Trapped in the Fandom Net
Moon: I'm back world and all who inhabit it!
Kunex: Did I ever mention I REALLY hate plotholes?
Katani: Watch out for the falling pianos.
Ryou: The falling WHAT?
Angel Ichigo: Celestial Moonlight Blade does not own TMM or MMP. She owns herself and the plot.
Chapter 16: In the Plot Hole
Of all the madness and anarchy Zakuro had seen in this world, the plot hole took the cake. And maybe the party snacks and streamers as well.
The world around her was jumbled and bizarre. There were these flashing multicolored lights coming from somewhere like something out of a movie with a seizure warning on it. The ground rose and fell at weird angles. There were fires and waves of water suspended in mid air. To top everything off, there was loud, obnoxious rock music filling the air. Everyone was wishing that they had brought earmuffs, except for Angel Ichigo, who seemed to be fine.
If that wasn't enough, stuff would fall out of the sky at random intervals. It was as if there was a supernatural force out there, chucking random crap at them, like beach balls, bowling pins, bath toys and pianos. Gemini had to save Ryou from a piano once.
"This place is so loud!" Angelcake complained, covering her ears.
"Can you see Savannah and the other Sues?" Soul yelled over the din. Moon squinted, shielding her eyes from the blinding lights.
"It's hard to see ANYTHING in this place." She answered, the Blade of the Moon sitting in her hand. "The lights make it almost impossible to see where I'm going, much less track Savannah, Bella and Stephanie."
"Let's just hope that they're as confused as we are." Destiny yelled. Gemini agreed grimly. Mika, Mew and Musica walked along side by side with Tart and Pudding, making sure that they wouldn't trip or hurt themselves in the unforgiving environment while blocking the stuff falling at them. Kish stuck next to Angel Ichigo, who didn't make any move to push him away. Moon had to wonder what was going on between those two, deciding to question them about it later. Katani and Kunex were scouting ahead. They seemed to be okay compared to everyone else, making their way around the surreal world as if they were wandering through the alleys of a familiar town.
The music was giving everyone a headache. Soul cast a spell that dulled it, but it wasn't canceled completely. It wasn't even good rock music, it was more like an unholy combination of goth and rap. Zakuro had never heard such horrible music in her entire modeling career, and she had heard some pretty cringe-worthy things before. Pai didn't look so great either. Thanks to his larger ears, his hearing was more sensitive, so this noise was probably bothering him, Tart and Kish more than it was bothering the others. Lettuce walked along next to him, looking concerned. Moon scowled at that. Destiny glanced at his sister.
Zakuro fell back just enough to hear their whispered conversation.
"What's the matter, Moon?"
"What is wrong with that idiot?" Moon yell-whispered, nodding towards Pai. "Can he seriously not tell she has feelings for him? I'm getting so tired of watching them dance around each other!"
"We can deal with that." Destiny said, his tone brimming with confidence. "I'm sure we can do something about the not-dating thing after we get out of this godforsaken plothole."
Zakuro blinked. Matchmaking plans? That's new, for them anyway... She looked forward. So far, Savannah and her friends had gotten a head start, so they were just out of range. According to Soul, they weren't too far ahead, since she could still sense them.
Mint was holding her ears and groaning. Ryou and Keiichiro didn't look so hot either, one hand over their eyes to stave off the blinding flashing lights.
"Can't you dim those lights the same way you did with the sound?" Ryou yelled.
"Unfortunately, no!" Gemini shouted back. "We don't have the right spell for it!"
"Don't have it? What do you mean!"
"What he means is that we have to read the words out of a spellbook, and this particular volume doesn't have it!" Amber answered the question this time, motioning to the book in her arms. The mews had never noticed it before; apparently the female gatekeeper used it in combat.
Angel Ichigo rubbed the side of her head, but made no comment. Kish was holding her hand. Ryou stared at the two of them as if he were just realizing that they had grown closer. Amber resisted the urge to roll her eyes at that. "Someone's slow." She muttered.
