Billy and Tommy sat in a local cafe,

"You need to tell them Billy, its been to long, "Tommy said his voice very teacherish.

Billy fingered his mug of coffee sheepishly, " I know, i know, i just wanted to be able to give good news," he said.

"I know, they've got to come later on anyway so maybe you could just take Autumn in with you and someone to comfort her," Tommy said.
Billy conceeded and nodded.

....................

Rei stood in the park, she'd told her she would have to meet her there , if she wanted to talk , she wasn't willing to talk at the Youth Center not near the others, she didn't really know Lammy and she didn't wish to put the others in Danger.

........

Autumn held Becca's mobile in her hand, she sighed deeply pressing the buttons, dialling Tori's number, there was something she had to tell her.

......

A flashed light, bleeped into existance, " Limited paitent breating detected," a computerised voice said, a counter rolled down it no longer said 'assistance 100%' but now flashed a cheerful blue, "assistance 65%'

Beez paused in whatever she was doing as data registered in her cpu. She smiled. She actually smiled. That felt funny. But before she could make contact with Billy. "Assessment Completely. Rebooting systems," she announced to no one. The CC went dark as everything turned off.

Everything powered up again within moments, only...differently. The veiwing globe lit up and an image of Beez appeared as well as a halographic image infront of her. "Command Center Central Computer online," they announced at once.

Beez grinned. That Billie was a genius too. "Contacting Billy," she announced as her counterparts disappeared. "Billy, our patiet is showing marked improvement. Reading indicate he is beginning to breath on his own," sghe reported, forgetting for a moment that Billy may not know who was talking to him
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Lammy appraoched Rei from behind, once again dressed as a normal human girl. "You've kept me waiting long enough. It's been days. I only have so much patience," she stated in clipped tones eerily reminensent of her eldest brother when he's overly annoyed

Beez paused thoughtfully. "It...will a be a long adjustment..." she stated frowning thoughtfully. "I will check on Winter now. But I knew you wish to know," she stated and ended transmission. She walked into the portal and disappeared from the CC and (i assume) reappearing where Winter was being kept alive. She quickly checked his diagnostics and all the vitals, everything a nurse would do
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Lammy inclined her head a bit. "Smart one you are. I do beleive Zita underestimates you," she declared, raising a brow. "Well?"

Billy grinned cheerfully, "Good news, he's making improvement and Beez is finally going to be able to get out and explore exactly wjhat she deserves," he grinned he felt rather fatherly towards the daughter of his friend Alpha.

"Zita can't even remember what she'd dealing with," Rei stated simply, she paused, "He's alive, the toxins no longer threaten his life, however without the alien like qualities, he's slipped into a coma, i took him to someone who could keep him alive, we ordinary folk can't simply shut off our lungs and survive without oxygen," Rei held out her hand and the glass ball containing the toxins appeared , she glared at it and it beamed with a good gold glow, the toxins thrashed and contorted, finally snapping like brittle metal and then becoming like a mini viewing globe, showing the comatose Winter, being checked over by Nurse Beez, "It''ll only ever show Winter-aniki but i'm guessing thats all you want it to show," she smilled in a friendly way, handing the sphere over to Lammy, "i suggest you don't let that twin of mine see it, she won't be happy."

Lammy took the sspear and eyed it. "No, she won't. Neither would my big sis for that matter," she said absently. "He still won't be the same, you know. Toxins or no, he still has some of Widow's blood in him," she pointed out, probably unnecisarrily. "Not that it'll be harmful or anything, just...different..." she added. Widow's blood was her blood, and Taran's blood, too. She nodded curtly and disappeared
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the phone was rininging at the Reaver House

Tai jerked his head up from the pillow and blinked several times. He reached out and picked up the phones "erro," he said groggily

"Tar'n? Damn, boi, yo sho' is hard to track down, but I's finally done did it. This here is Teague," said a very loud and deeply booming voice that woke Tai up like nothig else.

