Okay guys, so here's chapter 10. It's interesting. Review and stuff and remember I own not a thing of this. Also, I'm warping mythology here again for the sake of the story- so yea, heads up.
And this is the season finally FYI.
Nico paced across his room in thought. 6 days ago, the X-men had returned from Camp-half Blood. 6 days ago, his father had brought him news that something important had been stolen from the Fields of Punishment.
Nico still hadn't told the X-men. He hadn't had time. Ever since his father told him the news, Nico had been almost constantly in and out of the Underworld- much to his energy's extent- but he refused to rest.
Because the object- or rather objects that had been stolen from the Fields of Punishment were the Eternal Crystals. All throughout the fields, they kept the punishments for the dammed running and under control. The crystals were embedded in places that one had to know where they were to even realize they were there.
But someone had known they were there- and stolen many of them, leaving the defenses weak, operations slow and the punishments escapable. Hades, the furies and other guards of the Underworld were struggling to keep all the occupants of the Fields of Punishments in order. Hades had barley even had time to come to Nico that night to tell him the crystals were gone.
In the mortal world, the Eternal Crystals were known as another name- the Gems of Zytorac. In the hands of a mortal- or pretty much anyone outside of the Fields, could bend the crystals powers to do anything.
In the Underworld, they were kept for keeping the security strong. Emitting powerful radiation that gave power to the traps. Nico didn't want to know what else they could be used for.
The other X-men were worried about Nico, but he was barley around long enough for any words to really been passed.
They only got one thing out of him. And that was because Nico had suddenly gone missing from camp. The professor had seen him slip into the shadows and assumed he'd gone back to the mansion.
Only the next day when they came home from Half Blood, Nico wasn't there. He was investigating things in the underworld.
He would have come back to the mansion sooner if one of the more savage prisoners of the Fields hadn't broken loose and run into the Fields of Apostle. Nico had to break from his investigation to hunt the guy down, and once he caught up, there was a fight. Nico won, but ended up with a broken rib, bloody nose and several bruises.
And with all his Nectar and Ambrosia supplies back in his room at the mansion, he was forced to go back there to find a very worried team of X-men.
"Nico where have you-" Scott cut off mid rant when he realized Nico was (seemingly to them) seriously hurt. They got him to his room and he hate some ambrosia with a sip of nectar.
"What happened to you?" Storm asked.
"Where have you been all day? We've been looking everywhere," Jean added. All the X-men were gathered around to hear Nico talk.
"The Underworld," Nico replied simply, letting the food of the gods do it's healing. The bruises had already faded to invisibility and his nose was good as new. His rib was slowly healing as well- though broken bones always took more time than everything else- except certain poisons of course.
"Vhy could you vant to be there?" Kurt asked.
"My father requires my assistance. Something has happened and the Fields of Punishment are now in chaos. I have to be there until I can figure out how to fix it. I'll be back when I can and no, you cannot help."
And ever since, then Nico hadn't said a word to the X-men. He returned to the underworld and began alternating between catching escapees and doing detective work. Occasionally going back to the land of the living to grab something or check up on something that could help him.
While Nico did this, Hades and the Furies redistributed the remaining crystals, which improved things slightly, but the dammed still managed to escape. This only made Nico work faster and more determined.
He asked as many ghosts, souls and anything else that was in the Underworld near areas where crystals had been removed. None of them said they had seen much out of the ordinary. It was the Underworld after all, creeping shadows and suspicious looking characters weren't exactly uncommon.
No demigods had been in the Underworld besides Nico since Percy Jackson was last here shortly before the Final Battle of the Second Titan War, and obviously no living mortal could be down here. They'd never get passed Cerberus- and even if they did, the other security would have gotten them. And no god could have gone this since the crystals are Hades property.
Nico was beginning to think that perhaps a monster with shadow travel or at least transportation powers. There were more than one monster who could do that. What little evidence he had pointed to Hellhounds, but hellhounds couldn't dig up and steal all those crystals on their own nor wouold they have a use for them really.
