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Author's Note:
There's a possibility that there may not be a chapter uploaded on November until near Thanksgiving, probably two. College is quite a drag, indeed. Gonna try my best to really be careful.
"And just like that, two months have passed, and believe it or not, and hard to believe, Eiko has not made a move. We kept telling ourselves that she's probably suddenly playing fair, but she's likely to play mind tricks on us, but in said two months, the six of us were having fun hanging out. On weekends, of course."
(Cue montage to the tune of "Crown On The Ground" in the background throughout of antics of the group, including playing video games, taking pictures at photo booths, weather it's at the Academy or arcades, watching movies, singing karakoke, as well as training their skills)
"Most importantly, we were hanging with not only friends, but with my dedicated boyfriend, Gavin, who is just as much in love with me as I am with him, to the point that we were allowed to share a room. Of course…after that fated weekend, there's a bit of paparazzi involved, but that's another story. On the meantime…"
"Halloween! The most sugary holiday of the year!", Keena said as she twirls around giggling, with the halls of the Academy in Halloween decorations.
"Who doesn't love a good old fashioned costume party?", said Gavin.
"Interestingly, we only had one other Halloween party, and that was last year.", said Lily.
"Ah, yeah, didn't you dress up as Ducky Momo?", said Michie.
Lily blushed, "Yeah…it was a bit of a surprise…and you dressed up as Billy, Jigsaw's puppet, for some reason."
"Hey, the Saw series actually had story and developed characters. One of the best film series of all time.", Michie said proudly.
"Wait, that was you? Now you should have deserved to win the contest more. Now that would be just as much of a surprise.", said Gavin.
Keena overhears the conversation, "How were you in Halloween last year, Gavin-gins?"
Gavin blushes a bit, "Well, Keena-kins, I wrestler CM Punk. While it was expected, I did have an overblown entrance.
"I saw it on YouTube th eother day, and I just couldn't stop giggling! I admit it was pretty hot, too…"
They both blush, "Speaking of hot, how hot were you last year?"
"I was sick, so I couldn't be in it…but this year? Full of hype!"
"Hell yeah!"
"I did hear about the costumes, though and…is it true that Kanna was Hanna?"
Kanna twiddles with her thumbs, "My Saoirse Ronan look wasn't entirely convincing, and yet people still got impressed by it."
"Did you try speaking German, Arabic, French and Italian?"
"No, I just say "I just missed your heart", and the people cheered."
Arnoul just chuckles and says "They'd eat up any epic line from any movie."
"Oh, yeah? It's not like you were big in Halloween, either."
"I was the Lipstick-face Demon from Insidious."
A brief pause happens, as the rest of the gorup then all say "THAT WAS YOU?!"
"Too shocking?"
(theme song)
My mother told me
"Poor girl, be strong"
Some say I won't last
I say they're wrong
And we won't back down this time!
We are unstoppable
No, we can't be defeated
We are unstoppable
No, we don't need a reason
We are unstoppable
Yo, yo yo, yeah, oh
Yo, yo yo, yeah, oh
No, we won't back down this time!
We are unstoppable
No, we can't be defeated
We are unstoppable
No, we don't need reason
We are unstoppable…!
Episode 7: Halloween Havoc
In CIMO8 headquarters, Eiko, Annie, Minnie and 2V are seen walking in a hallway.
"Those people in the Academy will be baffled at our first attack in months.", said Eiko.
"It's gonna be like Caligula up in here.", said Minnie, chuckling a bit.
"As hilarious as it would be having a man with an ass for a stomach, it's not exactly supernatural, it's human. Somehow. Anyhow, it's gonna require a bit of patient, so the attack is likely to happen when night falls."
"You're not going to tell what the monsters are, are you?", said Annie.
"I'd ruin the surprise. In fact, I'll actually appear on the battlefield to meet Keena a bit. What good is a villain am I if I haven't even confronted her yet?", said Eiko.
"It's a unique approach that only Eiko can do.", said 2V.
"Not to mention that if all fails, we got not one but two secret weapons.", said Eiko.
