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[color=b71d5d] “Actually, better idea. Let’s go to my room. We can talk there. I can update you on everything that happened to me after we parted ways, and you can catch me up too. Though, we definitely need to talk about that vision. But if we don’t get out of here we’ll get swept up in something.”[/color] Andy insisted, and started walking. She paused and looked over at Gideon. She wanted privacy, but didn’t want to just leave Gideon to her own devices. [color=b71d5d] “Gideon, do you mind if we use our room for a bit, privately? We can go somewhere else if you want to go there.”[/color] 

Gideon shrugged her shoulders. “Go for it.” She’d find something to occupy herself with. Probably stealing back her sword. She didn’t anticipate any of the others would invite her on their own tasks.

[color=b71d5d] “Thanks, I’ll text you when we’re done.”[/color] Once a decision was made, Andy led the way. Andy’s side of the room was fairly sparse, though the plants she had inherited from original roommate Mai were spread out around on her desk and the window depending on how much light they needed. There was an intricate stained glass picture made out of colored sea glass in the image of a sunset on her nightstand. Her bag sat unpacked on her bed, some stuff had obviously been removed, as the bag was open with some clothing spilled out. She took off the letterman jacket and hung it over the chair at her desk. Andy sat on the bed, letting Glimpse have the chair if she wanted it. Though she could also sit on Gideon’s bed, that had been made with military precision. God today had been a wild day. How was it all still one day? 

[color=b71d5d] “Alright, I said I’d give you a bit of a quick summary of what happened before we got too into the weeds about that vision from Sabine just now. So... you left before we fought the X-Cutioner. We won that fight, but only technically. Sapphire sacrificed herself to freeze everything and everyone because he had set off a bomb of M-Pox. We all became people-popsicles for a few months. I don’t know if you heard about Genosha, but I woke up there. It was months later, like mid-summer.”[/color] Andy didn’t remember the exact date, but it was after her birthday. She still hadn’t had a birthday since then. Andy wasn’t sure of her chronological age anymore. Had being frozen kept her from aging for those months? If so she might have only recently creeped over to properly seventeen. 

[color=b71d5d] “Anyway, Genosha was... a lot. I mean it was supposed to be a paradise, but the bad thing happened and well see Zari had this prophecy that turned out to be about Genosha. She had to make sure something specific happened so that she’d be born. After that, and the final battle of Genosha, she could go home. I joined her. Her home just happened to be [i]now.[/i] Zari went fully home recently. She’s back in her reality now. But because of her I enrolled into this school, met everyone you met just now. Then more chaos happened. It is a lot, if you want I’ll go into it, but it honestly isn’t important right now. However, I did find out that April, Danni and Dorian were Max, Ben, James and Casper’s kids. Then we went to visit and we all caught up.”[/color] Andy shrugged. She had glossed over [i]a lot,[/i] but hopefully it was enough for Glimpse, for now. She’d fill in the details later.

Luna thanked Andy for her quick thinking and action, and happily followed Andy to her room. Once the door shut, Luna sagged with relief and exhaustion. Her situation wasn’t ideal, but she wouldn’t be stranded here. She’d get back home, even if she was freaking out about how many coincidences were happening since being her.

Luna took the chair, curling one leg under her and listened to Andy give her the rundown. It was strange, Luna felt like she was talking to a long-lost friend. Not someone who had been a kid the last time they had seen each other. In this moment, they were the same age. At least physically.

[color=#556B2F]”So something happened in Genosha to prevent you from ageing?”[/color] Luna asked, hoping for some clarification on that. She beamed when Andy filled her in on who some of her classmates were. James had kids. Everyone had survived and made something of their lives. That was good.

