Part 1: The Wasteland
(Aoi felt her eyes open, but it was still black. She felt around... the ground almost felt soft)
Aoi:(whispering) Himari-Chan...! Himari-Chan...! Are you here...?
Himari:(whispering) Y-Yes... w-where are we...?
Aoi:I can't see anything in here...!
(With a loud thud, spotlights turned on, blinding Aoi and Himari. The whiteness of the room made both of them unable to see as their eyes adjusted.
When they finally adjusted, Aoi and Himari were in a small, white-padded room. In front of them was a tiny table with a water pitcher and two glasses and a sheetless bed with a white mattress. Aoi turned around and groaned, Himari turned to look as well.
In front of them was a large door... a demon-looking prop with a white mask was barricading it, its arms and shoulders were nailed into the door. A sign was hung in the middle of the prop reading:
"THE ROOM YOU CAN'T LEAVE UNTIL YOU SATISFY MAGIA BAISER"
Aoi squinted her eyes in slight confusion while Himari cowered in fear)
Aoi:What does this mean "Satisfy Magia Baiser"? I thought she would've tortured us by now!
(Suddenly, the giant screen behind them flickered on with static, alerting both Cures. After a few seconds, the screen was black... then two glowing yellow pupils opened up)
Heavy Voice:I want to play a game...
(Aoi and Himari tensed up)
Magia Baiser:I'm just kidding...
(The room around Magia Baiser's screen lit up, revealing herself. She was in a dim room, but still light enough for both Cures to see her)
Magia Baiser:Welcome, girls, to "The Room You Can't Leave Until You Satisfy Magia Baiser".
Himari:What the...? Really?!
Aoi:What kind of crap are you forcing someone to do this time?
Magia Baiser:This room was one I used a long time ago. To force Loco-Chan and Leber-Chan to... sort out some... differences... I've been saving it for a-
(Magia Baiser seductively licks her lips)
Magia Baiser:-special occasion...
Aoi:I was worried about us, not this!
Magia Baiser:I stayed up all night back then... working on this dollhouse to make it soundproof.
Aoi:What is wrong with you?!
Magia Baiser:Now it's using both Nero Alice's power and mine. I can control this room remotely, so your attacks won't be able to affect me.
Come, now. Satisfy me, won't you?
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(The Avengers drove into the desert that laid just beyond the Chinese suburb they stayed in. It was more notably littered with junk and scraps, a normal thing for The Void... but at a much higher frequency. Another notable thing was that everywhere looked like a warzone or a battlefield... with barbed wire, hedgehogs, small forts, fortifications to small or large buildings, and destruction everywhere. The air reeked with dryness, gas, smog, and... bodies)
Lennox:Welcome to the Outer Ring, Pretty Cure. The deadliest zone on this Island. Stay alert... we might notjustbattle the Enormita... but other factions as well...
Lucia:The paradise resort is the most dangerous area here... gangs and factions all over are crawling through it.
(The Avengers were evenly divided into groups. Hana, Hikaru, and Lennox on bikes. Captain America, Hanzo, Lala, Ciel, The Visitor, and Haqua in Cap's SUV. And Mario, Lucia, Clover, Ichika, Komachi, Lord Enorme, and Stitch in Mario's armored kart)
Hikaru:Are you okay, Hana-Chan?
(Hana remained silent, somehow focusing on the road as her mind also kept replaying Hugtan being taken from her... from her own foolishness. Hugtan was her daughter... yet she let her get kidnapped. How could she be a mother?
Once again, Hana started hyperventilating... her mind overclocked with everything that has been happening lately. She stopped her bike, causing the other cars to stop as well. Hana ran to a small round cactus and vomited on it, then sank to her knees)
Hikaru:Hana-Chan! Are you oka-
Steve:It's fine... I'll talk to her.
(Captain America approached the sobbing Hana and put his hand on her shoulder)
Steve:I know this is a lot to take in. Hugtan being your daughter and all... but you mustn't give up. Keep fighting-
Hana:How can INOTgive up?! She's my daughter! And I... I let her down...!
(Hana started crying hysterically, and in that moment, not even Captain America knew what to do... he wasn't a parent and couldn't sympathize with a grieving mother)
Hanzo:Maybe we should leave her...
Lucia:Scorpion! Be more sympathetic!
(Captain America knelt beside her and put a hand on her shoulder)
Steve:If it helps... we sent coordinates to your heads-up display on Stark's helmet. Komachi injected trackers into you when she retrieved you... we picked up a signal coming from the far reaches of the desert... we believe it's the baby along with your friends.
(Hana sniffled and looked up with a little hope)
Hana:R-R-Really...?!
Steve:We're taking the fight to Baiser, what do you say?
(Hana wiped away her tears, feeling a new sense of spirit inside her)
Hana:I say... let's teach that Baiser a lesson...
Steve:That's the spirit! C'mon.
(Captain America helped Hana up and they both quickly rushed to their vehicles)
Hikaru:It's okay, Hana-Chan... we'll find them.
(Hana smiled and nodded, then revved up her engine)
Lennox:Lead the way, Hana-Chan!
(Hana put her helmet on, the HUD glowing to show everything around her. A screen popped up, showing her location and the waypoint marker on the map miles away)
Hana:I-I see it...! It's them!
Hikaru:Then let's go save them, Hana-Chan!
(Hana accelerated on her bike as the rest of The Avengers followed behind.
About a mile in, Hana's HUD flashed a warning to slow down. Stitch crawled to the front of the Mario's kart and growled)
Clover:He senses something. Everyone, slow down!
Haqua:It's a scrapper toll, hide the Precure!
(Everyone started slowing down. Lord Enorme covered her head with a Shemagh as Lucia put a blanket over Komachi and Ichika)
Ichika:What are you doing...? It's hot!
Lucia:Get down! If they see you, they'll report us!
(Haqua put a tarp over Lala and Ciel and forced them to get down, so they look like supplies. The Visitor gave Hikaru a GHOST faction helmet to hide her face)
The Visitor:Put it on, it'll conceal your face.
(Hikaru reluctantly put on the helmet. It wasn't as comfortable as Hana's helmet and it got stuffy in no time)
Hikaru:Ugh... I hope we don't have to do this for the entire ride...
