What If Beginnings
Book 3
Chapter 35
By Cindra
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Notes: I put colons between conversations denoting silent thought between two characters.
' Is what I call the Heartlink or private communication between a two characters usually a couple. Or in rare cases parent to sibling. (This is usually the way that soul mates talk to each other when they don't want anyone to know what they are saying.)
( )Twin link can't be heard by anyone but the other twin…or only if someone is extremely strong in his or her mental abilities.
or italics That represents thoughts of the characters
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Sam had made two cakes and now she knew that she'd been unconsciously anticipating the arrival of her parents and twin. She carried the tray loaded down with dinner and two heavenly slices of cake into the suite that her parents always used when staying with Bruce and Dria.
"Well Momma I decided to forgo Daddy's sentence of grounding me for eternity and stay here with you for a while." She set the tray on the nightstand.
Andy was propped up against a mountain of feather soft pillows with Isis curled up on her lap. "Why do you think I insisted on coming to get you? Andria showed me Al and then Bruce's journal or more like she left it out where I couldn't help but see."
"Momma you of all people know the rules, so why risk the wrath of Aunt Sel and Uncle Cronos?" Sam sat down beside her.
"You left me." Isis pouted.
"I wasn't exactly thrilled to be leaving and they didn't stop and let me collect you." She cuddled Isis in her arms.
"Aunt Sel didn't wish to alert Artemis or Luna of Isis's presence so we couldn't send her with you through the portal. Now as for the other Daniel made a promise to your father and me that if anything were to happen to you or if you were miserable…" Andy burst into tears.
"Go on Momma what did he say?" She had never seen her so vulnerable in her life.
"That he would take you away after you were married and neither of us would see you for a very long time." Eric walked into the suite and closed the door behind him.
"Well at least he didn't challenge you like when you spared with Grandpa." Sam arched a brow at her father. "I'll leave you two alone." She got up to leave.
"I don't think so Samantha, but nice try." Eric had her in his arms and settled between him and Dromi on the bed just as they did when she was a little girl and had crawled into bed with them because of a bad dream.
"Honestly Daddy I'm not a child. This isn't necessary." Sam wasn't in the mood for a lecture.
"Sweetheart you're fifteen, which still makes you a kid, who has to follow the rules that we've given you to follow. Now handover what Nana Sere let you borrow and no arguements." Eric had known that she'd cop an attitude with him for letting Dromi ship her off to the past with no reasonable cause.
Sam rolled her eyes up at her father in exasperation. "Does this ensemble that I'm wearing look like it has pockets on it?"
"Nice try angel, but your mother is a Senshi and I'm her protector. I'm well schooled about the cosmic pocket that holds your weapon or gadgets when not in use." Eric tried to keep a stern look on his face, but it was so hard when the look on his little girls face was of pure betrayal and frustration.
"Eric she's our daughter and isn't about to just stand by and watch innocents get hurt by the baddies." Andy pointed that little factor out to him. "She was taught to follow in our footsteps and was only abiding to the very values that we instilled in her."
"No Nightshade means just that and those images that I saw prove that she is very much the budding Nightshade." Eric countered.
Sam used her parents verbal sparing with each other to vanish from the bed. :I'm so out of here!: She snarled in their minds.
:Samantha Lynn Lawson if you ever wish to be a Senshi again then I would suggest that you get your tush back here! If I have to find you then I will make it so you won't be able to anything, but Princess duties for the next two years!:Eric was on the verge of losing his patience and temper with her.
"Does this look anything remotely like Shade to you!?" She appeared in front of them in her "Shade" look. She had chosen to create a black leather two piece bare mid-drift 'Matrix' style look, her hair was cut short in a pageboy style, and her face had an eye mask concealing her eyes.
Eric was off the bed and had her over his knee in seconds. "I call that close enough!" He was about to follow through with his threat.
"Fine Daddy, punish me and for what taking down very bad twenty-something's that were preying on the innocent girls on campus! No worse than that they were sizing up victims to sell on the white slave market!" Sam snarled. "They were targeting the schools and the campus. Ginger, Dani, Laurel, and I were next on their list!"
Eric felt his blood run cold and he resituated Sam in his arms so that he was holding her. "I'm so sorry that you had to endure all of that."
"Endure what Daddy?" Sam blinked back the tears threatening to fall. "Hearing them plot on my way to my ballet class! Sizing Dani and I up like we were slabs of meat! Feeling such evil sick twisted minds is the norm for this planet during this era! School shootings, drive-by's, parent's killing their whole families, entire races at war with each other trying to wipe each other out with bombs and worst of all it's broadcasted LIVE on the TV! I just couldn't allow any of it to happen not on my watch or where I was going to class…" She sobbed burying her face against her father's shoulder. "It's bad enough seeing The Great Freeze in a Real Dream, but then to have to endure that every time I went onto campus…sorry but something in me snapped and I reacted accordingly!"
"I thought that Bruce had colleagues watching over Gotham when he was away?" Andy wanted to rip these men apart.
