Meanwhile, back in Germany, in the lab, the men were in complete shock, as Helaviento has vanished from the chamber.

"It's… It's impossible! The chamber is foolproof!" The scientist gasps.

Another scientist said to Kosuri, "Major von Stroheim, you saw it, too, did you? I never expected for you to witness what we saw."

He reached for a cup of coffee, but Kosuri swatted the coffee away. She shouted, "PUT THE COFFEE DOWN!"

"It was for only a moment. I mean, I was turning away for a second… and suddenly…" The scientist was losing it, as he explained what happened to Helaviento. "We had no idea, but this unbelievable! We had no idea what happened! The chamber… it's all penetrable, where there is NO ESCAPE! But the woman… Our test chambers are unstoppable and foolproof, BUT THAT WOMAN SOMEHOW MANAGED TO ESCAPED!"

Kosuri shouted, "I don't care what you found! I want her back here, NOW! Keep in mind that she may have conceived herself, somewhere inside that chamber! Cut off the oxygen. She'll turn up, when she decided that she can't breathe in there."

Another soldier in green boomed, "The recording is set up for you, Major!"

Kosuri said, "Great! Set it up!"

Minutes later, they set up a film projector, in which they are observing the woman's actions, during her test.

"Roll the film!" Kosuri said, as the soldier turned on the projector.

The film showed Helaviento running towards the wall. And then, she leapt up, and then held her right arm up. She then began to distort herself, twisting her entire body into a twisted stick.

Everyone was shocked, as Kosuri shrieked, "Wha-, was ist los? She contorted her entire body, and squeezing into the airlocks! The ventilation duct slats are two inches tall! How the hell could anyone possibly stuff their entire body into a gap that small?"

Michelle is amazed, as she whispered, "Incredible… I've never seen anything like it… She didn't just contort her body… but she contorted her entire skeleton, so she can be able to move her body, at will!"

Everyone remained stunned, as Michelle said, "You know what this means… Your project is wandering inside your ventilation systems."

One scientist explained to Kosuri, "Helaviento know of your name, and I think I know how. The only way that was possible is that she could've heard your name, through the vents."

Kosuri gasped, "The vents here… lead directly to this room?! YOU, SOLDIER! Turn around and step away from the vents, immediately! GO, YOU IDIOT!"

The soldier armed himself with a rifle, and then peeked into the vents. But…

SMUSH!
Helaviento appeared from inside the ducts, and impaled herself into the eyes of the soldier. He screamed in agony, and cried out, "AAAAAAAAGH! WHERE AM I? WHERE DID EVERYONE GO?"

Kosuri shrieked, "IT'S HER! IT'S HELAVIENTO!"

The soldier was still blinded, as he screamed, "AAAAAAGH! WHERE IS EVERYONE? MAJOR VON STROHEIM? WHAT IS HAPPENING?"

He kept screaming in agony, as he was walking around, blinded by Helaviento's attack, as her entire body went into the body of a soldier.

Michelle growled, "Helaviento's taking control of that soldier!"

The soldier yelled out, as he approached the scientists and Kosuri, "What is the matter with me? WHAT HAS SHE DONE TO ME? I CANNOT SEE, IT'S SO DARK! SOMEONE HELP ME!"

His back suddenly bulge up and grow, and it exploded from inside. The soldier didn't die, but exploded into a huge bulbous fat creature with thick lips and demonic bulging eyes.

"Well, well, I don't know what came over me, but I suddenly have shown a new life…"

Everyone is frightened, except for Michelle. She seethed, "Damn it all!"

Episode XII – Chapter 3: Helaviento Strikes!
The Demonic Jewel Woman from Mexico!

Kosuri was angry, as she thought, "Wow… Kosuri created the greatest thing known to man… But if this thing escapes, I'll be known to have created not just the greatest weapon in the world, but also the Fatherland's most destructive enemy! We must destroy him! It's her or us, at this point!"

She saluted, "VERY WELL! DESTROY THAT THING, NOW! OPEN FIRE AND SHRED THAT MONSTER TO PIECES!"

Michelle smirked, "Now, we're talking!"

