"Ehhhh..."

Amelia groaned and looked up. Her neck hurt from being bent down so long. She hadn't even known it was down, having been paralyzed by Vector first thing. The pinkette shook herself and stood. There were cage bars around her. She didn't like that.

"Let me out!" Amelia screamed as she banged on the cage bars. She shook them, even gnawed on them. Nothing would work.

The pink-haired Arclight snarled and sat on the ground with a pout. Durbe, who had been locked in the cage with Amelia, slowly looked at her. He was dizzy and disoriented. The smokey-gray eyes shook wildly as he stood and stumbled to Amelia. She stood and turned with a smile, thankful she wasn't alone.

"Durbe, thank god. I hate being alone in cramped spaces." Amelia turned back to the bars of the cage and stared out them. Her Crest lit up as she tried to pull the bars down, but it was no use.

The things wouldn't come loose.

Once again, Amelia was on the ground.

Durbe smile gently. "Don't worry. These bars can only be broken by Barian Power. Fortunately for you, I am a Barian. Just let me switch forms, and we'll be out of here in no time."

Amelia nodded and kept her gaze on Durbe. He focused all his energy on changing forms, like he usually did. A flash emitted, but nothing else happened.

"What the hell? How come that didn't work?" Durbe glanced at Amelia. She had a raised eyebrow on her face as she stood. What? It wasn't like she could know. She wasn't a Barian.

"Don't look at me," Amelia said, putting her hands in the air. "I know nothing of Barian Powers... besides the fact they hurt."

Durbe growled and tried again. Nothing. What was going on? The cage wasn't Barian proof. If it were then he'd be dead. Amelia watched as her friend began pacing around their little area, a frustrated look on his face as he did so.

A bright flash of light appeared before them. Amelia shut her eyes, as did Durbe. When they reopened them, Vector was in front of the cage with a smirk in his human form.

"Try to escape already?" Vector mocked, throwing his Rei voice in to boot. "Well it's not going to happen. Hard to escape from me. Right Amelia? You should know, having been stabbed by me before."

Amelia blushed in embarrassment. "Shut up! Just shut up Vector! You and I both know I hate to rethink that day!"

"I'm fully aware. That's what makes it easy to torture you." With a laugh, Vector shook his head. They were so pathetic in his eyes.

Durbe snarled. "Why did you lock us up in the first place? And why can't I change form?"

"Because," Vector said, making direct eye contact with the gray-haired Barian in the cage. "I blocked your power, traitor. But Amelia...well you know why I locked her up. Right, little miss Dragon Whisperer?"

"SHUT UP!" Amelia screamed it. She had tears strolling down her cheeks, and it wasn't long before she started to cry. Vector had an amused expression.

"Whatever. I'm just glad I get to make you suffer." Vector flashed away. Amelia covered her eyes and continued to cry. Durbe bent to the ground and held the pink-haired girl in a gentle and friendly fashion. She didn't look up as she took his hand.

"What is wrong with him? Why does he keep bringing that shit up to me?" Amelia asked in between sniffles. Durbe shrugged and linked their fingers together. The pinkette in front of him smiled sweetly, blush quickly noticeable on her cheeks. The Barian behind her had some on his cheeks too.

Silence followed with them just sitting in that position for a while. Amelia leaned against Durbe with a calm look now on her face. She looked up and met his gaze. Though no words were spoken, it was plainly clear in each other's eyes that they were glad to be friends.

But Durbe wanted them to be a little more then just friends. Just like they had been in their first lives.

XxXxXxXx

Trey sat in the corner. Vetrix had fallen asleep on him, so he couldn't get up. Penelope smiled and got as close as she could to the cage. When the flash of light came behind her, she screeched and turned.

Shocker, Vector had come out of no where.

Penelope glared and turned back to the cage. Trey was trembling inside it. The woman went back to staring at Vector and growled at him. Vector, still in his Rei form, smirked and snickered.

"Glad you're still here. Penelope, look over here." Vector commanded. Trey thought for sure his mother would protest. He was dead wrong. Penelope turned around and walked over. The pink-haired boy was too stunned.

Penelope looked up silently as Vector brought one of the Barian Crystals down. It flashed a bit, like a TV with no signal, but then came into clear view. Amelia and Durbe were pictured there. Penelope gasped, her golden eyes shaking in fear.

"T-That's Amelia! Amelia! Amelia baby! I'm here!" Penelope called. She'd forgotten there was no way her daughter could hear her. Vector laughed.

"Pointless! She can't hear you, Penelope! You might as well give up and be glad you'll see her one last time before she's killed!"

Penelope had had enough. She somehow summoned up the strength, then broke right free from the rope and raced up to the crystal. She had tears going down her face as she tried to basically jump through it. Vector laughed and pried her off. Trey stared, as did Vetrix, who'd woken up because of the screaming. They watched as Penelope struggled against Vector's grip.

"Let me go! Let me go! LET ME GO! Amelia! No! LET ME GO DAMN IT VECTOR!" Penelope screamed as Vector put his hand to her neck. He pinched her, causing the multi-color haired women to faint. With a flash, they were gone.

"Penelope!" Vetrix called out, racing up to the bars and reaching out as far as he could. Trey stood and placed a hand on his shoulder. When the small Arclight looked up, his youngest son shook his head.

"We will see her again. But right now we need to figure out how to get Amelia and Durbe free from their prison." Trey said. Vetrix just looked down sadly. He had tears in his eye. Trey bent to his level and pulled him into a hug.

The blond sniffled and pulled away. He nodded and wiped his eye. Trey smiled and looked up from where he was.

The two of them would free everyone. They just weren't sure how.