As often happens, when they met at the Center for Astrophysics, the two at first found that their mutual interest in the foul and unspeakable applications of Mad Science formed a close bond between them.  Together they plumbed the secrets of the darkest and most horrible corners of the known and unknown universe, and soon the pair ruthlessly held the city of Boston under their absolute control by means of their awesome orbital X-beam death device, as all who somehow survived that era are no doubt already aware.  It is believed that Kisha even introduced Beth to Narbonic, which perhaps makes the ultimate betrayal of her erstwhile comrade, immortalized forever here in a photograph, all the more bittersweet.

Beth survived the attack, however, and the resulting battle between them left their empire in ruins (along with, frankly, most of the Eastern seaboard.)  Beth decamped first to an isolated base in the Sonoran desert to lick her wounds and plot her revenge, and then more recently to an elaborate mid-Pacific island compound in a hollowed volcano once her funding was secure. Kisha relocated to the frigid wasteland of Minnesota.  Hey, I find Minnesota terrifying!  It has scary, um, groundhogs!  And it has the 6th highest per capita state taxes in the US!  Stuff like that.  Anyway, um …

Many years have passed, and who knows what plans the two will soon unleash?  Has Beth succeeded in her scheme to gain allies on planets unknown to human ken?  Did Kisha, setting her ambitions even higher, manage to contact another galaxy, with who knows what fell result for the earth?  And what of the rumors that Kisha is presently engaged in some kind of biological experiment as well?  Has she, in a tip of the beaker to Helen Narbon, added that most terrifying science to her repertoire?

I fear that, all too soon, time will tell.  Indeed, I fear for us all …

And what kind of original art did Ms. Delian receive?