(The vehicles neared to a halt as a girl with red hair tied in a ponytail stook her hand out to stop them. She wore a spiked leather jacket and other makeshift materials used as armor... a common thread in The Void.
Behind her were four other members of her group: a girl with fluffy, curly caramel locks and purple eyes. A stunning woman with flowing blue-to-purple ombre hair, pink eyes, and a beauty mark near her chin. A smaller girl with red-rimmed glasses and blue eyes, puffy blonde twintails, and two green ribbons holding the twintails. Finally, a younger girl with long brown hair, orange eyes, and a pink ribbon. All wearing the same scrapper armor as the girl who stopped them)
Mario:Relax, relax. Mario has dis.
(Lord Enorme stared at Mario with an unapproving look)
Mario:Are you relaxing? It is very hard to-a tell... your-a eyes so angry like... winter fox...
(Lord Enorme stared daggers into Mario but looked away as Siera knocked on the door of Mario's car)
Seira:How are we doing today, Mr...
Mario:Oh! Ah... uh... (In Deep Brooklyn Accent) Giuseppe!
Seira:Business or pleasure?
Mario:Well... I come for tha pleasure of doing business! Ahahaha!
Seira:Heh... heh... wise guy.
(Seira waved her hand and her friends sat up to inspect their cars)
Seira:Just a routine check-in. So, where are you fellas heading?
Mario:Ah... uh... uh...
Lord Enorme:Truck'N'Oasis.
Mario:Yes, to meet up with a dealer! We have valuable scraps to pawn!
Siera:Mmm...
(Her other friends inspected the other vehicles. Lennox hunched down to avoid being looked at, but she was spotted anyways...)
Sora:Hello, Raki-San...
Lennox:It's Lennox Rose...
(She gritted her teeth, but Sora didn't even look in her direction. She got up from inspecting her tires and walked away.
The others looked at the other vehicles, thankfully, not checking under the tarps the Cures were in... but they were getting hot...
In Hana's direction, the caramel-haired girl looked into Hana's helmet... causing Hana to start sweating nervously. The woman knocked on the top of the helmet, then wrote something down in a notepad. Hana sighed with relief when she walked away)
Ki:Oki-Oki! No contraband!
Noelle:T-They're clean, Onee-Chan...
Maria:All good... nothing hidden in the bikes.
(Siera hummed and wrote in a notepad)
Siera:Okay... twenty percent of your findings, please.
(Expecting this, Enrome nodded to Captain America. He reached in the back and pulled out a bag of ammunition they found at the suburb and gave it to Maria.
She gasped and turned to Siera)
Maria:They have premium-grade ammo!
Siera:Huh... well I'll be damned...
(She wrote something on her notepad, ripped it off, and stuck it on Mario's windshield)
Siera:One-day premium passover. Take the left route and our lackeys won't harm you.
(Just as Siera started to walk away, the blanket shifted with a small grunt. Siera stopped and looked at it, causing Enorme, Mario, and Lucia to freeze in fear)
Siera:Where... did you say you were heading again?
Mario:Truck'N'Oasis... to sell parts.
(Stitch jumped out of the blanket and looked at Siera from the back passenger window, gnawing on a large bolt)
Stitch:Puh! P-Puh... Parts!
(Siera squinted her eyes and turned back to Mario)
Siera:Nice... story. But where are you really headed?
(Mario chuckled nervously. Siera glanced up at her friends, who nodded and put their hands on their weapons strapped to their belts.
Sora glanced at Maria, who was holding onto Hikaru's shoulder gently)
Sora:I think we need to call this one in...
(Sora started reaching for her walkie-talkie)
Siera:Step out of the vehicle and keep your hands-
Clover:STITCH! ENEMY!
(Stitch snarled and leapt towards Siera)
Siera:WOAH, HEY!
(Stitch knocked Siera down, and before her friends could react, he knocked them down too. Everyone used this opportunity to floor their petals and speed away. The Cures gasped from their hiding spots, soaked in sweat, and looked back... watching Stitch tear the Dream Team apart with his claws and teeth)
Lala:What about him-lun?
The Visitor:Eh, he's practically indestructible. He'll find his way back after he mauls them...
(Noelle, who wasn't getting bit or clawed at, hid behind their post and pulled out a walkie-talkie she took from Sora's mangled corpse)
Noelle:Targets spotted. In pursuit. Exercise caution but get them!
(Noelle screamed as Stitch pounced on her, cutting her connection)
Hanzo:Awesome! Now our cover's blown! We might have the whole wasteland on our tail!
Haqua:Or worse... The Wastelanders...
Ciel:It wasn't our fault! It was about a hundred degrees under that tarp! Besides... I doubt that'll happen... we'll be fine!
(The vehicles sped through the empty road, leaving nothing but dust behind them.
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(Back in Magia Baiser's Room...)
Himari:B-Baiser-San? What's that mean, "satisfy" you? Tell us!
Aoi:You planning some horrible stuff again?
Magia Baiser:In short, I'm going to have you do things to satisfy my needs. I've already dried up on the other Magical Girls around these lands... but now... hehe... I have the Pretty Cure in my hands! But you needn't worry. I won't be inflecting any pain upon you this time.
This time, I just want the two of you to get along.
Himari:You want me to get along with Aoi-Chan? But we already do get along...
Aoi:We're not like your group of wackos... we're ateam, remember?
(Himari stared at the ground, remembering the Pretty Cure's fight from yesterday. She felt hopelessness welling up in her stomach)
Himari:But... a-are we really a team?
Aoi:What?! Of course, we are!
Himari:But we... didn't make amends when... plus we're in a cell by Magia Baiser! How can we escape? Is this team really a team?! Because I don't know anymore!
Aoi:Himari-Chan, calm down...
Himari:What if they don't come looking for us?
Aoi:They would... I know Ichika-Chan and Ciel-Chan would definitely be.
(Himari sniffled and Aoi came closer)
Aoi:Besides, you know Hana-Chan wants us together more than anything... it's her job.
(Himari looked down and whimpered. Aoi leaned closer and wiped Himari's tear away, then put her hand on Himari's shoulder)
Aoi:It's okay, don't cry...
Magia Baiser:Oh?
