Michiru had literally made herself at home in the Metaverse. Using her magic, she altered the space to resemble her and Hana's living room. She sat on the couch as she watched the tapes on the television while snacking on a bowl of banana chips.
She had been going through the tapes, watching each of them from start to finish to learn everything that was on them. The latest cassette showed a large black monolith that stood in the centre of a chamber. Michiru did not recognise where it was but knew what she was looking at.
"That must be the Spirit Stone," Michiru identified as she continued to watch. She saw Psycho Soldiers bring a man to the Spirit Stone and this caused the monolith to react to his presence, glowing with an eerie purple shine. Suddenly, black liquid tendrils burst out of the stone and grabbed the man before they dragged him inside. Michiru was speechless but she just kept watching as the stone's surface rippled as a new Agito emerged, fully formed.
"So that's how he makes his Agito," Michiru observed. The camera focused on the Agito who was on all fours before he suddenly raised his head and screamed, causing her to jump in her seat and spill her chips. His face was deformed, with half of it melted like he got hit by acid, exposing bone, a bloody eye socket and bits of flesh hanging off his skull. The Agito howled in agony from its deformity. "Man, that is one botched makeover."
Kyofu turned his camera to his face.
"As you can see, the process is NOT always perfect. Fortunately, there is still much we can gain even from a FAILURE like this one as its seed can still be harvested for MY future use."
Michiru was disgusted by what she had witnessed. Kyofu was just as bad, if not worse than most of the mad scientists employed by GIN-SHOCKER. It was no wonder he managed to fit in so well with them. Only Dr. Magi and Dr. Washam proved to be better than the rest as they considered their cyborgs more than just tools.
Despite his claims of working towards improving humanity, Kyofu did not hesitate to sacrifice people for his goals. The way he carelessly discarded the failed Agitos like garbage was proof of that. She grew more concerned when she learned he had harvested the seeds from the failed Agitos. Just what was he planning to do with them?
Ejecting the cassette, Michiru tossed it into the pile that she had already watched. She had been in this dimension for hours, watching each and every cassette. In the real world, though, no time had passed at all. It was why it appeared she had mastered her witch powers so quickly but the truth was she had spent years perfecting her abilities. The only reason she had not aged during that time was due to magic.
"Alright, let's see what's on this one," Michiru said as she inserted the next tape into the cassette player. The TV screen showed a dark lab with the only light coming from the machines that occupied the room. Standing against the wall was a large supercomputer that had a throne-like chair equipped to it. Sitting in the chair was a young girl in a white uniform who was strapped to it by metal clamps around her wrists and ankles. A metal cap was strapped to her head with wires connecting her to the supercomputer. Her eyes were open but she appeared to be catatonic.
Michiru's eyes widened further as the video went on.
Showa Chronicles: Road to Annihilation
Act XIV: The Ballad of Rabbits and Mars
It was morning in Genovia and all the brides were having breakfast together. Layna and Crow were both sitting in high chairs while Hiroyuki and Shinjiro sat beside their mothers. Little Kaguya was still sleeping in her crib as were Toshiro and Taiyoko. Amaterasu had also joined them, still wearing her sleep kimono.
"Has Sir Shinichi called today?" Shawna wondered.
"No, he hasn't," Tsukuyomi answered.
"Something must've happened to him," Satan said as she stood up. "I'll pop on over and check."
"I don't think we need to worry so much," Tsukuyomi said.
"Why not?" Satan raised an eyebrow. "Don't tell me you're not worried."
"Of course, I am, but we need to trust that he has everything under control," Tsukuyomi stated confidently. "He's a warrior. Whatever he's facing, he can handle it."
"I trust Shin-kun too," Rena swore. "I just don't like it when he hides things from me." It was just like this before he went rogue. After Lina's second death, he shut everyone out, including her. Then he left to hunt Gebok down without saying goodbye, breaking her heart.
"He does that because he doesn't want us to worry," Shawna said. "We're already worried about the wedding preparations and he doesn't want to add more stress to it."
"If he doesn't want to worry us, the least he could do is give us an update," Satan frowned.
"Morning~" Lum yawned as she joined them for breakfast, rubbing her eyes.
"Finally, you're awake," Satan frowned disapprovingly. "And please put on some clothes. We have children present."
"Oh, I knew I forgot something," Lum looked down at her lack of proper attire. She had walked in wearing her tiger print bra and panties. "Hold on." Lum flew back into her room to get dressed.
"That girl would forget her own head if it wasn't attached to her neck," Satan grumbled. "What does Shinichi see in her again?"
"Girls, she's our friend," Rena reminded them. "And she's already proven herself."
"Really?" Satan raised an eyebrow sceptically.
"Shin-kun told me about what happened during their first date and she's already proven how much she loves him. They wouldn't have been able to survive if they hadn't helped each other," Rena explained.
"Fine, I'll give her that," Satan conceded. Shinichi would not have accepted Lum's feelings without a good reason. Still, Lum could be such an airhead.
It was a dark day as storm clouds rolled in, blocking out the sun. Above the Genovian skyline, covered by dark clouds, an armada of flying battleships was closely approaching the unsuspecting kingdom. Each ship was armed to the teeth with heavy ballistics.
In the centre of the formation, surrounded by the smaller ships, there was one heavily armoured ship. This was the main battleship of the armada.
Standing on the bridge of the main battleship was a young man in a white shirt, a black trench coat, black pants and brown boots. He had short, curly blond hair and grey eyes. This was Luc Gaulle, aka Weapon Z. His bridge was manned by a crew of Psycho Soldiers who were ready to obey his every command.
"There it is, men," he said as he saw the palace onscreen. "That's our target. What a disgusting monument of wealth, power and corruption. And the people inside, the ones with royal blood, believe they are fit to rule just because they were born into it." He scoffed. "They didn't even earn it."
"Should we fire, sir?" one of the Psycho Soldiers asked.
"No, fly us closer, first. I want to see the look on their faces when we wipe them off the face of the Earth," he sneered.
"Closer?" the Psycho Soldier questioned. "But sir, with all due respect, the Professor gave us explicit orders to-"
"I have been waiting for this moment for five years already. I have been given weapons, men, and a target," Z interrupted. "I will not be cockblocked from the point of entry by the whims of a so-called authority! I, no, we will get what we have coming to us! Now, bring us closer!"
"Yes, sir!" the soldier happily obeyed.
The battleships hovered high over the kingdom and Weapon Z decided to personally destroy the palace. He stood atop his vessel's hull, his eyes and hands glowing with his power. A black aura gathered in his hands as he built up his power. His psychic power was gravitokinesis, which allowed him to control gravity.
