Just to be sure about it:

- What someone actually said.

- What someone replied.

„What someone only thought."

Why are the Cyniclons here?

New York

The sunshine reached her face through the window as she was waking up. She streched her body and walked out to the balcony. Zoey lived in a 50-storey building, in a 48th floor apartment. Given that her cat ears and tail could pop out any time she got excited, she had to have her own residence. Hiding her true self occasionally at class or in the city was something she could handle. But she needed at least one place where she could be herself any time she wanted. So she rented a small apartment in a house which had view to the Central Park.

The City looked peaceful this morning. Of course, as she has freed it from many rogues last night. And she wasn't even tired. She felt that pleasant way she's been feeling ever since she moved to NYC. But something was a bit odd now. And it was about last night. She was heading to stop a few bad guys when a weird feeling hit her. Like was beeing watched. Is it possible that she was revealed?

- No, no way! – she laughed to herself. – I was being very cautious. No one really knows about Mew Zoey yet. It would have take an alien to discover me! - She laughed some more on the fact, that she mentioned aliens. „There are no aliens here. They went back to their planet!" she thought. But now she was thinking about the aliens again.

Never did she mention it to anyone, but from time to time, she just recalled the times when Kisshu and his crew were still here. She could not explain why, but at least once in every month she got herself thinking of Kisshu and the others. Did they make a mistake not to offer peace to them? A chance to share this planet? Were they supposed to share the Earth with the Cyniclons? Or were they meant to fight them so ruthlessly?

Even though the Cyniclons acted really mean while they were here, since the Battle, Zoey couldn't consider them as her enemies. Not even as Earth's enemies. Their ancestors had been born here as well. If anything can give people a good reason to claim a planet, then this does. Maybe, if they tried, they could have convinced the Cyniclons to try living here in peace, together. Yet, instead they chased them away. And who knows whether they managed to survive on that other planet or they have already become extinct. If they did, it's all the Mew Mews fault.

They were kids so much. Never really tried to make peace. In the eyes of the Cyniclons, they were the aliens. Those poor guys finally arranged a trip back to their beloved planet, only to realize that humans have taken over it and also keep on destroying it. Kisshu and his friends had every right to be mad at humans. The Mews should have understood. She should have understood, and then she might have found a way to fix the conflict between the two sides.

- I get it now, Kisshu – she sighed with the wind. „If only I had realized it sooner, when you were still here!" she thought. „Knowing that your people originates from this planet… We never should have declared that Earth is ours, or that we would protect it from you and your fellows. Earth was never only ours to decide over its fate."

Zoey walked back into the room and closed the balcony door. She took a deep breath. One more exam to take, and then she's free to go skiing in the mountains of Montana. She decided two months ago to go to a winter sport camp with her classmates.

They were going to rent a cottage close to the slopes and next to a nice lake. They would ski, skate, snowboard, rest in the sauna and play snowball fights all the time. She knew she would need that 10-day-vacation among the snowy mountains after the exams. Besides being a city cat, she was also a mountain cat. She prefered to be closer to nature sometimes.

- This winter vacation will be amazing! – she screamed as she were dressing up. „I can already see the blue skies, and the white mountaintops with pine trees all over them. Feel the sunshine on my face. Breathe the clean, cold mountain air…"

Suddenly her cat ears and tail popped out due to her excitement. She didn't care. Her life was becoming so amazing. But… That feeling againg. Was she being watched last night? By whom? She rather decided to put this feeling aside, and left for the day.

…

Montana

The Cyniclons have built up a small, but nice city for themselves inside an alternate dimension they created. The dimension was tied to the landscape of Montana, and was about as big as Manhattan. The city looked like their ancient ones on Earth, humans would probably find it similar to old greek architecture. But maybe the Greeks had stolen their style. In the center of the city, which they named Tectum, there was a great cathedral made of white stone and marble. That cathedral were the residance of the three leaders and the elders of the Cyniclons. They lived in a house next to the temple, but they worked, made decisions and negotiated inside the large assembly of the city's biggest building.

The common people lived in nice, white, cube-shaped houses all around the city. The spaceships were standing on the edge of the city, many people were trying to fix them after the long journey they took a month ago. In front of the cathedral, there were the main square with a fountain witout water. The statue inside the fountain portrayed a man and a women, the most famous royal couple of the Cyniclans. They had ruled while their people had still been living on Earth. Although, it seems like they have returned, it's only temporary. They weren't about to stay for long in that dimension, nor on the real Earth.

The dimension didn't have much nature inside it. It looked similar to the lanscape it was attached to. Mountains around and a valley where the city was built. But here there weren't more vegetation than like in a mediterranean desert. There were no sun or moon, the skies were greyish-white all the time. No lakes, steams or rivers. The food and water they needed they had to bring from the actual Montana. Bringing water from the rivers in the actual land wasn't too hard, but stealing food from the humans required more caution. Mostly the leaders assembled a team which teleported to Earth and brought every possible forms of food. They stored the foods and water in a large building opposite the cathedral.

