"Nah, he couldn't. Could he?" asked Xelfan12, with just a hint of concern in his voice. "He very well may be able to, the way he's been talking." said verath. "Whaaaa?" asked xelkitti and xelfan12 in unison. "Well, remember those plans that he kept me late for?" Verath asked. Xelfan12 and xelkitti nodded. "Well, it seems that he's getting help from a higher power somehow. "No way..." said xelfan12. "It couldn't be! Could it?" asked xelkitti, quite alarmed. "I'm afraid it is." said Verath, grimly. This really shouldn't be discussed here, however. Let's go outside. They gathered up their diagrams, and headed out to the parking lot. "that's my car, over there." said Verath, pointing to an empty space. A large black van appeared. "it will look suspicious if we just hang around near the dumpster." "Are you kidding?" asked Xelkitti. She pointed to the dumpster, where there were several dozen whacked out looking teens. "Uhh, what he meant was that he doesn't want to be mislabeled as a crack addict." Said Xelfan12. "Besides, my van has that little flip down movie thing!" added Verath. "Fine. It's the van." They went inside the van, and Verath immediately began where he left off, and in an instantly serious tone. "Alright. As i said, he's getting backup from a higher power, and as you two have probably realized, that power is..." "Shrabranigdo?' asked Xelfan12, although he was confident the answer was yes. "Of course! Who else?" said Verath. "And to make matters worse, he's got two friggin pieces." "What? But how?" Asked Xelkitti. "Well, he showed them to me, and they're encased in, you guessed it, ice." answered verath. "they were apparently found at the earth's two poles." "but how is that gonna help Dynast?" asked Xelfan12. "Well, as you know, Dynast does control ice, and the stuff Shabranigdo's trapped in is pretty much impermiable." "So," continued Xelkitti. "Shabranigdo's at Dynast's mercy?" "bingo." said Verath. " But it doesn't add up!" exclaimed Xelfan12. "aren't the Mozaku of this world supposed to be serving Shabranigdo? Shouldn't he be helping him out of the goodness... I mean because he's obligated to?" "Ordinarily, that's true." said Verath. "but Dynast is, as you've noticed, an insane crackpot, and ol' Ruby Eyes has promised him that he'd deliver him as much power as he wanted, as long as he would free him in the end. But that's not all." "Damn! What else can there be!?" Asked Xelkitti. "Well, unless you've forgotten, we're not exactly humans, are we?" asked Verath. "We're mozaku as well, and are therefore supposed to free shabranigdo as well." "but... ummm... there's got to be something! We don't have to! Can you imagine how much Shabranigdo will boss us around?" asked Xelfan12. "Well, technically, we'll only have to free him if we have an order." said Verath. "And I don't believe Xellos has said anything about this." "Good." said Xelkitti. "No, still not good enough." said Xelfan12. "You're forgetting that Shabranigdo can order us around, too." "My sentiments exactly." said verath. "but, there is one way to get around that." "What's that?" asked Xelfan12, eagerly. "Well," said Verath. "Shabranigdo, while still imprisoned, can't reach out to use unless we allow him." "And how is it that we allow him to do this?" Asked Xelkitti. "Well," continued Verath. "He can only do this if we reveal ourselves to be mozaku by using some of our powers. Otherwise, we can resist." "Don't tell me...." said Xelfan12. 'We'll have to fight on a human level?" Asked Xelkitti. 'I'm afraid so." said Verath. "but that's where your Zenafa armor comes in. Along with the singing, you'll find I made a few more changes to the original design." "What about you?" asked Xelfan12 to verath. "He is part ryuzaku, remember?" said Xelkitti. "Right. I can use that to my advantage." said Verath. "But why do I doubt that this will be enough?" asked xelkitti. "Because it won't." answered Xelfan12. "Our original triple dragon slave plan won't work, because Shabranigdo will have an immunity to it, and when he's channelling his power to Dynast, Dynast will have that immunity, too." "But then how?" asked Xelkitti. "Well, that's where this comes in." Verath said, as he produced a piece of paper. "Me and some 'friends' were working on it." 'But this... it can't be!" said Xelkitti, in amazement. "And it very well may not be." said Verath. He pulled back the paper, which was now revealed to have instructions on how to control the lord of nightmares. "that's impossible!" said Xelfan12. "i never said it was possible!" said Verath. 'All it is is a theory. As you know, some spells that call upon the lord of nightmares use all of her power. In theory, by using the same spell at the same time with different people, we can seperate the lord of nightmares, so that she is easier to control for each person, although if aimed at the same target, will have a full result." "Sound good to me." said Xelfan12. "No, but what the problem is..." said verath. "Is that the Lord of nightmares may very well be able to be in more than one place at once. And a triple giga slave?" "I see your point..." said Xelkitti. "Well, that is why it's a last resort." said verath. "There is a simpler way." Xelkitti was ahead of him, though. "yeah. We could attack Dynast before he begins to channel Shabranigdo's powers." "Exactly." said Verath. "but to know when he is starting, we'd need an insider. Not me. It would be too risky. He doesn't let me near Shabranigdo, and he doesn't trust me 100 percent, anyway." "Who then?" asked Xelfan12 impatiently. "may i re-introduce you too...." Verath motioned toward the darke back of the van. "...Deep Sea Dolphin." DSD heard her name, and stumbled over the seat, and fell in place next to Xelkitti. "Howdy." she said, as if she were just an old friend in for a visit. "But.... I thought you were helping Dynast!" stammerred Xelfan12. "No, Dolphin no longer helps the baka hentai man. He hit on me, he did." Verath slapped his face. "It's true. i had to watch it. Don't ask. Just. Don't. Ask." "Well, anyhow, she's on our side now." Xelfan12 said. "You do understand," said Xelkitti to DSD. "That what Dynast is doing is not supposed to happen? That it disrupts the balance of careful planning and the entire Mozaku race?" DSD nodded. "I will do it for you. I will watch Dynast and his evil popsicle." "Uhhh... I'm assuming that she mean Shabranigdo when she says 'evil popsicle'?" said Xelfan12. "Me too." said Verath. "Now, the plan so far is that we shall wait on DSD's info, then when we have a date, we shall plan accordingly." Everyone nodded. "Good. Now, at the same time tomorrow night, be ready. We must begin our training." Everyone nodded again, and teleported away. Then the black van slowly faded out of view.