Chapter 40: A Panacea for all

Guest - I have an idea on when experimenting with the Ultimatrix could happen, but that's far off in the future. Having the suit help pick a form sounds interesting though.

[Amy's POV a few hours later]

I loved my sister, I really did, but I was slowly reaching the end of my rope when it came to this. The fact that she cared so much warmed my heart, but having her hover over me, quite literally, while I was putting the finishing touches on my go bag was getting annoying. The fact she was in short shorts and a crop top was one of the only things keeping me calm. "You've got your taser?"

"Yes Vicky."

"Pepper spray?"

"Yes Vicky."

"Discount flamethrower?"

"Yes Vi...- Wait, what?" Looking up to my sister, who had a worried look on her face, I had to ask the question. "Why the hell would I have a flamethrower? Where I even get one?" Those were some pretty reasonable questions in my opinion.

Vicky just blinked at me. "You know, a spray bottle and a lighter?"

We stared at each other, her because she thought that was a normal thing to say, and me because I had no idea what the fuck was going on in her head. "Vicky, I'm going to meet up with Pantheon and Dragon. Pepper spray and a taser are normal things to carry... But a flamethrower? Do you want them to think I want to fight them?" The sheepish and beau...- Grin she shot at me made me roll my eyes. "Besides, that only works in movies. If someone tried that in real life they'd probably burn their fingers off or turn themselves into a well done bundle of flesh."

My sister shrugged, the action doing good th...- And spun in the air. "I mean, I could probably manage it."

The dry look I sent her could've made water slide off of me. "I'm not going to get a call about you setting yourself on fire, am I?"

Vicky took a moment to consider it, which was fucking crazy in my opinion, then shook her head. "Nah." Her tone made me pause, that was the 'Maybe I'll do it later' tone, and I narrowed my eyes at her. Seeing the look she held her hands up, a wry smile on her face as she did. "I'm serious."

I stared at her for a bit more, it was hard not too when she was so g...- Then shook my head. "Fine." She let out a sigh of relief at that, but I wasn't done. "But so help me God, if I see a post or someone calls me because you decided to play with a flamethrower, I WILL shred some of your clothes."

My sister's eyes widened, and I got the expected response. "I'll be good! I swear I will!" Fulfilling the stereotype, my sister loved her clothes. Sure, Dean would buy her whatever she wanted, but she still liked all of her clothes even if she didn't wear them in a while.

Still, getting what I wanted, I nodded and closed my go bag. The hospital had given me a day off, probably because Dragon or Pantheon told them too, so I was going to spend more then an hour with them. I had no idea how long I'd spend, school was over so I had the rest of the day to spend with them, so I was prepping for the long haul. (Though, I can probably get them to buy or provide me with food.) That made me interested in this more then I already was, free food was always the best, and I got a bit excited.

Tossing my go bag over my shoulder, I was about to say something to Vicky, when I flt my phone vibrate. Having an idea of what it could be, I brought it out, unlocked it, and looked at the message I got.

Asshole - I'm outside, wya?

Looking outside my window, I saw Anubis in full gear sitting on his bike. "Tch." Hearing that, I looked up, seeing Vicky looking where I was. Rolling my eyes, both at her and the message, I replied to the dumbass.

Me - Coming.

His response was immediate, and expected.

Asshole - That's what she said.

I ignored it with practiced ease.

That done I readjusted my hood, going in full Panacea gear made sense given what we were going to be working on, and nodded to myself. Giving my sister a look, and seeing that she was mildly glaring out the window, I cleared my throat to get her attention. When I had it, I raised a brow at her, and nodded at the door. "Gonna stare at the taken guy all day, or are you going to come see me off?"

One disgusted scoff and a little bit of complaining later, and I was standing by the front door, being hugged by my go...- Sister. The others had already given me their goodbyes and all that, so now it was just me and Vicky. "Stay safe, 'kay Ames?"

Rolling my eyes, I gave her a reassuring squeeze. "I'll be fine Vicky. Anubis and Khepri are good. Plus, Dragon will be there too." Sure, she might not like Anubis/Phoenix, and Khepri by association, but no one could dislike Dragon. The reluctant nod was good enough for me, and we reluctantly separated.

With everything done, I made my way over to the door, opened it, and walked out.

