Chapter 2
Fairy, Dragon and Reaper
Disclaimer: I don't own Digimon! But I do own this story!
In order to solve a mystery, one must go forward in spite of the risks.- Kirigiri, Dangan Ronpa
"When did you get this sheet of paper, Ted?" Ace asked as he reread the piece of paper for a second time.
"10 minutes ago, at least to my knowledge." Ted answered and Ace noticed the Black Cat just waiting there on the street. The fact that it hadn't been ran over by a car was quite hilarious to him. "It was just sitting right here on the counter in the kitchen."
"Clara, let's go now." Ace shouted, pointing at The Black Cat. Clara walked over to him, already to go for their trip somehow.
"I'll see if I can figure out the note while you're off hunting The Black Cat." Ted explained as Ace and Clara headed back into the garage and got on Ace's chopper and started the engine up. They left the garage and then immediately stopped.
"Why did you just do that?!" Clara accused as Ace pointed at The Black Cat.
"What do you want?" Ace questioned as he looked at The Black Cat. The Black Cat just looked at him for a brief moment and laughed.
"Aren't you going to capture me?" The Black Cat asked curiously. Ace pondered his next response for a minute.
"Yes." Ace answered but paused for a second."Why such a big prize for just capturing one black cat?"
"That is a question for another time." The Black Cat explained and dashed forward ahead of them. Obviously, this could be a recipe for disaster, but they didn't care."Come and get me, slowpokes."
"You're on, cat!" Ace shouted and revved the engine back up before heading off. Through some mystical magical force, the route they were going down had no traffic at all. If this were real life, people would suspect something was wrong and investigate. But since it isn't, no one really cared.
"What happened to all the cars?!" Clara responded, looking to find another car on the street.
"They all blew up?" The Author weakly answered as Clara gained a look of disbelief. "Also, didn't you even read the previous sentence?"
"So you're telling me, they all just blew up?" Clara argued, hoping to get some sense out it. "Then where is all the wreckage from the blown-up cars?"
"The wreckage disappeared also." The Author answered confidently as Ace gave Clara an "It –just isn't-worth-it" look.
"Fine, I'll go with it." Clara responded as she watched the street under the wheels fly straight pass. "At least there should be some children playing with chalk, jump ropes or riding bikes and scooters!" Ace quickly turned. It was nice to her so enthusiastic.
"What year were you born?" Ace questioned curiously as Clara looked down at the ground, her face changing to a look of gloom.
"I wish I really knew." Clara whimpered, her glance fixed on the ground."It's one of the many things that I once knew."She took a deep breath as she glanced into the horizon. "I have one more question."
"And that would be?" Ace added, interested what Clara's next question would be.
"What to kids your age do these days in their age?" Clara questioned, her gaze turned towards a window in a nearby home. She jumped off the bike and ran towards the window. Ace turned the bike around and headed towards Clara. Clara peered into the window, shocked by the sight. She took a step back, gasping for air.
"What's wrong?" Ace said as Clara pulled him off the bike and pushed him into the window. He soon understood why she was shocked. Two boys sat on a couch, motionless. The only "motion" either was doing was a pattern of short and long breaths. On their heads were bulky, black headsets. She pulled out her left kopi and broke the window.
"Hey!" The Black Cat shouted. "I'm over here!" Ace turned and quickly glanced at her.
"Give us a minute!" Ace responded, as The Black Cat started to tap her foot in impatience. Clara entered thru the window and approached the boys. She held her kopi handle side up and stabbed the headset. This resulted in the sight of seeing boy#1 and Clara's skeleton at the same time.
"Find the queen of angels! You must gather the others!" The boy shouted as Clara gave him a confused look.
"What were you even talking about?" Clara responded as she tried to comprehend what was just said.
"I don't really know." The boy responded."But it's probably important to the plot in some weird way." A few seconds later, he was morphed into a milk chocolate pudding cup with a plastic spoon. She quickly picked the cup and spoon up and headed back over to the bike. Ace was already in the driver seat once again.
"Want some pudding?" Clara asked as Ace looked at her.
