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Ok, guys, All the disclaimers apply, that means all thanks goes to Marvel for the X-Men, I'm just making the story. And I do read all the other stories, and they're great, keep up the good work. They inspire me!
Chapter 27: Insimenation (a.k.a. You can't save the world pt.2)
" Ok, who invited him, cause I'm not sure there room on Earth." I said, looking up at Galactus.
" YOu dare mock the mighty Galactus!" Galactus said in shock.
" You started it." I said.
" Pane, " Jean said, " Please stop heckling the giant, world eating person."
" Spoiled sport." I pouted.
" The power." Galactus said, swaying back and forth, " Such incredible power, power of the Phoenix!"
This is the point where my head shot up and my eyes widened, " What?" I asked.
" I must have it!" Galactus said slowly.
Scott looked from Galactus to me to Harry, " Go!" he shouted.
Harry nodded and grabbed me, jumping on his glider, we headed away! As fast as we were going, Galactus was right behind us and seemed to get closer with every giant step. While Galactus was giant, Harry's skill at riding the glider was amazing. If I wouldn't have been being chased by a giant, planet devouring thing, I'd have enjoyed it...and been a little aroused.
" You okay?" Harry asked, looking at me for a second. I didn't want to tell him I could fly, so I just nodded, " You scared?"
" No, honestly I'm..." but I stopped as I noticed we weren't being chased anymore, then suddenly a giant hand reached from behind a building up ahead and knocked us from the glider! As I was falling, I tried to fly, but a hand grabbed me and I stood before the gigantic alien.
" You resonate power!" Galactus said with pleasure.
" Ok, I'm gonna need dinner first." I said angrily. He stared down at me and made to close his hand, but as he did, I was swept off my feet by Spider-Man, or Peter Parker rather.
" You're in trouble." Peter said, looking back, " Where is he?"
" Duck!" I said, remembering what had just happened. Spiderman did as I asked and we avoided Galactus' giant hand and swung away.
" Thanks." he smiled.
" Don't mention it, I mean you are saving my life." I chuckled.
" You saved mine earlier, so..." Peter said. As we swung around a building, we were shot down by a blast that sent us through the glass window of a building! Peter never let go of me as we fell through floor after floor of the building. We landed with a thud on the bottom floor and layed there, lifeless.
X-Factor ran down the street, trying to figure out where Pane, Galactus, the Surfer, Harry, and Peter had gone. Surfer flew down and laid Harry in front of them.
" Where are they?" Scott asked.
Silver Surfer shook his head, " I do not know. I lost them grabbing the other human, Osborn."
" What? Then where is Pane?" Jean asked.
" With Peter." Warren said.
" Where's Galactus?" Scott asked, " Someone that big doesn't just disappear!"
" He has gone to re-energize himself." Silver Surfer said, looking up, " But we have to find Pane Rawling and Peter Parker before Galactus does."
" On his uniform, there's a tracker, I'll track him." Scott said.
" I'll help, I can smell him." Logan said, joining them.
" Logan?" Jean said, " Where'd you come from?"
" I flew him here, you think I'd just leave, bub?" Logan smirked, extending his claws.
" How are you going to stop him?" Warren asked.
" I think we can help." Reed Richards voice came from behind them. They all turned to see the Fantastic Four.
" And I brought help." Logan smiled.
" Where's Pane?" Johnny asked.
I woke up I don't know how long later and saw Peter, bruised and bloody, laying next to me, his arm draped over me. I got to my knees and noticed I could barely get there. I rolled Peter onto his back and bent my head down to his chest and noticed that he was still breathing.
" Peter. Peter, you have to wake up!" I said, shaking him, then I heard a noise and stopped. I tried to stand, but I wobbled and when I finally stood, something snapped around my neck, and I brought a fist backwards and smacking someone right in the face! They tried to hit me, but I ducked and flipped whoever it was over my shoulder, " Who...are you?" I panted.
