Reflection of the Cat of Fire:
"You judge me for "being in my world", that I am not in the real world, that is true, but I propose this to you: let's be part-time autistic.
Although you are in the real world, you also made your world, so it is your world too, you are a symbolic autistic, so that you and I can be at peace, let's be part-time autistic.
I am autistic but I have decided to be at peace with you, to understand that to a certain extent you fear me, but you will see that I am human like you, we are humans like you and we also feel like you, although your world is real but you must also admit: that later your world is made by your work, your hobbies or your pastimes.
That is why I propose to you, let's put aside prejudices and let's be part-time autistic, I call you autistic because the real world was made by your world, the culture was made by your world, the society too, let's be part-time autistic.
Your world You make politics, business, your company, become powerful and rich, be wise, be a scientist, be a philosopher, be a doctor, be a teacher, be a lawyer, be a policeman, be a spy or whatever, even being on social networks and in the media and much more, even social relationships that are normal, you also make them your world, your culture, your society.
I know that I am the literal autistic, but you are a symbolic autistic, and to be at peace, I propose: to be autistic part-time, autistic part-time so that half of us are in our world, the other half so that we can live together and get the best out of you and me, to be in peace and harmony as we long for, let's be autistic part-time, you and I, autistic part-time, she and he, autistic part-time"
My name is Antoinette Newman, I am autistic, I am now neurodivergent, I have an IQ of 850, I have traveled to the part of the universe that is now called "The Base of the Multiverse", I am from the universe where Earth 02 is, but now I am in this universe that bears the name that I said, where Earth 01 is, there is much that I must tell you, but what I will say now is that I am the leader of The Fighting Cats, we are undercover agents with very prodigious gifts and abilities that fight against evil, We have partnered with a global organization that you will soon learn about, which its creator and leader has not yet done here, and it surprises me, being "The Base of the Multiverse", but, I know partly why, although we have also worked in collaboration with the Legion of the Sentinels, now, I will introduce you to my team:
Antoinette Newman, your servant, but they call me "The Fire Cat"
Gretel McMahon, known as "The Air Cat"
Kiara McMahon, known as "The Earth Cat", she is Asperger Syndrome, neurodivergent
Ginger Adlestein, known as "The Water Cat",
Now that you see that we have the names of the four elements, we have another partner, which element, this one, I chose because I see that it is part of the nature of the Earth: the cold.
Iris Hauer, who we call her: The Ice Cat
The Air Cat is the daughter of Jonathan McMahon, known as Sky Panther, and The Earth Cat is his niece. Later you will learn who Iris is the daughter of.
Later you will learn more about our gifts, now I'm on my way to FIREFLY, Michael Tyndale.
_ Tyndale, nice to see you- I lower my gaze and shake his hand
_ Newman, let's leave the formality aside for a bit, and more so because you and I know that in your universe you are my wife's cousin, come, because I need you to talk to Kesil Blake, her aunt, Atziri, had to knock her out and we had to leave her in prison, you are one of the few who can reason with her.
_ Does her father know she is alive? - we walked towards Kesil's cell.
_ No, he thinks she's dead, but he doesn't know if it was here where she died, what we do know is that Armin Blake is full of pain, anger, desolation, and every devastating feeling you have when losing someone to death.
_ What father wouldn't feel so devastated, hurt, so empty, unable to see the light, breathless when losing his beloved son or daughter? And what husband wouldn't feel like a plant without water when losing his wife to death? As FIREFLY has studied alien behavior, at a micro and macro level, at a psychology level and its derivatives, at a sociology level, they practically feel like us.
_ I've always been surprised by your ability to understand human behavior, Antoinette.
_ Well, it's already a natural gift of a woman with autism, we are psychologists and sociologists by nature, but what I do know is that only you as an organization have achieved a lot, and you have been very prudent in not revealing so bluntly to the world what you already know.
We arrived at where Kesil was, I entered her cell and started talking to her.
