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"She's waiting for you two. Go ahead in!" Mercredi said with a smile as Éclair and Lumiere arrived at their Chief's office. Quickly thanking Mercredi, the girls entered the office.
"Hello Chief!" The two greeted with a quick salute. Soon after, they realized they weren't alone. Sitting on the couch across from them, were two familiar faces.
"Oh, Tweedledee! How have you been?"
"Good. How about yourself?" Tweedledee asked as Lumiere approached her.
"I'm doing just fine." Lumiere offered a sincere smile.
"Éclair, Lumiere, take a seat. I have a new mission for you. All of you." Eclipse spoke as she looked at the GOTT members. Taking the couch next to the twins, Eclipse began to debrief them.
"This is the orbiting ship Espai. We've been given information that the crew aboard this ship is attempting to hack into the surrounding planet's systems. We believe that they are trying to use this to gain control of their security and terraforming abilities. If they do, it'll be a problem. Which is why I've called you all together. Your objective is to get aboard the ship and put an end to this. Your target is Donovan Helmsworth. He is in charge of the ship along with it's thirty crew members."
"Gah! I don't understand why the chief wants us to go on a mission with them." Éclair huffed.
"It might be a difficult mission." Lumiere stated as she looked towards her partner. The two were currently making their way towards La Muse. "The Director must feel like we'll need assistance with this mission."
"So what? Since when do we need S-Class members to go with us? We've never needed help before."
"It isn't elegant to complain like that." Lumiere remarked. Sighing at her partner's frustration, she decided that she was going to turn her poor attitude around. "At least it's Tweedledee and Tweedledum. It could have been Alv and Dvergr."
Éclair stopped for a second, deep in though. She placed her hands on the back of her head as she imagined going on a mission with the two. "You're right."
Lumiere smiled to herself, she was always right. But it wasn't very elegant to boast about it.
"Lumiere, Éclair, it's nice to have you along with us." Tweedledee said as she and her brother stood a few feet away from the C-Class members.
"We're happy to accompany you." Lumiere said with a smile. She and Tweedledee had become good friends after their mission quite some time ago. The two had found that they had similar powers, but they also shared a lot of the same interests.
Their partners however, were a different story. They were more rivals than they were friends. The two loved exchange words and had even gone as far as exchanging punches from time to time. "I don't see why we need them Sister. We should just leave them here."
"What was that?!" Éclair couldn't believe what she had just heard. He was really looking for a fight. She was just as good as them, even if they were 'S-Class'.
"Tweedledum!" His sister snapped.
"Sorry sister." He muttered a blush appeared on his face as he turned away from the group.
"Okay, now what do you say we get on with the mission?"
"Can you believe the nerve of that guy?!" Éclair roared as La Muse began reappear from a warp. "Who does he think is?! 'Let's just leave them here'. I'll show him! I'm going to close this mission before he has a chance to even do anything! That'll show him!"
Lumiere let out a sigh, her partner had not stopped complaining since they entered the ship. The violet haired girl knew better than to make a comment on the situation. She knew that both Tweedledum and Éclair shared a rivalry with each other. Neither of them seemed to ever want to get along. Even if it was just running into each other in the halls.
"I don't understand how Tweedledee can put up with him and his attitude!" Éclair huffed, finally bringing her rant to an end.
"I can." Lumiere muttered to herself. Whether they wanted to admit it or not, both she and Tweedledum were very much alike.
"What was that?"
"Oh, nothing!" Lumiere covered as she placed a hand on the back of her head. "Just saying that we should be arriving soon."
"Our estimated time of arrival is three minutes." Tweedledee's voice informed as her picture appeared on their screen.
"Once we're in reach, I think we should have Donnerschlag take us the rest of the way." Éclair offered.
"Why would we-" Tweedledum started, but was quickly cut off by his sister. "That sounds fine."
