Chapter 21: Labyrinth Line, Part 3

They felt the Airspace-wanderer begin to disintegrate as it went out into outer space, so the girls (Blossom and Jannaly) do everything they can to get safely to Earth, but first, they had to save Dorothy. Strange ships can be seen chasing Blossom and Jannaly (they were alien ships) and shooting at them. Blossom and Jannaly evade the shots, but the Airspace-Wanderer had not yet been designed to be a fighter plane. At that moment, they lose sight of Dorothy. Seconds later, they see her again. Her eyes could be seen shining and turning a very deep blue. Blossom is shocked by what she just saw, but decides to keep running away.

_Let's contact Dorothy, or those things are going to destroy us! - Blossom exclaimed.

_Yes, hello? Dorothy, do you hear me? - says Jannaly upon contacting Dorothy

_Loud and clear, you have to flee, or those ships will destroy you.

_How do you know? - asks Blossom - Why would they want to kill us? Besides, what are those things?

_You concentrate on surviving, - said Dorothy - you have saved 400 people, so be happy Blossom!

The ships continue to chase Blossom and Jannaly, they had to evade many shots.

_We have to increase speed! - says Jannaly

_ There is no way - answers Blossom - we can only resist and flee

A voice is heard speaking to Blossom and Jannaly

_Stop, if you don't stop, we will destroy the Airspace-Wanderer!

How? Do you also know of the existence of the Airspace-wanderer? How do you know?

At that moment, the shooting surprisingly calmed down. What was the purpose of shooting at two girls and then they stopped shooting at them? Why did Dorothy's eyes glow and turn a very dense royal blue color?

The fireballs (asteroids still unknown to scientists and astronomers) had also calmed down, they were calmly returning home, they tried to contact Dorothy, but they couldn't, without realizing it, they lost sight of her.

_Where is Dorothy? - Blossom asks

_I don't know - Jannaly answers - but what seemed strange to me were those ships, are they from aliens?

_Even worse, don't they want to conquer the Earth? Sometimes I have thought about alien existence, and if it is not the end of the world due to powerful cataclysms like the one we are experiencing, it will be due to an alien invasion!

_Like in science fiction movies? Don't tell me! -says Jannaly- right now we have to organize our priorities and you know it better than anyone.

_Did you see how Dorothy's eyes lit up? -asks Blossom- that doesn't happen in a human being

_And more than anything, it looked like she had a sad face, maybe.......

Another ship shoots at the Airspace-wanderer, activating the severe alarm signal

_Oh my God! Again! -says Blossom- Hey Alien! Show your face already! Don't be shy!

_If we go to Earth, this ship will destroy many people, -says Jannaly- we better run away from it or face it before it causes destruction.

_Good idea, Jannaly! Come for us! We'll play cops and robbers (irony and laughter)

On the other hand, we see Mrs. Madeleine Harper visiting her daughter Sharon in the hospital. When she enters her room, Sharon directly and bluntly tells her mother that she doesn't want to know anything about her.

_What are you doing here, Madeleine? - Sharon said, challenging her.

_My dear daughter, I only came to...

_If you came so that I would welcome you with open arms, you are very wrong! So I'm going to ask you, Madeleine, to please go out that door and leave us alone.

_You reacted very differently to your brother, you know?

_What do you mean? - Sharon asks him.

_Your brother seemed just as furious as you, but with the difference that there was something inside him that said he forgave me.

Sharon begins to laugh sarcastically, since she didn't believe at all what her mother was telling her.

_Yes, don't tell me-he says mockingly-No! You can't even claim that you miss me or that I'm important in your life! That you spent many sleepless nights because you didn't have your little girl with you! (Sarcasm).....You left! You weren't at Jawara's graduation when he presented the creation of the Airspace-wanderer to many people, you weren't with us in the most important moments of our lives

_Sharon, dear, I had good reasons to leave, now I want to fix things.

_I have no interest in fixing things with you! And I assure you that Jawara doesn't either, okay? Neither my brother, nor my father nor I want to know anything about you, so get out of here!

