<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/FrJ71jZ.jpg)</div>Santa was enraged at the insolence of the naughty little X-men but before he had a moment to think Cyclops hit him hard with a massively powerful energy blast. The bright red beam was as much blinding as it was powerful. Santa was picked up and thrown back by the unexpected blast. His large form smashed into the wall with a thunderous smashing sound. At that point Santa planted his feet and resisted Cyclops energy beam.<br/><br/>Santa bellowed, "<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 14pt;"><strong>HO HO HO</strong></span>"<br/><br/>Bullets whizzed about like annoying gnats, peppering Santa with their stinging bites as Deadpool opened up on the jolly old Saint Nick! Growing more enraged Santa grew another six inches in height and his muscles bulged and strained, all his clothes ripping away. Leaving Santa in his candy cane undies that now fit like speedos.<br/><br/>The little elves in the shop started to swarm on his attackers like angry chihuahuas. No literally they looked like little green chihuahuas in tiny elf costumes. The scene was descending into total chaos. Any X-men daring to enter the fray would soon find themselves swarmed by the angry animals.<br/><br/><hr/><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/5vw3GEe.jpg)</div>Franklin had only just entered the chaos, stepping past the unconscious Quicksilver, when the woman known as Rogue flew in and snatched him up under his arms.<br/><br/>Rogue said,<em>"Didn't know Santa would deliver me a man this Christmas. Were you lookin' for me, suga?"</em><br/><br/>"While I am flattered please do not make the mistake of touching me," Franklin said. "In another universe, you know me as the son of the Fantastic Four's Reed Richards. My name is Franklin and I'm here for the one called Marvel Girl. Where is Jean?"<br/><br/>As Rogue took him back outside the skies overhead begun to burn away, What at first looked like the sun could be plainly seen through the clouds. The snow had stopped and the previously darkened skies were now thin enough for the sun to be seen behind the cloudy haze. If one looked up in the direction of the sun they would instead see a blaze in the shape of a bird, and not the sun.<br/><br/>"Look up," Franklin said as he gestured upwards. "The Phoenix is here! In other universes, Jean and the Phoenix Force merged. But here, it has been free to roam the universe and destroy at will. Now it has come for your galaxy." His voice was like ice, hollow with terror.<br/><br/>He was correct... in this world, in this universe, there had been no Phoenix Force to possess Jean Grey. And now off in outer space the malevolent force of nature shone brightly. Where the sun should be there was only the Phoenix. It blazed brightly with a wing span of 1.4 million km (864,000 miles). The immense power warming the solar system.<br/><br/>A solar system with no sun, in it's place blazed the Phoenix.