"Looks like the pirate's been cryin'," Flash sneered, having seen the red rims around Jack's eyes.

"Pirate?" Peter asked.

"Pirates are dumb and they like gold, he's dumb with gold eyes."

He sighed.

"Only reason a person shouldn't cry is if they're dead, and that's only because the dead can't cry." Jack glanced up at him. "No one told you that?"

"Why were you crying?" Peter asked him.

"I'll tell you later."

He never go the chance to, however, because at that point, a bunch of kids ran in screaming and crying about how their teacher's eyes had turned solid black and she was trying to hurt them.

Peter and Jack both ran from the room.

"I need you to get paint," Jack ordered, running in the direction the kids had come from.

Peter ran the other way, unquestioning. Jack seemed to know how to handle this.

Pulling a knife from Chuck-knows-where, the Nephilim ducked into the classroom.

"So it's true," a voice said. The demon stood in the far corner of the classroom. "I'd heard there was a Nephilim here. Came through a portal. You certainly don't look like much."

Jack faced him, his golden eyes cold as he assessed the best way to do this.

The demon appeared a lot more frightened now that it had seen his eyes. "So the old legends are true."

Jack narrowed his eyes. "What legends?"

"About the golden-eyed -- you really haven't heard?"

"I haven't exactly made a point of hanging around with demons."

"You're supposed to save us."

"From who?"

"From--" It was cut off as Peter entered.

"Sorry it took me a while," the boy panted.

"I don't think the paint will be necessary," Jack told him.

"Oh, come on," Peter muttered.

Still focused on the demon, Jack continued. "You leave willingly, and we'll talk more later. What do you say?"

"Fine by me," it replied, and a cloud of black smoke broke free, exiting through the woman's mouth.

"What just happened?" Peter asked.

"You should head back to class, I'll put away the paint." With that, he vanished.

"So, are you going to explain what happened?"

Jack had sighed. "See if your friends can come over, then we'll talk."

Now they were at home, in Jack's room. MJ lay on his bed reading, with Peter and Ned sitting at the foot of it, their legs dangling. Jack sat in his chair with it turned toward them. In his hand were three matching necklaces.

"I need you to wear these." The others took them hesitantly. "Don't ever take them off, or what happened with that teacher could happen to you."

Peter and Ned put theirs on almost immediately, but MJ took a moment to look at hers.

"A flaming pentagram. What exactly is this supposed to do?"

Jack smiled a little bit. "Contrary to popular belief, pentagrams ward off demons. That's an anti-possession charm." He pulled down his sleeve to show that he wore one on his wrist. (Remember, the tattoo didn't work on him, so he has to use a bracelet.) "Tattoos are better, since they're harder to get off, but these work well enough."

"Are you insane?" Ned asked his voice getting a little higher-pitched.

Jack fixed him with his steady gaze, making the other boy squirm. "No. But as they say, ignorance is bliss. Try to avoid telling anyone what I'm about to tell you.

"You know my name. I'm Jack Kline. My mother was Kelly Kline, and my father... my father was Lucifer." He paused for a moment. "When my mother realized she was pregnant with Lucifer's child, she tried to kill herself. I brought her back to life, even though I wasn't even fully alive myself yet. Castiel would visit sometimes -- he was my father's brother, and my mother's friend. I saw everything that she saw." He took a breath.

"Castiel died to protect me, around the same time my mother died giving birth to me. I was confused. I couldn't find Cas and there were strangers in the house. I ran away, but they found me. They told me who my father was. They told me that the father I had chosen was dead.

"They took care of me. Dean didn't want to trust me at first. I met Kaia. I think I scared her, but I knew so little I didn't know what to do. In a moment of panic, I brought Cas back to life. I'm still not certain how I did it. I found Sam and Dean's mom, and Kaia and I opened a portal so we could save her. We ended up bringing two people back with us because that world was dying. Maggie stayed with us and Charlie went off to make a new life for herself.

"I met Jody and her adoptive daughters-- Claire and Alex. I learned that Claire is Cas's vessel's daughter, making her sort-of my sister. Claire and Kaia started dating before too long, and Alex began dating a psychic named Patience.

"Dean had gotten a call from Rowena, a witch whose son had been a friend of his, saying that we needed to get out of there. Maggie, Patience, Mary, and Kaia left with Jody and her daughters. We went another way. But they found us-- I still don't know who they are --and Dean told me to open a portal and get out of there, they would be fine." He seemed to be finished.

"And that's how you wound up here?" Ned asked.

Jack nodded.

Peter spoke up. "When I found you, there was a sort of, well, it seemed like a tear in reality, and a couple of men on the other side. That was the portal, wasn't it." He wasn't really asking.

Jack nodded again.

In another room, Tony Stark was left to ponder over what he had just heard.

This chapter kinda got away from me. Anyone got any ideas on who Jack's supposed the demons from, or whether he's saving just the demons or everyone, or anything like that? Cuz I need help.