The first year without Kyra was harder than she thought it was going to be. she no longer had anyone to help and train her. Kyra not only gave her a way to vent her frustration, but she also gave her a reason to no longer focus on Riddick and trying to go after him all the time. But most of all, she gave Dannie a home, with a mother, even if she was only thirteen years older than Dannie.

Kyra had always known just what to say when anything got her angry, upset, or just plain depressed. No one else had even gotten anywhere near as close. Kyra knew all the stories about her mother and father, and had always seemed to know just which one to tell Dannie, depending upon the mood shift.

Dannie had begun to hang around gyms and training grounds more and more after Kyra and Connor left. She could always find some unsuspecting man hanging around just looking for some new meat, an easy fight. But Dannie never lost a battle. She had her mother's determination and her father's true strength, not to mention, she never looked very threatening, so no man ever took her seriously when she would challenge them.

After about a month she had managed to start an underground fighting ring, fighting any man or woman who thought they had any chance and whom had enough money to buy into it. She was the undefeated champion and she started taking home around two thousand dollars a night on average. People began to call her Dannie the Destroyer, which later dwindled down to just The Destroyer, and she loved the fear she caused in so many men, as well as the inspiration in the women.

A year rolled by, she grew stronger, more feared, and richer. But most importantly, she was now old enough to do exactly what she had been dreaming about ever since the wedding. Now she was old enough to start working for the police force. Only, now she had a much different problem keeping her from doing what she wanted with her life, the police had heard about the underground fighting ring, and many there had lost some serious cash to this young girl, and there was no way they were going to work with her after being beaten up by her. also, it was illegal, and even though she had never been arrested, she still couldn't be apart of the force.

But the chief had another idea for her anyways. He had never meant to put her out on the streets like any other cop, he had always planned on having her train his men and women in hand to hand combat so that they could do their jobs better, and without all of the killing that had become apart of their jobs.

It wasn't anything that Dannie had been expecting, but she took the job that she was offered, and she could still keep going in the underground fighting ring, but just not for as long a night as she used to.

That day when she arrived home, there was a message waiting for her on the door. It was a note from Kyra, but it wasn't in her handwriting or in Connor's. It read:

Dear Dannie,

IÆm sorry that I didnÆt tell you this in person months ago, but I am pregnant, and any minute now I will be giving birth to my first child. I would have come in person, but travel is risky this close to delivery, and it took us too long before we could finally find a ship to take us there, and Connor wonÆt leave my side to come get you.

I hope that you will come to Helion 3 as soon as you can manage. I have missed you so much, and Connor wonders how you are managing without us there.

Please come as soon as you can?

Love,

Kyra, Connor, and

the newest one.