Chapter Four
Since the almost heated argument, Carmelita had been keeping a sharp eye on Kuro. Sly may have been the one she chases after all the time, but the cop couldn't risk any shady activity from the black cat.
Both Sunny Funny, Kiya, and Helga were concerned. Shana was frightened, Cinder was confused along with Keira, Elena Fisher just disregarded everything. Only Prince Albert didn't seem to care, neither did Tawna.
"Honestly Grimm, I'm worried about Nepgear. She's gotten fond of Demitri so far, and I've never seen her this open to those of the opposite gender before. Most often, she turns down any dates. Plus, something is oddly suspicious yet familiar about Demitri." Purple Heart whispered.
There was an unusual presence to the reaper, and he wasn't the only one who thought so. "I can agree on that. Cole, Radec, Donte, and Scorpion seem to be unsure about him as well. The white cat has been the most fidgety however along with his sheep friend. I would ask him but…" Mr. Grimm then coughed.
Purple Heart raised a brow. "But what? It's just Toro, why is he such an issue for you? Other than the possible fact he could get white hair on your clothes." She joked.
"It's not that. You may not know this, but reapers and cats were never on the best terms." Neptune was quite surprised to hear such a wild thing from her husband. "One of my colleagues is the most bitter about it. We hate it when some types of living cheat death or have a few, extra chances... Naturally, cats are known for nine lives, so of course, I also hold a grudge against the feline category."
Both were silent, before Purple Heart broke it with a fake cough. "Well, that shouldn't stop you from asking Toro about anything weird going on, and if you won't, I can do it for you!" She began walking over to Toro, but Grimm took notice to her grunting and limping a little in pain.
His eyes widened. "Why are signs showing so early? Is it because she's a goddess?… It's not due in a few more months, but…! Er, Nep! Take it easy, will you? You can't be hurting yourself by moving around so much! I'll ask the cat myself then." Running over to Purple Heart, he sat her down, then approached Toro.
"Inoue, is it?" Toro flinched, turning around to see Mr. Grimm there. "I have something to ask of you. Neptune and I are a little suspicious, it seems that you are too, with how jumpy you have been acting. Is there something you know that we don't?"
Nodding, the cat answered softly. "Don't freak out or do anything rash just yet, but... Heihachi never told the All-Stars about who Demitri really is. Kuro almost did. So, to shorten it… He's a-"
"There they are! The Playstation All-Stars!" Nathan Drake cringed along with Jak, recognizing the voice. Pupuru was surprised as well, as she knew who it was. "I've waited far too long to catch up and find the right moment! Tell me who the murderer is, right now!" Cliora shrieked, removing her disguise.
"Murderer? There's a murder case going on too?!" Carmelita questioned.
"Silence you vixen! This doesn't involve you! It involves my dear Gigadis, that damn Pupuru, and that stupid treasure hunter that ran from me the first time!" They turned to Nathan Drake, who gave a guilty look.
"Drake, did you kill someone? Because knowing you, it would be an accident for the most part." Elena suggested.
"No! I'd know if I did, and so would you. Pupul had nothing to do with it either, alright? We just met the guy who did kill off Gigadis… And possibly ate him." Drake then shrugged.
"You're full of lies!" Cliora shouted. "The sheer reason Gigadis is gone now, is because he met that puny sorceress! Everything would have been fine, he would be with me, if he didn't go off and chase her!"
"Cliora, I really don't understand, I really didn't want Gigadis. It's his own fault that he drove himself to such a dark path and was just using every bride he desired for-"
"Plus, Pupul is more in love with Radec at this point, so you could've easily have that Gigadork all to yourself." Sweet Tooth chuckled, before getting punched in the head by the colonel.
Bleu was writing down everything spoken by the large group. She didn't take any notice to Gex, who saw her. "Aw geez! Paparazzi lady is here too?!" PaRappa groaned, while the lizard smirked.
"Well, I didn't think you were still alive at all. Everyone thought that your loss of faith made you fade away entirely, but mine kept you in place…
"… Blue Heart." She dropped her pen. All eyes were on Bleu, who was trembling, especially upon seeing Purple Heart close by. "CPU of the nation known as Deeyo. Is it me you want? Or something else?"
