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Season Three Episode Two: "Rules of Engagement" Chapter Three
Tom and Dean glanced at each other. Susan had indeed asked the big question. "What do we do about this?"
Tom then said, "If you think about it Susan, there are really three separate questions included in yours. First, do we try to stop them from what they are doing, second, regardless of question one, do we punish them for hiding this from us, and three, do we tell the other parents, and if so, how?"
"As strange as it sounds," Susan said, "My answer to the first question is no. We shouldn't try to stop them. And while you and the other parents have to choose for yourselves if you'll punish them or not, I'm not punishing Will. I have my reasons."
Dean sat next to Susan. "Are you sure about this?" he asked.
"Yes, for my own reasons, as I said. But that said of course we have to tell the others. How could we keep this from them?"
Tom agreed. "But how will we tell them?"
"Hold off for now." Dean said. "We'll confront Will, you talk with Irma. After that we'll get together, with the girls if possible, and figure out the best way to proceed."
"I'd better be getting home then." Tom said. "No telling when they'll get back and I want to have this talk with Irma while Anna and Chris are out for the day."
Meridian. Elyon had asked the Guardians and Matt to return to the palace with her before returning to earth. She had told them she had a surprise. Once they arrived, she excused herself into the royal chambers alone.
While she selected a change of clothes and cleaned up, she thought about the Oracle's words which she had overheard on Kandrakar. Something new was coming. She needed some semblance of her old life. She needed excitement. And now the Heart of Kandrakar had reacted to her in an unusual way.
She tested her weakened powers. A tiny bit of light energy flared around her hands. Ever since the light from the heart passed through her, she had felt her powers regenerating faster than before. They still wouldn't get any stronger than before; she could sense that. But they were refilling more quickly.
Freshly cleaned, she began to dress appropriately for earth.
Blunk explored the Heatherfield sewer system for several hours. In time, he happened across a long abandoned room, ten feet by eight feet, mostly emptied of the equipment once housed there. The floor was filthy, the walls worse. Bacteria infested water dripped from the ceiling. Rancid trash filled the corners. Blunk surveyed the room.
He grinned. "Jackpot! Blunk hit the mother lode!" He exclaimed happily.
Aljax led the primary team. The map he carried quickly and easily led them to the apartment building the Vandom's lived in. Aljax had feared that they might encounter locals wishing to interact with them in one way or another. This fear proved baseless. Gathered outside, they looked up to the third floor. "Shall we enter through the interior door, or use these outside stairs?" A soldier asked.
"The inside, I think." Aljax replied. "If I understand properly, these outside stairs are for emergency egress only. If someone sees us climbing them, it could draw unwanted attention. However, as you know we make no move until the secondary team is ready to capture the Water Guardian's father."
"I understand general." the soldier said.
Meanwhile, the secondary team was arraying itself outside of the Lair residence. The watched Tom Lair arrive home and pull into the garage. After he had gone into the home, they signaled Aljax. "All is ready." he answered them back. "Stand by."
Matt, Caleb, and the girls stood on one of the palace's large outdoor balconies. "So, do you have any idea what Elyon is planning to surprise us with?" Matt asked Caleb.
Caleb said, "Not a clue. And that worries me. She only hides her plans when I'm not going to like them."
Cornelia grinned at her boyfriend. "Paranoid much?"
"It's not paranoid if it's true."
"He's got a point Corny." Irma said.
Cornelia simply glared at Irma. "Whatever. It's not like you can refuse her. She's your queen! So don't worry about it. It'll be what it'll be."
Caleb sighed. "it's my job to worry about it."
Tom Lair settled in his favorite chair, thinking hard. He was glad Anna wasn't home. Not telling her and the other oblivious parents until after talking to Irma was the right thing to do. Yet if Anna had been home right now, he wouldn't have been able to keep it in. He needed time to focus himself and put up a front so good even his wife couldn't see through it. That was much easier said than done.
He decided to occupy himself by cleaning his gun. Tom walked to the counter to get the cleaning kit, when an odd feeling passed over him. Call it premonition. Call it an experienced cop's instincts. He knew something was off. He sat the cleaning kit down and snapped a loaded cartridge in place…
In Meridian, Elyon opened the doors to her chambers and walked out to rejoin her friends. She was wearing denim overalls and a pink t-shirt, with brown boots. She saw that her parents were also here now. "Just as well. Get it all over with at once." she thought.
Hay Lin was the first to notice her clothing. "Where are your robes?" she asked.
"You look dressed for earth." said a suspicious Caleb.
" I am dressed for earth." Elyon replied. "I'm going back with you guys."
Elyon's mother placed a hand on her shoulder. "Are you sure the timing is right for that?" she asked.
Elyon said, "I know it looks bad. But with so little power now, there's nothing I could do here that you and the kingdom regents can't handle. Based on something the Oracle said, I think I need to be on earth right now. I can still come back at a moment's notice if something only the queen can handle comes up."
"How long are you planning to be on earth?" her father asked.
Elyon thought about the Oracles' words. She wanted her parents safe too. "Long enough, that I think you two should set up housekeeping in our old place again."
Everyone was stunned by that revelation…