" Jeannie picked up the plates and put them in the sink as Lenny sipped his coffee then decided to ask about the phone call. "Was that one of your fri...nds calling?"Jeannie started to run water on the breakfast plates as she casually replied, "That was just a friend." Lenny was sure dam curious to who was calling her this morning. It sounded like they were planning on picking her up this afternoon. Lenny came up with an idea how he might find out who was calling her. "How about taking a ride. Why wasn’t I angry? I should be. But he said that wasn’t his intention… He didn’t mean to make me angry. I was angry. My eyes snapped open and I felt sense drain through me. I wrenched my mouth away from his and pushed him up and off of me. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I snapped at him, getting of my car and adjusting my dress. I felt like cold water had been thrown over my mind. Why was I letting this stranger do this to me? What manipulated me? He looked bewildered and there was. Caroline’s Byleth came at me, I ducked down through the platform, only to fall victim to an expertly timed Falcon Punch. George sent me flying across the map.“We should play some kart next,” Brandon suggested with a mouthful of pizza. As I was coming back into the game, Caroline took advantage of George being distracted by Brandon. With a quick smash, George’s Captain Falcon was no more. “Man why does smash always come down to the girls fighting?” Brandon asked leaning over the couch.“I don’t. Demus had a hunch that one of them would react much differently than the others; Demus wanted only the strongest, the rest could remain here in this universe.It required patience to wait and watch. Even during his time away when he attacked Coruscant part of him monitored them.Wisps of consciousness would draw his attention hinting that something was stirring. Hurrying back from Coruscant he allowed Talas to accompany him this time.Demus had always come here alone. The techs and doctors who had.