The Kinslayer
Damn that was too soon, they won't arrive for another five minutes or so. She quickly erected a great dome of psi energy around her and the site. The Phoenix Force grew closer and closer and she was able to see the fiery eyes and beak of the massive bird construct. It streaked downward and as it drew close the tops of the trees burned. The Phoenix slammed into the dome and burst in a shower of sparks. The impact however, destroyed the dome. Suddenly, the ground under Emma's feet started to shake. THE SPARKS HAD SUNK INTO THE GROUND. A great jet of fire exploded under the feet of Emma Frost and she was hurled into a tree. The tree broke due to her diamond skin and fell to the side, smashing the trunk of the car. In front of her in a patch of scorched and cratered ground stood the most powerful enemy the X-Men had ever faced. Burgundy and gold swirled in the center of a great orb of fire. Jean Grey had been reborn…again.
Funny little crystal lady
The orb swirled, the fire feeding on itself until it became a great swirling inferno. My god, she came back limitless. The fiery eyes of Jean turned towards her and Emma felt herself lifted from the ground and tossed aside, impacting with an ancient tombstone that crumbled beneath her. Jean hovered along the ground her toes not touching at all, slowly advancing towards Emma.
Silly little insect
Emma lashed out with her mind making darts of psionic energy that quickly zoomed towards Dark Phoenix. They hit and she fell over into the snow.
HOW DARE SHE TOUCH ME, pathetic worm you will pay
"I think not, Phoenix, I'll show you the bug I am!"
Jean rose up from the ground, a cloud of fire gently lifting her to a standing position. As she did, her fiery aura shrank and became a ball of white hot flame in her hands. She hurled the fire and Emma launched a psi bolt at the same time, the resulting explosion was like a miniature supernova. Momentarily blinded Emma heard the X Jet and sensed the minds of those aboard: Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, Rogue, Gambit, Iceman, Colossus and Professor X. Her vision cleared and she saw Dark Phoenix looking up at the jet with all the innocence of a child on her face. Suddenly with the smell of brimstone and the BAMF of displaced air Nightcrawler appeared with Colossus. The giant of a man was already in his steel skin mode.
Emma, this is the Professor, you must distract Dark Phoenix so that Iceman, Gambit and Rogue can come up on her left, Wolverine and Storm will advance from her rear as I attempt to contain the Phoenix with my mind
Yes
Emma fired a psi bolt as Nightcrawler leapt forward and Colossus charged at the woman. Nightcrawler teleported forward at her but she caught him halfway through reappearing, his legs still trapped in the dimension between. With ease she hurled his half body three hundred yards into a mausoleum.
A fitting home for a devil hahahahahahHAAHahahaHA
Colossus had reached her and was about to punch when he discovered he was no longer metal. Dark Phoenix had altered his skin, he was wooden. With a manic laugh she set him on fire. At that point the Phoenix felt adamantium. The claws had slid through the small of her back. She raised herself into the air and the claws fell away as Wolverine tumbled to the ground. She spun with a glare and three birds of flame shot from her hands at him. The six hit and he felt his skin burning, and then healing. Jean was suddenly enveloped by a tornado and hurled to the ground.
"You missed a storm coming!"
Storm yelled triumphantly, and dove on the winds she had created. As she did lightning streaked after her. With a wave of Dark Phoenix's golden glove the lightning spun around and slammed into Storm. Storm fell the last 50 feet to the ground. Wolverine ran to her but the snow formed a wall around him and thickened. He howled in rage and attempted to cut through but the snow was too compacted.
Your knives all frozen all frozen all frozen
As Dark Phoenix once again rose into the air she was hit simultaneously by an explosion of energy and a blast of ice. Gambit and Iceman had arrived. She spun and dove towards the Cajun thief, the phoenix fires forming around her as she did so. She pulled back at the last moment, before he could reach her with his staff, but the phoenix fires continued, smashing into him. He felt like an inferno had hit him at the speed of a train. His unconscious body flew two hundred yards back. Dark Phoenix sensed the mind of someone behind her, someone trying to touch her. She spun in a ballet-like kick and Rogue fell from the air and impacted the roof of the mausoleum Nightcrawler had gotten trapped. The force of her impact crushed the roof down on both of them. Iceman attempted to freeze her with another blast of ice and snow, but the Phoenix Force stopped the snow. The flaming beak streaked towards the ice covered boy. He was completely melted the heat destroying all the snow and ice in its path. The Phoenix grabbed him and drained most of his energy, he fell in a heap. As she looked around victoriously on the defeated X-Men, she saw in the distance a spot growing bigger. It had wings. Angel appeared over the horizon and he was carrying Psylocke. As he flew Psylocke jumped and she drove her psychic dagger forward towards Dark Phoenix's head. Betsy hit a dome of psychic energy so powerful that it drained her psi powers. She slid one hundred feet down to the ground. With a casual glance the Phoenix set Angel's wings alight and watched him crash far away. Emma had watched the fight from her position and had seen the Professor's plan fail in minutes. She sensed Charles next to her.
Professor what if we-
No it is to dangerous
But nothing else is-
No! We could rend her body apart
She is already dead; this time there is nothing left of Jean in there
The Professor sighed and they both began to concentrate their powers into a great bolt of psionic energy. It was meant to travel through her body and harpoon the Phoenix Force, once caught it was to "detonate" shredding the energy. The bolt grew to enormous size as Dark Phoenix landed in front of them.
Your shiny little ray can't hurt me
Ignoring her they concentrated harder, Emma felt herself growing weaker. The last time she had used this much energy she had collapsed a house around Phoenix, but she had escaped. Now with Charles' help perhaps she wouldn't. She saw the Professor growing weaker as well. The entire time the Phoenix stood in front of them smiling. Just as they were about to launch it, Cyclops threw himself in front of Phoenix. NO! Emma screamed.