"He does, but there are also worse baddies here and they were kept busy with them. These were normal men with sick minds that were excellent at their trade. I'm just always alert these days and everyone was away." Sam continued to cry against his shoulder. "I had Al gather all the evidence and send it to the police…I made Uncle Bruce an Alfred AI program for his birthday….they had been third generation slavers and I decided to shut down the family business for good."
"Honey it's over and you made them all safe." Eric rocked her in his arms.
"This world is so full of darkness that I can't block it out in my head, so I skulked around and prevented things before they could occur. It kept me sane and free from answering questions about my Real Dream." Sam hadn't realized how much she'd missed being able to go to her parents when something was eating away at her. "They took Daniel away practically after he arrived, so I was on my own."
"Not true Mistress, Sam. I was with you." Al's face appeared on a workstation screen on the wall.
"Sorry Al." Sam sniffled.
"Master's Richard, Bruce, and Clark stepped out for a while, so dinner is on hold until they return." Al informed her.
"Al you didn't…" Sam scowled.
"I had no choice Master Bruce asked me to check on you."
"Where are Daniel, Tim, and MK?" Eric asked.
"In the media room watching a Star Wars Marathon."
"And my Aunt's and Uncle Rohan?"
"In the Batcave."
"Okay where's Grandpa Dare?"
"Pacing outside your parent's suite."
I'm toast… Sam groaned inwardly to herself. "That's all I need Al now go keep an eye on your master."
"As you wish." Al's face vanished from the screen.
:You can come in Uncle Dare. She thinks that you're angry at her.: Andy sent to Darien.
:No I'm not angry at her. I'm furious about what she's had to or thought she had to endure on her own.: Dare joined them. "Sam we all know about The Great Freeze as you call it, so you've been avoiding everyone for no reason. Serena thinks your dream was about some new evil force looming on the horizon."
Neo Queen Serenity stepped out of a portal, "Sam's right this planet is too Dark and it's high time that everyone realized that I won't tolerate it any longer!" She cupped her crystal in her hands and focused on the matter at hand. "No more weapons of mass destruction. Just because one has the knowledge doesn't mean one needs to use it. No more power hungry leaders who wish to conquer the world. There is no room for that on this planet there will be peace and no war. No more terrorists, predators that prey on innocents, or anyone in those categories the bloodshed and bombings will stop. No more guns they cause too much pain. No more pollution the planet will now have safe plentiful energy with Fusion reactors. Cars will now be run by safe fusion powered engines. Wind power or the sun shall replace fossil fuels. The so called super powers in this world will not cause anymore turmoil. Famine will now turn to plentiful harvests. Cities all over the globe devastated by natural events are now better than they were before. Japan shall now be home to Crystal Tokyo. Mine and my husband's rein begins now! I will not have my son be born in a world of turmoil! This will be a world of peace. The homeless will have homes, food will be plentiful for all, and that is how it shall be." The whole room radiated with her power and then she was calm and serene once more.
"Wicked cool Nanna," Sam was awe struck. "You really did change the world in one day."
"I see that you've been experimenting with the Luna Pen. Is that why everyone is upset with you?" She took in what Sam was wearing.
'Dearest why did you let her have it to begin with?' Darien having undergone the transformation to Neo King Endymion pulled her into his arms. "Some wives throw temper tantrums when they have a mood swing. Mine changes the world into a peaceful utopia." He kissed the top of her head.
'She told me that someone was stalking girls on GU's campus and that one tried to attack her.' She gave Sam a look. "Sammy you need to tell them everything."
'You should have told me instead of giving her that blasted pen! Kev, Jare, Nate, Zach, Erica, and I would have taken care of the situation! She's ours damn it and that was too big of a risk!' Endy was far from happy with his wife. "Yes Sammy it's for the best.
'She's a Senshi, ninja, a trained Military Space Officer, and one of the strongest minds on the planet. She's not your ordinary almost sixteen-year-old, so I gave her what she needed to remain safe and take down the bad guys. Newsflash Capeboy she's a Senshi and we protect the innocent in uniform or out of it!' Sere snarled at him.
"I was waiting for Dani in the court yard. It was dusk the sun was setting. I was working on something, so I wasn't really paying too much attention to my surroundings…that's when someone grabbed me from behind." Sam had never felt as stupid as she had that horrible evening.
Eric was seeing red, but he knew that losing it in front of Sammy, let alone with her in his arms wasn't the answer. "It's okay baby. What happened wasn't because you were careless or stupid you were on a secure campus, so it was okay to let your guard down." He tilted her chin with his thumb so that she could see that he wasn't furious with her. 'I'm gonna kill whoever did this or tried to do this to her!'
'Lion let her finish odds are he's in traction at Wayne Memorial. They scared her, but that's as far as they got or Daniel would have sensed her being in peril and come to her rescue.' Dromi wanted to kill them too. "You weren't expecting an attack, so of course you were taken by surprise."
(Sam I'll be right there.) MK growled.