[color=#556B2F]”I didn’t stay in contact with anyone after I left. After everything…it just seemed better that way, safer. I thought about some of you often, though. But I’m glad you’re still here, and the others seem to be doing well. Are you still in contact with Veil?”[/color] 

[color=b71d5d] “The age thing is... well complicated. I don’t know if I’ll age. But I was cursed as a vampire for a while. But that’s gone now, so I don’t know if that’ll still make me immortal. But really I time traveled. I didn’t live the last seventeen years. I jumped from 2022 to last year. That’s why I haven’t aged,”[/color] Andy explained. 

[color=b71d5d] “I just met back up with Veil... Val. She goes by Val now. She’s married to Eva, a popstar. Gideon is obsessed, it is kind of cute. You mentioned kids... looking the same age as your daughter. So are you married?”[/color] 

Luna's eyes widened as Andy revealed more of her tale. Vampires? Time travel? [color=#556B2F]”You've been busy,”[/color] Luna laughed. 

She wrapped her arms around her legs, smiling at the thought of her family. [color=#556B2F]”Yes… for twelve years now. We have three daughters, all adopted. We want a fourth as well, although we are hoping to have her naturally. They're all…amazing. Stubborn as hell but amazing. My eldest is very dedicated to her work with the guard. My second, she's the one I am now the same age as, is just like me I swear. Even though we aren't blood, she carries the same attitude and temper as me. My youngest is twelve. She is more like my wife, even tempered and always knows the right thing to say. She's wise beyond her years but I think that has something to do with the Fae heritage she has. Oh, I'm also part Fae on my mother's side. I'm learning more about her people since being in the Otherworld.”[/color]

Luna looked sad as she finished talking about her family. [color=#556B2F]”Anyway, what is your girlfriend's deal? Just so I refrain from stepping on her toes again. I truly didn't mean to overstep. It was just a knee jerk reaction after seeing the changed tarot card.”[/color]

[color=b71d5d] “Gideon is protective. She’s also a little blood thirsty in general. I’ve seen her without a sword in her hand... or at least arms reach... Once. And that was today when it got confiscated. She sleeps with it.”[/color] Andy glanced at the perfectly made bed. [color=b71d5d] “There is a lot I still don't know about her. But she’s slowly talking to me about her past.”[/color] Andy sighs. [color=b71d5d] “Yeah, it’s been a wild... year. All of this, everything that’s happened, meeting the MU, that wasn’t even a full year ago for me. I met you guys in February. It is January.”[/color] Andy shivered a little. Christmas had been hard, but she had met new friends and getting through it had been alright. A little easier than she had feared it might be.  

[color=b71d5d] “Family doesn’t mean blood. My father is more of a parent for me than my mother and he isn’t blood to me. And the two people I considered family more than anyone until he adopted me weren’t related either. I still carry their name. I always will.”[/color] She smiled softly. 

[color=b71d5d] “So... you’re part fae... and we’re going to the Otherworld. What can you tell me about it? What should we be wary of? How can we get there? I have a lot of questions. Like who were the other people in that vision?”[/color] 

[color=#556B2F]”Oh, as wary as any of us should be when venturing into new lands. There is a lot I could tell you about the Otherworld, but perhaps we should wait until we know where we end up. Crossing to the Otherworld is fairly simple. Have you heard of fairy rings? They are comprised of mushrooms in a perfect circle. Those are doorways to the Otherworld. Simple enough until you get there. I feel I would be able to give a better description of what to look out for if I had known why I was stripped of my rank.”[/color] Luna paused, looking down at her clothes.

They seemed to lack the usual sophistication and shine that they had while in the Otherworld. Not only did Luna feel weak, but her clothing did as well. She fiddled with the torn fabric where her rank as the head of the Captain Britain Corps once sat. 