"Where did you get it from?" Ace said as he looked at the pudding cup.
"Some boy morphed into it." Clara explained as Ace face lit up with disgust.
"I'll pass." Ace said as The Black Cat dashed towards them and grabbed the pudding cup along with the spoon.
"Come and get me!" She shouted as Ace and Clara headed off once again.
"Give the pudding cup back!" Clara argued as they approached a turn.
"I will never give it to you." The Black Cat taunted as the road finally turned and headed into a dead end. As they reached the dead end, The Black Cat stopped and just turned into some purplish gray mist. They stopped the chopper and got
"So now what do we do now?" Clara questioned as she glanced at Ace.
"We try and figure out why The Black Cat wanted us to come here." Ace explained as they looked around. At that moment, they were in some sort of graveyard adorned with statues of angels and the typical style of tombstones and gravestones one expects to find in a graveyard. All that could be heard was silence and the wind.
"Why would something like The Black Cat want us to come here?" Clara questioned as the sound of footsteps against the ground broke the silence.
"Ace!" A voice shouted as a girl ran up to them. She looked to be 14 and 5'4. She wore a forest green sundress with the area that covered her left leg cut off, showing her brown sandals that further complimented her green hair and her pink pupiless "orbs" for eyes. The only thing weird about her was the four silver fairie wings that struck out of the back of her sundress.
"It's good to see you, Kai." Ace greeted as Kai's wings disappeared.
"So what brings you so near to my home?" Kai asked curiously as Clara gained a look of curiosity.
"Who is she?" Clara shouted as Kai cowered behind Ace."In that case, what are you hiding?"
"Clara, this Kai Vinena."Ace explained as Clara tried to look at Kai."She is one of the people I work with on jobs from time to time."
"Hi… "Kai greeted as Clara's gaze turned away from her in disbelief.
"Really? This is one of the people you actually work with?" Clara questioned as Kai hands balled up into fists." No wonder we ended up in a situation like this! That, or were in a horrible digimon fanfic." Kai quietly approached her, pissed off by Clara's comments.
"Clara…"Ace warned as Clara laughed.
"What's the worst that could happen?"This resulted in a sharp twinge of pain in Clara's left leg. Clara gaze swiveled back around to Kai, who was now holding a combat knife in her right hand. Clara immediately went for her kopis, but Ace shook his head.
"Why can't I retaliate upon her?" Clara angrily ranted, as Kai cowered behind Ace.
"Because they're more civil ways to resolve this conflict and violence isn't one of them." Ace explained as Kai cautiously approached Clara.
"Then what should I do then, Mr. Manners?" Clara sarcastically asked as Kai held out her hand.
"You shake hands and you apologize to each other." Ace explained as Clara reluctantly shook Kai's left hand, noticing the look of cowardice on her face as she got her apology. "Kai, it's all right. Clara will treat you better next time." His calm voice and demeanor calmed Kai down. She approached cautiously, as if she was trying to hide something. Once she reached Ace, she gave him a quick hug.
"That must mean…"Clara thought as she put two and two together and realized the truth."You actually got a girlfriend?!" A second later, her jaw dropped always to the ground.
"Yeah." Ace casually answered as he admired the spectacle of Clara's jaw all the way on the ground.
"But it's too early for the romance to start!" Rukia argued as Ace and Kai gained a look of confusion. "In fanfics, the romance is supposed to happen in the later chapters of the story! Nor has this character been on here for more two pages!"
"You realize that none of this fanfic so far has bent to the norm at all?" Ace answered as Clara decided to drop the conversation."In truth, most of it has done the opposite.
"Fine. I won't question the weird." Clara remarked as she wondered when it would all end.
"You still haven't answered my question." Kai reminded as Ace looked at her.
"Sorry about not answering." Ace explained as he calmed his nerves."We were chasing after a black cat thing that turned into a veil of mist when we got here." He took a quick glance at Kai, who was actually taking him seriously.
"I believe you." Kai added and pulled an exact copy of the sheet of paper Ace got.