The soldiers lined up and fired at the monster, piercing him into millions of bullet holes. He dropped to the ground, bloodied and battered. But suddenly, it picked itself up, and one soldier cried out, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAGH! SHE'S STILL ALIVE!"

Another soldier cried, "Impossible! The bullets have no effect on him!"

Kosuri was shocked, as the monster that was one of her soldiers regenerated its body of the gunshots, and crawled towards the army. It stood up and pointed at the army.

"Why the hell is it pointing at us?"

"She took those bullets, like it's nothing!"

Kosuri said, "Don't worry. She's just playing handgun, meaning she's pretending to have a machinegun! She's obviously mimicking everything you do! So, when she know of me, she only said my name. But does not understand… und that gives me an idea! This woman is nothing more than an ape, and she deserves to be treated like one, a common dumb monkey!"

The monster's jaw dropped, oozing to the floor, as Helaviento spoke from inside the soldier's body.
"You… … … Which one of you… was foolish enough… to disturb my slumber?"

Kosuri winced in fear, and sobbed, "Sh-sh-sh-she spoke!"

Michelle said, "She's clearly capable of higher thought, I say. I bet she has a greater intelligence. She learned our language. Don't you understand now? She has learned everything on how to walk and talk, in a very short time!"

BANG!
Helaviento fired a bullet from the soldier's hand, and blasted onto the head of a soldier, killing him. He dropped down, as one of the soldiers yelled, "No! She used one of our own bullets to kill this man! SHE'S GOING TO KILL US ALL!"

Michelle is in panic, as she cried, "No… I have to break free… Something is bound to happen…"

Meanwhile, in Mexico, Hotaru was sitting in a cell, watching on the TV monitor, the actions that have taken place. She was in a straitjacket, with her head bandaged up.

"NO… It… It can't be… That thing from the caverns… They've awoken it…" she recognized the woman from on the stone pillar, "I don't want to live, seeing this horror show, yet again."

Just then, a small German soldier appeared, and opened the cells, "Come this way, ma'am. You don't want this beast to come all the way here, and kill you, too. This is Major von Stroheim's base in Mexico, ja?"

Hotaru said, "No… I'm not going with you… not from a German flunky like you!"

The soldier stepped in and said, "Hmph! You never change… There's no telling how many bullets she has… I'm glad to see that you're still stubborn as ever."

She approached the screen, and spoke, "I recognize the prisoner… Allow me to help."

Hotaru asked, "Hey, wait… You're rather small for a-."

The soldier shushed her. Her body shone in a dark aura, as she connected with Michelle.

Back in Germany, Michelle suddenly felt a tingle in her head. She gasped, "Wha-? What the devil?"

A voice called, "Auntie Michelle… Do not be alarmed! Break free, and grab that Major's hair! Believe me, I know!"

Michelle concentrated, as she spoke, via telepathic communications, "That voice… I understand, but… I'm tied up, right now…"

Hotaru was witnessing the girl's psychic powers, as she said, "That stance, I recognized that stance from before… NO! You mean… You're…"

SMASH!
In her last ounce of strength, using her psychic energy, Michelle broke free of her chains, shattering them into pieces. She got up and dashed towards Kosuri. She clamped onto her hair and said, "I'm sorry, but trust me on this!"

Kosuri shrieked, "OW! NOT MEIN HAIR!"

Michelle shouted, "IF YOU LET ME HELP YOU, I'LL COOPERATE WITH YOU, OR YOU'RE ALL DEAD!"

RIIIIP!
Helaviento appeared from out of the soldier's deformed corpse, as Michelle grabbed a handful of Kosuri's strands. Kosuri was crying out, "Wha-? What are you waiting for? OPEN FIRE! SHOOT HER NOW! KILL THAT THING!"

They aimed their guns at Michelle, as Kosuri shouted, "NOT HER, HER!"

Beth's voice spoke, "NOW! USE YOUR TY KO KY!"

Michelle nodded, as Kosuri shrieked, when Helaviento charged at her, "GET AWAY!"

Michelle closed her eyes and started to glow in bluish psychic energy. The hairs she's holding are imbued in her own ESP Perk. The hair turned into thin needles, as Michelle prepared to fight Helaviento.

"I don't know how she got here, but I'm not going to sit back and let some demon from inside a stone pillar kill any more innocent lives!"