Moon smirked at her friend. Clearly she had overheard the comment. Zakuro smiled before rolling her eyes. Although they were some of the most powerful beings out there, the Gatekeepers were still really young. Part of her wasn't surprised at their mentality. They were thinking up matchmaking plans while Savannah threatened to rewrite Tokyo's existence? Gatekeepers have strange priorities.
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Savannah sat down, groaning. "I hate plotholes." She complained. "My poor, poor ears are practically bleeding from this...DIN." She glared at the sky, scowling, as if she thought her glaring at it would make the lights and the noise go away. Of course, it didn't, which just irritated her more.
"What's with the light?" Bella whined. "It's hurting my delicate eyes!"
Stephanie laughed a bit. "At least I brought sunglasses." She pointed to the black shades cloaking her eyes. Both Savannah and Bella glared at her.
"Hey! Why didn't you bring ME some?"
"I thought you had brought you own!"
"Give it!"
"NO WAY!"
"Girls! Give it a rest!" Savannah ordered. The other two Sues immediately fell silent. Their leader stood up and glared at both of them.
"We don't have time to fight like this." Savannah scolded them, molten golden eyes flashing with annoyance. "We need to focus on fighting the imperfects." All her contempt on the word "imperfects". "Let's get moving. The exit isn't far now."
"You remember where it is?" Bella asked.
"Well, of COURSE! I have a perfect, photographic memory!" Savannah declared. "I would NEVER forget where it was! That would make me imperfect!" She shuddered delicately, as if she couldn't think of ANYTHING worse. She flicked her gorgeous hair out of her beautiful face. (insert eye roll here)
"Sooo...we WANT them to follow us?" Stephanie asked, trying to get the plan straight.
"Yes." Savannah said, her voice totally confident. It still sounded beautiful, even though she had to scream to be heard over the "music". (insert another eye roll here)
Bella glanced at Stephanie. Both girls nodded and smiled at their leader. "They should be here soon, right?" They asked in unison.
Savannah nodded in distaste. "Soulstealer is good at her job, which includes tracking us down. Even through this noise, this...racket, she'll still be tracking us."
"I remember when she threatened me the first time." Bella said, flipping her hair with anger. "She said that she and the other gatekeepers would follow us to the end of the earth if that was what it took to take us out. Can you believe it? NO ONE threatens us! We're the almighty Super-Sues, after all!"
When the three girls were done whining, they stood up and headed down the twisted, awkward passageways.
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Soul suddenly perked up. "They went that way!" She yelled, pointing down the path Savannah, Bella and Stephanie had gone down not too long ago. "I can sense it. They haven't been gone that long either."
"That's great!" Destiny said. The Gatekeepers and the Mews all cheered, grateful to be getting out of the plothole.
"Let's go." Everyone drew their weapons and Soul lead the way down the pathway. Angel Ichigo looked around. This particular passage was dark, as if they had gone underground. The unholy music was dying away to, thank goodness for THAT. She deliberately held Kish's hand, intending to help him through the tunnel and out into reality again.
Sure enough, a large blue porthole was waiting for them at the end of the pathway. Soul grinned and jumped through, everyone else following. There was a blinding flash of white light, and then they were all dropped onto the ground. Moon took in their surroundings and her eyes widened in horror. "Oh crap."
Angel Ichigo blinked, and looked around. It didn't look anything like the one of the Sue's mansions. In fact, it looked a lot like...
"Is this Tokyo?" Lettuce asked in confusion.
"This is worse than we ever imagined." Moon said mornfully, shaking her head. "Savannah must have been leading Sues through other plotholes and into the real world."
Shiru barked in what sounded remarkably like alarm. Angel Ichigo's eyes widened. She grabbed a pen and wrote; Wait, you mean that what you said about the Mary-Sues trying to take our place in Reality...they're already starting?
"I believe so." Moon said. "That only leaves us with one option."
Soul smirked. "I know. Risk blowing the Gatekeeper's cover in order to exterminate those roaches."
End Chapter
Okay...writer's block, how I hate thee...I'm just glad I finally got this out. Savannah's plan is in motion! Will she succeed or be defeated?
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