"This can't be good."
"You're right, this isn't good at all. Those things have gone too far too quickly to be good for us." Dexter stated in his matter of fact way. If one just heard his voice, one would think he was calm, but his eyes portrayed fear and worry. Suddenly, Ben started scanning the horizon.
"Hey, doesn't that look like Numbah Five? Hey! NUMBAH FIVE!" Once Jaden could see the other girl's eyes, she shoved both boys down. A split second later, a shot was fired above them.
"If you're not fusion, stand up and take a shot." The girl's eyes were battle hardened.
"I'm Jaden; they can't make a fusion of me." The African American nodded at this.
"And these two haven't left my sight. In fact we just got back from a Summoning. Ask Max what that is." She added hastily, when the KND agent showed confusion. And she did check.
"DEXTER!" Two voices screamed while a third grumbled it. The red head was tackled by his sisters, including Deedee, who was oddly silent. Gwen, Julie and Max greeted Ben, leaving Jaden alone, which everyone noticed.
"Nice to have you back." Someone yelled from the crowd.
"We need another traitor around here." The mood was immediately damped. Bloo walked forward, under strict guard.
"Now I have some company." He added sourly. Numbah Five nodded matter of factly.
"You're still a traitor." The genius raised one gloved hand from under the mass of arms, which let him go.
"Innocent until proven guilty." He stated fire in his eyes; he was ready for a challenge.
A trial was arranged, but since none of her peers could be used, the jury was a mix of foreign kids, adults, and KND, some who had never met the girl in question. It was as fair as it could get, as everyone knew about her, just not who she was. Mandy herself oversaw the whole thing as judge, waiting to see her genius in action. Dexter had sworn to defend Jaden, but no one had volunteered to play Devil's advocate. Finally a bargain was made, and a familiar short imaginary periwinkle friend agreed to prosecute.
But when the trial date had come upon the court, it wasn't Mandy presiding…
Instead, Grim and three other powers-that-be sat there upon the judge's stand.
The battle in the courtroom was heating up. Tempers flared and nerves were worn down to nearly nothing, but no judgment had been passed. But that all changed when Dexter pulled out his hidden ace.
"If I may show something to the jury, I would like to present a witness." Life nodded, and Dexter called up an ancient looking man, and introduced him as an off-world historian. "Why was the Plumbers' earth chapter founded in the 1800's instead of earlier? And why did Planet Fusion show up first in 1802?" "For your first answer young man, that was because since the beginning of the human race, the universe had had alien guardians. And for the second, that was when half of your guardians turned on you." "Would you please give the jury more details?" "Your guardians protected your race out of need, for payment, for your planet held their own food source, hemoglobin, which is found in blood, yes, your guardians were what you now call Vampires."