" You don't remember me?" Sinister snickered, " I'm hurt."
" Sinister?" I asked, " What are you doing here?"
" Science." He said, pulling out a device and pressing a red button! I immediately felt a surge of electricity through my whole body and fell to the ground in pain. Sinister got to his feet, " I've been waiting to catch you. You are the last piece to the puzzle."
" The puzzle?" I asked.
" My minions are grabbing the last variables." he smiled, pressing another button. I felt a shock, then passed out!
As Johnny, Logan, Harry Osborn, and Scott made it to the building, they searched high and low. The building was an old warehouse that looked to be just a warehouse, but the tracer said that Pane was there. Logan could smell Pane and it was clear that not everything was as it looked.
" This place is dingy." Johnny said.
" Dingy?" Logan asked, " I know dingy and the place ain't that, bub."
" Right," Johnny said, " Let's just find Pane and Peter Parker."
" I found something." Harry said, looking at the floor. The other three guys ran to the scene and stopped at the sight, " There's blood."
" They're here." Logan said.
" Right you are, heroes, but you shouldn't have come." Sinister's voice came over an intercom.
" Sinister?!" Scott shouted, " Where are they?"
" You're just in time, " Sinister said as a monitor floated down with Pane shackled and Peter laying on a table, " for our little experiment. The room is being pumped with some serious sleeping gas. I had to keep you distracted while it takes affect."
The guys looked around the room saw the gas and each quickly fell to the floor except Logan.
" I remembered you, Wolverine." Sinister said giddily. Suddenly darts flew out at him and he passed out onto the ground!
I struggled in the shackles as I woke up. I looked up at Sinister who just stared at me.
" What?" I asked, feeling queasy.
Sinister smirked, " I am glad to inform you that the surgery went well." he said.
" Surgery?" I asked, shocked, " You operated on me? YOu do know the world is ending, right?"
" In a hurry to sacrifice yourself? Isn't that what you're good at?" he asked.
I looked over and there was five tables set up with Peter, Scott, Harry, Logan, and Johnny laying on the tables. I tried to move the shackles with my mind, but it hurt when I did.
" You know what it is, you cannot use your powers." Sinister smiled.
" What did you do to me? What did you do to them?" I asked.
Sinister got up and walked to me, " A mere experiment that could only be done on one such as yourself." he said happily.
" You know who's here, right? The devourer of worlds." I said.
" Galactus? Here? What a treat." Sinister smiled.
I chuckled insanely, " He's trying to take my powers." I said.
Sinister stopped and looked at me, " You lie." he said, stunned.
" No. He's probably on his way now." I said, " And if you don't let me go, he'll be here."
" If he takes your power, my plan will never work." he said to himself.
" That would be." I asked. He looked at me seriously, " I had to try. Am I going to die from your little 'experiment'?"
" On the contrary." he said, " You will bring life."
Pane <What does he mean?>
The Phoenix <You'll see.>
Pane <How do I get out of here?>
The Phoenix <Try.>
I looked past Sinister, to Logan. In my mind, I could see it. I was moving towards him, then I went into him and I travelled through his blood and found myself pulling some green slime from his body until it was gone. when I found myself back in my body, I was looking at Sinister, face to face. He was touching my belly.
" Where did you go? How is that possible?!" he shouted.
" Cause it is what it is, bub!" Logan said behind him, sliding his claws into Sinister, " How do you like my experiment?" Sinister fell to the floor and doubled over in pain, then Logan looked at me.
" Break the neck." I panted.
Logan looked at me, " Normally, I'd be all for that, right now, we've gotta get you out of here, bub." he said, breaking my inhibitor.
" That's what I meant." I said harshly, " Sorry, I don't feel good." I felt a surge in my power and the shackles broke.
" The gas knocked them out, how do we get them to wake up?" Logan asked, turning to them.
I lifted my hand felt electricity crackle through my fingertips and suddenly, four burst flew out of my hand and hit the men! They jolted up and looked at me. Before another word could be said, The building crumbled and standing before me was Galactus.