"Here's an interesting question to point out." Ace remarked as Kai and Clara turned and looked at him. "Where does all the money come from?"
"What do you mean?" Clara questioned as she heard the faint sound of footsteps coming towards them.
"How do we know the money they give for the bounties hasn't been gained from something far more nefarious?" Kai added as the footsteps got louder and closer.
"I guess playtime is over."Ace joked as the three of them turned.
"What do you want?" Kai shouted as she finally noticed the two figures behind them. It was boy and a girl from the look of things. The boy looked to be around 5'4, possibly 15 years old. He wore a light gray t-shirt and gray jeans. His blonde hair was combed over his right eye. In his hands was a scythe. The rod was 4ft long, probably made of metal painted black. The scythe blade itself looked to be about 1½ft long made of sharp and shiny metal. His companion wore a light gray hooded cloak that actually showed her "face". All that was left of it was a skull with glowing red eyes and red lips. In her left hand, was a pinwheel knife. The haft was made of wood, about a foot long. While the blades were made of metal and 6in long. The boy then whispered something and the scythe blade shot out, attached to a chain going from the rod.
"S***! Get down!" Kai shouted as the three of them ducked, dodging the scythe blade coming towards them. The scythe blade passed right over their heads, caught a tan fisherman cap before impacting itself into a nearby tree. The blade quickly retracted to its original place as the boy held the fisherman cap, allowing for a quick sigh of relief.
"Put it on!" Clara shouted as the boy's gaze turned."It'll look good on you!" Reluctantly, the boy placed the fisherman cap on his head. As he did so, Clara started to laugh.
"What's so funny?!" The boy accused as Rukia looked at him.
"You look like an emo version of that one guy from digimon!" Clara explained as the boy's hands balled-up into fists.
"Do not break the fourth wall!" The Voice shouted as he was flung into the ground, killing nobody and revealing it was a giant head. They all turned to glance at the whole spectacle of it, but it promptly disappeared.
"Just ignore that!" The Author shouted."And continue on with the story!"
"Fine." Clara added, and the story continued on.
"What do you want?" Ace questioned as The Boy gain a cocky grin.
"To fight you." The Boy explained."I am Angel, First of The Empress's assassins."
"And I am Reapera, partner to Angel." Reapera explained as Kai and Ace watched their mannerism, trying to size up their foes.
"What's the catch?" Ace questioned, unsure what's the answer would result in.
"If I win, Rukia become part of my team." Angel explained."And if you win, you get to keep her."
"Why would you want me?!" Clara questioned, her glance turned to Angel." Even if Ace loses I'm not going to go with you!"
"Because you're one of the special ones." Angel added. "You're the key to many answers to many questions, my friend."
"Have you forgotten, Clara?" Reapera whispered her tone and voice chilling to the bone."The true reason why you're with Ace, Child of the mage digimon?"
"Child of the mage digimon?" Clara thought as she looked at Reapera."You're crazy girl! Digimon don't exist in this world!"
"Are you sure, Clara?" Reapera explained as her gaze turned back to Angel.
"I'll fight you as long as Kai can help me." Ace demanded, pulling out his katanas in the process.
"I agree to those conditions." Angel answered, his cocky grin getting even bigger.
"Let's do this!" Kai shouted as she and Clara ran over to Ace.
"I'll take on Reapera." Clara explained and dashed towards Reapera. Reapera threw the pinwheel knives towards her as she blocked the attack with her kopis.
"Doombringer!" Angel shouted, the scythe blade launching towards both Ace and Kai.
"Nice try!" Ace shouted."Twin Katana Beam!" Somehow, the two wave beams were able to knock the scythe blade back. Kai then whispered something under her breath and disappeared.
"It looks like your friend decided to run away!" Angel taunted as Ace started to laugh.
"Don't get cocky yet." Ace responded as he dashed towards Angel. As he got close, Angel swung his scythe in front of him; Ace sidestepped to the right and slashed his opponent.
"Oh really?" Angel responded, feeling a sharp pain in his thigh and some giggling.
"You fell for it, you f***!" Kai taunted as Ace gave a look of disapproval.
