I don't own Kingdom Hearts or X-Men: Evolution. They belong to Disney, Square Enix, and Cartoon Network. Alright, Sora goes up against the Pheonix this chapter and before we get into the Chapter... let's reply to some reviews...
ajjr12: Mandarin's not in this season... maybe in one or the two next seasons... but it's a big maybe...
marvel fan: It's alright... we've all made our mistakes... I knew you meant the opposite you what you wrote. X-factor won't be in here because Jean's already an X-Man and Kelly's not a senator... yet. But it's nice to see you caught on to it.
DragonKent: Thanks... I might use Avatar but... not any of the other ones you've mentioned... yeah... I'm not into any of those Movies and TV shows... sorry.
GREAT CELESTIAL-DRAGON: As Cap put's it, "There's only one God... and I'm pretty sure he doesn't dress like that." Plus, it's my fic and I think it still works. Yeah, as of now he's not going to Naboo anytime soon... He will in Season 4 for personal reasons. And for the shake of the story his parents, brother, sister, and Luke's deceased Aunt and Uncle are the only family he has.
indy fan: Maybe... not sure yet... and yeah of coarse Peter and the Guardians will join as Sora meets up with them again.
Mickol93: Well Season 2 had the most episodes of all the seasons plus the additional worlds and episodes I add to it... it's going to be a long one. Don't have an exact number now but I'll let you know later on. Sound fair?
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deathbykitsune: Yeah and it'll only get crazier from there. This will be their good times... until the end of Season 2
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Well, with that out of the way let's keep moving...
Chapter 7: Power Surge
In the world known as Castle Oblivion, the girl known as Naminè was being interrogated by an Organization Member named Marluxia. He told her, "We know it was you that warned Sora about the attack on Olympus Colosseum. All we want to know... is how? How did you warn him?"
Naminè said nothing in response. He nodded as he turned to leave, "Very well... but you should know that we will find out how you did after all... nothing stays in the dark forever."
Once we was gone, Naminè went back to her drawing, "I really hope you and your friends are able to figure out how to stop this threat, Sora." When she was finished, she had finished a drawing of a huge flaming bird... with Jean Grey in the center...
Meanwhile, back in the Danger Room, Sora was learning how to control objects with the Force better, with Jean as his mentor. Sora smiled in appreciation, "Thanks for helping train today, Jean."
"Well, I'm no Jedi Master but I can teach you what I know about some of you Force abilities, they are similar to my powers after all." Jean smiled. As they continued to practice, Jean felt like his head was burning. Sora stopped when it looked like it was getting too much for her. He ran up to her with concern, "Jean... what's wrong?"
"Get... back!" She exclaimed as she sent a powerful telekinetic pulse that sent him flying. Sora slammed into the wall, just as she finally got back in control. She gasped as she ran up to him, "Sora! I'm sorry! I don't know what got over me!"
"It's alright... I'll live." Sora groaned as he got up. He turned to her, "Anyways, are you feeling alright? It look like you had some kinda head ache going on there." Jean shook her head, "Just a little headache... I guess, I must be a little nervous about today.
"That's right... this is a big night for you." Sora remembered, "Let's stop for the day, so you get some rest before the event at school." Jean nodded, "Yeah... you're probably right..." As they left the room, images flashed in Sora's head. He saw screaming as this fire from her and formed into a bird. Sora shook it off, it was like what happened before the last met Hercules... he wondered what this could mean... but the more he thought about it, he felt the was a powerful force inside Jean and he felt like it was getting stronger. What could it mean?
Later that day, everyone cheered for winning the the championship. Principal Kelly walked on stage and calmed everyone down, "Yes, our girls had a winning soccer season! They thought like a team. They played like a team. They respected each other as teammates. And it's those teammates who unanimously voted their choice for this year's most valuable player award, Jean Grey!" Everyone cheered as Jean was shocked by this, Sora smiled, "Congrats, Jean! You've earned this!"
Jean walked up to the stage to receive her trophy. Scott whispered, "Way to go, Jean." All of her friends were cheering for her even was even whistling much to Kitty's annoyance. Well, not everyone was celebrating where Riku, Rogue, and Misty were sitting, Rogue was they only one not cheering. Misty cheered, "Way to go, darling! Yeah! Jean!" She then turned to Rogue, "Is that any way to support your housemate?"
"Perky Jean's got enough people gushing over her." Rogue replied with her arms crossed. Jean then took her trophy and smiled as addressed everyone, "Thank you, Principal Kelly. And I want to thank all of you..."
"Yeah, Jean. Ride that popularity train for all it's worth." She heard Rogue thought. Jean turned to her and shock as she could hear Rogue wonder, "Why is she looking at me?" She apologized as she continued, "Sorry. I... I want to..."
"Stay cool, Jean. Don't get stressed." She heard Scott think. She then heard Kurt think, "Come on. You can do it."
"Oh, man. Is she freezing up?" Evan worried. Kitty thought, "I'm glad that's not me up there." Jean tired to speak, "I... I..." But she kept hearing everyone's thoughts, "When is this gonna be over?"
"Man, what is her problem?"
"Aw, man, wish I could be up there to help her." She heard Sora thought. She clutched her head, "Stop it! I can't hear myself think!" She tossed the award aside as she back up she was in so much pain. She accidentally knock the table over along with the other trophies. When she finally stop both Sora and Scott stood up ready to help in anyway they could but Jean kept her cool and picked up her damaged trophy and told everyone, "Uh... Sorry. Lost my head there for a sec."
Everyone cheered for her once again and this cause Sora and Scott sit back down thinking the situation was under control. She then continued, "As I was saying, I would like to thank all my teammates our coach and everyone who showed up and supported us." However, Sora was still concerned as he turned to Kairi who looked just as worried...
Later that day, Evan walked alongside Kitty, "I just think it's unfair is all. Girl, I'd cinch an MVP." Kitty rep lied, "Evan, face it. Skateboarding will never be a school sport."
"We're living behind the times, man." Evan told her as he left for his next class. Just then, Lance walked up to her, "Kitty! Wait up. I'll walk you to chemistry." Kitty nodded as she walked off to her next class with him. At the same time, Kairi walked along side Sora, "She's just a little nervous that's all."
"That's what I thought too. Jean even freaked out early this morning during my Jedi training. And... well I sense something with in her..." Sora replied. Kairi wondered, "Maybe, you and Scott should check up with her... if something happens you can be there for her."
"Yeah... that's probably a good idea." Sora admitted as Kairi kissed him on the check, "Keep me posted..." Sora then went off to find Jean...
Jean sat her by herself as she looked up to see Sora and Scott walking to her. She smiled, Hey..." Scott stated, "That speech was just like one of your games. Had me on the edge of my seat." Sora nodded, "Yeah... me too."
"Yeah? I guess I was kind of nervous." Jean admitted. Scott asked, "Nervous? You were terrified." Sora nodded, "You want to talk about it."
"It's no big deal, guys, I'd better get to class. See you at Duncan's tonight?" She asked. Scott looked confused, "Duncan's?" Jean nodded, "The party." She then realized, "Oh, didn't he invite you?"
"I think Riku might have mentioned it." Sora thought. Scott shrugged, "Well, it's okay. I got, you know, all this homework and stuff. And..." Jean told him, "Be there for me." She headed off for her next class. Sora noticed, "Scott, I know you don't like Duncan... but I still think we should go. I think Jean has more going on than she's letting on."
"You sure? Did like sense something?" Scott asked. Sora nodded, "I could be wrong but..." Scott nodded, "Doesn't hurt to be sure... alright... we'll go for Jean's shake." Sora smiled nodded as they headed off to class...
"It'll be fun. No, really. I like chemistry. At our other school, I was totally into it." Lance told Kitty as they waited for their new chemistry professor. Kitty asked, "Yeah? You ever make a stink bomb?" Lance admitted, "Well, no. But Blob makes them all the time, in his sleep. If you get my drift."
Kitty giggled at that as the teacher arriving revealing to be Hank McCoy. He told everyone, "The time has come, The walrus said To talk of many things And the first is an apology. I'm Mr. McCoy, and I'm sorry for being late. They have me serving double duty as your phys. ed. coach."
"Lucky us." Lance smirked. Mr. McCoy continued, "So anyway, that experiment you're all just dying to do I say, let's do it and get it over with, huh? Who's up for making a stink bomb?" All the students beamed at that...
