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lovely0painter · 7 years ago

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Intertwined Ch.9

Two lead the way into the library, guiding everyone up the stairs to the second floor, where a sitting area faced windows that looked out over the back gardens. She couldn’t take her eyeforms off Fletcher. Nos was the first to take a seat, sighing heavily. “Listen, if this is going to happen often, no one can know about it.”

XR and Nos nodded, said father of twins was the first to speak. “We agree, especially since this is a delicate situation now.”

“May I speak?” 8 asked nervously but ALD held her hand in comfort.

Two cocked her eyeform. “Of course.”

8’s eyes formed into a smile. “Thank you, my lady.” 8 stood up and cleared her speaker. “Sir Nos did not use his portal. Fletcher used my weapon and this is very important. For the weapon to form perfectly into a sphere, especially from such a young age, he has shown himself worthy to bear this weapon. May I teach him to how to use it that he might keep himself safe when he comes of age?”

Rosie went pale, “Teach him how to fight?”

8 shook her head without hesitation. “Of course not! That is barbaric for a child! I meant to teach him about magic but if that is to be added ‒ ”

Nos seemed to gather all the tension he had just released. “That isn’t the life I want for him. I know it’s different on your side of the gate, but this world is much safer.”

XR held up his hands. “Hey, she’s from your world, this isn’t on us.”

“Lady 8-R-10, do you mean to say that there’s magic in this dimension?” Fred managed.

8 nodded. “Why yes, even through this world! He has been given a gift. Coincidence or not, I sense it within him.”

Two burst into laughter. “Our Fletcher! I’ve always found him enchanting, haven’t you?”

Nos buried his face in his hands. “Please, love... This is a lot to take in. What would your teaching even constitute? He’s just a boy; before yesterday his biggest concern was finishing his reading assignment, and you’re telling me you want to teach him to, what... make fire out of nothing and turn people into toads?”

8 cocked her eyes in a confused smile. “You cannot turn someone into a toad, you turn them into newts.”

Nos’s amusement fell to plain shock.

XR kept his laughter in as did his Nos. “You know how to pick them, ALD.”

8 tilted her head. “Did I say something odd?"

“In all seriousness, he can’t learn to do that,” Two muttered.

Fred shook his head, “He’d utterly destroy the leader of that pack of bullies.”

“He really is just a child, even if he has some kind of gift...”

“It’s too much power for him to wield. When he’s older, maybe...” Nos shook his head.

8 waved emphatically, “Oh, I would not teach him to use it for cruelty! I believe it would help him grow, and give him a sense of safety in understanding.”

“He has such an inquiring mind,” Two murmured, “As soon as he said the word ‘magic’ this morning, I knew it was all he’d want to talk about. It wouldn’t be any use telling him not to look for himself, he’d find a way.”

Nos nodded, watching him parade around the garden. “He has a knack for experimentation like nobody I’ve ever known. This is all so sudden. You can’t just make things happen in this world. He could be ostracised, or have to keep himself hidden... I just want him to live in freedom. If he wants to learn, there will be no stopping him, but... I’m afraid it would put him at risk.”

XR rolled his servos. “As if yesterday didn’t prove it ‒ ”

His husband covered his mouth.

“What happened yesterday? Did Fletcher do something?” Two asked.

Nos shook his head. “He meant about the boys’ bewilderment at seeing the meteor shower.”

“I know this has all just happened, and frankly, I’m still struggling with the fact that there was absolutely nothing we could do to protect Darwin and Fletcher. I think Nos is referring to a different ‘risk’ here,” Fred spoke.

Two’s husband nodded, “Fletcher has already had to grow up different from children his age. He’s only the third of his kind here, and as sweet as he is if you really know him... he doesn’t go out of his way to be friendly. If we’re even going to consider this, 8, we’d have to know you’d be teaching him nothing more than fundamentals, even just theories. He can’t be... practicing.”

8 nodded in appreciation. “Oh, absolutely! I believe to understand magic, you must understand the concepts.”

Two still watched the children, glued to the window. “...It’ll have to be his decision. Would you be willing to teach Darwin as well?”

8 looked happier than ever. “Of course, he has potential, especially as he shares such an open mind.”

“I want them to find a balance first,” Rosie said, “Our worlds have just opened wider than we ever imagined they could be..”

8 giggled, “Your world has always been this big, it doesn’t change now that you’re aware of it.”

Fred rolled his eyes, “Yes, but we can let the kids try to get used to it first. If this is something they want, we can let them come to us and ask about it. Offering them the opportunity now seems like too much to put on them.”

XR had to agree there. “It took us a while to settle after that one dimension hop.”

“Small steps,” his husband nodded.

