“Okay, you are all safe now.” Port stated as the group he had just teleported out of the building fell to the ground or reeled from the disorientation of their first teleport. He didn't stay to help them further as others came to do that he went back into the building just like he left.

“Port this is the last group.” Check stated as he returned. Port was a bit dizzy himself. He had never done so many in so short a time. The skyscraper was on fire and there was no way to leave this area normally. Smoke was just now quickly entering this last floor. Twenty scared people looked at him and the other heroes. Plus there was the four of them. Check, could jump to the next building over as he was an exemplar 4. Boost, she couldn't do much more than the frightened people but she would be carried by Glitter as she could fly. Thought you wouldn't think she could fly with those fairy wings but she did.

“I can't port that many.” Port moaned. Then Boost just smiled.

“Sure you can.” She replied. “What do you think I am here for, moral support?” The other two laughed though not too loudly as they were tired too.

“Alright then, everyone, hold hands.” Port ordered and was nearly doing so anyways. Port took one girl's hand and then the hand of an old man in a now ruined business suit. Boost came up behind him and gave him a lot of power. He smiled as he locked in and felt that it would be easy now. He had experienced this before, but not too often. He pulled on his power adding in all the bodies and teleported. Something felt wrong a microsecond later as he lost his grip on both the girl and the man. He screamed out as all this extra power affected his jump. The second thing that happened was that he felt even more power course through his body as he jumped into blackness, or did he pass out?

“What just happened?” Check asked. He felt just like the others the entire top of the building move. Then they all left the floor and crashed to the ground. Glitter was the only one who didn't hit the floor hard as she hit the ceiling. The noise was thunderously loud. Was the building collapsing?

Outside the one lookers saw the building top appear a few feet off the ground and come crashing down. Well the corner that they had been in, not the whole floor. Mere luck had one guy not ten feet away get blown over by the wind and shock as the piece crashed down. People screamed and ran, but they were safe. Check and Boost got to their feet and guided the others out of the broken piece of the building.

“Where is Port?” Glitter asked. The three went back into the section and they didn't find him. Glitter flew up to the top of the build and didn't find him either. They wouldn't find him as he wasn't there. They would never know, but he wasn't even on their Earth either.

Sean Porter jumped up after passing Kyle on the court and slammed the ball through the hoop. His teammates cheered and his other friends on the other team moaned. It had been a tough, close game, but Sean had scored the final basket, 20 to 18.

“Ya!” Sean yelled.

“How can you play so good and not be on the basketball team?” Allen wondered. “You have to play this year.”

“Ya, no being a pussy this year. We are going to get on the varsity team we need you, man.” Brad stated.

“Ya, we could go to state with you on the team.” Nick added.

“I told you before my dad won't allow it. Plus I don't think you can handle a showboat like me.” Sean bragged. Though his look of yearning wasn't lost on the other boys. His father didn't want him playing for just one reason and he hated the fact his father was right. Even at six foot and 165 and a need to shave every other day he had a secret. One he had carried his whole life. He may look like the other boys, but he had a bit extra between his legs and all it would take was one unguarded moment and they would see his lack of one half of his manhood was missing and the strange skin that on closer inspection belonged to a girl. He was intersex and no one knew, but his father and his doctor. The difference didn't stop there as he had not just the opening, but the vaginal canal and the uterus and ovary to go with them. His endocrinologist said it was dormant and he had a proper balance of testosterone for his age, but he wouldn't be able to have the female parts removed until he was eighteen. Well, he wanted them out now, but his father and his doctor warned against it.

The main reason was despite the hair growth on his face he could pass for a girl even with short hair. His voice had also not deepened very much and he could give his friends prank phone calls as he could sound like any girl from school, or boy so long as it wasn't too deep to copy. He had dove into acting in school and the local theater starting at the age of ten and even did a commercial or two, once as a boy and once as a girl. His friends teased him a few years back calling him all sorts of female names, Stella, Annie, Mary, and then Sara. Sara was the name that stuck for some reason. Maybe it was because he was outed as a boy during the play and it only made the play even more popular. The fact that not only did Sean have to kiss a girl, but he had to kiss a boy as well during the play.

He didn't mind the role or what he had to do and neither did the other two actors. What bothered him was that he had a crush on both of them. Outwardly when not acting he was all boy attracted to girls like his friends, but when as a girl he was attracted to both and one thing lead to another with both of them. The boy was gay, but he was as curious as Sean was, and had a crush on him. This first they kissed was as he was dressed as Sara his character, so when they decided to go on a date he went as a girl instead of a boy as he didn't know the boy was gay. Nothing happened and the boy told him he wanted him as Sean and not Sara. Sean had gone on a second date with him, but he just couldn't even kiss him or hug him without getting disgusted. Strangely he wasn't gay even though he did kiss him before which in the truth was gayish, but he was a different person when dressed as a girl. This was why he could act so well as a girl because he was one in his mind. With Jeans, he was a boy, in a skirt or makeup, he was a girl. He didn't have a split personality, he had a split sexuality, he thought.
Had his friends knew this most of them wouldn't be his friend.