"Time to bring the house down!" he declared as he prepared to crush the palace and everyone inside with intense gravitational pressure. However, before he could even begin, the first row of ships suddenly split in half before exploding violently like fireworks. In his shock, his power fizzled from his hands. Alarmed, he quickly returned to the bridge.
"Status report! Anyone?! What is going on!?" Z commanded.
"Ships from block 12 to 36 just suddenly combusted!" another Psycho Soldier reported.
"I can see that! Why?!" Z demanded.
"Reports say that it was a distortion of space-time!" a third continued.
"Space-time? Find me the source! Bring me a visual!" A sizeable holographic screen appeared before them, showing the aggressor. It was a young woman with golden eyes and silver hair. She wore a shoulderless shirt that revealed the straps of her tank top, a silver overcoat, black fingerless gloves, a black miniskirt, black leggings, and brown cowboy boots with blunt heels. She was also quite well endowed with a curvy figure and E-cup breasts. Gripped in her hand was a long odachi with the scabbard hanging at the side of her hip. Next to her floated a small, fluffy purple moose. "It's...a girl?! What lunacy is this?!"
"Bio Scans complete! It's... it's incomprehensible! We can't read the girl's power level at all!" another one of his Psycho Soldiers reported.
Kaguya stood on the Genovian shoreline as she watched the first line of ships explode.
"First row down," she muttered, watching the dying embers with unphased eyes. "Seems like Kyofu really is deranged. Luckily, we were able to look through the satellites to be on the lookout. I'll have to give Ami-chan some candy later."
"Naa!" the toy moose squealed at her.
"Don't worry, Chibimoose," Kaguya smiled as she sheathed her sword. "I'll give you some candy once we're done. We just need to do some cleanup right now." She returned her gaze to the armada, closing her eyes as she took a deep breath through her nose. "Lunartic Art..." She opened her eyes as she inched her sword out with her thumb. "Dimension Insanity..." She drew out her sword swiftly, and another set of ships split in half before exploding. She swung nonstop, her strokes becoming blurs of silver as more of the ships spontaneously exploded.
There was complete pandemonium in the sky as all around the main battleship, explosions rocked it as the rest of the armada blew up left and right.
"We're being shredded, sir!" one Psycho Soldier yelled.
"TELL ME SOMETHING NEW!" Z snapped. All of a sudden, the ship rocked violently and alarms blared as red lights flashed repeatedly inside the bridge. "WHAT IS THAT!?"
"We just lost two engines!"
"SON OF A BITCH!"
"We can't keep taking this much damage, sir! We're going to crash!"
"THEN GIVE ME RAMMING SPEED!" Z commanded. "RIGHT INTO THAT BITCH!"
"Which bitch, sir!?"
"THAT BITCH ON THE BEACH!"
Kaguya had wiped out the whole armada, save for the primary battleship. With two strokes of her blade, she had taken out two of its engines and it looked to be like it was about to crash. It seemed to be speeding up too, coming straight at her.
Were they going to ram her as a last-ditch attempt to take her down along with them?
"Alright, just one more," Kaguya decided as she swung her sword. Her attack tore through the hull of the last ship, slicing through the bridge and anyone unfortunate to stand in its path. She delivered several more slashes, causing more destruction to the battleship's structure before the entire thing finally exploded. "And now there were none."
"Naa!" Chibimoose squealed as it felt like something bad was coming.
"I agree," Kaguya nodded until her hair antenna twitched. It was not over just yet. She watched as Weapon Z safely descended. He had survived his ship's destruction by erecting a gravitational field around himself and had come down to confront the one who had destroyed his armada.
He landed on the beach, his grey eyes glaring coldly at Kaguya. She looked back at him. He wore a black trench coat and black pants like some kind of goth edgelord, and his blond hair was in curls.
"So you are the one responsible for destroying my armada," Z growled.
"You were a hostile invasion force," Kaguya said matter-of-factly. "You needed to be stopped."
"Who are you?" he demanded.
"Space Sheriff Kaguya, that's who," she announced in monotone.
Now, Z did not know what a Space Sheriff was but he believed that was something like a police officer. He hated the police. Just because they wore a badge and a uniform, they believed they had the authority to enforce the rules however they liked.
"You will kneel before Z," he commanded, his grey eyes glowing brightly. Kaguya was hit by an increase in gravity as she felt her body becoming heavier. Her knees shook as they were about to buckle under the increased gravitational pull. She stabbed her scabbard into the sand, keeping herself standing. She gritted her teeth as she resisted and Z's eyes narrowed at her defiance. He increased the gravity and she cried out as she felt herself being pulled further down to the ground.
Z was impressed by her stubbornness but even so, she needed to be shown who was boss. It was a shame he had to kill her. She was quite beautiful, but he had his orders and he would not stop because of some pretty face. He did not notice as Kaguya was slowly glowing silver. The pressure was slowly lifting off of her as she stood back up, standing proudly. Luc was taken aback as he backed away unknowingly.
"So your primary ability is gravity control," she observed. "Too bad for you, I have that power as well."
Z's eyes widened. He had not expected this. This might be a bit more challenging than he first thought. Good. He had been getting bored and after the destruction of his armada, he needed to relieve some stress. Two balls of high-pressure gravity energy appeared in his hands before he chucked them at Kaguya. The girl suddenly blinked around in a streak of silver light, blurring from the explosions of sand before darting at Z. He quickly crossed his forearms in front of him just as Kaguya flew at him with a hard thrust kick. He gritted his teeth as the force of her kick jolted through his arms.
Kaguya's weight lifted as she hovered in the air, allowing her to send a volley of spinning kicks that continued to push him back before his guard finally broke. Kaguya pulled a mid-air somersault, kicking Z into the air. Z quickly took back control and stopped himself, pulling his gravity powers around him to summon a sand tornado.
Drawing her odachi, Kaguya focused her power through it and swung, ripping through the sand tornado and striking Z. He let out a cry of pain as he was struck down, plummeting to the beach and crashing, kicking sand up into the air.
"That was anticlimactic," Kaguya muttered, sounding disappointed as she sheathed her sword.
Z lay on his back, a large bleeding gash across his chest.
That bitch!
THAT BITCH!
She thought she could take him down!?
No, she was wrong! So, very, very wrong!
His Alter Ring formed around his waist as his eyes glowed. He put his hands on the buttons and said the magic word:
"Henshin."
He pressed his Alter Ring's buttons and his body was surrounded by a gravitational field that lifted him off the ground and made him stand vertically again. Then a light flashed from his belt which altered his physiology and healed his injuries.
