"ALL RIGHT KIDDIES!" Ringer shouted causing them to jump back.

"Time for bed. Light show is over! You've got a big day if you want to get up early and rescue your parents."

They looked up to see Ringer standing beside the table. Helena spotted a rather pissy looking Twirl behind Ringer.

"I've set up a quarter for each of you to sleep privately." Ringer said leaning forward and putting his hands together. He seemed to have his eyes on Turnstile.

"Mama and Orgon took the liberty of placing sheets of metal into six separate spaces and we've even managed to put up little curtain doors for all a ya!" He smiled proud of himself. "I think we'll have to start a bed and breakfast after this, watchya think Twirly?" He said looking back

Twirl had her arms crossed and was looking away.

"Sounds peachy…" She sighed.

"Alright that settles it. You kids off to bed." Ringer ushered them.

Everyone started heading inside the tent when Turnstile took Helena by the arm. She looked back to the others and then to him.

"What's up?" She asked raising her eyebrows. He seemed to have a pained look on his face.

"After everyone settles in…can you meet me in my quarters?"

She gave him a look. He shook his head and scoffed.

"Not like that. I want to talk to you. Just talk I swear." He tried to look as honest as he could. She seemed hesitant but nodded.

"Ok, I'll come in when the lights go out." She said. He let her go and she walked into the tent. He followed behind her a few feet away. As he went in he smiled at Twirl. He didn't see her standing at the door entrance before.

"G'night." He smiled and waved as he went in. He barely looked her in the eye. His mind was focused on what he was going to say to Helena later.

It's true, they really were becoming a team. In some strange happy accident they had formed something completely new to this world. He liked the title they had chosen for themselves. He couldn't help but smile. The Kids From Yesterday. It was brilliant! He started planning out what he was going to say. If they really were going to be a team they had to get their affairs in order. He planned on sitting down with Helena and discussing how they would go about the attack on the Astro Zombies. They had no idea what they were up against.

As he hit the center of the tent his pace slowed. His mind began to wonder back to the firework display. It all seemed to put the team into a trans. He'd never seen Crow act so…soft. And Sky…He wasn't sure how he felt about Rocket having his hands all over his sister….ok so they were kinda holding hands….ifyoucouldcallitthat…Holdingfingers? Whatever. He shook his head. They were beginning to get emotional and that could create problems. He'd discuss with Helena how they'd have a talk in the morning with the team about separating emotions with the mission. He felt his heart beat fast for a second in his chest.

His mind was back on the firework display. He could still smell Helena's shampoo in the night air. The way the fireworks lit up her ivory skin…He was still debating if she had leaned in towards him or not. It was hard to say. He'd kissed girls before but it never started slow like that….had she meant to kiss him? Without meaning to his mind imagined what would have happened if Ringer hadn't interrupted them…Maybe he could ask her later if she'd meant to…

NO! He thought loudly to himself. Separate emotions with war! They would discuss the mission and NOTHINGELSE! It would just be a simple innocent…

"Hey." Helena said standing before him. He was already at the sanctuary entrance. He looked back at the dark hall. Strange he didn't even remember walking back. His eyes slowly dropped down. Helena had a thin black tank top on and a pair of shorts. Thiswasnothelping…

"Sky set up a spot for you to sleep." She said pointing to where Sky and Rocket were leaning on one of the metal walls. Sky waved and pointed to the section with the green curtain.

"Don't worry I made sure Rocket isn't near her section." Helena winked. Turnstile kept his eyes forward…perhaps for the first time he could ever recall.

"." He said stiffly.

"Are you ok?" She tilted her head letting one of the red strips of hair fall along her chest.

"Yupeverythingsgreat." He said quickly. She gave him a weird look.

"Ok, whatever…Oh, and if you want some PJ's mama has some old clothes for you." She said walking away. Turnstile's eyes involuntarily looked down as Helena walked away.

NO! keep it professional! Don't look down,don't lookdown…damnit…don't look down again! He thought to himself. Fucking fireworks brainwashing us all…. He let out a low growl under his breath.

"Alright, well I'll see you after lights go out." Helena said in a friendly voice. "So see you then…teammember." She said in a dorky voice and jabbed his arm lightly.

