Question Laura and the Village

Laura loving history, could use more students like her. And ouch, mocking and teasing making her avoid drawing more attention to herself. High school will never change, always be bullies no matter what. Ah, the girl who messed with her has a thing about kids with GSD and no one wants her in their training team or club so stuck on the first floor of Crystal Hall for two years, sounds like a serious attitude problem.

Alice Roberts aka Gecko, very interesting look but cute. And Smooth goes after cute girls with GSD, just how many girlfriends has he had just because he gets bored with one and moved on, I wonder. Boy, Laura read Dr. Barton like a book. He is the kind of teacher I wish I had more of growing up.

Jennifer Kelly, what kind of job does she has, hard to guess. Why is this woman staring at her with a shocked look on her face, determined to talk to her. And Jennifer running in a panic like that, thinking she is a stalker. Just what is going on there, almost seemed like a long-lost relative trying to reconnect to me, someone who might have been changed by a BIT so Jennifer wouldn't recognize them.

Huh, no school I ever went to had a teacher try to teach students how to interact with adults as peers, wish they had. And opening her mind to new ideas and possibilities, yeah, really wish I had a teacher like him. Vanessa teasing her husband about having already 'caught one', like he did with Kayda all those years ago who was his first history-phile. Bwhahaha, the playful teasing between them and with Vanessa to Laura, even the Borg reference, too funny.

Not wanting to conference because he thinks Lanie is too busy with her kids and duties in the shop, and that Imp is a bad influence and leaves traps and tricks around the house when she sits for Lanie's kids from the sound of it. Donna and Maria available to help Vanessa as well, they have a lot of friends. Jake is stubborn, only Vanessa already having bought the tickets and made the reservations gets him. Ever since the incident he always worries about what will happen to Vanessa if he isn't around, he needs to learn to trust in his friends again.

Laura offering to help by staying with Vanessa, Jake can't accept due to policy, but Vanessa says she can hire her to help. Love when someone finds a loophole. Yikes, Laura is going to meet Lanie and her kids, hope she isn't overwhelmed by it all.

A blonde and another woman with the dark-haired woman, she felt someone's presence and knew it was her, interesting. Wait a minute, a blonde, a tall redhead, and a dark-haired exotic woman, Debra, Lanie, and Kayda! Accept that who is gone, what could have happened that has Kayda such a mess beyond the Unhcegila incident. Really curious who was possibly lost that has Kayda this messed up, as it sure sounds like it is those three. Wait, wild guess, almost sounds like something happened to Tansy to me.

Laura that excited, and I like how Kenshin talks like Yoda right now when speaking in English. Laura likes to tell the whole story instead of getting the point, heh. Paid to do housework and spend time with Vanessa, sounds like a good job to me. And taking on working for Tia and Hikaru, this will be interesting to watch, Poesie in Melville. And not going alone, safety in numbers after Morgana's ambush.

Awww, cute chat with her mom. Ouch, Bailey upset whenever Laura talks to her mom on the phone. And not wanting to talk about the subject of talking to her mom, Bailey needs some counseling on that issue if it hurts her so much.

Yikes, imagination causing Laura to think Melville residents are judging her with their gazes. Gerard Cox, nice to see friendly residents as well. Tia darting to girl Laura a hug, just a friend greeting a friend or are Tia's meds not working as well as hoped. Teasing about Laura being a minion, but she isn't a small yellow being. Laura and Kurenai sniping at each other still, oh boy, if Laura knew what Kurenai really was.

All those plushies from Kako, hehehe. That poor wolf plushie, the wrath of Amaterasu shows no mercy for cute dolls. Kurenai teasing Hikaru like that, that AI is going to go too far one of these days. Sucking up to Laura now, Tia on the bed laughing, why did Hikaru have to tell Kurenai that Laura is a gadgeteer. A book on Asian history, written by Daniel Moate, boy, huge hint there which Laura won't get.

Using her power to heat up a teapot, even Hikaru can't resist using her powers. A cabinet made to look like a shrine including a gate, Kako needs to ease up on these things. Just how much is Hikaru paying Laura!?!

