"Xena."

Pleased that he was able to get her to answer a simple question, Taro continued, "What is the name of your home planet?"

She stiffened at the question, before answering, "Twiloh" the scowl never leaving her face.

"So…you would be called, a twilohite then?"

"Brilliant observation…"She mumbled sarcastically while looking away.

After giving her a moment, Taro decided that he didn't want to press his luck by asking to many questions. But, since she seemed to be answering to him for some reason, he wanted to take advantege of it. "Are there many more of you?"

"I don't have to answer to you!," She shouted back while pulling at her chain, like she wanted to tare him apart this very second. "And if you think you can get away with kidnapping me, your dead wrong! My people have already suffered far too long, because of your kind! You think your heroes ,but your the monsters!"

Taro, clenched his fists, since what she said certainly stung. It made him wonder whether the Ultras did have a history with her people before. True, he had actually kidnapped her from her home, but it was only because of her fierce actions towards them. Then again, she could have seen them as a threat to her world, which to her would make them seem like the villains. As Taro thought about this possibility, his anger seemed to disapeer. He was actually beginning to almost feel sorry for this girl, but that was something he thought it was best to keep to himself, since he was sure that everyone else would think it was ludicrous.

Without giving the girl a second look, Taro walked over to seven, and in a mild tone said, "Let's go." They both left the girl in complete silence with her just staring at the door as they closed it. She sunk down to the floor and again sat in the dark corner while hugging her knees to her chest. Her look of anger that seemed to be plastered to her face was changed to a look of sadness. She hung her head down with her beautiful purple hair hanging in front of her face. While, remaining in this position, she lightly began to sob.

Taro, didn't say much the rest of the day and just went home to rest for awhile. Not because he wanted to, but Seven told him to since he didn't think he looked well. Taro said he was fine and that he was just a little tired, but he decided not to argue and did what he was told. Seven reported to commander Zoffy, all that happened with Taro and the girl. Zoffy was shocked that he got even has much as her name. He was struck as to how Taro got her to talk when they couldn't get her to say a single understandable word.

When Taro got to his quarters he collapsed on to his bed. He was never this tired from doing nothing, so he thought it was very strange. He began rubbing his forehead , since he now had a headache. After doing so for about five minutes, he began moving his hand away, but stopped when he noticed a bite mark on the palm of his hand that he remembered getting on the planet Twiloh. It hadn't healed at all, and looked like he could have gotten it seconds ago. This freaked Taro out a little, but he still just tried to convince himself that it was nothing to worry about. He brought his hand back down to his side and tried not to think about it. After a few more minutes his headache seemed to stop, which made it much easier for him to relax. He closed his eyes and quickly fell asleep.

Six hours had past and night was beginning to fall. Taro, awoke with a fright. He took several deep breaths as if gasping for air. Maybe it was something he was dreaming about, if so he couldn't remember what it was. He felt his whole body shivering like he was coming down with a fever, or something. He was also sweating which seemed to confirm it. He had never experienced a fever in his ultra form before, so this proved something was very wrong with him. He tried lifting his arms, but they felt pinned to his sides. He felt confused and delusional. It was at this time that he began feeling nauseous, which is when it hit him. When he was bitten by that bug, for the first few seconds after he felt almost the same way as he does now, only the symptoms were a lot less extreme and didn't last long. Taro looked to his side at the hand that had been bitten and winced in pain as he squeezed in into a fist.

Taro was now beginning to worry whether that bugs bite could be fatal or not. And if so, is there an antidote? If there is, how could he possibly get it before it's too late? How is it possible to find a cure for something if we don't even know what it was that caused the problem to begin with.

Taro was beginning to drift off to sleep again when he suddenly thought of something that could be answer, "Xena!"

Deferent location far from the Land of Light: Name, Twiloh.

Not on the planet's surface, but deep under it (underground) a slender dark form dressed in black was running quickly through a dark underground tunnel. The crudely built tunnel was very large and made of stone. It was almost completely dark, except for a growing light which was at the end of the tunnel. The being in black rushed out of the tunnels exit and into a rural civilization completely underground. Hundreds of blue skinned people of all ages, male and female, go about their daily lives almost as if they were human. Children play through the streets, mothers walk with their infants strapped onto their backs like the Indians used to and strongly built males were at the end of the underground city digging with picks and shovels, trying to expand the area.

The one dressed in black runs into a large building, the largest of them all actually, and pushes open two big doors, which reveals a thrown like chair at the end of the very large room. Sitting on the thrown plated with gold, was middle aged female. Her purple hair was in a tight bun and she wore a large gold tiara with a glittery silver lining. She wore a long tight white dress and long silky white sleeves that almost touched the floor. She had a green emerald necklace, emerald earrings and even an emerald ring. She had dark black eye makeup and lips almost as red as blood. The black clothed soldier approaches the monarch and gets down on one knee in a respectful bow.

"Speak," is all the woman says.

"Your majesty I believe we have had intruders."

"That is impossible, our cloaking devise should protect us from such things!"

"True your majesty, but one of our soldiers was patrolling the surface and she has not returned since. I have found evidence of a scuffle taking place and I have even found her sword hidden in some bushes, " he holds out the sword to show her, before he continues. "Whatever it was they must have taken her prisoner, because there was no trace of her remains. With your permission empress Othsena, I would like to perform a search along with several other soldiers. We should be able to track the location of the last ones to leave the atmosphere."

"Granted."