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Chapter 3 - Chapter 2

The Bifrost's rainbow light faded around them as they materialized on Asgard's golden platform, leaving behind the cold October night of Midgard for the eternal twilight of the Realm Eternal. Aldrif felt her breath catch as she looked around—it was exactly as she remembered from half-recalled infant memories and her mother's stories, yet somehow more magnificent than either had prepared her for.

The observatory stretched before them in gleaming metal and crystal, its walls carved with intricate reliefs depicting the Nine Realms and the World Tree that connected them all. At its center stood the great sword that controlled the Rainbow Bridge, its blade buried deep in the mechanism that could transport beings across the vast distances between worlds in mere moments.

And beside it, silent as a statue and twice as imposing, stood Heimdall.

The Guardian of Asgard was exactly as the old stories described him—tall beyond mortal measure, his dark skin bearing the golden tattoos that marked him as one of the realm's most ancient protectors. His golden eyes, which could see across all Nine Realms simultaneously, fixed on their small group with an intensity that made even Odin straighten slightly.

"All-Father," Heimdall said, his voice carrying the weight of eons and the wisdom of one who had watched the rise and fall of countless civilizations, each word measured and deliberate. "You return with... interesting passengers. The fabric of reality itself bears the scars of their passage."

His gaze shifted to Aldrif, and she felt the weight of those cosmic eyes examining not just her current form, but the layers of identity she carried—Lily Potter, mortal witch and mother; Aldrif Odinsdottir, divine princess; and the cosmic force that dwelt within her soul. When those golden orbs met her green ones, she saw recognition dawn like sunrise across his ancient features.

"Heimdall," Odin said formally, though warmth crept into his voice like honey through stone, "I present to you my eldest child, thought lost these two thousand years. Aldrif has returned to us." His single eye glittered with pride and pain in equal measure. "The daughter I mourned, the princess I failed to protect—she lives."

Heimdall's expression shifted subtly—not quite surprise, for little could truly surprise one who saw all things, but something approaching wonder. His head tilted with the careful precision of someone processing impossible information. "The child of prophecy," he murmured, taking a measured step closer, each movement flowing like water over stone. "The one who was lost to shadow and flame. I searched for you across all realms, Princess, following every thread of possibility, every whisper of fate. Yet somehow, you were hidden from even my sight." He paused, golden eyes narrowing with professional curiosity. "That should have been impossible."

*I hid her well,* the Phoenix Force spoke, her voice emanating from Aldrif but clearly separate, carrying harmonics that made the very walls of the observatory ring like struck bells. The sound was like wind chimes made of starlight, beautiful and terrible and utterly otherworldly. *From all eyes, even yours, guardian. Her safety required nothing less than absolute concealment. I wrapped her in the spaces between thoughts, hid her in the pause between heartbeats.*

Heimdall inclined his head respectfully, a gesture that somehow managed to convey both acknowledgment and wariness. "Phoenix Force. Your presence in Asgard is... unprecedented. Yet welcome, if you come as protector rather than destroyer." His voice carried the weight of someone who had witnessed the rise and fall of civilizations, who understood the difference between creation and annihilation. "I have seen what you can do when roused to wrath."

"I come," Aldrif said, her own voice carrying both mortal warmth and divine authority, the words shaped by Jessica Chastain's precise diction and commanding presence, "as a daughter returning home, and as a mother seeking to protect her child and honor her husband's memory." She gestured to the still form of James Potter, which Odin had gently levitated beside them with casual divine power. "And as someone who has friends in great danger on Midgard who may need watching."

Her emerald eyes blazed with protective fire as she spoke, every line of her body radiating the controlled power of someone who had faced cosmic forces and emerged stronger. The simple black dress she wore—conjured by divine will to replace her destroyed nightgown—seemed to ripple with its own inner light.

Heimdall's golden eyes grew distant as his sight stretched across dimensions, the pupils dilating as his consciousness expanded to encompass multiple realms simultaneously. When he spoke, his voice carried the weight of absolute certainty. "Speak their names, Princess, and I shall find them. Every soul in the Nine Realms is known to me."

"Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Frank and Alice Longbottom, Amelia Bones..." she paused, her voice hardening like steel being forged, "and Peter Pettigrew, the traitor who caused tonight's tragedy."