The cabinet is bigger on the inside! A gift from a fashion designer, a wardrobe like that could store a lot. Fifteen by twenty meters, if it is even close to that big inside, dang. Organize something that size, good grief, you would need a team or at least a couple speedsters to do that kind of job. Army dress uniform with Myoujin name and stripes of rank on it which Laura recognizes, Hikaru took a big risk with that. At least Hikaru didn't freak out and Laura and Tia promised not to tell anyone about it, plus didn't figure out what it hinted at.

And given one of the kimonos by Hikaru because Ammy won't wear those colors, nice perk to the job.

Tia caught her arm. "Hikaru, you can NOT use Laura to re-gift!"

That is a huge tip.

What are this boy and girl up to, baiting Medina into believing their second subject is the daughter of Spinel. And the Capes sound like they have gotten worse over the years, never really verifying where their information about villains comes from. Making the Secret Squirrels think their second subject is their link to taking down a major villain, *groans* So many ways this could go wrong, especially if the SS are anything like their Gen 1 counterparts. And using Swarm to monitor their two subjects by means of suggested blackmail, great.

Students getting to see the Village, Laura and Tanya are lucky. Dr. Wyatt Cody, mountain of a man sounds right for description of him. Christine, Imp is going by her real name now, nice. Imp wants to get Laura in her class, Wyatt teases she just wants more students to torture, Imp won't change and for that I'm thankful. Teasing between Vanessa and Wyatt about taking her help to babysit his herd, tehehehe.

That many history books, guessing it is enough for a small library at least. Laura curious about Tanya's reaction to Dr. Barton, wondering if she should tell her about "Heroes of the Prairie-The History of the Sioux Falls League", plus the cover picture of the book the same one as on Dr. Barton's desk which has her curious about Debra and Kayda.

Vanessa part of the magic department, grading papers from introductory magic and annoyed at how the Harry Potter books have tainted views on magic. Sitting by the lake and chatting, good way to pass the time. Going into town to get ingredients with Vanessa driving and Laura having to put on make-up to hide her GSD, oh boy, I always suspect trouble will happen in these kind of situations.

Working on ideas to help out Vanessa, Laura is a good friend. Oh boy, grandmotherly woman thinks Vanessa and Laura are mother and daughter, awkward. Ouch, talking about it later, painful reminder she can't carry a child, poor Vanessa. Can't bake without baking some cookies, too, I like that rule. For Laura the change was a blessing in many ways, especially getting her out from under the thumb of her dad and brothers.

Pizza with the works, ack! Olives and mushrooms... Chocolate-chili pots de crème, sounds yummy. The 'rack' which Lanie developed for Vanessa, so many uses for something that stimulates muscles so they don't atrophy, hope she patented it. *eyes bug out* Okay, we know why she doesn't use a power walking frame, yikes doesn't cover it. And the 'rack' in action, I would pay for something like that.

Interesting idea on modifying the car for Vanessa. Laura working with Lanie on modifications for Vanessa's car, this will be epic.

Kim Hashida aka Perfume and Ed Temple, from the sounds of it part of the Secret Squirrels and worse than Gen 1 were. They didn't even check a second source other than the Capes database on Spinel, plus think just because someone is stated their parent or parents are supervillains they are ones as well, ugh. They are making the same and worse mistakes than the Gen 1 SS did, even not trusting the new headmaster because he was Syndicate. They are going to get in trouble and act like they are the law, just like the original group did, like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

Brita Baumann messing with Laura like this, talk about petty, using her RA status. Dragging Laura to Mrs. Horton's office like that, ugh. Stahlfaust needs to change her attitude or soon she will get herself expelled. So focused on messing with Laura she didn't check her RA app, just know she is going to use this against Laura later. Laura trading recipes and cooking techniques with Laura, fun.

Financier, who is this woman, is it the same one from the earlier scene. Miss Hartnett, the secretary, is an Exemplar as well. Mr. Buffet making small talk, Financier's SO delivered their baby, interesting. All that security for doing business and she brings out something that is a jammer and more. Cube that would make others hear just standard business discussions, sounds like one of Nikki's crystals.

Hugo Butler is the money manager of Evolution Rocks, guess they need someone smart to keep them going. And Financier is a Whateley Alum from the sounds of it, had testing done and Butler has an active meta-gene complex. And he is a part of Vanguard, making headway in improving relations between the mutant and baseline communities until Fullerton. Whoa, new details about Fullerton and it is worse than imagined, sounds like death would be a blessing.

