Marvel: False God

52: The Tiger & The Phoenix (2)

Chapter 52: The Tiger & The Phoenix (2)

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With eyes fiery red, the Phoenix stared deep into Enrique's silver pupils.

Enrique never expected to confront the goddamned Phoenix Force in this manner, not today anyway, but it was happening.

It was happening, and he had far from the upper hand. He could die today.

The aura around the room was thick, and neither Enrique nor Anna could move an inch of their bodies. Thanks to a telekinetic force that weighed tons, pressing down upon them.

What was it trying to do?

Was it trying to read his mind?

Enrique knew his 'blank' state wasn't entirely unreadable. The Great Weaver could read his surface thoughts.

But then again, the Great Weaver could only read his surface thoughts. She was well atoned in reading even the fate of the multiverse, so that much should not be surprising.

Compared to that, was the Phoenix in its base form enough to read his mind?

'Should I just shoot Heat Vision into her eyes?'

No. That's a bad idea. It's the fucking Phoenix Force that was in front of him. The personification of fire. How would it be hurt by a heat-related attack?

Anna in the back was gritting her teeth and her rage was clear. She didn't at all like seeing his forearm burning. It hurt for him too, but not that he could even scream, so he just held it in.

'So this is the face of true power?'

The Phoenix Force. The peak of each universe in the marvel multiverse. Was this it?

It felt... shallow.

Perhaps it was due to it being inside Jean, a human vessel? Enrique didn't feel fear. Or did this have something to do with his Tiger powers?

Looking again, wasn't he already in his beast form?

Suddenly, the phoenix pushed further into him. Enrique was no telepath, but this one he felt on the surface of his mind.

And that's when it happened. A pure black aura swept out of Enrique's arm and twirled with the fire energy that was pushing down on him.

Then, a natural reaction happened. When two opposing forces came face to face together, something loud and flashy was natural.

– Boom!

Void and Light met and burst just like that. A great shockwave force was generated between the two of them, and they both were shot backward to hit the wall and the door.

Enrique was the one to hit the door, breaking it and flying outside to hit the wall in the hallway.

"Ugh..."

When he found himself groaning while lying on his back, he realized he could move again.

This was a chance to run, so he tried to push himself to his feet. However, he was caught by surprise by someone who was standing right in the hallway.

"Uh,"

Enrique exclaimed in surprise, seeing the man in a long black coat stare down at him with one eye. His other eye was covered by an eye patch, but even so, the shock was visible. However, he quickly hid it when Enrique greeted him.

"Hello?"

"...Hi, it's Nick Fury. The Director of SHIELD."

Why the fuck was he here?