"The wasteful toxicity"
Earth of Universe 17 of 20 in MultiVerse Frequia…
Ever heard of magic weapons? I know… They're supposedly used with wands and the stuff you know in the legends. You probably saw the rest of the Magical Girls with different weapons, and none of us had wands but actual weapons used in history.
2038…
How about if the weapons are used as arsenals?
Torn-down Europe…
And how about if humanity is desperate?
London, England defense perimeter… 0224 hours…
Thanks to their desperation, the strongest witch belonging to the followers of the Third Reich had gone loose, even with those followers defeated and their experimented witch now wreaking havoc. This had no god, and no barriers, so it's completely exposed. And it's heading to the capital London. The European Federation Army is running out of time, and I was there with Jan to help them out.
Just off the city, blue battle tanks were firing shells with infused magic towards a monstrosity they thought that wasn't real. It was a nightmare. The gunner of a tank stared at the giant hovering serpent twins travelling together, seen with toxic gas that surrounded it. She never knew what to do when she laid eyes on it, and it was getting near the capital. As soon as she put another round on it, the giant serpent twins were getting too close, just before she got to panic, and open the hatch, just before seeing the toxic gas hit her, before her skin suddenly withers while she tries to get the air she knows, only she breathed in poison and dies. Soon, the ground serpent minions have come in the same hatch and started to attack the driver and the commander. The other tank kept opening fire, but even its metal was starting to quickly rust thanks to the high toxicity and material melting potential of the gas from the witch.
A detailed Rangefinder in form of binocular view zoomed in on the far image of the Toxic Mother Gemini Sword taking out two more tanks. There are more tanks in the way, but even in the witch twins' slow movement didn't change the fact it was still moving.
A photograph slid on the desk of the battle commander while Janeth had a look at it.
"This, the two of you is a picture of the toxic witch twins," The female battle commander who had a British accent said this to the two Magical Girls inside her office. "Thanks to those Nazi followers we just defeated, they just left us a horrible fate, and something even we can't end for ourselves. Ever since they got knowledge of magic existing from back then, they started to use it against us. We had our own knowledge, so we did our best against the followers, and by hell we have succeeded. Why did the gods give us this fate?"
Janeth answered the question. "Maybe it's the final straw and whatever was here first is taking it back?"
"Tch… Witches. They were tales of old, and not even talked about. Do you even know how completely absurd it all is to us? But that statement I said just now would only make sense if we're victorious. In the end, we all lose now with London set to be destroyed by the very thing this planet's nightmare is about to bring. That's why I called upon you, Ms. Ferrano."
Jan knew the stakes were high and noticed Janeth was listening intently. 'Wow… She really is into this. But abuse of magic to be used for war? It's their fault that even the witch can't be defeated with toxic gas around it!'
"Are you up for it?"
Janeth sighs and replies to the battle commander. "Commander, let me make this clear: You want us to enter inside the gigantic twins, and at least one, and you want us to take out one of them? For all the things I've experienced Gemini Sword witches, they combine their own flesh to grow bigger and stronger once a twin has died. How do you suppose you would kill something like that with the toxic gas still flowing? It won't work."
The commander smiled at this point. "As expected from someone who had more experience." She snapped her two fingers before the lights dim in her office. A hologram of some sort of drill came into view. The drill had spiraled drillbits. "The portable Magic Drill can be used to penetrate short distances of anything hard, like classic walls, or narrow-depth soil. The real objective is going to be quite simple: Our Magic Drills are able to slice through good soil and toxic soil that the Followers had set up for us when we attempted to raid their underground bunkers. They served us very well, and I'm sure it won't fail to give our plan one more go."
"In other words..." Janeth continued the commander's sentence. "You want us to drill through the bodies ourselves."
"Exactly."
"Now that… is crazy, and completely splendid." Janeth smirked at this when…
"But..." Jan interrupted her other self. "We can't do it from the ground."
"Which is why we're doing it by air, Jan. The only chance we got for ever getting through the thick meat of a Mother Gemini twin, is to penetrate, at a certain speed, and a certain angle, to a target with high accuracy. My arms, I cannot depend on, for now. It'll mean we have to get in a one-man delivery jet pod for that. Isn't that right, Ms. Clifton?"