Scott checked to see if he looked decent, before quickly walking to the front entrance when he walked into Kitty as she just phased through a wall as she held her sweat shirt. Scott told her, "Watch it!" Kitty wondered, "Scott. You got a remedy for stink-bomb aroma?" After taking a whiff at, he backed away, "Yeah, isolation."
Kitty took a sniff at her sweatshirt was he ran off. As he ran down the stairs, he passed by Rahne, Sam, Xion, and Roxas laughing as they ran up the stairs accidentally knocking Scott tumbling down the stairs on his butt as he complained, "No running in here! Or you're gonna smash through a wall or something."
He then ran to his car, where Sora and Kairi were waiting for him as Bobby and Jubilee leaned on his car as he made a ice figure of Jubilee but when Scott got in, he startled them making him drop it. Scott comments, "Drake, try cleaning up your ice!"
"Well, Scott's bossy this evening." Kairi commented. Sora shrugged as they drove off...
"Hut one. Hut two. Hike!" Duncan threw the Soccer ball as it were an American Football over Jean and Taryn's headband out the door as Duncan cheered, "Goal!"
The ball went flying until it hit Scott on the head, Scott quickly went into his battle stance until Sora caught the ball, "Easy Scott, it's just a ball."
"Obviously, this is not a party I should be going to." Scott sighed as he took the ball. Kairi reminded them, "Remember, why we're really here. We're here for Jean."
Sora and Scott nodded as they headed inside just as Jean stated to Duncan, "It's called soccer, Mr. Gridiron, not football."
"Not where I'm from." Risty stated as she sat beside Rogue. She turned to Rogue who just sat there, "Moody girl, what's eating you? Where I'm from, people like me never party with people like them."
"Yo, Dunc." Scott, Sora, and Kairi entered the room as Scott passed him back the ball as they glared at each other. Rogue just shrugged as she turned to leave, "So, what?"
"You're just gonna take off?" Risty asked. Rogue nodded, "Yeah. I'm pretty much done celebrating Jean's popularity."
"Know what I think? You're a little jealous of Jean Grey." Risty joked. Rogue argued, "I am not!" Truth be told Rogue was indeed a little jealous, not just of Jean's popularity but that she could actually touch someone with hurting them. Sure, she a little jealous at everyone for that but none more than Jean. Rogue then left Duncan's house, "I'm out of here."
"All right, I'll go with you. But I hope we don't miss anything." Risty responded as she followed. Later on, Scott and Duncan were playing a game of Ping-Pong as Sora, Jean, and Kairi watched. Kairi was drinking a soda as Sora had a slice of pizza. Jean asked the players, "You guys care for any hors d'oeuvres? Like some macho cheese dip?"
"Yeah, sure. With a soda." Duncan told her as they continued to play. Taryn walked up to them as she asked, "Are they really playing Ping-Pong?" "Nope. Dueling." Jean replied a little annoyed by this. Sora wondered after he took a bite, "You think I could play the winner?"
"Not helping, Sora." The three girls told him. They watched as the continued playing aggressively until Jean secretly used her powers to stop the ball midair so she could catch it with her hands and set it down, "Game, set and match." Jean then marched up to Duncan and pulled him away, "Time for a word with our sponsor."
Scott glares as Sora spoke up, "Uh... wanna play a quick game Scott?" Scott just turned away as Sora sighed. Kairi comforted him as he heard some told them, "You're the last person I thought to see here, Sora."
Sora and Kairi turned to see Lightning leaning on the wall drinking a soda, Sora greeted her, "Oh, hey, Lightning. What are you doing here? I thought you told us you refused to step one foot near Duncan?"
"I did. I'm mostly here for my sister while the others are hanging with Snow " She replied. Kairi asked, "You used to date, Duncan?"
"I did... until I caught him cheating on me with your red head friend." She nodded. Kairi was shocked as Sora nodded, "Yeah, I'm still trying to find a way of letting her know she's dating a jerk without hurting her. Oh, Kairi this is Lightning... she's in Hank's social group with me." Kairi nodded and offered her her hand, "Oh, nice to meet you, I'm..."
"Kairi... I know. Sora speaks highly of you." Lightning replied as she shook it. She then finished her soda, and tossed it in the trash, "Anyways the others are currently with Zack... their practicing their sword skills. I'm about to join them. You two want in?"
Sora thought about it for a moment before turning to Scott who nodded saying he would keep an eye on Jean. Sora then turned back to Lightning, "It's alright with me..."
"Me too. As long as it's away from Duncan." Kairi agreed as they followed the older teen outside with their other friends. Meanwhile Duncan asked Jean, "What?"
"Duncan, what is going on with you two?" Jean wondered as Duncan shrugged, "Hey, I didn't invite him or Sora or Kairi."
"Yeah, and what's up with that?" Jean glared at him. He then took her hands as he tired to dance with her, "If I'm gonna get chewed out, it might as well be while we're dancing."
"I'm serious, Duncan. Please don't make me choose between you and my friends." Jean told him. Just then, Jean began to hear other people's thoughts again, "What does she see in that guy?"
"Like, who eats pizza with pineapple?"
"Can't believe Duncan's parents let him throw a party."
"Since when did girl jocks become more popular than cheerleaders?" Jean clutched her head in pain. Duncan wondered, "Jean, are you all right?" She then push Duncan aside and ran to the outdoor patio the second floor. Scott walked up to her and asked with concern, "Jean?"
Jean then had a powerful telekinetic push than Scott flying off the ledge, "JEAN!" Jean finally got back in control when she realized what she did, "Scott!" She then used her powers to catch him right before he could hit the ground. He was shocked as he was floating above the outdoor swimming pool. Before Jean could carry him to the dry ground. Duncan walked up to her, "What happened?"
She gasped in shock as she turned to him and dropped Scott in the pool before he could see. After hearing the splash, he looked to the ground to see Scott in his pool, "Summers, what the heck are you doing?!"
"Checking your chlorine level." Scott frowned. Just then Sora and Kairi rushed in along with Lightning, her sister, Serah, Snow, Leon, Yuffie, Arieth, Tidus, Selphie, Wakka, Hayner, Pence, and Olette to see what the commotion was about. While everyone was puzzled about what Scott was doing in Duncan's pool it didn't take long for Sora and Kairi to know what happened. Their eyes widened as they muttered, "Uh-oh..."
Later, Scott drove Jean, Sora, and Kairi back home but he wasn't happy about what happened as Jean continued to apologize, "Look, I'm really sorry."
"'It'll be fun,' she tells me." Scott groaned as Jean continued, "It was an accident, Scott. You startled me. That's why it happened."
"Why what happened?" The professor asked as he rolled up to the four of them. Scott removed his sweet shirt as he drenched it out, he replied, "My bath."
"It's not worth talking about." Jean added as she crossed her arms as Kurt teleported next to the professor, "What's not worth talking about?"
"Nothing! I'm going to bed." Jean told everyone. As she headed up Sora called out, "Jean, perhaps we should..." However, before he could continued Rogue and Misty entered the room. Kurt quickly put on his human disguise. Rogue told her, "Ororo's visiting her sister upstate. But maybe the others are around."
She then turned to see everyone staring at them as Rogue muttered, "And that leads us back to the foyer where everyone forgets their manners and just stares at you."
"Hey, Misty. What's up?" Scott waved awkwardly. Misty groaned, "Look, you're soaking wet. I knew we'd miss something by leaving early."
Just then Kitty phased through the wall behind them as she asks everyone, "Be honest. How do I smell now?" Risty turned in shock as she wondered, "Where did you come from?"
"I..." Kitty tired to explain herself when Wolverine entered the room with his claws out in one hand as he stabbed into an apple that was in the bowl of fruit and prepared to eat it. He was about to join the others when he saw Risty in the room and turned around so she won't see his claws. He said to himself, "And they say I don't follow the rules."
He took a bite of the apple as he left the room. The professor then turned to Rogue, "Rogue?"
Soon, Rogue escorted Misty to her car as she reassured her, "Don't worry about it, Rogue. I'll see you at school."
"Yeah, see you." Rogue nodded. With that Risty drove her way home. Thankfully she didn't see anything important about Mutants. As she returned the professor told her, "I'm sorry, Rogue. Visits need to be scheduled for obvious reasons."