Fletcher’s father ran a deep breath through his ventilation system. He stared hard at the ceiling. Fred stepped over to pat the Energy Vampire on the shoulder and sat on the arm of the chair next to him.

Two leaned to watch the children pass behind a row of hedges, tilting her head to make sure she could still see them. “None of them should have to deal with this.”

ALD looked in the same direction, “Hopefully it won’t happen again.”

“Somehow, I feel like you’re going to make sure of that,” Two looked away for a moment to address 8.

8 stood and placed her hand to her chest. “I swore to protect, and I plan on keeping my oath.”

“Where will you be staying in the meantime, 8?” Fred asked.

8 faltered, “I must return back to my home. I need to see what has become of Transylvania.”

The Earthling Nos-4-a2’s expression softened. “If you ever need a place to stay, you’re welcome here.”

8 nodded, “I thank you, but with the ability to travel, I can see my life mate whenever I like as well!”

ALD tries to not turn red as he was once again pulled into her arms

“He saved my life and freed me from my imprisonment. I felt as if I was swept off my feet!” she giggled.

Rosie, Fred, and Nos all look away, not sure what to say in the face of this very fast-moving romance, while Two kept her visor pressed to the window.

XR whispered to his mate, “Should we help him?”

Nos shook his head, “He is on his own.”

Fletcher did his best to keep up with everyone while being very careful of Ana. Darwin lead them around the gardens and pointed out all their favorite spots, but as soon as he saw all of the adults in the high windows of the library, he made sure to stay where he could always see them.

“It’s really beautiful here,” Nox smiled. Ana yawns, making Nox giggle. “I still cannot believe Ana has her powers already.”

Fletcher held Ana a little tighter so she wouldn’t slip. “Mom planted this all herself. She lets me help her take care of the plants, too! When did you get your, uh, powers, Nox?”

Nox’s smile saddened a bit. “I was only four. I forced it out.”

Nox undid the first few buttons on his shirt and opened his chest panel to show a red-orange orb with thick, yellow lines moving through it like a slow current. “I have a similar core to my papa, but when I tapped into my powers, I was not in control.”

Darwin tried not to stare. “I don’t think I’m ever really going to get used to seeing that.”

Fletcher’s eyeforms flashed. “Are the cores something your world would consider ‘magic?’”

Nox blushed and buttoned his shirt back up. “Well I’m not sure, but Zurg found a way to replicate it from the LGMs. It helps my papa control the antimatter energy inside of him. The LGMs made a core for my dad as an experiment. They wanted to see if it would help my dad understand situations better. It was so crazy when they found out my dad was incubating us later on.”

Mor nodded, looking up and wondering what their sky looked like at night. Now, it was a very pale shade of blue. There weren’t many clouds, but it hung with a sort of permanent haze.

“With all the similarities between our worlds, the differences sure are... different,” Darwin muttered.

“No kidding!” Fletcher smirked, “I’d love to learn more about cores. Maybe it could help robots here.”

Nox nodded, but a part of him was nervous. “Yeah, hopefully,” he flinched away from a small, yellow butterfly flying up to him. It touched on his head before flying away.

“That butterfly is almost the same color as you,” Fletcher chuckled.

Nox giggled before spotting the mess the portal made.

Darwin followed Nox’s gaze and shuddered.

Fletcher looked as well, his eyeforms falling at the state of the pear tree. “And we were just so excited that this one made it through the winter. It’ll take a while to recover from this.”

Just as Nox went to look away, 8 strode into his line of sight, walking to the tree. “Children, can you bring some dirt to cover the roots?”

Two shot out just behind her, bristling. “Please, hold on! Thank you, but the roots are very delicate. It’s safer as it is now than just bending it back in the ground. I’ll take care of it later.”

Fletcher tried to stifle his laughter, whispering, “You can’t mess with Mom’s gardens. She’s a real control freak.”

Nox remembered something, opening his chest panel and walking up to Eve Two. “...Umm.... Mrs. Fletcher’s Mom?”

Two stopped her frantic fluttering and looked down at the little hybrid. “Oh, yes, um... Nox, right?”

Nox nodded, holding out a vial. “My friend Mr. DRAC had to go through the same thing you went through, so he made this for you. It’s to help strengthen your system from the virus. He felt bad and did not want anyone suffering like he did.”

Two give him a confused smile, tentatively reaching out to take the vial. “That’s very thoughtful, dear, but I think ‘suffering’ is a bit strong for my case. Tell your friend I say ‘thank you.’”

Fletcher looked at his mother from the corner of his visor, unable to read her carefully guarded wavelength.

8 was a bit mesmerized, wondering if she’d be able to help save her own planet. “Madam, may I help you with your tree?”

“Please don’t worry about it,” Two shook her head, “you’ve already done more than we could ever ask for.”

