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World 5-3

Order 1 - Tigers and Lions

For the Gostelows, feeling were mixed at the moment.

On one hand, there was no chance of a food poisoning related death via spoiled apple slices while watching bootleg mind control sesame street tapes or having to deal with Julie in general. But that also meant trying to find places to hide from the pissed-off magic slime homunculus that they created for some reason. I believe it had something to do with supposedly be infertile.

"Yeah, that wasn't our greatest idea." Lauren Gostelow announced. Currently, she and her husband Adrian find themselves in the replica lab from a digimon fic that most people don't even remember. I believe it was The Interloper. Though, don't quote me on that.

Right. You're probably wondering who's on deck for narrator. That would be I, Wrath. You know, the guy who's series is so long dead not even the author of this can remember? Yeah, that's me.

"Oh, you're that guy that shouted 'get wrenched'." Adrian muttered. "I have to admit, you have guts."

Why thank you.

"Not sure if they are the sort of guts of a brave man or a dumb idiot."
I take that complement back, you asshole. I put a lot of strength into that wrench swing especially in the face of events going on.

"Fair enough." Lauren remarked as a figure formed. "Polly, we know you're there. Can we at least ask you to grant us some mercy?"

But they got no answer.

"Show yourself!"

Of course, there was that time they murdered all those magical girls. Yeah. I'm not going to let you fuckers live that one down. Sure, I did my fair share of bad stuff back then and now, I'm working as a school teacher with bunch of the evergreen folks. When we're all off, we go to this cafe run by a bunch of plushies. Good times. Especially when it's Sweetie and Virri. They're the best.

"Thanks for tell us that." Adrian snarled, slamming his staff into one of the zombies. "I hope you get fucked."
Offscreen, I just roll my eyes. Sure, leaking a possible point of another fic might not be the best move for me, but hey. Live a little.

The girl continued her walk forward, intent on extracting her revenge upon those who tore her up. Which to be fair, you guys probably deserve. Especially in the face of much easier options to get a child. You could have gone through adoption, for example. Or gone with one of those sperm donors. But no, you had to mess around with mages. Be glad that the magical girls aren't out in force. They would have a lecture of the ages.

"Shut up." Lauren answered as she charged forth, doing her best tiger impression and bit down into the body. Which one, is unsanitary. Secondly, what the fuck have you done to this woman to make her be able to do that?

"What do you mean?"

That ain't normal. At all. I get that you're supposed to be the evil bad guys, but what kind of person turns their wife into a wannabe tiger? Or is this something that just came with the job?
Neither scientist answered. Instead, they kept their mouth shut and let their attention focus on the threat at hand. Which might be for the best as Lauren ripped a piece of the girl's body and ate it.

"We're sorry if you're confused and scared." Adrian explained, smashing his staff into the girl's skull. "But this isn't where you belong."

The girl does not answer and just crumples to the floor. If anything, I feel sorry for her. She probably was confused and here you are, trying to kill them. For what? To cover up some mistake that you made for the sake of this grand fucking future. Let me tell you, it never worth it.

Let me tell you a story.

A long time ago, I had it all. I was the big bad, nothing standing in my way. Then it all crumbled under my feet. Time after time, things would seem like they were clearing up. But they never did and it would all be reduced to ash.

I could only watch. What point is there for me to go back to that fucking hellhole. This is the definition of insanity. Watching someone fixate on something so much again and again, learning the same lesson and just forgetting it. At some point, you just have to face the music and admit, this ain't worth it.

"Thank you for that absolutely pointless story." Adrian continued, turning his attention to his wife. "Come along honey."

But Lauren wasn't in a listening sort of mood. No, she was in the sort of mood that involved eating. Eating her human that is.

"Bad Lauren! Bad!"

Still, Lauren disobeyed. I think she's beyond the point of reasoning at this point.

"Shit." Adrian thought, not at all noticing the figure forming behind him.

"Hi dad."

The scientist turned around, finding a slime mermaid of all things. She sparkled against the mismatched walls, not really caring for the lack of clothing that seemed to adorn her. Well, for the moment at least.

"Hi Polly."

Both adults stared towards each other… and the woman punched the man. He most definitely deserved that. Especially if these notes have anything to say about it.

"Now, where is that piece of shit, Fate?" Adrian continued and got a look. "Or has your hero gone off to fawn over some other princess?"

Polly doesn't answer.

Instead, she concentrated for a couple of seconds and switched to her human form. Which just meant switching to her usual outfit.

"He had other things he needed to deal with at the moment." Polly answered and turned her attention towards Lauren. "Hi mom.

Of course, Lauren did not seem to be in much of a following mood.

