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"Wait…you're what?" Ben asked the black-haired girl who was grinning broadly. She didn't seem any older than Kevin. In fact, she looked younger than him.

"I'm your twin, not your little brother," Kevin corrected her as he wrenched his arm free from her grasp.

"You were born two full minutes after me," Kayla reminded him. "That makes you younger."

"It makes sense now," Gwen suddenly said, jumping into the conversation. "Why you look and act so much alike."

"She's not like me," Kevin said callously.

The cousins thought that Kayla would be hurt at Kevin's statement, but she kept her smile on her face. Apparently, she was happy enough about something that even Kevin's sourness didn't matter to her.

"So why are you here Kayla?" Ben asked nicely, since he thought Kevin would want to know but would demand to know rather than ask.

"Road trip," Kayla answered nonchalantly and offered no other answer.

"In the middle of the semester?" Gwen asked.

"I'm taking a year off school," Kayla replied.

"Oh," Gwen wasn't all that shocked. After all, Kevin wasn't in school, like brother like sister I guess.

"Does Mom know?" Kevin asked, his tone softer than his earlier denial, but still rough enough to show that he wasn't fully okay with her being there yet.

"That I'm off school or that I'm on a road trip?" she smirked.

"Both."

"Yeah, she knows."

Nobody knew what to say after that. Gwen wanted to know more about Kayla, since she could still be a potential threat to the team. Ben wanted to know why Kayla was there cause it couldn't have just been a coincidence. Kevin didn't want to know how she was or why she was there, he just wanted Kayla to leave since her mere presence takes points off of his badassness.

"So, how long will you be in the area?" Kevin asked her.

"I dunno," she smiled. "Can I stay at your place? I don't really want to stay at a motel."

"Fine."

After dropping off the Tennysons and parking the cars, Kevin showed Kayla to the couch. Kayla just plopped down on it and patted the space next to her. Kevin complied and sat down.

"Why are you here Kay?" Kevin asked, his voice telling her that she shouldn't even try to make something up. Doesn't mean she wouldn't try though, she is his sister, after all.

"Kevy, I haven't seen you since you left home, you've-" Kayla started to say.

"I'm serious Kay," Kevin warned her. "You better tell me why you're here."

"Isn't seeing you a good enough reason?" Kayla sighed. When her twin didn't answer she shook her head. "Honestly Kevy, you're not much fun any more."

Kevin just raised an eyebrow at that comment, deciding not to say anything until Kayla told him why she was there. Kayla pursed her lips and crossed her arms in mock frustration. After a moment of silence she shook her head and decided to answer her brother.

"Like I said, I haven't seen you since you left home, except for that one time when you showed Mom your plumber's badge," Kayla explained. "Do you know how lonely that was?"

"So you decided to take off school, go on a road trip, and come here just cause you felt lonely?" Kevin clarified.

"Well, taking off school was easy enough," She shrugged. "You're doing it."

"And the road trip?"

"It seemed fun, besides, I need to let my car stretch every once in a while."

"Can Mom even afford that car?"

"Who said Mom paid for it?"

"You aren't doing anything-"

"That you would do?" Kayla cut in with a smirk. When Kevin's eyes narrowed, she continued. "No, nothing illegal."

"Then how are you paying for it?" Kevin asked forcefully. "I know that your step-dad's not so generous with his money."

"He's your step-dad too," Kayla argued, Kevin never really liked his step-father and vice versa, but that didn't make them any less of a family to her and their mother. "And no, he's not paying for it. I got a part time job to buy the car and save up the money for the road trip."

"A part time job can't pay for a Ferrari 458 Italia."

"Not on earth anyway," she smiled. "And no, I'm not smuggling things from one place to another, nor am I an illegal arms dealer."

"Not funny," Kevin said, as he had already been those in the past. "Then what do you do?"

"I was getting to that," Kayla explained. "I'm an inter-planet ambassador of goodwill."

"Yeah right," he scoffed. "Why would they pick you? I mean, you're my sister!"

"Exactly why they'd pick me! Do you even know what school I'm taking a year off from?"

"High school duh," Kevin answered as if it were obvious. "I mean, I-"

"Law school Kevy," she cut in in a calm voice. "I'm taking a year off law school."

"Law school? But your-"

"Supposed to be in high school, yes," she confirmed. "You were gone too long and showed up too little. I was accelerated through school. I graduated pre-law last year, I was offered a scholarship up to law school. They picked me to be an ambassador because of my background. And because I can protect my self if ever the need arose."

Kayla absorbed the couch's leather upholstery on her left hand and raised it o show her brother. Kevin's eyes widened at the sight of his sister's hand.

"I left because I had powers," he explained. "Mom didn't seem to want me around. I assumed that you didn't want me around too. I didn't know. When did you get your powers?"

"I always had them Kevy," she informed him. "Even before you left, I always had this weird absorption thing."

"You never said anything," Kevin pointed out. "How was I supposed to know?"

"That was the point," Kayla said. "No one was supposed to know. But over the years, this wasn't the only thing I can do."

The leather on her hand hardened and peeled off in one piece. When Kevin picked it up, The leather was hard as a rock. Kevin stared at it in wonder.

"That's not all."

Kayla absorbed the leather again and pointed her hand at the for wall. Kevin watched as his sister sent off small leather projectiles at the wall. She turned to him with a serious look on her face.

"Well Kevy?" Kayla asked. "I came here cause I need help controlling this new power. I can't just drop whatever I absorb anymore. It has to peel off."

"Stay as long as you like Kayla, I guess I'll have to help you."


A bit OoC i guess, I'm not really sure. Sorry that Ben's not even in this chapter, but I needed to establish Kayla's background and all. Feel free to point out anything i got wrong.

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