It didn't take long to reach the asshole, who the moment I reached him held an arm out to me for a hug. I rolled my eyes at that, but decided to go along with it. The hug was a brief one, despite how much some part of me wanted it not to be, and when it was over he hummed. "Ready to go?"

I gave the dumbass a blank stare. "You serious?" I was in full gear, and had a duffel bag over my shoulder. (What, does he think I'm just going to go make a quick stop by the nearest CVS or something?)

He scoffed at me for that. "Why do I feel like you're insulting me?" Well that wasn't freaky at all.

Still, I raised a brow at The Changer. "More then I already do? "

I didn't see it, but I had the vague thought that he rolled his eyes at me. "Whatever. Just get on Behemoth."

That made me blink, and look at the bike, then back to him. "'Behemoth?'" I wasn't even going to bring up the obvious comparison to the 1st Endbringer. "You overcompensating or something?" Anubis snorted, flicking my head like the asshole he was. "Fuck you."

"Not sure how many times I'll have to say it, but I'm taken." I was going to murder him some day. "Anyway," He pat the bike, which I now knew was called Behemoth. "Get on, we're going home." I looked at him and the bike for a bit, then slowly nodded. I hadn't ever been on a motorcycle before, but it couldn't be that different from some orange dog thing.

When I was on, and tentatively wrapped my arms around his waist, (When did they get there?) I hummed, knowing if we were about to start driving somewhere, we'd probably stop talking. So, not wanting to let him have the last laugh, I spoke up. "Taking me home? Do I need to talk to Khepri about this?"

The asshole snorted again. "Ah fuck off, she knows."

"Tch." He laughed at that, and revved the engine. Feeling the bike rumble beneath me, I had to take a second to admit that this felt nice. The seat was comfortable, the thrum of the engine sent a nice tingle through my body, and I liked it. (Well... Guess I'm getting a motorcycle in the future.) I didn't expect it, but eh, a motorcycle wasn't th...- "Holy shit!" Without any warning the fucker drove forward, slipping into traffic without an issue and going from 0 to - 50 at the least. Gritting my teeth, I tightened my hold on The Changer, trying to squeeze the life out of him as he weaved through traffic without a care in the world. "A little warning would've been nice you son of a bitch!"

His immediate laughter only made my grip tighten. "Where would be the fun in that?"

"I'm going to fucking kill you one day." He was outright cackling now, and I could feel a vein on my head pulse.

But despite how annoyed I was that he was playing it fast in traffic, combined with the sudden acceleration, I had to admit to myself that I liked it. The wind was whipping around me, my hood had fallen down, letting my hair freely flow as we rode, and my heart hammered in my chest.

I knew the signs, and understood them for what they were. It also helped that I had time to process what I'd felt last week when I rode on his back. (I'm an adrenaline junkie. Fucking wonderful.)

Even though I thought that, the grin on my face would've told anyone what I really felt about that. Said grin only grew when music started blasting from the bike. ~Hand on the wheel, got my pistons pumpin all 800 horses runnin, (Oh baby.)~ On the one hand, the song sounded good.

On the other, I couldn't help it. "Really?"

Phoenix, since it was just us now and I didn't feel like consistently thinking of him by his Cape persona, scoffed at the question. "This is our official racing/driving theme, and you'll respect it as such." I rolled my eyes at that, but didn't actually mind it. "Besides, it's not like you actually dislike it."

I just hummed in response. He wasn't wrong after all.

That was the last thing we talked about for a bit, I let myself succumb to the flow of the ride, and the song. I didn't remember the last time I was able to just relax, no thoughts about working, none about having to deal with the monotony of everyday life, none about dealing with Carol and her brand of bullshit. Right now, it was just the music, the ride, and the road.

Phoenix was there too, but I was less focused on the annoying asshole, and more on the sense of freedom coursing through me.

I wasn't sure how long this went on for, but I knew the music ended up going through another two songs, one that I only remembered because of the line 'Antisocial pessimist', for obvious reasons(Alessia Cara - Here), and the other because it resonated with me. ~There's a reason for the distance, it keeps me safe. I'm not begging for forgiveness, just know I've tried to change. I can break you in an instant, you'll curse my name. So while the knife is twisting I take the blame. I've been building a wall and I can't tear it down. Get a chill when you call me, I'm freezing you out. I've got a cold, cold shoulder.~(8 Graves - Cold Shoulder)

It was a little unnerving how close to home those lyrics hit, but at the same time it made me appreciate it that much more.

