Just When Things Couldn't Get Any Worse

Dylan screamed as he found himself spinning around in darkness. Then he collapsed on a hard marble floor. "Where am I?" He looked around. He was inside a chamber of stone and skulls. "This place reminds me of the movie Last Barbarian of Portland."

"I saw that," A voice spoke next to him. "It wasn't half bad."

He looked up and saw a group of huge demons with spears nearby him. "Yeah there weren't as many decapitations as I would have liked but I thought the action was good nonetheless," One of them added.

"AHHHHHH!" Dylan backed away into something. He stood up and looked at a young blonde girl with a very big sword in front of him.

"Greetings Dylan," Illyana grinned. "I am Magik, Mistress of Limbo."

"Limbo?" Dylan gulped.

"A parallel dimension to Earth," She explained. She snapped her fingers.

"Dimension?" Dylan gulped.

"S'ym! Provide our guest with refreshments," Illyana commanded. "S'ym is my Demon Lieutenant."

"Hey there!" S'ym waved. He offered him a tray with food on it. "Canapé?"

"DEMON?" Dylan yelped. He looked at the tray. There were some wriggling things on it. Then he passed out.

"Some action hero," S'ym scoffed.

"Hey!" Illyana kicked him in the side. "Wake up! I'm addressing you here! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW RUDE IT IS TO PASS OUT WHEN THE RULER OF A DIMENSION IS SPEAKING TO YOU?"

"Told you he was a sissy," Another demon scoffed.

Then another portal opened. "See guys," Forge remarked as the X-Men and Misfits exited it. "I told you this extra dimensional portal machine would come in handy."

"What are you doing here?" Illyana asked.

"I've come to get my date back if you don't mind!" Kitty stomped her foot. "What did you do to him?"

"Nothing, he passed out," S'ym said. "Can't imagine why. You want something to eat?"

"Ooh! I'll have that wriggly one there!" Todd grabbed it with his tongue. "Yum! Ooh! Spicy yet sweet!"

"It's one of my specialties," S'ym told him. "Remind me to give you the recipe."

"Sister I know you meant well but could you please allow us to return him to our dimension?" Peter asked. "Even though I'd love for him to stay here! Ow!" He winced as Kitty elbowed him.

"Well it does save me the trouble of throwing him into a pit of fire and torment," Illyana said. "I have to confess he's not the guy I thought he was. How can any self respecting girl date a guy who's scared of demons?"

"Ohhh," Dylan moaned. "Where am I? AAAAHHH! DEMONS!"

"See what I mean?" Illyana groaned.

"Don't worry," Kitty grabbed Dylan's arm. "We'll take him off your hands."

"Sorry about that," Illyana apologized.

"Well at least you got him out of the firefight," Althea admitted. "It probably saved his life."

"ARE YOU JOKING?" Dylan shouted. They went through the portal and the next thing he knew he was in a strange lab. "NOW WHERE ARE WE?"

"Relax dude, you're in my lab," Forge waved. "Just chill!"

"I wasn't just hallucinating right? You saw the demons too right?" Dylan started to panic.

"Relax Dylan they're not that bad," Kitty said. "Sometimes."

"So you brought back the princess here," Logan grunted as he walked in with Hank. "I take it the date ended early?"

"Give him a break! Most people aren't used to inter-dimensional travel like we are!" Kitty remarked. Lockheed huffed in agreement.

"Yeah I remember how freaked I was during my first real inter-dimensional trip," Kurt remarked. "Of course surrounded by lakes of fire and lava and having huge dinosaurs with pointy teeth trying to eat you alive would freak anyone out. But I got over it."

"Dinosaurs?" Lance remarked. "I thought they were demons?"

"Well whatever they were they had big pointy teeth and were annoying," Bobby said. "They totally wrecked the school gym."

"THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE?" Dylan yelled.

"Dude weren't you paying attention?" Forge looked at him. "This stuff happens all the time."

"Dragons…Protestors…People with guns," Dylan began to twitch. "Terrorists and now demons and travelling through other dimensions!"

"Don't forget the two boyfriends Kitty has," Pietro shouted.

"Shut up Pietro!" Kitty snapped.

"Boyfriends?" Dylan shouted. "That's right, I forgot about that! You actually have two boyfriends?"

"Well…it sounds worse than it actually is," Kitty gulped.

"PREPARE TO DIE WORM!" Amara could be heard screaming. Then the sound of someone else screaming could be heard.

"What was that?" Dylan yelled.

"Oh yeah," Hank sighed. "It seems Amara's little assistant director friend wanted her to star in a different kind of movie. Needless to say, she was not amused."

"FRY IN HELL JERK!" Amara shouted as something exploded.

"We decided that she could punish him much more effectively than any of us," Hank grinned.

"Is that the one who sets things on fire?" Dylan gulped.

"Yeah that's our Magma," Tabitha grinned. "This I gotta see!" She ran off to help her.

"So let me get this straight," Dylan was shaking. "Kitty you live in a mansion filled with mutants and have a dragon for a pet. You go out all the time fighting terrorist and travelling to other dimensions. And on top of it all you have two boyfriends…"

"One of which has a sister that rules another dimension full of demons," Pietro grinned.

"And the other is a former criminal," Bobby huffed.

"Don't call me that!" Lance shouted. "I was not a criminal!"

