"Planet Guilst was once considered a travel destination. But over the past 10 years it has become a gathering place for the criminal underworld." Witch said.
"So we've heard. Not the kind of planet you'd want to live on." Zero said.
"But who would do this?" Axl asked.
"Given the job…it was probably a team based on Guilst. More than likely Rogue Out." Jet said. "They'll take on any job no matter how dirty it is."
"Whoever hired them must be very important." Thorani said.
"Anyway, what about Happy-2?" Ginseng asked.
"Thankfully, his injuries aren't severe." Witch said. "I've done what I can. But to fully repair him, we need Sister's power. You see, she is designated as the Life of Edens."
"Life of Edens?" Hope asked.
"Precisely. As the Life of the ship, she has the ability to heal. It was her duty to repair damaged machines, with remarkable results." Witch said. "Comparably, I am the Shield of Edens. It is my job to protect the Ship."
"And what about the other two?" Jin asked.
"Obviously, one of them has got to be the Sword. Can't have a shield without a sword. It's kind of basic structure." Mayumi said.
"Correct. The Sword of Edens is Valkyrie." Witch confirmed. "Finally, there is Hermit, the Mind of Edens."
"Well, isn't that a coincidence?" Leonora asked.
"No wonder the 4 of you are so vital to the Edens Zeros systems." Adora said. "What about Pino? Ziggy created her for a reason too, didn't he?"
"Yes. She is to become our successor, The Light of Edens." Witch said.
"Very interesting." Elisabeth said.
"We need to.." A2 said before falling.
"You aren't doing anything." 2B said. "You are staying for repairs too."
"You guys should really cut out the chatter." a voice said as Weisz stood behind them with a new girl.
"Weisz? And who is that?" Titanica asked.
"My name is Homura. I am not your enemy." the girl said.
"This could be considered trespassing." Witch said.
"Why are you back here?" Gray asked. "I thought you left."
"Things got complicated. I saw the news flash about B cubers. Then I saw Shiki's freak out, so I knew Rebecca was kidnapped. Then I ran into this one at the guild. She knew the ship's name and asked me to take her here." Weisz said. "Because her teacher was some demon king helper or something. I brought her here on a condition."
"I will not allow someone who plans to do harm to the demon king aboard." Witch said.
"I'm not planning to take his life." Homura spoke aloud.
"Doesn't explain why you're back." Zoro said.
"Are you kidding? A girl's in trouble. I'm going to save her no matter what it takes." Weisz said.
"Came back to be a knight to a damsel, got it." Catra said. "But what about the plus one you brought along?"
"C'mon Catra, don't talk about her like she's some unwilling tagalong. She's here to help and we could use all of it that we can get." Hope said.
"After what happened with Madoka, I'm reluctant to trust anyone with the name of Homura as far as I can throw them." David said.
"I understand why, given what she was involved in. But we opened her eyes to what she did wrong and we redeemed her." Madoka said. "Let's give her a chance, David."
"These strange men and young girl continue to debate and compare me to some other Homura. It's strange." Homura said.
"Uh…we can hear you." Natalie said.
"Sometimes I can't help but think aloud." Homura said. "This group seems well attuned given their numbers."
"Anyway…what can you…" Jexi said as they saw lines appear on her arm.
"I have trained since I was a small child. As such, I can use Ether Gear." Homura said.
"That pattern…" Witch said to herself. "(It couldn't be…)" she thought before the ships slowed. "We have arrived near Planet Guilst."
"All right…enough debate. It's go time." Jexi said.
It didn't take long before they landed on Guilst, looking at numerous destroyed buildings and skeletons in the streets.
"Yeesh, they weren't kidding when they said this planet reeked of lawlessness." Kentaurosmon said.
"Yeah…you know, back before it became lawless…I used to come here with some of my pals to look at that tree." Jet said pointing to a giant one. "This place was a wonder of nature…then these criminal jackasses had to ruin it."
"Yeah…in my time it was a tourist attraction for anyone who wanted to see giant trees." Weisz said.
"So, this is basically Arkham Asylum if it was a whole planet." Mayumi said.
"That's about the size of it." Leopardmon said.
"Yo, guys!" Yuzuriha called. "I found Rouge Out's Hideout!"
Rogue Out's hideout was a run down church with their name plastered on the front.
"A church?" Philia asked.
They opened the doors as they walked inside.
"Trespassers. What is it you desire? Women? Sex? Money? Maybe you wish to join us…or confess your sins? Doesn't matter. You need not answer." a voice from the statue said as it split open to show an android. "For I am Sister, the leader of Rogue Out." she said.
"What?" Shiki asked.
"Sister Ivry, one of the Four Shining Stars… is the Leader of Rogue out?!" Amethyst asked in shock.