That aside, we eventually reached a park, I didn't really know which park this was, and he drove into it. I would've said something if I didn't notice how the path he was taking seemed artificially paved. "You drive through here often?"

Phoenix nodded, slowing down. "Whenever we use the park as a relay, we go through a few different paths to get to the city. This is just one of em." That was easy to accept. The 'Relay' part of that was something I wondered about, but then I remembered the fact they were known to teleport, so it was probably that. That aside, we ended up coming to a clearing, slowing down to a stop. I was about to let go and get off, we stopped so that should've meant we were going to get off the bike, but nooo. Phoenix turned to look at me, his visor glistening in the light. "What're you letting go for?"

Raising a brow at him, I gave him a 'Are you stupid?' Look. "We stopped. Stopping means we gotta do something to go somewhere else."

Unexpectedly, he scoffed. "Just hold on you dumbass." My brow twit...- The world distorted...

And I suddenly found myself somewhere colder, a thin coat of snow lining the earth and trees. Though that was normal, even though it hadn't snowed in The Bay in months, this was normal... The big ass mountain on the other hand... "Where the fuck?" Really, what else was I supposed to say? Phoenix snorted, reminding me that he was here. Looking at me, a small scowl on my face, I unwrapped my arms from him and stabbed him in the shoulder with my finger. "This is going to be a thing with you, isn't it?" His silence made my eye twitch again. (I'm going to lose it.)

Letting out a huff, which I could see, holy shit it was cold, I turned away and just started looking around. "Where are we anyway?"

The first response was an amused hum, which made me turn back to him, while the second answer was him getting off the bike and dramatically spinning in place with his arms out. "Welcome Amy, to Mt. Bear, somewhere in Alaska." I froze at that, I was in fucking ALASKA?! Phoenix's laughter snapped me out of it, and even with the mask on, I could tell he was grinning. "Otherwise known as The Roost."

I paused again, but for an entirely different reason... "You called your base, 'The Roost?' Are you fucking with me?" I knew his real name was Phoenix, despite the fact I was still a little bit sure he was fucking with me, so the fact he named his Canadian mountain base, 'The Roost', was just the dumbest thing to me.

He was silent for a moment... "No..."

I stared at him...

He probably stared right back at me...

...

...

...

"You're an idiot, you know that?"

"Fuck you." Yeah, that was an expected response.

"I'd rather not." He scoffed, and I shook off my surprise at how mundane this was. "Anyway," Looking up to the mountain, I looked at him out of the corner of my eye. "We gonna..?"

He let out a sigh, and after a moment of slumping his shoulders in defeat, he turned to said mountain and took a step. "Come along you knockoff Unohana," Who? "And try not to go ahead of me. The defenses might be off right now, but I'd rather you not be turned into a red mist." And suddenly I wasn't interested in asking questions.

So, following after the guy who was quickly becoming my best male friend, which said something given how we were with each other, I fell in with him. As I did, I saw the bike 'Behemoth' disappear, which was curious, but not important right now.

The feeling of snow crunching beneath my feet was weird considering it was mid March, but since this was Canada, it didn't seem that strange. (Still, their base is in CANADA?! What the hell are they doing in Brockton Bay for?) I didn't know, and despite the fact I was tempted to ask, I knew he'd either give it to me straight or just not tell me, I didn't ask. It'd probably come up later anyway, so that was whatever.

It didn't take long for us to reach the base of the mountain, but when there was no visible entrance, I sent a questioning look to Phoenix. Whether he saw it or not I didn't know, all I knew was he walked forward a bit, holding his left arm out, then the mountain wall rippled and started shifting around like it was metal. I watched dumbfounded as what I was sure was mountain rock, turned into a high tech door. (Bullshit. Tinkers are bullshit.) Keeping the grumbling to myself, I watched the process or whatever it was, then blinked when it was finished, and the door opened.

And despite Tinker's being bullshit, I couldn't help but admit that the way it opened was aesthetically pleasing.

That aside, when the door opened, the first thing I saw was white steel floors and walls, the former of which had a massive white and fluffy rug on it, bean bag chairs, a couch, and a big ass TV and consoles hooked up to it. (Okay, so this is obviously a livingroom.) I was starting to get what they meant by 'Home', because apparently Pantheon had somehow managed to take over a mountain without that little tidbit getting out.

