"I don't like you heading back into danger, Kyo."

Kyoto leaned heavily against the wall closest to the dance studio door. Right now there was no one in the room except for Alice who was currently doing her ballet stretches against a barre. Turns out when she's not constantly trying to help Yui at every turn she was also a ballet dancer. Who knew? Still, with her job of assistant it doesn't leave her much room to get her practice in, so she's often in the studio in closing hours.

"There's no real danger, Alice."

Alice gave a loud obnoxious scoff in response before shifting and stretching her right let up as high as it could go off of the barre. This caused Kyo to take a sudden fascination in the ceiling. "No real danger you say, yet you get Ben and Firedrake involved, not just them but my own brother as well. I gotta say, I'm surprised at his inclusion." Alice brought her leg back down, which allowed Kyo to look back at her. Alice was now on the tips of her toes she went down and came back twice in a row.

"Yeah well, he was gonna shoot, Ludwig." Kyo shrugged. Alice gave Kyo a bit of a smug smile before she suddenly down and back up on her toes again this time with her arms over her head.

"Maybe… or maybe it's something else?"

"What are you getting at?"

Alice changed positions by moving her right leg up in the air at a curved angle. "Twirl me, and I'll tell you." Kyo rolled her eyes but still peeled herself off of the wall. Casually she walked over to Alice and gently tucked one arm under Alice's bent leg and grabbed on to her side and with little to no effort at all she picked Alice up and turned her in a full circle before placing her back down on her still pointed toes. Alice placed her other foot down and soon was flat on her feet. "I just didn't know you wanted a big strong man to protect you."

"What? Please! I don't like your brother. My sister does, but I don't."

"C' mon, Kyo. I don't mind if you have a crush on my brother."

"I don't, Alice."

Alice gave Kyo a low giggle before stretching her left leg on the barre. Kyo watched as Alice got down low to the ground with her one leg up on the barre. "Is there anyone you like?"

Kyo felt heat rush to her face at Alice's question she then turned her gaze to the door hoping Alice wouldn't see her obvious blush. "What's there to like?" She tried to play it off.

"Kyo-" Kyo turned back to Alice only to see her rushing towards her. It was almost instinct at this point as Kyo brought her arms out and quickly caught Alice. Alice was now in Kyo's arms and to Kyo, it felt like she was holding nothing at all. "-You should really do ballet with me sometime. You got the strength to be one of the danseurs." Alice chuckled softly before kissing Kyo's cheek, no doubt leaving a red lipstick stain on Kyo's check. Alice then jumped out of Kyo's arms before sighing deeply and stretching her arms above her head tiredly. "Do you like someone? I mean girl, you need a boyfriend!"

"Getting a boyfriend is the least of my worries right now, Alice. In case you forgot the village I used to live in got completely incinerated to the ground."

"Right. Did you ever think that maybe that's just Karma? I mean last I remember that's the same village that tried to marry you and your sister off unwillingly last year."

"Karma or not, Alice. Whatever attacked them could be coming here!" Kyo pointed out aggressively to her friend. "We have to find out what it was and stop it before it destroys us all."

"Good point. When is this meeting with Firedrake?"

"Dunno. They'll get here when they get here."

"Junior coming?"

"No. We all decided to leave him out of this one. He's too young and… truthfully might lead us into more danger with his hyperactive nature. We'll let him sit this one out."

"Anything?" Junior whispered to Silverstorm anxiously as the she-dragon came trotting up beside him. The two of them were looking down at the reflective surface of the lake for a few heartbeats of silence before Silverstorm looked back at Junior.

"Maia told Shimmertail this… but… I guess something attacked a human village. Something that's not human. It burned the entire village to the ground."

"What… but the only thing that could have possibly done that is a-" Junior gasped loudly at the thought.

"I don't know, I just don't know!… but Junior… from what I heard it was the twins that contacted Ben about it."

Junior's ears instantly perked high up in the air at that mention. "What? But… that doesn't make any sense. Why couldn't I go then?"

Silverstorm gave him a bit of a look. A look that Junior himself knew, she was nonverbally trying to tell him something. "If you have something to say, Silverstorm, then say it." He huffed in anger.

"It sounds dangerous-"

"So! If the twins are in trouble then I want to make sure they're okay!"

"Junior, you can't just leave because of the twins, I mean there's an obvious reason they didn't tell you to come along. They only wanted Firedrake."

Junior gave a low but loud snort, blue sparks erupting from his nose melting the snow below his paws. He then started to pace around in his sudden anger. He actually made a bit of a trench in the soft snow from all his pacing. He thought of the twins, how they must be in some sort of danger. He continued to pace around until he finally shook his head. "No. I'm sorry, but… I'm not taking that… I have to help them, Silverstorm! What if this really is some …" Junior paused before looking around and whispering a soft "rouge dragon?... Dad might not be able to take this dragon on by himself. I have to- no… Silverstorm… we have to help them. All of them!"

"Are you crazy? I… I can't go outside of the rim! Daddy will kill me."