Z now stood in a bodysuit made from an otherworldly black material, dotted with white specks to resemble stars in the black sea of space. His torso armour then formed, giving him silver bands around his forearms, and wide pauldrons. On his chestplate, he had a set of three large red round stones lined up across it. White leather straps were wrapped across his stomach and thighs as well as around his ankles. Running vertically down his chest and legs were two silver stripes that connected to red kneepads and he wore boots with steel toes. Finally, his helmet was the standard Agito design, nearly bug-like with fang-like mandibles, and two crest horns that resembled a stag beetle's horns. His red compound eyes glowed as he powered himself up.
This was his Agito form, Agito Graviton.
A light flashed from his hand and took shape, forming a long rod and then from it, a curved blade burst forth from one end. When the light faded, it was revealed to be a scythe with a blade shaped like a crescent moon. He shouldered his Crescent Moon Scythe and glared at Kaguya. Then, with a burst of speed, he came at her to behead her.
Kaguya saw him coming and drew her odachi and sparks burst as their weapons connected. He followed up by swinging his body around, landing a swift reverse roundhouse kick to her midsection that threw her across the beach. Using his gravity powers, he pulled her back to send her sailing with a punch and then pulled her back again to kick her, back and forth like some kind of twisted yoyo.
Kaguya grunted with each blow but her quarter-goddess physiology allowed her to tank the hits. However, she could only take so many hits before she expired so she needed a way to get out of his gravitational field quickly. Regaining her bearings, she released a wave of her gravitational energy, causing it to clash with Graviton's. He was caught by surprise as he was forced to release her and she glared at him, looking a bit roughed up but more or less alright.
"Curse you! With all that power, you could easily rule everything and yet you squander it like this?!" Graviton yelled in frustration.
"The duty of the strong is to defend the defenceless," Kaguya strongly stated and she delivered a lunar-powered energy slash, sending a blade-like wave that caused sparks to blast off Graviton's armour. She then followed up with a flurry of slashes, sending crescent-shaped energy waves at him. He countered with his scythe, deflecting the waves as they came at him before he launched himself at her. Before he could land his attack, Kaguya flew into the sky, forcing him to pursue her.
Graviton caught up with her as they ascended, clashing furiously, sparks flying as their weapons connected.
"Why do you seek to protect humanity when it has fallen so far!?" Graviton demanded. "They're all so selfish, greedy, narcissistic and no longer deserve this world!"
"Because humanity needs to be guided, not destroyed!" Kaguya retorted. "Humanity is capable of being better if they are shown the right path!"
"Humanity has had too many chances already! They don't deserve any more!"
"And who are you to judge!? Who is anyone to judge!?"
"A person who understands that to create a new world you need to burn the old!"
He withdrew his scythe and struck her with a gravitational pulse that threw her back to the ground. She crashed violently, making a crater on impact. Graviton then hovered down, looking at Kaguya with pity. She had so much power and yet she squandered it all in some misguided attempt to save humanity. Someone who believed that humanity deserved a chance could not be helped.
"Sorry about this but this world does not need people like you," Graviton said coldly as he raised his scythe to deliver the killing blow.
*CHOOOOOM!*
Suddenly, a powerful energy beam struck Graviton and knocked him away from Kaguya, sending him tumbling. Kicking up sand, he rolled to a stop and groaned in pain.
"Ugh...what hit me..." Graviton painfully picked himself up and then he saw Chibimoose with smoke rising from its mouth. "What the hell?"
"Naaaaaaa," Chibimoose squealed furiously, glaring at him.
"And what the hell are you-?"
*CHOOOOOOMMM!*
Chibimoose fired another beam, sending Graviton flying across the sea.
"Nah! Nah!" Chibimoose squeaked as it went and nuzzled Kaguya's face.
"I'm fine, Chibimoose," Kaguya said, gently patting her pet.
"AAAAAARRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHH!" Graviton screamed as he flew back to the beach, rearing his scythe back. "YOU LITTLE PEST!"
"Nah!" Chibimoose said before he flew to engage Graviton.
"Chibimoose, wait!" Kaguya shouted.
Graviton saw the stuffed moose coming at him and fired a gravity beam, only to miss as the creature dodged to the side. Once he was within range, he swung his scythe but Chibimoose avoided his swing.
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU, YOU LITTLE SHIT!" Screaming like a madman, Graviton swung nonstop at Chibimoose but it dodged each strike deftly, using its small size to its advantage. "STOP MOVING! STAY STILL SO I CAN KILL YOU!"
Flying high into the sky, Chibimoose positioned himself above Graviton and opened its mouth wide. Dark matter particles began to gather between its jaws as it powered up its most devastating beam yet.
"OH, NO YOU DON'T!" Graviton's hands glowed and he caught Chibimoose in a gravitational field before he violently pulled the stuffed toy down with a loud crash, sending a tower of sand flying. As Chibimoose lay in a crater, Graviton picked it up by its antlers.
"Nah! Nah!" Chibimoose squealed as it struggled pathetically.
"You piece of trash!" Graviton sneered and he swiftly tore the stuffed moose in half, letting its stuffing fly before he discarded both halves of the living stuffed toy.
Kaguya's eyes widened in shock and horror as she witnessed her best friend being killed before her eyes.
"Now, time to finish-"
"AAAARRRRGGGGHHHHHH!" Kaguya screamed as lunar energy exploded from her body and she struck like a comet. Her kick connected with Graviton's face, breaking off his left horn and cracking his compound eyes. She did not cease her assault as she rained nonstop kicks down on Graviton as he tried to defend himself. She had gotten stronger but had also lost complete control of herself, as tears streamed down her rage-filled eyes.
"What in blazes!?" Graviton demanded as each blow left cracks in his armour.
"GIVE HIM BACK!" Kaguya roared, performing a quickdraw slash with her odachi, striking him across the chest as she tore through his armour. He went tumbling across the sand and landed facedown. As he tried to pick himself up, Kaguya grabbed the back of his head and sped along the shoreline, grinding his face against the sand, and chipping off bits of his helmet. She then hauled his body up and delivered a flurry of slashes, breaking off his pauldrons and then delivering a heel kick to his jaw that sent him sailing into the sky. She launched herself after him like a rocket and then she raised her leg over his head before bringing it down into an axe kick to throw him back to the ground. He crashed explosively, kicking up a tower of sand.
Kaguya descended, the energy around her starting to fizzle out but she was still not done. Not yet. Not until she avenged her best friend. She approached Z to finish him off.
Without his armour, he now looked like he just got into a fight with a wild animal, which he technically did. Both his legs were broken and so were his arms. He had multiple cuts all over his body which stained the sand red with his blood. She stood over him, drawing her odachi. Holding her weapon in a reverse grip with both hands, she raised it above her head to deliver the killing blow.
