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Summary: Jean as the newly emerged Phoenix races off in search of something she's not consciously aware of while the other X-men try to bring back Professor X from the astral void.
The Prince and the Phoenix - Chapter 8
Wolverine didn't have to hear the alarms to know that something was wrong. He felt it inside of him. "Jean," he said. He was instantly moving down the hall in the direction of the lab where the Professor was probing Jean with Cerebro.
He could hear Scott yelling somewhere ahead of him, but thick black smoke was pouring out of one of the labs. He made his way in there in time to see Storm using her powers of wind and rain to put the fire out. Professor X lay on the observation table unconscious. Storm looked over at him and said, "Logan, you're arrival back at the mansion is most advantageous although I'm sorry it couldn't be under better circumstances. The probe went horribly wrong. Cerebro is offline, and I'm trying to find a way to bring the Professor back. Scott went after Jean. She's.she's."
"Storm, I know. She's the Phoenix now." He paused before continuing. "I know where she went. I can smell her."
The tall African woman was reading the Professor's vital signs on the monitor next to her as she spoke. "Go, Wolverine. Find her and bring her back before she causes any damage. I fear for her safety. I will call the other X-men here so that they may assist us." When she turned around, he was gone.
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Jean ran down the hall in a completely frantic state. She didn't know what was going on, what was happening in her mind. She felt she was fading in and out of consciousness while somehow simultaneously feeling hyper-alert, as if she was alive unlike ever before in her life. With every step she took, the strange hunger feeling inside of her grew. It felt as though she had not eaten in years, but food wasn't what she wanted. For a split second, she let herself wonder if she wanted to consume another star. For even thinking that thought, she wanted to wretch.
When she reached the end of the hallway, Jean struggled to open the locked door. Without understanding how it happened, the door blew itself into the stairwell beyond. She was racing up the steps without knowing where she was heading. She didn't think she could stop running if she tried.
"Where is it I'm going? What do I want? Oh God, please don't let anyone try to stop me! I don't think I could stop myself from hurting anyone!" She tried to calm down and assess what was happening to her. Jean understood that somehow the Phoenix had repossessed her mind and body. But, it didn't feel like before. The last time the Phoenix entity had been solely in search of new sensations only to find that it particularly enjoyed the dark side of her psyche. Now, she felt as though it were after something. Something very nearby.
She felt her body slow down as she neared the Professor's office. "What do I want in here?" she questioned.
Jean gasped when she saw her reflection in a mirror mounted on the wall. Her red hair crackled with fire and light as it whirled in a mass above her head. Her eyes glowed with an arcane light, but it was her outfit that gave her the biggest shock. It was the red and gold outfit of the insane monster, Dark Phoenix.
Suddenly, she found what she thought she was looking for: a peculiar round package on a table in the Professor's office. She could feel a strange power emanating from the contents within. Inside of her, the Phoenix felt almost joyful.
Summary: Jean as the newly emerged Phoenix races off in search of something she's not consciously aware of while the other X-men try to bring back Professor X from the astral void.
The Prince and the Phoenix - Chapter 8
Wolverine didn't have to hear the alarms to know that something was wrong. He felt it inside of him. "Jean," he said. He was instantly moving down the hall in the direction of the lab where the Professor was probing Jean with Cerebro.
He could hear Scott yelling somewhere ahead of him, but thick black smoke was pouring out of one of the labs. He made his way in there in time to see Storm using her powers of wind and rain to put the fire out. Professor X lay on the observation table unconscious. Storm looked over at him and said, "Logan, you're arrival back at the mansion is most advantageous although I'm sorry it couldn't be under better circumstances. The probe went horribly wrong. Cerebro is offline, and I'm trying to find a way to bring the Professor back. Scott went after Jean. She's.she's."
"Storm, I know. She's the Phoenix now." He paused before continuing. "I know where she went. I can smell her."
The tall African woman was reading the Professor's vital signs on the monitor next to her as she spoke. "Go, Wolverine. Find her and bring her back before she causes any damage. I fear for her safety. I will call the other X-men here so that they may assist us." When she turned around, he was gone.
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Jean ran down the hall in a completely frantic state. She didn't know what was going on, what was happening in her mind. She felt she was fading in and out of consciousness while somehow simultaneously feeling hyper-alert, as if she was alive unlike ever before in her life. With every step she took, the strange hunger feeling inside of her grew. It felt as though she had not eaten in years, but food wasn't what she wanted. For a split second, she let herself wonder if she wanted to consume another star. For even thinking that thought, she wanted to wretch.
When she reached the end of the hallway, Jean struggled to open the locked door. Without understanding how it happened, the door blew itself into the stairwell beyond. She was racing up the steps without knowing where she was heading. She didn't think she could stop running if she tried.
"Where is it I'm going? What do I want? Oh God, please don't let anyone try to stop me! I don't think I could stop myself from hurting anyone!" She tried to calm down and assess what was happening to her. Jean understood that somehow the Phoenix had repossessed her mind and body. But, it didn't feel like before. The last time the Phoenix entity had been solely in search of new sensations only to find that it particularly enjoyed the dark side of her psyche. Now, she felt as though it were after something. Something very nearby.
She felt her body slow down as she neared the Professor's office. "What do I want in here?" she questioned.
Jean gasped when she saw her reflection in a mirror mounted on the wall. Her red hair crackled with fire and light as it whirled in a mass above her head. Her eyes glowed with an arcane light, but it was her outfit that gave her the biggest shock. It was the red and gold outfit of the insane monster, Dark Phoenix.
Suddenly, she found what she thought she was looking for: a peculiar round package on a table in the Professor's office. She could feel a strange power emanating from the contents within. Inside of her, the Phoenix felt almost joyful.