Chapter 14
John woke up next to the pool staring at the stars. Gordon was standing over him. They both started to laugh. John got up and took off his new jacket and boots and jumped into the pool.
"Screw the future! It's not here yet!" he yelled as Gordon jumped in after him.
"Tell you one thing. I'll never name one of my kids Brink."
"Oh, that's not what I remember."
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Brains woke up on the floor of his lab, which was typical, really. He was always falling asleep in his stool and falling off. His arm still hurt him. He tried to move it and ended up yelling out loud. Scott came barreling inside.
"Brains, are you okay?"
"Scott---John's theory was correct. Is everyone all right?"
"Yeah, we're all FAB."
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The menagerie was beautiful that night, but Brains felt a stone in his stomach. He sat down on one of the tree swings and his eyes started to water. He had been thrust out of a world where he found someone closer to him than his very parents, his own daughter, He wanted to go back, but he didn't want to put Nora through that much stress to pull the trigger again. Besides, for all he knew, she could have died there.
"Well, crying isn't going to get the job done," Brains said to no one.
"There you go. Keep working at it eventually; it'll work out great in the end." Brains turned to see Nora standing there.
"I-I was beginning to wonder if I-- uh-- was going to see you again." Brains was glad to see her again. She smiled.a rare sight indeed. It was the first time he seen her smile at him and with no one else around.
"How?" he asked finally.
"The Jewel your body left behind." Nora brought out a small jewel on a chain that hung around her neck.
"How long are you going to stay?" Brains asked, starting to walk back up toward the house.
"Till some idiot manages to kill me, and boy, do they have their work cut out for them?"
John woke up next to the pool staring at the stars. Gordon was standing over him. They both started to laugh. John got up and took off his new jacket and boots and jumped into the pool.
"Screw the future! It's not here yet!" he yelled as Gordon jumped in after him.
"Tell you one thing. I'll never name one of my kids Brink."
"Oh, that's not what I remember."
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Brains woke up on the floor of his lab, which was typical, really. He was always falling asleep in his stool and falling off. His arm still hurt him. He tried to move it and ended up yelling out loud. Scott came barreling inside.
"Brains, are you okay?"
"Scott---John's theory was correct. Is everyone all right?"
"Yeah, we're all FAB."
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The menagerie was beautiful that night, but Brains felt a stone in his stomach. He sat down on one of the tree swings and his eyes started to water. He had been thrust out of a world where he found someone closer to him than his very parents, his own daughter, He wanted to go back, but he didn't want to put Nora through that much stress to pull the trigger again. Besides, for all he knew, she could have died there.
"Well, crying isn't going to get the job done," Brains said to no one.
"There you go. Keep working at it eventually; it'll work out great in the end." Brains turned to see Nora standing there.
"I-I was beginning to wonder if I-- uh-- was going to see you again." Brains was glad to see her again. She smiled.a rare sight indeed. It was the first time he seen her smile at him and with no one else around.
"How?" he asked finally.
"The Jewel your body left behind." Nora brought out a small jewel on a chain that hung around her neck.
"How long are you going to stay?" Brains asked, starting to walk back up toward the house.
"Till some idiot manages to kill me, and boy, do they have their work cut out for them?"