[Scene: Five minutes earlier. The Royal Audience Chamber of the Dark Kingdom]
[Thetis is in youma form, standing behind an obelisk she is using as a lecture. Facing her, from the shadows of the background are thousands of youma.
Thetis: Greetings, youma. I have called you all together to announce there has been a change of plans. Queen Metalia requires your presence in the featureless deadzone surrounding her special sanctuary. For how long, I can not tell you. It might be years. Decades. Centuries. But as it is our duty to serve her in any way she sees fit, we will obey at once, and without question.
[The is an indistinct rumble of grumbling, but no open dissension. Thetis unrolls the blueprints for Metalia Inferno.]
Thetis: Seven Great Youma. You will guard the entrance to the Dead Zone, right beyond the vault door. You, being the strongest, will serve as our first line of defense.
Binah: [Bowing low] It will be an honor to serve!
Great Youma: Praise Metalia!
Thetis: DD Girls...As Metalia's personal vanguard, you will stand sentry at the exit into the chamber of traps and serve as our final line of defense. As this is a magical deadzone, your attacking ability will be greatly diminished, but you should still have your physical attack capabilities, as well as your wings for flight, and I trust you to work together as always as a team.
DD Girls: [Bow in perfect unison] We live to serve Metalia!
Thetis: As for the rest of you. I've taken the liberty of assigning each of you to a zone. While I call your name or group, please approach the podium to review your assigned location.
[She looks about at the sea of faces to see who she will call first and notices a pair of plant youma she's never seen before. A male and a female, standing in an embrace and looking rather too relaxed for Thetis's liking]
Thetis: You two. You're new here. I take it you are Lord Zoisite's creatures?
[The plant youma laugh]
Female Plant Creature: I suppose you could say that.
Thetis: What are your names?
Female Plant Creature: Oh..."What is in a name?"
[She breaks off from the male and preforms a flawless gymnastics floor routine to close half the distance to Thetis, then doffs her wig and mask like a cap and bows to Thetis, revealing medium length red hair and a human face]
El: "...a rose by any other name would still smell as sweet..."
Dev: [pulls off his own mask to join her and clasp her hands from behind her back] Ironically, "Rose" is her middle name.
El: [pulls her hand free and gives him a playful swat] Don't tell them that.
[The army of youma are too stunned by their audacity to react.]
Thetis: You're...insane! [morphing into her human form] You...dare...to show yourselves, here of all places, before Metalia's entire army!
[The twins shrug]
Thetis: KILL THEM!
Bunbo The Great: Wait, stay back, they-
[Dev and El drop a handful what look like tiny glass pyramids, which skitter like spiders as they come to the Seven Great Youma, then unfold and enlarge and fold again to form clear cages in which the Seven Great Youma stand as immobile as wax figures.]
Dev: [sighs] "Alas poor, Bunbo"
El: [sly] He knew we were going to do that.
Dev: Always peeking into the future...
El: ...all the while recognizing the futility of struggling against his Destiny.
[The DD Girls hiss in outrage, and the twins drop more of the glass cages, trapping the DD Girls in the same fashion.]
[Thetis is staring, gapejawed]
El: [giggles] Don't worry. They'll all be fine. Eventually. We just put them on a bit of a Time Out.
Dev: You see, that unbreakable oath of obedience they've sworn would present some challenges that we simply don't feel like dealing with right now.
Thetis: [to the sea of youma] DON'T JUST STAND THERE! KILL THEM!
[The mob of youma roar and surge, only to come up against an invisible force-field.]
Dev: [grins gently] Now, now. There is no need for violence.
El: I concur. [smiles evilly as she stands back to back with her brother] We are all friends here.
Dev: Indeed. I'd like to explain how your interests would be better served by serving us... [a flute materializes in his hands] ...but I find I express myself best through song.
[The room darkens as he trills out a haunting melody, while El's eyes glow white and a pinkish mist rises as she grins in a malevolent manner.]
[By the time he finishes his song, the youma have all fallen into a deep hypnosis.]
[Thetis watches in horror as the entire army bends at the knee and swear fealty to Dev and El.]
Dev: There has been a little change in leadership. You all work for us now.
[Thousands of youma cheer in support]
[The twins hold hands and turn to face Thetis with evil smiles on their faces]
El: Now what are we going to do about you?