8 nodded and felt something shuffling in her chest. She turned away and opened herself to find something growing in a small bubble.”Young Nox, would you fetch your father?”

Nox nodded and rushed inside, the rest of the kids following behind him.

“Are... you okay?” Two quirked an eyeform.

8 sat down and crossed her legs. “I think I have a stowaway inside of me... or is there such a way for a man to impregnate you with nothing but a glance?”

Two gave her a hard look. “What?”

Capital Planet Nos floated out and went to 8’s side. He hesitated before asking, “May I please do a scan?”

8 nodded and Nos’s jaw slackened in surprise. “Just how deep were you in the lake?”

8 had to think. “I believe I reached the bottom.”

“It appears you have one of the smaller eggs inside of you, though it has grown quite a bit.”

Two came in close, making sure nobody besides Nos and 8 could hear her. “You don’t mean one of the dream serpent eggs?”

Nos nodded. “It is, but it is too attached to her core. If she opens it now, it may kill the egg. It will need to be somewhere cold and completely dark until it is old enough to tolerate heat.”

Two’s voice hardened. “It can’t be on this planet.”

“But it can be on my planet!” 8 beamed, “I found a small piece of life that reminds me of my past home. Please, sir Nos?” She took his hand. “As your future sister in law, please allow me this gift, to hold this god inside of me.”

Two looked at it, awed. “Sounds perfect to me; as long as it’s not here. I was trying to keep my husband calm earlier, but another big reason we can’t have the dream serpent on Earth is because it would bring too much attention to our home. Nos ‒ my Nos ‒ all he wants is ambiguity. This kind of thing could attract people from all over, and if the Galactic Alliance feels like the population has become too dense, they could see fit to relocate our entire family.”

Nos nodded. “I understand.”

Two shifted a little. “But what would this mean for your planet, 8?”

8 looked down. “I am the only one there... it will be the only place this little one can be safe.”

Two’s eyeforms shone like a child’s. “If you come back to teach Fletcher, would you mind telling me about the serpent?”

“Of course!” 8 smiled.

Nos held out a chip to Two. “Then you will need this. It will help you understand the serpent.”

Two took the chip, looking it over. “What is this?”

“It is my research on the serpents. This way, if anything happens, you will be prepared.”

Two’s eyeforms narrowed. “Okay, first: I’m going to need some kind of adaptor. I’ve never seen a chip like this before. Second: what would I need to be prepared for?”

“The serpent will react to empathy. 8 will be the first to sense an emotional attachment, just as Stevie did with Nox. As soon as it grows, it will make tunnels beneath the ground so 8 will need to keep tabs on it, especially while it is young and vulnerable. It will begin to shed shells, which will help the ground germinate life. I will bring an adapter for you that way you can download the information. I am simply concerned about 8 most of all because she will be the only existing attachment. However, if you visit it from time to time, it will help the creature adjust better.”

“Oh, wow, okay. Um, I’ll have to show you what informational ports we have here in so we get one that works. And do you mean... me? Go to another planet?” Two pointed to herself.

Nos nodded. “You have excellent control over your emotions and will help balance 8’s... highly emotional state.”

8 hugged eve. “I can help teleport you there and no one will know!”

Two put her hands up, backing away. “I’m sorry, but I can’t. I don’t know what it’s like in your universe, but here, Nos is under very strict watch. He can’t leave Earth, and he’s...” she looked down, “our family is my whole world. I promised him I would never go anywhere he couldn’t follow. I’d be happy to learn, but I won’t be visiting.”

Nos softened in understanding. “Then I may know of someone else, especially if 8 is attached to him. And he is not under watch.”

8 perked up.

Nos continued, “ALD or DRAC will suffice. ALD will be of great help, but DRAC keeps better details in researching.”

Two smiled up at 8. “And I’m sure when the boys are older, they’d love nothing more than to visit, too.”

8 was excited. “Hopefully by then, my world will be flourishing with life again.”

Two tried to contain herself. “You’ll have the chance to landscape an entire planet...”

8 thought of it with joy.

“If you need cuttings of any plants, all I really know is Earthling botany, but I’m sure there are arctic algae and maybe some lichens and grasses that could get your ecosystems started!”

They started chatting and sharing ideas, both of them working together to grow their excitement.

Nox looked up to his father. “Does that mean ALD will have to leave?”

Nos shook his head. “Not forever, sweet bat. He will only go from time to time, but until 8 can adjust to the changes, she will need ALD. Especially when he learns now he has no choice. He must accept his responsibility.”

Nox cocked his head. “But she is not incubating.”

Two paused and turned to the father and son. “I’m sorry, I’m sure there’s a lot I’m missing here, but how is this ALD’s responsibility?”

Nos pointed to 8. “She is smitten by ALD and he is being tsundere about it because he fears she will not love him after returning to her home planet. He now has no reason to cry himself to sleep at night.”

