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Three Impossible Ideas

Lucy Gardner couldn't believe her luck. In the past twenty-four hours she had found out that the Justice League was real, Marianna was real and had actually helped them, and now Angela was at her house. Ever since she had first met Angela three years, Lucy had been secretly admiring her, even basing Marianna on her. Of course, there was the pesky bit about Marianna being a Sue and becoming Annie, and the circumstances as to why Angela was at Lucy's house. But Lucy was willing to overlook the fact that her brother and Suzy were missing, and relish in the moment.

They were currently in Lucy's bedroom, discussing what to do next. Obviously going to the police was not an option. Having to explain to the police that two bad guys managed to kidnap Gardner along with a girl that technically shouldn't exist, and 'apparated' away, was just plain stupid. Not only would they be laughed at, but the case wouldn't be taken seriously, at all.

However, it was about time for Lucy's mom to get off work, and she was going to ask serious questions when she returned home to find her daughter with Angela, rather than Gardner and Suzy.

"There is a completely obvious solution here that we have overlooked," said Angela casually, after much discussion about what to do. "We tell the truth."

Lucy was starting to understand why her mother disliked her being around Angela so much. She was insane.

"Tell the truth?" Lucy repeated, trying to make sense of Angela's suggestion.

"Kinda. Look, you said that your mom was nagging Suzy about her family? We tell her that. That Ashley went with Suzy to go deal with her family issues, which is probably true. Them going 'poof' probably means they returned to her world, which means at some point she'll come in contact with her family, so technically it's the truth."

Now that Angela had explained it, Lucy couldn't help but agree with the plan. Angela was insane, but in a good way. Only someone with that level of insanity could think of such a great plan. Lucy could only hope that she could come up with such a plan one day.

Seeing Lucy's eyes light up with understanding and admiration, Angela said, "No need to applaud my brilliance, your admiration is all I need."

It was then, the house phone began to rang. Declaring that since she was in charge and therefore had the right to answer the phone, Angela picked it up.

"Hello, Gardner residence," she politely responded. To Lucy it sounded as if she was a completely different person from normal.

"Ashley Gardner? He lives here, but he's currently out... yeah, with Suzy. How did you know?"

Listening to a one-sided conversation sucked (especially since it was the only phone in the house on the line), so Lucy was surprised when Angela handed her the phone. She was even more surprised to learn that it wasn't her mom, the only person she could think of who would call her.

Gardner's POV

It was right after Suzy's ex left, did I finally remember something important. Something that caused me to be rather horrified that I didn't remember till that moment.

"Lucy!" I cried loudly. One of the goons had been kind enough to remove the tape from my mouth, despite our misunderstanding earlier. Otherwise 'Lucy' would have come out like Suzy's earlier unintelligible dribble.

The two goons (including the one who removed the tape) babysitting us, didn't even blink at my outburst. They either didn't care, or nothing I said could surprise them (probably due to the 'think of Angela' outburst I had when Stuart threatened to kill me). Suzy was a different story. Sort of.

"Lucy? What about her?"

I looked at her for a couple seconds. I knew that she wasn't overly fond of Lucy, but seriously? Didn't she even care a bit about my sister?

"We were suppose to pick her up at school!" I yelled at her.

She shrugged as if I had commented that it looked as if it was going to rain outside and I didn't have an umbrella; typical uncaring Suzy."Oh. Well, she's a big girl, I'm sure she's fine."

"Fine? She's eleven years old on her own! How can she be fine?" Maybe Suzy, and probably Angela would have been fine on their own at that age, but not Lucy; she was normal unlike them.

She did the Suzy eye-roll. "Excuse me for not caring, but I'm trying to figure out how to save my world!"

Okay, so she did have a point that there were bigger things going on, but Lucy was still my sister, and there was no need for her to yell. I mean, I really didn't think there was anything she could. She didn't have powers to bust out, and even if she did she wouldn't have stood a chance against the technology from my world. In fact, I would much rather be in a hotel room with two goons watching the Justice League get pulverized than to be a part of it. Depressing yes; but I still had my own family and world to get back to. While I finally understood how Suzy must have felt being trapped in my world, I was finding it really hard to care about hers.

