Hey guys, sorry for no warning on why I suddenly changed the story. I just wasn't feeling it, but wanted to continue. So I've completely re-started here.

So many more questions swirled around in KeKe's brain. Nico's words about Sierra swam behind her eyes, and her head started to hurt from the pebble. Pain and questions.

Would they change her back?

Throbbing.

What was Sierra up to? Could she stop it for real?

Splitting pain.

Why hadn't her Crypt siblings ever come to her?

Tears.

0o0o0o0

The cabby stopped the car, and KeKe rubbed her throbbing temples. She was sure she could buy some questionable substance here that would make the pain go away. The cabby demanded some amount of money and KeKe just handed him three hundred dollars and stepped out.

KeKe stood marveling at the sight of china town. She had always loved it here. With signs in a foreign characters offering good and services. The familiar golden arches of McDonalds. The smell of Chinese food. She sniffed back some stray tears and pulled the pebble to her eye.

She was sure the rock would pick up something significant about Uiara and Thiago. Nico was a bright yellow color. She hadn't used the rock more then once, but she was sure of it. She scanned over the ocean of people. Normies, Crypts, Normies, Crypts. But no Uiara or Thiago.

Of course it couldn't be simple, lamented KeKe in her mind. People stopped her for her autograph, and she halfheartedly complied, but her attention kept wandering for the twins. She was growing weary, and stopped to get a soda nearly downing the whole thing when she saw a glint of purple. She pulled the rock to her eyes, almost spilling her drink, and looked through the stone.

Pink and Yellow. Bright. Side by side.

It had to be them. Only them.

They were walking into a store KeKe had fancied herself. Aji Ichiban. A candy store she and Kira had been to plenty of times.

"Perfect," she whispered to herself before gulping down the rest of her soda. She threw the can into a trash can and chased after them. She crossed the street impatiently and burst into the store. It always smelled nice, but she ignored the finer details of the store, to busy searching for the two.

There.

She ran to them, and stopped pointing a finger at them, before resting her hands on her knees and panting heavily.

"KeKe?" The asked in unison, Uiara spilling a bag of candy she was holding.

"What are you doing here?" Thiago asked in a loud whisper.

"Nico... told me... you... change me... now..." she said between pants.

"What are you talking about?" Uiara asked, holding her hand out. KeKe took it.

"I... want to be... a Crypt again... Nico... said you could change... me?" KeKe asked eyes pleading.

"What? Why would you want to be a Crypt again. Not to mention, Sierra is after you," Thiago said, trying to guide them to the back of the store, and away from the stares of the people in the store.

"Isn't it obvious?" Uiara interrupted KeKe. "She misses her friends! I'm surprised it took her this long to find us. Of course we'll change you." KeKe smiled wide, weakly embracing her old friend and noticing the Uiara still wore the bracelet she had made so long ago.

"Now, wait just a moment!" Thiago interjected loudly, gaining more stares. He shrunk down to the floor, pulling them as well. "We can't do it here! Plus Sierra basically has a bounty on your ezel. You really think you can take her down?"

"My what?" KeKe asked before shaking her head. "That's beside the point. I alone might not be able to stop her, but me and my friends together might."

"See, she'll be cool," Uiara protested.

"KeKe, your friends are your biggest weakness. You gave your life for them last time. Sierra was the one who sent the man after you," Thiago said, his voice bordering on pleading.

"David," KeKe spat. "But, Thiago that was different. That's when I still had a life to go back to. This time I plan on letting the world know. KeKe Lopez is a monster. Not Carmen, not anything. Just KeKe Lopez."

"Make me one promise?" Thiago asked defeated.

"Anything," KeKe said with her hand over her heart.

"We help you to. We'll become monsters just like you. So we can take Sierra down."

"That all? Totally! We just need to plan this out a little, wouldn't you say? We need the government after us. Last time I think Kira called 9-1-1. So let's go that. Uiara, they don't know your voice. You'll do it!"

"Good, we've got a game plan," Uiara said rubbing her hands together. "Time to ham it up, eh, bro?"

0o0o0o0o

Thiago sat nodded, clinging to ever word KeKe said. He couldn't deny he might have a little crush on her. He knew she was in love with someone else, but a boy could hope. He thought, as he snapped into a slimjim as they say, that it was his feelings for her that caused him to fold under her begging.

