Passion of the Guardiane Chapter 6

"Uh, h-hello?" Anais squeaked out when she found herself face-to-face with Fidel Avila II and Charlotte Lucien.

"Hello, Mrs. Kipper." Fidel greeted in a friendly manner. "I'm here with a psychiatrist. Her name is Dr. Charlotte Lucien."

"Aren't you the son of Acacia Castro-Avila?" Anais asked curiously. "Because I'm pretty sure that the name 'Leader Acacia' rang a bell to me. Not to mention I read that she only had one child."

"Yes, I am Leader Acacia's son." he answered proudly. "And no, you read that wrong. It's she only had one son. I had a few sisters as well."

"Well, what are you doing here?" Anais asked again. "Aren't you preparing to go to war with Superjail again?"

"Those are just rumors the United States (specifically, FOX News) is pulling out of its ass." he replied quickly. "No, I'm here because I'm deeply concerned about Mistress Minor's brother."

"Which one?"

"The youngest. Felix Woodrow."

"And why are you so concerned about Finn now?"

"One, I was hoping to mend the patches between our two countries and hopefully stop the United States from posting bullshit about glorious Cuba. And two, I have a soft spot for people with mental illnesses and it's hard not to help them when many of the Cubans who fought in the Second Great War currently have post-traumatic stress disorder."

"I appreciate the offer, but I'm afraid we're better off taking matters into our own hands." Anais apologized.

"I understand. May we come in anyway?" he asked politely.

Anais thought for a minute before finally letting the Cuban leader and the South African-American woman in.

"Mr. Avila, sir?" Solange asked in surprise.

"Yes, 'tis I. Good to see you again, Solomon Lopez." Fidel replied in all earnest.

"My name's Solange now, sir." she said, slightly pissed.

"My apologies." Fidel said back. "Anyway, where's young Felix?"

"He's right zere." the Doctor answered, pointing to Finn who was hooked to the thought machine.

"Hello there, Felix." Fidel greeted the seventeen-year-old boy when he came up to him. "Do you remember me? I'm Leader Acacia's son Fidel."

"SOMEONE GET HIM AWAY FROM ME!" Finn screamed in fear. "HE'S UNACCEPTABLE! HE'S THE ONE WHO WILL KILL US ALL!"

"C-calm down there, Felix." Fidel said. "I'm just here with Dr. Lucien to observe your therapy."

"NO!" Finn screamed still.

"Okay then, Fidel." Anais chuckled nervously. "Move aside. We were about to ask him some more questions. The last questions we had, they were just for fun."

"Alright then." Charlotte finally said. "Proceed."

"Okay, Finn." Park Eun Kyung began. "Can you tell us your name?"

"Felix Woodrow Warden." Finn responded simply.

However, the text that appeared shortly after on the thought machine simply read "Ursa Warden."

"Ursa?" Solange asked aloud. "Who's that?"

"His mother..." Anais answered with an aside. "...Mistress Major..."

"Mistress Major?" Fidel asked himself softly.

"Ask him ze next vone, Kyung Mi." the Doctor prompted the other Nurse before setting Eun Kyung aside.

"Um...Finn." Park Kyung Mi began. "After the Second Great War, where did you go after you flew over the Atlantic Ocean?"

"I think..." Finn was trying to answer uncertainly.

The thought machine's response was "To Madagascar."

"Madagascar?" Charlotte asked in confusion.

"Once you reached Madagascar, what happened?" Kyung Mi asked again.

"Uh..." Finn tried to respond.

Once again, the thought machine answered. This time, it said "Mistress Major and I encountered a portal..."

"Interesting..." Fidel mused to himself.

"A portal?" Phil Kipper asked in moderate confusion. "To where, exactly?"

"To another universe..." the thought machine answered Phil.

Fidel's eyes widened in excitement, but his face was completely expressionless. He shook his hand and asked the Doctor to take Finn aside for an intermission.

"Vell, I vanted to ask more questions..." the Doctor thought aloud. "But I suppose it'd be unfair not to give ze boy a break."

"Excellent." Fidel simply replied. "Come on, Felix. Time to go out."

Fidel reluctantly followed Fidel and Charlotte outside. As he did, the others watched him. When the threesome departed at last, the remainder started discussing over the thought machine's readings. However, they hadn't an idea of what the readings had to do with anything or if it meant that Finn was now possessed by the spirits of his deceased parents.