Summary: When the Lotus discover an android Dagger in the woods, Donna befriends him and insists they protect him from a hunter.
Stalking through the woods late at night, a female mystic scientist named Sarya Kesh was desperately searching for a certain creature that she has been after for several dimensional traveling.
"I got a bad feeling about this." Sarya said to herself. She was holding a black plasma laser weapon gun in her hands. "You know he's out there. He's watching me."
Pulling up her plasma laser gun, Sarya was fully ready to defend herself. Suddenly, a fast figure jumped down from a tree and aimed its laser cannon at her from behind, which created a little explosion rising above the trees.
Meanwhile, Donna was busying at work in her lab on a sunny morning. But it wasn't any scientific research this time. She was actually making a hand-made silver metallic hockey stick with her purple clover symbol on the hook to give to Casey.
"Too much?" Donna asked.
"Do you really want my opinion?" Ellie inquired, popping up behind her older sister.
"Only if you think it's perfect." Donna responded.
"Then it's perfect!" Ellie smiled happily as she gave Donna a thumbs up.
After Donna and Ellie casted their spell to teleport themselves to their destination, they had arrived at the O'Neil farmhouse and walked inside the barn where they found Casey repairing an old truck. Casey looked up and was happy to see the girls again.
"Hey, girls." Casey greeted casually, walking forward to Donna and Ellie with his hands inside his pocket. "Did that cell phone April had works?"
"No, we use a spell to get here." Ellie replied with a smile. "Besides, Donna has a present for you."
Donna's face blushed red as she handed the gift she made over to Casey. Casey stared at the silver metallic hockey stick. He was really impressed, but his eyes widened when he saw the purple clover symbol on the hook that made him recalling what Ella said about Donna's feelings for him.
"Wow, uh, that's just super cool. Thank you so much, Donna." Casey said with an awkward chuckle. He set the hockey stick on top of the truck and ran outside with a quick explanation. "Well, I got some, uh, training to do with, uh, April. Thanks again, Donna! Peace!"
After Casey ran out of the barn, Donna and Ellie teleported back to their aunt's house into the living room as the orange mystic kunoichi placed her hand on her distraught older sister's shoulder.
"Are you okay, D?" Ellie asked.
"Devastated." Donna answered sadly.
"That's rough, sis." Ellie said with a soft smile. "But don't worry, you'll get his attention some other way."
"Smooth move, genius. I mean, face it, Donna. It's never gonna happen." Ella said, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest. She walked over to her younger sisters. "We're mystics. He's a human boy and you're a mystic kunoichi. Sooner or later, you have to get used to it." She let out a smile as she was ready to get her sister's mind off of the lovey-dovey stuff. "You know what you need?"
"And what's that?" Donna muttered.
"A little dimensional forest ninja training!" Ella replied, placing her left arm around Donna's neck. "Sounds like fun, right?"
Donna rolled her eyes and groaned in annoyance.
Outside, the three mystic kunoichis engaged themselves in a little forest ninja training. But Donna and Ellie are failing miserably since they keep on bumping into trees and Ella kept beating them up without a problem. Up on a small hill, Lee came by and stood next to the tree to watch the whole training session with a pleasing smile.
"Sorry girls, we're not in the city anymore." Ella grinned. "You need to get used to this new environment. No buildings, no subways. Lots of trees."
"Ugh, don't remind me." Ellie groaned as she and Donna laid on the grass in pain.
"Well, what do you think?" Ella asked, turning to her older sister.
"Hmmm, mystic hunt." Lee said.
"Mystic hunt." Ella said with a sly grin.
"Mystic hunt?!" Donna and Ellie asked shockingly as they quickly got up behind Ella. "Are you crazy?"
"You wanna join, Lee?" Ella asked.
"Yeah." Lee said eagerly. But unfortunately, the painful injuries coming from her liquefying left arm and right leg made her decline with a groan. "Sorry. I guess I'm still not up to it. Enjoy your little hunt, girls."
When Lee went back to the house, Ella turned back to her younger sisters with her game face.
"Okay, I'll give you two a five-minute head start into the forest, and then I hunt you down." Ella explained. "If you can't stay hidden for at least an hour, you'll have to wash Aunt Coral's imp pets."
"No way! Not the imps, man!" Ellie cried.
"They get rough when it comes to bath time! We can't wash them!" Donna whimpered.
"Then, get moving." Ella grinned slyly.
With quick speed, Donna and Ellie ran away from Ella and into the woods.