"Whatever. I just won't have any more friends over." Rogue shrugged as she turned to walk to her room as she thought, "You wouldn't treat Jean like this."
"That's not true. He doesn't treat me any different than you." Jean replied not seeing the confused looks of everyone else. Rogue turned to her and snapped, "Who gave you permission to go into my head?!"
"What? Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize it." Jean apologized. Rogue rolled her eyes, "Yeah, right."
Jean clutched her head as she wondered, "What is happening to me...?"
Later the professor rolled up to her alone after Sora explained to him what had been happening today, "You're having trouble with your telepathy."
"Did you?" Jean wondered. The professor shook his head, "No. I didn't have to probe your mind to realize it. Plus the addition of Sora explaining what has been going on today."
"I know he means well but... I'm just tired. It was a long soccer season. And tomorrow I've got track tryouts plus I have to go over Sora's training. Scott and Duncan have been going at it."
"Perhaps it is fatigue. Or it could be that your powers are growing. Let me help you control them, Jean. That's why I'm here. That's why you're here." The Professor offered. Jean shook her head, "Professor, I can handle it. Really. Don't be worried. All I need is a good night's sleep."
"All right, then. Good night, Jean." The professor rolled off as C-3PO and Sora entered the room. Sora wondered, "You sure this is what you need her Jean. I don't think the professor would mind if you asked the day off. You've been overworking yourself anyways."
"I have to agree with Master Sora, Miss Grey. Even us driods need some time to shut down." Threepio added. Jean reassured the two, "Sora, Threepio... I'm fine. Nothings wrong with me. Besides if I took off who would watch over Scott and Duncan for me."
"I could..." Sora beamed. Jean and before she could say anything Sora quickly added, "And I won't get distract by an ice cream truck or anything else... you really need to let that go."
"Sora... that doesn't fill me with confidence. Besides, I have to remind you that you have to meet up with Reed tomorrow to get an update on the Jedi Holcron." Jean reminded him. Sora groaned, "That's right... I had my free period tomorrow so I set up an appointment with Reed to see about the Holcron..." He then turned to Jean, "Fine... I can't stop you... but if you powers go crazy again tomorrow... promise me you'll go straight to the Professor so he can help you."
"...Well... alright.. I promise." Jean nodded. Sora nodded, "Good... I'm going to have Roxas hold you to it." Jean chuckled, "Goodnight Sora..." Sora nodded as he headed to his room and Threepio walked off another way. As he was about to reach his room, he had sensed it again... he saw the flaming bird... and Jean at the dead center... Sora groaned, "What do these visions mean..."
"A warning... of things to come... as well another who warns you of this.""Is that how I foresaw Hercules in trouble?" Sora wondered not realizing who he was talking to.
"Yes... but this threat is a much greater one if left unchecked."
"What should I do?" Sora wondered.
"Trust your instincts... trust in the Force..." Said the voice of Obi-Wan Kenobi. Sora nodded, "Thanks Ben...Ben?!" Sora turned to see a Obi-Wan Kenobi... as some short of ghost. Sora was so shocked he didn't know what to say until he vanished, "No wait... Come back!"
Just then Rogue opened her door, "Keep it down Sora... I'm trying to get some sleep..." Rogue then saw Sora's face, "What's the matter... it almost like you've seen a ghost."
"I... I think I did." Sora replied. Rogue was shocked, "What? How..." Sora shook his head, "I don't know but it was Ben... I was just speaking to him..."
"Ben Kenobi?! But... he's... he's dead." Rogue was shocked. Sora nodded, "I know... I'm not going crazy am I?"
"Sora... you are many things... but crazy you're not. " Rogue reassured him. Kitty walked up to them as she was about to go to bed, "What's all the commotion about?" Rogue turned to her, "Sora saw a ghost... of Ben Kenobi!"
"You sure it's not Bobby not playing a prank on Sora?" Kitty wondered. Rogue nodded, "He went to bed an hour ago." Kitty sighed, "I suppose it's a matter of time we've deal with ghosts." She then turned to Sora, "You should probably see the Professor..."
Sora took their advice as Professor Xavier scanned his mind. Other members of the X-Men and New Mutants, Scott, Logan, Roxas, Xion, Riku, and Kairi were there. Scott wondered, "Well..."
"Well... it's no illusion or a final trick from Vanitas from what I can tell. Sora really did see Ben tonight..." Charles finished. Logan shook his head, "That ain't possible... we'll all saw Vader murder him a month ago... and I scanned the hall where Sora spoke with him... I smelted nothing but Sora's scent... he was alone."
"Well... I don't think ghost have scents... and the last time we thought Sora was acting childish over a dream... it turned out he was right." Scott offered. Xion wondered, "What exactly did he tell you?"
"Some advice about my visions I been having." Sora shrugged. Roxas wondered, "Visions? They wouldn't happen to be about Jean become a huge flaming bird."
"Yeah... how did you know?" Sora asked as everyone turned to Roxas in shock. He replied, "Because I've been having those visions too." Xion nodded, "Yeah, me too."
"Makes sense... Roxas is Sora's Nobody and Xion has some of Sora's memories. They're connected to him." Riku nodded. Scott wondered, "What does this mean... flaming bird... what does it have to do with Jean?" Sora replied, "I don't know."
"Perhaps it is something to with Jean's powers." The professor replied. Sora shrugged, "Maybe... or maybe it's something else..." Scott signed, "Well, it's best we keep a close on Jean... until we figure this all out." Sora replied, "Maybe... if Reed has figure how to open the Jedi Holcron... perhaps what flaming bird's about."
"If the Jedi knew what it meant... then it would be in there." Logan added. Professor nodded, "Very well... should you figure anything out tomorrow come straight to me. Now to bed all of you... it's a school day tomorrow." Everyone proceeded to head to bed as Kairi told him, "You gonna be alright?"
"Yeah..." Sora nodded. Sora knew this wasn't the first time, he heard Ben speak to him after he died. So, what could this mean...
The next day Sora was finishing a History Class for Tifa. They we're currently learning about World War II and currently discussing about the origins of Steve Rodgers or better known as Sora's favorite Super-Hero Captain America. Tifa asked, "Now can anyone tell me who created the Super-Solider Serm?"
Several hands when up including Sora, Tifa gestured to Sora, "Sora?" Sora answered, "Dr. Abraham Erskine."
"Correct," Tifa nodded, "Dr. Erskine planned to upgrade the Allies Soldiers into Super-Soldiers against the Axis Powers. However, only Steve Rodgers was given the serm and a Hydra assassin murdered Dr. Erskine and when he died the serm died with him. The only attempts to recreate the formula receive the machine that injected the super solider serm into Steve Rogers, however that was the street to buy an unknown force."
"Was Hydra involved?" Xion asked. Tifa shook her head, "No before Captain America's disappearance, he took down the leader of Hydra, the Red Skull, and that was days before the device was destroyed."
Just then, the bells rang and Tifa told everyone as the began to leave, "Alright, review Chapter 7 Of you're History books. We'll discussing Captain Rodgers first start of joining the war." Sora was about to leave for his free period, when Tifa stopped him, "Sora... a moment please."
Sora stopped as he turned to her as the last student left, "Yes, Mrs. Strife?" Tifa smiled, "Sora... I'd like to thank you again for the message from my husband, but I'd still like to know how you met up with him... not even Hank and Jan would tell me."
Sora paused as he he knew that the other worlds as well as the mutants to be kept a secret so, he had to think of a way to say it without revealing anything. He had to be discrete. He start, "Well...uh... my friends and I... went out of town... to help a friend who was struggling and... we saw Cloud... in with the wrong crowd and we showed him the error of his ways... and he helped us out to redeem himself... and he gave me that message to you... yeah."
"Sora... you don't need to worry... I know about the other worlds and the mutants." Tifa smiled much to his shock. He explained, "YOU DO?!" Tifa shushed him, "Ssssshhhh! The are students close remember." Sora whispered, "Sorry... what I meant to say is... how?"
"Well, I was a student of Charles before even Scott Summers and Jean Grey joined you're school." She smirked. Sora felt like his jaw was going to fall off, "You're a mutant, too?!"