The Guardian's expression grew troubled as his cosmic perception focused on the mortal realm, his features shifting like storm clouds gathering. "I see... chaos. Discord. Injustice compounding itself like a cancer." His jaw tightened with barely contained anger. "Your friend Sirius Black is being dragged in magical chains toward a fortress of despair—Azkaban, they call it. No trial, no opportunity for defense. He is accused of murdering the one called Peter Pettigrew, yet..." his eyes blazed brighter, like twin suns, "Peter Pettigrew lives. I see him now, hiding in the sewers of London in the form of a common rat, gloating over his successful deception."

*Typical,* the Phoenix Force observed with disgust that made the air around them shimmer with heat. *The innocent punished while the guilty escape justice. Some patterns transcend realms, it seems.*

"And the Longbottoms?" Aldrif asked urgently, already knowing from Heimdall's expression that the news would not be good. Her hands clenched into fists, divine power crackling between her fingers like captured lightning.

"Under siege in their own home," Heimdall replied, his voice carrying the grim finality of someone delivering a death sentence. "Three men and a woman, all bearing the mark of the one you destroyed tonight—his followers, seeking revenge through targeting those who served the Light." His voice grew grimmer, each word weighted with cosmic certainty. "They will not survive without aid. The woman... Bellatrix Lestrange, they call her. She wields magic of the same corruption that claimed their master. Torture. Madness. They seek not death but something far worse—the shattering of minds and souls."

Aldrif started toward the Bifrost controls, divine fury blazing in her eyes like twin emeralds catching fire, but found her path blocked by two figures who materialized from the observatory's shadows with the fluid grace of trained warriors.

Thor stepped into the light first, and even though she had never met her youngest brother in person, Aldrif recognized him instantly. He was exactly what she'd expected—tall and powerfully built, with shoulder-length blond hair that caught the light like spun gold and eyes the color of storm clouds pregnant with lightning. Mjolnir hung at his side, its weight causing minor disturbances in local gravity, and he wore the confident expression of someone who had never met a problem that couldn't be solved with the application of sufficient force.

"Sister!" Thor boomed, his voice carrying the enthusiasm of a golden retriever and the power of thunder itself, "I cannot believe you live! Father spoke of you often when Loki and I were children, but we thought you were lost forever—a tale told to make us appreciate what we had." He stepped forward as if to embrace her, then stopped, his warrior's instincts recognizing the tension in her posture and the cosmic fire starting to leak from her eyes like tears of starlight. "But now is not the time for reunions, is it? I can see the battle-rage building in you, sister, and it reminds me of our father in his younger days when the Frost Giants dared threaten Midgard."

Loki emerged from the shadows beside his brother with the fluid grace of a predator, and Aldrif found herself staring. Where Thor was everything she'd expected, Loki was... different than the stories had suggested. Tall and lean rather than broadly muscled, with sharp aristocratic features that belonged on ancient coins and dark hair that seemed to absorb light rather than reflect it. His green eyes—so like her own—held intelligence so keen it was almost painful to meet directly, and when he smiled—which he did as he studied her—it was with the expression of someone who understood jokes that others hadn't even realized were being told.

"Well, well," Loki said, his cultured voice carrying amusement and something that might have been affection, each word carefully chosen and perfectly enunciated in the manner of Tom Hiddleston's precise delivery, "the long-lost princess returns. And what a return it is—arriving on the wings of cosmic fire with a child who radiates power like a tiny sun and leaving the corpse of one of the most feared dark wizards in recent memory scattered across dimensions." His gaze shifted to Harry, who was studying both his uncles with the intense concentration he gave to everything new and interesting. "Though I confess, sister mine, I'm far more interested in this delicious morsel you mentioned about your late husband and his friends being... pranksters?"

Despite the urgency burning in her chest, despite the knowledge that her friends were suffering while they talked, Aldrif found herself smiling at Loki's expression of eager curiosity. It was like watching a cat discover a particularly interesting mouse. "The Marauders, they called themselves," she said, her voice warming with fond memory. "James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Peter Pettigrew—though we know now what Peter truly was. They turned mischief into an art form during their school years. Transfiguring entire corridors into swamps, charming suits of armor to sing increasingly inappropriate drinking songs, creating magical maps that insulted anyone who tried to use them incorrectly with remarkably creative profanity."