(Both Aoi and Himari flinched when Magia Baiser suddenly spoke up. Himari wiped her tears away as Baiser continued)
Magia Baiser:Now we're getting somewhere. If you're going to make up, why not do it with a~
KIIIIIISSSSS~
(Aoi and Himari tensed up and instantly flushed, both of them not moving a muscle for several seconds. Aoi started sweating nervously while Himari's jaw twitched)
Aoi:Wh-What kind of idea is that you weirdo?
Magia Baiser:Why can't you just admit it already? Your chemistry together both in battle and in person is clearly a sign of your close friendship, but surely that isn't the full extent of your feelings for one another, is it?
Aoi:Yeah, no thanks, I'll pass on that...
(Himari groaned in embarrassment. Magia Baiser simply giggled and sat back)
Magia Baiser:Well... you're not going anywhere... and you're not leaving until you satisfy me too...
Aoi:Damn it...
(Himari sat on the bed while Aoi started pacing around the room. Magia Baiser hummed softly, enjoying the tension between them.
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The Avengers' cars sped down the desert road, the Dream Team's scrapper toll booth long gone behind them)
Lord Enorme:-you should dance with your enemies. It is like a great ballet of violence!
Lennox:But bullets make things easier!
Cure Yell:Uh, guys?!
(Yell's HUD turned red, with multiple dots coming behind her location)
Cure Yell:I see a bunch of dots behind us and my thing is beeping... s-should we be concerned about that...?
(Mario and Lucia looked at each other, then behind them. A huge dust cloud was plumed in the air behind them. Along with all of their motors running... they heard rumbling in the distance. Once everyone turned their attention behind them, one speck appeared in the horizon... followed by another, and another... then nearly the whole horizon filled up)
Clover:That's bad...
Mario:Wastelandas!
Cure Parfait:Are they bad?!
Cure Emerald:Yes! And with their Nitro-Powered vehicles, ours are toys compared to theirs!
(The Avengers pass a racetrack as the garages open up. One of the wastelanders, Ringmaster Scarr, cackles while waving marshalling wands. Then one by one, armored vehicles fly off the sand and onto the road. The wastelanders in the vehicles whoop and laugh manically as they tail the Avengers)
Clover:We have more cars inbound!
The Visitor:Already?!
(Soon, the Avengers were swarmed by the other vehicles that were already chasing them. Their vehicles were painted, armored, and very "metal". However, their tires leaked lava-like liquid that not only made them glow but made their exhaust darker.
The wastelanders hooted and activated their weapons)
Rust:Looks like we're eating good tonight!
(The Machinist's Lockjaw revved up as its machine gun turret activated, the passenger laughed and aimed at Captain America's SUV. Cap swerved to dodge the bullets, with some hitting the side of his car and some hitting the sand)
Wastelander:Take 'em down!
(More cars jumped onto the dunes behind the Avengers, the sound of hooting and maniacal laughter was like a swarm of vultures diving down on their prey)
Cure Milky:Why are they so hostile-lun?
Hanzo:INCOMING!
(Cars pulled up to the sides of the Avengers' group, the passengers cocked combat assault rifles towards the Pretty Cure)
Masked Wastelander:Hello!
Wastelander Woman:Goodbye!
Steve:Hikaru, Hana! Get down!
(They responded and hunched down; Captain America and Mario slammed on the breaks just as the wastelanders fired, causing them to shoot each other. The vehicles spun out and crashed into the side of the canyon. Captain America and Mario's breaking caused two vehicles to come straight for their bumper)
The Visitor:Emerald, shield!
(The Visitor grabbed Captain America's shield while Cure Emerald conjured a lime-green shield. Cap's shield reverberated and Emerald's shattered... but caused the cars that rammed into them to spin off and crash against a rock)
Hanzo:Ah. Impressive.
(A wastelander henchman grabbed a radio off his belt)
Heavy Grunt:Choppas! Get that pretty swine!
(A wasteland-painted Choppa boosted its thrusters and dove low to the cars. One of the grunts was wearing a grapple hook gauntlet and fired at Cure Yell, catching part of her armor)
Cure Yell:Huh...? WAH!
(Cure Yell and her bike was hoisted into the air as the Choppa ascended)
Cure Star:Yell!
(Down on the road, more emo-looking cars activated their grenade turrets. The passengers fired while cackling, attempting to blow up the Avengers.
The team swerved and started to go off-road to avoid the explosions)
Cure Parfait:I suggest we take defensive action!
Lennox:Just shut up and shoot!
(Rose managed to keep her bike steady and took out her pistols, firing at two cars' front radiators... only for the gas leakage to do nothing)
Lennox:Crap... with Nitro infused with their engines, they can't run out of gas!
(Cars behind the Avengers swerved, right as Rust and some other Wastelanders jumped from their cars to the roof of Captain America's SUV and Mario's armored kart.
Hearing the thud, Mario looked towards Cure Whip)
Mario:What was-a that? Go check it out!
(Whip grunted and leaned out the window, looking at the roof to see Rust on top with an axe made from car parts)
Mario:What is it? Is there-a problem?!
Cure Whip:Uh... y-you could call it that...
(A car pulled up to Ichika and fired, causing her to retreat back into the car.
On a nearby cliff, two girls were eating in lawn chairs... watching the carnage unfold from the top of their canyon. They saw Cure Yell screaming while being dangled from a helicopter)
Michiru:Think that's anything important?
Kaoru:I'm not sure. Want to call it in?
Michiru:Sure...
(Kaoru took out her transmitter and dialed something, then put it to her mouth)
Kaoru:Yeah... Loco-San? We have the Precure, The Avengers, and the Wastelanders fighting out here in the desert.
(The Choppa yanked Cure Yell forward as two other Choppas fired at her. Cure Yell used her giant gauntlet arm to block incoming bullets, then was swung towards the canyon. With quick thinking, she rode her bike against the wall as bullets rained against the rock. Growling in anger, the grunt yanked Yell back.
Cure Yell gasped as she saw the Choppa were approaching a natural rock bridge over the canyon. As the Choppa moved, the grapple rope caught it and caused both the Choppa and Cure Yell to lurch backwards. But before Cure Yell swung back around, the Choppa collided with the other two, causing both to explode. In the aftermath, Cure Yell went flying with the back of her skirt smoking. Seeing the ground she was about to hit, she quickly activated her giant gauntlet and punched a Bryce, causing her to do a backflip and back onto the road with the other Avengers)
Steve:Nice left hook.
