Marvel Boy

**John Grey** is a former mutant, who attended Charles Xavier's school for gifted youngsters and was a founding member of the X-Men. John was one of the few mutants strong enough to withstand Apocalypse's enchantment to hide the mutant gene and thus was one of the few people on Earth to have an active X-Gene before Kang the Conquerer awakened the X-Gene across the planet. Following this, John joined the X-Men under the codename **Marvel Boy**.

John has proved himself to be beyond powerful on many occasions such as when he rewrote all of the reality to save himself from Thanos' decimation in 2018 at only only eleven years old; albeit, unwillingly. Following the Blip, John's mother never returned and thus, he was left alone until Charles Xavier heard his mind calling out and found him in 2025, taking him in to his school to help him control his powers.

Over the years, many individuals took a great interest in John. Mainly, Alpha the Eternity Warrior and Apocalypse; both of whom could sense a part of the Phoenix Force inside of John, with Alpha seeking to liberate and protect the Phoenix Force and Apocalypse seeking to use it to become a God. The ancient God's Eternity and Infinity also took a great interest in John, seeing him as a gateway back into the Universe.

Eventually, John's power became too unstable and the worlds memories of him were wiped and his mind was reset by Charles Xavier and Stephen Strange. But, when John unleashed his true power and began to merge with the Phoenix Force, the mind blockers began to deteriorate and the two versions of John began to fight for control resulting in chaos ensuing. Eternity and Infinity attempted to take advantage of the chaos; but, John, with the help of Alpha, defeated the duo and decimated them before dying. However, Alpha, who turned out to be the creator of John, sacrificed his own life-force and John took over his role of **Guardian of the Universe** while Alpha became the physical manifestation of the Phoenix Force.

## Biography

### Early Life

John was born in 2007 not long after Alpha defeated Omega in orbit of Earth. During his birth a piece of the Phoenix Force latched itself onto John due to his immense power caused by his mutation. Without realising it, John had resisted the enchantment put on mutants by En-Sabah-Nur due to the sheer power inside of him. Alpha the Eternity Warrior sensed John's birth and heard the Phoenix Force whisper John's surname to him throughout the Universe, he tracked John to Earth and began a search for him in 2015 causing him to meet the Avengers when he sensed Loki's scepter and believed it was John.

Raised by Jean and Alister Grey in Queens, New York, John was a fairly introverted boy. He struggled to maintain relationships due to his mutation causing him to hear voices in his head his whole life. Eventually, his father one night after shouting at John for not doing his chores. Neither John nor his mother ever heard from him again but eventually, John came to realise he had made his father leave without meaning it due to his telepathy.

### Alone in the World

#### The Decimation

In Spring 2018, John attended therapy with his mother due to him being unable to focus in school thanks to the voicing in his head. She worried deeply for him and wanted him to get better so he could enjoy his life. However, during his session, John and his therapist, Melissa, began to disappear in front of John's mother, in his panic John managed to rewrite reality and pass his own death over to his mother who disappeared in his place. John eventually made it home and stayed in his room for several days in a terrified daze until he was found by his aunt Elaine.

#### The Blip

For the next five years, John was raised by his aunt who became desperate for him to get better. After the Avengers defeated Thanos and reversed the snap, everyone on Earth who had disappeared returned, apart from John's mother. This ended up driving Elaine to kill herself due to grief induced depression, once again leaving John alone and scared.

Unbeknown to John, Alpha the Eternity Warrior; who everyone believed was dead, heard John's terror and sadness and awoke from his injury induced slumber to continue his search for the boy. John was completely unaware of his importance and of what lived inside of him.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

John is a Class 5 Mutant on what is called the Essex scale. He is the only class 5 mutant, apart from Wanda Maximoff. However, he is significantly stronger than Wanda, albeit less in control.

* **Telekinesis** - John can move objects with his mind. When Charles first encounters him, he cannot control it, however, after several years of training together, John quickly learns he can lift objects at will. The only downside is that the objects weight still matters and he can only lift an object if it is physically possible for a human to lift it. When John's mental blocks disappear and he can take full advantage of the Phoenix Force, he is able to lift objects ten times heavier than what he'd normally be able to lift.
	+ **Flight** - John can hover, glide and walk on air. When he battled Apocalypse at Alpha's command, he walked on air as if it were solid before hovering in the air while he unleashed his power.
	+ **Molecular Manipulation** - At a full extent of her power, he can manipulate matter at a molecular level at will, with the exception of adamantium or Vibranium, or anything encased or bonded with the two metals.
		- **Disintegration** - John is able to atomize nearly anything within his surroundings at will when at the full extent of his powers.
* **Telepathy** - John has the ability to read, communicate with, and control other people's minds, similar to Charles Xavier, although initially to a lesser extent. When John first meets Charles, Xavier offers John lessons on how to amplify and control his power. During these lessons, Charles, Hank McCoy and Nathan Essex study him and develop ways to numb John's connection if need be. During Apocalypse's last stand; John comes to the aid of Alpha the Eternity warrior who encourages him to unleash his power. Charles realises this will break the numbing on John's powers and attempts to call on Essex to stop John. However, it is too late and John defeats Apocalypse, but, at the same time destroys the numbing, restoring all memories and power. Once the blocks were destroyed, he far exceeded his mentor's abilities, being able to transcend great distances and even defend his own mind from other telepaths.
* **Energy Absorption** - John is shown to be able to merge with and absorb different forms of energy, including the Phoenix Force, which he begins merging with at 11 years old, as soon as his mutant gene is activated. John isn't shown to be able to control this power and it seems to happen at random times, whether he wants it to or not; similar to Rouge's power.
* **Phoenix Force Manipulation** -

## Equipment

* **Cerebro** - When working with Charles on controlling his power, John was allowed to use Cerebro. Although this was mainly so than Hank and Nathan could study John.
* **X-Jet** - John used his telepathy to learn from Charles how to fly the X-Jet which Charles disproves of.

## Facilities

* **Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters** - Base of Operations

## Trivia

* John is one of many gender swapped characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
	+ Among others are The Ancient One, Ajak, Makarri and Sophie Summers/Cyclops.