[Aron's first person POV]

  After Pietro's successful evolution and his endless bragging, it was time to move on to the mutant in line... Jubilee. Her powers were... uo say the least. The ability to gee energy psmoids had often been uimated. She referred to them as "fireworks," but I khey had untapped destructive potential. In the new iovies, the creators sidelined her like many other characters. And I'm gonna ge that in this reality.

  I have already unlocked her potential, but sidering her unstable power I couldn't risk her blowing up the isnd. So, I found a perfect pce.

  Jubilee stood across from me. We are in the middle of a desote nd far from civilization. The terrain was cracked and dry, with jagged rocks and mountains stretg for miles. It was the perfect pce for what we were about to do.

  "Okay," Jubilee said, brushing a stray lock of hair out of her face. "I get why we're in the middle of nowhere. You think I'm gonna blow something up, don't you?"

  "Not think, Jubilee. Know. You've been holding back for years, probably your whole life. It's time to see what you're really capable of," I said as I poi the mountain behind her. "Let it all out on that."

  Jubilee squi the mountain. 'Betsy slice o, Jean got fancy Phoenix, Kitty turn invisible, that thief run so fast and that Wanda, showoff... Everyone is s. Now, it's my turn. I'll show them what I do.' She extended her hands, her fingers crag with her familiar sparks. The "fireworks" popped in the air, bright and colorful as always, but harmless. She ched her fists, trying to will more power into them. The sparks intensified slightly, but the mountain stood unfazed.

  "e on," she muttered to herself, stepping forward. Her hands glowed brighter, the light growing in iy. She released a burst of energy toward the rocky cliff. It crackled through the air, hit the target, and barely left a scorch mark.

  I crossed my arms a out a small sigh. "Is that all you've got? I expected more."

  Jubilee turned around, scowling. "Oh, I'm sorry, Mister Coach-of-the-Year. Maybe if you stopped h and throwing shade, I'd actually get somewhere. My power is just a joke. I'm the same old me Jubilee troubling others with tiny explosions. Sigh!"

  "Or maybe you're afraid," I replied coolly. "You've always kept your powers small, trolled, safe. What if the problem isn't what you 't do, but what you won't? It's like a subscious thing. As long as you don't get rid of that, it won't work."

  Her eyes narrowed. "Fine. You wao let loose? Let's see what happens."

  She threw both hands forward, her entire body surging with energy. The bst she released was louder, brighter, and was enough to send shockwaves through the air. Dust kicked up from the ground, and the mountain's surface cracked slightly, a small k tumbling down. But it was still far from the devastation I knew she was capable of.

  She dropped her hands, panting. "That's it? I'm trying, okay? Maybe I just... don't have it in me."

  I stepped closer, l my voice. "It's not about force, Jubilee. It's about focus. Right now, you're scattering your energy all over the pce, like tossing water into the wind. You o harness it. trol it."

  "How am I supposed to do that?" she snapped. "It's so hard to trol all that scattered energy. You make it sound so easy. "

  "Because it is. It's all about your focus aions. You are thinking too much," I held out my hand. "Watch."

  I used her mutation, redireg the psma energy into a trated beam. A searing nce of light shot from my palm, slig through a boulder like butter. The air shimmered with heat, the grouh the beam turning molten.

  Jubilee stared, wide-eyed. "Wait! You do that?"

  "With your power? Yes," I said. "And so you. But you have to stop seeing it as fireworks and start seeing it for what it really is. Energy. Pure, destructive, powerful energy. Feel it. Guide it. Stop holding back."

  The hree days were a blur of training. Jubilee struggled at first, releasing bursts that fizzled out or exploded too early. She grew frustrated, and I had to remind her stantly to breathe, to focus, to trust herself. She barely slept, her exhaustion mounting, but she refused to quit.

  Ohird night, she finally found her ter.

  Standing before the mountain again, her hands glowed with trated energy. It wasn't the wild sparks from before, but a focused, swirling mass of psma. Her face was calm, her breathing steady.

