Chapter 11

Dark Beauty

At Bayville high

It was Friday. The day before the weekend, the one day most students are most tempted to cut class. The X-men had arrived at school a little earlier than usual so they decided to hang out outside until class started. The idea of Dean being a descendant of the great Achilles was still fresh in their minds, I mean, how lucky is he?

Even though they all possessed some extraordinary power that made them unique, they never expected something or someone like this to be living with them. And to think that Dean has an X-gene that still hasn't been activated yet, who knows what kind of power he could get.

"I mean isn't it kind of interesting?" Kitty said.

"Yeah, on top of everything ya can already do your x-gene might give you something extra." Rogue said.

"Guys can you stop talking about that, who knows if my x-gene will even activate?" Dean said.

"Yeah you're right; you might not even get another ability. If anything your children will definitely have an active x-gene." Jean said.

"Well if he does get another ability, I get to keep his gauntlets." Evan said with a smile.

"Yeah keep dreaming porcupine, nobody wears these but me." Dean points to the gauntlets underneath his jacket.

Scott notices them, "Wait why are you wearing them to school!? Someone could see them."

"And what are people gonna say if they do see them? 'Oh hey why are you wearing armor made by the gods?' How would anybody know what these things really are? Let me tell you, they won't. If somebody asks me about them I'll just say they're family jewelry, and as to why I'm wearing them. Let's just say I would rather be prepared for anything. You never know what could happen." Dean said.

"Then where are your swords tough guy?" Kitty said with a grin.

Dean leans closer to Kitty, "Who says I even need them? Plus I only use them when I'm serious. Anyways I'm gonna go inside. I need to leave something in my locker before class." Dean says as he leaves the group.

"So, I hope you guys didn't make any plans for spring break because it's going to be filled with lots of danger room sessions." Scott said happily.

"C'mon man, can you stop focusing on zhe terrible part of zhe vacation?" Kurt pleaded.

"Yeah Scott, what is it with you and like doing all that extra work?" Kitty said.

"I don't know why you guys have a problem; it'll be good for the team to get some extra practice in. We can't be wasting our time doing nothing at the beach." Scott said

"Well I don't know what your plans are man, but I'm definitely going to the beach to waste my time." Evan said.

"I think maybe I'll go too, I'm starting to look like a vampire or somethin." Rogue is referring to her pale white skin. "I hate having to cover up all the time."

"We can't be wasting our time with that kind of stuff; you never know when the Brotherhood can go off causing trouble." Scott said.

"You got that one right summers." A voice in the background said. They all look to find Lance and the Brotherhood approaching them, but with two new people they have never seen before. "We're more trouble than you can handle." He said with a grin.

"Keep dreaming Alvers, we can handle you any day." Scott said glaring at him even though nobody can tell behind his glasses.

"Maybe before when you had us out numbered, but know we've evened the odds." Lance said referring to the two new members of his team.

"Yeah yo, they can-"Lance slaps the back of Toad's head to shut him up before he reveals anything to the X-men. "Let's not tell them everything just yet. For know just remember to watch your back, see ya later geeks." He says as he purposely pushed through Scott to piss him off some more. The rest follow Lance's lead into the school.

"You think maybe we should tell the Professor about this?" Scott asked Jean.

"About what exactly?" she replied.

"That the brotherhood has some new members and we don't know anything about them."

"We should definitely mention it to him; he'll be interested in finding out more about them." She added.

It usually would only take Dean a few seconds to get what he needed from his locker but today his mind was elsewhere. Elsewhere being the king of the gods. That whole idea just raised a million questions. Like if Zeus exists then don't other gods exist as well? Or if these gods exist are there demigods around the world? Or what about the whole monster concept? Are there still any lurking around waiting to wreak havoc? All these new possibilities just made his head hurt, not literally.

Dean's train of thought is interrupted by a soft voice, "Hey there stud".

'Stud?' he thought to himself.

He looked to his side only to find the last thing he was expecting to find in a place like Bayville. He was looking at a beautiful young blonde haired girl with blue eyes wearing a leather jacket with a purple tank top underneath showing off her voluptuous breasts. The lower part of her body had skin tight black spandex and black boots, and to top it all off she had a look that just screamed 'I'm hungry for boys'.

To basically sum it all up, that was one sexy girl. The reason why he wouldn't expect something like this is because Bayville high is like a small town high school, even though it's not.

Dean closes his locker and put his 'game face' on. "Hey, I haven't seen you around at all."

"Well that's because I'm new." She says full of lust in her eyes.

'Whoa, coming on way too strong' he thought to himself as he read her body language. She was leaning on the locker next to his perking her chest out trying to look sexy among other things.

"Yeah I definitely would have noticed someone like you before." He said with a grin, he was just being his old friendly self.

She leans in closer to him; she runs her finger down his shirt feeling what's inside. "You'll definitely be seeing me around, see ya later" she said swaying her hips while walking away.

