The room was dark and damp. The shorter man stood in the small patch of light coming from the only small window.
"Preparations are almost ready. We need two days before we can begin." he said.
There was a shuffle in a corner. Two menacing red eyes appeared.
"What is taking them so long? The weapon would have been ready 3 days ago if I would have worked on it," the voice boomed.
"Sssiir," the man hovered in fear "there have been some miscalculations."
"Incompetents!" the voice yelled. "Fools, the girl has already been on Gaea for a week!"
"We will be ready to begin the day after tomorrow sir, but there's more bad news." the little man whispered.
"What? More bad news? I shall have someone killed for this. Speak man, or else you shall be the one punished."
"Sssir, our telepaths have not been able to penetrate through to Fanelia. Someone is blocking us."
"Curses! We must go to war before the girl and the dragon unite, or else it may be too late. Together they are stronger than ever, and we will never be able to sacrifice that pure Atlanteean blood. Tell the telepaths to FIND a way, or they too will pay with their lives!" he screamed.
"War, sir?"
"Yes, war. We must plunge Gaea in darkness if that's what it takes to separate and destroy the girl and the dragon."
"So by creating war, we shall separate them?"
"Yes, then we can proceed on sacrificing them separately. We must have that blood." the dark eyes glimmered with evil. "Go now, and tell them to speed up the constructions. I want it done fast, or else they shall all pay with their lives!"
The tiny man scurried away quickly. He was very afraid of his boss. After he left, the shadow paced the empty room.
"We shall finally have our revenge. You may have thought of you defeated us, Van, but in truth, we have never died. I shall finally have my revenge, on both of you!" the shadow laughed maniacally, the demonic sounds echoing through the whole room.
Back in Fanelia, the reddish sun arose over the grey cliffs. Van and Hitomi were sleeping soundly not aware of the cruel plan issued for their destruction.