Part 1: The Training
(At the crack of dawn the next morning, the Anarchy Avengers packed their gear and supplies then moved southeast to a small rock quarry in the shape of an umbrella. To not cause attention, they had to abandon their vehicles except the Sakaarian Iron Man armor.
At the quarry, three other Resistance members were waiting for them)
Ninja:Captain...
(A man in a yellow and black ninja uniform, black hood, and yellow mask covering everything but his eyes, dapped up Captain America)
Steve:You know I wouldn't have called if I had any other choice.
Ninja:Hey man, you're doing me a favor. And I think it's time for me to get off my ass.
(Another resistance member was a young woman with long blue-violet hair, purple hagoromo, a black one-piece dress, handless evening gloves, thigh-length heels, and a red cloak. She wielded a long scythe, had a glowing gold arm band, and a skull hair ornament.
She stepped forward and examined the Pretty Cure unimpressed)
Demon:They're just ordinary humans, what's so incredible?
Hikaru:W-We're not ordinary! We're magical girls!
(The woman blinked and examined them closer. After a while, she stuck her nose up)
Demon:Well... it doesn't matter. Would you like to shake my hand?
(Hana excitedly shook the woman's hand)
Steve:This is Scorpion, stealth. And Haqua de Lot Hermit, recon.
Haqua:HaquaduLotHerminium!
Steve:Yeah. That.
Hana:You have such a cool cape!
(Haqua snatched her hand away from Hana, having a look of shock and almost insult on her face. She flicked her cloak with her hand and glared at Hana with a matter-o-fact expression)
Haqua:Ugh! It's not acape!It's called "The Cloak of Levitation"! It chose me-
(She flipped her hair as if it were an honor bestowed upon her)
Haqua:-after the good doctor passed away...
(Suddenly, a furry blue animal of some sort wandered out of the cave. It had rabbit-like ears, had large sharp teeth, wore a purple kerchief around its neck, a purple bandana around its right arm, an arm band on its left arm, and military pouches on its back and right leg. The creature caught the Pretty Cure off-guard when it spoke)
Creature:Heh... hahh... Hiii...
(It clawed at the Pretty Cure, seemingly in an attempt to wave.
The Cures immediately jumped back in fear... minus Lala and Hikaru, who gazed at it with sparkling eyes)
Ichika:WHAT IS THAT THING?!
Himari:I-I-I-I-It has... s-s-s-s-such big teeth...
Hikaru:Twincool!
(Lala chuckled and reached out, causing it to run at her and cling to her arm like a koala... in the fact that it lookedlikea koala)
Steve:That is... Subject 626... but he seems to respond to "Stitch"...
("Stitch", now in Lala's arms, softly grunted as he gently gnawed on her arm)
Hikaru:So, he's not harmful? That's so great!
Lala:I've always wanted to meet one of these things-lun!
Aoi:Wait... you know this creature, Lala-Chan?
(Stitch leapt out of Lala's arms and began scurrying around on the gravel)
Lala:So... how did he end up here in the first place-lun?
The Visitor:We... believe the TVA sent him here after he was created by the High Evolutionary...
Lala:Then what was his Nexus Event?
(Stitch suddenly grew antennas and spines out of his back and hunkered on the ground to growl at the Pretty Cure. Haqua quickly picked him up and covered his ears)
Haqua:He's a bit sensitive about that...
(Some of the Cures trembled in fear a little, cowering away until Stitch calmed down and Haqua let him go.
Pekorin hovered over to Stitch, who started sniffing on her curiously)
Pekorin:So, why is he apart of the Resistance-peko?
Hanzo:He's a henchman eating machine, that's for sure. And nothing really phases him, not even the Enormita's powers.
Pekorin:He's not harmful-peko?
Hanzo:He's docile... if we give him food and don't provoke him. Thankfully he's with us instead of the Enormita... otherwise we'd all be fucked by now.
He's not intelligent, but we trained him enough so that he hates the Enormita faction. That way they can't just take him and turn him on us.
(Pekorin groaned as Stitch started gnawing on her head, smelling her sweet scent)
Haqua's Sensor:DoroDoroDoroDoro!
(The Pretty Cure flinched as Haqua quickly picked up the skull ornament in her hair, the eyes flashing blue. Touching the button, the sensor stopped making noise and pulled up a holographic map)
Haqua:There's unusual activity at The Park... they could be gearing up.
(Captain America glanced at the park being used as an Enormita outpost in the distance, a watchtower being visible from their location)
Steve:Then we should get moving. Are the others coming?
Hanzo:No, they're waiting for us at the Container Yard southeast of here.
Haqua:We thought it would be more tactful to stay in low numbers just in case of an ambush.
Steve:Alright. Scorpion, Haqua, Enorme, Rose; you'll be training the Precure on combat. Visitor, and I will keep watch. Mario, Clover, and Lucia; you'll train them on driving.
Hana:Driving?!
Aoi:Driving!
Ciel:Pitié de moi...
Steve:Komachi, you stay here with the fairies and Stitch. Try to hurry, we leave by noon!
All (some reluctantly):Got it, Cap.
Stitch:Yyyyyyesh... C-C-Cccc... Cap...
(Himari's cheeks flushed with awe, gazing at Captain America)
Himari:Wow... he can rally some of the most rogue-looking allies to stand with him...! So cool...
Chourou:There's a proverb for that-jaba... "A true leader leads, not by forcing others to bow before him, but by inspiring others to stand with him."
(Hana also gazed at Captain America, realizing that her dream to be a stylish "big sister" figure didn't just mean being "cool" and "stylish" but also humble and strict enough to lead others to her cause.
But her internal thoughts were disrupted as Aoi nudged her shoulder)
Aoi:Maybe you should listen to that, "fearless leader"!
(Hana rolled her eyes as Aoi chuckled mischievously.
Captain America, disguised as a bush, crouched on a hill that overlooked the park while The Visitor cloaked himself for air recon)
The Visitor:So far, nothing, Cap.
Steve:Then keep watching, we don't know what they're planning.
(Meanwhile; Hanzo, Haqua, Lennox, and Lord Enorme were stationed behind a crashed RV just barely southeast of their cave. The Pretty Cure were also present)
Hanzo:If you want to fight the Enormita, you're going to need to learn how to fight.
Cure Gelato:Pfft... yeah. We know how to fight.
Hanzo:Oh really? Show me...
I've been in several fights, give me your strongest attack.
Cure Gelato:Really? Alright...
(Gelato incased her fist in ice and punched Hanzo with a loud impact, causing him to scuffle backwards against the RV)
Hanzo:Terrible.
Cure Gelato:Yeah? You know how to fight better? Show me-
(Before Gelato could finish, Hanzo punched her in the stomach. To Gelato, it felt like slow motion... she lost all air in her lungs, let out a painful exhale with spittle, and felt an overwhelming stinging sensation in her ribs.
As she felt time catch up to her, a shockwave nearly knocked down the other Cures as Gelato flew backwards. She finally crashed against a boulder, creating a good 3-inch outline of her body in the stone. Gelato gasped for air, her blue top now having a rip with a red fist mark. She tried to sit back up but eventually collapsed back into the stone)
Hanzo:That's how you fight...
Cure Yell:M-Mechokku! Y-You could've killed her!
Hanzo:If I wanted to kill her, she'd be a pile of bone and viscera. That was a weak punch.
(Whip shuddered after watching her friend get defeated by a single punch)
Cure Whip:W-We know how to fight...! We did defeat a ton of Baiser-San's henchmen!
Hanzo:Those henchmen are like paper people. One karate chop and they're sliced in half.
(The Cures, obviously skeptical of Hanzo, looked at Haqua, Lennox, and Lord Enrome)
Lennox:Yeah, he can.
Haqua:Yes, we saw.
(The Cures backed away, obviously scared of Hanzo's immense strength)
Haqua:Just be glad he's on our side. A lot of the Shirai Ryu weren't.
Cure Custard:W-Weren't...?
Lennox:Eh, don't talk about it. Anyways, you guys know Tantōjutsu?
Cure Parfait:No...
Lennox:Firearms?
Cure Star:M-My grandpa knows how to use a pistol...
Hanzo:Martial Arts?
Cure Milky:Well, according to Gelato's state, a little-lun...
(Haqua sighed, Lennox facepalmed, and Scorpion drooped his shoulders)
Hanzo:Your power is close-up magic. That's good. We're not totally fucked at all.
Cure Star:Hey! We did manage to defeat Rin-San, Riko-San, and... uh... the Glue Gun Guy...
Haqua:You won by the skin of your teeth... you don't get that lucky twice!
Trust me... Elsie knows...
Cure Yell:I-I'm sorry...
Lord Enorme:Look, brat. Being a Magical Girl in The Void means you're more likely to be killed or targeted by every other faction. Because other factions do kidnap Magical Girls and trade them with the Enormita for food and supplies, as well as a year-coverage of the Enormita not attacking you or your base.
Ciel:Mon Dieu!That's wicked...
Lord Enorme:The only Magical Girl that survived this long by only using her powers was Usagi Tsukino... but she was captured, like... a month ago.
Cure Whip:W-We saw her uniform at the compound... so Alioth or some other henchman likely got her already...
Hanzo:Point is! If you want to fight the Enormita and their recruits, you're going to need to know how to fight properly... and dirty. Then, like us, you have a standing chance!
