Chapter 1:The Twins

Chapter 1:The Twins

From where they stood, the fighters looked like tiny ants defending their mound from the green invader. And even at this distance it was obvious that the invader was winning.
"Which one is he?" The young woman stood with an arrogance and indifference that was a trademark of her once proud race. Her hair was black, and lay disheveled about her shoulders. The sun made her hair shine with blue highlights as it does on the pure black wing of a raven. Her cold black eyes glared at the scene before her with disgust.
"That one I think, and that little one over there is the half-breed," replied the young man beside her, pointing at the tiny figures. He wore a black uniform that was identical to hers, and both of them had thick metal collars with violet stones around their necks. His face was a masculine version of hers, and his hair was the same color and length. His eyes were also identical in color, but they held a different look deep inside, a faint flame of hope.
"HA! That's the one? He's crying, and I don't sense a great power from him!" The girl scoffed and growled in a sarcastic tone, "What is this `great power' of his? The ability to transform into a sniveling cry-baby?"
"Well, they've transformed once, already. I mean, that's why they look different, right?"
"Whatever...let's just go." The girl drifted upwards slowly and started flying in the direction of the battle.

(Flashback)..........................................

Dark clouds gathered, and bolts of lightning shattered the sky. Seven large gleaming balls exploded in a jubilee of light and sparks which shot up high into the sky and took the shape of a colossal creature. The elegant beast turned its glowing eyes down to look at the one that called him forth.
"YOU, WHO HAVE CALLED ME, I SHALL GRANT YOU ANY THREE WISHES WITHIN MY POWER." The voice was thunderous and mighty, but the cloaked figure never flinched. Instead he spoke with a soft and deeply melodious voice, in perfect namekian:
"Porunga, tell me all that is known about Frieza's demise, and the Saiyan race."

(End Flashback).......................................

At the battle scene all but one of the fighters stood high above on a cliff. That one was a small blonde boy on his knees before the green monster. As the two onlookers approached, the monster raised his head.
"Ah, more lambs for the slaughter." His laugh was deep and sinister. The young man landed to the left and the young woman to the right. They flanked the monster but remained calm and poised.
"Now?" The boy asked.
"No, let's have some fun first." The girl's face transformed from one of angry boredom to excited aggression. She took an attack stance and her power began to build.
"Okay," the boy shrugged, "You want to go first?"
"Yes." And one millisecond later she launched a fierce attack against the monster that drove him back against the cliff wall. Through the volley of punches and kicks, the monster started to laugh. When his back touched the wall, the monster disappeared and reappeared behind the confused girl and brought his elbow down hard at the base of her neck. Then he grabbed her, wrapping his long fingers around her face and slammed her head into the cliff hard enough to loosen several large boulders that came crashing down to bury the young woman.
"Kiterra!" the boy yelled and began attacking the monster, only to meet a similar fate. This time the monster took the role of aggressor right away. And after landing punch after punch into the young man's body, he flew up high with the boy in his grip, and sent him down with a force that formed a great crater, the boy's mangled form at the bottom. A soft violet light enveloped the boy just as the girl burst through the rocks coughing.
"Well, that sucked." She wiped blood away from her curiously unscathed face.

(Flashback)...........................................

Those violet eyes scorched his brain as he writhed on the floor clawing at his face. The cloaked figure chuckled softly. Then in a voice too sweet for words he spoke:
"Now, now, we must not get carried away in our anger! You must learn to accept the fact that I am your master and you are my slave. You will serve me and I will reward you by not giving you pain. We have much to do. Now, get up Phoenix, and gather your sister. We depart for Earth at once!" The cloaked figure turned and slowly drifted towards the waiting spaceship.
Phoenix crawled towards his unconscious sister.
"Don't worry, Kit, I'll not let that monster get away with this. I'll find a way to destroy him. I promise." He managed to stand up, and although he was a little shaky, he picked up the still form of his sister and took one last look around him.
The planet was quiet, still smoking from its recent devastation. But the cloaked figure had not done that, he and his sister had. As they had to many planets before this one in their short term of freedom. This planet had been easy, like the first planet was.
Phoenix remembered that first planet vividly, and being trapped for years in that icy prison until the small planet rotated so that the tiny star melted the ice sheets away revealing the two babes and a small, broken space pod. But the planet was mostly devoid of life until their visitors arrived. The beryllium miners, who worked on the sunny side of the planet once every five years or so, met with a quick fate this time, and the duo stole their ship, traveling to other planets to fulfil their mission: "destroy all life forms."
Phoenix's eyes burned with hatred towards the cloaked figure, now ascending the ramp to the ship.
"I will kill you," he whispered vehemently, "I promise." Phoenix dropped his gaze and started walking towards the ship.

(End Flashback).......................................