"uh...just a minute...." he said and sat the phone down wondering who the hell Teague was. He slid out of Taran's bed and opened the door. "Hey! Anyone else awake better answer the goddamned phine," he shouted into the hallway, ensuring someone else woke up

Rei smilled sorrowfully, she knew that only to well, lord knows what the aftereffects would be she slowly set upon wondering back to The Youth Center.

Fey wondered across the Corridor with a giggle, "here Tai, i'll take it, who'd you say it was?"

"Somebody named Teague...at least that's as much as I could understand between the voice and the accent," Tai muttered and pointed toward the phone by the bed.

Raoul was listening from his room and perked up. "Teague?" he grinned and chuckled. "The good Dio is surely watching over that one," he said shaking his head

"Yes. Not even a spaceship being destroyed at his feet can kill that boehemoth," Shen declared

Bob chuckled. "No, don't lookit, does it?" he agreed

Jace slid to the doorway qwuickly, he was unnaturaally up ealry this morning ... "Did somweone mention Teague?" his eyes shifted with a bit of nervousness ... the man still unnerved him sometimes ... though it was good to here him alive.

Maeve stood next to Fey, smiling, "It ias good to know him well ... what does he have to say Fey?"

--

Charlie was sparring with anotehr person in the YC at the time Billy and Tommy. She wore her hair up in a low pony tail ,the waves falling down the back of her, over a violet tank top accompanied by black pajama like pants. She grunted and swung her feet, sparring easily with the guy.

Ryla was at the computers again, still looking up more on alocholism and the effects on children and heredity ...

Fey grinned cheerfully, "Teague, is that you, 'fraid Taran can't come to the phone he having an out of body experience," she said jokingly.

Ros had appeared by now and sniggered at Fey's joke,

Tommy watched the girl intrigued, "Something else the skills that one's got," he said to Billy.

Billy turned, "ah yes, she has impressive form,"

"Fey, s'at yo shuga? Boi, it sho' is good to hear yo voice, baby. What yo talkin' about, Tar'n havin' a outter body experience? Yawis all ok, though, ain't yaw. Me an' the feller has been trackin' yaw down fo' awhile now," the booming voiced man said

'the feller' is the CS's a.i.
--

"You mean she has animpressive form, don't you, Billy. Don't be beatin' round the bush now. You're among friends, we won't tell the little wife you looked," Rocky drawled as he joined them with a raspberry smoothie
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Becca yawned and stretched slightly and looked around for Toi's cell phone and peered at the caller id and saw her own name. That was weird...but she knew it was Autumn. She flipped it open "Yeah?" she answered sleepily

Chalire finished off her first spar easily, helpoing the guy up grinning, "Don't you worry Danny /... the base'll give you training for it ..."

She stretched a bit, before her eyes found Rocky. She playfully waved and was gonna wave dhim over to spar before a young girl jumped onto the mat.

Ai bounced up an dwon laughing, "COme on ... let's see how you go with a girl! I'm a girl! Come on!"

Chalire eyed the girl a moment, before shrugging, "If yo uare sure about that chica ... I can dispatch a man twice my size .... fo keep that in mind chica ..."

Ai eyed her, "My name is Ai not chica silly ... come on!"

Charlie sighed and nodded, bouncing slowly on the balls of her feet, lobbing an easy punch to the girl, which she didn't block quick enough ,aand it hit her on the side of the head, " This is sparring chica ... not fighting ..."

Ai grunted a bit oddly, but threw her arm out, just as Charlie threw her other arm ...

Their wrists connected in an odd way, and a dark violet band of energy slid around ther wrists. Charlie was frightened and Ai just looked ... as weird as ever ... after a few moments of tugging, the band broke ...

Ai grunted agaim, before she fell backwards on the mat, out cold.

Charlie just stood there, staring at the girl and eyeing her wrist ... it was vibrating ... moving and felt so odd ...

