Getting off the bus, I watched as people were waving signs around about" No More Mutants" or "No Mutants". I rolled my eyes and started heading into the direction of where my home used to be. Getting grabbed by my shoulder, I looked at them, with me seeing some kind of guard. "Single file, don't try anything!" He said, pushing me into a line, confusing me on what he was talking about.

As I walked, I placed my bag down and they started checking it. It was just food and clothes, nothing else. Walking up to another guard, I held my arms out as he started patting me down, while another one came up to me with this strange device. "Eyes open." He said, with me opening my eyes wide for them.

The machine went red, and I knew that was a bad sign. "Mutant, take him away!" The guard who patted me down ordered, spinning me around and cuffing me.

"This is racist!" I yelled, getting pushed towards a van that wasn't very far. 'Wow, never thought I would be apart of something racist, or be on the receiving end of it.' I thought, getting closer to the van. 'I wonder how the New Mutants are doing?' I thought in wonder as I watched them open the doors for me.

Before I could enter the van, another guard punched the guard who was leading me away. "Blob! Grab Incubus and get out of here!" She commanded as she brought a knife down on the cuff, destroying them, with me looking at her in shock as she turned into Mystique.

"Wait, Mystique, Blob?" I asked, Looking her up and down. Her hair was shoulder length, wearing a red tank top, but it looked to be made of some kind of bullet proof fabric. Her leggings were made of the same color and wearing red combat boots with an assault rifle in hand.

"Get out of my way!" I heard, with me turning around and seeing Blob in a blue one piece and boots. His Mohawk had been shaved off, making him bald.

"Holy shit, time has not been good for you." I said, stepping back away from him.

"Can't say the same about you!" Blob said, with me backing up against the van.

Hearing something land on the top of the van, I looked up and saw Logan. "Mind if I cut in?" Logan asked, popping his claws out and jumping onto Blob.

Seeing my shadow rise up, my eyes widened. "Decay, STOP!?" I yelled, with Decay taking flight into the air. "EVERYONE RUN!?" I yelled, with Logan and Blob looking at me as I jumped into the van while everyone else ran away.

I knew what was about to happen, all of the energy that Decay had suddenly absorbed made him unstable, so he had to release it. I wasn't expecting it, but then I remembered what happened with Mephisto when we separated. The amount of power he had then was small compared to what was about to happen. Hearing a loud caw, I covered my head as Decay smacked into me, causing a large explosion around us, knocking me out from the impact of Decay.

Later

Opening my eyes, I saw that I was looking at Mystique and another familiar face. "Pyro, block his path!" Mystique said, with me watching as he burned the downed trees. "Lets move!" She commanded, with me seeing that we were now in a park and I was on Blobs back. Reaching for my glove, I was then hit in the back of the head by Mystiques gun, knocking me out again.

Later

Opening my eyes, I shook the cobwebs and brought my knee up and hit Blob in the throat, making him fall forward. Rolling back away from him as he fell, I got into a fighting stance as he coughed. "Seriously, Blob, you really let your self go." I said, with him getting mad as he stood up to his full height.

"Don't take another step closer, Blob!" I heard, with me looking behind me, with me seeing Scott and Logan. Scott was dressed in a navy blue top with a chest pocket strapped to it. He had a gold belt with navy blue pants with gold boots and black gloves. His hair was short, sort of a military look and he was no longer scrawny, but quite buff.

"Try and stop me, creampuff!" Blob said, with me looking at him.

"Are you saying creampuff because you want one, or do you see one somewhere?" I asked, making him yell and charge at me. "I think its option three, we're the creampuffs he wants to eat!" I said, with me running away from him as he started chasing me around. 'Ok, what do I remember about Blob?' I thought, looking back at him as he was on my tail. 'He has Physical Resistance, and I don't think my illusions will do much against him.' I thought, creating fire balls and dropping them on the ground. "FIRE IN THE HOLE?!" I yelled, with Blob stepping on the fire, followed by small explosions that went off under him, making him fall.

Turning around, I held my hand back and absorbed light into it, with a green ball of light appearing. I looked at Scott and saw him shoot his optic blast, with me throwing my hand out. "FINAL SHINE!?" I yelled, with both of our blasts hitting Blob from both sides. We kept our attack up, until I ran out of juice and let it drop, with me seeing Blob fall down once more, knocked out.

Shaking my hand, I looked at the glove and saw that it was lightly burned. "Nice more." Logan said, with me looking up and seeing them walking up to me. "Didn't expect you in town." He said, with me shrugging.

"Well, Lady Death no longer has a hold on me, I defeated Mephisto, and saved the missing mutants who were taken from your care." I said, with Logan crossing his arms.

"Were they with you?" Scott asked, with me shaking my head.

"Sorry, but they formed their own team, calling them selves the "New Mutants". They invited me, but I'm... I was already apart of a team." I said, not sure if I was accepted back or not.

