46. ​​The Red Queen

In the city of London, in a completely destroyed neighborhood.

Apocalypse's destiny knight clasped her fingers tightly, Lingdie's face was full of twisted madness, she pulled the crimson long sword, and a smear of blood flowed on Elsa's white neck.

But Miss Bloodstone still didn't respond.

It's as if he really wants to catch him with his hands shut, and wait for death with his eyes closed.

Seeing that Elsa was about to die on the spot, a greenish light suddenly lit up invisible, like the most precise hand, clasped on the body of the knight of fate.

She could have avoided it.

Rely on the "luck" of the law of causality that has been completely unreasonable.

As long as she had the idea of ​​avoiding it, the light would never be able to hit her. Unfortunately, she was controlled by her emotions.

She is out of control.

The time that belongs to the spirit butterfly is forcibly stopped at this moment.

God Lord Doom walked out of the portal holding the Eye of Agomotto in his hand. He clenched his fingers like spinning something in reverse. In front of Elsa, the body of the Knight of Destiny trembled strangely.

Apparitions of Psylocke in childhood, in youth, in old age shone outside her.

This is a peculiar scene that occurs when a person's time axis is moved, but the power of the invincible time gem is constantly disturbed by another force.

After the time axis moved backwards with difficulty for a few seconds, a ball of white light was forcibly pulled out from the body of the fate knight by Dum.

"puff"

With a sound like bursting bubbles, the unconscious Psylocke and Domino were separated from their collapsed state.

The two fell to the ground weakly. Domino was caught by the ice platform shaped out of thin air, while Psylocke was held in Elsa's arms. She seemed to have a crazy dream.

She looked blankly at Elsa whose neck was bleeding. She seemed to recall what happened just now, and her eyes were full of guilt and despair.

"Go to sleep, it's okay."

Elsa hugged Lingdie like a lost child. She comforted softly:

"We all made mistakes because of that man, as long as we don't give up, as long as we keep working hard, we will all make mistakes."

"Nobody blames you, go to sleep, Elizabeth, go to sleep, everything will be all right."

Under Elsa's comfort, Lingdie held Miss Bloodstone's hand tightly, and she closed her eyes drowsily.

Elsa looked up at Doom, her tone became harsh, and she said:

"Your Excellency, are you stuck here?"

"Trust me, I won't be late."

Dum put away the phoenix fragments, and he replied jokingly:

"Even if you are hacked to death by the spirit butterfly, I can turn back the time, but Mrs. Bloodstone, what you said just now is really wonderful."

"I'm curious, are all the women around Merlin so crazy? Relying on their own emotions, they actually ignored the spiritual hints imposed by the apocalypse, and forcibly reversed the original idea of ​​​​destroying the world into this twisted and terrifying emotion..."

"Tsk tsk, is this the power of 'love'?"

Dum was obviously mocking Psylocke for not being strong enough, but Elsa was very dissatisfied with Shenjun's condescending tone.

She hugged Lingdie, and retorted sharply.

She said to Doom:

"You want to know the power of love? Why don't you go to Wanda?"

"I heard that a certain person was willing to risk his soul and soul to save his enemy during the battle for the Supreme Mage."

"What a lover, isn't it?"

Madam Bloodstone laughed twice in a strange tone, which made Dum's expression under the mask not so pretty.

The Supreme Mage glanced at Domino who fell on the ground, then raised his head again, and looked at the aftermath of energy erupting on the other side of the city. He changed the subject abruptly, and said:

"The Knight of Destiny failed, and the War Hulk was also repelled. The Angel of Death will probably lose if he lasts a while longer. It is also expected that the Phoenix Apostle holding Thor's Hammer and the Dread Hammer defeated the Game Knight."

"The Four Horsemen of Apocalypse have come to an end. Next, we must focus on Apocalypse himself, yours... it's inconvenient to make a move now, right?"

"right."

Elsa hooked her fingers, and the cold winter scepter fell into her hand.

She said to Doom:

"Merlin can't participate in the next thing, so no matter how difficult Tianqi is to deal with, that's your responsibility. And those out-of-control Phoenix apostles, that's also the trouble you have to find a way to deal with."

