I pondered my problem every minute of every waking day for the better part of a year before finally settling on a solution that was as insane as it wa...s exciting. Most of my assignments with my former employer had involved duties that were performed well outside the public eye. During such assignments I had made contact with more than a few individuals with a, shall we say, less than savory reputation. I used one of those contacts now. For the paltry sum of a hundred grand, he set me up with a. With that thought in his mind Jared took out the piece of paper he had written the directions on as per Carol Williams’ instructions. Everything was in order. Jared knew he had also entered the right address into his car’s GPS unit. However, despite knowing all that he still doubted totally that he was in the right place.“Hello there. You look a bit confused. Can I help you with anything?”Jared snapped out of his bewilderment and spun round to face whomever it was that was asking if he was. One was a crystal ball that told her when she had forgotten something, she got that cheap at a shop in little china. One was a voodoo doll of Batman with over a dozen pins in its crotch… She checked, and it wasn’t Bruce, though it looked strangely like him if it weren’t for the weird owl motif. One item was a magic conch that played music, too bad it had lousy taste in 80’s retro. Each of the items was a treasure in one way or another, though really it was a good example of magic gone to waste.. "The twins giggled knowingly as I looked at Terrence. "A gift?" I asked cautiously."Yes," Terrence said with a smile. "We've been busy and I haven't sent them to the medical bay yet. They want to be transformed into a pair of college coeds. Can I do that before they have to start working?" He gave me a pleading look as the twins burst out laughing."Go ahead and set that up," I said. "Meanwhile we have one last problem. I've had Xavier, Fred, Brad and myself get fitted for battle armor and we.