Two stared blankly, having to take a long half a minute before she could respond. “Sounds like you need to talk about it like adults instead of leaning into your infatuation and acting like children.”

“I did speak with him about his emotions, especially considering previous infatuation he had. He would not listen. I consider this karma and payback,” Nos said.

“He is really a sweet person,” Nox retorted as he stood by his father.

Two shook her head. “It’s none of my business. I’m going to go check on my Nos.”

Capital Planet Nos agreed, “We should be taking our leave as well. My mate and I will have to go before Nebula finds out we are not at home.”

Two froze. “This whole time I’ve been worried about our Galactic Alliance. What will happen to you?”

Nos waved it off. “I work for the Galactic Alliance so we are alright. The Madame President allows me my rights.”

“But if your Nebula finds out about us, you don’t think he’ll try to get involved, do you?” Two’s eyeforms sharpened.

“He will, which is why as soon as I get back, I will speak to the Madame President about the sensitive state he caused, that way he will not have access to opening portals.”

“I hate to ask more of you, but please... anything you can do to keep us from being found. And if there’s anything we can ever do for you, please let us know!”

Nos nodded and they made their way back to the mansion. Using 8’s weapon, Nos opened a portal to their universe as Nox and Mor hugged Fletcher and Darwin.

Nox kept his tears in, knowing it wasn’t goodbye. “We’ll call you later, okay?”

“You’d better call us!” Darwin beamed.

“Let us know when you plan on dropping by, as well!” Fletcher’s father added, “Times aren’t always opportune, if you catch my drift.”

XR chuckled, “Yeah, and hopefully by then everything will be calm and smooth.”

“Now, that’s a wild concept!” Fred laughed heartily.

“Stay safe, all of you!” Rosie waved.

The twins held both of their fathers’ hands. “We will!”

XR held onto Ana, who was ready to cry.

“Don’t worry, Ana, we’ll see you again soon,” Fletcher smiled.

Somehow, in some way, Ana seemed to understood and instead clung to XR.

“See you later, alligators!” Mor yelled out as they began to enter the portal, and just as they passed through, it disappeared. Everyone waved as long as they could, watching the portal close.

8 shifted her weapon back into a scythe to lean on it. “I must leave as well. My planet calls to me.”

“Thank you for everything, Lady 8. Good luck on your planet,” Fletcher said, floating up to perch on his father’s shoulder. Nos tilted his head against him, holding him close.

8 fell quiet. “I fear that I cannot stay with that name any longer. I am in a new time. I believe a change in name is better for me to adjust.”

Two couldn’t help laughing. “I remember picking my name. If I could go back and do it again, I think I’d go with something floral.”

8 nodded. “Alas, I am terrible with names. Perhaps you all can help give me a new name?”

Nos put up his hands. “The only good name I’ve ever helped pick is Fletcher’s.”

“What’s important to you, miss knight? We could pick something symbolic,” Rosie suggested.

8 thought for a bit. “Life, protecting the innocent... I know that whatever challenge await me on my planet, I will tackle them.”

“Flowers have a lot of meanings...” Fletcher hummed.

Two’s eyeforms opened wide, launching straight into information mode. “Protea: named after a child of Poseidon, a sea god who would change shape. Protea flowers come in many shapes and forms and therefore this flower symbolizes diversity, courage and strength.”

The titan squealed. “I love it! Protea... I am now Protea!”

Fletcher flicked his wings out, flapping up to hug her around the neck, while Darwin hugged her waist. “Protea!”

She hugged them both. "Thank you, children! If fate is kind, I will see you again soon.”

Fletcher and Darwin let go, if reluctantly.

“Take care of yourself, Protea,” Fred smiled, “We’ll look forward to meeting you in happier circumstances.”

Protea waved away and lifted her scythe, using it to tear a portal in the air. Snow swirled through, falling to the Earth. The knight took one last moment to look everyone over before stepping through. She bowed, beaming, and the group left on Earth held each other close.

With that, the portal closed.

And we are done!

thank you all for reading and being patient with us!

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lovely0painter · 7 years ago

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Intertwined ch. 8

Nos healed the blue knight with a laser mender. He replaced a few parts, and seeing that she was now a bit unstable, he gave her a prototype core that DRAC had made. DRAC begrudgingly offered to give it to her, knowing he’d be able to make another. The core was now sustaining and regulating her systems, helping her strengthen herself.

“So you are not an Energy Vampire, 8-R-10?” Nos asked as he scanned her.

8 nodded. “I am a knight, made to defend my planet to the very end, but from what your brother told me, it is lost. I had never heard of such creatures before today.”

Nos studied the armor, nodding solemnly. He placed her armor piece on a nanite machine that began to fix every crack. “I apologize for your loss.”