_ Although you are an alien, you look like a human, just like FIREFLY has described you but it is different when we see it with our eyes
Moment of silence
_ I am so sorry about your mother
_ Lunatic human!
_ I never met
my mother, and they murdered my father, you have no idea about my story, I know how you feel.
_ If you knew how one feels, you wouldn't be so selfish!
_ I knew your father, but in my universe, I believe that you know the existence of the Multiverse and that here is the "Base of the Multiverse", and in my universe, your father's name is Yoann McGregor, and for your information, he was a human, and your doppelgänger, logically, too, only that there your name is Caitlin.
_ Stop with your stupid lies, you lunatic human!
_ I wouldn't lie to you, you lunatic alien!
Both look into each other's eyes in a threatening manner (speaking in the third person). Antoinette is not afraid of Kesil, but she does feel compassion for her. There are many things that they still don't know, but Antoinette still prudently protects herself by gradually revealing them, as well as LUCIERNGAGA's determination.
_ I know that the reason your father gives us to hate us is because of the selfishness, evil and lack of empathy that already emanates from this world, something that has increased for some time now, but you should know that although in percentage of humanity it is true that it is the majority that emanates all that, there are still many people who have a genuine intention for their neighbor, even, being autistic, I can say with certainty that I am sincerely interested in others, although it is a challenge for me to demonstrate it, but I make a diligent effort to do so, I do it, I believe that Tyndale already revealed to you that they study your behavior, but now I want to ask you or your father if it is necessary: do you know each and every one of us to say that every human being does not deserve your compassion or mercy?
_ There are many things that you do not know about us, how can you say that we have never shown compassion or mercy towards you?
_ I'm going to use a little real-world language: "you sound like a broken record," how many times will you continue to use the phrase "there are many things they don't know about us?"
_ There are many things they don't know about us, I have nothing to tell you.
_ Sooner or later they will have to do it, just as an organization that is already here at The Base of the Multiverse and your servant know something that is more sinister than you can imagine and sooner or later you must know it, so you will have to give in. My time is up, it was a pleasure Caitlin, sorry.....Kesil. Goodbye.
Antoinette leaves somewhat thoughtful. She gives the information to Tyndale and reveals an intention she has.
_ Michael, I really want to see and hug my younger brothers, my loved ones who are here, you know, their doppelgängers, but...before...I need to talk to Jaidev and Denahi, by the way, is Fatima here in the FIREFLY base?
_ Of course, Antoinette! The three of them are here and I really appreciate that you want to tell them the truth, I'm going to bring them and leave them alone.
Jaidev, Denahi and Fatima enter Antoinette's room.
_ It's a pleasure to see you- said Antoinette.
_ You know that you are welcome to come here as many times as you need- said Jaidev
_ There is a truth that you should know but first I will start with this: Now that you know the existence of the Multiverse, you should know that your older sister, Sharon, there, in my universe, passed away being already a 25-year-old adult, in fact, there her name is Heather, she died in a powerful cataclysm that broke out in the United States, before the terrifying gaze of her father, but her body was rescued by Carol Townsend, who by the way is here in FIREFLY, she being an AI engineer, and my brother who is also not here like me, Amani Newman, who was born with Asperger Syndrome, neurologist and mechatronic engineer, are the creators of the "Iron Ladies" project, Heather's brain was transplanted to an AI, yes! A robot that looks exactly like Heather, although because it has her brain, it stores her memories, experiences and more, but it is logical that it does not express itself like a human, its tone of voice sounds like her voice, but as AI.
_ And why do you tell us this? - asked Fatima
_ Because at some point she will come to this universe too, just like me, only they will know her as Iron Woman.
_ She was our sister! - said Jaidev - do you think that seeing her turned into a robot will lessen our pain of having lost her forever?
_ And more now that you tell us that in your universe she was alive until she was an adult - said Denahi - our parents died years ago, and we do not know what she would look like as an adult either. And seeing her as a robot? I prefer not to meet her.
