"Quick, this way!"
"This way is the exit, hurry up and follow!"
"Speed!"
Along with the noisy footsteps and slightly urgent calls, soon, a group appeared at the end of the corridor corner in Hawk and Wanda's view.
Leading the way was a young man wearing a special pair of red quartz glasses, looking somewhat rebellious.
Cyclops, Scott!
Then there was a man whose skin was completely blue, covered with short hair, with a flexible tail, looking more demon-like than human.
Nightcrawler, Kurt.
And—
As striking as a 'Big Sister' was the Mystique, Raven!
But Hawk and Jean's gaze both naturally fell on the young woman next to Mystique, Raven, who looked like she was seventeen or eighteen with long fiery red hair.
The red hair hung like Wanda's hair, like flames.
Her facial features were defined like Hawk's.
Lips like Wanda's, red and thin.
Eyes as calm and deep as Hawk's, yet mysterious like Wanda's.
It was Hawk and Wanda's daughter.
Jean!
Six eyes met.
No, accurately, it was countless eyes meeting.
Because as these young X-Men rounded the corner, they saw Hawk and Wanda in their scarlet tight battle armor and stopped in their tracks.
The young X-Men looked at the two appearing at this place, full of disbelief and confusion.
But Hawk and Wanda's eyes were fixed on one person at this moment.
Similarly.
As Jean's gaze captured Hawk and Wanda, it seemed as if the entire world had shrunk to a world with only Hawk and Wanda.
The next second.
Jean's face showed an incredulous delight and an "I knew it" joy, after a moment of subconscious pause, she started walking towards Hawk and Wanda.
Cyclops, Scott, wearing sunglasses, saw this scene and instinctively wanted to grab Jean's arm.
Unfortunately, he didn't catch her.
Hawk's keen eyes caught this scene, instinctively frowned, but soon relaxed.
Because—
"Daddy!"
"Mom!"
Jean's voice trembled a bit, from quick walking to confirming this wasn't an illusion, she couldn't help but speak up, then ran towards Hawk and Wanda's location.
"Daddy?"
"Mom?"
"..."
Upon hearing Jean's address, the young X-Men felt their minds a bit puzzled, then couldn't help but look at each other.
"Isn't Jean an orphan?"
"Yes."
"Wasn't Jean adopted by Professor X?"
Listening to the discussions among the young X-Men, Mystique, Raven, resembling Big Sister, also couldn't help frowning, but soon, recalling a conversation from long ago, her gaze turned thoughtful as she looked at Jean reunited and hugging her parents.
Jean hugged Wanda tightly, smiling with eyes full of tears, looking at Hawk on the side.
"Daddy, I've waited for you so long."
"...Sorry."
Hawk looked at his daughter Jean, who was six years old in his universe, and hadn't been gone long, maybe a little over a month, yet had grown into a young lady in the blink of an eye.
It's well known.
Time flows differently between universes.
Clearly.
The flow rate in this universe was obviously faster than in Hawk and Wanda's universe, and it was evident that they missed Jean's growth.
Indeed.
This universe is quite low-tier.
Hawk looked at his daughter, now seventeen or eighteen, with qualities from both him and Wanda, thoughts racing, complaining about this low-tier universe.
Listening to Hawk's apology, Jean's smile grew wider.
"But I always believed you'd come to find me, Daddy."
"And Mom."
Jean said, turning her head, smiling broadly at Wanda, timely adding a sentence.
Wanda's smile froze.
Alright.
No mistake, this is definitely her own daughter.
Though raised since young together, in Jean's heart, "Daddy" had always been the priority.
Just like moments ago.
Jean hugged Hawk first, then hugged her.
Wanda thought, facing Jean's charming, smiling face, instinctively rolling her eyes.
"If you like your Daddy so much, hug your Daddy then."
"No way!"
Jean hugged Wanda tightly, giggling and asked, "By the way, Mom, how did you know I was here."
Wanda chuckled: "Finding you? Your Daddy turned everything upside down outside, isn't it simple?"
Physically turned upside down.
Quantico annihilated.
Dozens of generals in the Pentagon exterminated.
Half of the White House collapsed into ruins, and before dawn, Washington was already in chaos.
Jean listened to Wanda's words and blinked.
Just as she was about to speak, urgent footsteps echoed from the end of the passage.