The battle commander named Clifton impressed as always, and smiled. "Clever as always, Ms. Ferrano. You had it to just see whatever we have."
"It's true. I don't carry heavy equipment with me, after all. I'm right to try at least getting an accurate shot, so those delivery pods would be a very huge help."
"You haven't tried a maneuver like that before, have you Ms. Ferrano?"
"I have in a few attempts at different places. Although they were different circumstances, the plain sight and feel of hitting a target is noticeable, Ms. Clifton." Janeth was keeping her talk with Commander Clifton while Jan was just blurring out her hearing while in thought.
'Wow… The other Me really is making friends this time… Or is she? There's so much I could learn from her… if I allow myself to be taught by her.' Making a weak smile, Jan looked around, pretending not to feel impressed.
Clifton sighed. "It seems it's about time you meet them. Good thing I got some magical girls left in London. The two of them can be pretty brutal when it comes to witches. Once, there were many of the magical girls before. And they were all separated by the ideals of the two sides in the war. Now we're just gonna have to see if the four of you would be enough to tend this last reminder of a tragedy. So I ask you a favor: Be the best of friends with them. Cannon, Bancroft! You two may come in!"
Jan knew she was about to see two other girls like her and Janeth, but even Jan gulped at it. "I doubt Janeth will have that mindset now that things are going to hell," she mutters.
"Relax," Janeth whispers to Jan. "Things I've seen before aren't that hellish as this one." After saying those words, the door slid open, as she widened her eyes at the two female figures coming in…
[BGM: Ocelot Youth (Guitar Solo Reference)]
The gray Soul Gem was on the left side of the head of the silver-haired girl, with her hair reaching to her middle back. Her theme of clothing was Black and Red, with her short dress colored black along with her stockings and shoes. Her red ribbon reached from her neck to her torso, covered by her red jacket. Her jacket sleeves reached to her wrist.
The other female figure had light green hair which was short. Her clothing was described to have a white colored short dress, with white stockings and black shoes. She had a teal-colored jacket with a hood and short sleeves. She wears notable green beret on her head and her Soul Gem was acting as a small clip on the right side attached to her hair beneath the beret. It's a good cover.
As Janeth realizes who the silver-haired girl was, she crossed her arms and felt rather confident. "Chealsea Bancroft."
Chelsea heard her name called, and widened her eyes as to who it was. "Jane?" She spoke with a British accent to Janeth. "Well, I finally encounter you after a week of asking myself what the hell you did."
"Is it bad?" Janeth shrugged in her own question, while the girl presumably named Cannon walked to Jan.
"Hallo." Cannon spoke to Jan with curiosity. She made Jan think her accent is German in nature. "Wow… You really look like Ms. Ferrano."
"That's because I'm her other self, Cannon." Jan replied it while smiling at the German. "So… You're a magical girl?"
Cannon smirked before summoning her two customized p-90 SMG's with both hands. "And I'm a badass at it."
"Well then… Don't get too confident." Jan then looked towards Janeth, who seems to be enjoying herself with Cannon's friend. "Who's the silver-haired girl?"
"That's Chelsea Bancroft. If you ask me, she's got more experience since she's been into this for four straight years."
"How old is she?"
"19."
"And you?"
"Me? I'm only 16. Wait, what…? Where the heck are my manners?!" Cannon puts her hand out. "Verena Cannon is the name, and making hell out of witches and dead Nazi freaks is my game."
"Nice to meet you! I'm sure you already know me thanks to Janeth's name. We're the same person from different dimensions."
"Yes… They told me you were having a headache trying to explain to Commander Clifton. It tends to be that way." Verena grins, just before she hears loud claps from Clifton herself.
"Ladies, introductions should be cut short for the meantime." Clifton said this and got everyone's attention. "All of you will be given assignments. As best as we're going to be in knowing each other, the usual tag-along teams won't be used for the mission. This is the only shot we have. I suppose all of you know the Portable Magic Drills, right? Except for the pipsqueak version of Ms. Ferrano here, we'll be having no problems. Let her know how to use it, and make it simple. Now… You're all to report to your launch stations… NOW."
Ramp launcher stations off Buckingham Palace…
Four delivery jet pods were placed in front of the other, while a big metallic ramp was there in front of all of them.