_Watch the vocabulary with which you speak to me, young lady, I'm your mother and you owe me respect.

_I don't think that a woman who abandons her children is worthy of respect-says Sharon with deep resentment.

_Look, Sharon, I have something for you and information that you urgently need to know.

_ Shut up! Come up with another strategy to convince me to forgive you.

_ If you don't listen to me, you, your husband,

your brother, your sister-in-law, your father, everyone you love will die, and I'm not saying that I'm threatening you, it's something you need now to survive this end of the world

_What are you talking about?

_I'll only tell you that if you give me a chance, and given the circumstances we're living in Blossom, I think you should agree to forgive me, see you later.

Mrs. Harper leaves Sharon's room leaving her very thoughtful, although Sharon felt a deep resentment for her mother, deep down she felt a little curious to know what her mother wanted to tell her, but she was more willing not to get carried away by sentimentality, since what differentiates Jawara and Sharon is that Jawara is more sensitive, and Sharon is more cerebral.

Mrs. Harper meets Mr. Edward Malenfant outside the hospital, he could sense that she went to see Sharon, so he begins to argue with her.

_What are you doing here, Madeleine?

_I came to see my daughter, because she is my daughter, but of course, she made it very clear that she doesn't want to know anything about me.

_That's logical! And I assure you that Jawara doesn't either, so get out Madeleine, we already told you, we don't want you in our lives anymore!

_We'll see about that Edward, because I have something that you need and information that you need to know. It's up to you if you want to know it, I would advise you to do so, because it will help you survive, goodbye Edward.

Mrs. Harper leaves firmly and confidently from that confidential information that she knows, and according to her, she has something that will help them survive, as she is clever, she decided to leave with the most sensitive part: her son Jawara, that is to be able to convince them. What does Mrs. Madeleine Harper really want?

On the other hand, you can see that Blossom and Jannaly are still running away from that mysterious ship that is chasing them, they have already been shot at a lot, although they are unharmed, but the Airspace-wanderer has already suffered serious damage.

_That thing will not stop chasing us! - says Blossom

_We have to do something about it, wait, I think it is waving at us.

_ How does it say hello?

_ Ship to ship communication, that's what I mean, Blossom, not even on Earth has something like that been created.

A very mysterious male voice is heard telling them:

_Get out of here and don't come back-

Another ship appears and starts shooting at the ship that was chasing the Airspace-Wanderer, the mysterious ship disappears and decides not to fight

_Did you see that? - says Jannaly amazed- now it turns out there are two ships

A woman in a catsuit (a combat suit) teleports to the Airspace-Wanderer

_The Airspace-Wanderer detects: that a person teleported here to the plane? - said Blossom amazed

_Come on! Let's see who it is, it shouldn't surprise you, if with attraction rays your husband has saved many.

The girls get down from the cockpit and Blossom is very surprised to see who it is

_Iris! What are you doing here? Were you on that ship?

_ Yes, but I'm not the Iris you know, my name is Iris Hauer, but you can also call me Ice Cat

_ Is that why the cat suit? Do you feel like you're a feline?

Iris laughs a little

_ Your doppelgänger's aunt said "You've heard the feline" very sarcastically to one of my classmates.

_ Doppelgänger? Explain it to me, I don't understand

_ Look Blossom, I'm a human like you- said Iris- I'm from a team of undercover agents and we're also heroes, we call ourselves The Fighting Cats. And yes! I'm Iris Patterson's doppelgänger.

_ Let's see, let's see! First, are you a spy and a superhero who dresses like a cat? And you call yourself Ice Cat, and you talk to me about doppelgängers! I'm a scientist, so I'm not ignorant of astronomical theories, time travel, the Multiverse, is the Multiverse real then?

_ That's right Blossom, I'm from Earth 02, there's a secret you need to know but you can't tell your husband or your friends yet. Jannaly, show yourself.

Jannaly unifies her hands and turns them into police weapons.

