The next day, Z was the first to wake up. She slipped out of the room, and into the B squad common room, where she found Sky, sitting on the couch, the SPD handbook in his hands.

"Hey Sky!" Z smiled.

He grunted in response.

Z stared at him, confused. "Sky, what's wrong?"

He looked up and glared at her. "What's wrong? What's wrong is that you didn't tell me you had a daughter! We did DNA checks once you guys had dropped off. And who's the other kid, the relative? DNA was similar, but not close enough for him to be your son." He snapped.

Z sighed and sat down. The chances of her having a good day were looking slimmer by the second.

"Sky, this isn't going to make a lot of sense, so bear with me here OK?" She began. "See, she is my daughter in a way, but I never gave birth to her. I didn't even know she existed until she was a month old."

Z paused as Sky raised his eyebrows.

(A/N Z's explanation really won't make much sense, so let's pretend she tells him the story, while I give you some flashbacks!)

(Flashback)

A twelve-year-old Z Delgado fell into a purple hole in the ground. It looked like someone had cut the grass away and put it there, but it most definitely wasn't solid, as Z found out the hard way.

She landed in front of a boy, about her age. He stared at her for a moment, mouth agape. He, was Zack Delgado, the boy who had been born a month after she would have, had she existed in this reality.

(End flashback)

(Flashback 2)

The anti mutant police, who were travelling back in time from the year 3000, had just captured Zack and Z. The two children were being held hostage, and although they got meals, clean clothes, and showers, the fact was they were never allowed out of the two roomed apartment sized area they were in.

The strangest thing about the whole situation, without a doubt, was the woman who insisted on taking swabs from their mouths, their nail clippings, and picked up any hairs on their pillows.

(End flashback 2)

(Flashback 3)

They had been cloned. In a manner of speaking of course, the DNA had been combined with someone else, so it was more like reproduction in a lab. Zack and Z had busted the two clones out, and had watched in amazement as the two children went from month old babies to pre-teens in less than an hour. Then the girl had waved her hands, and giggled as they glowed a strange purple colour knew all too well. The boy had followed suit, after he had aged a bit more. He had moved a chair from one end of the room, to where he was about to sit. They had been programmed with the knowledge they needed to survive, but had no sense of self-identity, which Zack and Z supposed made sense. They had been created by science, and had grown up in an hour, how much self-identity could they have? So, Jaci and Tomas had been named, and clothes had been stolen . . .. . acquired for them.

(End flashback 3)

(Flashy backie 4)

A purple vortex opened up in the middle of the floor, and Z fell in. Unknown to her, Zack fell into another one, just a few feet away. She fell back into her own world, while he fell into a world where he hadn'tbeen born, but was soon adopted by the Delgados

(End flashy backie 4)

Sky sat, stunned into silence.

"Sky?" Z asked, uncertainly. "Anybody home?"

Sky blinked and gazed at her. "Wow." He stated, finally.