After confirming that the bluenette had amnesia, Mason, Marty, and William were talking outside her room while she slept again. "What do we do with her? We can't just take her to prison once she recovers if she doesn't even remember that she's a crook." Marty pointed out. William and Mason nodded. "We still can't let her get away with it, though." William said, "We need to punish her somehow, even if she has no clue why [Rude-]."
Mason thought for a moment before asking, "Why don't we just have her work with us?"
It was silent for a moment. "... Eh?" Marty questioned. "Think about it. She has powers, too. Being a hero is a lot of work, so that should be a passive-aggressive punishment of some sorts, right?" Mason explained. William considered it before nodding thoughtfully. "True, but we'll have to teach her how to fight with her hands. Her power isn't exactly useful for combat, other than her seemingly appearing out of nowhere." the inventor pointed out, "She'll also need a room to stay in once she can get off that bed. However, I don't think we can trust her to be alone. She'll have to live with one of us for the time being."
"Mason's the one that got us into this mess. I volunteer him." Marty said. Mason sighed, "Should've seen that one coming. Alright, she can be my roommate."
"Excellent." William smiled. "Now, let's prepare everything, shall we?"
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Mason made arrangements so that Belle could stay in his room. She had her own bed and a dresser full of clothes that some of the female staff members picked for her. Her training began the moment she could stand up. William was always harsh on her, though she didn't know why. Mason was nice to her but she always felt like he was watching her carefully, waiting for her to do something and observing any changes in her behavior. Marty, however, was like the cool uncle she doesn't remember having. He can be grumpy sometimes, but he'd always tell her funny stories or jokes, and he made sure she knew to give herself a break every day (though they have two very different definitions of "break"). When she was strong enough to run and jump around, William and Marty have been teaching her how to fight using weapons and her bare hands since they were accustomed to melee combat. Mason took her outside every day and helped her with relearning how to use her power to travel into a pocket dimension. The portals she could open were invisible to others, but Belle could see them since they're hers. The first time she opened a portal she was incredibly excited and ran inside of it only to immediately run back out yelling "HOLY HELL IT'S COLD". As it turns out, she's a freeze baby. Mason chuckled at her and patted her back. The second time she opened up a portal, she stood still and smiled. Mason saw how she wanted to go in, so he took off his black trench coat and striped scarf and let her put them on. She grabbed his hand excitedly and ran with him through the portal. The other dimension really was cold, but Mason didn't mind it at all. It was dull with a grey sky. There were snowflakes that floated in the air, making it seem like they were in a snow globe. "It's beautiful." She said, awestruck. After a few minutes Mason's coat wasn't keeping her warm anymore, so they exited the dimension and stood in the sun for a bit.
The next day, Belle was excited again. Mason and the others had an outfit made for her over night so that she could fight crime with them. It was a cream colored, bulletproof jacket that had long sleeves and grey fur to keep her warm (since she always got cold whenever entering the pocket dimension) with gloves and boots (also with fur). She wore her casual clothing underneath it. That evening, they were all chilling in the break room. Marty was hoarding all the vending machine candy bars for himself, making Belle actually wrestled him for a few of them. She won and cried a victorious "Aha!" before snatching three of the candy bars. She tossed one at Mason and offered the other to William. Mason caught his and smiled at her, while William simply plucked his out of her hand and nodded at her. Marty groaned and sat up. "Damn, Belle. You hit like a man." He said. "Thank you." She responded. William's phone suddenly went off. He looked at the message and stood up. "It's Twisted Wolf. He's on a rampage in the middle of Scott City." He told them, "Suit up, guys. Belle, you're coming with us this time."
