"Sovereign Power"
Bayonetta, Phantom, and Balder arrived in the present "What is this place?" Balder asked.
"Our timeline." Phantom said.
"But there's not a moment to explain. We need to get to the sacred mountain now!" Bayonetta said.
"What is upon the mountain?" Balder asked.
"I don't know. But it's where the god who created the Eyes of the World once lived, and now someone is after that power." Bayonetta said.
"The Eyes?" Balder asked himself.
"How can we reach that place? We are in Vigrid." Balder pointed out.
The place soon began to crumbling "Oh crap." Phantom said.
"Time to jump." Bayonetta said.
"Jump?" Balder asked.
"That wasn't a request, old man!" Phantom said.
"Go!" Bayonetta said.
"Have you lost your sanity?" Balder asked.
"Sanity is a requirement for our kind!" Bayonetta said.
Both witch and sage transformed into animal within Phantom hopped on Bayonetta's back and they flee the training grounds. Jeanne appeared in a jet and having somehow knew where everyone was going to be. The three jumped onto the jet "And your kind are?" Balder asked.
"The kind of witches you don't fuck with." Bayonetta said.
"I have to admit, I like you much better this way, Balder. You actually shut up and follow directions." Bayonetta said.
"I do what I choose." Balder said.
"Tell me, how do you know my name?" Balder asked.
Both Bayonetta or Phantom had to think of something quick "It's, uh, just the name I heard that witch- the one you called Rosa- call out to you." Bayonetta said.
"Anyway, this should get us to Fimbulventr at mach speed." Bayonetta said.
But angels and demons were working together to prevent them from reaching the mountain. Bayonetta knew she and Balder must team up to fight them. It was time to tango. On the mountain Luka was carrying Loki on his back "This piggyback ride is killing my back. Why can't you be an adorable little Cerezita that weighs, like, 10 pounds?" Luka asked.
Luka made it to a stone door "Well, at least your little good luck charm got me where I needed to go, right?" Luka asked.
He placed Loki down "We're her, kid." Luka said.
"Right on the front door of that temple you were so damn determined to get to." Luka said.
"Not sure of they are gonna roll out the red carpet for us-" before Luka could finish the door opened up.
Loptr grabbed his neck and raised Luka up. Loki saved Luka "Wrong one, mate. You should be looking for your better half." Loki taunted.
"You've got your memories back. Convenient. But you're certainly not looking like my "better" half." Loptr said.
"The only thing you have to offer me is your Sovereign Power." Lotpr said.
Outside the temple more angels and demons showed up "How many more can they keep sending in?" Phantom asked.
"I'll take them of them. Hurry to the temple!" Jeanne said.
"Don't you die again!" Phantom said.
They jumped while Jeanne dealt with an whole army by herself.
They made it to Fimbulventr. "Ah the Eyes of the World is here." Loptr said.
"Let's skip the speeches and just get to fighting for the fate of the world." Phantom said.
"The two of us were once a single being: however this "half" said he would awaken humans to the truth of their existence, so he divided our divine power, and our very souls, in two." Loptr said.
Phantom just chose to sit down as he knew the villain was going to do speeches. "We should have become mere shells but this left behind a certain power within himself in order to protect the balance that split brought the world. A "Sovereign Power" to freely control the Eyes of the World. Unfortunately, this one made quite the miscalculation. He had not account for the power of evil intent, which grew as humans prospered. I couldn't use the Sovereign Power to control the Eyes, so instead, I used the evil hearts of humans to begin to retrieve the power of the ancient god." Lotpr said.
Phantom just yawned as he was laying down and had his legs crossed. "And all that remained is taking back the one power I do not yet have…. The Sovereign Power. The power this one held within. You managed to escape 500 years before, but it was merely a waiting game. Waiting for you to be reborn." Loptr said.
"Now the time has come for our power to become one again…. And for me to ascend to the throne as Aesir, God of Chaos!" Loptr said.
"Let's just shoot him!" Phantom said.
The Witches and honorary Umbran warrior fired a hail of bullets at Loptr but he had a forcefield protecting him. "This is bad." Phantom said.
Loptr grabbed Balder and took the Right Eye. "Oh boy this is really bad." Phantom said.
"Now Umbra Witch the Left Eye must return to whence it came." Loptr said.
"Then just try to take it back, you've destroyed more than you've already known." Bayonetta said.
The three battles Lotpr but it was in vain as Loptr defeated Phantom. Bayonetta summoned her demons but it was no luck. Loptr grabbed Bayonetta by the throat "In the end you are merely human. And now the power of a god returns." Lotpr said.
He took the Left Eye of Darkness from Bayonetta and became Aesir. Balder and Phantom got back up "Ready?" Phantom asked.
"Let's rock!" Bayonetta said.
The four battled Aesir meanwhile Loki and Luka went to Loptr's throne "Kid, you gonna be OK?" Luka asked.
"His first mistake was thinking that all I had to me was some shit "Sovereign Power." Stupid fool still doesn't get why I'm the better half." Loki said.
He placed down a series of cards "I thought you were all out of cards!" Luka said.
"The real trump card's the one you keep hidden until just the right timing, mate." Loki said.
With this power he erased the Eyes of the World with Loptr weaken Bayonetta and Balder summoned Omne and she kicked Lotpr's soul out of his body. Jeanne summoned her own Gomorrah and it ate the body.
"If it comes to this... It will just begin anew. I'll return to another place in time. Create a new era. One that cowers to my will!" Loptr said as he opened a portal.
"Shit! He's trying to shed his body and return to the spirit realm. He'll just be reborn in a different era." Loki warned.
"Then we gotta stop him." Phantom said.