At fifteen, sixteen boys could be very cruel or defensive about proving they were boys, and most even if the truth came out that they didn't care would act manly or hetero even if they were not. The biggest bigots were the one or two guys in school who denied even to themselves they were attracted to boys. Sean finished taking a long drink from his water bottle wondering why he had thought about this now? Then again it wasn't the first time he had thought about this on the park's court. Maybe it was the friendly teasing he got, as half of them called him Sara more than usual, though nowadays it wasn't to tease him.

“So Sara I heard they are doing Romeo and Juliet at the theater.” Mike stated. “You get the part for Juliet?” A few of the others laughed, even Sean chuckled.

“No, I am playing Mercutio. I get to die.” Sean replied.

“So we playing another?” Allen questioned.

“I got to get home.” Brad replied and a few others say the same. Sean and Allen watch the others leave.

“You want to play, horse?” Allen asked.

“Na, I have to get home as well. It's my night to cook.” Sean replied.

“As a boy or a girl?” Allen teased. Sean punched him and Allen rubs his other shoulder. “Hey that hurt, Sara.”

“Don't you start.” Sean warned, but in her voice.

“So you think your dad is going to marry his girlfriend?” Allen asked.

“I don't know. I like Megan, but she just rubs me wrong.” Sean replied.

“Maybe you don't want her to replace your mom?” Allen wondered.

“My mom died after I was born. I never knew her, but we have lived so long as just the two of us I am not so sure I could handle it.” Sean replied. His mom died in an accident on the way home from the hospital. The doctors said that she shouldn't have left as the seat belt trauma caused her uterus to bled and by the time the paramedics got there, it was too late. His father took it hard, but having Sean to take care got him through the pain of her loss. Plus the fact he had two other children to take care of. Amanda was his older sister and she blamed Sean for her death until she understood it was an accident. His brother Dean older than both of them nearly died in the accident as well, but he never blamed Sean as he blamed himself. He was away at college and his sister was a senior. Sean would enter the tenth grade in about a week as school started. What he didn't think he could handle were Megan's daughters. Both were younger with Jessie a year younger and in his class. She was also a girl he had a crush on. Jackie was two years younger and a total brat as far as he was concerned.

“Come on I have seen you and Megan together both as you are now and girl mode. I don't know of anyone other than your dad who would have no problem with it and she didn't even bat an eye.” Allen stated. “I think it is just that you wouldn't be able to date Jessie.” Sean blushed not able to hide his thoughts and Allen laughed.

“Shut let's go. I still have to beat you down on COD.” Sean challenged. Allen chuckled and then picked up his bag.

“You are on, but I am not going to forget this. Ooo, what would Jessie think?” He teased.

“Don't you dare.” Sean threatened. Allen took off and Sean chased after him. Jessie was the perfect girl in Sean's eyes and at first, they really didn't get along. Then he found out that her mom nearly died giving birth to her. It was only the fact that she was getting transfusions at the time of birth that Megan didn't bleed out. The doctors couldn't understand why the blood just wouldn't clot. They had given her plenty of blood and she finally stabilized after a month. Megan was a miracle, but because she had started bleeding before giving birth and there was a blood drive going on at the same time she survived. It was still, touch and go for a few months until her blood started clotting on its own. Her husband could take the stress and wound up taking a dive off a cliff thought the authorities ruled it as an accident.

Jackie was a miracle because another pregnancy was considered deadly to Megan and that they didn't think she could get pregnant. She did and nothing unusually happened. She barely bled at all. The man who was her father took off once she was pregnant. Megan never heard from him again, but after a few years, checks started coming in from him. Jackie never did get to see her father and this caused a few problems as her mother started dating Sean's father. It was also that Jackie was a spoiled brat and that she was one of his only enemies really. Since dad had been dating Megan she had gotten Sean in trouble nearly every week until his dad just looks at her then her mother and she grounded her. It was the first time they disciplined together. Jackie didn't have a chance after that, but they still fought a secret battle, but Sean was winning this war as far as he knew. They made it to the house and All four girls were sitting in the kitchen.

“Hey Sean, hey Allen.” Amanda was the first to greet them. Jessie and Megan both said hi, and Jackie suddenly blushed as the two girls laughed. Allen looked at them and then at Sean as he laughed too. Allen didn't know it, but Jackie had a crush on him. It was the reason Sean felt he was winning his battle with Jackie.

“Hi, and it is my night to cook. I thought you all were having a girls night?” Sean asked.

“We were until we figured out it had been six months to the day that Megan and dad started dating.” Amanda replied.

“Plus your idea of dinner is not something I wanted to eat.” Jackie declared. Sean looked at his sister and the others then he grinned.
“Too bad because I was going to cook steak and shrimp with baked potatoes and apple pie for dessert.” Sean declared while smelling spaghetti sauce. “I guess we could still have the apple pie. Well more time to play COD.” Sean left dragging Allen with him. He didn't even think Allen was paying attention as Jackie had gotten his attention. The girls giggled after Amanda moaned she loved shrimp.

“Hey, you think Jackie likes me?” Allen asked as he powered up the game.

“As much as you are going to die today.” Sean bragged.

“Don't think that is going to stop me from wiping the floor with you.” Allen countered. They put on headsets and joined a co-op game. They got on the same team for the first battle, so their threats of mutual destruction would have to wait until later.

“Now if that wasn't the best spaghetti I ever had.” Paul declared. “Though what was those little white bits.”

“Shrimp.” Amanda replied.

