Okay my brain isn't as fried as before from math. I'm on spring break for the week so that means more updates! So yeah please enjoy.
Soon everyone got into gear and their lives became busier. They not only patrolled the city and the Pit of doom, just in case Skelemandarin was hiding there, they also had to construct the underground base and train Willow to fight.
Her skills truly were amazing and she was improving fast, faster than Mandarin was comfortable with. It only added to his suspicions.
He made plans to investigate and study in hopes of finding out just what was it about this girl. It could be dangerous if it turned out to be something truly terrible. Especially if his clone was involved, who could be planning anything. Yet he hasn't shown up yet, which started to worry him.
What was he planning? And if he shows up, what would happen if his clone saw him after all this time? He wouldn't try to hurt him would he? Or the Tabithian for that matter?
All Mandarin knows is that he will fight the little faker, even if he has to wait out the entire pregnancy. He will be ready for him.
However he had to deal with what was happening now in the present. An entire month went by and everyone was finally settled for the time being, with Willow and Amanda waiting for their mother's arrival.
Willow sat down with an orange soda in her hand. It was a warm rainy day and the Hyperforce was out getting groceries. Mandarin gave them a long list of things he wanted, which nearly made them fall over.
Amanda plopped down next to her.
"Ughh I wanna go outside! The rain looks so much fun!" She whined.
Willow snickered and shook her head.
"Coming from the most girliest girl in the world that's really surprising, and kinda kiddish." Willow said.
"Hey! I'm still a kid at heart you know!"
"Besides you might get sick and I am not going to look after a sick sister again...not like what happened in 8th grade." Willow grumbled.
Amanda sat up straighter.
"How was I supposed to control that?! You didn't give me the trash can in time!" Amanda pouted.
Willow snickered and ruffled her hair.
"Well I'm going to go read my magic book for a bit, and no going outside!" Willow ordered before leaving.
"Alright commander buzzkill." Amanda said in a sing song voice, causing Willow to playfully glare at her.
Amanda rested her head and watched the ceiling for a while, listening to the rain outside.
She just had to go out there! It's her element out there and she wanted to play in it! She won't get sick she'll be fine! However no matter what she would say, her sister would always stubbornly refuse. It was so annoying!
What seemed to be like hours to her was soon interrupted by a voice.
"What are you doing?"
Amanda lifted her head and saw Mandarin looking at her with a raised eyebrow, his stomach significantly larger than the month before. This stuff still freaked Amanda out a bit but whatever.
Now that Amanda thought about it, she doesn't really talk to him much does she? He usually keeps to himself and she's usually too nervous to actually talk to him.
She blinked before whining.
"I wanna go outside but Willow won't let me!" She whined.
Mandarin blinked.
"Is she worried you'll get sick? Because if you control liquids then shouldn't that not apply to you?" He asked.
Amanda snapped her fingers.
"Exactly! I just don't get it!" She whined.
She hopped up and rushed over to the screen and made the screen pop up what was going on outside.
"Look at that! It's not even that cold out and I wanna play so bad!" She said.
Mandarin walked up to the control panel, a hand on his midsection.
"Ah ha..." He muttered, looking confused and slightly unsure.
Amanda looked up at him.
"What?" She asked.
"...I haven't been on a planet with proper rain in a while. Or outside in general." Mandarin begrudgingly admitted.
Amanda blinked before an idea popped into her head.
"Well why don't you check it out?" She asked.
Mandarin looked down at her with an expression that reads, "You're insane."
"The Hyperforce still doesn't know how they should approach the citizens about me, which I will say it's pretty stupid." He huffed.
Amanda looked back outside.
"Well no one is outside right now." She said before walking to the large tube pulling on Mandarin.
"Wait what are you planning?" Mandarin asked.
Amanda pulled harder, who was pretty damn strong that she was able to move him a bit.
"No one is going to know you're outside! Besides, you need to experience rain again!" She huffed before the two made it to the tube and they went down.
Willow stood off to the side, watching them go.
"Oh boy."
The larger door of the robot's foot went down and Amanda peered outside before darting down, cheering.
Mandarin stood in the doorway.
"Amanda wait!" He called out before nervously looking around.
Amanda rushed around in the rain, having a lot of fun.
