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Abby frequently wore black, but now she felt it had a purpose. Thought the place was stranger and the people frequently stranger, she'd made friends Here and she'd miss them. Happy at the thought of going home, she tried to focus on that as she retrieved her tomato plants from the greenhouse and entered the Lobby, intent on packing them with her other things before she returned home.

Home.

To her family and he 'adopted' family: Gibbs and Tony and Ducky and Ziva. Reaching her room, she safely stored the plants in a box, made sure Bart, her stuffed hippo, and her laptop, with all her information about Here, was secure in her shoulder bag and touched the cube. Moments later, she was back in her lab. Abby let out a squeal of delight. She was home. ~ END

So much had happened in this place. She'd fallen in love and he'd disappeared. There'd been an explosion, where many were injured and over a dozen had people had died. People who wouldn't be going home.

Kitty Pryde had packed her things and left them on the bed in her room. Wearing denim and a dazed expression, she wandered the Residence, hoping to say 'goodbye' to the friends she had made Here. So many of them were from completely different universes that it was very unlikely they would ever see one another again.

At least the mystery of the waitstaff had been solved: Skrulls. Kitty hated Skrulls. All done now, though. All gone and sorted.

All that was left was memories. She took pictures with her cell phone as she walked along, wanting to show the team where she'd been all this time.

After a lot of photographs had been taken, including a few of some obliging people she'd met here who smiled and posed, Kitty wandered back to her room, strapped on her backpack of clothing and such that she'd acquired here, and picked up a tote back of special foods she'd gotten from one of the restaurants, as a surprise for the team.

Thinking of Tim Hunter and hoping that, wherever he was, he was safe, and hoping that Lee and Kara continued their relationship when they got home - and that Layla and Lucas would be able to stay together when they left Here - Kitty touched the cube.

Seconds later, she was in the main lobby of Xavier's mansion, a startled group of students gaping at her. She grinned.

She was home.

~ END

After the revelations of the true nature of the staff and the Residence itself, he supposed it was only a matter of time before something like this would happen.

Obi-Wan Kenobi regarded the domed cube. He'd packed the few belongings he wished to take with him and decided to wander the halls and see if there was anyone left who knew him, anyone he should say goodbye to.

Of the woman named Emma, who had helped him when he first arrived in this strange place, there was no sign.

She was the one whom he really knew best. He hoped she was home and safe with her friends, whom he gathered were like family to her.

Sighing, he headed back toward his room, taking his time, wanting to assist anyone who might need it before he touched the cube himself. He didn't encounter anyone along the way, so he entered his room, took hold of his bag of belongings and touched the cube.

An instant later, he had left the place called Here and was returned to his own universe.

~ END