“Hey, they were supposed to go with the steak.” Sean complained.

“Well, I have to admit it was pleasantly different.” Paul said as he got up. “Looks like we have to wash tonight.” He added looking a Sean and Allen.

“Well, I have to get home and all. Sorry to eat and run.” Allen countered.

“Not so fast young man. You eat, you pay and since you don't have any money you have to wash dishes.” Megan stated.

“Plus I think you are close enough to family that you are not getting out of it or this.” Paul stated. He grinned wickedly as he sat him back down. He walked around the table and suddenly knelt at Megan's feet. Her hand rose to her mouth as she suddenly looked shocked tears fell as he pulled out a ring box. “I know this is sudden, but I was sure the first day we went out that you were not getting away. For so long I had just given up on being happy for anyone but my children. I am really glad I waited. Megan Young, will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?”

“Yes!” she yelled and joined him on the floor knocking him over. They all laughed as he put the ring on her finger. Jug the dog came over thinking it was playtime and covered them both with kisses which caused more laughter. Sean laughed with the others but he didn't want this it was too fast. He looked at Jackie but she was nearly on Allen's back as she filmed their parents on the floor. Allen was stunned as her breasts were pressing into his head. Sean facepalmed loudly bringing Jackie's attention. He looked up just in time to see her turn five different shades of red the final one angry as she hit him multiple times for her blunder. Sean laughed louder as their sisters pointed their phones at them.

“Daddy get the shotgun Allen was being fresh.” Amanda teased. She looked down at the floor and saw them kissing “Ewe! Get a room.” Their parents giggled and slowly got up.

“We have one.” Megan replied inciting more mock disgust.

“Yes, we do.” Paul added and pulled her toward the door. Megan pulled free and got a wicked smile going.

“Not so fast you still have to wash the dishes.” She countered. “And Allen your rinsing.” Allen moaned but he knew he wasn't getting away.

“You know we should change our names to the Bradys.” Jessie suggested. Laughter took over again. Maybe it wouldn't be so bad Sean thought? Suddenly he got a headache and it slowly built as they cleaned the kitchen. Jessie came into the kitchen holding her head.

“Paul my head is killing me and I don't have anything in my purse and mom is out too.” Jessie complained.

“Here I will show you. I need to get some myself.” Sean replied putting down the towel. Jessie followed him upstairs and into the bathroom.
He pulled out the bottle dropping some in her hand and a few in his. She filled the cups with water and they clinked the cups together laughing then both moaning as their headaches increased in level.

“Damn I have had bad ones before, but this tops the scale.” Sean stated as he took the door to his room. Jessie followed him in his room.
“I know right.” She replied. He sat down on his bed and she sat next to him. He nearly forgot about his headache as her leg touched his. “You think Allen will date Jackie?”

“I don't know. I think it would be okay, but I don't like Jackie.” Sean replied. His head and his heart were pounding. He was starting to feel a bit faint.

“I wonder if it is incest if we start dating?” Jessie asked almost too quiet to be heard. Now his heart was about to explode as he turned to her. He couldn't believe she had just said that. He started to weave as she did and they both caught onto each other. Their lips seemed to find each other without either of them knowing. The kiss was long and soft. He could feel her heart beating as much as his heart was. What they didn't see was that every loose item in the room and house started to float up in the air. Even stuff outside started to float.

“It is starting I need team one to go in now team two you know what you have to do,” Kristyn ordered. She squeezed Liz's hand as the team rushed in. Samantha struggled to keep all the outside items down out of sight or tossed into the bushes.

“ I don't think I can hold them any longer they are both telekinetic.” Samantha declared.

“Lili and James you need to shut them down.” Kristyn ordered. The two nodded as they got closer. Lili giggled as she felt the two were kissing. James chuckled as well, but he suddenly felt that his target Sean was doubled and that the one part was much stronger than the closer part. Suddenly the roof of the house blew off and all the items that were in the air crashed down including several cars. Kristyn shot a few bolts at the cars frying their blaring horns. That was instantly replaced with dozens of sirens.

“What the hell happened?” Electricity surrounded her sending feedback through everyone's earpieces. “Dani, what happened?” Danielle looked at Kristyn and shrugged.

“The three of them are gone.”

“Three of them I thought there was only two?” Kristyn questioned. “And wasn't the boy the only one to emerge tonight?”

“I wasn't sure. Maybe since they are in the same house they both started.” Dani replied.

“Or the fact they were kissing.” Samantha stated as they joined up closer to the house. The clean up would take hours. Rita sighed as she knew this was going to be one tiring event as the neighbors were all out seeing what happened. At least the power was cut to the block and the cell towers were turned off. She stuffed the rest of the energy bar into her mouth before going into the house, parents first.

Sean was thrilled about the kiss it was more than he ever hoped for. They broke the kiss and then he saw the shock on her face just before a body fell on top of him. Jessie screamed and then Sean did too as the body looked just like him. The guy was a lot more muscled and heavy. He was also bleeding and much of it got into his mouth as he swallowed. Then he felt pain as he moved the guy to the side. He had a wound in his side and a piece of metal, lead out from the wound. Sean looked down where he felt pain and he saw blood seeping out of a wound in his own stomach. His head exploded in pain as he suddenly felt cold. Jessie was screaming and then she stopped and he looked at her shocked face and then felt her hand on his stomach near the wound. She pulled up his shirt and the burst into tears.

