Chapter 69: The Allfather Gets Fact Checked

Everyone squared off against the Asgardians standing in front of them and Chelsea transformed and stood behind Gavin and wrapped her tail around him in a protective manner, her reptilian maw set ablaze in a territorial display. Devin and Rogue stood in front of her too, the boy's arms shifting into a pair of blades and cosmic energy radiating from the girl's hands and eyes.

"You want him? You'll have to go through us." Logan growled, claws deployed.

"I've seen this kind of discrimination and situation before." Ororo added. "The second we let you take him, you'll just find him guilty even after hearing his side of the story and most likely destroy him because you want to because you think you can." She continued with a frown.

"Do not speak like you know us, mortal." Sif huffed haughtily.

"I know your type. No matter how much time passes, people who look down on those different from them always exist." The African weather witch spat.

"I've seen it, too. You're a fool if you think we'll just go along with it." Devin hissed.

The Norse goddess of fertility glared at the group and drew her sword. "Fine, if you're so hell bent on protecting this fugitive, then do not expect any mercy from me when I kill you!" She yelled before she charged at the X-men.

'Sif, as much as I hate to admit, these people are correct. You are being a fool…!' Thor groaned internally. One would think that he'd be the one to doing the talking since Thor had experienced a fight against Gavin before, but no. It was his betrothed instead, and now look at what happened.

Wolverine was quick to block Sif's attack with his claws and slice it apart like it was made of butter, and then punctured a hole in her shield when she tried to block him. All of this shocked her considerably.

"What?! Impossible!" She exclaimed as she looked at her ruined sword behind her equally ruined shield before she was kicked back.

"Better get used to it, sweetheart, 'cause there's a lot more where that came from." The scraggly mutant grunted.

Before the woman could retort, Rahne jumped out of nowhere and sunk her teeth into the woman's arm after transforming. The Norse woman let out a small scream of pain as she tried to push the canine girl off of her.

Swiftly kicking the She wolf off her, she got up again as two of the other three warriors joined her, and Thor… was just standing there and trying not to start going on a mad rant due to how wrong things were going.

"This is not going well." Fandral said to the god of thunder.

"I'm aware of that…" Thor replied dryly as he facepalmed.

Just then though, the Sever siblings chose now to show up, and were greeted by the skirmish that was occurring.

"Okay, what the hell is going on here?" The eldritch woman asked as she and her brother walked forward.

"The Allfather wants young Gavin brought to Asgard for trial and Sif provoked them." The blond god of thunder replied with a groan. He had met the Sever siblings plenty of times since he worked on the helicarrier frequently, and they were actually interesting people.

"Seems like you deserve it, seriously what's your dad gonna do to Gavin once he has him? Feed him to Jormungand?" Johan stated in an aggravated tone.

"If he does, then it will be a major mistake, if I understand what you're saying correctly." Fandral noted.

Though as the two continued to speak, storm clouds began to gather above. "ENOUGH!" Storm yelled as she brought down the mother of all lightning bolts down between Sif and the X-men, stopping the fight and allowing her and Xavier to approach the Asgardians so they could talk peacefully.

"Thor, you seem to be the most civil one here. Care to give us an appropriately worded explanation?" He asked.

"Gladly, Professor Xavier." The God of Thunder nodded. "As stated before, your student has (albeit unknowingly) broken Asgardian laws that were agreed upon centuries ago between Midgard (Earth)'s ancestors eons ago. On three separate occasions." He continued.

"And you expect them to be remembered by humans to this day?" Logan asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'd bite my tongue if I were you, mongrel." Sif snapped.

"Oh blow it out your ass, bitch!" Chelsea fired back.

"Enough!" The hammer wielding god barked before he sent a look at his wife. "Sif, you've already complicated things enough as it is. Be quiet and let me do the talking from here." He ordered before he sent a look of slight distaste at Chelsea. "And keep your temper in check, descendant of Tiamat." He told the woman.

"Okay, can I get an explanation for that?" The dirty blonde demanded.

"We can worry about that later." Xavier states. "What occasions were your laws violated, exactly?" He asked.

"That will be revealed once the trial begins, and not before. There are rules to Asgardian law, and to not abide by them ourselves would be hypocritical." Thor stated.

