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Opal Koboi has a daughter?

In a dark room, a figure was watching a multitude screens, watching the news reports about this strange event. The figure chuckled silently. Oh, that was very good. That was very good, indeed. Then, the figure presses a button.

"Yes?" asked a female voice from the other line.

"It's me," the figure replyed, in an equally feminine tone. "I have a new mission for you, one that will work to our advantage in our quest."

"I understand," said the voice, snickering.

"Good." The woman smiled as she gazed upon the screen, watching the little pixie/centaur walk into the prison, doubtlessly on her way to visit her mummy. "Stop me if you've heard this one: A pixie is locked in jail, and she and her daughter are nearly killed. So, what happens when the asasination fails?"

The voice on the other line thought it over. "According to the law, the prisoner is moved to a more secure facility. And her relative would be placed in police protection."

"Yes." The woman smiled. "The time has finally come. They cannot hide Project M from us any longer. Now, it is time to put the plan in motion. You know what to do.

"I understand," the voice said, before the line went dead.

The woman chuckled and stared at the screen, staring at the hybrid child, so unsuspecting. So unaware of the danger. She thought she was safe.

Oh, how wrong she was.

The next day, Sal visited again. Only this time, she was nearly killed by the reporters outside and their microphones and cameras.

The guards once again made her walk through a multitude of sensors and scanners, they searched her bag, and then let her into her Mother's cell once again.

This time, however, she was asleep, snoring gently on her cot. She gently nudged the pixie with her hoof. One eye opened, and then another. In a tired, irritated voice, Opal asked,"What do you want now?"

Sal raised an eyebrow. "You don't look very happy to see me."

Opal rose up and tried stretching in her jacket. "Well, I was just in the middle of some not-needed beauty sleep, when my selfish, ignorant daughter who I have not had contact with in several years just came in and started to poke me with her hoof, so how do you think I-"

Sal reached into her bag and pulled out a small box of chocolate truffles: Opal's Heaven under Earth. The pixie's eyes widened, and her mouth opened. "Give me those, please," she whispered: the prison food was nothing compared to truffles, even if they were low-quality.

Smiling, Sal pulled out a truffle out and placed it in Opal's open mouth. Despite the humiliation of being fed by someone else, Opal chewed the piece, savoring its wonderful taste. She opened for another, but Sal held back.

"Now are ready to talk?" the hybrid asked, holding the candy just out of the pixie's reach.

"That's not fair," muttered Opal. "I am not speaking to such a disobedient little girl."

"Fine by me," said Sal, popping a piece of chocolate in her mouth.

Opal sighed, rolling her eyes. "You do of course realize that bribing me with candy is an idiotic idea," she said. "I am not that desperate."

Sal grinned. "Well, it was worth a shot."

"No. It was not."

"Whatever."

Opal sat back in her cot and shook her head. "If you are going to visit me, you should come up with a better plan. It is insulting to act like I am an idiot."

"But it is also insulting not to tell your only child how she can make her dream come true."

"True, but my parents didn't care, so why should I?"

"Because," Sal concluded, "you are so much better than them."

Opal smiled. "Sweet talking. How cute. So, you want a raise on your allowence?"

Sal nodded. "I just want my invention made, alright? After that, I'll never bother you again."

"Good." Opal chuckled. "So now I'll just let you know where a vast fortune I hid is, right in front of those barbaric guards? I don't think so, girl. I am not stupid, and you should know that."

"Look, I said that I'd-" Sal Began, her eyes getting watery at the aspect of her dream vanishing.

CLANG!

"-the hell!" said one of the gaurds, pointing at the door that led to the room Opal's cell was in. A large dent had appeared in the door. A second CLANG! followed. And then another, and another. The gaurds all pulled out their guns, and Opal and Sal fearfully looked on.

At last, the door burst open to reveal... Nothing.

What?

All of the guards began to nervously pace the room, their ears and eyes searching for the source of the sound. A tiny clunking sound could be heard, but nothing else. Terrified, but angry, Opal screamed, "Use your infered, you idiots!"

The guards began to do as she said, but it was too late. An unseen force grabbed one's throat and squeezed hard, breaking the sprite's neck. He collpased in a heap, leaving three more guards. Two of them began screaming and running towards the exit. But the force stabbed one, a invisible blade piercing his body, and the other was knocked down, and then knocked into one of the metal walls, giving a yelp as he did so. The last guard, the smae guard who had watched Opal shower last night, was actually standing his ground, watching for the invader. Then, there was a red flash, and he went down, a burnt hole on his chest. Opal and Sal didn't hold it in any longer. They screamed, Sal wrapping her arms around her mother, as if the pixie could protect her.

Then, they saw it.

The invisible beast materielized in front on Opal's diamond-walled cell. It was a large mettalic monstosity. It had ten insectlike legs, supporting a saucer shaped head that was covered in red optic sensors, in every direction. The largest eye, in the center of the beast's head, was glowing brightly, and a small trail of heat vapor was smoking from it, indicating that it was the weapon that killed the guard. The robot beast stared at the women in the cell, its eyes glowing brighter. It spoke in a mettalic voice, its intention clear: "Destroy Opal Koboi and Sally Koboi."

The robot, eyes filled with murderous flame, charged at the cell.

Don't you just hate cliffhangers?

By the way, if any of you are interested, I wrote a World Of Warcraft Fanfic and put it on the site, so look at that if you want please.

I'll try to have the next chapter by next Friday.

I am NINJA!!!