"I think you're using the wrong word to taunt him." Ace explained as Kai became visible. In the background, Reapera and Clara weren't really fighting more of that they were sparring.
"Why do you fight?" Reapera questioned. "Instead you could have just given yourself up?"
"I fight because I believe that I can win no matter what the odds are!" Clara answered. "I will always be there for Ace!"
"You and I are connected." Reapera whispered, just loud enough only she and Clara could hear.
"How is that even possible?" Clara asked, dodging another barrage of pinwheel knives.
"Come with me and I might tell you." Reapera explained as Clara knocked her back.
"Holy Blade!" Clara shouted, both of her kopis shining with white light as she slashed at her opponent and defeated Reapera. Angel took a quick glance over at Reapera and manically laughed.
"Do you really think the battle is going to go that easily?" He taunted his cocky grin, now an evil one.
"Oh crud." Ace responded as a radius of dark energy surrounding Angel.
"I don't think this is very good at all." Kai added, the dark energy was now tearing through the very fabric of the dimension. A few seconds later, a girl and a whole bunch of skeletons popped out.
"This feels like a punch line for a bad creepypasta." Clara responded as she watched the whole spectacle of it. The Girl looked to be about 5'1 and 14 years old. For some strange reason, she was only wearing a bikini and gray shorts. Her burgundy eyes and red lips sort of seemed out of place on her, but she didn't care.
"Where am I?" The girl responded as she took a quick look around her surroundings.
"Queen Valia of Heck," Angel declared as he looked at Valia."May I take those skellies off your hands?"
"Sure." Valia explained as the skeletons surrounded Angel. "But that means I can run around the whole place causing trouble?"
"Yep." Angel answered as Valia ran away from them, off to do whatever she was planning on doing at the time.
"So now we have to deal with a legion of skeletons now?" Kai asked as she looked at her new opponent's with a sense of curiosity.
"Yep." Ace answered as he glared at Angel.
"What's your problem?" Angel questioned as he gave a cocky glance at Ace.
"You're purposely trying to get yourself defeated." Ace accused as Angel gazed over at him.
"What makes you think that, smarty-pants?" Angel shouted, his tone getting much scarier and insane.
"We both want the same thing." Ace explained as he held his katanas in a battle stance.
"And that would be?" Angel added as he looked at Ace.
"Answers." Ace explained. "That is what we both want." Angel's face lit up with a cocky smile.
"Well good job, Mr. Smartypant's." Angel sarcastically responded."The question now is how far you are willing to go to get what you want?" At that moment, a green orb flew through the air and slammed into a few skeletons.
"Man, those skeletons truly are useless." Kai taunted, now facing multiple skeletons at once.
"Hey, don't kill them all before I get chance!" Ace shouted as he dashed towards the skeletons. He ignored Angel's response. It was obviously an attempt to distract him.
"Answer me, dammit!" Angel shouted. "However, I think I know your answer."
"And that would be?" Ace taunted as Kai released more green orbs at their opponents. Even Clara had joined into the fight, slashing as many skeletons as she could.
"Neither of you are unwilling to go to the lengths needed to find those answers!" Angel announced as Kai tried to dash towards him, but she was stopped by Ace.
"Don't let him get your goat." Ace explained as Kai gave him a confused look.
"But I don't have a goat…" Kai answered as her wings reappeared.
"Enough!" Ace shouted, tired of Angel's mind games.
"Fae flight!" Kai shouted, her wings now flapping extremely fast. She then motioned for Ace to grab onto her right hand.
"Let's do this." Ace exclaimed as he grabbed onto Kai's right hand and they flew up into the air.
"Ready for our team combo?" Kai asked as Ace nodded.
"Dragonic Fae Bang Bang!" Ace and Kai both shouted. Kai then swung Ace forward and released her grip. Ace flew through the air, his blade on fire. As he did that, Kai threw green orbs down onto Angel which all it did was stick onto him and not come off. He still hadn't realized what was happening.
