Super Sentai vs Super Sentai
Author's note: This... is a heavy chapter. All I hope is that I don't come off very over the top. Well... keep reading... and see how much of a bastard Radiguet could be.
ACT 11: Tragedy of Mother
After returning from his act of manipulating Sayaka; Radiguet locked himself inside a room within the villain's dimensions. Not many knew what was going on between him, he has declared that he was inventing something. Of course, some just won't take him.
'Despite all his boast, he failed.' Juzou thought as he snuck to Radiguet's room, his Uramasa ready in hand, 'Such worthless person is better off dead.'
Eventually, Juzou arrived at the room's door. When he took a peek, Radiguet was too busy on his meditation, with a bug in front of him. Paying no attention to the bug, Juzou slowly walked and was raising his sword, silently approaching Radiguet…
"Good… this should do…" Radiguet suddenly uttered, but Juzou did not pay attention. Once he got close enough, Juzou struck his Uramasa down to Radiguet's shoulder, with full intention to kill him. "Wha…? What's this? Betrayal?"
"You're still here even after you failed after much of your boasting." Juzou uttered, "I'd say you're better off dead."
"Is that so?" Radiguet suddenly said, getting up as if he wasn't wounded. It shocked Juzou, since the wound should've been pretty deep, "So you think you can do better, Gedoushuu? !" Radiguet roared as energies gather around him, "All your plans were thwarted by those Super Sentai! And you still call me, a failure? !"
"You still came back empty handed." Juzou said, still fearless despite Radiguet closing on him, anger forming on his face, "You have no right to consider yourself leader…"
"That is why you are a fool!" Radiguet said as suddenly his face mutated, along with his body. He has turned to his monster form, the Radigan, even if it's just a normal sized one. With his strength, he easily tossed Juzou aside and blasted him off with several lightning bolt to weaken him, "All I did before was merely buying time for the true terror to come. You will see, soon! It'll be more painful than what I just inflicted to you!"
"Urgh… you talk big…" Juzou said, "But I expect that you do not disappoint me this time."
"Hah! You will be eating those words soon…" Radiguet said as he reverted back to his normal form. He then quickly got out of the room, leaving Juzou to struggle to get back on his feet and walked away. As Radiguet walked out, he was confronted by Mazurka, "Did you find her?"
"Yes." Mazurka nodded and asked back, "What about you? Are you finished with… that?"
"I do." Radiguet said, "Then let us begin."
Several days later, during the weekend, the Super Sentai warriors have gathered in the Kizuna for a discussion about how the fight has been going and how the assess the situation given from Akihiro, on how they should search on the pieces of the key to Rufecil's seal.
"No hints so far." Youhei said, considering that there's no mention about Rufecil's seals, "Now what do we do?"
"I'd say we keep fighting." Gai concluded, "That Rufecil guy was drawing power from Radiguet and the likes of him, right? I think if we keep fighting them, the pieces will be visible soon enough."
"Well, that's our only clue…" Takeru agreed, "Besides, they'll most likely harm the innocents if we ever avert our eyes from them."
"I agree. We have to fight to both find our way home, and protect the innocents." Miki added, "If what Gai described was true…" She remembered the last time Gai reported what was happening in the real world; anyone who died in this world would also die in the real world. All four nodded in agreement of preventing such thing. "Oh, speaking of which…" Miki was reminded that someone was missing from the meeting, when the door opened and Sayaka entered, carrying a lot of bags, "Talk about timing."
"I'm sorry I'm late, guys!" Sayaka said, "I bought a lot of foods to be kept in this ship, so we won't get hungry during meetings like this."
"What do you know, Sayaka…" Gai said sarcastically for greeting, "The meeting's over!"
"Oh. In that case, this can be used for both of us." Sayaka gave a confident answer for that, "We're both staying here, right?"
Gai was silent hearing it, since Sayaka was telling the truth. He didn't have a home in the Earth for now, thus he's using one of Kizuna's bedrooms for his place to sleep at night and as his temporary home for his stay in this world. Sayaka was also the same.
"Talk about a lot of foods…" Youhei commented as he looked at the raw foods bought by Sayaka, "Can you share some to me?"
"Ah! What's this?" Miki suddenly exclaimed as she pulled a handmade doll from one of the bags of Sayaka, "This doll… How come someone was selling it?"
"Huh? That doll… is it something familiar to you?" Takeru asked, looking at how Miki was entranced with such simple looking handmade small doll.
"Ah that?" Sayaka said, "Well, the grocery cashier was a kind woman that for some reason praised me for what she said to be my etiquette… So she gave me this for free."
"It's…" Miki smiled as she tightly held the doll, "It's… my mother's…"
"Your mother?" Takeru asked. He did find it strange that for a girl in the age of high school like Miki managed to survive by herself without the support of her parents. She never mentioned about her father or her mother. "How sure are you? It could be someone else…"
"Look at this!" Miki said, as she showed a peach necklace on the doll's neck, "This peach necklace… I remembered…"
When Miki was a little girl, she remembered that she liked playing with dolls. Her mother sometimes bought a doll for her, and sometimes made the doll herself. Her favorite was a doll which was in form of a cute little girl wearing a cotton hat, and a peach necklace. Her mother said that this is a doll that was supposed to represent a girl that took care of a peach garden. The peach necklace was the mother's signature style, as most of the dolls she made always has such necklace. Miki's childhood was humble, she was not a rich girl who could purchase anything, her mother worked hard in place of her deceased father, while her other relatives sometimes lent the family money to help them. But for her, she was very happy that she was blessed with such a caring mother, who not only was kind, but also taught her many virtues such as to uphold justice and do what is right.
When it was her time to attend junior high school, Miki had to separate with her mother for educational purposes. Her mother gave her blessing to study while being separated with her. She used to write a lot for her. However, when she was drafted into the Goggle V, Miki started to write less, being too busy keeping herself on guard in case the Deathdark began their plan…
"I wonder how she's doing now…" Miki muttered as she continued to look at the doll, "It's been years since I saw her face directly…"
"Hey, she's still in that store, right?" Youhei suddenly said, "Why don't you visit her?"
"Eh?" Miki was shocked hearing it, "Is it okay?"
"Of course it's okay! We're not gonna let a reunion of a mother and daughter slip away, are we? Especially if they haven't meet for so long." Youhei continued, "Go see her now, she'll be happy to see you, I'm sure!"