(Cure Gelato finally limped back to the session, her face red from lack of oxygen)
Cure Gelato:(coughs) Thanks! Y-You nearly killed me! I didn't know The Avengers allowed friendly fire!
Hanzo:Relax... I already knew the Procure have somewhat of a regenerative healing factor.
Cure Star:Precure!
Haqua:It's Pedicure, now let's get started!
(The Group split up into three groups: Hanzo on Martial Arts, Haqua on Tantōjutsu, and Lennox on firearms.
Fighting Hanzo was not easy, while he did go easy on the Cures, they quickly found themselves in stinging fist and leg combos, slammed onto the ground over his shoulder, and their attacks easily broken by his swift movements. After their session, he forced them to punch the small trees around the meadow)
Cure Parfait:How does this exactly make us better at fighting?
Hanzo:It's good for pain tolerance and essentially a dummy. Think of it as your target.
(Up next was Haqua teaching the Cures swordfighting. Hana used her Yell Tact as a makeshift blade, the KiraKira Cures with their Candy Rods respectfully, and Cure Star learned how to retract the blade on her gauntlet.
Haqua tried to be as gentle as possible, but her pride and the size of the scythe's head was too much for the Cures to handle against her. In duels, she applied a defensive spell on them from her hagoromo that would break if they were stabbed or sliced. In the end, the Cures were too weak against Haqua... forcing her to teach them proper swordsmanship starting with standard guard stances)
Cure Star:I don't see why we have to do these kinds of things...
Haqua:You'd be surprised the amount of power a small blade has when used correctly.
(Haqua bonked Cure Yell on the head with the center of her scythe)
Haqua:Your left arm needs to be up more...
Cure Yell:This is too hard...!
(Finally, was shooting lessons with Lennox Rose. She had set up targets on the fairway of an abandoned golf course next to an equally degraded country club. She taught the Cures proper firearm safety and usage; how to reload a magazine, aiming, and not letting the slide hit you in the face... which Cure Star found out the hard way.
To everyone's surprise, Cure Milky nearly got several bullseyes on her target)
Cure Milky:Guns... so primitive...
Cure Whip:Primitive?!
Cure Milky:When terrains think of aliens, all they think is "Blasters, lasers, probing, circular spaceships with a dome in the center, and invasion"! But blasters are such a cliche! The Starry Sky Galaxy Association has weapons eons beyond Earth's technology, we used blasters in what terrains call the "Medieval Times".
Lennox:But how are you so good at firing a gun, Milky-Chan?
(Milky's cheeks tinged pink, and she fiddled with her hands)
Cure Milky:They... they teach new recruits how to use blasters when we... we sign up to join the Starry Sky Galaxy Association... j-j-just for protection! That's all!
Cure Parfait:Milky is acting like knowing how to use a gun is an embarrassment...
Cure Star:But the Chitauri use blasters!
Cure Milky:Eh. But the Chitauri are the suckiest army in the galaxy...
(The rest of the Cures, who had known what happened in New York, decided not to reply.
Lennox continued to teach the Cures more on gun etiquette, more firing lessons, and more safety courses. Next, she tried a clay pigeon course... and of course, Cure Milky was the only one to hit the pigeon... and even all eight times. The more the rest of the Cures missed, the more Lennox was harsh on them)
Lennox:No, not like that, Custard! We have limited ammunition!
Cure Custard:I-I'm trying... my hardest, Rose-Senpai...
Lennox:Don't just waste your clip spraying bullets! Aim carefully... where you want to shoot!
(Training from 6:00 to 9:00, the Cures were transitioned to driving. Mario, Clover, and Lucia were waiting for them at the country club's parking lot... littered with rubble and ruin)
Mario:About-a-time. Let's-a-go.
(Clover led them to their Sakaarian Iron Man racecar, the motor already running)
Clover:You don't need to worry about fuel, the Arc Reactor powers the engine.
Cure Yell:Well... I'm glad. I don't want Rose-Senpai yelling at us over "wasted fuel".
(Cure Yell got into the driver's seat as Lucia got into a makeshift seat attached to the back of the car, made out of old pillows, straps, and parts of a wooden chair)
Lucia:I'm your driving instructor today! Isn't that cool?
(She took out a stick and pointed to the car's controls. She went over the basics like the petals, the steering wheel, the HUD, the gear stick, and the handbreak for drifting)
Lucia:Mario-Kun set up a small track! Your goal is to get at least ten seconds over his time!
(The HUD showed a blank timer and another one... locked at 0:0:22.334. The time on the HUD made Cure Yell's eyes widen)
Cure Yell:Twenty-Two seconds?! How am I supposed to beat that?!
Lucia:Well... you can be over... but only ten seconds...
Cure Yell:O-Okay...
(Cure Yell accelerated forward, but immediately went too fast and crashed into some tires used as a barrier on the course)
Lucia:Keep your eyes on the road! Don't just drive willy-nilly!
Cure Yell:O-Okay...
(Cure Yell got back on the track, driving in little accelerant spurts. She stayed on the road, but didn't go very fast... and on tight curves, she crashed into the barrier. Yell finally trudged to the finish line... clocking in at 0:2:41.921, causing her to drop her head in disappointment)
Lucia:It's okay! Y-You'll get the hang of it... e-eventually...!
(Much like Yell, the rest didn't do too hot either. Parfait and Custard spun out the most, Gelato completely crashed the car a few times, and the rest passed the finish line at times that made Mario's time look like a bullet. By the end of their first training session, the racecar had scratches and small dents... looking years older than the posh look it had when they started)
Mario:They're-a hopeless...
Lucia:W-Well... maybe, but... they're just kids. They don't have their license yet...
Mario:At dis-a-rate... da Enormita outta take them now...
Clover:Don't say that! They're trying... at least.
Mario:Well... we'll-a see I guess...
(By 10:00, the Cures had broken up for a break. Gelato was punching a tree while Whip attempted various parkour methods to get up a partially broken wall that laid in the middle of the meadow, and back down. Lennox Rose approached Gelato, putting her recently sharpened blades back into the sheaths on her back)
Lennox:You have potential, you know.
Cure Gelato:I know... (grunts) ...my butler says I have to be... (grunts) ...more "ladylike" and "refined" because of my... (grunts) ...heritage...
Lennox:Well... I used to be ladylike and bubbly... until I was sent here.
(Gelato huffed as a reply. Lennox turned her attention to Cure Custard, who was sitting on a fallen tree, her chin resting in her palms)
Lennox:Why do still have her on your team, though?
Cure Gelato:(grunts) Because she's the brains on our team, and she knows all the best stuff about makin' sweets! Plus, she's good at outmaneuvering enemies and defense.
Lennox:Mm... I heard she was the worst at everything we trained you at.
Cure Gelato:Why're picking on her, huh? She's meek and sweet... she wasn't exactly built for hand-to-hand combat. That's why her attacks are defensive or ranged!
Lennox:But, to me, she seems like a pushover. Others in your group seem decent, but I don't really see any use for her... other than those claws.
Cure Gelato:Huh?!
Lennox:I'm sorry, Gelato-Chan. But it's the truth. Why don't you just...abandonher?
Cure Gelato:ABANDON her?! Are you insane?! We would never abandon a teammate!
Lennox:Like a real squirrel... she's weak and pretty much useless!
Cure Gelato:USELESS?!
Lennox:In The Void, we call people like her a "runt"! And down here, they're always the first to get sacrificed or picked off by other factions.
Just so you know... there was a faction of runts called "Nerds Inc." that housed the smallest and smartest people down here. But some of the wilder and more cannibalistic factions picked them off and completely made their faction extinct... just for sport!
(Cure Gelato, now furious at the demeaning of her best friend, gritted her teeth and glared at Lennox with wild eyes)
Cure Gelato:She's...not...a runt...
Lennox:Well, the rest of the team thinks so. So, fix her! Otherwise... we'll throw her to the wolves for you. We come to a decision by nightfall... you have until then to change our minds...
(Cure Gelato's anger reciprocated as Lennox strutted away. She knew they'd all be screwed if they left the Anarchy Avengers, and she didn't want Custard to be taken by the Enormita for torture she couldn't even imagine.
Cure Yell trudged up the hill Captain America was stationed at for a little pep talk and information on Magia Baiser. Clover secretly followed her, wanting to talk to her too... and he acted on it)
Clover:Y-Yell-Chan...?
Cure Yell:Clover-Chan?
Clover:I-I... um... got a sec?
Cure Yell:Sure!
(They both sat under a small pine tree, knee to knee. Clover's cheeks were flushed... as were Yell's, but he attempted to make conversation anyways)
Clover:U-Um...! I shouldn't be telling you this, but... the group wants to get rid of Custard-San...
Cure Yell:What?! Why?!
Clover:They think she's a... "runt". Down here... it means you're useless to a group, so they abandon you or sacrifice you... or no one wants you to join their faction.
Cure Yell:That's so cruel...
Clover:I was the runt of this group... I found out they wanted to get rid of me. But I ended up proving myself when... I found out I can use the earth to my advantage...
Cure Yell:Mechokku! Really?!
(Clover spun his finger, causing pine needles to come off the tree and circle around Cure Yell. Eventually, they formed a small stick figure that waved at Yell.
She giggled and the needles fell)
Cure Yell:That's so cool, Clover-Chan!