She gritted her teeth a little. "Non! Non! Révéler mon identité à cette foule ... Qu'est-ce qui ne va pas avec vous?! J'ai coopéré avec Cliora juste pour obtenir un article décent sur Lastation, alors je vais passer aux autres nations! Lentement, je peux redevenir une déesse quand la foi vient de mes papiers!"
"As always, Bleu's french is broken with a fake accent. She hasn't changed a bit." Purple Heart shook her head. "If I was in better condition, I'd fight you off really-"
"Ugh! All of you shut up! I'm here to just have the name of Gigadis' murderer given to me! I don't care about who or what Bleu is, since she's been helping me out here! I'll beat it out of you by force if I have to!" Upon that, Kratos and Nariko withdrew their blades. Scorpion got into a fighting stance as well.
Before she could do anything, a blast of energy hit Cliora. "Soul fist!" The woman fell over, stepped on by the savior.
Morrigan smiled at the All-Stars. "You all missed me, didn't you? I knew that trouble was coming from both directions, and I couldn't stand to see the ones who helped get my ring back be in possible danger." Demitri instantly glared at her.
"Foul succubus… You dare make your way into this castle? What for?"
"Because, you're trying to manipulate them. It won't work on Mishima, I know, but you're just trying to turn them all against me, right?"
"I told you!" Kuro mew'd.
Nepgear then stepped forward, transforming into Purple Sister. "Stay away from master Maximoff, you monster! Or feel the light of the stars from my gun-blade!" Morrigan only let out a sigh of disappointment.
"Wha? Nepgear? What's gotten into you?!" Purple Heart wondered.
"Of course, she's under Demitri's control. After all… He's a vampire~" There was a collection of gasps in the room.
"Dammit, I knew stuff like this would happen!" Donte cussed, taking out his weapons. Radec did the same, which lead to Carmelita becoming very conflicted.
"If only I know he was familiar sooner… Mishima! Why didn't you say anything?!" Scorpion growled.
"Well, I thought it would be funnier if you all found out on your own." Heihachi responded, with a smug expression.
"Maybe I should have mentioned this too, but all of the people in this castle… Their blood is poisoned by him, so they are vampires that work for him as well." Morrigan then spread her wings. "The manipulated one has become hostile and protective, I'll take care of her for you."
Only now the All-Stars saw, they were surrounded by vampires that were ready to protect their master. "Does anyone have any silver by chance?" Dart grumbled. Sweet Tooth, Nariko, Mr. Grimm, and Scorpion instantly withdrew what they had. Sir Daniel instantly began digging around his equipment.
Just as Pupuru was about to pull out her sword, Radec stopped her. "Best if you stay back, child."
"Seriously?! Why?!"
"Because… Er…" Radec couldn't find a proper answer. "You're highly vulnerable. Stay with that woman you know for now, I won't tolerate you disobeying my orders."
Kuu gave him a hateful stare, which Pupul agreed with. "Orders? Highly vulnerable? You know Mael, you're really bad at hiding things! You've told me things and done stuff before, then deny it afterwards! What are you so afraid of besides your pride?!" Mael turned to her, surprised to hear Pupuru snap back. "If you just are worried about me getting hurt, word it better or show that you care…"
Toro then remembered, he was holding onto that bulb from Pupul's bag in case of emergencies. "I hope this works…! Nya!" Tossing it to the large horde of vampires, they screeched and drew back, turning into bats out of fear.
Most were rather shocked to see him do something so quickly. "You made them bolt outta without breaking a sweat Toro! I expected a huge fight to break out… What did you even toss at them?" Daxter wondered.
"Garlic! One of the most effective weaknesses... With that out of the way, let's help Morrigan and save Nepnep's sister!"
Aware of the back-up escaping, the controlled Purple Sister became more hostile towards Morrigan. "Get lost in my Mirage Dance! One-hit kill!" The succubus blocked off the attack with her own wings, like it was shield.