"So…where are Xavier and Samantha now, and Yumi and Satomi?", said Annie.
"I bet they all be baby makin'.", snarked Minnie.
"Actually I made sure to prevent their libidos by secretly inserting a chip on them."
"Wait, but you do know Yumi and Satomi can't-", said Annie before being interrupted by 2V.
"It works with sperm donation and even adopting."
"There's an anti-baby policy here. We don't want to waste time with half-pints. And to answer your question, Annie, after their training, I decided to give them free time out, but they only have a week.", said Eiko.
"I got ya, ho.", said Minnie.
"Also…", said Eiko, before throwing her to the floor using her arm, "…don't call me "ho", ho.", before walking alongside 2V ahead.
"I told you many times, twin sis.", said Annie.
"I was worried she would pop a cap on me a couple of times or something. I'd be like 50 Cent, only I won't lose steam after 3 albums.", said Minnie, straining a bit.
"You might have a dislocated shoulder, though."
"Oh, goodie."
Back at the Academy, it's now nighttime, and music can be heard through the speakers.
Keena is seen wearing as Harley Quinn (her outfit from theBatman Arkham Asylum game, the only difference is that her pigtals are colored red), then saying "Don't think I'll be clowning around that much tonight…just kidding!", she giggles. "Lemme see you, Gavin-gins!"
Gavin appears in red and white trunks, boots, and jacket, with a notable large beard, yellling out "No! No! No!"
Keena couldn't help but giggle, "Don't see how you're saying no if you're already showing it to me.", she said.
"It's his current gimmick, remember?"
"Yeah, all of us did it at the same time, too. It was quite a sight to behold."
"Agreed! Wonder if you don't mind the beard?"
"Let me try…", said Keena, as she then smooches him and giggles. "Well, it doesn't bother me cause it's ticklish."
"Hopefully no one calls me goatface…"
"Oh, that phrase never caught on."
Meanwhile, in Lily's room, Michie is seen wearing a big jacket with a scorpion on the back and a jean skirt, her hair let down as well, looking over a window. Lily is then heard saying, "Not too flashy this time? Seems quite ordinary."
"Just felt the jacket was good enough, and besides, it's not like I got it for $120 for nothing. You look a little too revealing yourself."
Lily is seen wearing a hat with a closed eye, black and white striped thighighs, boots, a white jacket, purple eye makeup and navel on full display. "Dream Eater Merry is here, so no need to fear!"
Michie chuckles a bit, "Don't think that was her notable quote."
"I know, just wanted to try my own unique kind of interpretation."
"By rhyming? Don't think so.", Michie responded with a chuckle. "Hey, you're not gonna dye your hair purple?"
"No, I figured this would be good enough. Also, do you think I sound too much like Merry?"
"Maybe. It'd be funny if I sounded like Engi, though. We'd be bickering, and you'd call me an eggplant."
"Eh heh heh…that'd just be maladroit.", responded Lily a bit shyly.
Meanwhile, in Kanna's room, she's seen wearing a blue-haired wig with what looks to be a cowlick also featured, and is also wearing a yellow school-like outfit with a blue skirt. "Might as well try this on, since I'm sort of compared to her, anyways…this'll be omega sweet."
In Arnoul's room, she's seen wearing a black suit, alongside a white shirt, with a black tie. "And the finishing touch…", she said as she then wear shades. "Excellent.", she said with a smile.
The group, with the exeption of Kanna reunite in the cafeteria, where the party is being held, with most of the other students also in a variety of costumes.
"Seems a bigger crowd of dressed people compared to last year.", said Lily.
"You know, with these costumes, I don't think the paparazzi could recognize us.", said Keena. However, some photographers then suddenly take a few pictures at Lily, then leaves. A brief pause happens.
"Still not gonna purple dye the hair.", said Lily.
"I'll deal with it.", said Arnoul as she has a Neuralyzer on hand and walks off to find the phtographer.
"That's a prop, right?", said Keena.
