In the Belly of the Beast
Ben walked alone on a dark path, how had he gotten here? Where had he been before he couldn't remember. Though something was driving him forwards so he continued onward. None of his senses even his psychic one giving him any kind of information, he pushed forward on feeling alone. Finally he saw someone in the distance, picked up the pace running towards it. Red hair, it was his sister grabbing her shoulder to get her attention suddenly everything was wrong. Her eyes were black and her skin seemed cracked as she floated above him the aura of a phoenix appearing around her. No, not Phoenix. Dark Phoenix. With a wave of her hand everything went black.
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Ben jerked forwards all of a sudden and sharp pain seared through his left shoulder and he cried out. White light was all he saw initially, until splotches started to appear and gradually normal vision returned to him. He felt, ill drained, nauseous. It was an unusual feeling and not one he thought he'd ever felt before.
Ben tried to get up and found he couldn't he was strapped to some kind of bed. What the fuck was going on? Where the fuck was he? What had happened? He remembered Liz, Sonya, the shot and that was it. Glancing he finally saw someone a guy about his age moved towards him. Even in his current state Ben's first thought was 'damn'. Snapping that out of his head his eyes met the man.
"Where am I? Who are you? What's going on?"