"Ah… thanks. I'll go pay her a visit." Miki thanked him as she looked at Sayaka, "Can you take me there?"
"I'd love to!" Sayaka agreed with her and both girls headed to the teleporter, with intention to head back to the store where Sayaka met Miki's mother.
"Excuse me!" Sayaka said as she opened the store's doors, which was surprisingly not so crowded. She headed to the cashier to meet the woman there, "Miss Maki…"
"Ah, Sayaka…" The woman Maki said, remembering the customer that she gave the doll due to her etiquette that impressed her. This woman was quite tall despite being in her mid forties. Her hair was black colored and straight shoulder-length and despite her age, she was quite the beauty, "Came to buy again? There will be a discount session soon…"
"Thank you, miss, but I'm not here to buy something…" Sayaka said, before turning to the door, "My friend has heard about you and would like to meet you."
"Huh? Your friend?" Maki said in confusion as the door suddenly opened and Miki entered. The woman was shocked looking at the girl, her daughter that left her for many years has appeared before her one again, "… Miki?"
"M… mother?" Miki muttered, at first she wasn't sure if this would be her mother. However, after looking at Maki for some time, she was sure that it was her mother all right.
"What are you doing here?" Suddenly, Maki said such cold words when Miki tried to approach her, "Are you just trying to visit me and leave me again?"
"Huh?" Miki was confused, "I didn't mean that…"
"You lie!" In a sudden, Maki shouted, getting the attention of the few buyers in the store, "You left me for so long… At first, you did write letters to me, but as time passed, you NEVER write letter to me anymore! What am I to you? !"
"Mother, I didn't mean that! I…" Miki defended herself, but cut her words short. She didn't want to expose that she was a Goggle V, "I…"
"Forgot? Too much hanging around with friends I suppose?" Maki scolded her further, "And leave your mother to be alone like this? Most of the money that was given from our relatives go mostly to you, and you never told me what you're doing! What if you fell into a bad group? Don't you know that it's a parent's duty to keep the welfare of their children? ! I know you have to finish your studies first, but at least you could write for me! Yet… yet you ignore me for things you are not telling? ! Explain to me!"
"Mother, I…" Miki was shocked hearing it. Back then, her ally, Kijima Futoshi, met his estranged father and looked as if they didn't know each other... but in the end, they managed to sort things out without spelling things out loud. Unlike her this time, her family reunion was far from what she expected. She was so caught up in fighting evil that she nearly didn't have time to inform to her mother what she's doing, not even making up excuses.
"Leave." Maki ended the talk with a cold voice, pointing to the door, "I… never want to see your face again." Struck with such sharp words, Miki felt that her heart was breaking. The mother she wished to see after years of separation just refused her. She didn't waste a word as she left the store altogether, trying to hide that she cried because of it.
"Miss Maki, what was that? !" Eventually, Sayaka couldn't take it anymore and spoke her mind, "Isn't she your daughter? !"
"I… I'm sorry, Sayaka." Maki apologized to her, "I… I had no choice."
"No choice?" Sayaka didn't quite buy it, "You let yourself to be taken over with your frustration of your loneliness and vented it to your own daughter no less! Don't you know how much Miki wanted to see you? !"
"No, I…" Maki tried to protest, but suddenly she held her head, as if having a headache, "Ugh… ah… Please, leave too…"
"Miss!" Sayaka held her on the shoulders, "Are… you all right?"
"I'm all right… just please leave. I'm going to take a rest for awhile…" Maki insisted, "I'll be all right…"
"… Very well." Sayaka gave up and headed out, "But please… think about it. Miki is your daughter. For you to treat her like that… Was it even a right thing to say, especially coming from a mother?" With that, Sayaka left the store. Maki could only stare at the exit door and shortly, a tear rolled from her cheek.
'I'm sorry, Miki… Sayaka, please take care of her…'
When Sayaka went back to Kizuna, pretty much only Gai was there. Takeru has returned to his household, while Youhei returned to his apartment. Sayaka concluded that Miki must've returned there. Still, since she was worried about her, Sayaka decided to pay the apartment a visit.
Once she arrived at the apartment, she found out that Miki's room was empty. Instead, she found her inside Youhei's room, studying together. "Miki…" In front of the door, Sayaka called out, worried about her, "Are you… okay?"
"Ah, good evening, Sayaka!" Miki replied back with a smile on his face, "Uh… there's going to be a quiz tomorrow, in one of my weak points. So I'm asking Youhei to help out a bit…"
"Well, in that case, Youhei…" To be sure, Sayaka then turned to Youhei, "Is she really okay?"
"Well, that…" He wasn't answering very surely, causing Miki, who was sitting next to him, to elbow him lightly, "Ah! Yeah, she's doing great."
Sayaka wasn't sure to leave it all alone, but when she looked at Youhei's eyes, it was like his eyes were insisting her to leave everything to him. "Well… good luck, then." With that she left and the study session continued
"All right, that's done!" Miki said, closing the book and standing up, attempting to return to her room, "Thank you, Youhei. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Wait a minute." Youhei's voice stopped her. Rather than his usual light-hearted attitude, his voice showed seriousness and worry, "Miki… what happened to you?"
"Ah, uh… nothing, really. I'm fine." She answered, but Youhei didn't buy it.
"That voice… you're not the usual Miki." He continued, "She's usually more cheerful than this and smiles naturally more. When I saw you smiling at Sayaka, you're straining your smile. I don't know what happened to you today, but it's clear that you're hiding something."
"Youhei…" Miki muttered. She… really didn't want to talk about this, but for some reason, her heart just felt like she wanted to share something rather than keeping it for herself.
"There's no need to rush, or hide anything from us, your friends." Youhei said, "Why don't you sit down and tell me… what's troubling you today?"
Without a choice, Miki eventually sat down and told Youhei about her sour meeting with her mother that day.
"That's… cruel." Youhei commented, after he's finished hearing how Miki was refused by her own mother.
"I… I don't know, Youhei." Miki said, still in a sad tone, "At that point, I started wondering… was it right for me to be an ally of justice, at cost of being a good daughter for her mother?"
"I'm sure you made the right decision." Youhei tried to assure her, "No parents would be disappointed if they know that their child has been protecting the world that they stayed in."
