At a café, Chazz was with Peter & Rook, while Asahi was cuddling him. She said, "I'm so glad, Chazz… I got you out of that cell, didn't I?"

Chazz grumbled, "Jesus Christ, you're such an annoying bitch…"

Asahi let go and blushed, "Sorry… I was worried about you…"

Peter barked, "HEY! What kind of an attitude is that? Asahi, don't encourage him!"

Asahi said, "I'm not!"

Chazz asked, "Say, Mr. Giese. Why are we waiting on someone? There's something I can't wrap my brain around. Is it because of the evil spirit in me, this Ojama Heart? I mean, I have seen Ojamas, before I met you guys, and long before we founded the Academy of Light."

Peter said, "Well, Rook and I were skeptical on something. When we heard news on Asahi's boyfriend in the clink, with an evil spirit, we figured we do some exorcising. That is… until we learn of its true powers awakening…"

Rook said, "That is because you hold a suitable power inside of you, which may be the key."

Chazz huffed, "I understand… but I hate to be a menace, I'm not a hero. I never was. I only did the hero thing for Alexis… But now that she's with that Slacker Jaden, this bitch's eyeing on me."

Asahi explained, "That was ancient history! It was one kiss, one magical moment… and sex… You were the one for me, after all… not some rugged he-man of a playboy."

Rook asked, "WHO?"

A woman in long brown hair, done in a low ponytail, wearing a black hat and blue blazer and jeans, appeared. She spoke in a British accent, "I say, sir… Is this where AAW Agents are located?"

Peter whispered, "Gimme a break. Grab a seat, Michelle."


Episode XXI – Chapter 3: MIO Returns!
Enter the Ghost Writer!


Asahi gasped, "M-M-M-M-M-Michelle?! Oh, my… You're… You're alive!"

Michelle took her hat off and said, "Didn't Heather tell you lads that?"

Asahi said, "Well, not really. Once this meeting is over, I can take you to the others."

Michelle groaned, "That idiot. I knew she forgot to tell the others."

Peter said, "Rook and I knew… We all thought you were dead, but you didn't die…"

Michelle said, "I did die… only…"

Chazz said, "So, you know a lot about these travels, from these darkness freaks. But how do you know all about this… this evil spirit, or whatever it's called…"

She held her hands together and said, "Listen, what I'm about to tell you will bring you on a journey to destiny. After all, I did come back from death's door, to experience everything that I've been through. But in order for you to fully understand this, I must start from the beginning. And no, I will not include the beginning of the Moji Mikisa. This has been part of the legacy of the Nevins Family and the Mount Fuji incident. Take a look."

She showed photos of a houseboat, manned by the same smug boys from Kunugigaoka Academy, killed off mysteriously by the same demon inside a casket. Chazz asked, "What are these about?"

Michelle explained, "The coffin's an antique. And it's made to look 100-years old. And six months ago, it was pulled out of the Atlantic, off the coast of Africa."

Chazz asked, "Yeah, so?"

Michelle said, "I did a little research. Kunugigaoka Academy recruited their best students, Nobuta Tanaka and Chousuke Takada, and two others; they were reported missing, after a mandatory field trip to Africa, which had E-Class banned from the trip. It was a saving grace, since the boys that discovered the coffin vanished into thin air. The coffin I examined belonged to Stephanie McMahon, who died while The Gang was in Imperial Lobby, two years ago. That same time, I died in an incident at sea, in that very same spot, before.
When those boys discovered it, months ago, it was empty. But I know what was exactly inside it."

Wait, weren't they in Act II of this story, Tanaka and Takada? You know what, fuck them.

Chazz asked, "You mean… a zombie woman came out of the coffin, underwater? No one would live as an undead warrior, while suffocating in the ocean!"

Peter said, "Not any undead warrior… try part-android, part-vampire…"

Chazz and Asahi gasped, as Michelle stated, "Agent Giese is correct. This woman… is someone I know, and a figure of my past. Agents Giese, Rook, and I agreed to look for her, as we speak."

Chazz asked, "Hold on… You said that she's a vampire, in broad daylight? No woman can live forever in the water! Come on! Who would be stupid enough to live long, for many years?"

Michelle pounded her fists to the table and yelled, "Because that woman is EVIL INCARNATE! AND HER NAME IS MIO! And now, after all these years, she has finally awakened, and we're all destined to fight her!"

Chazz scoffed, and turned away from Michelle. She yelled, "What the hell are you making that face of yours? And don't act like you don't care, like it has nothing to do with you!"

Chazz said, "Look, you old hag. This face explains that your story is so lame that I don't know what to say."

Michelle is horrified, "OLD HAG?!"

Chazz said, "And you, Reggie, was it? I don't know you, but you're such an arrogant bastard."

He turned to Michelle and concluded, "And as for you, Old Hag… You expect me to think that I fall for an unbelievable story like that?"

Rook smiled, "I get a lot of names thrown at me, Mr. Princeton, but even we believe that Michelle's story is farfetched. But think about it… You could say that I have an evil spirit, too, and can be equally remarkable, like yours."

