The only reason Akeno was even here in the first place was for that artifact in Luke's hands. Even now it was calling out to her. She could almost feel it crying every time Luke used it. It did not find him worthy, hence why his Lightning Blasts barely had any power behind them.
Percy Jackson behind her was wondering if he just got saved by another weirdo… Ever since discovering the world of gods and monsters his life had been completely crazy. He just wanted to go to school and have friends like normal kids. Not fight for his life against monsters!
Luke gripped the Master Bolt tightly and planned out what to do next. Did he risk fighting the Angel…or should he flee.
Luke chuckled to himself.
He supposed the answer to that question was obvious. Above all else, he was a survivor! The wings on Luke's shoes flapped hard as he spun around and raced away as fast as he could fly!
Akeno gaped when she watched him turn around and run before they even fought! She wasn't used to that. She was used to fighting Stray Devils who would fight till the bitter end no matter what.
"Seriously! He's running away!?" Percy exclaimed behind her.
"He won't get far!" Akeno said as her wings spread out. She wasn't letting that artifact go! She flapped her wings and rocketed back into the air. She followed the direction that Luke had left in. She could sense that he was weaving between dozens of buildings to try and lose her. It was a pity that that would never work. As long as he was holding that Lightning Bolt, Akeno would be able to sense his location anywhere in the city! She started to rapidly gain on him as she flew through the skies of New York.
As he was fleeing through the air, Luke glanced behind himself and paled! "How!?" He shouted in fear. 'How did she find me already!'
Akeno was almost right on top of him already and he had a head start! He grimaced and flew 90 degrees downward. They were directly over central park and Luke was hoping to lose Akeno in the trees.
CRACK!
That wasn't to be, though! Another bolt of lightning surged through the air and blasted Luke in his back. He let out a wail of pain as he lost control of his flying. He ended up crashing into the treetops.
Akeno flapped her wings hard and paused in mid air. She was perplexed. That lighting didn't come from her. She looked around and saw two figures descending from the sky into the trees where Luke had crashed. If they were also after that artifact, Akeno wasn't going to let them have it! It was calling out to her and she didn't feel like sharing.
She flew down between the trees and landed onto the dirt with a heavy thump. Her arrival did not go unnoticed.
Luke was lying on the ground unconscious and two women were standing over him. Both of them turned to her.
Akeno was momentarily taken aback. Both of these women were incredibly beautiful.
…Both of them were also wearing tight Black and Yellow leather outfits that left little to the imagination. Akeno approved. These two women were definitely in her strike zone.
One of the women had caramel colored skin and silver hair. She was incredibly beautiful and Akeno thought that she could mistake the woman for a goddess. She might actually be, considering Akeno could sense a hint of divinity emanating from the woman.
The other was a bit younger and Akeno figured closer to her own age. Akeno had to do a double take upon seeing her because, for a second, she was looking at an almost perfect copy of Rias. The only differences were this girl had slightly lighter red hair and her eyes were a striking green.
Akeno licked her lips before she spoke. "Ara, hello you two. Might I ask what you're doing out here. And why did one of you attack poor Luke there? That was mean, you know. I was in the middle of chasing him down to punish him!" Akeno said with a fake pout on her lips.
The older of the two beautiful women held her hands up calmly and spoke.
"Hello. I am Storm of the X-men. We were in New York investigating the strange weather lately." She said while eyeing the black wings behind Akeno. She almost didn't believe the news, but it seemed that Angels really had been popping up all over New York lately.
"We were wondering if it was another weather controlling mutant!" The redhead spoke up next to Storm. "Nice to meet you. I'm Marvel Girl by the way!" She said her codename. It wasn't her favorite choice of name, but it was the best one out of everyone's suggestions at the X-mansion.
"Mutant?" Akeno asked with a frown. She didn't like that word. She had been called words like that when she had to run from her murderous relatives as a child. "I'm afraid that one wasn't the cause of the strange weather. It was caused by some weather God throwing a tantrum earlier this week." Akeno explained. "Also you didn't answer my question regarding him." Akeno said and pointed at Luke.
"Oh, him? We were flying in the city and saw lightning being thrown around willy-nilly! We thought that was dangerous and that he was a bad mutant who was rampaging. We decided to stop him." Marvel Girl explained.
"I'm still not sure what a mutant is, but that guy claimed to be a demigod. The son of Hermes or something. Some minor God who delivers the mail. Nothing important." Akeno said and waved her hand flippantly.
Storm and Marvel Girl looked at each other and frowned. The X-Men had dealt with demons before, but they had never clashed with actual gods. Or at least, beings claiming to be gods. They started having a hushed conversation with each other on what to do from here.
Akeno pouted again when she noticed she was suddenly being ignored.
Well they were both distracted, Akeno walked up to the two of them. She kept her wings out in case she needed them, but she willed the outfit she was wearing to change into her classic shrine maiden outfit. She didn't have to do that. She was just mischievously testing the waters by blatantly flashing the two women for an instant…
The two's conversation halted when they saw a flash of light emanating from Akeno.
Akeno smirked when she saw their reactions.
"Awawawah…" Jean's face turned bright red.
"Was that necessary?" Storm asked. Her cheeks had a light pink on them as well.
Akeno played dumb and just smiled. "Was what necessary?"
Storm sighed and shook her head. "Nevermind." She turned and looked down at the unconscious boy. "If he's not a mutant, then he's not our problem. We should just contact the local police and they'll lock him up." Storm said.
"I think they're already here." Akeno said. "Although, I don't think they're local." She pointed directly above them. A SHIELD quinjet was flying in close. It hovered in the air directly above the tree line and the back hatch opened. A single man hopped out and fell over thirty feet to the ground. He landed hard in a classic superhero pose.
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