[Scene: Neffy's mansion during a divination with the Celestial Seeress Astraea.]

Kunzite: They must have gotten the drop on him. Snuck up and used the element of surprise to take him out before he even knew they were there.

Astraea: No. They did not. They challenged the Death Phantom to a fight, and then held their own against him until they drew the weapon they created and ultimately defeated him.

Jeddy: But how could they defend themselves when their power levels are so low?

Beryl: That's an excellent question. Astraea, show us everything that happened after those two... whatever-they-are...arrived at the hotel.

[The Shitennou look up as the ceiling shows the Heltry twins appear out of thin air into the ballroom where Zoi's friends and family are trapped. As the mayhem unfolds, the twins look at one another and shrug. Then they hold hands and their eyes glow pink and then white. A shimmering bubble seems to engulf the room. Slows, all movement in the room slows, as if the air is congealing into jello.]

[Beryl watches with a look of utter dismay]

Neffy: This is bad.

Beryl: They are somehow able to create pocket dimensions that can distort time. If they manage to trap us in one of these pocket dimensions, it will be as if time has stopped,so we would be completely at their mercy.

Kunzite: [watches them walk past the now immobilized humans] Especially since they seem to be immune to its effects.

[They phase right through the wall and into where Zoisite is being burned at the stake, while Neffy tries in vain to free him. Kunzite's eyes glisten with pain at the sight of it.]

The twins wait until Neffy is gone before revealing themselves, with a wave of Eleanor's hand, Zoi is engulfed in flames.]

Kunzite: What happened there?

Astraea: She teleported Zoisite Midori back to his bedroom. The flames were purely decorative, presumably summoned for misdirection.

Neffy: Interesting. Why did she go to all that trouble to spare Wifey-boy, when she could have easily just let him die?

Jeddy: You could ask the same about why they spared the humans in the ballroom.

Neffy: Except the humans are hapless civilians, and Zoi is an enemy combatant in a war against Metalia.

Jeddy: They probably didn't know Zoi is a Shitennou. I mean, how would they? It's not like Zoi was around during our glory days.

Astraea: They know he is a Shitennou. They have referred to him several times as a Shitennou in conversation.

Neffy: Then shouldn't they have gotten rid of Kunzite's yippity little lapdog when they had the chance? [under his breath] I know I would have.

Beryl: You do make an interesting point. Astraea. Show us everything you know about them! In chronological order from their first appearance in the Earthly Realm to the present time

Astraea: That would take months.

Beryl: Then summarize! Tell me anything that you think might be of interest to me, and I will decide what I want to see.

Astraea: Very well, Daughter of Chaos. They materialized on the Moon, one thousand years ago, and stole the Silver Crystal-

Beryl: Yes, yes, we already saw that. Get to the parts I don't already know.

Astraea: They created a portal using Dark Magic, and went through it, vanishing from existence.

Jeddy: Where did they go?

Astraea: I can not say with certainty, but their next sighting was in Malibu, California in 1991, where they materialized wearing the same attire and holding the Silver Crystal. They fed, bathed, altered their appearance, and then created another portal, which they vanished through before appearing in Hen Tie, in September of this year. And it is in Hen Tie they have remained, this entire time.

Jeddy: You said they fed? What did they feed on? Or would I rather not know?

Astraea: They ate fried chicken. And Mashed potatoes. With gravy.

Jeddy: [wide eyed] Fried chicken? Where did they get the fried chicken?

Astraea: From a cardboard bucket. From a restaurant called KFC, which had recently changed it's name from 'Kentucky Fried Chicken'-

Beryl: That hardly matters!

Neffy: The hell it doesn't. They doesn't sound like any Dark Energy creature I've ever heard of. They steal the most powerful artifact in existence then go home and pig out on junk food? Are you sure these aren't actual human teenagers?

Beryl: Don't be stupid! How could a pair of paltry humans summon enough dark energy to create a door that would take them 1000 years into the future?

Jeddy: That's what I want to know! Kunzite's studied time travel for centuries, and he can't mess around in time like this. And he is a hell of a lot more powerful than they are!

Kunzite: Not everything is about study and power levels. Knowledge, training, and discipline also come into play...and the fact that their Aspects are 'Physics' and 'Music' doesn't hurt either.

Jeddy: Oh?

Kunzite: The Laws of Physics are building blocks of the universe. A person with sufficient skill in dark magic and a intuitive gift for physics is better prepared to harness the forces of reality.

Neffy: [under his breath] Sounds like the boy got the short end of the stick on that one.

Kunzite: Not at all. Music is the intuitive ability to harness sound waves and use them to manipulate thoughts and emotions...In other words, she can control 'things' while he can control 'people'...And while he might lack his sister's knowledge, I'm willing to bet he is leagues ahead of her when it comes to insight... These two...working together ...without conflict...

Beryl: Should still not be powerful enough to defeat a minor god of chaos! Much less destroy one! A shield made of cardboard cannot stop a high caliber bullet! No matter how well constructed it is!

Neffy: Actually-

[Beryl gives him a stern look and he goes quiet and makes a zipping motion across his lips]

Beryl: If the Silver Crystal is not a factor then someone is helping them! Someone grotesquely powerful! Astraea, who are they working for?