*Oh what's this? A sudden chapter after so long?*

Summary: After seemingly being trapped in suspended animation, the core cast is back with all new adventures, new characters, and a sudden appearance of a surprising new guest!

Rebirth & Renewal

Tick...

Tock...

Tick...

Tock...

RIIIIIINNNNGGG!

"Huh? What's going on?" A tired voice rung out from the dark void. "Did I oversleep again? Or did something else happen?"

A light glowed in the midst of the void revealing a starry sky. Floating among the stars that surrounded the figure were the beings known as Celestialsapiens! The aliens were deep in thought and not speaking at all. The god-like beings amazed them, making them cock their head to try and figure out where they were.

"Is this the...Forge of Creation!"

"Indeed it is, my young friend. I have summoned you here for a purpose."

The voice in their head made them nearly spasm. Appearing before them was the largest Celestialsapien they had ever seen. The body spanned for miles above them, in fact they were in the palm of this being of great power. Legs giving out, the alien fell backwards to look up at the kindly eyes of the female sounding Celestialsapien.

"Um...nice to meet you ma'am. My name is Epoch and I-"

"Yes I know. You are a Chronosapien that I summoned here to keep my son and his friends safe. I apologize for using your power without your permission."

This made Epoch pause, taking a moment to realize what was just said. "Oh! Hey that's not nice! I had no knowledge of this and you just basically used my time powers without permission!"

The large being sighed. "Apologies, but I had good intentions. You see, my son went away with the help of an Anodite and didn't say goodbye. I just wished to see him again, but didn't want to take him away by force or use the guards. So, in order to see him, I had to debate with myself whether to use my powers and arouse suspicion or use the powers of another to throw him off. I chose you out of all the Chronosapiens since you seemed to be the only one who would understand my plight. I will send you back to your planet if you can do me one favor."

Epoch thought to themselves as they mused over the words of this wayward mother. Surely she meant no harm and only wanted to check on her son. She was right though; they did understand where she was coming from. In fact, they envied that son for having such a kindhearted mother.

"Alright fine, I'll help you out. I will go to where your son is and deliver a message for you. Say, what is your name anyways?"

"You can call me Cassiopeia."

The planet Earth...was frozen in time for a long period of time.

Suddenly, without warning, the world started to spin once more. People went back to their regularly scheduled lives as if nothing had happened. Clouds moved on their own and covered some parts of the world. Things were going back to normal for a planet where aliens attacked every once in awhile.

In a small town in the middle of nowhere, a house at the end of the street started glowing with an unnatural green light as the residents felt themselves move once more.

"Ladies and Gentlemen...we're back!"

Kicking down the door was the familiar face of Sun Seto Mcknight, but now she was slightly older than the last we had seen her. Her hair was longer and in a wild ponytail. Her tanned skin was now more sun kissed than usual. Golden eyes flickered with her latent solar powers as they absorbed the rays. She wore a white jean jacket, yellow shirt with an orange sun, white shorts, and bright red sneakers.

Running out into the front yard, she leapt in the air and floated for a bit before landing downwards. This felt great! Finally, after months trapped in the house due to a pandemic, she could finally be free to explore the town and meet some new aliens.

The familiar form of Rigel barreled into her back, pushing her up and letting her land on his back. The puppy-like alien ran through the yard as Sun held onto his neck and laughed. This was the freedom they were both missing out on playing with each other outside. The ground rumbled as Atlas stretched his arms and stood over the house.

Arianna cheered as she flew out of the house and spun in the air. She was chased by her now newly established boyfriend Sirius, who was chiding her for yelling so loud. Electra smiled, walking out with Anubis as they watched Sun and Rigel run around the yard. Cloak and Fira followed soon after, their kids going to chase the duo and join in on their fun. AK-18 was the last to come out alongside Selena, who too had a new change in appearance.

Her usual black hair was now cut and trimmed to a short looking style. She now wore a new look consisting of a grey sleeveless shirt, long black coat, black leggings, and matching leather boots. A pair of crescent moon earrings were dangling off her ears. The symbol of the Plumbers hung off her neck in the form of an amulet.

Selena took a deep breath before blinking her eyes rapidly. "I can't believe it's been so long since we've been out. Almost feels like years had passed since we last came out. Hopefully...things will be back to normal now."

No sooner had those words came out of her mouth did something smash down onto their front yard. Rigel managed to avoid getting hit, tossing Sun into the air at his stop. The Pyronite/Necrofriggian siblings caught her, but were curious to what had landed in their yard.

Everyone crowded around the crater to see what was inside.

Only to find Epoch sitting there with their gears poking out and their screen slightly cracked.

"Yup...she could've sent me in a nicer way, but I can't complain. Next time I see her, I will have some choice words."