(Everyone accelerated as the Bryce started to crumble and fall towards the road. As the grunts and Rust were trying to breach Mario's armored kart, they saw the pillar fall just as the Avengers' cars were going under it... knocking them off)
Cure Whip:Ah! Nice thinking, Yell!
(Rust stood up, dizzy but still alive)
Rust:Is... IS THAT ALL YA GOT?!
(The rock above him crumbled, he looked up just as the rest of the Bryce fell on top of him. His helmet flew off and rolled against the desert floor... the rest of the Wastelanders who didn't get caught by the natural blockage drove right past it)
Mario:Amazing, Yell!
Cure Yell:R-Really...?
Mario:You-a stopped da other wastelandas from passing da canyon with your-a rock pilla!
Cure Yell:I-I didn't mean to... um... t-tactical thinking?
(Suddenly, Hana's HUD started flashing again. Her attention drew to the giant dot approaching the squad from behind)
Cure Yell:U-Um, Cap...? We've got another dot...
Steve:Another car...? It should've been held up by the rock...
Cure Yell:I-It's not a car...
(Suddenly, behind them was a giant explosion. Approaching them was a giant shark-themed trike with heavy smog coming out of the engine. The jaws opened to reveal an arsenal inside)
Booming Voice:YOUR FATE IS SEALED, AVENGERS! (breathes) YOU CAN'T STOP THIS, BWAHA!
Haqua:Oh dear... that's Megalo Don...
Cure Milky:A M-Megalodon?
The Visitor:Megalo Don! He's the leader of the Wastelanders!
(The fin of the Megalodon vehicle opened up, revealing a bulky man wearing steel armor, heavy fingerless gauntlets, tubes filled with orange liquid going all over his body, and a skull-like mask with white hair. He clenched his controls and growled)
Megalo Don:WE'RE TAKING THAT RELIC FOR OURSELVES! (breathes) TIME TO DIE!
(The arsenal in his vehicle's mouth opened fired, unleashing a torrent of bullets and rockets that pummeled both his forces and around the Avengers)
Cure Milky:GAHHH! IS THIS GUY CRAZY-LUN?!
Haqua:YES!
Cure Whip:W-What are those on his body...?
Mario:Nitro.
Cure Whip:What?
Mario:He's addicted to-a Nitro! He constantly infuses da stuff into his-a body!
Cure Whip:That can't be healthy...
(Suddenly, one of the Wastelander's cars blow up. Captain America and Hanzo looked at each other and turned in that direction)
Loco Musica:VOIX FORTE!
(Another car blew up, causing Megalo Don to stand up from his vehicle)
Megalo Don:(breathes) WHO IS DESTROYING MY CARS?!
Haqua:Loco Musica...
Cure Yell:N-No...! T-They couldn't have found us already!
(To the Avengers' side, Leopard's tank rolled up with Loco Musica on deck. She puffed out her chest and screamed into her mic again, causing the final car that made it through the blockade to blow up.
Megalo Don's vehicle bumped into the back of Mario's armored kart, and he jumped from his... to the top of Captain America's SUV)
Cure Parfait:Merde!He's on top!
(Megalo Don charged his gauntlets and roared, attempting to tear the roof of Captain America's SUV off)
Haqua:He's trying to get inside!
(Megalo Don heaved as he felt bullets ricochet off his shoulder. Leopard's tank swerved on the road, using her powers to fire bullets from portals)
Cure Yell:A-Are they... helping us?
Steve:Take the wheel, Lala...
(Cure Milky quickly got into his position as Captain America crawled from his window to the roof. He retrieved his shield and stood before Megalo Don)
Megalo Don:YOUR REIGN (breathes) ENDS HERE!
(Powering up his Nitro Fists, Megalo punched Captain America's shield, causing his feet to sink in the car's roof)
Steve:Nope!
(Captain America pushed Megalo off him, causing the brute to stagger back with a roar. Cap threw a punch at his mask, causing part of the mouth to crack. The Don roared and slammed both fists on the car, causing it to go airborne temporarily)
Cure Parfait:Wah! Easy, easy!
(Haqua watched the fight from her mirror and scoffed)
Haqua:You know what Karl Marx said about machines? They make men lazy!
(With sudden force, Leopard's tank rammed into Mario's armored kart. Everyone turned to Loco and Leo as the latter pulled out her microphone to speak)
Loco Musica:Stop! Stop! It's over, surrender yourselves!
Steve:I can do this all day!
(Leopard fired a tank shell from one of her portals. Megalo Don punched it, dealing no damage to him)
Leopard:Back off, idiot! This is our booty! Both literally and physically!
Megalo Don:THEIR SPECIAL RELIC (breathes) IS MINE!
(Megalo Don jumped from Captain America's SUV to Leopard's tank, causing both girls to scream and spin out of control. They eventually crashed on the side of the road in a ditch)
Cure Whip:AHAHA!
Cure Emerald:He's helping US now?
Cure Whip:Pretty Cure and The Avengers! AHA!
(Their vehicles turned down a dirt road and continued straight.
Meanwhile, Megalo Don ripped the top of Leopard's tank off, exposing Leopard and Loco Musica. Both of them gasped as Megalo growled)
Megalo Don:THEY'RE (breathes) MY SCORE!
(Orange smoke swirls around him and he eventually inhales it, causing his armor to explode with Nitro, leaving his hair, body, and eyes orange and glowing)
Loco Musica:My gosh, this guy!
(Megalo Don punched Leopard into the barren desert. Loco Musica fired a music note but he simply smashed it with his head)
Megalo Don:YOU CANNOT STOP ME!
(He smacked Loco Musica aside as Kiwi fired a barrage of bullets toward him. However, his Nitro Overload made his body impenetrable to bullets)
Leopard:Haah... haah... shit!
(Suddenly, The Nun emerged from the shadows of the back of Leopard's tank. Her eyes still sad and her expression melancholic as if Megalo Don's rampage had no effect on her)
The Nun:Leo-San... I-I'll get the others for you...
(Her voice was sad, almost as if she were about to cry. Leopard turned to the Nun with a scowl)
Leopard:He gotta deal with this dick first!
(A single teardrop fell from the Nun's face as she closed her eyes)
The Nun:As you wish, Mistress...
