Chapter One: (10 years later…)

~Tommy, Morning~

Tommy rolled his eyes skyward as he shifted his briefcase to his other hand, readjusting his grip on his cell as he walked up the steps to Reefside High School. "Relax Beautiful. I've got all the kids dropped off at their schools…yes I remembered that Azura is enrolled at the Private Academy across town… yes, I managed to convince Bianca to stay at her new preschool… no, Mari barely gave me a second glance. Oh! Moss and Rose are in different classrooms. Of course I didn't forget to drop the baby off at daycare." Tommy smiled as he listened to Kim question him farther, her next question causing a burst of laughter to escape him. "Yes, I am running late to work on my first day. Listen, as much as I would love to talk…I rather not leave Kira and my other students alone for much longer. I love you…see you when you get back!" Tommy hung up the phone, slipping it into his front pocket.

As he moved through the hallway, he noticed many students giving him a strange look. Eventually he approached a dark haired lady that looked like she belonged in a prison as one of the guards. "Principal Randall?"

She turned to face him, a frown crossing her face. "You must be Dr. Oliver."

"Yes. I heard that this is your first day here too." Tommy fell in step with her, a smile on his face.

Ms. Randall frowned, her gaze darting to his right arm. "Yes…I take it you have not heard of daycare."

Tommy promptly snapped his eyes down to his arm. Sure enough, his six-month old son was smiling up at him as he chewed on his tie. "Cole…oh no, I did forget to take you to daycare. And that's my tie mister." Tommy gently pulled the now slobby tie out of his son's mouth. "I am soo sorry! My wife called to make sure that I didn't forget…she's out of town for a meet… I have seven kids, k. I forget things."

"I see…try not to forget your students then Dr. Oliver."Ms. Randall turned to leave him. "I intend to run a tight ship around here. No one misses class or breaks any rules under my watch. I expect the same from you."

"Yes ma'am." Tommy nodded to her, before slipping into his classroom to find pure chaos.

Teenagers were milling about everywhere, sitting on top of the tables, wandering around. Throwing paper airplanes. Kira glanced up, briefly making eye contact with him. She had spent the entire month leading up to this day complaining about how he was her new science teacher, with the way her eyebrow shot upwards at the sight of Cole, probably figured out that he hadn't had a great start to the day. Clearing his throat, he walked into the room. "Ok, settle down class." The chaos continued, none of them listening to him. "I said settle down." Tommy's eyes flashed green and his voice turned to a growl. Everyone shot to their seats immediately. Kira rolled her eyes as she turned her attention to him and not Cole. "Thank you. My name is Dr. Oliver and this is first period science. Now, before we begin does anyone have any questions?"

Kira's hand shot into the air. Tommy rolled his eyes as he handed Cole to her. "Yes Kira. You can hold Cole. I need him back at the end of class though." Looking around the class, he made eye contact with each student. "Anybody else? That is not Kira."

A pretty blonde that was sitting near the front in almost as much pink as Kim shot her hand in the air before standing up and moving closer to him. "Cassidy. Cassidy Cornell. As I am sure you know, I am the news reporter for the school TV station…" Groans escaped the rest of the students, and Tommy had to fight the urge to join them. Kira has been complaining about Cassidy and her snoopiness since the sixth grade. "Anyways." Her voice sounded tight, like she wasn't happy with her classmates groaning at her. "You appear too young to be a teacher. Would you care to explain to our viewers how you are the perfect age for this job?" Her eyes widened suddenly, and she turned to glare at a boy sitting near her. "Are you getting this Devin?" Devin leapt to his feet and started to prep his camera.

Tommy blinked slowly, staring at her as if she were crazy. "I am perfectly old enough for this job. Put that camera away. Now then… how about we discuss what you expect to get out of this class." Tommy looked around, already notices Kira's bored expression. His eyes suddenly fell upon an empty seat. "Is someone missing?"

~Kira, Afternoon~

Kira sung along to her song as she strummed her guitar, a crowd already forming. Tommy was running Cole over to the daycare super quick during the lunch break, and Kira was fine with it. She had quickly wolfed down her peanut butter and jelly sandwich so as to have plenty of time to play her music while waiting for her next class to begin. She needed all the help she needed if she was to be as good as her idol one day.

She had just finished playing her song and her audience was clapping when the new principal showed up with none other than Conner McKnight. A frown crossed her face as she approached Kira, looking at something in that binder she was carrying. "Ms. Ford, I am afraid that you need written permission to perform on school grounds. Let's go."

Shock flooded Kira as she lowered her guitar to stare at Ms. Randall. "You have got to be kidding me."

Ms. Randall looked up, her expression dead serious. "Oh, but I'm not. Now come on."

She strolled off, pausing only long enough to check that she and Conner were following her. Kira rolled her eyes skyward and then stood up and followed after her. They hadn't gone very far when the school sprinkler system suddenly turned on, soaking them through. Yelping, Kira moved her guitar above her head to keep it dry. Ms. Randall was scanning the area to find the trouble maker while a single name flashed across Kira's mind. Ethan James. The African American in her class was a known troublemaker. And this was definitely something he would do. A minute later, Ms. Randall dragged her and Conner over to where Ethan was strolling along, a smirk on his face and umbrella up.

