Durbe had never run so quickly in his life. He'd had to take his glasses off to keep them from falling and breaking as he did so. As if navigation in and out of Heartland City wasn't hard enough, but now he had to go through the woods too? Fantastic. He'd never been so out of breath.

But then again, Durbe had never been so concerned about something, either. Better yet, someone. Amelia wasn't just a thing, she was a special someone to Durbe. And he wasn't going to let Vector hurt her or the rest of her family anymore.

The hill he almost flew over. Durbe stopped for a second to catch his breath as he looked down from where he stood. He couldn't have been happier. Thank god Amelia was outside. Durbe jumped from his spot and began running towards Amelia once again, not daring to stop.

He had to warn her. No acceptations.

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Amelia picked some of the flowers in the front yard, Trey watching intently. He seemed interested by what his twin sister was doing. Amelia turned around and smiled at Trey. "You wanna help me?" she asked.

"Nah. You have fun, sis." Trey smiled. Amelia shrugged and picked up two more flowers. With her single hair band, she tied her hair in a perfect braid, lacing the flowers in with it. Trey's eyes shimmered as they stayed transfixed on Amelia. He'd never seen his twin sister like that.

"Well Trey? What do you think?" Amelia questioned, posing in a fashion that made Trey blush. He thought she looked amazing with her hair like that, and since she was already wearing an amazing outfit, it was perfect. Amelia's shirt stayed just above her stomach, and her skirt was barley half a foot past her thighs. Her boots were knee-high, sparkling in the sun as she smiled at Trey. She could tell by the look on his face he liked it. "Glad you like it my little Trey-chan."

"You know I like it," Trey said, hugging Amelia with his good arm. She smelled like coconuts. They pulled away, and they smiled. Amelia sat down with Trey and looked up at the sky. Clouds whooshed by in a peaceful manor with the breeze. They were gray, so it was obvious a rain storm was moving in quickly.

Suddenly, Amelia launched up. Trey watched his twin sister's sudden and strange actions as she stared in the direction of the hills. She gasped and went wide-eyed when she saw Durbe come running over them.

"What the...no. No way." Amelia sprinted away, Trey trying to keep up as small, not very rapid pellets of rain began to peter from the sky. The pink-haired girl grabbed Durbe by his shoulders gently and shook him. As if that would really help speed things up. "What are you doing here?" she questioned. Durbe rolled his eyes in agony as he sputtered out his answer.

"Vector...is...coming back with...with and army..."

"Army? What kind of Army?"

"A...A Barian Army!"

They three stayed silent as the rain gradually grew stronger. Amelia was about to laugh, for she was used to jokes being flung at her in a serious manor and then promptly made into actual jokes. But when her emerald-green eyes took a closer look at his smokey-gray ones, she knew this was no joke warning.

This was for real.

"So...so you're saying the Vector was serious when he said he'd come back with an army?"

"Yes...he was dead on serious."

"Oh my god..." Amelia stared up at the sky, as did Trey. Durbe stared at Amelia as she returned the gaze, fear mixed in with it. The gray-haired nodded. Amelia just shook her head in disbelief. "Why don't you come inside? You can explain everything while we're in and out of this rain."

"Yeah, okay."

They ran, all three of them, and didn't stop until they were all inside. Amelia opened the door that led into the kitchen from where they'd come in and shook herself off. Trey shivered and Durbe took a few more steps inside.

Footsteps came around the corner. Quattro let out a gasp and growled.

"What is that doing here?!"