I promised I would go back and rewrite this, So I did!

My computer got broken last year and it really did take MONTHS for me to get a new one!

If anyone thinks this is Sequel to All's Fair is still worth seeing through. Let me know through reviews.

Nora's POV

Huh? You guys are still here?

The story's over, mystery solved!

Well, I guess not all of them.

Lee proved to his mom, his real mom, he's innocent of the Prank, and now he and Tina are officially together. Jenny's okay with that too. Cam and Brandy are also together now, and things are looking promising between Biffy and Kimmie. On a look at the bigger picture, the Council's finally been stopped. The Pyramid got rebuilt but not reopened, and before all the Wurst clones and His Eminence got frozen in crystal. But I have to admit we still have a little farther to go.

Like Mrs. Ping said, her husband has some explaining to do. And I'm not really talking to my great-grandfather, The Amazing Finnwich, right now. Are you all waiting to see how we finally got out of Coral Grove?

Fair enough.

It went like this:

Finnwich was standing over by the window with Lynch, Tina and Jenny were talking over by the sleeping Council woman, while Kimmie, Biffy and Holger were moving all of the crystalized people to one side of the room. That left me talking with Lee and his mother. Seriously, if the woman had just listened to her son from the start we wouldn't have had to deal with all this! Lee was finally able to tell his mom the whole story, skipping some of the more dangerous details like he had when I first met him.

I managed to slip away from everyone catching up to go into the bathroom. No, I wasn't feeling sick or had to go, I just felt that I needed some privacy to report to someone. I locked the bathroom door and took up a lotus sitting position in the middle of the room. I needed to get in contact with the only other person than me who could talk to someone in their sleep. I relaxed myself and slowly slipped my mind into the dream world.

Nora's 'Dreamworld'... (If you don't know look back at my original fanfic)

He was right there waiting for me. Sitting under a tree with a Chinese tea set up, smiling at me through his long beard. "Sensei Hong," I bowed respectfully, "We did it! His Eminence and Cassandra are crystalized and Wurst has been stopped!"

"Well done, mighty Black Fox." Sensei bowed to me from his sitting position. "I have set this tea out for a small celebration."

At his invitation I took a seat in front of him. He began pouring the tea. My smile wouldn't leave my face! "Sensei, I couldn't have done this without you. I feel like I grown so much. But…" There was a reason I had sought him out. "There's still so much to do."

"Such as?" he asked, taking a sip of tea. Can he even taste it in a dream?

I picked up my own cup. It did feel kind of warm. "Like finding out if Dad's really been working for the bad guys all this time, why my mark is hidden so differently, can I ever trust Finnwich after what he's done today, what to do about all the clones, what to do about my powers now that I can use them, how do we deal with the people still inside Coral Grove and… and…."

Sensei Hong chuckled, like I was eight years old again and didn't know when to stop asking 'why' to everything. "And it seems your biggest problem is that you have still so many problems to solve now."

When it came right to the point: that was basically it. There's still so much to do and I don't even know where to start. I nodded, meekly, "Yes, Sensei. How do I even know where to start?"

Setting down his cup, he looked at me with the expression of a life-long mentor. "First, top seeing all your problems as just one big problem. Doing that will make the tasks before you overwhelming before you even begin. Instead see them as the sea on a rainy day."

"What's that mean?" I asked, knowing a proverb was coming.

"The sea is one giant mass of water, but the rain is seen as many tiny specks of water. Yet again, and again they fill the sea with renewed water. Your BIG problem is really several LITTLE problems. Take on each droplet, one at a time, and before long you will no longer have a sea before you."

One of his longer ones, but really helpful. "So…" If I'm going to do this one problem at a time then… "Then getting everyone out of Coral Grove should be the first thing, right?"

"Not even close."

I raised a brow at my Sensei. "But, isn't that the first problem?"

"You have a submarine at your disposal now that can easily carry all of you out. Perhaps getting there may be a problem, but what more… closer to you, Nora?"

I thought about what he was saying. Closer? Sure between us and the only way out of the most secret prison in the world in a few floors of crazy people still under Cassandra's control to fight each other, but-

Then I got it. "Cassandra and the lizard guy!" They're both still frozen in green crystal just outside of the room I'm meditating in. "But aren't they kind of…immobilized now?"

"Yes, but it will not last long. His Eminence's people have advanced strength and once he gains enough consciousness he will break out. So, what can you do, Nora, to keep them from being a menace in the future?"

I might just leave them in crystal. As long as those two are out, they'll keep coming after my friends and me. We need someplace where they can't hurt anyone, and can't use their power and influence on others. Hmm… "Could we…" I thought came, and I want to see if Sensei can approve of it. "Put them in the cells here?"

Sensei appeared to think over the answer for himself, and then said, "I do not know the inner workings of Coral Grove myself. So you had best discuss your plans with Lee Ping and the others."

Meanwhile….

Back in Coral Grove's prison suite deluxe, everyone else was asking their own questions. Lee was talking to his mother, and Tina was standing with him. "So you basically were in the dark as much I was Mom?"