But it still didn't answer why. Why would someone want those crystals? There are several other power sources in the world that could match their power or at least close, and were also much easier to obtain than having to literally go to hell and back.
So, 6 days later, Nico was exhausted and still clueless.
Hades and- surprisingly- Persephone (though Nico theorized she was just annoyed by having to spend a night with him on the same land mass as her) had to ban him from the Underworld temporarily to get him to take a rest. Hades, determined to get the Eternal Crystals back or not, could realize when his son- the hero he was using to get his stuff back- was too tired to properly continue for a matter that could be temporarily put off since security had increased to as much as possible without the crystals and less prisoners were getting out.
But even in temporarily banishment from the Underworld, Nico did not want to stop his investigation.
So here he was now, pacing back and forth across his room, wearing a hole in the carpet probably- when he ought to be lying down and getting some rest. He had barley gotten 6 hours 'sleep' since he started his investigation- 6 days or 144 hours ago.
And during those 6 hours, he unfortunately had no demigods dreams that could help him at all with this.
Anyway, the X-men obviously didn't know he was here. No one was home right now. Scott, the Professor and Logan were fetching the brother Scott thought was dead (something Nico managed to pick up the last time he had shadow travel here earlier today to check a potential lead- which turned out to be nothing) and Storm was probably flying around in the clouds or something while the others were doing whatever they wanted on a Saturday.
So Nico was alone. He finally collapsed on his bed. A chance to sleep after so little rest for so long. But he wasn't tired. Weather it was due to the nectar and ambrosia or anxiety or the thoughts and information he'd learned over the past few days rushing through his mind at a bazillion MPH, Nico's eyes refused to shut. So he didn't force them to.
He stood back up and ventured downstairs. Maybe a small snack would help his thoughts clear a bit.
As he walked, he went over everything he knew about the case.
Someone knew exactly where the crystals were located, meaning they were either very smart, had spies or watched Hades place thousands of years ago.
No living souls came through the gates that could have done this.
Seeing as there were several other power sources equal or greater to the gem's power that are easier to obtain, the crystals had been selected for a VERY specific reason.
Only someone who knows about the Greek World in depth would have done this since the crystals aren't well known in mythology.
The areas from where gems went missing looked like the crystals had been smoothly lifted out whole- not pried or broken- but more like something had been gently slid underneath the gem and lifted out like it was on a platter judging from the places the gems had been removed from.
Several of the inhabitants of the field had seen at least one person moving from area to area, but assumed it was part of another's punishment from their nervous body language and occasional outcry of fear or shock. But some reported a fast zipping figure, while other reported a slow moving floating figure, another that seemed to be a woman trained in stealth, and a few noticed a swift, bulky muscular figure with talons. No faces were seen.
The gems power to the security of the Field went from full power down between 12:00 and 12:15 A.M, and since the gems were spread out over widely the field- the thieves were very fast or more numerous than thought, but there was defiantly at least 4 thieves working together.
Several were complaining about how Cerberus was barking more than usual, but Nico suspected it may have been hellhounds the thieves may have used to get into the underworld with, though they would have to be powerful dogs to get down there.
And if they were hellhounds, the thieves either had to be wickedly great trainers who worked with the hellhounds for years and years, or were very powerful to keep them in line.
And that was about it. Nico was still thinking about who it could possibly be as he entered the kitchen, when he heard Storm come in through the front door, asking if anyone was home.
"Hello, anyone home?" she asked from the entryway, "Professor?"
Then there was a meow of a cat. Nico froze. The X-men didn't have a pet cat and there were very few strays in the area.
"Oh, hello," Storm said to the cat, "You're not quite the kitty I was hoping to see. Can you tell me where everyone's gone?"
Nico heard Storm climbing the steps.
"Logan?" she asked, the cat meowing behind her.
The next thing Nico heard was Strom saying, "Oh, look what the cat dragged in."
Then there was the distinct sound of Storm creating a lighting blast and the sound of someone getting hit by it. A fight had broken out.
Nico grabbed his sword in hand and ran for the entryway.
He found a full out battle between Storm and Mystique, powers and martial arts included.