I would've looked around some more, but the sound of someone walking towards us made me look to the source, seeing Khepri coming out of somewhere, most likely a kitchen, with a cup of steaming coco. My eyes widened, and I eagerly licked my lips, I was cold as shit, the heating in here hadn't automatically stopped me from being cold, and hot coco sounded like ambrosia to me at the moment. When she got to me I happily took the offered cup, and took a sip, shuddering at how good it was. "You're my favorite person in the world right now." I ignored the offended squawk by my side, though it idly amused me since the fucker was named after a bird and did that, and kept on sipping my coco, looking around as I did. "Still, for a mountain base, this place looks comfy."

The earlier bird idiot huffed, making me look at him. Despite the mask still being on, I was starting to wonder why, I could tell he was pouting, or whatever his equivalent of it was based on his puffed cheek. "Better be, I spent hours working on this on my own." Well that was interesting to know. Shaking his head, he waved at his partner. "Anyway, now that we're here, she can takeover the talking bit and all that, I'm gonna go grab a snack."

That said he walked away, heading towards the kitchen. I just watched him go, blinking at the abrupt exit. When he was in the kitchen, I turned to Khepri, who had just been standing there. "He do that often?"

It said something that she shrugged without me having to clarify. "Depends on the situation. Tedious stuff? He'll nope out as soon as he can. Important stuff, he'll stick around for long enough until the end, or he gets bored... Or provoked, whichever happens first."

I snorted. "Sounds about right."

"Mhm." We were a little silent after that. Sure, we talked over PHO a bit, and a bit at the hospital, but we still didn't know each other that well. It was a minute into the silence when she suddenly turned to me, and hummed. I just stared back, sipping my coco since I had no idea what was going th...- "Since we're going to be working together, and probably end up friends if yesterday is anything to go by..."

I watched as the fibers on her suit writhed, eventually receding and turning into a golden scarab necklace. Without the suit, I saw she was in a short sleeved light blue blouse with the top button unbuttoned, light blue jeans that looked painted on, and a pair of pumps. Adding onto the fact the golden shine of her hair flickered away, revealing a waterfall of black with a green streak growing on her bang, meant that she was a nice looking girl, and some nice eye candy. Holding out her gloved hand, a pair of glasses appeared in it, which she put on with practiced ease. With them on, Khepri looked at me, polished jade met marigold, and she gave me a small smile as she reached a hand out to me. "Taylor. Taylor Hebert."

Smiling back, and feeling touched at the whole thing given how big a leap of trust Unmasking to someone was, I reached out with my free hand, clasping the offered limb. "Amy. Amy Dallon." There was no point in it, everyone knew my name by now, but it was the moral of the thing.

We shook, and her smile grew. "I look forward to working with you then, Amy."

"Ditto." And I meant it.

I could just feel it, we were going to do big things, and I was looking forward to it all.

[Phoenix's POV]

After I was sure their whole moment was over, I was keeping an ear open since I wanted this to happen, I made my way out with snacks in hand and pocket. "I come bearing cookies an...-" The moment Amy saw me, I retracted my suit so I was now in my comfort clothes same as Taylor, she started choking on her coco. I felt my eye twitch, but I ignored it, tossing a bag of Lays at my girlfriend who caught it. She was such a basic bitch when it came to snacks, Excuse me? I rolled my eyes at that, and turned to Amy, who was thumping her chest trying not to choke. "I hope you choke and die." That only made it worse, and she needed a good whack from Taylor to stop dying. "Shame."

Taylor mentally snickered at that, while Amy ignored it in favor of cackling and pointing at me. "W-Who fu-ucked up your FACE?!"

I growled at that, Annoyed at it being pointed out. "No one." Seeing the skeptical look on her face, I scoffed. "I'm serious."

Her skepticism and amused smirk was right there for all to see, and I felt sort of offended when she turned to an Amused Taylor. "You sic a hive of bees on him or something?"

My girlfriend, being the traitor that she was, let out a faux Disappointed sigh. "Unfortunately no, he just woke up like that. I think I need to get him checked by a professional."