[color=#556B2F]”The vision, that was a lot, but it explains why I have Lady Saturnyne’s tarot deck.”[/color] Luna pulled the deck from her pocket and laid out the cards on the ground before them. [color=#556B2F]”Each one of your friends is now on this deck; they each represent one of the tarot cards. Why, I’m not sure, other than you are all clearly meant to venture to the Starlight Capital. That is where Nemo is being held before execution. Why do you want to save him anyway? You do know his own partner turned him in, yes? As for the others, you saw Lady Saturnyne; she was the woman in white. There was Giselle, captain of Lady Saturnyne’s guard, and I’m not sure why, but there was a ball, all the fae courts were gathered, and then the swords were all housed in the armoury. I haven’t exactly analyzed the vision yet, but if I were a betting woman, I’d say there is some sort of coup about to happen. I’m just not sure if we’ll be the ones leading it or trying to stop it.”[/color] Luna sighed and leaned back in her seat. She could use more of that tea Chase had offered her.

[color=b71d5d] “Nemo was one of our professors and coaches. He is important to several of the group.”[/color] Andy knew that if it were just up to her she wouldn’t risk going into what looked like a war. However, she knew her friends (even if she had missed the memo that Percy was Nemo). 

[color=b71d5d] “I didn’t know. What is he in trouble for?”[/color] Andy couldn’t guess what Nemo did to get himself in trouble. Something bad enough that his own partner, who she sort of remembered from the Halloween party, had turned him in. Why? Andy couldn’t imagine doing that. There was a reason the court didn’t allow spouses to testify against each other if they didn’t want to. 

[color=#556B2F]”Treason,”[/color] Luna said bluntly. She uncurled herself from the chair and walked around Andy’s room, examining her trinkets. [color=#556B2F]”For crimes against the TVA. He was messing with the timelines, and the TVA has headquarters in the Otherworld. He’s set to be executed.”[/color]

Oh. That was very bad. Part of her was suddenly worried this was her fault. She had been asked at the Contest if the TVA wanted her... what if they did and she had been protected by Nemo. Could she fix it? She felt all the work she had been doing towards being less scared about everything shatter around her. Andy closed her eyes and took a couple slow deep breaths. The others were already determined to help him. They’d go save him. They’d fix this. 

[color=b71d5d] “Okay, how do we get him back? I can’t let him be executed. None of us will let that happen. Are you good to help us? We’ll get you home and hopefully back to your normal powers and body. The others will be willing to do that much if you help us save him. They are a lot. I know. I can keep playing a bit of a buffer but any time spent with them and you’ll see how intense they are. Especially as one big group. I usually prefer to spend my time with them in small groups. But we can make this work.”[/color] She was going a bit off trying to reassure Glimpse, but she knew if they didn’t have her help they were doomed. 

[color=#556B2F]”They are a lot more boisterous than the MU were. Even Casper was tame compared to them,”[/color] Luna said with a laugh. [color=#556B2F]”You’ll have to point out who is related to whom for me. I’d like to get to know James’ kids if they’ll let me.”[/color]

Luna admired the sunset-stained glass that sat on Andy’s bedside table. [color=#556B2F]”I can walk everyone through the Starlight Citadel, where the dungeons are, where the execution is set to take place, and the guard rotation, but Andy… That is my home now. There are people I care about there. Good people just doing their jobs. I don’t think I can willingly work alongside you knowing some of my friends are going to be caught in the crossfire and potentially killed.”[/color] Luna looked at Andy.

[color=#556B2F]”I would need time once we are over there to get word to my wife and some others I trust. If I understood better about why I was thrown out and why Nemo was messing with the timelines, I could be of better use. Which could be a problem. I might not be allowed to cross over.”[/color]

[color=b71d5d] “I can’t be certain what he is doing to mess with time... but what if it is my fault? I time traveled here? I don’t belong.”[/color] She shuffled her feet looking at them. [color=b71d5d] “There was something else that happened. We were training for the contest and this guy... Arcade. He said he wanted to help us. But instead he trapped us in an attempt to kill us. I escaped and Zari and I fought him but he did kill everyone else. They all died. So Zari has this watch thing and she reset time back ten minutes. We fought him again and saved everyone. What if that wasn’t supposed to happen? What if we were all supposed to die?”[/color] Andy couldn’t think of what else Nemo had changed. She didn’t know that he had saved April. She didn’t know that Percy was Nemo. She hadn’t heard any of the future things. So this was the best guess she could make. 

