The entire Dai-Gurren team couldn't say anything for a moment. It had all happened in an instant. Madoka made her wish, and the next thing she knew she was in a magical girl outfit and currently in the hand of some black humanoid monstrosity. Kyubey being an Incubator couldn't feel the emotion of shock, but that didn't stop the multitude of questions ringing in its mind.

"They usurped control? How is that possible? The only way to do that would be to make a wish on us! We never detected any-" Kyubey, given the knowledge of the Incubator's central thoughts from before, connected the dots in his head. He suddenly felt the immense power emanating from the Anti-Spiral. He remembered what the Anti-Spirals had said when they first arrived. "That's impossible! By halting their own evolution, they were able to hide their own karmic destiny?" Those thoughts went interrupted as Kyubey's livestock quickly disappeared in the Anti-Spiral's hand.

"Homura-chan, everyo-" Was all Madoka could utter before she had vanished. Almost immediately, chaos erupted as Homura screamed. Once again, she had failed. Madoka had vanished in front of her because she made the contract. As she thought this, Sayaka immediately transformed and attacked the monstrosity, having seen it before.

"What the hell are you?!" She shrieked with tears in her eyes as she swung her cutlass at the monster, only for it to disappear and reappear behind her like it did before. "What did you do to Madoka?!"

"She has been recalled to our core, where she shall spend the remainder of her days." The strange being replied. Homura had breathed a small sigh of relief inside, knowing that she was still alive, but that didn't quell her shock and panic. It was Kittan who spoke up next.

"That voice! No way! It can't be!"

"Oh but it is Spiral man." The being replied. "It is truly a shame that your sacrifice to destroy the Death Spiral Machine was for nothing. It seems your companions would do anything to ensure their success." Kittan clenched his fists as the realization struck him like a bowling ball to the face. "You are correct. I am the Anti-Spiral." It was at that moment when Kyoko transformed.

"What the hell are you talking about when you said you sent Madoka to your core?" She clenched her teeth and swung her massive spear at the creature, only for her to receive the same result as Sayaka. "What did she ever do to you?!"

"It is not what she has done to us, but it is what she would have done to your own universe." The Anti-Spiral replied. "Besides, she shall become the least of your concerns now. As of this moment, the core of the Incubators is under our control."

"And what does that have to do with anything?" Mami replied, anger evident in her voice. She transformed as well and began firing at the monstrosity.

"Due to you magical girls being exposed to Spiral power, it is only a matter of time before that power spreads to all magical girls." The Anti-Spiral continued as it continued to disappear and evade her shots. "Because of this, we have activated our Magical Girl Extermination System." A series of images appeared on the Anti-Spiral's black body. The magical girls and the Spiral men were horrified at what they were seeing.

Witch labyrinths were filled with strange multicolored beings that hovered around them. Some were circular in shape, while others had strangely shaped appendages. When a magical girl appeared in the labyrinth, the beings instantly sprang into action and fired laser after laser on the poor girls, killing them instantly. All but Kamina and Kittan watched these scenes with horrified looks on their faces.

"Damn you…" Kittan grunted as he clenched his fists in anger. "That's fighting dirty! Pitting the Mugann against kids like that!"

"Why…why are you doing this?" Mami uttered, tears forming in her eyes as she witnessed the slaughter of innocent magical girls the instant they entered a witch labyrinth.

"This is to prevent the further corruption of Spiral power amongst other magical girls." The Anti-Spiral replied. "But now we have said enough to you lowly life-forms. You will all meet the same fate one way or another." After that, the Anti-Spiral then began to fade away. Homura could only stare in horror as Madoka's kidnapper began to vanish.

"No…give her back! NOO!" She screamed as the Anti-Spiral vanished completely from sight. She then fell on her knees and began sobbing uncontrollably. Kamina grit his teeth and growled. It was just like the beastmen all over again with this thing. That growl caused the expression on his face to gain a determined look. If the Anti-Spiral was going to act like the beastmen, he would just have to fight like he always had.

"So you're the Anti-Spiral huh?" Kamina thought to himself. "You just made a big mistake underestimating us."

Madoka couldn't see or hear anything. Everything happened so fast that her mind was in a blur. The last thing she remembered was something grabbing her throat just after she made her wish. Suddenly, her surroundings slowly started to become clear. When they did, Madoka almost screamed. She found herself in a black, never-ending void of some sorts, with cosmic galaxies being seen as far as her eyes could see. Given the situation, she would have called it beautiful had she not been unable to move. Her arms and legs seemed to be frozen in mid-air in this infinite space. She couldn't move them, no matter how hard she tried.

"What's going on?! Where am I?!" She cried out.

"You are now inside of our core, as a consequence of your dangerous and thoughtless wish." A voice replied. Suddenly, a bright light shined in the infinite space, as Madoka could only closer her eyes in response. When she opened them, another being was there. A black humanoid-like entity with big white circles for eyes and a mouth that looked like it was drooling. "You attempted to rewrite this universe and eliminate the one thing that kept it in balance."

"W-Who are you?!" Madoka stuttered, fearing this new creature. "What do you mean?!"

"We are the Anti-Spiral." Madoka gasped, remembering the name from Kittan's story. "The eternal cycle of hope and despair through the magical girls was the one thing that kept this universe in balance. The Incubators, possessing no will or resolve, are forced to grant whatever wish a magical girl would make. We could no longer sit idly by and let this folly continue. So we made our own wish and usurped control, and halted your wish from coming to fruition." Madoka stared at the entity in horror. Her wish didn't go through?

"W-Why? I wanted to end the suffering for all magical girls! Why would you stop that?"