" You gotta get outta here!" Johnny said, staring at me.
" I can take him!" I said, ignoring his serious glare.
I took a step forward and was, once again, swept off my feet. I looked over to see Silver Surfer. I stared at him dangerously and I noticed that he was staring at me stomach, I looked down and felt my stomach and stitches...many stitches.
" What?" I asked.
" You do not know and I shall not tell you." he said.
" Gosh, are all silver men so cryptic?" I asked.
" I guess you shall have to find out." he said as we jetted through the air.
" Any idea how to defeat him?" I asked.
" No, he takes power. The more power, the more powerful he becomes. It is simple." Silver Surfer said, " BUt I am sure that he has never encountered one such as yourself."
" Whaddya mean?" I asked.
" You are the most powerful being I've ever come in contact with. And now..." the surfer said.
" What does that mean? What's different?" I asked.
" He has never taken such power." Surfer said.
" I got an idea. Turn us around." I said quickly.
X-factor, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and Harry Osborn and Spider-Man had tried their best to subdue or even kill Galactus. Their bodies were scattered here and there and Galactus' patience faded.
" I want power, now!" Galactus shouted.
" You want it, come get it." I said, hopping off the Surfer's board and floating down to the ground.
" I shall have my power!" Galactus shouted to the sky.
" NO! Pane, you have to...go!" Scott said weakly.
" Stay out of this!" I said, walking forward. As I got closer, I stopped and looked up at Galactus.
Galactus sent a beam down and I could feel it sucking at my powers. At first, I faltered, but I felt my powers expand and I felt them. All the mutants.
<I'm going to use your powers to overload him. All of you. He would overload on just my powers, but I'm shutting him down...or making him invincible.>
Scott <That's a big risk.>
Johnny smirked, <Go for it!>
I expanded my powers and found every mutant out there and I connected to them. I felt my power being absorbed and suddenly there was no sound coming from Galactus. He was swaying before, but now he stopped.
" What...This is not...NO!" he shouted and a vortex of power enshrouded him and he seemingly blew up!
I panted roughly and fell to my knees and felt someone's hand on my back, it was Scott's.
" Pane!" Scott shouted.
" I'm alright...I'm just, a little weak." I said.
" Let's go home." he smiled, hugging me.
" Home? All of us?" I asked. I looked around and noticed that everyone had gotten up and were a little shaky themselves. They all stared.
" Yeah." he said, picking me up and carrying me away.
I walked down the path outside the Mansion, on my way to see what Sinister had done to me. I stopped when I heard a voice.
" How are you?" a voice asked.
I looked over to the wall, " I'm good, Peter, how are you?" I asked.
" I'm good. Powerless, but good." I smiled.
" Powerless?" Peter asked, dropping fromt the tree.
" We have front doors." I smirked, " And yes, I'm not full of the powers. I exhausted them. Unless i can turn them off, I exhausted them and it doesn't look like I'll be getting them back anytime soon."
Peter looked at me, " Are you okay? I mean, are you gonna be alright with that?" he asked.
" Yes. And I don't want to talk about it." I said sadly, " What about the symbiote? Did you catch it?"
" No." he said, " I've been trying and not successful. Where were you going so fast?"
" To get results...don't ask." I smiled weakly.
" MJ is back. She says that...I mean..." Peter said, leaning over to me, " I'm not sure what I..."
I leaned in and kissed him. For a minute, there was no one but us on Earth, then Scott and Hank ran over to us. I stopped and looked up at them, " Hi." I said simply.
" There is something disturbing." Hank said frantically.
" About my results?" I asked, " What's wrong?"
" Nothing's wrong...you're...um, pregnant." Scott explained.
" Huh?" I asked, looking from Scott and Hank to Peter, " Huh?!"
~And they lived happily ever after, just kidding, but if you liked this, e-mail me at Femtoka2@yahoo.com and I'll start on the next one~