Chapter 16

When they arrived home (finally), Ripples and Twinkles greeted them with much enthusiasm.

"We misseded you!" they shouted.

But not more than Cuddles missed Isaac...

"Cuddles! What have I told you about doing that!"

Taylor and Zac laughed.

"Yeah, yeah. Go on. Laugh. You'll get yours," Isaac informed them as Cuddles curled himself around his shoulders. "Maybe I should train him to pick your noses, see how you like it."

Zac just poked his tongue out at him and Taylor grinned.

"Welcome back," said Trinity.

"Trinity! What are you doing here?" Isaac asked in surprise. "And who do the babies belong to?"

"Aww, they're mine and Rocky's."

"I didn't know you were pregnant."

"I wasn't. The twins were adopted. This is Luke, and this is Darcy."

"They're telepathic..." Taylor observed.

"Yes. As far as we can tell they're neither mutant nor triggered," Trinity replied, looking at Zac.

Zac looked back.

"You want me to trigger them?"

"Yes."

"But they're... they're..."

"You guys are really lucky to have never known the pain of mutation. Some have been known to die from it. What you saw of Angela even, that merely scratched the surface."

Zac nodded. He sat down and concentrated. A moment later a bolt of volts hit each of the twins.

"Whoa..." Taylor said. "Weird."

"What's weird?" Trinity asked.

"It's like... like there's..." Taylor paused, searching for words. "A telepathic connection between them."

Trinity nodded.

"Sometimes that happens with twins. We call it Selective Telepathy. Basically they will always be... in each other's head? I'm not telepathic, I'm not sure."

"Fair enough," Taylor replied. "So, where is Rocky?"

"He's tending to some other business," Trinity then smiled. "You know what? We always planned to have kids, but we put it off on account of work. Looks like work was ready for us to be parents after all."

"And they're adorable," Diana said. "Just adorable."

Chapter 17