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Chapter 3.
"Anna is...was...is.." Alan began quietly.
"Al and Anna are twins." said Scott.
"Alanna was never born. The doctors doubted she was alive when Alan was born. They figured mom was beyond saving as well." said John quietly.
"How'd you know?" asked Gordon. Scott and John looked at Vicki and Virgil. The twins looked at each other and exchanged half smiles.
"It's complicated," began Vicki, "it's sorta a twin thing-"
"- but it's a Wayne thing too." continued Virgil, "It usually only appears in Wayne generations with twins-"
"- no matter how many older children there are before the twins." said Scott joining the fun. Gordon looked shocked.
"You've heard of how some twins are telepathic?" asked John, not missine a beat, "Well in our family-"
"- it's more of a family thing-" said Virgil.
"- that extends back up the original line of twins-" continued Vicki.
"- which in our family means mom's side." finished Alan, after a slight pause, just after Gordon felt a strange tingle in the back of his head.
"Huh?" said a very confused Gordon, absently brushing the back of his head. Vicki grinned.
"You felt it didn't you, a little-"
"- tingle in the back of your brain." finished Alan.
"That's wierd!" exclaimed Gordon.
"What, the finish-"
"-ing each oth-"
"-er's sentences?" tossed Virgil, Vicki and Alan.
"Yes!" exclaimed Gordon, exasperated.
"Gordon, remember how I knew you were hurt, right after your accident?" asked Scott. Gordon nodded.
"That's part of the link thing." said John.
"At its strongest, the link acctually creates a sort of telepathic world that Virgil, Alan and I can access when we're awake." said Vicki. Gordon opened his mouth to say something, but Virgil stopped him before he could ask.
" Non-twins need to have a twin build the bridge first, then it has to be used, maintained regularly or else it will become less comprehensive and will begin to fade."
"Even faded links are good to some extent. Mine aren't much more than feelings, but they help sometimes, especially during rescues and stuff." said Scott. John nodded.
"That's how I know if you guys start panicing, or get worried, or are just generally having problems."
"You're telling me you can read each other's minds, and we have the potential to as well?" asked Gordon, and Vicki grinned.
"Not in the sense of reading each other's thoughts without them knowing about it, nor knowing anything past what they are thinking at the time." said Virgil.
"So you can hear what the other is thinking, and they know you're listening." confermed Gordon. Virgil nodded, and Vicki grinned and began to smile broadly. Gordon was becoming wisibly excited now.
"What else comes with this having twins in the family?"
"The proximity thing, where you can tell who's sneaking up behind you."
"If you've been taught the difference between sneaking up or if they're across the room."
"There's the'way-to-call-your-big-brother-if-someone-tries-to-beat-you-up'." said John, using air quotes.
"Between the two of you, how often did you use that?" asked Alan.
"There was a point where John averaged nearly once a week, and Virgil about once every other when we were little." said Scott.
"Woah!" exclaimed Gordon, a little shocked that his big brothers had been beat up when they were little. Vicki had a sly smile on her face now.
'Gordon.'
"What?" was his automatic answer, looking at her.
'Gordon.' This time it was someone else, and to Gordon it sounded like Virgil. But that wasn't right, Virgil hadn't said anything. Gordon was puzzled, and it showed.
'Hi Gordon.' now that was Alan, definatly, without a doubt. But he hadn't said anything either.
'Welcome to the world of twalepathy.' that was Vicki, he was sure of it, but she hadn't spoken. But there they were, all of them standing in front of him, huge grins on their faces, and yet they sat, relaxed, around him.