Ellie and Donna hurried themselves through the trees, but they couldn't find a spot to hide because of all the tall trees.
"How do we hide in the woods, anyway?" Ellie asked as she was sounding out of breath.
"We could climb a tree." Donna suggested, looking up at the nearby tree with a pointing finger.
"That's the first place she's gonna look." Ellie said.
"But we got to hide now!" Donna shouted sternly.
Donna and Ellie quickly climbed up a tree to hide from Ella.
"Aw, we are so washing those imps." Donna sighed desperately. "Ella's gonna find us up here in, like, five seconds."
"I won't be so sure." Ellie said, looking up with her voice shaking in fear.
"Why?" Donna asked.
"Because of him!" Ellie screamed.
Donna looked up and gasped in fear. Two mystic kunoichis are staring at a teenage male android, who was staring down at them with an angry expression on a tree branch above them. He has a tall and lean frame with broad shoulders and clearly defined muscles. He has fair skin with green circuitry stripes all over him, jade green eyes, blond hair in a cowlick style, and enlarged arms. He wore a black sleeveless bodysuit with a gold utility belt and golden combat boots.
"Uh, bye." Ellie squeaked nervously.
Donna and Ellie immediately hopped out of the tree and started running away with the android, who was following closely behind them. He aimed his laser cannon at the girls, who were summoning out their elemental magic and got into their fighting stance. The android dropped his arm cannon down and his eyes began to analyze the girls' powers, effortlessly mimicking the way Donna wield her powers.
"Who is he? Some kind of robot boy?" Ellie asked.
"It looks like android to me!" Donna explained.
"That's correct, and the name's Dagger." The android spoke.
Donna released a powerful metal blast that split into multiple fragments at Dagger and Ellie released the strong sound of high amplitude at Dagger from her mouth, but Dagger quickly created a bright green force field for protection from the girls' attacks and send them flying away from him with his swift kicks.
"He's too powerful. Run!" Donna shouted as she got up from the grass.
Donna and Ellie ran away as Dagger quickly chased after them.
Meanwhile, Ella searched for her younger sisters and stood next a tree until she spotted Donna and Ellie running towards her.
"Come on, you're not even trying to hide!" Ella said with an unamused look on her face.
"Dagger!" Donna and Ellie yelled, running behind Ella for cover.
"Who the heck is Dagger?" Ella asked.
When Donna turned Ella around, the red mystic kunoichi faced Dagger heading in their direction. But she wasn't scared at all.
"Looks like we're gonna get some real training." Ella smiled.
Ellie transmitted a very powerful sound wave from her palm to Dagger's body, but Dagger fired a bright green energy blast at Ellie from his palms that threw the orange mystic kunoichi up in the air and landed hard on her back in pain. Donna rapidly fired massive metal spikes at Dagger from her hands, but Dagger dodged out of the way and fired a bright green laser beam from his chest that tossed Donna to the side of his sight. Ella backflipped over Dagger and then faced the android with her fist in front of her. Dagger noticed the red mystic kunoichi's electrical fists and transformed his enlarged hands into a pair of massive gauntlets. They charged at each other with their fists clashing with brutal strength, but Dagger tossed Ella away from him that send her flying to the tree nearby. Dagger has beaten three mystic kunoichis with sheer strength and vast intelligence effortlessly.
"Wow, Dagger got some skills." Ella noted.
As Ellie and Ella continued to fight Dagger with everything they got, Donna halted herself for a minute and caught Dagger's short breaths coming out from his mouth.
"Girls, stop!" Donna shouted, stopping three people together from attacking each other and walked over to Dagger and looked at green sparks coming from his arm. "I can fix your arm if you let me. I want to help. Okay?"
Dagger's eyes narrowed and responded with a slow nod.
"What? Hello? No way!" Ella urged. "We can't bring robot boy with us!"
"Of course we can. Besides, can you see he's hurt? He doesn't want to fight us anymore." Donna said. She turned her face to Ellie. "Ellie?"
"I'd say bring him home." Ellie said quickly.
"Two to one, Ella." Donna grinned. She turned back to Dagger with a calm smile. "Hi. I'm Donna. This is Ella, and this is Ellie."
"Nice to meet you all. The name's Dagger." Dagger greeted politely.
"Will you come with us?" Donna asked. "You're gonna be safe with us."
"I'll be delighted." Dagger replied.
Unbeknownst to them, Sarya had been spying on them the whole time from above the tall trees.
"Well, I'm been tracking him for too long." Sarya muttered to herself. "And now he goes and finds himself friends with more mystics! No one is going to stand in my way from my son."
