Author's Note: I own nothing. Ok back to Earth!

23 Explanations

Jen pulled herself to her feet and brushed the dirt off her jeans. The knights were stirring around the room. Cyrus looked absolutely livid that the girl who'd been helping them try to beat Vilgax to the sword was one of their sworn enemies.

"You are at fault here girl!" George leveled Ascalon at Cyrus.

"Hold your tongue Sir Cyrus! Not all was told in the tales passed down to my knights, Knights who have forgotten their true purpose." Cyrus bowed his head as Kevin stepped over to Gwen helping her to her feet. He looked around the room.

"I am still very confused as to what the fuck is happening here." Jen nodded at him.

"We shouldn't talk about it here." She said glancing at the seal. It was cracked much further than it had been but it was not fully broken yet. George nodded and lifted a hand. In a flash of warm light they vanished and reappeared in a large room. A round table sat in the center but it had clearly been moved into the room as none of the décor around it matched the medieval feel. In fact it was all pretty advanced technology. Jen shook her head.

"You really did borrow area fifty one didn't you." Kevin looked at her incredulously, that had been a while back and she hadn't made a peep about it since it happened." George nodded.

"As I said, I have every intention of giving it back when all of this is over." He motioned for her to sit as he took the chair with the Forever Knight symbol carved into it. Jen snorted slightly as she took the seat next to him. Kevin frowned but sat Gwen down next to Jen and took the seat next to the redhead. The redhead was a bit shaky from the teleportation but she was still conscious and considering the power she'd protected them from in the cavern.

"I must protest!" Enoch said pulling himself up on the table and glaring at Jen. "She has no place at this table!" George raised an eyebrow.

"How so, she was at this table long before you. She fought the Dagon with me when it first appeared. She defends Earth as was our original goal! You have forgotten that Earth is not just humanity! It is all the peaceful beings who live here!" Jen smiled slightly at George's words and the Knights sat down around the table looking chastised.

"We should focus though George. The Dagon has its heart back, what do we do now?" George nodded holding up a stone. It was nearly cracked through.

"We muster our forces, we prepare for the war. We wait." Jen rolled her eyes.

"I hate waiting." George laughed.

"I am aware. But I feel you have many things to explain to your friends. Kee a close eye on your cousin." Jen nodded.

"A few of Sir Cyrus's men were taken by the Lucubra they need to be found as well, see if this time we can figure out how to break the connection. I'll work on it on my end. Keep in touch." George nodded and waved a hand at them. The three of them vanished in a flash of light and when Kevin opened his eyes they were sitting in Jen's car outside her house. "Where'd you leave your car Kevin?" It took him a minute to process the question. He gave her directions and she pulled her car out of the spot in front of her house. They drove in silence for a while, Jen glancing into the back seat.

"You have questions?" She asked. Kevin and Gwen nodded in unison.

"I'm not sure where to start." Kevin admitted.

"You pulled away because you knew it could still get in my head." Jen glanced in the rearview mirror again. She nodded.

"Yes. Breaking the Dagon's hold on someone is exceedingly difficult while the Dagon has a presence in the world, any presence. George says that after it was sealed the spells broke but I don't know how it works with the seal nearly broken. I didn't want to risk you." Gwen nodded looking down at her hands. Kevin frowned.

"Ok I get that, especially after what happened back in that warehouse but who the hell is George really." Jen sighed.

"A long story that I really don't know all of. He was born in Rome, literally during the golden age of Rome. He's immortal, I guess, I don't know why. I don't think he knows why. He was in England in the eleventh century when the Dagon showed up. Azmuth, who's way older than I thought he was, made Ascalon. I don't know if he gave it to George to defeat the Dagon, or if it was some kind of test. I'll never understand Azmuth." Gwen frowned.

"So the sword's not magic?" Jen shrugged.

"Don't know, possibly. He hasn't told me much about it. All I know is what I saw while I was in the past. It's incredibly powerful. It can do a lot of things, I doubt I saw all of it." She shook her head. "I didn't want to tell you any of this because I didn't want to risk the Dagon seeing it through you. I still don't know if it's safe." Gwen nodded.

"What about breaking the connection? Anyone we know who might be able to do that?" Kevin asked as they pulled up to his car still parked where they had teleported away from it.

"I don't know." Jen said. Gwen sat forward.

"Charmcaster. She might be able to help. Could you get ahold of her?" Jen nodded.

"Why didn't I think of that? I'll call her as soon as I get home. You two should get some sleep." Gwen nodded and exited the car. Kevin frowned.

"Were you planning on telling me?" Jen shrugged.

"I don't know. You and Gwen are so close I didn't want you to pull away from her too." Kevin put a hand on Jen's shoulder.

"I will never pull away from your cousin. If I ever abandon your cousin, it'll be kicking and screaming the whole way." Jen smiled lightly as he got out of the car and into his own car. The two of them drove off, Jen following behind them. She stopped at Mr. Smoothie and got a few smoothies, it had been a long time since she'd been and she was in need of something to numb her brain for a while. It probably wasn't the healthiest way, drinking ice cold smoothies until she got brain freeze to distract from her problems, but there were worse ways and at this point she was just glad she hadn't resorted to them yet as she carried her smoothies into her room and fished the mirror out of her night stand. She sighed as she flipped it open and drew the rune to call Charmcaster. The mirror lit up as it was supposed to but after about five minutes it went dark again. Jen frowned.

"Is she ignoring me?" She wondered aloud as she tried again with the same result. She shook her head and set the mirror on the bedside table. "The breakup was mutual. We weren't even really dating why would she be ignoring me?" She yawned and set her phone up on her charger before she drifted off. It had been a long day and she was still sore and very tired from all the power she'd used. Master Control gave her access to all her aliens and she'd used that to her advantage today but they had still lost. She wouldn't lose again, she promised herself that as she drifted out of the waking world into mercifully peaceful dreams.