Cale smiled, wrapping his arm around Aimee's waist. The two had been together happily ever since they had eloped following the Dragonstorm conflict's end, and had been enjoying a life of peace and quiet since then, taking up residence in a small coastal town. While the two enjoyed a very active love life, they had yet to have kids, choosing to wait until they both were ready to truly settle into a "normal" life. The two had been informed about the sum of money paid to them, and yet, they were content living a simple life, not yet even having touched the money. Cale chuckled, leaning in and kissing Aimee on the cheek.
"C'mon. You have just as much right as anyone else to be here. From what I heard, you made a pretty big impact on the whole affair."
He said warmly, grinning broadly. As the group chatted outside, the theater door opened, and Hawkeye, now using a smaller, streamlined version of his original body, smiled at them.
"Well, well! If it isn't the rest of the VIPs of the night. C'mon in, you guys!"
He laughed warmly, beckoning them in with a smile.
"I was hoping you'd be able to make it, since otherwise the surprise I'm planning wouldn't be nearly as good."
He chuckled...
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Inside the theater, Roux giggled and hugged both Aisha and Nixx, her tail wagging happily behind her. Since they had stopped Dragonstorm, she'd moved in with Aisha, and after a few years of dating and her steady reintegration into society, she had proposed to the love of her life, and the pair had been married in a beautiful, small ceremony. She had taken up working as an entertainer, using her powers to make people laugh and smile. But her real love would always be her family, and she tried to stay home with them as much as she could.
Not too far away, Kagetora smiled and wrapped an arm around Kiara's shoulders, holding her in an affectionate embrace. The pair had finally reunited after their forced separation, and their romance rekindled immediately. While they had been forced to lay low, the pair had nevertheless managed to find a nice place, settle down, and even had recently started talking about marriage, after Kagetora had proposed. They had opened up a small private investigation firm, and had since gained a reputation for their nearly perfect record.
Neku, for his part, had gone on to settle down in Colorado, where he had become something of a well-known author under an assumed name. He wrote stories of a fantastic, ragtag band of heroes, loosely based on the Anti-Dragonstorm group, and their adventures, often stopping futuristic aliens or scientific modifications gone awry. He had never married, nor even really dated, in a way still mourning Hailey's death. However, he had kept busy, moonlighting as the leader of a newly founded Scientific and Technological Special Operations Group, who were occasionally deployed to investigate or shut down facilities suspected of illegal genetic and technological modifications...
