<strong>"Two years is a long time..."</strong><br/><br/>Olivia smiled and squeezed his hand. "Much too long if you ask me." She was about to kiss him again, but the sound of Patty's inhuman voice had her turning around to look at the girl. Her body was lit up with runes, the light seeming to come from inside. It made her squint, and she realized that the sun had once empowered her had gone away. Mike pulled her closer and she gladly obliged, though after the initial shock, she put on her stoic face. Whoever that was talking, it wasn't Patty, and that meant someone was controlling these people.<br/><br/><em>It must have something to do with those runes</em>, she thought to herself. They weren't there a few minutes ago, and now she watched as another girl became covered in the same tattoos, her body coming to life as they settled on her skin. They moved together as a group and the girl spoke up.<br/><br/><strong>"Peace, you two.  We are here to talk.  For now."</strong><br/><br/>Looking over at Mike, she stood tall next to him. He was asking all the questions she wanted to know as well. Where had her friends gone? And why did they stop time? She could see in Mike's face that he was figuring out something, something important. She couldn't ask what was on his mind, because the not-Patty went on, and the others following her with accusations and 'facts' of their own. She already knew that Billy had given them powers, perhaps that was why they weren't affected by this time-stop.<br/><br/>Instead, she threw back her own question. "Or better yet, what are you? If humans can't exist, then how you doing this to our friends?"