Jean again began manifesting the Phoenix raptor, creating a rift between Jean and Scott relationship, and the entity even started to appear as another personality within Jean, even having a conversation with Prof. Xavier on its role in events to come. When the X-Man, Xorn revealed himself to be a traitor who claimed to be Magneto, he trapped Jean and Wolverine on Asteroid M which was drifting closer to the Sun. Rather than watch Jean die a slow painful death, Wolverine tried to kill Jean, but he awoke the Phoenix Force within her. Using her incredible powers, Phoenix/Jean returned with Logan to New York City to face "Magneto". Xorn's last act was to kill Jean with an electromagnetic pulse.