in the laboratory.

Sunset Shimmer is updating Ava's firewall.

"Ava, is there a call?"

"No, miss."

[Alas~]

"Don't you plan to come back yet?" The phone can't get through..."

After typing the command, Sunset Shimmer sat on the chair next to her and sighed in her heart, she looked at Ava who was connected to the instrument on the side, waiting for the update to end.

Today is exactly two weeks after Howard and Yu Xi went to Oregon.

Usually every morning Sunset Shimmer will receive a call from Howard or Yu Xi, talking about their itinerary for today, so that Sunset Shimmer will know what they are doing every day and feel at ease.

Today's sunset shimmer waited for her parents' call as usual, but there was still no call from them until almost noon, and at first she was still thinking that something should be delayed, so she made a call, but she received a busy message....

After a while, Ava said "Update complete" to end the painstaking wait.

"Ava, has the local news been updated in Arcadia Town?"

Sunset Shimmer gets up and walks over to the device to unconnect Ava from it.

“... Not yet, miss, the latest newspaper was the one that was published yesterday afternoon.

Ava said after a half-second pause.

Sunset Shimmer couldn't help but recall a conversation with Howard yesterday morning.

Howard: "Glimmer, the situation has worsened today, and a bird just struck your mother right down the window of the hotel.

Sunset Shimmer: "Is Mom okay?"

Yu Xi: "Honey, I'm fine, I'm just scared by the bird's abnormal behavior."

Sunset Glimmer: "That's good, so do you have any plans for today?"

Howard: "I don't think it's a coincidence, I suspect it's something wrong with the magnetic field here."

Sunset Shimmer: "So you're going to measure the magnetic field?" Howard

: "Hmm.

Sunset Shimmer: "Good luck." "

Duh...

"Miss, Mr. Chris is back."

The memories are over, and Chris, who went out to buy groceries, also happens to be back.

Sunset Shimmer nodded and said

, "Well, Ava, you go up first, I'll turn off the instrument."

Ava heard the words and flew towards the first floor.

[A large number of whales stranded, bird carcasses everywhere...].

Sunset Shimmer thought about the news report as she turned off her instruments.

"What the hell is going on in this coastal town of Arcadia?"

She stood in the door of the lab, looked back, and then pressed the switch on the light.

"I feel the panic I haven't felt in a long time, something bad is about to happen..."

...

Oregon – The small town of Acadia Bay.

In the evening, the last glow of the day was covered by dark clouds.

Thundered!!!

The pouring rain accompanied by a strong wind of level 6 poured fiercely on the ground.

The town's famous restaurant, Double Whale Restaurant.

"Honey, it's getting worse,"

Yu Xi pushed a dining table against the front door.

"yes, I don't know if we'll be able to get through it this time..."

Howard, using his mechanical exoskeleton to clean up the rubble in the cafeteria, sighed as he looked out the window at the massive tornado on the sea.

Not long ago, a wooden boat parked on the sea was swept up by a huge storm and smashed into the restaurant from the sky, but fortunately, there were few people at that time, and no one died.

Although there were no casualties, there was a car accident outside the restaurant due to the storm, and a small RV crashed into the wooden boat that smashed into the restaurant, exposing half of the hull on the road.

This afternoon, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds and torrential rain, and a huge tornado storm quickly converged in just one hour, and the powerful storm paralyzed the town's electrical circuit, and from time to time some buildings that were swept up by the storm from afar fell on the road, and the traffic was paralyzed as a result.

Howard and Yu Xi were testing the magnetic field near a lighthouse on a hill not far from town, and they witnessed the rapid convergence of the huge storm.

"Xi, you go take care of the wounded first, I'll solve it here."

"Well, be careful, darling."

Yu Xi came to the front desk of the restaurant, where a man with a leg injury was sitting on the ground, his name was Frank, and the owner of the restaurant, Joyce, was taking care of him.

"Joyce, let me come."

Yu Xi stepped forward and skillfully took out the potion and gauze from the medical box.

"I'm sorry for you."

Joyce gave way to her.

“Not trouble。"

Yu Xi will cut the wet gauze from Frank's leg.

"Frank, it's going to hurt a little, bear with it."

"OK, I can hold back, let's do it."

Yu Xi slowly untied the gauze.

"Uh~"

Frank gritted his teeth and endured the sharp pain in his thigh.

