Chapter 86 - Shiar (1/2)

AN: So someone pointed out that a wolverine isn't a cat which is true. Nat Geo says it is a weasel big enough to look like a bear.

Just want to just want to repost here so that people don't get misinformed.

Will still retain the title for the prev chap. I personally don't think Wolverine's personality is qualified to be called weasel.

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Space

The Vuk's ship just arrived at the rendezvous site. A planet on the borders of the Shi'ar Empire.

At the meetup location, there is a space fleet waiting for their arrival.

It was the Imperial Fleet of the Shi'ar Empire.

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The space fleet was composed of the following. First is the Flagship. It is an Apocalypse-class Warp-Capable Warships, Behemoth. It is a starship with the shortest length spanning 100 miles (160km). It is equipped with two, gigaton-level plasma energy weapons. One shot from this is enough to leave a huge mark on a planet. It is even possible to break the crust of a planet with it.

Surrounding the flagship Behemoth were 6 Destroyers. The main ships are each surrounded by hundred of fighter ships of different types.

There are ships designed with heavy firepower in mind. Equipped with two main guns as large as the fuselage, these ships would be able to inflict damage even to destroyers and other warships bigger than them.

The fleet did not contain any bombers as they would be useless considering the objective. Even though their bombs can cause great damage, its velocity isn't so high. Even the fastest missiles fired are slow compared to the slowest shots fired from the guns equipped in the fleet. It would be easily avoided and could even be used against their fleet.

The fleet looked as if it was preparing for war. The fleet was packing enough firepower that if they entered the territory of another empire, that empire would immediately think that the Shi'ar Empire is there to invade them.

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From this fleet, a ship came forward to approach Vuk's vessel. From the outside it looked like a common transport ship. Armed with only a couple of guns as well as some missiles, it felt out of place with the rest of the Imperial Fleet.

Seeing the party that was there to welcome them, Vuk reminded his crew not to do anything funny. They were just here to deliver the package.

The crew watched as transport ship approached. When it was near, the main doors opened and a woman came into view. She had white hair, red suit, and protruding shoulder pads. She waited for the door to fully open.

When it did, the she opened her eyelids and her eyes could be seen. They had no iris or pupils. They were just completely white eyes.

A holographic spacesuit covered her body and she jumped out of the spaceship and started moving towards Vuk's ship.

Vuk immediately ordered his crew to receive her.

Vuk: ”Hello Lady Sybil. We are plea...”

Sybil: ”Spare me pleasantries, mercenary. I am only here to check if you have done things as instructed. Take me to the Terran.”

Vuk: ”Right this way.”

Sybil was led to the containment unit where Tony's clone disguised as Jean was being held.

Vuk: ”Here she is. The target's name is Jean. She was captured unconscious and has remained unconcious until now.”

Sybil didn't listen to anything Vuk was saying. She went to the control panel of the machine and checked everything in the logs.

Sybil: ”Good. It doesn't seem as if you've done anything to her. The credits will be transferred into you accounts as soon as I transport her onto our ship. You can also keep this ship. It only be a waste of our space to keep it in storage. ”

Vuk was thinking of stalling in order to get a bit more profit but Sybil interrupted him in the middle of his thoughts.

Sybil: ”Do not try to negotiate for more mercenary. It is already considered mercy that I do not kill you at this moment.

Having told this Skywalker about our identity could be considered a breach of contract. The only reason you are alive is because you killed him.”

Vuk: ”I'm sorry. I would never do it again.”

Sybil: ”I'm sure you are. But one of your might. I suggest you kill him after you split the bounty.”

Vuk: ”I will. Thank you Lady Sybil.”

Vuk then called some of his men to help Sybil Carry Jean away.

Sybil noticed his actions and stopped him. ”No Need”

Sybil pressed another buŧŧon in the control panel and the surroundings of Jean's containment unit started moving. The end result was a capsule enclosed the containment unit.

Sybil walked towards the exits and the containment capsule floated behind her.

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Inside the transport ship.

Jean's body is transferred into another containment unit. The new container was a spherical shaped container with devices around it that maintain the container as well as produced a certain psionic field.

The first containment unit was designed to calm Jean down. It was there so that Jean wouldn't easily go on a rampage after regaining consciousness with her powers getting boosted by the Phoenix Force.

This new container was different. While the other was to calm Jean down, this was designed to restrain her powers. This device is supposed to restrict the psionic powers of the person inside as well as most other powers that any super-powered individual could have. It had a one-way defence that could allow the powers of others from outside to go inside but not the other way around.

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Shi'ar Empire has a special group of people called the Imperial Guards. They are individuals selected from the all races that compose the Shi'ar Empire. All races in the Shi'ar Empire became members due to some superior trait but the members of the Imperial Guards were special. They were recruited because they weren't just the most powerful soldiers of the empire. They also had special powers similar to mutants.

With the Shi'ar Empire having these special individuals, they learned not only to control their power but to also create devices to contain them. Such device was the one currently used on Jean.

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With Jean secured in the new containment unit, Sybil went ahead to do her job. Sybil was part of the Imperial Guards. She wasn't just here to receive Jean's body. She could let one of her subordinates do that.

She was here because she needed to establish contact with the new host of the Phoenix Force.

Sybil went close to Jean's body.

When she was close enough, she used her powers to go inside ”Jean's” mind

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In ”Jean's” mind

Sybil appeared floating in the middle of an empty space. In front of her, there was a ball of flame that surrounded what looks to be a small planet. The flame was too strong to see past. She was amazed with what she was seeing.