Welcome Home

What a month. First the kidnapping and now the moving, it all seemed like just a messed up fever dream. On the bright side she finally reunited with her uncle, but even that had a price. Worried about how dangerous Manta Carlos was, Juniper wanted her to pack up her things so that they could move in several days. She wanted to do the opposite of run away for the first time, she wanted to stay on the quirky island that had been her home for almost a year. Yet when she tried to formulate a counter argument she had nothing solid.

It didn't help her case that she looked like a mess, essentially wearing the same outfit for way too many months. The holes in her genes had multiplied and hoodie stained since the kidnapping, not that she would know. With Juniper, she'd fortunately have more clothes than one outfit, but she'd have to hand in her rather comfy uniform as well. While folding up her uniform she heard a familiar voice.

" James!" Klef exclaimed, voice cracking a bit. " What are you doing here?" She asked, forcing a grin as she headed in his general direction.

" I'm doing perfectly fine! Just a few bruises here and there, you sound like I just had died and came back to life, it's really not too big of a deal."

Klef relaxed a bit. " Oh, right," she replied, seeming oddly relieved. It kind of took her by surprise that someone had came to visit her. Friendships could only last for so long on the road, dropping all contact was the norm for her and it seemed that she'd have to do that yet again. Why did he have to make this so hard?

" Um... wow... you looked for me?" She stuttered, twirling with the drawstrings of her hoodie. " Don't beat yourself up over it, I hear the search was hard, even the people with my old powers couldn't do it alone." Klef told him, giving a quick hug. As long as she went through the motions quickly, the whole leaving biz would be a piece of cake.