"Shit, quickly!"
"Don't let them escape."
"Holy shit!"
"Damn it, they've caught up, hurry!"
Cyclops Scott and Mystique Raven reacted to the angry shouts from behind, shouted, and started running with the rescued X-Men towards Hawk and Gwen.
Jean also snapped out of her thoughts.
"Oh no, Sentinels, Daddy, Mommy, hurry up."
"Their weapons can counter…"
"Boom!"
The words were not yet finished.
Jean felt a blur in front of her eyes and saw Hawk who had suddenly disappeared. Instantly, she turned to see Hawk appear behind the X-Men, raising her eyebrows as the tension and unease on her face melted away like snow.
Right.
With Daddy here, why should I run?
Daddy is the most powerful in the whole universe; otherwise, that oversized bad guy who was bigger than planets wouldn't have tried to kidnap me to threaten Daddy back then.
So——
"Phew!"
Once Jean regained her composure, she told the oncoming Cyclops and Mystique, "Stop running, it's all good now."
The young X-Men also saw the relieved expression on Jean's face at that moment and stopped.
"Shit!"
"They've caught up."
Nightcrawler Kurt, looking like a devil with a tail, exclaimed as he saw Sentinels appear at the end of the passage.
Everyone turned their heads to look.
The next second.
They saw a scene they probably would never forget, maybe not the most shocking, but definitely the most terrifying.
No exception.
Every Sentinel seemed to disintegrate into molecular states, turning into splashes of blood after a crimson light flickered.
In an instant.
The Sentinels' shouts and footsteps vanished, leaving only the dense blood splatter in the passage and Hawk walking towards them, expressionless and backlit by the dense blood mist.
"Holy shit!"
"Jesus Christ!"
"God!"
"Who is he?"
"My Daddy."
Jean smiled at Mystique Raven: "My spiritual power was given by Daddy."
Mystique Raven raised her eyebrows.
At this moment, Hawk walked over and laughed: "Hehe, your spiritual power in this world was given by your mother, not by me."
That's the truth.
Jean's current power is inherited from her mother Wanda's spiritual power; as for Hawk's Phoenix Power, Jean has yet to inherit it.
After all, Hawk cannot use extraordinary energy in this world, so naturally, his daughter cannot use the Phoenix Power inherited from him.
Moreover, he has evidence.
Let's put it this way.
If Jean in this universe could use his Phoenix Power, then at the first assault on the X-Mansion by the Sentinels, the Phoenix Power would have erupted and, without Hawk around, would have uncontrollably and easily destroyed the planet.
Listening to Hawk's words, daughter Jean couldn't help but blink: "I have power from my mom here? I never knew!"
Hawk laughed: "The power your mom gave you has always been there; you just didn't notice it before."
This is indeed the truth.
Let's put it this way.
If Jean hadn't also inherited Wanda's spiritual power, which allows her mental world to keep expanding, Jean wouldn't be able to contain Hawk's Phoenix Power.
To provide an analogy.
Hawk's Phoenix is the water, and Wanda's power is the container; this is the fundamental reason why daughter Jean, as time progresses, can indeed inherit more of the Phoenix Power.
Daughter Jean nodded in sudden realization, then looked at Hawk with curiosity.
"Then Daddy, where is the power you've given me?"
"It's on its way."
Hawk, hearing this, watched daughter Jean's somewhat wistful little eyes and smiled faintly.
Wanda instinctively patted daughter Jean's head: "Your dad's power hasn't projected into this universe yet; in a certain sense, your dad is currently just an ordinary person."
Upon hearing this.
The young X-Men, listening to the family's conversation, had the exploding Sentinels into blood mists replayed in their minds and couldn't help but glance at each other.
Wow.
If that's ordinary, what does that make us?
Handicapped?
The young X-Men looked at Hawk, who appeared god-like in his crimson tight battle armor, pondering.
"Alright."
Unaware of the young X-Men's thoughts and not concerned, Hawk changed the topic and looked at Wanda: "Wanda, you take our daughter outside first, I'll go inside and check."
Wanda nodded upon hearing this.
"Sure..."
"Wait!"
Due to the injection of the X Gene Suppression Potion, Quicksilver wasn't able to run fast at the moment and needed support from others, blurted out.
"Wanda, you're called Wanda?"
"…"