Nicole's assumption had been right. There had been someone working on the roof, but that wasn't what had caused the loud thud on the roof.
Dave Jones and Jeffrey Little had been working on the roof, but Nora had also been right, and now Dave and Jeff were staring at a giant, blue - what?
"What in the name of sanity is that?!" Jeffrey yelled.
Jeffrey and Dave shared a confused glance.
"Beebo!" The giant blue fur ball uttered
When Nora and Ray had arrived at Mount Carmel, Charlie and Rachel were getting ready to head out to the shops to do some baby shopping. By the time that the thud was heard on the roof, they had already left. But Charlie and Rachel hadn't gotten too far and were able to see the roof from where they are - if they had turned around.
But anything as big as the giant 20 ft 'Beebo' that Jeffrey and Dave were staring at on the roof, would make a lot of noise. Hearing the voice of 'Beebo' say it's name caused both Charlie and Rachel to turn around, looking up at the roof.
"What the….What is Beebo doing here?" Charlie exclaimed
Rachel glanced at Charlie, "You know this thing?!"
"Sort of." She said, "Zari told me the stories about when Sara and the others faced Beebo before."
Charlie and Rachel decided to put their shopping trip on hold as they headed back inside Mount Carmel while Charlie called Sara.
Rachel had briefly glanced into the front playroom. Chanel, Simeon, Glory, Bobbie and Batya were there. They were being supervised by Nicole and Michele. She smiled and then rushed off to check on the rest of the children.
Nora wasn't there because she was on the roof investigating why Beebo had landed on the roof.
"Charlie, we'll be there tomorrow." She heard her former captain's voice say as soon as Sara answered the phone.
Charlie couldn't help but laugh, "No, Sara, that's not it. I need to know if Behrad has his totems."
"If Behrad has his totems?" Sara repeated, "Yeah. He does. Why?"
"Hmm...Oh, no reason. Just that there is a giant Beebo on our roof." She said casually, as if it were the most normal thing in the world.
Charlie heard Sara mutter, "Oh no." Then taking a deep breath, "Alright. I'll send John and Behrad on the jumpship to check it out."
"No, I don't want you to do that if you can't spare them. Ray and Nora are here. We'll be fine."
"Okay. If you're sure." Sara agreed.
"Yeah. We'll be fine, Captain."
Just as Charlie was getting off the phone, she heard the front door open behind her. Turning around she saw David, Aisha and their daughter Treasure.
Aisha was now 22 years old, and since Treasure was born, Aisha had bore David one more child.
Aisha's third child and her first son was born on the thirteenth of April in the year 2022. David named the boy Sage Kingsley.
"Hey Charlie." David greeted her with a kiss on the lips.
It was probably obvious from the earlier mention about Charlie being two months pregnant with David's child, but she was one of his wives too. He had taken her as his wife last year.
"Why is there a giant talking blue fuzzball on the roof?" David asked Charlie
"It's being handled." She informed him, "Nora and Ray are here."
David nodded, "Okay." He placed his hand on Charlie's stomach, "How's my baby?"
Charlie laughed, "David, the baby is the size of a lime. I'm not even showing yet."
"So...what?" He questioned, "I can't ask about the baby?"
He caressed Charlie's head, gently moving the hair away from her face. After living for a year on Earth-38 with the Branch Davidians, Charlie had done away with her braids and started wearing her hair naturally. She hasn't gone back since.
"No. You can." Charlie replied, "I guess the baby's good. He or she hasn't been making me feel nauseous today, but it's still early."
"And where's Rach? How's her baby?"
"Rachel and the baby are good. She went to go check on the other children. After we saw the thing on the roof, we scrapped the shopping trip and came back inside." She shook her head, "We hadn't gotten very far."
David hummed, "That's good." He kissed her temple, "I'm gonna go upstairs."
Meanwhile on the roof, Jeffrey and Dave turned around to see Nora standing behind them.
"Nora." Dave uttered as the corners of his lips turned upwards into a small smile.
"It's good to see you too, Dave." Nora told him, "But...and all due respect, but move aside, boys."
Jeffrey stared at Nora as he and Dave stepped out of her way, "Nora, you know what that is?" His tone indicated confusion.
Nora nodded, "Yeah. Long story, but Sara and the others used six magic totems to fashion themselves into a giant Beebo to defeat a time demon named Mallus." She was fixated on Beebo the whole time.
Jeffrey's eyes widened, "Wow! That's crazy."
Nora hummed, "Hmm...well Beebo's not a demonic being or the source of dark magic. That's interesting. And Behrad has his totems so that's not it either. Uh-huh….yeah, I have no idea why Beebo is here."
"Beebo want cuddles." Beebo said as he stepped towards Nora with his arms wide open.
Nora stepped backwards as she knocked Beebo down with her telekinesis, "Ah...Not today, Beebo."
Beebo fell down onto his fuzzy butt, letting out one long, "Beeeebooooo."
When Beebo was knocked down, his eyes closed almost like there was a malfunction or something.
Dave pointed at the knocked out Beebo, "Does that normally happen?"
Nora raised an eyebrow as she shook her head, "No."
'That had never happened before.' She thought, 'Maybe this Beebo is a robot. Or maybe it was because this Beebo wasn't the result of magic, but then what is Beebo the result of? Why is Beebo here?'
"It's almost like this Beebo is alive, but it's not magic. And if it's not magic, I don't know what it is." Nora explained, sounding really confused.
Somewhere on Earth-38, someone screamed in frustration as they banged on a computer keyboard.
"No! No!" The person screamed, "That wasn't supposed to happen!"
The person thought, 'Why do all my plans fail?'
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