"Should we really help her? I'm still not sure who's the bad-guy or-"
"Knock it off already Carmelita! Let's just focus on getting Purple Heart's sister back! Besides, Sly said she helped you before!" Ratchet took out his omniwrench, tossing it at Purple Sister.
PaRappa was slightly hesitant with fighting her, but he believed in himself. Unfortunately, even with his multiple punching combos, something wasn't kicking in. "Where's the AP?! We're usually supposed to get supers from doing this sort of stuff! I mean, this place is multi-platform, right?"
Using her 'Shadow Blade' move, Morrigan turned to the dog. "It's most likely because of the aura that is surrounding Demitri's castle. It's blocking off certain types of powers that can be used. It may only be limiting your types of attacks however, which means that someone else like me could use a more special move- Agh!" She was knocked over by Purple Sister's M.P.B.L, a huge laser than shot the succubi down.
"With unholy things coating this place… There must be a way to remove such a curse!" Zeus grunted while assisting Morrigan with lightning powers. Dart glanced at Shana, who was still afraid.
Such darkness could only be eliminated by one mean. Its pure opposite. "Shana, I know this may be asking a bit much, and I don't know if it will work but…" Understand what Dart meant, she began transforming in front of everyone.
Armor covered her body, coming in a bright silver. Shana, now the White Silver Dragoon, held a bow in her hand. "I will give it everything I got!" She aimed at Nepgear to leave her dazed firstly, then looked up at the ceiling. Right above everyone was a perfect opening. Glass windows for a roof, most likely to showcase whatever outdoor beauty there was.
Firing once more at the skies, there was a sound of glass shattering as the dark aura began to vanish. "Perfect! Now we can help Morrigan for real this time!" Cole then began using his electric abilities on Nepgear. Kuro helped in dragging the weary Morrigan to the side along with Cliora.
"Celestial Severance!" Nepgear activated her EXE special, slashing at multiple All-Stars and then firing another laser at them with the gun-blade. Just in time, PaRappa snagged the goddess with his microphone then smacked Ge-Ge with a skateboard.
Spike joined him by using his stun clubs. The quick AP gain allowed the boy to grind up combos while Big Daddy tried to lower Purple Sister's guard with a hefty blow. "Funky!" PaRappa did a 'Romantic Karate' kick on her.
"How about I put some extra help into it for you kids?" Nathan Drake began shooting his AK-47, then tossed a bomb at Ge-Ge. "Look out!" PaRappa, Spike, and Big Daddy moved out of the way. Even though the explosion was small, it could potentially hit them by accident.
Purple Sister saw Isaac Clarke aiming at her along with Colonel Radec, then raised her gun-blade for another M.P.B.L. "Multiple Beam Launcher, overdrive! Fire at full-power!" But the engineer raised his hand, deflecting the beam with his telekinesis. "Wha?! No! Gah!" She cried, not used to having attacks outright countered.
"Geez, she's got pretty high stamina. Keeps healing herself and using those crazy moves- Oomph!" Abe was pummeled by her 'Gear Knuckle' finisher. Spike then used his Level Two, stunning Purple Sister and doing damage.
Then, a chuckle came out of Bleu. "Her guard is lowered enough, you All-Stars are far too weak for a CPU, non?" Placing down her camera, a bright light surrounded the woman.
Brown hair turned into a bright red, topped with blue armor pieces covering her body, horn-like structure-parts on the head, holding yellow and black revolvers that were once pistols. "Let me be ze one to put this to a stop... Les Fusillades Douzaine!"
Revolvers clicked, both guns firing at least six times at Purple Sister. Blue Heart smirked. "La fin, pour vous…" Putting the guns away and turning around, the manipulated Nepgear changed back to her human form.
"M…Master Maximoff… My master, I obey only… I'm sorry…"
((I haven't written proper PSASBR-related fight scenes in a while, so. Uhm… I'm trying to get back into that.
Bleu's true identity and form is revealed! But what will that mean for everyone else?…
Also yes, Mr. Grimm was referencing Conker's Bad Fur Day.))