"So, you'll be on tv tonight?" Uiara asked again.

"Yes. Oprah's live tonight, isn't it perfect. She's doing that computer chat thing with me, so everyone will see me with my new friends, you two. Then Thiago, this is where you come in. You'll get up for a moment, and change to wolf, then attack us both. Hopefully it will trigger a reaction in me some enough to transform, and Uiara will disconnect the computer and call the police. This should work!" KeKe smiled, thrusting a fist into the air.

Thiago felt a smile creep onto his face at the sight of KeKe. They had once been carbon copies of one another, and now even though she was different and it had been 5 years, she was still beautiful. It was clear she still had Crypt power taking over her looks, because she hadn't aged a day or gained a pound.

"How long do we have?" Thiago asked.

"An hour at most," she stood up and smiled. "Are you hungry? I pulled you guys away from Aji Ichiban to soon."

"I could go for a drink," Uiara said. "You've got such a nice house, KeKe."

"Thank you," she said walking away into the kitchen.

"Is this right?" Thiago asked leaning over to Uiara. She lounged back into the couch.

"What? My feet aren't on her sofa," she protested.

"No I mean... should we really turn her back? She's going to ruin her life. No more normal KeKe Lopez."

"She's not trying to be normal," Uiara said touching a pendant around her neck. "She's trying to get her friend's free. Normal isn't how KeKe works. That's why I like her." Thiago jumped over to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders.

"Eh, we just like in general don't we?" Thiago asked squeezing her.

"Yeah, I guess that's why we're here to help here, isn't it? Plus we actually get to meet her friends, there's got be something about them that compels her to do this, right?"

0o0o0o0o0

"You ready?" KeKe whispered to the twins.

"Since I was born," Uiara said. Thiago nodded and took a seat next to KeKe. He had to be on the edge for this to work. He looked over the room, decorated in paw-prints, his, that had been dipped in fake blood. And outside a window was impact paw prints, that trailed off into the street.

"Ok," KeKe said and clicked on the computer. She could see Oprah talking to the crowd, not yet ready to talk to KeKe.

"Ok folks, we've got a real treat now!" Came Oprah's cheerful voice. "On video-chat we have KeKe Lopez!" The crowd erupted in cheers and KeKe smiled and blushed. Oprah turned to face the screen KeKe.

"Well, hello KeKe. How's things in NYC?"

"Not bad, Oprah. Sorry I couldn't be on the show, but I'm holding down the fort here with papa in Mexico."

"No big deal, KeKe. Just happy to talk with you. Now, may I ask just who are your friends?"

"These two?" KeKe asked putting her arms around the twins. "Just some old friends of mine. Uiara and Thiago Cardoso. Just up visiting from my Mama's old town in Brazil."

"Friends or is that cute boy toy your new boy friend?" The crowd 'ooh'ed. KeKe released her friends.

"What? No. They really are just friends." KeKe said blushing slightly. She pushed Thiago off the chair, his Que. "He's more my brother."

"Oh? Then who is your man?" KeKe watched Thiago change into a wolf form.

"Who me? I guess-" Thiago bounded with fierce strength and took both KeKe and Uiara down. He bite KeKe's shoulder and she cried out in pain. Uiara cried out.

"Oh God, what's happening? KeKe? Thiago? Oh my Go-ahhh!" Uiara said falling to the ground. Thiago tore his jaw away from KeKe's shoulder, and she changed. She crawled to computer screen half-morphed. Thiago let out a growl before going half morphed himself.

"Oh my God!" KeKe screamed looking at her arms.

"KeKe? KeKe what's-" Oprah's voice was cut off by Uiara yanked the wires. She then made a mad dash to KeKe's cell phone while Thiago and KeKe high-fived. They watched in awe as Uiara used an amazing theatric ability to make a desperate call 9-1-1. Thiago nonchalantly waltzed over to the window and opened it. Then they all changed to full human form, remembering what happened when they first changed. The affects took hold of KeKe and made her fall asleep. Uiara and Thiago lay sprawled out listening.

Sirens wailed.

Car tires screeched.

Man in black suits came filing in holding guns.

They spotted the figures and hauled them away.