Two girls ran through the dark streets in the early morning. "Sweet, another set of twins bite the dust, figuratively of course. The yang is at the warehouse & the yin has no clue where to find us." The first said.
"Just like all the others." The second girl pulled out a green MPCom. "Only two more twin sets to go."
"Who?" The first asked, leaning over the other's shoulder.
The second girl pulled up four pictures. "The Tuskinos & the Clarks."
"Way to go, Griffon." The first cheered. "Let's go after the Tuskinos first thing in the morning. They're Ancienta, too."
Griffon nodded & pressed a button on her eye-tech. "Hey there, boss man! The Lessers are out-sies. The next targets better be good or Kari & I are out."
"Glad to see you handled Thatch & Zach easily." A man's deep - and obviously disguised - voice said in reply. "I will try & make your next mission a little harder."
Griffon smirked & ended the transmission. "Looks like we might as well fix up a plan."
The Clark twins (in my messed up mind), Megan & Marc, sat in the Southdale Jr. High's cafeteria. "Well, I bet you that if they tried, WOOHP might be able to make their transportation a little more, I don't know."
"Can't think of a word?" Marc asked.
Megan shook her head. "Nope, I have tons. I just can't think of the right word to use now."
The back of their booth slid down & the two were WOOHPed instantly. They slid through the tubes & landed on the couch inside WOOHP.
"Get off us." Lee groaned.
Marc & Megan jumped off of their siblings. "Sorry."
Jerry cleared his throat. "Yes, well, now that you're all here, shall we begin?"
"Fire away." Tony called.
Jerry pressed a few buttons & a picture of two identical girls popped up.
"Is there something wrong with the screen? Because it looks like you have the same picture up twice." Tony wondered.
"The screen is fine, Tony." Jerry assured him. "These two girls are twin sisters, Hadrea Griffon Yin & Hikari-Graeae Yang Moore, the WOOHP techs."
Lee asked, "What's so important about them?"
"They have been attacking other agents for no apparent reason & have dropped off the face of the Earth. We haven't been able to track them."
Marc thought for a minute. "Maybe if we see who they've already attacked, we can find a common trait & figure out their next target."
Jerry clapped his hands together & started pressing more buttons on his desk. "Excellent idea, Marc. The targets so far are Allison & Abigail Tolbert, Jesse & Garth Presley (The More You Know: Jesse Garth Presley was Elvis's twin brother, who died at birth), Zarah & Brier Thompson, & Thatcher & Zachary Lesser."
"There's our link!" Megan jumped up. "They're all twins."
Jerry looked to the screen once more. "There are only two twins left. You two, Marc & Megan, & Flannery & Aquanette Tuskino."
"The twins would be on that list." Lee commented in an exasperated tone.
Lights popped out of the ceiling, flashing red. "I'm getting a distress call from the Tuskinos." The Clarks suited up & started to leave. "One more thing, the Moores are Ancientas as well, from the Animalian Clan."
"We'll be careful." Megan told him.
They grabbed their gadgets & were WOOHPed out. When they arrived at the Tuskinos' house, the twins were nowhere to be seen. "How could Hadrea & Hikari-Graeae be stronger than the twins we know?" Lee wondered.
A voice rang over the group's heads. "First off, no one calls me 'Hadrea!' My name is Griffon." They looked up just as the girl started to land, wings protruding from her back. "And to answer your question, while it is true that Systani Clan members have more control over their powers, we Animalians are stronger, faster, & have more powers. You won't find Flannery here. Aqua is inside. You're next, so be on the lookout." Griffon jumped up, her wings fluttering once again as she flew off.
"Those wings are so cool!" Tony gasped, earning a glare from the others. "In a totally not cool way?"
"Let's try & dig up some information on the Moore twins." Marc suggested. "It's better not to try & anger them now."
"But the twins-" Lee began.
"Will be fine." Megan interrupted. "Marc's right. But, you can go check on Aqua if you want."
"Thanks." Lee called, running inside.
The remaining three trudged back to their transportation & hightailed it back to WOOHP to look around the experimental lab, hoping to find a clue leading to the reason the girls were targeting twins.
The doors opened & two kids walked in. The first was a girl with black hair & red bangs. Her eyes were black with red pupils, wearing a black spy suit. The boy had blonde hair with green highlights & green eyes wearing a white spy suit.
"Are you guys the Clarks?" The girl asked.
Lee nodded. "Yeah, but who are you?"
"Aria Wolfe, lead agent for WOOHP's superhero division." The girl stuck out a hand, which Lee shook. "Oh, & that's Thatch Lesser."
Thatch crossed his arms over his chest & huffed. "Sure, announce it to the world."
"Sorry, Twinly & Twinsome made him a little mad." Aria told the others. "Zach's been missing ever since they fought the girls."
"It's not just Zach, though." Thatch continued. "Abby, Garth, & Brier, they're all missing, too."
"We've worked with those twins for years. Now they just turn & attack some of their closest friends." Aria stated, looking at Tony. "Hey, aren't you the guy who broke the mini-plane?"
"I said I was sorry." Tony claimed. "Hey, can you show us the Moore's house. It may give us some clues."