"Heh…" He smiled as if in pain and quickly went behind his curtain. He collapsed on his cot letting out a heavy sigh.

"Where the hell did that come from?" He said to himself in a whisper. A light knock on his wall mad him jump.

"WHAT?" He shouted turning with a startled look on his face. He turned to see a very frightened Crow.

"Um…I wanted to see if you wanted a cookie…" He said as crumbs fell from his lips.

"No…I don't want…a damn cookie." He said shaking his head and putting his head in his hands. "No matter how short it's little booty shorts are…or how cute it looks when it is does that little head tilt like a puppy! I don't want a damn cookie…."

Crow shifted his eyes left and right slowly and then back to Turnstile. He closed the curtain behind him.

"Um….you ok dude? Something tells me we're not talking about cookies….and if we are those sound like some damn sexy cookies." He chuckled.

"No! No they don't sound like damn sexy cookies!" Turnstile was beginning to pace in the small section and wave his arms about frantically. "They sound like forbidden cookies who are going to screw up this whole rescue mission with her little shorts and cute tank top."

"Oooohhh." Crow said nodding his head. Turnstile sat on the cot and put his head in his hands again.

"Yesterday she was the most annoying person on this damn planet and now she does that little tight rope trick and then there were those damn fireworks!"

Crow smiled to himself.

"Those were some damn good fireworks…Hmmm."

"Don't you start on me too man!"

"Sorry." Crow cleared his throat.

"Now my shit's gone all Costa Rica and I can't think straight!"

Crow had to think for a second till he remembered Costa Rica was an old Killjoy phrase for when the shit hits the fan. Turnstile really did hang around Tonic too much.

"Just take it easy…" Crow said moving his arms as if he was pushing something down. "Just get some rest and you'll have a better look on it in the morning."

"I told her to come in here later to talk about a battle plan for tomorrow…." Turnstile said flatly.

"Oh….well what if…you tell her how you feel, exactly how you feel. Get it all on the table and then discuss how, just for now you should put your emotions aside and discuss them later. Once you get all your feelings out you won't have them screwing up your brain with everything else."

Turnstile sat silently for a moment.

"What the fuck?" He snapped. "When did you suddenly become Mr. Relationship?"

Crow shrugged.

"Always, I'm just actually showing it."

Turnstile nodded.

"No…your right…Once she comes in I'll just tell her everything."

Crow patted him on the back and got up to leave.

"Good luck,"

"Good night." Turnstile waved and started running his fingers through his hair.

Crow shook his head as he left.

"He's so screwed…" He said under his breath as he ducked into his own quarters.

The lights went out and Turnstile crawled into his bed waiting. Crow was right. Just keep everything simple and honest. He shuffled his pillow under his head when he heard someone at his door.

"Hey." He said with a smile.

"Hey Turny." The light above his head clicked on.

Helena sat on her cot trying to keep her thoughts from rushing through her head. It had been an insane day. Part of her was afraid of what happened with the tight rope, and yet another part hungered for more. It was a mix of feelings, like something was wrong, and yet at the same time more perfect than ever. She could feel her body feeling different. Her muscles felt stronger, faster. She tried to not think on it too much.

"Think of something else. Something happy." She told herself feeling the panic and anxiety rush over her. Slowly the sound of the fireworks echoed in her ears. She could still see the lights in her minds eye. She'd never seen anything like it before. AJ was right they were experiencing all sorts of new things. She'd never given much thought to their routine life. It was always just the four of them. They never really made any other friends, but they never really wanted to. Boys would ask her out and she always turned them down. Eventually they stopped asking completely. But she saw something different in Turnstile. He might have been an ass at times but she saw more to him. Her heart fluttered when she thought of leaning in towards him during the firework finally.

The lights flicked off breaking her train of thought. She cleared her throat and got off the cot. She straightened her shorts and shirt. She felt a little exposed but it was all Mama had in girls pajamas. She poked her head out of the section. Everyone was in their beds.

Oh good he left his light on for me. She thought to herself as she stumbled in the dark. She crept past everyone every one else's quarters and peered into Turnstile's.

"Hey, I…." Her jaw dropped in horror. Twirl was straddled over Turnstile with her shirt half off. His was gone completely.

"OH MY GOD!" She shouted and covered her eyes.

