Skye Prower

Hands Dylan a note: "IOU 1 Camera. Ziona. Cash in when you need to"

"I-I'm s-sure I will Mom. A-after all, it's j-just a colour c-change, right?" "Look's like it might be out of your hands Dad." ------------------------------------ Ziona scribbled a note back to Dylan: 'Remind me never to bet with you again. Camera shopping tommorrow?" "Yet a more odder group of "nice people" I couldn't imagine."

"Heh, y-yeah. It's b-been a very i-interesting few days," laughed Skye. "I... uh... really have no idea." ------------------------ "I'm not sure what the details of Shadow's job is, I think we should give him the chance to say. Ziona scribbled a small note to Dylan and passed it to him surreptitiously. Written on it was: 'Bet you a new camera he says 'I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you'.'

"Heh, T-thank's Mom. I'll t-try not to d-do it again." "Wha...? No, I was.... Just happy that the two of you still got on well... Hadn't completely broken apart..." -------------------------- "Ah, but he chose to work today. Shadow may be one of those people for whom work is Vacation. Or at least, when he chooses the time."

"Yes M-mom. S-sorry Mom." "That's good to know." ----------------------- "I think Shadow is blowing off enough steam with this whole meal. Hmm, cheesecake looks nice."

"Heh heh, y-yeah." Skye laughed nervously. "I'll n-need to watch w-what I say." "So the two of you still get on well together? That's good to hear." ---------------------- "We'll see Glen, we'll see. Depends if you can still walk at the end of the night for starters. And Dylan... What job? Hmm. Given what you've been doing with your Zone hopping spy cameras, what about a security consultant?"

"I.. uh... j-just d-din't think about i-it..." "You.... ex-wife?" Melody sounded almost shocked. ------------------------------- "My you are assuming a lot the Glen. And Dylan, from what I heard, you may not have saved your Zone single handedly, but if it wasn't for you, that curse would still be around. Or worse, infecting several other zones."

Skye gulped. "I g-guess I'm not t-the only one i-in the f-family with s-sensitive ears." "Who's Lara-lee?" asked a curious Melody --------------------------- "Oh I'm not going to put my history on display that easily. As for your limbs, that story could be interesting, but I would like to hear Dylan's answer to my question, if he does want to answer that is."

"Then, what job would you like to have?"

"It seems r-relevant when any j-joker can go f-fiddling with it and $-$*&% up your m-memories," muttered Skye quietly under his breath. "Uh, we don't know that. He could still be. We didn't know anything about the Prime Zone until we came here." ------------------------------ "Careful Glen. I think the alcohol is making you try to hard. But what topic should we turn to? I don't think we can have a pleasant chat about our jobs somehow."

"Scourge hasn't been seen on Moebius in over 25 years.... erm, won't be seen on Moebius... uh... stupid time travel." "I'm s-sorry I d-don't know Dad." --------------------- "Drastic? I wouldn't know. A planet full of were-hogs seems like a drastic place. But what happened to the pleasant conversation over dinner?"

"Uh... I d-dunno what or w-where you a-are..." "Our Knuckles in in the castle dungeons, but you aren't" interrupted Melody ---------------------------------- "So is this one of these 'keep moving forward' lessons then?

"T-this may sound a-a little v-vague but I... I w-want to make a b-big difference s-somehow. Though, a-as this i-isn't my t-time or z-zone, I'm not s-sure that is s-such a good idea." -------------------------- Ziona stayed quiet, for the moment just listening to the conversation.

"How very poetic," giggled Melody. "I-I... I dunno. T-that's why I n-need time to t-think." -------------------------------- "Savouring the moment while it lasts. That's all. And don't worry Dylan. I'll be behaving tonight"

"C-can I get back t-to you w-with this one? I'll need t-to think. B-before t-today all I was happy d-doing was my e-experiments, but t-that;s not e-enough now." ------------------------------ "I haven't finished my first glass yet, so I'm not going heavy."

"It was polite for you. Maybe, less direct, would have been a better way to put it."

"I-I know, but.... it's j-just.... a new i-idea. I'll need t-time to think about it." --------------------------- "I would have put it more politely Shadow, but yes."

There's, what, four future timelines? (One where Nicole is from, 25 years later, the redone 25 years later/30 years later, plus the one that comes as the present comics don't match 30 years later) Plus the one that will come after this reboot is settled down. So, yeah, you just can't canonise a future storyline.

"You know what my hope is." "A-are you s-sure about the G-guardan idea Melody?" "Well, no. But it's the best thing I can do with my skills, isn't it. What about you?" "Me? Uh... I d-dunno. I-I've never t-thought a-about it before. I've n-never n-needed to." -------------------------------- "Well, if you take offence you'll need to prove me wrong then."

Skye and Melody looked at each other, trying to work out where Locke and Red were trying to lead them. Neither had a clue, so they gave each other a private look saying 'play for time'. "Y-you might want u-us to ask f-first, but it it your or Mom's t-turn to ask a q-question next." --------------------------- "At this rate we'll need a trolley," murmured Ziona.

Some of the comics are not complete as they are simply reprints of earlier stores

Skye ignored Melody's glance, having no idea what she was referring to. "S-subject? I-is there anything e-else you're keeping f-from us or e-each other? We've gone t-this far, shouldn't we s-say everything n-now?" --------------------------------- "Save the walk back plans until the end of the night. And this pasta is delicious. I wouldn't have expected such quality from midnight food."

"So you let me make a fool of myself instead?" asked Ziona, smiling at Dylan to let him know she was joking.

"T-taking it w-well? With all we've l-learned in the p-past f-few days, n-nevermind hours? At t-this s-stage you could t-tell us Mother a-and Father grew us i-in a l-lab and w-we wouldn't care." Melody gave Skye a look that said 'what the heck are you thinking?'. "But yeah, that does explain things. Any more secrets people want to share?" Melody gave a sly look towards Skye. --------------------------------------------- "Sounds good Dylan. Though you forgot we didn't have a car as well, so I can't be drunk yet. Unless the air in this place makes everyone tipsy."

"We'll try and be the best kids we can Mom." "S-so, uh, a-any more q-questions?" ---------------------------- "Wait... We walked here.... Have I had, ah here's the food."