[3 days ter] [Isnd base] [Beach]

  After Jean's training, it sylocke's turn. She stood before Aron. "I'm ready," she said fidently. "Do it."

  "Alright," Aron pced his hand on her shoulder and used his Phoenix Force to unlock her potential and enhance her tent talents. "You have a ualent, Betsy. And it will make you untouchable."

  The golden aura surrounded Betsy's body. She felt the ge instantly. Her mind expanded, opening up to the world around her. She could sense everything, every thought, every emotion, every desire. It was overwhelming, but she pushed past the disfort and focused on stabilizing the overwhelming power oozing out of her.

  As if sensiruggle, Aron spoke. "You're doing great. Remember to trol your emotions. Keep your mind calm. Focus."

  Betsy breathed deeply, pushing down the chaos within her. Her psioniergy fred, maing as a psychic bde that coiled around her arm like a serpent. She could feel its power, like aension of her own will. Not only her mutation but also her physical body went through ges. Her skin glowed with a faint purple hue, while her hair turned dark blue. Her muscles, flexibility, and speed all improved dramatically.

  "Incredible," Aron whispered in awe. "You've unlocked your full potential, Betsy. Peak human dition plus enhanced mutation. You're... Hahaha... I never imagined you'd bee this strong."

  "I feel it," Betsy said, grinning from ear to ear. She summoned a giant sword made of psychiergy that seemed to reach the clouds. The dark purple bde hummed with power, rippling with barely tained energy. "I feel everything."

  "Show me. Split the o in two," He said.

  Betsy flicked her wrist and smmed the giant sword. A deafening crack tore through the air as the psychiergy struck the water. There was a bit of resistance, but the sheer force of the attack split it wide open. Waves surged and crashed to either side, f a massive trench that extended far into the horizon. The water stood frozen in pce, held back by an invisible barrier of psychiergy, revealing the seabed beh.

  For a moment, the world seemed to hold its breath. Then the o colpsed back with a thunderous roar, water crashing together in a chaotic surge as the energy dissipated into the air. Betsy stood still, her glowing aura flickering as the st remnants of the psychic bde faded from her hand.

  "That's badass!" Jubilee excimed, snapping everyone back to reality. "Is this how all BAMFs fight?"

  "BAMFs?" Wanda raised her brow.

  "BAMF—Badass M... Ahem. Nevermind. It's an inside joke," Jubilee coughed awkwardly and turo the o.

  "That was... I don't know how to say it. She split a city in two with just a snap," Pietro's eyes widened. "And if I were to guess, that's just the start of it."

  "Did that girl really create a trench just with her sword ssh?" Jean said, gawking at Betsy.

  "She just cut the whole fug o in two!" Kitty shouted. "That ic! Betsy 1000. Trench o zero."

  [Wooff! Woooff!] Goldy barked.

  Betsy grinned and gnced over at Aron. "Not bad huh."

  Aron had an admiring expression on his face. "Beautiful. Just... Beautiful."

  "The o or me?" She whispered under her breath with a smile, hoping to draw some attention back to herself.

  "Both, really," His answer left her feeling tent. "Well then, how about a spar? Just unleash everything you got."

  Betsy grinned, her psychic bde shimmering with dark purple energy as it exteo a more manageable size. "Don't hold back," she said, her voice ced with excitement.

  Aron chuckled. "I wouldn't dream of it."

  In an instant, Betsy moved, a blur of motion faster than any human could track. She appeared behind Aron, her psychic bde slig downward in a swift, precise arc.

  G!

  Her bde met an invisible barrier—a shimmering golden shield that appeared around Aron like a bubble. He turo face her, his expression calm but impressed. "Fast. Let's see how you hahis."

  Aron raised his hand, and a wave of golden fmes shot toward her. Betsy's eyes glowed faintly as her preition kicked in. She saw the attaing moments before it happened and she simply sped out of the ushing herself with her telekiic ability. The fmes seared the sand where she'd just been standing, turning it to gss.

  "Not bad," she said, leaping into the air and hurling a psychic projectile at him. 'What's going on? I just saw the attack before he attacked!'

  Aron deflected the attack with a casual swipe of his hand, the golden energy dispersing it harmlessly. But Betsy was already moving again, her preition guiding her like a sixth sense. She darted around him, her bde sshing at his defenses with relentless precision. Each strike was faster and more forceful. Sparks of golden and purple energy flew in the air.

  Everyone looked in awe. Even Jubilee didn't dare to speak.

  'Will I get stronger like that if he upgrades my power?' Jubilee wondered iement as she remembered what Aron told her before about her power being equal to that of a nuclear explosion. She wao experie badly. Such raw power. 'I want it. If I have such power, I'll be able to help out my friends without holding them back. I'll be useful to them.'

  'He's pying with her. How cute?' Wanda smirked as she sat on the chair and began to sip on the pack e juice.

  'Will I be able to run even faster?' Pietro wondered.

  'I only phase through things. I wonder what kind of power I will get... I hope it's somewhat useful. I hate to see Jean always taking the spotlight and staying on his side. I want to be there," Kitty ched her fists. She wao beore than what she was. She wao stand beside Aron, just like Jean.

  k! Booom! Betsy jumped back.

  "You're faster than I thought," Aron admitted, summoning a whip of Phoenix energy that shed out at her.

  Betsy ducked uhe whip, her enhanced agility making it look effortless. She closed the gap between them in an instant and thrust her bde forward. This bde was even more trated with her energy than the previous one, made to pierce through shields. But before Phoenix Force, it was supposed to be useless... Well, Aron didn't want to break her fidence, so he decided to let the attack through. Her bde pierced through, grazing his shoulder. But it healed instantly.

  Aron ughed, a sound of genuine delight. "You're learning!"

  He tered with a burst of energy that sesy flying backward. She flipped mid-air, nding gracefully on her feet. Her glowing aura intensified as she eled more power into her bde.

  "Let's turn it up a notch," she said, her voice steady.

  She charged again, this time unleashing a series of psychistructs... daggers, s, and hat rained down on Aron from all dires. He raised his hand, creating a dome of Phoenix energy to absorb the onsught.

  Betsy anticipated his move. Before he could ter, she teleported ihe dome and thrust her bde at his chest. To her surprise, it went through his chest as blood spurted from his body.

  "Wha-" She pulled bad was stunned. But sighed in relief to see his wound healing. 'Thank god... he's still alive.'

  "Why the hell would you do that?" She yelled out in worry and panic. 'This is probably the stupidest move anyone think of. What is he, masochistic?' She wondered in fury.

  "Uummm... I got Logan's regeion plus Phoenix, so I 't die that easily. Besides..." He wiped off the blood from the er of his lips. "I couldn't believe you stabbed me." He teased her with a mischievous smirk.

  "Shut up. I anig for a sed there. Just because yirlfriend would be sad."

  "Whatever you say."

  Betsy narrowed her eyes and sprang bato a, sshing furiously with her psychic bde. "You y? Let me cut you up then."

  "Ha! Be careful not to actally kill me again."

  "Yeah right," she rolled her eyes. "I'm gonna chop you up the Wanda fix you up. Then, when you heal, we go at it again," Betsy decred haughtily.

  They fought on the beach for thirty minutes. And finally, wheopped, Betsy ractically drenched i and gasping for air while Aron was barely showing a drop of sweat. She almost reached the limits.

  "Well, not bad. With enough practice, you should be able to fight hours without feeling exhausted," Aron remarked as he stretched his body.

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