Chelsea's pod was at the front with Verena's behind her, followed by Janeth's and Jan's.
Jan, while comfortable inside her pod besides to call Janeth using her earpiece. "Hey… Other Me?"
"Yeah, Jan?"
"I gotta ask something: How do you feel going out with this old friend of yours?"
"Who? Chelsea? You shouldn't ask that, especially when she hears."
"It's fine, Ferrano." Chelsea's voice came to the radio. "You got mixed feelings anyway. Do tell."
"Well…" Janeth took a little time before she said something. "To tell you the truth, it was pretty nostalgic. First time I met you, you were under attack by a stray witch from France. Didn't take long until I found you also battling against the Followers themselves. It took a lot of courage and stupidity for them, but we faced the witch inside that same labyrinth together for you to survive."
"No, I think you didn't break a sweat, letting me do some of the work and you, do the heavy lifting. It's unfair."
"Is it? I think I told you before that you're the more important one since you got a life to look forward to after the war."
"Ah… I remember."
"Um… Guys, could we cut the chatter, please?" Jan advised it to them, while Verena suddenly spoke out.
"Oh, come on, JJ," Verena said with a giggle. "You should give this a chance. It's just now they met."
"Ladies, listen up!" Clifton voice came to their channel on their radio. "Those delivery pods you're inside of right now will take you straight to the Gemini's slowly making their way to London while it's being held off by AA guns and Magic Tanks. Reverse beams are almost out, so we're getting a takeoff sequence for the pods immediately. Hang tight, and good luck. May God be with you." And after her last word, all the pods activated their jets before they were beginning to move forward. The front pod jets up first while moving to Mach 0.8 before it clears the ramp, followed by the others as they leave through the ramp, one after the other.
They were finally on their way. "ETA, 2 minutes, ladies! Out!"
"Chelsea…" Verena called out. "Try not to put Ms. Ferrano at a bad position. Her other self will take care of me, so try doing the same with the main Janeth."
"Oh, please." Chelsea replied with a voice having a smug emotion. "She can drop dead and be reborn."
"Not a problem, Chelsea." Janeth's voice was chilling and serious. "Maybe I can do just that only to you."
"Uh, guys? Maybe it's better you all shut up?" Jan suggested this and…
"DO THAT YOURSELF!" Chelsea and Janeth said this at the same time.
"Cut that radio chatter!" Clifton demanded it on the radio. "Use the time to focus on the task at hand."
Meanwhile…
The Toxic Mother Gemini Swords screamed out the terror it was trying to send. Magic Tanks keep firing at it just before the witch monster countered with strong ground minions pounding the armor of the tanks. They were so close that the machineguns of each tank were overloading and became inoperable after some time. Smaller minions then were able to breach the tanks through their hatches. Screams from female tank operators came before their tanks exploded. Some of the metal from the tanks melted thanks to the strong and hot toxins from the Gemini's.
"10 seconds! And good luck!" Clifton's voice was coincidental when the pods now flew in formation of two's. Janeth and Chelsea's were next to each other as they headed for one of the giant witch twins, while Jan and Verena's pods reach the other. Every girl inside the pods held the portable Magic Drills in their hands before the covers finally slid open. Time slowed down as gravity took over for them. Each girl saw the twin Gemini's making damage and nearing the city proper.
Janeth and Chelsea held their individual Magic Drills and pressed a button there before they pointed it towards their monster witch and kept their flight going their. A small shield surrounded them, and they knew it was just around the drill and its user. They were nearing the rear of the giant twin witches just before the spiral tip of their drills penetrated through the toxic meat of the Gemini they're now entering.
Chelsea found her bearings once she got through and lets go of the Magic Drill before flipping and letting her feet be first just as she hits the ground hard. Janeth landed just next to her, and they were both surprised by the innards of the Gemini: The labyrinth that was supposed to be generated outside the giant witch serpent twin, has made it inside them instead.
"No… way!" Chelsea was shocked of this, as this was her first time.
"It's obvious, I guess." Janeth said it, summoning her Strike-Rapier and a Golden AK-74 with her free hand. "Chelsea… we're going to the head of the Gemini. If we start to focus damage on the body and on certain parts of it, she'll start sending minions to us."