"See you in Hell," she whispered angrily but then someone stopped her, suddenly catching her arm before she could drive her sword into Z's heart. She glared at whoever had dared to stop her but calmed down when she saw it was her little brother. "...Raheem."
"None of that," Raheem said calmly. "It's over."
Kaguya dropped her sword and hugged her little brother, sobbing loudly.
"He killed *sob* he killed *sob* Chi-Chibimoose!"
"It's OK, Kaguya. Everything will be OK," he promised her, patting her back.
"How?"
"Because he's right here."
Kaguya blinked and pulled back from the hug to see Chibimoose floating beside Raheem, smiling derpily at her.
"Naa!" he squealed.
"Chibimoose!" Kaguya threw her arms happily around her best friend and Chibimoose nuzzled her face. "I was so afraid that you were gone!"
Raheem shook his head in amusement. Kaguya was normally so stoic and an airhead. Only around her loved ones, Chibimoose included, did she allow herself to show emotion.
"Let's take him with us," Raheem decided as he looked at Z.
"For punishment?" Kaguya guessed, a vengeful look in her eyes. Raheem did not blame her for feeling vindictive. Luc had hurt her best friend.
"No, we'll interrogate him," Raheem clarified.
"By freezing his veins," she proposed.
"Kaguya, you're at a 10 right now." Raheem raised his hand above his head before bringing it down to chest level. "I need you to bring it down to like a 2, OK? Why don't you play with Chibimoose while I take care of this?"
"...Fine." Kaguya stepped away, happily hugging Chibimoose.
Raheem took out his smartphone and tapped on an app icon as he pointed the camera at Luc's body. A beam of light came out of the camera and swept over his body before digitising and absorbing him into the phone. That should keep Luc secure until they let him out.
"Let's go home," Raheem instructed and when they turned to leave, they froze as they saw Lum standing there. "Shit."
"Who are you?" Lum questioned and then she looked at the state of the beach. "What happened here?"
"That depends," Kaguya frowned. "How much did you see?"
"Enough to know that you guys just saved the kingdom," Lum answered. She had gone out for a flight around the kingdom when she saw the armada approaching. She had been ready to return to the palace to warn everyone when she witnessed each ship being destroyed one by one until the last ship went down. She stayed to watch the fight between Kaguya and Graviton until Raheem decided to end it.
"I just got here," Raheem said before he pointed at Kaguya. "She saved the kingdom."
"Then you must be really powerful," Lum said to Kaguya. "You kinda remind me of someone. Only she has smaller boobs."
Kaguya didn't show much of a reaction, though she did give a deadpan stare. Yes, she was aware of her womanly appearance and that she was quite well-endowed for her age. It was the first thing a lot of people noticed about her, along with her baby face. Her mother was always annoyed by that.
"We'd better go now," Kaguya said to Raheem. They were still on a mission. Suddenly, there was a silver and gold flash as Tsukuyomi appeared on the beach with Satan.
"Hey, Tsuki-chan, Satie-chan!" Lum smiled. "You missed the show!"
"What the hell happened here?" Satan demanded as she and Tsukuyomi saw the warship pieces that littered the beach.
"I would like to know as well," Tsukuyomi added. "I sensed a power that was similar to mine and came to see what it was." She looked at Kaguya. "That energy came from you." Her eyes quickly wandered onto Kaguya's bust. Despite herself, the demi-goddess gave a click of her tongue as she glared enviously. "That's not fair..."
"Oh, she just saved the kingdom from an evil armada of evil warships," Lum explained.
"All by herself?" Satan asked sceptically.
"Did she now?" Tsukuyomi looked suspiciously at Kaguya. "How do you have the same energy as me?"
"That will be a bit difficult to explain," Kaguya answered. "But please trust us when we say we are not your enemies."
"It's difficult for me to trust someone who has not given me a reason to," Tsukuyomi retorted. "I'm not the kind of person to put my faith in someone so blindly."
"Didn't stop you from trusting Shinichi," Satan commented.
"That is different. He has at least proven himself," Tsukuyomi argued back before addressing Kaguya again. "But from what Lum here has told me, you did save the kingdom from an invading threat. So, on behalf of Princess Shawna and her people, I thank you."
"You're welcome," Kaguya nodded, bowing politely.
"Let's go." Raheem opened a portal and stepped through.
"Congratulations on your wedding. I hope you picked some good music," Kaguya said before she followed her brother into the portal and it vanished.
"How did she know about the wedding?" Satan wondered.
"Nice kids," Lum commented.
"True," Tsukuyomi agreed. "Though, there was something oddly familiar about the girl."
"She kinda looked like you but with bigger boobs," Lum pointed out.
"Thank you, Lum," Tsukuyomi deadpanned.
"She's right," Satan agreed. "Compared to her, you're flat as a board."
"I get it!" Tsukuyomi huffed in annoyance.
In a burst of pink flower petals, Michiru suddenly reappeared in the safe house.
"That was quick," Megan remarked.
"So, what did you learn?" Hana asked.
"A whole lot," Michiru answered. "But listen, we need to get Cryska."
"Cryska? You mean one of Kyofu's people? Why?" Hana questioned.
"Because Kyofu is holding her sister hostage."
"So that's why she's working for Kyofu," Megan realised.
"Yes, and so we need to save them," Michiru resolved.
"I understand you want to make up for what we did in Moscow, Michiru," Hana said. "But do you think Cryska will trust us?"
"I know it's a long shot but these girls are in trouble and we need to save them," Michiru argued. "Isn't that what heroes do?"
"...Fine," Hana finally conceded.
Cryska poured herself a cup of coffee before she sat down to relax in the break room. Honestly, Kyofu was getting crazier and she heard rumours that many of their comrades had already been captured by the enemy. It seemed his impulsive plan to fix his little mistake had backfired. This was going to push him over the edge and it took very little to provoke the mad scientist nowadays.
As she sipped her coffee, the door of the break room opened and a trio of Psycho Soldiers came in. That was strange. Psycho Soldiers never took breaks. She watched them come to her table before they stopped in front of her.
"What do you want?" Cryska asked, not in the mood.
"We want to help you," one of the Psycho Soldiers said in a familiar voice. Cryska's eyes widened in recognition and she jumped out of her seat.
"You!"
"Don't think of calling for help. I'm blocking your signal," the second Psycho Soldier - Megan - informed her.
Cryska glared silently at the three Psycho Soldiers. Now she recognised them as the ones who had broken into the archives earlier.
"I remember you," Cryska said glaring at the first Psycho Soldier - Michiru. "You killed my parents."
"And you massacred our village," the last Psycho Soldier - Hana - retorted.