"That's your big attack?" Angel taunted."How pathetic of an attack that was!" It took him a few seconds to realize they weren't finished with their attack. A few seconds later, Ace finally reached Angel and his flaming slashes started a chain reaction that caused the orbs to blow up. By that point, the rest of the skeletons had gone off to actually have some fun with their queen.
"It's over Angel." Ace explained his right katana on Angel's chest.
"That's what you think." Angel responded as whispered something under his breath, and the scythe blade pulled Kai towards him as he knocked Ace back. He held Kai by her hair in his right hand and with his left hand he held his scythe just high enough to kill her. "You have a choice, Ace."
"And that choice is?" Ace asked and noticed Reapera was holding onto Clara.
"You can save your girlfriend or you can save your partner, Ace." Angel declared as he looked at Ace. "You can save one but not both." Ace quickly glanced at Rukia and then Kai.
"Ace, save Kai!" Clara shouted, Ace's gaze turning to her.
"No." Ace shouted and removed the katana off of Angel's chest.
"Yes, this is my chance to get answers." Clara explained, her gaze turning to Ace.
"Make the choice you believe is right." Kai added as Ace knew the answer to this "question".
"I choose Kai." Ace explained as Angel laughed. Ace was at his breaking point with Angel."What's so fucking funny?!"
"I lied. You big idiot." Angel shouted as he started to walk away."I'm one of The Empress's assassins. Did you really expect me to play by the same petty mortality rules you and your stupid girlfriend play by?"
"Oh really?" Ace questioned as an outline of dark blue energy surrounded him. "Then I'll make you give her up! Twin Katana Beam X2!" Instead of the usual wave beams, two small dragons made of dark blue energy shot out and impacted into Angel. This caused blue flames to burn Angel and release his grip off of Kai.
"My turn!" Kai shouted, her body now surrounded with green energy."Fey Blade Bang X2!" She then stabbed Angel multiple times, before blowing a kiss to him.
"Is that all?!" Angel taunted as the kiss Kai blew turned into a fairy and blew up on him. "You win this one, but the fun The Empress has in store is only starting!" With that, Angel and Reapera made a break for it to a conveniently placed rope.
"We did it." Ace responded sorrowfully as Kai looked at him.
"For every victory, comes a cost." Kai explained as Ace approached her.
"But does that cost come to the victor or the loser?" Ace added as he looked at his girlfriend.
"I still think we could have gone after them." Kai responded as they watched Angel and Reapera climb up a rope.
"We'll get them eventually." Ace explained as The Black Cat walked up to them. "What do you want now?" The Black Cat looked up at him and smiled.
"I was just here to bring a present." The Black Cat explained, pulling out a present from thin air in the process.
"Thanks." Ace answered and opened it on the spot. It was a dark blue laptop with 1920 x 1080 screen and a 4tb. "But why are you giving me this?"
"Your father wanted me to bring this to you." The Black Cat explained as Ace was shocked by her comment. The Black Cat had said it so calmly, as if it was no big deal.
"You realize…" Ace responded as he looked at The Black Cat."I haven't seen my father since…"Flashes of the destruction of that day flashed through his mind. "…The Incident."
"Coincidentally, that's the same for me." Kai answered."Unless…" They both looked at The Black Cat.
"I have something else for you, Kai." The Black Cat added and she pulled out a forest green HDA bracer. "You're licensed now."
"Thanks." Kai answered as she gazed at The Black Cat." But there got to be more to you visiting us than just giving us a present and telling me I'm certified."
"Guilty as charged." The Black Cat explained as she looked at both Ace and Kai. "You must be ready to make difficult choices, for a new enemy is coming and they want blood."
"So how have you been?" Ace explained
"Just nicely." The Black Cat responded."Unlike you two, who have been allowed to do nothing." After saying that, The Black Cat ran off.
"And the quest continues."Ace responded as Kai held a pair of aviator goggles in her hands.
"I was planning on giving these to you the next we met." Kai explained as she looked at Ace. She handed him the goggles and Ace looked at them. They were silver with big light blue lenses. You know, the kind we see on goggleheads
"Thanks, Kai." Ace responded, fitting the goggles onto his head as he headed over to his chopper. Before he left, he placed his laptop in his storage compartment."See ya' around!"
