Standing with her hands on her hips, Rejhan tried her best to look calm and collected as the figure hiding in the darkness still refused to move. By her side, Myshel was searching the darkness with her blue eyes, looking for any hint as to who was hiding there.

"Hey! I'm talkin' to you! We're not gonna wait all day, you know? Either you come out, or we'll come in. Which is it gonna be?" Rejhan yelled, trying to hide her nerves with attitude.

"Or is it that you're afraid of a couple of girls?" Myshel added in a mocking tone of voice, taking a small step forwards.

Both girls were suddenly feeling quite confident, waiting for the unknown in the hallway, yet a quiet chuckle soon brought their nerves back once more. Still the hidden figure didn't appear, yet the sound of that quiet laughter was enough the send shivers up both girl's spines. There was just something truly … sinister about it.

"Grrr, that's it! This guy's just pissing me off now!" Rejhan growled, forming a small ki blast in her right hand and closing her eyes to aim. "If you won't come out and face us, then I'll blast you out!" she yelled, letting the ball of energy fly. Using her Sight to watch its trajectory, she saw that her attack was right on target … yet the figure suddenly moved before the blast could hit, leaving it to explode harmlessly into the wall beyond.

"My, such a short temper," the figure said in a voice barely above a whisper. "Young children these days …" he added, finally stepping out of the shadows.

As the darkness receded around him, both girls could easily make out his features. He stood at just less than six feet in height, and sported a well-defined body, which was mostly clad in dark robes. His face, cold and calculating, held many a fine scar; the mark of a warrior who had seen many battles. But it was his eyes that truly scared the two Saiyajin teens. His brown, almost black eyes were devoid of any discernable emotion, and seemed to bore straight into the eyes of the two girls.

"Who are you?" Myshel eventually found the courage to ask. Unlike Rejhan, she couldn't get an exact feel on the extent of the man's power, but she could feel enough to know that he wasn't someone to be messed with.

"You've come all this way, and don't even know who I am?" the man asked in a mock tone of hurt. "Well, allow me to introduce myself then. I am Captain Kistios of the Awlgrene army," he said with a slight bow to the two girls, yet his eyes never left them.

"Where have you taken our ship? And what have you done with my family and friends!" Rejhan yelled without thinking.

"Your family and friends?" Kistios repeated in a voice that had suddenly turned cold. "Tell me, would you by any chance be referring to the Saiyajins?"

"That's right! We know you kidnapped them, and we want them back!" Rejhan yelled, whilst Myshel poked her in the ribs to be quiet. But it was too late.

"So you mean to tell me that the pair of you are also Saiyajins?" Kistios asked, advancing towards the girls, who began to back away.

'Shit. Why can't I ever learn to keep my mouth shut? Gohan always said it was going to get me into trouble …'

"Duck!" Myshel yelled as Kistios suddenly launched his attack. Rejhan dived out of the way, jumping back onto her feet and facing her opponent again in one fluid motion. Myshel on the other hand, found herself in the direct path of the Captain.

Suddenly put on the defensive, Myshel was driven backwards by the attack. Kistios lashed out with a right punch to her head, and Myshel ducked down low, countering with a roundhouse kick to his knees. Jumping high, Kistios caught the girl off guard with a snap kick which connected under her chin, flinging her head back and sending her crashing into the wall.

Seeing her friend in trouble, Rejhan fired a quick ki blast to gain Kistios' attention. Hitting his left shoulder, the Captain stumbled slightly before turning to face the other girl.

"That was a stupid thing to do," he growled, giving Rejhan his full attention.

"Oh, really? Then come here and prove it to me," she retorted, sinking into a fighting stance.

Kistios rushed at the girl, hoping to catch her by surprise with his speed, yet that wasn't the case. For some reason, this girl seemed to be able to not only keep up with his speed, but to also be able to anticipate his every move. Punches and kicks flew through the air, yet the only things they connected with were the girl's raised arms, and occasionally her legs. No vital body part was struck.

"Is that the best you can do? My little brother can get more hits in than you can!" Rejhan taunted, letting her success so far get the better of her judgement.

With a growl, Kistios increased his speed, and renewed his efforts. Put on the defensive once more, Rejhan watched her opponent with her Sight, noticing the small movements his body made which gave away what kind of attack he was about to use.

Seeing a gap, Rejhan slipped in under Kistios' defences and fisted him in the gut. Kistios grunted, retaliating with his left knee, which struck Rejhan's right elbow, sending tingles down her arm. Jumping back, she gave her limb a quick shake before Kistios was on her once more.

A second ki form began to burn brightly in Rejhan's Sight, and a second later Myshel had jumped back into the action, attacking the Captain from behind. Attacking two on one, the girls had Kistios on the ropes. Yet the battle-hardened Captain was far from beaten.

Charging up a ki blast in each hand, Kistios caught both girls in the stomach, sending them flying backwards for several meters in opposite directions. Now that the girls were distracted for the moment, Kistios prepared to use one of his strongest attacks.