By the end of the story Luna was sitting on the bed next to Andy, staring at the ceiling. She sighed heavily, scrubbing her face. [color=#556B2F]”That's… that's not good Andy. I mean, I completely get it, but that's something the TVA would be furious over. Messing with time, with fate? That's a tricky thing. Was Nemo somehow involved?”[/color] Did he take the fall for Andy and Zari?

[color=b71d5d] “I don’t know. I didn’t see him... but,”[/color] Andy paused and bit her lip. [color=b71d5d] “The West Coast Avengers were there really quick. If they had been contacted it could have been him. But why? And I’ve been here for ages. Zari went back in time in the first place to make sure she was born. If something specific didn’t happen she’d have never been born. Why didn’t the TVA show up then? Nemo didn’t know us yet he had no reason to interfere? Or even when I first showed up before I started going to school. Maybe Zari was messing with their readings because technically she’s from a completely different universe. I’ve been there. How does the TVA even know when things are being changed?”[/color] How big of a mess did she make just by following Zari? 

[color=#556B2F]”I wish I could be of more help in that department. Whenever I’ve worked with the TVA, they have always come directly to the Citadel. And I only know what I’ve told you about Nemo, as I was there when he was brought in. As for your involvement with messing with time, I wouldn’t worry about it until the TVA comes for you. If that happens, we’ll…we’ll figure something out.”[/color]

Andy sighed a little relieved but still held worry in her shoulders. Glimpse would recognize her posture from the old days, though with a bit less of the kicked dog look on her face. [color=b71d5d] “Okay, well we won’t ask much of you if you don’t think you can help. But do you think you can handle working with the others for a bit at least? Long enough to get us there? Connect with your family and start figuring out what we can do? We won’t want to get you implicated in anything we do.”[/color] 

Luna flopped back on Andy's bed and stared up at her ceiling. It was funny. Luna always wished she could connect to her own daughter this way, maybe this would help her to do so. She smiled. 

[color=#556B2F]”Of course I will. You just might have to do some translating for me. Those kids talk a mile a minute. Like that Danni guy, I think his name is? Do they ever take a breath?”[/color]

Andy laughed lightly. [color=b71d5d] “Yeah. It took me a few months to understand either of them. April is easier to get, they at least breathe when they talk. Danni is James and Casper's kid. He was adopted while we were on Genosha. Ben was resurrected at the same time. He and Max adopted Dorian. And I think all four of them adopted April. I'll introduce you to everyone else in due time.”[/color] Andy looked at the tarot cards that Glimpse had. She wondered what they all meant. [color=b71d5d] “Ready to risk the group? I'm sure they've spread out by now and it'll be a bit easier. They are all going to have a lot of questions for you. It might be easier to write up a FAQ that you can just hand them.”[/color]

Luna sat up, staring at Andy. [color=#556B2F]”Danni is James'? Incredible.”[/color] She turned away, pondering that fact for a moment before she gathered up the tarot cards. 

[color=#556B2F]”That might be easier. Or one question at a time sort of thing, rather than all ants in the pot. We should also gather some supplies before we make the journey.”[/color] Luna tucked her tarot deck away before she stretched. 

[color=#556B2F]”It is really good to see you, Andy. I'm glad things worked out in the end and you're still fighting.”[/color]

Andy smiled. She’d do her best to keep Glimpse from getting overwhelmed by the group. [color=b71d5d] “It is good to see you too. I didn’t think I would ever see you again.”[/color] She hadn’t thought she’d see [i]any[/i] of the MU before learning who the K-G trio’s parents were. Andy stood up and led Glimpse out of the room and back down into the general populace areas. She wasn’t sure what sort of supplies they might need but if Glimpse was recommending they gather some she’d make sure they had whatever might come in handy.