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A rather short chapter, sadly it just ended up being that way.
Chapter 51
"Neeeep Nep Nep Nep Nep Nep!" Neptune sang out loud as she tried to pass the time. Sure, her throat was getting a bit raw and her voice was starting to crack, but she didn't want to hang out in that room all by herself and do NOTHING!
Besides, if she made the people who were peeping on her upset, then it was fine.
"WILL YOU NEPPING STOP IT?!" A voice over the intercom yelled at Neptune.
Neptune smirked as her left eye glowed and throbbed. "I'll stop when you let me go."
"Neppit! That's it! Get her the Nep out of there and have them deal with her!"
Neptune chuckled as she heard the door open up. "About ti...me?" Her chuckling died off and her face paled as she saw who was in front of her. "P...Ko? Rom?"
Both of them were clothed in sleek, black leotard-like uniforms and both of them looked at her with neutral expressions on their faces and Neptune saw the way their eyes seemed to be slightly off and trembled. "You two... They did it... You're under their control, aren't you?" Memories of fighting against Yellow Heart and of being forced to fight her sister when she was brainwashed ran through her mind. "No..." She hung her head as tears fell from her eyes. "I failed again, didn't I?"
"Face it, Nepsy..." Her pupils shrank as she heard Kurome's voice in her ear. "These people aren't worth saving. Look what they're doing to your beloved daughter and your new little sisters."
Neptune started to breathe heavily as she felt a surge of rage she had never felt before. "Get out of my head, Kurome." She growled softly.
"Aww, but Nepsy, look, they're finally letting you out of your confinement, aren't you happy?"
As she got to the ground, Neptune clutched at her left eye while looking at Rom and Peashy with her right eye while on her knees. "Why? Don't you two recognize me?"
"You're an enemy of Lastation and Mistress Kei." Rom told her in a tone that had none of its usual kindness or compassion. "That's all that's needed to know."
"Let's go." Peashy approached Neptune and grabbed her hands before forcing them behind her while Rom cast a spell to bind Neptune's hands behind her back.
"As the CPU Candidates of Lastation, we will show Mistress Kei that we deserve to be by her side." Rom said as they pushed the naked Neptune out of the room and down the hallway.
"Can I at least have some clothes?" Neptune asked as she blushed while people stopped to look at her naked body. "Pretty please? I don't like being stared at while naked."
"No." Both Peashy and Rom said at the same time.
"With that collar on your neck," Rom said to Neptune as they turned a corner, "even if you have access to your CPU powers, you won't be able to use them."
"Don't you two know me?" Neptune asked, knowing that they likely didn't, if Anonydeath was the one in charge of their brainwashing, but that didn't mean that she couldn't try to get through to who they really were.
"Mistress Kei's enemy, that's all we need to know." Rom said and Neptune fought the urge to cry.
'Dammit, not again.' Neptune thought to herself.
(-)
Meanwhile...
When the elevator stopped, Noire stepped out, followed by Chrome, Linda, Gust and Warechu. "Okay, no one's here. Let's grab some stuff and get out of here."
"Really?" A voice spoke up and Noire's pupils shrank as she spun around to see Uni in a black outfit standing there as the air around her shimmered while she pointed her Uzis at Noire. "You're an enemy of Lastation. Good job finding a secret passage that even mistress Kei doesn't know about."
"How did you get here so fast?!" Linda yelled at Uni, who merely smirked at her while her red eyes looked at Linda cruelly.
"There are plenty of turbo lifts in this place. As for finding this place, it was well hidden, but not so much that Steamax couldn't find it with his scanners." The air next to her shimmered and Steamax stepped out and Noire sighed softly as she saw the robot she built to protect Uni stood next to her little sister to arrest them.
"...So what will happen to us?" Noire asked, her voice tired.
"Either you die like a dog here, or you get to have some dignity and have the people watch as you get executed." Uni told her. "So what's your decision?"
