Sat on the couch now, Lynn had her arms and legs crossed.
These girls were annoying her; Juliet, bronze eyes, and the auburn head with awesome green eyes who looked like the adult lady. Her mother, then?
Isaac and Levi were staring at her. "Are you staying for our party?" Levi asked.
"Hell no," Lynn said. "I'm gonna find Gabriel, my sisters, and brother, and get out of dodge." she explained.
"But it's our birthday," Isaac told her. "Please stay?"
Lynn only stared. "I'll think about it."
In the kitchen, the others had been whispering. Until the bronze eyed girl came out. "Hi Lynny."
"Why do you keep calling me that?" Lynn demanded.
The girl frowned. "I called you that when I was little." she reminded.
Lynn rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Gabriel coming yet?"
"Abby went to go get him." she said. She looked at the boys, "Go in the kitchen," she ordered them. "Your mom will make some lunch."
"Ooh..." the twin boys tumbled immediately into the kitchen.
"The older red head is their mom?" Lynn realized.
"Yeah," bronze eyed said. "Her name's Annie. Do you remember?"
Lynn shook her head. "What's your name?"
"Phoenix. I can't believe you don't remember..." she said sadly. "But," she perked. "I found something to help. Come on." she ushered Lynn out to the backyard.
"Whoa." Lynn said. A large Hellhound was suddenly there. "Who's that?" she pointed at him.
"Raffae!" Phoenix said. "Here, Raffey," she called. The hellhound recognized Lynn's scent, and pounded the ground with his paws running over.
"Raffae?" Lynn repeated, staring into the hound's eyes. "...Raffae!" she wrapped her arms around him. "Oh boy, I missed you so much!"
Abby appeared in Sarah's living room, where she saw a commotion.
"Calm down!" Carmen yelled. "We're not gonna hurt you!"
"Back off!" a girl with brown-blond hair and sapphire eyes hissed. "Get away!"
Abby's eyes were wide. "Adena?"
The still-sixteen year old shot her glare over. "Who're you?" she demanded.
"Everything alright Abby?" Lyra asked.
She shook her head, "No. Um...Lynn's back."
Adena blinked, "Where is-"
"What?" Carmen and Lyra said in unison.
"I don't know," Abby said. "She didn't recognize any of us. She asked where dad was, though."
"Take me to her, kid," Adena begged. "Please."
"She's at your house?" Carmen guessed. Abby nodded. "Okay, let's find out what's going on."
Lynn strolled into the kitchen, where she saw the twins eating spaghetti and meatballs. Annie, at the sink, spotted her. "You feeling okay now?" she asked.
"Yeah. Annie right?" Lynn said.
"Yes, do you remember?" Annie asked.
"No. Nothing," Lynn said. "Sorry."
"It's not your fault," Annie said. "I'm glad you're back, and okay." she admitted.
"Oh hell no..."
Lynn turned around to see two older girls than herself. One was chocolate haired and chocolate eyed. The other was taller, with dark brown hair, and caramel eyes, like the twins.
"Lynn," caramel eyed said in shock. A third girl appeared, Abby, and another behind her.
"Adena!" Lynn shrieked, running over. "What the hell is going on?"
"Don't know," Adena said.
"Addy?" Phoenix gasped. "You're back too?"
"All these people..." Lynn said. "They know us. I don't remember them."
"Me either," Adena agreed.
"Maybe ya need your uncle to help ya remember, yeah?"
"Dad!" Isaac and Levi said loudly.
Lynn raised her eyes. "Dad-?" she said to Gabriel. "You have kids?"
"Hells yeah," Gabriel confirmed. "Long time no see Lynny, Addy. How was the immobilization?"
Lynn and Adena scowled. "Shut up."
"Immobilization?" Annie repeated.
"Uh, it's nothing," Lynn told her. Annie caught her look, and knew something was up. "Who the hell are all these people?" Lynn asked.
"My family," Gabriel said. "Now hold still..." he placed his index fingers on his niece's foreheads.
All outside now, joined by Juliet, a guy, and another woman Lynn and Adena felt they knew, but didn't yet remember, the sisters sat at the picnic table with the twin's presents.
"Okay guys," Gabriel said. "They obviously remember me," he reminded. "I helped them a little with their memory loss. Introduce yourselves fully, hopefully that will help." he explained. "Ladies first."
"Well..." the adult red head started. "I'm Ann. I guess you know now everyone calls me Annie." she explained.
"Wait..." Lynn said. "Priest," she said then. "You're a selected priest." she remembered.
"That's right," Annie confirmed, and Gabriel was grinning.
"Um..." the light brown haired, blue eyed, older woman said. "I'm Sarah."
Lynn nearly gasped, "Auntie Sarah? You got old."
"Hey!" Sarah said. "Forty is the new twenty." she joked.
There were a couple laughs. "This is my daughter, Abigail." Annie introduced the younger red head.
"Abby, if ya want," Abigail said.
"You know us, right?" Isaac and Levi asked.
"Yup," Lynn said. Those boys were so cute!
"I'm Phoenix...again!" Phoenix said next.
"I'm the second oldest sister, Lyra," the chocolate eyed said next.
Lynn thought of Levi's present. "Ly-Ly?"
"Right," Lyra grinned. "She's Carmen," she pointed at Caramel eyes. "Juliet's 'adopted' mom."
"Adopted?" Adena asked. "I don't remember you having kids." she said.
"Not really adopted," Carmen said. "Juliet lives with me." she explained.
"Oh," Adena folded her arms, "I see."
Raffae put his head on Lynn's lap, and she pat him. "This is Jasper. Old ass man." Carmen pointed at the dark brown eyed, long sandy-brown haired man.
"Jasper?" Lynn said. "I had a brother with that name..."
"I had a brother too," Adena remembered, "Warren, I think?" she looked at Jasper. "Old ass?" she repeated Carmen's words. "You don't look a day over seventeen."
"Thanks for the compliment," Jasper said slyly. "A hundred and fifty three, and still looking good."
"One-hundred fifty three years old?" Lynn gaped.
"Damn," Adena said. "How old are all of you...now? How long have we been gone?"
"Six, almost seven years," Gabriel said.
"Believe it or not, I'm...thirty." Carmen said.
"Old lady," Jasper remarked, and she glared at him.
"I'll be twenty-three in two days," Lyra said.
"Me and Jules are twelve!" Phoenix added.
"Abby's thirteen!" Juliet finally said. "Lucky..." she muttered to the smiling teenager.
"We're six!" Levi said. "Our birthday's today!"
"When can we open presents, Mama?" Isaac looked up.
"We can now," Annie said. "It's up to Lynn and Adena."
The sisters glanced at each other. "Sure...?"
"YAY!" the twins screamed, "Presents!" they raced other to where the sisters were sat.
So Adena's back too! How about the other half of the Devil Quad? The same question remains: why are they back?