"Liridans can actually turn fake props of guns, etc. to real weapons. It takes tons of adjusting and focus, though."
"Even famous cars? I'd love to see them do the DeLerean.", said Gavin.
"Even. Famous. Cars.", said Lily with enthusiasm.
"Whooooa…", said both Keena and Gavin, as a flash is seen and heard, Arnoul walks back with them.
"I think it worked a little too well. Even the camera got the amnesia effect.", said Arnoul.
"There goes many possible celebrity scandals.", said Michie.
Then Kanna arrives, yelling out a loud, "Maaahooooooooo~!", and shows herself making a pose.
"Arnoul, I think you might need to use the Neurolyzer again.", said Michie.
"Don't be a sour sport, Michi, this might be hilarious.", said Lily.
Kanna then hugs Lily, "Oh my God, Becky, you look so omega adorable that I'd hug you until your're squished no more!", with Keena, Gavin and Arnoul trying hard not to laugh.
"Er…am I Becky because of my height or my hair?"
"What are you talking about? You are Becky!"
"Hey, Kanna?", responded Keena.
"Who's this Kanna? I'm Himeko Katagiri. Thought you already mnew that, Kurumi.", said Kanna.
"W-wait, I'm Kurumi?", said Keena.
"Of course! I keep feeling bad that you're called boring, but I'd never call you that.", said Kanna as Gavin is seen rolling on the floor laughing.
Keena then gets a small thought, then snaps her fingers, and then grips Kanna's cowlick and grins, "You do know what happened to you after the mushroom incident, right?"
"Uh…"
She then lifts the wig, showing Kanna's usual hair, "You got a wig as a result.", Keena said, with Kanna whining.
"Now you're gonna get extra homework, omega idiot!", said Lily.
"Okay, I'm defeated…", said Kanna.
"Yes! Yes! Yes! That was like the closest to a reunion special!", said Gavin while clapping.
"Glorious and genius, it's every comedy anime fan's dream come true!", said Michie, also clapping."
Keena, Lily and Kanna all shrug, but proudly bow, as Arnoul joins some other people in costumes, looking like they're about to do something.
Liz, dressed as an angel, appraoches the gang, "Hey, guys, Arnoul is gonna make a performance. It's gonna be a little different than usual."
"No band performance this time?", said Keena.
"She's been quite into this song, and regardless that she's dressed in those clothes, by golly, she'll sing!"
"Well, let's check it out, maho!", said Kanna.
A "thump" beat starts the song, as throughout the performance, some monsters outside begin to advance, able to hear the beat, also in CIMO8 headquarters, Eiko and her fellow cohorts are watching these events unfold through a big screen in what seems to be a laboratory-like place through a small flying beast carrying a camera above.
Hold my hand
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
Hold my hand
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down
If you get sleep or if you get none
The cock's gonna call in the morning, baby
Check the cupboard for your daddy's gun
Red sun rises like an early warning
The Lord's gonna come for your first born son
His hair's on fire and his heart is burning
Go to the river where the water runs
Wash him deep where the tides are turning
And if you fall
And if you faaaaall…
Hold my hand
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
Hold my hand,
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down, a long way down
The wolves will chase you by the pale moonlight
Drunk and driven by a devil's hunger
Drive your son like a railroad spike
Into the water, let it pull him under
Don't you lift him, let him drown alive
The good Lord speaks like a rolling thunder
Let that fever make the water rise
And let the river run dry
And I said hold my hand
Ooh, baby, it's a long way down to the bottom of the river
Hold my hand,
Ooh baby it's a long, long, long, long, long way
Hold my hand,
Ooh baby it's a long way down
A long way down…
As the performance ends, the monsters outside take one more step, but something flashes from the ground, as it causes an explosion.
"W-wait…what?" said Eiko in disbelief.
"Damn, girl, they ain't dumb." said Minnie, as Eiko then walks away. "Where are you going?", said Annie.
"I underestimated them, so I might as well show my anger right in front of them. Don't bother following me."
Back at the Academy.