Nox smiled, though he was somewhat confused. “You feel like him but you’re not really him. You’re really different, a really good person.”

Nos concurred. “You must be his counterpart, though you are not related to us.”

Nox looked to his father, noticing some untreated scrapes and scratches. “...I am sorry I ran out like that.”

Nos nudged his head to his son’s to calm him down. “I know how important Fletcher and Darwin are to you. Their parents insisted on communicating through the screen, but I know you want more than that.”

Nox stayed quiet as Nos finished 8’s repairs. “Good as new.” He spoke, finally replacing her armor.

8-R-10 looked down and smiles at the great work. “I thank thee, sir Nos.” She then looked down at the boy. “May I take a walk with your son?”

Nos was surprised, but seeing she held no malice, he nodded. “If I may keep a distant watch. I just want to make sure no harm comes especially if AL comes back.”

8 nodded as she and Nox walks out of the large house and towards the forest. As followed the path to the lake, she looks down at the boy. Nox’s face darkened a bit from fear and sadness.

8 looked up to the surrounding trees. “This forest reminds me of my home. I used to have friends that I missed very much. The only way I could interact with them was through letters, and even then, I missed them every day. I still do now, even after they’re long gone. I lost my whole world to a traitor.”

“I’m sorry that happened to you.”

8 shook her head. “Don’t be sorry child, I know they are with me wherever I go. You learn to enjoy every moment that you can with your friends. No matter where they are, they are always with you.” 8-R-10 looked to the lake, sensing the large presence. She knelt by the water, sticking her head in before pulling it out with a shake. Nox was worried she was scared for a moment, but that was only until he saw the excitement in her expression. “It’s the visul șarpelui!”

Nox took a moment to understand what she said. “The dream serpent?”

She nodded vigorously, her optics glowing in excitement. “They travel through the oceans and the sky! At least... they used to...” she knelt again and began to pray as Nox watched. When she finished, he sat with her.

8 sat back on her feet. “They were our gods, they were our protectors in my planet. Oh how they brought peace to my world and life itself. I was to serve and protect the gods but my sister betrayed me and allowed these hunters and horrible people to kill them. I was chained and locked up in that forsaken coffin... all I remember is the cold and the silence of the castle.”

Nox fell somber as they watched the lake. Though there was a peace about her, the long-seated pain seemed just as prominent in her signature. “...What will you do now?”

8-R-10 looked to the sky. “As much as I want to kill that demon, I feel weary, as if I am dying. Do not worry, I am fine ‒ I am not of this world, and I cannot stay long.”

The way she spoke was crushing. “But my dad said your world is dead! You can’t be there by yourself!”

8-R-10’s faceplate glowed bright blue. “I was thinking of asking the fellow who woke me to come with, he seems charming.”

Nox tilted his head, but he sensed someone coming towards them. ALD was running to them, though he stopped a good distance from 8-R-10, turning pink. “Nox, it is time to come back home.”

Nox nodded as 8-R-10 stood up and bowed to the lake. On their way back, ALD worried over Nox. “So um... you feeling okay?”

Nox nodded and smiled. “Maybe I can go to their planet, hang out with Fletcher and Darwin.”

ALD nodded but kept looking away from 8-R-10.

Nox was confused until he realized what was going on, at which point he stuck his tongue out.

“After this whole fiasco, we like to ask if maybe Nox and Mor and Ana hangs out in your world instead?” XR asked. Everyone had reconviened in the communications room and regained a grasp on safety.

“It really all comes down to the same thing either way: is it safe for anyone to go back and forth? It seems like things can find their way through regardless,” Fred worried aloud.

“We were talking about that, and it looks like ALD and his girlfriend found a quick fix,” XR snickered.

“We just met!” ALD shouted.

The Nos on Earth leaned in. “Are you saying you can send Fletcher and Darwin back now?!”

XR nodded. “We need to see if XL destroyed everything. Apparently he didn’t know they did a back up.”

“But the portal on Planet Z?”

8-R-10 spoke up. “I performed a ritual and wiped their thoughts and memories.”

All head turned to the blue titantrying go enter through the door way. ALD vented steam. “She helped me destroy the portal.”

“So... we’re really going with the whole magic is real thing, huh?” Rosie muttered.

“It sounds more to me like she was doing the heavy lifting, ALD,” Two pointed out.

ALD’s screen turned pink. “Well… she did save me ‒ !”

8-R-10 squeezed him in a hug. “You are too sweet, sir ALD!”

XR interjected. “This is 8-R-10. It turns out she was what AL pulled through from your universe.”

“You’re from our world?” Two asked.

8-R-10 nodded, not letting ALD go. “I am 8-R-10! Class 560, main guard to the once royal court! Protector of the innocents and the gods visul șarpelui.”