"Silverstorm. Please, Think of Ben and of my dad. If this dragon is worth their attention and attacks them… can you live with yourself knowing that you stayed in the Rim?" Junior tried to reason but she quickly turned her head away from him.

"Forget it, Junior! If you want to leave then that's on you, but…" Silverstorm couldn't even finish her sentence instead she just turned and walked away from him.

"I'm leaving…tomorrow night...just to let you know…" Junior practically whispered to her as she walked away. He doubt she heard him anyways. He managed to get out of his mother's watchful eye once before, a second time shouldn't be too hard. He was already hatching a plan in his mind. If he had to go solo then he was going solo, either way, nothing was going to stop him from leaving. He was going to the twins even if it was the last thing he was ever going to do!

Sicily honestly couldn't believe was she was seeing. The small town they use to live in, one that was clearly outside of actual police help was currently being surrounded by (what she thought to be) Topeka police. Her and Amadeus just wanted to take a couple more pictures, per Ben's request, and it was clear that was going to be put on hold. Sicily looked over at Amadeus- who slowly stopped his truck just where the caution tape stood- he looked just as bewildered as she did. "What the hell?" He finally asked before opening his door. Sicily did the same and together they walked up to the tape where they were greeted by a female officer standing at post.

"No entry beyond this point." She spoke in a stern voice as she brought her arm out to stop the two from walking beyond the yellow tape. Sicily was honestly about to ask just what they were doing here when suddenly Amadeus nudged her. Sicily gave him a confused look, he didn't say anything but he did use his eyes to tell her just where to look. He then coughed and rubbed his nose nervously as she turned to give the officer a look over. She then felt her blood run cold once she realized this wasn't a normal police officer, none of the people walking around were.

This was all the FBI.

"Okay." She squeaked out in fear. "Let's go-"

"Wait! What are you two doing here?" A male voice suddenly inquired.

A grown man in his early forties suddenly crossed the tape to talk to the two of them. Sicily looked him up and down. He honestly had a 'dad vibe' about him. His dark brown hair was kept short in a boy's cut, he had stubble around mouth, a rather large nose, and ears for that matter, he also had laugh lines around his mouth, and finally, his eyes had wrinkles around the corners. His skin was also a tan color showing that he did indeed get a lot of sun. He was wearing cargo pants and a normal plaid dress shirt, the only thing that gave him away as FBI was the lanyard around his neck showing off his badge. Sicily caught a quick glimpse of the badge.

Jason O'Neil

"We were told that nobody really knows about this place, so. I'll ask again, what are you two doing here?" Agent O'Neil asked in a more demanding voice as he crossed his arm across his chest.

"What-What happened here?" She stuttered quickly. "I just wanted to see my dad." She lied.

She watched as O'Neil frowned deeply at her. Did he not believe her? Sicily shot a quick look to Amadeus before looking back at the FBI agent.

"Do you two live here?" The agent questioned.

"I used to but I moved-" Sicily started.

"-I live in Harksville." Amadeus finished.

The agent brought out a little pocketbook and started to write. "Names?"

"Amadeus Mcathy."

"Sicily Genesis."

Instantly O'Neil stopped writing and gave Sicily a look that seemed like a cross between believing and curiosity. His eyes seemed to narrow a little before he shut his little book. "Are… are you related to Charles Genesis?" He asked her. For Sicily, it felt like everything started to run in slow motion.

"That's… my dad…"

"Well, little lady. You have to be the luckiest person on earth right now."

"Why is that?"

"He's the sole survivor."

To say Dinner that night was a little tense was an understatement. With Kyoto, Sicily, and Yui really just looking at their food, not so much eating it. The only sound between the three of them was the clock ticking on the wall. Not even Ludwig, who was currently somewhere in the house, made a single noise. After a few moments of silence, Kyoto was finally the one to break the silence. "Okay… how'd he survive?"

"They said whatever caused the blast missed our old home because we lived farther away. Dad was trapped under a collapsed roof, according to the FBI he was trapped under there for two days-"

A soft 'ohhh' was suddenly heard throughout the dining room. Kyo practically had a heart attack when she saw Ludwig hanging upside down from the ceiling fan now. 'That Imp knows how to make an entrance…' Kyo thought as Ludwig was actually turning with the fan.

"Ludwig, do you know something we don't, sweetie?" Sicily questioned. Ludwig didn't say anything for a few seconds as he continued to lazily turn as he still hung upside down from one of the fan's blades.

"Charles Genesis tried to harm Ludwig. So, Ludwig broke the rafters in his house, thus causing the roof to collapse on him."

"Ludwig… you unintentionally saved our father's life, and honestly, I don't know if that's a good or bad thing…" Kyo muttered softly before nervously running her fingers through her ponytail. "Hey… you said you don't harm humans… when we first met? Was that a lie-"

"Ludwig did not harm Charles. Ludwig was going to save him… eventually."