"Fair enough, Ah guess." Rogue sighed as her power dissipated. Gavin, meanwhile, was gripping his sword so tight that his knuckles were turning white. Why did he have to abide by the rules of these posers?

"I'm gonna kill Odin when I get my hands on him!" He growled under his breath.

"Easy, Gavin." Devin said warily, trying to calm his brother down.

Thor sighed as he saw how things were going. "Right, well, let's get this over with!" He said as he and the other Asgardians called down the bifrost to transport them to Asgard. Though Chelsea felt something nagging at the back of her mind. Something…. Off.

'Something doesn't feel right about this trial…' She thought. Moments later a blinding light surrounded them before seconds later they found themselves in a golden sphere. Standing at the center was Heimdall, the Guardian of the Bifost.

Heimdall was a man who looked to be African in appearance and was wearing golden Asgardian armor, his stoney brown eyes never leaving their post at watching the gates. He kind of reminded the kids of the royal guards in Britain.

"So, these are the ones?" The Guardian asked as he looked them over.

"Yes Heimdall. These are the ones." Thor nodded before jumping a bit when one of the guards suddenly yelled. Everyone turned to see that in the process of putting shackles on Gavin's hands, he had sunk his fangs into the guard's arm… and he wasn't letting go.

"Oh for the love of…" Thor groaned as he facepalmed. This was just not a good day for his sanity. A second guard pulled Gavin back and then put a muzzle on him.

"This boy is no child, he's a monster!" Hogun exclaimed.

"Why do you think I was wary of him, you fool?!" The God of Thunder shouted in exasperation. All of the X-men gave Hogun a hard stare for his rude statement, causing the man to become uncomfortable.

Luckily though, Rogue was able to calm Gavin down enough to where the muzzle could be removed as they walked across the bifrost bridge. A few minutes later, they all entered the throne room of Odin, where the Allfather sat at his throne with his two Ravens on his shoulders, and Freya at his side.

"Gavin Shirakumo." The man boomed. "Step forward." He ordered. The boy scoffed but did so regardless.

"What. The fuck. Do you want with me, old man?" He hissed at the Asgardian ruler. "Because right now all you've managed to do is piss me off."

"You will speak to me with respect in your tone, lest I smite you where you stand." Odin ordered sternly.

"Just answer his question, father. I've already put up with enough today." Thor sighed tiredly.

Odin sighed. "Very well. Boy, you stand accused of violating Asgardian law not once, not twice, but thrice." The man explained. "The first example being your unprovoked assault against my son Thor on the ship known as the Helicarrier."

"Unprovoked?! Are you blind?! I was more than provoked! He was in my way." Gavin retorted.

"In the way of what, exactly?" Freya questioned for the first time.

"At the time, I was trying to track down the terrorists and sick mother fuckers that had been capturing and torturing my fellow Mutants, and your son impeded my progress." The pseudo vampire stated.

"The name of the organization being…?" The wife of Odin questioned further.

"HYDRA." Gavin replied. The Allfather's face darkened at the mention of the name.

"I am aware of these people. They have stolen many of Asgard's most powerful artifacts to satisfy their lust for power." He grimaced.

"Then you'll be pleased to know that the organization has fallen apart and is no longer existing." Johan piped up.

"Good." Odin nodded, feeling genuinely pleased by the knowledge of that.. "Moving on. Second is your usage and possession of not only the Tesseract, but also the Eye of Anubis for your personal use." He continued.

"Oh, that." Gavin shrugged. "I honestly didn't think a one time use for each of them would be that big of a deal, but since it is…" He trailed off.

"If you guys care about it so damn much, why didn't you retrieve them yourselves?!" Barked Chelsea. Odin moved to give her a stern answer when Katerina beat him to the punch.

"Because deities can't interfere with anything going on amongst mortals." She said in a way that sounded like she'd heard it a dozen times before as she sighed.

"Sounds like a bunch of bullshit to me." The Dragoness huffed.

"Lastly…" The Old man continued. "Your assault and attempted murder of Lord Oberon." He finished. Immediately, everyone found themselves hard pressed to breathe, even Odin. They all looked at Gavin and saw that he was letting his aura out, fury pouring from him.

