“As you can see,
it is written in a completely foreign language in addition to not being able to
change it with my power,” continues Naomi.
“I can read it,”
says Legacy as she passes the book back to Naomi.
“Wait what?”
says Naomi blankly as she stares Legacy in utter confusion.
“It is written
in the language that Legacy here uses,” notes Leo as he looks over at the
cover, “The one she uses instinctively in her programming and documentation at
least.”
“I don’t
understand what is going on,” says Naomi, “Guardian can read this? And who is
Legacy?”
“I suppose I
ought to explain Guardian’s background,” says Leo with a hint of weariness in
his voice.
So, with some
input from Legacy, Leo explains how Legacy is actually a half-human half-alien
hybrid, how she has lost most of her memories and just other areas of her
background.
Leo is better at explaining it than I am. Probably
because he knows what isn’t considered normal and therefore should be mentioned.
Unlike myself.
“I should tell
you about my own background then,” says Naomi as she gazes at Legacy, “I assume
Leo hasn’t told you yet.”
“No, he has
not,” replies Legacy with a slight shake of her head, “I only arrive here in
the last few minutes. Not enough time except for the briefest of explanations.”
“Where to
start,” mutters Naomi.
“Start with your
original past up to how you got your powers and then explain the changes you
made to create your current past,” suggests Leo.
“Good idea,”
says Naomi, “Thanks. Well, I lived in Florida my whole life and I got my powers
at the start of the year. And I kept them secret from everybody once I realised
how powerful they were. I also promised myself that I wouldn’t do anything
major with them since I wouldn’t know the consequences. So I have limited
myself to minor things when I use my power. Such as making my family win the
lottery, giving myself a drop dead gorgeous body, making my grades-”
“So you’re not
an Aphrodite?” inquires Legacy.
“No, as far as
reality is concerned, I got this body naturally by being born with it,” answers
Naomi, “And I can prove it by having photos of me looking like this before
then. It can be a bit weird for me to have this body as times, but my power
lets me perfectly remember all of the timelines I have created without going
insane. Pretty cool as I have prefect recall now.”
“So why are you
are here then,” asks Legacy.
“Well,” says
Naomi, “When I realised that certain people weren’t affected by my power, I got
worried because if people aren’t affected, I’m pretty much helpless. So while
you two are good people and I don’t need to worry about the two of you, if some
people are immune to my power, there might be more. And I don’t think all of
them will be as nice as you. So I figured if I moved up here close to you two
guys, we got could come to an arrangement.”
“Which we have,”
says Leo, “In exchange for providing protection to her, Naomi will provide
assistance in minor matters. Such creating several deposits of raw materials
for me to access. And not just existing there, but actually making them appear
out of thin air.”
“Can you heal
Joan?” asks Legacy, deciding to ask the obvious question.
“No,” answers
Naomi, “She is too closely tied to Leo for me to affect her. In that regard,
she is indirectly protected from my power by Leo’s own protection.”
“What Naomi has
been able to do is provide Abigail with a list of all of her powers,” says Leo,
“So now Abigail is using her powers that Naomi has discovered for her to help
Joan. But we should let Naomi finish her story first before we explain that.”
“Right, so where
was-oh yeah,” says Naomi, “So I changed things so my family moved up here once
we won the lottery a year ago. It isn’t as bad as it sounds because I have kept
all my old memories and have used my power to make sure I have kept in contact
with all of my friends.”
“So what about
Joan and Abigail?” inquires Legacy.
“Well, using my
power, I was able to uncover all of Abigail’s powers so she now she knows all
of them,” says Naomi.
“So can she heal
Joan?” asks Legacy.
“Not directly,”
answers Leo, “But she has the ability to create ‘servants’. Basically it allows
Abigail to empowered people, creatures or objects into her ‘servants’. This
grants them several pseudo-powers by piggybacking off of Abigail’s power in
addition to giving Abigail a direct link into their minds.”
“Oh,” says
Legacy.
Check what that
mental link means.
Okay.
“So what exactly
does-” Legacy.
“While becoming
Abigail’s servant allows her to take control of your body, she and Joan are
sisters,” says Leo, “I trust her especially since this is Joan best shot at a
normal life.”
Plus we all know
how far Leo will go to protect Joan.
Do you agree or disagree with what he is willing to
do?
I neither agree
nor disagree, I simple understand.
Oh, okay.
“I’m going to go
and meet Joan now,” declares Leo as he heads for the door, “You two hang out. Perhaps Naomi can help you with your knowledge problem.”
Hmmm, Leo has a good idea there...
It won’t work.
