Alexandra walked into the living room and found a panting [Skye], she seemed distraught for some reason.

 

“What happened?” Alexandra asked as she took in everything, she didn’t know what happened to make [Skye] look like this, but all that she could think was a new enemy. So she prepared for any eventuality.

 

“You tell me, “ [Skye] said getting her breathing back in control, “I came by Eleanore’s office and found Billy berating her, the room was trashed and they told me to go by the quartermaster to get a new key.”

 

[Skye] said showing her the old key and at the side the new one. Alexandra extended her hand and took in the old key.

 

“We had a… difference of opinions,” Alexandra said eyeing the old key, the material seemed to be quite mundane to her senses, “She wanted to speak with my younger self to ask some things about our past, I did not want Alexa to deal with that so I was the one to deal with it.”

 

“Wait, Eleanore wanted to ask Alexa about your past? Isn’t Alexa kind of…” [Skye] said making a motion with her hand as if she was placing her hand as if to pat someone’s head.

 

“Headpats! Give me!” “I think the height is around mine, so those are for me.” “I want toooo!!!”

 

“Yes, Alexa is small.” Alexandra said, “She is also gullible and would spill the beans of things. I would rather she not speak.”

 

“...weird, she is usually more calm and centered. What is the deal with your past?” [Skye] asked confused, “She was somewhat protective of you wasn’t she?”

 

At that, Alexandra scoffed, “Yeah, she used to be quite involved in our well-being, even if she was taking quite a few liberties about our rights and things. No, the problem was something else.” Alexandra said raising her arm and showcasing the bracelet.

 

“....she wanted one of those too?” [Skye] asked confused, “What?”

 

….What?

 

“Don’t you see this? Don’t you know what it means?” Alexandra asked confused, everyone so far recognized it. Was…was [Skye] stupid?

 

“It means that you found a piece of fancy jewelry? Or is it some prop for a mission?” [Skye] said walking closer to her to see it better, she traced the fingers on it. “Hmm…it has the eagle engraved? Are…are you allowed to have these?”

 

“Apparently, I found someone who claimed to be my big Brother. He gave me these and when [Eleanore] found we confirmed it with [Billy]. It seems I do truly am a Saintsworths.” Alexandra said, shrugging, “[Eleanore] seemed to change her way of seeing me after that came out.”

 

[Skye] took a good look at the bracelet then to her, and back to the bracelet. “So, will you remain working with us?” And proceeded to ask that.

 

“Yes, I have no reason to go elsewhere. Nor do I have any place else to go,” Alexandra said confused, “Why would I stop working for [Haephestus’ Forge]?”

 

That was the important question here, why would she stop working for them? This place was the best one for her needs so far, at least here she could have easy access to [Biomass]. Also this place allowed her to continue experimenting with her [Blueprints] to better create more effective designs.

 

“I mean…you are a Saintsworths. Aren’t they kind of… You know…rich?” [Skye] said sitting in one of the couches, “So…you don’t really need to work here do you?”

 

She didn’t need to? Perhaps from a [Human] point of view, but she wasn’t fully [Human] she wanted to fight, to become better, to [Evolve]. So no, she would not leave here even if she was [Rich].

 

“I’m not rich.” Alexandra said first of all, “I may have the proof of being part of this family, but this doesn’t grant me anything, it allowed me to access a database from the Saintsworths. But besides that, I don’t have anything else.”

 

And that was the thing wasn’t?

 

All that Alexanders gave her was a backstory and access to their database, but she didn’t have anything else, no advantages, no power, money, or anything. Or at least nothing of value.

 

“I see…Then… Eleanore did something?” [Skye] asked, taking in the information Alexandra had given. “Or why the change of keys?”

 

“She seems to have a grudge against the Saintsworths, and when they found that I had access to the Saintsworths database the first thing she did was ask for Alexa to come out. And this isn’t the first time she has done something like that; she does have a penchant to ask for Alexa to come out and either scold or get promises from her.” Alexandra sighed, the more time she spent on this form, the more she noticed some nuances on how people saw her.

 

Most people saw Alexa as this cute girl who was to be pampered, granted Alexa was indeed defined as the cutest. While Ale had this aura of being a pretty girl who everyone saw as someone who was responsible.

 

Now, if you wanted to get something of them, who was the easiest to deal. The adult Alexandra who was learning the more nuances of being a [Human]? The pretty girl Ale? Or the gullible Alexa?

 

“I’m not gullable!” “...gullible, you are gullible.”

