_Dr. Malenfant! I finally have the honor of speaking with the husband of the woman to whom I had to reveal several secrets, secrets that her adoptive sister Sharon now knows," Jannaly said, communicating with Jawara from the Airspace-Wanderer. "I'll connect you with Iris."
_Jawara! Friend, you should know that your wife is fine," Iris said happily, "as is the baby. She already told us the tender news that they are expecting a girl!"
Jawara felt a lump in his throat upon learning that he would be the father of a girl, and a few tears even escaped his eyes, but he knew he had to continue with the mission, and now, in the midst of so much confusion and so many visible truths.
_ Jawara, listen! - said Jannaly - the sun is no longer giving off its light in various parts of the Earth, in several countries on different continents there are earthquakes of magnitude 16.7. Geologically, I must tell you that the Earth is opening up and swallowing people, and then closing, opening up, swallowing more people, and then closing. Logically, with everything on the surface of the Earth's crust.
_ The Arispace-Wanderer can scan how many people have died.
_ Believe it or not, Dr. Malenfant, although we aliens have technology that could take you three million Earth years to build, this ship, although the aliens may see it as a simple toy, is actually more complex than I imagined. Even the "easy" has its way of being made.
_My sister Sharon always says that both easy and difficult things require hard work and dedication. From what I see, humans and aliens have similar ideologies and philosophies. I'm going to guide you on how to do it.
After Jawara gives Jannaly guidance, she gives her the results.
_I'm sorry! Two billion people have died in a matter of an hour from earthquakes."
Jawara's voice cracks, tears run down her face, and she can't continue speaking.
On the Airspace Wanderer
Andrei, after reconciling with his sister, heads to the passengers and is surprised to find his adoptive sister, Fatima, with them.
_Fati! I thought I'd never see you again!" Andrei gives him a tight hug.
_You really seem calmer, my brother." _ Well, thanks to swallowing my pride and deciding to get treatment, and seeing that it wasn't just about carrying traumas from the past, but also having a mental illness, it helped me a lot, of course! I can't say I'm better than ever, but I already feel better.
_ Even more so now that I heard Sharon wasn't dead, and you reunited with her! I'm happy for you! But I want to be honest: I'm truly grateful that your parents took me in, but you know better than anyone that Denahi and I aren't blood relatives either, and what we want, what I want... is to find my true family, the one I bring my blood to. I think you understand that.
_ Go ahead! Because the truth is, being an eyewitness to the great damage it is to know that the family you thought was your blood relative isn't, causes devastating pain. I want you to find your real family.
_ Are you no longer bothered if I stop calling you brother, you, Jaidev, Sharon? And well, also those you discovered are also your blood brothers, and stop using your last name?
Andrei lets out a heavy sigh.
_ Do what you want. - Andrei's phone rings. It was Denahi. - Denahi, where are you?.......what!?
_ A tsunami is approaching at great speed right here where I am. I don't even know where I am?
_ What happened, Denahi?
_ They denied me access to the coffers, Andrei. The government prioritizes those they're going to save. I'm so sorry! I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you even though we're not blood brothers!........ Goodbye, my brother!
_ Denahi, Denahi, Denahi!
Families with children as young as five embrace each other to say goodbye. Elderly people watch the waves approaching, calmly knowing there was nothing they could do. Many people were praying while others screamed and ran to save themselves in vain. Denahi, along with thousands upon thousands of others, died.
Seeing Andrei's sad face, Fatima tries to comfort him and gives him a hug.
_I'm truly sorry. Even though he and I weren't brothers, I loved him too. Be thankful you have your brothers and sisters with you! Your wife is still alive! Who knows? What if one of these days she tells you she's pregnant?
_Please, Fati, although of course that would make me very happy, now is not the time," said Andrei, his head down.
_I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be sarcastic; I spoke the truth."
Andrei's chip switched at that moment, and he went to see his wife and asked her.
_ I really don't know, my love- Melanie said- I only know that my period hasn't come for many days.
_Do you have other symptoms?
_No, and you?"
_Why are you asking me?
_ Well, the symptoms are already there It's not just us women who express it, but men too.
_ It's too soon to know if Melanie is pregnant! said Sharon, who came out of her room.
_ Sharon! Go rest! You're sick and you need to rest!" said Andrei, raising his voice and scolding Sharon.
_ Well, sooner or later we'll know if my dear friend and sister-in-law will be an aunt-Blossom said excitedly, as if unaware of what they're going through now. Andrei and Melanie stare at each other, as they do feel anxiety about conceiving a child with the end of the world in mind and the powerful uncertainty of not knowing how things will end and what will happen in the future.
Meanwhile, Antoinette cleverly manages to evade Armin, getting those who need to talk to someone they can instead of fighting, and heads to Jawara.
_Dr. Malenfant, you need to inject yourself with the dream machine again, as there are more revelations you need to know.
_ Wait, wait, wait! Are you the one they call "the Kitty"? And also that you and your husband look like Batman and Catwoman?" Yadir said jokingly, almost bursting into laughter.