Clover:I tried to fight, but... they're persistent on getting rid of Custard-San. They think she's a liability to this entire operation.
Cure Yell:A liability?
Clover:They think she'll slow us down... her poor skills at the training made them decide that.
Cure Yell:W-What can we do?
Clover:Komachi-Chan and I fought for her to stay. Mario-Kun and Lucia-Chan were neutral. The rest said leave her. But Cap said if she does well in the driving, she can stay. Because her defensive and ranged tactics were decent.
(Cure Yell hugged her legs, worried about her friend... and more importantly, their role in this whole operation)
Cure Yell:I'll volunteer to be abandoned... I would say I was worse than her...
Clover:N-No! You were good, Yell-Chan!
Cure Yell:She's a better hero than I'll ever be! If anyone deserves to be abandoned, it's me!
Clover:That's not true! The Pretty Cure are nothing without the people who become them! You're my hero, Hana-Chan!
(Clover said her human name and instinctively held her hand, causing her to gasp, blush, but not retract her hand. Clover, realizing what he did, shyly took his hand away)
Clover:I mean... y-you'reahero...
Cure Yell:T-Thanks, Clover-Chan... that means... so much...
(Clover gazed at her pink eyes and her rose-colored cheeks... feeling his heart surge with a building passion that only happened when he looked at her.
And... in a way... Cure Yell felt the same)
Steve:It's nice. You and Yell.
(Clover yelped and lurched back, hitting his head against the trunk)
Cure Yell:Clover-Chan! Are you okay...?
Steve:(chuckling) It's okay. Nobody's breaking any bylaws. Clover isn't the most open person in the world, but with you, he seems very relaxed.
Clover:T-T-That's not... it's... she's my old friend! That's different!
Steve:I had an old friend. But the way she looks at you... this ain't that.
(Hana blushed harder and averted her gaze to the ground, whimpering in embarrassment)
Steve:Look, as maybe the world's leading authority on waiting too long... don't. You both deserve a win.
(Captain America stood back up. To avoid further embarrassment, Cure Yell crawled out of the shade of the tree. Slightly disappointed by her leaving, Clover did the same)
Cure Yell:I-I came here to ask about... M-Magia Baiser-San.
W-What does she... want exactly?
The Visitor:Intentions unknown...
(The Visitor uncloaked behind Cure Yell, scaring both her and Clover)
Clover:You gotta stop doing that...
The Visitor:I don't know if you want to know this kind of stuff, kid...
Cure Yell:W-Well... if we're gonna take her down... I want to know about who we're fighting against!
The Visitor:One of the most dangerous villains in The Multiverse...
Steve:She's, our ally. Relationships are built on trust, Visitor.
The Visitor:Okay... if you're sure...
Steve:I learned about, um. BDSM when Romanoff was still around... only its more one-sided. Because she inflects it whether you like it or not.
The Visitor:She's a disaster waiting to happen. You can smell crazy on her... and her friends too.
Steve:Her main objective is Magical Girls... she loves them. In a twisted way.
Cure Yell:Surely, we can get to her, right? I mean... I got through George, and he wanted to stop time forever... and nearly killed Hugtan doing it.
The Visitor:There's no getting through to her, kid. The second a dirty thought goes through her head; she powers up immensely. She doesn't even care if you actually get good damage or injure her nice... that too powers her.
Cure Yell:R-Really?
The Visitor:Hurting her only makes her imagine herself doing that to you... only ten times worse... and trust me, she gets it.
She is empowered by her sadistic nature and pain you inflect on her. You can tell her power level by the number of stars on her cheeks... and there've been rumors that there was so many that her skin turned black.
(Cure Yell shuddered in fear, power that immense... the Pretty Cure beat Miden by the skin of their teeth... but not even she knew if all of them could beat her)
Steve:It also seems gender based. If you're a man, you get torn apart. By her friends or her equally ravenous henchmen. If you're a woman, you become her plaything; raped, beaten, tortured, and worse. Once she's broken them, they either join her crew or they essentially become a meat doll... at that point, she feeds them to her henchmen or Alioth. If you're a Magical Girl... I'm sorry, that's all I can say.
The Visitor:She's only fourteen... but she's a lost-cause, kid. You don't stop that kind of evil, you have to kill it at the source.
(Cure Yell looked troubled. Killing? Nonetheless, a girl the same age as her? She felt conflicted. She knew they had to stop her... but was killing her the only way?)
Steve:The only person who can match her insanity is the general girl, Leopard. You are lucky Miss Komachi found you before she did, because you were still asleep when they arrived.
Cure Yell:R-Really?
(The Visitor checked a device on his wrist)
The Visitor:Break's up... we gotta get them back to training if we want to make it to the Container Yard on time.
Steve:Then let's move. Miss Yell?
(Cure Yell nodded, a newfound determination brewing inside her... and one she needed to share with her friends.
Back to the training grounds, she and the Pretty Cure punched harder, faster, stronger. Cure Yell yelled as she punched down the tree, breaking it from the stem. Whip kicked her tree into the broken country club, Milky redirected her electricity to her fists and scorched hers, and Gelato cut her tree into nothing but sticks with two swipes)
Hanzo:Not bad... you still have a lot to learn.
(With Haqua, the Cures matched her movements with precise and precision without making mistakes. Cure Star cut evenly on her log, matching the lines that were painted, and Parfait guarded all the tennis balls that were shot at her from a rusty ball machine, cutting through each ball with perfectly timed swipes)
Haqua:Perfect... s-still not as great as me, though!
(On the shooting range, the Cures started to hit the target more accurately... even a bullseye every now and then. With Lennox's brash instructions and Milky's added gentle guidance, the Cures started doing better than before... being able to hit the target from a hundred meters away and with quick firing for some.
And to Lennox's surprise, Custard was able to get more bullseyes than anyone other than Milky)
Lennox:Doing great, guys! Just... don't get too cocky...
(On the driving course, Mario had brought a few vehicles they were able to salvage: a rusty truck and a fairly decent futuristic motorcycle)
Lucia:It's called a Nitrodrifter! They're faster, but harder to control than car. We figured we'd split some of you up...
(The Cures were divided equally... Parfait was exempted from driving due to her status as a fairy, for fear she might revert at the wheel. Whip, Milky, and Custard remained on cars. While Star, Yell, and Gelato were trained on bikes.
The bikes slowed down the process, but, Whip, Milky, and Custard's driving times improved greatly since an hour ago... their motivation helping them with correctly drifting on tight curves and staying on the track even at speeds above ninety MPH. Star and Yell struggled on the bike, with Yell flying off a few times... but Gelato became comfortable quickly and was able to get a decent time on her second run)
Lucia:That was great-
Mario:But not good enough!
(Mario's tense words only made the Pretty Cure more motivated to continue... and prove themselves as capable warriors that they were known as in their universe.
Back on the grounds, they started to keep up with Hanzo's rapid fist movements... even parrying some of his attacks. His punches, strong, but their punches, even stronger... even if Hanzo was going easy on them. In a surprising turn of events, Hanzo punched towards Cure Custard's face... but she twirled out of the way, grabbed his fist, spun him towards her, and pushed him backwards with the bottom of her palm.
Hanzo put a palm to his fist and pushed it forward, a sign of respect)
Hanzo:Hm. You're ready...
(Against Haqua, they Cures defended against her scythe with rapid movements that countered against hers. At first, the weight of the head of her scythe was overwhelming... but soon, it became weightless as they blocked at just the right angle. To Haqua's surprise, Custard dodged her attack, put her hands on the scythe's handle, spun behind Haqua, and stole it right out of her hands. The Cures clapped, not even they thought of doing that.
Equally surprised, Haqua's cheeks flushed red as she tried to act impressed)
Haqua:T-That was good, I admit... n-now... c-c-can I have my scythe back...?
(As Lennox stated: in order to fight against bigger, stronger enemies... they would need bigger, stronger guns. Easily adapting, the Cures were able to hit their targets on-point with powerful assault rifles, submachine guns, single-caliber pistols, and sniper rifles. Lennox then taught them how to fight with limited ammunition)
Lennox:You want to carry as many mags and bullets as backup. That's why I have some strapped to my leg. I also have extra magazines in the straps on my waist... in case I run out with the amount I was given.
Cure Gelato:Huh... I just thought you guys carried too many pockets.
(Finally, on the driving course, each Cure drove with power that matched Mario's own stunts he showcased them earlier. One by one, their times improved... and met the goal Mario had set for them. As for bikes, they quickly got the hang of using them... ramping up speeds and time alike, impressing the Avengers themselves. But Gelato impressed everyone the most, she drove wild and free... plowing through the course with ease and friction... and at the finish line, beat Mario's time by six seconds.
When they finished... Mario finally gave them a thumbs-up of approval, even for Custard.
Some of the Cures were given special training. Hanzo trained Cure Star on how to use the Shocker Gauntlet; how to retract the blade, the metal frame around her fist, how to activate the electric wiring around the fist, and how to activate the dampeners so she wouldn't crush her fist in the gauntlet. With the training, she was able to blast rocks, punch trees away, and even smash the crashed RV all the way into the ocean at the edge of the island.
Haqua taught Custard how to fight using her claws, various techniques, and even ethical tactics she could use with them. With Milky, she taught her how to use her antennas as a Sheng Biao-the stars on her antennas used as the blade.
