Hello mortals and sinners! So...I've become hyped as hell as of late. 2023 marks alot of returning franchises returning or announcements for returns from the dead. And this also goes without saying, I recently went and saw Insidious: The Red Door...to be honest, it was an alright film. Nothing special. But then...come the credits...it's freaking Ghost.
Okay so...this is a Panty and Stocking story that I like to say is metal as frick! This already goes without saying that I am a huge fan of heavy metal. To be honest, I'm hyped as hell for the angel's return to stir up chaos. I've binged it to celebrate. To think that this anime in disguise as a western cartoon would have such a die-hard following. Heck there's even a Facebook page dedicated to the Panty and Stocking fanbase, something I learned from Saberspark.
And I'm gonna mention the elephant in the room. If the second season or soft reboot or whatever the hell it is, gets dubbed in English which I know it will, I have no doubt in my mind Jamie Marchi, Monica Rial, Joel MacDonald, Christopher Sabat, Cherami Leigh, and Colleen Clinkenbeard. I know the VAs of the title characters conspired to...that incident I will not mention. But...in this case, I've decided to let go of my grudge against the three and focus on the present today and let the past die. It's time I stopped living in the past otherwise the hatred I had for them would never let go.
Besides, I bet the VAs are happy to soon voice the characters again. What more do you want? Question will be this though: how many more F-Bombs will Jamie drop?
Oh one more thing, Jukinzoku means heavy metal in Japanese. The tober part means October, a month where heavy metal is often enjoyed on.
So...I think I've stalled for long enough. Let us begin.
*cue Panty and Stocking Intro*
(Theme for Panty and Stocking - Hoshina Anniversary)
Chapter 1: Keep Yourself Alive
Anthrax...
In a realm between Daten City, Heaven, and Hell, there lies a dimension where humans, angels, and devils coexist with each other in harmony. Even with conflicting differences, there is one universal agreement everyone can agree on: heavy metal kicks ass.
So...instead of wars, there's battle of the bands. But it doesn't mean theyre not willing to prepare for any potential invaders. But at this moment, no one was preprared for when an angelic abomination came and started a war...
By the time the realm's savior, Sandalphon, gave birth to her two children and the two grew at age 6, it was chaos. Man, angel, and demon attacked the invaders with fire and metal. But it felt like a losing battle...
(Future Shock - Tommy Tallarico)
Gunfire and explosions blazed across the battlescape as mechanical ghosts that resembled the Jugulator were accompanied by wyverns resembling Cthulhu, demonic horned Tyrannosauruses, and demonic techno-organic spiders were in a war fight with mecha soldiers that had tanks, walkers, Triceratopses armed with cannons, and mammoths with soldiers mounted on them.
The opposing side was in a defense line, trying to keep the invaders out. But two more invaders came and began decimating the defenses.
In another area, a gunfight was going between soldiers that were humans, angels, and demons that were fighting the mechanical abominations. Behind them was a metallic carriage. One soldier ran up to one of the angel commanders, Sir, we have a problem! Two invaders have appeared during the battle," he reported.
"What?! What about the defense line?!" the angel commanders cried.
"They broke through them. They're searching for the refugees!" said the human soldier who began to gun down a mechanical organic spider.
"And they're searching for them now? Great..." said one demon soldier.
"Stand back!" Said one demon commander before he gunned down several of the invaders with a minigun before he was blasted in the chest by a Cthulhu wyvern. The demonic invaders continued their assault with no remorse.
"Exterminate them! Said the mechanical invader.
Suddenly, they were pierced and impaled by arrows. Riding on what looked like a two headed sabertooth cat with a hellish visage was a demonic barbarian. The hellcat reared its front legs and roared. So did the barbarian who let out a demonic war cry.
The soldiers on the field did the same, "It's Lothar!" cheered the angel commanders.
The barbarian known as Lothar was like a robotic demon god of war in appearance but was organic. He had rippling muscles and a barreled chest that was bear with a few battle scars. He leapt off the cat and gunned down several of the invaders before pulling out a bastard sword and cleaved several larger monsters in half, creating explosions.
Lothar looked around at the corpses of his fellow soldiers and the downed carriage, "Where are my wife and kids?" he bellowed.
Three individuals that were hiding during the battle emerged. One was an angel except she had a music note swirling around her halo. Running with her were two children which waa an angel and a succubus.
"Dad! They cried, hugging their father, who returned the gesture.
"Lothar, I'm sorry. They ambushed us on our way to the catacombs. We were all pinned down," the angel apologized.
Lothar gave a hearty laugh, "Not to worry, Sandalphon dear. I'll guide you and the kids there."