"Why are you here? You're one of Witch's friends." Shiki said.
"Hey…can you see this?" X asked.
"Hmm…her appearance is different…but the identification code matches. Use extreme caution." Witch said on his comm.
"Yeah, there's no way I'm buying this is actually her." Zero said.
"Just go with it for now, the real one we're looking for has gotta be around here." DW typed.
"Right." X nodded.
"Forgive us. It would seem we have forgotten our place." Fulgore said, playing off the conversation.
"It's fine. I know how older models can act, thinking they know all." Sister said.
"Indeed. We have just been out of touch with how things are. We sometimes need refreshers in our systems." Fulgore said.
"In that case, let me remind you and your human allies of your place in the world." she said as multiple soldiers came running in. "Sorry. There's a bit of trouble with one of my clients, so I'll be leaving. Try to preserve their corpses after you kill them." she said.
"Roger!" one of them said.
"Their corpses will make wonderful soldiers for my army." Sister smiled evilly.
"Don't go assuming things are already finished before they start." Fefnir said.
"Don't walk away from us!" Mark said as he rushed forward.
"Open fire!" one of the troopers said as they fired their rifles, cutting Mark off and forcing everyone to dodge.
"We need to make this quick, before we lose Sister's trail!" Gohan said as he dashed towards and engaged the soldiers.
"Pod!" 2B said.
Pod 042 waved its arms as a dome with a clock formed, slowing the soldiers and their attacks down.
"That thing can slow time?!" one of the unaffected soldiers asked.
"It can't slow this!" one of them said as they fired a missile. Pod 042 flew away as the missile chased it.
"Hmm." 2B said as she closed the distance and split it in half. But then a second missile was fired and before it could explode, it was cut in two, but not by 2B, but by Homura who held a red ether blade.
"Whoa!" Bow said.
"She cut the missile?!" the rocket launcher soldier exclaimed.
"My Ether Gear is unstoppable. And its name is Soul Blade!" Homura said.
"Samurai are the coolest!" Shiki said.
"I like to think of myself as more of a knight. But I won't say anything, that would be rude. You all go after Sister. I can take care of things here." Homura said.
"I thought you said ninjas were the coolest, Shiki." David said.
"No, he said Ninjas are Awesome. Totally different wordplay." Jesmon said.
"Ah, right. Either way… I don't really trust Homura, but we're running out of options right now. I guess we can leave this place to her." David said.
"You think we'll just let you leave?" one of the soldiers said.
"Five Sword Fencing: Leopard Stance!" Homura said as her blade split in two. "A leopard uses its quick feet to capture its prey." she said, moving quickly by the soldiers as she effortlessly attacked them with her swords.
"She seems pretty skilled. Not bad." Erza said.
"This girl is a monster!" one of them said.
"My name is Homura Kogetsu of planet Oedo. And this sword is a gift from my master…for the purpose of defeating the Demon King in battle." Homura said.
As Homura fought, the group chased the ship as Pino gathered sound from them.
"It seems on top of the intruders, Illega is giving me trouble too." Sister's voice said.
"What? I thought he wanted us to capture 30 B-Cubers?" a soldier said.
"Cute ones at that." another said.
"He said he won't pay cause we only brought 29. It's my fault for sending Ganoff who can't count. I also sent Jinn with him anticipating that." Sister said.
"What do we do?" a soldier asked.
"It's important to maintain a relationship with the client. So maybe I should go over and have a chat." Sister said.
"Sound collection deactivated. They are likely heading to where Rebecca is being held at." Pino said.
"Then that's where we're going." Stahn said.
"So they were hired by this Illega character…" RD-2 said. "Anybody know who that is?"
"He's a common crook. He buys girls off the market, petrifies them…and uses them for furniture." Jet said.
"That is sick!" Ajna said in disgust.
"Ah… I see." Mark said plainly. "He dies."
"Dude." Simon said. "For a holy man you're kinda dark."
"Besides, we don't even know who this Illega guy is. I think it's best not to rush into someone like him. Let's prioritize here." David said.
"Yeah…..like making sure he dies twice." Sanji said.
"Oy vey…" David said with a facepalm.
"David, Illega is just a common crook. Honestly, the world would not miss him. The universe wouldn't miss him." Jet said. "Besides, he's gonna die pretty soon if he's ripping off the mercenaries."
"I know. I just don't like the shift in tone going on right now." David said.
"Look, we all know that you don't enjoy needless bloodshed." Francisca said. "But from the way he's being described, he needs 30 of these girls, and he's not gonna stop until he gets that number. Trust us when we say that this stretch of space is better off without him."
"Besides, we're here." Jexi said as they stood before a large tower.
"Wait, he lives here?!" Vector asked.