"Damn it… What if we have no choice?" Chelsea asked, just before she summons a big sword with one hand.
"Then we fight our way through." Janeth's smirked reply came before she used her earpiece. "Jan, got in?"
"Affirmative, other Me!"
"Don't forget I'm also in this with you, Jan." Verena's voice tells of determination in her heart. "Looks like physical contact with sensitive parts of the Gemini shouldn't be made."
"It can't be avoided, Verena Cannon," Janeth immediately replied. "We'll just have the lessen incidences for that if we want to avoid too many confrontations. I'll be wanting to this as quickly as possible. Good luck, you two." Then she looked at Chelsea before nodding. They went on their way as they see stationary minions in their way before they easily defeated each one they came across.
While running, Chelsea just came beside Janeth. "Jane…"
"Don't call me that."
"Just… I want to ask… What other worlds have you visited?"
"There are lots. I visited universes and worlds with repeated timelines. I've seen some destroyed. I've seen worlds in war with another. Let's just say the most common things that you see when you arrive in a world are what you see most. I'm going micro since it happened to me, so I thought of spending more time in worlds to study it until to the smallest thing I can still take note of. Everybody's got life in their own angle and I'm learning each angle."
"You seem to be quite a bookworm if that's the case," Chelsea remarks Janeth just before she stepped on something squishy while running. A scream from outside the witch's body was heard by the two.
Janeth realized Chelsea stepped on a sensitive part. "Damn it, Chelsea." She then saw minions surrounding them from afar as they were coming for the two.
"Don't blame me, Jane!" Chelsea held her big sword tight with two hands as Janeth and her were back to back, seeing the minions come from all sides. "What about it?!"
"Let's!" Janeth then used her Strike-Rapier and went her way slashing, then was shooting her AK-74 carefully at the minions, carefully not hitting the innards of the witch she's inside in. She's careful of not being surrounded by jumping over the attempted ambush area and shooting from above.
Chelsea keeps swing her big sword taking out three small minions, just before serpent minions were spotted heading for her. She spun her body and sword until the momentum let a silver trail as she spun like a tornado, taking out the oncoming minions before she moved and took down others more than how she could count. She then stopped when the pressure wasn't hard on her and felt so dizzy. 'I have got to learn getting straight from a dizziness…'
Janeth slashed her last minion to oblivion. "It's done. Great work, Chelsea. Let's keep going."
Still, Chelsea had dizziness. "Ugh… Can we like leave for five minutes?" She didn't get an answer as Janeth suddenly pulled her hand to tow her. "HEY!" And the two of them went on towards the head section.
Inside the other giant Gemini…
Verena screamed while charging against minions with a p90 SMG on one hand and a 'Holy Machete' as she shot and slashed among a crowd of minions coming at them. Jan was following her and slashed with her Rapier as they go. They were making sure to 'Rush' the head and take out its central nerve as they're supposed to, like Janeth and Chelsea will.
Jan however found Verena sprinting a little too fast. "Verena, slow down! That target won't go away, you know! We can't just take it out first!"
"Relax, Jan! I'm sure we'll figure something out when we get there. No worries! We're not gonna kill the witch's head just yet!"
"Oh… I hope you're right."
Back in the Gemini Janeth and Chelsea were in…
Janeth's eyes were wide open as she was shocked to see two distinct figures standing in front of them. One of the figures had a dark smokey appearance, but its shape is identical to her. It was the same with Chelsea's shadowy doppelganger minion.
"What is this?!" Janeth asked, before she tightened the grip on her weapons. "No matter. But I have a bad feeling about this. They're time-minions. I don't know why, but they're random."
"What are they, Jane?"
"It's okay, Chelsea. You're better than your shadow doppelganger. You can beat it." As Janeth's words came out, it would seem the Chelsea shadow doppelganger equipped two big swords.
Chelsea seemed pissed at it. "Are you serious?! Let's waste them, Jane!"
"After you."
"HYAAAH!" Chelsea charged and her doppelganger did the same as they jumped in the air and clashed blades in a blinding speed.
Janeth sprinted towards her doppelganger before the two of them exchanged bullets and slashes. "Who the hell's controlling you?!"
Her shadowy doppelganger chuckled while defending herself from Janeth's attacks. "Do~n't you kno~w?" She made a grin that easily ticks Janeth for some reason.
