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"Hey! We have mail!" Luna called, racing into the room. Billy looked over, grabbing Luna as she ran by. Tommy sat on the living room floor, a gaming controller in his lap and coke cans at his sides. Tommy pressed pause, looking expectingly at Luna. The little girl held the letter up, sounding out the letters slowly. "Buh- Buh- Buh I. Bile... Bile-y? Billy! That says Billy!"

"That's right, Mooncake," Tommy said when he looked at the letter. Luna smiled as she helped Billy open the letter. Luna curled into Billy's chest on his lap while he read the letter. When Billy's cheeks turned red, Tommy grabbed the letter before anyone could blink. Billy gave out a 'hey!'  as he tried to use his powers to get the letter back.

"'Dear Billy,'" Tommy read from the paper. "'Hi. It's Teddy. Remember me? We haven't talked in awhile, but I heard you were at SWORD for awhile. I sent this letter so you know I haven't forgotten about you. I'm waiting on the other side. Maybe we can try again at a date? I know the first one didn't turn out well... what with the assassin trying to kill us, but I don't wanna take that as a bad omen. Anyways, write me back if you can. Love, Teddy.' Oh my god, that was too cheesy!"

"Tommy!" Billy yelled with his cheeks blushing even redder than before. Billy placed Luna on the couch to chase after Tommy. The white haired boy simply ran to the opposite sides of the room with his super speed. Billy telekinetically grabbed Tommy's shoe and lifted it up. Tommy went tumbling down. Billy reached for the paper, but Tommy was up in a flash. He wiggled his butt while saying in a sing-song voice, "Nana nana boo boo, you can't catch me!"

Billy charged up a ball of blue energy, shooting it at Tommy. The boy dodged, and the energy hit the door instead. There was a small explosion as the door flew off the hinges. Billy ran towards his mistake. The door seemed fine, but it wasn't on the door anymore.

"Listen, Billy, to you hear that? It's the sound of freedom," Tommy said, walking out the door. Luna giggled, following behind. Billy debated whether he should go or not, but decided he would rather keep Luna out of trouble. Billy sighed before trotting down the hallway behind Luna and Tommy.

Tommy made a sign for stop, crouching down behind a wall. Luna and Billy quickly followed. Once they had settled, Billy heard a conversation from around the corner. He knew the female voice was Bella, but he didn't know who she was talking to. A man, probably older in age, and he seemed like an important person, or at least higher rank than Bella.

"Sir, I don't think we should lock her up."

"She broke the law in public, Agent. It doesn't matter what you think."

"She stopped police bullets, not blew up a building. She did that out of self defense, not premeditated aggression. She should have a fair trail."

"We can't exactly do that. The United Nations has dictated that a special council must be appointed jury and judge of a trail. Unfortunately, it takes weeks to schedule a trail with them, so she'll be held in holding until then."

"Holding isn't the word I would use."

"Agent, may I remind you that I have no power in this situation? Take it up with the boss if you have a problem."

"Maybe I will."

The conversation ended there with the two dispersing. The children hugged the wall, managing to stay hidden since neither person went down the hallway they were 'hiding' in. Billy sighed in relief. He didn't know what would happen if they got caught. Would they be punished, or get off with a warning?

"Did you hear them? We need to help that woman Bella was talking about!" Tommy said, turning towards his twin and his cousin. Tommy looked at Billy specifically now. "Can you use your powers to find the girl?"

"I can't do that. I have to know the person, and we don't know even know her name," Billy said immediately. He didn't agree to help, but it seemed Tommy was adamant about helping. Billy wondered if it had to do with Tommy's own time being locked up. Maybe Tommy felt a kinship with the woman, and that kinship made him want to help her. Billy decided that he should help. With extra manpower, Tommy and Luna would have a less likely chance of getting caught.

Billy placed his hands on the ground, mist starting to spread out. As it grew thinner, the color disappeared but the trace of it never left the air. Billy allowed his mind to see through the mist, interacting with the solids around the air. Billy tried to go to other floors, but the mist would become less concentrated. Soon, Billy lost the connection. However, he did find something that would help.

