Here we go, the begining the infiltration but some hiccups get in the way
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Persona 5 Royal Fanmake Gaston Arc Chapter 14
Alexis' Awakening
The three enter infiltration point without meeting any guards.
"Looks like they don't know about this way in yet" Uzi said smiling.
"Let's hope it stays that way." Aqua said nodding.
"Waterwave, Circuit…Are you ready? Let's go!" Gatomon said serious.
The three enter and go out the room but stop hearing a commotion from the central hall and see Shadow Gaston addressing his men who were headed by the three fully golden armoured Hengemen, Aqua assumes they must be his generals.
"Hey look! Ain't that…" Uzi said as they hid to listen in.
"Those intruders the other day were quite entertaining." Shadow Gaston said "However, I can't allow that trash to ransack my castle! Generals, I am entrusting you three to make up for the captains failures. Strengthen the security! Kill them on sight! I'll reward whoever brings me their heads."
"Praise be to King Gaston!" The Hengemen cheer. "Death to the intruders!"
"Well I wish you two luck." The Dungeons General said "I am stuck in the lower depths of this place"
"Just like you Dungeons, well I have been trusted with maintaining the patrols so unlike you two I have the best shot at taking the intruders." The Castle General said.
"Well that means you will fall first." The Cathedral General said "I am going to deeper in the castle" He said and vanishes.
"One day I will teach him to be respectful" Castle said.
"Yeah, good luck with that" Dungeons said as he also leaves.
"Hey Gaon. Can't we just beat the stuffing out of him and call it a day?" Uzi asked Gatomon.
"Look at all those soldiers, idiot!" Gatomon told her "It'd be suicide. And I'm sure you don't want a repeat of last time. Besides, don't you want him to confess his sins?"
"That would be better than just beating him up" Aqua said nodding
"Indeed, there's no point beating him up." Gatomon said nodding "We need to steal his materized desires…The Tresure."
"Fiiine." Uzi said accepting that "So, where is it?"
"It has to be somewhere in the depths of this castle." Gatomon told them thinking "Let's infiltrate further in while he's out here!"
"Yeah, and avoid his generals." Aqua said as she goes to the door Uzi tried first time and opens it and gasps as there was the back of a Hengemen, "Oh no!" She said and hides out of sigh with Uzi and Gatomon.
"Huh?" The Hengeman said turning and looks about but sees no one.
"Darn it, there's a guard over here too…" Uzi said "What do you want to do? Should we kick its butt?"
"Hang on…" Gatomon said thinking "Hmmmm…This might be a good opportunity to teach you something…All right, Waterwave! Are you ready to take it down?"
"Okay, let's go." Aqua said nodding. She charges in and attacks the guard turning it into a lone Beguiling Girl.
"Remember how I taught you Hold Ups and All-Out Attacks?" Gatomon said "I'll teach you their more practical use now. Hold ups have another use other then defeating enemies."
"They do?" Aqua asked
"Yep, Shadows are being born from people's hearts, so as you saw, they can talk too." Gatomon explained. "In other words you can communicate with them. Get it?"
"I think so." Aqua said nodding
"If you talk to them when they're cornered, they might offer money or items since they don't want to die." Gatomon explained. "In fact, talking has a better chance of scoring something great as opposed to just offing them. First step, knock all enemies down and do a Hold Up!"
Aqua nods and draws her pistol and shoots the dazed fairy knocking her down and the three surround her.
"Seriously?! YOU guys are the intruders that King Gaston was talking about?!" The Beguiling Girl said weakened, Aqua noticed her eyes were glowing red like she was under some spell which Aqua just now noticed. "It can't get worse than this…What're you going to do with me?"
"If you want to get out of this alive, give us some money." Aqua asked her.
"Huh? So, you'll let me live if I just give you money?" The Beguiling Girl asked surprised.
"Well, something along those lines…Now let it be money or items. Just cough it up!" Gatomon told the fairy.
The Beguiling Girl gets nervous and admits "But, this happened so suddenly…I actually don't have anything on me…I-I usually do though, you know?!"
"W-Wait what? Oh…This wasn't how I was planning this to go." Gatomon said surprised. "Well…in that case…I guess time for you to go to HIFL."
