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[img]https://i.imgur.com/jvJ31KK.png?1[/img][hr][@BlueSky44][@Kirah][@Nallore][@Natsu][@Trainerblue192][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b] May 17th, 2021[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][center][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]Skrull Prison Ship - Orbiting Saturn[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr]	[color=E8FF00]"I think I'll go to the beach - feel the sand beneath my toes,"[/color] Hope answered honestly. She figured that Maria had meant once everything was over, not just when they immediately arrived back to Earth. It was so strange to think about, not being on that little blue rock. They had no idea where they were. They could be anywhere in the universe. 

	The elevator took them down one level and the doors opened up. Everything looked pretty much identical to the level they had just come from - there were hallways splitting off from the elevator, with an unpleasant drop awaiting anyone who stumbled and fell over the side. Hope picked one at random and walked down it, her eyes widening slightly. [color=E8FF00]"You'll want to see this..."[/color] she said, calling out to her companions. 

	There was only one prisoner in this cell block - a young skrull girl. She was wearing the sort of gown that would suit Princess Zelda, but it was in tatters. She looked weary and battle-worn, despite having no scars. She looked like she was maybe 18 or 19 years old. [hr][center][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]Mar-Vell's Ship - New Jersey: 10:10 P.M.[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr]	Mar-Vell looked surprised as Niah mentioned she had three realities inside of her head. While the Kree were an incredibly technologically advanced race, they hadn't dabbled with changing the timeline or venturing into alternate realities. Such knowledge was forbidden. If the Kree Empire knew this sort of thing regularly occurred on Earth, they would certainly destroy it. "I'm dying to know more about what you've experienced, but be cautious who you share that information with. That sort of thing is exactly what will force the Empire to destroy your world."

	She shook her head, not seeing any visuals on people from the craft at the moment. However, the question of the skrulls wants and desires was at least something she could answer. "The World-Eater, Galactus, consumed the skrull's home planet, Tarnax IV. They need a new home. And your planet is in a strategic position for the war against the Kree Empire, as wormholes are easily opened in this system. It is how your Asgardian friend can move so quickly from his planet to yours," Mar-Vell answered. She was holding something back though, something clearly painful and sad. 

	She turned her face so Niah and Oliver could not see her pain. Mar-Vell landed the ship down right next to the Asgardian's craft, lowering the ramp so Niah and Oliver could disembark. "I'll be out in a moment, I need to run some diagnostics on the engine system." [center][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]Jersey City Boardwalk - New Jersey: 10:10 P.M[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr]	Raynor's eyes widened, seeing the baby kick - he didn't need to be able to feel it to know that it had happened, with the way Sparky suddenly put a hand on her belly. [color=d86615]"Damn it, Sparks! I come back from the dead for what, an hour, and you already won't listen to me?"[/color] he complained, rushing off the ship after her. He glanced up in time to see a Kree ship land and he instinctively went in front of Sparky protectively. [color=d86615]"Get back to the ship, these Kree assholes make human bones look like toothpicks,"[/color] he warned her. 

	The Kree were one of the few alien races capable of matching an Asgardian in strength. Not all of them achieved that upper limit of power, but Raynor had run into enough Kree mercenaries back in his home reality that he knew better than to just ride on the strength of his own ego. He had Lyting drawn and he conjured up a ball of light in his other hand, ready to strike. 

	[color=FFB795]"Uh, mate?"[/color] Amelia prompted, tapping Raynor on the shoulder. [color=FFB795]"Not to burst your bubble or anything, but if they were hostile, they would've attacked by now. Also, they aren't this Kree or whatever you mentioned, look,"[/color] she added, pointing. From the base of the ramp, she could make out two familiar faces and one stranger up inside of the craft. She was pretty sure two of them people there were her ex-teammates and Sparks' friends. [color=FFB795]"Sparks, ya know them?"[/color] Amelia asked. 

	Amelia waved up at the occupants of the ship, as Raynor relaxed and his ball of light evaporated, but he didn't lower his knife. [color=FFB795]"Oh, will you relax?"[/color] Amelia chastised. [color=FFB795]"They're probably just here to rendez-vous as well. If you're worried they're evil shapeshifters, then we can ask them some questions and figure it out, yeah? Like... Say, we ask them to tell us something so bloody random that no alien squid could've come up with it?"[/color]

	[color=d86615]"Yeah, like hell am I just going to trust them,"[/color] Raynor growled slightly.[center][hr][h3][color=84B4E2][b]New Jersey - Quinjet: 10:10 P.M.[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hr]	Bonnie nodded, giving Matt a slight smile. Internally, she was a little bit annoyed that everyone was treating her with kid-gloves. She didn't need them to reassure her that everything was going to be okay. She wasn't going to have a mental breakdown - not this time. She was a strong, confident, independent woman. She took a breath, her mind flashing briefly back to the asylum she had been treated in, where she had felt like little more than a living corpse. That wasn't going to happen again. She wasn't going crazy. [color=f6989d]"That's really sweet of you, but I'm fine, I promise,"[/color] she said, trying to reassure Cass. [color=f6989d]"I don't need a vacation."[/color]

	Learning that Evelyn was a mutant wasn't really surprising - the Secret Warriors team had more mutants than any other sort of member. They were practically the S.H.I.E.L.D. version of the X-Men. She watched the President's reaction to learning Evelyn was a mutant carefully. She knew that Jakobsen had once been strongly anti-mutant and she wondered how much of his change of heart had been real - and what was just for the cameras so he'd be elected. His answer to Evelyn could have been genuine, but Bonnie could easily see it being fake.  

	[i][color=7851A9]"Commencing landing sequence - a.k.a., strap in assholes,"[/color][/i] Hawkeye's voice chirped over the intercom, as they began their descent. They touched down next to two other ships, creating a massive traffic hazard. Some tourists were gawking and taking photos, convinced that the Avengers had arrived.