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Same Night: Mewni
Inside: Throne Room
Star and Moon are discussing or more like arguing about what they should do with the Dark Lizards and with Jackie and Marco as the Aether is still within them.
Moon tells Star determinedly, referring to Toffee, "If and when he comes, his men will fall on 10,000 Mewman blades."
Star narrows her eyes and asks Moon, "And how many of our men shall fall on theirs?"
Moon shouts angrily, "As many as are needed!" Star stays silent, angry at the response. Moon leans over her staff a bit, the stress taking a toll on her, "Ach!" She regains herself after a moment as Star steps forward worriedly. Moon shouts, determined, "We will fight!" Looking at Star, she says normally, "Till the last Mewman breath. Till the last drop of Mewman blood."
Star shakes her head in disbelief, "Then how are you different from Toffee?"
Moon chuckles loudly and sarcastically before saying determinedly, "The difference, my daughter, is that I will win." Moon turns and walks away, leaving Star staring troubled after her, taking a few steps forward.
Tom stood behind an undamaged column. His eyes were golden-yellow, troubled, and concerned as he heard and watched the discussion.
Earth: London, England
Inside: Marco's and Jackie's Apartment
Brittney is pacing in Marco's and Jackie's apartment while Justin sits on the couch, watching the news.
Brittney says frustratedly as she looks at her phone, "Jackie isn't calling me back, Marco isn't calling me back, Mr. Candle isn't calling me back, stupid SHIELD isn't calling me back."
Justin, confused, looks at Brittney over his left shoulder as she stands behind the couch he's sitting on, "What's SHIELD?"
Brittney looks at Justin seriously, and she quickly responds, "It's a secret." Justin turns back to the TV as Brittney leaves a message on Mr. Candle's voicemail, "Oh, hey, Mr. Candle, it's Brittney again. Ah, Star came back with that Tom person, and they took Jackie and Marco to Mewni, and um, I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do." She hangs up the phone.
Justin is still staring at the TV when the news shifts to a more relevant subject, the male news reporter on the TV reports, "Something else went missing this week, when astrophysicist Mr. Candle,-" On the screen shows Mr. Candle's picture, "-notable for his involvement in the alien invasion of New York, streaked nude across Stonehenge..." Now on the screen shows footage of Mr. Candle earlier that day, naked and holding a device as the police try to catch him.
Justin grabs Brittney's attention, "Brittney, you really need to look at this. Your friend Mr. Candle." Brittney sighs as she looks at the TV screen.
The male news reporter's voice continues, "...disrobed. And began shouting at visitors to the historic site. He was later taken into police custody for psychiatric evaluation." Brittney walks around the couch and sits down defeated beside Justin on his left, "Police are still refusing to confirm-" Justin pauses the news report on a closeup of crazy-eyes Mr. Candle. Brittney's expression crumples in dismay.
Day: Mewni
Inside: Tavern
Sitting alone in an empty corner of a tavern, Star looks up and sees two figures approaching. Star states bluntly, "You were not at Moon's war council." Star looks up.
Brunzetta stands across the table in front of Star. She says to her as she removes her helmet, "The Bifrost is closed by your mother's orders. No one is to come or to go." Star looks at Brunzetta's helmet after she sets it on the table. Star nods understandably, "We face an enemy that is invisible even to me. What use is a guardian such as that?" She takes a seat on Star's right at the end of the table as she looks forward.
Star looks down, telling Brunzetta, "Toffee will return. You know this." Star glances to the side before looking at Brunzetta, saying lowly, "I need your help."
Brunzetta gives Star a pointed look, "I cannot overrule my Queen's wishes. Not even for you."
Star moves her hands a bit as she tells Brunzetta, "I'm not asking you to. The realms need their Allmother strong and unchallenged, whether she is or not." She says softly, "But she is blinded, Brunzetta, by hatred and by grief."
A voice tells Star softly, "As are we all." The two women look up to see Tom walking up to the table, his glowing eyes turning to normal.
Star gives Brunzetta a look as she knows Tom is approaching. Brunzetta shrugs, knowing he was eavesdropping the moment she starts talking with Star.
Star looks at Tom as he takes a seat in front of her, telling Tom and Brunzetta honestly, as she knows that she grieves herself, "Well, I see clearly enough."
Knowing part of her plan, Tom tells Star, "The risks are too great."
Star tells Tom, "Everything that we do from here on is a risk." She looks between them, "There is no other way."
Brunzetta takes a second, looking down as she considers Star's words. Brunzetta looks at Star, "What do you require of me?"
Palace Hallway
Three figures walk down the hallway, cloaked. The one in the middle stops and turns to look behind, revealing Hekapoo as the other two figures, Sir Scarsgaurd and Sir Hekapoo, continue to walk and turn to the left before Hekapoo follows.
Star's voice tells Brunzetta, "What I'm about to ask of you is treason of the highest order. Success will bring us exile, and failure shall mean our death."
Flashback
Inside: Dark Lizard Mothership
Toffee is standing in his stasis pod without the stasis helmet. He looks down as if he senses something.