Lennox was able to make Whip create bullet cakes with her Candy Rod, creating a downshift version of Leopard's ability. She would create several frosting-coated weapons that fired sharp shortcakes at whatever target she aimed at.
At 11:50, the Pretty Cure were now trained... ready to combat the Enormita... sort of. Though they had been partially trained, they had enough skill to improvise as it happened. Cure Yell slumped against a smooth rock inside the cave, exhausted from the training)
Cure Yell:Mechokku... I'm hungry...
Cure Whip:No kidding... we've been training since five in the morning...
Pekorin:Great job-peko!
Fuwa:Stawp-fuwa!
(Hugtan shrieked in laughter as Stitch gnawed on Fuwa's saturn-shaped ears)
Cure Star:N-No! Stitch! Let her go, she's not a toy!
(Stitch grumbled, spit Fuwa out, then crawled behind a rock and growled at Star)
Chourou:I'm glad I'm partially translucent-jaba. That creature has been treating Fuwa-San and Pekorin-San like playthings all morning-jaba!
Komachi:It's great he has new friends. He likes Hugtan the most.
Cure Yell:Hugtan?
(Stitch ran up to Hugtan and picked up the giggling baby, rocking her slightly)
Stitch:Buh... B-Babyyyy...
Cure Yell:Aww... so cute!
And... thanks for watching over her, Komachi-Chan.
Komachi:Don't mention it. It's better than babysitting Stitch... he can get... into trouble sometimes.
Cure Custard:Umm... L-Lucia-Chan? What's that... giant thing in the distance?
(Lucia hummed and looked at the direction Custard was pointing at. In the far distance was a giant structure sitting in the Ocean, upon further glance, it looked like the shape of a body... missing its arm and some of its torso)
Lucia:Oh! That's the Ruins of the Mecha Team Leader.
Cure Star:A Mech?! Twincool!
Cure Gelato:What happened?
Komachi:It's an interesting story. A fraction of this island came with a volcano with parts of a mech inside. A couple years ago, another Resistance faction rebuilt it and activated it to take on Magia Baiser and the Enormita. Some kids name Yuta and Rikka piloted it and nearly succeded, they took out several of her forces.
Cure Milky:How'd they lose?
Komachi:Magia Baiser transformed somehow... she uses loss to empower her even more. That caused her to overpower into a giant spider-like demonic monster they called: "The Ugliest Flower of Lust". The whole island put their differences aside to watch the fight unfold in the Ocean, the winner would be dubbed the new Apex... but as you can see... they lost. Magia Baiser was unconscious for days after, but... those ruins are bleak reminder that no one, not even a mech, can take her down...
(The Cures looked troubled. If Magia Baiser could transform into a giant Kaiju-like monster, what else was awaiting them when the time came to fight her?
Suddenly, The Visitor clanked in the site with a loud shockwave)
The Visitor:As expected, Cap. They're gearing up for something. Seems like they're heading for the desert.
Steve:Then that's the window we need. We can get over to the Container Yard unnoticed, get over to the RV park during the night, and take sanctuary at the Hero Mansion in the morning. Hopefully... the others will be waiting for us there.
Three minutes! Get what you need.
Part 2: The Chase
(The Avengers went back to the degraded clubhouse to retrieve the cars Mario used for driving practice. The Pretty Cure stuffed the fairies in a tote bag and put them in with Haqua's vehicle)
Steve:Gear up, you have everything?
Clover:Got them all, Cap...
Cure Yell:W-What about us?
Lord Enorme:What about you?
Cure Yell:Everyone has armor and weapons... l-last time we fought against Baiser-San's forces we survived by a sliver of hair! I don't think our uniforms will help alone...
Hanzo:Then don't just stand there... use some of your armor!
Cure Custard:W-We don't have any... Star and I do... b-but... barely anything...
(Lennox huffed and kicked the Sakaarian Iron Man racecar, causing it to fall apart. She picked up the pieces and went through them)
Cure Star:Hey...!
Lennox:If you're gonna do anything down here... you gotta do it yourself.
(She used straps and leftover rope to tie pieces of the Iron Man armor to the Cures. They were heavy and bulky... but it did protect them against Black Fang.
Cure Yell had kneepads and thick boots attached to her. With some of the spare parts, they attached a glove with the suit's right hand, letting Yell control it wirelessly. It looked odd compared to the rest of her body, but it worked. They then used rope to attach the suit's hard knuckle-like left arm to Hana's, making it look like a big gauntlet.
For Cure Star, they tied some of the suit's leg pieces to her thighs and attached the suit's lower chestplate to her breast. Her left hand was given heavy plates that coiled around her knuckles, so both of her fists could be deadly weapons.
Cure Milky was given the suit's upper chestplate. Using magnets and non-harmful wire, Mario attached the Arc Reactor onto Milky's chest. Once the upper chestplate was attached, the wide "V" shaped hole in the center glowed. With some of the armor, she was given bulky shoulder pads and arm braces for protection. Finally, she was given part of the suit's back booster, looking like small wings when activated. They used the rest of the hand parts to create Repulsor gauntlet-like gloves for offense.
Due to the strength of her claws, Cure Custard was given more protection than upgrades. With spare parts, she was given armor that went from her hands to her elbows, from her shins to her thighs, heavy shoulder pads, and a small chestplate.
Cure Whip had the boosters of the boots attached to her feet, allowing her to hover and propel herself a much higher distance when jumping. She was given some of the armor that went on her knees, elbows, and around her stomach.
Cure Parfait had thick boosters around her hands, pressing a button inside would open them up to reveal her hands. According to Clover, they were made from the suit's engines. The suit's endoskeleton was tied around her arms for minor protection that also held the shoulder pads in place. She was also given tall, heavy shin guards. Like Milky, she was given the rest of the suit's booster pack to create wings similar to hers.
Finally, Cure Gelato was given a thick yellow plate from the suit's right hand which had claws attached to it. She was given a makeshift version for her left hand. Like all the rest, she was given armor like knee braces, shoulder pads, shin guards, and small armor tied around her limbs.
When all of the suit was used... all that remained was the helmet...
Cure Yell had attached tiny bits of the suit to Hugtan for extra protection as the Cures discussed amongst themselves and with the other Avengers. Finally, when Hana put a handmade headband with wing-like attachments onto Hugtan's head... everyone stood at attention to Cure Yell)
Cure Yell:What's wrong, guys? Is something up...?
Cure Gelato:We came up with a decision... even though... I wasn't really on board.
(Gelato winked, but Yell was still confused)
Cure Yell:What do you mean...
Cure Star:It means...
(Captain America approached Cure Yell, the helmet in his hands. Yell looked at the helmet, then back up at everyone else)
Cure Star:...we want you... as the leader of our group!
(Yell's face flushed, and she looked almost startled)
Cure Yell:Me...?! A leader?! N-Nonononono... no way!
Cure Whip:It's okay! We wouldn't make you the leader of the Pretty Cure amongst us if we truly didn't want you to be!
Cure Yell:Um...
(Captain America gently attached the helmet to her armor... the suit accepted the piece and lit up. After a short beat, the helmet closed on top of Cure Yell's head)
Cure Milky:Wow-lun! She looks so... powerful now!
(Cure Yell retracted the helmet so it looked like a thick necklace around her neck. She was still overwhelmed, especially after being given the most crucial part of the suit. The Cures swarmed around Cure Yell; happily hugging and praising her... and even in the most desolate, hopeless, deadliest wasteland in the multiverse, everyone couldn't help but smile in this tender moment.
Captain America approached the Cures, and they fell silent. He chopped Cure Yell's shoulders gently and sighed)
Steve:Alright girls... you're Avengers now.
(The Cures started to smile giddily but quickly dropped the smiles... realizing this was a serious declaration. Cure Yell put the helmet back on and stood tall... accepting her role as the leader among the Pretty Cure group)
Steve:It's time... let's go.
(Everyone climbed into their cars and sped away, detouring to the main road and following Captain America's SUV along the path.
The crew passed a temple that had partially destroyed a small suburb town, through a tunnel, and now on the road leading to the Container Yard)
Steve:ETA: Three minutes.
Cure Yell:W-Why was there a giant tomato statue on top of the pyramid...?!
Haqua:The Tomato Cult! They've been extinct for years, but rumor says the Wastelanders got them, or they joined the Enormita!
(Yell resumed her attention to driving her dirt bike. Yell wasn't fond of cults... especially the Enormita. Everyone here treated Magia Baiser like a goddess.
After driving up a hill, they reached the Container Yard. It was a deep hole in the ground with cranes, small brick buildings around the edges, and, of course, cargo containers filling the hole to the brim)
The Visitor:No unrecognized heat signatures... I think we're good, Cap.
Steve:Good. Stand by, I just need to give the secret knock...
(Captain America rhythmically banged against a container, the sound resonating throughout the yard. They waited patiently... but no knock was returned)
Cure Gelato:Is... is it safe?
The Visitor:Shh! We're waiting for the response knock.
(The group heard some light commotion that was barely audible... only to Cure Whip. Before she could say anything, a pattern knock was given: A single knock, a five-pronged knock, then two knocks with beats between.
However, Captain America pulled his shield off his back, The Visitor retracted his blade, Lennox rested her hands onto her gun slings, and Lucia and Komachi quickly transformed)
Cure Yell:W-Was that a good knock or a bad knock?
