"Hey Papa," Adeline greeted her dad with a smile. Adamus looked between the two of them and noticed the resemblance between them. It was mainly in their facial structure. They had the same nose, the same eye shape, and even the same smile.

"What are you doing here?" Adeline's father asked. "And who's this young man?"

"This is Adamus, he's a friend from school."

"We should probably get away from the crowds Mr. Duax," Adamus remarked.

"Oh please. Call me Arthur. But you probably have the right idea Adamus. That is such a peculiar name. Where is it from?" Arthur asked as the three of them walked away from the crowds.

"It's a name that my mom gave me after one of her friends."

"Very interesting. Now why are you two here of all places? I thought that your new school was up in space."

"It is Papa," Aurélie told him, taking back over. "We're just on a mission."

"On a mission? But you only started school two weeks ago. Who's idea was it to let two 18 year-olds go on a mission two weeks into school?"

"Actually Arthur, we have 4 other members of our team in the next town over."

"Well why are you in this town then?"

"Adeline wanted to go shopping Papa," Aurélie explained. "And there was no shopping center where our mission is, so we went here instead."

"Okay. But surely there's an adult supervising this mission, right? I don't want my girls to be on a mission without supervision."

"Yeah. We have Phoenix," Adamus replied. "Though he mainly monitors the safe house because of his… condition."

"What condition? Are my girls being supervised by a lunatic?"

"No. Phoenix's condition is more mystical than medical," Adamus replied as they reached the beaten up car that was their method of transportation until Marina and Tor finished the DeLorean.

"I say, for having a school in space, there isn't a lot of money being spent on transportation."

"It's supposed to be inconspicuous Papa," Aurélie explained. "Like you and your car," she added, pointing to her father's car a few parking spots away. It didn't look like something a fashion designer/inventor would drive.

"Fair enough. Well, let's take a drive back to where you're staying. We can talk there."

Both Aurélie and Adamus nodded before getting into the car. They waited for Arthur before driving off back to the house, Arthur's car following closely behind them. 30 minutes later they pulled up to the abandoned building that was their base.

"My word. Do you seriously stay in this place?" Arthur asked as he and Adamus began to take Adeline's bags out of the car.

"Yessir," Adamus replied. "Now if you'll follow us inside please," he added before walking inside himself. Aurélie and her father followed him in, Arthur's jaw hitting the floor when he saw the interior.

"What?" he asked, practically speechless.

"Welcome to our base of operations," Adamus told him before setting down the bags he was holding in the living room. "Guys, we're home!" Adamus called out to the others.

"We're in the kitchen!" Marina called back.

The three of them head into the kitchen to find that Marina and Tor had commandeered the island in the center to build their hover tech. Well Marina was building it, Tor was watching with an intent gaze. Emily and David were off to the side, both of them sharpening their swords. Phoenix meanwhile was at the stove cooking food for the night. He currently had his appearance set to "flaming skeleton" which took Arthur by surprise.

"What is going on?" he asked.

"Ah. Mr. Duax, a pleasure to meet you, your daughters are wonderful people," Phoenix remarked.

"How do you know how I am?"

"Simple. I am ze Ghost Rider, I can read a person's soul."

"Yeah. Yeah. Totally simple."

"Papa, maybe you should sit down," Aurélie told her father before directing him into a seat next to where Marina and Tor were working.

"Everyone, we bumped into Aurélie's father while Adeline and I were shopping," Adamus explained.

"Wait, there's someone new here?" Tor asked, finally looking up. He spotted Aurélie's dad before going back to watching Marina work.

Arthur had also begun watching the young girl work. His eyes glistened with mirth as he watched her hands expertly cut and cross wires, fit parts together, and even tighten up the bolts of the piece. The way she did it made her look like an expert. "Who taught you how to build such complex machinery so easily?"

"I'm mainly self-taught, though I also picked up a few things from watching Grant."

"Who is Grant?"

"Oh Papa, you'd get along really well with him. He is a genius, they say he's the smartest person in the universe. He's figured out a way to incorporate magic into his inventions."

That revelation left the man stunned. His daughter knew the smartest man in the universe. "He's also one of your teachers, right?"

This got a chorus of laughter from everyone else. "Oh Grandfather no," Marina laughed. "Grant is like a cat, he's easily distracted."

"'Oh Grandfather no,'" Arthur repeated. "That's a peculiar phrase."

"Well people who know Adamus and Marina's grandfather know that he created ze universe," Phoenix explained. "So zey, namely ze Sixteen, came up wiz ze turn of phrase, 'Oh Kurt.'"

"And Ad and I say 'Oh Grandfather.' Though if you took a look at our DNA you wouldn't see his DNA there because he doesn't have any. It is mainly a thing that we do because he bioengineered our father," Marina explained.

Arthur looked blown away by all this information. It seemed so insane. Two of his daughters' friends were grandchildren of the man who created the universe. And that man had such a simple name such as Kurt. Sure he could believe that a school was built in space and that fantastical creatures had always existed. He had been 13 when the news had been dropped on the world that magic and monsters existed. If he had received this news as well back then, he would probably have taken it in stride as well. Then a thought crossed his mind. "Wait a minute. The headmaster of the school and his wife, the pair that came to our house to invite you to the school, those were…"

"Kurt50Alien and Baba Yaga. Kurt being the creator of the universe and Baba being his wife who was dead for 2000 years before being revived 30 years ago," Aurélie explained.

Arthur remembered back to the meeting he had with Kurt and Baba a few months ago and began to laugh a bit. "It's good to know that even the creator of the universe is scatterbrained." That got a snicker from Phoenix, Adamus, and Marina. "Now, how about introductions? I'll start, I am Arthur Duax, Aurélie's father."

"Nice to meet you Mr. Duax," David greeted as he sheathed his sword. "I am David Ishihara, a good friend of your daughters."

"We call him Philosophy Boy," Marina added before introducing herself. "I am Marina Mime-Mectix, Adamus's twin sister."

"Fascinating. Is the reason why you two look nothing alike because of your grandfather?"

"Yes and no," Adamus explained. "It is partially due to him, but the other part is due to the forced experimentation done to our mother at a young age."

"That's terrible!" Arthur exclaimed. The rest of the group shared looks of sympathy. They hadn't heard that about Panto.

"Anyway, onto a less… disturbing note, I am Emily Bayliss, Daughter of Hermes."

"Hermes? As in the Greek God of Thieves?"

"Among other things."

Arthur turned his attention to Tor. "And you young man?"

"Tor Zephyr," he responded, that being the only information he was going to divulge.

"Now everyone, dinner is ready, so Marina, put your project away please," Phoenix remarked. Marina did as told as dinner began to be served.

AN: And there we have it. Another new chapter, this one being a more laid back one. I hope you liked it.