Star's voice says, "Toffee knew the Aether was here. He can sense its power."
Flash-Forward: Mewni
Outside: Palace
The Dark Lizard Mothership hovers near the Palace, and 3 Harrow Ships fly out of the Mothership towards the Palace. Some parts of the Palace are on fire, with 2 Harrow Ships circling the Palace.
Star's voice says, "If we do nothing, he will come for it again, but this time, lay waste to all of Mewni."
Inside: Meeting Room
Star has called her closest friends to a secret meeting in a dark room lit by candles. Sitting at the table is Star with Tom on her left, Hekapoo on her right, Sir Scarsgaurd, and Sir Lavabo on Tom's left. They have now joined Brunzetta, who is standing behind Star on her right, all there to hear Star's plan.
Star tells everyone in the room, "We must move Marco and Jackie off-world."
Hekapoo tells Star, "The Bifrost has been shut down, and the Tesseract locked away in the vault."
Brunzetta tells them, "There are other paths off Mewni. Ways known only to a few."
Star looks at Tom on her left as she puts her elbows on the table and clasps her hands over the other, "One, actually." Tom sighs, closing his eyes as he rubs his forehead frustratedly.
The other three realize Star's meaning and look at Star in disbelief before looking at Tom worriedly.
Sir Lavabo glances at Tom before looking at Star, "No." Star is still looking at Tom. He puts his hand down and looks at Star, annoyed.
Tom shakes his head in disbelief, telling Star, "She won't agree to this. She won't help you if you ask her."
Star looks Tom directly in the eyes, "That's why I'm not asking alone." Tom's face pales as he realizes he has to see the one person he didn't want to see again, but the one person he hasn't stopped thinking about.
Inside: Dungeons
Janna's Cell
Star and Tom approach Janna's cell. Janna walks towards the energy barrier to meet them. Janna, with her hands behind her back, "Star. After all this time, and now you come to visit me." She leans forward, looking at her with a hint of anger, "Why?" Star looks at her also with a hint of anger. Janna continues to ask, but normally, "Have you come to gloat? To mock?"
Tom interrupts Janna, annoyed, before she continues with more questions, "Janna, enough. No more illusion."
Janna closes her eyes and bends her head, disappearing with a ripple of magic. The illusion of a neat, tidy cell drops away to show a room scattered with upturned furniture and Janna sitting against the opposite wall, her foot covered in squish berries, her clothing torn, her hair a mess, looking depressed.
Janna tells Star, "Now you see me, sister." Tom looks at Janna, surprised. She never thought that he would see her like this. Star nudges Tom with her hand on his arm, and he walks to his left, with her following. They approach Janna from the other side of the cell, closer to her, standing outside of the barrier. Janna asks about River, "Did he suffer?" Tom opens his mouth to answer but gets interrupted.
Star rubs her left wrist as she tells Janna, standing in front of the barrier on Tom's right, "I did not come here to share our grief."
Tom tells Janna after he regains himself, looking at Janna emotionlessly, "Instead, we offer you the chance of a far richer sacrament."
Janna tilts her head curiously, "Go on."
Star tells Janna sternly, "I know you seek vengeance as much as I do. You help us escape Mewni, and I will grant it to you. Vengeance and, afterward, this cell." She gestures with her head to the cell Janna's in.
Janna looks at them a little strangely and looks around the cell before she chuckles, "You must be truly desperate to come to me for help." Star silently sighs in annoyance, slowly walks away from Tom's side, and walks along the barrier, "What makes you think you can trust me?"
Star answers truthfully, "I don't." She stops walking and looks hard at Janna before saying softer, "Father did." Janna gives Star a painful look at the mention of River, "But you should know that when we fought each other in the past, I did so with the glimmer of hope that my sister was still in there." Tom glances down sadly for a second before looking back at Janna with a stern expression, still hurt at her betrayal. Star continues, "That hope no longer exists to protect you."
Tom tells Janna sternly, "You betray us, and we will kill you." Janna looks at him with a hint of hurt in her eyes before it disappears, and looks at him emotionlessly.
Star looks at Tom, who doesn't move from where he's standing, staring at Janna with a stern expression, "Tom." He looks at Star, "Get the keys." He nods and walks away. Star makes sure Tom's far away before looking at Janna with a death glare, "Now, I mean this, Janna. You hurt him or betray him again, and I will kill you."
Janna hums before she smiles, lifts her head forward, and looks at Star pointedly, "When do we start?"
Flashback: Meeting Room
Star and Tom's discussion continues with Hekapoo, Sir Scarsgaurd, and Sir Lavabo, all sitting at the table with Brunzetta standing behind Star on her right.
Sir Scarsgaurd points out the obvious, referring to Janna, "She will betray you."
Star says, determined as she looks at Sir Lavabo, "She will try." Tom chuckles humorously. Star looks at him, "What?"
Tom stops laughing and looks at Star, giving her a look, trying to convince her, "This is Janna we're talking about. At some point, she will try something."
Star looks at Tom, "That's why I'm counting on you to not let it happen." Tom lets out an annoyed sigh.