The conditions sounds bad, but they were actually far more better than before. The Cyniclons finally had enough food and water to live on. The climate was moderate to. It was winter outside their dimension, but inside it was always a mediterranean summer/sping. They finally could forget about the cold and storms. As their was no storms or wind as well. The weather was always the same in Tectum, but they could live with it. After two months* they already loved this small dimension better, than The Pit they finally left behind. They felt sorry thought, that they weren't allowed to go visit Earth, as they needed to hide from the humans.

Kisshu was walking down the streets of Tectum, looking around. His people finally seemed to be happy. Not entirely, as they all know, there's still a long journey ahead, but happier. They weren't starving or freezing any longer. All of the kids were out on the streets and playing with each other joyfully. They were experimenting with the human-made balls Taruto brought them. All of them stopped for a second while Kisshu were passing them by and gave him a thankful smile. Ha smiled back at them, but deep inside he was still thinking if only he could have done more.

…

When Kisshu, Pai and Taruto returned to The Pit, they had to realize, that not even with the Mew Aquq were they able to change the climate of a whole planet. They had to act quickly. They decided to take the journey back to Earth despite the humans. But they also decided to stay for only a short time, until their people get stronger and they get prepared for a new journey. To avoid confrontation, they created an alternative dimension where they can stay hidden from the humans. There were no other ways.

Back on The Pit, the three scouts told everything to the elders. Everything that they'd found out about the Earth and the Humans, and about what they had been trying to do. The elders agreed with their final decision. They also guessed that exterminating an entire race couldn't be the solution. They must be better than that! And as, according to what Kisshu's team stated, the humans would never accept them, they didn't had much choice. If the humans wouldn't want to share the planet with them, they can't live there. It would end up in pointless wars they didn't want to fight.

Yet, they couldn't stay on The Pit any longer. They had to leave and gain some power to move on. So Kisshu and his friend suggested to create a dimension close to Earth which they can use as a shelter for a while. And after they have repaired their spaceships and gathered enough food and fuel, they would be able to take an even longer journer across the galaxy looking for a new home-planet.

Just before the Cyniclons left for Earth, Kisshu, Pai and Taruto had been elected to be the new leaders. It was obvious that they had risked their lives for their folk, and their people believed in them. They were the ones who lead the Cyniclons back to Earth, and who lifted them out of the sufferings. Three of them became the saviours of the Cyniclons. However, they were wise enought to share the leadership with the elders and ask for their advises as well.

…

Kisshu was climbing up the stairs of the cathedral, when a smaller group of long eared people reached for him.

- My leader!

- Kisshu, sir! – they shouted.

Kisshu turned back to them and took a deep breath. It's hard to be a leader. But it's also an honor.

- What can I help you with? – he asked his people.

- Not to defy you, sir, but… - a middle aged man started to speak. It was a bit unusual, that the leader was so young, younger than many of his folk.

- What is it?

- Are you sure we can not stay here? We just had a long journey from The Pit to Earth. Shouldn't we stay here at least for a few years?

- It would be nice, but we can not – Kisshu sighed. – This dimension is consuming much of Earth's energy to maintain its existance. If we stay for more than a few more months, than the nature and structure of the planet will be significantly harmed.

- Is that so?

- Humans are destroying Earth already. Even though, they might not deserve it, we shouldn't destroy it either.

- Then why don't we just build a few cities for ourselves on the real surface of the Earth? – an other man asked, who were holding a little girl on his arm. Kisshu felt really bad for these people in his heart, but there was no choice.

- We can not. The humans took over the Earth, and they're in huge number.

- As far as I know – the father claimed, - there are still many remote, desert places where no humans live. We could inhabit those areas…

The other people nodded and agreed rapidly.

- And with our technology it would only take a few weeks to build a city, even inside a desert – Kisshu finished the sentence for them. – That's what me and my partners were debating over for days. But we only realized that it won't work.

- Why not? – This question was asked by the small girl, sitting on her father's lap.

Kissuh hardly resisted to go all emotional. He really wanted to give the Earth to his people, but he just couldn't do it. He stepped closer to the crowd.

- Humans are not half as developed as we are. Not only are they ruining their own planet…

- Which is our planet! – a young guy shouted, disrupting him. Kisshu, although he agreed with him, looked at him meaningfully to preserve his dignity.

- As I was saying… Not only are they ruining this planet, but they are also warring among themselves. How could we then convince them to share this planet with us, when they haven't even figured out how to share it with each other?

-That's true…

- Fair enough… - some people replied.

- But it's just not fair…, sir! – the previous guy said, but now with much more respect towards Kisshu.

