… I legit don't know what to say about what's going to happen in this chapter, so I'll let it speak for itself.
Lisa Loud had to do something. That much was clear. But what could she do?!
Shrinivas was the First Wielder, the first person to ever get a Cliche: that of Agelessness, allowing her to live to the present day with endless knowledge of the past.
And Lisa, while smart, was just a Mad Scientist. Not a Genius.
"Would you like to hear my suggestion?"
Lisa turned around and saw a familiar face enter her office.
That of Lily, her youngest sister, who unlike her did indeed have the Genius Cliche.
"Honestly, at this point, I'll take anything that can help me turn the tide of this problematic dilemma," Lisa answered. "The First Wielder is not somebody to take lightly. One wrong move, and we'll either give her enough reason to kick us out or outright kill us! And that's without considering the Head of Termination-"
"That old crone? Please, she's barely even a nuisance," Lily giggled. "Just a rabid animal following her master's orders like an obedient pet."
"She can also kill us with minimal effort!"
"Only if we let her," Lily smiled. "I have an idea on how to render her position completely irrelevant."
Lisa raised an eyebrow. "What are you talking about?"
"Well, for starters, we're gonna need a Trainerbot…"
Back where we left off, everybody stated incredulously at the colossal crown-headed crab that emerged from the waters, which began absorbing the crabs back into its being as she
"What the literal hell is that thing?!" Lori exclaimed.
"It's the Pervert Crab King!" Carol explained as she gripped her weapon. "The mix of all the souls from the male side that got castrated and then killed during The Great Castration!"
"If that's what the males turned into, I don't even wanna know what happened to the girls!" Luna exclaimed. "Everybody get out while you still can!"
Luna lead her younger sisters back to the Vanzilla, while Lori, Leni, Carol, and Maggie stayed behind to confront the crab.
They all readied to attack, but the crab had his eyes squarely on Maggie, who flashed a cocky smirk as he yelled:
"Succubus!"
The crab king slammed his pincer down the ground, the girls jumping away to dodge it, except for Maggie, who jumped up and spread her wings.
"Ha! You wanna fight, you big old pervert?! Then let's fight!"
The Succubus dived straight to the pervert crab and kicked his face… which did absolutely nothing.
"What in the-GAH!"
Maggie winced in pain as a crab emerged from the monster's skin and struck her breast, slamming its pincer down as hard as it could before Maggie kicked it away.
Another crab emerged behind her and did the same to her foot, pinching right in the achilles heel and causing her to lose her balance.
From there, more and more crabs came out, surrounding and restraining the Succubus.
And all the while, Carol used her spear to manipulate the water and strike the king crab, who remained unaffected and stared strictly at Maggie.
"He's ignoring us?!" Leni asked. "I mean, like, as a bystander I'm grateful, but as a woman I'm deeply offended!"
"The Pervert Crab King has beef with the Succubus Cliche!"
Everybody turned around to see Lincoln and the Ynovation girls running towards them, prompting the Pervert Crab King to throw Maggie at them...
Back at the Detention Center, Harbinger kept attacking all the inmates while Shrinivas watched from before, a forlorn expression on her face.
"It truly is lamentable that things reached this point, but alas, the only one at fault here is society."
"Don't make us laugh!"
The woman turned around to see Stella, Lynn, and Lola floating up, the middle flapping her wings while the other two used the elements they controlled to stay up.
"You're the one who sent this abomination to the center!" Lynn hissed. "And who told them to attack the inmates!"
"I brought them for a necessary clean up," Shrinivas replied. "After all, the legitimate scum of Royal Woods gets tangled alongside those who were unfairly declared criminals just for an accident. I need to separate the true scum from the false one-"
"By killing everyone?!" Lola growled.
"Not killing, apprehending. And not everyone, just a select few I told Harbinger to get…" Shrinivas squinted her eyes. "Wait, weren't there six of you?"
Stella smirked. "Where do you think they are?"
Shrinivas raised an eyebrow before she connected the dots and looked down, where the rest of Stella's friends were.
Cookie healed some of the inmates, while Girl Jordan and Mollie worked together to distract Harbinger, one opening and closing portals to cyberspace while the other jumped, struck, and went to another portal, before repeating the process.
"Why those little-"
Stella flew to Shrinivas and kicked the woman in the gut before launching a black fire punch at her, the woman blocking the attack before flying back.
"Your fight is with us!"
The woman looked back to see Lynn and Lola readying to attack, with Stella about to throw another punch at her.
Lori teleported herself and Leni several times as the Pervert Crab King slammed his pincers down, wobbling as Carol manipulated the water into fists to hit him with.
And as this happened, the Ynovation girls and Lincoln ran to Maggie's aid, the latter flinching and covering his eyes when he realized the Succubus' bikini had been destroyed.
Oh, and she was covered in bleeding scars, which Giggles wasted no time trying to heal with her magic.
Haiku got on her knees and grabbed Maggie's hand as the Succubus morphed back to her normal form.
"Maggie… what did you do?"
"I tried attacking that thing, but," Maggie winced. "It didn't work… then the crabs came down and-"
Haiku gestured to her twin sister to stop, at which point she caressed her head and held back some tears.
"I don't get it," Tabby folded her arms and scratched her cheek. "Mrs. DiMartino was able to land a solid hit that made the Pervert Crab King flinch. She and Maggie have the same Cliche, so why did one hurt him but the other not?"
"DiMartino's Succubus must've been more advanced," Lincoln pondered out loud. "Maggie's transformation was like a demon out of hell, while DiMartino's just had some demonic traits while looking mostly human."
Maggie blushed and smiled sheepishly. "No, it's because I'm a virgin."
The atmosphere grew quiet…
"Okay, I know we need some levity," Giggles remarked. "But that came right out of nowhere!"
"No, Maggie's right," Haiku said. "Maggie being a virgin keeps her Cliche from reaching its true potential."
"Certain Cliches become stronger if the wielder's nature matches it," Polly explained. "Succubus is an erotic Cliche, being based on a demonic creature that's all about intercourse."
"And before you ask, yes, I've been thinking about losing my virginity before," Maggie frowned. "But, I dunno, I… get cold feet whenever I get close to it."
"But you're like the biggest tease I've ever met!" Lincoln stated.
"That's just a coping mechanism!" Maggie whined. "Besides, I wanna wait for Mr. Right!"
"Well, I'm afraid you're gonna have to switch Mr. Right," Tabby sighed and turned to Lincoln. "With Mr. Loud."
Everybody turned to Lincoln, who looked confused for a second before he connected the dots.
"No..."
"Lincoln-"
"Stop."
"Dad-"
"I'm warning you!"
"You need to-"
"I swear to Exotos135, who's this story's equivalent to God apparently-!"
"Lincoln, I hate to tell you this, but you must get laid if we're to survive!"
"... WHAT?!"
