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((Written with with Brice-mun! SPOILERS for 'Feeling The Vibes'. ))

I can't save the world. I'm just a kid.

So were Melanie Beeby's last thoughts as she blasted back down to Hogwarts castle. The reason for her scared thoughts? Simple. After escorting a little bodhisattva back to earth and getting him safely to the monks, a Creation angel had showed up to thank her in her room at the Academy
afterwards. And Mel had been awed, and then he'd basically smacked her down for not saving the whole of India.

And apparently she holds the key to saving 21st century Earth. So no pressure there, then. The blabbermouth has kept this under her hat to such an extent that not even Brice knows. She won't even tell Michael, though maybe he has an inkling of what's in store. The closest Brice might have to an idea is that after this visit, after texting Lola to say 'Hi, we're okay, mission went well', Mel threw on her training clothes and went to the dojo. She didn't even stop to get a smoothie at Guru. Yeah--something's up with Melanie Beeby, but she's keeping her lip zipped.

But, on the whole, the mission went okay. They saved Obi. They saved Deva Katchi from being under Razak's thumb; and they made sure one family, Obi's in a former life, got a way out of the slum. And Mel felt bad about not being able to save everyone anyway; she doesn't need the recurring image she was given of a long line of humans waiting patiently for a brown dribble from a rusty tap before daylight. But in Heaven, a lot of the time, what you want doesn't always come into it.

I can't save the world. I'm just a kid.

Is Lola back yet? She doesn't know, but surely Lola'll be with Jaime if she is. Mel heard the 'love you!', clear as anything. So Mel is sitting down, on her bed, and staring into nothing.

***

This staring thing Mel had going on was really starting to worry her boyfriend. They'd gotten back pretty recently. (And soon found out that a whole bunch of people had spontaneously popcorned. The hell? Here you go away to save a baby Buddha for a few days and people were getting turned into snack food left and right...) Mel had been scarily quiet for a long time, and it was so unlike her to not talk that Brice had to draw the conclusion that something was wrong. Had he done something? He hoped not.

He wasn't good at this. He needed a girl. A girl for his girlfriend to talk girly stuff with until she turned back to her normal, sparkly self. And there was really only one person he could contact in this situation.

Lola,
Back from the mission, but Mel's not really herself. No amnesia or anything, but she's just... Well, come see for yourself. I'm getting kind of worried. She'll talk to you.

Hurry?

Brice.