_ Okay! Your friend already told you the news, yes, it's me!
_ A pleasure, Catwoman! Where's your husband, Batman?
_ I left them talking to each other. Those of us who are leaders had already planned how we were going to prevent Armin Skyintellstraighwar from attacking, especially since more of our people had already entered CVI8.
_ Wait, that's enough!-Jawara exclaimed-I saw you develop powers not only like those you claim to have as superheroes, but also like those of that so-called alien. Are you an alien? How do you know about the dream machine? Why do you say there are revelations I should know?
_ 1. I don't have all the evidence yet, so there's no answer to that question for now, I'm puzzled too. 2. I'm from Earth 02, where the doppelgängers of your biological parents, whom you've spoken to thanks to that machine, come from, and I actually contributed to its construction. 3. Because what you're about to learn now comes from your Earth 02 doppelgänger, Aidan Tancredi, the biological son of Genevieve and Raymond Cantwell's doppelgängers, and the doppelgänger of your adopted sister Sharon, whose name there was Heather Ackermann, well, as a maiden name, because when she was married she was Heather McGregor.
_You're very sequential!- Yadir said, very surprised by Antoinette's way of speaking.
_I'm autistic.
_I'm sorry!-Yadir replied, embarrassed.-Wait!" (Reacting) "If you like correct, broad, and precise vocabulary, you spoke in the past tense!"
_That's right-Jawara said, agreeing with Yadir- Because you said 'her name was' and 'she was married,' did she...?"
_Your adoptive sister's doppelganger is dead- Antoinette said in a cold tone of voice- I'm going to tell you the story. Okay, both of you, sit down!
The boys sit down and begin to listen to Antoinette
_ As I told you, Sharon Dellinger's doppelgänger is dead, but I will tell you how she lost her life: It's been 6 years since this event, Heather was about 25 years old, her father, Agnar Ackermann, was the current director of the FBI, she studied geophysics, in fact she did her career remotely because she wanted to follow in her father Agnar's footsteps, and so she joined the FBI at 23, her father developed a complicated heart condition that he had been dealing with for many years, but it was thanks to a medicine created by a Korean doctor, who is also the leader and founder of a spy organization known as the Legion of Sentinels, named Dae-Hyun Park, who was able to save his life, in that period of time, she met Aubrey McGregor, Joshua Dellinger's doppelgänger, and just as Sharon and Joshua got married here on Earth 01, which is also known in this universe as The Base of the Multiverse, and so were her doppelgangers. That was shortly after Heather was named the new FBI director, but before her father received the cure created by Dae-Hyun Park and Cameron Townsend, who is also here on this ship, called the "rejuvenating injection." It has the ability to rejuvenate a human by 10 years and eliminate all their illnesses, although it doesn't prevent them from getting sick again or even dying...
_Okay, okay, okay, yes, yes, yes, you're giving too many unnecessary details! - said Jawara desperately - get straight to the point, please!
_ Heather thought her father was dead for a little while! But that sadness that devastated her and her brothers, this time turned into joy: her father returned, because he was locked up for a short time where the so-called Sentinels were locked up, that is, The Legion of Sentinels, several of them an enemy which you will later meet, had them locked up, but they managed to escape, but sadly, the joy of the reunion, lasted very little: a cataclysm came to the United States of America, and well... I, not as just any human, but as The Fire Cat, arrived to save as many as I could, and I asked for Heather's help. By then, I remember that even her father, Agnar, had told her directly not to do it, that he had already done a lot for the nation, since as he specialized in seismology, he managed to alert the arrival of a cataclysm to the United States and that achieved the successful evacuation process and many souls were saved. And well, like that immense desire you have to save all of humanity if possible, so am I. So I took Heather against her father's will, but sadly, in a moment of carelessness, she was in a place where the earth was beginning to open up and swallow everything in its path. But a helicopter in which both Heather's father and her brothers were...
_And her mother? - Yadir said, bewildered. - Well, the reality is that they are both alive, I I saw them at Amabis with my own eyes! And I witnessed the great pain that former director Agnar Ackermann still feels over his daughter's death. My sister Iris and I teleported away, as did my brother Andrei and Jaidev.
_ Wait a minute!" Jawara said furiously- You didn't tell me all that, Yadir! You knew all that and didn't tell me, knowing that I'm the one leading them?
_I didn't know everything, my friend. Besides, like this woman with powers said, I think it makes sense to reveal everything gradually.
_When were you going to tell me that Sharon was your blood sister, Andrei, Jaidev? When!-Jawara was filled with anger, but also filled with pain at such a revelation.