Ack! Growth in so-called reality shows, gossip TV, and growth in sports, wonder what it could be covering up in our world. Pro-mutant candidates and pro-mutant-rights laws, this is a conspiracy I could back if they didn't hook up with Stauffer.

Someone who knows business, who knows intimately how the levers of power are worked, and who knows the mutant community, which I've mostly hidden from, much better than I. Someone who reputation in the business world is stellar.

With how Financier talks, is a Whateley Alumni, and so good at gathering information on others, I'm making a guess that she is actually a he where it counts, Ayla.

Oh boy, Bailey is upset that her mom and Aunt Matilda never said they were mutants, or that her mom is also a changeling. Bailey feeling like a lie of omission is still a lie, oh boy. Vanessa actually came up to the 2nd floor to check out how the cottages have changed since she was in school. Some of best friends and one former teammate were Poesies, so knows to keep the secret.

Bwahaha, the teasing about the 'old days' by Flower and Vanessa's response, too funny. Tales from Mrs. Horton about Debra and Kayda, so cute how Laura reacts to Vanessa bringing up Antonia. Whateley alums having much higher odds of romances actually lasting, one of the benefits of going there.

Making chicken for Vanessa and Lanie and the kids are there.

Laura's jaw dropped. "I am not a minion!" she protested. "Why does everyone keep calling me a minion?" "Yeah!" Wyatt Junior retorted boldly from one door of the kitchen. "Everyone knows minions aren't blue! They're yellow!"

Bwahahaha, nice reference. Constance, Wyatt Junior's red-headed twin sister, trying to sneak cookies, that never gets old.

Wyatt takes the cookies and the little cutie, young Steven, tattles on him to Laura. Boy, Laura knows how to manipulate little kids, she is going to make a great mother. Caramel custard, I would take that over cookies. Wyatt puts the cookies back and Steven tattles again, well trained boy, his siblings won't get away with anything with him around.

Oh boy, Lanie and Wyatt see how good Laura is with cooking and kids and say she is hired for babysitting, too good for her own good. Aunt Kayda, all of Lanie and Wyatt's kids are so adorable. Nice to see Laura watch the kids while Lanie and Vanessa chat.

Laura isn't tired after all that, starting to think she has the energy of a higher exemplar than 1. And proven wrong, dozed off five minutes later. And Laura spending the night.

"Can I keep her?" Vanessa chuckled.

Time so far like mother-daughter and a tear of regret to her eye, ouch.

Great, blood samples to confirm the two subjects are stable, have the Secret Squirrels tailing one of them, which is Laura. They messed up their own plans by having the SS watching one target. And how the talk, sounds like Dr. Stauffer on the other end.

Yikes, woken up by Vanessa screaming because of a nightmare and going to comfort her. Out at the lake and Vanessa tells Laura what happened with Unhcegila. Telling how she lost friends and it ended the Sioux Falls League. No amount of therapy will completely end the nightmares caused by that trauma. Laura feeling the responsibility of helping Vanessa could end up crushing her, she doesn't know her own strength.

Lanie and the kids back to visit again. And Laura taking the kids to the park so they don't make Vanessa feel worse, Lanie understanding why. With the way Lanie talks about the twins and the look she gave Laura, I'm guessing those two manifested early and have a telepathic link among other things.

MCO being asses to Jake on his return flight and won't be in until late, no wonder Vanessa is upset. And Lanie excited about Laura being on the tech track, she teaches in the advanced technology department.

"Laura, you are in the presence of the Lab Legend, the Gadgeteer Goddess, the Mechanism Maestra, the Gizmo Queen..." "Stop it!" the redhead protested. "Have you heard the tales yet about a student called Loophole?" Vanessa continued. Laura's eyes bulged forth and her jaw dropped. "You're...Loophole?" she stammered. "Everyone talks about you...you're a...a legend!"

Lanie and Laura tech talk, priceless. And Lanie taking them to the Brown Moose for lunch, no arguing, don't even try when Lanie has her mind made up.

Laura left with the kids while the adults went to pick up Dr. Barton and she is making caramel-pecan rolls!

Laura handed her the device. "I didn't shoot them or anything," Laura said quickly in her defense. "This is a neural dampener. When the twins get a little too...conspiratorial, I....kind of guessed it was because of some level of telepathic connection. So I set the neural dampener to generate a very low-level field."

Genius! Awww, borrow it already, Lanie, it would help you so much with the twins.