  "Now," I said softly. "Let it out. Everything you've got."

  She thrust her hands forward, and the bst she unleashed was nothing short of awe-inspiring.

  [Booom!] A bright beam of psma energy tore through the air, striking the mountain with nuclear-level force. The ground trembled as the beam pierced through the solid rock, leaving a gaping hole in its wake. Heat waves rippled through the air, and molten rock dripped from the edges of the impact zone.

  Jubilee lowered her hands, swaying slightly. Her face ale with exhaustion, but a triumphant grin spread across her lips.

  "I... I did it," she breathed.

  "Not perfect," I said, smirking. "But damn impressive."

  "Not perfect? You demon. I did everything right. That was amazing!" she s me.

  [Booom!] I shot a psma beam at the mountain on ht, leveling it along with all the mountains beyond it. It was like a nuclear explosion with that famous mushroom cloud, but er. The sound and shockwaves traveled for miles. I raised a shield around us to prevent Jubilee from getting blown away. But to prevent attrag unwatention, I had to revert it back to normal using matter manipution.

  Jubilee watched the spectacle with her jaw hanging open, looking back at me with a shocked expression. "What... the hell..."

  "That's what you should have done," I expined. "There is a lot more energy inside of you than you realize. Once you learn how to el it correctly, your power will be terrifying."

  "I do that with my power?" She looked at me as if she had seen a ghost.

  "Yup! That was just 10% of your potential," I replied. "Now, how about some food and sleep? You need some rest before we get back to training."

  The day, Jubilee wao test her new power. It was almost night by the time she got exhausted.

  "Wow. I really did all that," Jubilee said in a tired voice.

  She mao blow a mountain down before losing steam.

  "Say, Aron. you use 100% of my mutation?" She asked me while sitting on the ground with her legs crossed, too exhausted to even stand up.

  "Yes. You want to see it?" I asked.

  "Of course! I wanna see what I do if I don't hold back!" Jubilee smiled excitedly, g her fists. "So, you show it to me? My 100%?"

  "Sure," I replied. I created a dome around us with Phoenix Ford used the Space Stone's power, pulling us inside an isoted dimension. Then I used the Stone's pain to pull in a giaeor above us.

  "You insane?!" Jubilee jumped up in panic.

  "This..." I pushed the mutation to 100%. My body began to glow with a bright blue as I became translut except for my skeleton. I could feel the insane energy flowing through me. And it kinda feels weird and hard to expin the feeling in words. It's as if I was floating in an endless o of energy.

  "Don't die on me, Aron! Your skeleton! Ghost?!" She panicked even more.

  I grinned. "... is what happens when you use 100% of your mutation."

  I held my hand up to the sky, pointing at the meteor. "Atomic Explosion!" A small ball of energy gathered at my fiips.

  "...what?" Jubilee muttered in disbelief.

  I fired the energy beam at the meteor. It detonated in an enormous explosion. The entire space shook and trembled violently as the shockwaves traveled through the air. But ihe Phoenix Barrier, it's all normal. The meteor disappeared without leaving any trace.

  "Woah," Jubilee said while staring at my translut body. "That was... just wow..." She pocked my skeletal fad smiled. "Hey! This feels weird! You are like a jellyfish!" She poked my face again and giggled.

  I let out a sigh as my body began to turn back to normal.

  "Phew! That feels great," I cracked my fingers.

  "Uumm..." Jubilee's eyes went to my fad then below my waist.

  "What?" I raised an eyebrow. I touched my head and my face... Ah! Crap! My hair is gone! All of it! Even my eyebrows! Then I noticed that my clothes were gone as well.

  There I was standing before Jubilee, naked.

  "Ahhh!" I covered my manhood using my hands and turned around, face burning. I was so focused on using 100% of her mutation that I fot about this little side effect.

  She whistled. "Not bad, Aron!"

  "Shut up!"

  I quickly used reality manipution to create new clothes for myself. I sighed again.

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