"I didn't find the woman, but down that hallway, second door to the left, there is a computer system. Using your super-speed, you should be able to sneak in, search the woman up, and leave without anyone noticing. Be careful. The person who mans that station is getting coffee," Billy explained, pointing Tommy in the right direction.

Tommy didn't want to use his powers. He had been training with Ava for a week, and his heels were bruised and raw. His entire foot was starting to get red marks. Tommy let time slow down around him despite the pain. As the world grew still, Tommy walked towards the hallway. He pushed open the door. Billy was right. There was a network of desks with computers, and the nearest station to the door was empty. On the other side of the room, a middle aged man was getting coffee. Tommy didn't hesitate when he reached the computer. He searched through as many keywords as he could think of to find the lady. Tommy did skim read copies of the files on him, Billy, and Luna until he finally found the woman.

She had green, cropped off at the shoulders hair and stunning emerald eyes. The report exclaimed that the woman had some form of telekinesis, and later stated it had been narrowed down to magnetic field generation and manipulation. Tommy looked at a weird note at the bottom. It said that she was possibly the child of Magneto. Who was that? Tommy found the name of the woman, and where she was being held at while he pondered Magneto. Tommy closed out the file, and before the man could even turn, Tommy was gone.

"Her name is Lorna Dane. Described as a mutant. Classified as a residual effect of 'the Warp', whatever that is. I do know where Lorna is being held though," Tommy told Billy and Luna as soon as he got back. They stared at him with surprise. Tommy smiled. To them, he probably hadn't even been gone. "Follow me."

As they marched, Luna was in charge of tracking for humans and Billy took care of cameras. Tommy led the way, dealing with the guards Luna sensed before they could become a problem. The trio travelled down below Triskelion's depths to an underground area. Tommy pointed towards a locked door guarded by a single man. Tommy was about to deal with the man when Billy grabbed his arm.

"Don't be so reckless, Tommy. Let me do this one," Billy said, edging around the corner they were hiding behind. Billy approached the man quietly, and eventually was right beside him. Billy raised his hand. A small spark of his power came to life. Threads sprang off the spark, flowing to the man's forehead. His brown eyes flashed blue, and he turned around towards the door. The guard tapped in the key to enter, and opened the door wide open for Billy.

"Whoa. What did you do?" Tommy asked as he pulled Luna towards the door. The guard smiled at them with a wave. Tommy shuddered as he pulled Luna closer to himself.

"Hallucination inducement. My teacher, Agatha, taught me about what Wanda could do. One of Wanda's first displays of power was showing the Avengers their worst fears. I did something similar, but more directly affected what the man saw," Billy explained as he went into the cell room. It had white padded walls with a glass box in the middle. A green haired woman sat on the ground in an orange suit and cuffs with a black shock collar around her neck. She looked up at the new intruders.

"What is this? Who are you?" Lorna asked suspiciously, raising an eyebrow. Luna walked towards the glass, placing her hand against it. The woman had a green aura. It was bright enough to be considered neon. It flowed around the woman like a field of energy, not quite touching her but being drawn to her. Luna could sense aspects of Wanda and Pietro's aura in this one. It means they came from the same source- the same parent.

"I'm Tommy. This is Billy and Luna. We're having our powers looked at, and we overheard that they were keeping you here. I couldn't stand it, so I decided to come help you. I know you aren't a bad person. It was necessary for you to use your powers in public," Tommy said, pushing Luna aside as he placed his hand on the glass. Ava told him about how his powers worked- kinetic energy. That energy would transfer. Tommy allowed his hand to speed up, vibrating against the cool glass. In a few seconds, the glass had imploded. Lorna ducked her head underneath her hands, but Billy was quick on the draw. He used his telekinesis to keep the shards from falling onto Lorna.

"Come on, Aunt Lorna!" Luna said grabbing the green haired woman's hand. Everyone seemed shocked that Luna said that, but they didn't stop the five year old from dragging Lorna away. The group retraced their steps, making it safely back to the room that the Maximoffs were staying in.

"We made it!" Tommy said excitedly. He seemed genuinely surprised that they pulled the rescue plan off. It wasn't difficult since there wasn't many guards, barely any. It was almost if nobody cared if Lorna was rescued or not. Billy felt suspicious of what happened. It couldn't have been that easy.