A minute later they were all sitting down while Ms. Randall glowered at them. "You all of detention for one week! Starting today…now if there are no farther discussions…" She walked off even as complaints tore from the three teenagers.

"But I have computer club!" Ethan wailed the loudest.

"I didn't think so!" She stormed off, possibly to find a teacher to watch them.

Conner immediately turned to look at Ethan. "Since when did we have a computer club?"

Kira groaned, burying her head into her hands. Could this day get any worse?

….

Apparently the answer was yes. Kira hear Ms. Randall speaking to someone about watching us during detention…right before she rounded a corner with Tommy next to him. "I trust that you all know each other. I leave them in your capable hands Dr. Oliver." She then left, unaware how Tommy narrowed his eyes at Kira.

The second she was gone, Tommy folded his arms. "Soo, Kira mind telling me what you did and who are your accomplishes are?"

Kira groaned, before speaking in an almost rush voice. "I was just playing my guitar…which is against the school rules unless I have written permission apparently…and these two idiots are Conner McKnight, he's the one that skipped your class this morning…and the other one is Ethan James. He set the school sprinklers off earlier today."

Conner blinked, before turning to face her. "Why you rat us out like that?"

"Because… what you guys did is way worse than what I did." Kira snipped back, crossing her arms in annoyance.

Tommy rolled his eyes, before gesturing for them to follow him. "Come on. I need to run a quick errand to the museum and you three are coming with."

Groans escaped the teens as they followed him dutifully. A minute later, he unlocked his car, turning to face the others. "Get in."

Conner stared at the suburban, his face completely shocked. "Where did you get the Barbie car?"

Sure enough, the suburban that Tommy was driving around was an extremely bright pink color. Kira immediately began punching him frequently. "Just get in the car."

….

"I never want to be caught in such a ridiculous car again!" Conner grumbled, making sure that Kira wouldn't hear him.

Kira turned around to glare at him, but that was the limit of what she did. Tommy frowned as he realized that the museum was closed. "Go look around the grounds. Find something prehistoric and I might cancel detention for the rest of the week."

"Really? Sweet." Ethan perked up instantly.

Tommy watched as they slipped away to do what he said. Now to find out what's going on here…

….

Kira rolled her eyes, even as Ethan rambled on about giant sink holes. As if that could ever happen to her! "Just don't come crying to me when you fall into a giant…AH!" A giant sink hole opened up underneath their feet, swallowing them whole.

Scrambling to his feet, Conner brushed dirt off of his sleeve. "You guys stay here. I'll climb out and get help." Conner then attempted to climb the wall.

Kira rolled her eyes at him when he slipped suddenly, crashing to the ground. Ethan scoffed as he drily asked, "Back already?"

Conner shook his head as he stood up. "Ok…plan B. This tunnel has to lead somewhere, right?"

A few minutes later, Kira was ready to snap at Conner. In an attempt to calm herself down, she had started to sing one of her songs, only for Conner to call her babe. "My name is Kira. Write it down on your hand if that'll help you remember." She glared at him.

Ethan was silent as he watched the exchange, probably depressed to be stuck underground with a jerky jock. Kira whirled around and stormed off farther into the tunnel.

"Kira come back! It's not safe for you to go off on your own!" Conner yelled as he broke out of a sprint to follow her.

Kira ignored him as she turned the corner…and immediately froze. A giant fossil was resting in the wall, and it was surprisingly whole. "Well, that's convenient." She frowned, knowing that there was something off about it.

Conner sighed with relief as he looked at it. "That'll get us out of detention forever." He then reached for it.

Ethan sprang forward, alarm dancing in his eyes. "Conner! Wait! You've got to be careful so as not to break it!"

Conner ignored him and pulled the lower jaw down. It there was a low rumbling sound as the wall next to it opened up to reveal a hidden lab of sorts. Kira slowly followed the guys into it, her gaze darting everywhere. "Batman needs to know about this…"

"Bet you think we're in the mother board, uh Ethan?" Conner slipped past Ethan casually.

"Normally I would be insulted. But when you're right, you're right." Ethan gazed about himself with a look of awe on his face.

Kira nodded her head to the large stone thing in the middle that had three pebble sized, egg shaped things on it. "Look over there. That looks pretty prehistoric to me."

With that said, the three teens carefully picked up their own pebble thing. Immediately they began to glow. Unsettled, Kira turned to look at the guys. "What are they?"

"No idea. But I can look it up on the internet." Ethan twirled his around in his hand, eyeing it carefully.

Kira made for the door, tucking her finally not glowing thing into her pocket. Conner moved quickly to intersect her. "Whoa there, where do you think you're going?"

Kira glanced behind her, noticing for the first time that the most recent family picture was hanging on the far wall. "Out of here. I don't want to find out what kind of freak lives here."

