-Roughly 3 Weeks Later-
Luke blocks a strike of Kitty and side steps to get a better position, he strikes at her, but as always, Kitty phases through his attack
"You know Ms. Pryde, if you keep phasing through my attacks, you won't get any better,"
"We are not doing this so I can get better, we are doing this for-"
He cut her off with a quick draw strike, only for her to block it at last second. "AH! I nearly got you this time,"
"Keep telling yourself that," she said, and then the alarm clock went off. "And that's it for today, the class is in 20 minutes, hurry up and get ready, you'll present first." she said while thinking 'Damn, what a monster, only three weeks and I have to use my powers to keep up,'
-Roughly 20 Minutes Later-
Luke was holding a piece of paper and was standing in front of the class "Phoenix Force is a Cosmic Entity, no one knows the extend of its capabilities but many mutants believe it is a force of Destruction and Rebirth. Most of the time it takes the form of a big, fiery bird. But other times it bonds with a host. For some reason, it prefers cute redheaded omega-level girls for its host. Many people believe it had a hand in Hope Summers' birth. May I just add a theory of my own? It is not proven but I think it's true,"
"Go ahead," Ms. Pryde said, even she was interested in this theory
"Okay hear me out. We don't know the biological father of Hope, right? Right. We do know that Louise Spalding, who is now deceased, was her mother. But she has no biological father and no intention of trying to find her biological father since she views Cable as her real father. So, my theory is, Hope Summers is either Cable will turn out to be his biological father, or she is like Anakin Skywalker, born of a Cosmic Force, which makes her special, or the chosen one if you will," Luke said getting everyone to look at him funny "That is my presentation, thank you."
"Umm- Thank you very much, Luke, so who's next?"
-An Hour Later, Flying Class-
Kid Omega, Genesis, Broo, Idie, and Husk were putting jetpacks on while Luke and KG were waiting for them.
"Care to repeat why KG and I have to take this class? We can both fly at Supersonic+ Speeds"
"Take it up with the headmaster, Star Force. Professor Cannonball's just here to show you kids, how to use a jetpack without flying into things headfirst." Cannonball[1] said
"But I thought flying into things was exactly your specialty?" Quire chirped in
"Hold all questions 'til the end," Cannonball said
Then they all flew, KG and Luke seemed to be bored beyond their minds until "KG, I got an idea,"
"What?"
"I learned a new trick yesterday, I want you to punch me as hard as you can,"
KG smiled and without question punched Luke in the face, instead of Luke's face breaking in half, KG's hand was hurt. "What the hell? It was like punching father,"
"Neat huh? I changed the density of my flesh many times denser than yours, which makes me stronger than you,"
"IMPOSSIBLE! AN EARTHLING CAN'T BE MORE POWERFUL THAN A STRONIAN,"
"Oh, I don't know about that." Luke takes his phone out of his pocket and shows him a picture of the young Strontian losing against antibodies. "Seems like an antibody is enough to beat a mighty Strontian"
"How- How do you have this picture?" the young Strontian questioned
"Broo brought a camera to Toad's body."
"I don't care what that picture shows, I did not lose to an antibody!"
"Whatever you say-" Luke was cut off by the scream of Quentin Quire
"GAARGHH! It's… It's… It's coming." Quentin said before falling unconscious. His jet pack stopped working and he was about to fall to his death.
Lucky for him, Toad's tongue saved Quire at the last minute,
Everyone flew next to Quire "Quentin! Are you all right?!" Husk asked
"I had a horrible dream, where a fiery bird destroyed the Earth… And I was wrapped in the Janitor's tongue." Quire said
After seeing Quire was okay Husk went next to Toad in order to thank him for saving her student. For some reason, the two seemed to hit it off.
"Did- did you just say a fiery bird as in-" Luke was cut off by Quire
"Yes… And either Cyclops was right all along, or we're all about to die. And either way… Things are definitely gonna burn."
Luke then ran to his room, he took the Contingency Notebook from its hidden compartment "Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit, there, let's see…
Name: Phoenix Force
Alias: Phoenix
Threat Level: Universal - Multiversal
Powers: Nigh Omnipotence
Weakness: Hosts
Contingency Plan: Kill the Host
Shit! It's like I remembered, nothing useful, I mean can you blame me, this is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel Universe, how am I supposed to come up with a contingency plan against it! Alright calm down, think!
Jean Grey is still dead, and Rachel had been abandoned by the Phoenix, which meant the Phoenix is here Hope…
*sigh* Hopefully it won't come to that.