"Oh my God, the quarterback is toast! Yes, it worked!", said Gavin.
"Çourse, Gavin-gins. Did she really think we'd be dumb to fall for it a second time?", said Keena.
"Looks like the two-month planning just went straight thumbs down.", said Michie.
"Yeah!", yelled Kanna cheerfully…only to then say in a matter-of-fact way, "They added mines without some of us knowing, right?"
"For someone who didn't know about it, you're right on the money.", said Lily. "We secretly inserted invisible mines that activate when it's a monster or possible attacker."
"And when it comes to air, well…we're still working on the kinks of that, but it's sort of a prototype. Something about invisible red rays.", said Michie as another explosion is heard. "I think I just did ironic black comedy."
Arnoul the taps on the glass of the windows, "And then there's these new glass windows. They're pretty darn strong. And 100% explosion proof."
"What do you guys say that we finish off the remaining army, huh?", said Keena.
Everyone else then say, "All right!", as the 5 of them jump through the windows and land safely, but then one of them realize something…
"Wait…so the windows didn't break while they explode, but it did when we went through them?", said Arnoul.
A brief pause happens until Keena breaks the silence saying, "Maybe we're stronger than an explosion?"
Another brief pause happens as they then nod and say, "Oooooooh."
A green monster tries to sneak up on Keena as she just nonchalantly raises her palm, punching its face, elbows its face also and finally roundhouse kicks it, knocking it unconscious to the ground—all without even looking at it.
Keena then chuckles, and lets her whole hair out "Groovy.", she said.
Gavin blushes from the sight, "Hooooottie!", as many monsters then attempt to sneak from behind as the rest of the team begin their assault, with Michie first summoning her bats and saying "My bats like to dissect monsters. Did you know they can be utterly insane?" as the bats go through the monsters' stomachs, then she chops their heads off. "Weird that these monsters don't bleed."
Gavin avoids several smashes from other monsters as he then jumps up to two of the monsters' heads and attempts a successful double DDT as it connects, knocking them out instantly as their heads are below the ground. "These are just pushovers.", he said, but another monster then tries to smash him with it's fists, but he then reverses both fists and turns it into a submission, applying a Omoplata Crossface, as he yells "YES! YES! YES!"
Lily stretches her hands and then turns around, knocking out any monsters attempting to get nearby, only for some of them to get up. "You get back down, but you get up again.", she said with a shrug, as she then does a backflip, handstands, and then carefully plants her head on the ground and spins around, stretching her legs hitting the monsters once more and knocking them down for good as Lily stand up again. "Hoo-fucking-yah." , she said.
Kanna then slashes and claws her way through some of the monsters, causing them to fall into pieces, "Mahooooooooooo!", she howled.
Arnoul shoots many of the monsters with her multiple guns, including AK47-like guns and Magnum-like pistols, as well, all done with a serious look on her face. After a few minutes, all the monsters are pretty much dead as they then turn into dust and shrivel away quickly.
"Phew, easy peezy, lemon squeezy.", said Keena.
"I wouldn't say that…", said Arnoul, pointing to where a sudden moaning sound is heard, as it turns out, there are zombies on the way.
"Are they slow moving, Keena?", said Gavin.
"Yeah…they're dead. They're all messed up.", said Keena.
"Michie, if I were surrounded by eight or ten of these things, would I stand a chance with them?", said Lily.
"Well, there's no problem. If you have a gun, shoot 'em in the head. That's a sure way to kill 'em. If you don't, get yourself a club or a torch. Beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy.", said Michie.
"This is no Sunday school picnic!", said Kanna, turning into her normal form.
"Attempting to fight them will have us be infected, which is why it's better off using these.", said Arnoul, as she then gives them a variety of guns; giving Keena an AK-74, Gavin an AK-12, Lily a Heckler & Koch MP5, Michie a Heckley & Koch UMP and Kanna a Benelli M4. "I'll stick to my Magnum. Now, has anybody ever used a gun before?"
A brief pause happens, as Gavin, Michie and Kanna shake their heads, all saying "Nope."