Loki's eyes lit up with genuine delight, like a scholar discovering a new and particularly fascinating text. "My kind of mortals! I thoroughly approve of this match, sister. A princess of Asgard wedding a master of mischief—there's poetry in that, symmetry that pleases me greatly."

"He would have loved you," Aldrif said, her voice catching slightly as grief threatened to overwhelm her again, tears glittering in her emerald eyes like captured starlight. "I was... I was going to reveal my true nature to him soon. Can you imagine? The greatest prank of all would have been revealing that he had married Loki's older sister, that his wife was not only Asgardian royalty but the vessel of the Phoenix Force itself."

The God of Mischief threw back his head and laughed with genuine delight—not the cruel sound one might expect from his reputation, but something warm and genuinely amused, musical and rich. "Oh, that would have been magnificent! The look on his face when he realized he'd been married to Asgardian royalty all along! The poor man's worldview would have required complete reconstruction." His expression sobered slightly as he glanced toward James's still form, respect replacing amusement. "I regret I'll never have the chance to meet him properly. Any mortal who could win the heart of my sister while keeping his sense of humor intact must have been extraordinary indeed."

"He was," Aldrif said simply, then straightened as urgency reasserted itself, her spine stiffening with resolve. "But right now, his best friend is being dragged to magical prison for crimes he didn't commit, and our other friends are under attack by Death Eaters seeking revenge. I need to—"

"No," Thor interrupted firmly, stepping more fully into her path, his massive frame blocking access to the Bifrost controls like a living mountain. "You need to stay here with your child and grieve your husband properly. This is family time, sister. Time for healing, for reunion, for understanding your place in our family again." His expression gentled as he saw the protest building in her eyes, storm clouds softening to gentle rain. "But that doesn't mean your friends will go unaided. Loki and I are more than capable of handling a few mortal troubles."

*Listen to them,* Frigga said gently, moving to stand beside her daughter with the fluid grace that had once made her the most sought-after dancer in all of Asgard. Her voice carried the warmth of Rene Russo's maternal strength, every word shaped by millennia of wisdom and love. "You've carried this burden alone for so long, my dear one. Let your family share the weight."

Loki was already beginning to shimmer with transformation magic, his form blurring at the edges as he prepared for whatever shape would best serve his mission, possibilities flickering across his features like reflections in water. "I'll handle the prison break," he said with the casual confidence of someone who had never met a locked door he couldn't open, a challenge he couldn't overcome through wit or force. "Azkaban, you said? A fortress of despair guarded by soul-sucking demons? How delightfully dramatic. It's been too long since I've had a proper challenge."

"You can't just break into Azkaban!" Aldrif protested, though part of her was already imagining Loki's reaction to meeting Sirius Black—two master pranksters encountering each other for the first time. The resulting chaos would probably be visible from orbit. "It's heavily warded, protected by dementors, surrounded by the North Sea, monitored by the most paranoid magical government in recent memory—"

"Sister," Loki interrupted with infinite patience and just a touch of condescension, raising one elegant hand, "I am the God of Mischief. I once snuck into Jotunheim and convinced the Frost Giants to declare war on themselves over a particularly insulting joke about their cooking. I turned myself into a horse to win a bet and somehow ended up giving birth to an eight-legged colt that Father now rides into battle—don't ask about the logistics, the memory still makes me uncomfortable." His smile turned sharp and predatory. "Do you really think a mortal prison presents any significant challenge to someone who has successfully infiltrated Odin's bedchamber, stolen his spear, and replaced it with a remarkably detailed replica made of candied fruit?"

Odin's eye twitched. "When did you—that was YOU? I wondered why Gungnir tasted faintly of strawberries for a week!"

"My finest work," Loki said proudly. "The expression on your face when you bit into it during that state dinner was worth every moment of preparation."

Thor nodded approvingly, completely missing the byplay between his father and brother. "And I'll take Sif and the Warriors Three to deal with the attackers threatening the... the Bottoms of Long." He hefted Mjolnir slightly, lightning crackling between his fingers like captured aurora. "Four trained Asgardian warriors against four mortal dark wizards? They won't know what hit them. Literally. They'll be unconscious before they realize they're under attack."

"It's Longbottoms, brother," Aldrif corrected with fond exasperation. "Frank and Alice Longbottom."