'You told me that night on the phone that nothing happened when I asked you about what scared you. I would have been there in a nano second. You should have called for me.' Daniel was also in the mood to kill someone.
(Look I handled the situation so just keep watching your movie.) Sam growled at her twin. 'Nothing did happen! I got spooked and then reacted accordingly.' She growled at Daniel. "They grabbed me from behind and pulled me into the tall bushes near the tree that I'd been sitting under. One had his hand over my mouth so that I couldn't scream…the other had a knife. I saw that they had a van parked only a few feet away from us. I could hear their plan; because for some reason my psi has added empathy to its roster…I could feel their intentions. The one with the knife had this rag. I instinctively knew what was on it. He was moving it towards my face, so all my instincts kicked into overdrive and in a matter of a minute or two the men were lying broken, and bleeding at my feet. The van peeled off, but I got a look at the make and the license plate. By this time Dani was looking for me. Having found my laptop and pack under the tree she must have pushed her panic button, because Wally…sorry the Flash was there in front of me and Diana…sorry Wonder Woman was leading me away from the bushes and over to Dani…"
"Go on sweetie tell them all of it."
"Cal and Laurie in Superhero attire were trying to calm down Dani, who raced over and hugged me as soon as the three of us emerged from the bushes. I said I was fine just shaken up a bit. Wally was beside himself with guilt that anything like this happened on his watch. Diana was just relieved that I was fine. By that time Gotham's finest had arrived. Gods that Bullock guy is annoying…" Sammy rolled her eyes. "Anyway after listening to my description and what I knew she left to go hunting, while Wally dealt with Bab's father and the annoying Bullock. Evidently the two thugs were wanted for capital crimes in Metropolis, Gotham, and around the globe so after a short chat and several lectures from Bab's dad and Wally… I was free to go no question's asked. Gotham's finest, excluding Bab's dad, were amazed that a fifteen-year-old slip of a girl had landed two men twice my size and strength in the hospital quite possibly for an extended period of time. They left Dani and me with Superboy and Supergirl and went on their way. Laurie and Cal after my bursting into tears agreed to not tell Aunt Andria…I was really shook up, but I didn't want to go home yet so we went out for pizza and a movie instead. It was after that near miss that made me determined to keep the Campus and areas around the schools safe, so I developed not Shade like Momma, but my 'Trinity' guise while watching the Matrix trilogy. I had Al for backup, so I never had any mishaps. It was just flawless victory after flawless victory in my quest to keep the kids safe."
"So now you can't ground her for eternity especially now that you know why she created Trinity." Sere was the first to say something.
"This can't continue Samantha. You did your good deeds now give your Nana back the Luna Pen." Eric ordered softly.
"Yes sweetheart everyone is back, so your time to guard over everyone is over." Dare was in full agreement.
"Trinity had a short, but brilliant run, but she will be no longer needed, seeing as you and Daniel are returning home with us." Andy smoothed her hand over Sam's head.
'But my five months isn't up yet and all I cause you is stress.' Sammy reluctantly gave her Nana the Luna Pen. "Thanks Nana when I get back home I'll remember to fix you something sinfully chocolate."
"Your welcome sweetie," Sere winked at her.
"Arislan, Dominique, and Remus are all under maximum security, so your time here has ended. You can focus on V one, V two, and your Senshi and time guardian training." Eric had more than enough to keep her busy back home. "Your little brother, sisters, Renny, Alison, and the list is endless all miss you."
"That would explain your lack of luggage, but the chessboard is set all the pieces are in place. It's going to happen whether you like it or not." Sammy was more than ready to go home. University life was dull she needed a challenge again.
"No one is saying that it's not angel, but where as only a few months have gone by here in the past back home five months are nearly up and it's only two weeks until yours and MK's birthday." Eric lifted her chin with his finger, so that she was looking at him.
Sam's stared intently at him for a minute or so then it hit her they were risking her Momma going into labor coming there. Her eyes darkened to a dark brandy and she glared at him. "YOU LET MOMMA COME HERE WHEN SHE COULD HAVE DREW AND STACY LIKE ANYTIME NOW! DADDY HOW COULD YOU TAKE SUCH A RISK!"
:Sissy be nice to Dada. We not ready yet.: Drew growled at his big sister.
:Momma miss you lots. You come home now.: Anastasia ordered.
"Does that answer your question sweetie?" Andy smirked. :Lovely work you two I'll sneak you some chocolate and strawberries and cream tonight.: She lovingly patted her middle and the twins kicked her.
"The twin's even say that time's up." Eric kissed her on the forehead. :Daddy's proud of you. I'll get you any treat you like.:
:Sorry you two, but I worry about Momma and the two of you. I'll be nice to Daddy and yes I'm more than ready to come home now.: Sammy laid her head on her mother's swollen middle and listened intently to her unborn siblings as they moved around inside their mother. "I'm ready to come home…" She looked up at her parent's in question. 'You brought everyone this time…?' She sensed the triplets, Starry, Renny, and Charlie.
'No just MK unless…' Eric frowned.