"Most of the Phoenix apostles are locked up."

Shenjun put away the phoenix fragments that he had taken out, and said:

"The method of using the Time Gem to remove the power of the Phoenix has also been perfected. It is not difficult to untie their folds next. The only trouble now is Tianqi himself and the ancient city of Atlantis. And that Jean Gray who has been missing until now."

"boom"

As soon as Dum finished speaking, a pillar of fire piercing the sky broke out on the other side of London, and the scorching temperature could be felt from such a distance.

Angel also lost.

———————

Not to mention the sudden deterioration of the situation in the deep sea kingdom, and the apocalypse that is ready to go to the sun, where is the last of the three troubles Doom said, the Phoenix girl Qin Gray?

She is on Utopia Island.

Although the Phoenix Force was shattered by a group of heroes outside the moon, and a large amount of Phoenix Force was broken down in the form of fragments, this did not affect Jean Gray's situation.

Her resurrection from the original source of the power of the phoenix caused the power of the phoenix to be deeply integrated with her consciousness. Her state at this time is similar to the original form of the black phoenix, but there are differences.

The bonding at this time is positive.

That is the state that Merlin tried to let Qin enter before. The two are interdependent. According to the current progress, after a while, Phoenix Girl will enter the transformation process of reshaping her life form.

This means that she is likely to become the first host in history to perfectly integrate the Phoenix Force and still retain self-awareness.

Perhaps, she should be called "White Phoenix" at this time?

But in fact, it would not be correct to say that the piano has not changed at all.

Regardless of whether it was the irresponsible behavior of throwing phoenix fragments into the bodies of the heroes before, which directly caused infinite folding.

Or after entering the earth, the third party who does not intervene in the earth people's counterattack against the apocalypse forces at all, just looks at all this as a bystander.

Both of these points indicate that Jean Gray may still be the same Jean Gray as before, retaining all her memories and thoughts.

But she is no longer pure her.

Her personality is changing.

While becoming more lively, it is also becoming more indifferent.

She is no longer the X-Men who was in trouble, but still wanted to help those in need, and became more self-centered, completely throwing away all the moral dogma taught by Professor Charles for more than 20 years.

Live more freely and more truly.

That might be a good thing for a woman with a catastrophic past, but not necessarily for the world.

She was walking in a hospital-like building on Utopia Island, and she could feel that the huge mental power of Kuang Gong had been shrouding the island, but she didn't care.

Qin herself is a mutant who is good at using the power of the mind. With the blessing of the power of the phoenix, her manipulation of the mind has entered a higher level.

No one knows exactly how high it is, but it must be higher than the current Kuang Gong anyway.

In other words, the current Qin is likely to be close to the Almighty Heavenly Father, and after being perfectly integrated with the power of the phoenix, it will not be surprising to enter the ceiling of the power of the stars.

"Hey, I found it."

Like a young girl in her 20s, Qin walked briskly in the corridors of the hospital looking for something. After a few minutes, her upturned nose twitched, as if she smelled something.

She stretched out her hand and pushed open the door in front of her, and saw Miss Madeleine who was being placed on the hospital bed and was still unconscious.

It was Jean Gray's clone, and it was she who accidentally awakened the sleeping Phoenix Force.

The phoenix girl stood at the door, looking at Miss Madeleine. She walked into the ward, ignoring the other people in the room, including Beast Hank and old Dr. Pym's folded phoenix apostle, who also failed to notice her.

Everyone went about their business while Jean strolled over to Madeleine Madeleine.

She looked at her own clone.

"It's really the same."

Phoenix Girl reached out and touched Miss Madeleine's cheek. The latter had stayed on Utopia Island after the previous battle with Mister Sinister.

This woman, who is exactly like Qin, has severe burns on her face and various scars on her body. She uses a breathing apparatus to maintain her severely injured life.

Jean put her finger on Miss Madeleine's forehead, and she wanted to read the woman's memory.

It's easy for her.

"hum"

On the mountainside of light and shadow, Qin quickly saw what happened not long ago.