"I can only think of two things: One witch that controls time could have been your leader, or maybe the Gemini we're inside in."
"At le~ast, one is right…" The doppelganger grinned while sadistically tried to attack Janeth, but her torso was hit. "W~hat?!"
"Either of those answers could be true, but it's still your end." Janeth smirks then slashes her doppelganger completely, hearing the piercing scream she made…
Chelsea screamed out her loudest before she brought one upward vertical slash at her doppelganger, making the opponent poof out of existence. "Damn it… making me tempted to join her… That's absurd."
"You okay, Chelsea?"
"I'm fine. That evil clone of mine told me I'd die if I don't follow her."
"Maybe it won't happen, or maybe it will."
"That's not reassuring, Jane."
"Come on. The central nerve is just past here." Janeth then led Chelsea through the entrance of the central nerve of the witch.
Meanwhile inside the other Gemini…
Jan was looking at the beautiful gem at the center of the room. She had an idea of the central nerve, but she had no idea it would be like that.
"Whoa…"
"So what are we waiting for?" Verena then aimed her p90 at the gem. "Let's kill it already."
"NO. Just wait for it. We'll have to confirm if the other team made it there." Jan said this just before her earpiece made a static noise before a clear transmission came.
"Jan, still there?" Janeth said it over the radio. "We just reached the central nerve. You see that gem in the middle of the room yet?"
"We're here."
"Then at the same time, we need to shoot the gem and shatter it so both twins will lose lives simultaneously."
"Then we'll win, right?"
"Yes."
"But what if…?"
"What?"
"What if the first shot is a trap?"
"You mean there could be something protecting the central nerve? I have that feeling too. You got it yourself, huh?"
"I can't deny it myself, Janeth. I'm sorry, but I have that thought."
"Then don't change anything. If we'll have to fight even before we shatter the central nerve, so be it. I'm gonna be firing soon. Whenever you're ready." Janeth's voice already made Jan determined as she nodded at Verena.
"Verena, whatever happens, don't think it's over… yet." Jan warned this to Verena and the other witch smiled in reply before aiming her p90.
"Janeth… we're ready. Countdown?"
"I'll do it. 5…"
"4…"
"3… 2…"
"One… FIRE!" Jan orders it before Verena pulls the trigger and lets the bullets fly. As Jan expected it the bullets impacted around the gem, only hitting some sort of surrounding field protecting it. "I knew it!" Then Jan saw a smaller version of the Gemini's hovering near the gem as they screamed in hostility. "It's a trap!" The Gemini's released hypersonic beams together before the two magical girls rolled out of the way, letting Jan run with her Strike-Rapier and Verena using her p90 and Holy Machete to try getting on the offensive.
Back at the other Gemini…
A Brute minion raised its big arms before he pounded the ground Chelsea once stood on. Rolling and getting back on her feet, Chelsea found it outrageous two Brute minions appeared just as they were shooting the central nerve. "Of all things!"
Janeth kept releasing a barrage of AK-74 rounds into her Brute foe while using the Strike-Rapier in close combat. "Just deal with it, Bancroft! Things will always be like this if you were with me."
"Then count me out of your damn journeys then!"
"I doubt you'll dislike others, though. You'll still have fun, but in the ways you might know of."
"Is it worth it?!"
"It's worth it if you live through this yourself, so yes." Janeth jumped over the Brute before replacing her rapier with her Cannon-Rifle and engaged her Brute with it, firing a few shells toward the Brute and made some damage. As she landed on the ground, she found the same Brute charging with its big arm while she got hit. Her feet were stable but sliding on the ground while its arm was on her body. She aimed her weapons at her and fired a barrage of rounds, making hits and explosions count before she rolled out of the way and Brute hits the wall.
Janeth recovered just before seeing the same Brute face and growl at her, while she growled back and charged at it…
Outside…
AA guns were furiously firing on the two giant Mother Gemini Swords serpent witches now closing it in to London.
"Hold on for much longer! Keep firing!" An officer was shouting his orders as minions were coming in too close.
"SIR…! HAAAH!" A riflewoman screamed in fear while her meat was devoured by a serpent minion, and others joined it.