"See you later!" Kai shouted back as Ace headed off. The road felt slightly lonelier without Clara.
"Why did Angel have to do that?" Ace questioned as something huge went off. He turned his bike around and headed back towards Kai. He was scared by what he saw. The whole forest had burned into the ground in an instant."Kai, are you all right?!"
"Somehow I am." Kai answered as Ace ran up to her. Kai's only injuries were just a few scratches.
"Well that was way too easy to accomplish!" A voice declared as Ace realized who the voice was.
"Empress." Ace responded as he looked The Empress. For some reason, The Empress was extremely overly happy which was extremely annoying to both Ace and Kai at the moment.
"Oh so you noticed what I did a second ago." The Empress asked as Ace flipped her off. "At least you could actually use your words!" He dashed towards her, and promptly delivered a series of quick slashes to her.
"Your going to kill and/or kidnap her in front of me" Ace coldly responded as The Empress nodded.
"Exactly!" The Empress responded and realized Kai wasn't there now."Where did she go?!" At that moment, trees started to fall upon her and a herd of forest animals stampeded over her. Kai then reappeared behind her, making a funny face.
"That was Fae Wrath." Kai explained."It's powerful spell that inflicts it target the pain it dealt to the forest the caster placed it on, you f*****." Having not learned her lesson, The Empress grabbed Kai for a second time.
"Did you really think it would truly be that easy, Acey? The Empress taunted as Ace froze."What's wrong? Memory choked you up?"She then quickly pulled a knife out."Are you going to allow history to repeat itself?" Ace looked down at his hands. He had already lost one person today. He would not allow himself to be scared and let her . "That's the nickname your friend used to call you by, wasn't it?"
"Let go of her, you cowardly b****." Ace added as he looked towards The Empress's eyes.
"I'm surprised you didn't just run away and leave your previous partner to die!" The Empress shouted as she threw something towards Ace.
"No..." Ace shouted as he looked down at the thing thrown towards. It was a pair of cutlasses covered in dried-up blood from hilt from to the tip of the blade.
"Kai, that is all that was left of Ace's previous partner." The Empress explained as Ace dashed even closer to her. "Who I easily killed with her own two cutlasses." Ace's eyes lit up. It was one of his worst fears imagined. He would never see that face again all because of her.
"You will pay for that!" Ace shouted as he swung both katana's at The Empress. He repeated said action at least half-dozen times. Then he noticed Kai. Tears came down from her eyes. She had lost everything. And now the one she loved so much had gone mad. He knew that he to make a choice at that moment. Ace sheathed his katanas and grabbed the cutlasses that laid on the ground. "I'm only going to ask once more, Empress. Let her go."
"Why should I do that for someone who deserts their friend?" The Empress responded as Ace punched her in the face. "It isn't nice at all to punch a lady!" For some reason, a punch to the face causes a release of grip on somebody. Kai dashed towards Ace as The Empress laughed.
"If you touch any of my friends..." Ace answered as he motioned for Kai to follow him. They headed towards the bike as The Empress stood there."...I will make you f****** pay for the potential pain you cause to them."
"Is that a challenge, Acey?" The Empress challenged as she was zipped back into her Airship.
"Just ignore her, Ace" Kai asked as she looked at Ace. "She'll fall eventually."
"I guess your right." Ace answered as they both got on Ace's chopper and Ace placing the cutlasses into the cargo department. "We're heading to my home. There, you'll be a welcomed part of my "family"." Kai looked at him and gave him a kiss. Ace's face lit up to a shade of light red.
"Thank you, I'm sorry about this." Kai explained as they headed off to Ace's home.
"Hopefully, nothing weird will happen this time." Ace explained as he looked straight ahead.
"Even if something does, we hold our heads high and survive." Kai added as she looked around curious about her new surroundings.
"It's different, isn't it?" Ace asked as Kai continued to gaze around. It was her first time she wasn't living in her forest.
