For most of the X-men including myself, fighting Juggernaut was like fighting a bulldozer by throwing golf balls at it. Eventually we managed to bust his helmet off then Jean and Emma used a joint psychic attack to knock him out. Man, the research facility was messed up. As powerful as I am, may the lord help me if I ever face him alone.
Later we interrogated him in a special brig designed for him. He revealed that he had been hired by an unknown party to destroy a device called the astral gate which was one of the devices Cyclops and Wolverine took from the Weapon X facility.
Upon arriving back at the mansion we located the device among all stuff. Beast is working on an analysis of the device right now. However, I'm busy looking over Jubilee. Got hit pretty hard by Juggernaut.
As I watched Jubilee's unconscious form, Bobby came up next and held me. He said, "How's she doing?"
I replied, "Funny. Of all the X-men she seemed the most lively. She looked at the job with such purity of thought."
He said, "About a week ago I'd say the same thing. Now she runs a close second in that regard." It's amazing, his power to bring a slight smile to my face despite the circumstances. He continued, "You know what? This is a kind of a rite of passage for you." I asked him what he meant, and he replied, "It's hard to imagine the amount of time all of us have spent sitting next to one of these medical tables waiting for a teammate to recover. It's hard isn't it?" I had to agree.
Hold on, Beast just came in, and Jubilee is coming round.
Sorry for the inturuption. Get this! The astral gate is a device that allows people to take new Astral forms and visit the Astral Plane. With the added power of the entire X-men team, we could save Professor Xavier.
Wish I could be more enthusiastic. From what Miss Frost told me, Shadow King has amazing power in the astral plane. If he was able to contain the Professor, what is he capable of now?
Cyclops was worried too. He offered me the option of not coming. Like I was considering not going. Bobby's right. Just waiting around worring whether or not the others will be allright is worse than joining them to fight.
I'll think I'll fight.
Later,
Allison "Magma" Crestmere