"Kids, make sure your bedroom windows are closed!" shouted Visionary as he frantically scurried about the lighthouse. A wicked storm had come about and the leader of the Lair Legion was worried about the rain soaking the carpets. The power had already gone out and the lighthouse was running on emergency generator power.

As Visionary latched the window in the kitchen Hallie shimmered into view. "Vi-h," she tried to say, her holographic form flickering in and out of view. There wasn't enough power coming from the generator to properly run the holographic projectors implanted throughout the house. "--mitter---drawer---"

Visionary spent a few moments trying to decipher what Hallie was trying to say, then figured it out. He opened up one of the drawers in the kitchen and pulled out one of her Holographic Emitter Devices. He clicked on the power and after a minute or so Hallie downloaded herself into the HED.

"Wow, that is one crazy storm out there!" she said as she stretched, adjusting to the confines of the emitter. "Are the kids okay?"

"It takes more than a little storm to frighten my kids," Vizh said proudly. A massive boom of thunder caused the Regular to jump. "Of course I didn't grow up in a magical land where everyone wanted to kill me." Vizh adjusted his yellow jacket then asked, "So what brings you over in this storm?"

Hallie had almost forgotten in all the rush that she had recently told Visionary that they could no longer see each other. She had just beamed herself over like everything was normal. "Oh, um, Al wanted me to warn you about --"

"Dad, the storm's gone!" shouted Griffin as he and Magweed caromed down the stairs into the kitchen.

"Mom!" Maggie shouted in surprise and ran to embrace Hallie. She was surprised when she passed right through her.

"Sorry kiddo, my solid light projectors were knocked out by the storm," Hallie explained. "I'm on a portable right now."

"Dad, the storm is over, look!" Griffin insisted, pulling Visionary over to the window.

"Griff, there's no way a storm that intense would just up and...that's quite the rainbow, isn't it?" said Vizh in shock. The storm had abated and there wasn't a cloud to be seen in the sky.

"I can't feel the Lair Mansion!" cried Hallie in surprise. She tried to transmit herself back to her home mainframe and found nowhere to go. "I'm stuck!"

"But the Mansion is right there," pointed out Maggie. "Maybe we should walk over and see what is wrong."

"Not so fast," cautioned Visionary. "It could be an attack on the Mansion. You three stay here while I check things out."

Visionary strode to the door, confident that even in her HED the children would be safe with Hallie. Before he could open it he heard a knock.

Confused, Visionary opened the door and was surprised to find Dancer on the doorstep.

"Hello neighbor!" she greeted him with a warm smile. He was surprised to see her usual leotard replaced with a knee length skirt and a bow tied neatly in her hair. "I'm Dancer, from the Lair Legion! We saw your lighthouse appear on our island and we thought we should send the welcome wagon! Here, I baked these just for you!"

Dancer pushed a tray of cookies into Visionary's hands. Clearly she didn't recognize him, which was strange considering Visionary was her adopted brother.

Hallie popped up behind Visionary. "Did I mention Al said there was some dimensional instability caused by the storm and he was worried the lighthouse might end up in an unexpected reality?"

To be continued by...