“You are okay it was just his blood.” Jessie babbled. He looked at the other guy and shivered as he still looked so much like himself. The piece of metal fell off him as Sean's hands carefully looked at the wound. He saw with his own eyes how the hole slowly closed. He felt slowly weak and the next thing he knew was darkness. Jessie felt suddenly alone as Sean passed out. She was also enthralled by the striking similarities between the two boys, but then the new Sean was much older looking. No that wasn't it, he was totally masculine. Her headache increased as this caused her pain on top of pain. She looked around and the last thing she saw was that they were in the middle of an empty warehouse before she too fell unconscious.

“I want to know what the hell happened out there, and I want to know now!” Colonel Harris growled.

“We are not that sure ourselves. Dani didn't foresee what was going to happen and what she did see she didn't understand.” Kristyn explained. “But now that it has happened we do know where they went. All three of them.”

“What do you mean three of them?” The colonel asked. He didn't look happy, but at least he was relaxing a bit.

“The boy and girl and then a copy of the boy appeared it is almost like they are twins. Probably not anymore. They both should have emerged by now. Sean should be a girl and Jessie a boy. The new boy is weird because Dani said he manifested a long time ago. They are in New York in an old warehouse in Yonkers New York. Dani couldn't give an address and nothing has shown up in the news.” Kristen explained.

“Alright, we will find them. We have people looking at the houses of the families and our team has copied both of their computers. The big problem will be when one of them calls. It will really mess up that they are dead. Hopefully, they will think it is all a big terrible prank and we can fix that.” Col. Harris suggested. “Keep me informed.

“What the hell?” Port asked himself. He was floating near the top of the warehouse, but this wasn't the warehouse he remembered. He ported down to the floor and started to rise in the air again. He ported to one of the beams as far away from the bed with the two kids laying on them before gravity felt normal. Memories of the fire flashed through his mind. He remembered as he teleported them all he took part of the building with him. Boost had given him way too much power and he felt something hit him before losing his grip on the two. He suddenly checked his stomach and saw all the dried blood, but his body was whole not even a scar. He knew he had been wounded, but there was no sign of it. He ported to the building that was on fire and it stood just like the fire never happened. He then ported to a few other places and they were the same as the warehouse. No secret lairs or labs. He ported to a location near Whateley and he saw nothing. Sure the place was warded with magic, but the simple shed that held a few golf carts was gone and the path that would have led him to the school. He ported to what he thought was the school's center and there was just an old foundation.

“Did I travel into the future or the past?” He asked himself. He ported a few more locations and no he was in the present. It was only a day after the fire from what he remembered. He ported to his apartment and nearly gave the old man a heart attack. He stayed just long enough to see it wasn't his place. This felt odd. Could he really be? No there was no way, but? He could only think he was somewhere else, an alternate Earth? He shrugged as he could figure it out later. He ported a few other places and in no time he had his arms full. Clothing food and a phone. He would give it back after he checked out a few things. The bed with the two was back on the floor and he was not sent in the air as he got closer. “Hey, you two wake up!”

They stirred but didn't wake. They moved enough to wake up though they did at one point turn properly on the bed. He opened up the take out that he had gotten after he set up the folding table. The smell of food did more than his shout had done. Then they both sat up and screamed.

“For crying out loud shut up!” Port yelled. The two frightened kids glared at him. “Better. Now, are you guys hungry?” They eyed the food and one of the containers flew over to the boy. He panicked and it fell apart and covered them both. Port couldn't help laughing. “New telekinetic, but which one of you?”

“I'm a... I'm a girl.” The girl stated the obvious. She was hot even with all the bloodstains. Long black hair bright blue or green eyes. Slightly larger chest for her body size. The strange thing was she was just in jeans and a tee. The boy, on the other hand, was in a skirt and a blouse that had ripped open. His hair was orange and pink, his eyes were golden and his skin darker. Both looked mixed European. The boy was the telekinetic as he saw him move his hands as the food gathered itself back together. The girl looked on in amazement. Once it was in his hand he looked up a Port.

“Sean what happened and who is this girl?” He asked then shock formed on his face as he looked and felt himself. Strange that he knew his name.

“Jessie is that you?” The girl asked. She looked over at Port and confusion crossed her face. “Why do you look like me?” Port chuckled. “I mean how I used to look?”

“I don't know.” Port replied. “I woke up not long ago. I think you both Manifested last night. You both look it. From what I can tell you both are Exemplars and your BIT is why you look the way you do. I see that Jessie is a telekinetic I am not sure about you, but from the state of my clothing, I think you are a healer. What happened?” Port told them what he last remembered and slowly he got Sean and Jessie to tell him the same thing.

“So you see the last thing I remember was your skin closing.” Sean stated. “Weird that you look just like I used to.”

“Well I have always been me though having the same name, Sean Porter could work with where I am. I think I teleported to a different world.” Port stated. “So do you guys have a bunch of superheroes or villains? Or is the government keeping them out of sight.” Port didn't want to say they might be hunted.

“Never knew this was possible.” Sean replied. Jessie was silently crying as he ate. He acted different enough to tell Port that he used to be female. “If I am a healer then I guess that is good, but I would rather have telekinesis. Way cooler.”