"I didn't have a choice."
"Neither did we."
"Hana-chan, please let me talk to her," Michiru requested.
"*sigh*...Fine."
Michiru took in a deep breath and let it all out as she bowed.
"I'm sorry for what we did to your family but we were just kids and GIN-SHOCKER had complete control over us. I know that saying we were just following orders sounds like an excuse, but there was nothing we could do but obey them. Now, all we want to do is to make up for all the horrible things we did."
Michiru stopped bowing, waiting for a response. Her apology was sincere and she hoped Cryska could sense it too.
"And how do you expect to do that?" Cryska questioned coldly. As sympathetic as she was when she heard Michiru and the NUMBERS had been child soldiers, that did not erase the pain of losing her parents.
"We know Kyofu has your sister."
Cryska's eyes widened in shock.
"...How?" Then she realised the answer. "The archives."
"Bingo. That is why you're working for him, isn't it?"
"Kyofu came to recruit me and I accepted. When I learned of his true plans, I wanted to back out but he already took my sister hostage. If I tried to do anything, Kyofu would kill her. She's all I have left in this world. I can't lose her."
Michiru understood how Cryska felt. Just recently she had to say goodbye to her grandmother, her last living relative. Hana was her family now and she could not bear to lose her either.
"Kyofu's not going to kill her," Michiru informed her. "She's vital to his plans."
"What do you mean?" Cryska questioned.
"He wants to use her to brainwash the entire world."
"That bastard," Cryska growled. It was not enough that he used her sister to control her, he was also going to use her sister for his plans.
"Cryska, I know that you can never forgive us for what we did to your family, but let us help you save your sister," Michiru offered.
"And why should I trust you?" Cryska spat.
"Because I don't want another girl to lose her innocence like I did," Michiru answered.
Cryska looked at Michiru sceptically. Part of her was telling her not to trust the cyborg. The Moscow incident had left both her and her sister orphaned and traumatised. Cryska thought that joining Kyofu would allow her to avenge her family. But then he took her sister hostage and she cursed herself for her foolishness in trusting him. If there was a chance to save her sister, she should take it.
"Alright," Cryska accepted.
"Can we trust her?" Hana spoke to Megan telepathically.
"I don't sense any deception," Megan responded.
"Cryska, do you know where Kyofu is keeping your sister?" Michiru asked.
"No, I don't," Cryska shook her head. "Whenever I ask him, he tells me that she's someplace safe but I haven't seen or heard from her since. I tried to read his mind but he was able to block me out of his head, somehow."
"He must have put her someplace secret and secure," Hana suggested.
"Maybe it's the same place the Spirit Stone is being kept," Michiru offered.
"That's a possibility."
"Do you know where the Spirit Stone is located then?" Michiru asked Cryska.
"Nyet, I don't," Cryska shook her head. "He really doesn't trust us with its location."
"OK, let me try something," Michiru said as she approached Cryska who backed away from her apprehensively. "I know you don't trust me, but I want to help you."
Cryska looked at the Mantis Cyborg hesitantly. She had flashbacks of the day she and her sister had lost their parents and one of the people responsible for their deaths was standing in front of her. However, this was also her only chance to save her little sister.
"Alright, do what you have to do," Cryska allowed.
"Thank you."
"This doesn't mean I completely trust you. I'm only doing this so I can save my sister."
"What are you doing, Michiru?" Hana asked.
"Virgilia-sensei taught me a spell to trace where a person has been," Michiru said. "It works like a locator spell but instead of looking for someone or something, I'm going to find out where Cryska has been before."
"Sounds like you're checking someone's browser history," Megan remarked. It was a pretty apt comparison.
"Browser history?" Cryska blinked. "What's that?"
"Uh... you'll figure it out in a few years," Megan waved off.
"OK, let's begin," Michiru said as her eyes glowed pink and Cryska's eyes glowed the same hue. Michiru began retracing Cryska's steps until she found the moment when she was turned into an Agito. She soon got the location and released Cryska from the spell. "Mexico. The Spirit Stone is in Mexico."
"Mexico?" Megan blinked.
"Then my sister's there too," Cryska concluded.
"Right, time to take a trip to Mexico!" Michiru decided as glowing flower petals swirled around them like they were in a tornado.
"What's happening?" Cryska asked fearfully.
"Brace yourself," Hana warned as the petal tornado intensified, then concealed them from sight before vanishing completely, taking them away from the BTS building.
The four women found themselves standing in front of a mountain's rock face. It didn't seem like anything special until Michiru waved her hand to dispel the hologram concealing a large steel door that had a seam running down the middle. Above the entrance was the bird-shaped emblem of GIN-SHOCKER.
"What is this place?" Megan asked.
"One of GIN-SHOCKER's secret facilities," Hana answered. "Kyofu was a member so he would know about it."
"I thought we got them all," Michiru frowned.
"Some of these places are off the books. Don't forget, we didn't even know about that underwater pyramid base until Shiro took it out to attack Kyoto," Hana explained.
"Good point," Michiru conceded.
"So my sister is in there?" Cryska asked hopefully.
"I'm sensing someone inside," Megan said, eyes glowing. "But there's some kind of interference."
"That's good enough for me," Cryska resolved. "Now, how do we get inside?"
"I got this," Megan said as she concentrated, turning herself see-through like a ghost. She passed through the steel door and then moments later the two halves split apart and sank into the sides of the doorframe, revealing Megan on the other side. "Tadah! Open, sesame!"
"That's impressive," Cryska said, honestly amazed.
"Oh, density shifting is common amongst my people," Megan blushed. "Took me a long time to master it, though."
"Alright, but now we need to be careful," Hana cautioned them. "These places usually have booby traps."
"Would the security system still recognize us, though?" Michiru asked. "We were part of GIN-SHOCKER."
"We can't be too sure about that. So, keep your guard up," Hana cautioned as she led the way but Cryska walked past her, shoving her aside. "OK, that was rude."
"She's just worried about her sister," Michiru said sympathetically.
"Let's go after her before she gets herself killed."
It was one long path into the facility. As soon as they entered, the lights automatically turned on. This immediately put Michiru and Hana on guard. The path led them into a room with a spartan appearance. It was completely white with nothing on the walls. There were, however, four glowing purple tiles in the middle of the floor, arranged in a square and set up one foot from each other.
"You said my sister was here! Where is she!?" Cryska demanded impatiently, grabbing Michiru's collar.
"Hey, leave her alone!" Hana pushed Cryska away from her wife.
"I'm...sorry," Cryska apologised.
"I understand what you're going through but we need to work together and figure this place out," Hana said. "Megan, do you think you can get us through the wall?"
