[spirit_queen]

"Really?" suddenly, Hel looked right at Xander; she sensed the Shadow in him, and Xander couldn't look away form her. "Speak, boy! Who are you?"

"Xander Waite..." he said awkwardly.

"That tells me nothing..." Hel said; she cared not for human names.

"He's my son, and a god in his own right." Athena said. "Why do you ask?"

Hel looked at Athena. "He has the darkness, and I wish to know why."

"What darkness?" xander asked, even though he knew what she was talking about; he figured that now he'd finally have a chance to learn all there was to know about this shadow that lived within him.

"The why is most likely revenge against me." Athena said.