Kosuri gasped, "No way…"

Michelle charged at the woman, and shouted, "Ty Ko Ky technique – ESP Perk Hamon!"

She jabbed the hairs onto her chest, and Helaviento screamed, "YAAAAGH!"

Hotaru was shocked, "No way, it's not true…"

Beth removed her helmet, and said, "It's me, Miss Speedwagon~!"

Hotaru cried, "No way… ESP Perk… Psychic links… You're… YOU'RE BETH!"

Beth nodded, "I came here to rescue you, but it appears that Auntie Michelle is there, too."

Hotaru said, "I don't get it… Where did you learn that power?"

Beth smirked, "Oh, I just learned it from June."

Hotaru asked, "How long have you known about it?"

Beth said, "Meh. Just got here."

Helaviento fired from her hands, maintaining her stance, killing more soldiers and scientists. Michelle used the remaining hairs, forming a barrier.

"BARRIER UP!"
The barrier blocked each bullet from killing anyone else. She stopped firing, as she was out of bullets. The hair barrier stopped. Helaviento growled, as Michelle said, "Miss von Stroheim, is it? Might I suggest a new form of shampoo for your coif? You're going to lose your hair, if this keeps up."

Michelle stretched a bit, and then said, "Alright, demon… I'm responsible for this mess… Now, it's my turn…"

Helaviento growled, looking at Kosuri's fallen hair strand, "Hmmm… Hair…"

Michelle adjusted clothes and said, "Sorry that took so long… I have regained my strength. You could say that someone's watching over me, from far away, like she wants me to live. Trust me… Michelle Nevins isn't going to die, tonight… Hell, I've died before, but I'm not going back to the afterlife, just yet!"

Helaviento said, as she stared down at her, "You…"

Michelle smirked, as she prepared for combat.

XXXXX

Meanwhile, in a helicopter, June and Emily were flying to Germany, as June suddenly sensed a power. She said, "Auntie Michelle…"

Emily asked, "What's wrong?"

June said, "It's her… … …and Beth? How did she-?"

She concentrated, as Emily asked, "Uh, okay… Weirdo… What is going on? Does that mean that-?"

June nodded, as she said, "Beth told me that Auntie Michelle's alive… and so's Miss Speedwagon! Only… Miss Speedwagon's in Mexico, while Michelle's in where we're going!"

Emily said, "Kid's got heart… unlike you. We head back to Germany, save Miss Nevins, and maybe pick up Beth, on the way back to North America. Believe me, I know how to cross the Atlantic, from England to America."

June was worried, as she said, "Yeah, but… Beth… She may need me…"

Emily said, "It's alright… She'll be fine. I don't know why she saved me from that vampire, and I'm still pissed that she let that demon yank my tooth out, but I know people like her. Believe me, I'm the daughter of the Great Hero of Argos."

"You sure?"

"I'm sure."

Emily looked out, as she thought, "I'm just hoping we're not too late…"

XXXXX

Back in Mexico, Beth was freeing Hotaru, as she said, "Took a damn long time to rescue you, did it? I'm sorry, but even my family cannot leave me, so much. Father's missing, Mother's too busy, and Auntie Michelle is fighting for her life!"

Hotaru said, "I'm flattered, Beth. You didn't come all the way here, just to rescue me."

Beth smiled, "I know… But what choice do I have? To be honest, I'm a little annoyed of all this action that the grownups are into. Kids need more adventure."

"Yeah, but kids should be at home, like you. I don't get why your ESP Perk has increased in power… It's like you're the spitting image of Mr. Nevins…"

"I needn't your lectures on memory lane, Miss Speedwagon! Let's just leave!"

She kicked the jail bars off the cell, as she said, "I know, the cell's open. I did rough up the guards, on the way, for the keys. How the hell was I supposed to know that? Even a moron knows that someone may lock me in, thinking I stalled my genius escape plan."

Hotaru thought, "And somehow, she's matching her psychic powers with her father's brute force."

Beth and Hotaru ran down the corridors of the jail, as sirens began to sound off.

She said to Hotaru, "You can tell me everything, once we leave. Let's go!"