"I can try," Megan said as she turned intangible and tried to walk through the wall but was suddenly repelled and knocked to the floor. "Ow!"
"Megan!" Michiru helped the Martian girl up. "What happened?"
"There's some kind of barrier. It's vibrating at a frequency that prevents me from passing through."
Michiru studied the glowing tiles and then she stepped on the one on the top right and vanished.
"Michiru!" Hana cried but then Michiru reappeared just as suddenly as she disappeared. "Oh, thank goodness! Don't scare me like that!"
"Sorry, Hana-chan," Michiru apologised.
"What happened?" Megan asked.
"Well, turns out these tiles are teleporters. The one I stepped on sent me to fall into a spiked pit trap. Luckily, I was able to teleport myself back here with my magic," Michiru said.
"So, these tiles are traps?" Megan questioned.
"Well, three of them would send intruders to their deaths but pick the right one and we'll be sent to where we need to go," Michiru explained.
"And to my sister," Cryska concluded.
"That means we just need to pick the right one," Michiru nodded. "So, I'm gonna try the rest and I'll come back and tell you which is the right one."
"Be careful," Hana advised.
"Don't worry," Michiru smiled brightly and she stepped on the tile beside the one that had sent her to the spiked pit. She returned seconds later, shivering. "OK, so that one leads to an acid pit."
"GIN-SHOCKER sure likes their pits," Megan remarked.
"OK, so that's two out of four," Cryska nodded. "So, it's now 50-50."
"OK, wish me luck," Michiru stepped into the bottom left tile and vanished. The three waited for Michiru to return and she did, looking freaked out. "WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT!?"
"What did you find?" Megan asked.
"I just...I don't...I can't even begin to describe it," Michiru shuddered in horror. "I'm going to need a ton of brain bleach to get that image out of my head."
"OK, now I really want to know what you saw," Hana said eagerly.
"No, just no," Michiru fiercely shook her head. "No, you do not. I only caught a glimpse of it and I wanna hurl."
Cryska looked at the final tile. Three of them had proven to be booby traps so logically the last one would take her to her sister. She looked at the three women who had helped her get this far and was thankful. While she could not forgive Hana and Michiru for what they had done, they were trying to make up for it. If they did save her sister, she would owe them a great deal.
After the four of them vanished from the room, another figure with cold eyes entered. Held in her arms was a doll with a creepy smile.
The four women appeared in a huge chamber that was, thankfully, not some kind of trap, or so it appeared.
"OK, no pits and no unholy abomination," Michiru said, relieved.
"You have to tell me what you saw," Hana insisted.
"Maybe later, Hana-chan."
Cryska spotted her little sister who was strapped into some kind of machine at the other end of the room.
"Inia!" Cryska yelled as she ran towards her sister, ignoring the cries of her allies. Suddenly, the tile she stepped on shot up towards the ceiling, taking her with it as she screamed. Then, just as suddenly, it stopped several feet from hitting the ceiling, much to her relief. It wasn't the only column, however, as many more rose up towards the ceiling.
"I knew it was a trap!" Michiru shouted. Seriously, why break the pattern now?
"And we're not alone here," Megan said, feeling a tickle in the back of her head as she sensed a very familiar psychic signature.
"Hihihihihihih!" a creepy little girl's giggle echoed in the room, causing them to tense up. "You're a clever one, aren't you, little green girl? Or should I call you little white girl?"
"Who's there?" Hana demanded. "Show yourself!"
"Nuh-uh, that's not how you play hide-and-seek! You need to find me yourself!"
"Then it's a good thing I'm a pretty awesome seeker," boasted Megan and she used her telepathic powers to locate the speaker.
"Do you really think you can win against me, alien?" another more mature female voice spoke.
Megan opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by flames. The heat was so great as she began to sweat. Closing her eyes, she put her hands on her head to try to block out the flames.
"It's not real. It's not real. It's not real," Megan chanted like a mantra as her skin began to change to a chalk-white hue. The heat was just a trick her body was playing on her, courtesy of the other Esper.
Megan opened her eyes as she saw a figure in the flames. The figure emerged and smiled at her as details began to fill in. His smiling face, his violet eyes framed by green glasses, and his silver hair came to her mind.
"You're a lot stronger than you think you are," Alan's voice spoke encouragingly to Megan. "Now, go kick her psychic brain in the butt."
"Oh, Alan," Megan smiled and then her eyes glowed brightly, her skin turning green as she made the flames vanish. "You can't scare me anymore! And I know where you are!" Megan flew up and scanned the room until she found Natsume and her doll standing atop one of the columns. The two locked eyes and Natsume threw a psychic blast at Megan but the Martian turned intangible before she was hit. She then flew straight at Natsume to deliver a punch but her fist collided with a psychic barrier.
"You may have neutralised my illusion but that's not all I can do," Natsume said as Megan continued to throw punches at the barrier.
"So, why don't you come down and face us yourself?" Megan challenged as she increased the size of her arms' muscles to smash them into the barrier causing it to vibrate and crack.
"Well, you asked for it!" the doll spoke like this was all a game.
"Henshin," Natsume said as she summoned her Alter Ring and released her doll to slap the buttons on her belt to transform into Agito Magic. The energy released by the transformation shattered the barrier and repelled Megan who hovered in front of her. Agito Magic grabbed her doll and put it on her back before she summoned her large Spoon Staff and went into a fighting stance.
"Let's dance, alien girl," the doll taunted.
"My name...is MISS MARTIAN!" Megan's suit changed as she wore a black bodysuit that covered her whole body. A red belt was wrapped around her waist and she had a big red X on her chest. She wore a blue cloak with the hood down and blue gloves on her hands. Finally, her eyes glowed red to show her fury. "Now, time for a rematch, bitch!"
"Oh, indeed, but it won't be just me you'll be fighting," Agito Magic said as she sent a telepathic signal.
Cryska, who had been standing on another column, suddenly went rigid as her eyes briefly glowed before going completely dull and lifeless. She jumped off the tall column and landed in front of Hana and Michiru.
"Cryska?" Michiru asked as Cryska summoned her Alter Ring.
"Henshin," Cryska monotoned and hit the buttons to transform into her Agito form, Agito Vulcan. She immediately fired her shoulder Vulcans at the two cyborgs who scrambled to avoid the rounds. Michiru took cover behind a column as Hana took cover behind another column in the opposite direction.
"I knew we couldn't trust her!" Hana yelled as Agito Vulcan continued to fire on them.
"No, Hana-chan, I think she's being mind-controlled!" Michiru yelled back.
"Are you sure?" Hana asked.
"Yes," Michiru answered, sounding unsure. "Maybe. I mean, like, pretty sure."
