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Chapter 54: The Times, They Are A Changin'
Nana looked like she was drowning, in Spanner's spare shirt, but you never know when that can come in handy... It definitely made her look younger, but if she was going to work with Spanner to find her family and getting back home before Byakuran noted her presence, then she was going to have to help things along a bit.
Of course, it didn't help that Shoichi had contacted Spanner to notify him about the intruders in the Base, and to send out his robots. When Shoichi caught sight of her, he did a slight double-take, and began to clutch his stomach.
"Sho-chan, do you need some peppermint tea? It's known to help with upset stomachs," Nana clearly couldn't help herself, as she spoke in English.
Shoichi paled further, she knew him by sight and name. That woman was Sawada Tsuna's mother, from the past, and she called him *Sho-chan* just like his mama did. Oh, hell no! Younger him had screwed up, majorly! He managed to gain a moment of poise, before responding in English, "I'll take that under advisement, Ma'am."
"If that doesn't work, try a bit of ginger or ginger-ale," Nana assured him, gently. "Just don't eat any marshmallows, that could make it worse."
Shoichi blinked in surprise. She was talking to him in code, while giving him real advice, "Thank you, I won't. This your new assistant, Spanner?"
"Yeah, she's pretty great, right? She's been making sure I don't forget to eat or drink and what-not. How you holding up, Sho-chan?" Spanner raised an eyebrow.
"I'm holding up all right. Just send the robots to check out the intruders," Shoichi grumbled, as he turned off the video-com.
"Do we need to worry about Sho-chan?" Nana asked Spanner curiously.
"Not right now. We need to focus on making sure that we get you out of here, safely. I'm just not sure how we can get to Sho-chan, with these intruders..."
"The intruders are the past version of the tenth generation of Vongola. If you help them, you and Sho-chan can win," Nana told him flatly.
"..." Spanner blinked in surprise.
"Did I mention that Tsuna has great control of his flames, to the point that he can easily defeat your robots?" Nana had figured that he might be more of a scientific mind, and watched Spanner as he quickly hurried about, sending the robots off to fight her son and the rest of the tenth generation.
It was a bit surprising when the cameras caught Tsuna and crew getting split-up, by Shoichi's base, of all things! Nana pursed her lips in annoyance, "You do realize that Byakuran will be here soon enough? Why all the drama?"
"This was Sho-chan's plan," Spanner shrugged. "I'm just the tech-guy."
Nana pinched her nose between her eyes, "Spanner, you are much more than a tech-guy. You really need to get a better view of yourself. Shoichi thinks of you as one of his best friends! He trusts you beyond what most people, in this time, do. Give yourself more credit!"
"..." Spanner blinked at her in surprise, "I've never thought of it like that."
"Well, start," Nana huffed in annoyance, before she noticed that the robot was attacking her son. It took everything she had not to hit Spanner for attacking her son, but instead, all she settled for was her eye twitching. "Spanner, if you get my son killed..."
Spanner looked to Nana and paled, "Noted."
"Wonderful. Now, when can we expect you to retrieve Tsuna and get this show on the road? Oh, and how is the Italy base? I heard that they were overtaken by the Varia-Vongola Alliance?" Nana smirked as Spanner blinked in surprise.
"Huh? What do you mean? The Varia-Vongola have taken over the Millefiore Italy Base? What about Byakuran?"
"Yes. Yes. And he should be on his way here, shortly," Nana grumbled, before she started watching Tsuna beat Spanner's robot.
"So, Sawada's going to give me more data to work with and less likely to get me killed, yeah?" Spanner sighed tiredly.
"Tsuna, yes. Vongola Decimo, yes. Sawada... no more," Nana replied with certainty.
"Why not Sawada?" Spanner blinked as he watched Tsuna crush his robot.
"I divorced Iemitsu. Tsuna wanted to change his name to match mine. Especially, after he tried to murder us both," Nana rubbed her forehead, tired of repeating the story.
"Ah. Makes sense," Spanner nodded in understanding. "I'll go grab your son and bring him back, yeah?"
"Sounds like a plan, Spanner," Nana agreed. "What should I do if anyone else shows up?"
"Be my assistant. Tell them I'll be back shortly," Spanner shrugged and jogged out into the moving base.
"Good luck," Nana sighed tiredly. She watched the cameras, only to find about half of them had been knocked out by Tsuna or his guardians. Nana smiled, that boy of her's was ready for this, more so than the one in the story had been. She just wasn't sure that she was ready for this.
Byakuran chuckled as he watched the hidden video-feed he had in Shoichi's base, of Shoichi's work-station area, "Times are really changing... Aren't they, Sho-chan?" Byakuran smirked as he eyed the woman in the purple shirt, "What are you doing there, little lady? What indeed?"