"Look out! Incoming!" A soldier shouted. The four looked in the direction and Sandalphon was horrified, "Uh, mommy?" the succubus child whimpered.
Landing on the mechanical scrap of a spider was a woman that was half-woman, half-goat and with numerous tentacles one her back and some for her tail. Another was a dragon-like monster with spider legs on his back. The third was a robotic humanoid electric eel with spikes.
"We found them! Seize the music angel!" said the goat woman as more Cthulhu wyverns flew up.
"All troops! Fall back! Provide cover fire!" Lothar ordered, firing from his crossbow.
The dragon shot spike missiles at the troops, "Destroy all the escape routes! Let none escape!" he roared as the mechanical beasts came charging in again.
The troops began to flee while they exchanged fire. After a few minutes, they lost sight of them and approached the catacombs entrance, "Sir, permit me to ask why we're here in the catacombs?" a demon trooper asked.
(Destinations Unknown - Tommy Tallarico)
"I have safeguarded a secret portal that leads to another dimension after Sandy had given birth to our children, Archon and Solrus. We need them so that they can one day defeat the invaders, wherever they came from," Lothar explained.
"Where does it go, papa?" Archon asked.
"Upon having the scriptures translated, they go to another realm where lies a city that rests on the fault line between heaven and hell." Lothar explained.
They entered the catacombs, but not before the demon barbarian gave the order to two demon soldiers to stand lookout.
After a few minutes, they come across what looked like a coffin hole with strange hieroglyphics on the wall, "There it is. The portal."
"At last. We can seek refuge here in the other side," Sandalphon cheered.
Suddenly, from above ground, the sound of minigun fire was heard. The soldiers and everyone tensed up. The invaders were coming.
"Listen, we don't have much time. Get to the portal." Lothar instructed as the guards began to get the portal active with the runes.
This caused the kids and the angel to gasp, "Wait! You're not coming with?" she asked.
Lothar turned to her sadly and shook his head.
"No dad! You gotta come with! Who's gonna protect us while we're just kids?!" Solrus cried tearfully. The barbarian rubbed the succubus' hair. "I will protect you."
"How?"
"You three must go through the portal. Once you do, I will close it off once complete," Lothar explained.
"But-" Sandy tried to speak, but Lothar cut her off, "It won't be long before the invaders come here. I'm giving you a head start. Once you arrive at the city, I have heard legends of two angels who have fallen from heaven as well as two priests. The priest you will be looking for from what an explorer told me is that he spreads the good word of Satan, though it's in song though. You must locate him so that he can give you shelter. You must then train our kids so that they can become strong enough to save us. If the invaders capture you, they'll begin to drain your musical energy away, and then with it, they'll mute the entire universe and we will all be finished,"
With that speech, Lothar hugged Sandalphon. The angel hugged back. She then looked into his eyes and gave a quick kiss, "I love you," Sandalphon quietly said, "I love you too," the barbarian said.
The kids hugged their father, "Kick their butts, father!" Archon begged, "Don't you dare lose, dad!" Solrus encouraged.
With that said and done, they began to make it to the portal. Sandalphon looked at her husband one last time before entering. As soon as the process was complete, Lothar used a club to smash the portal to pieces to prevent the invaders from following. As soon as he did so, footsteps was heard. The invaders were coming. He then took out his sword.
From the darkness, a being walked in. It looked like an armored crystalline golem with an Egyptian headdress like the ones worn by pharaohs, single spiked pauldrons, a ruby colored cape, and insect legs that looked like a reptile's. He walked menacingly towards the soldiers and Lothar. And then he spoke in a voice that would send the weak hearted scrambling to their mothers.
"Well, well, well. What have we here?" the being spoke.
Lothar growled, "Nyarlathotep," he scowled.
"I see you know my name. You must be this world's greatest hero. The demon god of war. My mistress grows impatient. Tell me where Sandalphon is and I may just spare you long enough to witness our plan come to fruition in ridding this universe of heavy metal music," Nyarlathotep offered. They circled each other, watching in case one of them attacked.
"No! We won't let you destroy the universe! I would rather die than let you take away music!" Lothar bellowed.
"Is that your answer? So be it. But not before giving me a fight...like a true god of war. Let me see how good you are. Don't disappoint me," the invader challenged. He turned his right hand into a katar and then extending the blade and then going straight to stabbing Lothar. Both their blades clashed and they engaged in a fight. The soldiers fled so that they could let them continue the fight.
Nyarlathotep's left hand became an arm rotary cannon and began firing at the barbarian, who barrel rolled out of the way and then lifted the cannon before tackling the demonic invader to the ground.