"You're always welcome." Scott said, with me taking his hand and shaking it.

"Good work, guys." I heard Jean in my head, with me getting a small headache from it as it had been a while since I had anyone talking to me in there. "Get Dakota to the X-Jet. I'll meet you there." She said, making me smile.

"Jean, could you ask Storm to create some rain? It'd keep the civilians off the street and give us a little cover." Scott said, with me hearing him in my head, meaning that it was a psychic link.

"Got it, and good to have you back, Dakota." I heard, with me looking at them.

"Come on, the X-Jet is topside, and there is a escape ladder down this way!" Logan said, with me following after them, with me remembering that I had just lost all my clothes at that checkpoint.

Later, topside

Once we reached the top, we were already soaked with water from the rain. Being the last one up, I watched as Scott and Logan had dispatched two men who where in blue armor. "Who are these guys?" I asked, making my way over to them.

"Brotherhood Thug's." Scott said, with me looking at him.

"The Brotherhood is a thing now?" I asked, with him nodding.

"A lots changed while you were gone, we'll have to catch you up to speed, but later." He said, with us continuing up the small set of stairs. Seeing him run, he jumped from one roof to the other, with Logan doing the same. I held my hand up as I jumped, with Decay catching my hand and gliding me over to them. "Seems like you have a few new tricks." He said, with me nodding as Decay went back into my shadow, with me following them into the building.

As we walked through, Logan stopped and held his hand up, sniffing. "Two of them, above." He informed, with Scott nodding. I followed behind as we reached the stairs, with Logan jumping out and facing Scott, with Scott shooting his claws which were deflected around the corner, followed by two screams. Walking up with Scott, I looked and saw two downed men.

Running across the roof, we moved out of the way of a green bolt of lightning. Holding my hand back, I gathered light into it. "FINAL SHINE!?" I yelled as I shot him, knocking him off the roof. Making our way up to where he was, we saw planks of wood laid out, leading to the next roof.

Once we made it across, I tossed two fire balls at two of the three Brotherhood Thugs that came at us, with them getting pushed back, where Scott then shot them, taking them out. Seeing Logan charge, I watched as he jumped onto the last one and stabbed him in the side, where he then let him drop.

Making our way across, two more came from around a fence, with me and Logan charging. He cut off one of their hands while I let my claws extend and stabbed the other in the gut and held him up before tossing him at Scott, who shot him down. Looking to the side, we saw two more coming at us, with me looking at Logan. Holding my hands down together, I watched as he jumped onto my hands, with me tossing him over me and at them. I fell, not used to lifting such weight. Looking over my shoulder, I watched as Logan had stabbed both of them in the chest, killing them. Seeing a hand, I looked up and saw Scott, with me taking it and getting lifted up, where we started moving along the other planks of wood that was laid out across the roof.

Once across the roof, I stopped and looked at the tables that were set out. 'Wouldn't be that bad of a place to eat.' I thought, with me continuing on after them. Jumping down to the next roof, Decay came out and caught me, with me gliding over to them as they were taking care of the two Brotherhood Thugs that were there waiting for us.

Landing, I turned around and punched one of them in the face, where Decay tackled him, pushing him off the roof and returning to me. Making our way down the stairs, I jumped down half way, grabbed the Brotherhood Thug and tossed him off the roof with Scott and Logan running past me. I watched Scott cross beams with a green blast while Logan cut the arm off of another. Seeing Scott overpowering him, I watched as he directed his blast over to another, taking him out. Rushing forward while the mutant powered up for another blast, I grabbed his face and forced him to look me in the eyes. Bio-"Aviophobia." I said, where I let him go and watched as he started clawing at the ground.

Looking over at Logan, I watched as he was leaning against the wall. Seeing another Brotherhood Thug run around it, I watched as Logan stabbed him in the head, killing him. Looking up the stairs, I watched as Scott tossed another one down, with him landing next to me, either dead or passed out. Running up the stairs with Logan, he slashed at another one who tried to kick us down, but lost his leg and was kicked in the face in return.

Seeing another mutant charging up, I watched as Scott took him out before he could shoot, with me running over to the one next to him, with me drop kicking him off the roof. Hearing a sound of a jet, I looked up and saw the X-Jet. Seeing another Brotherhood on a far roof charging up, I charged my hand with light as well. "FINAL SHINE!?" I yelled, with it hitting the mutant and knocking him back.

"Lets get out of here and head home!" Scott said, with me following him into the X-Jet. It was different, with me seeing Bobby, Beast, Storm, Jean, and Colossus. Beast wasn't much of a gorilla, but had toned down a bit, but was still beast like with similar wear to Scott and Logan. Bobby was completely ice with a bandana on his head and a strap on his arm. Storm and Jean were wearing the same uniform. Crop top, gold gloves with gold boots and the same style pants as Scott and Logan. Storms hair was in a pony tail, while Jeans was cut down, really short. Then there was Colossus, he was wearing something similar to Scott, and then I remembered just who he was.