"But I should've contacted her for a bit…" She still lamented, "I've became so caught up with fighting that I've forgotten about her for a bit… I remembered that once, my old friend was reunited with his father in the middle of battle. I knew that despite their animosity against each other in the beginning, they managed to sort things out. But in my case? It was my fault for not contacting her. On the other hand, I couldn't let her know about my mission as Goggle V…"
"Listen, Miki… this happened a year ago. " He cut down the dialogue, "My parents visited me during my early years in college. At that point, I thought everything was going to be okay, but then, they called me for something… they found out that I've been hiding the fact that in the last year of high school, I was a Turboranger."
"And… what did they say?" She asked.
"Well of course they're mad at me, for lying like that. Our relations became sour, just like what happened to you." Youhei continued, remembering just how angry his parents were when they found out he's a Turboranger. Quite possibly, they heard from some of his old friends, through an old slip. "Of course, when they attempted to go back, I apologized one more time. How do you think they answered?"
"That they're disappointed in you?" Miki guessed.
"No." Youhei shook his head, putting a smile on his face, "They said… that they're actually proud of me. They actually believed me… and because I kept fighting for the sake of the world, nothing could make them more proud. And this is coming from the parents that used to scold me a lot due to my trouble-making attitude in high school."
"That's a happy end for that, huh…" Miki was disappointed hearing it, "Whereas I…"
"Hey, I didn't mean to discourage you or something. What I'm saying is…" Youhei said, deeply looking at Miki's face, "Your mother might be experiencing the same. She's just confused, and since you never told her about your battles, it just served to confuse her more. Once she learnt about it, she'll understand… I'm sure that every parent will be proud if their children contributed so much to the world… protecting it from imminent destruction."
He knew that not just parents, even teachers would be proud if their students were actually fighting to save the world. Like his high school teacher Ms. Yamaguchi, who was really adamant in punishing him for various misconduct that he had to make up in order to hide his identity. Once she learnt everything, she never minded that some of them were troublemakers; she went ahead and gave the encouraging words for them to continue on and defeat the Bouma tribe forever.
"Hearing that, Youhei, I… I'll be honest." Miki finally gave her answer and despite her sad face, she still tried to smile genuinely, "I feel a bit better. Thank you."
"That's more like it. That smile suits you more." Youhei also smiled in satisfaction, "I hope this doesn't affect your performance in the quiz tomorrow."
"No problem. I'll be heading back now." Miki said as she finally got up and walked away, "Tomorrow… I'll tell everything to her. No matter how much she may refuse me, I will still tell her."
"All right. Go for it." Youhei said as he gave a thumb up, encouraging her further. She replied with the same and left. As Youhei retired to his bed, he hoped that his sharing of experience would help Miki a lot.
At the next day, Miki eventually attended her class and eventually did the quiz, slowly and carefully. Youhei's assistance in the night before was a tremendous help for this one subject as it's her weakest one.
That moment of concentration was broken when the class door was forcefully opened. "Be silent! We're having a quiz…" The teacher's words were interrupted when a wounded janitor was thrown to the class, shocking both teachers and students. Quickly after, various figures entered the class… the Grinam soldiers.
"Not another of those Vyrams again…!" Miki uttered as she got up and bravely rushed to attack the soldiers. As she provided distraction, she looked at the rest of the students and the teacher, "Now! Run!" All of them had no choice but to accept. They started running and left the school all together. Quickly, Miki reached out her brace and called the rest of her friends, "Everyone! My school is under attack by the Vyram! I need help!"
As she continued fighting, she eventually opened the class windows, jumped out and took the battle outside. Eventually, she learnt that her other friends had been there, helping to fight the Vyram. "Guys!" Miki called out.
"You're all right, I suppose." Takeru noted as he approached her, "But why the Vyrams again?"
"Wait a minute…" Gai suddenly noted, "If it's the Vyram again, I'm having a bad feeling about this…"
"So there you are…" A familiar voice was heard. When the Super Sentai turned around, they saw Maki walking, escorted with the Grinam soldiers.
"Who the hell…? !" Youhei wasn't familiar with the face, but when both Sayaka and Miki opened their mouths, he was shocked.
"Miss Maki…"
"Mother…?"
"WHAT? !" Both Youhei and Gai said in unison, not believing what they saw. The one that Miki considered mother is now walking along with the Vyram.
"That's… Miki's mother?" Takeru asked, before turning back to Maki, "Miss… What has the Vyram done to you?"
"Giving my chance for revenge." Maki coldly said as she spread her arms. With a chilling scream, energies gathered to her and mutated her, giving her the appearance of a hornet-like warrior, "Miki… MIKIII!" She started to give a yell and put her arms forward and in a sudden, Miki was pulled by a gravitational force.
"AAH!" Miki was eventually held in a choke by her own mother, "Mother… stop…!"
"Miki!" Takeru and the rest tried to help her, but the Grinam soldiers blocked their way, allowing Miki's mother to speak further.
"Do you know what happened when you're gone? I fell terminally ill. With that kind of illness again. Last time, you wrote me a letter, it soothed my heart. This time, you never did inform me, thus forcing me to get the cure myself…!" Her mother spoke, "You would let your mother die! For that… I will make you feel my pain!"
"Mother… why…?" Miki said, still coughing inbetween, "Aren't I… your daughter…?"
"No more!" Her mother said as the back part of her armor started to unleash a huge nail, like the sting of a bee. She was ready to stab, or perhaps even impale Miki with it. However, before she could do that, she heard a yell.
"IPPITSU SOUJOU!"
In a quick moment, Takeru morphed into Shinken Red and quickly swatted aside several Grinam soldiers, running to the distracted monster from behind and cut down her sting, continued with slashing down her arm that held Miki, releasing her from her grip.
"Shame on you, miss. Forsaking your daughter for such petty reasons…" Shinken Red coldly said, before turning back to Miki, "Stand up, Miki. The battle has just begun."
"Battle? What are you talking about? !" Miki said desperately, "I can't… I can't raise my fist against my mother!"
"You'd still consider someone who disowns you and tried to kill you as your mother? !" Shinken Red was appalled at Miki's declaration, "Stop joking!"
"Say what you will, but I…" Miki called out, but her words were stopped when yet another voice was heard.
"Cannot cut your own mother? Ha! What foolishness…" The voice turns out to be from Radiguet, who approached Shinken Red, "But since it seals your fate anyway, I'll let that slide. Let the battle between mother and daughter commence."
"Radiguet…!" Shinken Red growled. In a short moment, there was a flash behind them and Gai, Youhei and Sayaka has morphed respectively, joining Takeru and the rest.
