"I found the damn picture." The picture dropped in front of Tina, who was staring angrily at Koopa. "Here."
"And what, dear sister, kept you from putting it in my hand?"
"Do I look like a canine to you?"
"Fine.", she growled and snatched the picture.
"What's wrong with you anyway?"
"Back when our family still together...." Tina studies the picture. "I remember, each of our siblings. Two of us had the element of wind. Two had the element of fire."
"I take it I'm one of those two?"
She nods. "Yes. One had the element of light and electricity."
"That would be you."
"And one controlled the earth." She leaned over toward Koopa, pointing to the only other girl in the picture.
"...You're point is?"
"When I found our sister dead, I was in a dark world which seemed abandoned."
"....I'm not followin."
"Come with me."
The two sisters headed into the basement and into the room were Lex was tinkering with the shock collar. When he heard them coming, he stopped and curled up into the corner, pretending to nap. At least until Koopa came up to him and kicked him in the back of the head.
"Wake your a** up. Tina needs to talk to you."
"Was that even...forget it." She turned to Lex and held up the picture. "Ok, dear. The victims of you're soul stealing plan. Where did you find them?"
He stared up at her and tiltled his head. "...Wha?"
Tina sighs. "You tried to steal the souls of others that are the same species as us. One of them was an earth elementalist. Where did you find her?"
"Oh yeah yeah...her..." Lex rolled his eyes and placed a paw on Tina's shoulder. "Hey...if you help me get out of this collar...."
Before Tina could protest to Lex's request, Koopa reaches from behind her and grabs Lex's neck, pinning him against the wall. "Aight, Lex. Aussa's soul. Where did you first steal it?"
"You two can't do anything worse to me besides keeping me here in this hell hole with this damn collar."
"Wanna bet?"
"You want to kill me? You'd be doing me a favor."
"We won't kill you." She points back toward Tina. "She wouldn't let me. But you know... I can always get Zapook or Chazu to turn you human again..." She smiles evily at Lex, licking her lips.
Lex grabs at her paws in a sudden panic. "Ok! Ok! I tracked her to some barren planet! The place was all dark and junk! I found the girl struggling to survive and when I fought her, she merely used small rock formations to sheild herself from my attacks! It didn't last long though. There! You happy now?!"
Koopa drops him and glares back at Tina. "Well are you happy now?"
Tina stares silently and slowly backs away toward the stairs. Then sprints to the upper floor exclaiming happy, "Aussa's not just some random Cat girl! She's our sister!"
Koopa stared up at the cellar door and a smile slowly formed across her face. As she reached the top of the steps. Lex snarled and started picking at the collar again.
