Rictor

                                      
                                   

X-terminators/New Mutants:

Rictor and the fellow wards of X-factor were sent to a boarding school to avoid the dangers of the constant battles X-factor were surrounded with. Rusty parted with them then, turning himself in for horrors that occurred when his fire powers emerged, so Rictor was left with the girls. The peace didn’t last long, however, due to Artie and Leech being kidnapped by goblins. A new kid, Taki helped Rictor, Skids and Tabitha break out of the school, and they bust Rusty out of prison to assist. When Rusty was rescued, the group decided to become the Junior X-terminators to save their friends, and find themselves teaming with the New Mutants, eventually joining with them.

For the first while, he seemed to stick to his X-terminator friends, but it’s not long before he accepts the New Mutants as his new family, and allowed himself get closer with them.

When the kids were flung into Asgard due to events surrounding Danielle Moonstar, Julio found himself attached to Tabitha, and tried to be for her like she was for him in his own time of need. She pushed him away, and he became closer with Rahne issues later. He, along with his team mates fought their way through the battle they had been thrown into, and in the end, Julio ended up gaining a serious affection for Rahne. This was something Tabitha became quite upset about. When they returned, she attempted to gain back his attention, but Rictor seemed more focused on Rahne, and decided Tabitha was just like a sister to him.

When Cable started leading the New Mutants, Julio gained an instant dislike for him, but he did not reveal to his friends why until the pages of X-force. Cable even helped save him from Sabertooth, an event that did not change Rictor's feeling in the least. Though he still carried dislike and mistrust, he began to respect Cable in a small sense. It was through this period that Rictor showed off his temper for the real first time. This was be something that would be visited later.

Of course, due to Cameron Hodge never being able to get enough of Rictor, the poor kid got captured AGAIN. He, along with various members of his team were taken to Genosha by use of nets and teleportation devices. Boom-Boom, Warlock, Storm and Wolfsbane were brought to Genosha, but only Rictor and Boom-Boom were able to escape experimentation or death. (Warlock sacrificed himself in the midst of things) However, that did not stop the repression of their abilities that they had been forced to live with.

Though stripped of their powers, he and Tabitha met up  after taking off, but ran into problems very quickly. This was due to their nature of just always getting into trouble. Jubilee saved them from mutates, and Wolverine forced her to team up with the pair. Such events led to the assumed take down of Hodge.

Though Rictor remained unaffected, Rahne had changed greatly, and due to this, she broke it off with him.  She asked him and Tabitha to spread Warlock's ashes over the grave of Doug Ramsey, and they did just that. This crossover was pretty much the last time nice Julio really showed that nice kid inside of him.

He was devastated afterward, so he ran away to go find Rahne and his happily ever after. Clearly, the kid had high expectations, and failed his little rescue mission. Some time between his searching for Rahne, and his return, he became hooked up with a strike force who is looking to take down and destroy Cable.