They rushed to the exit, with Hotaru badly hurt, but is thankful for what Beth is doing. She then thought, "It's up to Miss Nevins, now… Milady, she's… not strong enough to fight that demon…"

Hotaru said, "Beth! If we're to leave, we have to go to Germany, and rescue Miss Nevins! Trust me! Your aunt's in danger, and whatever this mind melding you two had, whatever it is, I want you to help her!"

Beth cried, "It's just what I wanted! Only, do you see any aircrafts in this building? The minute we reach the surface, the sooner we can charter a plane!"

She sobbed, in embarrassment, "…if we find one…"

One major setback to this is… There were no available aircraft in the NubMench's Mexico Base; only all-terrain vehicles. And from Mexico to Germany, they'd have to cross the Atlantic Ocean.

"BLAST IT!" Beth shouted, as they made their way to another corridor.

They turned left, as Hotaru said, "Beth, are you sure you know the exit is there?"

Beth moaned, "To be honest, I don't know! I believe my guess is find a guard, beat him up, and go straight to a wall!"

Hotaru asked, "But how? How many guards did you knock out?"

Suddenly, a huge army of soldiers appeared, armed with rifles, marched down the halls. Beth griped, witnessing it, "Oh, bloody hell! How many of them are there?"

Hotaru asked, "Beth, answer my question!"

Beth confessed, "Uh… … …One."

"One guard?"

"This place is huge, but it lax security! Or maybe it's their lunch time… DAMN IT ALL!"

Beth ordered Hotaru to step back, as she wants to protect her. Hotaru pleaded, "NO! You can't shield yourself for me!"

Beth said, "That's true. But I don't want you to die… and neither do I!"

The soldiers went closer, as Beth prepared. They aimed at her, as Beth used her ESP Perk. She produced a huge dark barrier and shot it towards the soldiers, surrounding them in a huge prison-like structure, made of psychic energy. Beth grabbed Hotaru and said, "Come on! It'll give us enough time to escape!"

They ran off, leading to a small door. Beth kicked it down, and they were finally outside the building. Beth cried out, "Where's a vehicle? Or a jet? Or a flying dragon?"

Hotaru grumbled, "Compose yourself, Beth. We can charter a vehicle to a nearby airfield."

Beth asked, "Where, exactly?"

XXXXX

Back in Germany, Michelle and Helaviento stared down, as Kosuri was stunned.

"Who is she?" Kosuri thought, "This woman… She is known to be Government Agent… but she has the same powers as does this monster. I've heard so much about your family… I believe you were aware of yourself, but this woman, Helaviento, the so-called Jewel Woman, uses gems from Mount Fuji to turn innocent men and women into vampires. She does this to get stronger, by beating her prey, and destroying them! Take her out, while there's still time!"

Michelle said, "I know. I never thought of fighting someone like her, again… not like her."

She prepared to fight, as Helaviento stared silently. She walked towards Michelle, and went through her. She gasped, as she thought, "That… She went through me, like I'm a ghost! Weird… Whatever this Jewel Woman is… she's…"

Helaviento approached a rifle and examined it. She then said, "What is this weapon? Cold and long… And so well-built…"

Kosuri shrieks, as Michelle growled, "Blasted bitch! She has learned our language, in record time! If that's not easy learning, I'm the bloody Prime Minister!"

Helaviento began to dissemble the gun, dropping it to the floor, in many pieces. Michelle whispered, "What the hell is she doing now? She took apart the gun, without ripping it off, like she was an expert gunsmith?"

Kosuri cried, "It takes dozens of hours for a soldier to learn how to fieldstrip it that fast!"

Michelle growled, "Uncanny! This new intellect…"

Helaviento is shone with the bright fluorescent lights, and said, shielding herself, "So bright… This light is new to me."

Michelle said, "Huh? I get it now! We weren't the ones observing her! She was actually observing us!"

A figure appeared, and held Helaviento's shoulder, "Is that right? If you're learning new abilities, tell me something I don't know."

Kosuri and Michelle gasped, as June suddenly appeared, tapping on Helaviento's shoulders. Michelle cried, "JUNE?! DON'T AGITATE THAT THING!"

June said, "I'm not. I overheard what pinky over here said… So, she's the one that was hounding us, eh?"