“Healers are cool they help put the dumb bricks back together and cure a lot of things that doctors just can't. They are paid top dollar to work at hospitals. Me I am a warper 4, an exemplar 2, and ESP 1. Though if I ported to a different world that might bump me to a warper five then again I was under boost. The ESP thing just helps me find out where I am going not very strong though.” He looked at them and they looked confused. After an hour they finally looked calm and full. He had ported out for more food at one point and they ate that too. Jessie could really shovel it in. Never saw any mutant eat so much. The two sure acted like a couple or no not family, not with the way they looked at each other.

“So we are mutants?” Jessie finally spoke as she was playing with some water.

“Yes and no. I don't know how closely this world is like mine. You have no supers running around, so I wonder if you are some of the first, but then again you could be very different.” Port explained.

“Still I want to go home, but I look so different.” Sean stated.

“You look really cute. Way prettier than I was.” Jessie countered.

“Well, you still look sexy to me.” Sean replied and they both blushed. “But I like acting like a girl, but not being one. Everything feels...” He stopped talking as the gorgeous girl she was turned into his original form. Port gasped as he was just like looking in the mirror though when he hadn't manifested yet as this Sean was skinny.

“Interesting a shapeshifter and a healer. Though if you are powerful enough a shifter can heal as well. The downside is if they are too powerful they can live forever or change too much and kill themselves.” Port explained. “Do yourself a favor and never change into an animal. There was this one girl who could do anything and she changed herself into a fox. She never changed back into a human.”

“I'll keep that in mind.” Sean replied.

“Could I change back?” Jessie wondered.

“That depends, but shifters rarely have kinesis powers. You got a power that is worth changing sexes for. If you are strong enough or once you get stronger you can fly and maybe even heal yourself. Really hard to kill. You would be a superhero easy. Shifters make good spies unless their exemplar rank is high and then they can be a brick.”

“What's a brick?” Jessie asked.

“Oh, um... like Superman?” Port finally replied.

“Okay cool.” Sean replied. “But, I want to go home.” Port looked at them both, but he had no idea where they lived.

“I could take you there but I need a picture.” Port stated. The two looked a bit down and then Sean pulled out his wallet.

“Will this work?” He asked bringing the picture over. Port looked at it and he nodded his head. He came over to them and took their hands, and then they vanished.

Superhero Twins: Chapter 2

Port felt it took a lot less energy to get to the room in the picture. It felt like he had been here dozens of times. The two kids rushed through the house calling out for mom and dad. Port went over to the light switch and the power was working as the lights flickered on. The first look gave him goosebumps as it was way too familiar. As he eased his way around his gaze froze at the pictures on the wall. There in the middle of a family portrait was his father. Who was strangely smiling? Next to him was his younger self. No, wait, this other Sean. On the other side was this woman he didn't know. Then two girls who looked much like the strange woman and his older sister. His brother Dean wasn't in this picture but in others. The boy looks a lot like one of the girls, just like a twin. That must be Jessie.

“No one is home and what is left of my room is burnt up.” Sara had changed and Port saw that Jessie wore some sweats that were a bit too small for him.

“Which is odd.” Jessie smelled like smoke. Must be Sara's old clothes.

“Let me look and is this your family?”

“Yes, it is this is my mother, Megan and my sister's Amanda and Jackie. This is Sean and that is me. That one there is Dean. He is off at college.”

“Looks exactly like my father. A happier version. We might want to turn the lights out if no one is home. If your room is burned then would you know where they could have gone?”

“To Jessie's house, I would think or...” Sara paused as her face paled and then tried to shift into another before settling back on her own face. “Could they think we died here?”

“Possible if your parents panicked. Which I would think they did seeing as half the room is missing. These burn marks would only fool an amateur. Know a back way to your house, or a picture, Jessie?”

“Why a back way we can just go there, and I don't have any pictures with me.”

“There might be one downstairs.” They moved back downstairs and their stomachs growled at the same time.

“Jessie you and Port look for a picture and I will cook something real quick.” They watched Sara move off to the kitchen.

“This is not real.”

“Jessie, it is more than real. In my world some mutants when they manifest turn into a female if their BIT demands it. Not so many go the other way.”

“What is a BIT?”

“Body Image Template is where you have a certain image in your head on how you thought you should look. For some, it is a conscious image. For others, it is a subconscious image. My BIT made me look, how I do. I am stronger and faster and can take a beating if I can't avoid it. I heal fast, but not very fast. Sara will heal really fast if she is a healer and a shifter. She is also stronger then she looks. You changed so I assume the same for you. Faster healing, stronger, quicker as if you are an Olympic athlete or better. Being a TK you can in time shield yourself, make yourself even stronger, fly, and move really fast.”

“That is a lot, but I don't want to be a guy. I liked being a girl. I liked looking pretty. Does this make me gay now?”

“I am not one to ask that question, but with the way you have been looking at Sara that is up to how you see yourself.” Jessie blushed as the two started pulling out photo albums. They went through several and Port felt tears falling from his eyes as he saw a completely different family. The biggest shock was seeing pictures as a baby mixed in with a funeral. His father was sad, but it faded as time went by. There were several more pictures of Sean then his sisters. It was really hard to see this boy as other than himself. Memories flowed through his head as he went from one image to the next. He chuckled as he came to a school play of Sean dressed as Juliet.

