"Oooo wow, what a man" Mystique nodded with a grin.

"Scott and I have been dating for months dear" Emma took her seat again, "You see what I mean? Completely clueless"

"GAH! How embassing. I can't do that. I mean. I... gahhhh." Ciara ruffled her hair in frustration," It's not my fault. I've hung out with mostly guys all my life. I haven't had a motherly figure to..." Ciara calmed down suddenly, " to tell me about these types of things." She went quiet, looking down at her lap. It was true. She hadn't had a strong female role model to look up as a child. It was the mother's job to explain these types of things. Hell, Hank had brought in a female doctor to talk to her about the birds and the bees and Aunt Flow. But she'd never had anyone there like a mom...

Mystique and Emma glanced at each other, then leaned forward, "Hun" Emma grinned, "You have come to the right place."

And they launched into everything a woman needs to know.

Ciara felt her brain over loading from information. But a knot was forming in her gut and after several hours of chatting, she couldn't take it anymore.

She got up, "Excuse me." And quickly rushed off till she found a small deserted room, curled up into a ball in the corner and broke down. "...Mommy, I wish you were here."

"Then it's time" Horatio spoke gently as he appeared before her, holding out his hand, "Would you like to meet her?"

She sniffed, "Does she know I'm coming? Cause I don't know if you've looked at me yet but I'm a hot mess at the moment and still a wee bit drunk."

"Take your time" Horatio took a seat next to her, "I'm sorry, but this one has to be discreet." he took her hand, "I just want to help you"

Ciara rested her head against his shoulder, trying to calm herself. "I don't know if I can be discreet, Horatio. I've never seen my mother. Not even a photo...

"Well take your time, there's no rush. I set aside five days for this trip" Horatio smiled, "which I figure is more than enough."

"You're so sweet." She kissed his cheek. "Everything just got CRAZY here. Apparently I'm dating Namour because Mystique and Emma were playing Match maker. But I've fallen for Pietro and I'm happy... But Namour is provided extra protection and such for Genosha... It's so complicated right now..." She curled into him.

"Sounds pretty complicated" Hortaio agreed, "You need a vacation."

After a few moments, she took a breath. "As long as you drop me off around this time frame when we're done, I'm ready."

Horatio nodded, "I've gotten a lot better at that. Just as long as we have it written down so I don't forget exactly when 'now' is"

Ciara got up and returned with a posted note and stuck it to his shirt. "There."

Horatio smiled, "Thank you." he tucked it into his pocket, briefly revealing the necklace that Ciara had given him some time ago. It seemed much older than it's time, almost ancient.

"Huh..." She stared, curious. "Is that the necklace I gave you?"

Horatio paused, touching the necklace to check, "hm? Ah... yes, I suppose it is."

Ciara took it from him. The chain was broken. Every time Horatio had appeared to Ciara at this moment, she always fixed it for him.

"Looks like the chain's broken." She fiddled around with it and mumbled something she hadn't in previous timelines, "Every time you manage to break it..."

Horatio actually seemed a little hesitant to let her take it but he relented, cocking his head to the side in curiosity, "When else have I broken it?"

Ciara kept working away at it. Her eyes seemed... different. "Every time we met here silly..." Her voice was calm and cool. "There." She wrapped her arms around his neck and re-clasped it.

When she pulled back she blinked, her voice back to normal, "Horatio? Are you ok?"

Horatio was frozen in place, he touched the necklace gingerly, looking actually a little bit spooked, "I uh... y-yeah. I'm fine. um... we should probably get going"

Ciara looked around, wondering if he had seen something. "Are you sure?" She asked, slipping her hand into his. "You sure you're all right?"

"Yes..." Horatio reached up and found her hair, moving his hand down to cup her cheek gingerly, "how have you been lately?" he questioned, "anything... different? Anything at all?"

Ciara thought about it. "I've been alright I guess... As good as you can be for being brainwashed. I have a blue gem in my head now.." She took his hand and moved it to her forehead. "It's been deactivated so Sinister can get into my thoughts... Now that I think about it... There was something rather odd. It was the reason why I got captured in the first place.

There's this girl who's been drawing pictures and stuff... About me and other people. They've been turned into comics and it was really freaky cause it portrayed an entire conversation I had with Lance and the guys...It was kinda freaky"

"Oh, her" Horatio nodded, "She's safe now though, right?"