Even though Phoenix had merely flown over and restrained her energy emissions, the city's temperature still soared madly. The flowers, grass, and trees in the park on the corner instantly curled their leaves and wilted.
That enormous bird-shaped sun radiated terrifying light and heat. Compared to the Phoenix Force, even the Spatial Rift's might seemed utterly unremarkable.
"The Phoenix Force truly is an incredible power."
Doom's somewhat emotional voice came from beside him. Even someone as proud and arrogant as him had to acknowledge Phoenix's strength.
"You can save that thought for when she loses control. If she fully erupts, 99% of life on Earth will be burned into soul energy in the next second and sucked into that bird's beak."
Deathstroke glanced at Phoenix without much particular reaction. He merely felt Daisy was quite good at picking allies—when she called for help, she knew to call someone who could destroy the Earth.
"Doom understands that." As a sorcerer, Doctor Doom certainly knew of one of the "three great cosmic forces," and agreed with the Mercenary's assessment.
"Here's a joke: the U.S. military has a plan to capture Phoenix alive. Heh."
What Su Ming meant was the Multiple Cuckoos plan, a branch of the Weapon X program. They would use the Cuckoo sisters, those cloned Psionics, to form a vast psychic net, then use that net to catch a bird.
All one could say was that they really dared to dream.
Jean Grey's dual personalities simply did not respond to Mind Control. If her surface personality was controlled, the lurking Dark Phoenix personality would emerge. That personality was not nearly as easy to reason with as the primary one.
The same went for Sentry. Although his Mental Power was formidable in his normal state, if someone used Psionic Power to