"W-Wait!" The Beguiling Girl said scared
"Sorry, but we're in a hurry." Gatomon said
"No, wait up!" The Beguiling Girl said "Can't we work something out? Don't kill me, please! Won't you let me go?"
Aqua feels sorry for her and said "Fine, I won't kill you."
"Are you the type who can't say no?" The Beguiling girl said with a smile "I totally know how you feel. I'm the same way." Just then her eyes flash the red glow off and on as she feels her head "Whoa, I feel different! Something's happening!"
"What the…?! What's going on?!" Gatomon said in shock.
"…Oh yeah, I remember now! I don't belong to just King Gaston…" The fairy said as she flies up her glowing eyes fade away revealing he regular red eyes "I'm an existence that drifts about in the sea of humanity's souls. My real name…is 'Pixie'!"
"I see, so when you came here you were overtaken by Gaston's desires and lost your sense of real self." Aqua asked.
"Indeed she did" Arsene said coming out. "And not just her." Aqua was confused by that.
"I'm Pixie! From now on, I'll live on inside your heart!" Pixie said to Aqua
"Wait what?" Aqua said surprised. Pixies then turns into a faceplate and goes to her, she then grabs it and puts it on and feels like she absorbed something
"What was that just now…?" Gatomon said shocked "What happened…?!"
Aqua wasn't sure but inside her she didn't just feel Arsene's presence, but Pixie's as well.
"Wh-What the robot hell was that about?" Uzi said in shock "The enemy got sucked into Waterwave's face mask!"
"I-I have no idea!" Gatomon said "I wasn't expecting that either…"
Just then another Hengeman shows from where they came in and sees them "Intruders! Halt!" getting their attention
"Darn it, they noticed us!" Uzi said
The Hengeman turns into two Dirty Two-horned Beasts and the fight begins but Aqua feels a strange new power come to her.
"Master, please, let me aid you in battle." Pixie's voice said, "My powers and attacks differ from Arsene, allowing you more versatile attack and defence."
"Alright! Pixie!" Aqua summoned out the Pixie and has it use Zio on one of the beasts.
"Is that the Shadow from earlier?!" Gatomon asked shocked and Aqua nods "Don't tell me…Did you take in the Shadow's appearance and powers as a Persona?!"
Aqua attacks the Beast she downed and Gatomon finished it off, Uzi then uses Captain Kidd's Zio on the last one and the three surround it.
"Ow. ow, wo…What are you doing?" The beast asked.
"Listen, you don't have to be Gaston's slave and die, you can come with me and lend me your power." Aqua said to it.
"Huh…so that's your move." The Beast said and talks with Aqua where she registered it's personality and answered ways that didn't upset or anger him. "Heh, your sentiments match my own." The Beast said as he eyes glow dim back down but still red. "Hey! I can't believe it…I remember now…"
"You remember your true self?" Aqua asked. She could hear Pixie squeal with glee.
"Inded, I am no Shadow from this place. I used to be living in that their sea of human soul!" The Beast said "From now on, call me Bicorn. No need for honorifics, sonny."
"Well welcome aboard Bicorn" Aqua said and accepts him into her heart
"Holy…Does that mean you can wield multiple Personas?" Gatomon said in shock.
"Huh, that isn't normal?" Aqua asked.
"Huh…you really are green to this." Bicorn is head in her head saying
'So, me hearing you make occasional comments going to be regular?' Aqua asked in thought
"Yeah kind of" All three Persona's said.
"H-Hey, Gaon! What was that about?!" Uzi asked surprised "What did Waterwave do?"
"He sealed the enemy's appearance and powers into her mask, and made them her new personas…" Gatomon said in shock "Is such a feat even possible? Even I've never seen anyone pull that off!"
"So…is this a good thing?" Aqua asked
"Of course it is! Only one heart exists per person, so normally a persona can only have one Persona!" Gatomon explained and smiles "Incredible! That ability will give us a huge advantage in battle!"
"In other words, you have the jackpot in Persona special abilities." Arsene said chuckling
'Least I can free several of you guys a little bit from Gaston's grip until the castle is gone' Aqua thought nodding.