"Yep!" Tifa smiled as she lifted her desk with one hand while no one was looking. Sora was amazed by this as she set it down. Sora nodded, "So that explains how you know about the mutants... but how did you know about the other worlds... did the professor tell you?"
"Oh, I've known for years now. He still doesn't know I know. I learned about the other worlds when I met Cloud." Tifa explained. She thought back, "I was on a solo mission for the professor at the time. He believed that there was a mutant in the area due to some leaked rumors. Hank hadn't finished Cerebro at the time so I looked into himself. I was shocked when I found him to a duel to the death with one of his old enemies. His name was Sephoirth. He was an old experiment made from Cloud's darkness, and he felt responsible for the horrors he's caused."
"I know the feeling." Sora sighed as he thought of Vanitas. Tifa continued, "Anyways, Cloud was badly wounded from the fight. So I tired to help out. However, no matter how hard I tired, I just couldn't beat him... I would have died right their if it hadn't been for Cloud. He used the last of his strength to push him back. While, Sephoirth was distracted I managed to get himself and Cloud away the the mansion. Hank held heal his wounds, he was quiet and didn't really want to talk with anyone in fear if he connected with anyone, Sephoirth would come after them too. The Professor Xavier respected him privacy and told him he was free to leave when he was fully healed."
"However, I visit him everyday and well... I convinced him to trust me. He told me where he's from and his background. Even his deal with Sephoirth. When he left he still kept in touch and eventually when other worlds were attacked by either the Organization or the Empire, he and a friend of his brought the children who escaped to me..." Tifa continued. Sora eyes widened, "Wait, Cloud brought orphan children here... on Earth."
"That's right you even know some of them. However, we made sure to keep their lips shut about the other worlds." Tifa nodded, "After that, we got married but he went back for his search for Sephoirth... now the note he gave to you to give to me stated that he was on another world so, and I knew that you came from the Professor's school. Plus, the consolation in the sky a few nights ago gave me a pretty good idea that Cloud isn't the only one traveling from world to world. So, how did you go back and forth from here."
Sora thought for a moment before raising his hand and summoned his Keyblade, Tifa smiled, "I thought I saw a Keyblade on this world. So, you're the Samurai Key everyone's been talking about." Sora asked, "So, I've take it you know of the Keyblade?"
"Only through Ansem's reports." Tifa replied. Sora asked, "Who's Ansem?" She replied, "On world Cloud was from... the one with Sephoirth was created... he was the ruler of that world was studying the Heartless. In hopes he could learn the secrets about the heart."
"Really?!" Sora beamed. If this Ansem was studying the Heartless... maybe he found a way to get rid of them for ever. No more Heartless meant no more Nobodies. No more Nobodies meant no more Organization XIII. Then the just have to worry about the Empire. Sora asked, "Do you have them with you?"
"No... I only had the one Cloud gave before the were separated to the other worlds." Tifa replied. Sora sighed, "Figures..." Sora then looked back to her, "If it's alright, could I just have the one report then... if can help us stop the Heartless... then I'll need it."
"Of course... the last thing we need is the Heartless to consume the Earth." Tifa stated as she handed him the report, "So, where is my husband now?"
"He's with the Rebellion. They're the ones going to war against the Empire." Sora explained. Tifa smiled, "Good... now give my best to the Professor." Sora nodded as he left the classroom but before he did he turned around, "Oh, Mrs. Strife? Could you keep an eye on Jean today... I think there's something going screwy with her powers." Tifa nodded, "Sure... no problem." He looked at the clock, he'd have to get to the Baxter Building pretty quick if he was going to have enough time to speak with Reed. Maybe, if he could fly he could make it... "Whatcha doing Sora?"
Sora turned to see Lightning's younger sister, Serah walking out of class. Sora waved, "Hey, Serah... well, I have free period... so I thought I check on a friend to see if he found anything about... my father."
"Oh... I see... still looking in to that." Serah smiled. Sora nodded, "Yeah... I just wanna..."
"I understand... I'd be doing the same thing you're doing now if I was you." Serah nodded, "So, do you have some one that's going to give you a ride there?"
"Uhhh... I didn't really think of that?" Sora admits. Serah smiled, "Well, I'm sure my sister, would be willing to give you a ride. She has free period too, she just finish up in her science class."
Sora shrugged, as he figured why not, "I'll ask her. Thanks." He walked around the corner to the classroom where he saw Lightning talking to... Sora's eyes widened, "No... way..."
Hank McCoy turned away from Lightning and smiled, "Ah, Sora... I heard that you're going to school now. How have you been feeling?" Sora smiled and nodded, "Well... better but I still not really remembering anything about my past."
"Well, don't lose hope, I'm sure they'll return in due time. By the way, I'd like to a proper checkup with you... it's been awhile since I've done so..." Hank smiled. Sora nodded, "Sure... allot has happened... and well.. some of it you kinda need to see to believe."
"Say no more... you can tell my all about it Saturday." Hank told him. Sora then turned to Lightning, "Hey, Lightning? Serah said you didn't have anything going on so... I was wondering if you could give me a ride? I have an appointment I need to get to..."
"Sure, just give me a minute..." She nodded as she turned back to Dr. McCoy as she handed in her assignment...
Later, Lightning drove Sora to the Baxter Building. As she drove him she asked him, "How on Earth did you get an appointment with Reed Richards?" Sora smiled, "It's a long story."
It was quiet for most of the journey... that is until the Heartless showed up. Sora groaned, "Not now..."
Lightning took evasive action against the monsters. Eventually she had enough and told Sora, "Take the wheel." Sora was shocked but did what was told as Lightning unbuckled and stood to face the dark monsters. She raised her pulled out some short of gun sword, hidden in the back seat as she charged with electricity. Sora then realized why she purfured the name Lightning. Lightning blasted some of the Heartless away with lighting as cut cut more down with her Gunblade. More Heartless got ahead of them but Sora used the Force to push them aside. The battle continued to do so until a clocked figure appeared a head of them. Sora slammed the breaks but lightning stuck the car flipping it mide air. Sora and Lightning quickly got out of the car before it crashed on the ground again. Sora looked around they were in a dark alley with no one around. Sora and Lightning turned to their foe, who removed her hood. She smirked as Sora assumed, "I bet you work with Vexen and Axel."
"Too cleaver. I'm Larxene. So, Sora have an interesting dreams lately or even visions of events that hasn't happened yet?" Sora gasped. How did she know that. However, Lightning was thinking of something else, "You mean to tell me that you tired to kill us... and destroy my car... all because Sora had some strange dreams?!"
"Stay out of this, Pinkie..." Larxene start only to punch in the face by Lightning. She growled as she pointed her gunblade at the Organization member, "Don't. Call. Me. Pinkie. You bitch."
"Yeah, her hair's rose colored!" Sora nodded. Larxene quickly recovered as she told her, "I'll make you suffer for that."
Larxene summon electric knives, in Wolverine fashion and the two women began to fight each other. Sora has to admit, Lightning was good. The two charged with electric engery as their weapons clashed against each other. They were both evenly matched, when the blades clashed Lightning asked Sora, "Are you just going to sit there or are you going to get in here and help me take her down?!"
"Oh, sorry!" Sora replied, a little shock she knew when he was sure the professor wiped her memory of the Brotherhood attack near the beginning of the semester. He summoned his Keyblade and joined the fight. Together they swung their weapons at Larxene causing her to fall back. Laxene growls as she charged at them again but Sora send her flying with a Force push. Lightening told him, "That won't keep her down."
"If only I still had my summons..." Sora sighed. As Larxene walked back up as she told them, "Nice try but it's gonna take allot more than that to..." Shuddenly she was ran over by the X-Van. The window rolled down as they saw Roxas in the driving seat, "Did I get her?" Sora was shocked, "Roxas?"
"Who's he?" Lightning asked. Sora replied, "Long story..." Lightning told him, "Explain it later... just get in the Van..." The side door open and R2 beeped as Sora beamed, "R2!"
"What's with the ro... you know what... I'll ask later." Lighting stated as Sora got in the back. Lighting went to the driving seat and told Roxas, "Move over, kid. I'm driving!"
"I've been doing fine on my own..." Roxas argued as Lightning asked, "Do you have a drivers license." Roxas wondered, "What's a drivers license?"