'Renny and Charlie were watching them…' Andy was also frowning.
'Oh brilliant she's a push over and a Time Guardian too.' Sammy rolled her eyes at them.
As if on cue a slight commotion could be heard occurring in the hallway.
"Serena Raye they're having a private chat," Charlie hissed at his beyond curious rabbit of the moon. "You can't just barge in there and make demands! I mean she went and did a Shade, so growling at them will only make it worse!" He gritted his teeth when she started to struggle to get free of his hold around her waist.
"Oh yeah watch me!" She tried to elbow him in the ribs, but Charlie was ready for that. "CHARLES JARED KENNEDY PUT ME DOWN! I WANNA SEE SAMMY!" She screeched.
"Not until they've had their chat!" Charlie had her over his shoulder.
"I WANNA SEE SAMMY!!!" Renny burst into tears and let the water works and earsplitting decibels commenced.
Dare and Sere stared at each other and then at the others. "So that's the infamous Charlie?"
'Did I not tell you that she would buckle under the pressure of looking after all four sibs!' Sammy rolled her eyes at her parents. "Yes that's Charlie."
"Oh yeah that's Charlie alright. He's been pulling his hair out trying to keep Renny from jumping time streams to see Sammy." Eric chuckled.
"DADDY!!!" Renny wailed.
"You mean he can actually rein in Small Lady?" Sere had a firm hold on Dare's shoulder keeping him where he was beside her. 'He's not hurting her and she's being a brat.'
'Enough with the decibels Serena Raye and the water works! Sammy will see you after they're done and not a minute before!' Charlie had been prepared for her tantrum and had put ultra-sonic ear plugs in his ears. "Calling Uncle Dare isn't going to work either, because I'm not hurting you. Starry, DJ, Jessie, and Jaz are here too, but they're behaving better than you and are content to wait their turns."
"They're being hugged by Aunt Gwen and the others, so they can't come running up here to see her." Renny sniffled.
"Serena Raye you are going to be sixteen so act like it!" Charlie glared down into her furious magenta eyes.
"Seriously could you cause anymore of a fuss!" Sammy was now standing in the open doorway scowling at the two of them with her grandparents standing behind her. "Momma is resting and I'm fine."
"Put her down kid." Dare fingered a rose in his hand. "And then let's you and I go have a chat."
"Muffin heel he hasn't done anything wrong so calm down." Sere hissed.
Charlie set her down, but kept her cuddled in his arms. "The Rabbit and I were having a difference of opinion and nothing more, so no chat is necessary." He met Dare's glare with one of his own.
Renny kissed Charlie on the cheek to soothe him. "I'm sorry Hotcakes. I know that I was being a brat, but I missed Sam and wanted to see her." She pouted.
Charlie flushed crimson. 'I know Rabbit, but you can't always have your way.'
"Hotcakes…" Dare couldn't help, but chuckle at his baby girl's pet name for Charlie. "Yes well, Rena. Hotcakes and I are going to have a talk while you and Sammy catch up with each other." He forced himself to keep a serious face as he locked eyes with his daughter.
"Isn't that cute she calls him by her favorite food too." Sere sighed happily. "Come along girls Rafe is starving by now and I don't feel like getting sick." Sere kissed Dare on the cheek. 'Behave or no wings for a year.' She growled the warning before towing Sammy along with her and then taking Renny's arm as well.
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'I'm just going to talk with him, so threats were not needed.' Dare pouted. "Let's go kid and as for the endearing food pet name don't sweat it after a while you just ignore the snickering around you." He put a hand on Charlie's shoulder.
"Not that long of a chat we're leaving in an hour or so." Eric stood in the doorway. "You have training in the morning."
"Training?" Dare frowned.
"Commander Kennedy is going to be the leader and eventual Captain of Voltron One and is training on Arus." Eric grinned. "Believe me when I say that he's kept so busy that at the end of the day he rarely has the energy to date."
"Yeah well Mom and Dad moved to Arus and I'm not exactly parent free either." Charlie muttered under his breath.
"It's either that or Renny goes back to Earth that was the deal that you made and that is the deal that you will keep." Eric shot him a look.
"Yeah Uncle Eric I know it's been drilled in my head for months now. I mean it's not like the two of us have done anything to warrant it, but then parents tend to be overprotective at times." Charlie rolled his eyes at him then focused on Dare. "I made a promise to your older self and I intend to keep it so you have nothing to worry about your little bunny is perfectly safe so relax all we do is kiss and cuddle."
"Look kid I've been there, so I know. Just keep your promise and we won't have to go rounds." Dare couldn't help, but approve of his daughters choice. He was the perfect blending of Jared and Raye and exactly what Renny needed to keep her out of trouble. "I'll bet she keeps you on your toes."
"Oh you have no idea. That little bunny gets into as much mischief as Sam." Charlie grinned. "But she's not nearly as bad as Sammy so I count myself lucky."
"You don't look like you're in mortal peril." MK and Daniel had been sent upstairs to protect Charlie.