"Come on it's fine! There's no one around for miles!" She yelled before slipping in a puddle.
She sat up and snickered before continuing to mess around.
"See?I'm fine, it's just water! It's not gonna make you melt!" She said before continuing to play.
Mandarin looked around again, making sure no other human was in sight. The coast seemed to be clear.
He slowly put his hand out and jerked it back when a raindrop landed on it. Then he slowly made his way out into the warm rain, it was actually not that bad if he were to be honest. Something began to stir in him, something he hadn't really felt in ages.
"Yeah you did it! What do you think, isn't it nice?" Amanda asked before running around some more.
Mandarin stated before muttering, "Nice?"
Willow then walked up to the door frame. She looked over to Mandarin and smiled.
"So it's nice I take it?" She asked before Mandarin quickly turned to her.
"I-she-"
Willow snickered.
"No, I knew she was gonna try to get out and play. I just didn't think she'd bring you out too." She said before Mandarin went back inside a bit.
Mandarin looked off to the side before he was handed a towel.
"I think you should go back out too, you can't hide in here forever." Willow said.
Mandarin blinked before taking the towel.
"Hmph maybe. However I don't see how the others will agree to it." He grumbled.
Willow sighed.
"I can try to talk to them tonight. Who knows maybe you can actually go out when pe-AMANDA!" Willow yelled when she saw her sister morphing a large water ball.
Amanda looked back at her.
"What?"
Willow stomped over to her before dragging her back inside.
"You shouldn't show off your powers in public like that! What if the clone is watching us right now!?" She scolded.
"Aw come on Willy it's all in good fun!"
"Don't Willy me! If you're going to use your powers use them in the training room!" Willow huffed as the two made it inside.
Mandarin sighed and closed up the door.
"That was fun." Amanda sighed, drying her hair with a towel.
"You're lucky you didn't get caught." Willow sighed.
"But hey you gotta admit that was pretty cool!" Amanda smirked.
"Okay maybe but still be careful next time!"
"Okay mommy." Amanda was then nooggied by Willow.
Mandarin paced a bit, unsure of what else to think or say.
"Ermmm say..."
Amanda and Willow looked up.
"I feel like I need to say something." Mandarin started, putting his hands together.
He inhaled before saying, "Thank you."
Amanda blinked.
"Uh what for?" She asked.
"For having me experience this rain business." Mandarin stated, crossing his arms.
"Oh, uh no problem." Amanda said, scratching her chin slightly.
Willow shivered.
"Well we gotta change clothes real quick so let us know if the others come back." She said, taking Amanda with her.
"You're not even that wet!"
"Are you kidding me I'm shivering!"
Mandarin blinked before sitting back down, waiting. He looked at the screen, the live cams of the city still active. The rain was truly nice to listen too, along with the distant sounds of thunder in the distance. It was truly nice, and he soon found himself dozing off at times.
He finally began to doze off for a bit until they got back. It was nice.
He then felt something off, almost like a random muscle twitch in his stomach...wait...
He looked down at his stomach. Did his child just-? Usually every now and then he would just feel flutters but this was an actual kick. He felt his stomach and shivered.
Normally this would be exciting and amazing, but to Mandarin right now it was just so surreal and weird!
He wasn't even sure what to do right now.
Otto then burst into the room, with Trent wobbling behind him and Chiro making sure he doesn't drop anything.
"We're hooome!" Otto chirped.
Mandarin flinched and quickly got up.
Otto ran up to him, bags in hand.
"We got your stuff!" Trent wheezed before setting them down and collapsing.
Mandarin blinked.
"Oh thank you." He muttered.
"And we got a lot of movies so we can probably set up a movie night!" Otto chirped.
"Well that sounds fun for you." Mandarin huffed as he went to get the bags.
"It will for you too, you butt!"
"Please help us put stuff away." Chiro said before helping Trent up.
Mandarin sighed.
"Fine I'll get Willow and her sister." He sighed before going down.
Otto was silent before asking, "Did we interrupt something with him? He seemed kinda out of it."
Chiro shrugged.
The team were putting groceries away, while Otto clinged to Mandarin when he came back.