"So you're behind this, you creep…!" Black Condor said, "What have you done to her?"
"Yes… behold, Super Sentai… at my newest creation." Radiguet said, showing off the mutated Maki, "Graviton Hornet. A Bio Dimensional Beast made by a new breed of dimension bug… which infects humans and turned them into a great soldier of the Vyram!"
"What? !" Change Mermaid was shocked hearing it. She then remembered how Maki was having headache before she left the store, "So… you infected Miss Maki with it, in purpose of letting her fight Miki? ! You're despicable…!"
"Exactly!" Radiguet said, "Matricide or the reverse… it will be a sight to behold!"
"You… bastard!" Black Condor said as he raised his fist and ran to attack Radiguet in a fit of fury. As he started fighting, Shinken Red and Change Mermaid also joined in the fray. Before Blue Turbo could join in, however, he witnessed the Graviton Hornet raise her fist again and pushed Miki away to a nearby rock.
"Miki!" Blue Turbo called her out as he approached her, "Are you okay? !"
"I… I…" Miki was confused. She couldn't say she's okay, but at this rate, her own mother would hit her a lot.
"There's no choice!" Blue Turbo eventually said the words that shocked her, "You have to transform and fight her! Maybe you can snap her out of it and save her!"
"I…" Miki eventually got up and approached the Graviton Hornet. She attempted to transform, but memories of her good times with her mother flew to her and in the monster's place was the image of the kind mother that she loved. Eventually, she fell on her knees and broke down crying, "I can't do it! No matter what… I… I cannot raise my fist against my mother…! I just… I just can't!"
"Well, if you won't fight back… that's better." The Hornet said as she rushed forward, "Then I'll have more leisure to torture you for what you did to me!"
"I WON'T LET YOU!" Blue Turbo yelled as he also ran towards the Graviton Hornet and grappled her, "You… What kind of mother are you? !" He yelled at her while grappling her, "You gave birth to Miki and raised her with full of love… and now for petty reason such as her not contacting you, you want to kill her that you sold your soul to the Vyram? ! Do you ever think once why she didn't contact you? !"
"Shut up…!" The Graviton Hornet told him off and using her bladed elbows, she slashed Blue Turbo, knocking him away.
"Because she was busy fighting evil that threatens the world!" Blue Turbo still continued, "And rather than being proud for what she did, you just think she abandons you for petty reasons! Get a hold of yourself! What kind of parent will not be proud if their child is doing a great service for the world, protecting them from evil? !"
"Why you… AGH!" Once the Graviton Hornet heard all of Youhei's speech, she was struck with a headache as she clutched her head.
"Graviton Hornet, that'll be enough today!" Radiguet said as he swiped away Shinken Red, Black Condor and Change Mermaid in one swipe. With that, he approached the Hornet and took her away, vanishing.
"To try and turn her mother against her and pitted mother and daughter each other." Ahames, while watching the whole battle, said, "Radiguet… sometimes I'll have to admit that you are pretty nefarious."
"How did he guessed it right about Goggle Pink's mother?" Jarmin wondered, before eventually turning to Mazurka, "Mazurka… so this is why he called you privately, is that it?"
"Indeed. I supplied him with what he needed to haunt her." Mazurka nodded, smiling that one of the Goggle V that has thwarted her oh so many times was now in complete confusion and possibly despair, "I should've done that a lot when Deathdark was still around…"
"That being said, Juzou…" Jarmin then suddenly turned towards Juzou, still laying against the walls of the room, "I heard you tried to strike Radiguet alone, didn't you? I suppose your attempt was a failure."
"Ergh…" Juzou grunted, the wound he received still hurt, "As much as I hate to admit it… it looks like Radiguet is being more successful than we did."
"Really? That he has so far succeeded in instilling despair to his opponent?" Ahames said back, "And you're telling me that we can't? That's complete bull. We have to do better everyone, don't let that Radiguet boss you around. Don't you have your prides to your own factions? Maybe I work with him now, but I still have my loyalty to the Amazo Star and the Gozma remnants that trusted me. How about you?"
Most of the villains nodded in Ahames' rally. However, each of them was reminded that Ahames was no different. Even though they're able to work together, they're still ultimately loyal to themselves and their own factions.
In the meantime, in the Shiba Household; after patching their wounds, Takeru, Youhei and Sayaka were meeting together, discussing the current event in the back garden. Gai and Miki were absent, as he insisted to take her somewhere else for private talk.
"Can we really do it?" Sayaka wondered, "Mrs. Maki seemed hell bent enough to make Miki suffer. If she fights…"
"She has to, like it or not." Takeru offered a pragmatic answer, "There is no other way."
"Wait, it doesn't have to be a fight to the death, isn't it? !" Youhei protested, "I mean, did you see her clutching her head when I told her off?"
"Wait, what?" Sayaka suddenly asked, "Headache when you told her off?"
"Hm, that's a chance by itself…" Takeru noted, "It could mean that her mind control wasn't complete. But I'd suppose that in this case… only Miki can do it."
"Yeah, that sums it up all right." Sayaka nodded in agreement, "Miki only has to find the bravery to fight and free her mother. This only will have a meaning if she's the one freeing her… Ow!"
"Huh? You okay, Sayaka?" Youhei asked her.
"No, nothing. Looks like a mosquito bite…" Sayaka's voice suddenly started to weaken as she suddenly felt a bit dizzy, "I'm a bit… dizzy…"
"Wait a sec, what's going on? !" Youhei said further, but Sayaka fell asleep, "Hey! Sayaka! Wake up!"
In a sudden, however, Takeru swung his shinai sideways, squashing something to the wall. It turned out to be a mechanical hornet, "Mechanical hornet… could it be…!" Before he could speak further, the house was suddenly surrounded with Grinam soldiers. As they lacked the properties of the Gedoushuu, they were free to enter. "Grinam…!" With that, Takeru and Youhei fought off against the soldiers to defend themselves.
The numbers were many, and they were having trouble fighting and dodging the attacks unmorphed. "Takeru, how about we transform now?"
"Exactly what I'm thinking…" Takeru answered as he readied his Shodo Phone. However, a voice stopped him.
"Hold it right there." The voice came from the Graviton Hornet. On her hand is the unconscious Sayaka, held on the neck, "You are risking her life if you ever try to transform or resist."
