The Phoenix convinces you.

John was just a regular guy until about five seconds ago he had just reduced a man to ash. Sure, the guy was a supervillain, but you were a janitor. You were not fucking black ops; you're not supposed to be offending people for God's sake, and apparently you had also just fried half the brain woman in front of you.

Now you weren't really sure how any of this shit worked, but you had worked as a janitor at a college where the labs worked on freaky stuff for the government from time to time. So multiple people in the same body wasn't too far-fetched, but apparently that was no longer the case, and you not only killed a supervillain but also technically a superhero who was a member of the X-Men.

Now was this legit self-defense? yes. Were you also panicking at the time and didn't know firing the weird ray gun would do what it did? Yes. Would the X-Men care at all and just assume you were a generic evil mastermind that had just lobotomized half of one of their members and enslaved the other half? Also yes, because nothing was a coincidence in the world of supers. So there's no way they wouldn't think this wasn't some plot you've been working on for years.

Well, at this precise moment, he knew he was a dead man. The only question was, would it be Cyclops or Wolverine that got to him first? He hoped it was Cyclops his red beam would be quicker gone in one giant red beam rather than being slowly torn apart by Wolverine's metal claws.

Well, John was coming to terms with the fact he had just killed people and was now on the very top of the X-Men's shit list, and it probably wouldn't be long before some one found out what happened and murdered him in brutal fashion. The Phoenix had tapped into his mind and was ready to help him with his worries.

"Don't worry, master." The Phoenix said in a calm and gentle voice, which brought John's attention back to her. "I am one of the strongest beings in the universe; I can easily make it so everything is alright." The Phoenix said as she teleported behind John and began to kiss his neck, leaving a trail of hickies.

"Are you sure? Were taking about heroes for god sake; all it takes is one thing to go wrong, and I'll be in some database as one of the most dangerous super villains for being your new boss." John said, being very concerned that things were going to get out of control from what they already were and considering he had gone from watching TV on his day off to killing people, that was saying something.

"Don't worry, master, I have lived with Jean Grey her entire life. Pretending to still be her will be simple enough, and since I'm a teacher at a school, I can pull some strings to make you a janitor over there with increased pay. Think about it, sir, better pay and hours as while as your own personal sexy red head." The Phoenix said as she grabbed his hand and put it on her ass, making sure that John gave it a good squeeze.

"Give in, sir; it's the most reasonable option, and besides, you can watch me to make sure everything works. As we were the only two witnesses to what happened, we can just say that I killed him in self-defense; he left me ****, and it'll be easy enough for me to destroy any evidence that says otherwise. So what do you say, master, come with me to Xaivers School for gifty youngster's?" The Phoenix asked in a sweet voice, but John was hesitant. Maybe it wasn't too late to reverse what had happened; maybe he could come clean to the X-Men and they could do something to reverse the effects of the weapon and bring Jean Grey back.

As he was having these thoughts, the Phoenix decided to help her master decide, as it was only in his best interest that he agree to go along with her plans. So helping him come to those realizations was what a good servant should do.

So the Phoenix then went into John's mind with ease, having no idea she had ever entered, and played a bit with his memory. She began showing him things from her own memory that had never been made public and making it look like he had seen them as articles in the past in his memories.

These memories were just how violent several members of the X-Men had gotten at one point or another without context to the situations that caused these violent rampages. So that as far as John was concerned, he would see a bloodthirsty underbelly in the X-Men that would be out for him the moment they found out and that his **** would not be swift or painless but would be a rather drawn-out affair that could last for months where he was in total agony as he begged for ****'s sweet release.

With those new memories implanted now, helping to drive his decisions, he quickly agreed to come with her, though John would come to regret this as the Phoenix had much more planned than just improving John's finances and situation.