"Long-bottoms, Bottoms-of-Long, what's the difference?" Thor asked with genuine confusion, his expression that of someone trying to solve a particularly complex mathematical equation. "The important thing is that they have long bottoms and are in need of rescue, yes?"

*He's going to call them that all night,* the Phoenix Force observed with cosmic amusement. *I can feel his determination to make that name work somehow.*

"The Longbottoms," Aldrif said firmly, "are Frank and Alice Longbottom. They're Aurors—magical law enforcement. They're brave, skilled, and they don't deserve to be tortured by Death Eaters seeking revenge for their master's destruction."

"Ah!" Thor's face lit up with understanding. "Bottom-Longs who are magical warriors! Even better. I do so enjoy fighting alongside fellow warriors, even if they have strangely named posterior regions."

Loki pinched the bridge of his nose. "Brother, their surname is Longbottom. It's a family name, not a description of their anatomy."

"Are you certain?" Thor asked with the earnest confusion of someone genuinely trying to understand. "Because Long-bottom seems like a very specific thing to name someone unless—"

"THOR," Aldrif interrupted before this could spiral further into absurdity. "Please focus. People are dying."

"Right! Focus. Rescuing the... the Longs of Bottom." Thor nodded seriously. "This I can do."

*They're right,* the Phoenix Force observed, her mental voice carrying both approval and gentle amusement. *You're thinking like a mortal hero—rushing into battle personally. But you're a princess of Asgard now. Princesses command armies, delegate authority, ensure that problems are solved efficiently rather than dramatically.*

"Besides," Frigga added gently, moving closer to place a comforting hand on Aldrif's shoulder, "you have a son who needs his mother right now. He's been through trauma tonight—witnessing battle, feeling cosmic forces tear through reality. He needs stability, comfort, the assurance that he's safe."

As if summoned by his grandmother's words, Harry stirred in Aldrif's arms and opened those impossibly knowing green eyes, looking up at her with an expression far too serious for a fifteen-month-old. He reached one tiny hand up to touch her cheek, and she felt a wave of comfort flow through their bond—not her comforting him, but him offering what solace he could to her grief.

"Smart child," Heimdall observed approvingly. "He understands more than his age would suggest possible."

Odin, who had been observing this exchange with the patient expression of someone accustomed to managing the complex dynamics of his unusual family, finally spoke with the authority that had ruled Asgard for millennia. "Your brothers are capable warriors, Aldrif, and their offer comes from love. Accept their aid." His voice carried the weight of absolute command, but underneath it, she could hear the gentleness of a father who had just recovered his lost child. "Besides, we have preparations to make here. Your husband died in battle defending his family—he has earned a place in Valhalla, and his rites must be prepared properly. He deserves every honor we can bestow."

The sound of approaching footsteps echoed through the observatory, and Aldrif turned to see four figures striding toward them with the confident gait of seasoned warriors. Lady Sif led the group, her dark hair gleaming like polished obsidian and her hand resting casually on her sword hilt. Behind her came the Warriors Three—Volstagg with his magnificent red beard and jovial expression, Fandral with his golden hair and rakish smile, and Hogun with his dark, serious demeanor and perfectly balanced war hammer.

"My prince!" Sif called out as she approached, her voice carrying strength and determination. "We heard the call to arms. What enemy dares threaten Asgard?" Her dark eyes scanned the group, taking in the unknown woman with the child and the still form floating nearby. "And who... oh." Her expression shifted as recognition dawned. "Princess Aldrif. We thought you were dead."

"As did we all," Volstagg boomed, his voice carrying warmth and good humor even as his eyes remained serious. "But by Odin's beard, it does my heart good to see you alive! Though the circumstances seem less than celebratory." His gaze flicked to James's body. "My condolences, Princess. The loss of a warrior-husband is never easy."

Fandral stepped forward with a courtly bow, his every movement oozing charm and confidence. "Princess Aldrif, your beauty was legendary even in the stories of your childhood. I see those tales, if anything, understated the reality." He straightened with a dazzling smile. "Whatever service you require, you have only to name it."

Hogun remained silent, but inclined his head respectfully quiet dignity, his dark eyes taking in every detail of the situation with tactical precision.

"Actually," Thor said, lightning beginning to dance around Mjolnir with increasing intensity, "we have a mission of mercy to the mortal realm. Dark wizards are attacking the Bottom-Longs, and they require immediate assistance."