"Why you…!" Youhei said in anger. However, Takeru put his hand on Youhei's shoulder, stopping him. A mere head shaking from Takeru made Youhei realize how serious he was in not risking Sayaka's life, especially when they were also surrounded.
"It's so like you humans… so naïve… so foolish as well!" Graviton Hornet said as she raised her other fist, in which several Grinam soldiers knocked Takeru and Youhei from behind, dropping them unconscious. "Now, the stage is set. Only she remains."
In the meantime, Gai has taken Miki to a walk near the river. Ever since the previous battle, gloom always covered Miki's face, but Gai couldn't blame her. Finding out that her mother has turned against her and was out to kill her was always a heavy blow for her mentality, and once again he cursed Radiguet from the bottom of his heart for pitting someone like Miki to such situation.
"So… Gai?" Miki suddenly was the first to start talking, "What is it that you want to talk about?"
"Nothing big, really." Gai said, "Just this one question: Are you ready?"
"Ready? You mean ready to fight my mother?" Miki suddenly stopped for several seconds, "I…"
"If you say 'no', then you're doomed." Gai said coldly, even though it sounded cold, he had to say it, "This is something you must do by yourself."
"But… but I can't, Gai! I can't fight my mother!" Miki insisted, "Oh… I should've remembered to write a letter or so back then…! Mother… I…"
Before Miki could speak any further, however, Gai was already riled up with her attitude, which caused him to slap her on the face, "Until when are you gonna stop moping like that? ! That won't bring your mother back!"
"Gai…"
"Listen up, your mother is now on the Vyram's clutches. Are you gonna let that be? !" Gai began started, "Are you her daughter, or what? ! Do you want to let your mother suffer like this? !"
"Mother…? Suffer?" Miki was confused. At this point, she knew she made her mother suffer, but Gai's words just confused her even further.
"What I'm trying to say is, whatever suffering she had in the past, controlled by the Vyrams would make her suffer more!" Gai shouted, "It's your duty as her daughter to free her from that grip!"
"But…" Before Miki could protest again, Gai already closed his head to hers, trying to convince her further.
"No buts!" He pressed, "It all boils down to these questions: Do you love your mother? Do you want to see her again? If your answer is 'yes', then you have to fight for it. There… is no other way if it's the Vyram you're talking about."
"I…" Miki was silent, remembering the good times when she was with her mother. When she was given her first doll, when she congratulated her for graduating the elementary school, or when she showed her mother her prowess in gymnastics, impressing her greatly. It was such sweet memories, and now, the Vyram was trying to corrupt it with bad memories of her being brainwashed and intending to torture her. For that, she knew there's only one way, and it was a harsh one, compared to the ones she experienced before, "I will fight. I will save my mother. No matter what…!"
"That's more like it!" Gai said, finally forming a smile on his face. However, such smile was interrupted when Miki's brace started to ring. She then picked it up.
"Yes? Miki here…" She started. But the voice behind the brace was someone she did not expect at all…
"Ah, there you are, Miki… the one who abandoned her parents…" The voice came from the Graviton Hornet, "I want to talk."
"Mother? !" Miki called out.
"I'd like to talk in the Haka Cliff. This is very important, so you had better come to me quick, and alone." Graviton Hornet said, "Otherwise… you know what would happen to your friends."
"Wait a minute!" Gai suddenly interrupted, "What have you done to Takeru and the others? !"
"Oh, that? We've taken them. Why do you think we could contact you like this? We took their devices." Graviton Hornet answered nonchalantly, "So, you had better come alone and quick, Miki. If you ever come with someone else or you're late… your other friends are as good as dead."
"Wait a minute! Mother!" Miki tried to call her again, but she cut it off. "I have to go." She said, full of determination.
"This trap is as blatant as it looks. But…" Gai then looked at Miki, with a smirk slowly forming on his face, "There's no stopping you, am I right?"
"Even if you say no, I'm going in anyway." Miki confirmed, "This is something I've got to do myself."
"Of course." Gai then stepped aside, allowing her to pass, "I'll catch up later, so get going!"
Nodding afterwards, Miki ran to the direction of the designated place. She had to gather all her courage to fight for her beloved. 'Thank you, Gai. Wait for me, Takeru, Youhei, Sayaka, mother…!'
At the Haka Cliff, whereas a body of water connected to the sea was located below, Graviton Hornet was waiting there, along with three crosses whereas Takeru, Youhei and Sayaka were crucified there.
"She's getting late…" Graviton Hornet muttered.
"Where… did you throw that kindness?" Sayaka asked, reminded on how kind Maki was to her when she was in the store, "You were such different person…"
"Silence." Graviton Hornet threatened her, shoving her elbow blade next to Sayaka's neck, "You don't understand how much I have suffered…"
"How much you have suffered, huh?" Takeru suddenly said, "Which made you suffer more? Being abandoned by your daughter… or having your free will robbed?"
"What did you say? !" That made the Graviton Hornet mad and tried to attack Takeru, only to have another headache, "Urgh… agh…!"
"The Vyrams did it against your will, am I right?" Youhei was the next to say, "Maybe you'd still hate your daughter… but the Vyrams did worse things to you! Why are you…"
"Shut up!" Graviton Hornet was about to lash further to Youhei, until someone eventually arrived… it was Miki. "Oh, so you're here…"
"Mother…" Miki said, approaching the monster, "Just as you asked, I've come. It's just between us, so please let them go."
"Fine, I have no use of them anyway." Graviton Hornet said as she also approached Miki. Snapping her other finger, the chains binding Takeru, Youhei and Sayaka was suddenly gone as they were freed and the crosses leapt to the sky, before landing to the ground. The chains instead were thrown chaining to each other, forming a triangular ring, with the Graviton Hornet with Miki in the center, "It's just between us indeed."
"Mother… I have a confession to make." Miki said as she prepared her brace and slowly said, "Goggle Pink." With that, she transformed. "I… I am also Goggle Pink of the Goggle V. I've fought the Deathdark to preserve peace a year ago. That's why I… I am very sorry for not contacting you… I didn't want…"
"Are you done talking?" Graviton Hornet brushed it off as she raised her hand and pulled Goggle Pink to her with her gravity power, and tossed her to the chains forming the ring. The chains ended up electrocuting Goggle Pink as she fell to the ground.
"The chains…!" Youhei was shocked when he saw the chains electrocuting her.
"Miki! Are you okay? !" Sayaka said, worried about her.