"At the time in question, he had attempted to separate a son from his mother! As a parent myself, I wouldn't condone that when I have the power to stop it! As if that wasn't enough, he almost took my son, too!" He hissed venomously as his restraints shattered, but he made no move to attack anyone.

In a dark corner, Loki was trying very hard not to laugh. This was going very well. Now all he had to do was wait for the right moment to make his move.

As he continued to watch, he looked over at Chelsea and his grin grew wider. 'Excellent, they were foolish enough to bring her here! Now my plan can finally comence!' He thought wickedly. His eyes then landed on Jean and he sensed the Phoenix Force within her. 'Oh ho! You'll make a fine bonus as well!' He thought, already coming up with a means to control the power within the redhead.

(Later)

Gavin's Aura was now gone after Rogue managed to soothe him by hugging him into her chest and after Damian had started playing with his father's long hair while sitting in his lap.

"I cannot believe what's happening right now." The boy sighed.

"Daddy, are you sad?" Damian asked his father, which surprised Rogue since she wasn't aware he'd learned how to form complete sentences yet. Or even recognize emotions that well for that matter. Gavin is surprised too, but decided to think about it later.

"No. I just… I don't know how to feel about all this." The pseudo vampire sighed as he hugged the little guy close. The blue skinned boy hugged his dad back as Rogue joined in.

Unfortunately, this was interrupted when Drake plopped himself down in front of the door of the hall where Odin and his advisors were speaking, and then suddenly started to show signs that he was about to sneeze.

"Oh no." Gavin utters before he gives Damian to Rogue and turns into smoke to reach Drake faster. Right as the tyke was about to sneeze, Gavin grabs him and points him away from the hall… Just in time for the kid to transform and sneeze, but instead of snot, it's acid.

"Oh jeez, Drake, why didn't you say you needed to sneeze?" Chelsea said as she grabbed the little black dragon who wagged his tiny tail and chirped before turning into his human form and blowing his nose into a handkerchief Logan handed him as Laura felt his forehead.

"I think he may have a fever." The girl said worriedly. Chelsea quickly put her hand to her son's head and noticed it was really warm, which made her very worried.

"Think anyone here is willing to give him any medicine?" Rogue asked. And as luck would have it, Freya entered the room.

"Give who medicine?" The woman asked, before noticing the two toddlers. "I wasn't aware that you brought young children here." She stated.

"They kinda got caught up in us being brought here." Gavin replied with a shrug.

Drake meanwhile, let out another transforming acid sneeze and it nearly caught Freya who managed to dodge it for it to hit and melt a wall.

"*Squawk*!" The dragon baby chirped before transforming back. "Oh! Pretty lady!" The tyke giggled. Freya, despite herself, giggled at the baby's compliment.

"Aren't you just a sweetheart." She said as she ruffled his hair. She then pulled something from her dress. "Here, nibble on this little one." She told him as she handed him an herb of some sort.

Drake looked at the herb curiously and even sniffed it adorably before he took it and started nibbling on it. He actually giggled a little at the flavor.

"What'd you give him?" Chelsea asked.

"Just a simple herb. It should at least take care of the fever for now." Freya explained. "I have come to tell you that due to the extenuating circumstances of your apparent transgressions, my husband, Odin, has decided to not go any further with the trial." She stated.

"The reason being?" Gavin inquired.

"There were many factors of context to the events in question that made us reevaluate what we had originally thought." The woman told them. She then looked at Chelsea and Jean. "However, you two are of a much greater concern." She stated.

"Why?" Jean asked in confusion.

"Being that one is from the same bloodline of the Queen of Dragons and you are the vessel of the all powerful Phoenix Force, Odin is… Let's say wary of letting you roam freely." Freya explained. Before Gavin could say anything about his friends and family being restrained, Chelsea decided to speak up.

"Can we get an explanation for both of those? Oberon mentioned I'm apparently of Tiamat's blood, but that was it. As for this 'Phoenix Force…' This is the first time we've heard of it." The Dragoness requested.

"Your Dragon form is in the form of a chromatic dragon. More specifically a red dragon. It is said that Tiamat's first born was a Red Dragon and that this first born took the form of a human woman and birthed a long line of kings and queens." The woman stated. "It's also said that the female descendants of this first born daughter were able to tap into their draconic heritage."

