of Other World said it was done...

"Great. Thanks again," Goku said. "Are you ready?"

Caliwone nodded and clenched his teeth. He really didn't like this "Instant Transmission" thing. There was a quick and sudden jerk and Caliwone and Goku reappeared inside the Seireitei in the Soul Society. Standing before them was Captain Yamamoto.

"What's up, Captain?" Goku asked of the General of the Thirteen Court Guards.

"I have information for you, young Saiyan," Yamamoto said to Caliwone. "Your friends are in the country called Mexico, south of the place they reside. It is the closet of the threats to them. Also, battles are taking place at all of the other locations as well, both by the Justice League as well as others."

"Thank you, Captain," Kakorate said. "Can you open a gateway for him back to Living World?"

"There is already a gate opening in just a few minutes that you will need to hurry and make." Yamamoto tapped his staff on the ground lightly. "The gate will return you to Living World but is destined to leave you in Japan. That is all I can do for you."

"Thank you again, Captain," Goku said. "I have to go hide from Vegeta now before he kills me." Goku winked at Caliwone. "Good luck." He vanished.

"Your gate is ready," Yamamoto said, pointing. "You must hurry."

Caliwone nodded and took off in a burst of blue fire in the indicated direction. As he crossed the space between the Seireitei and the Rukongai, the town Caliwone had initially arrived in, his aura blew up into gold. Caliwone gritted his teeth and pushed his speed to his limit. Energy was literally pulled from the buildings as he past, the building being made of energy themselves, causing Caliwone's aura to leave a trail of glitter as he passed through. Up ahead, he could see the gate. There were four people already there, three of them standing to either side of the gate and one walking through it.

Seconds after the figure vanished from view, Caliwone flashed by. Before he vanished, he caught a quick glimpse of the three figures. The first one was short with white hair, the same guy that had led Caliwone to Yamamoto. The woman standing next to him was taller with long red hair. The third person on the other side of the gate looked short as well. She was taller than Toshiro Hitsugaya with shorter black hair than the other female. The last thing he saw before leaving the Soul Society was the fear and concern for the person who had left ahead of Caliwone.

As soon as he passed through the gate, he braked hard. It wasn't hard enough. As he skidded through the air, he collided with the person who had gone through first and the two tumbled to the ground in a cloud of dust.

"What the Hell?" the orange, spiky haired boy said, angrily rubbing the back of his head.

Caliwone stood and looked down. "Who are you?"

The boy stood, obviously ticked off at the rudeness. "Kurosaki Ichigo," the boy ground out. He wore the same style of the Shinigami from the Soul Society except his sword stood the entire length of his body, which was strapped to his back. "Why don't you watch were your going."

"Next time," Caliwone said, looking around, too much in a hurry to be rude even as his golden hair waved slightly in the wind. The place where they were was a large open...outdoors. Sky, clouds, Earth but in the near distance there was a ladder that lead into a hole in the sky. "I am in a hurry."

"Yeah," Ichigo said, still upset but not having the time to drag this out. "Come on."

They hurried over to the ladder and up it into a shop. There was one man waiting at the door. He wore a green and white striped Japanese jacket with matching bucket hat. On his feet he wore traditional Japanese wooden sandals. "Welcome back, Ichigo," Urahara Kisuke said. "How did the meeting go?"

"They aren't coming," Ichigo said shortly. "They see no reason to get involved."

"I told you that would happen," Kisuke said. "Well, good luck. Just so you know, you aren't going to have worry about that dome. Looks like the Justice League managed to take it down."

"Thanks Mr. Hat-and-Clogs," Ichigo said and started to run out the sliding door.

"And welcome back to Living World," Kisuke said, his shadowed eyes glimmering, "Caliwone." Ichigo stopped and looked back, wide-eyed. Caliwone looked at Urahara coolly, continuing to walk out the door. "Maybe after this crisis is all over, you could come back here. There are many questions I would like to ask you."

Caliwone turned his attention away, not having time for this. "Maybe," he said, then crouched and took off into the darkening sky, looking like a gold tinged falling star that would never burn itself out.

Ichigo looked back at Urahara. "That was really him, wasn't it?"

"It was," Urahara said. "Your friends are already at the pyramid in China. Yuroichi was kind enough to get them out there. You better hurry."

"Right," Ichigo said, then turned and stepped forward. In a flash, he was gone.

Apocalypse ground his teeth as the sound of pounding on the outside of his pyramid continued. Slade was, of course, at his side, doing what he could to help with the final preparations for his ascension into God-hood. He would cleanse this world of all those who did not prove themselves worthy.

Slade stood, finished with his final task and stepped back as Apocalypse reached forward and activated the technology he had cursed himself for. Light shown itself down onto Apocalypse, the first phase of his final plan.

Apocalypse turned to look at Slade, who was gazing coolly right back at him. "Give the orders to my other horsemen. They must defend my pyramids."

Slade nodded and headed out. It was finally time for him to face his protégé one last time. Slade snorted. Nightwing. What a ridiculous name.