(Megalo Don grabbed and threw Leopard aside, then turned his attention to the Nun. With a feral punch, he hit... but her chest only bounced as she slid backwards... her expression never changing)
Megalo Don:HUH...?
(Suddenly, the Nun's body started to ripple larger and larger... and her body started getting larger. Megalo Don stared at the sky terrified as Loco Musica and Leopard recovered from his attacks. Soon, Megalo Don was covered in a huge shadow... his stride broken by fear)
Leopard:Hell yeah! Go get 'em, Sister!
Megalo Don:W-Wha-
(Before he could react... a giant bare foot stepped on him. Burying him deep in the sands)
Loco Musica:Go get the Pretty Cure, Sister!
(Meanwhile, the Avengers were driving off road on the sand)
Clover:It's a good thing we were able to lose the Wastelanders' tail.
Lennox:All the better reason we have them on our team! Right, Pretty Cure?
Cure Yell:I-I guess... I mean we just- WOAH!
(Giant thudding caused the Avengers' cars to bounce. At Yell's shout, everyone turned around to see a giant figure quickly approaching them. After the desert haze cleared... it was a nun)
Cure Yell:WE GOT A BIG PROBLEM!
Lord Enorme:Oh shit...
Lennox:HOLY...
Mario:SISTER GIGANTE!
(Sister Gigante was approaching them at high speeds, the ground thudding like an earthquake after every step)
Sister Gigante:Please stop running... i-it makes me sad...!
(Although her voice was soft like it usually is... her size made it sound like someone was yelling in their ears)
Cure Star:Why is everything so big with the Enormita?
(Everyone sped up as Sister Gigante started reaching for them... only for them to not realize they were approaching a barn. The barn must have been freshly pruned... animals were still in there and the walls didn't seem old... but their vehicles did put a ton of the animals out of their miseries)
Cure Yell:A-AH! SORRY CHICKENS! SORRY COWS!
(With a distant "moo"... their vehicles crashed through the back of the barn, with Sister Gigante still on their heels.
The Visitor and Lucia fired energy blasts at Sister... but she simply swiped their attacks away as if they were flies. Lennox fired her guns at Sister's face... but they only ricocheted off. Sister grabbed a nearby windmill rotor and threw it in front of the Avengers. Swerving hard, they barely missed the mill... but Lennox lost her Golden Pistoleros in the process)
Lennox:NO!
(Lord Enorme took a deep breath and looked at her whip. Then, she looked back at Sister Gigante and rubbed the scar under her left eye. Finally, her eyes focused back on her whip)
Lord Enorme:We've got work to do...
(As Sister Gigante approached the back of Mario's armored kart, Lord Enorme stood up and whipped the Sister's face... causing her to stagger and tilt her head up. Lord Enorme laughed triumphantly as she jumped from the kart to Sister Gigante)
Lord Enorme:Remember me, you fat scuzz?!
(Lord Enorme clinged to Sister Gignate's lilac hair, causing her to stagger and spin around as Lord Enorme laughed with pride)
Lord Enorme:THE BIGGER THEY ARE...
(Sister Gigante's eyes squinted... but widened as Lord Enorme leaned closer, the nun recognizing the woman's face)
Lord Enorme:...THE HARDER THEY FALL!
(Sister Gigante tried to peel Lord off her face but ended up tripping over her own leg in the process... causing her to groan loudly... and fall with a giant thud.
Lord Enorme jumped from the Sister's breasts and landed back in Mario's armored kart)
Lord Enorme:How was that?! Did you girls learn something?
Haqua:Haahhhhh... nice one, Lord. Otherwise, we would've all been dead.
Steve:Nice job, team. Magia Baiser's Outpost is just up ahead!
(The vehicles drive together on the road, heading towards the edge of the island.
Meanwhile, Sister Gigante started to get up as Leopard was pushing her boot heel into Sister's underboob)
Leopard:GRAAAAHHHHH! Sister, why did you have to let them get away?!
(Sister Gigante opened her mouth... but she remained silent... then gave a simple explanation)
Sister Gigante:I tripped... I'm sorry, Leo-San...
Leopard:Don't be sorry to me, you oversized milk factory! Be sorry to Baiser-San when we get back to her outpost!
Sister Gigante:Yes, I surrender for disciplinary action...
(Sister Gigante reverted back to human size and cried silently)
Loco Musica:Alice-Chan! Take us back! Quickly, before the Pretty Cure get to Baiser-Chan's outpost!
(A black portal opened behind them and the three members jumped through...)
Part 2: The Sacrifice
(Aoi laid on the mattress, uncomfortable but glad she wasn't being tortured... but in a way, sitting here doing nothing was a form of torture)
Magia Baiser:Sitting there moping won't get you anywhere, you know...
Aoi:Shut up...
(Aoi continued to throw a glass in the air and catch it, bored out of her mind than scared. But she stopped mindlessly playing catch when Himari sat up)
Aoi:Himari...
(Himari approached Aoi, who sat up. Her face was flushed, and she looked equally as miserable as Aoi... but with a newfound look of determination)
Himari:I'll do it. I'll kiss you.
Aoi:What?! Are you crazy, too, now?!
Himari:Well, we can't get out of here unless we do it!
Aoi:So, you're... okay with it?
Himari:I-I wouldn't... c-consider it... if I didn't want to, Aoi-Chan...
(Aoi leaned back as Himari gently put her hands on Aoi's shoulders and leaned closer)
Himari:C-Close your eyes...
(Aoi blushed furiously and closed her eyes, her mouth trembling softly. Himari closed her eyes and leaned closer... and then... her lips shyly pressed onto Aoi's. After a soft five seconds, they peeled away. Hot and embarrassed.
Magia Baiser smiled as the girls turned back to the mistress)
Aoi:Well, how was that? Are you satisfied now?
Magia Baiser:Please, hardly! You think that was enough to satisfy me?
(Magia Baiser's smile faded, and she squinted her eyes at them)
Magia Baiser:Surely, you're not foolish.
(Her sadism returned with a devilish grin. Her eyes widening)
Magia Baiser:I want to see more! Kisses won't be enough to get you out of that room!