_ I understand you, but you must know some news, gradually you will know more but it is time for you to know this: your sister, Sharon, is alive.
_ We are not here to joke - said Fatima.
_ I find it hard to understand jokes, irony, sarcasm, so I am not joking, Sharon is alive, she was a kidnapped girl as you remember, the reason why they found the body was because she was a child.
She is the result of a deceitful trap, something beyond what professional spies or criminal organizations do in terms of their plans that they develop with cunning, it is something that one day this Earth will know because even Infinity does not know.
_ Ok, fine! Look, I understand you -said Jaidev- my sister-in-law is Asperger and she also talks a lot about her favorite subject, but please do not go around in circles about what you cannot tell us, tell us to the point: how is it that my sister is alive? Do you then affirm... -Jaidev gets a lump in his throat and seems to stop talking- that... am... -Jaidev lets out a heavy sigh- my sister is alive?
_ Yes, that's right, the woman that you and your brother Andrei saw at the presentation of the Airspace-Wanderer project, by Jawara Malenfant, his sister, Sharon Malenfant, is your sister, she is his sister! You weren't wrong when you said that she looked a lot like your sister when you saw her, she's Sharon! She's her sister! She's alive! But she doesn't remember you because of a chemical substance that caused her partial amnesia and an alteration of reality, which you will know one day. That's why Iron Wonan will be the "key point" to remind her that you are her blood brothers and that Agnar and Dayacely Winterhall are her biological parents.
_ And why can't we tell her now? - asked Fatima somewhat upset - She's our sister! And we understand that now her world and her family are different and, that's okay! But she's our sister and we love her and now that we know that she's alive... she should know who her real family is!
_ And more because you can't imagine the enormous pain and grief that our family has gone through by believing Sharon dead - said Denahi with much pain and remembering flashbacks from the past - for that reason we must go and with a DNA test tell her that she's our sister and that she should come back to us.
_ Iron Woman is the key point- said Tyndale entering- listen, as I told you, you must leave the traumas of the past for now and concentrate, there is information that Newman knows and the Legion of the Sentinels but FIREFLY still does not know, even Atziri Blake does not know, so we must trust them now.
_ Did you know this, Michael? - said Jaidev annoyed- did you know that Sharon was alive and you never told us anything? Of all of us, my brother Andrei is the most affected by her supposed death! How long have you known that Sharon is alive and without telling us anything?!
_ I implore you not to let this divide you- said Antoinette.
_ I have not always agreed with Michael and Ariche in their decisions regarding FIREFLY! - said Alexander Newman, Michael's brother-in-law making an appearance. - but we must listen to them. You should know that Antoinette is an older sister of mine, a sister who was not born here in the Multiverse Base. She was not born on this Earth, but I knew that my father, Adrian Newman had two other children older than me on Earth 02, Antoinette and Amani, and I didn't know that either until just now, in this period of time, in these months that humanity is wandering in confusion and labyrinth before the end of the world. - Later Alexander hugs Antoinette, Britney arrives and the three hug each other and have a moment alone, then, they return to listen to what Michael is going to say.
_ As you can see - said Tyndale - things are gradually becoming clearer, I don't understand the why of many things either because we are in the labyrinth, but we must concentrate on the now... the end of the world has arrived and that is something we cannot prevent, no one can do it because we are not gods...
Moment of silence
_ Friends, I know there is a lot to assimilate now, but we must concentrate. Iron Woman will be the one to reveal to her sister Sharon Malenfant that you are actually her family, and your last name is not Malenfant, but Winterhall. And I'll tell you something else: You cannot tell your brother Andrei that his sister is alive... - at one point the brothers were getting scandalized
_ Wait! - said Jaidev furiously - it's enough that for now we can't tell Sharon that she's our sister and we've given her up for dead for so long and we've missed her so much! And now you tell us not to tell Andrei that she's alive? Why not tell him? We can make him promise that he won't look for Sharon for now to tell her that we're his brothers.