“You protected our children. All of you... we couldn’t have asked for a better place for our boys to be randomly teleported to,” Fred half-laughed.

“Except maybe somewhere in this world,” Rosie said.

Fred put his arm around her shoulders, giving her a little squeeze.

“When will you know whether the portal at Star Command is down?” Fetcher’s father asked.

It was at that moment that XR’s wrist communicator played a tone. He grinned with hope. “Yeah XL?”

XL, however, looked more guilty than happy. “Listen XR I ‒ hey, what is Nos doing with a woman?!”

The Nos on screen rolled his optic. “Figures some things would stay the same across worlds.”

XL grinned. “I knew it! I knew you were a cheater, you slimy ball of gas! You rat!”

XR groaned, “XL ‒ ”

Two rubbed a hand over her visor.

XL continued on his rants and accusations. “I knew you were a two-timer! And you got her ‒ ”

“XL, you imbecile, I am right here!” Nos growled, Ana on his arm.

XL looked from one Nos to the other and shrieked like a little girl.

8-R-10, still holding ALD, whispered to Nox, “Is he a manchild cursed with a child’s voice? The poor fool.”

XR wished he could knock some sense in his brother. “XL snap out of it! Did you destroy the portal?!”

XL stopped and paled. “About that....” he turns to show nebula coming in to the room.

Nebula glared, his attention mostly focused on the Nos holding the baby. “You think I’d let you get away with destroying our invention?!”

Nos growled, “You stole my invention you old fool!”

Nebula waved it off. “All that matters is I got my eye on you, and you could be facing serious charges for destroying private property. You either bring those kids here or I come to you! Over and out!”

XR groaned and Nox moved away from Fletcher.

“What’s the problem?” the Earthling Nos exclaimed, “Whatever works will do, won’t it?”

8-R-10 was in thought and quietly dropped ALD, and whispering in her Nos’s receptor.

“If he finds out about Fletcher and Darwin, he’ll send them to your Star Command,” XR paled.

“Why?!” Two shouted, “Is it so hard to just send them home?”

Her husband seemed to shrink into himself.

“Hey, I agree, but he has this stupid pride ‒ wait, where’s Nos?” XR looked around.

Nox shifted nervously. “He said something about disguises.”

“Who cares?” Rosie cried, “Does he value his pride over the lives of these children?”

XR covered his face. “If it means proving his Star Command is better... yes.”

Fletcher’s father prickled. “What could that possibly have to do with anything? Why could he not send them home before finding out whatever trivial information he wants?”

XR’s husband returned, wiping his claws with a rag. “Because he is an airhead.”

Earthling Nos wanted to snap back. Perhaps this Nebula is different than the one he knew, and he couldn’t risk exposing his knowledge of Star Command for fear of raising anyone’s suspicions. He fumed, hissing to himself.

“This all seems so... violent. We couldn’t try reasoning with him?” Fred suggested.

Nos-X-4-a2 shook his head. “He did not accept me before, he only tolerates me because of the children. There is no reasoning with him.”

“Why wouldn’t our children sway him as well? They didn’t ask for this, and he’s partially to blame!” Rosie threw her arms out.

“If he finds out Fletcher is not mine, he’ll put two to two together and have something against both Nos-4-a2s,” XR was worried now, “And if word gets out… well, it’ll get ugly.”

Something clicked in Fetcher’s father’s mind, bleeding desperation across his face. “We can’t let him know.”

The other Nos saw him beginning to panic. “Which is why 8 will destroy the machine, impersonating AL.”

Two thought for a moment. “Is she doing this on her own?”

“She is AL’s counterpart. They will not suspect it was us, as AL is known to attack there for his own reasons.”

XR caught on to what his Nos was planning and grinned. “And Nebula will be none the wiser!”

“But did you say she was already there? How did she travel there so fast?” Rosie blanched.

“She borrowed a teleporter, she will be alright,” Nos explained. “She said she will do what must be done.”

“So we can only hope that she makes it out alright?” Fred asked.

XR received an alert. “Wow, that was quick. She destroyed it with that weapon of hers.”

Two’s husband whispered, “Just like that?”

Another call came through XR’s communicator and he quickly answered.

“AL just destroyed our lab! Stay with your kids! Buzz and his team will go after him ‒ what do you mean he vanished?!” Nebula shouted.

“Thank you Nebula. We will keep alert, goodbye,” Nos reached over to turn the communicator off.

XR grinned and checked his scanner. Both signals were down. “Problem solved.”

Darwin’s eyeforms shined “Does that mean...?”

“...We get to go home?” Fletcher finished.

XR nodded. “Just as soon 8 gets here ‒ wait, a portal opened over the lake?!”