"Yep, it truly is." Kai responded, ready for whatever they needed to face."It's nice to be going someplace other than home.
"What the f***…" Ace answered, stopping the chopper. Blocking the way was a large mob of people, all wearing weird black headsets that covered most of their heads.
"Get out the way, you morons!" Kai responded, causing the whole mob to turn around and march towards them. "Oh F***, I don't think that's good."
"You're probably right about that." Ace added, equipping his katanas. Kai quickly did the same, just in case.
"Join Us!" Somebody in the mob of people shouted, Ace and Kai performing their new special moves."Please join the spider-people of Arachne and the great and powerful Empress!"
"Awesome, they're under hallucinogens." Ace responded as they got back on and started the bike up, driving through the people. He then lobbed a "grenade" behind them as they headed off. A few seconds later, the "grenade" went off and the mob pacified.
"I feel kind of sorry for them." Kai added as they rode. "They didn't mean to get themselves drugged in the first place."
"But we can't just let high people run around the city." Ace answered as a weird phantom streaked by.
"Where are you taking my child, you thief?" The Streak responded as Ace stopped the bike.
"Your Child?" Ace responded as he pulled the goggles over his eyes. Through the lenses, the streak became a fairy. It was dressed in green cloth and looked to have been as big as him."I am taking Kai for survival sake."
"I cannot allow that." The Fairy explained and noticed Kai's bracer."Gaia doesn't approve of your actions, little one."
"Tell Gaia she going to have drag me back if I to come with you!" Kai announced as she jumped off the chopper and stabbed the fairy.
"As you wish." The Fairy answered as it slumped to the ground. Kai held her knife out in front of her and absorbed the data of the fallen creature.
"Let's go." Kai responded as Ace started the engine once again. Thankfully, they were almost home. All that was left to be driven was a short stretch of road. As they drove down the lonely stretch of road. Kai looked at Ace and decided to ask something she knew he didn't want to answer. But that didn't matter to her.
"Who was The Empress referring to when she hand you those cutlasses?" Kai questioned as Ace stopped the chopper and turned to look at her.
"A friend." Ace answered as Kai continued to glance at him.
"You're obviously holding information back." Kai remarked as a yellow orb impacted the chopper and knocked both of them off, causing the conversation to drop."It's time."
Indeed." Ace agreed as they headed towards the bushes...
"Has phase one of the plan been completed?" The Hologram as The Empress looked at it. The hologram was that of a man in complete darkness. She was back in her airship now.
"Yes. We even got the girl." The Empress explained as The Hologram grinned.
"Engage phase two right away, as soon as possible…" The Hologram explained as he disappeared and The Empress walked away. It was time to get work and nothing was going to stop her at all. Or so she thought.
"Oh what a mouse you truly are." A voice taunted and she turned around. Sitting right in front of her, was The Black Cat.
"What do you want now?" The Empress responded as The Black Cat facepalmed.
"It is best not to ask what I want, but instead ask how your answer might result in a quick stabbing?" The Black Cat responded as she looked at The Empress.
"Why should I care?" The Empress questioned as The Black Cat facepalmed.
"Because you have taken something that was never yours to begin with, stupid." The Black Cat explained as she pulled out a pair of butterfly swords. The haft of the weapon was the usual wooden stick carved with ancient runes while the blades were made from some large tooth off of a large creature.
"I can easily end that pathetic life of yours." The Empress threatened as The Black Cat made her weapon's disappear.
"Then do it." The Black Cat answered as The Empress hesitated. She fired her left glock out and manged to hit her opponent.
"I pity you." The Black Cat added as she ran out. The Empress walked on and knocked at the first door. Inside, a girl only covered in spider silk allowed spiders to crawl all around her.
"I've done the hard work for you, Arachne." The Empress explained as The Girl got up."You know what you need to do." The Girl opened the door and headed out. She headed to the next door and headed in. Inside, stood a giant closed glass tube with Clara inside."You will make the perfect warrior." She then operated some mechanism and the process began...
Next time on Hunters!: It's Nina's turn as things get weird. Doesn't help you can't remember things properly...