Miroka paced her cell. She knew the spell would still work. Even though Gippal knew about it, if he was alone, he could not resist. She had to work out a plan. She had to have him

Not that she wanted him... exactly. She found Gippal average in looks, but that whole 1 eye thing threw it all off. She shuddered. Miroka had her heart set on another, more perfect creature. "Nousta" she whispered to herself. She wondered where he was, what he was doing. She remembered the last time she saw him, his dark eyes full of mischief.

"Miroka, some day the two of us will rule this place. Everyone will do as WE see fit... even the Mo-Tai."

"That would be so perfect. Just the two of us... But we must keep this plan quiet. They must not know that we are smarter than them"

"They will not know, Love. They do not even know of our love, let alone our plans."

"Gippal and Laelu will be our slaves. We won't even have to do the dirty work."

"Oh yes, Love. It will be beauty in motion. Those who are meant to defend the world will destroy it, and the Mo-Tai with it. Then we will be free to rebuild it, in the way that we wish it to be."

"It is exciting, Nousta!" But it is unfortunate that we must part… I shall miss you"

"And I you. Come now, say goodbye to me one more time."

Miroka kissed him in response, melting into his arms.

Nousta traced her body with his fingertips. "You are so beautiful, and so dark, my love… You are darker within that heart of yours than I am on the outside, and I live to feel that darkness" he kissed her ear, her neck.

Miroka held him close. His outer darkness was what she believed made him so beautiful. His skin was like midnight, and his hair seemed to both absorb light and emit a faint glow at the same time. His eyes, too, were black, with little sliver flecks…

"HEY! WAKE UP!" Laelu shoved Miroka, jarring her back into reality. She stood back up as Laelu continued. "We're talking to you, oui teckicdehk meddma lrulupu cred!"

Face flush with anger, Miroka shoved her back, even more angry when Laelu was only forced to take a step backwards.

Laelu grabbed Miroka's arm, hard. It felt like it was burning. She winced, and Laelu shoved her into a chair. "Good, Miroka, you just sit there"

Miroka rubbed her arm. There was no mark, but she could still feel the burn of Laelu's hand. I bet she doesn't even know she burned me… can't wait to turn her onto my side… all that power under my control… I'd best tell Nousta to go to plan 2…

Laelu looked at Gippal and took a deep breath, which in turn got her a supportive smile, or grin, since Gippal never just smiled.

"Where's Baralai?" It was more of a demand than a question, and Laelu forward as if to say 'If you don't tell us, you'll be testing to see if gravity works from 2000 feet.'

Temporarily defeated, Miroka gave her the answer. "I locked him in the hidden room in the Temple." Cred! When is my arm going to stop burning!

Laelu turned to Rikku. "You'd better go get him and let him know what's up."

Rikku takes off down the hall to the lift and is gone.

"We'll get more from you later, shape-shifter. I hope you aren't hungry, because we don't feed prisoners."

Gippal and Laelu walk away, taking care to lock down the entire Airship.

"I thought you wanted her to escape" Gippal said as they headed towards Djose.

"She'll escape when we're ready for her to. Rikku and Baralai will go to check on her, have a conversation, and accidentally leave something unlocked. She has no idea we're monitoring all her communications."

"I still can't believe you can read her dreams…"

"Neither can I, but I know it was real. And if I can read them away from the ship, we may get more information than she'd ever tell us herself." She smiled, kissed Gippal, and looked up at the sky

"Gippal… have you ever noticed that Baralai is kind of… pretty?"

Gippal laughed. "Pretty? Yea… like girly… he's too clean"

"Do you ever think, maybe, he Blitzes for both teams?"

Gippal just laughed

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