Lothar punched the invader in the face over and over before Nyarlathotep smacked him away with the barrel of his arm cannon. Lothar then took a spear and then impaled the monster to the wall. He then removed it, lifted him in the air, and then wrestled Nyarlathotep to the ground. Lothar then kicked him away, sending the monster sprawling.
The demon barbarian loaded his crossbow and shot at him, but the monster leapt away and suddenly, his cape turned into wings and then he swooped at the god of war. He grasped at Lothar, lifted him up and then smashed him to the ground. Nyarlathotep then stabbed the blade into Lothar's shoulder, causing him to cry out in pain.
The monster smirked before he unwielded his arm cannon and lifted the barbarian into the air by the head before punching the wound several times over and over, "Is that it? Was that really all you got? Are you really finished already? Where's all that bravado? What a disappointment from someone who's the god of war. But I'm on borrowed time. So where is Sandalphon?" he interrogated.
"As if I'm going to tell you where!" Lothar snarled defiantly.
Nyarlathotep dug the blade deeper into his shoulder. Just as he was interrogating him, one of the invaders that was the dragon called to him, "Master!"
"What is it, Dagon?! I'm in the middle of an interrogation over here!" Nyarlathotep snarled.
"Yeah but look at this rubble," Dagon offered, handing him a piece. The monster looked at it.
"You're too late..." Lothar spoke up.
"What do you mean too late?" the monster demanded.
"Don't you see from the hieroglyph? It's the only one to the other side in existence. And by the time you even fix the damn thing, they may already be long gone by now and hidden where you can't find them," Lothar taunted with a confident smile despite the pain.
Nyarlathotep snarled before slamming him to the ground, "Fuck! The Mistress is not going to like this," he shouted.
"Well, maybe we can we deliver this piece to her and see if theres a way to fix it. And then we'll just follow them to where Sandalphon is hiding," Dagon suggested.
Nyarlathotep considered the option. He then dragged the wounded Lothar with him, "You don't get to die yet. Mistress H has a very special fate in store for you. Very special," he said.
Before passing out, Lothar had one thing in his mind. Stay safe, my love and kids, he thought. Then blackness...
Little Tokyo, west of Daten City...
Three figures were huddled in an alleyway. They had passed out after crash landing and were gaining their bearings. Sandalphon had Archon and Solrus close by her side, "Stay close, kids. I'm not sure if this is the right place, but whatever or wherever it is, we need to find a place for us to lay low," she instructed.
Sandy poked her head out of the alley and saw the place she was in. The place seemed to be a gloomy city of some sort. The music angel was thinking if they were even at the right city. She and her two supernatural kids walked out.
"Is this the place Dad was talking about?" Archon asked.
"I'm not sure, pumpkin," Sandy answered.
"Hey I know, why don't we ask around? And ask if there's a priest in this city?" Solrus suggested.
"That's a good idea," the music angel agreed. She looked around for someone to ask. From a distance, a figure watched them closely.
"Hmm, they must be looking for me," it said. The figure then noticed commotion in the streets.
Sandy kept the kids close, "Hey! What's going on?!" Archon asked.
It was then that a sludge emerged and reached the rooftops, resembling a monster made of some sort of slime. It began vomiting on the citygoers as it began going on a rampage. Whoa, what the hell is that? Sandalphon thought.
"Hey! Over here!" shouted a voice. The three turned to a finger pointing in their direction, as if to tell them to come to him. The three do so and upon entering, close the door. They looked around and saw that it looked like an underground church ground, but mostly with inverted crosses and red floors. And billboards that say things like, "Satanism is not evil," and "Satanism Activities: Real or Fake?"
A figure came to them, resembling a priest but with black and white makeup and dressed like a reverend, only on his hate was an inverted cross and on his robe had a pentagram, "We'll be safe here. And as soon as that thing is destroyed by those two, then all is well," he said.
"Those two?" Solrus asked.
It was at this moment when puke that was vomited from the monster was in the streets and covered everyone in it, suddenly, the group heard what sounded like music. The priest seemed to recognize it, "By the blessedness of Satan, they have arrived," he cheered silently.
"Who?" Sandalphon asked.
(Fly Away - TeddyLoid)
Across the rooftops, they saw what looked like shining halos. And when one landed in front of a man, they saw that...it was an angel. And a rather, foul-mouthed one at that. So much so that Sandalphon covered both of their ears while the priest did the same for Solrus...even though she was a succubus child. From what they were looking at, it seemed that these angels could turn their clothing, for them, lingerie, into weapons. The one with blond hair, wore a red dress, and red heels removed...her underwear...and it transformed into a gun. A pistol no less.
The other that seemed be a gothic angel had twin katanas, which seemed to be from her socks. They saw them destroy the monster, which then exploded from first being cleaved in half and then shot point blank by the angels.