Amy nodded along, making my eye twitch. "As a professional healer," She looked at me, an appraising but mostly mirthful look in her eyes, then turned back to my girlfriend. "I'll have to disappoint you and say this out of my league." My everything twitched, and after a moment of silence, both women started snickering.

Rolling my eyes, I opened my bag of sour cream and onion chips, and ate a chip. "When you two start your periods I'm going to mock the ever loving fuck out of the both of you."

That made them both pause, and stare at me. My girlfriend was radiating Annoyance, Goddamn right I am, while Amy had a cruel and vindictive look in her eyes. "So that means you wanna know all about how it is when we're bleeding out of our vaginas? When we're cramping and all around in pain? I can totally do that." Having it put like that made me blink and start to rethink this.

Unfortunately, my thoughts weren't Muted, so my Other Half knew what I was thinking, and grinned a little too widely for my tastes. "Hmm, think I need some more t...-" Knowing what was going to happen, and not about to be the centerpiece of another double team, I did the reasonable thing.

Raising the Ultimatrix, I stared at my girlfriend, who froze when she saw me do it. He wouldn't. Contrary to her thought, I just popped the dial, the figure of Swampfire showing up. "I can and will make the livingroom smell like hot ass in July." Taylor and I stared at each other for a bit, both of our thoughts being Muted as we did, and just kept up the stare.

Said stare was only broken by a rather loud sip coming from our guest, who was looking at us with an amused smile. Seeing us turn to her, the Bio-Striker just waved it off. "No, no, go on, this is hilarious."

My girlfriend and I shared a look, then mentally nodded at each other, an agreement to leave this be coming through without needing to verbalize or think it. Even without our Bond, we had an Understanding of each other that would usually take a normal couple years to get. Though to be fair, we cheated since our Bond made it easy to understand certain ques when we could hear the others thoughts on what made said que appear and things like that.

Dropping the Ultimatrix, and having the dial go back to normal, Amy huffed. "Well there goes my entertainment."

We rolled our eyes at that, Unmuting our thoughts as we synchronized. ""Don't be like that Amy.""

Her eyes widened, and she started looking between us with a panicked look on her face. "Don't you fucking do this to me!"

We ignored her, and walked towards each other, meeting halfway and wrapping our free arms around the other. ""Do what?"" For extra effect, we tilted our heads in the opposite direction of each other.

Amy closed her eyes, and we could tell she was mentally counting down to keep herself calm. |We should do this more often.| I Agreed with that, fucking with people like this was great.

When the healer was done counting down, she opened her eyes and glared at us. "I hate the both of you."

Our grins only grew, and she let out a sigh. ""We love you too."" Granted, Taylor wasn't exactly there, Not that he is either, that was a point, but not the point. Said point was while neither of us were there, we'd probably get close to it eventually with how well Amy meshed with us. I can see it.

Thoughts aside, our little bit got an exasperated nod from her, and a low mutter of 'Expected', and 'Shining bullshit.' Shaking it off, she took another sip of her coco, and sighed. "Okay, now that I'm going to have flashbacks and nightmares for the next few days," I snorted, while Taylor snickered. Rolling her eyes at us, she went on. "What are we going to do?"

Unwrapping our arms from each other, I went back to snacking on my chips, and left this to my Other Half, How mature of you. I mentally shrugged, and she spoke up. "Well first, we're going to get you outfitted with your access key. You've talked about the design with Dragon, but now that you're here, you'll be able to make some modifications to it in person before it gets made."

The Bio-Striker nodded, then looked around. (Probably looking for The Lab.) It would make sense. She knew we were 'Tinkers', so we were bound to have a lab somewhere.

Probably picking up on the thought, Half and half, I hummed at that, and watched as she waved towards The Lab with the hand holding her Lays. "C'mon, The Lab is this way."

Amy nodded, and walked with Taylor as we all started going towards our Lab. As we did, I kept munching on my chips, which got me a look from the healer. "Seriously though, why's your face so fucked up?" I huffed at that, and ignored my girlfriend's rising Amusement.

Thinking on it, I hummed, wondering if I should tell her or not. On the one hand, Amy was quickly becoming a friend, not only to me but to Taylor too, Amy IS fun to be around and talk too, and I didn't exactly mind sharing the reason I looked like I went 10 rounds with a Murder Hornet, A what? I sent an image of the bug, I knew what it looked like because there was a whole thing about them showing up earlier in 2022 or somewhere around there, and it being a sign of the end times, What? And lost. |Nonono, go back, what was that train of thought?| I mentally shrugged and sent her what I remembered.