Steve:(harsh whispering) Bad! That wasn't the right one...
Stay low and follow my lead!
(The Cures crouched down and drug themselves against the wall as the Anarchy Avengers silently made their way to the center of the yard.
They split up into small groups, with Cure Yell ending up with Captain America, Hanzo, and Cure Custard)
Cure Yell:Why are we sneaking? Why don't we just go to the center?
Steve:Quiet! That wasn't the secret response knock... that means enemies could be lurking around. If we just run in there, we could get ambushed!
Cure Yell:A secret knock! That's pretty clever...
(They quietly made their way inside a container that made a small passageway with other open containers. Captain America snuck to the opening of the far end and waited in position)
Hanzo:Wait for my signal, Rose...
Wait...
Wait...
(Cure Yell and Custard stopped breathing, the intensity making them very anxious. The silence was deafening)
Hanzo:Wait...
...
Now.
(Bullets fired, causing Cure Custard to yelp and cling to Cure Yell, shivering)
Cure Yell:Owowowowow... Custard, you're digging your nails into my body!
(Captain America burst through the container door, throwing his shield at one. The ricochet causes it to bounce off and hit a henchman in the face, stunning him right as blood splattered from the back of his head... and he dropped dead)
Lennox:That's all of them, Cap.
(Everyone followed Captain America out onto the yard's center. There were five bodies of henchmen that were shot by Lennox Rose... as well as other bodies strung up against the hanging containers and walls of cargo.
Their own)
Haqua:What in the bloody hell...
Steve:Oh god... Banshee... Prince Persia... Aloy... everyone else...
Hanzo:How the hell did they find us? We sent the message through a pager in binary!
(Cure Yell was too afraid to hear the others shouting in fear or anger. All she heard was ringing and her heartbeat through her ears, the corners of her vision going blurry, and her legs feeling like jelly. Never did she see such a violent massacre left before her... nor did she ever think she'd see one.
She passed the urge to vomit but sank to her knees. Their teammates, the Anarchy Avenger's friends... were killed in horrific ways. But her senses were snapped back into reality as she heard the strangled cry of someone behind her)
Pleading Voice:CAP!
(Everyone turned around, seeing a teenage boy standing in the yard. He looked pretty beat up and was trembling)
Steve:Asahi! Come on!
Asahi:I... I can't move...!
(Upon further inspection, he was being restrained by an invisible force. He was clearly using all of his strength in an attempt to move)
Leberblume:Ah... did I give the wrong knock?
(An oily shadow rose from the ground behind Asahi, decloaking the one and only Leberblume. She held Asahi by the hair as other shadows held his limbs to the ground. She smiled at the Pretty Cure with her sharp-tooth grin, causing their guts to clench with rage)
Leberblume:I tried to force the secret code out of this wimp... but the bitch gave me the wrong one.
Asahi:I'm... sorry Cap.
Cap:ASAHI!
Haqua:NO!
(With one elegant slice, Leberblume pulled out a star-shaped dagger and cut a red smile along his throat. She let him go and he dropped to the ground.
Most of the Cures covered their mouths and their eyes dulled. Without any remorse, Leberblume pulled out a small device and turned around)
Leberblume:Baiser-San? The backup is dead. No, they found out... a kid sent an SOS before I could get the right knock. Well, they don't seem to know... because, heh... we were waiting for them.
Cure Whip:What...?
Leberblume:Alright then. Entering phase two.
(The hooded girl put away the device and turned to the heroes unimpressed)
Leberblume:Well... this has been fun. I would've told you how we were able to track you here. Unfortunately, you shall be too dead to hear it.
(With a snarky grin, Leberblume disappeared into the shadows as the ground below them started rumbling)
The Visitor:Seismic activity detected...
(With a loud chittering explosion, the ground exploded as a giant drill came out of the ground... followed by a couple more. They were long tank-like vehicles with a drill on the end, with treads on either side and even on the top. They seemed to be black and gray, but were painted over with green, yellow, and red...
Using her powers, Lucia was able to shield debris and get everyone to safety as the towers of containers buried the bodies that laid across the yard's center)
Steve:The Leopard...
(The back hatches of the drills lowered and opened. With heavy revving, lights flicked on as heavily armored vehicles and motorbikes launched out of the drills' interiors. The final drill opened as a modified tank-looking vehicle drove out)
Leopard:Hey-Hey! It's the bad guys!
Loco Musica:VOIX FORTE!
(With a loud scream, the wannabe idol shot music notes at the stairways of the container yard as the rest of it toppled into a heaping pile of debris. The brick buildings exploded, dropping debris onto the Anarchy Avengers as they tried to scale the stairs as quickly as they could. Captain America blocked the bigger chunks with his shield as Clover turned the rest into tiny pebbles that just made uncomfortable pellets hit their faces)
Steve:Keep moving! We gotta find a way back to our vehicles!
Haqua:I've got it, double up and come on!
(Haqua held out her scythe. Everyone piggybacked on each other or carried as many as they could and held onto the giant head. Haqua started levitating as her red cloak spread out, slowly rising to the ground-level.
With a yell, she launched everyone onto the grass as the rest of the building fell apart, then descended gracefully)
Cure Parfait:Magnifique,Haqua-San! How'd you do that?
Haqua:The Cloak of Levitation, naturally. The grants me the ability to fly...
Clover:No time for explanations, we need to go!
(The group ran towards where their parked vehicles were, thankfully, still parked in an off-road that was hidden behind a hill.
Back at the fallen Container Yard, a black smoke portal opened... and with clicking heels and her riding crop in hand, Magia Baiser stepped onto the floor. Everyone saluted her, in position in a perfect line.
Behind her was the blonde little girl, who was still idling in the portal's smoke. Magia Baiser turned around, smiled, and petted her head)
Magia Baiser:Thank you, Alice-Chan. We'll take it from here, I'll see you back at the base, okay?
(Nero Alice smiled and nodded, then closed the portal. Magia Baiser turned around, her face serious towards her legion)
Magia Baiser:Did you see where they went, Leo-Chan?
Leberblume:No, the idiot decided it would be a great idea to surface on the container crane... causing the whole place to flare up with smoke and debris! Not to mention Loco created more smoke flares by bombing the whole bitch!
Leopard & Loco Musica:HUHHH?!
(Magia Baiser, unaffected, opened her wings and hovered slightly)
Magia Baiser:They couldn't have gone far... and we have the full crew on standby.
Leopard:Oh, Baiser-Channnn... you're so cool...
(With a burst of wind, Magia Baiser took to the skies... swarming around the Container Yard like a vulture circling its prey.
Meanwhile, the Avengers were in their vehicles and driving away)
The Visitor:Magia Baiser airborne!
Mario:Mamma Mia... this could get-a worse den I thought...
Cure Yell:H-Hugtan?! Where's Hugtan?!
Cure Emerald:We got your back guys! No matter what happens, we stick together. Oh, Hugtan is safe... she's in my vehicle.
(Yell turned to Cure Emerald and Lucia's armored jeep, Hugtan was strapped to a makeshift car seat in the back)
Hugtan:Howway!
(Cure Yell breathed a sigh of relief... only for that breath to be lost as everyone else sped up)
Haqua:Step on the wheel, Captain!
(Captain America revs the SUV and jumps into a ramp. The SUV landed on top of a broken Lamborghini and completely wrecked it as the other cars flattened it to a pulp. Just as the squad drove away, the car exploded)
(Just then, Magia Baiser, in shape of the devil silhouette, strutted out of her smokey black portal and stopped when she passed through the billowing smoke)
Magia Baiser:Well, well, well... look what we have here... check the surroundings!
(Her team, led by Leopard's tank and legion of armored vehicles, followed her command. Baiser saw a piece of cloth from Cure Yell's shirt and picked it up, blushing and grinning at the "valuable" treasure she found. Using purple magic from her riding crop, she figured out where the vehicle squad was heading to.
She giggled, her eyes low and sultry and her grin equally devilish)
Magia Baiser:Keep on running girls, you think you can escape from me? Now you deal with all of us! Leo-Chan? It's time...
Leopard:HELL YEAH! Finally!
(As if on cue, a smokey portal opened as the vehicles revved up and sped into the black abyss. Loco Musica quickly grabbed Magia Baiser to board Leopard's tank before it passed into the portal.
Later on, the squad went off-road)
Hanzo:Stitch, signal the Asgardian to meet us at the rendezvous point with the Choppa. Near the mountains in the south.
(Stitch outstretched his extra arms and sent a distress call over a makeshift device strapped to the back of the SUV)
Hanzo:Let's move it!
(Cure Custard, who opted not to drive in a high-speed chase, clung to the roof of an armored car with her claw gloves)
Cure Custard:WAHHHH! T-THIS IS SO INTENSE!
(After screaming those words, she looked up to get a better look... only to hit a crooked sign from a pruned bus stop. She grunted in pain... then saw something approaching in the distance)
Cure Custard:Huh...?
(When her eyes came into focus... the black portals opened wider as Leopard's legion of vehicles burst from portals, approaching them from behind and fast)
Magia Baiser:Voilà! Pretty Cure at twelve o'clock...
(Cure Custard whimpered and crawled her way to the front of the car, peering through the window from the roof of the car)
Cure Custard:G-Guys, we've got company!
(Lennox Rose turned around and loaded her gold Desert Pistoleros)
Lennox:Let me handle this...