"We did..." Lorna replied, looking just as suspicious as Billy felt. The brown haired kid stared at the woman for a long second. Why did she look familiar? There was something about her appearance. It reminded Billy of... well, Wanda. Billy looked at Luna. She seemed confident that Lorna was their aunt.

"Do you have any siblings?" Billy asked tensely. He didn't know what answers this would yield. It was possible that Lorna didn't have siblings, that this was all something that Billy was creating in his head.

"I wouldn't know. I was put in foster care at a young age. Why does the munchkin think I'm your aunt?" Lorna said, gesturing to Luna. The child giggled at the nickname before her eyes glowed gold. This happened when she used her powers.

"Your aura! I can see aura. Yours is from the same source as my Papa's! That makes you siblings!" Luna said with a clap of her hands. When she blinked, her golden eyes were gone.

"Only a DNA test can prove that, kid," Lorna said, rubbing Luna's hair with a smile. Billy and Tommy shared a look. They trusted Luna's powers, but this seemed like a stretch. How was it possible that they kept meeting their spiritual family in strange situations?

"A DNA test like this?" Someone said at the doorway, holding a manilla folder with papers crammed inside. "One that proves that Lorna Dane is the biological younger sister of Wanda and Pietro Maximoff? One like this?"

"We didn't do anything!" Tommy yelled quickly, throwing a blanket over Lorna's head. Billy slapped his brother on the back of his head. Tommy muttered an 'ow!' as he rubbed the spot with a wince. "Well, I don't want to get caught."

"Don't worry. I made sure that it was easier to save Lorna. I know how powerful you three are. I cleared a path to Lorna, and allowed you three to take care of the rest. While everything was mostly flawless, the system beeped when someone searched Lorna. Thankfully, I was there to delete the search history," Bella explained with a smile. It was there tour guide and councilor at Camp Triskelion. "I couldn't stand Lorna being locked up. However, I don't know the password for the collar. It'll go off whenever Lorna uses her powers. I'd be careful when trying to break it since that also sends an alert through the system."

"How is she our aunt?" Tommy said, pulling the blanket off of Lorna who gave him a disapproving stare. Tommy gave a sheepish smile, waving his hand at his new aunt.

"This is classified information. A few weeks ago, something happened titled the Warp. A swarm of radiation and other energy came from a church in New York. As SWORD investigated, there was a slight problem. We discovered that two humans and four energy signatures came from the Warp. We aren't sure what the energy signatures are, but we identified the humans as Lorna Dane and Erik Lehnsherr," Bella explained what she knew as Lorna and Billy checked over the DNA test to make sure it was correct.

"Why are you telling us this?" Tommy asked suspiciously. Bella had seemed nice during their first encounters, and she still had that pixie charm about her, but all of this felt more than a little off.

"Because I want you out of here. SWORD isn't compromised, not yet anyways, but I have a feeling that you aren't safe here," Bella explained. She gave them all a smile. "Take care of Lorna. I'll deal with the consequences. Hopefully, SWORD and I can come to an agreement. If not, prepare to be fugitives until the Scarlet Witch hits some sense into the council."

"Yeah, that's Mom," Tommy said, letting it slip. Billy nearly dropped the folders as his face went white. Lorna placed her hand on his shoulder to comfort him. Billy ignored Lorna to look at Tommy. Billy's twin hadn't realized his mistake. If it was a mistake. Had Tommy taken the big step when Billy wasn't paying attention?

"Lorna, I need to tell you something," Bella said, holding up a folder that the four hadn't seen before. Lorna nodded, giving Billy's shoulder a squeeze as she walked with Bella to the side, out of earshot. Bella opened the folder, taking the top piece of paper. Lorna took the paper in her own hands. "I didn't tell the kids, but it wasn't just a DNA test that was performed... Lorna, we discovered something about you."

Lorna looked angry. She handed the paper back to Bella. Lorna didn't remember where she came from. Lorna remembered a past, but she wondered if it was the truth because in her memories, Lorna remembered looking up to her half siblings when she saw them on the news as Avengers. Lorna remembered grieving Pietro. How could Lorna be dealing with this when the person responsible was gone?

"Lorna, you're pregnant."

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