"Hold back, it'll be fine soon."

Yu Xi quickly disinfected Frank's wound and dressed it with medicine.

"Huh~ Thank you Yu Xi."

Frank leaned feebly against the box on the counter, gasping for air.

"It's fine."

Yu Xi took a towel to wipe the sweat from his forehead.

Joyce, who was on the side, took a few hot drinks and handed them to everyone.

"Thanks, Joyce."

"Thank you."

...

After the hot drink, the tense spirits of the people who had taken refuge in the restaurant relaxed a lot.

"Warren, who were you talking to on the phone?"

Joyce held a hot drink and handed it to the high school student at the front desk who was sorting through the photos.

"Thanks Joyce, it was Max who called, she said she was coming"

Warren put down the picture in his hand and took a sip of the hot drink.

"Oh my God, is Max still out there?"

Joyce asked, surprised.

"I don't know."

Warren shook his head.

"She hung up before I could finish my sentence."

Joyce looked out the window worriedly:

"May God bless her."

On the other side, Howard took a sip of the hot coffee in his hand.

"It's really comforting to have a hot drink at this time, and it's indescribable."

He held the cup in both hands, and Yu Xi stood beside him and gently pinched the hot drink in his hand.

"To be honest, I'm kind of in love with the taste of instant coffee right now, maybe we can buy a few more packs when we go back."

Howard touched Yu Xi beside him with his elbow.

"Uh-huh."

Yu Xi snorted lightly and leaned against him.

Smack! At this time, Joyce clapped his hands and announced loudly:

"Friends, today's hot drinks are unlimited and free to refill, everyone remember to come to the front desk after drinking."

Several people who had taken refuge in the restaurant cheered happily when they heard this.

"Yay!"

"Thank you."

With the declaration of freedom for hot drinks, the heavy atmosphere in the restaurant was swept away.

The evacuees take care of each other, and the atmosphere becomes warm, in contrast to the apocalyptic scene outside the restaurant.

...

Half an hour later.

There was a sound of footsteps at the back door of the restaurant, and a wet girl dressed in black came to the front desk.

"Max!"

Joyce let out an exclamation that attracted the relaxed people around him.

"Oh my God, it's a pleasure to see you, dear! You okay?

She got up and gave the girl a warm hug, and Warren, who was following her, had to give up the idea of hugging and touch the back of her head.

"It's okay, how are you doing?"

The girl asked, looking around.

"The Double Whale restaurant is almost collapsing... I don't know if we'll survive this storm. Poor Officer Berry and the rest of the people out there..."

"I know."

"Alright, get in, I've got to go back and take care of the gentleman lying over there, Warren is already collecting first aid"

Joyce patted Warren beside him, and then returned to Frank's side.

"Are you alright, Warren?"

Max reached out and patted Warren's arm.

"How could I ignore those warnings, Max? Snow, and solar eclipses, and... "

There's nothing you can do about it, Warren."

Warren didn't answer the question, but talked to himself, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Max.

"I'm stupid, I had something to expect..."Warren

shook his head and returned to the booth at the front desk to sort things out, leaving Max standing where he was.

"Honey, she's here, do you want to go up and ask?"

"Wait a minute."

Yu Xi touched Howard beside him, Howard nodded, drank the hot coffee in his hand and looked at Max who was about to act.

Max came to Warren's side, and before she could speak, Warren preemptively said

, "I hate to say that, but I have to say, it's nice to see you."

"It's fine. It's good that you're okay... After Nathan's incident, I knew you could take care of yourself.

Max looked at Warren with satisfaction.

"That's long gone, but Max, I can't believe you're braving a level six tornado to mine here just for a picture... I mean, I know you're not here for me.

Warren said with a hint of resentment.

"Warren, of course I'm here for you. You just have to tell me the picture is with you.

However, Max was in a hurry to ask for a photo at this time, and he didn't notice.

"I just want to..."

"Don't say it, listen to me first."

After a while, Warren took a photo out of his pocket and put it on the front desk.

Warren seems to like her, but Max doesn't see it right now.

"Well, superpowered people are generally quite worried that they will hurt others, so they are a little slow to be emotional... Or maybe she already has a place in her heart.

Howard and Yu Xi looked at each other and smiled.

This would be the end of a tight hug between Max and Warren.