"Either way I die, huh?" Noire sighed, her voice showing defeat. "...Just do what you want with me, I'm done."
"Lady Uni," Steamax spoke up, "Mistress Kei wants her executed in front of the people if possible."
"Of course." Uni nodded and looked at the others. "You're all coming with. I can't guarantee that my trigger finger won't get itchy and accidentally do more damage to you than any of you want. At least with the execution you'd get a few more minutes to live."
"...Dammit." Chrome really couldn't bring herself to try and fight back against Uni. "What did they do to you?"
"Mistress Kei and Master Anonydeath showed me the truth, nothing more." Uni told her. "We should hurry before Filyn comes looking for us."
Chrome sighed and slowly raised her hands up. "Very well... I surrender." As they were forced to walk in front of them, she sighed and wondered what was the point of getting out of prison if they were just going to be captured right away.
"This stinks." Gust muttered and looked at Linda before looking back at Uni. "Can you let Linda go?" Uni raised an eyebrow while Linda looked at Gust in confusion. "Her girlfriend is in the hospital and Linda is innocent."
"Gust..." Linda said softly, smiling at the bunny girl.
"You're all dangerous enemies of the state, you get no quarter." Uni proclaimed and motioned with her Uzis to the side. "Now move."
The group left the hidden office and made their way to a larger elevator where Filyn, who was wearing a hard cover eye-patch instead of her typical one, and Ram, both of whom were wearing similar outfits to Uni, were waiting for them. Seeing the two girls give the group hostile looks, Chrome found that she, like Noire, suddenly felt like nothing mattered as they were taken onto the turbo lift and moved to the ground floor of the Basilicom.
(-)
A little later...
"Greetings everyone." Kei smiled as she stood in front of a crowd of people in front of the Basilicom. "I would like to thank all of you for showing up on such short notice." She then gestured to the media. "And to the intrepid reporters who showed up on such short notice as well, I thank you for appearing for this public execution of the traitorous former CPU of Lastation as well as the enemy CPUs of Planeptune and Eden and their associates."
Behind her, Neptune, Noire, Chrome, Linda and Gust were all on their knees with their arms tied behind their backs. Warechu was in a cage.
In front of Noire, Uni stood with a powerful energy rifle in her hands. In front of Chrome stood Filyn with a spear of some sort in her hands. In front of Neptune was Rom while Peashy stood in front of Gust while Ram stood in front of Linda.
Noire looked up with a completely defeated expression as she looked at Uni. "...Should I have been nicer to you? Uni?" Tears welled up in her eyes as she tried to blink them away. "I'm sorry I failed you."
"Noire..." Neptune spoke up as she looked at the redhead. "I'm sorry too." Noire gave her a confused look. "I wanted to save Uni, I didn't realize how bad things were here."
"...I'm sorry too..." Noire said to her. "I allowed myself to be manipulated by Kei. If I hadn't... I don't know." She sighed, not knowing how things would have been different had she not been tricked by someone close to her.
"...And before I forget," Kei motioned to Gernia G., who was standing there next to her. "This is the former criminal Gernia G., who shall be in charge of science, medicine and technological advancement going forward." Gernia G. smiled and bowed to Kei. "It was with her help that we were able to bring this lawless CPU and aggressors to justice. Speaking of which, it's time for the public execution of the enemies of the state." She smirked and turned to the group. "And we'll start with the former CPU of Lastation, Black Void. Uni, will you start us off?"
"Of course, Mistress Kei." Uni nodded and moved her rifle to point it at Noire's head. "Any last words?"
"...I never wanted this for you, Uni." Noire said, no longer caring who heard her. "I wanted you to live a happy life and not worry about my enemies."
"Enough!" Kei demanded. "Uni, be a good girl and eliminate her."
"Of course." Uni nodded and flipped a switch as the rifle charged with power. "Goodbye... Former CPU Black Void."
She pulled the trigger and Noire's world was a flash of white light.
To be continued...
...Sunnvabitch! Damn cliffhangers!
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