"You've prove my point... move! Now!" Roxas moved over to the next seat. Sora asked, "How'd you know we'd need help?" Roxas admitted, "I didn't... I wanted to see Xion and R2 wanted to see you too so we borrowed the X-Van to get to school because that seemed normal... R2 then spotted you to fighting Larxene."
"What do you know about her?" Lightning demanded. Roxas replied, "Not much... she always hated Xion and I during our time in the Organization..."
"Is she dead?" Sora asked. They saw Larxene getting up as Lightning slammed her foot on the accelerator, "No!" She rammed into Larxene with the Van once more before turning the Van around and drove away. Larxene groaned as she got up, "I'll make sure you suffer for this one day, pinkie!"
As Lightning drove, she checked to mirrors to see if there was any sign of her, "I'm not seeing her." Roxas replied, "She's gone... most Organization members don't carry potions during missions... they think they're too powerful for anyone to stand up to them."
"Alright, enough mystery who is this Organization and what do they want with you?" Lightning asked Sora. He replied, "Organization XIII are group of beings called Nobodies... they may look human but they don't have hearts."
"Then why not just call them Heartless?" Lightning asked. Sora replied, "That names been taken by the Heartless... the monsters that attacked us. They consume other people's hearts and turn them into more Heartless and whenever a Heartless is created..."
"...a Nobody is also created... makes sense but what does that have to do with you?" Lightning asked. Sora then decided to tell Lightning everything... after he had finished Lightning looked to Sora with sympathy, "I'm sorry what happened to your parents and Ben... we'll make sure this Vader gets what's coming to him... so... this holocron... you think it might have the reason why the Organization wanted you so badly for your dreams?"
"I hope so... if Reed managed to open it that is." Sora replied. Roxas wondered, "So, how long were you a mutant?" Lightning replied, "I discovered my powers after the car crash the killed my parents... I was able to protect myself and my sister from injury... we had no idea what it was at the time so we kept our mouths shut about it."
"You saw us during using our powers during the beginning of the semester and the professor wiped everyone's memory of it... why do you remember?" Sora wondered. Lightning admitted, "After you're big fight, I saw the bald man doing something to everyone without superpowers so, I prepared and small electrical interference in hopes it would protect Serah and myself... and it looked like it worked because no one but us seemed to know what really happened that day."
"And you never went to talk about us about your powers because..." Sora wondered as Lightning replied, "I wasn't sure if I could trust you guys. Believe me my sister wanted me too. She wanted me to hang out with people who understood me." She recalled every word she said to her as she continued, "So, I went met with her half way and took Pym's little group therapy. That's when I meant you... and your optimist self that reviles even my sister's idiot boyfriend. However, the more I got to know you, the more I understand you. I may not get along with other people but we do have this in common... we'll both do anything to protect our family. I respect you on that... and that's why..."
"We're friends?" Sora smiled. Lightning sighed and nodded, "Yeah... friends... just don't expect me to go play games with you and stuff."
"Okay... I can pay for the car by the way..." Sora offered. Lightning told him, "Sora... I know you can afford it and all... but I don't think you should spend your money on everything... Just let me in on today's problem just I can get back at the bitch and we'll call it even."
"Okay..." Sora nodded as Lightning parked the car near the Baxter Building. Everyone got out of the car as Lightning stated, "Well... here we are... let's hope that genius of yours learned anything from that cube."
Sora nodded as Lightning, Roxas, R2, and himself entered the building...
Meanwhile, Hank McCoy blew his whistle starting the athletic tryouts. Scott, Jean, Kitty, Riku, and Duncan all tired out. However, the biggest competition was between Scott and Duncan. There were somethings Scott was better than Duncan and there were somethings Duncan was better than Scott was. However, that didn't stop them from giving it all they had. They eventually began running on the track were they seemed a bit evenly matched. During the running, Duncan noticed Scott was starting to getting ahead of him, and he refused to lose to him so he slammed into him knocking him off track. Hank looked up to see what had happened as Scott fell off, his glasses did as well. He quickly closed his eyes and tried to find them. Hank glared at Duncan, "Hit the showers, Matthews. You're off the team."
"But..." Duncan tired to defend himself but Dr. McCoy wouldn't hear it, "Go." As Jean went to continue her tryouts when she heard voices returned to her. She clutched her head was in pain as a voice told her, "Let me out, Jean! LET ME OUT!"
As Scott continued to search for his glasses, Hank helped him up, "Keep your eyes closed." He then placed back Scott's glasses back on the young mutant. Scott turned to him shocked to see a familiar face, "Dr. McCoy?"
"Go take five, huh?" He told him with a smile. He then went back to work as Scott smiled, he remembered him coming to help Sora when he first arrived at the mansion, he could here him call out, "Okay, who's running the 200?!" Tifa walked on the field, looking for Jean, she saw her clutch her head, "Uh-oh!" Scott also noticed this as a Jean lifted a javelin with her mind, "Oh, no!"
"LET ME OUT NOW!" The voice screamed at Jean. The javelin was thrown at the girls about to start their run. Thankfully, Lance saw it coming and used his powers to knock them all down, saving their lives, including Kitty's. Jean then lifted several metal balls and sent them in random directions. Hank caught one of them while, Tifa ran in and punched one into dust. Riku then used dark fire to blast another metal ball heading for Rogue and Kairi. One of the metal balls was heading for Duncan but Scott blasted it away from him and in flew off and crashed into Principal Kelly's desk. Scott ran up to Jean, "Jean! Jean, what's wrong?"
"Scott, help me. I can't stop it. I can't! I..." She made out before passing out. Riku, Kairi, Rogue, Kitty, Tifa, and Dr. McCoy all rushed to the helpless Scott as Riku wondered, "What happened?"
"Yeah, I've never saw Jean outta control before!" Rogue added. Tifa told everyone, "We need to get her the medical bay... Professor Xavier will know what to do!" Kairi wondered, "Wait... how do you...?"
"Later! Jean needs our help now and we need all hands on deck." Scott told them as everyone then headed back for the Xavier Institute...
"Fascinating... so tell me... what's the farthest you can remember?" Reed asked Roxas as he examined the Nobody. Roxas thought, "Uh... Maybe when I first joined the Organization... but even that's a bit fuzzy."
"Very interesting..." Reed stated. Sora, R2, and Lightning watched as the former asked, "Um... Reed? I know you really want to study my Nobody and all... but we came here to see how the holcron was coming along? The Organization may want something from it."
"Huh? Oh... sorry." Reed pulled away from Roxas as he replied, "Well... unfortunately... I still have no idea how to opening it without damaging anything... however, I did learn this... the holcron has some short of unique energy powering it... it's unlike anything... it could be more powerful than cosmic energy, I've seen before. I know a scientist who's an expert on this short of thing... he should be here with in a few days to give his input..."
"What's cosmic energy?" Sora wondered. Reed replied, "Well, how do I put it so you can understand?... it can be used to create, shape and manipulate cosmic energy that's drawn from stars, planets, galaxies... I've been even track a possible one on this Earth."
"Really? When did you find it?" Sora wondered. Reed replied, "Only a few days ago... in Bayville of all places..." Sora's eyes widened, "Wait... Jean's been have troubles controlling her powers lately... and my visions about a flaming bird..."
"You think Jean could be the source I've been looking for?" Reed assumed. Sora nodded, as Reed thought, "I suppose it wouldn't hurt to check..." Sora also added, "By the way... what do you know of ghost."
"There's no such thing... why do you ask?" Reed wondered. Sora replied, "Because I saw Ben the other night... but he was killed months ago and I was defiantly awake." Reed thought, "Interesting..."
"Is there anything he might of taught you to contacted him?" Lightning asked. Sora replied, "Well... he taught me meditation... he told me a Jedi could feel the Force flow through him."
"That's highly unlikely..." Reed stated. Lightning told him, "Give it a shot... you never know what might happen." Sora nodded as he sat with crisscross and took beep breaths as he closed his eyes and reached out with the Force, "Ben... are you there?"