"Say what, shuga? Pow'r Rangers?" there was a pause and his voice was muffled for a minute of so as he adddressed someone Fey couldn't see. Then he was back, booming again. "Well, I'm at my grandpappy's again, tryin' to track down ever'un else. So's yaw be lettin' me know how's things is goim yo hear, me loud n clear, baby?" Teague demanded seriously
--

The image of Beez appeared on the vewing globe. "Scanningg for Phoenix Arinda," she stated. "Phoenix Arinda located," she said and rattled off the address of the Youth Center
--

Rocky set his smoothie down. "What's going on, Billy?" he asked, raisng a brow

Charlie leaned down over Ai, and moved cautiuosly to feel for her pulse. SHe wasn't sure what she was feelingm, but ... it didn't feel noraml ,it was erractic and ... just wasn't right ...

She looked around panicked .. .she hadn'tmwant to hurt the gir l... she wasn't evn sure if it was her that did it ...

--

Even Ryla had to look up at the comotion ... she'd heard something about an accident, something weird ... so she mlooked around, located the oldies and moved to them, "What's going on ?"

"Sure," Fey smilled, "it's so good to hear your voice again, hearing you loud and clear,"

Billy nodded , "100%" "lets find out ,"Billy said like a kid in a candy shop with a grin, he stood up and moved over to Ai, " Tommy you got that memento i gave you,"

Tommy seemed to go along with it, expecting odd looks luckily there was very few folks in the center, he pulled the white tiger coin out of his pocket, and handed it to Billy, "Don't know Billy seems to know though," he told Ryla.

Billy held the coin over Ai's head placing it on her head, as it made contact she frizzled and disappeared, two coins fell to the mat, Billy picked them up, "Well i be, fancy that being under my nose,"

"A'ight, baby. I'sa see yaw soon. I'll keep yaw posted 'bout ever'un else soon as I be findin' em. I'll ley yo go now, seein' as how it's prolly early fo yaw," Teague said and hung up on his end
--

The halogram of Beez appeared in the CC. "Is it as we thought, Billy?" she asked aloud, though she was looking at her imaged counterpart
--

"Uh, ok..that's kind of weird, Billy," Rocky stated matter-of-factly

Charlie looked from each man to the other, before crying, "What the hell's going on?!"

She was shaken, visibly still her arms were shaking as she clutched herself. This was too unreal for her ...

Ryla was quick to move to the group, touching BIlliy on the shoulder, "Perhaps getting her out of her ... the CC maybe ... there are people here ..." she eyed Zoe, moithing the word, 'damage control'

Zoe nodded quickly and put o na grin, going around to the people at the bar, asking them what they thought of her new idea for some holographic computer viewing .. .she was thinking about putting up some progectors for movei nights and was employing Billy to make iot look as 3D as possible ... she grinned and watched them in awe as theywent off, gossip kids they were to tell the others ...

SH gave Ryla th thumbs up and grinned.

Billy nodded, "the coin itself all along, it might still be useful Beez," Billy turned to grin at Rocky, "any weirder than stuff you've seen before,"

Tommy gave a round of applause, "Wow, awesome, fantastic just the beta though isn't it," Tommy added to the explanation.


"Charlie, isn't it, Come with me ," he said taking her hand, "we'll sort this out," he said pointing to the purple band around her wrist.

"cya," Fey put the phone down
, "he's alive," she jumped up squealing.

"Good point," Rocky declared. "Yeah, you go along with him, darlin'. He'll sort it all out for you no problem," he assured Charlie. "Think I might tag along as well. Certainly alot more interesting my my case work," he declared
--

Beez stepped through the portal into the Cc. Then bring it. I want to have a look at it again. See how it fooled my reading while I was looking for the correct weilder," she said, even in another place, she hadn't missed a beat since she was now the CC itself it seemed
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"Not happy about it are you, Fey?" Shen queried, raising her brows