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25 Some News

Reiny could not risk attempting to stop the failsafe himself. He was the leader of his people. He had to stand back and watch as this played out even as the failsafe collapsed around the heroes.

"JenJen Tennyson!" He cried out.

"Is fine, as is everyone else, thanks." Kevin called out as pink bubbled emerged from the wreckage.

"Not everyone." Jen frowned. " The other Highbreed…"

"Followed orders JenJen Tennyson. There is no greater honor for a Highbreed soldier." Jen frowned. Reiny knelt so they were on the same level. "I swear to you JenJen Tennyson I will put this right. I will scour the records and ensure that no others will have to go through this." Jen nodded.

"Thanks. Come on Ship and I will take you home." He nodded and stood bowing.

"I am pleased I could be of assistance JenJen Tennyson."

"Hang on a minute!" The voice came from the Sargent who'd been leading the small battalion to the defense of the nuclear plant. Jen stepped in front of Reiny. "Who are you people? What was that thing?" Before Max could answer Jen spoke.

"Talk to Lieutenant Steele. Blonde guy, scar through his eye. He has my number." She nodded and Ship turned back into his battleship mode and the Plumbers loaded on with Reiny, leaving the confused military behind to deal with eight confused civilians and the remains of a giant plant monster.

Jen dropped the others off at Kevin's car and the Rustbucket respectively and set back out into space with Reiny. They set a much more reasonable pace this time and it would take them a few hours to reach the Highbreed home-world. They remained in companionable silence for a while, until they entered the Highbreed system.

"I have recently chosen a mate." Reiny stated. Jen grinned.

"Awe! Reiny! That's great!" He nodded.

"We are expecting a young one." Jen turned to him and grinned wide.

"That's fantastic!" She leapt from her seat and wrapped her arms as far around him as they would go. He blinked.

"What are you doing?" She looked up at him and her face went bright red.

"Sorry, guess it's a very human thing." She let him go. "It's called a hug, you do it with friends and when you're excited or happy. It's a way humans show affection." Reiny nodded and wrapped an arm around her as well. She grinned again.

"I would ask you to be Protector En Extremis of my offspring." Jen frowned as he released the hug.

"Not sure what that means. I don't think we have that on Earth." Reiny nodded.

"I see, it is an honor on my world. If something were to happen to me and my mate my child would go to you to be raised and protected." Jen nodded.

"Oh like a godparent! I would be honored!" He nodded as they came in for a landing.

When Jen got home Lieutenant Steele was waiting in her living room having tea with her mother who looked a little nervous. He looked very out of place, in his combat gear next to her mother's fine china. Jen grinned.

"I see you got my message." He shook his head.

"I did. Do you know how hard it was explaining to my superiors why the shape shifting superhero knows me by name?" Jen laughed.

"I imagine pretty difficult." He shook his head.

"Until they got a call from your grandfather, he knows my boss so they wrote it off. Mind explaining what happened today?" She sat down in the loveseat.

"You could have just called. You have my number." He rolled his eyes.

"No I don't. I have your grandfathers number. Your cousin insisted he's on medical leave for at least twenty four hours and wouldn't give me anything." Jen snorted into the cookie she'd snagged off the table as her mother covered her own laugh.

"I'm gonna get the brownies out of the oven." Jen grinned as her mother left the room.

"You should come by more often, she doesn't bust out the sweets for everyone." He shook his head taking a sip of his tea.

"She wasn't so keen when I showed up. Seemed to think I was here to arrest you and nearly took my head off with a broom." Jen laughed. "She calmed down when I told her I was just here for a debrief, but that was two hours ago, where were you?"

"Space." She bit into her second cookie as he looked her over with a raised eyebrow. "It's fine. What happened today started because of a misunderstanding. A soldier who didn't know the war was over setting off a failsafe." Steele nodded then frowned setting down his cup gently.

"What war?"

"The one I prevented." He blinked.

"I don't remember this." Jen nodded.

"I know. That's cause I do my job, and do it best under wraps as it were. So if we can keep the top dogs out of my business I'll keep the alien threats under control, you guys do your thing." Steele nodded.

"Like you took care of that Vilgax character." He watched as her whole expression darkened. The cookie in her hand snapped in half.

"Yeah. He shouldn't be back." Steele raised an eyebrow.

"You…" She looked at him and shook his head.

"No, he lost the Conquerors Challenge. According to galactic law he's banished from the planet." Steele sighed.

"And I don't suppose you have a copy of Galactic Law laying around for me to look over." Jen grinned.

"Wait here!" She bounded up the stairs to her room as her mother came back into the room with a plate of fresh brownies. Sandra frowned.

"Everything alright?" Steele shrugged. But before he could answer a crash sounded from Jen's room.

"Fuck!" Steele was on his feet and up the stairs before the plate of brownies could hit the floor. He pulled his sidearm and kicked in her door. She was on the ground, partially buried under an avalanche of medals. She was working her way free. He reached out a hand.

"What is all this?"

"Medals from grateful species who were happy I prevented a war." Sandra shook her head.

"I told you not to leave them piled up in your closet." Jen nodded rubbing bruised legs as she picked her way through the mess back into her closet.

"So you were serious? Why would other species be grateful you prevented a war on Earth?"

"Never said it was just an Earth war. Didn't want to spook you, it was a universal threat, not anymore though. They're cool now. Ah ha!" Before he could ask who they were she pulled a gargantuan book from the closet. "My copy of Galactic Law! Courtesy of Ultimos years ago, I now bequeath it to you, I never actually finished reading it." He stared.

"That's a lot of law." She nodded.

"Yeah I skimmed it over the past few years." She turned to her mother. "I heard a crash did any of the brownies make it?" Sandra laughed.

"I didn't put them all on the plate so yes." Jen cheered and headed back down the stairs. Her mother shook her head following. "You will have to clean your room young lady!" Jen nodded. Steele shook his head.

"This is going to be a long day."