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Chase had had a chat with Uncle Matt? Oh god of course he tried the safe sex talk with Chase too. He felt wildly embarrassed, and his ears were suddenly very hot. Chase pulled Ben through the shadows and things got insane very quickly.

Ben recognized several of the people from the Contest. This was basically all team Excelsior, Marlena, and someone he didn't recognize. Ben knew they were all friends with Danni but that didn't make him any less nervous. He felt a little like an interloper and hung back a bit, which was probably a good thing as Danni became a pillar of fire. 

One of the guys pulled out a fire extinguisher, Ben made a mental note that he might want to keep one of those too, and put Danni out. He then stepped back and stood between Chase and a younger looking guy. He looked pissed... at Chase. Was it because of the fire thing?

Ben saw how the fire extinguisher guy blocked the younger guy. And more importantly his angle showed him the younger guy's face. He was scared... of Chase? And not because of the fire. 

His stomach rolled, they [i]knew[/i] Chase and didn't like him. That was what Chase meant. Danni seemed to think it wouldn't be an issue but it was. 

Chase had gone over to the hot chocolate stand and was stacking an absurd amount of things into and on his cup. He apparently didn't notice that his jacket sleeve was on fire. 

Cascade, Danni's sister, tried to do something to put Chase out but was failing. Ben stepped forward and grabbed Chase's arm shoving into a pile of snow. Hopefully Chase didn't spill any of his overloaded hot chocolate. His heart was pounding. He wished he was the teleporter and could leave whatever was happening because it was not going to be good. He looked between Chase and the others nervously.

The young guy confirmed what Ben was thinking. Something had happened between them. They knew each other. Chase knew Danni's friends wouldn't like him and he didn’t warn him. His stomach twisted more. This guy... he was Emrys. The one Chase would say would call him an evil wizard. A warning would have been nice.

[color=cde0e1]”Uh, hi,”[/color] he cleared his throat. [color=cde0e1]”I’m Ben. Does anyone want to explain what is going on? What haven't you told me?”[/color] He really hoped someone would explain the history he was missing out on. The second question was directed at Chase, concern on his face.

What had happened? And more importantly [i]why[/i] had Chase kept that from him? He knew this was a possibility and didn't tell him. Ben wouldn't call it a lie... he hadn't asked about why Chase thought Danni's friends wouldn't like him. And that was on him he supposed.


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Andy was laughing as she hit the snow pack and joined Victoria in the snow field. Victoria had peppered the opposing team with snow, it came down upon them like a tide. She made a snow ball. 

Andy was on the beach of Genosha. Ahead of her The Green Lagoon. Blob, slid her a drink, and she felt like she needed it. She waved to him. 

[color=b71d5d]”Hey, Blob. How’s it going?”[/color] She picked up the drink and sipped it. It was ice cold. Perfect. Andy sighed. Relief flooded through her. Tension she had been carrying drifted away. She wasn’t scared. The troubles of Genosha were in the past. 

She saw a group of students from Akademos, they were chatting animatedly. Andy knew them, they were part of the island defense team she had set up with Magneto. She started walking to join them. 

Something about the sand felt wrong. She paused, looking at her feet. She wasn’t walking on the beach. It was snow. Why was there snow? And then she remembered.

Her heart broke a little as the world shifted and she was back at Margaret Carter Academy. She had never gotten a chance to set up the island defense team. And Genosha was gone, though repaired again. But the world she remembered had been destroyed. 

She clenched her hand, the snow ball she had apparently been shoving in her face fell apart. 

[color=b71d5d]”I’m gonna kick your ass!”[/color] She yelled, and picked up more snow and started to throw snow balls at Xènia.