“I loved that play.” Port jumped a bit and nearly moved across the room. Jessie and Sara laughed. “Sorry.”

“Here is one of my house. I think this is last year during the BBQ. I was so pretty.”

“You still are.” Port watched as the two blushed before Jessie frowned.

“I am not.”

“Fine you are cute.”

“Sara you might want to give him some space.”

“Fine, the food's done. Made enough to feed ten.” They all went to the table and started to eat like they hadn't for a month. Port had a large plate, but he didn't need seconds or thirds as Jessie did. As they were cleaning up the door flew open. Port turned to face the man who was at fault for so much pain as Sara screamed dropping a plate while Jessie just looked shocked.

“Who the hell are you?!” The baseball bat raised over his head.

“Dad it's me.”

“Who are you?” Paul looked from Sara to Jessie and then at Port. His eyes got bigger as the anger drained from his face as the bat sank to the floor. “Sean?”

“Father you may want to sit down.”

“You look like my son, but you have changed.” He looked again at each of the kids though Sean looked strangely older and a lot bigger. “Where is Jessie and who are those two?”

“Daddy...” Paul looked at the girl who was on the verge of crying.

“Please, you need to sit down.” He moved to a chair and sat down fearing more bad news. The strangely young group of authorities stated that both Jessie and Sean was dead, but he hadn't believed it. Now he really didn't see his son. He had wanted to run to him and give him the biggest hug, but the other two made him wary. Now he just felt tired.

“Now what I am going to tell you will seem impossible, but you will have to believe it. I am not really your son.” Port let that sink in for a few seconds. “I am genetically your son, I think, but from another Earth, an alternate Earth. Are you following?”

“How can you be my son and not my son?”

“I am getting to that. First, your son is fine and so is Jessie however they are the two you see in front of you.” Paul looked from on to the other.

“Daddy I'm Sean.”

“And I am Jessie.”

“What kind of BS is this?!” Paul really couldn't believe whatever they were trying to pull.

“No bullshit and listen before you get angry. One Sara is your Sean.” Port turned to Sara. “Show him as it will be the only way he'll understand.” Sara wavered for a bit as her face seemed to melt then reformed into his old face and her body followed suit as much as her sister's clothes allowed.

“Dad we changed. We got superpowers. Jessie can lift stuff.” Paul looked from his younger son to his older son and to the new boy who strangely resembled Jessie as the salt and pepper shakers lifted into the air. The shakers had him frozen as he watched them float and then settle back to the table. He didn't know what to think as his boy turned back into a girl. He found their story too hard to believe, but the look of painful hope on the girl's face was too much to deny.

“Say I believe this and not the people who said you both were now dead then what? How is Megan going to believe Jessie is now her son? How did you survive the roof blowing up from the bomb?”

“There was no bomb that was Jessie. The room looks staged and no bomb would have just blown off the roof. More likely it would have destroyed half the house, not just a room. Your children manifested their powers.”

“And where did you come from?”

“Like I said from another version of Earth. I can teleport.” Port did a few jumps around the room before settling back into his chair. Paul found it harder to disbelieve their story, but easy to accept what he was seeing.

“Then answer me this...” Paul asked every question he could think of and each of them answered the questions of the past with accuracy. Even very personal stuff that Sean and he had hidden from his daughters. That he knew that Jessie was a bit different shocked the boy who claimed to be her.

“Look I have a bad feeling, so we need to move now. We have a picture of where Jessie's home is. Go there and we will hide out near there until you arrive.” Paul gasped as all three of them suddenly vanished. A pair outside shifted as one began to speak.

“They left again not very far, but likely they will not be able to be caught unaware.”

“What do you mean, Dani?” Kristen was not happy as this was going south. If those two convinced their parents of who they were it would make things harder and this third boy who could teleport somehow was closed to suggestion.

“He not only resisted the suggestions to give up but could detect our intrusion. He may be able to actively sense us.”

“That could be as we were nearly ready to go in. Should we take the father?”

“No, let him go. Follow him, observe, and report. We can't keep the team here any longer. We need to get ready for the next target.” Unknown to Paul a single individual from the team remained behind and followed him to his girlfriend's house.

Paul was exhausted. Not only had he to deal with his house blowing up, government agents raiding his house and his children being proclaimed dead he had now to deal with that they were not dead just changed. How in the hell was he going to tell his older son and daughter let alone his future wife and her daughter? He rubbed his nose not having a single clue before grabbing the bag his daughter wanted and leaving the car. He looked around and listened but he heard nothing. Maybe it was all a bad nightmare? A cruel joke that would change over time? He entered into the house to see Megan all cried out with the three girls sleeping in a pile on the couch. He set the bag down and gave her a kiss on the forehead. He looked up and saw Allen curled up in the recliner. He went over to the boy meaning to wake him up when he felt the pressure change in the room.

“Get in the kitchen.” He hissed at them not wanting them to wake up. Instead of walking they vanished again. Would this dream never end? No need to wake the boy. Hopefully, he would remain sleeping. He moved quickly to the kitchen to see a version of Jackie close the shades.

“Sara, he's here.”

“Oh sorry.” Paul shook his head as he heard a perfect version of her voice.

“If they are watching this house you were all visible in the living room.”