_ Remember that Andrei doesn't work for FIREFLY! There are many things Jaidev knows that your brother doesn't know, Newman and the Legion of Sentinels know much more because, but speaking only of FIREFLY, this will be a secret that will be kept temporarily, just as we are keeping the secret that we know that it will be Malenfant who will take the lead in defending Earth, peace, harmony, justice, as his doppelgänger Aidan Tancredi already does in Earth 02. But don't worry! It will be sooner that Sharon knows the truth that she is his sister, in fact, that doesn't mean that he is prohibiting them from seeing her.
_ In fact - said Denahi-
we know that Iris Patterson and Yadir Patterson are our blood brothers, but we don't know how they came to be in the hands of another family, they don't know
_ My dear Denahi- said Michael- they will know the truth of who your true family is before you realize it, because in the same way Sharon was taken from you, the same thing happened to Iris and Yadir. And so you can interact with brotherly love with Sharon, Iris, Yadir, because Andrei knows about these last two but not Sharon, so there is an advantage there, take advantage of the current advantages and wait patiently for Sharon to know who her true family is.
_ That's what I wanted to tell you- said Antoinette- Heather, well... Sharon has a good heart, so get closer to her, see the way Andrei does too.....
_ I don't think it will work- said Denahi hopelessly- Andrei has too much resentment towards Sharon because he believes she is the one responsible for his supposed death.
_ I think we have an advantage there, my brother- said Fatima- since he doesn't know that Sharon Malenfant is our older sister whom we thought was dead, we could turn her into our "sister", using the strategy of letting her know our story and asking her if we could love her like a sister, to fill the emotional void that "Sharon's departure" left us.
_ That idea you said, Fatima, I love it- said Antoinette- and this way, Andrei's troubled and bitter heart can recover and prepare the ground for when he knows the truth, but also when Sharon knows that she is his sister. Also, I think that while Andrei is assimilating, Iris, who knows that she is his sister but has not been able to approach him as such, will also be a good antidote for his troubled heart. Well, I have to go. What I can tell you is that you must realize that things do not always turn out as one expects. Goodbye.
_Now Antoinette, go finish what you came to do here on our Earth- said Michael
_ That will be it.
Antoinette is on her way to where Melanie Winterhall is, this is Newman's visit to Earth 01 and what was described happened, months before the strange event of the extraction from the sea to outer space where Iris was going (Earth 01) and the strange event of the salvation of her plane that was not precisely Jawara Malenfant.
Antoinette, leaving the FIREFLY base, is on her way to find Melanie, who is with her husband Andrei helping the wounded and sick due to everything that is happening worldwide in the face of the end of the world, many earthquakes have already ended the lives of many, but there are many survivors who need help. Antoinette waits for an opportune moment to talk to Melanie, since she was going to reveal to her what she told her brothers-in-law in FIREFLY, but she did not want Andrei to know. Antoinette approaches where Melanie is healing an injured person from an earthquake accident.
_ Always so helpful and dedicated to others, as you are characterized.
_ Do I know her? Also... I'm sorry, I'm busy, although if you want to help us, you're welcome.
_ Of course I want to help you! But I have to tell you something first.
Antoinette and Melanie talk, and then she tells him everything she told Sharon's biological brothers. Melanie freezes.
_ I never imagined the existence of the Multiverse, I'm a nurse, not a scientist, but... now with everything you tell me, and yes, it's true! That woman I met is identical to the girl in the photo that my husband keeps, the photo of his sister, but so much that you told me... and... now you tell me that... I shouldn't tell my husband that his sister is alive?
_ You must keep that secret, Melanie! But don't worry, that truth will come to light before you know it.
_ My husband has suffered so much because of her death, and I... I wouldn't want to prolong his pain by hiding the truth from him, especially now that he is still grieving for his parents.
_ You must trust me! You must!
Melanie swore that she would keep the secret, but she didn't understand why.