"Seriously?" Chelsea got out in surprise. "I thought it was pure coincidence the day I first unlocked it." She stated.

"Your Mutant gene may have caused some differences to develop, but I assure you. This is no coincidence." Freya nodded. "As for the Phoenix Force, it is a power that seeks out new hosts constantly, and is easily corrupted. If the host's Will is too weak, they will become consumed by it and become an entity of total destruction: The Dark Phoenix."

"... Oh." Jean gulped. "Well, I believe that I haven't actively tapped into its power yet, so I think I'm fine." She said.

"Though there is one more thing." The goddess stated. "There lies a relic here in Asgard called the Dragon's Crown, a crown created by Tiamat for her daughter. And it is said that if a descendant of hers wears it, that woman will become the queen of dragons, and be able to control them at will."

"... And Odin is essentially just keeping Chels close to it?" Gavin asked with a raised eyebrow. "When you think about it a certain way, that's kinda what it sounds like." He added.

"It's not that he wants to keep her close to it, it's that he wants to draw the person who'd want to use it on her out." Freya elaborated.

"Oh… Okay, then." The boy shrugged.

"... Ah feel like it's gonna be Loki. Just saying." Rogue commented after a moment.

"What makes- … Nevermind." Chelsea started to ask before cutting herself off.

"Why do you guys think it's Loki? Don't you guys read Norse mythology?" Gavin asked. "He just causes trouble on purpose for no reason and gets cartoonishly walloped by the consequences." He added. "He's not a prince of darkness, guys, he's a looney toons antagonist." He continued. The boy's description of Loki caused Freya to laugh.

"Is that how mortals perceive Loki's antics?!" She asked, still laughing. "Oh that's- Wow, I didn't know I needed that one." She breathed as she calmed down.

"I mean he got his mouth sewn shut for literally no reason after making a bet with the dwarves." Gavin pointed out. "After he cut off Sif's hair to piss off thor because he was bored." He added. "That's a pretty zany scheme there."

"Heh, okay nerd, we get it." Chelsea chuckled.

"My point is, what would he want with a future queen of dragons?" The pseudo vampire asked.

"Hold on, who were Jormungad's parents?" Jean suddenly asked.

"Loki and Tiamat. Why?" Gavin replied… Right before he facepalmed. "Please no…" He mumbled into his hand.

"I swear, if I have to put up with another creep thinking I'm a ghost from their past…!" Chelsea hissed.

"I highly doubt he's going for that angle." Freya chimed in. "He's sworn off those shenanigans after he foolishly birthed Sleipnir, Odin's favorite horse." She added.

"Let's hope that's the case." Gavin sighed.

Off to the side, Loki, in the form of a guard, was having a very hard time trying to contain his anger at the group as they laughed at tales of his past antics.

"Amoura, have you gotten the crown?" He asked in a stone around his neck as quietly as possible.

"I have it. We can begin when you bring Tiamat's descendant to us." An alluring female voice replied quietly.

"We'll have to lure her away from her children and husband… but what do we use as bait?" He asked.

"That is quite simple. We use her most base instincts against her. We'll use a dragon's favorite form of fragrant plunder: food." The Enchantress replied.

"I think I know a few recipes we can turn to…" Loki muttered quietly, already mulling a few ideas over in his head.

The real trial had only just begun.

Dragon Emperor0: Luring Chelsea in with her one weakness: Food. Throw in some booze and a bottle of Logan's cologne and you got yourself a perfect trap.

ThermalsniperN7: Yes you do. Also… Can we just take note of how done Thor is? I mean, his own wife made things worse until Storm forced the fight to stop long enough for Charles to ask for details.

Dragon Emperor0: Hey Asgardians! News flash: Read the room ya assholes! Seriously. Also I wasn't joking guys, Loki did do all the stuff we mentioned. This dude has worse luck than Wile E. Coyote.

ThermalsniperN7: OSP's Red said it best: "He's not a prince of darkness, guys. He's a looney toons antagonist." And he was called that right smack in front of him! Ya can't get any funnier than that.

Dragon Emperor0: Yeah. Also poor Drake, the kid's sick. Poor little guy, his whole family was really worried about him there.

ThermalsniperN7: Must give dragon babeh hugs! *Clears throat* Anyway, see you guys next time.