Lotpr attempted to escape but Balder got in his way with Lotpr's soul merging into Balder. "What are you trying to do?" Lotpr asked.
"Do you think you can contain my power!?" Have you lost your sanity!?" Loptr asked.
"Sanity is a requirement for our kind. You will never see another era trapped inside me. Only an endless circle of time!" Balder said.
"Mate, that's pure evil you're dealing with. It's a poison that will live inside you forever." Loki warned.
"Then so be it. What's wrong can be made right through human hands." Balder accepts his fate.
"Balder!" Bayonetta was worried.
"Cereza... listen to me." Balder said.
"You... you know my name?" Bayonetta asked.
"If I stray from my path... You... must be the one... The one to stop me..." Balder said.
"Balder!" Bayonetta said his name again.
"Cereza... Just one time, call me..." Balder said.
"Daddy..." Balder told Bayonetta.
"Daddy..." she said.
"Thank you... Cereza... My dear, sweet child..." Balder said.
He was teleported back to his own time "Daddy!" Bayonetta tried to save him but the portal closed.
Bayonetta stopped in her tracks Phantom placed his hand on her right shoulder "He'll be missed." Phantom said.
Jeanne joined them she was talking with Phantom Bayonetta was with Loki "It seems... like the world's still in one piece..." Loki said.
"Seems so..." Bayonetta said.
"You don't need Eyes of the World, love." Loki said.
"I believe in your kind. You can create whatever future you desire." Loki said.
"What will happen to you?" Bayonetta asked.
"I'll just take a little break..." Loki thought.
"This world doesn't need me anymore, right?" Loki asked.
Bayontta was thinking "Will I see you again?" Bayonetta asked.
"Hard to say..." Loki said.
"I'll come back to this world someday, so if you're lucky, maybe we'll meet again, love." Loki said.
"Little one, I..." she was cut off by Loki.
"I'm not little. And I have a name. It's Aesir-" Loki said.
He stopped himself "I mean, my name is Loki." Loki said.
"And I think you can quit treating me like a kid now." Loki said.
"Then I'll call you by your name when I see you again. As a man." Bayonetta said.
She poked his head back. "Well, that's fine I guess." Loki said.
He got up "At least I know what I want to be when I grow up, right!?" Loki asked.
"See you around, Bayonetta." Loki said.
"Goodbye, little one. And you can call me Cereza." Bayonetta said.
"Sorry, love. But you still don't strike me as a Cerezza." Loki said.
Loki vanished into the air and everyone looked up into the sky.
Several days later it was New Years Eve and Bayonetta, Jeanne, and Phantom were shopping. Bayonetta had a pink dress, Jeanne wore a black dress, Phantom still preferred to wear his causal clothes. "Sales are so much better after the holidays." Jeanne said.
"You said Jeanne." Phantom said.
"And the distinct lack of acts of God doesn't hurt either." Bayonetta said.
Phantom gave a small laugh "Can you believe they tore my dress to shreds? Right about here, I think it was." Bayonetta said.
"Absolutely criminal. There is such a thing as a time and a place..." Jeanne said.
"Time? Oh..." Bayonetta said.
Soon a woman and a pram came by Bayonetta moved out of the way and she saw a card falling out. It was one of Loki's cards. Phantom picked it before the wind could take it. He smiled at her and knew Loki must have been reborn. "Cereza, Phantom. Cat caught your tongue?" Jeanne asked the two.
"No. No. I'm fine." Bayonetta said.
The three saw posters for the Gates of Hell and saw Rodin passing out flyers with Luka driving him "What the fudge?" Phantom asked.
"Hey, c'mon! How long do I have to keep doing this? Investigative journalism is big in January!" Luka complained.
"The Gates of Hell goes down, and so does your anonymous source, my friend. Now keep driving." Rodin said.
"Alright, Alright. I get it. I owe you. But I'm not the one with the endless tab." Luka commented about Enzo's tab.
"Where is that deadbeat, anyway!?" Luka asked.
A flier caught his face up and he nearly drove out of control "Well, those two are getting along nicely." Bayonetta said.
"I'm still betting you're gonna marry him." Phantom said.
Bayonetta chuckled "Now to get those new heels." Bayonetta said.
"Come along, Enzo." Bayonetta said.
She turned around and dropped her bag think Enzo would catch it but he wasn't there Phantom saw this and looked in every direction "Uh oh." Phantom said.
"Damnit. I forgot Enzo." Bayonetta realized she forgot Enzo days earlier.
"I was wondering why there wasn't a short, foulmouthed Italian in earshot." Jeanne said.
"Last week we took a plane ride and he said he wait for us in the plane." Phantom said.
They saw Enzo's plane come and angels right behind him "Again!?" Bayonetta asked.
"What a day! WHAT A DAY!" Enzo screamed.
The plane sent a piece of it flying through the trio they dodged it. Bayonetta and Jeanne kicked the plane into the air and flew onto it Phantom followed.
Bayonetta landed on the plane with oil all over her dress "Wonderful! That's the second dress in a month!" Bayonetta said.
"Another day in the life, Cereza. Maybe you should try being nice to Enzo for a change?" Jeanne suggested.
"Let's save chit-chat for later." Phantom said.
"Now you're speaking my language. There's only one way to ring in the new year." Bayonetta said.
"Yep." Phantom said.
The witches took off their dress and into their Umbran uniforms and prepared for battle "Let's dance, boys!" Bayonetta said.
After the fight Phantom took another photo of everyone with Bayonetta, Jeanne, and himself on top of the plane. Enzo not having luck. Rodin and Luka doing their own things.
One more part of this Trilogy get ready for the epic finale to the Phantom series.