Michelle said, "Think what you want! But sooner or later, you'll have no choice but to believe it. And this will learn the truth of this to you."

She held up a disposable camera that Peter gave her and said, "If you won't believe me, then I'll show you. It's the best way to tell you, since I know MIO exists, and I chose to go after her, from the very beginning, starting with The Gang's two-year training. See, the truth of it is, I, too, was a part of this cunning revelation that prompt all of this. About a few months ago, after Kagura Sohma was defeated by my niece, Beth Nevins, I developed my second Precious Stone of Control, joining the ESP Perk. And it was a newly-discovered one."

Asahi cried, "WHAT DID YOU SAY?"

Peter gasped, "What? Another Precious Stone?!"

Michelle placed the camera down and held her arm up, "BEHOLD! Michelle Nevins's second Precious Stone!"

Her hand was coated in a dark purple aura, with grayish swirls, moaning in haunting cries.

CHOP!
She slammed a karate chop onto the camera, not breaking it into pieces, but rather dented it. A photo suddenly popped out of the camera. Michelle grabbed it and waved the blank paper around. She said, "There. DID YOU SEE IT? The ghostly aura in my hands? This may seem like a new wave of Instant Photos, but once the white paper gains color, we will know exactly what we're dealing with."

Peter said, as he looked at the destroyed camera, "Uh, dude… The lens cap is still on."

Michelle said, "SO? My Precious Stone can take secret photos, even if the lens cap is on or off. This is my second power, as dubbed… Ghost Writer! It can view faraway vision and place them on paper and film, such as cameras and iPhones. The only downside of this power to me is that I have to bust up a perfectly good $25 Disposable Camera, every time I use it. In a matter of seconds, this vision will appear on this piece of paper, Chazz Princeton! And alongside The Gang, you will be a part of it! THIS IS YOUR DESTINY!"

Chazz growled, "What are you talking about?"

Michelle sat down and said, "Mr. Princeton, Asahi, have either of you ever been in bigger battles, before? You may notice that your blood is beating from the rush of adrenaline. Because you two have unique powers, you may have notice a scar on the back of your necks, revealing your destiny in this messed-up multiverse."

Chazz asked, "What does that mean?"

Michelle said, "You each have it, but you never knew about it… While you are of pure heart, the key ingredient of earning a Precious Stone of Control, you cannot retrieve one, at all. By the insignia on your back, you are your own destiny, without it. Rook has a pure heart, too, but his status is never revealed. Peter, Farra, Heather, Mizuki, my brother, and my nieces all don't have a scar!"

Asahi viewed her neck, and gasped, seeing a mark of a rhombus on her neck, near the left shoulder. Chazz saw his, which is the shape of a star, on the same spot, near his shoulder.

Chazz asked, "I'll say it again! What the hell does all this mean?"

Peter said, "Listen to Michelle, Chazz. I don't believe it, either, but I can assure you, all will be revealed."

He pouted, "I'm jealous that I don't get one…"

Michelle said, "Neither does Steven or Percival, since they are of NO pure heart. I asked Percival about it, and it was all true. He even showed me to Aya Hoshino, a friend of his, from the very beginning, and we agreed. I asked her about it, as she explained it to me. All with a pure heart are blessed with a mark on their bodies, and it depends on which shape of the mark it goes on, at the very same spot."

Chazz growled, "All right… and just what the hell is gonna turn up on the photograph?"

Michelle explained, "Soon, Chazz Princeton, this photograph will reveal your destiny; a path that has been unknown to us, until now!"

Chazz roared, "I'm losing my patience! JUST SHOW ME THE DAMN PHOTO ALREADY!"

He took the photo, as Asahi pleaded, "Chazz, calm down!"

He looked at the photo and blushed, "Urk… uhhh… Is this… your idea… of a-. She's… she is so sexy… with that bare back… and tan lines…"

He gasped, "Huh? Wait a second! Asahi, look! The mark on this woman's hot body! A scar of…"

Asahi said, "It looks like… a crown?"

The woman's body is shown, with her back turned, revealing a lightly tanned body, with a mark of a crown on the shoulder area. It also has pale skin on the head, near a dark scar from around the neck. Her hair was long and black as ebony.

Michelle called out, "MIO! She turns up in all my spirit photos! And Asahi is right! Look at her shoulder! From the neck of that whore up is the scar of a crown! And deductions confirmed on one thing…"

She boomed, "The body belongs to one of a pure heart, and what was once our sworn enemy! The Authority! THEY ARE THE CATALYSTS TO MIO! And judging from the scar around her neck… I have confirmed that the body belongs… TO STEPHANIE MCMAHON! THIS SON OF A BITCH STOLE HER BODY!"

