Becky was sitting on the couch in her Lexiconian living room, spending quality time with her parents, catching up on the fifteen years they had missed out on.
"So, mom and dad, tell me more about this revolution you started." Becky requested.
"Well, it began a little over a year before you were born. Your father and I were still dating, but we had both agreed that there were several things about what you on Earth would call a 'government' that needed to be changed. So, we decided we'd be the ones to do something about it. So what we did first was gather a few close friends that we knew we could trust to keep this movement a secret for the time being. After word was spread of our plan of action, which took at least half of that year, we had an army large enough to attack. A few more weeks of training this army of angry Lexiconians and whipping us into shape, refining our powers, and we were ready to take action. We flooded the- well, it's the equivalent to your 'city hall' on Earth, and basically demanded they step down or we'd kill them.
"I will always remember that day, clear as crystal. It was so brutal…he tried to fight us, the- well, he was the equivalent of your dictators on Earth. Him and all his assistants and everyone who worked for him, was forced to fight us. But we were in greater numbers, we were in more control of our powers. There was bloodshed that day, but we came out on top. We won. After that day, people looked up to your father and I. The people knew that we were the right choice to rule Lexicon into an era of peace and happiness. They knew that we knew what we were doing. So, we took over. We began a council of rulers, so our minds wouldn't be the only ones going into ruling the planet, so others could balance us out.
"After that, we sort of knew that we were going to spend the rest of our lives together, so we got married and decided to have a child. A child that we could mentor in the ways of ruling over our peaceful planet, so we could keep our blood in charge, because we knew that as long as one of us were in charge, the planet would be in capable hands. So when you left, you can see why it worried us." Iza explained. Becky nodded.
"That's so awesome. You guys are like, Lexicon's superheroes. I would've never guessed that I'm so good at being Earth's superhero because I was taught well from you guys before I left. I thought I did great things, but my good deeds don't hold a candle to yours. You guys are so great, I wish you weren't so far away." Becky said.
"Well, Becky, you know you can always stay here. You'll always have a home here, as well as your family and your friends. We want you to know that." Rael said.
"I know, and I a thousand times thank you. I couldn't ask for more than what I have now. I feel so grateful to have not one, but two sets of extremely caring and understanding parents. You guys are great." Becky said with a smile, proceeding to hug her parents.
"So, Becky, tell us more about your life on Earth." Iza asked.
"Well, it's great, really," Becky said, pulling a picture of her family out of her back pocket. "This is my mom, Sally Bottsford, my dad Tim Bottsford, and my little brother, TJ." She said, pointing to each family member.
"They're awesome. When I crash landed on Earth, they found me and took me in as if I were one of them. They loved me my whole life as if I were one of them, always treated me as if I were born into their family, not adopted. I couldn't ask for better people to take me in. Everybody there accepted me as if I belonged there, and I know now that that's because I do belong there. My friends are the best friends I could ask for, they're always there for me. I love them all so much." Becky explained.
"What about this boyfriend of yours?" Rael asked.
"Oh, his name is Tobey. We have the best story. He used to be a villain, back when we were little. He knew how to build giant robots, so he'd build them and take them into town and destroy everything just to get my attention, since I'm a superhero. So naturally, I hated him for a while. But once we got older, he realized what he was doing was juvenile and stupid, and gave it up and went good. After that, we became fast friends, and after a while we realized we had feelings for each other. Well, he realized he liked Becky, not Wordgirl- ironic, I know- and I realized that despite all the terrible things he'd done in the past, I never actually hated him. I just thought I did because in actuality, I hated myself for falling in love with a villain. So we started dating." Becky explained. Doing so, however, made her a little homesick.
"Aw, no wonder you can't leave it behind. It sounds like you have such a good life there, we wouldn't want to tear you apart from that." Iza explained. Becky nodded.
"Yeah, I'd do anything to be there. I miss my family and friends a lot right now…" Becky said with a smile. "But that doesn't mean I don't want to be here right now."
Just then, before anyone had a chance to respond, there was a knock on the front door. Iza and Rael answered it to see Captain Huggyface standing there.
"Huggy! Great to see you again, where have you been all this time?" Becky blurted, before anyone could say anything.
Bob squeaked a response.
"Oh, that's right, I forgot you had family here." Becky responded.
"Huggy? Becky, who's this?" Rael asked.
"Oh, this is the one I was telling you about. The captain who's ship I fell asleep on, he's my best friend." Becky explained.
"Oh! You're the one who kept our Alysia- ugh, sorry, Becky- safe all these years!" Iza said, suddenly grabbing Huggy and giving him a big hug. "We couldn't be more grateful that you were there for her all these years."
Bob squeaked a response.
"Oh, but if it were anyone else, they may not have made it through that crash. But you, you're truly in our debt for saving our little girl. We should give him a medal of honor, Rael." Iza said excitedly.
Huggy squeaked his reply of modesty.
"Oh, but we do! You're the one that saved our daughter, and brought her back to us! Even if it was only temporarily, you still showed us that she's okay, and that she's happy!" Iza said. "You deserve an award."
Bob squeaked again.
"Oh, but we insist!"
"I think he's really okay, mom, Bob can be a pretty modest monkey." Becky said. Iza shrugged.
"If that's your wish, we'll obey it, but just know that we are in your debt. Whenever you need something, anything, feel free to come to us." Rael said.
Bob nodded.
Together, the four of them sat down and caught up on the other aspects of their lives.
Yeh, so, this was yet another filler chapter. I finally remembered to write Bob back into the story, I realize he kinda disappeared…yeah. So now I have to think of how I wanna end this story…hmmm….ideas are forming slowly…
So yeah, I started a prequel. Yup. I got the idea while thinking about this story, and I figured I'd get it posted before I forgot about the idea entirely. I don't know right now if I'm going to wait till this one is done to continue Changes, or just update it while finishing this one, but I'll think about that. Just wanted to get it out there.