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I re-read the chapters to write the continuation and corrected some mistakes I saw along the way, I won't hold you guys anymore, just wanted to say University took so much of my time, I apologize for the wait and I'll try posting some more now that I'm on vacation… Enjoy your two new chapters!
"There is no sense in pretending
Your eyes give you away
Something inside of you is feeling like I do
And we've said all there is to say"
― Tom Perry
Barbara Thunderman got to the base of the staircase in her house only to find her twins in the company of two unknown non-sups and went to a mad self in question of seconds, she could kinda see that coming from Max, but Phoebe?
The two sets of twins saw as a, at the moment very scary, women came downstairs and could pretty much read in her face the storm, maybe literal, coming their way. Phoebe had thought this through on her way home, she was still trying to convince herself that her parents would be mad at first, but being superheros and stuff, would object to two kids sleeping in the street and as they had nowhere else, she had done the only right thing, right? And they had powers also! The fact that she had only just found that out could be left unsaid.
"- Mom calm down..." - Max started guessing it was better to try to explain before his mother got any time to formulate a reaction "- They needed a place to stay and pig head over there offered here…"
"- Yes! Mom they had nowhere else an-and they have powers too…" - Phoebe's added seeing that her brother had a not so awful idea of burping information into their mother before she could in fact scream at them, it only worked for a brief moment.
"- YOU DID WHAT?!" - Barbara took a deep breath and calmed her voice, what absurdly made her sound madder "- Oh! Let me see if I understood, you invited this kids you barely know, that you never told me about, to stay in our house without asking for permission first?"
Every thought runned like it was struck by lightning and Phoebe did what she thought best, even superheroes have to lie sometimes "- No, mom! We-we know each other! We've been friends for a while, b-but I've never told you because they are… cousins once removed from elastic girl an-and you don't like her, do you?" - Max stared at his sister, she was lying! Right in front of him! It was almost cool, if she didn't shudder at every word... and of course because he couldn't tell on her.
The travelers' twins had been too shocked to talk or even move until now. It was just too much, their grandmother was right there but she didn't seem ok at all with them staying there. She was amazing and apparently had powers also as little purple lightning runned through her fingers as she talked clearly still upset.
"-...and if you think you can just bring people here you can't and this doesn't change the non-sups in the house but if they have powers also, for now, they can stay." - Still pretty angry but incapable of pretending she was unaffected by the relieved faces of her children Barb turned to her newest guests "- I'm so sorry you guys had to see that but your friends here just go overboard sometimes, anyways I'm Barbara, mother of these two. Now why do you kids need shelter so bad, what happened to your house? And names! What are your names?"
Hank didn't need any look from his sister to know it would be him to talk and neither to know he must lie, he hated to do so and she knew. Still it was for their safety and he could swear he saw from the corner of his eyes three relieved faces when he actually did "- We're H-Henrik and Bailey Thurstan and our parents are... traveling and our house got… a bug infection and then until they get back, a couple of days from now, we don't have anywhere to stay, yeah that's it." - He heard a muffed complaint from his sister's side "- Bailey?" - What could he do now? It was what came out in the panic time, but his twin didn't seem to care at all for his nervousness and for sure left a bruise on his shin closest to her leg.
"- Bugs? Oh ok! It's really something you can't see coming i guess, unfortunately we don't have any spare rooms but, as they invited you guys here, I sure think the twins won't mind sharing their rooms, am I right kids?" - She found this to be the perfect way to punish them, Max would be annoyed enough to annoy his sister and make up her punishment on his own account. "- I'll talk to your father when he comes back with Nora from the north pole, oh don't even ask" - She added seeing the kids lost faces. And even if still feeling a little unsure about the guests, she felt as if they had had a terrible first impression of her and she couldn't help feeling upset about it "- Speaking of north pole who wants ice cream?"
The now Thurstan twins were feeling the tension in the air dissolve, and as they finished their second bowl Bb started looking around this house that was so colorful and caught herself staring at Barbara, Barbara! She was named after her grandmother, the realization only made sense now and that girl at school also mentioned that their grandfather's name was Hank also, wasn't? So many questions only adding to the many more that existed already, their gramma had said a while ago another name, Nora and north pole, how? Why? She wondered quietly if this trip to the past would only leave pain and more doubt than actually anything else and even if their powers didn't include connected minds she could see in her brother eyes the same thoughts, the same hurt feelings, there were just so much they did not know, there was barely anything they did know now. She was so lost in the sorrow of her mind that when K poked her leg she jumped, scared. "- W-What?"
While his sister was running thought after thought over and over again about the situation he was paying attention and trying not to think loudly enough for anyone to hear his fears, still it didn't work, their gramma asked one of the questions he was afraid it would expose them, he quietly poked Bb thigh and began to answer very slowly "- Our powers?" - He would have to leave out their twin power, for obvious reasons and as he thought how to put things he could see their parents' curious faces turning to him also, of course, they knew about as much about their powers as the kids knew about what their parents could do, a little more than nothing. He was also very aware of his sister's hand holding his knee under a firm grip as he continued "- I have heat breath and Bar-Bailey has freeze breath, we can also fly and once when we were both really happy we made it snow but it was only one time…" - He let his voice trail off, remembering he didn't know his parents' powers and that he could be creating a whole new problem just from talking.
Looking at her mother Barb couldn't hold her tongue, neither her curiosity, she grabbed her own hands and now looking down at her nail polish, asked "- And your mom Phoebe? Does she have any of YOUR powers?" - She felt the edge and stopped, asking silently for her mother to answer all in just this little questionnaire she had made out.
"- No" - Phoebs understood what the girl was implying and tried to give her as much information possible without warning her mother "- ...As you know me and Max both have telekinesis and fun fact" - A forced laugh made its way out her mouth "- We have also heat and freeze breath, the difference it's that we both have them. But mom can control lightning and make thunderstorms, a true thunder women" - Phoebe was feeling so much joy from discovering the kids, h-her kids, powers but also she was so nervous about everything and couldn't help but feeling exhausted and wanting to run as far away as possible from the first floor. Right then she was struck by the thought that she could indeed run away from there. She got up and grabbed Bb's arm "- Bailey are you done with your bowl? So let's go upstairs and I'll show you my room, that's where you're staying and I guess Max can show Ha-Henrik the lair, can't you Max?"
As Phoebe questioned Max with fierce eyes the lost Thunder Twins turned at each other and exchanged a quick glance at one another before being separated for the first time in this new reality they found themselves in. Barb and Hank knew that as long as they had each other they were sure to find some way to get back home but right now, even if that meant being apart, they also knew they had to trust their parents' young self's.