(Aoi and Himari gasped... and their hearts dropped)
Magia Baiser:Come now, what's wrong? Do get started. Take me deeper, deeper, deeper still, into the depths of your love for one another!
Aoi:S-Seriously? She's gonna be watching the whole time...!
Himari:B-But...
Magia Baiser:That's right! Look at one another... see how adorable she looks? You needn't hold back.
(Aoi trembled violently... then screamed, gently pushing Himari on the bed)
Aoi:I CAN'T!
Magia Baiser:Oh~ what's wrong?
Aoi:I CAN'T TAKE HIMARI-CHAN'S FIRST TIME! SHE SHOULD DO IT WITH SOMEONE SPECIAL!
Himari:Aoi-Chan...
(Aoi went to a wall and started banging her head against it)
Magia Baiser:Being thoughtful, are we...? How cute...
Himari:Aoi-Chan... i-it doesn't matter... I don't care if you're my first...
Aoi:B-But...
Himari:It's okay...
(Aoi whimpered and slowly approached Himari on the bed)
Aoi:B-But she's going to be watching the whole time...!
Himari:It doesn't matter...
(Aoi trembled but took off her leather jacket and started to pull down her white raglan top. Aoi approached the mattress and gently got on top of Himari)
Magia Baiser:Find her prettiest spots... and give her the attention she deserves...
(Aoi started to pull down Himari's long-sleeved top and yellow shirt, making Himari groan softly in both embarrassment and pleasure.
Aoi started to lean closer to Himari... when something burst into the room Magia Baiser was in)
Leopard:BAISER-CHAN! THEY'RE COMING!
(Leopard, Loco Musica, Leberblume, and Nero Alice ran into the control room where Magia Baiser was watching Aoi and Himari)
Magia Baiser:What? Who's coming?
(Suddenly, the wall blew open, sending debris chunks hurtling towards the Enormita. Magia Baiser coughed at glared at the silhouette standing in the newly busted hole.
Aoi and Himari, still on the mattress, widened their eyes in surprise as the silhouette lowered their circular shield)
Himari & Aoi:Cap!
Steve:We'll hold them off! You find Nero Alice's dollhouse!
(Hanzo and Lucia join Captain America at the breached wall, assuming a fighting stance.
The Outpost was a large, partially buried military tower, obscured by the harsh sands. Below, Mario fired his dual slingers at an exposed fire escape and breached the door. As expected, several masked henchmen were waiting for them)
Henchman:There they are!
(Mario spun his guns and shot two henchmen in the head. One henchman fired from the lower levels, causing Mario to jump. While airborne, he aimed at two henchmen on the lower-level stairs, shooting them both in the head. When he landed, he shot two more henchmen coming through the door. As all the henchmen finally fell to the ground, Mario spun his guns and put them back in the holsters tied to his overalls)
Cure Milky:Wow... n-nice shot-lun?
Mario:There isn't much-a time! Let's-a-go!
(The rest of the Avengers followed Mario down the stairs, the distant growls and snarls of henchmen following them)
Cure Whip:There are more henchmen coming! What are we gonna do?
(With quick thinking, The Visitor fired a small sticky grenade from his wrist cannon. As henchmen filed out of the door, it exploded and took a majority of the stairs with it. One unlucky henchman was too late and fell into the deep chasm below, with the others now blocked by the hole in the stairs)
Cure Yell:Do you think that worked?
The Visitor:No, but it bought us some time!
(Everyone started scrambling down the stairs again as the sea of henchmen went back into the escape door.
On the observation tower, Captain America and his crew battled the Enormita as much as they could. Magia Baiser struck her crop down on Cap's shield, not doing damage but causing his feet to sink and crack the ground beneath him)
Magia Baiser:Just give up!
Steve:Not today!
(Captain America knocked her wrist away with his shield then threw it at her stomach, causing her to fly into a filing cabinet, distracting Leopard)
Leopard:BAISER-CHAN!
Hanzo:Get over here!
(Hanzo managed to tie his rope and blade around Leopard's wrist. With a violent tug, he pulled Leopard toward him and landed a hard blow to her stomach with a flaming fist. Leopard's air was taken away and she smashed straight into Nero Alice, causing the power radiating off her hands to fade.
On the lower level, the Cures took a breather after descending flights and flights of stairs. While Parfait was panting, she noticed blue energy radiate off the bottom floor)
Haqua:Nero Alice's powers... they must be winning upstairs!
Clover:We should hurry then; more henchmen are likely on their way!
(The Cures groaned softly and continued down the flight of stairs.
Back upstairs, Magia Baiser gasped softly as she saw the demon figure that was barricading the door to Aoi and Himari's cell disappear with blue energy)
Magia Baiser:NOOOOOO! M-My precious cell...
Loco Musica:VOIX FORTE!
(Lucia quickly sang a harmony that blocked Loco Musica's incoming music notes. After seeing her attack get deflected, she bit her thumb and glared at Lucia)
Loco Musica:Tch! So, her attacks are music as well? A-And her singing is a little better than mine...
I WON'T HAVE THIS!
(Loco screamed into her mic, creating a shockwave that disorientated everyone. The blast of the shockwave pushed Leopard, who was trying to get up, and she eventually fell back on top of Nero Alice. Lucia quickly fought back by shouting a high note herself, the force of her voice broke though Loco's blast and muted her voice)
Loco Musica:What?! How did-
(Lucia screamed again, hitting Loco Musica with a force that knocked her off her feet. Singing a harmony, Lucia purified Loco Musica's crazy notes into steady pink notes... and they exploded, throwing Loco Musica into Leopard, making them both fall on Nero Alice)
Hanzo:You're finished, Baiser!
(Hanzo enflamed his fist and struck Magia Baiser's head... cracking her skull open. As Captain America and Hanzo watched Magia Baiser's twitching, gory body... it soon became black and splashed into a pile of black goo)
Steve:A trap...
Hanzo:Dammit. Of course she'd use illusions!
(Suddenly; Hanzo, Lucia, and Captain America were surrounded by floating Magia Baisers. All of them cackled and raised a purple glowing hand, causing purple chains to tie all three of the Avengers and bring them to their knees)
Magia Baiser:Hehehe~ you're finished, Captain! Your sad team always fails to beat me... so why do you even try?
(One of the Magia Baisers turned to Leberblume, who was idling against the wall)
Magia Baiser:Go stop them... don't let them near MY PRECIOUS PRECURES!