"Well, while facing Mr. X, me and Lily did pose a bit and pretended to attempt to shoot him. Does that count?"
"Not really.", said Arnoul. "It's not really that hard and all you guys need to do is to just shoot like crazy at those nasty bastards. Any more questions?", she said.
"Go all House Of The Dead on them, then?", said Kanna.
"The movie, or the game?"
"The game."
"Good, because the movie never happened, but first…", she said, before putting everyone bandannas on their heads as she then continued, "It's a bit of a special kind of technology that Liridans only could do. Infinte ammo. No reloads, either. I'm only letting you have this because you're all inexperienced. Might need to learn actual gun lessons just in case."
Everyone else respond with a nod as Arnoul then says, "Okay, now, time to open fire on the undead!", as they all then yell out, and start to shoot on the undead, going as far as trying to walk slowly, all unflinched as they're able to keep shooting at the zombies straight in the heads.
"Huh, these zombies are apparently not bleeding, either.", said Michie.
"Must have been on their own unique diet.", said Gavin.
After a couple of minutes of stylish shooting, all the zombies are down and now also turned to dust.
"Bring it, Eiko! Whether it's a supernatural clown, death himself or even an angry molesting tree, we're not afraid!", said Kanna. However, all of a sudden, some sort of colored dust is seen on the air as it hits everyone except Keena, who's slightly ahead of the group. It also causes the guns to suddenly disappear.
"I don't think we're done guys, so I should probably use my magic to detect possible more threats…", said Keena as she then turns around, she notices the rest of the group fell asleep. "What the…they can't possibly suddenly sleep like this…"
Evil chuckling is heard from afar. "Your friends and boyfriend took a bad time to take a nap."
"Stop it…I know who you are, and I know what you once did…it's just hard to believe that it took this long."
Eiko then slowly steps out of the shadows. "Keena Soga. Quite a name, and now, reputation. I actually immediately believed the Mr. X incident. I knew you wouldn't stay weak forever."
"Can't be any worse than you. I heard you killed your father to take over the family for your own personal gain."
"Oh, you're too nice. Thanks to a certain green-haired mechanical bitch, she brought him back to life, but turns out I got even more enraged when it turns out that was only a vision she created. Not to mention…", Eiko said, then pointing to the sleeping body of Lily, "…she was also at fault for somehow knowing about that plan."
"Well, she did a damn fine job! She cared about the Academy, unlike you! Why did you even join the Academy in the first place?"
"You're dumb, aren't you? Just like Yumi, just like Satomi, Xavier, Samantha, yeah, it's a norm by now. They got influenced by me, you see. I never gave a shit about the Academy in the first place, and instead I'm pretty much the Queen!"
"You must be together with Boichiro, too, huh?"
Eiko just laughs, "Oh, yeah, Boichiro. I offed him, you see. He was starting to become slightly good, so it's only appropriate that I sliced his head off. And we were gonna get engaged…I made sure he would never…ever…doubt me."
"You're…not human anymore, are you?"
"I still am, just very patient and subtle about my interests."
"Your family should be ashamed. Raising you as a good daughter, only to turn into a power-hungry and despicably bad human being."
"You're just gonna keep on complimenting me?"
"Actually, you just don't get it!"
Keena starts rushing, trying to punch her, but Eiko quickly counters, arm throwing her to the ground, then gripping on it.
"I just go a little mad sometimes. We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?", said Eiko
"The only way that gets me mad is if anybody hurts my friends!", said Keena as she's able to lose the grip, with both of them now standing back up, they run at the same time as they then interchange punches, blows and kicks, blocking each hit with their arms. After a while, Eiko notices an opening and punches her in the stomach, then kicks her in the face, knocking her to the ground.
"Giving up yet?", said Eiko.
"Like hell!", said Keena, with a small bruise on her left cheek, immediately stands up and the punches and kicks continue, but this time, Keena finds the opening and knees Eiko in the stomach then uppercuts her, knocking her down.
"I learned how to control the fighting all by myself!"