While she digested that, and made no outward reaction of doing so, I thought of the other hand... Said other and involved telling Amy's Shard that one of my forms was actively going through a metamorphosis, and dealing with the consequences of that... (Eh, let's see what happens.) That thought, I went for it. "One of my forms is fully maturing, which is influencing me."

Watching her as I said it meant that the moment Amy froze, I saw both it, and the way she tightened her grip on the mug of hot chocolate. Her caustic yellow eyes snapped to my emeralds, and I could practically see her desire to touch me... (Wow, that's a fucking thought.) Agreement came from my Other Half, who I noticed was looking at us from over her shoulder.

Brushing that all off though, I kept my eyes on Amy, who just stared at me for a bit, then shook her head. "We're talking about that later. I'm not leaving without that conversation." I shrugged, it was fine with me.

That said, we walked up to The Lab, the doors opening automatically, and walked in. As we did, we were met with two of our aunts, turned to us and waiting. Naturally, Amy had no idea who the fuck they were, so I decided to do the nice thing and speak up. "Short shit,"

"'Scuse you beehive?" Ignored with ease.

I waved a dust covered finger at my Aunts. "Meet my aunt Dragon," The Not-Unohana Aunt of mine smiled at Amy. "And one of her sisters, my Aunt Medusa." The woman mirrored Dragon's smile. I still found it Amusing that she took that as her alias, though considering Rider was as awesome as she was, it wasn't that much of a Surprise.

That aside, my Aunts gave Amy a nod, and a small wave. "Good afternoon Panacea."

"# It's a pleasure to meet you Amelia. #"

Amy stared at the two of them for a bit, looked down to her cup of hot coco, then turned to Taylor. "What the hell did you put in this?" My Other Half and I snorted at that, while my Aunts let out little chortles. "You know what, no. No, it makes sense. The Changer is related to The Tinker." Looking between Tess and I, she nodded, a sagely look on her face. "Yup, makes all the sense in the world."

Her reaction was amazing, and I was living for it. "The mental gymnastics have gotta be fuckin...-"

"# Language. #" I really didn't know why she tried.

"Astounding." And they had to be! The amount of inconsistencies in here were crazy, but she just didn't question them. Which is good for her, I'd have a headache if I didn't know all the facts.

Amy shrugged, taking another sip of her coco. "I'm not dealing with the amount of bullshit...-"

"# Language. #" It had to be automatic at this point. Probably is.

"That'll come with questioning this." The fact she just went on without acknowledging the interruption just made me like her more. "You and Dragon say you're related? Dragon suddenly has sisters no one knew about? Sure, whatever. I can't be asked to question reality at the moment so I'll do it later, probably after staring at my wall for like, a half hour or something, but not right now."

There was a bit of silence for a moment...

But only a moment. ""I feel that so fucking much./I'd probably need some ice cream though, or any comfort food really, but I get it.""/""Completely understandable./# That is sadly hilarious. #" It was even funnier when we all spoke up at the same time.

Sharing a four way look, we all grinned, Taylor and I little wider then my aunts, then turned back to Amy, who looked so done with everything. Taking a longer sip of her coco, (How much of that does she have left anyway?) My girlfriend mentally shrugged, and we went back to looking at Amy.

When the healer was done, she looked at all of us, then down to her mug, frowning as she did. "I'm going to need alot more hot chocolate if this is what I'll be dealing with." Taylor and I snorted, which brought her attention onto us. "I can't wait for the day you two fuck up your sinuses. See who you come too to fix them then."

Barking out a laugh, I turned to my aunts, who were looking highly amused at the whole thing. "Can we keep her?" The Amusement pulsing from my Other Half was just adding more fuel to the fire in my opinion.

"The fuck?" We ignored her.

The pulse of Mischievousness from my girlfriend clued me into the fact she was about to jump onto this. Yup. "Considering I not only live here too, but am also your girlfriend, I think you're supposed to ask me first before we adopt a pet."

"Excuse the fuck out of you?"

"# Languageee~. #" Now I knew for sure she was doing it on purpose to screw with us.