Back at the house, Donna opened the door and stepped herself in the living room. Ella and Ellie followed from behind. And Dagger was the last one to walk in the house and sat on the couch into the living room. Donna introduced Dagger to her entire family as Coral was bandaging Dagger's arm, but Lee and Mūn are less than thrilled to meet a robot stranger.
"You can't just bring a strange robot home!" Lee protested.
"But he needs our help just until his arm gets better." Donna explained.
"There you go." Coral said, wrapping Dagger's arm and tied the wrap in a knot. "Try not to use it too much for the next few days."
"Well, I thank you for helping me." Dagger smiled to Donna.
"No problem." Donna replied.
"I was created as a powerful android with vast intelligence until my free will and consciousness allow me to escape and explore the world." Dagger explained. "But my mother wasn't pleased with my curious mind, so I ran away on my own." He stared Donna with a kind smile. "And I owe my life for Donna's kindness."
"Aw, thanks, Dagger." Donna smiled back.
Donna knew that Dagger was still staring at her, making the purple mystic kunoichi blush by that. Suddenly, Lee, Ellie, Ella, and Mūn began to laugh out loud on Dagger and Donna's sudden attraction toward each other.
"Dude, you two are so lovebirds now." Ellie laughed.
"Can I be the first to say ew?" Mūn asked gloomily.
"Zip it!" Dagger and Donna yelled threateningly. "And we're not lovebirds!"
Donna and Dagger looked at each other and went back glaring at the laughing stock.
Throughout the day, Dagger has been following Donna around wherever she goes, relentlessly trying to get the purple mystic kunoichi's attention at every turn she went around the house. Dagger tracked Donna with his calm, dreamily eyes that only made the purple mystic kunoichi confused but also responded with a blush. Despite all of that, Donna and Dagger shared the same amount of intelligence that allowed them to do anything to spark their interests.
That's when Donna realized something. It totally makes sense to her now.
Donna recalled Donnie kept trying to one-up Casey's attempts to impress April because he wants to earn April's heart for himself. But it became perfectly clear that Casey is also in love with April. For as long as she can remember, Donna formed a crush on Casey from the moment she saw him until Dagger started to flirt with her openly and confidently that left her confused and stuttering every time he speaks, even though they both have many things in common and also talked for hours about their subjects they love. Donna love spending her time with both Casey and Dagger, but she doesn't know who to choose.
Outside, three mystic kunoichis and techno-organic teen huddled together in a circle inside the woods.
"Donna, you and Ellie need to learn to blend in the wilderness. You two can show Dagger how it's done." Ella explained. "If you need me, I'll be feeding the imps."
Ella held out a brown bag in her hands and walked away back home.
"Okay, let's get this session started." Donna smiled.
As Dagger was training with Donna and Ellie in the middle of the training session, his mystic mother Sarya hid behind the tree with her laser weapon armed and ready.
"I see him." Sarya said to herself. "I must get him back to my lab."
Sarya jumped out and fired her laser blast directly at her techno-organic son, but Dagger quickly shielded himself and his two friends with a large green force field. Quickly, Dagger grabbed Ellie and Donna on one shoulder and flew back to the house with rocket legs.
"No! He's gone." Sarya said angrily. "But not for long."
Later on that evening, Dagger strolled himself inside the kitchen and detected San making a delicious soup for the family dinner.
"Uh, San, I need your help." Dagger said.
"Sure, what do you want?" San asked happily.
"A new look." Dagger replied.
Smiling happily, San suddenly grabbed Dagger's arm and quickly took Dagger upstairs in her bedroom. Dagger sat on the bed and looked around to see the positive atmosphere on the room. San took out almost numerous clothing and her makeup set to get Dagger looking cool and chill until she finally found a perfect look for him. San held out a small mirror right in front of Dagger's face.
"Oh yeah, she's gonna love you in that." San assured.
As the evening sky quickly changed into the dark night set, Donna walked inside the kitchen and found Dagger in the residential cooking room that made her froze in seconds. Dagger was wearing a green T-shirt with black designs, black pants with green pockets, and black and green shoes. According to Donna's large eyes, he looks so hot!
"Hey, Donna." Dagger said, approaching Donna with a beautiful red rose in his hands. "I want you to have this. A token of your brains and beauty."
"Uh, yeah, thank you." Donna said nervously as she took the rose from Dagger. "Well, got to go to finish my experiments, bye!"
