Previously in Ultimate X-men: Kitty saved Emma from her attempt at suicide. And Emma received telepathic contact from Jean Grey, seemingly whole after piecing her and phoenix back together in the White Hot Room. Now, the X-men are travelling to the New Forest, to see If Jean is truly back, and if her intentions are as noble as they seem..
Issue 12 Like A Phoenix...
-The New Forest-
The X-men have arrived, and now, they are venturing off to find Jean. "ok, Pixie, go with Logan, Beast, Colossus come with me. Ok?" said Emma. "Sure" said Logan. "Cool" said Pixie, clearly excited at the prospect of a potential fight. "Sure" said Colossus. Emma then began to walk through the dense forest, followed closely by Colossus and Beast. "Jean's telepathic signature is this way" said Emma. "why did you send Logan and Pixie the other way. Just in case we fail, if she is Dark Phoenix." Said Emma. "oh. Right" said Beast. Realising it was kind of silly of him to question her over something so obvious. "There!" shouted Emma, as they reached a clearing. "Hello Emma, Hank, Peter" said Jean. "Jean.. is that really you?" said Hank. "yes Hank, the one and only" said Jean. "How?"said Beast. "it was Scott. The force of his optic beam, something which the phoenix part of me used to enjoy. Somehow kick started me, made me whole once again." Said Jean. "Its nice to have you back" said Colossus. "Wait.. Jean, I want to check something.." said Emma. "Go for it" said Jean. Emma then walked up to Jean, and placed her hand onto her head. Then scanned for any signs of lies, or deception. But there wasn't any, this really was Jean. "Oh my gosh.. it really is Jean.." said Emma. Logan, Pixie get to my location now said Emma. A few minutes later, Logan came running through the clearing followed by a very out of breath Pixie. "Hello Logan" said Jean. "J..J..Jean?" said Logan. "Yes" said Jean. She held out her hands. Logan ran towards her, and pulled her into a tight embrace. "I cant believe its really you Jeannie" said Logan. "Nor can I" said Jean. "Hello" said Pixie confidently. "Hello, I am Jean, and you are?" said Jean. "pixie" said Pixie. "Nice to meet you" said Jean. "Where is Kitty, and Armour?" said Jean. "Food shopping" said Colossus. "Trust them" said Jean.
-Back at the mansion-
"Okay everyone I bought a new box of cookies for Pixie, some beer for Logan, and" but Kitty stopped talking. "Jean?" said Kitty. "hello Kitten" said Jean. "oh wow! I cant believe its you!" said Kitty. "That is exactly what everyone else was saying" said Jean. "Hello Hisako" said Jean, I remember when you had just started out" said Jean. "oh yeah" said Armour shyly. "Now, lets all have dinner shall we?" said Jean.