Astral Romance
STOP THIS
Jean screamed inside her own body. She was trapped by flames. Her soul was bound by gentle and dancing obsidian flames. She batted with her ethereal hands.
You can't escape me, I am fire! I am life incarnate!
What have you done!
Those funny little people were in my way, they were trying to stop a GOD!
You are no God!
With that Jean grabbed the soul of Phoenix and hurled them into a foggy gateway in her own mind. As Emma watched outside, all she saw was the Phoenix falling, but inside a cosmic battle was taking place.
Where did you take me mortal?
(The astral plane
Jean's astral form looked much like her regular except she was wearing the white phoenix costume. The phoenix force showed itself as a woman made of fire, the tendrils of flame caressing her legs and arms.
You will not threaten this world again
Why don't you realize you cannot kill me? I AM LIFE INCARNATE! I CANNOT DIE!
Then you shall be caged!
Jean let loose a powerful psychic ray. The Phoenix raised her hands and a dome of protective light surrounded her. The ray bounced harmlessly aside. Jean tried again, this time remembering what the Professor had taught her about the Astral Plane. As she fired a ray she summoned shafts of light to hold the entity. The Phoenix knew what was happening and tried to escape.
You cannot fly here
The light wrapped around the fiery form and the ray struck. Phoenix was hurled of this stone platform to another below it. She hit hard and the floor cracked. Jean jumped down and let loose a psychic scream. The phoenix stumbled but regained her footing. She called up a great column of fire under Jean's feet. The spiraling inferno hurled Jean's body unconsciously to the side. With a triumphant laugh, the Phoenix left the astral plane. As she regained control of the body she hurtled back up, towards Asteroid M.