That was it, Amy threw her unoccupied hand in the air. "Alright, fuck all of you." Even though she said that, we all saw the way her lips were twitching up. It was just out of sheer willpower that she wasn't grinning with the rest of us.

We shared a moment of Humor, though it eventually passed.

After it was gone, Amy looked around, then turned to us. "So, how do I get my bracelet/key thing made?"

Taking it from there, Aunt Tess snapped her fingers, and a 3D display appeared in front of Amy, somewhat startling her. Floating in the center of the display was a necklace that looked nearly identical to the Rod of Asclepius, the only differences being the fact there were two snakes instead of one, and that they were wrapping around a cross. "You'll be able to personally customize it now, and when you've finished, I'll upload the blueprint to our Fabricator, where it will then be made to your specifications."

Amy blinked at that, then nodded. Going up to the display, which turned into a mini character creation set up, she started fiddling with the colors and shit like that. "Cool."

While that happened, I finished my chips, tossing the bag into the nearest trash, and watched as it was incinerated into nothing.

"If you believe you're up for it, do you want to talk about the schedule you'll be working with while you're here?" That was a good question.

Not even looking up from the display, Amy nodded. "Yeah, we worked some stuff out over PHO, but I've got some questions I wanna ask now that you're here." Looking over to them, she waved a hand at The Lab in general. "We working in here whenever the Case 53's come in?"

My Aunts looked over to us, but Taylor and I shook our heads. Sure, Taylor was fine with talking when it came to it, but Dragon was literally right here, Mhm. Getting the message, Aunt Tess nodded, and turned back to Amy. "It depends on the Case 53. Those who are too big or their forms unstable enough to be brought here will be worked on at The Guild, which will be able to accommodate them."

What was left out was the fact we were going to leverage the ones we brought here into allying with us. Some in the PRT like Weld or Gully would be in our debt, even if we never called in said debt, while those like that one girl, who was basically Ibara if her hair and body was a Parasyte, would join up with The Guild because of the same thing. |Thank god for Tess and Erin, because there's no way we would be able to manage the sheer amount of connections we're going to make.| I blinked at that, took a moment to realize that no, we really wouldn't. I wouldn't be able to do it because that meant talking to a bunch of people I couldn't give two shits about, and Taylor because while she may have had Multitasking EX, she was still a person, and would eventually get fed up with all the networking. |It would take a while for me to get there, but yeah, I'd get exhausted at some point.|

"...- Et it. I know there's a whole asylum for the unfortunate ones, even been to it at one point, so there being a difference where who goes makes sense." I tuned back into that. "Any ideas on who we'll be starting with, and when?"

Aunt Tess and Aunt Melody both nodded at that, the former visibly nodding towards the latter. "# Due to familiarity, as well as being the one to kick this project off, the first patient will be Gully of the San Diego Wards. #" Which made sense really. The Ogre woman, Ahem, was the one that reminded me that the Ultimatrix had the 'Fix everything' feature in the first place. Not even sure why I try. Without her, I'd have probably forgotten about it since it didn't do anything for me.

Amy nodded, going back to fiddling with her item creator. "How's the process supposed to work anyway?"

Since she was looking away, she didn't see everyone turning to look at me. I looked back, a small scowl on my face as I did. |Your part, say it.|

Shaking my head, I pointed at my aunts. [Don't wanna. Let them do it.]

My girlfriend just raised an unimpressed brow at me, while Not-Medusa and Not-Unohana mimicked her action, though the former of the two had a small smile on her face as she did. |You're the one with 'Unlimited power on my wrist', so you explain.|

I felt my eye twitch at having my own words thrown at me, but I st...- "What the hell are you two doing?" Turning away from each other, we looked at Amy, who was looking at us like we were stupid. Sure, seeing us look at each other and not say anything could look bad, but we weren't stupid.

Before I c...- Taylor pointed at me immediately. "He's being a lazy shit and not explaining his part in all this."

"Betrayal!" My response was ignored, which was kinda bullshit.

What else was bullshit was the fact that Amy nodded along, like that, "Makes sense." I was going to choke a bitch.

Opening my mouth to de...- A siren went off, making us all stop. "! SHATTERBIRD SCREAM DETECTED IN MICHIGAN! !"

(And there's the other shoe.) Despite Hating it, my Other Half Agreed.