"All right, try and do that even more if the opportunity arises!" Gatomon said smiling "You better help out too, Circuit!"
"Oh yeah! We'll hold every last one of them up!" Uzi said confident.
"Heh, I like you even more now" Gatomon said "I really do have something special after all!"
"Yeah, let's move out" Aqua said nodding and heads through the closed door.
They enter into a hallway and face an closed iron gate
"I dunno why…but something feels off about the hallway…" Uzi said concerned.
"There's nothing we can do here right now." Gatomon said "Let's try elsewhere."
Aqua nods and they enter a room with three Hengemen guards and deal with them, one was a group of Crypt-dwelling Pyromaniac and she talks to one like she did with Bicorn and it introduced itself as Jack-o-Lantern and joined up with Aqua.
"Hee-Ho! I feel silly losing myself" Jack-o-Lantern said.
"Well let's do a good job" Aqua said smiling
She then opens the chest in the room to find a Silver Dagger.
"Oh! That thing looks pretty good, Waterwave." Uzi said smiling. "Why not give it a try?"
"Sure." Aqua said and equips it, it now taking the form of the Keyblade, she feels it is indeed stronger. They go through the next door and see another hazy doorway like from the prison.
"Oooh, it's another hazy-looking door!" Uzi said smiling "This is that thing! Um…what was it called…?"
"A safe room." Gatomon said. "We can discuss our straregy inside. There are a lot of places even I don't know about in here…"
"Well let's go in and rest for a bit and plan our course of action" Aqua said and the three go to enter it.
Meanwhile back out front we see Alexis having returned walking up to the doors.
"This is the place from earlier!" Alexis said looking around looking at her phone which now had the Metaverse Navigator "…What's up with this app? I just said the words Uzi said, and I ended up…"
"Princess?!" A voice said in surprise
"Huh?!" Alexis said looking up and sees three Hengemen run up to her
"Princess!" One of them said.
"Aaaaaah!" Alexis screams.
"What's all the commotion?" The Castle General said.
"We found the princess out here sir." One of the Hengemen said.
The Hengemen General looks at Alexis struggling and said "Hmmm…odd…go take her to the love chamber, I will inform King Gaston." The troops nod. "Something about this isn't right."
We return to the three phantom thieves in the safe room to rest and plan.
"Is it just me or are there even more Shadow Hengemen here than before?" Uzi asked concerned. "Just getting this far has been a real pain in the rear and what's up with those gold and black checkered ones."
"I think there the Generals of this place, while Gaston said he use them I am surprised from the increased security." Aqua said thinking.
"It's all because you girls provoked Gaston, you know." Gatomon explained. "Still…he seems to be awfully on guard…"
"Anyways, how're we supposed to steal that Treasure thing?" Uzi asked.
"Don't be so hasty." Gatomon told her "First, we'll need to secure an infiltration route."
"A what now?!" Uzi asked.
"A path to the Treasure's location." Gatomon explained but sighs "But honestly, I think we'll need a little more manpower in order to accomplish this. At the very least, one more person would be nice…"
"I guess that make sense but who can we get?" Aqua asked thinking
"Hey, Gaon, you say you don't have your memories and all, but you somehow know about all that kind of stuff?" Uzi asked confused and looks to Aqua asking "Do you think this thing's really got amnesia?"
"I believe in Gaon." Aqua said confidently.
"At least you're a step above that moron bot." Gatomon said smiling.
"Don't call me a moron bot!" Uzi yelled at him. "You sure talk big, but what if it turns out you're just some stray cat in the end?"
"That can't be…" Gatomon said shaking his head.
Before they could continue they hear some Hengemen talking out the door, one said "Still, why was the preincess in such an odd place?"
"Princess…?" Uzi said confused. Gatomon goes to press and ear on the door.
"I could have sworn we were pursuing the readings of an intruder…" The first Hengemen said.
"It doesn't matter now." Another Hengeman said "We must take her back to King Gaston!"
"Who's this princess they're talking about?" Uzi asked.
"The closest that comes to mind is that cognition version of Alexis." Aqua said thinking.
"I should probably look into this!" Gatomon said opening the door and heading outside.