"Why would I be in mortal anything?" Charlie shrugged his shoulders. "I'm just talking with Uncle Dare and Uncle Eric…What the hell happened to you?"
"I just got back from a whitewater adventure and the rocks in the rapids didn't like me." Daniel grinned sheepishly. "As for the other, Renny was certain that Uncle Dare was going to drag you outside and use you for target practice."
"The thought did cross my mind, but I can see that he respects my baby girl and that's good enough for me." Dare shrugged.
"You got threatened by Nana Sere, so you have to be nice to him." MK smirked.
"You'll get yours one day and then we shall see whose smirking." Darien grumbled.
"Look Charlie and Daniel are the only ones here that will one day even come close to heeding a threat like the one that Nana gave you and with that said I'm going back to watching my movie." MK was about to vanish, but Eric stopped him.
"MK we're leaving in an hour or so movie or no movie."
"Grams is gonna pout she's really enjoying Starry and the triplets surprise visit and so is Uncle Rohan."
"We can stay for dinner, cake, and ice cream, but then we're going home. If your mother goes into labor and has the twins here the family will give me hell, so we're not going to even take that chance." Eric growled.
"You mean if we eat dinner. They went ape shit after hearing Sammy's confession so it'll be midnight before anyone eats and Mom seems content for right now." MK rolled his eyes at his father.
"Aunt Sel has already sent someone my guess is Cam for my gear so I'm set to go. Odds are she sent Hotaru for Sam's things which would explain how all of you got passed the time gate without having to state your business." Daniel shrugged.
"Yeah he and Hotaru were finally allowed to see each other again and are getting married as soon as humanly possible, so they're basically inseparable." Charlie nodded. "As it is we barely got out of the palace with the munchkins without alerting their shadows and only because Allison and Thea were watching them."
Ear piercing squeals of delighted girls echoed throughout the manor.
"Oh gods please not them anything but them…please anything but boy bands…" Eric remembered all too well the familiar idolizing squeal of a teenagers crush on a band or singer from when Andy had gone through that phase.
"Relax Uncle Eric none of them are even popular anymore. Sam can't stand hip-hop and barely tolerates rap, so this has to be a pop idol like Clay. She likes Green Day and the All American Rejects and they are nothing like boy bands more like hard or borderline punk rock." Laurel walked out of her room. "Clay's a sweetie and a champion for the kids especially ones with special needs."
"He's a crooner as dad would say with a cult following. Look I'm fine as long as he stays clear of Sam." Daniel grumbled.
"Same goes for Rena." Charlie growled.
"He's one of the biggest singing idols on the planet. His fans would do nearly anything for him. Sere and the girls swoon just listening to his CD or hearing him on the radio…" Dare rolled his eyes in exasperation earning a scathing glare from Laurel. "Not that he's a bad person…he's nothing like that." He added hastily to soothe Laurel's ruffled feathers.
"Clay's harmless and a genuinely caring person," Laurel's mood changed when to her delight the manor was filled with Clay's next single 'Angel Eyes' it was so clear that it was as if Clay were downstairs singing it himself.
"At least it's not ear numbing." Eric muttered.
"Gods he sings mush." MK and Charlie groaned.
"Dad's got a huge discography back home. I'm very familiar with him because Mom loves his music." Daniel sighed in defeat.
"He's a good friend of Ginger, Dani, and mine. We do a great deal of work with kids and met at some charity A-list event…" Laurel wasn't at all pleased with their attitudes and went to set them all straight before going downstairs to join the girls. "I was doing work at the UN on behalf of the Justice League and he's one of their Ambassadors for children's education across the globe. He works with Special Education kids and created a foundation on behalf of them."
"Ease up Laurie we weren't trying to say that he wasn't a stand up guy." Daniel eyed her warily.
"We're guys and that kind of music is taboo to us unless we're dancing with our girls in our arms to it." Charlie rolled his eyes at her.
Mk shot her a knowing look it was clear as day that Laurie had a thing for this singing idol and he was gonna call her on it. "So are you two dating or what?"
Laurel's face flushed crimson her sky blue eyes widened then narrowed at MK. "My social life is private as are the private thoughts in my mind."
"Not when your thoughts are so clear that it's like listening to the music coming from downstairs it's not." MK shrugged. "Hey look if you're secretly dating him that's your deal. I mean who wouldn't want to date Supergirl."
"Supergirl retired her cape two years ago." Laurel having tired of the conversation stalked passed them but not before adding. "I'm a reporter for The Daily Planet and the Editor for Gotham University's paper and more than happy to focus on that as well as my degree."
"Thanks for donning the suit again to help my baby sis." MK called after her retreating form.
She turned on her heel to answer him. "Dani, text Cal and I when she went missing. The two of us arrived minutes later, but by that time it was over. Sammy can more than take care of herself. I shadowed her during her patrols…Dani and I both did and she never needed any backup. She's the strongest mind on the planet and can stop bullets with her mind then send them back at the shooter. She mind freezes her opponents and makes them feel all of the torment that they've given their victims. Uncle Jim has been busy picking up her leftovers as has the JL. The male junior members of the JL spared with each other just for a chance to get to patrol Gotham." Laurel headed down the stair case.