Mrs. Ping was looking extremely cross, though her anger was not directed at her son. "Even more so! I was trapped in that vile machine. Didn't you or your father even notice I was missing?"

Lee looked awkwardly over at Tina, and she did the same. How were they supposed to explain to the strictest mother/teacher they knew that an exact clone of her had been living her life so that none of them even noticed she was gone? Her life at work, and even her life at home. The kids knew a direct and truthful explanation would only get her incredibly mad and make her freak out, so they were scrambling with their words.

"Uh…"

"De-um…."

"And we-"

"When they-"

That's when Holger came swooping down on their conversation. "FLYING!" The company screamed and ducked as Holger, still in Cassandra's battle suit, was flying around the room. "Another day, and villain bewarey, Holgermeister is now being Super Holgermeister! Weeee!"

"Holger, cut it about before you kill all of us!" Biffy shouted up towards the ceiling. He was standing with Kimmie over by where her mother now lay in crystal. "Geez louise, he knows that's a battle suit, not a party suit, right?"

"Not worry," Said Finnwich standing by his desk with Lynch. "This glass is unbreakable. A rhino could charge in and it wouldn't leave a scuff!" Finnwich didn't need to do any research at the moment, but he was feeling tired and felt like he needed to recharge for a while. He was also beginning to realize his actions had consequences that didn't only apply to Nora. No one else was coming near him.

"That loon may not need to break a window to kill us." Said Lynch. Holger was zooming all around the room with the battle suit. He sent books flying off the shelves as he went by, sent lab equipment crashing , and hit the walls at least three times. All the while squealing with glee! It wasn't until Biffy reached up while Holger was flying close by and grabbed his ankle to throw him back to the ground.

"Flight's over, Superman. If you're not going to be helpful then get out of the suit!"

Holger wobbly stood up. "Oh… Suit make good not-so-fluffy cushion."

As Holger giggled, Kimmie walked over to the crystalized form of her mother. "I want to let her out." She said try to cock the gun. Biffy reached over and took it from her.

"Uh, nugatory!" he said. "Your mom's still evil, remember?"

Kimmie tried to get the crystallizer back. "I just want to talk to her! Ugh! Hand it over!" But Biffy was way taller than Kimmie and was able to keep the weapon well out of her reach. The two of them had already begun struggling when Jenny jumped up and took the crystallizer while Biffy was distracted.

Snorting in disgust she said, "No! We need use these to fight back any guys we see still in prisoner holdings."

"And why would be breaking for prisoners?" Biffy challenged.

"Cause my aunt is down here. And so are the missing teachers. We've gotta let them out!"

"Uh, why should we waist our time free criminals? If we can't free my mom, why would we let out other evil scientists?"

"They're not all evil!" Jenny said to Kimmie. "They just used to work for your mom. They wouldn't be down here if they didn't go against her, so they gotta be the good guys."

"With the exception of ex-VP Victoria." said Lynch, trying to join the conversation. The three of him sent him a do-not-butt-in glare. The Biffy stated.

"I hate agreeing with losers." At that Lynch's shoulders slumped. "But he's got a point. VP didn't go against the Council, her little guinea pig project just didn't meet their standards. It might not be all good guys down here."

"So then what?" Jenny asked him.

"I think we should just go back as soon as possible." Tina walked over, along with Lee and his mother. "We'll figure out what to do about the people in here, but we need to get back to the school first."

"And what about all the clones back at the school?" Lee added. "Even with Wurst in crystal, there's still the teachers."

"What?" Mrs. Ping deadpanned. Lee and Tina visibly flinched, realizing he just stated the topic they were trying to avoid. "Lee, explain this now!"

A whole argument erupted from the group, shouting out what each of them wanted to do to get out, or what to address before getting out. But Finnwich, standing to the side of the conversations, took account of everything that was in the room. All his materials and possessions were in here, as well as what the children had brought in, the crystallized hazmats and Council leaders…. He knew she had left the room. He was just saving his comment for the right time.

"Ahem!" He coughed to get the bickering group's attention. They didn't notice. He coughed again. "Ahem! Ahem!" Still nothing. Seeing that more drastic measure were now required to get their attention, Finnwich played a loud note on his organ!

The sharp sound made everyone cover their ears from the noise. When Finnwich finally stopped, he spoke calmly. "I don't suppose any of you have noticed a particular member of your merry band is absent?"

Everyone looked around, and then Lee said, "Hey, where's Nora?"

"Not again!" Biffy groaned.

Nora's POV

"I'm here." I came out of the bathroom just in time to hear my name be called out. Sensei and I went over my plan, I'll just talk it out with the rest-

Everyone came rushing at me with their ideas for what they wanted to do next! They each had their own plan for getting out of here as well as complaints about each other's plans. Sheesh, I'm gone for five minutes and they deteriorate to this! "Stop!" I yell out. They stop and stand staring at me.

"Okay. Try this on for size." I take a breath and begin to talk evenly. "First things first, we need to see what we have from here. That means, Lynch: try to get some monitors so we can see who is still up there and if we can get to the submarine without any trouble."