(Leberblume huffed and melted into a shadow in the ground. While Magia Baiser was preoccupied, Captain America broke one of his hands free and threw his shield. Magia Baiser gasped as the shield started ricocheting off her doubles, causing each to explode into candle wax and finally... her. She screamed as the shield hit her in the head, causing the rest of her clones to melt and the chains to disappear.
Captain America caught his shield and turned to Magia Baiser, who was gone. They caught a glimpse of her and the rest of her teammates scrambling out the door Leopard kept getting thrown against)
Hanzo:Fucking cowards!
Steve:Cure Yell! Come in!
(Captain America's comm came in through Cure Yell's HUD, which was tracking Hugtan, Aoi, and Himari's location)
Cure Yell:Cap, what is it?
Steve:We sort of defeated Baiser! But Leberblume is heading in your direction!
(Cure Yell immediately turned around)
Cure Yell:Everyone! Leber-
(Suddenly, Cure Yell was grabbed by a shadow and yanked in the air)
Leberblume:Heyo~ the mistress sent me to stop you, so... unfortunately your friend has to die!
Cure Star:Star... PUNCH!
(With her Shocker Gauntlet, Star punched a bigger, stronger star towards Leberblume... causing her shadow to fall off Cure Yell, dropping her to the ground again)
Lennox:That's it! Light is her weakness!
Haqua:Yell! You, Mario, Clover, and Whip go get the others! We'll handle Leberblume!
(Cure Yell nodded and the selected ran down the stairs. Before Leberblume could fade again, Lennox pulled a flashbang out of one of her pouches and hurled it towards her. Leberblume groaned as her body rematerialized, and before she could do anything, Cure Emerald created a dome around the small room)
Leberblume:Ugh! What is this?!
(Cure Star started rapidly punching stars towards the dome, causing the room to get brighter... and brighter... and brighter until no shadows were casted at all)
Leberblume:N-No! M-My powers...!
Cure Parfait:How does that feel, huh, jerk?
(Leberblume snarled and pulled out a star-shaped dagger)
Leberblume:Guess we'll have to do this old school... but not all my powers are gone!
(Cure Parfait used her Rainbow Ribbon to try and bind Leberblume, but the ribbon went straight through her... with Leberblume's body becoming slightly transparent)
Clover:Shoot... she can't manipulate shadows, but she can still manipulate her own!
Cure Emerald:Everyone else, go on ahead! Me and Haqua-San will deal with her!
Cure Whip:B-But...
Haqua:Just go!
(Haqua slashed her scythe at Leberblume, who went transparent to avoid it and blocked Cure Emerald's rod with her daggers. As everyone else went on, they should hear the clashes of blades behind them.
Up ahead, Cure Yell reached an armored room inside an abandoned lab. The room seemed out of place and had heat signatures coming from inside the walls)
Mario:That's-a gotta be de dollhouse!
(Cure Whip went up to the door of the armored room and tugged on the handle, but the door wouldn't budge.
From inside, Aoi and Himari heard the handle rattling)
Aoi:G-Guys, is that you?!
Cure Yell:Aoi-Chan! We can't break this door down!
(Cure Yell retracted her giant gauntlet to her hand and started slamming on the door, causing the whole room to shake with some debris crumbling... but the door still wouldn't open)
Cure Milky:It's locked-lun!
Cure Star:Gotta break through!
Magia Baiser:YOU CAN'T!
(Everyone turned around to see Magia Baiser, Leopard, Nero Alice, and Loco Musica hovering above the Avengers. Magia Baiser sneered at them with a vicious look in her eyes)
Magia Baiser:The room is controlled using my power, remember?
Himari (from other side):I-Is that Baiser-San?
(Aoi bashed her shoulder against the door, but it simply wouldn't budge. The other Cures attempted to open the door as well, leaving Magia Baiser and Leopard to laugh wildly at their failed efforts)
Leopard:Didn't you hear her, idiots?! Only she can open the door!
Magia Baiser:I'm afraid the only other way someone can breach through Alice-Chan's doll house is by-
(Suddenly, the whole building rumbled... with some dust falling from the ceiling. Inside the cell, the lights flickered, and the screen changed to static)
Aoi:What the-?
Clover:What are you up to now, Magia Baiser?!
(With a nervous scowl on her face, Magia Baiser faced Clover with both an annoyed and slightly confused expression)
Magia Baiser:U-Um... t-that wasn't me...? Leo-Chan... is that your drill team?
Leopard:B-But... I didn't deploy my drill team!
Mario:Den what-a is it?
(A sound came from the Enormita and other Avengers' pockets. They pulled out a tiny device... to mixed reactions. The Enormita looked confused, while the Avengers looked horrified)
Cure Star:What's that?
(Cure Star looked at the device Clover was holding. The screen showed a purple icon with a cloud reading: "Storm Eye shrinking".
Cure Yell stared at Magia Baiser in disbelief... until Captain America's voice came over her intercom chip)
Steve:GUYS?! WE HAVE A HUGE PROBLEM!
(With a loud crash, the ceiling to the room was breached. Everyone ducked as parts of the ceiling came apart and fell to the ground. Inside, Aoi tackled Himari as part of their cell was destroyed. The stage lights snapped off and both Cures heard a bellowing roar)
Aoi:IS THAT-?
(Wind started blowing in the room as it started to tint purple. Magia Baiser and her teammates gasped as they looked out the hole through the ceiling and the wall that had been torn off. Outside, everyone could hear thunder crashing and winds howling.
Suddenly, purple smoke tendrils entered Aoi and Himari's cell and attempted to take them. Aoi used the small table as a shield, which the tendril took. Outside, smoke entered the room and vaporized everything it touched... and eventually part of the cell. The hole in the ceiling and wall got bigger... and a glowing magenta eye peered in briefly, almost like a lightning flash)
Magia Baiser:NOOOOO! NO! ALIOTH! HEEL, HEEL!
(Himari and Aoi jumped out of the breached opening of their cell, the Cures leapt forward and caught them in their arms)
Cure Whip:AOI-CHAN! HIMARI-CHAN! YOU'RE OKAY!
(Parfait joined them in a group hug)
Cure Parfait:Dieu merci!I thought you two would- w-wait, why are you two almost naked?
