Hela walks the walls of Hel until
she discovers her realm has been invaded by huge monsters. She demands to know
who they are and they size her, sending a flock of ravens into the sky….
Dani “Mirage” Moonstar is flying a
Blackbird jet to Hel, hoping to gain the help of Hela, whom she served as a
Valkyrie. Dani is having second thoughts about leaving the battleground in San
Francisco but Cyclops assures her that her contribution will be important. Then
her radio is filled with cries of “help” and “Hela” as she flies through the
flock of ravens, shattering the windshield and forcing her to eject….
Back at Utopia, her fellow New
Mutants (Sunspot, Magma, Cypher, X-Man, Warlock) are concerned for her. They
don’t understand why (according to Cerebro) she vanished in the Sierra Nevada
Mountains while flying away from San Francisco. Cypher deduces she was on a
mission sanctioned by Cyclops, likely having to do with Dani’s Norse
connections. Concerned about her, her friends consult the imprisoned Magik, who
promises to reveal what she knows….
Dani awakens in the hills,
accompanied by a single raven cawing for help; it leads her to her winged horse
Brightwind and her sword….
Magik reveals that Dani was on her
way to Hel (the Norse afterlife) not the Judeo-Christian Hell and suggests a
spell that can get them there. Cypher, the language expert thinks he can figure
it all out, due to his mutant ability…
…and so Cypher collects the needed
papers and follows the directions, works out the incantation—and they end up in
Hell, greeted by Mephisto….