"I… I'm okay…!" Goggle Pink said as she got up, "Mother…! You can hate me all you want… but I… As your daughter, I'll always love you… and it's my duty to wake you up from this nightmare!" She finally took a fighting position and prepared for battle.
As mother and daughter started fighting, Goggle Pink started to utilize more of her gymnastic movements against the Graviton Hornet. Somewhat, it brought memories for the Graviton Hornet, reminded with how she was proud of her daughter being able to execute such maneuver at such a young age. Even so, something overrode her happy thoughts quickly and thus, she once again pressed on attacking Goggle Pink.
Despite the monster's overwhelming power, she never once gave up. She kept on pressing and fighting, until her mother got a hold of herself. But such process was a tedious one.
"Mother… do you remember this doll?" Goggle Pink eventually said, giving off the doll that Sayaka bought… it's not the doll she got
"What…? !" Graviton Hornet was hesitant when she looked at the doll.
"I believe that it was your first doll you gave to me…" Goggle Pink continued, "You once told me… this doll kept smiling as a symbol between our love as parent and child. I have always remembered that, so when I left you… I always kept one… to know that you love me… and I love you as well. That's why, mother… I…"
"That…!" It made the Graviton Hornet hesitate even more.
"Hm? What's that on the head?" Takeru suddenly commented, looking at something shining. It was formed like a bug, its legs circling around her antennas.
"AGH!" Suddenly, Graviton Hornet held her head in pain. Eventually, she started screaming as she ran to attack Goggle Pink.
"It could be it!" Sayaka finally concluded, "Miki! If your mother was truly brainwashed, try attacking that bug!"
"Thank you!" As Goggle Pink nodded, she jumped over the Graviton Hornet and unleashed her weapons, "PINK DOUBLE RIBBON!" With that, she eventually bound both of the Hornet's antennas. "DOUBLE RIBBON SPARK!" She yelled again, and thus sending electric sparks to the bug, throwing it away. In a scream, the Graviton Hornet started to de-mutate back into Momozono Maki as she fell unconscious.
"Mother!" Goggle Pink ran to her as she de-morphed back into Miki, and cradled her on her arms, "Mother, please wake up…!"
"Guess that's a happy end, eventually…" Youhei said as he walked forward. Until he noticed that the energies that left Maki went to the bug, outside the ring and it formed the Graviton Hornet again, even though it lost the capabilities to speak coherently, "Uh oh."
"It's not over yet!" Sayaka warned, "Miki! Be careful!"
"No." Takeru noted as he picked up the Shodo Phone which was located on the ground, making Youhei and Sayaka realize that their braces are still on the ground, "It's our turn. Let's go…"
"IPPITSU SOUJOU!"
"BLUE TURBO!"
"CHANGE MERMAID!"
Shortly after, the three morphed and took position. Before they could move on, however, another yell was heard.
"CROSS CHANGER!"
In a short time, Black Condor arrived, with his Jet Wings activated, swooping through the Graviton Hornet and taking position.
"Gai! You're late!" Blue Turbo said to him.
"Never mind that, at least I'm here!" Black Condor just cut off the possible lecture. Before they could run forward, the Graviton Hornet summoned a bunch of Grinam soldiers. But in the same time, Miki returned to fight, already transformed once again.
"Miki…" Change Mermaid asked, "Your mother?"
"She's alive, but still unconscious." Goggle Pink answered, "Before she wakes up, I believe I can help you defeat this monster."
"Good answer… Let's do it." Shinken Red said as everyone got in line for their declaration…
"Shinken Red! Shiba Takeru."
"Black Condor!"
"Blue Turbo!"
"Change Mermaid!"
"Goggle Pink!"
"Even though we are from different time and team… We're still united as one!" Shinken Red, like usual, lead the rousing speech, followed by everyone.
"We are… SUPER SENTAI!"
"Let's go!" On Shinken Red's command, the team rushed forward to fight against the Grinam soldiers and the soulless Graviton Hornet.
After much fighting the soldiers, the Hornet was fought together. Since it was at its peak when possessing people, it was severely weakened and the team was eventually able to defeat it by combining Black Condor, Blue Turbo and Change Mermaid's gun sidearm blast, followed by a Kaen no Mai from Shinken Red and for the first time, Goggle Pink used her Double Ribbon Spark to electrocute the enemy until it exploded.
"We did it…" Goggle Pink said.
"Yes… this brings this chapter to a close." Shinken Red finally closed the battle with such words.
"Mother…" Now untransformed, Miki once again sat near her mother, along with her friends, as the ring has been destroyed as well, "Mother…?"
"Ugh…" Maki uttered as she opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was the face of her daughter, "Miki…?"
"Oh, mother!" Miki couldn't do anything but to hug her, tears of happiness strolling on her cheek, "Thank goodness, mother… thank goodness…!"
"Miki… Miki!" To everyone's surprise, Maki returned the hug with another one, equally happy, "You came at last…! I... I was having a long nightmare..."
"I… I'm sorry, mother… I shouldn't leave you worried like that…" Miki explained.
"It's all right… I… I am the one who should apologize…" Maki replied, "When that monster possessed me, you kept fighting and talking to remind me that we're once a happy family… You… you saved me…"
"Possessed?" Youhei suddenly spoke, which brought the mother and daughter back to reality and realize that they've been surrounded with other people, "N, no, I mean, I don't mean to interrupt this joyful reunion between mother and daughter."
"Ah? So you're…" Maki said as she and Miki got up.
"They're my friends, mother." Miki answered, "They helped me through these hard times."
"Ah, that… Thank you for taking care of my daughter." Maki bowed down in gratitude, with a thankful smile on her face.
"Whoa, like mother like daughter." Gai commented, seeing that Maki was quite the graceful lady, it's no surprise that her daughter Miki was quite the graceful one too.
"Ah… now this is the Miss Maki that I met before…" Sayaka was glad hearing that Maki was back to normal, just like the way she was in the store.
"I'd hate to do this, but… Miss…" Takeru asked, "Do you remember what happened before you were possessed? What did those Vyram do to you?" He was thinking that there might be a chance that she might know what Radiguet might be up to, or how he could know who Miki's mother was despite not knowing her a lot.