"Michiru!"
"OK! Mostly sure!"
"That should keep them busy!" the doll behind Agito Magic said. "Now, it's just you and me, alien girl."
"Then stop yapping and fight!" Miss Martian shot straight at Agito Magic and the Agito leapt off her perch to engage the Martian in the air.
Hana and Michiru had transformed and were coming up with a plan to subdue Agito Vulcan.
"I'll use my neurotoxin on her and then jam her guns. After that, you take her down," Arachnea proposed.
"Got it," Carmen agreed.
"Are you ready?" Arachnea asked her wife.
"On your mark," Carmen answered.
"Alright! Go, go, go!" Arachnea and Carmen both ran from their cover. As soon as she spotted them, Agito Vulcan opened fire but the two cyborgs burst into pink flower petals as they were hit. Agito Vulcan paused and tried to locate her targets.
Suddenly, Arachnea jumped from the side of a column and struck her in the back with her Spider Kama. Agito Vulcan recoiled from the blow and spun around to fire at Arachnea but she slashed Vulcan across the chest before delivering a flurry of strikes, ripping sparks off her furiously. Grunting, Vulcan prepared to shoot but Arachnea fired webbing at her gun barrels, jamming them up. Carmen used this chance to come flying at Agito Vulcan and hit her with a dropkick, knocking her to the floor.
"Cryska!" Carmen yelled. "Listen to me! We're not your enemies!"
Ignoring Carmen, Agito Vulcan quickly picked herself up and tore off the webbings that jammed her guns. Targeting Carmen, she fired at her and the female Rider burst into a cloud of pink flower petals before they reformed into two identical copies. Seeing two targets, Agito Vulcan fired at them and they exploded into pink flower petals before leaving two identical duplicates each. Firing nonstop, the Carmens exploded, but as one was destroyed, two more would take her place. Agito Vulcan continued firing until the entire room was filled with copies of Kamen Rider Carmen.
"Come on! Shoot me!"
"I'm right here!"
"No, I'm over here!"
"No, here!"
"Right here!"
"Here!"
"Hello, I'm right here!"
"Here!"
"Here!"
"Here!"
"Here!"
"Hey, over here!"
"Here!"
"Shoot me, I'm a target!"
Agito Vulcan whirled around, seeing herself surrounded by countless targets and began to feel dizzy. Arachnea's neurotoxin was finally kicking in. Suddenly all the Carmen clones burst into clouds of flower petals. The petals immediately swarmed the Agito and multiple sparks erupted from her armour as they hit. These were not petals, but miniature blades that were chipping away at her armour. Her shoulder Vulcans were shredded by the violent petal storm and she was forced to her knees as her armour took heavy damage. Eventually, the petals all gathered before merging to reform into the original Carmen.
Carmen sauntered towards Agito Vulcan who tried to throw a punch at her but she stumbled and missed. Her Spark Core shining, Carmen's right leg flared with pink energy and then she swung her leg up to deliver a high kick into Vulcan's jaw, throwing her into the air.
Arachnea widened her stance, her Spark Core shining as it transferred energy into her Spider Kama. The blades glowed with venomous energy before she jumped into the air and swung, slashing Vulcan violently and throwing her back to the ground.
As Vulcan came back down, Carmen reared her leg back and delivered a roundhouse kick with all her might, sending Agito Vulcan violently tumbling across the room until she finally rolled to a stop against the wall and exploded.
Miss Martian threw a punch but Agito Magic blocked it with her Spoon Staff before driving it into the Martian's chest. She then smacked Miss Martian repeatedly in the face until the Martian turned intangible to avoid another strike. Becoming tangible again, Miss Martian struck Agito Magic in the face, throwing her against a column.
Agito Magic's eyes glowed as she fired a Psybeam at Miss Martian. Miss Martian dodged the beam which shattered the column behind her. Agito Magic fired another beam and Miss Martian flew away to avoid it but the beam continued to pursue her. She immediately went intangible and hid inside a column but the beam blasted it apart.
"Where'd she go?" the doll asked as Agito Magic scanned for her opponent.
Miss Martian reappeared behind Agito Magic and entered her mind. Once inside, she found herself standing in a dark room with a spotlight shining on her.
"This is her mind," Miss Martian said as she looked around. "So, where is she?" Another spotlight shone down in front of Miss Martian to show a little girl who resembled Natsume. "Is that her?"
She watched as little Natsume was isolated from the rest of the children and treated like an outcast.
"Freak!"
"Weirdo!"
They threw stones at her but then Natsume hurled the stones back with her telekinesis.
"She's a monster!"
"Run!"
They ran away but Natsume stood alone in the middle of the playground, crying.
Then, the scene shifted to show Natsume practising her psychic powers by bending spoons and forks. Then, she moved on to bending her father's golf clubs.
"Stop that! Those are expensive!" her faceless father yelled as she snatched the iron from his daughter.
"Natsume, why can't you be normal?" her faceless mother asked, sobbing.
Little Natsume looked at her parents, the people who she believed loved her, and yet they were starting to turn on her too.
Miss Martian watched as the scene changed and saw little Natsume playing with dolls that resembled her tormentors and her parents but she was all alone in the house. She also heard the dolls begging.
"Please, let us go!"
"I want my mommy!"
"Natsume, please!"
"She turned them into dolls," Miss Martian realised before she was forcibly thrown out of Agito Magic's mind.
"You saw," Agito Magic spoke in a low growl, the first sign of emotion she had ever displayed.
"So, that's what happened to you."
"Those kids were all meanies! Mommy and Daddy were meanies too! They didn't want to play with me so I made them!" the doll said menacingly.
"By turning them into dolls?" Miss Martian asked. "Was that the only way?"
"To survive, I did what I had to do," Agito Magic justified her actions.
"And to save this world, I'll do what I have to do too," Miss Martian said as her eyes glowed and she hit Agito Magic with a telepathic blast. The Agito recoiled but she retaliated with a telepathic burst of her own, locking them both in telepathic combat. Only the strongest mind and will would survive.
Arachnea had tied Cryska up with her webbing. The neurotoxin should leave her paralyzed and knocked out until Arachnea gave her the antivenom.
"Is this really necessary, Hana-chan?" Carmen asked.
"She might be knocked out right now but she could still be under mind control," Arachnea answered.
"We need to snap her out of it," Carmen pondered as she rubbed her chin. "And I think I know how. Be right back!" She vanished in a burst of flower petals.
Miss Martian and Agito Magic were still in the middle of their telepathic duel. Miss Martian began to show strain and fatigue but she refused to back down. Suddenly, Carmen appeared behind Agito Magic and snatched the doll from her back.