Hanzo:Step on it harder, Cap!
(Captain America floored the gas petal, lurching the car forward with intense speed.
Lennox kicked open the back hatch and aimed steadily. She shot once and popped the tire of one car, causing it to spin out and explode after hitting a boulder. She shot one more time and killed the driver of another car with a headshot, causing his squad to spin out into a ravine.
She then aimed her Pistolero at Leopard's tank, carefully trying to shoot the treads from the armored plates surrounding it)
Loco Musica:Eep! Leo-Chan! She's trying to shoot out the treads!
(Leopard pulled out her revolver, now glowing with green energy, and smiled wickedly)
Leopard:Break out the bigguns.
(With a bang, she fired... hitting Lennox before she could dodge)
Lennox:(slow motion) You... son... of a...bitch...
Cure Star:Lennox-Chan!
The Visitor:CLOSE THE DOOR DAMMIT!
Clover:Medic!
(Cure Milky quickly shut the back hatch just as Leopard fired more dust at them, barely missing their bodies. Leopard spun her revolver and blew the green smoke emitting from it)
Leopard:The Sands of Nisanti! I didn't know swapping gunpowder for it would work! Thanks, Leber-Chan!
Leberblume:D-Don't thank me, you dummy!
(Back in Captain America's SUV, their squad veered a hard left as the Enormita followed close behind... Leopard's tank quickly gaining)
Steve:Visitor, what's the status?
The Visitor:Three armed vehicles, two battering rams, two grenade trucks, one Leopard... and she's got a tank!
Steve:Avengers! Defenses up!
(With a bellow, Leopard's subwoofers attached to her tank blared out her command to the rest of her legion:)
Leopard:TO YOUR BATTLE STATIONS!
(The legion cackled and hooted, the passenger seats raising to the turrets mounted on the roof. The passengers in the trucks pulled out a device, wirelessly controlling the grenade launchers. And the battering rams extended their bumpers, revealing barbed wire and heavy spikes)
Steve:Precure, take the wheel!
(Captain America leaves the driver's seat and puts a brick on the throttle. In the other vehicles, they got their weapons, but the Cures were panicking because nobody's driving the cars)
Cure Yell:Hey! Wait! Nobody's at the wheel! Get back there!
Cure Custard:AHHHH!
Cure Milky:Thereisno driver-lun!
Cure Custard:WHAAAAA!
(The mounted vehicles veered off, crashing into bushes and pruned debris scattered around)
Cure Parfait:Help! Nobody's driving! Oh, no! We're going to die!
Mario:Well, don't just-a sit dere, Pwetty Cura! Grab da wheel!
Cure Parfait:Why can't Enorme-San? She's just sitting back there under a blanket!
(Mario turned, seeing Lord Enorme hidden under a blanket... completely ignoring everything happening around her.
Mario groaned)
Mario:Don'tcha rememba everything we-a taught you?
Cure Gelato:Well, then let me handle the wheel!
Cure Parfait:Weren't you on bikes? I know Yell's got destroyed in the blitz...
(She turned to see Gelato's dirt bike slowing down without a driver... then ran into the battering rams, causing the bike to explode... with an ice wall explosion, freezing the legions inside)
Cure Gelato:Little attack I've been working on...
Mario:Well, done, Gelato!
(Yell, motivated to protect her friends, climbed into the driver's seat and swerved back into formation. Even though she was on the wheel and was trained earlier in the morning... she was still anxious about the carnage around her)
Cure Yell:Ohh... what am I doing? I don't even have my license yet...
(The grenade trucks fired bombs at Captain America's SUV. Yell screamed and swerved rapidly, dodging the explosions... but nearly letting Cure Custard fall off)
Cure Yell:Custard... you okay?
Cure Custard:N-NO! I'M GONNA FALL OFF AT THIS POINT!
Haqua:Just do it! Look! Remember what we taught you!
(Cure Custard looked behind her... the grenade trucks directly behind the SUV. She took deep breaths, closed her eyes, then opened them with a newfound face of determination. She leapt off the SUV, used her claws to cut off the launcher. As it fired, she aimed it at the incoming truck... causing it to explode.
Then she stuck her claws deep within the hood of the car and leapt off... with a cool explosion... she flipped back onto the SUV)
Cure Yell:MECHOKKU! That was amazing, Custard!
Cure Custard:Haah... haah... flying... squirrel... technique!
(Still on her Nitrodrifter, Cure Star was trying to keep a steady pace with her squad. Out of nowhere, an old delivery van nearly rammed straight into her. She veered to the right but was also hit by a painted car with a machine gun turret on the roof.
Cure Yell's eyes widened as she looked in the rearview mirror)
Cure Yell:Crap! Star's getting cornered!
(Another machine gunner that was chasing Captain America's SUV slowed down to meet Cure Star's speed)
Cure Star:Boxing me in...?
(A masked henchman wearing military getup similar to Leopard's cackled and aimed the turret down to Cure Star)
Henchman:Time to die, Pretty Cure!
Magia Baiser (over comms):No, you oversized phallus! We want them alive!
Cure Star:I-Is this how it end- oh wait!
(Star looked to the gauntlet on her hand and got an idea. During the confusion, she tilted her bike and knocked it sideways. With a quick leap, she hurled herself through the van's open door... barely missing the henchmen and seats inside... and out the other open door right as her bike came out from under the van.
She kicked it back up as she landed, almost spun-out trying to get back up, then finally steadied herself back to driving)
Henchman:All rig- where'd she go?!
(Without warning, Cure Star punched the charged gauntlet at the van. The impact caused it to slam into the machine gunner and both to spin out... eventually exploding after falling off a hill.
As this commotion happened, the driver thatwasin front of Cure Star slammed on the breaks; thinking she was still there. The henchmen in the car behind them hugged each other as the other machine gunner stopped straight into them... causing another huge explosion)
Haqua:Nice one, Space Girl!
(The cars fly down a hill and into the parking lot of an abandoned strip mall. Cure Gelato swerved too far right to avoid hitting old cars in the parking lot and ended up on the pavement of a taco shop, driving into chairs and tables that were sitting outside. Leopard's legion swerved out of the way of those objects, but Magia Baiser, who was standing on the roof of Leopard's tank, got hit by chairs three times and sliced through a table with her riding crop. Pissed (or aroused), she growled while sporting a devilish grin)
Steve:We're almost there! We're at Retail Row, keep luring them west!
Chourou:CRAZY TEENAGER GAINING-JABA!
Hanzo:Our Spikestrip traps will take them down. Stitch, activate!
(Stitch laughs maniacally while activating the Spikestrips. As the spikes stuck to the road and retracted, Magia Baiser waved her crop and put a spell on the tank's treads, making the spikes ineffective against them. Some of the other members used boosters attached to the back of their cars to jump over the spikes, while others popped their vehicle tires and crashed with a fiery explosion)
Hanzo:She's good... Captain! Any plans?!
Steve:Ah shit. If we make it to the Choppa with the Enormita on our tail, she could easily have Kiwi fire an EMP grenade and take it down. Or worse...
(The cars made it past the residential area of the shopping district and back onto the ground by jumping over a ramp that went over a crashed car barricade. With quick thinking, Cure Star used her gauntlet to punch the concrete and mantle herself over the barricade, destroying the ramp. The other cars crashed against it, but Leopard's tank plowed straight through it. The Enormita was now the last one chasing them)
Cure Milky:You're going the wrong way, Yell-lun!
Cure Yell:Just trust me on this, Milky. We're fine!
Cure Milky:No-lun! You suck on driving a car!
Cure Yell:Stop panicking much! You'll cause me to panic!
Cure Milky:I'm in a passenger-seat and I want the wheel-lun. Give me the wheel!
Cure Yell:I thought Mario-Kun trained us together!? That's why I'm on the wheel!
Cure Milky:You're too young and aren't meant to be driving-lun!
Cure Yell:Hey! What makes you eligable then?! You're thirteen, I'm fourteen! I'm technically older than you!
(Leopard's tank pulls beside them, Magia Baiser's eyes widen as she sees the two Cures arguing over a steering wheel)
Cure Milky:Don't look at me-lun! Don't look at me when we argue! Look at the road-lun!
(Cure Yell is about to shout again but sees Magia Baiser and Leberblume staring at them through the window)
Cure Yell:Oh wait, be cool!
(Yell clears her throat and turns to Magia Baiser shyly, trying her best to look friendly)
Cure Yell:Hi, Baiser-San. Is there a problem?
(Cure Milky slowly peered forward and nervously waved at Baiser)
Cure Milky:Hi...
(Magia Baiser hummed sadistically and bent her riding crop by pulling both ends down)
Magia Baiser:It's punishment time...
Everyone in the vehicle:AHHHHH!
(Suddenly, a whip lash cracked... knocking back Magia Baiser with a nasty red stripe across her face. She fell against Leberblume, causing her to fall over too.
Surprised, Yell and Milky turned around; Mario and Custard were in the backseat... and Lord Enorme had sat up from the blanket that covered her up)
Cure Milky:Well... look who finally decided to join-lun.
Lord Enorme:It was TACTIFUL, you pillock! They would've targeted our car if they saw us. I was waiting until it was dialed down to just them! You'rewelcome!
(Cure Milky rolled her eyes and looked forward, seeing they were heading straight for a dusted meteor that was near the crater they first came from)
Cure Milky:Yell! WATCH OUT!
