We can't reach the academy anymore!" Jean Grey and Ororo, who had left the Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters to find Nightcrawler, had already located the devil-like Nightcrawler, who was hiding and repenting in a church.
They successfully brought him onto the plane, but at this moment, they could no longer receive signals from Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
"What's going on? Has Scott not returned yet? Aren't Logan and Colossus there? Aren't they doing anything?" Jean Grey asked Ororo, looking puzzled.
"No, according to the data transmitted by the plane's signal sensor, there's no one in the academy!" Ororo shook her head, a worried expression on her face.
"I don't know what happened, could it be that something happened to the academy?"
"We're not there, the Professor isn't there, this does seem like an opportunity for the enemy! But where did the Professor go?" Jean Grey's delicate brows furrowed, a hint of confusion flashed in her eyes, and then she slowly closed them.
"Is it my fault? Did I bring disaster upon you?" Nightcrawler looked at Jean Grey and Ororo with a hint of self-pity, muttering softly.
"It's not your fault, just be quiet for a moment and don't disturb her." Ororo patted Nightcrawler's shoulder reassuringly and whispered, "She's trying to contact the Professor…"
"Phew!" After a long while, Jean Grey opened her eyes, looking a bit tired.
She shook her head at Ororo and said, a little confused, "I can't reach the Professor, I can't find Scott, and even Logan isn't within my sensory range…"
"Oh!" Ororo suddenly thought of something, her eyes lit up, and she walked to the cockpit.
After pressing two buttons, she took out a curved metal plate. "Perhaps we can use this to contact them…"
It turned out that this curved metal plate was a special mobile phone made by Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters.
Only they could contact each other, minimizing the possibility of their conversations being intercepted.
More importantly, even ordinary signal jamming couldn't block the communication between these phones!
"Beep beep beep!"
"Hmm?" Logan, who was still pondering why Charles hadn't contacted him, suddenly heard a sound similar to a phone ringing.
Logan instinctively reached into his pocket and pulled out a curved metal plate.
This was taken from Cyclops's car, and he hadn't expected it to actually be useful.
"Hello?" Logan quickly answered the phone and asked with a frown, "Scott? Jean or Colossus?"
"It's me, Ororo!" Ororo's slightly displeased voice rang out.
Was she, the mighty Storm, that unnoticeable?
"Oh, where are you?" Logan paused for a moment, then quickly said, "Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters was suddenly attacked by a guy named Stryker.
Have you contacted Charles?"
"No, Jean can't reach Charles either.
Where are you? And the kids from the academy?" Ororo glanced at Jean Grey beside her and continued to ask.
"Colossus took the children through the secret passage to escape first.
Banner, John, Bobby, Anna, and I are covering the rear, and we're currently in Chinatown…" Logan answered subconsciously.
"Chinatown? Okay, we'll come to meet you there now!" Ororo nodded and began to control the plane.
"You'd better not fly over.
After all, this is New York, you'd be too conspicuous, and there's no place for you to land…" Logan quickly reminded her.
If they flew a plane into Chinatown, it would probably be known to everyone.
"Don't worry, our plane has the most advanced technology, it's absolutely impossible to be discovered!" Ororo shook her head confidently and hung up the phone.
In Ororo's opinion, when it came to technological development, Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters was far more powerful than the US government!
"Beep beep beep!" Soon after, Ororo was flying the plane when she suddenly heard an alarm from the radar.
"Unidentified aircraft ahead, I order you to descend immediately, and we will escort you to the air force base.
You have ten seconds to comply!"
"Repeat! Descend within ten seconds!"
"Uh, didn't you say it would absolutely not be discovered?" Nightcrawler asked Ororo weakly.
"Damn it! How did they discover us? It doesn't make sense, our plane clearly shielded radar signals! Which bastard added equipment to the US military?" Ororo had no intention of landing and instead cursed under her breath, annoyed.
"Achoo!" Tony Stark suddenly sneezed, then looked at Jarvis, puzzled, and asked, "Jarvis, am I catching a cold?"
"Sir, according to the scan, you do not have a cold, however, your physical condition is currently a bit weak.
I suggest appropriate exercise, though group activities are not considered exercise…" Jarvis scanned Tony Stark's body and offered his advice.
"I'm a bit weak? Are you kidding me?" As the world's most formidable playboy, how could he admit to being physically weak?
Tony Stark decisively shook his head, verbally rejecting Jarvis's suggestion, but in his heart, he muttered that he did seem to be less potent than a year or two ago.
Meanwhile, in the sky, because Ororo refused to land, two planes chased Ororo's plane and began to open fire.
For a time, Ororo could only dodge frantically.
"Are there no weapons on this plane to fight back?" Nightcrawler looked at Ororo, puzzled.
From the looks of it, this plane didn't seem to have any advanced features, being easily discovered and having no weapons.
"With me here, no weapons are needed!" A hint of confidence flashed in Ororo's eyes, and a thought crossed her mind.
Immediately after, her eyes began to turn white, and her pupils were no longer visible.
"Rumble!"
Thunder rumbled in the sky, followed by tornados and lightning.
Tornados blocked the path of the planes behind, while Ororo's plane easily flew through them, as the tornados were under her control.
"Done!" A smile appeared on Ororo's lips.
Just as she opened her mouth to speak, the alarm rang out again.
"Beep! Beep! Beep!"
"Oh no! They've launched missiles! Jean!" Ororo's expression finally changed.
She looked at Jean Grey, a hint of panic in her eyes.
Jean Grey gritted her teeth, a red light flashed in her eyes, with faint images of a phoenix and flames flickering within them.
One of the two tracking missiles instantly spun out of control and lost power, plummeting downwards.
However, Jean Grey no longer had the strength to stop the other missile.
"Follow me!" Nightcrawler gritted his teeth, suddenly grabbing Jean Grey and Ororo's shoulders.
The three of them transformed into a mist, disappearing from the plane and reappearing on the forest floor.
"Hmm?" On the ground, Magneto had just extended his hand, preparing to deflect the missile, when he saw Nightcrawler and the other two appear nearby.
"Boom!" While Magneto was momentarily stunned, the plane was hit by the missile.
Half of the plane's tail exploded, and the aircraft spun and crashed towards the ground.