The radiant Brothers of Light stood absorbed in the warmth and life of their shared bond, but there was a petulant squint to their eyes. A lot could happen in a day, and a lot had already happened on this day. They had already received a lot of visitors, just like they had on the day the temples had fallen and their comfortable lives had turned to pain, then a period of being locked within each others minds, pushed into waking dreams by the helmets they had been forced to wear.

One visitor informed them of an investigation into their alleged polygamy. The brothers made assurances this wasn't true. They were life bonded with each other and would never marry. Their two powerful psychic mentors Tory and Mick had assured them they were in a position to divert attention away from the twins' humble abode, and had successfully done so for over twenty years, so why then were they being investigated now? Perhaps it was a test of some kind? If so, they felt they had done well to ease the suspicions of the investigator. Then the Brothers of Light greeted a man traveling with an eight year old boy who looked upon them in awe. He was one of their sons. The man was a relative of Sister Eve, whom he said was seeking psychiatric help for her supposed traumatic experiences. She would tell stories of demon lovers with burning eyes who had broken her will and made her do terrible things. He had traveled here to see for himself. Tomax and Xamot assured him there were no demons in their Temple of Light, which was a sanctuary of peace and healing. They invited him in to look around and could tell he was impressed by what he saw. "My sister has always been a nut," he had told them as he looked with wonder upon their bounty in shining temples and fertile farm fields, "All her life, she was forever hanging around the creepiest weirdos you'd hardly imagine could exist in this world. Then when she finally had a good thing going, she went and blew it, making up histrionic stories. I'm of a mind to tell her to cut her crap and send her back here." The twins had bowed and told the man she was always welcome, and so was he.

Their first and most troubling visitor had been Mindbender, who asked them to join the cause of Cobra Industries, which he claimed was the biomedical research company he worked for. He expressed a theory that the brothers' psychic abilities had the potential to heal people physically, in particular, he was looking for a cure for a degenerative disease affecting one of his colleagues. He had a theory that they could heal each other through their psychic bond, maybe even fade Tomax's scar if they tried hard enough. If that was possible, then it could progress to them healing their brothers and sisters and anyone who linked to them telepathically. In return for aiding him, the doctor promised riches, worldwide fame, even the use of his security to help guard their temples. Tomax and Xamot were skeptical. How could their psychic abilities work in that way? They had never seen evidence of it before. They could tell Mindbender had a few ideas, but he knew he had a long way toward earning their trust before he could begin to get close enough to study them or even ask of them to demonstrate their abilities during tests. Anyway, the twins had told him of their inability to leave without alerting Tory's Eye in the Sky and bringing everything down again.

Ah, Tory..thinking of her reminded them of a nightmare they had shared early that morning. In it, the brothers had lied together hand in hand, gravely wounded, while Tory had looked upon them in concern. She kissed their foreheads gently, while in the background, Mick had stood all salt and smoke and malicious laughter. "I'm wiping my hands clean of you," he had said, scrubbing his arms up to his elbows in the sink.. "Don't be a jerk about it!" Tory told him with tears in her eyes. They woke up shaken, each searching for the others comforting presence, to be sure his beloved sibling was safe and secure. "WHY WOULD WE HAVE DREAMED THAT TERRIBLE THING?" they had asked each other. Tory and Mick would never...they loved the Brothers of Light deeply, though Mick paid them out at times. That was always the nature of their relationship, putting up with Mick's silly perverted humor to be close to Tory, but Mick was completely harmless and without malice in his fun, sort of like them.

Mindbender had shrugged off the confining pyramid and said he could work around it. All he needed was a little time to see how the eye on it worked, then he could work on building a receiver the twins could wear like a headband that would connect them to it from remote locations. The Brothers of Light could tell that as soon as the doctor expressed a desire to put something on their heads so soon after the helmets and torture they had received from him, he immediately regretted it. He took a few steps back carefully as the brothers glared at him intensely. They probed his mind to find out if he was suppressing a motive to harm them behind all of the generous offers. All they could sense, however, was terror and thoughts of how the doctor perceived them. It was a very insulting picture. The one without the scar is leaning into the other and staring at me from the sides of his head like a bird, first from his right eye, then from his left. I'm afraid they are going to attack me without warning, murder me where I stand," Mindbender had thought, "The scarred one is glaring at me furiously, hissing under his breath, the same as he did when I had them in my lab strapped down, while the other kept making this high pitched keening, like a banshee. No matter how many times I hurt them, I couldn't get them to stop. I finally had to sedate them and call it a day. Why did I let the commander talk me into coming back here?"

The brothers had sensed that he didn't bother to remember who was who and didn't think it mattered because their connection squashed their individuality anyway. He hadn't wanted to think of them as humans and individuals when he was tormenting them and taking what he needed from them. How could they trust him then? They felt they had to try, in order to fulfill Tory's challenge to heal him. They couldn't force the doctor to stay, and if they refused his offer to join Cobra, he would leave, or quite possibly try to harm them and their family. Finally, when Mindbender realized he wasn't about to be destroyed just yet, he told them he could get a crew with heavy machinery to go up, chisel the pyramid off the base and load it onto a flat bed truck. Tomax and Xamot put their hands together and looked at each other, excited about the possibility of leaving on an adventure to the outside world. "We will speak of this..." Tomax began, then they turned around and left Mindbender waiting while they wandered the grounds and observed their brothers and sisters working various tasks around the sanctuary. They decided to break for lunch and make their decision while reminiscing over their old lives. Would they dare keep such terrible company?