Family Chats.

They had faced the 1970's. They had returned….now why, James wondered, was he considering running back to the 1970's…or the 2170's, or for that matter, anytime but here.

At least the parents had waited until they got home. Dr. Temporal was nowhere to be seen, and James understood why when he looked at the calendar.

"Two weeks?" He asked, "It took you two weeks to…"

"To find a way to break fundamental laws of time and space?" Kim asked,

"Or find someone who would do it for us." Dad added, "Yeah, it took two weeks…but don't worry, we let Bonnie know."

"You-" Cindy looked over at her parents, "What did she say?"

They didn't tell the two teens that, until they returned home, and there, sitting in the living room of the Possible-Stoppables, were two big bundles, with cheery bows on them.

"What's that?" Cindy asked.

"All the work you missed." Ron said, "along with the penalty work. She put the bows on so you could feel properly welcomed."

"Penalty work?" James asked, "What for?"

"Not asking for the time off from school." His dad said, fighting a grin. "Bonnie pointed out that if you could send us letters you could send her letters."

"She is…evil." Cindy said.

"Eviller than you." Drew said to his daughter, looking disappointed. "Passing up such an opportunity… my own daughter…"

"Drew…" Shego said, in an annoyed tone.

"But…but dear, she could have killed grandmother!"

Cindy and James blinked, looked at each other, looked back at the adults. Ron and Kim were fighting smiles, and Shego was looking affectionately exasperated.

"Why would I want to kill great-grandma?" Suddenly Cindy paused, "I thought you liked her."

"I did…but if you had done that, I wouldn't be, and that means that you would have killed something vital to your existence! The Pillars of Heaven would have fallen, creation itself trembled, and I would finally have been able to mock Dementor as he deserves!"

Cindy didn't say anything. She looked at James.

James looked at Drew. "Ah, Mr….Lipsky-Go… how could you say anything to Dementor if you didn't exist or if the Universe blew up?" He paused, "And wouldn't that get God annoyed with Cindy?"

"There's a reason why so many of Drew's plans self-destructed, James." Shego said, looking at her unhappy husband with affection. "Now…" Shego continued, "I think it's time to get to the point of this conversation…James, Cindy…why were you two sleeping in the same bed?

TBC