A sinister smile played across an imposters face. An imposter whom was drinking his sake, eating his food and possibly worst of all, IT had its arm HIS wife. Knucks looked in on this scene through one of the glass doors, making sure not to be seen. He felt slightly sick, but mostly angry, at seeing him live his life. Sasami had just handed it another tray of rice and giggled slightly as it apparently made a joke. He simply sat on his tree branch, feeling as much hatred for something that any one person could. As much as he would enjoy beating the living crap out of this faker, he had to keep a cool head if he was going to find this thing's controllers. He already had a hunch on who this drone worked for, and if it was who he thought it was, they were already in danger.

The moonlight made it almost impossible for him to be seen hiding it the shadowy trees. A perfect spot for him to monitor and not attract attention. Knucks thought of the best course of action from here, and for a few minutes was clueless. If he stormed the place, one of his friends could get caught between them, and he wouldn't, couldn't, live with that. If he waited to long, then he ran the risk of the enemy arriving, making new problems and not solving any of the previous ones. He weighed some of his options: waiting until it went for a walk or something, getting one of his friend's attention-

Knucks chuckled as, right on cue, Washu walked outside for a breath of fresh air. Tsunami was definitely giving him a sign here, and reacted accordingly. He burst over and grabbed Washu and threw here back up in his hiding place. She struggled to get loose of his grip, but stopped once she saw his face. He removed his hand from her mouth and spoke, " Miss me"

Washu stared back at him, obviously surprised, " Ok. What's going on"

" Long story that I would be happy to tell you in your laboratory"

Washu looked around and answered quietly, " I won't be able to get you in through the front door," she thought for a second then continued, " However, that's what science is for"

Knucks smiled as he looked back at the door to see if they'd been heard. Washu's laptop appeared and her fingers did their magic dance. He suddenly heard a crack of wood, and was sucked into a black hole before falling from his perch. After a quick second of darkness, he was standing in Washu's amazing laboratory.

He didn't recognize this part of her lab, but he had never had the spare month's worth of time it would take to map out the entire area. He was jus thankful to be back in his own house again. He closed his eyes and took a deep breath before letting his shoulders sag in relaxation. He had been on edge ever since leaving the forest sanctuary, which hadn't been able to find again after being launched form the doorway. Running at full speed, wondering if he was to late, and feeling the hate and anger of the imposter's assimilation of his life. He couldn't have been gone that long, but he had fit seamlessly into his life. A depressing thought in his mind, " Shall I start from the beginning?" Washu had two chairs appear out of nowhere for the both of them to sit. Knucks could tell that she was in this for the long haul. She put her laptop away and set her head in her hands, " Please do."

-

It felt a strong presence inside the house. It almost choked on its rice when the powerful feeling suddenly appeared. It couldn't pinpoint the power's location, but it seemed that Knucks had finally returned. A small inconvenience, but still not what he wanted to do at the moment. It was supremely enjoying the meal the little Sasami girl had prepared, and was looking very forward to some alone time with Ryoko. It was his original mission to destroy Knucks and ultimately take his place. Its master had been very pleased when Knucks seemingly disappeared earlier today. It would have to report the bad news to master Nagi at its next check in time, but it would hopefully also have the pleasure of reporting Knucks' demise in the same report. That would supremely make its day.

" Hey Knucks."

It swiveled its head towards Tenchi and answered, " Yeah?"

" You feeling okay? You skipped your chores today and you just ate like three helpings of food."

It became slightly irritated by this young boy's snooping. It stared as blankly as it could at Tenchi, trying to contain his anger. Its stone cold gaze locked with Tenchi's, and much to his surprise, he saw no fear in the boy's eyes. This intimidated it somewhat because all of its enemies had always showed fear when they saw its strong eyes glare at them. This just angered it more, " Well, now that you mention it, you've been kind of annoying to me lately," every eye in the room now looked at him as he spoke, " whining and crying about everything that I do or don't do. I'm sick of you thinking that you have any power over me. You can't beat me in anything Tenchi"

Tenchi looked hurt in his eyes, and it was a sweet victory for it. It stood from its place at the table and walked towards the stairs, realizing that it might've overreacted slightly. He heard Ryoko from behind him, " What is your problem Knucks? Tenchi didn't do anything to"

It didn't hear that last part as he had shut the door to his room. It couldn't smile over its accomplishment as it knew that it had just compromised its image as Knucks. It heard the ping it its head and knew that its master was calling him. It reached into its pocket and took out what looked like a regular cell phone. It threw the object onto the bed and his Masters Nagi and Tokimi appeared in front of him, " My masters."

It bowed to the hologram and waited to be acknowledged, " You idiot! You have got to keep your cool around his friends if you want to be him."

