Miss Mana. Don't you want to take a walk outside? We will carry you of course." The old alien woman said.

"Yes Miss Mana don't worry about a thing. How did you like your meal today. Was it good?" Another said.

"Such a strange fish." Mana said. "It was very good."

The aliens beamed at each other.

Mana finished picking the lock on her chains, and crawled out when they weren't looking.

"I WON'T BE YOUR DINNER!"

Xxx

Mana slammed into Ben and Kuri who were walking through undertown carting a giant duck that Ben had bought her.

"It looks just like Rad Dudesman." Ben laughed. "Whoa!"

Mana looked up at him, scared.

Kuri helped her to her feet and she stood shakily, like she'd never walked before.

"Ben. This is my elder sister Mana." Kuri said. "So...you got captured by Ningyo?"

"Yes." Mana said. "They want to eat me."

"Aliens want to eat you?" Ben said. "Why?"

"It starts their life cycle over if they eat the flesh of someone who has ingested poison and survived." Mana said. "I knew when they fed me poison this morning...and I lived."

Ben rolled his eyes and changed into Heatblast and hunted down the Ningyo.

Kuri tried to hit them with her Tsubasa.

All their attacks failed.

"GLACIES!" Mana said.

The Ningyo were trapped in water prisons, and turned from beautiful female aliens to gnarled monstrous ones.

"Can we get back to our date now?" Kuri said.

"Good one sis...he's cute." Mana said.

Kuri rolled her eyes.