Little did they know that the Jedi, holcron slowly began to activate. Just then an image of a flaming bird appeared, "The Phoenix Force..." Everyone gasped to see the holcron activate, Reed wondered, "What? What opened..." The holcron continued, "The Phoenix Force is a being of great power... The Phoenix Force is an immortal, indestructible, and mutable manifestation of the prime universal force of life. Born of the void between states of being, the Phoenix Force is a child of the universe..." Just then an image of a yonger red head Jedi appeared clutching her head, "The Jedi first discovered the Phoenix during the Great Sith War, as one of our Padwans just lost her Master... she unleashed a great deal of power destroying the Sith that killed her with out even trying. It would appear the Phoenix Force would needs a host."
"The Jedi did all they could to comfort and help the child control her new power... but the Sith had other plans. During a battle to determine of who should have control over the girl, the Phenoix took over and the girl became the Dark Phoenix and threatened to destroy all..." They watched the girl unleash power none had ever seen before and started attack both sides. The next image the Jedi and Sith charged at the girl trying to stop her, "...for the first and only time... the Jedi and Sith united to stop the girl but they were no match for her... that is until I joined the fight... only I knew how get the Phoenix under control... I was both Jedi and Sith and went by many names... however... the galaxy simply knew me as Reven." The image of Reven appeared as he spoke, "The girl was my daughter and her master was my wife... and I refused to give up on her when the others had... there was only one thing I could do... I went into her mind and fought the Phoenix there... it took me several tries to learn this technical and I brought many Jedi and Sith with me... and after a long a painful battle we had managed to contain it... I used my Keyblade to seal the Phoenix Force away in her mind until she could finally come to master it then it be the master of her."
The imaged changed on Reven sealing the bird away with his Keyblade until it went back to Reven, he spoke, "Years later... I've taught other Jedi and Keyblade this trick incase the Phoenix ever went to someone else... and now I teach it to you... the future of the Jedi order. You must use power to contact and let the force flow through you... it is the only way to save the host without killing them. However, if not under control the Phenoix could destroy all life in our Universe. Now go... and may the Force be with you."
The image faded and the Jedi Holcron closed. Reed examined it, "I... I don't understand... what caused it to open it..." Lightning told him, "You can figure it out later, we have much bigger problems right now!"
"You think that's what's wrong with Jean... the Phoenix Force is inside her." Roxas assumed. Sora nodded, "Gotta be... that must be what the Organization is after! With the Phoenix on their side, no one would stand a chance."
"They'd risk all life as we know it... the Phoenix Force must be stopped before it takes over." Reed stated. Sora stated, "I've gotta warn the others!" He quickly pulled out his phone and was about to text Scott when he received an SOS from Scott as Jean was starting to lose it. Sora gasped, "Oh no! It's already happening!"
"We've got to get you back home!" Lightning told Spra as R2 whistled as Reed went to his safe as Lightning asked, "Dr. Richards? Where's the rest of your team?"
"They're all out on community service is around the planet. We can't wait for them. By time they get here to help, it already be too late." Reed replied as he opened the secure vault and opened it. He then pulled out a small alien gun, Lightning asked, "What is that?"
"This is the Ultimate Nullifier. A weapon so powerful even Cosmic Beings such as Galactus fears it. It could be the one thing that can destroy the Phoenix." Reed replied. Sora gasped, "You not seriously thinking..."
"Only as a last resort, if you can't get into Jean's mind or fail to stop it... for the sake of all living things... it has to be stopped by what ever means." Reed told him. Sora was horrified by this as Lightning placed a hand on his shoulder, "That won't happen... you can do this you have both the power and the Key to do this."
"Let's not waste anymore time..." Roxas told them. , "We'll take the Fantastic car... it's faster." Everyone nodded as they climb aboard. Sora was the best polit out of all of them so he flew off. Sora prayed that it wouldn't be too late, and Reed would have to end one of his best friend's life...
"Professor!" Kitty called out as she opened the doors as Scott brought Jean inside as the other X-Men followed him. They took her to the medical bay. The professor told him, "Put her on the table, Scott."
Scott placed her on the table gently as she groaned in pain and objects in the room started fying around the room. Logan had to pull him back so he wouldn't get hit. The professor told him, "Please, Scott. I'll let you know as soon as I know something."
"But, professor, I should..." Scott tired to argue but Logan pushed him out of the room, "You heard the man." Scott turned to one last time as the doors closed. The professor then went into her mind and reached out for her, "Jean, can you hear me?"
He then tired to reach out to her as he passed the nearby memories, "Why is she looking at me?"
"Who eats pizza with pineapple?"
"Jean, are you all right?"
"Jean! Jean, I can help you if you let me." The Professor called out to her. Just then a new voice spoke up, "You can not contain me! No one will ever tired to contain me again!"Just the blast sent the professor back through the wall. Scott tired to call out to her, "Jean! Jean!" However, Wolverine saw it was too dangerous and pulled him back, "Wait!"
The retreated to the other X-Men all now in uniform. Just then the entire mansion shook. Xion wondered, "What is going on down there?"
"It's like someone's nuking the place." Evan stated. Kurt nodded, "Yeah."
"Is Jean all right?" Kairi asked. The professor shook his head, "No, she's not. Her powers are evolving too rapidly for her to control."
"I'm afraid it's much worse than that." Everyone turned to see Sora with Mr. Fantastic, Roxas, Lightning, and R2. C-3PO exclaimed, "R2-D2! Where have you been?!"
"Uh... Sora what is she..." Riku asked when Lightning cut him off, "I'm a mutant." Riku nodded, "Oh... cool."
"More on to that later... I don't know how... but the holocron final opened and showed me what I've saw... more importantly I know what's wrong with Jean." Sora replied. Scott asked, "What's wrong with her?"
"She's been possessed by a cosmic entity know as the Phoenix Force... the Jedi have delt with it before." Sora explained. Kurt wondered, "What is the Pheniox Force?"
Sora then told of the Jedi's first encounter with the Phoenix Force. Everything the Jedi were able to learn from it. How the Sith wanted it's power for themselves. And when the Dark Phoenix tried to destroy everything, the Jedi and Sith had to work together to stop it. Sora concluded, "...and if we don't stop the Phoenix here and now before it completely takes control over Jean, it will wipe everything in existence. We think that's why the Organization had attacked us for the vision, they want it for themselves."
"This is bad..." Tifa stated as Evan nodded, "How do we stop something so powerful?" Kitty then noticed the device Mr. Fantastic was holding, "What's that?"
"Something that can possibly stop the Pheniox... However, if I use it to destroy the Pheniox it may very well destroy Jean Grey along with it." Mr. Fantastic explained causing everyone to gasp. Scott demanded, "How could you possibly even think of that?!"
"Better the loss of one life than everyone else." Reed replied with sadness. Scott looked like he was going to strangle Mr. Fantastic when Sora told him, "There is another way... and if it works it'll save Jean and keep the Pheniox contained." Kitty asked, "Uh...if?"
"It was a former Sith who became a Jedi who figured it out. It was Reven's daughter who became possessed by the Pheniox Force, and he couldn't kill his own daughter so he took a handful of Jedi and Sith into her mind and locked the Pheniox inside using Reven's Keyblade. I may be able to do the same." Sora replied. Reed added, "It also took him days to get in and the only Jedi around here is Sora."
"That's a pretty big if Sora!" Kitty told him. Evan nodded, "Yeah, man. The only other Jedi that are still around are Luke and Ashoka... and we can't trust Vader to help. Plus even if they did knew where we are... it would still take them hours to get here."
"It's alright... I'll take Roxas and Xion with me." Sora told everyone. Roxas and Xion turned to him shock as Xion asked, "What do you mean?" Sora replied, "You two were able to sense the Phenoix coming just like I did... maybe you having my memories and Roxas being my Nobody... can use the Force as well."
"Okay... then what of the getting into Jean's mind. It still took them days to get in." Kurt pointed out as Reed stated, "Time we don't have."
"That's were the Professor comes it. He should be able to be able to get us in seconds." Sora stated. Scott beamed, "Sora... I never thought I'd say this... but your a genius!" Riku stated, "I hate to be the barer of bad news... but the Phoenix is a lot more powerful than anything we've ever face... how are you expected to beat it."
"Because I know what Jean is going through... Vanitas tired to take control over my body once too. I have no choice but to handle this." Sora pointed out as everyone realized Sora was right Rogue added, "I have an idea. You say there's too much going on in Jean's head. Then let me drain some off. It might weaken it enough for Sora, Roxas, and Xion to contain it."