It heard Master Nagi's words as itrose from its bow andlistened forto Tokimi give him orders, " You must be patient and resilient to his idiot friends. Just remember one thing, if you fail, you will cease to exist. Either by our hands or by your enemy's. Make no mistake that Knucks is in your house as we speak. My sisters have undoubtedly begun helping him destroy our plans."

" But masters, how could he possibly disrupt our plans when he cannot defeat either of you?"

Tokimi allowed her power to reach out to it and it felt its body collapsing from her might, " Just because he is incapable of defeating us doesn't mean that he cannot wreck our domination plans. Especially when my sisters are giving him inside information on how to do so. Use your head!"

It felt bones breaking under Master Tokimi's might and quickly responded, " Yes! Forgive me."
" Just stay on guard and-"

The transmission was cut off in mid-sentence and left it staring at the bed's white sheets. It stood in a very empty and cold room, pondering what could've happened to its transmission. It snatched up the device and pressed in every command it could, but the image never reappeared. It threw the worthless item against the wall, shattering it. The realization hit home as the small pieces hit the ground that he was truly alone, and it frightened the fearless thing. The bedroom of his enemy felt as large as an airplane hanger and as empty as his soul.

It felt something that frightened him more downstairs. The immense force of power it had felt before was moving into the living room. It had no doubts that Knucks had made his presence known to all that dwelled downstairs, making more people for him to kill. It tried to become angry with Knucks for isolating him from his masters, but it was its first experience being truly alone. It had always considered itself more than a match for Knucks, but now, all that dwelled in his mind was uncertainty. It felt the power on the floor below him disappear suddenly, and moments later, it was flying out the glass window towards the ground. Shards of glass fell down next to it and Knucks, looking like daggers made of diamonds in the moonlight. Everything hit the ground and that knock awoke it from its emotional daze.

Knucks stood up first and saw the thing on the ground, and the pieces of glass that stuck from almost its entire chest. It would've made his stomach turn a bit, but there wasn't any blood seeping from the wounds. This sight proved that the thing at his feet wasn't among the human race. It stood up slowly and stared a cold hole in his head with its eyes, " What are you?"

Its enemies question was left unanswered as it filled its artificial lungs with air and blew out the glass from its chest towards Knucks. Its enemy dodged the flurry of glass and landed on his feet. It might've looked calm on the outside, but it was still very frightened on the inside. It decided quickly to try and kill his enemy quickly, and sprang forward.

Knucks was ready for the first attack it gave him as he simply dodged under its hand and tripped the thing. He reached back for his sword and jumped up to kill the thing once and for all, but suddenly, the arms of his adversary stretched to incredible lengths and grabbed both of his arms. He was about to force his way out of the predicament, but quickly swung him down towards the ground. He felt his chest hit the ground and the air quickly escape his lungs. A surge of power left his body and forced its hands off of his arms and Knucks took full advantage. A quick flash and he had his sword in hand and was flying near the ground towards his enemy's head. It had no chance of moving before it had a new hole in its head.

Tenchi looked down on this scene from the window the two fighters had broken. He wanted to jump down there and help Knucks, but two things kept him from doing so. First off, Knucks didn't want any help. He had told everybody before rushing that thing to stay out of the way. Secondly, Knucks didn't need any help. As Tenchi thought this, his friend already decided the fight in a hiccup-quick move. He chuckled as he saw the dead thing twitch and die and then noticed the rest of his friends running form the front door to the battle field. He decided that Knucks and him could have a good laugh over this later, and maybe he could be enlightened by Knucks telling him what on Earth was going on.

-

Nagi and Tokimi watched a dreadful scene as their best henchmen was obliterated easily by their mortal enemy Knucks. Nagi sat on the throne room steps as Tokimi sat in the throne itself, both watching this crap. That's what they both thought of it, but they were more surprised than any other emotion in the universe, " What was wrong with that picture?"

Tokimi heard her adopted sister's voice and felt agitated by the question, " Knucks is still alive. What do you think?"

Nagi smiled and instantly felt better about her day, " You worry to much. So what, we underestimated him this once. I assure you he won't dominate me so much when we fight. If we fight."

Tokimi thought about it and realized that her sister was right, and it's not like he defeated their creature while it was at its best, " Perhaps, but I wouldn't get your hopes up about fighting him. I think I'll be sending in HY6."

Nagi looked over at her sister in surprise and said, " Why would you ruin our fun so early? It will destroy him."

Tokimi smirked, " You should know by now that I never attack directly without first planning everything out. HY6 won't be fighting Knucks," a glass tube containing an unspeakable creature appeared in front of the two women, "rather it is just going to set our plans into motion."

Both women laughed crackling laughs that made the black space around them even darker.