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Wally watched Wendy and Wallace run around the park at the center of their island. He smiled as Eve took his hand in hers, the sun slowly setting behind them. He finally turned to her "It's getting late we should go," Eve smiled "Wallace! Wendy! Time to go!" The children headed in their direction when Wendy suddenly stopped as her eyes grew wide. Wally noticed her place a hand on her chest and fall to her knees. He ran to her knowing what was happening "Wendy!" the more he ran, the further she seemed to be. Wally tried with all his strength to push through whatever force was holding him back "D-d-ad h-help m-me," Wally vision blurred from his tears until he fell down into a pit as Wendy called out to him.
Wally immediately woke up, panting and sweating. He ran to Wendy's room and opened the door, waking her up from her slumber "Dad?" Wally embraced her with all his might "You're alright…" Wendy hugged him back; this was the third time this week this has happened. She had another incident a few days ago; this time Aidan was the one who had to carry her from the river all the way to the Axiom. The nightmares started almost immediately after Wendy came home and have begun to worsen each time. "Dad, I'm fine alright, nothing has happened," Eve appeared in the doorway after a few moments; she rubbed Wally's back trying to comfort him "Wally it was only a dream, it wasn't real, Wendy is right here." Wally still whimpered a little "It wasn't a dream… Wendy needed me and I wasn't there to help her…" Eve sighed, if she didn't convince him otherwise, Wally would keep having these nightmares. She even promised herself that he would never feel pain again as long as she was with him; this is was one of those moments.
"Wally you and Wendy need your rest for tomorrow," Wally knew his wife was right, tomorrow was a big day for them. They were finally headed to Washington D.C. and see the place Danny called home. He felt his hold relax until he held Wendy at arm's length "I'm sorry Wendy, you need your rest and I keep waking you up like this." Wendy patted his arm "It's ok Dad, you just want to protect me," Wally smiled and kissed the top of her head "Goodnight Wendy," with that said he slowly went back to his bedroom. Eve sat at the edge of the bed "Wendy, do you want to talk?" Wendy looked at her mother in confusion "About what?" Eve sighed "About Washington, why we are going there…" realization finally dawned on her "I'm not scared!" Eve placed a hand on her daughter's cheek "I never said you were," Wendy looked down "Ok I might be a little scared…"
Eve crossed her arms in thought "You're doing very well by hiding it from your father." Wendy looked up at her mother "What do you mean?" Eve continued "Do you know how far your uncle would go to protect your dad?" Wendy was confused, where was she going with this? "If it meant keeping your father safe, Danny would die with a smile on his face." Wendy was lost now "Wally thinks that if his brother would be able to do that for him that is the least he could do for you." Wendy thought for a moment "Isn't that the reason why we are going with to Aidan and Daniel's home? So they can help me?" Eve smiled "Yes that is the main reason, but not the only one." Again Wendy was confused, but before she could say anything Eve kissed her goodnight and left the room.
Eve walked back to her bedroom trying hard not to wake Wally if he had already gone to sleep. She saw him with his eyes closed and steady breathing, signaling he went right back to sleep. As Eve went under the covers, Wally turned to look up at the ceiling "Evah why aren't you scared?" Eve was surprised by her husband's directness "Who said I wasn't?" Wally turned to her "Well you're never scared and I really need to learn how to be brave like you." Eve found it hard to say what was on her mind "Actually Wally I am scared…" Wally sat up looking at his wife with disbelieving eyes, when has Eve ever felt fear?
Eve pulled her legs up to her chest "Yes Wally I have felt fear before, you of all people should know that." Wally looked at Eve, confusion apparent in his eyes. Eve sighed, "Wally do you remember back on the Axiom when the escape pod blew up?" Wally only nodded "When I saw it explode, I thought you were still in there." Wally kept an unreadable expression, "I was taught to be fearless, to be able to assess a situation and come up with the best solution." Wally felt like saying something, but decided to let his wife finish "That was the first time I didn't know what to do…and I felt that I had failed, not just the Axiom, but you as well." Wally reached over to cup her face and looked her in the eye. Eve was surprised when Wally pronounced her name right "Eve you have never failed anyone, if anything I was more afraid that I had failed you." Eve felt her eyes begin to sting, in a perfect world people like Wally should have been the ones taken on the Buy 'N' Large ships, not left to wither away in a dying planet with the false promise of everyone coming back.
How Wally could take Eve's fear and doubt and replace it with reassurances of happiness that he always made true, she would never know. Eve fell asleep in her husband's arms that would keep any bad scenarios out of her mind. She even had a thought that, once in a while, would creep into her brain asking herself, What did I do to deserve him? And every time silence was her only answer. The only thing she could do was give him everything he wanted and anything she could give. Wally had told her, after Wallace was born, that he had everything he could ever want, but for some reason Eve felt she had more to give.