Sphinx, Egypt

Superman's punch nearly shook the entire Sphinx off the top of the pyramid underneath it. He hovered back a bit, perplexed. He had enough power to shatter a building with a flick of his finger and yet he couldn't even punch a hole in the side of Apocalypse's pyramid when he was really trying.

Down below him, J'onn Jon'zz had transformed his shape shifting body into a giant Martian creature after his attempts to phase through failed, and was currently clawing away at the pyramid. Even with his enhanced abilities, the outer layer of the pyramid was simply too tough.

There was a sudden rumble from the pyramid and a door slid upward at the base. Light spilled outward, backlighting the single figure that stood in the center of that light. The only thing visible was the faint light of some kind of technology attached to his face.

Pyramid, Mexico

Slade walked out of the light, his staff in held in one hand as he quickly picked Nightwing out of the crowd of heroes. He smiled to himself beneath his mask, knowing that he would once and for all square his debt with the Titans and Robin in particular. Apparently, Nightwing was just as eager to finish this as he was.

With a word to the others, Nightwing walked forward, pulling out his own collapsible staff and expanding it to ready. "Working for another low life, Slade?" Nightwing asked as the two started to circle.

"Short sighted as always, Robin," Slade responded dryly. "This is only a means to an ends."

"Always has been," Nightwing said, glaring from beneath his mask. "And did you notice the costume change? It's Nightwing now."

"Come now," Slade said. "It doesn't matter what you change your name to be. You will always be Robin to me." Slade leapt forward, spinning his bo over his head and slamming it down hard. Nightwing avoided the attack and countered with horizontal strike. Slade blocked it with his Bo and spun his body and striking at Nightwing's knees.

Jumping over the attack, Nightwing spun his own bo in an attack, placing one end of the bo underneath his left arm-pit, and then rotating the bo as to sweep upwards. Slade blocked both attacks and reached in and grabbed Nightwing by the shirt. Sliding his bo between Nightwing's feet, Slade flipped him over his shoulder and onto his back, ending with his bo inches from Nightwing's neck.

"As I said," Slade spoke as Nightwing breathed hard for a second. "You will always be Robin to me."

"No. I won't," Nightwing said. With tremendous effort, Nightwing kicked Slade off of him and kick-flipped to his feet. Spinning around, he caught Slade in the stomach with a kick, then slammed his bo across Slade's face. As Slade stumbled, Nightwing spin the other direction and swung his staff as hard as he could.

Slade's head snapped back and slammed into the ground just shy of the base of the pyramid. Slade looked up to see Nightwing standing over him with the tip of his bo pressed into Slade's neck. "It's over for you," Nightwing said.

"No, Nightwing," Slade said with a glimmer in his eye. "It is not."

The ground all around the base of the pyramids erupted, throwing clouds of smoke and rock into the air. The whole group backed up as the ground suddenly had a small canyon between them and Nightwing and the Pyramid.

As if some invisible beast had suddenly arrived, Nightwing was lifted off his feet and thrown clear across the canyon and slammed into the ground. Before anyone else could react, there were un-Earthly howls that seemed to rip the sky apart as eight more heroes were unexpectedly thrown. Slade smiled beneath his mask. All the stops were out now. Apocalypse must nearly be ready.

Pyramid, China

Ichigo's mouth dropped open as he saw the ground shatter and hundreds of Hollow's pulled themselves from the ground all around the famous mutant Juggernaut. Beside him, his friends Chad, Orihime, and Ishida all looked in terror at the scene in front of them. Hollows would be no problem for them but because of the sheer numbers and the apparently unaware League members heading to battle it out with Juggernaut, they would have a tough time keeping everyone alive.

Terrific, Ichigo thought and the four kids leapt into action.

Pyramid, Egypt

Batman threw himself backwards as Omega Red's tentacle's smashed down where he had just been. It didn't help him. Something invisible picked him up and threw him. In mid flight, Omega Red grabbed him and slammed him down. For lack of any other ideas, Batman swung his body to one side. An invisible claw sank into the ground and through his cape.

Diana smashed the air where she could only guess the invisible creature was. She connected and there was a howl from the creature. "This isn't good," Diana shouted.

"No kidding," Batman said as he managed to free himself and threw a batarang at Red. "I hope everyone else is doing better than we are."

Sphinx, Egypt

Killer Croc roared as Superman hit him. "You got t be kidding me," Superman said as Killer Croc stood and rushed back. "This is one of Batman's guys. He can't be this strong."

"I would guess it has something to do with the technology on their faces," J'onn said as Croc slammed into another League member. "Lookout behind you," J'onn warned, his eyes glowing.

Superman reacted instantly, flinging himself backwards. The ground split where Superman had been, as if some huge creature had just stabbed the ground. Superman shot upwards, catching whatever the creature was and tossing it high.

"Any idea's what these things might be?" Superman asked as Flash streaked in and knocked down Killer Croc.

"Perhaps those creatures that Caliwone had previously mentioned. He said he could not see them either." J'onn blinked hard once. "I can see these terrible things in my mind. We can't let them get anyone."

"We won't," Superman said and took off into the battle.