 

“...I see…so…would it be wrong if I ask for Alexa to come out?” [Skye] said with some trepidation.

 

Now, what to do…Alexandra was tempted to bully [Skye], but the ambiance was quite tense.

 

“I don’t mind it, my only problem with [Eleanore] is the fact that she wanted to get advantage over us. And she was overly hostile, so really. I didn’t want to turn this organization against me.” Alexandra said standing up, “With that out of the way, I am designating you as an adult that has our best interest in mind.”

 

And with that, before [Skye] reacted, Alexandra pulled the lever within her mind to pull Alexa to the front.

 

“I have arrived!” Alexa said as her body returned to the most aerodynamic and more useful form of her body!

 

Why?

 

Because it was Alexa’s body!

 

It was perfect! She was the right size to run! She was the perfect weight to jump! She was the correct size to dodge and escape!

 

Really, Alexa was the bestests of them all! Why? Because she was Alexa! Easy!

 

“Hello!” So Alexa waved at [Fan Girl].

 

“Hello, Alexa…how much of what happened with Eleanore do you know?” [Fan Girl] asked with what looked like a strained smile.

 

Was she tired? But she was fine talking to the naggy one!

 

Well, she did arrive at their apartment tired…Hmm….

 

“I know that [Eleanore] did a bad thing.” Alexa answered searching her memory about what happened, she had seen some of it, not all of course, it sounded boring. Why did it matter what [Eleanore] wanted? “The naggy one didn’t want us to come out, and [Elder] seemed to think she did the right thing?”

 

That had been problematic, why so much drama? They could solve it easily!

 

“....Alexa, we don’t nom our problems.” “To be fair, that is a good answer.”

 

Boring! The naggy one was boring!

 

“So, what do you think?” [Fan Girl] asked focusing on her.

 

As she should, Alexa was the cutestest after all!

 

“Hmm….nothing much? If [Eleanore] ends up being a bad one, we will do what we always do.” Alexa said doing one of those weird movements with her shoulders, the [Shrug] that everonyone around liked to do.

 

“What is that?” [Fan Girl] asked.

 

“Unlike what the naggy one says, noming is always a solution.” Alexa smiled as she opened her mouth and stretched her cheek to showcase her teeth, these shifted into fangs as if to make her point, “Noming used to solve all my problems, why wouldn’t it solve these too?”

 

Alexa nodded at herself, she was smart besides being cute. Being like this was probably the reason why the cheating [Lieutenant] wanted to become her [Brother].

 

Perhaps she needed to start making up some [Blueprints] to digest better [Eleanore]s?

 

“....Alexa, we don’t nom our coworkers.” [Fan Girl] said shaking her head while placing a hand atop her face.

 

“But they are tasty!” Alexa complained back, that was important! Tasty was justice!

 

Alexa said so, so it must be true!

 

“...Have you…. bitten another Minion?” [Fan Girl] said with a worried face.

 

“No, [Eleanore] said that we couldn’t hurt other [Minions]. So we haven’t nomed any [Minion], but if she becomes an [Enemy] then she no longer is protected by that!” Alexa nodded sagely, really. The naggy one complicated something so simple!

 

If [Eleanore] no longer was an [Ally] then she was an [Enemy], and [Enemy] got nomed. It was simple! Why complicate everything with complicated words? One bite was all she needed! And if that wasn’t enough then she could use her [Arm-maments]! She had the claw clawy!

 

Those may have been made by the mean one, but she could use them too! Even if it was a smaller form, they still worked as a stabby stab!

 

“...So that’s why Alexandra didn’t want to let you out, yeah. I can see the problem getting out of control.” [Fan Girl] sighed, she brought out a couple folders from her small bag, purse? Backpack? The weird green thingy that stored things!

 

The thing! She brought the folders out from the thing!

 

“I am too young to have to deal with these things,” [Fan Girl] said placing the thing on her table. It reminded Alexa of the fact that she hadn’t been around lately, she was hungry. Should she go and search [Eleanore]? Maybe she would do something bad that gave her an excuse to nominate her?

 

Maybe if she only nomed her arm people wouldn’t complain too much? Surely they wouldn’t complain if [Eleanore] was missing only an arm…or two…

 

“Anyway, stop drooling, we can go and get you something to eat later.” [Fan Girl] said something rude! Alexa was not drooling! She was planning her meals!

 

And thinking about the best nom-to-not-kill ratio! That was important!