Willow and Amanda entered the kitchen. Amanda wore a pink and white shirt with blue jeans and brown boots while Willow wore a black tank top that showed her stomach and had a red skirt.
Sprx's eyes nearly popped out of his head.
"Woaah that outfit looks hot on you!" Sprx exclaimed before Willow hit him with a slightly heavy book, her face a bright red.
Mandarin's back straightened as he watched this and his eyes widened. Did she just-!?
"Shut up, I didn't have any other clothes. Anyway is there anything I can do?"
"Yeah just help us with the sodas." Chiro said, as if nothing happened or ignored what just happened.
"She-she just!" Mandarin pointed at Willow, but no one paid attention to him.
"Really Sprx? Come on." Nova sighed, irritated.
"Oww...what? She does!"
"Excuse me but Willow just assaulted someone!" Mandarin exclaimed.
"Holy hell Mandarin that's a lot of sauerkraut." Amanda said.
"Is anyone hearing me?!" He asked, only to receive silence.
Mandarin was flabbergasted, how is anyone not scolding her for her behavior?! If he hit Sprx everyone would be pissed off at him! What makes Willow so special?
Then the wheels in his head began to turn.
A mysterious person that everyone likes and seems without much fault or faults that get ignored unrealistically? An amazing singing voice? Unbelievable powers? Beautiful beyond compare and a tragic past? Why was this so familiar to him?
Mandarin continued to think on it while everyone finished up.
Jinmay blinked.
"Willow that's a nice tattoo." She complimented.
Willow looked down at her shirt and her eyes widened. On her stomach was a skull shaped birthmark with horns on its head.
Amanda stepped back.
"It's...it's not supposed to be here." Willow muttered.
Chiro frowned.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"That birthmark...don't tell me." Trent said before covering his mouth.
Antauri looked at the birthmark, it almost seemed to glow a bit.
"Willow what's wrong?" He asked.
Willow's face paled.
"It's not supposed to be here, not now." She choked.
"Willow." Chiro went over to her.
"What's happening?" He asked.
"The conditions are right are they? For her?" Amanda asked.
"Who? What conditions?" Nova asked, worried.
Willow looked at everyone. She was shaking and her stomach twisted in knots.
"Diamanda." She breathed before collapsing.
Willow woke up seconds later with nearly everyone crowding her.
"Guys a bit of space please!" She exclaimed and everyone backed up a bit.
Amanda shook slightly.
"Willow what's going on? All you've been saying that 'conditions are right' and 'that's not supposed to be there' and 'Diamanda'. Who even is Diamanda?!" Sprx asked, concerned.
Willow looked at everyone then sighed.
"I guess it's time to tell you about her." She sighed as she sat at the table.
There was a couple of false starts but Willow then began to explain.
"When I was born, there was a demon that terrorized my home planet. She was going to spread her terror across other planets." Willow began.
"My mom said that there was this group of girls that fought against her and they nearly defeated her...but before they could capture her she retreated into another person's body with great power."
Willow sighed heavily, unsure of how to say the next part.
"And...she chose me as her vessel." She breathed, causing everyone to stiffen.
"U-uh so that means that at any time she can t-take over you?" Otto nervously asked.
Amanda shook her head.
"Not all the time really, it's just when the conditions are right and someone evil comes along and uses her symbol, that's when she takes over Willow." She explained.
"Just a symbol?" Antauri asked.
"That and whatever blood the villain has at the time." Trent said, having everyone grimace.
"So this has happened before?" Mandarin asked.
"Only twice. Once when she was six and again when she was thirteen." Amanda shrugged before Willow glared at her.
"Yeah only twice!" She huffed.
"Jeez..." Sprx muttered.
Willow stood up.
"I wouldn't worry, all we gotta do is let this one pass and have the clone stay as far away from me as possible." She said.
Everyone seemed to agree, but Mandarin had a bad feeling. He felt his clone was preparing for them...but when?
Then another thought clicked in his head.
An evil side to go with her seeming perfection? This is so familiar to him but why?
"So what conditions were you talking about?" Gibson asked.
Willow stiffened.
"Erm...well..."
The alarm went off before she could say anything. Everyone looked at each other.
No way.
Ooooohhh boy shit is gonna hit the fan! Now we got information on this Diamanda person! Anyway thank you for reading!