Chapter 16 - Phoenix (1/2)
Jean Grey was very angry . Last week she was hurt during a mission with the X-men in space , she was hit by solar flare like energy ever since then she felt more confident more in tune with her mind and more powerful. But everything went downhill when she accidentally unleashed her powers and her fellow mutants in Xavier's school . During thus event the mental block on her mind was lifted and she learned that she was responsible for her mother's death and that her father is still alive .
After meeting her father , she discovered that he is resentful toward her for killing her mother . Angered by this development, she tried to leave when she was confronted by her fellow X-men where she fought them and almost killed Raven . After leaving , she sought Erik Lehnsherr to help her control her power but she was turned down . She then an alien woman who helped her understand what's going on with her . It seems that she is now the host of a primal and destructive force called the Phoenix force .
Now she is angry while looking at most of the X-men confronting her and Hank McCoy who allied himself with Erik to kill her .
While in her anger she didn't noticed a portal open behind her until she felt light-headed and the last thing she saw was the same guy she saw fight and kill Apocalypse .
The guy is of course Elijah who found Jean Grey's location and headed there while thinking about ways he could deal with the tremendous power of the Phoenix force . Elijah decided that first taking care of loose ends is in order and to do that Jean Grey needs to be knocked out . So he opened a portal directly behind her and put a power disabling obedience disk he bought from his space travel similar to the the ones used on gladiators on Sakaar then put several magical seals to block the power of Jean halting the merger between her and the force .
Elijah then opened a portal and from it came out a floating medical stretcher , Elijah quickly put the knocked out Jean on the gurney and sent her through the portal . All this happened within seconds , before the X-men could register what happened , jean has already disappeared. Elijah relaxed after taking care of the issue and looked toward the bald middle aged man in the wheelchair and said : ” we meet again mind rȧpėr , it seems I always have to deal with your shenanigans.”
Before Xavier could answer the young lovestruck Alex Summers stepped forward : ” where is she ? Where is Jean ? Bring her back . ”
”No”-Elijah
Alex Summers blasted a laser beam at Elijah while the latter just shrugged and conjured a reflective panel deflecting the attack . At the same time Nightcrawler tried to sneak up on Elijah but in vain as he was slapped with a power disabling collar . Elijah looked toward Xavier and warned : ” hold your dogs or you gonna lose more of them .”
Elijah said sternly while leaking his immense soul pressure making it harder to breathe for the present mutants . Elijah got to work when he noticed the upcoming U.S troops coming to arrest Jean and subdue All the mutants present . Elijah wanting to be low key , used one of his new magics and cast a powerful illusion on the troops making them deviate their trajectory and head somewhere else far away .
Elijah turned back to the bald headed Xavier and Magneto and said :” there is an alien force coming here , deal with the soldiers and leave the leader for me . And you this is to heal your girlfriend , a one time deal and don't try to replicate it . The serum will collapse if tampered with . ” while he threw a vial of healing serum he had made using the new flora of Inselheim to the disillusioned Hank McCoy.
The two factions leaders nodded numbly at his order while Hank McCoy left hurriedly to try and save his beloved . When the D'bari forces arrived led by Vuk , the one seeking the power of the Phoenix for herself . Elijah singled her away from her forces and subdued her quickly before she could use the small amount of Phoenix force she absorbed secretly and discretely from Jean .