Hey, I'm back! After six months...

I recently got Disney Plus, and they have X-Men Evolution on there. So I've rekindled my interest in this story and have resumed writing it.

Until something else happens. *laughs nervously*

Super Mega Story Force Go Now!

"You have no right!" Azazel yelled as soon as Fury landed. The director stepped out of the helicopter and stood there as Azazel walked up to him rather threateningly. "This island doesn't belong to you!"

"It doesn't belong to anyone. I took advantage." Fury countered.

"You took advantage, alright! The evidence clearly shows that this island belongs to the Neyaphem. Which means it doesn't belong to you." Azazel jabbed Fury's chest with his index finger.

"All the Neyaphem who could possibly hold claim to this island are dead."

"I'm the one who told you about the island, and I'm not dead."

"Not yet, you're not." Fury pulled his gun and pointed at Azazel's forehead. Azazel was unfazed.

"You actually managed to trick me." Azazel sounded only half-amused. "Raven." Fury melted away, revealing Mystique in his place.

"I've been practicing." Mystique's voice dripped with venom.

"So," Azazel began, completely ignoring the gun. "Why are you mad at me this time?"

"You know why!"

"You're going to have to be a bit more specific."

"You got me arrested!"

"I convinced you to turn yourself in."

"You manipulated me!"

"You've done that plenty of times yourself."

"Shut up!" Mystique pulled the trigger, but Azazel simply teleported out of the way. The bullet lodged itself into the trunk of a nearby tree. Azazel reappeared behind Mystique. She spun around when he took the gun out of her hand.

"Are you done?" Azazel asked as if talking to a tantruming child. Mystique simply crossed her arms and looked up at Azazel with an unreadable face.

"So you escaped from SHIELD." Logan walked up beside them with his signature scowl. "Why am I not surprised?"

"Because I'm the best at what I do." Mystique sassed, earning a glare from Wolverine. "And when I escaped, I hacked their computer archive, and found out that you," she pointed at Azazel, "have been working for SHIELD for over 20 years!"

"With SHIELD. There's a difference." Azazel retorted.

"I don't care! You got mad at me because I lied to you, when you've been lying to me the whole time!"

"I didn't lie. You just didn't ask."

"That's lying by omission!"

"No, it's a thing called privacy."

Mystique was indignant at her own words being used against her. She threw a punch that Azazel easily caught. Azazel then hooked his tail around her ankle, tripping her and causing her to fall into his outstretched arm, effectively dipping her as if they were dancing.

"Let me go!" Mystique struggled to free herself, but Azazel's grip held firm.

"Not to interrupt this 'romantic' moment," Logan definitely interrupted, "but where's the real Fury?"

"Don't know. Don't care." Mystique hissed. She morphed into a snake and slithered from Azazel's arms.

"You're no fun anymore." Azazel pouted.

"What is wrong with you?!" Mystique bit.

"You want the list in alphabetical order or by severity?" Azazel inquired sarcastically. Mystique rolled her eyes aggressively and stormed off, followed closely by Wolverine.

"And where do you think you're going?" Logan demanded.

"Anywhere but here." Mystique countered stomping back toward the chopper.

"Seriously?" Azazel called after her. "You come here to try and kill me, and now that you've failed you're just gonna leave?"

"Yes! You're an asshole Azazel!"

"I love you, too, dear." Mystique scoffed as she climbed into the chopper, only to be stopped by Wolverine.

"You're not going anywhere." Logan snarled.

Two hours later, a very ticked off Mystique was sitting next to a very ticked off Wolverine in the camp's makeshift mess hall. The other X-Men sat at a table talking amongst themselves.

"This is so weird." Kitty mumbled.

"What is?" Jean asked.

"This! All of this! The aliens, the holy wars, the magic powers."

"We have powers, Kitty." Scott informed.

"Not magic powers!"

"It's just Amanda who has magic powers now." Kurt added.

"Yeah, but the other stuff. You gotta admit it's pretty weird, even for us."

"She's got you there." Scott agreed.

"What I want to know is what the deal is with Fury and Azazel." Rogue commented. As if on cue, Azazel came into the tent looking more pissed than Mystique and Wolverine combined.

"No luck on the satellite phone. Apparently the real Fury is screening his calls." Azazel grumbled.

"If you can't get ahold of Fury, how are we going to get the materials we need to build the portal?" Beast puzzled.

"I'll just use the SHIELD chopper Raven came in to sneak onto one of their bases, find out where he is, go there and punch him in the face for ignoring me."

"I don't think that's going to help."

"It'll sure make me feel better."

"Well..." Kurt interrupted. "Since we're here anyway, why don't we see what the archeologists have found. Maybe figure out why Neyaphem would have come to Earth hundreds of years ago."

"Excellent idea!" Azazel exclaimed, turning on his heel and walking out of the mess hall. Kurt jumped up from the table and jogged after him. Mr. McCoy, deciding to join them, rose from his own seat and followed as well. Soon they were talking to Dr. Petranet about what had been discovered so far.

"We have the complete skeletons from 24 individuals, incomplete skeletons from another 22, several fragments of pottery, some glass beads, and what looks to be the remnants of a small metal box. What it contained, we can only theorize at." Dr. Petranet recited.

"That's great and all..." Azazel began, "but I was hoping you could tell us why they were here."

"I'd imagine for the same reasons humans colonize new areas. More land, resources, to escape religious persecution..." Dr. Petranet trailed off.

"Persecution." Azazel muttered.

"You think that this group of Neyaphem left Brimstone for the same reason you did?" Mr. McCoy proposed.

"Honestly," Azazel answered, "I wouldn't be surprised."

Story Chapter Complete!

Yeah, I know. Not exactly a cliffhanger, huh?

I'm glad to be back and all, but I probably won't be updating YDCF as much as I have in the past. Mostly because I have other story ideas that I need to get out of my head first. I was thinking of doing a Dungeons and Dragons fic, and maybe continuing the other X-men fic I posted awhile back. I honestly don't know yet. Only time will tell!