TW: Mentions of Abuse

Chapter 78: Shadow Stella's Power!

We were then in The Cognitive World Of Hell as we infiltrated Stella's Palace. The place was on lockdown as we decided to sheak towards the place to get down to the powerful electrical plant, which is where Stella's treasure is at. Then, the alarms went off.

"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT!" A voice shouted, "THIS BASE IS ON LOCKDOWN! PLEASE PREPARE THE OFFENSE AND DEFENSE IN CASE THE INTRUDERS ARE ARMED!"

"Pfft, as if we'll be dealing with them!" Cattleya said, "Come on, we're going to the treasure, Phantom Thief style!"

Everyone followed me as we sneakily passed through the highly armed soldiers and ammunition.

We went down to the 1st ground floor as 2 robot soldiers saw us and attempted to attack us.

"Duck!" Boris shouted,

We all ducked. Arthur steps in and takes off his mask.

"Montezuma!" He shouted, "Get them!"

Montezuma appeared and shot out Megidolaon Almighty magic at the guards, destroying them to dust.

"To the 2nd ground floor!" Arthur said as Montezuma was recalled, "There may be more guards down there!"

"Doesn't matter, because we'll be able to fight them all!" Cattleya said,

We went to the 2nd ground floor as 3 more robot guards stopped us. One attacked us with a swipe from one of its gun hands, but we avoided that attack. Darnell took off his mask to awaken Dakuwaqa.

"Dakuwaqa!" He shouted, "Tear them apart!"

Dakuwaqa then used its Myriad Slashes on a guard, destroying it to dust. The other two guards tried to attack Darnell, but I stepped in with a new Persona of mine.

"Nebiros!" I shouted,

Nebiros then shot out more Megidolaon Almighty magic at the two remaining guards, destroying them all to dust.

"There." I said as I recalled Nebiros and returned my mask to my face,

"Now! Let's get to the bottom and get the treasure!" Cattleya shouted, "Before Shadow Stella gets to us!"

We went down the spiral stairs to the powerful electrical plant room. Then, the electrical plant was off as a backup generator was activated, making the room light up. The treasure wasn't there as Shadow Stella appeared on a moving platform. She landed on the ground as she had her arms behind her back.

"Stella!" Arthur shouted,

"I've been waiting for you all…" Shadow Stella said, "Oh, I've been waiting for you brats for a long time…"

"You've been waiting for us?" Cattleya said, "We wanted to change your heart since the start of this month!"

"Hmph, so you're my energy…"

"Enough of that!" Arthur shouted, "Why are you like this?!"

"Like what?!"

"Your behavior towards the other Goetia demons! Towards Octavia and Stolas!" Selene said, "What did they ever do to you?!"

Shadow Stella looks away in disgust.

"Don't even dare bring them up…" She said,

"Ah, so grudges, huh?" Boris wondered,

"Oh no, it's not the grudges or fellow Goetia demons in my family. It's just pathetic the two are around me and the others!"

"Pathetic?!" Arthur shouted, "You view them as pathetic?! Then why did you abuse them?!"

"Was it for your amusement or for no reason?!" Willow shouted,

Shadow Stella chuckled a bit.

"I did it throughout my life because of a reason for each of them…" She said, "Octavia was nothing but a burden…"

"A burden?" Astrid said as she was shocked, "You can't be serious…"

"I am! She was nothing like me! She also had a cloae relationship with that Stolas fucker! And as for him… He cheated on me."

My friends and I were shocked.

"He cheated on you?" Darnell said,

"He fucking did!" Shadow Stella replied, "We were married for 17 years until he slept with a fucking imp!"

We were silent.

"Yeah, that's exactly how I would feel." Shadow Stella said, "So I kicked not only him, but Octavia out of the house for trying stand up to that imp fucker!"

Lars took a deep breath.

"You know, after all that you've done to them over the years for your own power…" He said, "...You got what's coming."