_Calm down, Dr. Malenfant!" I'm not finished yet and there's more you need to know: as I was saying, a rescue helicopter was coming, it was coming for Heather, the President of the United States was very aware that they had to save the FBI director, and in fact, one of the Sentinels, Cameron Townsend, known as "The Evasive of Darkness", came down to help Heather, when he finally had her, he asked to be brought up, but then, a meteorite, which entered the Earth, which I was unable to stop, crashed into the helicopter, suffering severe damage, also to the rope part, leaving an ultimatum decision: either Townsend was saved, or Heather was saved, Cameron is autistic too, only he has Asperger's Syndrome, but despite that, he is also the father of four children, two boys and two girls, and he knew what it would mean for Agnar if he didn't save the life of his beloved daughter, the question is, is that according to Cameron, if there was a way for both of them to be saved, because well, Heather, thinking about life of her loved ones: her husband Aubrey, her father, her brothers Andrei, Jaidev, and Josephine, whose daughter wasn't born here at the Multiverse Base, and I don't think in any other universe, which is why she exclaimed, "Let me go! I love you all, I love you!" And she let go of Cameron on her own, and as she fell, Agnar saw his daughter fall. At the moment of her fall, more of the Earth's crust split open, the earth opened up, swallowing everything on the surface, including Heather, so Heather was completely swallowed by the Earth in that cataclysm.
_She was my sister's doppelgänger! Why the hell didn't you save her?"
_With that same anger, her father, Agnar, rubs it in my face every time he sees me, although he also directly and indirectly shoves it in my face, as Cameron, who was the one who came down to save her.
_ And why didn't he save her, if she was his daughter?" Yadir asked, bewildered. _ Because he fully trusted Townsend, his wife, Dayaceli, she is a very kind woman with everyone, no matter who, and since she does not let herself be dominated by prejudices, although Agnar knew that Cameron has Asperger's, he trusted him because the Sentinels have special powers, they are super spies, undercover agents, but with special abilities, and since Agnar knew that Cameron is a Sentinel, he trusted him. In addition, there is another reason that I think is the most logical: due to the ravages of the earthquakes caused by the cataclysm, he was seriously injured, he could not go down alone to save his daughter, someone else had to go, Andrei, who is also a doctor on Earth 02, was attending to him, Jaidev is a lawyer and had no training to be able to save people in those circumstances as those types of rescuers do, neither Andrei nor Josephine had it, not even Aubrey, her husband. And well, it's over! Heather died, leaving her father, her husband, and her siblings in terrible grief. Her brother, Andrei Ackermann, suffers the most. Cameron Townsend also feels terrible guilt.
_And do you feel guilty about her death, Antoinette?" Yadir asked- Do you feel guilty about the death of my sister Sharon's doppelganger?
_ Answer: I can't have any feelings or emotions toward Heather's death. It's practically what I am and what I have: in the face of death, Heather's, I'm "neutral and flat"
_ How can you claim to be a superhero if you don't even have feelings or emotions? You have no empathy for human suffering!
_ Jawara!-Yadir yelled at Jawara after the derogatory comment she made about Antoinette- Catwoman is autistic. Being autistic is a bad health condition. She's not the one who deliberately wants to be that way.
_ But being autistic doesn't give her the right to...!
_ And not being one doesn't give us the right to treat them badly or hold strong prejudices against them! -Yadir was furious. The Fire Cat's vocabulary reminded him a lot of his beloved Dorothy, as her tone of voice and way of expressing herself were very similar to Antoinette's (cold, logical, rational, and sequential, and it seemed as if she had no emotions).
_Calm down, both of you. I didn't come to cause divisions between any of you. In fact, you should know, Dr. Malenfant, that patience is a fundamental quality you'll need as a leader, especially with Yadir, who will be your right-hand man. And by the way, Yadir: I'm not Catwoman, I'm the Fire Cat." Jawara, you must come with me. We need you back in the dream machine. When you enter, you'll see three people: your Earth-02 doppelgänger, Aidan Atmcredi, your adoptive sister Sharon's doppelgänger, and Dae-Hyun Park's brother, leader of the Sentinel Legion, Jung Jae Park.
_Didn't you say my sister's doppelganger is dead?- Jawara said-Or, like in the movie, am I also going to see 'decoys' of dead people?"
_No, Jawara. The way you see her will be very different, and she'll give you more answers, more revelations that you should know. Meanwhile, Yadir, you must go out and talk to those who talk to your future father-in-law.
_How do you know about...? And why should I see him?
_1. I only know that you're courting his firstborn a lot. Is that what you call it in the language of the 'real world,' 'normal world? and 2. You won't necessarily see Armin Skyintellstraighwar. You might see him, maybe not because it's not the time, but you will see those who need to see you now. Run! Come with me, Jawara.
While Antoinette prepares the box and the sedative "sweet dreams." Jawara begins to Interrogate her.
_ Joe Patterson told me that you're his daughter-in-law. I know him because he's the father, well... adoptive father of Yadir, my best friend and adoptive father of Iris, but he told me that Yamal is his biological son. From what he told me here on the way to CVI8, Joe has 5 children, and 4 are of color, but the only one who isn't is your husband, Hansel Paterson. But he also told me that he now has a mental illness. How can he be a superhero if he's sick like that?
_ What you said is true, Dr. Malenfant. It seems you love being the center of attention. Now relax, because more revelations will come to you as soon as you enter the dream.