"Turny," Twirl said in a pouty voice. "You said she wanted to join us in our little game." She said licking his neck.

"Helena!" He shouted trying to get Twirl off of him. "It's not what it looks like."

"Oh come on, you said she was coming over for our little game." Twirl smiled and began putting her hand down his pants.

"GAH!" He shouted making an awkward face and pulled her hand back up. "G'NO! STOP…THAT! HMm! HELENA!"

She was already out into the center of the sanctuary. He nearly threw Twirl off of him and stumbled out holding his pants up with one hand as he reached out for Helena with the other.

The lights flashed on again illuminating the whole area.

"Wha' the hell's goin' on here?" Ringer shouted as he rubbed his eyes confused.

"Hmm?" Sky mumbled pulling back her curtain. Rocket popped his head out of his section.

"What the hell?" AJ and Crow stumbled out together. Her shirt was on backwards and Crow had a blanket around his waist.

"Helena please!" He reached after her. She turned to face him with a deadly look in his eye.

"DON'T YOU PLEASE ANYTHING! You're a fucking sick ass hole! Is this your idea of a fucking joke? Telling me you have something to tell me and then have me show up with the Twirly Bitch with her hand down your pants!"

He looked down and zipped them back up. Everyone stared as Helena screamed. Twirl tried to hide her face from an incredibly angry Ringer.

"She what?" He said slowly biting his upper lip and leaning his head down.

"You're a fucking ass hole! You can go find your team leader on your own! We're done helping you!" She said with tears now rolling down her cheeks. She stormed off to quarters.

"Helena! It wasn't like that I…Helena!" He started after her but Rocket quickly stepped in front of him. AJ quickly followed.

"I think you'd better go back to bed." Rocket said in the sternest voice he'd ever used.

"Look, it's not like that! Can you just tell her that-"

"I don't care what the story is or how it's supposed to be." AJ said cocking her gun. It buzzed to life. "You made her cry and more importantly you made her angry enough to swear. I've known that girl my whole life and in the seventeen years I've known her she has not sworn once. Now you can either go to bed or we send you to bed…"

The cold glare made Turnstile shiver.

"Guns away." Ringer said in a booming voice. "You four," He said pointing to Rocket, AJ, Crow and Sky. "Bed now."

They all nodded. Crow and AJ started back into AJ's quarters.

"Your own beds!" Ringer gritted his teeth and rolled his eyes. "Twirl." He said with ice in his voice.

"Yes daddy?" She said in her sweetest voice. "You'll be sleeping with Mama for now." Twirl opened her mouth. "and so help me if you utter a single word I will put down your tiger and ban you from ever performing again."

Twirl nodded holding back her tears and went behind one of the curtains. Ringer finally turned to Turnstile.

"AND YOU…I have something special planned for you…."

Turnstile gulped.

Turnstile sat in bed awake for a long time. It was difficult to sleep when a Draculoid was watching your every move, even if it was a dead Draculoid. He looked over at the robot that had been propped up on a bucket and was leaning into his metal wall. Its beady eyes bored into him. Be it the Draculoid was creepy, it's cold dead eyes wasn't the only thing keeping him up. Four quarters over he could hear the soft sobs of Helena in her cot. He wanted so badly to tell her what happened. If only she'd come a few seconds earlier she could have seen him be attacked by Twirl and desperately telling her to get off of him. She was wicked fast with those hands. He thought to himself. He seemed to have blinked and his shirt was off. He kept himself from thinking where her hands had also been…He listened again. The crying seemed to have stopped. Maybe she was asleep by now.

Either way he'd try and catch her in the morning. He would have Twirl explain everything one way or another. He couldn't just let her go off on her own like that. Slowly he felt himself drift to sleep.

He began dreaming of Draculoids attacking Helena. He tried to save her but Twirl held him back with her staff. He woke with someone shaking him.

"DRACULOIDS!" he screamed trying to push whoever it was off.

"Wake up you idiot!" It was Crow's voice. Turnstile sat up looking around. All the lights were on. Outside he could hear people moving about frantically.

"What's going on? Are we being attacked."

"No you ass! Helena's gone!"

A/N: It's a long chapter so I hope that can hold you off till I get my homework done