Instant agreement as the boys followed her out of the room. Kira frowned as she wondered if the freak was watching her family…

…

"Finally!" Ethan crowed as he tumbled out of the opening and into broad daylight.

Conner scrambled after him Kira taking up the rear as she struggled to get used to the idea that someone was paying close attention to her family. A sudden brisk wind caused her to freeze, a low growl accompanying it. "What was that?"

"The wind." Conner quickly inserted, though his tone of voice indicated that he didn't believe that.

"That wasn't the wind." Ethan argued back, nervously taking a step back.

A minute later, several things, they looked like humanized dinosaurs really, appeared out of nowhere, surrounding them. "No one move…" Conner whispered as he froze.

"Sure…make it easy for them." Kira snapped back.

Ethan glanced over at them, panic dancing in his eyes as the creatures drew closer. "New plan…run!"

They immediately took off running. Kira watched as the boys easily leapt over a ditch in the middle of the woods, before attempting to follow them. She fell into it. Whipping around Ethan and Conner helped pull her up, frantically running for it as they did so. She was still running when she suddenly tripped over her own feet, crashing to the ground. Twisting around, she spotted some of the things inches from her. Without thinking, she opened her mouth and screamed. A sonic screech tore from her instead, blowing her attackers away.

…

"Ok…so Conner has super speed…Ethan, you are what, indestructible? And I have sonic screech." Kira frowned as they slowly followed the path they just found out of the woods.

Just then Tommy came running up to them. "Are you guys ok? Nothing strange happened?"

Kira frowned, puzzled by what he meant by that. Conner shook his head no. "Just your normal walk in the woods."

Ethan piped up, a tight smile on his face. "Whole lot of furry creatures."

Kira muttered under breath, figuring that the boys must have forgotten. "And some scaly ones." Kira frowned farther when she noticed Tommy's look when she said that. He knew something about their attackers. But what?

Tommy clapped his hands together as he took a leisure step back. "Right. Let's get you all home. Kira? I need to pick the younger kids up from the daycare so it might be awhile."

"K." Kira shrugged, not too bothered by that.

As soon as he was out of hearing shot, she turned to the boys. "We should tell him."

"Absolutely not. Didn't anyone tell you that people with super powers always end up tied up in a lab of sorts?" Ethan questioned her sanity.

Conner nodded in agreement, shoving his hands into his pockets. "Even I know that."

Kira shook her head, before quickly climbing into the front seat of the pink suburban. She'll just confront Tommy about it later if the guys don't change their minds.

~Three Hours Later, with Conner~

"What are we gonna do?!" Conner pressed down on his gas as he sped through town.

"Go to Dr. Oliver." Ethan was already setting up his laptop.

"What's he gonna do?" Conner was freaking out, then again they just watch as those things from earlier kidnap Kira.

"He's a dinosaur guy! These things are dino-like… that counts right?"

Conner stared at the road in front of him, his heart pounding loudly. "Soo, you think they are dinosaurs of sorts? That doesn't make any sense!"

"Neither does us having powers make sense!" Ethan snapped, anxiety flooding him as he typed away on his laptop. "I'm looking up where he lives now." He blinked, before looking up. "Valencia Road."

"Got it…that's way out in the middle of the woods." Conner spun the car around to enter the right road.

A minute later they were pulling up to a nice large family home. Bikes, tricycles and balls were scattered in the front yard. Leaping out of the car, they ran up and knocked on the door, noting that the pink suburban was sitting in the driveway.

After Ethan knocked twice, Conner tried the door. "Why isn't it locked?"

Ethan frowned as he shrugged. "The dude has no neighbors."

Conner scoffed as he glanced over at him. "Ever heard of the three bears?"

"Is that the last book you read?" Ethan retorted back as he followed Conner inside.

Conner slipped into an office, his face lighting up at the sight of a dino fossil statue in the desk. "Hey Ethan check this out."

"Conner, don't you remember what happened last time?"

Conner snorted as he gently pulled the lower jaw down. "He's a teacher, not …." A secret trapdoor popped open. "Batman."

They glanced nervously at each other, before tiptoeing down the stairs. Ethan felt unease slip in upon recognizing the room they were now in. "Dude this is the same place as before." Ethan hissed quietly to his partner in crime.

"I hope you're not looking for extra credit. Cause you're a long ways from finding it."Tommy snuck up on them, balancing his baby on his hip.

A/N: Done…finally. Ok, typically my chapters are shorter than this. I have no idea why it is soo long this time around. Soo, yeah ten years after the accident and Kim and Tommy are married and have six kids of their own plus Kira. Making it a total of seven. Tommy is driving Kim's car at the moment due to her being out of town for a gymnastics meet. (She coaches her own team now.) In order their kids are Igo Moss, Sky Azura, Scarlet Rose, Sunny Marigold, Winter Bianca, and finally Taylor Cole. (Taylor is after Zack. Unless I'm mistaken that is his last name… anyone else see a pattern?) Also, they still have amnesia. Sorry, that won't get fix until the end of the book. Be patient.

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