(Cure Yell screamed and swerved right, getting back into formation with the other cars.
Leopard, having slowed down after the lash, sped back up. Baiser groaned, having fell into the tank's cockpit)
Leopard:Baiser-Chan! What's wrong?! What happened?!
(The red mark had healed, but both her and Leberblume were confused)
Leberblume:Was that...?
Magia Baiser:It couldn't have been...
Leopard:Who? What? When couldn't have been?
(With no response, Baiser snarled as Leopard sped up, now back in line with the other cars. Magia Baiser climbed back up to the top and stood at the edge with a yandere smile)
Pekorin:WE'RE DOOMED-PEKOOO!
The Visitor:WE NEED MORE POWER!
(The Visitor fired one more blast from his wrist, then pressed a button from the SUV Interior, causing hatches on the back to open with Nitrous Oxide Boosters attached)
Hanzo:Time to fire up a gift from the Wasteland. Super Nitrous Oxide...
Cure Parfait:What's that?
Hanzo:Parting gift from Burnice. She too has been affected by the Enormita...
(Since the car chase started, Loco Musica was in the back of the cockpit, huffing and puffing in a tube that went into the tank. She finally pulled away, her cheeks a deep red and panting loudly)
Loco Musica:It's... it's finished... haah...
Leopard:Finally! Time to break out the big,bigguns!
(Leopard pushed a button, causing the tank gun attached to the front to retract outwards, the pipe glowing yellow)
Clover:A-Annnnd... they have a tank!
Magia Baiser:FIRE!
(The tank fired huge explosive projectiles... in the shape of music notes. The cars swerved violently... with the SUV and other car bumping into each other in the chaos)
Cure Star:SHOOTING MUSIC NOTES?! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!
Mario:Loco Musica... she musta provided da ammo. Her voice is her weapon!
Cure Custard:OKAY?! CAN WE USE THIS THING, PLEASE?!PLEASE?!
The Visitor:But Scorpion, it's not ready. The control rods will have to be calibrated. And don't even ask me about the technical difficulties that Stark made to that thing...
Cure Gelato:Okay!
(Gelato pressed the Nitro button, and the car goes blasting)
Mostly Everyone:AAHHHHH!
(As the car blasted off, Leopard slowed down to a halt... panting and looking distraught)
Leopard:Damn, damn, damn, DAMMNY,DAMNNNNN!THOSE FUCKING... FUCK! AHHHHGHH!
(Everyone in her tank was also distraught, looking as if they might snap as Leopard threw a temper tantrum in the tank's cockpit.
As she banged on the controls, a small ding was heard. She looked up and saw on her HUD "Secondary Boosters Recharged")
Leopard:Hehe, never mind!
(As the squad flew high above the skies, Hana smashed her foot on the brakes)
Cure Milky:Okay, Yell, we lost her! Maybe we can slow down now!
Cure Yell:I CAN'T! THE BRAKES DON'T WORKKKKK!
Steve:No brakes?
(Captain America turned to The Visitor, who simply shrugged in response)
The Visitor:Stark probably...
Steve:Well, way to commit, soldier.
(Mostly everyone screamed until they reached a mountain with three large trees. The vehicles skidded across the uphill slope until the Nitro died... causing their car to roll near the edge, a massive drop overlooking a toilet factory)
Cure Yell:LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!
The Visitor:GO, GO, GO, GO, GO! MOVE! NOW!
(As everyone rushed out of their cars and onto the mountain summit, they noticed Lennox Rose was still inside... just now waking up after recovering from the Sands of Nisanti)
Lennox (drunkenly):Hey, where's everybody going? Hahaha... haha... Aah! AAHHHHH!
Cure Emerald:RAKI-CHAN!
Precure:ROSE-CHAN!
(The car falls from the mountain, leaving everyone shocked. Cure Emerald looked like she was about to cry, the Cures were frozen in disbelief, mostly everyone else panted with shock. However, Hanzo started to grin, thinking that Lennox was gone.
A few seconds later, everyone started to hear the turbines of a helicopter... and an orange "Choppa" rose up the mountain, blaring "Ride of the Valkyries" from the loudspeaker.
Lennox was lying on her stomach near the tail turbine, safe and alive)
Lennox:I'm flying! I'm flying! Wait... I'M FLYING?!
(She hugged the tail tightly as the chopper came closer.
A woman opened a door; she wore a blue outfit, had white paint on her face, and had her hair tied ip into a braided ponytail. Another man that looked oddly pastel was sitting at a mounted machine gun. He wore a red and black suit, black rhombuses around the eyes on his mask, and dual katana sheathes on his back)
Valkyrie:Get inside! Quick!
Cure Gelato:Woo-hoo!
Cure Parfait:C'était proche...
(Cure Emerald sighed in relief, but Hanzo's smile faded)
Cure Gelato:Yeah, baby!
(Suddenly, they hear a rumbling sound. Everyone turned around to see a tank speeding down a road and into a tiny rural town... it was Leopard's tank)
Cure Custard:How'd they find us so quickly?!
(Magia Baiser drooled as her smile became wider and her pupils got smaller. Loco Musica chortled boastfully, Leberblume laughed wickedly, and Leopard drove with an insane look on her face)
Steve:EVERYONE! ON THE CHOPPA!
(The Crazy Man turned the mounted machine gun and aimed it at Leopard's tank)
Crazy Man:In the words of Sulfuric Acid: "This is what you get for blowing your load all over the place!"
Valkyrie:It's "Magia Sulfur"!
Crazy Man:I'm just makin' stuff up at this... yeah. Tilt up to Cap!
(Leopard glared up at the Choppa, scowling at the man who insulted them)
Leopard:Deadpool...
Deadpool (?&?):I call this the mounted dick! Listen to it cum!
(Deadpool laughed as he fired the machine gun, causing Leopard's tank to slow down. The rest of the Enormita took cover in the tank as the barrage continued)
Haqua:Grab the baby! Toss her up! Let's go! Go, go, go! Go!
Cure Parfait:Allez! Bougez!
Cure Milky:Faster! Faster! Faster! Come on!
(As the team was climbing the rope up to the Choppa, Magia Baiser fired a purple flame to Deadpool's turret, causing it to short-circuit)
Deadpool (?&?):SHIT! I guess I did blow out my entire load!
(As the gang retreated, Cure Custard was last to climb on the rope)
Cure Whip:Come on, Custard!
(Custard tried to reach up to Whip. But before their hands could connect, something tugged on Cure Custard's leg)
Cure Gelato:CUSTARD!
Cure Whip:OH NO! H-HOW'D SHE GET HERE SO FAST!
(The Choppa tilted sideway due to the weight. Everyone started to help to get Cure Custard away from Magia Baiser, who had Cure Custard's leg in an arm lock)
Cure Emerald:DON'T JUST STAND THERE, VALKYRIE! MOVE OUT!
Valkyrie:Roger!
(The Asgardian tilted the wheel left, causing the Choppa to veer left as well. Cure Custard yelped in pain as Magia Baiser dug her purple claw-like nails into her skin. Due to being a magical girl as well, blood started to trickle down Custard's leg. As the Helicopter moved sideways, the Cures on the ladder went airborne as the Choppa flew away from the mountain)
Leopard:Baiser-Chan!
(Magia Baiser growled and sunk her claws deeper, causing Cure Custard to cry out in pain)
Cure Whip:CUSTARD!
(Suddenly, Deadpool fell from the ladder, kicking Magia Baiser in the face. He took out a katana and pointed it to Magia Baiser, who fell to the last bar of the ladder)
Deadpool (?&?):FUCK! She's a kid too... oh well!
(Deadpool cut the bottom ropes, causing Magia Baiser to fall... onto a stack of the toilet factory as the Choppa flew away)
Deadpool (?&?):Baiser you later, Baiser! Say hi to Leotard for me!
(Deadpool turns to look at the reader)
Deadpool (?&?):Yeah... I just learned "Baiser" means "fuck" in French! Don't believe me? Just check Google Translate! Now you can tell she definitely lives up to that action verb!
(Valkyrie pulls a lever, lifting the ladder back into the Choppa as everyone climbed back into the Choppa.
Back on the stack, Magia Baiser glares at the Choppa flying away into the distance. Kiwi hovers quickly beside her)
Leopard:Baiser-Chan! Are you okay?! Did they hurt you?!
(Magia Baiser smiles creepily, still looking in the direction the Choppa flew off to)
Magia Baiser:I'm fine, Leo-Chan...
(She licks off the blood that trickled onto her hand, spilled from Cure Custard.
On the Choppa, the Cures breathe a sigh of relief as the destructive route they rode through disappears in the desolate fog that covers the island)
Steve:They may be gone for now... but they always come back.
Hanzo:Thanks for having our back, Valkyrie.
(Valkyrie remained silent and continued to pilot the Choppa. Trying to break the silence, Cure Star spoke up)
Cure Star:So... who's this guy?
Haqua:That's Deadpool... if you don't want to confuse yourself with all the other Deadpools in The Void, you can refer to him as the "Pen & Ink" variant...
He's a clown, but... one of the deadliest marksmen in The Void.
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Watch your frown lines, Helluva Subordinate.
So... who's are these succulent reminders of anime I regret edging to?
Cure Yell:We're the... P-Pretty Cure.
