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Drew was already at the building staring at his reflection. Or at least that was how it looked to outsiders. He had easily been caught, because he was already reliving the nightmare of that day – if only to a lesser extent. Christmas Day 2013. Stuck in a Juvenile Delinquent solitary cell with nothing to do but to replay the events of the last month over and over. A plane ride home ending in disaster – a twin – his other half missing, perhaps forever… no body found... A police officer remarks that said twin may never be found – a unspoken phobia now brought to realization. Drew flips out and goes a tirade. Which may have caused Granpa’s untimely heart attack and death. Grams flies into a rage and screams that she never want to see any of them again.

Drew, driven by pain and loneliness snuck out that night, in that small town. He robbed the local convenience store to get cans of spray paint. Then he went to town hall and was in the midst of spray painting a masterpiece of Dria and Granpa in his pain, when the local sheriffs drove up. He was arrested. Dad came to visit but said he wasn’t bailing Drew out just yet. Drew needed real help that he couldn’t give him. He also announced that Drew’s mother had been taken to the local mental health hospital. And he also mentioned that Drew’s Aunt Dia was going to take Drew’s little sister Dani away to live, and that it was for her own good. That day Drew was stuck staring at the solitary cell wall. Just as now, he was stuck staring at his own reflection.

It took a moment, but Drew was pulled from his memory lane. He stirred, to find another teenager there, one he seemed to recall meeting once, Jace or James or something. He couldn’t think about that now. He was still lost, for though the reliving was over, his present situation revived the pain, for after all these years, even after he’d turned his life around, found his twin sister and got his family back together, it was not enough. His grandmother had finally come to visit, and immediately upon setting foot in the door, had banished his presence from the house for the week that she was there as a condition of her staying. And it was Christmas.

He was stuck staying with friends and had ventured out for a walk. Only to find these buildings covered in ice. That was when he found himself stuck in the moment reliving it all. But that was also when he caught a glimpse of it…. An ice demon – a yomua cackling at him from his reflection. That snapped him out of it. He jerked his head up at the kid, Jason (he now remembered his name). “Jason, you have to get out of here, there’s a monster in the ice! He’s what is trapping people there! And he’s draining their energy! You must leave, before you get trapped again! By the way, I had forgotten, but we met once before. My name is Drew. Now go!” He ran out of sight hatting to abandon his friend, but he wasn’t really, he had to power up. Which he did. Into Super Sailor Etamin! Then he returned. Was Jason still there, he wondered?

Super Sailor Etamin relaxed a former acquaintance at the scene of the youma, Alph! How’d he get here so fast? But he had grown? Was he a full Knight now? Drew shook his head, no time for that now. He ran forward, an extremely cold breeze streaming through his kilt. Darn, he hated being from a desert planet in the winter. But he smiled at Alph’s words (who clearly didn’t recognize him). “You bet I do, Alph!” He came to a standstill next to his acquaintance just as the youma stepped out of the ice. He used his power on the monster:
Super Sailor Scout Attack: Pharaoh's Plague (appear in air)
-Directions: Write Curse in Hieroglyphics in air. In English reads,
"Blind and deaf as Pharaoh,
In death, you will be,
Until count of thirty,
Cause you would not listen to me."

-Effects: Blinds and deafens enemy for 25 seconds

-Uses: 2
And the monster was blinded and deafened.

Etamin kicked the senseless youma against the ice wall, shattering some of the ice and knocking it down. Picking a block of it up, he smashed it on the youma’s head, saying, “So too cool for school? I’ll just have to melt you with my desert heat!” He spun kicked the youma and knocked him to the ground. The youma dusted. He exhaled, breathing hard. “Thanks Alph. You don’t remember me do you? It’s me Etamin. I suppose I’ve changed a bit in the last year – graduated to Super and all. And you? You’re a full Knight aren’t you? You were a Squire, when I last saw you. I barely recognized you. Congratulations!”

Etamin thanked Alph for his compliments, but commented, “I’d actually prefer your uniform and weapon right – as you can see, it is the dead of winter and I’m in a dress! Well, kilt, I get is the proper word for it. but my butt is freezing! My arms and legs feel like frozen slabs of meat. To make it worse, with my long hair being braided and along – people are mistaking me for a girl these days! Even with my uh… rippling muscles… I’d sure like your fluffy cozy robe this time of year. And I think it is great you are still in the business. Real life can be bummer or a real determent to this life. Do you know that my Grandmother came to visit after five years of nothing for Christmas and promptly banished me from the house for the week of Christmas – if she was going to stay there – for a mistake I made six years ago? When I had just lost my twin sister, perhaps forever? I’m staying with friends, but I can’t even stay with family during the holidays.” He sighed. “It’s about enough to make you give up hope in mankind, but I still have my sisters, who are also senshi, and my friends who took me in, one of which who is one too. They and people like you give me hope.” He smiled sadly. “It’s late. I’m sorry I kept you so long. Good night.” He strode off.