- Indeed – sighed Kisshu. – But the humans are selfish and they would probably fight against us before they even considered to share Earth with us. Either based on hate or fear, they would never accept us and our presence.

- Than let's fight those bastards!

- Let's take our planet back!

- I want us to live on Earth again!

The people went on like this, and Kisshu started to run out of words. This kind of conversation happened between him and his folk every other day. And who would blame them for it? Living in a tiny dimension, facing an uncertain future is just not easily tolerable compared to what they could have living on Earth.

- Listen…! My brothers and sisters! – he shouted in the end. – Listen!

The crowd seemed to become even more loud. Kisshu didn't know what to do to calm them down, but luckily Pai and Taruto just showed up beside him.

- Hey, be quiet! It's your leader trying to speak to you! – shouted Taruto towards the crowd. They seemed to chill down a bit, but not entirely until Pai have spoken.

- Silence! – the grey haired man yelled from the stairs. Now the people went finally silent. They also kneeled down and bowed for their leaders. The presence of the three of them inspired far more respect and humbleness in the Cyniclons than just a single one of them.

- Even though the humans do everything to be unworthy of this planet, they do not deserve to be eliminated. They have spirits too. They have their families, just like us. Fighting them is not the solution – Kisshu stated.

- Our ancestors had been born in this planet – Pai added, - but their ancestors were as well. And if they can not see, what we see…

- That Earth belongs to all of us equally... – Taruto said.

- Then there is no option left for us but to be the bigger men and leave it to them – Kisshu finished. The people didn't seemed completely convinced, so he added: – It's our interest as well. If we stay, if they find out about our existance…

- They would try to destroy us – Pai said, - and in that war, both sides would suffer pointless losses.

- Even if we managed to defeat them, we would only lose – Taruto sighed.

- We are not on the side of the humans, neither are we trying to defend them! - Kisshu claimed firmly. – We are on the side of LIFE, and warring is definitely our enemy. We are supposed to be more developed than to kill each other like animals do. Or worse: to send our brothers and sisters to die instead of us, for us in a mindless battle! – Pai and Taruto looked proudly at Kisshu, as he talked from his soul. – We care about you, more than any leader could care! So we will not allow any of you to risk your lives without rhyme or reason! You will not fight the humans!

- That's true! – Taruto agreed.

- As Kisshu said! – Pai confirmed.

They were a bit afraid that their people would stop trusting them but it didn't happen. As the Cyniclons were wise and developed, they understood. Starting a war just do not worth it, not even for Earth. Their lives shouldn't cost other lives. The folk at last bowed again, then they went on with whatever they were doing before they saw Kisshu and gathered on the main square.

The three leaders than walked into the cathedral and started their daily discussion.

…

Three hours later, outside the secret dimension

Taruto streched his arms and folded them behind his head.

- It was a cool idea to come out here, Kisshu! – Taru said to his friend while two of them were hovering above the snowy forests and mountaintops of Montana. They were both enjoying the cool fresh air and the sunshine. After the years they spent on The Pit in -40 to -70 (celsius) digree, in the -5 digree of the winter in Montana they felt comfortable even in their usual thin clothing.

- Indeed. – Kisshu smiled as the wind waved his dark green hair. But soon his face turned a bit sad. – But it would be much cooler, if our people could enjoy this nature as well.

- That's right – Taruto sighed.

- But if many of us came here, we would be discovered.

- Life is such a bitch! – Taru murmured, but then he remembered something else. – Talking about bitches… - Kisshu looked at him suspiciously. – Have you found your kitty cat?

- Well… - Kisshu slightly smiled and looked at the sky mysteriously.

- Naaa, Kisshu! Tell me already!

- She's in New York, playing superhero. And for the record, don't ever use the word „bitch" and her in close context ever again!

- Alright, naa! You are becoming soo boring! – Taru complained. – Have you stole a kiss from her at least?

- Not really. I'm not in love with her anymore – Kisshu claimed.

- Are you not?

- Do not question me, Taruto! I only wished to find out whether she's still alive.

- Can I go and find out whether Kikki is still alive? – Taru looked at him with great desire. He's been thinking of the monkey girl since they left The Pit.

- Fine, go! – Kisshu said while rolling his eyes. – But do not stay for too long!

- I won't. – Taru grinned at him and disappeared.

- Children… - Kisshu sighed. Despite Taruto started to look like a man, as he was already 32 (=16) years old, inside he remained the jitterly child he used to be.

…

New York

- Let's go to Montana! – Zoey screamed as she and her friends from the university got in the minibus they have borrowed for the trip.

- Yay! – the others shouted.

The minibus rolled out to the road and they couldn't wait until they arrive. „This holiday is gonna be so great!" they guessed.

*So the Cyniclons arrived two months ago.