Karen: Thanks Tolly! We're going to have to join them together really soon... Like now. Te He!

Kiki hurried down the road to where she thought she had seen someone. I could have sworn that I saw people… she thought, her wings quivering in anticipation of a surprise attack. There were tons of fiends on the road they were traveling and she could almost feel all of them… like she knew what their emotions were. Maybe this is another power. Maybe I'm supposed to be part fiend… that would explain the wings.

"Kiki, are you sure that you saw people?"

"I swear I did!" she said to Koaso.

"She's right! I saw them too!" Rikku exclaimed in her happy-go-lucky tone.

"Just a little further…"

Suddenly, Kiki stopped. She felt another presence in the bushes beside her… but she couldn't quite place what it was… She slowly turned her head to look at the bushes.

Suddenly, metal spikes shot up out of the brush. Everyone jumped and Rikku gave a little scream.

"Metal!" the bush cried. "You scared them!"

"I didn't mean to!" cried another voice… a little girls voice.

A girl with a machine tiara stood and looked at Kiki. Another, shorter, girl stood. Paine, Yuna and Koaso's jaw dropped.

"Aw!" Rikku said before she could stop herself. "It's so cute!"

Metal retracted her spikes and smiled. "Thank you!"

Kiki squinted a second. "Lily…?" she whispered.

Lily and Metal's aura brightened immediately. "Kiki it's you!" exclaimed Lily.

"We found her! She's alive, and we found her!" the little girl cried.

The three sisters/step sisters ran towards each other. They all hugged and Kiki's tail twitched excitedly.

"Hey! Watch that thing!" Paine said, stepping back. She'd been smacked with the dangerous weapon a few too many times lately. Kiki laughed.

"I'm sorry… I'm still working these things out…"

"You too, huh?" Lily asked stepping back from the hug. Metal was still hugging her, not wanting to let her newly found sister go.

"I've figured out most of what I can do…" Kiki said. "What about you guys… were you behind the destruction of the lab?"

The two girls fell silent.

"Maybe…" Metal whispered sheepishly. Lily nudged her.

"You were the ones who did it!" Koaso cried out.

Kiki's head whipped around. "You know he deserved it, Koaso! You can see the evidence of what he's done right in front of you!"

"But…" he mumbled, looking at the ground.

"Kiki… we're sorry," the girls said.

"Kiki! Forgive your little sister!" Rikku fake scolded.

Kiki laughed. "Ha, you're right Rikku. How can I stay mad at that cute face? Let's go back to the airship!"

So they all gathered together to head towards the airship. Kiki thought she felt another presence, but ignored it because of her good mood. The fiends were suddenly moving away from the road… and little did the gullwings know, they were being watched.

Karen: Your turn again Tolly… we are going to have to merge though…