Her green eyes were filled with terror as she stared into the sky. Transfixed in her spot, Amelia stood, not daring to move, for fear that she'd cause something to happen.

Floating in the yard was one of the Barians, holding Trey by the waist. The youngest brother was unconscious and trembling, blood emitting from a slash on his arm. Amelia guessed it was from the Barian's clawed hands. Quattro and Quinton stood barely apart from one another, while Vetrix was right next to the Barian. Amelia was furious. She scowled.

"Let go of my twin brother, Vector!" Amelia yelled. The other Arclights gasped in shock. Quattro looked at his sister suspiciously.

"Amelia? How the hell do you know Vector?" Quattro growled at Amelia. She looked down in shame. Everyone was watching intently.

Vector growled in amusement."Yes Amelia, my servant," he hissed. "Do tell them how this all came to be. I'm sure they'd love to hear what happened to you."

The pink-haired girl shuddered and continued to stare at the ground. She was petrified to tell her family of what she'd done in her past.

"I'll tell you," Amelia began. "When I was about eight years old, I met the Barians. At first I was very afraid of them...but when I heard they would help me find Trey, I couldn't help but except the offer."

XxXxXxXx

"Rei... you look different. It's scaring me." Amelia, eight years old, trembled in front of her friend. He shrugged.

"Amelia Arclight, you know now that I am not human." Rei's voice was deep. It struck fear into Amelia's heart.

"Not human...? Rei, this isn't funny! What are you talking about? You look different and your voice is deep. Is this some kind of crazy joke? Because I'm not laughing!"

"This is no joke, Amelia. I am not human, like you. I am what you call a Barian."

"What is a Barian?"

"I am."

"Rei... what happened to you? Who are you? What are you?"

"My name is Vector. I am an under-cover Barian Officer."

"I'm afraid..."

"You should be."

"Mmm..."

"But I do not wish to hurt you. I wish to help you."

"Help me what?"

"Find your twin brother."

XxXxXxXx

"So you accepted help from a Barian?" Quattro asked, a mixture of curiosity and anger in his voice. Amelia nodded.

"Yes. But I didn't know Barians were dangerous." Amelia looked up gently, tears in her eyes. "I wanted help, so I left with Vector and the other Barians. With the knowledge they'd help me find Trey, I couldn't resist. I wanted any help I could get. So I continued to stay with them for years. When I was twelve, however, I found out the shocking truth. They didn't want to help me find Trey, they wanted to pry information from me about him, then track him down and kill him."

"How do you know?" Quinton asked.

"I overheard Vector and Alit talking one day. All I wanted to do was get something to drink, but I got something totally different."

Flashback

Amelia wandered through the portal leading to the kitchen. She was thirsty, and I was late at night, so she was trying to be quiet about it. As Amelia finally got to the fridge, she could hear two of the Barians talking. Vector and Alit.

"We have all the information we need." Vector spoke first.

"Yes. All except for where Michael is." Alit had a hint of disapproval in his voice.

"That's alright. We can find him ourselves. And when we do, we'll kill him."

Amelia staggered backwards in alarm, a hand over her mouth. They wanted to kill her brother? She couldn't believe it.

"Yes. There can't be two identical Crests. That power would be too much for Barians to handle. We'd be defeated easily."

"Exactly Alit. That's why Amelia is to help us. I must say I feel a little guilty using her like this..."

Alit stared in shock. Amelia was amazed neither Barian had noticed she was there.

"Have you lost your mind? You've gone soft! Why do you care about how a human child feels about this?" Alit glared and stared. Vector looked down with guilt at the floor.

"She's a very nice girl...I don't think it's right to do this, but it's orders... so I have no choice."

"Get over it. Vector, you've gone soft, it's obvious. Now go and rest. We need our strength to start out hunt." As Alit walked away, Vector seemed very upset. Amelia never thought she'd seen a Barian be that upset.

"Alit, wait! What do we do with Amelia?" Vector called, staring at Alit. He turned around, then shrugged.

"Tell her we couldn't find him, and that we did all we could." Alit disappeared. Vector did the same through a portal, still upset. Amelia, scared stiff, couldn't move. When she did, she ran back to her room, hiding under the blankets and trembling.

She hoped they'd never find her brother.

End Flashback

"I can't believe how stupid I was..." Amelia trailed off, tears flowing down her cheeks.

Vector snickered. "That's about right. I can't believe you spied on us and we didn't notice. But whatever. You can't do anything about it now." The Barian snickered again as his clawed hands scratched Trey again. A little bit of blood dropped to the ground, causing Amelia to go crazy with rage.

"Keep your hands off my brother!" Amelia screamed it, growling at Vector. He rolled his eyes.

"Please. You think that innocent act will take me down anymore? Yeah right. I got over you years ago." The Arclights watched as Vector took Trey over. Amelia shrieked in horror and raced up there. Vector, now in Trey's body, smirked evilly.

"Now, if you'll excuse me, I have work to do." Vector flew into the air. Before Amelia could react, he'd already disappeared. The pink-haired girl fell to her knees and sobbed. She clenched her hand into a fist, her Crest glowing brightly. The other Arclights watched intently. Amelia growled out her threat in agony and anger.

"I am gonna kill that Vector... even if I kill myself in the progress." Amelia picked up the shot gun she'd dropped, then began to walk after Vector.

And with that, she was gone.