"What?!" Shadow Stella said in shocked,

"Huh?!" Willow shouted, "Wonder, are you…"

"Let me finish, Arachnid." Lars said as he pointed to Shadow Stella, "You abused them over the years! You never loved them and I know damn well that they never loved you after you and Stolas were arranged to be married! And after Octavia was born!"

Shadow Stella gasped as she was shocked.

"And Stolas cheated on you with an imp, huh? Good." Lars said, "Because you deserved to get cheated on! All you are is nothing but a straight up abuser and you know it!"

Shadow Stella then clenched her fists.

"What's the matter? Did I stung your tongue?" Lars said, "Well I'm glad I did, because you don't ever deserve anyone like Octavia or Stolas for what you did to them, abuser!"

"SHUT UP!" Shadow Stella shouted,

Lars was silent as he was serious.

"You fucking BRATS have no reason for pointing your fingers at me!" Shadow Stella shouted, "And for telling me what to do!"

A dark aura started to surround Shadow Stella.

"I don't need you brats or anyone!" She shouted, "All I need is my self-control for the family!"

Then, the dark aura started to consume Shadow Stella as she then shined through it under a dark light. She then grew in size a bit as she was slowly revealed with robotic arms. One arm had 3 weapons as one and another was some sort of taser. Her robotic body and legs were revealed as she had some sort of glider behind her. Then, her robotic helmet appeared as she was wearing it like one. There was also a small weapon on top of it, alongside a tiara that was part of the helmet. This was Shadow Stella's powerful form!

"Woah, she transformed!" Cattleya shouted, "Damn, Wonder, your words really hurt her!"

"Or triggered her!" Lars shouted, "Because I sure as hell did that and it felt satisfying!"

"Grrr, COME ON!" Shadow Stella shouted through the helmet, "I'LL MAKE SURE YOU BRATS NEVER COME BACK!"

Lars then took off his mask.

"Well we'll make sure that you'll never abuse anyone again!" He shouted, "Persona!"

Mad Hatter appeared and shot out Agidyne fire magic at Shadow Stella, but the fire didn't do anything to her.

"What the?!" Lars said, "It didn't do anything?!"

"Try and use your fire on me, you little delinquent!" Shadow Stella shouted, "Because it won't do anything since I am armed!"

Shadow Stella then fired her assault rifle part of her left arm at us. We dodged her first firing from her ammunition.

"Well, I made her mad as fuck!" Lars shouted,

"It's not your fault, you let it all out for a good cause!" Willow said,

"Let me see if she's got any weaknesses!" Astrid said as Jingu appeared and felt her head, "No way! She doesn't have a weakness! Not even as of right now! Those weaponized arms and that weapon on her helmet are preventing her from having any weaknesses!"

"Wow, this is gonna be tough." Lars said,

"Guess we gotta go through her arms first!" Boris shouted,

"I'll go first!" Willow said,

Willow took off her mask to awaken Neith.

"Neith!" She shouted, "Zap her arm!"

Neith then shot out Ziodyne lightning at the left arm, but Shadow Stella used her taser attached to her right arm to absorb the Ziodyne lightning.

"Too slow!" Shadow Stella shouted, "I'm ALWAYS prepared to take you brats down!"

"Damn it!" Willow shouted, "I forgot she has a taser on one of her arms!"

"And that taser seems to absorb any Electric attacks we make to her." Astrid said, "Let's try and find a way to get through them first!"

Shadow Stella then used her left arm to shoot out a grenade from the launcher part of it. It exploded on impact and we took cover.

"Come on, your delinquent brats!" She shouted at us, "Just die out of my sight!"

Shadow Stella then fired a giant bullet at us from another part of her left arm. We ducked for cover as it hit the ground next to us.

"She is powerful!" Cattleya shouted, "I've never seen a powerful Shadow like her before! This is gonna be a tough battle, that's for sure!"

Shadow Stella then shot out another grenade as we continued to dodge her firings.

"WHY WON'T YOU BRATS SIT STILL?!" She shouted at us,

"Never judge a thief based on their speed!" Cattleya said as she took off her mask, "Persona!"