"No, Rogue. It may be too much for you." Riku shook his head. Rogue replied, "I can handle it. Just let me try." Sora thought for a minute before saying, "If Rogue says she can handle this then I believe her... Then all we need is for something for Jean to focus on to get her back."
"If Rogue can clear her thoughts, then maybe I can get her to focus on me." Scott offered. The professor thought for a moment before Logan added, "We don't have too many options, Charles. Plus, Spiky's plan might be able to work." The professor finally replied, "Very well, then."
Everyone not in uniform quickly changed into their uniforms as they headed to the lower levels, once there they entered they entered the medical bay as objects orbited around her. A table was sent flying at them as everyone quickly dodged, they turned to se chairs and tables bending like no table or chair should. Reed stated, "Her telekinesis seems to be rearranging matter on a molecular level. I fear we haven't much time. If we fail to get in or if Sora, Roxas, and Xion fail to hit the Phoenix within an hour then I'm using the Ultimate Nullifier on her."
"Clock's running. Let's move!" Cyclops ordered as everyone ran inside. They all fought their way to Jean. Kitty phased through an incoming object only for it to hit Kurt instead. He glared, "Thanks a lot!"
"Sorry." Kitty smiled sheepishly only for her to get hit in the back on the head instead. As everyone fought their way to Jean so Rogue could weaken the Phoenix, Evan rolled in on his skate board as he tired to pin things down with his spikes. However, a table came right at him when Kitty hopped on the table and told him, "I'm on it." She then phased the table through the floor and out of the fight. Sora, Scott, Wolverine, Lightning, Roxas, Xion, Riku, and Kairi all fought their way to Lightning trying to clear a path for Rogue, however Kurt teleported to her, "Hang on. We're going in."
Kurt the teleported them to the center of the room where Jean was. However they were caught with Jean's power and where thrown around in the room. Sora used the Force to catch Rogue mid air. The professor told her, "Now, Rogue. You must do it now!"
Rogue nodded as she turned to Sora, "Get me closer." Sora nodded as he pulled her closer to Jean, he had quite as struggle to get her there with out hurting her but he did and Rogue was able to touch Jean and began to absorb her, the Pheniox exclaimed, "No!"
Rogue was pushed back however Sora was able to ease her down with the Force to the others. Sora turned to Scott, "It's up to you now, Scott. Calm Jean down so we can get to the Phoenix." Scott nodded and called out, "Jean, it's Scott! Please listen to my voice. Focus on it."
"Scott? Where are you?" Rogue said with Jean's voice. Everyone turned to Rogue in shock as Scott asked, "Jean?"
"Help me, Scott!" Jean spoke through Rogue. Scott nodded, "I will, Jean. Just focus on me."
"I can't. I'm losing you." Jean called out through Rogue. Scott shook his head, "No! No. Don't tell me what you can't do. I know you better than anyone ever has or ever will. Come on. You can do this."
"Scott?" Jean/Rogue asked as everything calmed down. Lightning turned to Sora, "She's in control. I suggest you go after the Pheniox now."
"Remember Sora... you'll have only an hour to contain the Phoenix otherwise..." Reed told him as Sora replied, "That's why we won't fail..." He turned to Roxas and Xion, "Follow my lead."
Sora went into sat crisis crossed as the two former Organization members did the same. Sora closed his eyes as he said, "We're ready, Professor." Charles nodded as he aided them of getting into Jean's mind. While it took days just for Reven to succeed, it was only a matter of seconds with the Professor's guidance...
Sora opened his eyes as he was now to what he assumed to be Jean's home town. He stood up as he turned to Roxas and Xion who were looking around as well. Xion wondered, "Where are we?"
I think this is where Jean grew up... or her memory of it at least." Sora answered. Roxas nodded, "That makes sense, I guess." Sora then told them, "Alright... remember, we have one hour to stop the Phoenix or Reed uses his machine on Jean... let's go."
They nodded as they each summoned their Keyblades. They looked around the empty place until they found Jean. She was wearing a green and yellow outfit with a Phoenix symbol on her chest. Roxas called out, "Jean... we're here! We going to help you back in control!"
"Jean" turned around and them blast them back with fire as they all got back up Sora stated, "That's not Jean..." The girl grinned as the green in her outfit turned to dark red, "You are right. I'm not the girl you knew. I am fire! And life incarnate! Now and forever... I am PHOENIX!"
She the burst into flames as the shaped as the bird in Sora's visions. Sora, Roxas, and Xion went into their battle stances as she chuckled, "You think the three of you can stop me? Fools... it took many Jedi and a Keyblade Master to stop me... and thanks to the Sith only a handful of you remain... once you're and the Sith are gone... nothing can stop me!"
"We can and will!" Xion stated as the three charged at her. They swung their Keyblades at her and she had seem to catch them every single time. They only able to get a few hit's in. Sora felt as the point as she was only toying with them, she even laughed, "You're friends might have weakened me but the three of you were never a match for me!"
Sora groaned as he got up... he saw both Xion and Roxas were already out of the fight as Sora casted a healing spell. He then drew out his father's lightsaber and activated it. Phoenix laughed, "A lightsaber?! Really?! I've spent eons with both Jedi and Sith and learned all the combat skills... still I'll humor you."
Flames appeared around her hand as a lightsaber hilt appeared in he r hand. She activated the orange color blade and twirled around before going into a battle stance. Sora held out his own lightsaber in defense as she charged at him. The blue and orange blades classed against eachother. However, the Phoenix was clearly the more skilled than Sora was. They continued to clash blades with eachother as Sora knew every minute the Phoenix grew stronger, he could hear Ben call out, "Use the Force, Sora... don't let her win!"
"Remember... you're never alone." He heard his mothers voice call out to him. Sora knew what he had to do, Phoenix grinned, "Tell me, son of Skywalker... what makes you think you can defeat me alone."
"I'm not alone... I'm never alone... Let me tell you something that I told Vanitas..." He then glow with blue as he started to push back the Phoenix much to her shook, "MY FRIENDS ARE MY POWER!" And he sent a powerful Force push back actually sending her flying. She was able to land on her own two feet as she glared at him as Sora whispered, "May the Force be with us..."
The Phoenix roared as she charged at him with Lightsaber in hand however, Sora easily dodged the attack and sliced across her back with his lightsaber as she screamed in pain. She growled as she swung again as Sora blocked blow for blow as he resummoned his Keyblade and counter attacked. Sora was no getting the upper hand as Roxas and Xion began to recover and get to their feet. Sora and Phoenix clashed once more but Sora kicked her back as he slowly walked up to her. He sent a telekinetic attack which Sora shrugged off and used the Force to send her back knocking her to the ground. She tired to get back up as the ghost of Ben stabbed her through the back. SHe struggled to get back up as Sora's mother appeared with a blaster and began blasting her with her weapon. Sora was shocked to see them both as his mother turned to him, "We can keep her down as long as we can. Contain the Phoenix now!"
Sora nodded as he deactivate his Lightsaber as he held out his Keyblade. Roxas and Xion joined him as the three aimed their Keyblades at the Phoenix as light swirled around them a cage closed in on the Phoenix. Her eyes widened in horror, "No! Not again!" All three fired a beam of light sealing the cage as Phoenix cired out, "NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
They then appeared in Jean's childhood bedroom with the Phoenix, now in the form of a red bird, trapped in a bird cage. Jean, the real deal, walked up to them and hugged them, "You did it! You locked her away! I can't thank the three of you enough!"
"Don't just thank us." Xion stated as she gestured behind her. Jean turned in shock to see Ben and Sora's mother standing there, "Ben Kenobi? And is... is... that your mother, Sora?"
"Yeah..." Sora nodded as he walked up to hug his mother, who happily hugged him back. Jean wondered, "How... how is this possible?" Padme smiled as Sora turned to Jean, "My mom's here began I connected to her before she died and went to heaven... I foamed a link with with her so that... in a way... is still with me. It's way I was immune to Jafar's magic and Rogue's power as well as I mostly stayed in control while I fought Vanitas for control of my body. Even when I was beginning torn apart she kept me together."
"Is that the same thing with you?" Jean asked Ben. He chuckled, "My story's quite different actually... while I was in exile, I learned a trick should anything happen to me. Through special training, certain Jedi were able to appear as Force spirits through the Force."