"Lance you stole, destroyed the school, and nearly killed us a few dozen times," Kurt remarked.

"I was never convicted of any crime," Lance huffed. "Besides Tin Grin over here was a flunky of Magneto's too! Remember? If I'm one technically so is he!"

"I had no choice!" Peter shouted.

"Well what do you think happened to me? You really think I chose Magneto over law school or something?" Lance shouted.

"In other words both boyfriends are idiots," Wanda remarked. The sound of a time bomb going off slightly shook the room. "Hey Tabby made a big one that time."

"Did we also mention that a lot of explosions happen?" Todd asked.

"I think he figured that out Toad," Scott said.

"Kitty don't take this the wrong way," Dylan panted. "I like you and everything but…YOUR LIFESTYLE IS NUTS! IT'S TOO WEIRD! AND I'M FROM HOLLYWOOD!"

"CATASTROPHE!" Jeff ran in screaming. "WHAT DID YOU DO DYLAN?"

"Me?" Dylan gasped. "I didn't…"

"You punched out Senator Kelly and Senator Helmsley didn't you?" Jeff snapped.

"So that's who the other guy was," Kitty blinked.

"Well yeah but…" Dylan began.

"Well normally the public wouldn't mind a simple punch but you had to get into a brawl in a public restaurant in front of thousands of cameras didn't you?" Jeff shouted. "Not to mention Helmsley just happens to be one of the closest friends of the head of the studio! They went to school together. And what do you think happened when Helmsley called his good buddy? Take a guess!"

"Uh…he asked him what's new?" Bobby replied nervously.

"HE TORE UP YOUR CONTRACT RIGHT ON THE SPOT!" Jeff shouted. "THAT MEANS YOU'RE FIRED! FINISHED! KICKED OUT! UNEMPLOYED!"

"So I'll just go to another studio," Dylan blinked.

"Oh yeah that's right," Jeff nodded. "IF ANY OTHER STUDIO IS WILLING TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH YOU! ESPECIALLY AFTER ALL THE LAWSUITS!"

"LAWSUITS?" Dylan shouted.

"YOU BURNED DOWN A RESTAURANT! OF COURSE THERE ARE GOING TO BE LAWSUITS!" Jeff shouted. "YOU BROUGHT THAT MUTANT INTO THE RESTAURANT! YOU STARTED THE FIGHT! THAT…LIZARD THINGY SET A BUNCH OF FIRES AND SO EVERYBODY IS BLAMING YOU!"

"That's crazy!" Kitty shouted. "It was Cobra and the FOH who started to shoot everybody."

"They're claiming it was self defense!" Jeff told her. "From the mutant menace!"

"This is insane…" Dylan stammered.

"I warned you!" Jeff shouted. "I warned you that no good would come from associating with these freaks! But did you listen? NOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

"Watch it bub," Logan shot out his claws at Jeff.

"Oh go ahead and skewer me!" Jeff snapped. "Chop me into tiny bits! You'd be doing me a favor!"

"YOU!" Gary stormed in. "YOU'VE RUINED MY CAREER!" He attacked Dylan. They were punching each other and rolling around on the floor.

"Hey! Hey! Break it up!" Logan shouted as they pried the two apart.

"I just got a call from the studio!" Gary shouted. "I've been replaced! They're taking my stuff out of my office as we speak!"

"Well don't blame him," Jeff got in Gary's face. "You're the genius who had to make a picture here!"

"Well you're the one who had to have him go on a date with a mutant!" Gary shouted.

"I DID'T MAKE HIM DO IT! I WANTED HIM TO PICK SOMEONE ELSE! HE PICKED HER! NOT ME!" Jeff pointed at Dylan. "Wait a minute. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT! YOU ALWAYS WERE THE BLACK SHEEP OF THE FAMILY! I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!" He jumped on Dylan.

"DON'T HIT HIM! LET ME DO IT!" Gary attacked Dylan as well.

"Okay this is way out of hand," Hank sighed as he pried Gary and Jeff off Dylan.

"I believe the date is over," Logan told Dylan. "Let me show you the door!" He started to drag him away.

"Logan!" Kitty ran after them along with the rest of the gang.

"Hey guys there are some cops at the door," Jamie ran up to them. "They want Dylan!"

"They can have him!" Logan dragged him to the policemen waiting in the hallway. "Is this what you want?"

"Yup," One of the cops slapped the handcuffs on him. "Dylan Hunter you are charged with two counts of assaulting a senator, ten counts of assault and battery, starting a riot, attempted arson, leaving the scene of a crime and one health code violation of bringing a lizard to a public restaurant."

"BUT THAT WAS HER!" Dylan screamed as he was led away. "SHE DID THAT! HELP ME!"

"Oh help yourself!" Gary shouted. "I've got a career to salvage!"

"Uh you're not going to arrest any of us are ya?" Todd gulped.

"No General Hawk explained that you were there for some kind of terrorist stake out," The Officer said. "Frankly the only reason you guys aren't getting sued is that people think they can make more money off of him."

"And it's true he's very wealthy," Lance grinned.

"But not for long," Peter grinned. He waved to Dylan. "Bye Bye Big Shot!"

"Bye Bye!" Lance waved with him.

"And bye bye to mutant/human relations," Hank moaned.