"WE HAVE TO RETREAT…!" A magical girl was nearby using her melee knife to counter the minions. "Damn it… There are too many of them! We'll be surrounded and… AUGH!" She stopped and bled from her shoulder as a single serpent minion bit her. Soon, others joined the first and she screamed while collapsing to the floor, bleeding and devoured by many of the minions.
London HQ…
"How long until the Gemini's arrive?!" Clifton was asking her subordinates working the Command center in the room.
"We got less than one minute before they hit the perimeter, or we'll never be able to escape their toxins, Madam."
"We're not going to. The Prime Minister has been evacuated to a safer place. That's what important. We fight until our last breath. No surrender. Do you all hear me?" Clifton's question made a lot of her subordinates look at her. "I know it's a lot to ask, but this is our only stand left. To whoever wants to leave, take cover at the underground bunkers. It's safer there." She took about several seconds with no one evacuating the room. "Then let's keep the blood flowing, ladies and gentlemen."
Back inside Janeth and Chelsea's Gemini… Central Nerve area…
The Brute minion was wounded, just before it growled and charged at the two.
"No arms?" Chelsea asked.
"No arms, and a head. GO!" Janeth said it as both of them charged with blades held. "Jump and spin this bitch!" They both jumped, as Janeth spun herself with her Strike-Rapier and Chelsea with her big sword. The Brute Minion didn't see it come to it as the blades suddenly cut of the arms, making the minion screech out in pain. The two landed behind the minion before Janeth decided to simply walk behind the pain-distracted minion, and swung her rapier, beheading the minion. Afterwards, the dead body turned into a black liquid. Sighing, Janeth morphs her Strike-Rapier into her Cannon-Rifle and aims at the central nerve, at the appearance of a gem. "Jan, come in! Are you guys gonna shoot the central nerve of your twin yet?"
In the other giant Gemini… Central Nerve room…
Jan and Verena were facing only one Gemini twin, now bigger than its dead twin on the ground. The other one hovered strongly as its body was wider and longer. It was hostile towards both of them from the beginning and began on its attack.
Verena kept at it against the Gemini with two p90's in her hand. Rounds kept being sent in a barrage while she ran and evaded hypersonic beams from the attacking Gemini. Jan however is on her way to a good blindspot the remaining Gemini has: The body. If she could cut the guarding Gemini in half with her Strike-Rapier, all they have to do is finish it off by targeting the Gemini serpent's head and it's over.
While Verena is distracting the hovering serpent near the gem, Jan is now on her way as she ran on the walls with electric current on her feet. 'This has got to work. Serpent minions are already around.'
"Everything okay yet?!" Verena asked, now firing at some oncoming serpent minions coming her way. "These minions like to get a bite of me!"
Jan finally kicks off the wall after running before raising her rapier. "This one is as good as dead!" But she didn't expect the Gemini serpent turning its head around and fire a hypersonic beam at her. Jan deflected it with her rapier and just fell down on her feet, before rolling away from the beam that kept targeting her. "Crap! Verena, look out!" She warned Verena this as there were serpent minions approaching her from behind. "DUCK!" Verena declined her body before getting on both knees to slide, while firing her SMG's at minions in front of her, while Jan slashed the ones behind Verena without mercy. Jan continued in a swirl combination as she took out 7 serpent minions in the process before stopping. Then she saw something good at the witch. 'It's distracted… with its attention more focused on Verena!' She took the chance and sprinted past some serpent minions, while her sight was focused on the distracted witch targeting Verena with hypersonic beams. 'She's going down!' She thought of it as she got near and jumped. The witch was about to face her, but she smirked as she flipped backwards, completely missing a hypersonic beam from hitting her. With both hands on her Strike-Rapier, she slashed backwardly at the Gemini serpent, cutting its head off clean. Getting into the right angle, she landed and rolled on the ground, while seeing a Gemini serpent fall dead to the floor and splatting into black liquid. The gem was exposed thanks to this.
"Jan, come in!" Janeth's voice came to the earpiece. "Are you guys gonna shoot the central nerve of your twin yet?"
Jan saw Verena get beside her with the p90 SMG's aimed at the gem. "Yes."