"And yet another question goes unanswered..." Uzi said sighing. "Stuff like the castle and the navigation app are mysterious…but Gatomon's got them both beat."
"Ah, remember, code names only." Aqua quickly reminded her.
"Snap, sorry!" Uzi said realizing her mistake "What was mine again…? Oh yeah, Circuit!"
Gatomon soon came back wide eyed and said, "This is bad!"
"That was fast!" Uzi said surprised.
"Your friend…Lady Alexis!" Gatomon began to say in worry "She's been taken by Shadow Hengemen!"
Aqua and Uzi were surprised, and the drone girl said "Wait, what?! We sent her home earlier."
"If Lady Alexis does indeed have the app, it could be possible." Gatomon said thinking.
"Oh no…Don't tell me it got put on hers just like mine?!" Uzi said concerned.
"That is more than likely." Aqua said sighing.
"Dammit! We let her out for her own safety, and she just came back in by herself!" Uzi said annoyed. "We don't got time to be taking a break!"
"We have to hurry and rescue her!" Gatomon said "Follow me! I'll guide you! She's just past that dining room looking place! Let's go!"
Indeed Gatomon leads the way and as they made they way they hear Alexis screaming "Is this some kind of filing?! Who is the one in charge here?!"
They make it to the gated hallway that was no long closed and hear Alexis gasp from that hall.
"This way!" Gatomon said.
They run down the fall and stop seeing a knocked over suit of armour and Alexis is heard saying "Look, I'm sorry for knocking over the armour but you were being way to rough with me!"
"She really doesn't get what's going on." Uzi said sighing.
"Let's hurry! We have to save her!" Gatomon said and the three go to the door "You ready?"
"Good to go, let's go in" Aqua said nodding.
"Alright, let's go!" Gatomon said nodding.
We come to inside the room, Alexis was strapped to a cross board by her arms and legs while two Hengemen guard her.
"What's all this about?!" Alexis said in anger. "Seriously, I'm going to call the cops!"
"So, this is the intruder." Shadow Gaston said as he walks in approaching the scene.
"Gaston?!" Alexis said in shock. She then sees the cognition version of her approach and stand by Gaston "Who's that? More importantly, what is this place?! Why's the school turned into something like this?!"
"I can't believe you mistook my Alexis for someone like her." Shadow Gaston said smirking and chuckles evilly. "Are you afraid?"
"What is with that look and outfit? Have you lost your mind?" Alexis asked confused.
"I do as I please here. After all, this is my castle…The world of my desires." Shadow Gaston explained.
"What the?! Hang on…Have I ended up in some red-light district?!" Alexis asked so confused.
"What a lively slave." Shadow Gaston said.
"This isn't funny!" Alexis said glaring "Enough of this, Gaston!"
Shadow Gaston scoffs and looks at Princess Alexis and asked "The girl's decided to tell me off. What do you think of that?"
"Talking back is, like…totally unforgivable…" Princess Alexis said sounding like a stereotypical dumb blonde.
Shadow Gaston nods and looks at the real Alexis "In that case…she should executed."
"At once King Gaston." The Castle General said nodding as he approaches Alexis with his spear drawn.
"Now then, how should I play with you?" Shadow Gaston said to Alexis said grinning evilly "Should I tear you into little pieces
"You can't be serious?" Alexis said worried and a bit scared.
We then come to the door where Aqua, Uzi and Gatomon had entered and the sigh was shocking. They see many girls unregonizable as they are all pink, the only noticeable detail is the schools gym shorts. All the girls were in lusty poses.
"This is crazy…" Uzi said shocked and glares "Is that what he thinks of the girls on the Volleyball team who take his fancy?!"
"Seems like it" Aqua said in shock.
Gatomon looks and spots Alexis, Shadow Gaston, Princess Alexis and the Hengemen and said "Hey that's…!"
They rush over and Uzi said in worry "Alexis!"
Shadow Gaston looks at them and gives an annoyed look as he said "Just when I was about to start enjoying myself…"
"What's the deal with this guy?!" Alexis asked completely lost on what's happening.
"You little…" Uzi said in anger.
"…How many times are you gonna come back?!" Shadow Gaston asked in annoyance.