"Wait... so when I die I can visit people through the Force?" Sora wondered. Ben nodded, "Through some training you can..." Sora smiled, "That's cool... but... is my dad there."
"I'm sorry, Sora, but you father was destroyed by Vader long before he could learn this nor was he around when you were born to connect with him." Ben frowned. Sora sighed, "Should of known..."
"How will Sora learn this or how to be a Jedi with you gone and Ashoka on the the other side of the galaxy?" Jean wondered. Ben told them, "Don't worry. I was not the only Jedi to escape Order 66. Before Sora was born... I left a warning to all the remaining Jedi to stay hidden... if you find them... they should be able to train you until you ready to be trained by a true master of the Jedi and the Keyblade."
"Alright... we'll find them..." Jean nodded. Roxas smiled, "C'mon... our friends are waiting for us." Xion giggle before disappearing to the real world with Roxas. Jean smiled before turning to Sora who looked like he didn't want to leave. His mother wiped his tears as Jean frowned as she walked up to Sora, "It'll be okay..." She then turned to Padme, "We'll take good care of him... and Luke. I promise."
"Thank you." Pamde smiled before they returned to the real world...
"Jean!" Scott voice called out to her as she regain consciousness. She smiled as Scott walked over to her as Reed sighed, "Thank God... they did it." Kairi went up to hug Sora as Rogue wondered, "What took ya."
"Well..." Sora tired to explain...
The next day, Rogue looked to Jean out the window as Scott and Sora walked up to here. Scott told her, "She's got it under control. Sora, Roxas, and Xion locked the Phoenix away. The professor will work with her to keep it that way, just to be safe."
"Great." Rogue nodded. Sora wondered, "You risked so much to save her, Rogue. What made you do it? I know you and Jean never were close in the best terms."
"It was nothing." Rogue replied. Scott shook his head, "Yes, it was. Tell me."
"Me and Miss Popularity there, we're worlds apart. Galaxies. But then I realized something." Rogue started as Sora wondered, "What?" Rogue answered, "That she'd do the same thing for me."
"Believe it, Rogue. We all would." Sora smiled and nodded...
Riku looked at them from a distance as the cloak figure stood beside him. Riku wondered, "Sora could touch her because his mother's love made sure something like that could never hurt him..." Ansem nodded, "Yes... quite an unusual boy."
"Do you think... with the new powers you show me could I..." Riku wondered. Ansem nodded, "Perhaps... one day... now come... it's time for the next steps of your training." Riku nodded as he followed Ansem...
Jean stood sat outside the mansion as she smiled, "I smell roses." She turned to see Scott carrying a bunch of roses as he smiled, "They're for you."
"Thank you, Scott. They're beautiful." Jean smiled as she took them. Scott nodded, "Yeah. Unfortunately they came with a card signed by Duncan." He passed her a crumbled card as she smiled, "Damaged during delivery, I see."
"So how much of last night do you remember?" Scott wondered as he sat beside her. Jean replied, "It's pretty much a blank until Sora. Roxas, and Xion locked the Phoenix away. And I'm glad too."
"Yeah. Yeah, I guess you'd rather not even think about the whole thing, huh?" Scott nodded. Jean smiled as she stood up and walked away, "Exactly. You know, that's what I like about you, Scott. You know me better than anyone ever has or ever will." Scott was shocked to here that as she walked away. Sora smiled, "I'm sure one day you'll end up together."
"Yeah... us guys and our red heads." Scott joked. Sora nodded as he sat down, Scott turned to him, "So... how come you never mentioned it was your mother that held you together until we were able to pull you out."
"I... I don't know. I guess I wanted to keep that memory to myself at the time." Sora answered. Scott shrugged, "Hey, well at least you can still see her... and Ben even."
"Yeah... but I still can't see my dad." Sora frowned. Scott nodded, "He's still here..." He gestured to Sora's heart, "I'm certain of that." Sora smiled, as Scott added, "Plus you might become a spirit when you die... what are you going to do when you die and become one?"
"I don't know... maybe give advice to the future generations mutants, Jedi, and Keyblade wielders... maybe put the fear of God into the pranksters." Scott laughed, "Oh, I can see it now... the Xavier Institute becomes the next Hogwarts." They two laughed at that. Lightning and her sister walked up to them, "Figures we'd find you two here."
"Uh... Lightning and Sereh, right?" Scott assumed. They nodded as the former added, "Call me, Light."
"So... Light... you thinking about staying here? The professor can help control you're powers." Sora wondered. Sereh turned to her, "C'mon, Lightning, it'll be great to hang out with others like you. Plus it's better than where were currently living."
"Plus, the professor said your sister can stay.. despite not having no powers what so ever." Scott added. Lightning turned, "Does it give me the change to take down that electric bitch we fought yesterday?"
"Uh... not what the words I would use... especially the b word. But yes." Sora nodded. Light nodded, "Then I'm in." Sora added, "I can still get you a better car... I have the money. You wouldn't believe how many cars Scott goes through."
"Hey!" Scott complained before Sora, and Sereh laughed as Scott followed along as Light just smirked. Sora stopped laughing as he pondered, "Well... with the Phoenix gone... I wonder what the Organization is up to."
Meanwhile, back on the world of Castle Oblivion Marluixa shows Laxerene the drawing, "I believe this is how she's been contacting Sora." Larxene raised an eyebrow, "A drawing."
"She merely uses it as an tool. She has the power to to manipulate the memories of Sora and those close to him." He replied. Laxerene nodded, "I get it... although I kinda wished you knew that before I got ran over by that traitor when I had them!"
"Like you have a heart to hold a grudge... now, let's report to what we learn to our superior." Marluixa told her. She raised an eyebrow, "I thought we were planning to take over the Orgization... since when did we get too chummy with him."
"I mean our TRUE superior..." Marluxia smirked as he pulled out a hologram. Larxene smirked as Marluixa made the call. A holgram appeared of a elder man where a black cloak over himself as Marluxia and Laxerene bowed before him. Marluixa reported, "My Emperor..."
"General Lauriam... it would appear the rumors of your demise are false..." The Emperor said. He shook his head, "No... the Heartless stole the heart of myself and another Imperial Agent and our wills were strong enough to take these forms as Nobodies... and now I'm an member of Organization XIII."
"And you yet you turn to me instead of your master..." The elder man raised an eyebrow. Marluxia stated, "Screw Xemnas... I serve for only the Empire."
"Good... good... now tell me... what do you have to report?" The Emperor laughed. Marluxia smirked, "I currently in control of Castle Oblivion on the Organization's strongholds... and the girl resides in it. She has the power to manipulate the memories of the Keyblade Master and those close to him. He's the one who destroyed the Death Star..."
"Interesting... with the girls power... we could turn all the Rebels into loyal agents to the Empire." The Emperor grinned. Marluxia added, "And there's more... the boy just so happens to be the offspring of Anakin Skywalker."
"Are you certain?" The Emperor asked. Marluixa nodded, "Yes... the Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi, kept this information away from us for some time until he was killed by your apprentice."
"Most interesting indeed...find a way to get that control over that girl... when have control of her and we have control over Skywalker and his friends..." The Emperor ordered. Marluixa nodded, "It shall be done. Long live the Empire..."
And that will conclude today's chapter. For all you Knights of the Old Republic fans out there... you're welcome. Lightning joins the X-Men, Ben first appearance as a Force Ghost, Marluixa and Laxerene are agents of the Empire, and the Emperor knows Anakin has at least one offspring. Crazy right. Well next time, is all original episode, thanks to the help of a friend of Reed, he learns of a Jedi Temple on Earth, at Antartica. Sora, The scincetist, and R2 sneak aboard a plane heading their by a famous Tomb Radair with another well known polit of the Marvel Universe along with a King out for Revenge and a Photographer for the Daily Bugle. The crash land there and get captured by enemies of the Jedi to be rescued by a local man and woman who's friends a Sabertooth tiger and a man who wants to punish these old foes. At the same time Kairi comes to resuce Sora with the aid of C-3PO, Nightcraller, and a sick Jamie. Can they all work to survive this savage land or will they all be victims of Death Watch and a Night Sister? Can anyone guess who the new heroes I've mentioned are? Hope you enjoy the chapter. Be sure leave a review and if you haven't already be sure to follow and fav. as well! See you next time!