"When you made your wish, did you understand fully what would have transpired?" The Anti-Spiral replied. "You would have cost yourself your own existence, and all the despair that magical girls felt would be cast upon you alone. In a world without pure Spiral life-forms, this would be nothing more than a mere inconvenience." A picture of Kamina and Kittan appeared on the Anti-Spiral's body. "However, since two pure Spiral life-forms arrived in your universe, you have made yourself into a danger for this universe!"

Madoka could only stare at the entity with fear. How could her becoming hope itself turn her into a danger for the universe? This wish would have been an uprising for a new era of hope for magical girls!

"How…how would my wish be dangerous for everyone?! I…I tried to save them all! I wanted to see them smiling to the very end!" Madoka gasped to find that her surroundings had changed, similar to when Kyubey showed her the history of mankind and the Incubators. She saw many humans in strange-looking ships that looked similar to Lagann.

"A naïve dream and nothing more." The Anti-Spiral's deep voice replied. "Do you know of the power of the Spiral, magical girl? It is the force that binds together life-forms in the universe. Even one life-form alone can draw power from the infinity of the universe. The way the process went in our universe is fairly different than yours. The life-forms in our universe are capable of awakening their Spiral-power on their own, while you need the assistance of an Incubator to awaken it for you. The Incubators take all your inner Spiral power and condense it into your Soul Gems, transforming it into what we deemed as non-organic Spiral power." The images changed to a green energy turning into a pink energy as it morphed into a Soul Gem. "When we observed how the Incubators were able to weaken ones Spiral power for energy, we were quiet impressed. However, the situation changes drastically when a pure Spiral life-form enters the mix."

The image changed again to a picture of Kamina, who stood next to an image of Sayaka holding her Soul Gem. "Weakened or not, the power you magical girls possess is still the power of the Spiral, if it is exposed to a pure Spiral life-form it will corrupt the Soul Gem." A green energy began to emanate from Kamina and go into Sayaka's Soul Gem. "Once the Soul Gem is infected, the more hope they feel will increase the Spiral Power within it. It will grow to a point where their Soul Gem will overflow with Spiral power and shatter, causing them to become pure Spiral life-forms." Madoka was shocked by this news. How in the world was any of this bad? If what he was saying was true, then that meant by just being around Kamina, their souls would eventually return to their bodies!

"So you're saying if they continue to hope alongside Kamina-san and Kittan-san, they will eventually get their souls back to their bodies?" Madoka asked, hope filling her eyes.

"You are correct. But that is the problem magical girl." The Anti-Spiral replied. "Once they become pure Spiral life-forms, the process will continue and spread for all magical girls. No matter how much you hope, not a single life-form is capable of controlling the pure power of the Spiral." The image changed again. This time Madoka saw an image of Sayaka overflowing with the green energy. It continued to overflow until Sayaka's shadow could only be seen in the bright green light. "Should Spiral power continue to evolve within a race, the energy that will erupt out of the life-form's body shall transform into a galaxy." Madoka watched in horror as her friend's shadow transformed as the image changed again, showing a galaxy. "When this power runs out of control, it will spawn as many galaxies as there are life-forms in the universe." The image showed multiple galaxies rapidly appearing alongside each other. They then began to zoom towards the one in the center at an incredible speed. "The massive amounts of galaxies would then consume each other, and create a black hole that will erase your universe to nothingness."

The Anti-Spiral finished its explanation as Madoka watched in horror as everything around them began to get erased. "That is the cold, hard truth of this universe magical girl. The power of the Spiral is amplified by your hope, which will become the downfall of this universe in one instant. That is the Spiral Nemesis." After the Anti-Spiral said that, Madoka found herself back in the same space next to the dark entity. She was almost at a loss for words at what it had said. It was far different than what Kyubey told her about entropy, the Anti-Spiral had basically stated that it would be their own hope that would destroy the universe, not the lack of energy.

"No…that can't be true!" Madoka cried. "How could hope…lead to this? This can't be right!"

"I'm afraid it is magical girl." The Anti-Spiral replied. "And the only way to combat hope is by inflicting ultimate despair. The Incubators had created a system of witches to do just that, and you tried to destroy it. You would have accelerated the arrival of the Spiral Nemesis. Now we are going to eliminate all magical girls who have not yet been tainted with the power of the Spiral." The Anti-Spiral then showed her the images of the innocent magical girls being massacred by the strange alien-like creatures. Tears immediately formed in Madoka's eyes as she saw the helpless girls being slaughtered. The dots connected in Madoka's head as she figured out why they were doing that.

"S-Stop that! You're going to kill all magical girls to save the universe?" Those were the only words she could utter. Whatever this thing was, it was ten-times worse than Kyubey!

"It is the only logical solution to prevent the Spiral power from spreading." The Anti-Spiral remarked before smiling. "But since your companions have been tainted with the power of the Spiral, we must inflict ultimate despair on them to destroy them entirely." Suddenly, the area around them began to shift and warp. "They will attempt to rescue you, magical girl. They will fight, and they shall fall. They will meet an inescapable fate." The Anti-Spiral then extended its long arms and grabbed ahold of Madoka's head. Madoka began to scream as she felt a horrible pain slowly creep through her body. It was what the Anti-Spiral said next that made fear overtake her body.

"Now…I do believe we are in need of a new messenger."

Sorry if this chapter seems a bit shorter compared to the other ones. This one was hard to write as well. I think I nailed Madoka's reaction to the Spiral Nemesis though. Let me know if you see anything off though.

But it seems that things are getting to a point where the situation is getting desperate! How will the new team Dai-Gurren confront the Anti-Spirals? What will the Anti-Spiral have in store for them? Will Kamina and the others be able to rescue Madoka in time before she meets the same fate as Nia did?

Find out next time!