I Just Want To Be Normal

Jack observed the pacing for a moment, and would have turned back entirely if the house's layout hadn't meant he needed to go into the living room to get to the kitchen.

Besides, the blonde was his housemate. Possibly until the end of the world. May as well be friendly.

"Isabel, isn't it?" He said. "I'm Jack. I apologize for dropping in on all of you like this. I didn't want to be an intrusion."

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"Jack," Isabel said, forcing a smile. "No apologies, please. Ronan's the one who needs to be thanked for taking us all in like this."

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"We got lucky he took on so much house," Jack nodded. "Are you all right? I could sit with you or get out of your way, either's fine."

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"I think it wasn't so much the house as the kitchen. He does like to cook." She resisted the urge to pull out her phone and check exactly how long Wyatt had been gone. "Company would be good. Wyatt got called away. I don't think he'll be gone long, but with everything...well, you just don't know."

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Peter had been working long shifts which didn't give him much time for talking. However with things being as weird as they were there was no way Peter was going to let Isabel's voicemail to him go unanswered.

So when he had a few free moments on the job ~~thus placing this conversation before he talks to Sam in the other post~~ he gave her a call.

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At this point Isabel's phone was never far from her hand. There were too many people she was trying to keep track of by way of text and voicemail.

Leaving Wyatt and Savannah to talk quietly, Isabel took her phone and head up to her room. "Peter! Thank god. I am so glad to here from you."

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"Same here," Peter said, relaxing when he heard her voice. "Are you okay? Where are you?"

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"Ronan's place in Fandom. I'm alive. Wyatt's alive. Beyond that, everything is pretty screwed up," she told him. "Have you noticed anything weird happening?"

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"Where did he go?" Jack asked, hoping he hadn't left the island. "And of course, it's useful to have one person in a house who can cook. I stop at toast and heating up soup."

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"Weird like things disappearing?" Peter replied. It was sad how time in Fandom meant not assuming that things disappearing might be the only weird thing going on.

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"Two people. I enjoy cooking and it's always fun to team up with Ronan in the kitchen." Although how much fun they'd be having in the current situation was up for debate.

"I'm not sure," Isabel admitted, answering Jack's question. "He said one of our other friends was in trouble and orbed...teleported off. Given everything that's been happening, I think I can make a good guess what the trouble was. I'm just hoping he can make it back."

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"Got it in one." The tenuous control Isabel had been holding onto slipped just a little. "It's not just things Peter. It's people. My family is gone. Hell, my whole damn corner of the universe is gone. Same for Wyatt. We're all that's left."

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"Shit," Peter said. "Here it's been mostly places, co-workers, nobody like family." Not until he talked with Sam later that day anyway. "Are you okay? What can I do?"

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"Not really. But I'm coping. I have to. Someone needs to keep the boy wonder in check if he starts getting too frustrated," Isabel explained. "Think of how you'd feel if something happened to Nathan. That's about how Wyatt feels about Chris. I'm trying to keep him from heading off and doing anything half cocked and getting himself gone."

She took a deep breath, trying her best to keep control. "You want to do something? Get Sam and Nathan and get to Fandom." Angela Petrelli could poof away, Isabel wouldn't miss her. "People here are trying to figure out what's going one."

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"I'll talk to Sam about it," Peter said. He'd certainly feel better with the people he cared about all in one place. "Anybody got any theories?"

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"He's brave," Jack decided. "Ronan offered to try to get a Gate to my world, but I didn't want two people to get lost if things went wrong."

He realized that wasn't precisely encouraging. "But I'm sure Wyatt knows what he's doing."

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"Remind him he's got family here to worry about." She didn't have the heart to tell him what Zoe had told her about John Winchester. He'd find out when he got to Fandom. "Unfortunately now. We're still at the frustrating point where stuff is happening but no one has a clue why."

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"No chance of blaming gremlins?" Peter said, half-seriously.

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Wyatt hadn't been gone long after he'd abruptly orbed out when he'd felt Savannah was in danger. A few minutes later he returned, Savannah with him. It wasn't a smooth ride, though, and he almost crashed into the couch when they reappeared.

He was more confused than panicked. How the hell had he felt Savannah was in trouble?

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Once again, in the midst of a dire situation Peter managed to make Isabel laugh, even if it was a little weak. "If only it was so simple. We could have a Skywalker sing-a-long and call it a day."

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That's all right, Savannah was working on both the panicked and the confused. In fact, she was going to sit on this nice piece of floor and try to forget about what that thing was going to do to her before What showed up and rescued her.

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"We'd just need to prepare to take pictures." Peter sighed. "I don't like stuff I don't know how to fix."

Not that knowing how stopped Peter from trying to fix it.

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Sorry Savannah, Isabel will offer you all kinds of sympathy in just a minute. First things first.

That almost crash was more then likely going to be a real crash given the shove that Isabel gave Wyatt's shoulder. "What the hell were you thinking?" she yelled. "You don't just leave me behind. Not now! Not with all this going on!"

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"You and me both Peter. You and me both." She sighed, wishing fiercely ~~almost like Tyra~~ for a simple solution.

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