Thatch & Aria shared a worried glance & walked up to a - supposedly - blank wall. Aria put her hand on a tile & it slid up, allowing a holographic keyboard & screen to appear. "Sure thing, I guess." She entered a password & the wall rose into the ceiling, revealing a bedroom.
"What's the big deal?" Megan asked, walking in. "Who lives here?"
"The twins, Haddy & Graeae." Thatch answered. "Also known as Griffon & Kari."
"So, do their parents work here or something?" Tony wondered.
The two new friends shared another worried glance. They hung their heads, shaking them slowly.
Marc turned to them when he heard no reply. "What happened to them?"
"No one really knows, twins not included." Aria explained. "My dad was letting me & Thatch & Zach walk around WOOHP one day, since he works here, when we found the twins somewhere in the building."
"They had bypassed security & everything, so Jerry allowed them to live here & recruited them as WOOHP agents." Thatch explained, cutting Aria off. "Then they started building gadgets & were given positions as WOOHP techs."
The Clarks - after Lee returned - started looking through the Moores' stuff. Tony was looking through some scrapbooks, Megan & Marc were each looking through the encrypted files of the twins' laptops, & Lee was searching through a thick binder he had found hidden under the bottom bunk of the twins' beds.
Marc leaned back, accidentally turning on a stereo. "What kind of music is this?" He asked, listening to the strange instrumental music.
"Play it from the beginning." Lee suggested.
Marc pushed a button & the song started off slowly. "That's 'Toccata & Fugue.' It's a classic." The music sped up & started to sound more techno than classical. "It's by Vanessa Mae, no doubt."
Aria pushed Marc out of the way & flipped through the selections. "These are all by either Vanessa Mae & Vanessa Carlton. Not very surprising, they're two of the twins' fave musicians."
"Guys, I found some pictures of the twins' parents." Tony exclaimed, holding up the scrapbook. "Griffon & Kari must've been little when their parents left."
True, the pictures taken showed that the twins were very young as they stood by an adult couple & another kid, possibly a few years older than the young twins. "The poor girls. How on Earth did they make it out in the streets for so long?" Megan wondered.
"That's a question for a later day." Aria claimed, looking at her MPCom. "We have to get back to school, which means you probably do, too." She pressed a button & they were WOOHPed back to their separate schools.
"Thatch, I know how you must feel. It's a very stressful operation." Aria told her friend. "Remember, your friends are here for you."
"I know that, but I've never been separated from Zach before." Thatch sighed.
Aria stomped her foot & pulled out her MPCom. "I can't stand to see you like this. Jerry, WOOHP us!"
The lockers opened & sucked them inside. They stayed there the rest of the night, scouring through reports & profiles, trying to find some clue as to why their friendly neighborhood twins had gone so bad.
Late at night in the Clark house, the children were all cleaned up & in their beds, about to fall into deep sleep. The window to Marc & Tony's room opened & Griffon climbed in. "Remember, Sister, we only need to rig the MPComs & eye-techs." She said softly.
"How do you suppose I rig her eye-tech. They're always wearing them." Kari replied using the eye-techs herself as she snuck into Megan's room.
"Well, if I can think of something, so can you." Griffon told her sister.
Marc opened his eyes at the sound of a soft clattering. "Hmm? Who's there?"
Griffon spun around, clamping a hand over Marc's mouth. "Oh, so you're awake."
Marc nodded, seeing as how speech wasn't an option.
"Look, I know this may seem wrong, but we're only doing what the boss man says." Griffon informed him. She backed away & removed her hand, confident he wouldn't do anything.
"Who's the 'boss man?'" Marc wondered, keeping his voice low as he stood up.
Griffon shrugged. "All he says is that we're working for him, so we had better do what he wants." She sat down on Marc's bed.
Marc pulled his desk chair over & sat down in it. "Why are you attacking twins, then?"
"Boss man says it's for a very big, very important project that must go through without incident." Griffon shrugged & yawned. "We really don't want to do this, but it might end up being useful for us. Either way, I want you to help us, secretly. We need help; we want out of this."
"I'll try, Griffon." Marc told her honestly.
Griffon smiled & giggled. "Hey, to you it's Haddy."
"Alright then, Haddy." Marc laughed a little. "I'll do what I can."
Griffon stood up. "So, now I need to make it look like you woke up to see something you weren't supposed to." She grabbed Marc's arms & tied them behind his back & used a cloth as a gag. Then, she stood up with his MPCom. "If anyone asks, especially Jerry, tell them the Emerald Dragonfly did this to you." She used the boy's MPCom to send a distress call & hurried out the window.
Marc sat there in shock, surprised not at Griffon's actions, but that he had let her get away. A minute later, Tony, Lee & Megan were awake & pulling at Marc's bonds to try & free him.
"You sure you didn't get a good look at who did this?" Lee asked.
Marc nodded. "She called herself the Emerald Dragonfly."
"How do you know it was a she if you didn't see them that well?" Tony wondered.
"You don't have a figure like that if you're a guy." Marc answered simply. The ropes holding him fell to the ground & Marc climbed back into his bed. "Thanks guys, I have a feeling we're going to have a long day ahead of us. We need to sleep."
The other three exchanged glances, shrugged, & went to their own beds. Oh, if you only knew, Griffon thought, listening to the conversation via the rigged MPCom she had fixed up.