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Skidding along the polished metal floor, the front of Rejhan's blue gi was a smoking ruin. Thankfully, her black under-shirt had survived the ki blast. Sitting up, she gave a slight cough as the smoke cleared, and then turned her attention back towards Kistios. Something was happening to him in the darkness, she could feel it. Closing her eyes, Rejhan was shocked to see the red form of the Captain suddenly spit itself in half, creating an entirely new ki form.

'The split form technique?' Rejhan wondered, taking a closer look. 'No! It's not the split form! This new version is as strong as the original. But how is that possible?' she wondered, too stunned to even get up.

On the other side of the warrior, Myshel dragged herself back onto her feet. Her outfit was singed in places too, yet she was otherwise unharmed. Not possessing Rejhan's Sight, Myshel had no idea what Kistios was up to … yet her gut was telling her that it wasn't good.

"Myshel!" Rejhan's voice suddenly called out. "He's split himself in two!"

"Wha … ah!" she yelled as one of the Captains shoulder-charged her. Flying backwards, Myshel used her ki to stop her momentum. Righting herself, she managed to raise her arms up just in time to block Kistios One's attack. Put on the defensive, Myshel could barely hold her ground as the warrior bore down upon her, driving her back down the hallway.

Weaving between punches, Myshel lashed out with a few of her own, desperately trying to push her attacker back. Leaping backwards, she just avoided having her skull crushed by a powerful axe kick, and planted a foot in Kistios One's stomach as he attempted to close the gap between them. Grabbing her ankle, Kistios One pulled Myshel off balance and slammed her into a wall. Rolling out of the way of the next attack, Myshel stayed crouched down, gathering her energy.

With a scream, Myshel unleashed her full power, and Kistios One momentarily stopped his attack to observe the girl. A power increase of this sort was impressive. 'She must have been suppressing her true power,' Kistios One mused as the white-hot aura around Myshel lit up the dark hallway.

Recommencing the fight, Kistios One threw a running kick at the girl, who easily side stepped it and lashed out with a roundhouse kick to his chest. Kistios One pivoted for a back kick, connecting with Myshel's crossed arms. The blows came hard and fast from both sides after that, with neither warrior willing to give an inch. With a scream of frustration, both parties charged one another, clashing in a fierce stalemate. The resulting energy output caused the walls around them to buckle. The sound of steel cracking filled the air, and suddenly the entire corridor fell down around the two, blocking off the hallway, and effectively cutting Myshel off from where Rejhan was currently battling.

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Kistios Two lurched as he suddenly felt like he was being crushed. The girl before him stood panting from their battle, yet it was no trick of hers that was making him feel this way. No, the duplicate of himself that had gone after the other girl had just been crushed under a few tons of steel. That was what was making him feel like he was suffocating.

Seeing that her opponent was distracted, Rejhan chose that particular moment to recommence her attack. Up until that point, the two had been fairly even in strength; a fact that seemed to irritate Kistios to no end.

Shooting through the air, Rejhan spun around and executed a perfect spinning roundhouse kick, yet Kistios managed to get an arm up in time to block it. Leaping away from the man, Rejhan reassessed her position, and then rushed forwards once more. Yet the crushing feeling that had plagued Kistios Two's body was fading. Yes, his duplicate had finally died, and he could no longer feel the pain it had endured as the energy used to create it returned to him, meaning that there was no longer anything to distract him with.

Lifting his head up to face the girl, Kistios gave a fierce battle cry as he fired a quick ki blast at the fast approaching girl. Dodging to the right, Rejhan avoided the blast, and dived under the back swing kick that followed. Sliding along the floor on her stomach, Rejhan sprang high into the air, launching a ki blast of her own from above.

Kistios didn't move as the blast bore down upon him, but merely crossed his arm above his head. The blast connected, driving him backwards several feet, before exploded in a brilliant flash of light. Closing her eyes before the explosion, Rejhan used her Sight to assess her opponent. He seemed to be perfectly unharmed, and yet his ki didn't feel quite right. It was fluctuating strangely, becoming weaker and then stronger again every thirty seconds or so. Rejhan didn't have long to ponder this strange phenomenon however, as Kistios was suddenly right in front of her. Too distracted by her opponent's strange ki, Rejhan didn't have enough time to move as the Captain hit her hard in the gut with a ki-fuelled punch, which sent her crashing straight through the metal wall of the corridor, and into a large room which lay beyond.

Crashing into another wall, Rejhan cried out as the metal around her body buckled but didn't break. Falling face first onto the floor, the young girl didn't move for a long time. A part of her was screaming at her to get up, as Kistios was bound to come after her, and yet no other sound could be heard.

"Ouch," Rejhan muttered, still lying on the floor of the quiet room. "But why hasn't he come after me yet?"

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Kistios sighed as he watched the girl fly through the metal wall and beyond. He could have gone after her, but what was the point? Splitting himself in two had taken a lot out of him, and since one of the two had died, his ki was acting strangely. Not liking the idea of leaving the two girls to roam his complex, Kistios realized that he had very little choice but to let them do just that.

