Chapter 131: Rescuing a Phoenix

Chapter 131: Rescuing a Phoenix

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2nd March 2006, New York City Updated from novelbIn.(c)om

(Wanda Maximoff POV)

Wanda was gaping at her teacher, "How the hell am I supposed to beat someone like that?"

Jasmine chucked, "The solution is quite easy. You kill the main body, the first body. This should destabilize the soul link and keep him trapped in his current body. Should he die, it would be permanent. But be very careful, his main body is a lot stronger than the cloned one you fought. Should he possess the body, you won't have a chance to actually defeat him. Are you sure you want to continue?"

Wanda steeled herself and nodded, after all, it wasn't like Jean would rescue herself.

Jasmine spoke in a solemn tone, "Do you have anything you want to ask? Anything at all? The second I open this portal you'll be on your own. You will not receive my help unless I deem it necessary."

Wanda paled at this; Jasmine was genuinely going to leave her to the wolves like this. She thought that she was joking or something or that she would only help a little bit, "Do you really need to do that?"

"My dear apprentice, if I do everything for you, then when would you learn?"

Wanda gulped, understanding her teacher's sentiment but not completely agreeing with it, "Any advice?"

Jasmine smile approvingly, "Use your illusions to sneak around undetected. Do not rely too much on them, but they're one of your greatest advantages. And don't forget to use the Ankh; if you keep forgetting about using it, I'll take it and get you a regular necklace or something, not a centuries old ancient artifact of incredible power."

Wanda's face was red from embarrassment, "Just make the damn portal!"

Laughing, the avatar of Death, created a portal in front of the teenager, "Good luck, kiddo. I know you'll make me proud."

Wanda smiled at the compliment and then steeled herself and walked through the portal who immediately closed after her. The first thing she did was put an illusion around her so that no one would be able to spot her. The teenager was grateful that her mother figure had brought it up; she definitely, would have forgotten to use it.

Wanda shuddered at the hungry look at the man's face. Damn, that guy was creepy as fuck, "You're a monster, Sinister. What you have done, what you have been doing, is nothing more than you indulging in your desires. There's no greater good involved, only your greed."

Sinister snarled at her, "You're an ignorant child, girl, barely out of her diapers. What I do here, I do out of necessity. Do not speak of matters you do not have the ability to comprehend."

"Maybe I am an ignorant child, but unlike you, I do know that Apocalypse is dead."

Sinister sent a telekinetic attack at her, that she batted away with one of her own, "APOCALYPSE IN NOT DEAD. I WOULD KNOW IF HE WAS, I WOULD FEEL IT!!!"

"No, you wouldn't. Apocalypse hasn't been inside your head for a long time. The only reason you still have the illusion of his voice in your head is because you want it there. There's nothing for you to fight anymore. Someone already took your revenge from you."

"NO! KILLING APOCALYPSE IS MY PURPOSE, MY GOAL! Stop lying girl. You want to unsettle me. Don't worry, when I'm done breaking you, you'll tell me everything you know."

Sinister sent another telekinetic attack that Wanda dodged and returned one of her own. As the man shielded, she cast another illusion and hid next to it. The illusion was able to fool him for a fraction of a second. But it was enough for Wanda's attack to land and send the man flying away.

Wanda still needed a big distraction to actually trap the man like she wanted. But before killing him, she needed to destroy his main body. Sending the mental command, she activated the runic explosions, destroying Sinister's main body.

The man must have felt something was wrong because he froze for a second. Wanda used this distraction to send in a beam of telekinetic energy. It was too late for him to dodge and he ended up replying with a beam of his own to respond. They were back in a battle of wills.

"WHAT DID YOU DO?" the man yelled at her.

Wanda didn't respond, Jasmine had long ago told her not to reveal her plans to her opponent as if this was a cartoon or something.

"You still try to do this again, after the last time? Have you learnt anything at all?"

Wanda grinned at his smug tone. She could tell that the man was panicking over the destruction of his body. He probably doesn't actually understand what happened but he must have sensed that something was wrong. But now, is the time to end this. Wanda started to channel her magic through the Ankh and the artifact started glowing red. Like an arrow, the red beam ran through Sinister's black beam. Wanda's opponent had barely enough time to widen his eyes before he was disintegrated by the Wanda's attack. Damn, the teenager had forgotten how powerful this thing actually is.

Wanda sighed in relief; she had won. With that in mind, she started to remove Jean's bindings and get ready to get her out of here before blowing up this entire laboratory.

Suddenly, one of the room's walls exploded, revealing another humanoid person. It was Sinister, but in his main body. How? She had destroyed the body herself.

"Oh, young Wanda. What a clever girl you are. Your plan was a good one. It would have worked, even. Unfortunately for you, I have added several healing factors to this body. If even a single cell survives, the body will regenerate. It would take some time, of course. But an explosion, would only hold me back for a few seconds. Don't worry, young Wanda. I'm not going to kill you. I'm just going to hurt you really, really, bad!"

Wanda shuddered as she felt the bloodlust in the man's voice. She was in deep trouble.