Donna hastily ran away out of the kitchen, leaving Dagger extremely confused.
As fast as she can, Donna stepped into the living room and leaned against the wall. Ella was playing a fighting video game by herself.
"This is so uncomfortable!" Donna complained. "Dagger started to follow me around like he's in love with me." Her worry tone was replaced by a small giggle. "Even though we shared a lot of things in common."
"Now you know how Casey feels every time you're around him." Ella commented, not turning around to her younger sister.
Donna's eyes widened in surprise as she immediately realized that Ella was right. Every time she wants to impress Casey, he awkwardly acts indifferent to her advances. But now Dagger wants to impress Donna and she feels very confused to his advances. Donna walked out of the living room and searched for Dagger around the house.
In the dining room, Mūn and Lee are eating their meal as they talked and giggled about how Dagger has been pestering Donna.
"So he's wearing bad boy clothes now, and he gave a rose to Donna." Lee smiled.
"Do you think he's her type?" Mūn wondered.
"It's possible, but that's for them to decide." Lee said with a shrug.
Lee and Mūn suddenly turned around and saw Dagger standing behind them, but he wasn't listening to their conversation. He was staring at the kitchen window as if he was attracting to something that seemed to take control of him. Without any words, he jumped out of the window and sped into the forest. Luckily, Donna and Ellie saw what happened to him.
"Dagger, wait!" Donna shouted.
"What's wrong with him?" Ellie asked her older sister and her younger cousin.
"We don't know." Lee replied with a shrug.
"I think he was sensing something outside." Mūn said. "At least, that's what he did when he was staring at the forest from the upstairs window."
"Dagger! Wait up!" Donna yelled, running into the woods with Ellie.
As Donna and Ellie finally arrived at the wide, open area of the woods, they found Dagger being suspended in a dark green electrical net on the ground. Sarya made her way over to Dagger and turned her attention to the two mystic kunoichis.
"Let him go!" Donna demanded.
"You don't understand!" Sarya said sternly. "My son needs to go back to the lab! And I won't let you girls take him away from me!"
"Your son has a free will of his own." Ellie said. "Does that mean anything to you?"
"Escaping from me isn't one of them." Sarya said angrily.
Sarya aimed her laser weapon and fired many strong laser blasts at Donna and Ellie, who quickly dodged each blast that were coming at them. Donna fired a large number of iron spears towards Sarya multiple times in rapid succession while Ellie released a loud, piercing supersonic scream that distorted at the mystic scientist. But Sarya effortlessly used her weapon to break free and fired more laser blasts at the two mystic kunoichis to the ground. Quickly, Donna's fingers encased in hard metal and slashed Sarya's laser weapon, causing the weaponry set to explode in front of Sarya. Dagger got out of the net and came over to his mother, who was lying on the ground in defeat.
"Dagger, I'm sorry." Sarya said softly as she slowly got up from the grass and looked at her son. "I know that you had a free will and consciousness, but everything I did was trying to protect you from those who will despise you by your looks."
"Actually, I do have friends that help and appreciate me from who I am." Dagger said. He walked over to Donna and Ellie with a smile. "I'll take my mother back to our home into another dimension. But we'll see each other again someday."
Dagger hugged Ellie and Ellie hugged him back. Dagger leaned in closer to Donna and kissed her cheek, making the purple mystic kunoichi to blush madly. With that, Dagger and Sarya stomped into the portal that Dagger mathematically conjured up while Donna and Ellie waved good-bye to them.
The next morning, Casey was working with the old truck with his tools inside the barn. Donna took a deep breath and slowly approached to him.
"Hey, Casey." Donna greeted.
"What's up, D?" Casey smiled, getting up and stood in front of Donna.
"Well, I just wanted to let you know I won't be bothering you with hockey stick anymore." Donna said softly. "I get it now. Donna is to Casey as Dagger was to Donna back in my aunt's dimension."
Casey was surprised by what Donna said to him and looked at her sympathetically.
"Besides, I'm just a mystic." Donna said sadly.
After a brief moment of silence, Casey knew exactly what he has to do.
"Donna, you're not just any mystic." Casey smiled coyly, leaning toward Donna. "You're my wicked mystic."
Casey gently grabbed Donna's face and pulled her toward him, planting a brief but affectionate kiss on her lips, much to Donna's shock. He smiled and walked out of the barn, leaving puzzled Donna extremely confused as she didn't know if the kiss meant Casey has feelings for her or he did that to make her feel better.
"I deeply understand nothing at all." Donna sighed.
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