After witnessing Ariel's encounter, everyone believed Christen, and due to the brunette's doppelganger exploding and not burning, Star did find some pieces to analyze.
"These dolls were well-made and built to last: Wax, paper mache, wood, china, porcelain, cotton, linen, wool, straw, acrylic, vinyl, and yarn are the materials I could recover. However, I found something alarming inside the stuffing..." Star is sitting down, looking through a microscope with some of Christen's books, Petri dishes, and a pair of plastic gloves, which Star used to handle a patch of stuffing, which looked reddish-pink, had some hair stuck in it, and a scrap of Ariel's clothing as Neo-Sailor Jupiter.
Ariel knelt to confirm the hair was her's too!
"Why is the stuffing that color?" Chibiusa loved pink, but this shade made her uncomfortable.
"Blood," Star replied.
Everyone covered their mouths to keep from throwing up.
"Well, the scrap of clothing explains how the doll could use Jupiter's powers, seeing as the clothes only appear from the elements when we transform." From what Christen learned about voodoo, she assumed this to be the case.
"Hair and blood are popular options to bring voodoo dolls to life too." Although not into the occult, Shadow had learned from Christen.
"Voodoo...No, it couldn't be...Do you girls think this could be Charolette's work?" Asteroid asked.
"If it is, whoever let her out of prison should be fired!" Holly hissed, heated at the idea of someone letting that sorceress go free.
The soldier of the sky could be as distant, cold, anti-social, dutiful, serious, independent, responsible, and calm as her mother, Haruka. However, that was only to protect Alexis, as she believed an older sister must do. While the girls had been frozen in Silver Crystal at age 11, so they could age together with Chibiusa later, Uranus's daughter was still naturally older than her brunette sister.
If anything happened to the blue-eyed girl, Holly did not want to think about continuing to live without her! Holly and Alexis were different day and night in terms of appearance and personality, but Neptune's daughter still followed her blond sister everywhere! This is why it is odd when Holly looks back at Alexis while walking. Alexis had vanished!
"HOLLY!" Alexis's terrified voice sounded from around the corner!
Dashing around the corner at top speed, Holly crashed into Alexis and whoever was with her! Getting up with an apology ready, Holly noticed the person, who had Alexis in a sort of chokehold, was her doppelganger!
"You need to be more observant!" Alternate Holly yelled.
"Agreed, and I would apologize, but you abducted my sister." Holly reasoned.
"Why would someone as cold, anti-social, and independent as you need someone like this?!" Alternate Holly tightened her hold on Alexis as she was struggling.
"She's my sister!" Holly shouted.
"Holly's not like that anymore!" Alexis squeaked.
"You want fame and wealth to live as extravagantly as your mothers do?" Alternate Holly started her questions.
"Don't we already have that? We're Senshi, and we live in the Crystal Palace." Holly explained.
Alexis stopped squirming to listen, but she had agreed with Holly she would not interfere for her own safety.
"That's not what I meant. Fame as in known worldwide and wealth like money." Alternate Holly elaborated.
"Again: Already have it," Holly replied dryly.
"You're not very sharp, are you?"
"I beg to differ." Holly took out her Blade Blaster Bazooka.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you, or it will be a painful end for your sister..." Alternate Holly withdrew her own Blade Blaster Bazooka!
"Holly, don't worry about me! Fight!" Alexis begged.
"Stuff it!" Alternate Holly hit Alexis with the end of the blade's handle, causing her to yelp in pain.
"HOW DARE YOU!" Seeing red, Holly dropped her weapon and lunged at her counterpart, knocking her over, causing her to release Alexis and drop her firearm, and Holly just began punching her as hard as she could!
"You couldn't even do your duty to protect your sister!" Alternate Holly laughed as Holly's blows did not affect her.
Tears built up in Holly's eyes, but she kept hammering away, "Shut up! Alexis doesn't need me! She can protect herself!"
In the time it took for Alexis to stop crying and calm down, Holly tuckered out. Of course, the copy continued to taunt her and shoved Holly off her, "You finished? Good. You're still responsible if anything should happen to Alexis."
"Holly is responsible, but not for me!" Alexis screamed.
"Blade Blaster Bazooka!" Alternate Holly wanted the young brunette to butt out.
"Fathom Leagues! Blade Blaster Bazooka!" Alexis protected herself with her version of Deep Submerge, and she had picked up Holly's talisman too!
Holly smiled as she watched her doll version barely avoid the double shot, and she walked over to take her sword back.
"You're too serious and independent to be dragged down by her!" Alternate Holly pointed accusingly at Alexis.
"Lexi doesn't drag me down. She lifts me." Holly grinned, using one of her blue-eyed sister's nicknames.
"I'll admit: Your patience for her is astonishing, but it won't last." Alternate Holly smirked.
"As long as there is a breath in me, my love for Alexis won't ever run out!" Holly declared.
"If you mess with my sister, you mess with me, and I play hardball!" Alexis threatened.
Together, Holly and Alexis combined their items to defeat the evil being! Holly felt highly drained after the ordeal, but Alexis wrapped her arms around her green-eyed sister and helped her home.
"Alex, do you ever think I don't look out for you enough?" Holly picked her words carefully as she did not want to sound too corny, even using Alexis's other nickname.
Ali is the girl's last nickname, but it is not used much.
"Never. You and I always look out for each other." Alexis gave her relative a shocked look, but it was also innocently loving.
"Thank you..."
Holly's worry over Alexis was ever present, but now, she relaxed into her sister's support and sighed in relief.