Anne Bonny appeared to then bring out a Giant Slice attack onto Shadow Stella's left arm. Then, Shadow Stella saw what Cattleya and her Persona tried to do, so she used her small weapon next to her tiara and fired a sniper bullet at Cattleya, hitting her Persona.

"GAH!" Cattleya shouted in pain as she dripped to the floor, "Damn it! What was that?!"

We all looked at the small weapon next to Shadow Stella's tiara.

"That's some sort of sniper weapon!" Astrid said, "She must have react to you trying to get rid of that left arm!"

"Well it looks like we gotta get rid of that thing first!" Arthur said,

"Yeah, one of us is gonna have to be a distraction to her!" Boris said, "I'm calling dibs!"

"You're not gonna become a distraction, are you?"

"Oh, I am! Watch me!"

Darnell then stops Boris.

"Hey, what gives?" Boris asked him,

"Let me distract Stella." Darnell replied, "You'll use your bow and arrow to shoot at the sniper weapon."

"Oh, I guess that could work."

"Hey, let me make it up to you guys."

"For?" Cattleya wondered,

"For bringing ourselves into a messy family drama."

"Well, do you things, Fossil and Hunter! We do have to end this family drama and change Stella's heart anyways!"

Shadow Stella then looked down to see Darnell.

"Hey, enjoying abusing a family that you started?" Darnell asked her,

"SHUT UP!" She shouted back as she fired her assault rifle part of her left arm at Darnell,

Darnell avoided her firing at him.

"Because sometimes, Karma is gonna come back and bite you in your flat ass!" He shouted at her,

Shadow Stella then aimed her taser arm at Darnell.

"YOU DARE TALK SHIT ABOUT MY ASS?!" She shouted,

"Yes." Darnell replied without flinching,

Boris got a clear sight at Shadow Stella's sniper device on her helmet as he readied his bow and arrow.

"Gotcha!" Boris shouted as he fired the arrow,

The arrow then successfully hit Shadow Stella's sniper device, destroying it.

"GAH! WHAT THE FUCK?!" She shouted as she saw us, "ONE OF YOU DID IT!"

"Yeah, it was me!" Boris shouted as he readied his bow again, "I did it like this!"

Boris fired another arrow at Shadow Stella's sniper device again, destroying it more.

"See?!" He shouted,

Shadow Stella then fired away her weapon arm at us in anger. We avoided them as Cattleya got out her Persona first.

"Anne Bonny!" She shouted,

Anne Bonny then brings out a Giant Slash onto Shadow Stella's left arm. The arm was damaged a bit. Now it's Selene's turn as she rode on her Persona, Evaki and slashed the arm with her spear.

"One more slash should do!" Lars shouted,

"I'm up!" Arthur shouted,

Arthur then quickly goes up with his fencing sword.

"I've always wanted to do this as a rebelling Goetia demon!" He shouted, "Take this!"

Arthur then slashed the arm as it was sliced apart. Electrical wires were flying out as Shadow Stella screamed in pain and in anger.

"YOU FUCKING BRATS!" She shouted as she tried to taze Arthur with her other arm,

Boris then came by and got Arthur out of harm's way as Ullr appeared and shot out Bufudyne ice magic at the other arm, freezing it up and destroying it to pieces. Shadow Stella shouted in pain and in anger more.

"NO! I CANNOT LOSE TO A COUPLE OF DELINQUENT BRATS!" She shouted,

"Well guess what? Now you did!" Arthur shouted,

"Now!" Astrid shouted, "Here comes an all-out attack!"

We performed an all-out attack on Shadow Stella, but she's still standing.

"I'M NOT LOSING!" She shouted, "NOT NOW!"

"Joker! Finish her!" Cattleya shouted,

I took off my mask to awaken Arsene De Luxe. He shot out Megidolaon Almighty magic at Shadow Stella, dealing the rest of damage to her.

"NOOOOOOO!!!" She shouted as she had explosions all over her, showing defeat by our hands,