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The PF was manhandled, stomped and nearly killed yet again,
by some alien Ship:
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While the Phoenix Force is in it's purest form (no host)
The Ship, rips a hole in Space & Time in front of the Phoenix Force while in 616:
"Out of one marvelous Universe and into another"
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Then, the Ship attacks the actual Phoenix Force,
the SHIP wants to drain the energy of the Force:
"Impaled, Spitted, the Phoenix writhes as it's life is sucked out"
It has never known PAIN of this magnitude, it SCREAMS"
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"It's willfully torturing the Phoenix ..... am I imagining things,
or is it's fire going out, the colors are fading, like it's dying ...
... Truly,
the Phoenix is battling for it's life against the sear of Light that is stripping it's power away[/i]"
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The Phoenix manages to break free for a moment (though near death)
"Wounded the Phoenix falls, to survive, to mend, to heal, it must find a Host"
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The SHIP allows the Phoenix to escape for now,
"to locate it's pilot program before draining entirely"
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This is all 100% canon!
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(From the Official Marvel Universe Handbook)
"Impaled on a Lance of energy, Wounded, the Force sought a host to protect it as it Healed"