XR’s husband was confused. “That cannot be, we are the only ones that has a portal.”

“What if it’s 8?” Nox gasped.

XR and Nos looked at each other, then both took off. “Kids, stay with ALD!”

“WHOOA!”

Right outside the window, a portal ripped open, spitting out a chunk of water and a surprised-looking 8.

“What’s going on?” Fletcher sputtered.

8 stood up, her optics flickering with excitement. “I’m okay! My weapon can open portals now!”

Everyone looks to one another in disbelief.

“...I will go make sure she’s alright,” Nos zoomed outside to meet 8, who was jumping with excitement.

“Sir Nos! I was destroying the portal, and my weapon absorbed a blast! I was surrounded by men in strange suits, but I did not wish to harm them, so my weapon glowed, and swoosh! A portal sent me into the lake!” she giggled, letting some water out of her glove.

“Were you thinking of the lake?” Nos asked, confused.

8 nodded. “I was getting nervous. The thought of the lake helped me calm down.”

Nos patted her shoulder. “It is alright, please come in and we will see what has happened to your weapon.”

“Is everything okay?” Fred asked.

XR blinked. “Yeah, I think we got our problem solved.”

Rosie’s eyes began to water. “They’re coming home?”

XR nodded.

Nos scanned the weapon in their lab, shocked by the results. “This is a metal made to absorb any energy. It is unknown.”

8 took her weapon back, hugging it to her chest. “We called it god’s hand after a meteor crashed without causing any destruction. We believed it was god’s gift. I was chosen to bear the weapon when I was made from the same substance. I guess you could say we were one of a kind.”

Nos nodded. “We need to go see everyone.”

Fletcher practically began to shake, still clinging to Darwin. “Home... I was so scared, I didn't know if we were going to make it! When can we go?!”

“Hopefully right now.” Nos entered with 8. He wanted to test a theory. “May I?”

8 looked to the hands he had outstretched and gingerly passed him her weapon. Nos took it and it changed shape, forming a cube. He put it in Fletcher’s hands before the little hybrid had a chance to react, and it shaped into a perfect orb. 8 gawked. He wasn’t even made of the same metal!

“Wait, this is a serious weapon ‒ !” Fletcher stammered, not wanting to just drop it, though he definitely didn’t want to be responsible for holding it.

“It is alright, Fletcher. You and Darwin have been very brave, and been through so much,” Nos put his hands over Fletcher’s. “We trust and believe in you two. Just imagine your home, think about your parents.”

Nox watched eagerly.

Fletcher eyed it warily, glancing over his shoulder to his parents before looking to Darwin. The white android stepped close, linking their arms together. Fletcher closed his eyeforms, imagining everything he’d so sorely missed over the past few days, culminating in the image of the pear tree where all of their troubles began.

The orb glowed and a portal opened before them.

Darwin leaned toward it, eyeforms wide, to see beyond the doorway in reality.

XR was nervous now. “Did it work?”

Darwin’s knees went weak as he nodded. “Do we just... walk through? Where do we leave the weapon? If we take it through and it closes, what will we do?”

8 patted their backs. “I am going home too, so we will go together. ALD?”

A gloom fell over ALD. “So long as AL lives, I have to protect my family. They need me.”

8 nodded, going in for another hug. “Then I have two reasons to come back. I need to court you properly, after all.”

“Will, um...” Fletcher searched for words, “Will you all come with us? Even if it’s just for a minute before you come back?”

“Of course.” Nos spoke as XR nodded along.

“We’ll meet you in the yard. Come through, quick!” Two exclaimed.

Nos ended the call and Fletcher and Darwin stepped together through the portal. XR held Ana while she reached out for Fletcher.

The Earth kids looked around, finding themselves standing in the shade under the pear tree, just to the left of a chunk taken out of the grass. A breeze stirred, and for the first time since they left, they both truly relaxed.

XR shuffled to the edge. “Your parents won’t mind?”

Fletcher’s voice warbled. “Why would they? You guys are family.”

“Yeah we are.”

Nos, Two, and the Harleys came rushing out of the back door of the library. Nos and Two couldn’t help themselves, leaving the humans in the dust and wrapping the boys in a crushing hug. Fred and Rosie caught up moments later and fell to their knees, throwing their arms around the kids as well. All six knelt together and held on with all their might.

Nox smiled, glad to see everyone safe.

Fletcher’s father looked up through the portal, a slick trail down the side of his face. “Thank you.”

XR’s husband nodded as he watched his own children walk up to the group. Nox was a bit embarrassed, his face turning orange. “Fletcher?”

The hybrid managed to lift his head. The group hug loosened so everyone could stand, though everybody still stayed connected, hands folded together or on shoulders. Fletcher beamed at Nox.

