Creating A Hive

Pass With Flying Colors

Morgan moved the book back. "And that, kids, is how you do algebra."

Dynamite groaned. She flopped on her math homework, papers and pencils flopping about. "Mom it's too hard!"

"I know it is, but you need to get this stuff down." Morgan reminded her. "It'll help with your chemistry homework."

"How?! Math and science are different things!" Dynamite groaned.

Morgan opened her mouth. VC pushed another book towards her.

"Hey Mom, this part isn't making sense. Do those wires really help?" VC asked.

"Well they keep the computer from overheating and then exploding, so yes." Morgan replied.

VC groaned. "But-"

"MOMMY! HOW DO YOU WRITE 'SAID'?!"

All four at the table winced. Morgan stood, headed to the living room. Cookie sat at the coffee table, pencil in claw. She impatiently tapped the eraser on the paper.

"It's really hard!" Cookie whined.

Morgan glanced at Thorax. The changeling shrugged helplessly, colored note cards placed all around him. "What does it start with?"

"I don't knlw! Tell me!" Cookie ordered, whining again.

"No. How does 'sss-said', start?" Cookie groaned. Morgan shook her head. "Come on, you got it!"

"...a s?"

"Good job!" Morgan clapped her hands. At a look, Thorax did the same. "Next in sAid?"

"...a...a...aid.." Cookie rubbed the eraser on her head, scratching in thought. "...A?"

Morgan clapped again, joined by Thorax and Dynamite. "Next letter?" Cookie squinted at her paper. "It would be 'id'."

"...id? That's...that is...i-i-i-i...e?"

"Close, not quite. Remember this one sounds like e but isn't e."

"Oh! Oh! It is 'I'!" Cookie realized. "Then it is d. D-d-d. Thank you Mommy!"

Morgan took in the praise, bolstering up the confidence. She walked over to Thorax. The Changeling kissed her cheek. "How's it going here?"

"I still don't know his name." Thorax pointed at a notecard. "Or what he does."

Morgan leaned forward. "That's Erksine. He invented Steve's super soldier serum, with the Tesseract."

"Okay but how do I remember that?" Thorax asked.

"You...Erksed...me a question." Morgan stated.

Thorax blinked. He looked at the card before smiling. "That was so bad."

"Hey I was pressed for time." Morgan teased. She flicked his ear. Thorax giggled, whacking her with his wing.

There was a knock at the door.

Morgan walked up to it. "I got it! I got it. You kids keep working!"

All four of her children groaned. Still, they worked. Thorax cheered a little before going back to the notecards.

Morgan opened the door. She expected Darcy on the other side, asking a question about the security inside the PEGASUS project. Instead she saw a panicked Rainbow Dash. "Dash? What are you doing here?"

"I need help!" She pleaded.

"So you came to me?" Morgan asked, pointing to herself. Her eyes widened, a smiling gracing her face. "Rainbow, I'm touched."