Let's see what others are thinking," Luke said as he used sound manipulation to listen in on faculty meeting
-Scene Change: Faculty Meeting-
Wolverine gathered every faculty member excluding Toad. And he told them as it is
"The Phoenix is coming. I shouldn't have to tell any of you what that means. Henry has agreed to join a team of Avengers, heading into space to try and stop it. Captain America has put together another team to head to Utopia. To take Hope into protective custody. I'll be on that team. My responsibility is to protect this school. No matter what. And that's what I'm going to do. I'm asking all of you to stay here and look after the kids. I don't want us to cause a panic. But I don't wanna lie to them either. As always we've got the best minds on the planet working on this problem. But given what we're facing, this won't be an easy fight. And I think you know… I'm not just referring to the big firebird."
-Scene Change: Luke's Room, Luke's POV-
Avengers is going to war with X-Men…
Avengers want to stop the Phoenix, and X-Men believes the Phoenix is the key to reawakening X-Gene.
And this whole thing revolves around Hope.
And Wolverine is preparing to kill Hope. He will kill her to protect the school.
That's why he never approached Hope, unlike every other noteworthy X-Man, he stayed a shoulders length away from her at all times. He didn't want to get attached because he knew this day would come.
Damn… I- I don't even know what I'm supposed to do.
Should I just wait here and let everything pass?
Should I help the Avengers stop Hope?
Should I help X-Men re-awaken the X-Gene?
I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do until Idie came into my room,
"Is Hope in trouble?" she asked
"Yes, yes she is," I admitted
"I know you don't like Hope much, but she is my best friend in the whole world. And you are the strongest person I know. Please promise me you won't let anything happen to her." she said
"Idie, it's not that simple, this threat makes the Giant Sentinel that attacked Utopia look like an ant," I said
She holds my hand and looks into my eyes "Please…" she begged
"I don't even know if I can make any difference, this thing is far beyond my pay grade, it's far beyond anyone's pay grade."
"I have watched you since the day we met, I know if anyone can make a difference, it's you," she said
"... Fine… I'll try to help her," I said while knowing that if things go south I might have to kill her and end this.
I then went into McCoy's lab and took a modified image inducer, one that would turn me invisible to the naked eye.
I then flew towards where everyone was going… Utopia
-2 Hours Later, Scene Change: Utopia-
When Luke got there he saw Avengers fighting the X-Men, but more importantly, his gravitational sense showed him the Lights, including Hope, were in the Common Room C.
He flew there and once he got there he heard Hope say "I have to get there. I have to stop this."
"Those are the Avengers out there. Best to let the big guns handle this one." Laurie said
"You're right, Laurie. Sorry about your nose by the way."
"Say wha-" Hope slammed Laurie's nose with her elbow, breaking her nose
"Don't you get it? The Avengers are going to war with the X-Men. All because of me. That tells me I'm the biggest gun there is." Hope said
"Shinra Tensei!" Luke said as he deactivated the image inducer and the gravitational force knocked everyone away, except for Hope.
"Luke? What are you doing here?" she asked
"Idie sent me, she asked me to make sure you are okay,"
In that instant Hope was ignited in flames "You know… the closer it (Phoenix) gets the more I feel it. The more power grows inside me."
Luke thought she was talking to him but then noticed Spider-Man and Wolverine walking in.
"Whoa. Is she, uh, supposed to be on fire like that?"
"Outta the way," Wolverine said as he popped his claws open
"Hey now, what are you doing?"
"What has to be done!" Wolverine said
Luke increased Wolverine's gravity by 10g and slammed him to the ground "Runt! Let me go! This has to be done," he shouted
Luke was about to say something but Hope ignited Wolverine, burning his flesh off, and also knocking Spider-Man[2] out. She then looked towards Luke "If you really want to help, follow me."
After they left both the Avengers and the X-Men rushed into the room, only to find their beaten friends and students.
-Scene Change: Deep Space-
Beast, Warmachine[3], Ms. Marvel[4], Thor[5], Valkyrie[6], and Vision[7] were waiting to intercept the Phoenix.
"Here it comes Avenger," Beast said "My sensors are shorting out. Its power defies measurement."
"Stand strong, my friends… Today is as good a day to die as any!" Thor said
They tried to hold their ground against this cosmic entity, but all they did was slow it down for a second, and destroy a random planet.
The Phoenix was still on its route to Earth, to Hope
Characters:
Cannonball [1]: Mutant with powers to fly.
Spider-Man [2]: Peter Benjamin Parker. Your average high school teenage nerd with an IQ of 250, was bitten by a radioactive spider. He lost his uncle and is driven to help others with the power that was bestowed upon him. That drive made him into/will make him into the greatest hero of all times.
Warmachine [3]: James Rhodes, Iron Man's friend who is given a billion-dollar super-suit for ... reasons
Ms. Marvel [4]: Karen Danvers. Kree / Human hybrid. She was genetically altered and possess Energy Manipulation Power over
Thor Odinson [5]: Son of Odin and Gaea, God of Thunder
Valkyrie [6]: Female Asgardian
Vision [7]: A powerful android, was married to Scarlet Witch. I don't know how it was possible for a woman to marry a robot, considering even homosexuals couldn't get married back then.