Sif's eyebrows rose. "Bottom-Longs?"

"I believe he means the Longbottoms," Aldrif clarified wearily. "Frank and Alice Longbottom. They're Aurors—magical law enforcement officers on Midgard. They're under attack by followers of the dark wizard I destroyed tonight."

"Ah!" Volstagg's eyes lit up with anticipation. "A proper fight! It's been too long since we've had the chance to face dark magic users. They always provide such interesting challenges."

"Indeed," Fandral agreed, his hand moving to rest on his sword hilt. "And rescuing innocents is always good for the reputation. The mortals do so love their stories of heroic intervention."

"The mission parameters?" Hogun asked quietly, speaking for the first time since arriving.

Thor grinned, the expression transforming his face into something approaching boyish enthusiasm. "Simple and direct—the way I like them! We arrive, we identify the threats to the Bottom-Longs, we neutralize said threats with extreme prejudice, we ensure the Bottom-Longs are safe and well, we return home for celebratory feasting."

"Longbottoms," everyone said in unison.

"Right, them too," Thor agreed cheerfully.

Meanwhile, Loki was already moving toward the Bifrost controls, his form shifting and changing as various disguises flickered across his features like trying on different masks. "I do hope this Sirius Black appreciates dramatic rescues," he mused as he settled on the appearance of a distinguished wizard in expensive robes, complete with an official-looking badge and clipboard. "I'd hate to put on a show for someone who doesn't appreciate proper theater."

"Oh, he'll appreciate it," Aldrif said with the first genuine smile she'd felt since James's death. "Sirius Black lives for dramatic moments. He once jumped off the Astronomy Tower at Hogwarts just to make an entrance to a party. You two are going to either become the best of friends or drive each other completely insane trying to out-prank each other."

"Why not both?" Loki asked with that sharp smile, his green eyes gleaming with mischief. "The best friendships always have an element of madness. Now, how exactly does one gain entry to this Azkaban? I assume there are forms to fill out, bureaucrats to bribe, proper procedures to follow before one can visit the wrongfully imprisoned? I do so enjoy subverting bureaucracy."

Before Aldrif could answer, Heimdall stepped forward, his golden eyes blazing with cosmic fire. "I can place you exactly where you need to be, Prince Loki. Directly in Sirius Black's cell, bypassing all wards and barriers. A simple matter of dimensional manipulation—child's play for one who controls the Rainbow Bridge."

"Heimdall," Odin warned, his voice carrying the weight of cosmic responsibility, "such direct intervention in mortal affairs—"

"Is justified when injustice runs rampant," the Guardian interrupted with the confidence of one whose duty transcended politics, his voice carrying the authority of someone who had watched civilizations rise and fall. "I have observed this mortal realm for millennia, All-Father. Rarely have I seen innocence punished so thoroughly while guilt escapes entirely. This requires correction. Besides," his golden eyes glinted with something approaching humor, "I am curious to see how Prince Loki handles mortal bureaucracy when sufficiently motivated."

*I like him already,* the Phoenix Force observed approvingly.

Sif stepped forward, already checking her weapons with practiced efficiency. "What about the Longbottoms? How many attackers are we facing?"

"Four," Heimdall replied, his sight stretching across dimensions once more. "Bellatrix Lestrange, Barty Crouch Jr., Rabastan Lestrange, and Rodolphus Lestrange. All skilled in the dark arts, all completely unhinged by their devotion to their fallen master. They're currently torturing Frank and Alice Longbottom with the Cruciatus Curse, seeking information about their master's defeat that the couple doesn't possess."

Volstagg's jovial expression disappeared, replaced by cold fury. "Torture. How predictably unimaginative. Evil never seems to develop new methods—always the same crude brutality."

"Then we shall respond with swift justice," Hogun said quietly, his war hammer already appearing in his hand with practiced ease.

"Indeed!" Thor boomed, Mjolnir now crackling with barely contained lightning. "Four against five? Hardly seems fair to them, but perhaps we can make it entertaining."

Fandral's smile turned sharp and predatory. "Should we give them a chance to surrender first? I do so enjoy the look on their faces when they realize they're outmatched."

"These are not honorable warriors," Sif said grimly, her dark eyes hard as obsidian. "They torture innocents for pleasure. They deserve no courtesy."