"Ludwig, both of our dad's legs were broken from the roof falling on him." Sicily huffed at him in a stern matter.

"He deserved it." Yui finally spoke for the first time at dinner. She then leaned back against her chair. "God, girls, this is getting bad when is Benjamin getting here again?"

"A few days tops… Aunt Yui, I have a sinking feeling about the FBI getting involved." Sicily whispered uneasily. "They might come here…"

"They already did background checks on you and Amadeus, I'm sure," Kyo softly spoke from her seat. She was the first to finally stab into her food and start eating. In fact, the next sentence she spoke was with a full mouth. "They probably also see it as a terrorist attack."

"But… how? Why? I mean Dad was trapped under the roof and couldn't call for help. Everyone else is dead-"

"The trucker. The guy that brings Jimmy items for his store. It had to have been him." Yui responded to Sicily. "-Also, Ludwig could you please get off of the fan?" Ludwig frowned at that but in the blink of an eye, he was no longer in their line of sight. "And don't get breaking my rafters!"

Sicily gave a loud sigh before finally digging into her own food. However, before she could swallow her first bite down there was a loud knock at the door. Aunt Yui was quick to jump from her seat. "I'll get it." She responded. The twins watched as she strutted over towards the door. Yui opened the door and Sicily practically jumped from her seat when she saw agent O'Neil at the door. The twins looked at one another before deciding to both get a closer listen into the conversation. So, they just walked up beside their Aunt at the door. Agent O'Neil was still wearing the same thing as earlier with one minor difference a baseball cap that was clearly in his hands.

"Ah, Ms… Sicily? Was it?" He asked. Sicily gave a slow nod to the FBI agent. "Then that must make you, Kyoto?" he pointed to Kyo.

"Kyo, if you would."

"Agent O'Neil. What is it that you want?" Yui asked him after a couple of seconds. "I mean-" Their aunt leaned against the open door frame "-Surely there's a reason you're here? Correct?"

"Ah…This isn't easy… but I was told I have to take Sicily and Kyoto into questioning."

"What?!" The whole room seemed to have exploded instantly the twins were on edge. Kyo looked at Sicily and she noticed that Sicily looked ready to just up and flee. 'Crap… why? What did we do?'

"I'm sorry, did they do anything worth questioning?" Yui asked him tensely. She had a death grip on the door ready to slam it shut at a moment's notice.

"Well… yeah, but I'm not allowed to discuss just what here. I need to take them-"

"They are minors!"

"You can come too of course! Look… Sicily, Kyoto, neither of you are in trouble. We just have a couple of questions that need answering. We already got Amadeus, we just need your stories." Kyoto felt her hand suddenly be grabbed by Sicily. Her sister squeezed tightly causing Kyo to flinch in slight pain. This didn't go unnoticed by O'Neil as he raised an eyebrow before coughing uneasily. "Look, either you come with me now, or I come back with a warrant." Once again Sicily squeezed and Kyo straightened up and took it upon herself to finally respond.

"If-if we aren't in tr-trouble then you won't need a warrant. How about the truth?" Kyo asked him. She tried to sound brave but she knew her stutter and the slight tremor in her voice gave her own fears away.

"You aren't in trouble, but if we have reason to believe that you two were involved-"

"I'll be waiting for that warrant. Mr. O'Neil. Good day." Without a single another word their Aunt Yui slammed the door shut in front of his face. She then quickly turned to the two. "This is bad. If they convinced Amadeus to go into questioning…" Yui was shaking. There wasn't a doubt about it; she was terrified. Yui's finger nails immediately found its way to her mouth and she nervously started to chew. "Okayokayokayokayokay!" She quickly started to yell in a nervous matter she was bouncing on the balls of her feet uneasily. "We have nothing to hide! They can't find a thing."

"Aside from our dragon friends-" Kyo chimed in.

"-And the supposed dragon that caused the whole village to dissipate-"

"-Oh, and Ludwig."

"Yes?" Ludwig came down from the ceiling and jumped on the couch. He was now laying on the back of the couch like a lazy cat, his pointed tail whipping lazily back and forth. "You called?"

"Nothing to hide, Aunt Yui. Nothing." Sicily sarcastically deadpanned before sighing out and swallowing hard. "I should call Ben, give him a heads up." She dug her phone out of her pocket and quickly made a bee-line for her and Kyo's room while dialing Ben's number.

"... Aunt Yui… if word of dragons get out-"

"We'll do everything we can to prevent it. Right now I need you and your sister to get together and make up a story. Why you went there the first time and why she went back with Amadeus the second."

"But, Amadeus might not have the same story as us!" Kyo felt tears start to sting her eyes as she nervously pulled and tugged at her earlobes.

"We'll figure it out. Okay? Don't worry." Yui placed her hands on Kyo's shoulders making Kyo look her in the eyes. "I'm not letting anything happen to you two, to Junior, Firedrake, or anyone. Okay? Deep breaths." Yui then pulled Kyo into a hug before whispering a soft reassurance "We'll figure this out… I promise."