 

“So, you missed class for the mission, and will miss out tomorrow too. But we spoke with the school about this in advance, and by we. I mean Eleanore did, the problem is that after what happened Billy advocated that Eleanore was no longer a viable link between the school and you.” [Fan girl] said opening the folder with many words and placing each paper across the table, “That is where we come into play, and by we I mean Fairy team.”

 

The papers had their photos and a quick description about them, Alexa read them and “Skye Venti, temporary guardian. Eduardo Herrera, temporary guardian. Alexandra Saintsworths, guardian.” So the naggy one was her guardian?

 

“Can I swap this one out?” Alexa said pointing her finger to the naggy one, she didn’t want her there.

 

She would nag her more if she was there!

 

“Nope, sorry about that. But that is the only one we can’t remove since that is you, and as such, it is the one guaranteed to have your best interest in mind.” [Fan Girl] said shaking her head, “You can remove me or Eddy, but not yourself.”

 

Alexa let herself fall flat against the table, “There is no justice in the world.” And let her grievances out, “So you are now my guardian? What does that mean?”

 

Like, what did it mean really? So she would give her tasty things? Or get her to school? [Eleanore] had been the one to get her there before.

 

“Well, I’ll get you to school. Get you to the doctor in case your tummy hurts, I will be able to pull your allowance for you in case that your older self doesn’t do it…And make sure you have food in your refrigerator.” [Fan Girl] said, numbering the things she would do.

 

All of that Alexa could do on her own, though.

 

“Also, I’ll get you to the park so you can play around or go to the school parent meetings if there is one ever around.” [Fan Girl] said as if she remembered the last one later.

 

“Oh, so you aren’t my [Big Sister] but my [Momma] now?” Alexa asked, she had heard about those parent meetings, that was the time when a [Momma] and a [Papa] would go to speak with the teacher about how she was doing.

 

She wondered who would do that if she didn’t have those.

 

“Kuh!” [Fan Girl] suddenly said as if someone had hit her in her stomach and groaned, “Please don’t call me like that, I have a bad time already coming to terms with the fact that one of my coworkers is twelve and can transform in a drinking buddy only to go to sleep as a five-year-old later.”

 

Alexa didn’t see anything wrong with that, though.

 

“But that is normal, isn’t it?” Alexa said, after all her coworker wasn’t her, it was Ale. And her drinking buddy, the one that drank the bitter bad tasting thing (Beer) wasn’t her either. But Alexandra. “And isn’t a [Momma] or a [Papa] the ones that go to the [Parents] meeting?”

 

“Usually yes, but a familiar or a guardian can go too.” [Fan Girl] said shuddering, her skin was turning weird too, as if she was having a weird skin reaction to something.

 

“...I see…” Alexa did not, in fact, see the issue. But if [Fan Girl] said it like that, then it should be true, but wait, “If a familiar can go, then doesn’t that mean that the cheating guy will be called?”

 

She could maybe use those chances to get revenge! Ale had been the one to deal with him before, if it had been Alexa she would have nomed him at least once!

 

She didn’t like cheaters!

 

“...I guess? We don’t know, I’ll ask around. But I think it would be better that I went first, at least till we know more about your Brother. I wouldn’t trust him too much, not yet anyway. We don’t know how your family situation is…actually. If he is indeed your Brother he may know about your parents…I’ll ask around, maybe we can find more about your situation and get some justice for what they did to you.” [Fan Girl] said the last part in a lower tone.

 

“But I’m fine?” Alexa said confused, she didn’t know what she meant with ‘what they did to you’. They did nothing to her? Or did they? Alexa didn’t think they did something to her at least.

 

“Yes, you are, but normal girls shouldn’t have to deal with what you dealt with.” [Fan Girl] said, shaking her head, “Anyway, what do you want to eat? I’ll prepare dinner, and we can eat while we talk.”

 

“Mango!” Alexa quickly said raising her hand, why did she raise her hand? She didn’t know! But she knew that she needed to do so to say her opinion! …For some reason, it felt right! So she did it! Why? Because she was Alexa! And if she said it, then it was probably right!

 

“....We can have mango pie as dessert; let me check your pantry and what you have.” [Fan Girl] said shrugging as she walked to her kitchen.

 

Alexa jumped and ran after [Fan Girl] while doing eights, circles and squares as she ran around the older girl. She was eating a Mango Pie!

 

What that was? She did not know, but it had mango! So it should be tasty!

 

“...Maybe I should not have asked for you to come out after all…” [Fan Girl] said with a sigh.

 

Rude! Fan girl was rude!

 

“But I am cute! How can you not want me around!?!?!?” Alexa cried her soul out.

 

What type of being was this?!?!?!?