�Is that their�Spirit Energy?� Selene asked after they changed back into their normal bodies.
�Not all of it.� Cyprus whispered from his perch on her shoulder. �Much of it was stolen by this thing�s master. But it is enough that they will be able to create more.�
�Master?� Cassie asked. �What �master�? And what�s Spirit Energy?�
�I�ll explain everything, but now we must rest.� Cyprus whispered. �This is not the end of things, I can assure you of that.�
Cassie looked around, upset. �Man, the place is completely totaled!� she exclaimed. �There�s no way mom and I can stay here now�But we can�t afford anything else��
Selene gave a little cough. ��Scuse me, but didn�t you just become a Zodiac Senshi?�
�Well, of course.� Cassie rolled her eyes. �But what does that-�
�Do you really think I�m the kinda person to leave my teammate out in the rain?� Selene clapped her new friend on the back. �I�m sure mom�s tired of French meals too, we could use a good home-grown cook�Free board and all.�
Cassie�s eyes widened in surprise, and it wasn�t long before she was hurrying off to tell her mother the good news.
As night fell around them, no one noticed the slender figure with long, blonde hair that stared angrily at the pile of dirt that had been her creature.
�Zodiac Senshi, are they?� she sneered. �They will learn�It won�t belong before they discover the true terror of the Black Stars!