I mean, why should I care? It's the Justice League after all. They're big boys and girls and take villains out on a regular basis. And while it certainly appeared that Stuart's plan had been fool-proof, I had seen so many movies, shows, and plots with similar villain fool-proof plan. Every single one of them failed, just like this one would too. Suzy was back in her own world and she could go after Stuart all she wanted. I just wanted to go home and make sure that Lucy was alright. What happened here, wouldn't have any affect there.

Our shouting match though, had finally attracted some attention.

"Shut up you two, or I'll do it for you," said one of the guys. So they were listening to our conversation after all. And to think, I thought they didn't care.

Suzy glared at them. Then she whispered to me, "It goes both ways."

"What?" I asked, not getting her point or caring about it really. I was still a bit pissed that she had dismissed Lucy so quickly and didn't seem to care that I was now trapped in her world. Perhaps there was still a chance to join Stuart, and we could bond over our mutual dislike of Suzy...

Oblivious to my thoughts, Suzy leaned forward and whispered, "It goes both ways. If Lucy could influence Annie, what if I can influence my writer? Then they could get in touch with your sister, who can get in touch with Annie again, who could then let the League know about Stuart and his plans."

For once it was my time to roll my eyes. "That's the craziest idea ever."

She just smiled. "Trust me."

I just knew that was somehow going to come back to haunt me. Maybe I should give some thought to the Join-Stuart plan, just in case Suzy's would fail.

A typical college dorm located in Gardner's world...

It was five o'clock on a Monday night, and for some reason she had the sudden urge to write down a story. Despite having homework due tomorrow, and still having to pack for Thanksgiving Break-starting tomorrow night and going till Sunday- she had to write. Not wanted to, but had to, really badly.

All those months ago when she started the Trouble With Sues, it had been a hobby. Something to do in her free time, maybe eventually she would show it to a couple of her friends. Except those few friends loved the comic so much once they saw it, they showed it to more people, who showed it to more people. In a couple weeks the comic had exploded across the internet. One of her friends had even sent her the link to a story about some girl who had won fan favorite dressed as Suzy at some convention. Once she had taken a look, the comic writer had to admit that the girl had looked exactly like how she pictured Suzy, and the girl was even named Suzy. Meanwhile several imitators had popped out in other fandoms across the internet. Combined, the comic writer felt a joint sensation of being flattered that her work had been received so well, and embarrassment from all the attention.

While the most recent update for the comic covered the events from Thanksgiving, The Trouble With Sues was actually done. The writer had required it to be finished before she even started to post it. If she was going to upload her comic for the world to see, it would have to be completely finished; otherwise, she might never finish it, and what was the point of sharing it with people then? What enjoyment could they get from a half-finished comic?

One thing the comic writer hadn't mentioned to any of her friends was that she was currently toying with the idea of a sequel that involved Suzy coming to her world. It was a crazy idea, something she had set aside for a later date, but that night things had changed. One moment she was working on homework, the next her hand was itching to write and draw as a flood of information came to her.

Eugene creating a device, Suzy travelling here and meeting some guy named Ashley Gardner, Stuart being behind all the thefts in the news in order to take out the League. The craziest part was what came last. That she had to contact some girl named Lucy Gardner, so Lucy could contact Annie and let her know what was going on, so the League could stop Stuart and his plan.

The whole idea was absurd. The comic was fiction, Suzy and Annie didn't exist, and certainly Gardner, his sister, and the crazy Angela chick didn't exist either. There were more important things to do than obsess over the details.

As the writer tried to concentrate on her homework, one little thought kept bugging her. But... what if they did exist, along with the League, and Stuart? What if he really was responsible for all the break-ins the news had been covering? And what if her denial ultimately caused the League's demise?

A quick internet search couldn't hurt; and her homework could wait to be finished for another five minutes.

After all, they didn't really exist, and the Gardner's phone number that was currently written on scrap paper was probably meaningless. She had probably seen it somewhere in town and remembered it.

Right?

**Author's Note**

I would like to thank Loki's Son and AidenSurvival for reviews.

Next chapter Suzy and Gardner finally get rescued, but can Suzy avoid hurting her rescuers?

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