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Strange and Sane smiled at the transmission they heard from Zim. Their shared thought was 'Gullible' as they focused on the surrounding troops. Strange moved one image around as he tried to think of something that could shake everyone to their cores. Sane suggested a massive black hole to be formed at random, but Strange looked at him since it was deemed as too boring.

"Oh come on, black hole. AHHHHHHH! What do we do? What do we do?" Sane mocked with a lazy wave of his hand.

Strange smiled at that for a moment before saying. "Super nova? Big giant lobster terrorizing the galaxies."

"Mocking me or being serious?"

"I'm being partially serious. It is your guess on which part I'm thinking about."

Sane ignored his wink to say instead. "Just imagine what their file says about us."

Chuckling at the thought of that, he placed a hand on his shoulder. "I'd love to see it just so I can get a nice laugh in."

"What stops you in the first place, Strange?"

Curling his upper lip up to shake his head, he replied. "Absolutely nothing. Hey! Let's listen to that transmission again."

Dai went home to retrieve a change of clothing for her and Alex. Wandering into the home it just felt dark and a bit dusty as if no one has been in here for years when in essence it has been barely a few weeks or more. It felt odd to her that she hadn't received any more readings. In fact some of her old readings seemed to be wiped out a little which was becoming very disturbing for her when that hasn't happened before. She knew she was a facsimile of her real self so she assumed the possibility that her gift wasn't as strong as before. She wanted to bring this up many times to her family, but felt embarrassed by it. As stupid as that was. Also she felt light headed at times. Not right now, but she did get that way.

Examining her room as she placed the clothes in a bag, she lifted it up to head downstairs. As she neared the bottom steps she felt light headed again making her stumble against the wall for support. Taking deep breaths in and out, she focused her attention to one part of the wall to get herself steady again. Feeling a bit better she straightened up and took a step down only to feel herself get slammed hard against the wall. Pak jammed into the drywall, she looked to see who attacked her, but there was no one there. Activating her spider legs, she got herself out of the wall only to be slammed into the ceiling before falling heavily to the ground.

Dai had to admit, she wasn't a strong fighter. She always did her best when the time came. Perhaps that is why she died in the first place. She tried to focus her mind and strength to beat this force as it came at her, but she couldn't see them.

"Your not even one of the original Elder's anymore. Just a cheap imitation. Did you really think your family knew everything about us?"

The voice was female. Dai stood up shakily. "Show yourself coward."

"I think not, but I do have use for you." A haughty laugh followed before Dai felt like she was slammed by several different hands at once knocking her completely out. "Bring her with us and lock her up. If she doesn't cooperate, I'll simply remove her pak."

Gaz woke up and instantly got out of bed. Storming into the living room, she noticed it empty along with the kitchen and Sane's bedroom. Looking towards the door, she decided to walk outside. The energy was alive in this place. She couldn't pinpoint those two airheads, and she certainly didn't know about the stairs since it was hidden to her. So she decided to stage a little protest by seeing when they would come after her. She was well rested by now. Fully charged. Let them come at her. Being knocked out against her will literally irked her.

She noticed now that she was seeing some other beings. This is probably because she now agreed to this stupid betrothal. The other beings just didn't have their same energy and she noticed something like collars around their necks. Being bold, she went up to one of them. "Hi. My name is Gaz. Who are you and where did you come from?"

The girl was taller then Gaz, with long blonde hair, elvish ears, and appeared to be malnourished. The girls pale green eyes darted all around nervously as she cupped her hands. "Dahlia from Barea."

"I'm from Earth. Who were you married to before?"

The girl stepped back. "Uh I have to get back to work before I get in trouble."

"Please don't leave. I want to help." Gaz said softly.

Dahlia's eyes never ceased darting around. "If you want to help, please leave me alone."

Turning on her heel she ran as fast as she could towards one of the taller structures nearby. Gaz not wanting to let this go followed her. Managing to slip in through a sliding door after Dahlia, she stopped to hear wailing happening around her. It sounded like children. Making a face, Gaz pressed forward to explore more to find herself looking through a window where she saw several children around some odd toys. They weren't playing, they just cried. What the hell is this place? Exploring more, she heard a male voice giving instructions on how to do things. Peering through a crack, she witnessed that each time they told them to touch an object, and they didn't follow instructions they were zapped. Gaz was sickened as she created an electromagnetic field to build up only around the instructor to zap them so hard, it made the kids laugh.

"You have to go or they'll kill you."

Gaz turned her attention to Dahlia as she stood above her. "I'm not afraid and no kid should ever suffer this type of treatment."

"Those aren't kids in that room. They are adults they shrink down after each mistake they do. When they don't make a mistake they revert back." Dahlia explained.

"Are there real kids here?"

"Yes. They are above. I'm responsible for them. I have to go back up there to feed them." She replied. "Please leave."

"You should listen to her."

Gaz turned immediately at Sane's voice instantly placing a flame on him, but she had no idea if the flame didn't work on him anymore or that he was that pissed at her to not care about it as he pressed her heavily against the wall. His normally calm exterior was different lately as he had his own flames in his eyes. "You guys knock me out. What did you expect me to do? Be happy about it?" She spat out. "And what the hell is going on in here? You torture your own kind if they don't get something right. What kind of fucked up culture are you?"

Sane shot Dahlia a venomous look. "Don't you have a job to perform?" Hearing her squeak out, Sane smiled as the audience left. "What we did to knock you out is necessary. You would of tried to stop us. Am I correct in this, Gaz?"

Grabbing her in a hard grip, he carried her to a place they can be alone. Finding an empty room he let her go roughly as he slammed the door behind him. He admired that she wasn't trembling in fear. He also hated that she didn't tremble. "This is her rules. This is to get a tougher race. A powerful race. Don't you get it? I had to go through the same thing when I was younger and now some of my own children have to go through it."

"That is monstrous though. You don't mind your own kids getting tortured? You aren't allowed to even love them?"

"We are allowed to love our own children." He replied softly. "Do you really think the Irkens are any different then us?"

"I know how they were before. As for armies... There seems to be an army on every planet that exists. You telling me they are much better then us? I mean I know the Irkens invaded."

"Why are you sounding weak all of a sudden? It is like you have no clue." Sane said levelly as he approached her. "So much power within you. So much power that will make others envy you. Well at least the ones like Dahlia. Her powers are extremely minimal, as are her children."

"You married her once before, correct?"

He didn't reply to that, he simply grabbed her arm again to find her fighting against him. "So much that you have no clue about. So much that maybe will be revealed to you." Crushing her against him, he whispered."Time to get back."

Kneeing him in the groin, she made a run for it out the door, and out the facility. Once outside she spotted Strange coming towards her while Sane exited the building. She may of agreed to this whole marriage thing to throw them off for her plan, but she was angry. Raising her powers, Strange raised his hand up in the air.

"Your mother will die if you refuse to cooperate with us."

The palms of her hands crackling, she examined him closely to see if there was truth there. Hearing Sane approach her from behind, he whispered in her ear. "One little thing has been revealed to you. Her death will be on your hands." Watching him open his hand up, he produced an image of her mother beaten and bruised and passed out in a cell. Her knees felt weak as she had a sudden recollection of the day her original mother was killed.

Before it was better that she was here alone and now they had her own family here. The plan had to change once again.