Pyramid, China

"Oh my gosh," Orihime gasped as the first of the Hollows rushed them. Like all Hollow's, it body was all black with a single hole through its chest. Its face was covered in a terrifying white mask that should only be seen amongst demons and monsters.

"Ichigo, what is that on the Hollow's?" Ishida asked urgently as he pulled his Quincy spirit bow and arrow back and let it fly. The blue energy arrow cut clean through the Hollow's mask. The mask split and the Hollow gave one last howl before vaporizing the way Hollow's do when they 'die'.

Ichigo swung his giant sword through the air, firing a sweeping energy blast that took out three more Hollows. "I don't know," Ichigo said, noting the unique design that hung from every Hollow here. "Looks like and Egyptian symbol I studied in history class."

"Look!" Orihime yelled even as her powers lanced out and eliminated another Hollow from the battle field. "They are all coming."

Ichigo looked up as the Hollows closed in on the real threats. The group readied themselves. There was a sudden display of flashing streaks of light and the first row of Hollows vanished. Ichigo smiled.

Rukia Kuchiki walked up behind Ichigo and put a hand on his shoulder. "Now we are involved," she said unsheathing her Zanpaktou. Ice crystallized around the ground, spreading outward. Ichigo smiled at his Shinigami friend even as what seemed to be every Shinigami from the Soul Society launched into the battle. "You no longer need to worry," Rukia said. "The Soul Society will handle the Hollows. All of them."

Five miles north of Pyramid, Mexico

Smoke continue to rise from the twisted remains of the downed Velocity. Small fires still burned under the carnage. Above the Velocity's wreck, darkness clouded and tried to hide the ugliness. Of course, not all forces agreed with nature's intent.

Light swept out from under the carnage like fire caught dust and came back together above the wreck. The light swirled around in the air above the Velocity, then dove back inside. There was a moment of silence then the sound of one, sudden, gasp of breath, then silence once more.

There was a rumble and a scream of pain and the wreckage lifted off the ground, twisting what remained of the ship, and disintegrating it. Jean Grey-Summers twisted and writhed in agony in the air, the headache she had been feeling for nearly a year finally bursting out of control. In one last scream of pain unending, fire erupted all around her like wings of a bird of fire and the whole anomaly headed off toward the pyramid.

Pyramid, Mexico

Caliwone could see the battle in the near distance as he raced forward. His eyes widened as he suddenly sensed many energy signatures of the mysterious creatures he had been sensing, all directly in front of him. As he drew closer, he came to realize that he could actually see the creatures now. Large and terrible creatures with long, ghost like black bodies with monstrous white masks for faces.

It became clear that most of the X Men and League members could not see these creatures even as Shinigami flocked around, killing every Hollow within reach. One Hollow lunged at Logan from behind, mouth open and anticipating the kill.

Logan was running forward after Slade, completely unaware of impending death. The Hollow closed in...and Caliwone arrived. With and explosion of golden energy, the Hollow was knocked into the side of the pyramid. Before it could recover, a Shinigami sliced through its mask, killing it.

Caliwone landed on the ground in of the X Men, his aura giving light to all surrounding area. There were cheers and hollers of "Caliwone!" "You've returned to us" but Caliwone did not have ears for such insignificant breath. His eyes were only for Slade, the man that killed Kitty Pryde in cold blood.

He saw Caliwone coming, of course. He couldn't stop him. Caliwone was on him in an instant, lifting Slade off his feet by his throat. "You and I have blood to shed," Caliwone snarled

Slade choked unable to make any coherent sounds. Silence seemed to fall the way movies portray the arrival of a God. Caliwone's senses flared at the power suddenly among them. He looked to his right and saw a woman floating toward them, fire surrounding her. His eyes narrowed, not sure who this woman was or if she was friend or enemy. Her face was almost unrecognizable, alien from a human face.

Jean floated past over head, grass and plant life withering under her as she went. Caliwone followed her movements with his eyes, still holding Slade by the throat. Jean reached the pyramid and stopped, and lifted a hand. The wall of the pyramid peeled away and disintegrating, changing into energy for the universe to use. Closing her fist, she pulled her arm back and Apocalypse was simply pulled clean out of his base deep within the pyramid into the light created by Jean.

Caliwone released Slade, deciding this took precedence, and flew up to the two powers. Apocalypse snarled, baring his teeth. His blue skin and muscles rippled in rage as the Phoenix floated before him. Jean was completely opposite, showing no emotion in her pitch black eyes. There was no white there, solid and inhuman reflection of night was all that remained of Jean's blue eyes.

Her face was no longer pretty. Veins showed green and sick looking around her eyes and nose, stretching nearly to her ears and red hair, which waved in chaos behind her. It was as if two completely different sides, chaos and calm, were raging on Jean's surface. Caliwone looked hard at this, experience showing clearly who his enemies were.

The Dark Phoenix lifted an arm and with a flare of power, sent both Caliwone and Apocalypse crashing deep into the impenetrable pyramid. The Dark Phoenix raised her hand above her head and the ground erupted into a swirling cavalcade of rock and trees and dirt. With one final sweep of her hand, the pyramid imploded.

To be continued...

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