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Budget Sailor Moon, got it...
(The Cures just sighed, accepting it at this point)
Lucia:Don't be so brash... just be glad he's helping us.
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Oh yes! I could've totally killed you all a few minutes ago! I'm like a cockroach, emphasis on the cock part, I never die.
Be lucky I have a soft spot for kids... because WHOO! I thought I was fucked up, but you have to be another level of insane if you dothatto kids!
Cure Parfait:How do you know about Magia Baiser?
(Deadpool slowly turned to Cure Parfait, making her uncomfortable. Then finally spoke after a long, unnerving silence)
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):She's a domme. Pegging ain't new to me, Tokyo Mew-Mew, but it is for Toei.
(Deadpool winks)
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Yeah! They captured me, I didn't die, so they just let me come and do it for free.
(Deadpool leans towards the reader)
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):(sharply whispering) P.S! I was one of the ones who spanked Lord Enorme! Let that sink in!
Cure Yell:Haqua-San said you were the "Pen & Ink" variant... there's more of you?
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Yeah, there's a new Deadpool down here every week. It's like the TVA has a vendetta against Deadpools or something... or maybe because Ryan Reynolds spent six years not playing Deadpool after Disney bought Fox.
Cure Custard:What...?
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):You better hope you don't run into the Deadpool Corps; they'll chop you up and spread you all over The Void. We don't work for anyone unless you want to be betrayed, and we definitely don't work for that freaky hag.
(After more uncomfortable silence, the Choppa started to descend)
Cure Milky:So... w-where are we going-lun?
Summit Striker:A small suburb area. The Enormita henchmen that was here were the ones you killed on the road.
(Hugtan, who somehow stayed asleep during the entire car chase, woke up and started fussing. Cure Yell gently coaxed her to try and get her to calm down)
Cure Yell:Come on, sweetie... what's wrong? Is it her diaper? It might be her diaper... I'll change it when we land...
(The Choppa landed, and the Avengers climbed out... but Valkyrieand Deadpool stayed on board with the Choppa running.
The Cures looked around, they were standing in a Chinese-themed suburb with small houses, shops, and a pagoda in the distance)
Steve:Thank you for getting us this far...
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Anything for you, Cap-skull... you got this...
(Deadpool cupped Captain America's face, but the latter slowly took Deadpool's hands off his face)
Steve:Yeah... n-no... thank you.
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Yeah...
Valkyrie:Good luck, Captain... we know you can take them down...
Steve:Godspeed, Valkyrie...
Deadpool (Pen & Ink):Well... I'll be back at some point... or not. Hard to say!
(Valkyrie took off again as the Anarchy Avengers watched the Choppa fly away. Distant explosions were heard as everyone watched backup Enormita vehicles descend the mountain they were on. The vehicles chased the Choppa until they were barely out of view... until the Choppa started spinning and descending... and go out in a giant explosion.
The Cures gasped in horror as the Avengers simply lowered their heads. Captain America put a fist to his chest in an honorary salute)
Cure Whip:W-W-What about Valkyrie...?! Why didn't we try to save her?!
Steve:We... planned this. Valkyrie already agreed on being bait... even... even if it killed her.
Cure Gelato:What...?
Steve:The Enormita don't know we're here. We needed it that way... and we knew we couldn't tell you without you girls trying to intervene...
(The Cures look at the distant smoke in the fog sadly, knowing deep down that Captain America was right...)
Lord Enorme:It's okay, kid... don't get too attached to people in The Void... it'll make the pain hurt a lot less...
(Later, the team was regrouping their resources while Hana tirelessly attempted to rock Hugtan back to contentment)
Hana:C'mon, Hugtan! Don't you wanna calm down for Hana? It'll... make her calm down...
(Hugtan continued wailing, shaking her arms in a tantrum)
Hugtan:Fuwa...! Fuwa...!
Hana:Fuwa- wait... FUWA?!
(Hana started looking around frantically)
Hikaru:What's wrong, Hana-Chan?
Hana:FUWA, PEKORIN, CHOUROU?! WHERE ARE THEY?!
(The Cures' eyes dilated in fear... the trio of fairies were nowhere to be seen. Haqua suddenly gasped and trembled)
Haqua:T-The... tote bag...! We stuffed them in there while we drove!
Hanzo:They must still be in there!
(Everyone else started panicking as well... the fairies were gone...)
...
...
...
(Nero Alice approached the crashed car quizzically as her older friends argued. She gently stepped through the broken glass and wreckage until coming upon a small bag)
Pekorin:(cough, cough) The smoke is too strong-peko!
Chourou:Open the bag-jaba!
(The three poked their heads out of the bag, Fuwa poked hers out after saying her name)
Chourou:Where are the others-jaba?
Pekorin:They couldn'tve left us! Haqua-Chan told us to stay in the bag!
Fuwa:Bwaggy-fuwa!
Chourou:Yes, but it seems rather odd that the others aren't here-jaba... perhaps they got lost after the vehicle crashed-jaba?
Fuwa:Hwwo-fuwa! New fwend-fuwa!
(The fairies turned around to see Nero Alice staring at them with wide eyes, not moving a muscle)
Pekorin:Hello-peko! We're not harmful, but could you maybe help us find out friends? We got separated after a minor scuffle-peko...
(Nero Alice made a noise and nodded, she grabbed the fairies out of bag and held them in her arms gently, as if they were dolls)
Pekorin:Thank you-peko!
(Nero Alice relaxed, holding the fairies in her arms... then suddenly, a voice called out to her from the distance)
Magia Baiser:(in the distance) Alice-Chan! Don't go near that, there's broken glass!
Chourou:W-Was that...
Leopard:Whaddya got there, Alice-Chan?
(Nero Alice turned around, almost proudly with her usual blank expression. Pekorin and Chourou's eyes widened, and their stomachs dropped. Fuwa titled her head curiously.
The Enormita smiled back at them wickedly)
Magia Baiser:Oh... well, hello down there!
Pekorin:W-What... b-b-but-peko...
Chourou:This... is not good-jaba...
Fuwa:Fuwa...?
To be continued...
(Back at Lang Falls, the remnants of Magia Baiser's crew step out onto the city street as Nero Alice opens a portal. Everyone kneels as the five Enormita members emerge.
With the fairies still in her grip, Nero Alice doesn't show malicious intent compared to her older friends. Her expression is simply blank)
Eternal Voyager:Did you succeed with the plan?
Magia Baiser:No... but we got something valuable!
Pekorin:(strained) Let... us... go...!
Fuwa:F-Fuwaaaaa...
(Leopard cackled, bopping Pekorin on the head)
Leopard:Aww... it wants to be let free!
(Nero Alice huffs and turns away)
Leopard:Huh...? Why can't I play with them too...?
(Nero Alice simply pouts, as if they were her property. Chourou hums, wondering why Nero Alice is sparing them rather than torturing them)
Magia Baiser:L-Let them go for a sec, Alice-Chan... I-I... I just wanna talk to them... then I'll give them back, kay?
(Nero Alice nods and lets the fairies free. Before they can run, Leberblume holds them in place with her powers. Fuwa whimpers while Pekorin and Chourou strain)
Magia Baiser:You lowly mascots look so cute writhing to be let out...
(Baiser's tongue hangs out, oozing with saliva)
Magia Baiser:Here's the deal... I won't hurt you... on one condition...
Hibiki:Ooh... negotiation tactics...
Chourou:(grunts) What's that-jaba?
Magia Baiser:I still need the little bird and the baby to make this work... but the cotton ball is a good start...
(Fuwa whimpers, trying to break free)
Magia Baiser:I promise... we won't torture you if you give us the location of your Pretty Cure friends...
Pekorin:N-No-peko!
Magia Baiser:No...? Perhaps you misheard...
(Pekorin, Chourou, and Fuwa start choking as Leberblume clenches her fist, holding them tighter. Magia Baiser has a crazed look in her eye as she digs her nails into Chourou's beard)
Magia Baiser:Don't you know? I just want the Pretty Cure. I don't give a shit about you lowly mascots. You're cute but you're just fluffy merchandise, you're not cute and adorable like the magical girls I adore. If you want to spare yourself a lifetime worth of suffering, I suggest...
(Baiser inhales as she sucks up all the spit she drooled all over)
Magia Baiser:YOU... TELL... ME...WHERE... THEY... ARE...
Chourou:W-We... don't... know... where they... are... jaba...
Magia Baiser:Still resisting? We'll see how long that lasts... and don't worry... my methods ensure that you'll break by day two...
(Pekorin whimpered, Chourou gulped)
Magia Baiser:Ehehehehehehehehehehehe... I'll make you suffer, break you, then make you suffer more... just for fun! Then I'll gut you like fish... see how much cotton I can take out before you're on the brink of death, then feed you to Alioth!
(Fuwa started crying)
Magia Baiser:Do you want to get eaten by Alioth?
(Thunder followed by a hissing roar rumbled in the distance)
Magia Baiser:I heard its very painful, do you want to try?
(The fairies remained quiet. Baiser sneered then turned around)
Magia Baiser:That's enough... we'll start in the morning. I need my beauty sleep...
(Leberblume lowered the fairies back into Nero Alice's grasp. They tried to escape as Nero Alice followed Magia Baiser back into the Giant-Man head with a pouty look on her face.
The fairies screamed for help as the helmet closed over the skull)