"Give up and I'll make this quick, Wind Rider," Mystique threatened, "I shouldn't even have to prove myself to him."
"I don't know why you have chosen to attack me, and in truth, I don't much care. This is my home and you are not welcome here." Storm replied, generating fog in the room. She ran into it and knocked Mystique out, defeating her.
And just as she did that, once she cleared the fog. Something extremely unexpected happened. A giant metal ball crashed through the wall and opened up, revealing it was hollow. Tetacles supring out from inside and wrapped around Storm, pulling her in.
"Storm!" Nico yelled and ran towards her, but it was too late. The ball closed, sealing Strom inside, and took off back into the sky out through the celling.
"STORM!" Nico called again in desperation. He clenched his fists. This was not his week. First having to endure a trip to Camp Half Blood, then the Eternal Crystals get stolen, then 6 days of dead end after dead end between fights in the Underworld, and now Storm had just been kidnapped.
His ADHD battle reflexes saved him from mystique kicking him in the back.
Nico stepped back and pointed his sword at her.
"What are you doing?" he demanded.
"You may not be a mutant, but if I defeat you, that will surely prove I am worthy to go," Mystque replied.
"Lady, I've got a Stygian Iron Sword. All I have to do is touch you with it and your life force get's depleted and you have nothing to block it with. Plus," Nico added, spreading one hand out. Outside a fissure was formed and five skeletons came in through the door, armored and weapons drawn, "It's now 6 against 1 and these guys on my side can't die or register pain. Now, I've been having a pretty bad week. And unless you tell me what's going on right now, I'll personally escort you to the Underworld, and further, to the pit that leads to Tartarus and push you in. And before you doubt me, yes, I am serious."
Mystique scowled at Nico, and reluctantly lowered her fists. Nico hid the fact that summoning the skeletons had drained him very well for someone who had barley slept at all for the past week.
"Now, tell me who you're supposed to prove yourself to," Nico said.
"Magneto," Mystique replied, "A powerful mutant who is gathering the best from the worst through trial of fire. I have lost, so therefore, I am left behind."
As if Magneto had sensed that Nico had Mystique beat and that she had just admitted her defeat, another orb crashed through the roof.
"No, get back," Nico said, slashing at the first tentacle that came at him. But there were too many tentacles, and Nico was dragged into the orb. His sword clattered to the ground as he was forced in.
"No, wait. There wasn't even a fight. He's not even a mutant, he's a demigod!" Mystique yelled, but the orb took off with Nico anyway, leaving her and his sword behind.
Inside the orb was pitch black. Nico could feel the tentacles binding him in place. One around his waist, one around his legs and one around each wrist, keeping him from moving at all. There seemed to be dampeners in the metal, because no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't shadow travel.
He could also feel the orb moving fast through the air. Nico was honestly waiting for Zeus to shoot it down with lighting. If it weren't for the fact that Nico would be electrocuted to death if the God of the Skies did that, Nico would want that to happen. At least then he could get away and make a plan.
But there was no lighting, no electrocution and no escape. So he was forced to just sit back and let the orb take him.
ASTERIOD M
"Scott, I don't understand," Xavier said, seeing his student with Magneto willingly.
"Professor, wait. We're must here to listen, that's all," Scott replied.
"What about them? Are they here to listen as well?" Professor asked, revealing Storm, Rouge and Jean inside tubes cells that kept them asleep.
Scott gasped, "What is this!"
"Simply a precaution, Scott," Magneto replied calmly, "Not everyone has the maturity to accept the need for change as you do. Not yet."
"Let them out!" Scott demanded, putting a hand to his glasses, prepared to fire, "Now!"
"I will," he replied, "We just need to proceed cautiously. Trust me. They are perfectly safe."
Xavier tried to convince Scott otherwise, but when Magneto noticed, he used his powers to force Charles into a stasis tube, knocking him out, but not before he sent a warning to Logan.
"Do that, and he'll not survive the decompression," Magneto said when Scott was about to fire on the glass to free the professor.
"Yea, well, odds aren't as good for you either," Scott replied, ready to fire right into Magneto's face.