*She has the right of it,* the Phoenix Force observed with approval. *Some evils deserve only swift and permanent correction.*

Aldrif looked at her assembled family—her brothers preparing for battle with eager confidence, her parents watching with protective love, Heimdall ready to transport them across realms in service of justice. Harry stirred in her arms again, and when she looked down at him, those knowing green eyes seemed to be giving her permission to trust these people with the lives of those she held dear.

"Very well," she said finally, though every instinct screamed at her to handle the rescues personally. "But I want regular reports. If anything goes wrong—"

"Then we'll call for backup," Thor interrupted cheerfully, already summoning the others toward the Bifrost platform with gestures that sent minor thunderclaps echoing through the observatory. "But sister, truly, what could go wrong? It's a simple rescue mission!"

*Famous last words,* the Phoenix Force observed with cosmic amusement.

Loki stepped onto the platform, then paused to look back at Aldrif with theatrical solemnity. "Sister, any particular message you'd like me to deliver to this Sirius Black? Something appropriately dramatic to mark this momentous rescue?"

Aldrif thought for a moment, remembering James's stories about his best friend, the fierce loyalty and unbreakable spirit that had made Sirius the heart of the Marauders. "Tell him that Lily says the Marauders' work isn't finished. Tell him that Harry needs his godfather, and that James would never forgive him if he gave up now. Tell him..." she paused, emotion threatening to choke her words, "tell him that Prongs is waiting for him in Valhalla, but not for many, many years yet."

Loki's smile turned genuinely warm, all pretense and mischief falling away for a moment to reveal the deep affection underneath. "Perfect. Dramatic, emotional, and guaranteed to inspire heroic determination. I couldn't have written it better myself." He straightened, preparing for transport, then added with a wink, "Also, I'm going to enjoy explaining to him that he's been rescued by a god. The expression on his face should be priceless."

"Try not to break his mind completely," Aldrif warned. "We'll need it intact for the years ahead."

"I make no promises," Loki replied with that sharp smile. "Madness and genius often go hand in hand, and from what you've told me, he already straddles that line admirably."

Thor raised Mjolnir high, lightning beginning to arc between his fingers and the hammer's head. "To Midgard!" he bellowed. "For justice, for family, and for the Bottom-Longs!"

"LONGBOTTOMS!" everyone chorused.

"Right! For them!" Thor agreed with undiminished enthusiasm.

As the Bifrost began to activate, Heimdall stepped forward one final time. "Princess," he said formally, "know that your friends fight under the protection of Asgard now. They are no longer alone in this battle."

The rainbow light engulfed the rescue parties, and they were gone, leaving the observatory suddenly quiet except for the gentle humming of cosmic forces and Harry's soft breathing.

*This is what it means to have family,* the Phoenix Force observed with quiet contentment. *People who will fight for you without question, who will risk themselves for your happiness, who will take on your burdens as their own.*

As the light faded and silence returned, Odin moved to stand beside his daughter, his single eye reflecting the depth of paternal love and cosmic understanding. "Come, Aldrif. We have much to discuss, preparations to make, and a grandson to properly introduce to his heritage. But first," his voice softened with grief and respect, "we honor the warrior who gave his life protecting what was most precious to him."

Frigga took her other side, creating a circle of family around the child who would grow up knowing he was loved not just by one realm, but by two. "Your James chose well when he chose you," she said gently. "And you chose well when you chose love over duty, family over obligation. That courage, that choice to put love first—that's what will make Harry extraordinary."

As they began the journey toward the palace proper, Aldrif felt something she hadn't experienced since childhood—the deep security of being part of something larger than herself, something that would endure no matter what challenges lay ahead.

The rescues had begun, Valhalla waited to honor a hero, and a new chapter in the lives of two worlds was about to unfold.

*And in a cold prison cell on the edge of the North Sea, a man who had given up hope opened his eyes to find an elegantly dressed stranger standing in his cell, clipboard in hand and an expression of divine mischief on his aristocratic features.*

*"Well," said Loki, god of mischief and lies, consulting his completely fraudulent paperwork with theatrical precision, "this is highly irregular. According to my records, you're supposed to be dead. Care to explain this discrepancy, Mr. Black?"*

*The rescue had begun in earnest.*

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