MY idea of how Terra/Tara happened. Geo-force is here, and somewhat OOCI'm sure. v.v;; sowwy Geo-force fans.
"Little sister. I should've watched you better. You overextended your powers, maybe even burned them out of you." A soft glow of yellow, and what was once a statue returned to a girl and fell into the arms of her half brother, who then carried her away.
Tearing the neuro-suit from her body, Brion shook his head. This never should have happened. Tara wasn't supposed to know she could harness that much energy. It was dangerous, and required her to constantly pull it though her, just to keep the volcano down. She still had some of her skills, he could tell when he used his powers to lessen the strain on Tara enough to allow the eruption to fully quiet. But she would have to work very, very hard to use them. That was not right.
Tara slept, and using the technology Dr. Jace had developed, he pushed her life prior to her imprisonment to the back of her mind. She wouldn't want those acts on her conscience, that much he was sure. Instead, he had planted items that suggested a normal high school life in the apartment, enrolled her in a private school, and arranged to have himself made her legal guardian. She would be much better off not knowing.
He'd never been close to his half sister, but when she was on the news for her acts of defiance, criminal acts and eventual supposed death, Brion felt guilty. He found out everything he could, visited the statue several times before making his decision. He was going to give her a second chance. It took over a year to gather the necessary tools, and many hours of work to align their powers. When the pressure of pulling massive amounts of power through her was spread across two, the body's natural defense and self preservation instinct that turned her to stone faded, and Tara resumed her form, weak beyond belief.
Brion knew that he should have taken her back to Markovia, but the hurt and the scandal were too much. He left her in Jump City, where the suppressed memories of happier days might unconsciously give her comfort. If things went well, maybe she would one day be able to handle what she had done. But that would be a matter best left until she was an adult. For now, he lay her in the bed, left her school uniform on a chair, student ID in the breast pocket. He even left a 'get well' card signed 'Big Brother' in an attempt at humor, saying he was always watching. It would be written as a case ofmono, and high fevers would explain the temporary amnesia, he hoped. "Cya Tara. I won't forget to write."
Tara stirred briefly, and turned over, wincing and murmuring a name in her sleep. Things would be very different when she woke. Indeed, her life had changed without her knowing it.
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