I flew toward my restaurant, seeing her standing with her back facing me. There are paradeamons all over the place and alien spaceships all over Manhattan. A faint shield is flickering around the area, preventing the aliens from entering that area. Must be her doing... Her black hair is flowing wildly in the wind as she's wearing her signature skintight purple armor.
"Hey!" I landed beside her.
"So, you have finally returned," Gali said without turning back.
"Sorry. I saw your text, but things happened... You must be very angry, huh?" I asked nervously.
"Oh, I am furious. But, I know you were sucked into a dimensional vortex and ended up in another dimension where you killed the evil Reed and saved countless timelines," She replied while turning toward me with her arms crossed.
I'm surprised and confused, "How the hell do you know all that?"
"A girl needs to have her secrets," She smiled, leaning closer to my lips. "Besides, we got bigger things to worry about." She turned toward the sky, pointing at the paradeamon's fleet.
"The two realms are merging, Brian. I am barely holding back the dimensional rifts from collapsing," She sighed.
"Any idea how to stop this?" I asked.
"Even though I have taken over father's position, I am no Galactus. This merge cannot be stopped by my powers, I can barely prevent the timeline from breaking apart," She replied while staring at the alien spaceships hovering above Manhattan.
"Then, are we doomed?" I asked. Fucking hell! I don't want to deal with DC villains.
She looked at me and smiled, "Not necessarily..."
I tilted my head sideways, "Wait! You don't mean..."
"Yeah. I say let the merge happen. Two realms become one. Our Earth will be integrated with that dimension's Earth and so will the multiverse," She said.
I was shocked at first, but then I started thinking seriously about her proposal. I understand why she wants that. After the merge, there will be two realities merged into one. New heroes, new villains, new technology, new everything...
But there are risks as well...
"Is it worth the risk?" I asked.
Gali is looking straight into my eyes, "Better than waiting for the collapse of both dimensions."
"Alright, how long can you hold it?" I asked.
She looked up, "A few hours at best. There are too many breaches happening everywhere..."
I nodded, "Then hold on for a bit longer. I will take down this freaking army then you can merge the realms."
I can see the paradeamons gushing out of a large portal toward Manhattan. I need to take care of this mess first, or else who knows what kind of freaks will appear after the merge...
"Go," Gali said focusing back on maintaining the barrier and preventing the collapse.
Fuck, there are so many paradeamons! Just how many did these bastards transform? Anyway, the only way to stop this mess is to take down the main boss. It's either Darkseid or Steppenwolf...
Either way, it's time to end them.
Suddenly, a massive surge of energy erupted in Plaza. Fire! The Paradeamons are turning to dust from the embers flying in the air. What kind of fire is this? The paradeamons and even some alien ships caught fire and turned into dust within a few seconds. This is... Jean Grey's Phoenix force?! I flew toward Plaza, seeing a blazing phoenix hovering in the air. Inside it was Jean Grey. Her clothes were disintegrated and her eyes burning red. Flames were covering her privates.
She is like a true fiery beauty.
Jean glanced toward me. I am not sure if she is in control or not and if she isn't in her right mind, things might get dicey. This is the first time I have seen her up so close. I have never seen her in the Illuminati headquarters or X-Force's building.
"Since you are here, I guess they have activated code red, huh?" I asked with a friendly smile.
She didn't say a word and simply gazed at me. I wonder what's going on inside her head. A wave of fire emerged from her body, turning another group of paradeamons into dust.
"Brian... The one who took down Galactus," She said, gazing into my eyes.
"That's me," I gave her a thumbs up.
"Our forces are spread thin thanks to these invasion attempts. All the heroes are fighting all over the world, but there are too many breaches," Jean said floating in the air. "Our defense system has failed. All the criminals we have sealed away have broken free. Doom has turned against us."
"Yeah, I know. Saw them on my way here," I replied, "Anyway, don't bother wasting your energy fighting them. They are endless. We need to take down the main vessel which is leading the invasion."
Jean nodded, as she called back her fire. She seems to have more control over it. But...
"Umm..."
"What?" She asked.
"You... Can get dressed you know," I suggested.
"Dressed?" She looked at her naked body. The fire covering her privates dispersed. "Don't look." She crossed her arms covering her breasts and closing her thighs. Her pubes are also red like her hair.
I used
She is surprised, "I... Didn't expect you to have such powers..."
"It's a long story. Anyway, come with me. We will take down the main source of this problem," I replied and flew toward the sky. When I used my cosmic awareness earlier, I noticed a massive thing floating above Earth. It must be where the aliens are coming from...
Jean flew beside me, "Just the two of us?"
"No," I took out my phone from inventory and dialed Phyla's number. If we have Captain Marvel with us, taking down their main fleet should be a piece of cake...
I hope Phyla can make it on time.
[Steppenwolf's Ship]
Jean's body began to glow as soon as we crossed Earth's atmosphere. Her Phoenix Force protects her from space. Phyla soon joined us and we flew straight toward Steppenwolf's mother ship.
"It's been a while, Phyla," Jean said.
"Indeed," She nodded, "It seems you have managed to stabilize your power, huh?"
Jean nodded, "I did not expect the Phoenix Force to be so vast and powerful..."
"And you," Phyla gazed at me, "Are a big fat liar..."
"Huh?"
"We were supposed to..." She was about to say something, but stopped and cleared her throat, "We will talk later, mister. You have a lot of explaining to do."
Ah! Fuck! I remember promising Phyla that we would go on a long nice ride like a regular couple without any superpower shit getting in the way... And yet, I ended up going on an interdimensional adventure killing the evil Reed and saving the universe. And she is pissed. She is very pissed.
"Haha... I have a very good excuse for that," I smiled awkwardly.
"Let's deal with the invaders first," Jean interjected with a sigh.
"Right... I will hear your so-called excuse after this mess," She grumbled and sped up straight toward Steppenwolf's mother ship. She is moving incredibly fast with Jean and I trailing behind her.
The ship's weapon system fired toward us. Haha! Like that can stop us. It's like a tickle to my skin. We dodged their missiles and blasts with ease and got closer to their main ship.
"I will burst open the hull, be ready," Phyla said and raised her hand forward, charging her cosmic power. A massive blast fired from her palm, opening a hole on their hull.
Jean is the first to charge inside and set everything on fire, destroying every alien that came toward her. Before I could enter, Jean exploded the entire ship from within and shot outside with her Phoenix force flaring.
A giant hand appeared before my face. I couldn't even react to it's speed. Now, this is the first time. It grabbed my face and tried to dive back toward the Earth's atmosphere. Steppenwolf! I can see him through the cracks between his fingers. Interesting. He used a teleporter. But, you, my creepy and spiny friend need much more power if you want to contest me in terms of strength.
"What are you?" Steppenwolf asked in a deep demonic voice while trying to push me back, but his strength wasn't enough to push me down.
"Your worst nightmare," I replied as I summoned the Muramasha Blade and cut off his hand.