home sweet alien home

[slayers_desire]

April had insisted for Rain and her to stay on the beach until the sunrise, she wanted to watch it with him. It had been so long since she enjoyed the sun, she just wanted to feel the warmth of the sun on her skin.

After wards, she changed (and insisted Rain did too), before using her PINpoint to open a portal to where they would find her mother. The strange thing was, she didn't give Rain a PINpoint to use himself. And that it seemed, the code she used was protected by a password.

Seconds later, when they appeared on a sidewalk heading up to a home, located near a beach itself. Rain would note, just by the surroundings, that this was definitely did not look like his home dimension and thus was not April's home dimension either. In fact, it was almost a... fifties type of neighborhood.

"This is it..." April breathed. Taking his hand.

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[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain luckily didn't need much sleep. However, once they had found a place to start setting up a training area, he would be crashing hard.

He gave April's hand a squeeze. "I'm right here with you. Try not to get too upset." He looked around the neighbourhood. "This place is right out of Back to the Future."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"MMmmm you might not feel it... but actually we are on a spaceship. A floating city." April quietly told him. She knocked on the door.

"Almost everyone else in the City had been... taken by Aliens called Strangers as an experiment. Mother and I moved here, after having to leave my home in a hurry."

[harley-is-love.livejournal.com]

It only took a couple of moments before the door was opened. An older beautiful blond stood there, with a quirkful smile on her face when she saw who was behind the door.

"April..." Harley obviously recognized her daughter in this form. "Bringing home friends from school?"

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"A space ship? No way..." He looks around again. When the door opens, Rain puts on his most charming smile. "Hello ma'am. I'm Rain." He offers his hand but leaves any explaination as to how they know each other up to April.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

April is quick enough for the introductions, as her mother takes Rain's offered hand. "Rain, this is my mother, Harley Quinn."

Does he know comic books? Because the name might ring a bell.

"And no mom... Rain is not from my school. In fact, he is a Slayer."

[harley-is-love.livejournal.com]

"A slayer." Harley repeated, her hand still in Rain's. "I did not know that men could be slayers."

"Come in..." She gestured for the pair to enter the living room.

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain does indeed know comic books and his jaw goes a little slack. "No way." he mutters quietly, almost to himself.

"Normally men can't be from what I've heard. I've got Chimera syndrome." he doesn't explain right away, he doesn't want to assume she doesn't know what it is.

He follows April into the house when offered.

because I am getting lazy

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

Of course, both April and Harley can hear his soft exclaimation. They both smile.

"Chimera syndrome." Harley brings some tea over to the couch area, where they can all sit. "Essentially two people in one body. When the more dominant twin, thus being you, has two sets of DNA because you absorbed the genetics of your... sister I would assume?"

"Mother used to be a biologist and a psychiatrist." April explains. Not that Rain wouldn't know that

I don't mind a bit. :)

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain sits down and takes his cup of tea with a "Thank you." He listens to her explanation and nods. "Yes, she would have been my sister. This might be one of the first times I didn't have to explain it all." he smiles at her and then smiles at April with a wink. Indeed he did know that.

awww not even a spank ;)

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"So are you from the same... timeline that April's home dimension? With Buffy awakening all the potentials? Or are you just a... male Buffy?" Harley is trying to define the difference of course.

April smiles at Rain. Relaxing a litt.e

Okay, only one for now. *SPANK*

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"I've never met Buffy but I've dreamed about her and from what I've been able to figure out between dreams and how people in the Nexus have interpreted them, yes.. I'm an awakened potential."

only one? pout.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Ah. April's father helped slightly with fighting the One Evil, so Buffy and the others could awaken the potentials."

"I did not know that, mother." April sets down her cup, interested.

Well, since you pouted. *SPANK SPANK SPANK SPANK SPANK SPANK*

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"So I guess I partially have him to thank for the slayer gig huh?" he grinned. It wasn't really something he was thankful for but it is what it is and he's accepted it.

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"I do alright." Rain says, looking a little proud. "No SERIOUS injuries.... yet."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I could take him in five minutes." Harley chuckled.

"Mother!"

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"Probably." Rain wasn't going to argue with April's mother and he certainly wasn't going to provoke her to fight him.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

Harley just smiled, leaning back in her chair. "What else will you be needing for your training area?"

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"You're asking the wrong guy. I've never even given it much thought until April brought it up." he looks to April.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I was hoping to create an interdimensional training centre, one that Rain could enter and leave in safety, without having it discovered by any enemies. Then I could use Nexus technology to create a multi-purpose site. One that could adapt to different training simulations."

"And has a bedroom, laundry room, bathroom, kitchen and other necessities of regular living."

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain blinks. "Wow..... that sounds... AWESOME. I can't afford any of that April. Might have to try something else."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"I do not recall asking you for money, Rain." April replied.

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

"Fair enough, you're right." he zipped his lips.

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Then I assume your are using your trust fund for this. That is a good use for that money." Harley commented.

"I hoped you would say that." April smiled.

[chimera-slayer.livejournal.com]

Rain had to speak up at that. "April no. No way. You can't use a trust fund for something like this, not for me. You've got a LONG LONG life ahead of you."

[slayers-desire.livejournal.com]

"Rain. It is a lot of money. I do not need it for school anymore. And it would be completely selfish for me just to spend it all..." April replied.

"Besides. It is tainted money." Harley admitted. "And it is better to be put to use on training a Slayer. Someone who saves lives. Protects the innocent."