"Oh, spare me your justice; it makes me have a gag reflex."
"Too much bad candy, I suppose."
"Enough playing fair!", said Eiko as she then throws three shuryken stars to Keena, as she's able to avoid two of them, but one of them briefly slashes her a bit in the arm.
"Darn villain traits…", said Keena as Eiko continues to throw 5 more, this time Keena successfully avoiding them, however then Eiko takes advantage and kicks her in the chest, while Keena recovers quickly and tries to respond with a kick of her own, Eiko then swiftly avoids it easily and quickly jumps to now to kick Keena's back as Keena yelps out a bit as she lands on the ground.
"You're not that trained, it seems. I always find a way to cross-counter you, move after move, and you just overshoot yourself.", said Eiko.
"Mngh…you asked for it…Samantha paid the price on that, too…", said Keena, as it looks like she's monitoring the area sleuthly.
"You gonna break my arm? I'd be foolish to fall like she did."
"Always expect…the unexpected!"
Keena then quickly gets up and attempts some sort of headscissors with her legs on Eiko's head as she's able to connect the headscissors takedown with Eiko connecting her back with a large tree as she then yelps out.
"Don't ever underestimate trees!", said Keena.
"Gurgh…I'm outta here. Consider this our first of many battles. Although, I also might have unfinished business with Lily."
"Go ahead and try, cause we're tougher than a brick wall."
"You'll be like the Berlin wall, cretins!", Eiko said as she disappears in a puff of smoke.
The rest of the group then approaches, with Gavin immediately calling out "Keena!" and hugs her. "We just saw the tail end of it, that bitch was Eiko, wasn't it?", he continued.
"Yeah…she's not normal. She isn't just handling a secret corporation for nothing. I have a feeling…that sooner or later she might attempt to harm innocents like if they're terrorists, just so they can attract us…"
"Some kind of terrorism? Why would you think of something so…out there?", said Gavin.
"Maybe I'm over thinking things…", said Keena.
"In a way, she's not that far off. It'll be unpredictable what her group will think next. Not to mention that if we can't locate them, we're likely gonna have multiple attacks like this.", said Lily.
"Do you have a theory on where they live?", said Michie.
"Constan Academy is in Maine…I could say they're in Canada, but there's no real clue…it could also be on some sort of island on an ocean, maybe even on a landmark like Niagra Falls or Mout Rushmore. We could try to follow them, but it'd be some sort of risk if they somehow discover us."
"Looks like a job for research, maho!" said Kanna.
"For now, though, it's a little late, and we sorta need sleep." said Keena.
"You don't feel too hurt, Keena-kins?", said Gavin.
"A little bit. My left cheek's a teensy bit bruised."
"Might be cured by a bit of cuddling."
Keena responds with a giggle, "Well, can't not accept that." She then pecks him on the lips.
"We fought monsters and zombies on Halloween night. Yep, another night on the job." said Michie.
"Mm-hmm. Now, about those guns lessons…" said Arnoul.
The rest of the group respond with a groan, but then they laugh a bit.
"Just kidding. Androids can have a sense of humor too, you know."
"Eiko's unorthodox strategy for Halloween almost could have gotten us. Maybe she could learn that gimmicks don't really work. However, we should've have a feeling she had something a little more hidden…we wouldn't have expected it, either.
As Eiko escapes from jumping three to tree, she gets a call from Minnie.
"Yo, Eiko, tonight was kind of a dud. Also saw your fight and you really had her on the ropes."
"Yeah, enough appreciation, Minnie. Feel like taking a brief trip, actually to realize how superior I am."
"I think I know what you trippin' with."
"Why stop attempting to conquer this world…when I could go to another dimension to finish what I started?", she said with an evil laugh.
(ending song)
We're all young and naive still
We require certain skill
The motive changes like the wind
Hard to control when it begins
Can't help myself but count the flaws
Claw my way out through these walls
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
Can you whisper
The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-between
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
The bittersweet between my teeth
Trying to find the in-between
Fall back in love eventually
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
END OF EPISODE