"Uh...did they just turn their garments into weapons?" Sandalphon asked, weirded out.
"That's right. Those two are the Anarchy sisters, Panty and Stocking. They may seem crude and...well...other things they indulge in...but they have keep making Daten City a better place for us despite all the destruction they cause. If it weren't for them, these Ghosts would cause so much destruction. That's why many of us consider them superheroes and celebrities here," the priest asked.
"Also, mister, we didn't get your name yet," Archon asked.
"Oh...silly me. I am Father Emer, reverend and spreader of the positive side of Satanism," Emer introduced himself.
"That explains the inverted crosses, the red floors, the goat skull, anything else," Solrus commented.
"Ugh, don't tell me you're one of those guys that make sacrifices," Sandalphon gasped, getting in front of her children to protect them.
"Gracious, no! That is completely false. For one thing, Satanism is completely different than how people perceive it as. They always thing Satanism is a bunch of sacrifice bullshit and stuff. I'm more on the LaVeyan type, where we Satanists use the devil as a sort of...metaphor for individuality, independence, and respecting free will. But we don't actually worship him. I just use him as a sort of positivity trait you see,"
Sandalphon glared at Emer, "What? I just said we don't sacrifice!" the priest protested.
"Yeah, but watch your language," Sandalphon scolded.
"Oh...but...what about the kid's sister who's a succubus? Don't they swear?" he asked, sweatdropping.
"Maybe she would, yes. But what about the angel here?" Sandy countered.
"Ah fair enough," Emer sighed.
"Wait...my husband said something about the priest. You must be who we have been looking for," Sandy concluded.
"Nailed it over the head," Emer agreed, "I see you are all from the dimension known as Anthrax. Tell me, why are you three here? I doubt it's a vacation,"
Sandalphon, Solrus, and Archon explained what had been going on: the sudden appearance of the invaders, the war, and everything else. And the fact they fled to Daten City to seek refuge.
"I see...so this Mistress H appeared out of nowhere with an army and began to ignite a war. It could be a matter of time before she and her forces come here. But for the time being, Archon and Solrus are just kids. But come the age of 13 in their supernatural years and I shall begin training them to become the next heroes. And with Panty and Stocking on our side, evil stands no chance," Emer declared.
This got the kids excited. Archon and Solrus turned to their mother, "Don't worry mother. Once we are strong enough, we'll protect you from the bad guys!" Archon promised.
Sandy giggled. It would seem that soon hope would come.
Anthrax...
At a sort of palace atop of a dormant volcano, in an office of some sort, a hooded figure with a mask on her face was jotting down documents. Suddenly, Nyarlathotep emerged, with Lothar chained up.
"Ah, my trusted servant. I see you defeated the hero barbarian. And what of Sandalphon? Where is she?" the figure asked.
"I didn't make it in time. This asshole had broken the portal to prevent us from following them," Nyarlathotep answered, bowing.
The figure sipped her coffee and clicked her tongue, "My my. You are so useless. I may have to prepare for a punishment for you," she said.
"Wait! Before you do, may I suggest we repair the gate so that way we can follow where they went? Plus we may need you so that you could come up with an individual plan, Mistress H," Nyarlathotep offered.
Mistress H began to think for a minute, "Hmm...fortunately for you, Dagon, Shub-Niggurath, and Hydron, I'm in a good mood. So...if it is repairable, we shall repair the gate and then we'll begin finding the angel so that we can use her energy to mute the universe."
"I am pleased to hear. And what of Lothar here? What shall we do with him?" Nyarlathotep asked.
Mistress H snapped her finger and mechanical guards appeared to take him into the dungeon, "I will have plans for him later. Right now, get the gate fixed and once we're done, we shall begin a glorious plan in motion," H instructed.
"Right away!" Nyarlathotep then left the office.
Mistress H was then left in her office on her own to her thoughts, "Still, I wonder...if those little squirts came in with her. But I digress. If I see them strong enough, this may turn out to be fun. I'll see them again soon enough. I'll need a plan to lure them out. And I think I know a way to do so..."
END
(Fallen Angel - Mitsunori Ikeda ft. Aimee B)
Heaven, please sing for me a song of life
Heaven, take me into your skies
There's no place here for me to hide my cries
Night and day, I'm missing you (ooh)
You're so close, so close
And it's you that I believe in, I believe in
So close, but far away so far I can't touch
I'll hold on
'Cause it's you I love so dearly
When the rain, the storm, and all is done
Caress me with your sweet lullaby...
Just what is this Mistress H's plan anyway? And will Archon and Solrus get strong enough in their teen years to be able to assist Panty and Stocking in the battle to come? Tune in next chapter, same heaven time...same heaven channel.