_ Hey, wait! - Blossom exclaimed scared and protecting her belly.

_ Calm down! I'm not going to hurt you - said Blossom - this is the secret: alien existence is real, I'm an alien, my name is Jannaly Noumair, my brother is Ariche Noumair, co-leader and co-creator of FIREFLY, an Earth organization that studies aliens.

_ And they know that an alien is among them? Not one of my friends who built an invention to detect alien presence has been able to do that!

_ If they know- said Jannaly.

_ They call them the Outlander-aliens- said Iris- Ariche Noumair is one of them because he broke a very important law, a very important law for aliens, now, Ariche is on Earth, but we don't know if he knows it.

_ Who are you talking about? First you reveal to me that you are a superheroine in a cat suit but you are human, you know a lot about astronomy, you reveal to me that Jannaly is an alien and is the sister of a

alien who is banished and is on Earth, and now they talk to me about someone else.

_ His name is Armin Blake- said Jannaly- the most powerful alien that exists, gradually you will learn details about him, what I do know is that with him you are in imminent danger, it is easier for humanity to survive 1000 cataclysms together than for Armin Blake not to want to destroy you humans.

_ What are you talking about?

_ I can only tell you that gradually you will get to know him, but what you now know, you must not tell anyone, not even your husband, or anyone.

_ You must not reveal to The Fighting Cats either- said Iris- in due time they will know us. I can only tell you, even you Jannaly, that no one is prepared, so do not think that you can handle current and future events.

_ We will see, dear, we will see, hey, what about Dorothy? Is she an alien too?

_ I have to go, go back to Earth, it was nice to see you, Jannaly- Iris teleports to her ship and disappears.

Blossom is stunned, but the question is, will she still manage to keep the secret like many secrets have already had to be kept by several people?

_ I think she's fine- said Jannaly to divert Blossom's mind- that woman is intrepid, I think she's fine, and she also gave us the good news that 400 people were saved.

_ 400 people- said Blossom letting out a sigh- I wish there had been more people. But....

_ I know you have a lot of questions, but trust me and Iris Hauer, everything will be revealed in time.

_ Wait! She mentioned that my aunt's doppelgänger called one of her companions a feline in a joking tone, that doesn't matter to me, what I care about is which aunt of mine is she talking about? Or well, which double of my aunt and which aunt? FIREFLY! What organization is she talking about that according to her, they know the aliens?

_ Maybe you'll find out later, come on! Let's go back to Earth, oh! And Blossom, it's a secret, don't tell others that I'm an alien yet.

_ Okay

The two girls later came to the conclusion that Dorothy would be fine, since she is a brave woman, but also very mysterious. Blossom only needed to know that she was a good girl, but Blossom's doubts about her being an alien germinate. Arriving on Earth, a crowd of reporters approach them, among them, was Iris Patterson, Jannaly did not want to accept the interview, but Blossom agreed.

_ I am Iris Patterson, right now I am in the United States, I am here with none other than the wife of the creator of the Airspace-wander, her name is Blossom Malenfant. Tell me, Mrs. Malenfant, how did you rescue Dorothy Webber?

_The truth is that I would not have been able to do it without the help of Jannaly Nou....sorry....Jannaly Miller, my husband is not in a condition to drive the Airspace-wanderer right now, but I had a lot of help thanks to this woman whom I now appreciate very much.

_Tell us, Mrs. Malenfant. How was your adventure in outer space?

_The truth is that it was impressive! I had already been in outer space, but it is different when now you have all the responsibility on your shoulders, responsibility to save many people. In fact... there is something in particular that was very strange, and I would like to talk about it.

When Blossom said that, she saw Dorothy in the distance, signaling her not to talk about the spaceships that were fired at them. Dorothy's gaze was pleading. Likewise, Jannaly secretly signaled her not to talk. Blossom didn't want to listen at first, but decided to accept.

_Oh really? Tell us, Mrs. Malenfant - Iris says - What was that strange thing you faced?