"Yoink!" Carmen now held the doll, causing Agito Magic to lose her concentration and she was roughly thrown to the floor by Miss Martian.
"Michiru?" Miss Martian blinked.
"Hey, Megan," Carmen grinned. "Need help?"
"GIVE HER BACK!" Agito Magic screamed as she levitated and psychic energy erupted from her body. "GIVE HER BACK! GIVE HER BACK! GIVE HER BACK!"
"...And I might've made things worse," Carmen gulped as Agito Magic completely lost it.
"Don't worry, I got this," Miss Martian said confidently. Agito Magic glared at her and threw hundreds of spoon-shaped psychic projectiles at the Martian but she made her skin super dense, causing the spoons to bounce off her. In her rage, Agito Magic swung her huge spoon at Miss Martian but she caught it and snapped it in half with a karate chop. Agito Magic recoiled and looked at her useless weapon before she threw it to the ground.
"NO FAIR! NO FAIR! YOU'RE CHEATING!" Agito Magic screamed as if she was having a complete and total meltdown.
"What's wrong with her?" Carmen wondered.
"The doll must be a receptacle for her emotions to keep her stable," Miss Martian realized. "Without it, she can't control them."
Agito Magic unleashed a massive telekinetic wave that shattered all the columns and then she gathered up all the shattered pieces into a giant ball.
"YOU BIG MEANIE!" Agito Magic hurled the huge ball of rubble at Miss Martian but all of a sudden, the ball burst into flower petals that harmlessly flew past her.
"Megan! Finish her!" Carmen yelled and Miss Martian broke into a run to strike Agito Magic in the chest with a palm strike, knocking her back. The Martian then delivered a chain of punches while manifesting two additional pairs of arms, hitting Agito Magic like a set of jackhammers. Miss Martian then merged all six arms into two giant arms and slammed her huge mallet-sized fists down on Agito Magic's head, knocking her to the ground. Agito Magic's body twitched as her transformation disengaged and she passed out.
"I think I may have given her a concussion," Miss Martian worried.
"Oh, she'll be fine," Carmen brushed off her concern.
Back with Cryska, she woke up and blinked as she found herself tied up.
"Why am I tied up?" she asked. "And why can't I feel anything?"
"You were trying to kill us," Arachnea answered.
"Oh," Cryska blinked. "Mind untying me please?"
Natsume was tied up and wearing a new piece of jewellery around her neck in the form of a power inhibitor collar. Hana also used some of her venom to paralyse her so she didn't try to escape. A bit overkill, but they couldn't be too careful. Hana had also untied Cryska after giving her the antidote for the neurotoxin. She also made sure to check Cryska for any injuries. Thankfully, her armour managed to take the brunt of her and Michiru's attacks and they had held back enough to not cause any serious injury. Now, with nobody left to stop them, they were going to save Inia.
"This machine is supposed to amplify Inia's telepathic powers and then spread a brainwashing wave across the Earth via the BTS' satellite," Michiru explained.
"Then it's a good thing we came to rescue her," Megan added. "Good job, team."
"Inia!" Cryska went to grab her little sister but Michiru stopped her. "What are you doing?"
"How do you know that thing won't fry her brain if we tamper with it?" Michiru questioned. "I mean, one wrong move and her brain will be like microwaved mincemeat."
"Then what do you expect me to do?" Cryska demanded. She was so close to saving her little sister. She could not wait any longer.
"Find an off switch?" Michiru suggested.
"Like this one?" Megan pointed to the console where there was a switch clearly marked on/off.
"That's surprisingly convenient," Hana remarked. "Think it's safe?"
"One way to find out," Megan said.
"I'll do it," Cryska volunteered as she went to flip the switch. Whatever happened, she would take responsibility for it.
"Fingers crossed," Megan said as Hana and Michiru held hands. Cryska whispered a prayer under her breath and flipped the switch. The supercomputer shut down and the helmet came off Inia's head. She was revealed to be a beautiful girl of Russian descent, with fair skin and long purple hair like her sister. The metal clamps came undone next and the girl lurched forwards.
"Inia!" Cryska rushed to her sister, gently holding her as she begged for her to respond. "Inia, wake up! Open your eyes! Please, speak to me!"
"Let me take a look at her," Hana offered. Cryska reluctantly allowed her to examine her little sister. First, Hana checked her pulse before she took out a small flashlight. She opened Inia's eyes to shine them with the light before making a diagnosis. "She's in a coma."
"Can you wake her?" Cryska asked.
"We can't do anything for her here. We need to take her back to the tower," Hana stated.
"Then I'm coming with you," Cryska insisted. "I'm not letting you take my sister without me."
"Of course," Michiru agreed. "But a word of caution: there are gonna be lots of people not happy to see you."
"Huh...what...where am I...?"
When Luc woke up, he found himself uninjured and sitting in a small room with a single mirror on the wall and a door beside it. He sat at a table with heavy metal handcuffs on his wrists and a collar around his neck.
"How did I get here?" Luc questioned as he examined his new surroundings. Touching the collar, he attempted to remove it only to receive a shock for his trouble. "Argh! Son of a bitch!"
The door opened and Raheem came in with Kaguya behind him.
"You!" Luc snapped as he stood up and charged straight for Kaguya but Raheem touched a button on his remote, causing the collar to zap him again. Luc screamed as he fell to the floor, twitching in pain.
"Don't do that," Raheem warned as he removed his finger from the button. As Luc recovered, Raheem and Kaguya put him back in his seat.
"Who the Hell are you!? Where the Hell am I!?" Luc demanded furiously.
"We're the ones who will be asking the questions here," Raheem replied.
"And you will answer them," Kaguya threatened.
"Make me," Luc challenged them and all of a sudden Kaguya smacked him across the face. "Fuck! What was that for!?"
"My sis here does not take any bullshit so you better tell us what we need to know or she's going to beat the answers out of you," Raheem warned. "Trust me. It's for your own good."
"There is no way she can do anything to make me talk," Luc claimed cockily. "You may have smacked me onto my ass, but it won't happen again."
"Oh?" Raheem raised an eyebrow. "Kaguya, please show him what happens to people who don't cooperate."
END OF ACT 14
Dr Exposition: Well, this chapter had a whole lot happening. First, we have Kaguya saving Genovia from Weapon Z's assault. After that, Michiru, Megan and Hana go to Cryska and help her rescue her sister, thus gaining a new ally. However, is bringing the Barchenowa sisters to the Hive Tower a good idea? Btw, Agito Graviton's form was based on Marvel Comic's Graviton. Also, the teleporting tiles were a reference to Sabrina's gym in Pokemon.