"Yeah well she's taken." Daniel grumbled.
"Yeah but then you went and left her all by her lonesome for a whitewater adventure a week after you arrived." Tim appeared beside Daniel. "In the guys eyes that makes you and her not in a serious relationship, a jewel as rare as Sam is worth getting stuck with watch duty."
"Getting dragged off by paranoid Uncles and my Dad does not give them the green light to hit on Sammy!" Daniel was on slow boil.
"No one is saying otherwise son." Rohan growled from the shadows. "Clay is downstairs surprising Laurel with a song that he wrote just for her…not only that, but Sere got a delightful surprise and Mac got the shock of his life when a portal opened and our latest arrivals stepped out of it. Two of them are obviously Senshi-in-training one is not even eight and the other about twelve…two of the boys are their willing shadows also the same age as the girls, and two older teenage girls looked ready to pull their hair out until they saw where the younger ones had taken them after that it was all smiles and the final visitor who I'd put at fourteen…"
"Hey I just turned fifteen last week." Hunter stepped out of the shadows.
"Hunter Scott why aren't you on watch with Dylan?" Eric glared at him.
"Grandpa said that Dylan and I could go. So this is your idea of punishment this place is great." Hunter looked around at his surroundings. "I left the midgets in the game room playing something called the Wii. The little ladies are being gushed over by the Aunts and the Babes are all sighing over some smooth talking crooner in the music room, but it's safe he's only got eyes for some hot blonde...Is that really Aunt Ginger…?"
"Hunter did you get permission to come here or are all of you AWOL?" Daniel growled.
"Permission?" Hunter scrubbed at the back of his neck with his hand grinning sheepishly at them. "Well not exactly you see when Renny and Charlie left to come here, uh, well it didn't go that well with…"
"You idiot!" MK and Daniel glared at Charlie.
"We left the palace to go riding and I opened a portal in one of the empty stalls. There were no little eyes anywhere! I checked the whole barn! It's not my fault that Cindy's sneaky and she uses her abilities to blend in or hide when she wants to!" Charlie snarled in his defense. "Or that Di was climbing a tree with DJ the other day and her little mishap triggered her sleeping Senshi inside her…Di well it was only a matter of time, but Cinnabun well she was just biding her time until she tried out her Senshi form again. She's usually Rena's shadow and sulks whenever she gets sent away. The only difference this time was that she was determined to see where her big sis always goes to. Hell all of us are curious so she didn't have to twist Allison, Thea, or Hunter's arms and where DJ goes Di wants to follow same with Orry with Cinnabun and Ryan with Star."
"It's the eyes she looks at you with those big blue orbs and you're her willing slave…it's the same with Di you just melt add the boys and the girls and me were helpless. We didn't do a Sam or anything like that the portal opened here." Hunter pleaded his case.
"Allison knew better than to fall for Serenity Cynthia or Serenity Diane's tricks. Uncle Rafe is gonna go mental and Grandpa Dare's older self is gonna go beyond that when they find them missing! It's even more dicey seeing as not only are those two here, but Di's baby brother, and mom's baby brother tagged along as well. Uncle Max is gonna hit the roof and ground Ally for life…Thea will be sent back to Earth to live with her grandparents take your Pick Uncle Jeff, Uncle Jared, Aunt Ginger, and Aunt Raye aren't gonna be allowing her near you for at least a year! Not to mention that Grandpa Keith is gonna be beyond furious too!" MK let Hunter have it.
Dare narrowed his eyes at Charlie and Hunter. "I'd start praying if I were the two of you!"
"Look now that she's Sailor Chibi Cosmos the little imp is beyond sneaky and has this uncanny ability to just appear wherever she wants! Di's Sailor Chibi Avalon, but she's not nearly as sneaky as Cinnabun!" Charlie gulped he really wasn't in the mood to be used for target practice.
"We're not the only ones on the hot-seat it's not like the girls aren't just as guilty as us for buckling under the pressure!" Hunter eyed him warily.
"Don't you mean Sailor Chibi Chibi?" Dare fingered the two rose stems between his fingers.
"Honestly Daddy that was when she was barely a year and could only say one word Cinny…Cinny. I didn't know that you knew about her…that was during the darkest time against Chaos…It's still the past so I know that you're still flaming jealous of Uncle Fighter so I would doubt that momma has shown you her home video's or the snaps of that time…" Renny stood on the top stair with Cindy in her arms. "Charlie and the others aren't guilty of anything. Baby brat here has the same ability that I had to persuade people to do my bidding, but instead of Luna P she can just conjure whatever she wants at will. Isn't that right Cynthia?"
"I'm sorry. It's just not fair that Renny gets to go here all the time. I wanted to go too." Cindy blinked forlornly at her father and the others. "I didn't mean to cause any trouble…" She sniffled tearfully.