“Oh Sara closed those shades earlier, and all the ones upstairs even the basement too.”

“The whole house and Job didn't bark at you?”

“Why should he bark at me? He was way too happy to see me.” Sara grinned at her father. It felt weird not being able to hug him. She so wanted to just have him hold her which was strange as before a pat on the back would have been as close as they got. It also hurt as dad looked at Port way too much. Maybe she should have agreed to pose as Jessie, but there was no way she was going to do that to Jessie. No need to add a lie to the truth. No matter how unbelievable it was.

“So do you want me to wake Megan.”

“Yes, but only her if you can. If you can't then it can wait until morning.”

“Port, no my mother needs to know I am still alive.”

“You saw how they were all together. Wake one you wake them all.” The sudden gasp from the doorway made them all jump as they looked.
“Megan I...”

“Who are these people?”

“That is a long story.”

“Make it short, Paul cause I am not in the mood.” Jessie wanted to run to his mother, but no longer being female or herself for that matter stopped her. It hurt so much. As Sara explained she saw her look from one to the other seeing that Port was Sean only to be corrected as Sara changed into her Sean self while talking about how Port got here. That she remained speechless was not a good thing as Jessie was ready for the shoe to hit the fan. She chuckled and suddenly her mother was staring at her. He started picking at his hands as he looked away before gasping himself as he found his mother hugging him. He hugged back as the tears started. Strange that he felt ashamed of crying then again shock set in as he had been thinking he the whole time.

“Wicked hair man.” The hug ended and a flick of Jessie's thoughts got rid of the tears right after Allen spoke.

“Allen this is not a good time go back into the living room.”

“My phone woke me up my dad changed his mind and is coming to pick me up. Hey how come you know my name and whoa, Sean you're looking buff.” Allen looked at who Megan was hugging and then to the girl who knew his name. His mind told him that the boy was Jessie and the girl Sean. This conflicted with what his eyes were telling him that they were the wrong sex. The third one who looked like Sean was so close that they could be twins. Looking from one to the other he picked out the similarities. “You two are twins.”

“Allen now is not the time.”

“Time for what?” Allen stopped as it finally clicked that Sean should be dead. He wanted to suddenly hug his best friend, but with what he was wearing he didn't move. “They said you died. What is going on here?”

“Daddy we might as well tell him.” The cute girl stepped closer to him. “Allen I am Sean. I am using my nickname, Sara.” Allen wouldn't have believed it if it wasn't for her voice, being just like Sean's.

“Holy crap.”

“Language.”

“Sorry Mr. P, this is crazy like out of the movies or something. How can you change into a girl?”

“We don't know, that cute boy is Jessie.” Her voice no longer sounded like Sean's, it somehow sounded like he did in the play. Looking at the boy who he pegged as Jessie made him feel uncomfortable as he was jealous of Sean and her soon to be siblings and that it gave him a hope that he could ask her out. Now the feeling he had was confusing as he was still strangely attractive.

“Hey.”
“This is bat sh... sorry this is crazy.” A horn went off several times. “Awe man I have got to hear this.”

“Allen you have to go and best to keep your mouth shut.”

“No dad it is fine. Allen, Jessie and I have gained powers. He can lift stuff and I can change shape.” The girl turned into her old self and then into Allen. He took a step back looking at a twin of himself but was caught as the boy wiggled his fingers as things started moving around. “Port here can teleport around.”

“Port? That's is a lame name.”

“Sean Porter and with the ability to teleport made sense as all the other good names were taken. I planned to change it, just never got around to it.” The horn sounded again. “You better go.”

“Okay, but I want the full story tomorrow, and Sara you look a lot better.” He grinned as the girl blushed. “Later Jessie. Mr. P and Megan thanks.” He ran out to his dad feeling a whole lot better. He so much wanted to tell his father but knew he would never believe it, but he knew his friends would.

“I don't think that was a good idea young lady.” Sara giggled as her dad turned serious. “I am not joking here.”

“Daddy you are so cute trying to be serious, and it felt good for you to call me young lady. However, he needed to know just like my sister needs to know even Jackie. They told you we were dead and that alone is enough to tell everyone we are not.”

“We could do that, but you two look nothing like your old selves.”

“I can look like myself and I think I could look like Jessie.” Sara concentrated and felt herself change. From the look on Megan's face, it must have worked.

“Jessie you're alive.” Jackie screamed as she rushed over to Sara hugging her as she started crying. Her scream woke Amanda, who came running. She just stood there as she saw them. She hesitated not really believing what she was seeing and suddenly found herself screaming as she rushed Sean. She jumped up into Port's arms and you could see the hesitation as he hugged back.

“Sean, you have whiskers?”

“Don't I always?” Amanda dropped her feet to the ground and let go. She took a better look of her brother and he was now taller, broader and rougher looking. He still had the same goofy smile, but he looked handsome. She mentally blocked his face from the body and thought of several actors who were that buff and a few wrestlers.

“You're not Sean.”

“I am Sean just not the same one you are thinking of Amanda. Sara over there looking like Jessie is Sean. Jessie is the boy with pink hair.”
“Orange with pink highlights.” The two girls looked at Jessie as he obviously didn't like it.

