[Meanwhile: At Neffy's. Neffy and Jeddy are staring up at the starmap.]
Jeddy: They've corrupted the youma! How many?
Neffy: All of them.
Jeddy: All of them! Are you sure?
Neffy: [heaves a heavy sigh as he stares up at the starmap] Yes, I'm sure.
[looks that the planetary model and sees a single water colored marble]
Neffy: No. Wait. We still have Thetis.
[He plucks the orb out of the model and drops it into a spyglass and looks through the eyepiece]
Jeddy: Good old Thetis. She's crazy about me, you know. She'll do anything I tell her to, and expect nothing in return.
Neffy: [looks into marble] Yeah? Well seeing as how she's currently staring down a pair of crazy half-gods, and is outnumbered a few thousand to one, so I'd say she's a wee bit DOOMED at the moment.
Jeddy: Should we go save her?
Neffy: I'm not taking on an entire army thousands of fanatical brainwashed monster to save one youma, but if you want to, be my guest.
Jeddy: Then shouldn't we warn Metalia?
Neffy: I'd rather take my chances against the youma. But who knows. Thetis might just pull off a miracle...
[Meanwhile, in the Dark Kingdom]
Thetis: Stay back!
[Dev and El keep advancing]
[Thetis switches back to youma form and crosses her arms about her head, summoning a huge ball of water]
Thetis: I warned you! I'll drown you and all of the traitors!
Dev: Really, Thetis? You think Metalia would create a "puppet" who is powerful enough to overthrow a god of chaos?
[Dev waves his hand and the ball of water poofs out of existence]
El: Last chance. Surrender before we have a reason to hurt you.
Thetis: Never! I will fight until the death!
[The twins roll their eyes]
El: You know that is the "Unbreakable Curse of Enslavement" talking, don't you?
Thetis: You won't take me alive!
El: [smiles and holds up a little glass pyramid] Oh, I've got a little cage with your name on it that says differently.
Dev: Wait, my love. [catches his sister's wrist] There is no need for threats.
[He smiles at Thetis with slick used-car-saleman charm]
Dev: Thetis is Metalia's most trusted servant. [winks at El] This is a matter that is best handled...diplomatically.
[El gives him an evil smile as he approaches Thetis like a jungle cat stalking its prey]
Thetis: I said STAY BACK!
Dev: I'm not going to hurt you, you have my word.
Thetis: Your word means nothing to me!
Dev: Yes. I know. And that needs to change.
[His eyes glow red and two beams of red light fix right into Thetis's pupils.]
[Yasha the Youma drifts over to El and speaks in her ear.
Yasha: [whispers] That won't work. Thetis is Metalia's most loyal handmaiden. She swore an unbreakable oath of obedience.
El: [whispers back] Oh, just you wait. One of my brother's special gifts is that he always gets his way. If he tries hard enough.
Dev: Smart, beautiful, insanely competent Thetis. My sister and I only want what is best for you. You have my word.
Thetis: [transfixed by the beams] I serve no master but Metalia! You can't make me betray her!
Dev: I'm not asking you to.
Thetis: Liar!
Dev: You are fighting us because you think we are Metalia's enemies, but you are mistaken. We're her friends. In fact, we're her children from the future. And a child's love for their mother is unconditional. She told us so herself.
Thetis: No! This is all lies! You want to kill her! I know this for a fact!
Dev: Do you now? [beam intensifies] But can you really be certain?
Thetis: Yes! I'm certain of it!
[The beam intensifies so greatly that Thetis is staggering back from the force of it]
Dev: You sound so sure of yourself. You must believe yourself to be infallible. Are infallible, Thetis? Do you really believe you are that perfect of a person?
Thetis: Stop it! I know what you are doing! You are trying to make me doubt myself enough for your brainwashing to take hold!
Dev: Oh, Thetis. Why would I bother confusing you when you are so confused already?
Thetis: I'm not confused!
Dev: You're not confused? Then answer me this. If my sister and I are the enemies of the goddess you are bound to serve for all eternity, why haven't I killed you yet?
Thetis: Because you need ME to get past the vault door into her inner sanctum!
Dev: Oh?
[Dev steps back, interrupting the beam, as if in a show of mercy]
Dev: I didn't know that. Did you know that, El?
El: No, I did not.
Dev: Of course we didn't know that. How could we?
[He resumes the beam at full strength]
Dev: You see, Darling Thetis? You've already betrayed Metalia.
Thetis: No...I didn't mean to!
Dev: That hardly matters. You've divulged state secrets and betrayed Metalia's trust. If we're not friends with Metalia, that makes you a traitor. Are you a traitor, Thetis?
Thetis: No!
Dev: So if you're not a traitor, that must mean you know, deep in your heart that my sister and I are Metalia's friends, isn't that right?
Thetis: ...yes...yes, that's right...
[El covers her mouth to hide her giggles]
Dev: [maintaining the beam] Good. Good. We come here with a very important message for Metalia from the future. One that only my sister and I can deliver to her, and only together and in person. [turns off the beam] You can help us get in to see Metalia. Can't you?
Thetis: [bows low] Yes, of course...My King.
Dev: My King?I certainly like the sound of that. [smiles at his sister] Though I've always fancied myself to be more the Imperial type.
[His eyes glow white and his clothing and that of the youma change into Napoleonic, military uniforms]
[El looks down in befuddlement to see herself in an empire-waisted gown, opera gloves and a diamond tiara]
[Dev kisses the back of her hand]
Dev: Care for a spot of royal asskicking, milady?
El: [eyerolls] Oh please, you look like a bunch of deranged nutcrackers.
[Her eyes glow white and everyone reverts to their normal attire.
Dev: You're no fun. Now lets have a look at those defenses.
[Thetis rolls out the blueprints and the twins share an evil laugh]