"Ah, that…" Maki started remembering what she could, "I was just working like usual. When the store opened several days ago, there's one woman who visited my shop. I asked what she was up to, and she was off to buy something. I gave her my name as part of the etiquette there, but… in a sudden… She revealed herself to be a woman with red scarf and motorcyclist helmet…"
"That's Mazurka…!" Miki uttered, "So that means Radiguet knew my mother through gathering my information from Mazurka…"
"She forcefully pushed that bug to my head, making me able to transform into that monster." Maki said, "At that point, my mind was slowly being overridden by a thought I kept in hiding deep down…"
"Thoughts that you kept hiding?" Youhei asked, "You mean something like a side you didn't want to show?"
"Yes… and that's my loneliness, which was why I got too much into such petty reasons as wanting to attack Miki because she left me and never noticing." Maki answered, looking at Miki, "But, Miki… you must know that even if deep down I felt lonely because you never contacted me… I always have faith that you'll always do good, just like how I taught you… I'm also glad that you've matured by yourself…"
"Ah… mother…" Miki was about to hug her mother again to show how glad she was, but suddenly, her mother turned a serious face and suddenly pushed her away.
"WATCH OUT!"
Suddenly, lightning bolts were shot to her, while some missed, one hit her quite accurately, fatally wounding her in front of Miki. As she collapsed, Miki was horrified at the sight. "Mother…"
"MOTHER!" She cried as she ran to Maki's fallen body.
"Who? !" Gai yelled out, trying to call out who did this. In a short time, the culprit behind this appeared… none other than Radiguet.
"Heh… I thought those foolishly tender moments would be a great chance to kill you all." Radiguet spoke, "Oh well… that woman is of no further use anyway."
"Bastard…!" Youhei clenched his fist in anger at the response.
"Mother…!" Miki called out her mother desperately, trying to wake her up. She only coughed a bit as she tried to wake up.
"Miki… Listen to me…" Maki said weakly, "When you said… you were fighting evil… I… believed in you. I have never been so proud in my life… that my own daughter… has toughened up and did the ultimate justice… to protect the world…"
"Please, no more, mother! Save your strength!" Miki begged, tears started to roll from her eyes, as she was very worried.
"No… I…" Maki coughed up before she continued, holding Miki on her face, "I want you to promise me… please… continue to protect the world. I couldn't ask… for more."
"I… I will, mother…" Miki promised, "For your sake and the world's… I will keep fighting evil whenever they arise…"
"Good… I'm so glad… That I could see you again…" Maki said, giving one last look to Miki's face, before she closed her eyes, and her mouth formed a smile, "My beloved… daughter… Mi… ki…"
"Mother…? No, no…!" Miki called her out desperately, but her worst fears proved to be true. Her mother has departed from the world…
"Mother!" When Miki was little, and just executed a hard gymnastic maneuver, her mother clapped so enthusiastically and welcomed her in a warm hug, "Did you see that, mother? I did it!"
"Yes, you did, Miki…" Maki answered lovingly, "You're the best child that has embraced my life… I'm so proud of you."
"I'll keep making you proud, if you wish, mother!" Little Miki cheerfully said as she put up a big smile on her face.
Eventually, Miki had to move by herself, to continue her studies as a junior high school, being scouted for a scholarship. She had to leave her mother.
"Miki… please be careful, all right?" Maki said as she patted Miki on her shoulders while they're in the train station.
"Of course, mother!" Miki answered, "Everything has been taken care of. I'll be all right. Please, don't worry about me."
"Ah, that's my daughter. More mature than her age tells." Maki said, "It makes me so proud to have you as my daughter."
"Oh, please, stop it, mother! You're embarrassing me! I'm just a normal girl…" Miki tried to stop her mother to praise her so much. Just then, the train was preparing to depart, "I have to go now…"
"Very well…" Maki then let go of her hands as Miki entered the train. As the train started to depart, she heard her mother running to her, continuing to wave good bye.
"Keep on going, Miki! Don't forget to write!" Maki continued to yell, as she waved good bye. Miki also waved her hands good bye. It was sad for her to leave her mother, but she promised that while apart from her mother, she promised to be a good girl…
"I didn't want that separation to be the last… I thought we could meet again in a normal time after I defeated Deathdark…" Miki said, sobbing in between, hugging the lifeless body of Maki, "Why… why did this had to happen…? Just when I thought that we could reconcile… Mother… Aaah…" Unable to take it anymore as the sky was already dark, she looked at the sky and let out the loudest scream of anguish that she could muster.
"MOTHERRR!"
"Hah…" Radiguet smirked, looking at how Miki cried on her death mother, "Useless people die. That's what happens all right. Exactly as how I planned it."
"What… did you say? !" Miki suddenly woke up, her face containing nothing but anger and hatred, "So… my mother's death… you were planning it…? !"
"Exactly." Radiguet coldly replied, "You were oblivious on how harsh our battle could be. Thus, your heart was the most innocent when compared to the rest. That is why… it is most delightful to trample that innocence to dust! So… your mother was dead… and you'll be joining her soon…!"
"Unforgivable…" Miki eventually couldn't contain her anger anymore, and she eventually ran forward, trying to attack Radiguet, "I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!" While running, she quickly morphed into Goggle Pink and tried to attack Radiguet. However, he opened her mouth and blasted her off, knocking her away.
"Hah… That look of anger and anguish… Delightful." Radiguet taunted, "And I will twist it further, until you slowly die…! That would be my vengeance against those Super Sentai! Hah hah hah… HAHAHAHA!"
"You… YOU MONSTER!" Gai was next to rush off in anger and turned into Black Condor in process. Brandishing his Bringer Sword, he tried to slash Radiguet, but he was blocked, "The one who you should blame for killing you was just the Jetman! Yet you gleefully tried to make other Super Sentai that didn't kill you suffer! I really should've impaled you deeper back then!"
"Hah! What can you do about it, Black Condor?" He said as he kicked Black Condor away and also blasted him off, "Or perhaps… you don't know the horrible truth?"
"What? !" Black Condor asked.
"I'll tell you anyway." Radiguet said, "That mugger who killed you… he actually didn't want to kill anyone."
"How did you…? ! Wait… don't tell me…" Black Condor was shocked hearing it.
"Yes! But I would never let you Jetman… Especially you, Black Condor, have the last laugh and living happily ever after!" Radiguet said, "So I possessed the mugger and instilled him the desire for vengeance against you. Thus, he stabbed you to death!"
"What…? !" Black Condor was shocked hearing it. So, his death was part of Radiguet's plan all along, to make sure that the Jetman's victory was never complete. He was in complete shock that he couldn't stand anymore.