"You were the one who gladly welcomed us to come back last time" Aqua said smirking.
Shadow Gaston grumbled but then smirked look at Alexis "I bet you're just like those thieves. You came because you're angry with me, huh? But, ah…I forget that chick's name, but it's your fault she jumped, you know?"
"Huh…?" Alexis said confused.
"You were so reluctant to throw yourself onto me that I had her take your place." Shadow Gaston explained.
"You villain!" Alexis yelled out angry knowing what he means. However, she gasped when the Castle General gets closer.
"You will address King Gaston with respect" The general said gripping his spear.
"No!" Uzi said in shock. And just then the two Hengemen guard place their swords across Alexis threatening.
"Take one more step and I'll kill her on the spot." Shadow Gaston told them thieves glaring.
"Dammit…!" Uzi said in annoyance.
"He's got us in another tight spot" Aqua said also annoyed.
"Just sit back and enjoy the dismantlement show." Shadow Gaston said smiling.
"No! Don't!" Alexis said scared.
Shadow Gaston looks at Alexis and smiles in a creepy way as he said "Maybe I'll start with her clothes…"
Princess Alexis giggles and said, "You're such a perv!"
"H-Hey, what we gonna do?!" Uzi asked concerned. Gatomon thinks but shakes his head. Uzi then sees the Castle General get closer and called out "Alexis!"
Alexis seeing the situation as hopeless looks down and said "Is this…my punishment for what happened to Hina?"
"That's more like it." Shadow Gaston said smirking "You should've looked like this from the start."
"Hina…I'm so sorry…" Alexis said tearing up
"Alexis! Don't give in to his manipulation!" Aqua called out.
"Huh…?" Alexis said opening her eyes and looks up, she then gets angry "…You're right. Letting this big jerk toy with me…" She chuckles a bit "What was I thinking?!"
Shadow Gaston glares at Alexis and said "It's like I always say. Slaves should just behave and…"
"Shut up!" Alexis told him angrily and struggles in her bonds "I've had enough of this. You've ticked me off, you vile scum!"
"My…It's taken far too long." A female voice in Alexis' head said
Alexis cries out as her eyes glow yellow and she feels an intense pain inside her as she struggles in her binding due to the pain. Aqua, Gatomon and Uzi watching this realize what is happening
"Tell me…Who is going to avenge her if you don't?" The voice said to Alexis "Forgiving him was never the option…Such is the scream of the other you that dwells within…I am thou, thou art I…" Alexis screams and hangs her head limp looking down as the voice said "We can finally forge a contract…"
"I hear you…Carmen." Alexis said and looks up as a red mask with blue feathers on the edges appears on her face. "You're right. No more holding back!"
Shadow Gaston gasps when he saw the mask knowing what is coming. Meanwhile the voice revealed to be Carmen says while giving Alexis the strength to break the bonds holding her "There you go…Nothing can be solved by restraining yourself. Understand? Then I'll gladly lend you my strength"
Alexis after freeing herself rips the mask off her and like before is surrounding by a blue white fire and when it cleared there stood Carmen, a very tall woman with fuchsia colored skin. She wears a long flowing red ballgown, black gloves, and black-red boots. The dress is mostly light red with alternating black and gold trim along its many layers. The dress has a black corset with red heart designs and shows a generous amount of cleavage. Her gloves and boots share the same color and heart designs as the corset. Several roses are seen growing out of the base of the corset. She also is a brunette with spiraling pigtails, reflecting Ann's own hair style. Her face is covered with a black panther mask with floral designs along the top and sides. Her shoulder pads match the design of the mask. She is also seen with a cigar in her mouth and a black choker around her neck. With her were two figures that seem to be men in tuxedoes and red bow-ties, but their heads are metallic pink boxes, with glowing heart designs for eyes and speakers for mouths. The figures are physically attached to Carmen via a pair of thorny vines that connect to the roses.
We then see Alexis in her phantom thief outfit, a grey and bluish skintight suit with a cyber skirt, blue boots, blue gloves. She looks serious as she stares at the Hengemen. She then disarms one of them of it's spear jumps up catching it and brings it down on Princess Alexis who falls to her knees and fades away.