"Alright, I think we're going to have to hurry up and ask, she seems to be leaving."

Howard and Yu Xi walked over.

"Hey, Max, are you going to use your superpowers?"

“What?! How do you know?

Max looked in shock at the man next to him who looked mature but not old-fashioned.

"Xi, you're right, she's really a superpower."

Howard didn't reply, he looked at Yu Xi beside him.

"Max, can you take a moment to tell us about your abilities?"

Yu Xi and Max looked at each other with a hint of pleading in their eyes.

Max looked at Yu Xi and then at Howard:

"Well, I've already got the picture, it doesn't matter if it takes a little longer."

Howard & Yu: "Thanks to you Max." "

How so... Let's start talking from here..."

Max nodded and thought for a while and said slowly

, "A week ago, I just returned to Arcadia Bay a few days ago, when I fell asleep during a scumbag photography class, and dreamed that a week later there was a huge storm on the sea, and I woke up from the dream, I thought it was an ordinary nightmare, and after class, I went to the bathroom to use cold water to clear my chaotic brain."

"Then I saw my friend Chloe who I hadn't seen in years being shot, and all I wanted was to go back to the time when I first came to the bathroom, so I went back in time, and I somehow had the superpower to go back in time, and I managed to save my friend."

"Then there was a series of fucking things that happened, and I realized that in addition to going back in time, I could take a selfie to briefly go back in time when I was taking a photo."

Max picked up the photo with Warren on the front desk and shook it.

"So you're planning to go back in time and revise some history?"

Howard raised his eyebrows and asked, and Yu Xi on the side also looked at Max indifferently.

"God, you guys reacted so much better than my friends, and it would have been much easier for me if they had done the same."

Max looked at the two of them and complained.

"Yes, just now Warren said that this storm was caused by me going back in time, saying that it was like pure cause and effect or chaos theory, maybe going back in time this time would cause a bigger disaster, but I had to go on, my friend was killed by that scumbag, I have to go back and change all this."

Max said firmly, then looked at the two of them warily

, "If you want to stop me, please forgive me for being disobedient."

"Wow, relax, we're not here to stop you, as we said at the beginning, we're just here to learn about your superpowers."

Howard spread out his hands and pressed down twice.

"Kid, you may need help going back in time."

Yu Xi stepped forward and handed Max a note with a string of numbers written on it.

"This is Howard's number, remember this number, go back in time and call us, we'll help you."

"Son, remember to tell us that the storm will appear at noon today, and I have a way to reduce the casualties in the town."

Howard patted Max on the shoulder.

Max looked at him worriedly:

"What if you don't believe it?"

"We'll believe it, we're here because there's chaos in the magnetic field here, and magnetic chaos often comes with the birth of a superpower, and we're here for you."

Howard gave a hearty smile.

"By the way, this storm is bound to happen, even if it's not your awakened superpower, there will be other people awakened superpower, so be bold and do it!"

Yu Xi stretched out his right hand and gently pressed it on her shoulder.

"Be sure to save your friends, don't leave regrets, remember to call us!"

There was an indescribable emotion in her eyes.

"Thanks... Thank you, thank you!

The care of the two made Max's eyes moisten, and she hugged the two of them gratefully.

"Good boy, come on!"

"We await your good news!"

Howard and Yuxi patted Max on the back and whispered encouragement to her.

The three of them hugged for a while.

"Alright, I think it's time for me to act."

Max ended the warm hug

, "Thank you so much, I think after this is over, can we be friends?"

She asked, looking at the two gratefully.

Howard & Yuxi: "Of course, our future friend, Max."

"Thank you, my friend."

Max took one last look at the two of them, and she picked up the photo with both hands to concentrate.

She had already done several time travel sessions before coming to Double Whales, and if it weren't for her friend Chloe, she might have given up, and time travel alone filled her with fear and unease.

But at this moment, after Max was embraced by the two couples, she felt the warmth of the sun that she had not seen for a long time, and the fear and anxiety in her heart were completely dispelled.

[You're going to make it!] Max!

Her heart was stronger than ever, and she felt like she would succeed this time.

“... I know, I know, I hate it. Just a picture..."

Max's voice rang in his head, but Warren, who was standing in the foreground, didn't speak.

[Goodbye, Howard, goodbye, Yu Xi...].

...

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