Nox held something close to his chest. “Mor and I wish to give you something.”

Fletcher's eyeforms fell, but he listened.

Mor nodded and together, they held out a red-jeweled locket. “This is one of two lockets given to us by our bunic. We want you to have the other half so that way you know we are never apart.” Mor grinned.

Fletcher looked at the locket before reaching out, carefully taking it. "This means a lot, but... we’re never really gonna be apart anyway, are we?”

Darwin puffed out his chest, “Not if I can help it!”

Nox shook his head and both twins pulled Darwin into a hug. He hugged back, his smile hardly contained by his visor.

Ana cried out. “Blue!”

Fletcher lifted his head again, still smiling. "Mom, Dad, I forgot to tell you!" As soon as the twins let go, he hovered to XR and held out a finger to Ana. "I was Ana's first words!"

Nos couldn't help smiling. “She’s precious.”

Ana cried out, still reaching for him. “Blue!” She poofed and suddenly appeared in his arms, hugging him and whimpering. Fletcher gasped, quickly folding his arms around her to support her. Everyone gawked.

“Did she just teleport?” Two stammered.

XR grinned. “Aww! Her first power!”

Ana’s father floated to her and gently opened her mouth, seeing no fangs. “Well I am surprised, she is not turned.”

“Another dimension, indeed,” Fletcher’s father gave a lopsided smile. “You’re the strangest lot I’ve ever seen.”

Ana glared at him, clinging to Fletcher

Fletcher hovered to his father, still carrying Ana, and leaned his head against him. “I really missed you, Dad.” He soaked in Nos’s electrical signature, thankful to find that it was exactly what he expected, exactly what he remembered.

Nos knelt down again, his hand spread out over Fletcher’s shoulder blades so they were on the same level. “We missed you more than you could imagine. And hello to you, too, Ana.”

Ana growled and clung tighter to Fletcher. “My blue.”

Nos laughed. “She is quite attached, isn’t she?”

Capital Planet Nos leaned down to XR. “She is already claiming.”

Fletcher blanched. “She’s what?”

XR laughed a bit. “Sorry. She’s already starting her terrible twos. When the twins were three they were always ‘claiming’ things as their property or territory.”

XR’s husband nodded. “She sees you are her brother too, but sensing someone who she does not know despite the similarities is making her somewhat possessive.”

Ana hid her face beneath Fletcher’s head.

“Oh... well, I hope she doesn’t get too sad. I thought she might have been doing something weird.”

Ana’s father shook his head. “Oh, no, I just hope her powers do not stress her systems too much.”

Nox shuddered at the memory, hoping his little sister would be okay.

“She’ll have to visit often, then,” Two beamed, “though I don’t want to be the one to tell her she can’t keep Fletcher all to herself.”

Nox smiled, nervous. “Then you do not mind if we come back…?” Mor clung to his arm, looking eagerly.

Fred’s face turned serious, his attention drawn from doting on Darwin. “We actually have a condition.”

Nox’s expression fell, but Mor stood her ground. “I accept any challenge! Name it and I shall take it with an iron fist!”

“This isn't a challenge, sweetheart,” Rosie smiled, “We just need to know that this... this random tear, or whatever it was, can never happen again. It may have turned out alright this time, but I think we all know it was because luck was on our side.”

“We will make certain, you have our word,” the twin’s father spoke.

“I never get to use my iron fist...” Mor grumbled.

ALD held her up, “And you are not. I do not know why you even keep that thing in the first place.”

8 giggled, “You’re a high spirited child. I hope that if I ever have children, they are like you younglings.”

ALD looked away, turning pink.

“Well, if that’s all settled, I think it’s only fair that we invite you inside. It’s the least we can do to thank you,” Two’s husband rose up to his full height.

XR smiled. “If you don’t mind, can the kids play outside?”

Fletcher groaned, but Darwin nudged him. “Come on, we can show them around the gardens!”

“I just want to get in my own bed...”

“You’ll have time for that later! There may not be any nightmare-eating snakes here, but there are still a lot of really cool places to play hide-and-seek! Come on, Nox and Mor!” Darwin bounced off.

“What about Ana?” Fletcher hovered after them, carefully holding Ana, who had fallen fast asleep.

The four Earthling parents watched them go, not ready to part so soon, but the weight of XR’s tone warranted another moment of separation. Two lead everyone inside as the kids began to play.

and here we are!!! one more to Go!!!

Please thank @mrsevetwo for this crossover and remember the characters from blosc belongs to pixar/Disney

EVEprobe2, fletcher, darwin, rose, fred and quinn belongs to @mrsevetwo

8-R-10, Ald, AL_2_CAR-D, Ana, DRAC, Mor, Nox, and Stevie belongs to me

#intertwined #@mrsevetwo #alot of characters #almost there

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