"Yeah. The guy is loaded. That's how he avoids jailtime and buying as many girls as he wants." Jet said.
"Oh man… I think I'll make an exception just this once." David said.
"Oh yeah, let's tear this sick bastard a new one." Saki said, cracking her knuckles.
They infiltrated the tower as they moved swiftly through it before hearing some voices.
"Pervert! Why are you doing all of this?" Rebecca's voice could be heard.
"Rebecca?" Shiki asked.
"Sounds like she's above us." Lea said.
"Why you ask? I have more money than I know what to do with. That's why. And you can do anything with money these days. You can do whatever you want when you're rich like myself." Illega's voice said.
"Oh yeah? Well you can't control people's hearts." Rebecca said.
"Who cares about having a heart when you have as much money as I do?" he said.
"How pathetic." Rebecca said.
"I'm pathetic? It's the people without any money who are utterly pathetic. After all, they're the ones who get turned into furniture and sit under my ass all day long." Illega said.
"Did not need to hear that…" Hiyoko said, disgusted.
"I've think we've heard enough." Mark said, powering up.
"I won't turn you into furniture, I'll make you my toy-" Illega said before Mark burst through the floor with an uppercut that sent the criminal sprawling back. "Ribbit!"
"Guys, you're here!" Rebecca happily said.
"Ribbit! Oh, it hurts! It hurts!" Illega cried out as he rolled on the floor.
"He's a frog?" Ajna asked.
"Frog-like, more specifically." Double D said as the rest of the group joined the gathering.
"Wow, he's ugly." Mark noted as he looked at Illega, still rolling around. "What say we make him even uglier?"
"Maybe we'll cook up some frog legs while we're at it." Sanji said.
"Oh, I know some people that would love a good serving of that." David said.
With that, Mark and Sanji descended onto Illega, beating him mercilessly.
"Is Happy okay?" Rebecca asked.
"He's alive, but he got damaged pretty badly. We don't know about the guildmaster." Hope said.
"Least Happy is okay." Rebecca said.
"We should probably stop Mark and Sanji soon, right?" Pino asked.
"Yeah, you're probably right. You never know, Illega might know something about Sunstar." Zephyr said.
"Who?" Illega said as he continued to be beaten.
"Then again, maybe not." Zephyr said.
"I'll try something. EMP." Pino said. "Huh…does not seem to work."
"Let me try something." Nami said, swinging down her Clima Tact as lightning struck the two of them and Illega.
"Ow!" Mark yelped, the lightning shocking him. "Okay, thanks, I got it out of my system for now."
"Now that the two of you have calmed down…" David started.
"Rebecca!" some voices said as some girls came into the room in strange costumes.
"Ah, all the other B-Cubers that were captured by Rogue Out." Ichiro said.
"What's with those costumes?" Rebecca asked.
"We got let out in this strange room with lots of costumes." a large girl said.
"Hey, you're Couchpo. Your food review videos are cool." Sunset said.
"Pino's EMP must've let them out." Hope said.
"Hmm…" Shiki said before he tossed Rebecca over to them as the same ninja cyborg from Blue Garden known as Jinn broke through the ceiling.
"Oh great, it's the Space Ninja." Zephyr said.
"We're ready for him this time." Kaibara said. "Pino, get Rebecca and the other B-Cubers out of here."
"Right." Pino said.
"I can't believe all of you actually came to Guilst." Jinn said.
"Well, we're kind of stubborn that way." David said.
"I can't let you take those girls. They're valuable merchandise." Jinn said.
"Well, sucks to be you, then." David said.
"My lord. Allow me to be the one to fight him this time." Kabuki said.
"Save some for me too." Shiki said.
"Alright. You two get right to it." David said.
"Because…the two of us have things that are worth fighting for." Shiki said.
As Shiki, Kabuki and Jinn were in a standoff, something on Entrapta's person went off. "Huh?" She pulled out some sort of detector and saw the readings. "Uh oh…. Guys, we've got a big problem!"
She showed them some blips as some lights were going out.
"Fading stars?" Dan asked.
"Those weren't stars. Those were planets." Massimo said.
"There's only one thing that can cause this…a Chronophage." Jet said.
"Those big space monsters that eat up time?!" Eddy asked.
"Yeah…if I'm reading this right, Guilst is in its path of devouring." Jet said.
"We only have…an hour before it arrives." 9S said.
"In that case, let's finish this fast." UlforceVeedramon said.
"Good idea. Because if we're too slow, our time's gonna be eaten up. Literally!" Entrapta said.
"Actually, our time won't get eaten. Since we weren't on Guilst recently, we'll just be erased from existence." Jet said.
"That doesn't make things any less worse!" Shantae said.
"Yeah…that's life." Jet said. "Still…I don't feel like being on the menu today…so let's finish things here."