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Chapter 3 - Backstory: The Mystery of Ann-a (Yes, That’s Her Real Name)

Backstory: The Mystery of Ann-a (Yes, That's Her Real Name)

Ann-a isn't just any kid—she's the kind of "special" that makes government agencies nervous and conspiracy theorists foam at the mouth. She's got a mind like a Rubik's Cube: colorful, unpredictable, and impossible to solve unless you're willing to break a few rules. Ann-a can hack a mainframe with a juice box in one hand and a glitter pen in the other. She once convinced a room full of diplomats to play musical chairs instead of signing a treaty. She's not just gifted—she's a walking, talking, government-classified anomaly.

So, of course, when Ann-a vanished, the world assumed the worst. Rumors spread like wildfire: tragic accident, international plot, alien abduction (hey, it's not off the table). The headlines screamed, "Special Child Lost!" while the truth was quietly buried under a mountain of red tape and NDAs.

But Livepool (Dinah Stealth to the IRS, "Dinosaur" to those who know her best) knew better. She'd helped raise Ann-a—not as her biological mother, but as the kind of "other mother" you get in the world's weirdest, most platonic custody arrangement. Think: co-parenting, but with more sarcasm and less paperwork. They weren't a family in the traditional sense, but they were a team—one that could outsmart any system, except maybe the one that kept them apart.

When Interpol (the world's most aggressively bureaucratic villain) snatched Ann-a, they didn't just cross a line—they tried to enter her "pool." Her Area 51. Her private, classified, "do not enter unless you want a Nerf dart to the eye" zone. This was personal.

And when you mess with someone's not-quite-but-basically kid, you unleash a force of nature. Or, in this case, a Dinah Stealth. But fighting Interpol isn't easy, especially when they're silencing anyone who gets too close to the truth. Livepool needed backup—the kind that comes with a red suit, a sharp tongue, and absolutely zero respect for authority.

Getting Deadpool's attention took work. A lot of work. We're talking encrypted messages, secret handshakes, and at least one interpretive dance involving rubber chickens. But when Deadpool finally answered the call, he didn't ask questions. He just loaded his Nerf guns and said, "Let's go make bureaucracy bleed."

So, no, Ann-a isn't dead. She's just lost in the world's messiest custody battle, and her not-mother and the world's most annoying antihero are coming to get her back. And if Interpol thinks they can keep her, they're about to find out what happens when you try to enter the wrong pool.

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