"Then we'll be doing it at the same time…"
"Ready…"
"3… 2… 1… Fire." Janeth's order had Verena fire both her p90's at the gem…
In the other Gemini's central nerve room…
"Sayonara… bitches." Janeth then pulled the trigger as the shell of the Cannon-Rifle was discharged. The shell then went to the central nerve of a gem before an explosion rang out. Same with the other Gemini, bullets easily shattered the central nerve…
Both Gemini's screamed in pain and agony…
London HQ…
"Commander!" A female desk operator turned to Clifton. "The Gemini's… They're both slowing and going down!"
"What!"
"Confirmed here!"
"Roger! They're slowing down and… the toxins… They're stopping from flowing!"
"All stations… Are you all receiving and confirming this?" Clifton asked every station available around the London HQ perimeter, and she got affirmative answers. "Thank God… It's finally over…" She smiled, knowing the situation had finally passed. It was finally the end of the war…
0832 hours… HQ Balcony…
The view of London while it's half-ruined is viewed by Clifton, the two Janeths, Chelsea, and Verena.
Jan sighed and put her arms behind her head, relaxing after the sleep she had, while Janeth maintained her focused nature.
But then, Janeth glanced towards Chelsea. "Chels?"
"Hm?"
"It's… appreciated. I never really forgot how you fight. Maybe I could teach you some techniques one day?"
"Sure thing, Jane."
"Tch… You keep calling me Jane."
"So? I at least gave you a personal nickname."
"That's not my nickname."
"Well you don't want to be confused with other self here, do you?"
"Look… I gotta think of my own nickname and… Uhhh!" Janeth was just beside Chelsea as they both talked to each other.
To Jan, the conversation those two had were inaudible to her. So she turned to Verena. "Verena… What now?"
"I don't know, really. I'd return to Hamburg. But after the Followers busted up everything here in London, I don't know if I could."
"Yeah… What really urged you to run and join the good guys?"
"I guess… it's about the morals. They didn't have good ones I'd consider."
"It makes sense. Sometimes the only thing a person could do is look at the better future of one faction."
"It seems so. We had the better of the future instead of those Followers. Damn them."
"Hey. You have a home here, and they welcomed you. That's what's important." Jan puts a hand on Verena's shoulder.
Clifton's arms were on the railings of the balcony as she looked at the view of London from quite high when Janeth joined beside her. "So…" Clifton spoke first. "Are you going to boast of your power you showed?"
"Hey… We're fighting on equal terms and it's proven."
"Fighting on equal terms… Why couldn't you just end this with one sweep?"
"The answer isn't on using your full power to take on your opponent. It's about being efficient."
"You have the logic of an ordinary soldier. If others were to think like you…"
"I try to avoid being like a god, and face whatever's being put at me, Clifton. That's something I'd be more happy of. But sadly, I'm evolving into something or someone… more powerful. I'd usually go and tuck myself to be like a child, but I'm grown up in my mind. I shouldn't just be a child and move on as my power progresses, slowly."
"It's much preferred. I didn't know you still had that logic in you."
"We're all fighting in an angle after all. I can choose the angles." Janeth then turns around and opens a rift beside her. "It's time we take our leave."
"Wait…" Clifton then turns towards a portable magic drill on the floor and picks it up. She then throws it to Janeth before it was caught successfully. "That Portable Magic Drill could be useful. Your identical sister told me you don't have one yet."
"Are you sure you don't need this?"
"You might need it more than we do." Clifton smiled, while Chelsea and Verena were beside her. "You can think of plenty of uses for it anyway. I trust you'll take care of it?"
Janeth was glad to accept it. "It's a reminder of you all."
Then, Jan finally joined up with her other self. "Are we going?"
"Yes, we are. We got one more pair to defeat. Hey, Chels! Don't be a stranger and take care of Verena!"
"Cheeky. You still don't trust me on instilling protection?"
"You sword might be getting heavy on you, so I'm worried," Janeth replied before nodding to Jan. Jan then waved at Verena before she crossed the rift. Taking a look at one last time, Janeth took off her sun hat and threw it up. "Ciao." She winked before jumping in the rift. The sun hat eventually got to the side of the rift, and Janeth's hand was seen catching it. After pulling it in, the rift closed on her.
We have one more pair of Gemini's to deal with. They better be ready for us both…
Next on Magical Janeth Maria:
"All for one, one for all"