"Hey, hey, hey Scott, c'mon man," Alex (Scott's brother interrupted), "This is no good. They're having a little time out, so what? Look, I don't like it either, but no one should be getting hurt here. You can't blame Magneto for being careful. All I know is that he just want's to help. And I need his help. So c'mon, Holster that thing."
"I don't like it," Scott said, lowering his hand.
"But your brother is right," the magnet mutant said, "I'm not your enemy, nor am I Charles. Very soon, you will see the truth."
Scott went out onto the Balcony to think. He remembered the day his parents died and he thought he lost Alex as well. It was still a very painful memory, even with the knowledge that Alex was okay.
"Scott, you okay?" Alex asked, joining his brother on the balcony and snapping Scott out of his thoughts.
"Hu? Yea, fine. Just… remembering," Scott replied.
"Yea, it still wakes me up at night sometimes too," Alex replied.
Alex joined him there as they looked out. They appeared to be in Alaska- he would have guessed Antarctica, but it was much warmer than it would be if they were there.
"I hit the ground pretty hard, spent a month in a comma. The hospital said I was the only one who made it," Scott said, "I wanted to be there for you Alex, really I did. I'm sorry."
"Don't sweat it you know. I got along alright, My foster parents are pretty nice…. Ahh, but my joints are on fire. I've been to bunch of doctors, but no one could tell me what it is, until today when I met Magneto. Now I know what I am."
"How has he promised to help you Alex?"
"Not just Alex, Scott. You as well. Everyone. Together we shall embark upon a wondrous renaissance. I invite you to be a part of it."
"Before that happens, check it out, another orb's commin' in," Alex said.
Indeed, there was another orb flying towards the base.
"Indeed. It's a friend of yours Scott. Shall I bring him here?" Magento said, coming out onto the balcony. Without a word being said, he used his powers. They went inside
Sure enough, an orb floated down and opened. Nico di Angelo was set on the ground outside by metal tentacles.
He looked up, saw Magneto, saw Scott and his brother, saw the Brotherhood and saw Strom, The professor, Jean and Rouge trapped in the stasis tubes. There was one unoccupied tube left.
"You might want to let them out, now," Nico said.
"Nico. Relax," Scott said.
"You're with him?" Nico asked, rising an eyebrow.
"No. We're here to listen. C'mon. Magneto wants so show us something," Scott replied.
"Yes. Follow me," Magneto said.
They followed him down a few halls. The brotherhood and Sabertooth were there too.
"I built it right into the asteroid," Magneto said, showing them a chamber.
"What is it?" Scott asked.
"A genetic enhancer," Magneto replied, "Perhaps you've heard of the Legendary Gems of Zytoac. Well, they do exist."
Magneto took out a familiar red gem.
Nico's eyes widened.
"You-" Nico said, raising his voice "You stole those from the Underworld!"
"FOR A greater purpose than keeping security of the dead tight," Magneto replied.
"You have no idea what has happened by removing the Eternal Crystals. The Fields of Punishment needs those to function."
"These stones are believed to possess mystical properties," Magneto said.
"Well duh. They're the property of Hades. Of course they do," Nico said, wishing he had his word. He would summon more skeletons, but he didn't have the energy. He was barley keeping his mask of I'm not tired' up as it was. He would pass out if he summoned help.
"They emit a very distinctive radiation. I'm sure your father will not miss these few," Magneto replied calmly.
"Hey! Wait a minute! You mean you're going to nuke us with something that comes from the Underworld!" Alex exclaimed. While Nico and Magneto had been arguing, Scott had whispered that he'd explain the situation with Nico and stuff like that later.
"I'm going to Evolve you. These crystals are used for keeping the power of the Underworld strong. I have discovered a way to use that to fully evolve mutant powers to their full potential, to finish your growth. No more pain Alex. No more hiding behind that visor Scott. And Nico… no more hiding the fact that you are tired by using your powers to much."
"How do you-" Nico began.
"Nico, you could summon ghosts, shadow travel to and from anywhere you wish, take people with you without risk for as long as you like! It would give you all complete control and usage of your powers!"
