It was a dark empty garden in her mind, with several memories buzzing bout and showing her the past. Her fears and dreams bounced in emptiness.

She made her aware of the consequences of the future, the recruit would have to train, she would have to teach, she would have to hide more than she wanted to.

It scared her more, given the circumstances. To have to lie again and again and again in said future.

Andrea woke with a start, her thoughts buzzing again, then dispersing at her arrival into reality. She was not very fond of the lights, it burned quite a lot.

"Ugh," she spoke, in disgust.

Lily, listening, was quick to dim the room, forgetful about the ones who suffered concussions. Andrea meanwhile had taken in her surroundings, and had felt her husband laying beside her.

She tensed and felt his wounds, they were bandaged, and he was breathing normally.

She put a hand on his chest, feeling the pace maker under his shirt, sighing. He pushed himself so hard, always for her sake.

It made her sad that she had to lie to him too.

"Sis?" Lily called her.

"Hu..huh?" Andrea replied, finally noticing Lily with her clipboard.

"Welcome back, how are you doing? Any sickness from the poison still or something worse?" Lily questioned.

Andrea recalled, this being the aftermath of Magona's ploy, "Oh…right. No..?"

"Well that's a relief, sis…" Lily uttered, beckoning over to their guest, "I'm sure theres someone who'd like a word with you."

Andrea remembered Nicky, seeing her with Cassie. She was ok, they were both ok.

Nicky was also waving and seeming like she did need answers, Andrea thought briefly here we go.

"H-Hey, you ok?" she asked Nicky.

"Y-Yeah…heh, you too?" Nicky chuckled, which Andrea could smile at. Nicky chuckled weakly, "U-Uhm…glad to see you ok."

"Same here," Andrea replied, smiling tiredly, the experience had put her out of it, but with rest she should be fine. Nicky smiled, inquiring about what had happened, "This…it wasn't a dream was it?" She looked a bit hopeful, Cassie just stared with narrowed eyes, unsure if she had listened to her the first time.

Andrea confirmed, much to Nicky's relief and also fear, "O-Oh good…so…I'm a part of this team now? A target?"

Andrea blinked with a stare and put a hand to her face, knowing Lily told her bluntly, she sighed, "Sis why'd you have to break it to her like that?"

Lily could only dart her eyes inconspicuously, Andrea crossed her arms, Lily pretended not to know what she was talking about, "Hm?"

"Hmph…"

"Eheh," Nicky laughed nervously, Andrea returned her attention towards her, "Sorry, Nicky…my sister likes to be a bit blunt sometimes with new people…well anyone, really. She finds it a little fun."

Lily pursed her lips playfully, sticking out her tongue and going to fill out the rest of her papers. Nicky narrowed her eyes, trying to find the resemblance between her and Andrea, besides the hair, that was all she could really recognize between them. "So, she is your sister?" she asked, still unsure.

"Yeah, heh. I know, looks don't really run in the family…"

Lily tossed a stray book from her office towards her, Andrea caught it with a gasp, "Jeez! Chill!"

"Oh please, you can handle a book to the face," Lily scoffed.

Andrea sighed and apologized, Lily humphing and returning to her work. She turned to Nicky who looked amused, "This doesn't faze you?"

"Oh, no, I have siblings," Nicky chuckled, still nervous, "what I don't have is any understanding of all of this."

Andrea smiled in pity, "I guess I do owe you some explanations…you are going to be living here…"
"Huh? O-Oh…right," Nicky had almost forgotten.

Andrea figured she already had a place to stay, "You rented a place to stay or are already living somewhere?"

Nicky frowned, peering down in thought, "More or so yes…"

Andrea pondered, "If it's an issue with your stuff…I can have some of my friends move them here if you need to?"

Nicky blushed at the gesture, "O-Oh…you don't have to…"

"Please, Nicky…I insist," Andrea smiled weakly, "I…heh…it really is my fault that you're stuck here…"

"W-What?" Nicky stammered, "N-No…Andrea that's not true…I was late to my interview due to me losing track of time…you had no influence on that…"

Andrea frowned, "If I hadn't flown you there I wouldn't have attracted much attention, you know…"

Nicky waved her hand in a way as if to dismiss the issue, "It's ok…you genuinely tried to help me, and I'm thankful for that. Despite me not getting the job…and getting taken, it was an interesting and fun day, heh…"

Andrea was a bit surprised at such an attitude, but she could only smile, "Heh…well alright. If that's what you think…"

Nicky nodded, and nervously asked, "So…about those explanations…"

[Hey! It's been a while, sorry y'all. I know it's probably been months but I have explanations for that-heh, get it?

Sorry, I just graduated from high school and am about to start college soon, and I've been trying to be more productive with my ideas and what I want to do, including my fics. I still don't know what schedule I'll be using for these fanfics, but I can say that I'm branching out into simpler means. Since I cant fully grasp the app version of , I started using Wattpad as well for my stories, if you're interested: you can follow me on this account: ChocoNinja95 (does it require the ?)

All my other platforms are also on my bio there, but not to worry, I'll try to update here as well, and again, I apologize for the inconvenience ;v;)

For now, I wish you a Mystical Monday -,v,-)/) peace]