"This is so weird." Éclair commented. The group was currently standing in a big white room. Not only had there been no issues getting onto the ship, but it also seemed to be abandoned. The group had used Donner's cloaking ability to search nearly every part of the ship. "Where is everyone?"
"I'm not sure. Donnerschlag, please drop the shield." Tweedledee said. "Everyone, be careful. Chances are, this is a trap."
"You'd be right my dear." A man's voice said as a hologram appeared in the room. He was in his late fifties, short white hair, and a matching beard. The man wore a commander's uniform. It was obvious that this was the man they were investigating.
"We are GOTT Memb-"
"I know exactly who you are." The man stated. "I am Commander Donovan Helmsworth. I'm in charge around here, and I've been waiting for you." As he opened his arms, bolts of electricity swarmed towards the group.
Thinking quickly, Tweedledee stepped up in front of the group. Placing a hand out, she prepared herself to stop the attack.
"What are you doing?!" Éclair cried as the bolts hit their target. Éclair and Lumiere shielded their eyes from the intensity of the light.
"Don't worry." Tweedledum said with a smirk. "You see, 'Dledee's ability is Strom." As the light faded, Tweedledee was standing before them, completely unfazed by the sudden attack.
"Strom?" Éclair questioned. She had known that her ability was much similar to Lumiere's, but she hadn't known that it wasn't the limit of her ability.
"Strom is the ability to control electricity." Lumiere informed her partner. "It's what gives her the same ability that I do. I've heard her talk of this ability, but I have never seen it used."
"You're trap has failed, by the order of the GOTT we are placing you under arrest."
"No my dear, my trap has not failed at all. Actually, it's gone according to plan." The hologram said with a smirk. Before anyone could question him, Tweedledee let out a scream of pain. Turning their attention to their teammate, the others noticed she was laying on the ground, unmoving.
"No! Sister!" Tweedledum cried out as he ran to her side. "What did you do to her?!" Lumiere and Éclair rushed to the fallen twin's side.
"Nothing that will injure her, I assure you. We simply altered the electric bolts. I expected she would block them, so I had them laced with a sensory overload property. A new technique we've been working on. This lets us stimulate any sense that we see fit. In this case, we stimulated her pain sense, which effectively rendered her unconscious without actually injuring her physical body."
"But why? What do you want with us?" Éclair questioned as she stood up to confront the man.
"I don't want you. I simply require the girl. She has the power we need to finish our plans." The hologram said. "Now, I'm going to ask you to step aside and give her to me."
"Go to hell." Tweedledum growled as he took a protective stance in front of his sister. Éclair moved so she was standing beside him.
"I warn you, if you resist, there's no guarantee that you'll leave with your lives. Not that it matters anyway."
"Donner, keep Lumiere and Tweedledee safe." Éclair ordered. While she didn't see any other threats, Éclair wasn't willing to take that chance. The guardian machine put a shield around the two. Éclair looked at the hologram. "If you want her, you'll have to defeat us."
"That won't be too hard." Man shot back.
Before Éclair or Tweedledum could make a move, they were suddenly forced into the ground. Donnerschlag's shield was disrupted as both he and Lumiere were forced to the ground by the sudden amount of pressure.
"What's going on? I can't move!"
"Wonderful isn't it? Right now, you're being effected by my pressure bomb." He explained. The hologram started to become more solid. Flashing the group a wicked smile, he approached them. They noticed that he was no longer a hologram, but a solid man. He walked past the members on the ground, ignoring the fact they existed. There was nothing to stop him as he stopped in front of the dark haired girl.
"Touch her and I'll kill you." Her brother hissed.
"Don't be silly my boy. Soon, the pressure will be so great that it causes this ship to collapse. Effectively killing all you in the process. It really would have been easier if you just gave her to me in the first place." He knelt down and picked the unconscious girl up. "Now if you don't mind, we'll be taking our leave."
With a flash of light, both he and Tweedledee disappeared.