Emily said, from by the doorway, "Uh, sorry, Miss Nevins…"

Michelle asked, "Emily? When did you two get here?"

Emily politely confessed, "Beth went to Mexico to locate Miss Speedwagon… and she left us to find you."

June smiled, "And so far, we're doing so well."

Michelle hollered, "JUNE! GET AWAY!"

Helaviento spoke, "You are playing games, primitive. I do not play games."

Her bare torso sprouted out rib bones, from both sides, extending long, and about to clasp onto June.

"LOOK OUT!" Emily shouted.

June gasped, "WHAT THE-?"

She used her ESP Perk powers to block Helaviento's ribcage attack.

Rib Blades (a.k.a. Fighting Ribs) – They're capable at being manipulated at any direction.

"JUNE!" Michelle yelled.

BOOM!
June broke free in a huge energy blast, but crashed onto the ceiling. She coughed out a little blood, and plummeted to the floor.

Helaviento said, noticing her powers, "Sparks… Energy… This human seems different than the others… Hmm, the other human… She has the same sparks, like her… I was not able to absorb her body into mine… She just flew away… Yet somehow, her legs still seemed fine… This one, and the other woman… I've yet to see such a human as remarkable as she… Is she a unique specimen… or do all humans have a certain class that possesses the same bodies?"

Emily was in fright, as she whispered, "June…"

Helaviento approached Emily, as she added, "Maybe… This girl has a friend… Does she have the same powers?"

Emily whimpered, "No… Stay back…"

Helaviento jabbed her fingers into Emily's cranium, and sensed her. Emily screamed, as Helaviento released her grip. Emily shows no scars or blood, since the demon woman was actually checking her. Helaviento concluded, "I see… This girl is unique…"

She grasped onto Emily, as she screamed, "YAAAAAAAAAAAH! HELP ME!"

June came to and roared, "EMILY! You bastard! You let my friend go, you bitch! If you want her, you go through me, Frankenstein's Bride, because I'm in the zone! Come on, big guy! You want to throwdown?"

Helaviento said, "It would seem that these humans evolved through their confidence…"

June's right fist glowed in dark aura, "Hope you're hungry! DARK SHADOW PUNCH, COMING UP!"

She punched her dark fist into Helaviento's abdomen. She pushed through, but suddenly, droplets of blood were floating upward.

"What? What the devil?" June was shocked.

Michelle cried, "June's ESP Perk and Darkness Shadow… They're making the blood around them float!"

Helaviento is actually pushing all her energy into her body, and repelled it into the excess blood that was strewn all over the floor.

Helaviento said, "My body… and her body are seemed to be repelling from one another."

CHOMP!
Her stomach produced a clamp, and chopped off June's hand. She screamed, as she gasped, "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"

Everyone gasped, as June held her right hand up. She sprouted out her hand, revealing she was faking it.

"I know you don't like games, Helaviento… But I kinda knew you would try something…" June said, "But I can almost remove my thumb from my hand… if you even have a sense of humor, at all."

The demon stared at June, as June replied, "Alright, you stone woman… I'm not through with you! But seriously, this beast is immune to psychic and dark powers… Or namely Hamon… If only I can learn how to use Hamon, if it wasn't immune to it."

Michelle said, "That's not true! The Hamon inside me is Ty Ko Ky, and it was used to protect you! It kept your body from being absorbed into that thing!"

Kosuri yelled, "Idiot! It's like eating a blowfish for her! She knows that she must kill it first, and then remove the poison parts! That is how Helaviento plans on absorbing this girl's body!"

June said, "Well, for what it's worth, I'm no blowfish. Regardless, we should flee, right away, and stop her from attack us!"

Emily nodded, "Retreat's a possible option. But I fear that Helaviento may escape with us… only to slew us…"

Kosuri yelled, "You can't do that! The dangers of escaping Helaviento are too high! She won't stop, until you're all dead!"

June barked, "Oh, shut up! YOU released this monster, and now you're having someone else clean up your mess? I don't need anything else on my plate, Von Stroheim!"

She found a knife on the floor, and picked it up with her foot. She said, as her aura glowed in darkness, "Let's see if she is accustomed to fear, by cleaving her skin!"