"I know you!" I said, pointing at Colossus, who stood up while the others started to get defensive. "I saved your sister not long ago!" I said, with them relaxing.

"I thank you for that, any word on where she has gone?" He asked, with me shaking my head.

"Sorry, last I heard was once they formed their own team, the New Mutants." I said, walking over to him and shaking his hand. "I'm glad you're with the right team this time." I said, smiling at him, getting a nod in return while Scott made his way over to the front of the X-Jet and started flying with Beast. "Jean, seriously, I would of never figured you would cut your hair, ever!" I said, looking at her in a shocked expression.

"Wouldn't of thought that you would come back from the dead." Jean said, with her walking forward, with us hugging it out. "We missed you." She said, rubbing my head, with me hitting her hand away. "You've gotten taller, and its good to know that you're no longer insane. We have Kitty to thank for that." She said, with me shrugging.

"Ya, not my best year." I said, making her laugh at me. "And Storm, how's your garden been?" I asked, with her smiling at me from her seat.

"Bigger, its a green house now, behind the mansion, which has had a few upgrades over the years." She said, with me nodding.

"Hey, don't leave me out of the conversation!" Bobby said, with me looking at him.

"Why are you completely iced?" I asked, with him shrugging.

"This is kind of my uniform, better than what they got on." He said, with me rolling my eyes at him.

"Always have to be the "Cool" one." I said, taking a seat in front of him.

"Ice puns, you have changed, you wouldn't make that kind of joke when we were kids, you were all "Im like, totally going to die" and stuff!" Bobby said, with me seeing Jean glaring at him as he said that.

"Speaking of which, what was the other side like?" Logan asked, with everyone looking at him, then me.

"I wasn't on either side, I was stuck somewhere else." I said, remembering where my soul was. "I spent four years in an orange stone, Death called it the Soul Stone." I said, with them looking at the other, then me.

"The Soul Stone?" Jean asked, with me nodding. "What was it like?" She asked, with me rubbing my head.

"Its hard to explain, but I had another job before becoming Deaths Champion, I was a Judge of some kind. She sent the souls to me, and depending on their life, I sent them to either plain of existence. There were a lot, Ill give you that." I said, with them nodding.

"Seems like you became an excellent judge of character." Beast said, with me looking at him.

"Seeing ones soul, is an experience that you would love, but at the same time, hate." I said, making him laugh.

"Im sure we can have a lot of interesting conversations until then." He said, making me laugh and leaning back.

"So, what happened down there?" Jean asked, with me looking at her. "Your shadow came out and caused a massive explosion against your will, you even called it Decay, your alias while you were working for Death." She said, with me nodding as it was a good question.

"To sum things up, this entire time, I was living with two souls, not one." I said, shocking them. "Decay is complicated and was the reason Death wanted me, he also gave me extra powers. My original mutation is that of a succubus, he just added the death part. He cant be touched by anyone, or they die. Rogue is the exception because we're just alike, having the same mutant power in a way. She absorbs by skin contact, I don't need skin contact." I informed, with Storm leaning forward.

"And how did you figure this out?" She asked, with me nodding as I understood the question.

"I've known about the second soul thing since I went berserk on that asteroid, I hid this from everyone, even the professor." I said, shocking them. "Everything else, was when I was in a forced coma by the an unknown group. It wasn't until I fought Mephisto that I had our souls separated, where I learned I could absorb a lot more, even use real fire by using the heat in the air." I said, with Bobby holding his hand out to me.

"You spew fire, Ill freeze you!" He said, with me looking at him.

"You think you're the only one who can use Ice?" I asked, holding my hand out, slowly making an Ice cube in my hand. "This is an example of me using the cold in the air, because there isn't a lot of it, I cant make it as fast or much of it." I said, with me tossing it at Bobby, with him catching it.

"You've not just changed, but in a way evolved." Jean said, with me nodding. "Does this mean that well be able to touch you?" She asked, with me shaking my head.

"Sorry, but any shadow that touches me, Decay had come out of it and use his powers to drain people, so I wouldn't risk it." I said, with her nodding.

"There is one thing that is bugging me, what caused Decay to explode like that?" Jean asked, with me nodding as it was a good question.

"Its from too much energy, we absorbed a demon not long ago, and it caused him to go out of control. I noticed that he wasn't well, but I didn't know of the aftermath. Im going to have to drain him of that every so often to prevent it from happening again." I said, with them nodding.

"We're approaching the Mansion." Beast said, with me looking at him.

"How fast is this thing, we were really far out?" I asked, with beast looking at me.

"This is the fastest thing you will ever see." He said, with me nodding and leaning back into the seat, excited to be back home.