"Give me back my child!"

In my memory, Miss Madeleine was screaming, surrounded by a messy room.

Out in the sky outside the window, the Knights of the Apocalypse are engaging the X-Men, and everyone who can fight is out to stop the invasion.

And the cunning Mister Omen took this opportunity to forcefully take away Miss Madeleine and Cyclops' son from her resting place.

"My daughter, haven't you seen it?"

In my memory, Mr. Omen holding a small cable stood in front of Miss Madeleine. He looked at the lady lying in a pool of blood, and said:

"The apocalypse is already in front of your eyes, but you still think I'm a villain."

"He has created his own knight, and he wants to start a war in this world. You don't know it, and we haven't seen it. Apocalypse is looking for a way to a higher power, and he has found that way."

"I have to stop him!"

In that unclear memory, Mr. Sinister squatted down, he grabbed Miss Madeleine's bloody head, and he looked into Miss Madeleine's eyes.

He said:

"This is for the continuation of this world, my daughter, Cable must shoulder his responsibilities. This is the future he cannot avoid!"

Qin is like a bystander of this memory.

She stood in that room, looking at what happened in her memory. She saw Miss Madeleine kneeling in front of Mr. Sinister despite her physical pain, grabbing his trouser legs, and begging him for mercy.

"Give me my baby back, please."

She resisted.

But without the blessing of the Balrog spell and the power of the Phoenix, she was just an ordinary woman, and it was impossible for her to stop Mr. Sinister.

"Cable will come back to you, after he defeats Apocalypse."

Mister Omen completely ignored Miss Madeleine's pleas. Holding a small cable, he stepped on a pool of blood, leaving footprints on the ground one after another, and disappeared into this room.

Miss Madeleine's last memory is also erased here.

Qin's expression was a bit intriguing. She kept going back to Miss Madeleine's memory. She saw the scene where Miss Madeleine met the raven in a dream and was given the Balrog spell.

She saw the whole process of Miss Madeleine's escape with the small cable.

She also saw the scene where Cyclops and Miss Madeleine were together, and saw the two living together as a real couple.

This completely removed the smile on Phoenix Girl's face.

"He found a substitute for himself."

Qin's consciousness returned to her body, and there was a gleam of resentment or pity in her eyes that she couldn't tell.

She looked at Mademoiselle Madeleine, and she said softly:

"At first, he missed me, then he thought of you as me, and finally, in his heart, you were me...and had a child with you."

An uncomfortable feeling rose in Phoenix Girl's heart.

She stared at the woman in front of her, as if something important in her life had been stolen by this woman.

There was a pulsating light at her fingertips, which was the extremely compressed Phoenix Force. With just one tap and touch, Miss Madeleine's existence would be completely erased.

Jean pursed her lips, and she touched Miss Madeleine's forehead with her fingers, but she gave up the moment before touching the skin.

"never mind."

She is not unreasonable.

Of all the things that have happened since she left Earth, Miss Madeleine is also a victim, constantly being used by her creator, the odious Mister Omen, and the woman's feelings for Cyclops are genuine.

Memory and heart don't lie.

"Since he chose you and you have children, there is no need for me to appear again."

With a sense of loss, Qin turned and left the ward. As she walked, she said:

"That's good... It's also a good thing for me to completely cut off the fetters of the past."

"help me..."

Probably Qin's memory exploration disturbed Miss Madeleine's deep self-awareness. When Qin walked to the door of the ward, she suddenly heard Miss Madeleine's silent plea for help.

Miss Madeleine sensed Jean's presence, and she was asking for help.

"My son was...help me..."

The call made Qin shake her head, she stretched out her hand and flicked it lightly, and the Phoenix Force that was supposed to destroy Miss Madeleine was thrown into her body in a way of "giving".

"I'm still in a hurry. I have to make an appointment. The raven is still waiting for me. By the way, he called you 'Red Queen' before, which is a good name."

Qin flicked her long red wavy hair, and she said quite chicly:

"If anyone wants to be saved, go and save it yourself, Red Queen."

"Don't sleep..."