"Bitch." 'Lauren' muttered as she lunged towards her 'daughter'. "Just because we brought you into this world, doesn't mean we can't just as easily take you out of it.

Polly rolled her eyes, not even taking the time to switch forms.

Watery Grave Punch!

Carefully, the monk magi slammed a fist into her opponent's side. While a solid hit, it did little in the way of stopping her. If anything, it just made what remained of the woman and whatever else lied within even more pissed.

Yet, Adrian just stood there. Sure, he could have easily helped his supposed daughter with dealing with his wife. But at the same time, the scientist could be doing the same for Lauren.

Seaside Throw!

At some point, Polly grabbed hold of her mother and pulled herself back. What followed, was the plastic surgeon's body being sent right into the glass tube. While it didn't break, some cracks were visible now.

"Just die, like the stupid beaten corpse you are!" Lauren screamed, attempting to charge into Polly. But at the last second, Adrian put his staff out and prevented the feral woman from getting any further. "Honey, what are you doing?!"

She slammed her hands into the barrier, to no avail.

"At least, trying to make up for all the things that I will one day do." the order scientist whispered, motioning for his daughter to go. "If it helps, I did go looking for you when you disappeared with him."

Polly rolls her eyes, but gives a nod right after.

"Good luck." she added, finally switching back to her mermaid form.

After, her father's attention turned back to his wife. While it was likely that the two of them would have to come to blows, a rogue idea seemed to taunt him. While in no way the sort of thing a sane person would do, the options were kind of limited.

"Lauren, where's the hole?" he inquired, getting laughter in return.

"Why do you care?" Lauren screamed, slamming her fingers into the wall. "All you ever cared about was having a child. Isn't that what I did best? But no, that wasn't good enough. You didn't want an adult woman to take care of, but a homunculus made from the bodies of magical girls. Isn't that truly sad?"

Adrian took a deep breath and sighed.

"Because you're an adult." he answered, carefully forcing his partner to sit down. "Secondly, my wife."

"Doesn't matter."

"What about the time I supported you when all those places turned you down? Or when I brought you the food and those toys."

Lauren's expression shifted slightly.

"So that's your plan? Shower me with praise and then put a leash on me?" she countered, only to notice the leash on her. "Dang it."

"I'm sorry my little tiger." Adrian explained, giving his rope a slight tug. "But we have zombies to slay."

That remark got him a nod. Which coincided with more people piling into the room. Which meant more targets to take down in that particular moment.

"We're sorry about this, but this must be done."

The two charged forth, weapons in hand. While in no way heroes, they were at least willing to clean up their mess. By bloodying the floors of their base. Ironic, isn't it? But that's pretty obvious. With the way things are going, I'm surprised that Maki chick hasn't made a visit.

"Child-proof locks." Adrian explained and cracked a smile. "They're more for

Couldn't she just get a tool and break them open? That doesn't seem like much in the way of a foolproof plan.

"It isn't." Lauren muttered, seeming slightly more right in the head. "If we can get out of here, she'll have a place of stuff she can't even use."

With the last of the girls now dealt with, our heroes made a break for it. But not before giving the Davis corpse a pat. Maybe, one day, he'll get properly freed from that tube. But that day is not today.

"So long, suckers!" Adrian shouted as a portal appeared. "Figures."

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A woman sat alone.

A spear hangs to her back, while a wedding dress adorned her body. She would've preferred her kimono in this moment, but this whole mess occurred right after the marriage ceremony. Which makes this quite rude, if you ask us.

"Just a little bit longer." she thinks, meditating for the moment. "It wouldn't be like her to abandon me."

A deep breath later, she stood up. Just barely, the sound of wings fluttering could be made out. Of course, this was also mixed in with the sound of girls approaching.

"Get away from her." she snarls and pulls the spear off her back.

Terra Quake!

The tip of the spear touched the ground, bringing with it a series of raised pillars heading towards the source of the sound.

"Sachiko!"

A familiar woman dressed in a white mage's getup stood before her. A pair of fairy wings hung to her back, fluttering in place.

"There you are, Chaos!"

The white mage let out a giggle, following it up by switching her wife's wedding dress for her usual kimono.

"Better?" Chaos remarks, watching a smile form on the geomancer's face. "Good. We have stuff we need to do."

Another portal appeared and the geomancer got onto the white mage's back. What followed, was a quick flight in.


Notes:

Well that was a hoot. Not sure if I was supposed to leak that part of Cho & Me. Oops.

Author's Notes:

A bit of an easier chapter.

We'll be coming back to the order a few more times, especially with things swirling around the order the way they are.

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Next Time: An accident. A man, and his adopted son.