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After the Glow

After her endeavor with Sheeana, Katara had felt much calmer than she had since arriving here. She could breathe freely knowing that she would do whatever she needed to in getting Aang back, but also making sure that she didn't think about that too often. It had all seemed to make so much sense when she realized that she was the one that had helped to feet The Nightmare King King. Now she felt more able to push those feelings back, to channel them away for its safety, she felt more secure now.

It left room for many other questions, and Katara was fine with that. She knew she was still learning, and she'd have a long way to go before she'd have true inner peace...and the person she wanted to be with the most. Until then, she would have to be content with dwelling on her mistakes and arranging her thinking around the Nightmare King.

Today, she was in the city, specifically in the park. It was a peaceful day, and she could feel a gentle breeze wash over her. She sighed contently

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Carol couldn't stand all the nightmare business. Mostly because she was always reliving the same moments in her life. The death of Mar-vell, the fight with Rogue, her imprisonment with Marcus, the death of Steve, and finally her own death. She had to clear her mind in the worse way, and the only thing that seemed to do that lately, was being around her new family. But she didn't want to be with Peter right now, not with Tony hanging around wherever. She couldn't deal with it all right at that moment, even if she wanted so badly to curl up in Peter's arms and cry.

So she was searching for her other family member. Her daughter. The one person on the ship who brought more sunlight into his dark mind than any other person she'd ever met. She was glad she didn't have to fly around long, and spotted her in the park.

Landing softly on the ground, she didn't say anything as she moved to Katara and just pulled her into a hug.

Katara opened her eyes slowly. Her skills had been getting pretty good: from the approach, she knew it was Carol, and that was confirmed with the hug, She giggled lightly, staring back at her ship mother, someone she'd been meaning to touch base with for the last few weeks. She could also tell that there was a lot on her mind: it was subtle non verbal cues Katara had picked up on since her training to be a Bene Gesserit.

"I missed you at the costume party, Carol," she said lightly. "I had a costume I wanted to show you. I still have it, but it would probably be weird of me to wear it now, and anyway, its in my room. I think you'll like it though!"

Here, she rolled onto her belly, her legs swaying carelessly behind her. "How have you been doing, with everything that's happened?"

She smiled and sat down heavily. She didn't want to show how tired and drained she was. Especially not around Katara, but her mind wouldn't let her stop thinking about everything. She had to do something to work all this out, especially with all of the people form their world appearing. Someone had to rally the troops and as none of the young mutants were going to do it, Peter wasn't going to lead, and no one would follow Tony, it seemed to be falling on her shoulders.

"I'm sorry I missed the party. It seemed like lots of fun, but I had some stuff to think through." She smiled and moved a hand to fiddle with some of Katara's hair. She still had to introduce the girl to Peter, though she's sure they have met elsewhere by now. Maybe even introduce her to Tony. The man was one of her best friends, even if she felt so used by him. "How about you tell me about your costume, and then at some point you can show it to me?"

Hmm. There were still things that Carol had on her mind, Katara could tell that much. She wasn't going to pry though, Carol had her own business to deal with. In any case. it did feel strangely comforting to have someone playing with her hair: no one had so much as really touched it in weeks, and it had definitely taken its own frazzled look these days. Luckily, after her time with Sheeana, Katara had a thorough bath and brushed and combed her hair.

"The costume, to be honest, is your old one!" Katara said, laughing a little. "I had to admit, I was a little shocked at the lack of material, but then I talked with this guy, Billy Kaplan, and he explained about the designer. It's grown on me though: I feel like whoever wears it needs to have such a dignity about them and a forcible nature that it could only be you."

Carol was a bit shocked after hearing what the costume was. And one of the Young Avenger had told her about Janet. She felt her heart clench at that and she closed her eyes.

"The designer died not long before I woke up here. She was a very close friend of mine." She continued to play with Katara's hair, remembering Janet and smiling a bit. "She was a character though. Always so focused on her fashions. She only was a hero as a secondary thing. Which is the opposite of most of the Avengers. Even one of the first."

"Oh," Katara said, looking startled. "Billy never told me anything like that? I'm sorry. How...how did it happen, if you don't mind me asking? I didn't even know that she was a superhero in the first place. I wouldn't mind learning more about her though."

She smiled. "I know that it sounded weird to think of me in the costume, but I worked a little while on it to make sure it was as accurate as possible. It was a lot of fun!"

"Her name was Janet, and she died a hero. Fighting off an alien invasion." She smiled a bit. "She started the Avengers. Was one of the first female heroes in my world." She laughed a bit and smiled more.

"It's fine sweetheart. I'm glad you had a lot of fun."

"Then she believed in what she was doing," Katara said, smiling. "I'm glad that you told me that. I thought that her choices were a little strange, to show all that skin and still fight crime. But the more I thought about it, the more I began to see that its more than that: its the way the color and the person carry themselves. Their strength and agility stands as something I should be proud of. She sounds a lot better now."

Katara looked at Carol with a far off expression. "It was fun...and satisfying too. I was pretty proud of it. I'm sure it looked great on you."

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