"What about them?" Scott asked, looking towards the stasis tubes where their friends were, "I want them released."
"They will be. But only after you and your brother have gone through the transformation. I want them to see what I'm offering."
"NO!" Nico exclaimed, "You are not the first mortal to attempt to harness a power source like these crystals! If you send someone in there, who knows what will happen! Scott and Alex are NOT going in there. If you send them in there, you'll find yourself in Tartarus faster than you can say oops."
"I see you are an unbeliever," Magento sighed, "I'm afraid I will have to contain you until I can convice you other wise. Blob, if you will ready the final stasis chamber and put young Nico di Angelo inside.
Nico backed up. What to do- what to do. His sword was at the mansion and using his powers would drain him.
Then he remembered his Celestial Bronze dagger, he pulled it out.
"Ha! That thing doesn't scare me. I'm mortal, you can't hurt me with that!" Blob boasted.
"Wasn't going to," Nico replied then muttered, "Alright, Artemis, Apollo, I know this isn't archery, but if you could just help me out and let me hit my target anyway, I'll be grateful and give you a portion of my meal the next time I eat."
"Are you praying to your gods now, child?" Magento seemed amused.
"You'd be surprised what they can do for a demigod in need," Nico replied. He raised his dagger and threw it like a throwing knife.
It shouldn't have it the stasis chamber controls. It really shouldn't have. Nico's aim was off and the throw was weak. But some unseen force guided it right to the control, embedded the blade in them. Now they were no longer operational. In a moment, those inside would be freed and the last one would no longer work.
"You can't manipulate metal from mount Olympus, can you?" Nico asked.
Magneto was shocked. He had earlier tried to make Nico's dagger fly out of his hand, but it was unresponsive. Now an unseen force had just made Nico ruin his containment.
"Whoa!" Alex said.
"You may have destroyed my stasis chamber, but you just threw away your weapon. And I have a friend for you to play with," Magneto was obviously annoyed, but he gave a whistle.
A loud booming bark echoed through the halls.
Nico suddenly remembered this theory about how the thieves got into the underworld in the first place.
A hellhound with a thick metal collar around it's neck, another around it's waist, and one of each leg came bounding into the room. Magneto was obviously controlling it with all the metal around it. But the hellhound seemed to resists less when it saw Nico.
The hellhound pounced on Nico before he could move and pinned him to the floor. It's teeth were inches away from, his throat.
"NICO! Call off the dog Magneto!" Scott demanded
"Yea. That's not cool!" Alex added.
"I assure you. I will call off the hound and soon enough your friends will awaken. But if you are still skeptical about going inside my wonderful machine. I have done it myself. I am fully evolved. But Sabertooth will now to give you a first hand demonstration.. You will see what I'm offering. And it is an offer Scott. I won't force you to go through it," Magneto was once again calm, "Sabertooth?"
Sabertooth nodded as the door of the machine opened. He walked inside.
"In a few moments he'll emerge. Reborn." Magento said.
A pinkish red glow emitted from the chamber.
And sure enough, less than a minute later, Sabertooth came out. He was taller now, more muscular. His fangs and talons were longer and sharper than ever before. He gave out a victorious cat like roar.
"Now, you boys can reach your full potential if you choose," Magneto said.
"What do you think Scott. I want to, but not without you," Alex said.
Scott looked at the chamber then at his brother and nodded.
Nico wanted to shout for them to stop, but he was having a hard enough time breathing- let alone talking- with a hellhound paw crushing his chest.
Alex and Scott went inside the chamber.
Nico shook his head. Because he realized what Magneto was doing now. He was evolving them- but he was also brainwashing them. Those crystals kept everything in the Fields of Punishment under Hades control. Now that Magento controlled the crystals, he controlled whatever they used their power on.
"NO!" Nico managed to whisper horsy, "Don't it's a-" Nico was forced to stop when the hellhound pushed on his chest harder. No one had noticed that Magneto had gestured for it to do so- except for Nico of course.
"And now for the preecative audience," Magento said.