Daniel woke up the next morning packed and ready to head back home. It wasn't that he was homesick, he missed someone back home. He was remembering a girl with dark hair that stopped at shoulder length, olive skin, and dark brown eyes, and a smile that made his heart race every time. Daniel wished he had the courage or whatever his dad and uncle had that got them to show they loved their wives when they first saw them. Every time he promised he would finally tell her how he feels about her, he would get tongue-tied say something else and walk away and every time he would walk home and hit his head on his desk a few times wondering what was wrong with him. He was sure he would do it eventually.
Aidan was cheery as well, especially after learning his cousins where coming with them to stay for a while. As far as he knew, Wendy was the only person that was able to keep up with him with his antics and he was impressed with her ability to sometimes outdo him. He was just happy to have someone that resembled him; Daniel was like his father and would never play pranks like he did. Even most, if not all, of his friends thinks that some of the things he does is crazy, climbing some of the trees back home didn't seem too dangerous, so what if they were 40 ft high.
Mira was making some last minute adjustments to the ship as she waited for the rest to arrive. She was glad they were going back home, but she could tell her husband taking an extra moment to replace this once dead city into the merry place it is now. She wondered if they hadn't completely shut out New York for the sake of the survivors, would they have found Wally and reunited him with his brother sooner? The idea was originally her father's, but she could have been against it, she only thought it would protect Danny and it had until the news from Jupiter changed all that.
Anna was never one for silence, if there was anyone to talk to she would strike up a conversation so as not to seem like a crazy machine talking to herself, which she is always saying she would fix. Anna made a sound as if she were clearing her throat "Mira what do you think of Wally?" Mira turned her head away from the console "There isn't much difference between Danny and Wally, their attitudes are the same and their personalities might not be mirror images, but they still care about the people close to them." Anna thought for a moment "Huh is that why you were upset before? Because he isn't one of kind?" Mira said the first thing that came to mind "He still is, it doesn't matter what he does or doesn't do, I know him better than anyone else, that is what makes him special." Anna let Mira finish what she was doing in peace. Even with all her time spent with humans, emotions will be one of the things she will probably never understand. How is it that one could love another so much, but have the most hostile feelings for another? Then again she has yet to meet someone that deserves her anger and she is quietly hoping it stays that way.
Wendy helped her brother load his things onto a hover chair for their trip to a place called Washington D.C., she would ask what the D.C. stood for later. By the looks of their luggage they were going to be there a while. The good news is that it would give her plenty of time to get to know the people at the colony. She hoped they would be like the people here. "Wendy?" The teen turned to see her best friend near the door "Oh Hannah I was about to go see you." Hannah smiled "I wanted to surprise you I guess, so you're leaving already?" Wendy could tell she was a little upset, who wouldn't, they have been friends for as long as they could remember. Wallace appeared in the hallway "Don't worry Hannah we'll come back." Hannah smiled again "I knew that which reminds me…is umm Aidan here?" Wendy could barely hear the last part "If he isn't at the house, he's probably on his way to the ship." Hannah's smile faded "Oh, well tell him I said bye," she turned and headed to what Wendy thinks is back home. It didn't take a genius to see Hannah had taken a liking to her cousin.
It would almost be funny if it weren't for the fact that there was a chance he wouldn't come back.
Wally and Eve waited outside his Danny's temporary home so they could accompany him to the ship. Danny stepped outside with 2 hover chairs close behind "Well that's everything time to go." Wally pushed a button on the chair next to him. His prosthetic shot a bit of static when it touched the panel, he pulled it back immediately. Danny chuckled "Mira can give you an upgrade from that if you want." Wally looked at him "Upgrade?" Danny pulled up his right pant leg to show off his prosthetic underneath. He pointed his wrist laser to it and turned it on. Eve immediately thought he was crazy for trying it no matter how strong it is. When Danny turned it off, it left a small cut and a little black burn mark. Before their eyes the cut fill itself and Danny brushed off the black mark. "Back home they call it Bio-Metal or something along those lines," Wally stared at the metal not believing what he just saw. A smile crept on Eve's face "So it can repair itself?" Danny counted 3 fingers on his left hand "It can do that, it also becomes stronger the more it repairs itself and it is pretty light weight." Danny laughed "This leg is darn near indestructible." Eve looked at Wally and could see his obvious happiness, this trip will benefit everyone.
Everyone piled into the ship waving goodbye to the people of Hope. Wally couldn't wait to get to New Beginning and Wallace couldn't contain his excitement either. Wally wondered what surprises the worker colony will hold.