Dare walked over and took her out of Renny's arms. "You were so tiny the last time I held you in my arms for those brief moments of time. So you were my adorable little angel…" He cuddled her against his shoulder.
"I had to help momma, cuz she needed me to guard her while you were gone." Cindy whimpered. "She was so lost and sad…she needed me to help guide her."
"Yes I know and you did a wonderful job too." Dare kissed the top of her fiery red hair. "Who helped you baby? Someone had to awaken you…Was it your Mommy?"
She shook her head no sending her heart shaped odango ringlets bouncing around her face. "Nana Shana, Grandpa Helios, and Uncle Cronos helped me. Grandpa watched over you for Momma… "
"This one vanished from her crib for hours. You and Momma were frantic especially when Aunt Pu told you that the time gate had been sealed by her brother and then poof you were back. You slept for days…After all a year had flew by for you and I guess you needed a recharge. Neither you nor Momma let her out of your sights for like months and months. The both of you were so paranoid that you placed a tracer on Cinnabun's ID bracelet." Renny rolled her eyes heavenward. "Your older-self is barely handling her reawakening and now he'll ground her from anything Senshi till she's the age momma was when she became Sailor Moon."
"Daddy don't be mad they were worried about Sammy too." Starry raced up the stairs over to her father.
"I wanted to protect Starry." Endymion Ryan didn't go as far as Starry he chose to sit on the top step and eyed them with big aquamarine eyes. "Don't be mad Grandpa…Uncle Eric…"
Di, the pre-teen image of her Great-Nana, stood in front of her baby brother. "I didn't want DJ to go away like Sammy for months and months, so I snuck into the portal at the stables just as it was closing."
"Cin was sad, so I help her." Orry at seven was the miniature of his father and the budding ninja. He appeared in front of Dare.
"God's he's getting more like mom everyday." MK groaned.
"You were just as much if not more trouble MK." Eric fixed his son with a look.
"Merlin's Beard! How in Cronos's name do all of you manage to stay sane?" Rohan groaned.
"I was beyond a handful when I was their age so Daddy had years of practice. Eric was my shadow, so it was usually him that got me out of trouble. So when the twins came along we were more than ready for the challenge even if they were eons worse than I ever was." Dromi growled from the doorway.
"Momma back to bed. I'll handle this mess." Sammy used the lift as an element of surprise. "Daddy please go tuck her in."
"Sammy's changed…" DJ who was standing beside her was sulking "She's no fun anymore. You have to go home, cuz she made everyone downstairs sleep."
"Everyone deserves a surprise DJ. I didn't get sent here for fun either. I spent three long months recuperating then this last month or so was more like work than anything." She rolled her eyes at her baby brother.
"You did a shade? After the promises dad snarled at you and you did it anyway! Are you out of your mind or do you just like the ambiance of your room and not being able to sit down for a week!" DJ looked at her as if she was insane and loved the fact that at twelve he was now two inches taller than his big sister.
"Two really not so nice guys were gonna hurt a lot of innocents and Trinity is not shade! I plan every step of a nightly patrol and never run pell-mell into situations! Part of my rehab was working with Uncle Bruce and Aunt Dria to curb those instincts! I do listen ya know!" Sammy's face flushed with temper and glared back at him.
"DJ two of the bad guys caught Sammy off-guard…" Daniel decided to prevent Sam from completely going off that he had to step in, but Sam wasn't having any of it.
"You are to march yourselves into this portal and go back home! Only DJ, Jazzy, Jessie, Starry, and MK had permission to be here! Alison and Athena are already home and now it's your turn." Sam opened a portal without transforming to Sailor Neo Arus. Cam and Hotaru stalked out of it.
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"The seven of you are to return home at once before Dad really
hands me my head!" Cam the mirror image of his father was beyond furious with them. "The time gate is not your personal toy to use at your leisure or just because you have the ability to port through time and space!"
"Cindy's ID bracelet alerted everyone of your absence." Hotaru informed them of their miscalculation.
A second portal opened Keith, Jared, and Rafe stalked out of it.
"Home now and no DJ or Star until I say otherwise!" Rafe narrowed his eyes at his kids. "No privileges either you are grounded until further notice!"
"Yes Daddy." Di walked over and picked up Ryan. 'See ya DJ sorry that we get to miss the party.'
'He'll cool off. He's just worried and that always makes them resort to cruel and unjust punishments.' DJ chose to stand quietly beside his sister.
'He's just mad and scared Ryan. It'll be okay.' Starry whimpered.
"He's just grouchy cuz Di left to see DJ. They're almost teens now so Daddy thinks they wanna get mushy and stuff." Ryan rolled his eyes at his big sister then fixed DJ with a look.
"Talk about out of the mouths of babes." Rohan couldn't help, but chuckle when the two tweens flushed a guilty shade of red.
Rafe narrowed his eyes murderously at DJ.
"That's how Daddy is about Charlie and big sister. Maybe big brother caught them being mushy and stuff." Cindy chimed in.
"I'm gone almost five months and my baby brother shoots up in height and tries to kiss Di. In the tree house of all places…no wonder she got all flustered and lost her footing." Sam smirked.
