บท 111: Show off

"When will the ships arrive?" Tony asked as he was excited to get his hands on the new technology. The new york war was traumatizing for him. Even though they won it by a huge mile but space had always been mysterious to him. This was their first step to space travel and he was looking forward to it.

"In time Tony. Relax. Enjoy the vacation for now." John said. Tony got little disappointed but didn't try to force.

They finally all set up their tents, sat down on the beach while eating snacks and enjoying the sea. John remembered something and finally said

"Guys I have another intention of coming to this secluded place. After the New York war I received a new power and truth to be said I never dared to try it. Finally here so far away I can use it."

"New power. Now dreams gives you powers too? Damn. I should sleep more." Tony lamented.

"Can we see?" Steve asked with hesitation as having powers is a very private matter. Even Emma was surprised as Jon never mentioned of this new 'power'.

"Watch me." John said and and suddenly his arms stretched and it transformed into very long and wide feathers. The feathers were burning in blue light with a bit of golden flames that sparked slightly everywhere. Soon the flames covered the body and John transformed into a huge bird of flames.

The bird looked exquisite with golden flamed tails and blue fire all over the body. The bird flapped its wings as it hovered in air. Everybody was surprised after seeing this. They were in awe with such a huge bird that looked like it bathed in flames. Banner's eyes were shining differently as he knew what this power was.

"You ate the Tori Tori no Mi?" Banner asked.

"Yes Banner." said the bird.

"Wait. You are saying that John ate the mystical Zoan fruit? Holy mother of God. You are nigh invincible now." Tony said as he too follows anime but not as religiously as Banner.

"What is Tori Tori no Mi?" Steve asked as he wasn't still upto date with all the anime.

"In simple words John is basically a Phoenix. The bird of the legends. He can almost never be killed. No matter what physical damage he receives he can heal himself. And can even heal others." Diana said as they too watched the anime.

"Phoenix? Oh my God! That is a legendary creature." Pepper said while holding her hands before her mouth to stop her from screaming more loudly.

John flapped his wings and went high up in the air. He wanted to fly a bit around the island and feel the fresh air. He never used this power before so he wanted to see how powerful he was. Even though he didn't know Haki his flames were strong enough.

"No wonder he never cared before about his own assassination. He can never be assassinated. No one on earth has the power to kill him." Banner said.

Steve and other sighed as they got to understand how powerful John was now. Emma was very happy as John has taken a major leap and he would be safe no matter what. John came back after few minutes as he had flown enough and got a feel of fresh salty air.

"I thought after becoming a green lantern I might be able to defeat you. What a nice dream it was." Emma said.

"Oh c'mon me being your boyfriend can't be weak. Can I?" John said. "Guys the ship will come in a few days. Until then enjoy the vacation and you can watch the series too. You will see an interesting world." John said.

"John can you heal Bucky?" Steve suddenly asked.

"I am not sure if the fires of resurrection can heal his brain. His brain isn't actually damaged. It's just that his neuron wires are aligned a little differently." Banner answered it as he was an expert in this field.

"Don't worry Steve he will be fine soon." John assured. Everybody else spent the rest of the day enjoying in the beach. The island was big and it had a great beach along the shores. The sunset was breathtaking to see from the island.

The next day the scheduled series was released on Netflix and everybody started watching it together. They were curious about a new character that was going to arrive. The animated series started with a background voice of a girl saying

"Water... Earth... Fire... Air... My grandmother used to tell me stories about the old days. Of the time of peace when the Avatar kept balance ... that all changed when the fire nation attacked."

Yes. John went to the series of Avatar: The last air bender as a new character to handle a special situation. He couldn't let too high profile of a character be out and Aang would be the perfect candidate for his plans.