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Chapter 1-I – Coil & Tattletale Interlude


Thomas Calvert was a happy man.

He had, after all, recently come into a large inheritance – completely legally, if not conventionally – and had just come across a lost and very desperate group of Parahumans who would likely serve him quite faithfully, in return for his 'help'.

After all, to that girl, Noelle, he was her only hope. And as long as he kept saying that, the Travelers would continue to dance by the strings he had tied them to.

It had taken many ended timelines to keep her from destroying the entire bay, but for him, that was normal.

And, of course, a complication just had to come along and ruin his perfect day, in the form of V-Wave. Literally nothing about the cape was known, save for two things: they were at or near the Docks last night, and they were extremely powerful. They also quite possibly wanted the removal of the tanker from the bay, which suggested ties to the Dockworkers union.

Despite such a huge potential wrench in his plans, Coil was ecstatic. Such a powerful parahuman appearing out of nowhere, so soon after he had already made such astounding gains? It had to be fate, surely. Which, of course, meant that whoever this new parahuman was, they belonged to him.

Of course, with little-to-no information on V-Wave, he wouldn't be able to put them where they belonged. Which, of course, meant fetching his prime source of information.

He picked up the phone and dialed the number for the Undersiders.

Tattletale was the one to answer. "Yeah, chief?"


Timeline A


"Meet me in an hour," Coil spoke. "I want to ask some questions."

"Sure, sure. See ya then." Tattletale hung up the phone, and Coil leaned back in his chair.

He would be asking her questions. With a whip. After all, he was far above consequences.

...Hmm, that was odd. When had he gotten that flowerpot? And what were those little blue flowers in it?

Ah well. He could worry about that later.


Timeline B


"Meet me in two hours." Coil spoke. "I want to ask some questions about V-Wave."

"V-Wave, huh?" Tattletale asked. "Sure thing boss, see ya then."

Coil smirked as he hung up. He'd had a lot of experience in the most effective ways to get answers from the girl, to the point where it was practically an art form. The slightest difference in what he said could result in an extra page of information-

Where was the flowerpot? It was right there in the other timeline.


Timeline A


"What do you mean you can't start the car?"

"I meant, I can't start the car," The driver snapped. "There are these little blue flowers that are clogging up anything. Probably some new cape pulling a prank, can't think of anything else it could be."

"Indeed." Calvert muttered.

What an odd coincidence.


Timeline B


"Alright sir, we're all good to go." the driver opened the door. "Hop in."

Calvert did so.

...Huh. Those flowers again. Very odd indeed.


Timeline A


"Thomas Calvert?"

Calvert closed his laptop and looked up to see Piggot holding a bouquet of tiny blue flowers. The tag on the bouquet read 'To Emily, From Thomas C.' "Care to explain yourself?"

"Must have been a prank." Calvert replied. Piggot looked suspicious, but nodded and walked off.

He couldn't shake the feeling that he was being watched.


Timeline B


Calvert worked uninterrupted.

If anything, that made him more stressed than what happened in his other timeline.

...He needed a drink of water.


Timeline A


When Calvert got back, his computer showed a different screen then when he had left it.

It was an ad for forget-me-nots.

That was what those flowers were... nevermind, he had to get to his base. By now, Tattletale ought to be ready for... questioning.


Timeline B


His computer was just as he remembered.


Timeline A


Thomas Calvert didn't know how she did it. But he knew that this was Tattletale's fault.

His base was, for all intents and purposes, useless, and worse yet, revealed.

But it was how his base was destroyed that frightened him. Somehow, impossibly, inconceivably, someone had managed to plant giant trees under the base, then grew them to gigantic proportions, lifting the base and everything inside it high into the sky. And as if to add insult to injury, one of those trees had managed to pierce the walls, specifically to the room where Noelle was being held.

She was currently destroying what little remained of his base.

"This can't be happening," he muttered. "This can't fucking be happening."

Something small and blue fell on his nose. Shakily, fearfully, he took it off and examined it.

It was a forget-me-not.

Something else hit his head, much heavier this time, and the timeline ended.


Timeline B


Coil jolted as the car took the corner. Whatever was happening, it had been gunning for him specifically – and it had been whimsical enough to target him at the slightest change, and likely was connected to Tattletale.

He honestly wasn't all too surprised to see his base, fully intact. No rampaging parahuman, no giant trees, nothing.

He was about to walk into the building when he noticed it – right there, growing through some cracks in the sidewalk, was a tiny blue flower.

Right where he had been in the other timeline when he had died.

...Crap. He wasn't going to deal with this again. He grabbed his phone and dialed Tattletale's number. The sooner he stopped this madness, the better.


"Hello, boss?" Lisa spoke into the phone. She was a bit irate, as right after Coil called, there was an unsigned bouquet of forget-me-nots, and for the first time in quite a while, she couldn't figure out what the hell it meant.

"Cancel the appointment." Coil snapped – was he fearful of something? "Something... came up." Yep definitely fearful of something.

Only fearful when asking about V-Wave

V-Wave caused major trauma to Coil

Coil is scared of V-Wave

V-wave can protect you

Bouquet is from V-Wave

Bouquet is a sign of peace

V-wave will protect you

Lisa was silent for a few moments, then a giant grin spread across her face. If 'V-Wave' could keep her safe from Coil... well, it was a much better alternative to her current situation, that was for sure.

She took another look into the Hebert household. Danny was washing a coffee cup.

Taylor has already left.

Taylor is a young, excitable, and energetic superhuman entity.

Miss Militia asked Taylor to join the Wards.

Taylor asked Miss Militia if she could join the Wards.

Taylor is visiting the Wards.

Lisa's smile grew wider, even as her head started to ache. Headaches aside... she loved her powers, sometimes.


AS: Well, now we know what Coil's nightmares are going to be of...

By the way, I made a mistake in the last author's note, when I said voting ended on February 1. I meant to say October 30, 2017.

No pressure.

You know the drill, Read and Review-

TT: Or you'll surely be visited by a very mad Mew.

AS: Oh come on, you aren't even a Pokémon!

TT: Taylor's busy, I'm filling in for her. Be glad it isn't Coil.

AS: I give up...