Dean watched the mysterious girl walk away and thought, 'That was definitely interesting'.

As he thought about her two figures approached Dean from behind him. "Duuuuuuude who was that bro?" he hears from behind him.

Dean turns around to find some of his less popular friends, Dave and Stoney. "I haven't seen her before in the school." Dave said starring at her behind.

"That's because she's new here" Dean added before looking back to the direction where the girl was walking.

"Did she tell you her name?" Dave asked.

"I didn't get a chance to ask." Dean replied.

"Hey bro you should totally set me up, I could really use a babe like that." Stoney said jokingly.

"For some reason I don't think you're her type." Dean said with a grin.

"Hey maybe I can give it a try." Dave said optimistically, but it was obvious he wasn't joking.

Both Dean and Stoney just blankly stare at him. Stoney puts his arm around Dave's shoulder and says, "C'mon Dave I thought we went over this already, we're the losers of the school. We don't get girls like that."

Dave pouts, "I know, but I don't wanna be. I mean Dean could just hook us up with some hot girls right Dean? "He asked.

"Whoa Dave, I'll help you out if somebody messes with you but I don't want you to rely on me for everything. Plus I can't make a girl go out with someone they don't want to, no offense." He replied.

"It's ok." Dave said reluctantly. "She's out of my league anyways; I'll start with something smaller."

Dean pats him on the back, "Good you should always start out with something easy, now I gotta go to class guys. See ya later." He said before walking away.

Today Dean decided to sit with Jean and Taryn again. They always had interesting conversations, at least when Taryn wasn't drooling over Dean. Not literally of course, but you get the point. He would switch between their table and the usual X-men table where the rest of the gang sat every day.

Stoney had also limited his visits to about once a week which was fine for Dean of course but it still bugged the hell out of Taryn. Hopefully whatever she has against Stoney he can learn to fix by being around Dave. But that's the least of Dean's problems right now.

"So you're telling me that they just got more people in their group?" Dean asked.

Jean takes a second to check if Taryn is still getting lunch, "That's exactly what I'm saying."

Dean cracks his knuckles and grins, "The more the merrier."

"Dean I don't think you're getting the importance of this situation. You might have beaten them before when they attacked you one at a time but now they'll be more careful and now they have two more people to add on to that." Jean pleads.

Dean sighs, "Jean I think you're giving them too much credit. We don't even know what they can do yet. They could have ridiculous abilities for all we know."

"Or they can have really destructive powers that can be a major threat." Jean replied with a serious tone.

Dean leaned back on his chair and puts his feet on the table, "Sheesh, they add two more guys to their team and you panic like it's the end of the world."

Jean raises an eyebrow at Dean's assumption that the recruits are both male, "Well actually one of them was a girl."

Dean loses his balance on his chair and falls backwards. He gets right back up and sits on his chair. He looks around to check if anybody noticed him fall, nobody, good. "Um, that could be a problem for me." He said with a low voice.

Jean is interested in Dean's new attitude, "and why is that?" she asks with curiosity.

He leans closer to her, "I can't hit a girl." He said with an honest face.

Jean giggles at his reply thinking he's joking, "What? Why not?"

Dean's face gets a little more serious, "Because, I don't hit girls."

Jean realizes that he's serious, "Oh, well don't worry about it. Someone else can go for her if we ever encounter them." Dean relaxes with that statement and runs his hand through his hair.

Jean decides to have a little fun with Dean and exploit his 'weakness'. "So no matter what a girl does to you you wouldn't hit them?" she said with a grin.

Dean sighs, he hates this conversation topic. "Look, the only way I would even consider hurting a girl is if it's life threatening. If not then no." He said with a serious face. He spots Taryn on her way over to the table and changes his facial expression to a happier one.

"Hey guys, so what did I miss?" Taryn asked as she sat down.

"Nothing" Dean says quickly before Jean can say anything. "Just small talk"

Jean sends Dean a glance that means 'we will continue this conversation later'. "Yeah just something to pass the time with. So what's up with you?" Jean asked.

"Well I did notice a new guy here today. But he's with that dropout group over there by the corner." She said pointing to where the Brotherhood is standing. Dean looks over there and spots the guy Taryn is talking about. He has medium length messy black hair, black jeans with black shoes. A dark red shirt and a black hoodie over his head covering some of his face.

The guy notices Dean looking over there and their eyes meet. The first thing that Dean notices about him is that his eyes looked like a shade of red, and since Dean is supposed to have good vision he's not gonna doubt himself. His eyes flare momentarily, only those with great sight capable to see. And just as that happens somebody comes over to his table and leans on the table, "What'cha lookin at stud?" someone asked.

Dean turns around already knowing who's going to be there but he was still surprised at her poise. The really hot girl he talked to before was bending at an exact 90 degree angle and was leaning on the table facing him. Her bending over really highlighted her ass from the back and showed off her cleavage in the front, 'Definitely looking for attention' Dean thought to himself.