"Ah hah hah hah hah! Such irony!" Radiguet cackled madly as he continued to gloat, "The second-in-command of the Jetman, after surviving much more fatal attacks by the Vyrams… to die against a random mugger that he could defeat if he wanted! That's such a delight to behold! It just shows how weak you humans are deep down! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Ah… AAARRGGHHH!" Takeru finally couldn't take it anymore, screaming as he morphed into Shinken Red as well, prepared his Rekka Daizantou and ran to attack. He was never as angry as he was this time, and he couldn't contain it. Despite the rain, his anger caused the sword to still burn. Youhei and Sayaka had to stay back tending to both Goggle Pink and Black Condor. Gathering all his might, he tried to slash Radiguet once, but it was also blocked.
"Radiguet…! You… Youuu…!"
"Shinken Red… I've done my research." Radiguet stated as their blades locked, with the Rekka Daizantou blazing with the anger contained within its user. "You have fought terrifying threats known as the Gedoushuu, including its leader Chimatsuri no Doukokuu and its general Sujigara no Akumarou." Radiguet's mouth then started to widen with glee afterwards, "Well? Seeing this, do you despise me now? Do you find me more despicable than Doukokuu and Akumarou? ! Say it!" It was always like this to Radiguet, he just felt that he had to be on the top, even from his successor from the future. He wouldn't let anyone surpass him, much like what he did to Tranza, being reduced to screaming his name in fear.
"Haaah...!" Shinken Red wouldn't even grace that with a vocal answer. Gathering much more of his strength, Shinken Red eventually broke Radiguet's sword and also managed to cleave him, as several explosions occurred, "Sanzu River or Hell is too good for you, Radiguet…! But even he might have a point… I've never hated anyone as much as this time…"
"You won't even answer, but I can already feel your hatred written in all over your body!" Suddenly Radiguet stood up. Instead, however, he was once again as his Radigan form, fully well and unharmed, "You will hate as you'll never be able to oppose me and I will rule over you all!"
"What? !" Taken by surprise, Shinken Red was unable to fight back when Radigan grabbed his face, put it on the ground and ran as he dragged his head to the ground and tossed him to a rock, also blasting him off.
"Takeru!" Youhei yelled, worried about Shinken Red being thrown like that. Turning to Radiguet, he prepared himself to morph, "You bastard…!"
"Youhei, wait!" Sayaka managed to stop him, "I hate to admit it… but we're in no condition to fight!"
"Then what…? !" Youhei said, "Do we have to wait until he makes the first move? !"
"Hah hah hah… Well, take your time then…" Radiguet said as he morphed back to normal form, "Remember that even though you have defeated us… I will never let you have a happy ending! That… will be my victory! HAHAHAHA!" With that, he vanished, leaving the team completely defeated.
As the weather eventually settled down and everyone managed to get themselves together, Miki buried her mother on the cliff. Her heart was broken even further after realizing that her mother would be dead in the real world. All the team also gave their prayer, hoping that Maki would find peace.
"I'm sorry, Mother…" Miki uttered, "I… don't know what to do anymore…"
"Miki…" Sayaka suddenly hugged her from behind, intending to comfort her, "Your mother was proud of you that you were actually fighting to uphold justice, remember?"
"Sayaka…?"
"As long as you continue to fight against evil and win… it would make your mother happy up there…" Sayaka continued, "If you keep getting down like this, you'll give Radiguet a victory."
"Huh?" Miki was confused hearing it.
"Radiguet intends to break your mentality down." Sayaka explained, "But, if you keep your head high and eventually take him down like that, that would be his defeat. He couldn't defeat your spirit…"
"Sayaka… I understand." Miki nodded, "I'll… never stop. For my mother's sake…"
"Still… I know you're sad to be separated from your mother, forever…" Sayaka said as she made Miki turn to her, "So… for this once… if you want to cry, I'll lend you my shoulder until you're satisfied."
"I don't…" Miki tried to refuse but tears have started swelling up in her eyes.
"In times like this… it's okay… just… once…" Even Sayaka started to tear up, seeing Miki's sad face was too much for her to bear. Eventually Miki nodded and hugged Sayaka tightly and after sobbing several times, she cried, unable to hold all her tears. After she lost her mother whom she was separated with for some years, the next thing that happened after they reunited was her mother dying, killed by a heartless individual. It was no wonder that Miki was completely saddened on this occasion, but she intended that this would be the last time she cried for it… The next time, she had to keep on fighting to be able to protect the world and fulfill her promise to her mother.
Far away from them, the boys were watching. Looking at the sad scene was too much for Youhei to bear that he also started to cry, "Miki…" he uttered, feeling sad for her state.
On the other hand, Gai also tried to hold his tears, although he was occupied once again with what Radiguet declared to him, that he played part in his first death and he did it so the Jetman could never have the last laugh, and Radiguet planned it so his death look really ridiculous for someone of his stature. 'That bastard Radiguet…!' Gai thought as he remembered his hated enemy. He was cruel when he fought the Jetman, but this time, he went over the top. Combined with what he did to the sister of Azuma, Saki, last time, he swore that he'll make Radiguet pay for all his crimes.
When he looked at Takeru, however, he saw that there's a tear that fell from his eyes silently. "Huh? Takeru? What's that? You crying?"
"It's… just sand in my eyes." Takeru made an excuse, wiping the tear, "What about you?"
"You don't want to know…" Gai dismissed it. Even though he did not cry, deep down, he would cry inside his heart, looking at how pitiful Miki was, seeing their most innocent friend break down like that. Takeru knew that the battle this time might be more serious than before. Especially with someone as cruel as Radiguet around, it's not just a physical battle. Their mentalities would be tested as well.
'I have never been so angry when compared to the past. Radiguet… I'll never let you win this war… and I'll NEVER forgive you…!'
Even though the Super Sentai lived, this battle ended on a very sad note. But for the sake of justice, they would never let themselves down like this and let evil prevail! Do your best! Keep fighting! Super Sentai!
Super Sentai vs Super Sentai… will continue at Act 12
Author's note: I do apologize to hurt Miki so much. And yeah, you probably would be screaming out for Radiguet's head for now (when Takeru even said that he makes Akumaro and Doukokuu combined look like a saint, you know he's seriously messed up). Yes, I'm not joking, he's just that big of a monster and his eventual comeuppance will be very epic, I ensure you! Well... constructive criticism and reviews are most accepted...