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Cap 127 - Negotiation. 2
🕑 Added 2020-07-23 23:15:36 +0000 UTC
"Why should I trust you?" Jean asked, uncertainty shown on her face.
"You must not trust me; you must trust your judgment."
"..."
Jean had to seriously think of what kind of decision to make at this moment and so stopped talking.
Adrian took Jean's attention and scanned the wall close to them, hiding something worth noticing.
[You noticed them, right?] Venom asked.
'Of course, I did.'
With Adrian's new senses, there was no chance of missing the presence of Gwen and Felicia, not to mention the fact that Gwen has a unique aroma that Adrian could perceive from miles away. {EN: BUT, only able to smell her usually if she'd be in the same room as you, not much of a difference.}
Adrian turned away from the wall and placed his attention back on Jean.
[Aren't you going to do anything about them?] Lasher asked curiously.
'Nope.'
[Why not?] Riot asked.
'If I stop them from finding out about me, they will be more curious, and because of their curiosity, they will get into trouble. So the only solution I can think of is to let the X-Men discover something about me. Of course, I won't let them know anything important. '
Riot: [Hmmm, this is an exciting idea.].
“I…" Jean stuttered, still undecided on what she wants.
[Tsk, damn suspicious girl.]
'Death? What are you doing here?'
[I will help this girl make a decision.]
Slowly, a dark silhouette radiating coldness and death appeared beside Adrian, stripping the very atmosphere of warmth and life in its presence.
"Hmm?" Jean looked at Adrian cautiously, fright slowly taking over her suspiciousness.
'What are you doing, Death?' Adrian asked.
[Just announcing my presence.] Death replied.
Adrian at first didn't understand why she was doing this, but looking at Jean’s current state, it became a lot more clearer.
What was Death doing? It was quite simple.
Death was forcing Jean to use her powers.
Adrian's neon eyes began to glow a cold neon blue as they crossed with Jean's.
The moment they connected, Jean felt death.
As if to defend against death, Jean began to use her powers, her Phoenix powers, and slowly, a warm atmosphere started to come out of Jean.
"I knew it. You tried to trick me."
Jean spoke with a murderous expression as she slowly rose from the ground, surrounded by a golden aura and eyes were shining.
"You're wrong." Adrian denied.
"Huh?"
*Cough!* *Cough!*
Jean coughed up blood and fell to the floor, her previous divine aura instantly dispersing.
Adrian didn't move to catch Jean and just waited.
[This is enough. You know what to do now, right?] Death spoke.
Adrian nodded with a gratified smile on his face.
'Thank you, Death.'
Death smiled for a moment, and her projection dispersed the next.
When Death's image faded, the cold atmosphere that surrounded Adrian began to fade.
“Uuurr, what happened to me?"
Adrian approached Jean and leaned down to her sitting figure, saying, "Simple, your body could not handle all of your and its power at the same time."
Jean widened her eyes in surprise. She knew that her situation was dire, but not this bad, and here she was relying on somehow solving it.
"So what you said to me is true?"
Adrian nodded again.
‘Huh, I’ve been nodding quite a bit lately.’
Jean wiped the blood dripping from her mouth and got up from the floor.
Looking back at Adrian, taking a deep breath, Jean finally made her decision.
"I will help you." Jean held out her hand.
Adrian smiled and shook her hand.
"I’ll be counting on it."
…
As Adrian and Jean had agreed to a beneficial deal to both sides, their real troubles had only just begun.
In an old mansion, a bald man in a wheelchair sat in his office, going over some papers, and suddenly felt a surge in psionic energy.
"Jean, I found you."
The man in the wheelchair abruptly put down his papers and brought a phone next to his ear, the number already dialled.
"Teacher?"
"Ororo, summon the X-Men, I felt Jean." {EN: You creepy man.}
“Okay, teacher."
The teacher looks at the window and sees the children playing with each other. "Why did you leave us, Jean?"
...
At the same time, in Emma Frost's office.
"The girl used her powers, huh?" Emma commented with a scowl.
Emma knew very well the moment Jean used her powers; a particular bald creep would look for her.
"It looks like I have to move as well." Emma gets up from the chair she was sitting on and walks out the door.
...
Felicia stood there, shocked beyond belief. She knew that Adrian was not just your average 14-year-old stud, but this spectacle went beyond any common sense she’d ever had.
She just stayed still, frozen, not knowing how to comprehend the situation.
On the other hand, Gwen reacted more rationally. She had gained some rather eye-opening experiences recently. Still, the sight of this aloof student who cared not for anyone suddenly begins floating and radiating this warming light, followed by a figure appearing next to the boy she was unnaturally attracted to and just released this aura of death that nearly made her pass out. She was just looking at it from a distance, not even mentioning what Jean must have felt. It was just a bit too much for her at the moment.
“… Did you see that too, Gwen?" Felicia asked in shock.
“… I think I did."
“…”
"I wonder what Adrian is," Felicia wondered in an apprehensive voice.
"No matter what he is, he is still Adrian," Gwen spoke, feeling uncomfortable with what Felicia said.
Felicia gained Jean and Adrian's attention and looked at Gwen.
"... You know something, right?" Felicia asked suspiciously.
Felicia was a smart girl. She could read Gwen like an open book.
"No, I don't know anything." Gwen denied instantly with a stoic expression.
Felicia narrowed her eyes in suspicion. "Okay, you don't have to tell me anything, I'll find out eventually, and with the bizarre demonstration that I saw now, I can easily tell that Adrian is not normal."
"..."
Gwen was silent.
"Seeing how you are not as shocked by that demonstration of strength, you must be something like him."
Gwen shivered slightly, but her expression remained neutral.
Felicia, seeing Gwen in silence, was slightly irritated. 'Tsk, my friends are hiding secrets from me. I don't like it. But I cannot judge them, as I do the same. '
Felicia turned and left, hoping to get to the bottom of this later.
Gwen looks briefly at Adrian and Jean, focusing a moment more on the latter. 'What is she?'
Gwen knows that Adrian obtained his powers through the spider that bit her, but she doesn't know where Jean's powers came from and that evoked her curiosity.
Gwen could not avoid it, for the curiosity of a scientist will not be sated, until they had figured it out, Gwen will not stop thinking about it until she had come to the right conclusion.
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Victor Weismann
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