Jean and Taryn look skeptical about this girl's sudden appearance. "Nothing really, just noticed another new guy." Dean says looking over to the guy with the black hoodie trying to get the attention away from him.

She looks over to where her teammates are sitting and grins, "Tell you what" she runs her finger down his chest, "Why don't you ditch the goodie good girls here, and come hang out with me and my friends" she stops her finger right above his crotch. "Oh and by the way, my name is Eileen" she kisses him on the cheek leaving smeared purple lipstick and leaves swaying her hips as she walks away.

Taryn instantly makes a sour face and folds her arms over her chest, "So who's your friend?" Taryn asks with a jealous tone.

"I just met her today, she's new here."Dean says trying not to sound too attached.

Jean puts aside her jealousy to focus on the matter at hand. "Yeah, she and that other guy over there are the two new kids I was telling you about remember Dean?" she winks at him.

Dean realizes what she's saying and looks back at Eileen and spots her with the rest of the Brotherhood. 'Fuck' he thinks to himself. "Uh yeah I remember". 'This could be a problem'.

Shield Helicarrier Holding cell

Sitting in the dark room is a man that has lived a very long time. Even though he is older than most people which would give him a definite experience advantage he still manages to be beaten by a group of kids, and of course Wolverine. The large hairy man goes by the name of Sabertooth. His original name was Victor Creed but that was a long time ago. Now he is nothing but an animal looking for a purpose to live. The runt is always fun to track down but he needs something else, if only he knew his prayers were about to be answered.

There is a rumble all over the room and suddenly the door to his cell is ripped off its hinges and thrown back into the hallway. A man in red armor comes floating in, "I see the humans have finally been able to capture you." He said.

Sabertooth rises from his bunk, "I know who you are, what do you want?" he asks sternly as if he could actually harm the man in red armor.

"Service. I could make use of your talents. But not yet, for now you may go wherever you please. But when the time is right I will call upon you." The man in red armor leaves Sabertooth in the cell all alone, with no titanium door to keep him confined.

Sabertooth walks out into the hallway and just as he does an alarm goes off giving away his position. He looks around but no sign of the man in red armor but a big wide hole that probably leads to outside. He hears Shield soldiers approaching and decides to make a quick escape and jump out of the opening.

He does so and he immediately regrets it for he never realized just how high the Helicarrier was traveling. He was so high up that all he could see where clouds. 'This is gonna hurt' he thought to himself as he fell from the sky.

Back at the Institute

It is now night time and Dean is in the woods sitting by the same spot where thunder stroked the ground, he has for hours trying to hear something from the thunder god. But no answer, just silence. He wants to ask so many things, but he still hasn't figured out how to have a steady conversation with him yet.

It angers him how something is so out of his control, how he can't do anything about it. He takes a good look at his gauntlets and stares at them for a few minutes.

His eyes move away and he takes a second to look at his silver cross, 'why can't things be simple?' he thought.

All of a sudden he sniffs something different in the air, like a faint perfume smell. He then hears someone approaching, he turns his head to see who it is, and he finds Rogue slowly walking up to him. He turns back to look at the thunder spot again.

"Hey, What'cha doin out here?" Rogue asked as she came to a stop right beside Dean.

"Just wondering some things" Dean said.

"Like what?" she asked with curiosity in her voice.

Dean rises up, "A lot of things. Like am I the only person who's in some way related to the Gods? Because Zeus can't be the only one out there, all the other Gods are probably alive too. And if they're anything like the gods I've read about then there should be dozens if not hundreds of other Demigods…I guess that's kinda what I am."

"Well why do ya think that there are more of you?" she asked.

"Because in ancient Greek history the Gods would always fall in love with random humans and make babies with them, creating all the heroes of old." He said.

She puts her hand on his shoulder, "Well if there are others like ya out there then ya'll find um eventually."

"Yeah I guess, it's bad enough that I'm still getting used to this whole 'mutant' thing but now I have to deal with this other mess." He sighs "I'm sure everything will be fine in the end but it still bugs me to be so left out."

"Like ya said, in the end everything will be fine. Now let's go back inside before Logan comes looking for us." They make their way back.

"I really don't get why all of you are so afraid of him. All you need to do is go a few rounds with him and you'll see that he's as harmless as a fly." He said sarcastically.

Rogue looks at him skeptically, "You're weird".

"Well you have a white strip in your hair" he said in return.

Rogue puts her hands on her hips, "And what is that supposed ta mean?" she asked with a stern voice.

"It means that your head looks like a skunk." he says with a sly grin.

Rogue gasps, "You take that back"

Dean readies himself to run, "Make me" he says with a grin.

"Oh that's it ahm absorbing ya" she takes off her glove and starts chasing him around the yard.