STAB!
She stabbed the knife into the demon's left arm, but was immune to the pain. June gasped, "Her skin is malleable like rubber!"

She leapt upwards and controlled her ESP Perk, "See if you can dodge this, Big Guy! How about my ESP to your EYES?"

She punted her right foot at Helaviento's face, at point blank, but Helaviento's head melted down to her nose. June gasped, as she thought that her head's made of rubber, too.

WHAM!
Helaviento lands a huge blow to June's solar plexus. She drops to the ground, as Emily cried, "JUNE!"

Helaviento said, "She seems to control her powers, by concentration. But she is lying there, unconscious, like any normal human being."

She grabbed June's unconscious body and was about to absorb her. Michelle gasped, "No… Damn it, June! Wake up!"

Kosuri cried, "This is bad… I have to blow this place up, right now! Kosuri can't take much more of this, but if it's to get rid of that monster, so be it!"

She approached the control panel and panted. She whispered, "For the Fatherland… and Eternal Glory!"

She held her fist up, forming her thumb in-between her index and middle finger, and was about to hit the button. But…
"Hey, ugly! I wouldn't go and try to kill my sister, like that… if I were you." A voice called.

Everyone gasped, as Beth suddenly appeared. She said, "June's faking it. Her gamble paid off…"

June smiled, "Sis… You came…"

Beth said, "Yes. You did well, fighting that huge woman monster… but seeing that psychic energy and Ty Ko Ky doesn't work on her exterior, why not go indoors, for a huge meal for her dinner?"

June glowed in both her ESP Perk and Darkness Shadow, "Enjoy Hell, you monster from another world… Ty Ko Ky Technique – DARKNESS WAVE!"

She engulfed herself in an explosion of electric waves and dark shadows, as it dismembered Helaviento into pieces. She dropped to the floor, as June was exhausted. She then panted, in complete horror, and replied, "Now, I see her… This woman… isn't human. She is one huge digestive system. Every one of her cells are made of aggressive digestive enzymes, making it possible to dissolve her prey. It looks like she's digesting them, when, in fact, she's swallowing them whole."

Helaviento's eyes opened, as Beth spoke, "Ty Ko Ky… That's what I sensed, when it tried to eat Auntie Michelle."

Michelle said, "Yes, but her Precious Stones weren't enough. You have to destroy Helaviento, completely!"

Beth held up a chain, as Helaviento's upper body emerges, about to lunge at June. She threw the chain and called, "SISTER! CATCH!"

June caught the chain, and Helaviento was wrapped in steel chain. They tugged together, wrapping Helaviento into a huge bind. Beth said, as she was holding on, "The assimilated parts of Helaviento were about to be regenerating together. That's exactly what happened to Tohka Yatogami, a while back."

Michelle asked, "Tohka? Wait… She's…"

Beth said, "Sorry, but she is dead. Lucky me, I figured you would try to go and do the same thing!"

She called to Kosuri, "Von Stroheim!"

Kosuri was panicking, seeing a severed leg, as June called, "Come on! Wake up! Does she have a weakness or something?"

Kosuri said, "Uh… Sunlight! Yeah! It was there on the walls of the cave, sunlight is their natural enemy! The very reason why the gems in Mount Fuji were created was to block out the sun!"

Emily asked, "So, this woman's a modern-day Mr. Burns?"

June said, "No. She's a vampire, like all the others!"

Beth opened the hatch doors, heading to the exit, as Kosuri shouted, "You can't let Helaviento into the outside world! YOU'RE INSANE!"

The exit leads to a stairway, with a door, emitting sunlight. It was a door leading to outside. Beth called, "On the contrary – I think it needs to go on a sunlit stroll!"

She and June dragged Helaviento's still-breathing upper half upstairs, with great difficulty, as Emily said, "Now, I get it… The door is showing sunlight from the cracks! And this place has no sunlamps!"

Beth was panting, as she was losing breath. Helaviento snarled, "Cease your foolishness, humans…"

Episode XII – End

Will our heroes be able to reach daylight, to stop this evil Helaviento? Or is there no way of stopping this spawn of evil?
Find out in the next exciting episode of…

The Gang – IN-ACTION!

To be continued…