"Ah lovely Carmen, I though you would arrive soon." Arsene said in Aqua's head
Shadow Gaston got scared backing up. "Behind my my liege!" The Castle General said as he stands between Alexis and Shadow Gaston.
"You know what?" Alexis said glaring at them "I'm in no way some easy cheap girl putting on a strong smart front that you can toy with…you scumbag."
"Why you…!" Shadow Gaston said in anger trying to hide his fear.
"You stole everything from Hina…You destroyed her…Now it's your turn!" Alexis said discarded the spear and pulls out when at first looked to be a dual disk, but it was more a whip with the cards acting as the rope. Aqua, Uzi and Gatomon stand beside her to help her out. She points at Shadow Gaston and said "I will rob you of everything!"
"How dare you! Enough of you insoulence!" The Castle General said, "Face the power of a General!" He and the remaining Hengemen and fuse together to form a large demon sitting on a toilet throne known as Ambassador of Filth.
"No, I've had enough of you." Alexis said to him glaring "No one's gonna stop me now! Let's go Carmen!"
"How dare you deny King Gaston's love, you selfish lass?!" The Castle General said "Pay for this insolence with your life!"
"That dirtbag, just see attractive girls as sexual outlets!" Alexis told him glaring "Don't make me laugh with that 'love' BS! Come on Carmen! Let's give them hell!" She then uses Agi on him knocking him down
"Don't try talking, he is far too gone." Bicorn said to Aqua.
"Right" Aqua said and does an All-Out attack damaging it a lot "Jack-o-Lantern! Attack!"
"Hee-Ho! On it!" Jack-o-Lantern said happily and does Agi as well, leading to another All-Out attack.
"Dammit!" The Castle General said Gatomon does Garu and Uzi does Zio but both were resisted. "My turn!" He then does a wind attack which knocks Aqua and Uzi down and then he healed himself.
"Time to finish this!" Alexis said and has Carmen do Agi once to knock him down and again to finish him.
"To think…there would be a woman…who could stand up to King Gaston…" The Castle General said weakly.
"Pfft, outside of school, that guy's nothing but a pathetic loser!" Alexis told him.
"Noooo…" The Castle General cries out as he fades away dying. and with this victory Uzi and Gatomon felt like there Persona's gotten stronger learning new skills.
"Oh no…how could one of my Generals lose so easily…" Shadow Gaston said scared and then he flees the room.
"Wait…!" Alexis said trying to give chase but then the tiredness of the transformation that got Uzi and Aqua before hit her and she falls to her knees.
"Why'd you come her?!" Uzi said to her "And more importantly, how?!"
"Hey! Is that how you speak to a lady?!" Gatomon said to Uzi and looks at Alexis concerned "Are you all right, Lady Alexis?!"
"Lady Alexis…?" Alexis said looking at Gatomon confused. "Wait, what is this thing? Is it alive? How can it talk? And…where in the world are we?!"
"J-Just calm down." Gatomon said to her "Everything's going to be okay; don't worry."
"How am I supposed to calm down?!" Alexis said as she gets up using the cat as support to stand, then sees her outfit "H-Huh? Why am I dressed like this?! When did I…" she said in shock and goes down in confusion "Ugh, what's with this?!"
"Calm down Alexis" Aqua said worried
"How can you expect me to be calm?!" Alexis yelled at her in confusion.
"Well, I'm stumped…" Gatomon said. "A search part will be coming for us soon. There's no time to explain." He looks at Uzi and Aqua "We don't have a choice. Let's retreat for now!"
"We were just getting fired up, and you had to go and get in the way…ugh fine…" Uzi said annoyed and approaches Alexis "Here…give me your hand." She looks to Aqua "You take the other side."
"Right, we may not have made much progress but we learned some things" Aqua said nodding as she goes to help
The group then hurry for the exit.
Well could have gone better but now we have a new Persona user and her costume is styled to resemble Cyber Prima in some ways. Also yes I will have the Persona's in Aqua's possesion make comments every now and then, the exception is Arsene who will continue to make comments even when not in Aqua's possession for obvious reasons.
Pease Red, Review and Suggest. Thank you.