"Hey that's not fair! Stay out of my head Samantha!" DJ snarled at her.
"Son you and I are gonna talk when we get home." Eric pinned him with a look.
"Dad nothing happened!"
"Home now!" Rafe snarled at Di and took Ryan out of her arms. "Not another word young lady!"
"You're so mean!" Di burst into tears and raced into the portal.
"And you are way too young to kiss DJ!" Rafe stalked after her.
"Daddy may I have Cin please. Your older-selves are no doubt patiently awaiting our return." Renny calmly walked over and held out her arms for her sister.
"Be good and by that I mean both of you." Dare reluctantly let Cin go.
"Oh we will…" Renny wasn't relishing facing her parents.
"I will Daddy." Cin pouted.
"We'll see you in a few hours." Jared grabbed his son by the ear. "Let's go Charles Jared! You'll be doing hard labor at the Palace site for the next week or so."
"Dad I've got training too! I'll never get to see Renny!" Charles yelped in protest.
"Tough you knew better and followed her every whim anyway knowing it was out of bounds!" Jared shoved him into the portal. "Move it niece as it is you'll be lucky to see the light of day by Christmas and Cin will be lucky if she's allowed her Senshi powers before she's sixteen."
"This is so not fair!" Renny stalked into the portal.
"Life isn't fair!" Jared stalked after her and the portal closed behind them.
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Keith didn't have to say a word.
Orry reluctantly walked over to his father. "Sorry Daddy." He didn't have the nerve to even look into his father's eyes.
"You surpassed all of your siblings with this little trip of yours. Not even Andromeda left our time stream until she was married to Eric for three years and carrying the triplets." Keith narrowed his eyes at him. "You're grounded until further notice. No Cindy, privileges, and no fun whatsoever. Do you understand Oran Keith Michael Edwards? You worried your mother to the point of tears."
"Yes Daddy…I know and I'm sorry." Orry sniffled.
"I want you to stand over there beside Cam while I deal with Hunter Scott." Keith growled.
Orry did as he was told. "Um…Daddy…Hunter, Ally, and Thea are innocent…Cin used her gift to trick them. They wouldn't let us go so we hypnoed all three of them."
"Yeah I know Grandpa I should have known better, but she's six and before I knew it we were standing in front of Aunt Dria." Hunter shrugged.
"Let's go Hunter the humiliation of being duped by kids is more than enough punishment to last a lifetime." Keith then focused on Dromi and Eric. "Say your goodbyes we're going home. Where are Jessie and Jaz?"
"Why's everyone sleeping downstairs? Grandpa when did you, Cam, and Hotaru get here?" Jess and Jaz raced up the stairs.
"Sammy made them all forget." DJ scowled. Dare and Rohan were now asleep on their feet. "See she's doing it again!"
"Grow up Derek James! I'm doing my job!" Sam growled.
"It's messing with other people's memories and beyond breaking the rules." Jess and Jaz folded their arms across their chests and frowned at her in disapproval.
"Everyone deserves a surprise or two in their futures. It's not breaking any bylaws. Renny, Di, and the others now that was blatant rule breaking." Sam corrected them.
"I'm beginning to agree with Sere a few months of intensive training with Dad and Aunt Sel will do her a world of good." Cam had heard more than enough.
"I said no to that and I meant no." Eric scowled.
"A few months of intensive training with Sel, his dad, and Erica isn't the end of the world and you know it." Hotaru narrowed her eyes at Eric.
"Bruce is gonna train her on Arus."
"Enough both of you! I've got to catch up on everything that I missed!" Sam growled. "I'm all too aware of my impending confrontation with Prince Stalker on my birthday, but as they say forewarned is for armed, and I refuse to let it rule my life."
"Dad has ways of leashing scum like him. You'll find that his seer ability has been nixed, as well as his power of persuasion. Uncle Helios called for his head, but settled for making him, his sister, and his minions suffer in other ways that are far better than ending his life." Cam smirked. "The ancient times had what was called a chastity belt to protect the females…"
"Iron underwear is so out! There is no way…"
"Calm down Samantha let me finish." Cam cut off her rant. "They've come up with a means to protect the females in the family, no actually all innocents who are captured by any of the bad guys…You see even if they manage to capture Sammy or any of our girls…If they try anything they'll find themselves in excruciating pain in their lower anatomy and Arislan's punishment will be his sight. Here's the icing on the cake. Rohan's family tree has spawned the last two bad apples. Their DNA is flawed, no clones, and no offspring ever for Arislan and Dom. Remus will be lucky if he keeps his head after King Hazar and Queen Merla get through with him. Her home world of Zion has welcomed the remaining survivors of Druel with open arms and all of them seem to be adapting well, but attempting to kill the two of you sealed his fate in their eyes."
"It's nice of them to care, but if Prince Stalker touches me I'll take great pleasure in cutting off his private parts." Sam ended the conversation. "Now can we all please go home now momma needs rest?"
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