The next morning the team awoke with still nothing to say; Adie hadn't come out of her room at all, not even for a drink or something to eat. Only after 5 minutes of silence Nova got sick and tired of it, "What are was supposed to do…" she said looking sad.

Everyone just looked at the floor with worried faces on and Otto spoke out, "Why would she think it's her fault...she was only a kid, right?

"Indeed" Gibson agreed, "In her situation no one could have expected anything from her at such a young age"

"She seems to think differently…." Antauri simply stated staring into a wall

"Well let's go talk to the kid…..she needs it" Sprx said getting up with the rest of the team. They were silent as they walked to Adeline's room and knocked on the door. There wasn't any answer; they all looked disappointed that she didn't talk. So Antauri knocked again, "Adeline? Can we please come in?" Still no answer

"What are we supposed to do now?" Chiro asked

"I suggest we enter anyway; there is an 80 chance that she wants to talk about it but is either afraid or embarrassed to do so" Gibson said informatively

"Thanks for the tip brain boy…." Sprx said. He was a little frustrated out of all the things that happened over the past two days. Gibson didn't answer but Antauri took his advice and opened the door. The first thing they saw was Adeline sitting in a fetal position on the opposite side of the room, staring at the wall with her head rested on her arms. Her eyes were puffy and red from crying and she was still in her pajamas; she wasn't saying a word and didn't even acknowledge the fact that they entered.

The monkey team all stared at Adeline's deep thought and look of sadness, all with looks of sorrow.

"Adeline?" Nova asked gently

She didn't say a word or move but they saw her look at them out of the corner of her eye and then back at the wall. Antauri tried walking towards Adeline but after about 3 steps he hit something; there was a flash of purple and he fell backwards, "ah!"

"Antauri!" Chiro exclaimed

"I'm alright…" he said as he got up

"What was that!" Sprx asked

Gibson walked forward and pushed the same area, "It seems to be a force field of some sort, but how is it here?"

Otto looked over to see Adeline's bracelet on the ground, the others hadn't noticed; he walked over and picked it up, "I think this might be why..." he held up Adeline's bracelet

"She took it off?" Nova said surprised.

"It would appear so…" Antauri said staring at his daughter

After a moment Sprx looked at the rest of the team, "What do we do? She obviously isn't going to let us in" Sprx said disappointed

Chiro thought for a moment, "She can hear us can't she? Talk to her through the force field…"

They thought for a moment and Antauri was the first one who spoke, "Adeline…..I know you don't want to talk but we wish to talk to you……"

"Yeah kid….we wanna know…why do you think it's your fault…" Sprx said with a sentimental tone.

She didn't say anything still looking at the wall; Antauri looked back to the team but before he could say anything to him she spoke out, "I didn't help her…I could have and I didn't…..I was too stupid! Even if I didn't have my abilities I should have helped her anyway…" she finished still looking at the wall; they saw a tear roll down her face

"You were only five…no one expected you to do anything….you were way too young..." Chiro said comfortingly

"No one else may have expected anything from me, but I expected something from myself…." She didn't say anything else…she stayed silent

Again no one knew what to say but her father really wanted to comfort her, "Please let us through, Adeline"

At first she didn't do anything but then raised her hand, opened it and her bracelet flew from Otto's hand to hers; she put it on and in a small flash of purple the force field disappeared.

They all walked toward her but her father got to her first, putting a hand on her shoulder as he was too short too reach or do anything else, but Adeline was in such need of comfort that she reached over, picked him up into a giant hug digging her face into his shoulder. At first he was shocked but hugged her back immediately. The rest of the team smiled at the sight and watched as father and daughter bonded. They knew this wasn't exactly the moment they needed to be there so Gibson turned around and whispered, "Let's give them some time alone…" at that the rest of the monkey team left.

Antauri continued to hug his daughter hearing her sobs, "Adeline, you shouldn't feel guilty towards your mothers death….you know as well as I, that you did not make that man take your mother hostage."

Adeline continued to cry, "I…I…nuh…know that."

"And I know that you feel like you should have helped your mother, but what do you think your mother would have wanted you to do….put yourself in danger or stay safe away from the man…."

Adeline thought for a moment, "I guess she would have wanted me to stay safe….." she was calming down…her father was really good at what he thought he would never be…

"Exactly….and if I was there I would have wanted the same thing…." he continued to say.

She was finally starting to realize that maybe it wasn't her fault….she actually smiled into his shoulder and actually stopped crying; she finally felt like she could say something that she thought would take her longer to say, "Thanks…..Dad…."

Antauri's eyes opened with shock…..that was the first time she had called him father…."Yo….Your welcome" he smiled out of pure happiness, but got another shock as she continued

"I love you….."

Again he took a moment to answer; she was opening to him so fast, "I love you too, Adie"

Adeline smiled once more but she yawned; although she had fallen asleep; she woke up a few hours later and stayed up most of the night crying, so she hadn't had much sleep

"Maybe you should try to get some sleep…" he said a little sternly wanting his daughter to be happy and healthy…

"ok…" at that she got up and put her father down and rose up, as she got into her bed her father walked over to turn her light off; she leaned forward and kissed him on the cheek, laying back down she said, "You're a great father…" she gave him a giant smile.

Antauri returned her smile, "And you are a wonderful daughter…" Adeline closed her eyes and fell asleep almost immediately; he stood there looking at her once more and clicked her light off….walking out and back to the team

As he entered the conference room they pressed for answers…. Otto spoke out first, "Is she ok?

Antauri gave them a smile, "She's fine…"

"Good…she doesn't feel guilty at all?" Nova asked

"No….she was quite happy before I left; she is sleeping."

There was a moment of silence, and Sprx was thinking about the boy…. "What are we gonna do about her little boyfriend" he said with a tone that made it seem like he already knew the answer

Nova didn't even wait for anybody else to answer, "Well we can't just make her stop seeing him….."

Sprx gave out a hearty laugh, "Wanna bet!" they all knew that Sprx didn't like the boy….somehow they sensed that he was like that when they were all separated…studying with their masters.

"Nova is right…." Antauri finished saying

"What!" Sprx exclaimed

"Adeline obviously loves him and I sense he loves her back…so I will allow him to come to and from the planet as he pleases…"

"Fine….but that doesn't mean I have to like him!" Sprx exclaimed

Nova just looked at him, "Nobody said you had to like him Sprx…."

Sprx didn't say another word but that didn't stop him from muttering to himself….

The monkey team gave a chuckle at Sprx's anger….then continued with their normal day activities

However somewhere across the cosmos…something different was going on….in a ship called the Citadel of Bone…