Chris put Adie into her bed after she had changed and kneeled beside her bed, looking into her face, "Sweetie….why do you beat yourself up for something that you know wasn't your fault…." he gave her a sad face.

"But…." she started

"No….Adie…you were so young; you couldn't have known about your abilities. You know that right?"

She looked down, "Yes…."

"Please tell me that you don't feel guilty anymore…."

She felt sad but grateful, "I wish I could but that would mean I am lying…and I won't do that…."

He was extremely disappointed but knew that eventually she would realize that she was being foolish. They were silent for only moments when Adeline leaned forward and pulled him into a kiss. He was surprised that she would do this, but realized what kind of comfort she wanted; pulling away he simply said, "Not now…."

She knew that he would say that, "hey you can't blame a girl for trying" she said giving him a smile.

"I guess I can't…now I want you to go to sleep and think about what I said"

She paused but said, "alright…I will I promise…"

He got up and walked over to the door as she lay down; he flicked off the lights and shut her door.

She lay there remembering that horrible night and how she just stood by and watched it happen; how could he say it wasn't her fault…..she thought this for the next 4 minutes until she drifted into a disturbed yet peaceful sleep….

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Chris walked out to Adeline's family extremely nervous as they all stood there looking at him. The monkey's all looked at him until one of them broke the silence, "We want to know what she was talking about…" Nova said

Chris sighed, "Alright…" he stood there for a moment, "When Adie was 5 she and her mom were shopping, and when they went to check their things out…a man came in with a gun demanding money. When the man saw the police heading up he grabbed Adie's mother and put the gun behind her back yelling that he would kill her if they got closer. Adie was hiding in the next aisle, afraid…." he took a deep breath and continued, "Well when the man got his money he used Adie's mother for collateral, but the police tried to stop him. He panicked and pulled the trigger…..she died instantly….."

"Adeline informed us that her mother died when she was two….." Gibson said

He just looked at him, "That's what she always says; she feels it's bad enough that her mother had died but she didn't want even more pity than she already had from everyone around town who didn't know it…..so I guess that she didn't want you guys to know for that reason…."

"Why does she feel it was her fault?" Antauri said pressing for answers; he wanted to know what was troubling his daughter

"She thinks that since of her powers she should have been able to stop the man….but she was so young, she was afraid and she hadn't even tapped her powers until she was seven." he took another deep breath thinking, "and that was a disaster in itself…"

"What happened then?" Chiro asked

"A couple of kids were teasing her about not having a mother and all of a sudden rocks just lifted themselves up off the ground and started pelting the boys; they were put in intensive care…" he saw the looks on their faces, "that's why she wears the bracelet…to stop her powers…."

They were all silent thinking about it all; Adeline's rebellion, her well covered guilt, her deception…everything.

Nova thought for a moment looking at the boy's face, "C'mon I'll transport you home."

"Thanks…" he said; he really wanted to go home

Nova and Chris disappeared down to the motorcycle where the remote was and she transported him home and then walked back to her room when she saw that everyone had left to their rooms also….probably to ponder the nights events….after all it was a lot to find out in one night…especially about someone who was as important to them as she was…..