Disclaimer: Goes without saying but I do not own any of the X-Men characters, nor any other Marvel character herein included. They're the properties of the original creators as dictated by official documents, whom you can find out more about in Wikipedia or something. Stan Lee, Marvel Comics, etc.

Rating: T for a bit of violence. I censor profanity like they would in a comic, if I ever use it.

(This story happens in the same timeline/universe as Spider-Man: Repulse, Bruce Banner: The Abysmal, Avengers: The Galaxy's Mightiest, and The Mighty Thor: Moxy. but it's self contained!)

PART 4: Second Strike.

Henry cleared his throat. "Quite honestly, it would be embarrassing for me to try and pronounce the specific region in question, so let us simply say China. We are heading to a vast forestland, and if my footage is to be believed, our unfortunate alliance of terrorists have decided to erect quite a large secret base."

"Can your footage be believed?" Bobby asked, smiling.

"You are about to find out, Iceman," Henry retorted. "The good news is that they seem to still be waiting on their contractors to arrive, whoever they are. We might beat them to it."

"Do not count on it," Ororo immediately said. "We are going in violently. The blackbird will stop over the base, and we will drop down. Magma, Phoenix and Karma will locate the bombs and disable them. Everyone else will run interference with the rest of the base. Iceman with Armor, protect each other from the weapons that might hurt you. Dust."

Sooraya turned her eyes towards Ororo, who smiled kindly at her. "We shall wreak great havoc together."

Her cheeks curved, either answering with a smile or wincing with concern. Ororo couldn't be sure.

"Is it a good idea for Magma to come near the bombs?" Rachel asked, her arms crossed disapprovingly. "Her powers might trigger them."

"Hey, I will not," Amara protested. "I shall be careful."

"She will deal with any walls or doors much more easily than you can," Ororo said, even though she shouldn't need to explain herself. However, it did the team good to consider Rachel and Iceman her seconds, so Ororo would treat their concerns differently.

"Will your powers work fine if we're on the floors above?" Rachel asked of Amara, still doubtful.

"They will," said Xi'An, coming in defense of her long-time teammate. "Magma does not need to be at her best to melt a bit of metal."

Amara nodded vigorously in agreement. "Yes! What Karma said!"

Rachel shrugged and looked away satisfied. "Alright, cool."

"Ah, it seems at least one of the contractors has arrived in time," said Hank's voice, disappointed, but Ororo wasn't surprised at all. "Or at least, that's what it sounds like from what they are saying on the radio. My mandarin might not be up to par."

"What are they saying?" Hisako asked, curious.

"A rather large green dragon just showed up at their gates," Hank said, perplexed. "One might even call it jade."

"Fing Fang Foom?" Bobby asked, concerned.

Hisako chuckled at that. "Fing Fang Foom? What kind of name is that?" she asked, trying to not laugh.

"Not him, thankfully," Henry said, quite quickly.

Ororo closed her eyes, maintaining her back straight and her arms crossed, and sensed for the environment around them. They were in the middle of a storm, it seemed. There was a lot of rain, but there was very little thunder and lightning. Ororo stirred the air and its pressure, grinding the clouds together. If they were about to face some gigantic creature, she was going to need everything the storm had to offer.

"Oh now!" the ship said, with Hank's voice, and suddenly jolted to the side. That threw Ororo off her focus as she had to grab onto the handle next to her seat in order not to fall. Hisako and Sooraya were not that fast and fell off their seats with a yelp. "The dragon can fly, everyone."

Ororo squinted her eyes. Most of the team looked out their window, trying to find it, but Ororo didn't really need to see it.

"Shall I?" Xi'An asked, evidently proposing to take over its mind.

Ororo quickly stood up, shaking her head. "No. You are needed down there. The plan stays the same, I will deal with the Jade Dragon. Beast, open the doors."

The blackbird spun and jerked one way, and Ororo again had to grab onto a handle. "Hank!"

Ororo winced, angry she had used his name, but nobody seemed to have noticed. "It is a rather large dragon, Storm," Hank said in warning.

"It's fine," Iceman said, also standing up. "Open the door, Storm can take 'im."

Ororo smirked at him as the door opened. She saw the great big thing in the midst of all the rain and darkness, flying after the ship. The fire it was blowing out its mouth was very nearly falling short of reaching them. It had arms and legs, but wings, and these wings were flapping powerfully.

Ororo scoffed, and her eyes shone, and a mini tornado suddenly formed in the middle of the air between the blackbird and the Jade Dragon. Its wings twisted, caught off-guard, and the creature immediately lost control and vanished below.

"Find out who that is, Beast, I need to know what I'm dealing with." Her eyes shone brighter with the enhancement of her concentration, for she intended to make a winding pathway for her X-Men, but Bobby tapped her shoulder.

"It's fine. Rachel and I will carry them. Just make sure that thing doesn't come after us. Let's go, girls."

Bobby's body froze up to his wrists, but his hands stayed normal. He took Sooraya's hand in one hand, and Hisako in another, and looked at Ororo while freezing a thin platform beneath his feet. She looked over at Rachel who nodded back at her.

"We won't let you down. Go show that dragon it can't stand up to a goddess," Rachel said.

Ororo rolled her eyes and stepped forth while shaking her head. "I know you won't. To me, my X-Men. For Earth."

And Ororo jumped into the storm.

A tornado caught her fall, and kept the body afloat in the middle of the air. The Jade Dragon was already flying right for her, from below. It had regained its flight.

Meanwhile, Bobby's ice formed a slide he mounted and surfed, with the girls in tow, and Rachel dove fast with Xi'An and Amara in her telekinetic hold.

The dragon roared, and it was an intimidating sound. A sound that took over the raging winds and the furious thunder, and it was being produced by a being the size of a building. It was terrifying.

Or it would be, but Ororo had seen a lot. She had seen death, and gods, and behemoths of alien make. She would not fear a beast no matter its size or shape.

If Ororo had learned anything from all her years as an X-Men, and a mutant besides - from her life as a living storm - it was that nothing, absolutely nothing, was bigger or scarier than Nature.

Indeed, regardless of how much noise it made, when compared to Nature, that Jade Dragon was an ant.

Part End: Thank you for reading, please consider leaving a review if you have the time.

Here we go with the super-powered confrontations. Will everyone be okay? Be sure to continue reading and find out!