And Dr. Barton is right, Laura is pretty amazing, most girls her age can't do what she does, keeping those kids under control especially. And if Laura knew how bad that incident was, she would never ask about it again. Nightmare fuel doesn't cover it.

Latonya Mullens, a member of the Masterminds, goes to meet someone in the woods near Whitman Cottage. Blood samples and put Latonya in contact with the committee, playing a dangerous game. Open up the targets so they can get samples, very not good.

Jennifer Kelly and Sarah Williams, girlfriend is a doctor and Nubian princess as Jennifer calls her. Wait, Jennifer has amnesia, yet is an Exemplar, sounds like she could be who Kayda is looking for after all. Mysterious extra sensory perception that allowed her to pick up on Kayda, sounding more and more like Tansy to me.

"Why would I want more...kids..." Jennifer said slowly, her eyes going wide as she realized a she had just had a flash of memory from before her amnesia.

Not the villain on that MID, and called an Irish Rose, what is going on.

Wait, what?! Jennifer and Sarah after Jennifer is checked out, yet this line confuses me.

"Ladies?" he asked softly and Elaine smiled, touched by the older doctor's respect for her modesty.

A mother at least twice, what is going on. Is this somehow Lanie yet not Lanie or what. And she has a red band on her MID, thus a villain who has been in prison, so doesn't want to be that person. Who is she?

Brought down to the vehicles lab to ask Laura to babysit so Lanie and Wyatt can go on a movie date. Good thing she has the time to do it, plus coding her ID to come and go to The Village without causing security and staff to worry, very nice.

'Mayhem central', good name for the Cody household with the parents and kids. The book on the history of the Sioux Falls League, oh boy, hope it doesn't go into too graphic of detail on their final mission together.

Laura is good, all the kids asleep, she deserves to be paid well. Guessing the friend that told Lanie that piece of advice was Ayla. Dr. Barton wished to get Daniel Moate into the History Department at Whateley, he would have been great. A secret room behind the bookcase which Dr. Barton reveals to Laura, their old supersuits in there among other things. Laura shocked to find out he was Tractor and Vanessa was Vanity Girl, why hide the medals since they are heroes.

Calling Farm Boy, Ping Pong and Card Trick the real heroes and himself just a survivor, ouch.

"Because Vanessa needed you the other night, and you were there for her. She...she needs someone like you. Someone younger, caring, supportive, non-judgmental. Someone who doesn't remind her of...of things."

A friend which Vanessa needs, Vanessa is like a second mother to Laura with how they interact, it is great to see them together.

Luring the SS tail away with an illusionary double, telepathic illusion from how the boy responds. Invisible knockout gas in a dart, KOed target on her way to her cottage, Laura out and he takes a sample and leaves, with no evidence otherwise except maybe a close medical examination on the inside of her elbow.

And with the concern from Mrs. Horton and call from Dr. Barton, Laura confirmed as the target from her missing time while unconscious. And another babysitting job for the Codys, this time on Sunday morning.

"You should answer it, 'Laura's Babysitting Service'," Bailey shot back. "Oh, hush!"

Sloppy, they left evidence, bruised on her arm and small spot of dried blood on the shirtsleeve.

Wait, sample from the boy, got it when he came into medical center with an injury, so Laura is the female target, who is the male. And leaving Kansas City for Los Angeles area, Dr. Stauffer works out of the Kansas City area if I recall. Plus Laura is from there. Who is male and from the Kansas City area which we have seen?

Loved this story, lots of character development and interaction for Laura, learning how good she is with cooking, housework and even kids like Wyatt and Lanie's firsthand. Plus a friend to Vanessa Barton, like having a second mother and being someone the older woman can confide in. Excellent story, plus the details of those monitoring Laura plus now we know the second target is a male, adds more questions than answers but still opens up a lot for more speculation. Can't wait for the next story, seeing Laura interact with everyone is fun.

From what we've gathered, it seems likely that Jennifer Kelly is a victim of Fullerton, and assuming that The Autumn Leaves is related, we might have the first mention of a given date, which would be 1st October, 2013.

Do remember that Jennifer Kelly's natural hair colour is apparently red, and she's referred to as an Irish Rose for it and presumably more. We know that Tansy was in the know about why Elaine would rather Kayda avoid New York, but not much more than that.