_Fireballs, many fireballs, we had to dodge them to save Dorothy. My sister-in-law is an astrophysicist and she can't even name them yet. It was impressive! And I'm uncertain if with so many mysterious natural disasters here on Earth we will really see something like that.

_Wow, we do have doubts about that matter! Finally, Mrs. Malenfant, do you think that one day we will have an alien invasion?

Blossom was once again faced with the dilemma of whether or not to say anything. She could see Dorothy motioning for her not to say anything, as well as Jannaly.

_I really don't know- said Blossom- we shouldn't rule out that idea, but in the meantime, let's concentrate on surviving such a cataclysm that we are living through right now

Blossom felt she had to tell the truth about aliens. She witnessed how strange ships attacked the Airspace-wanderer. And now she knows a lot of information provided by a Fighting Cat and that Jannaly is an alien. She doesn't understand why Dorothy asks her to keep the secret, just like Iris, she begins to have serious suspicions about Dorothy. Blossom doesn't believe now that Dorothy is human, not now that she also saw that she begged her not to say anything.

_ Dorothy is an alien! - exclaimed Blossom- but I won't say nothing

On the other hand, you can see how Jawara is devastated to see that his "mother" returned, Sharon is determined not to forgive her, but what she doesn't know is that her brother might forgive her. There was a lot of mystery to solve in order to survive.

At The Fighting Cats base

Iris Hauer arrives

_ What information do you have? - said Antoinette

_ Blossom Malenfant already knows about the existence of The Fighting Cats, and she also knows about Armin Blake and the alien existence, and she already knows that Armin Blake is an imminent threat to our race but..., she doesn't know yet what we already know.

_ The face of her doppelgänger - said Antoinette sadly - Blossom McGregor when she was single and Blossom Tancredi when she was married, how I remember her! When she saw her father die and she couldn't do anything, in such a cruel and merciless way that they killed him! I know we can't save everyone but.....I feel guilty that.....

_ Hey, hey! Remember that Helmer McGregor is alive.

_ But we don't know yet if Blossom from our Earth and her brother Aubrey already know, they did something similar to McGregor that they did with Sky Panther and with The Pilot of the Abyss. Their daughter - Antoinette lets out a sigh - was not an eyewitness to that, but Blossom was.

Iris smiles at her kindly

_ There is clear proof that you really want to empathize, there is no doubt that there is a lot of prejudice with autism! With those who suffer from it. You know? I've had to come to terms with a lot... a lot... of... losing my sister Heather, you know her death is real and we can't do anything to bring her back, that and adding to that not telling my father about the Iron Ladies project, dealing with Heather's death, not having to yet tell my brother Andrei's double that my sister's double is dead, if she's alive, also not telling my double or my brother Yadir's double that Sharon, Andrei, Jaidev are their blood brothers. But the truth is, you taught me to be strong in many ways, beyond being our leader, you've shown that you want to be a good friend, and that moves me deep down, I'm a black-skinned woman and you know how we are discriminated against for being "different", and more so because my family is "multiracial" of the 6 children we were born with, two of us are of color, but you know that the variety of personalities and cultures enrich us. Thank you very much! For not only being our leader, thank you for being my friend!

Antoinette gives Iris a big hug and says this phrase

"One will not understand the seriousness of just letting yourself be carried away by the obvious or generalizing all the time, until your eyes see beyond the visible"

_ It's time! Dae-Hyun Oark already wants us to go to combat.

_ Since when do we have to fight aliens now- said Iris with a little laugh

_ Okay boss, here we are- said Gretel

_ I'm here! Sorry for being late- said Kiara

_ Okay boss and friend, 5 of The Fighting Cats now have a mission- said Ginger.

_ The Fighting Cats! Let our war meow be heard!- exclaimed Antoinette

On the planet where Diana, Armin, Rachel and Fiorella are.

_ You look just like dad!- said Rachel- I've already lost two parents! I still don't quite understand this whole doppelgänger thing and stuff like that because I'm not good with science, but I'm here to save you again.