Aurora

Part 15

Author's Note

Hey guys, so sorry, I forgot to add in the last chapter that the whole team of X-Men are currently in the room with the portal - that means: Wolverine, Storm, Ice Man, Colossus, Gambit, Rogue, Jean, Cyclops, Beast and Aurora; Xavier was communicating from his office.

Sorry for the early note, enjoy!

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"I'm not sure what they're too late for Logan, I can't see anything beyond their emotions." Jean was stood with her eyes closed and fingers pressed to her temples, trying to pry deeper into the bamfs' minds to understand what was going on. 

"The gateway doesn't seem dangerous, I would think it best to-" Hank was cut off as red versions of the bamfs began to appear from the gateway, attacking them. Biting and teleporting, the blue bamfs began to fight them back, pushing the X-Men towards the portal. Aurora tried to move away, but her bamf pushed her along with the others.

*Bamf*

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Aurora woke up, her head hammering, with her blue bamf sat next to her, watching. She noticed a few red marks over his left eye and sat up slowly to take a closer look. The cuts seemed to be deep, but he was still smiling, perhaps he hadn't noticed.

"Hey, you're bleeding..." She moved to wipe some blood from dripping down his tiny face and he lifted his hand, seeing it come away red. She sat up and felt the intense heat hit her. Looking back to her companion, she watched in awe as the cut began to seal itself back up, as though it had never happened. 

"Great, so now you're like Wolverine too... Speaking of which, where is he?" She looked around, as the rest of the X-Men started to regain consciousness, groggily moving to stand up.

Logan grunted, "Damn hot as hell down here."

"Uh, guys, I might be melting...." Bobby was right, water was dripping from him, forming a small puddle at his feet as everyone fussed around him. Storm tried to create a snow cloud above him, but for some reason her powers didn't work.

"Hey, Ororo, somethin' tells me there's no weather down here..." The group turned to see what Logan meant, and Aurora's jaw dropped.  

An army of grotesque demons, gargoyles and beasts were charging towards them from a huge depressing metal gate that she only assumed led to a place far worse than here due to the screams and sickly scent of rotting, burning flesh. 

"Hell." Scott's whisper was heard among the whole group. They readied for the oncoming attack from the hell-beasts that were quickly approaching, brandishing weapons of all kinds. She pulled the light around them, forming a solid shield over the group in an attempt to protect them. To the team's surprise the creatures rushed past them; turning to see what they were running towards, they were faced with a large ship docked on what Aurora could only assume was the river Styx. Monstrous pirates wielding cutlasses and chains clashed with the beasts as the roars, screams and clashing of metal on metal filled the air. 

"Vhat should vee do?" Even the mighty Colossus seemed nervous as the pirates seemed to be winning, capturing the beasts in their chains and hauling them away.

"We hide." Jean's voice was shaky as she removed her fingertips from her temples. "Azazel's here, and now he's immortal."