“Wow, he is cute.” Jackie blurted out causing the Jessie she was hugging to giggle. Then she changed right in her arms to a girl twin of Sean. It was not subtle as Amanda growled in obvious disgust. Everyone suddenly looked at her. Port was not showing any surprise. Jessie looked wary and Sara blushed. Jackie looked curious and both parents held any emotion from their faces. Amanda saw this all and the three suddenly freaked her out. Sara/Sean freaked her out more than anything. She knew he had been a freak before and she had seen him slowly start to act normal, but now this. Jessie always felt odd to her, but now the one they said was her was even more of a freak. She couldn't believe she had hugged the false Sean.

“Sweetie, what is wrong?”

“You all is what. My brother is dead. These impostors have you all brainwashed. These are freaks, mutants, or something.”

“Amanda you watch your tongue.”

“No, I will not. You are all so blind. How do you know that thing there is Sean. Doing that shape change thing it could be anyone. He looks like Sean, but bigger stronger just like he should have been. Then there is Jessie so obviously a boy with a very poor choice in hair dye. Those freaky gold eyes are you all blind?”

“Young lady you need to stop right now.”

“I will not. I am calling the cops.” She spun to leave the room running into Port who wasn't there a second ago. She screamed and kicked him between the legs. He went down like he should of making Amanda grin. Then she took a step and froze.

“Amanda please we can explain everything.” She looked at the fake Jessie who held his hand towards her.

“Let go of me!”

“Amanda you will hear them out then if you still want nothing to do with them you can leave.” Her dad had never sounded that way with her before. It sounded so final like he was. No, no, no, not that. Tears started to fall as she was forced to turn around.

“I always knew he was a freak, killing mom and now this?! You pick that freak over me?” Paul was close and his anger flared as his hand flew out. Amanda suddenly moved as his hand stopped jarring his whole arm. Guilt welled up as he realized what he almost did. Paul backed up not knowing what he should say. To the others, he looked defeated. No longer able to keep back everything he suddenly began to cry.

“Sara, Jessie I think it is time to leave.” Port knew where this was going and already saw the fear he was so used to in Jackie's and Megan's face. Amanda was zoned out on the floor and it would only be a matter of time before she came out of it. Fear had a way of spreading and if this world had kept everything quiet about mutants then it was just going to be worse.

“No. Amanda please understand we didn't want this. Don't blame me for mom. It wasn't my fault. It was an accident.” Sara fell to the ground in tears looking very small.

“She died because she bled out. Because she gave birth to you! Now you are the freak that I knew you were. You're a monster! Don't you even think about stopping me!” She turned to get her phone and Port shoved her back in the kitchen.

“You little spoiled brat. I should just send you to my world and both of you Amanda's would be so happy together. I saw my father was different here and that Megan here is accepting of not only me but her son and Sara, who is your sister. She might have been your brother, but does it really matter?”

“I bet your mom is alive. That you can't wait to get back to her.” Amanda snarled as Port laughed.

“You don't even know. My mother was the first one to kick me out. My father and sister hunted me down and I nearly died if it wasn't for my brother who warned me to keep on running. I was fourteen. Never left this county not once before that day. You don't know what it is like to be different.”

“I hope I never do.” Port moved away from her.

“Go call but it is not going to make any difference. We're leaving.” Port didn't hesitate as he took Sara and Jessie's hand. Ray pulled back from his scope as the three heat bodies left the house. The biggest one would heat up slightly before he jumped around and this time it was pretty bright. When he brought his eye back to his scope he saw the others in a heated argument. With them gone there was no sense in staying. As he started packing up his equipment two vans suddenly stopped in front of the house. Crap this was all he needed as he scrambled to bring his weapon to bear as he pulled his phone out.

“HQ we have a problem at the Porter house.”

“Dani let us know just now we have local authorities on the way. What's the sitrep?” Ray took a look of the characters getting out of the vehicles. From what he could see it wasn't good.

“Six hostiles just exited the two vehicles. No idea if there are any like us. Wait, I...”

“Ray?”

“They spotted me gotta go.” He pulled the trigger twice hoping his aim was true. The yelling told him he had done something, as the faint sounds of sirens were heard. It might not matter to them, but he felt it just might be enough.

Port felt bad for taking them out of there and back to the warehouse. There just was no sense in staying any longer. Plus he didn't feel good about being there any longer. He was tired and the other two even more so. He never had such a feeling that he needed to protect them. Like they were his siblings. This got him thinking and then panic rose up.

“Port you okay?”

“Ya, I'll be right back.”

“Wait...” Sara frowned as he was suddenly gone. She wanted to go back as well as she was sure she could convince Amanda that she was wrong to think that way. They had been close a few times, but always something would happen and the distance would grow again. Other times it felt like the only time they got along was when Amanda needed something. She sat down on the bed that was still looking out of place. Jessie had already laid down and was moving two rocks around in the air.

“Went about as well as it could have. I was expecting a lot worse.”

“At least your sister thinks you are cute.”

“She thinks a lot of boys are cute. That is just Jackie. I really don't like this pink hair.”

“That is your BIT talking.”

“What was that?”

“Your body image template thingy that Port told us about?”

“No, that sound.” Jessie sat up as Sara looked around the warehouse. The stones that Jessie was playing with froze in the air. Then they both turned and heard a girl giggle. The stones started to move erratically until they flew into the blonde girl's hand. “She is stronger than me.”