"Aye-Aye!" Lynch saluted and went to the computer.

I went back to talking to the group. "Next, I do know there's some mixed feelings about this: But we are going to let a few prisoners out."

There were 'ah, c'mon!', 'no way' and 'whys' from the group. "I know, I know!" I said, trying to calm them down. "But I think the risk is worth the gain. A lot of these scientists have been down here for a long time and are probably mad at Cassandra. We'll at least get out the missing teachers and Jenny's aunt."

"Yes!" Jenny cheered pumping her fist in the air.

"What about the other clones?" Mrs. Ping asked angrily.

Looking at her directly I said. "I feel like we should do something about that too. But we have no idea how long all of those people have been in the pods, so waking them up would either leave them confused or possibly turn them to dust."

"No! Not them!" Mrs. Ping shouted. "The ones back at the school!"

My eyes went wide. I looked over at Lee, he was looking a little nervous and guilty at the same time.

"Well… we'll deal with them once were back. But the way things looked, hopefully Cam's got that under control." That was the best answer I could give her. Yeah, how do we deal with that? Sensei said to take this all one problem at a time. If I take on all the issues at once I won't be able to handle it, for now we just need to get everyone we can out of here.

I looked up at Biffy next. "Biffy," I said to him. "I have a special job for you."

10 minutes later….

According to Lynch, everyone under Cassandra's last order was either unconscious or out of commission. Lee lead Tina, his mother (who volunteered to go with them) and Kimmie, armed with crystallizers, to find a clear and easy path straight to the submarine chamber. Meanwhile, Jenny had a list of names of prisoners which included her aunt. Biffy was coming behind her with the frozen figures of Cassandra McAdams and His Eminence. His job was to put them in their own cells and unfreeze them before locking them in. Heh-heh, payback. Kimmie wasn't aware of that part of the plan; I didn't think she would go along with it. But we wouldn't be hurting her mom.

I stayed behind for a while, telling the gang I would be right behind them in case any unexpected trouble came up. But really, I had another agenda.

Sure, I stayed behind for a while to see if we could get reconnected with Cam. The song had eventually cut out even our own eye-bot and we had lost him. When Lynch said couldn't get back online, I told him it was fine and to just keep his eyes on the cameras around Coral Grove.

While I was standing there, waiting for just enough time to pass, Finnwich tried talking to me. "You certainly did get them organized quickly."

I wasn't responding to him. After nearly killing both himself and Lee in front of me, I had said that I wouldn't see or speak to my great-grandfather until I could forgive him. And a few hours is not long enough!

He tried again. "And… eh… very merciful of you to spare Ms. McAdams. Those two will be of no harm locked away here! A prison of their own making. Ho! Excellent use of irony, my dear."

Nothing. He's not gonna get off easy, I'll be sure of that!

Seeing that he wasn't getting any kind of a reaction from my back, I could see in the reflection of the glass that Finnwich looked over at Lynch. He looked like he was pleading with the 90-year-old for some kind of back-up.

"Uh…" Lynch started speaking. "What exactly are you going to do if you're not helping them… Prowler?"

"I think I'll go now." I said to Lynch, looking his way. "When it looks safe you and Finnwich meet with everyone else by the sub. I need to make a detour before I go myself."

"What will you be doing?" Finnwich asked. I started walking away to the elevator.

Casting another glance at Lynch, the person I was least mad at in the room right now said, "What are you gonna do, amiga?"

"Just tie up a few loose ends. I shouldn't be long." I said. I stepped into the elevator and pressed the number for the floor I needed.

Finnwich's POV

True to her promise, Nora refuses to acknowledge me in any way. I had to speak through my assistant to get her to talk. I know she has the right to be angry with me; my memory isn't so bad that I forget things that quickly. "She is absolutely furious." I say out loud, bringing a steam-powered hand to my forehead. The silent treatment is more torturous than any man could guess.

"No kidding." My assistant said with some astonishment. "One minute she's hugging her long-lost grandfather after escaping down to the lowest level of the prison. The next she's acting like he's nothing but air. What happened while I was out, boss?"

Mr. Webber's lack of tact is not appreciated. But he will have to know of this eventually. "It was always my plan to stop the plans of Mann, Wurst and Finnwich. I've devoted my life, even extended it, to prevent that monster. To ensure that the Pyramid would never be opened again, and ensure that there would never be another chance of His Eminence achieving success, I felt that the only way was to remove the pieces he needed from the game. The most useful to him being both Manifestum and myself.

"But I did not tell Nora. When I got Manifestum close enough, I prepared for both of us to die in this very room! But I failed, and while both threats were dealt with, Nora swore she would neither see nor speak to me until she could find a way to forgive me."

A great pain was felt in my chest. A kind of soreness, I will have to check that later. The memory what had happened was still fresh, I'm not sure I can remember a time when I've felt so down…

I look behind me. Surely, my assistant was moved to tears by such an emotional telling! His eyes are wide in amazement. "Golly, no wonder she hates you."

A sharp konk on this head with the cane is my reply to him.

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I'll take any criticisms or ideas because I'm going off on my own a little on this one!