Just as Alex and Scott were going inside, the Professor and the others woke up to the sight of Nico pinned down and Scott and Alex about to go in.
"Scott! No don't!" Jean pounded on the glass surrounding her. Broken or not, the tubes around them hadn't lifted to free the captives.
The professor senr a message to Scott, but it was too late, the Chamber closed, sealing the brothers inside.
"Too late Charles. He's mine now," Magento said.
A few horrible seconds later, the chamber door reopened. Scott and Alex stepped out, their hair white- just like Magneto's- they were taller and muscular. They looked more like adults in their mid 30's than the teenagers they really were.
Nico cursed in Italian and Ancient Greek under his breath.
It was getting harder to breathe under the weight of the hellhound. Nico didn't think his ribs were going to hold up for much longer. No joking, Nico was dead serious. The fact that he had broken one of them a few days before wasn't helping. As much as the nectar and ambrosia had healed him, bones were always sore and slightly more breakable for a few weeks after they are healed.
"Pain's gone," Alex said, flexing his wrist and hand joints. His voice didn't really seem to match his new body.
"And you shall be called, Havok," Magento said to Alex, "Now go on Scott. Show us the color of your eyes."
Scott took of his glasses and opened his eyes for the first time since he was a little kid without blasting something. He looked at the X-men trapped, and at Nico being crushed. He smirked. Didn't even say a word.
They weren't the green they used to be. They were black. Not like Nico's almost black eyes- more like little bits of coal. They looked so cruel.
"Another benefit of your transformation. Your minds are purged of useless emotions. You should have a clear perspective of our dominant roles here on Earth.
An alarm when off.
"Incoming Aircraft," Sabertooth said.
"Really?" Magneto asked, "Lets see who it is."
A door in the celling opened revealing the night sky- and the new XM Velocity- the X-men's latest air craft.
Magento tried to use his powers on it, bring it down. Nothing happened.
"No metal?" Magento exclaimed.
Xavier shrugged with a smug smile.
"Boys, defend us," Magento ordered Alex and Scott.
"No!" Nico managed weakly, "Scott, don't they're your friends. Your team!"
Scott and Alex ignored the demigod and walked out onto the balcony- and fired at the XM Velocity.
They clipped the side of the craft, making it unstable. Logan- who was piloting it, managed to make a sloppy landing on the balcony, crashing through the walls and into the rooms with the others.
Jean managed to levitate Scott and his brother out of the way, and the tail of the craft clipped the hellhound. Throwing it into the wall. Nico gasped for air and put a hand on his rib. It had begun to bend painfully. Any longer and any more pressure would have made it snap.
Meanwhile, Scott and Alex got buried by rubble. Temporarily incapacitating them.
Kitty and Evan phased out and Kurt appeared next to them. Toad and Logan burst out of the top, and a very pissed of Mystique followed them.
"Knock knock," Mystique said.
"Mystique. You never could take no for an answer," Magneto said.
The shape shifter sprung, kicking Magneto in the chest repeatedly.
Logan had his claws out. And balanced on them, wrapped in a cloth- was Nico's sword.
He handed it to the Demigod then pulled him to his feet. Logan smiled at hi, then sprung over and sliced through the tubes, freeing the other X-men.
"Where's the Blackbird?" Logan asked.
"Observation deck," Professor replied, "That way." He added pointing down a hall.
"Gather there," Logan said. They would have to use the Blackbird to escape since the Velocity was trashed from the landing.
Rouge and Storm went to prepare the Blackbird, Logan and Sabertooth began fighting, Kurt, Kitty and Evan went against Lance, Pietro and Blob and the Professor and Jean went to go see what they could do for Scott and Alex. On the other side of the room, it was Magneto vs. Mystique- Toad kind of was helping her. And meanwhile, the Hellhound went after Nico with a vengeance. But since Nico now had his sword and some adrenaline in his veins, he was ready(ish) for a fight.
Nico sliced off one of the hellhound's fangs, making it yipe. While it was stunned, he spun around, slid under the beast and shot his blade up right into it's chest. It exploded into yellow powder, the metal that Magneto had on it clattered to the floor.
