Jeannette puffed on her cigarette as she thought. No matter the changes she had gone through, she still considered Ororo her best friend, a glorious, regal figure who deserved to revel in her power and beauty. And the Penguin knew the best way to do it....
* * *
Storm sat in meditation, trying to relax, trying to forget the vain and obese squawking woman that Jean had become. Poor Jean, poor Jean. What had happened to her old friend? Would the old Jean ever be back?
Who had done this? Transformed her like that? Broken open her shell and pulled something new.... Turned Jean into Jeanette. Turned that lovely, sweet (mousy, frightened, obedient) woman into a shallow, vain (powerful, confident) one. What would happen if someone did that to her? Reached deep inside Storm and took out someone new.
Who would it be? Someone who no longer felt close to the sky? Who no longer commanded the storms? Who recognized that true power came from the Earth, from plants? Not a weather goddess but a fertility goddess? One who could command all growing things, who could make men bow down and worship her?
Storm ran a hand through her hair, now red as autumn, her former blue eyes were green as leaves, while her skin had darkened a little to be black as soil. It was strange but so beautiful. She didn't feel like Ororo Munro, Storm, any more, but like Ororo Isley, "Harvest."
"Mmmmm, how divine."
* * *
Jeanette cackled! Perfect! She thought of Kitty. Yes, she would make a nice Catwoman, but it would be good to do some more nice things for Ororo, and she might like Kitty as a giggly Harley. Hmmm, decisions, decisions. And, of course, there was poor Emma.
* * *
Emma Frost rubbed her body. She was itching, really itching. What was wrong?
She looked at her arm. She was scratching it so much that her skin was flaking off and underneath were white scales? Almost like an alligator's! Then she yelped in shock as a handful of her blonde hair came off in her hand. What was happening to her?
* * *
Meanwhile, the Invisible Woman was feeling a little peculiar....
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