They all gasped, as Michelle explained, calmly.
"Three years ago, I was aboard a ship, sailing to America, after besting my brother in combat. I was accompanied by Yui, a friend of mine, heading to Japan. All I know of is what I learned from Aya Hoshino, Percival's friend. On that ship, before the incident occurred, I died in Yui's arms, after I lost all my strength to stop MIO, who was only just a head. After I bested her, I passed out and died. The ship exploded and sank in the Atlantic, moments after my body was sailed away in MIO's bombproof coffin. Yui & MIO's bodies were never found, unfortunately.
Around the same time, The Gang was battling the revived members of Night Raid and the Jaegers in Imperial Lobby, plotted by their master who revived them, Broken Matt Hardy, as a ruse to eliminate BOTH The Gang and The Authority. As you and The Gang were fighting them, Asahi, according to Yakumo Tsukamoto of Cy-Bo-Div, she told me that Matt Hardy killed Stephanie McMahon, and almost planned to even take Triple H's life, too; but was foiled.
The connection is the same… About three years ago, before the events took place, The Authority was part of the Great West Greenwich War, alongside Cy-Bo-Div. I was there, alongside my brother, Steven, and Percival Gaynes. We all witnessed it. The Authority was held responsible and was well-hated by the World Government, for countless lives lost, including Cecelia Cooke and Black Dynamite. And when Stephanie died that day, by Matt Hardy's Broken Brilliance, the authorities chucked her body in that same casket and dunked her into sea, and did it to feel better about themselves, knowing McMahon is a hated slut.
But that's not the most it! About moments before I regained consciousness, on the shores of the Canary Islands, this cunt emerged from the sunken debris and somehow ensnared Stephanie's corpse, fused into her body, surviving.
And this all I know is certain – MIO is currently somewhere in the globe, hiding! Plotting something! It's been three years, since she's revived, and the reason why my Ghost Writer and your Ojamas are manifesting, since, is because they're most likely all linked to MIO."

Rook said, "To society, in general, our gifts are considered a kind of psychic power. While it doesn't relegate to the ESP Perk, held by Michelle, her brother, her late father, and Heather's daughters, it has a remarkable force inside. I've had my gift, since my mission in Thriller Bark, long ago, but your powers have been bound to MIO's body – or, in this case, Stephanie McMahon's body. There's some sort of invisible string that connects you to her. Her rebirth is also connected to your own, awakening your sleeping powers."

Michelle showed the photo, "Agent Rook, does this photo give you any revelation on where MIO is now?"

Rook said, "No. But I will hold onto this photo, for safekeeping. I will try to take a closer look for a sign of her whereabouts, later."

Michelle nodded, "Thank you."

Peter said, "Strange… Being both you a lesbian and you a pervert, I thought you might keep it for masturbating to it."

Rook said, "This is serious, Peter. Even if it is MIO, which it is, clever antics and personal actions are nothing to be joshed at. For this, I'm serious, since this is what we're dealing with. Even I cannot be asking for panties, now and then."

Peter sighed, "Yare yare daze…"

Asahi was worried, as Michelle said, "Oh, don't be upset. I'm sorry that I scared you like that."

Asahi said, "I… I know, but… I can't believe I have a sort of gift. It's no wonder I have no Precious Stone…"

Michelle said to Peter, "I think I'll stick around in America, for a while. You mind if I bunk with you blokes?"

Peter said, "Well, sure. I got no mind on that, man. But first, remind me to let you clobber Heather, later, for not telling us you were alive, all this time… But a weird mystery of how you had a sort of near-death experience."

Michelle replied, "I'm sure of it. They'll all understand."

Asahi said, "Right. We'll head to AAW HQ, on the way. Let's go, Chazz."

They left the café, heading back to their AAW-New York base, about to deliver more intel on MIO.

Peter whispered to Rook, "So… You sure you don't know where she is?"

Rook said, "Not a clue. But later on, I should report this to Scarlet, and run a diagnostic with your wife."

Peter nodded, "Good. Miz will pinpoint what we know."

As they left, Chazz rubbed his shoulder and moaned, "Great… If I ever meet with this MIO, I hope to kill her, personally…"

Meanwhile, in an unknown area, sleeping in her bed, a woman with long black hair, and wearing only black panties and a garter-belt, was lying on her right side. She was topless, with only her hair over her body. She leaned up and cupped her bare breasts, "Hnnnnnnn… Again… Just now… I have an intense feeling deep inside me… like someone somewhere is watching me…"

She turned to the doorway and hissed, "This body is sending some kind of spiritual signal to her allies… and offspring… Hmmm… So, she is still alive, after all that… Lucky little mortal with psychic powers…"

She went to the door, near a corpse of a girl in black hair, in a dark blue school uniform, with her body limp and ragged, with four holes on her neck, with blood oozing out. This woman killed her, as she said, "It must be my fate… … …but fate must be purged…"

She walked off and said, "It's all set… I've taken the first steps…"

This woman has a crown scar on her shoulder, with a scar around her neck. This was the woman that The Gang now has to find and destroy – MIO!


Episode XXI – End

So, a lot has changed, over the past two acts… Stephanie McMahon is dead, but MIO harbors her body. Michelle Nevins is alive, and is locating MIO, as we speak. But what about Steven & Farra? What of their mission in West Plaza?
Stay tuned to for the next episode of…


The Gang – IN-ACTION!


To be continued…