Just at that moment, in Magneto and Mystiques fight, Mystique got sent flying into the enhancer. It began to power up with her inside.
"NO! My enhancer. GET OUT OF THERE!" Magneto exclaimed, flying in after her.
Nico did the ward off evil gesture.
The asteroid began to shake- and it wasn't by Lance's power. All the fighting had made it very unstable. The tunnel that lead to the jet was cleared by Blob- the brotherhood decided to stop fighting the X-men for now because they actually wanted to live.
"Get to the jet, quickly," Storm said.
Nico grabbed the Hellhound's fang- what had been left behind when he killed the hellhound,- put it in his jacket pocket. He wanted to stay behind to help with Logan, Scott and Alex, but Storm now say Nico's fatigue, and ordered him to go down the hall. He tried to protest, but then Storm summoned a wind that took him halfway down the hall, so he just went.
The others followed a moment later as the asteroid began to get more and more unstable. All around them, things were blowing up.
Scott and Alex wern't with them.
"We can't leave them," Nico said.
"Here they come!" Jean said.
But the platform broke before Alex and Scott could get on.
Logan jumped in the pilot seat and flew the Blackbird out to avoid crashing and blowing up on the ground below. The jet was forced to land for there was no way they could fly with all the falling debree.
The asteroid was still exploding and was falling out of the sky. If something wasn't done, the X-men and brotherhood would be crushed.
Scott and Alex made it safely to the ground, then used their enhanced powers to blow the asteroid up before it could crash and do any damage.
What was left were two de-enhanced Scott and Alex on the ground- looking like their old- better looking selves. Jean jumped out of the jet- which landed first of course- and brought Scott his glasses, he great fully out them on.
Everyone made it out okay- much to Scott's relief.
"I'm sorry, all of you," Scott said, "Professor- I just,- you know.. I made some bad choices," Scott apologized.
"More like misinformed choices. But we owe you our lives," Xavier replied, "Both you and your brother."
Scott and Alex had a very nice- actually for real this time- family reunion.
Nico smiled. In a way, Scott and Alex's relationship reminding him of himself and Bianca. He was just glad they didn't lose one of them today.
"If you will let us, we'll help you when your powers emerge fully," Professor said, "Because we can do anything together, Untied as the X-men."
A while later, Nico looked at the carnage of the asteroid. Debris was everywhere.
"So what are you going to do now?" Storm asked him.
"I have to get what's left of those crystals back to the Fields of Punishment. Those crystals weren't meant for enhancing mutants. Hades created them to keep order and security in the Underworld. Without them, some of the worst criminals in both history and modern times have been escaping the Fields of Punishment," Nico replied, "Which means I might be gone a few more days."
"Your work is done for now, Nico di Angelo," a new voice said.
Alecto the fury was suddenly standing before them.
"Alecto," Nico nodded, ignoring the look Storm was giving him and fury.
"Ghost King," she nodded with a dip of her head, "Your father has sent me and my sisters to collect the crystals. Go home with your class and you father said to put you in detention if you try to help with the collection or transportation of these crystals."
Nico smiled and replied, "Fine. But Alecto, you have got to stop posing as teachers. It's starting to affect the way you speak to all kids."
Alecto disappeared.
"So you are coming home with us," Storm smiled.
"Guess so," Nico replied as they walked back to the jet.
ALRIGHT, SEASON 1 DOWN FOR THE COUNT! JUST SO YOU KNOW, I DECIDED TO PUT ANYTHING WITH HAZEL AND CAMP JUPITER BACK FURTHER IN THE SERIES SO IT'S NOT SUCH A LARGE GAP AND AWKWARDNESS WHERE NICO'S GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE DEMIGOD CAMO AND X-MEN ADVENTURES SO MUCH.
ANYWAY, REVIEW AND STUFF, LEAVE ME SUGGESTIONS OF STUFF YOU WANT TO SEE IN HERE AND THE NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE POSTED ONCE YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT.
AND BEOFRE YOU ASK- YES I AM DOING A MOTHER-SON LIKE RELATION SHIP WITH STORM AND NICO.