"But not for long," he muttered to himself. "As soon as my power is stable once more, I will find those Saiyajin brats and destroy them."

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Myshel found herself walking down yet another long hallway, completely lost. She had no idea where she was, nor which corridor would lead her to where her friend was. She had hoped that she could just follow the hallway, taking every right turn, and hoping to find herself at the other end of the corridor that the battle had been fought in. Yet that wasn't the case.

"This is hopeless!" she yelled in frustration, pounding her fists hard into a wall, and dinting the metal significantly.

"Who's there?" a voice yelled from within one of the rooms, and Myshel stiffed as several soldiers emerged from within a doorway.

"Oh, great," Myshel muttered as the soldiers jogged towards her, holding their weapons at the ready. After a quick glance, Myshel noticed that two of the men were carrying the very same capsules that her and Rejhan had encountered earlier on.

One of the men that was carrying the capsules widened his eyes in fear as he jogged towards Myshel. With a cry, he threw his capsule at the girl, who just managed to jump out of the way. A golden explosion rocked the corridor, and Myshel gasped as she recognized the ki that was being emitted.

"Gohan," she whispered, having felt his ki signature before. With a growl, Myshel charged up two blasts of her own, and threw them into the half a dozen soldiers. They scattered like ants, and in the mêlée, the other capsule was thrown. This time, Myshel didn't recognize the ki, but it didn't matter.

Swiftly and efficiently, Myshel immobilized the soldiers, rendering them either unconscious or unable to move under their own power. Sprinting down the corridor, she was determined to put as much space between herself and the soldiers as possible.

Flying around a corner, Myshel skidded to a halt as the hallway suddenly ended. The only place that she could go was through a door at the end of the hall. Pressing a button near the door, it slid open and Myshel gasped as she looked out over a giant room that contained several space ships. And there, sitting to one side of the room, was the very ship that she and Rejhan had arrived in.

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With a groan, Rejhan sat up, rubbing the back of her head. In front of her, the wall was in tatters from where she had been thrown through it. Turning her head, she saw that the wall behind her had a nasty crater in it from where she had impacted with the metal. Climbing to her feet, she gave her body the once over before coming to the conclusion that although she was a bit bruised in places – namely her back and ribs were quite tender – she was otherwise fine.

"Thank Kami for the thick-skinned Saiyajins," she mused as she surveyed her surroundings.

She appeared to be in a room that was lined on either side with filing cabinets. A metal table sat in the middle of the room ("I must have flown over that."), and several pieces of paper lay scattered across its surface. Picking one up, Rejhan wasn't surprised to discover that she couldn't understand the language that was written on it.

With a sigh, she put the paper down and looked for a door. Finding one, she left the room and found herself in yet another corridor. Closing her eyes, she used her Sight to seek out any detectable life forms that were in the area, hoping that she could pick up on Myshel's ki signature.

"That's odd," she muttered, spying a rather large group of warriors standing together in a hallway not too far away from her. "Why are there so many gathered in one spot?"

Deciding to check it out, Rejhan quietly made her way down the corridor. Sticking her head around a corner, she counted nearly twenty bored-looking men standing guard in front of a closed doorway. The door didn't look that important to Rejhan, yet whatever was behind it must hold some great importance if so many people were guarding it.

Continuing to observe the men, Rejhan almost jumped with fright as the door slid open with a sudden whoosh, and a man stepped out wearing a long white coat. The man frowned as the guards suddenly snapped to attention.

"Are you lot still here?" he asked in an irritated tone of voice.

"Sorry Reca, but we're under strict orders not to leave until the two intruders have been caught," one of the guards replied in a very formal manner.

Reca sighed. "Very well." Opening a door several meters down the corridor, Reca vanished inside for a moment, before reappearing with some strange instrument in his hands. "Just try not to make too much noise out here," he said as he passed by the guards and disappeared back inside the other door.

'If I didn't know any better, I'd say he's a scientist of some sort,' Rejhan thought, pulling her head back around the corner, and using her Sight to find the scientist named Reca.

Inside his lab, Reca was hunched over something. His ki wasn't very strong, and Rejhan had to really concentrate to maintain her view of it. The ki form continued adjusting bits and pieces for a moment longer, and then Rejhan suddenly gasped as a golden ki form roared into life, almost blinding her.

Snapping her eyes open, Rejhan slid down the wall and into a sitting position, breathing heavily from shock.

'That ki form.'

The guards around the door had started talking amongst themselves, completely unaware that a young girl had been spying on them.

'I'd know it anywhere.'

A dull explosion suddenly came from within the lab, and the door buckled outwards slightly, catching the attention of the guards.

'Gohan.'

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Author's note. Wow! I quick update! Fancy that … but anyway, I hope you all enjoyed this, cos I sure as hell enjoyed writing it! Anyway, please let us know what you think, and keep an eye out for the next update! Myshel's up next, so I'll catch you all later!

Rejhan.