(Aoi looked down and immediately blushed and covered herself up with her hands, Himari did the same with a small shriek)
Aoi:I-It's complicated, okay?! Don't ask!
Himari:C-Can we just get going, please?!
(With the power dampeners inactive from the room being destroyed, Himari and Aoi transformed while Cure Milky called their discarded armor with her Arc Reactor.
Meanwhile, Magia Baiser was frantically trying to stop Alioth from destroying the base)
Magia Baiser:Alice-Chan! Try to control him with your powers again!
(Both Magia Baiser and Nero Alice's hands lit up as Alioth temporarily stopped. Eventually, it roared and continued moving. From outside, Alioth open its mouth and took a bite out of the tower... causing the top to start falling. Inside, Captain America, Hanzo, and Lucia were fighting off henchmen on the stairwell when it started falling)
Steve:Wo-Woah, woah, woah!
(Captain America spotted an opening in the wall as the tower went sideways. With quick thinking, he grabbed Lucia, and both he and Hanzo jumped out the hole. Cap quickly threw his shield under Lucia as the tower crumbled to the ground...
with the two men tumbling across the ground. Both finally came to a stop harshly as Lucia slowly came up next to them, riding on Cap's shield like a sled.
Alioth circled around the now partially destroyed base. Every so often, tendrils would come off its body and impale the base. If a search was unsuccessful with a tendril disappearing, Alioth would bellow loudly)
Hanzo:Alioth's gotta be trying to get the Pedicure down there!
Steve:Come in, Pretty Cure! Can you hear me!
Cure Yell:Yes! But Alioth is trying to get us!
(The Avengers ran back through the corridors, eventually running into the fighting Leberblume, Haqua, and Cure Emerald)
Haqua:Heavens! Did you get the others-
Mario:NO TIME FOR-A TALKING! ALIOTH IS HERE!
Leberblume & Cure Emerald:WHAT?!
(As the other ran by, Cure Emerald's dome disappeared with Haqua following them. Before Leberblume could get up, Cure Emerald shoved her down the stairs and took off with the others.
As Leberblume tried to get up after falling, a smokey tendril came right towards her. She yelped and shielded herself... right as the tendril dissipated. Magia Baiser and the others joined her)
Leberblume:Thanks for that! Why can't Alice-Chan control that thing?!
Magia Baiser:Her powers were weakened after fighting the others... and if we let Alioth loose for too long, it takes a while for us to tame it again!
Loco Musica:Come on, Alice-Chan! Let's just get out of here!
(Nero Alice hummed and opened a portal. The Enormita scrambled through just as a tendril attempted to strike them.
Back at the base, the Avengers threw remaining henchmen towards Alioth's tendrils, satisfying its hunger enough to make it not target them. Other henchmen tried to run away, but Alioth's storm clouds consumed them before they got too far... eventually it was just the Avengers left and Alioth was out of henchmen to focus on)
Steve:Shit! Our cars are parked out front... but even if we get them started, we won't make it to the safe zone in time!
Cure Yell:What can we do...?
Cure Emerald:We can try to... get it to focus on something else... but the chances of it taking the bait over us is low...
Cure Gelato:So, if... one of us got its attention, it would follow us?
Lucia:Yes, but we don't have any more henchmen to feed him!
(Cure Gelato looked at her friends watching the purple storm cloud get bigger and bigger, then towards the Avengers' parked cars outside the destroyed base.
Cure Whip noticed Cure Gelato's gaze focusing on the bike and her stomach dropped)
Cure Whip:Gelato... what are you doing?!
(Cure Gelato's heartbeat increased and she turned to her friends with a face of determination and fear. She exhaled shakily and stared directly at Cure Custard)
Cure Gelato:I'll do it...
Steve:What?!
Cure Gelato:I'll distract... Alioth...
Lennox:What are you talking about, Gelato?! The chances of you surviving that are lower than us taking on Magia Baiser alone!
Cure Gelato:I know... that's why it's gotta be me...
Cure Yell:No, Gelato! We're not leaving you! We have to get back to our universe, remember? We can't do it without you!
Cure Whip:And your band! N-Not just your band, everyone needs you!
Cure Gelato:But its either me... or we all die! I can't live with that...
(In that moment, they saw fear in Cure Gelato's eyes... when they're usually filled with spirit, passion, and freedom. Tears fell from her eyes as she stepped closer)
Cure Gelato:You guys aren't just my friends! Y-You're my... family... and that's more than I could want down here! Because I don't know what I would've done if we weren't together!
(The Cures gasped in surprise, Gelato being vulnerable wasn't her style... which only fueled their fear of Gelato being serious)
Cure Custard:NO! Gelato, please! (crying) Why are you doing this?!
Steve:We don't trade lives, Aoi!
(Captain America looked back at the approaching storm cloud then back at Gelato)
Steve:T-There has to be another way!
The Visitor:There is no other way this time, Cap...
(Lennox breathed heavily with a distraught look on her face, Cure Emerald exhaled shakily with her eyes closed, and Lucia closed hers as a tear shed down her cheek.
Gelato stepped closer and group hugged her friends)
Cure Gelato:It's okay... we're family. And when you get back, you give Magia Baiser an extra punch for me.
(The Cures were now crying, desperately trying to get Gelato to stop)
Cure Whip:N-No, Gelato! Y-You can't...
Cure Parfait:P-Please, Gelato... l-let me do it instead!
(Cure Gelato sighed... and her gold claw plate froze in ice)
Cure Gelato:No. It's gotta be me!
(Gelato swiped, knocking all the Pretty Cure back, and started running towards the cars. Lennox, Captain America, and Mario followed her... but not to stop her)
Cure Whip:GELATO! NO!
(Cure Gelato got on the Nitrodrifter and powered it on. Captain America, Lennox, and Mario started their vehicles as Gelato drove in the opposite direction.
The Cures screamed at her to stop as Alioth approached closer, but Gelato ignored them tearfully. Eventually, she let out a loud lion roar that was on par with Alioth's bellows... making its attention focus on Gelato)
Cure Yell:G-Gelato, no!
Cure Gelato: OVER HERE YOU GIANT STORM SNAKE!
(Alioth roared and started heading towards Cure Gelato. The Cures screamed as they were scooped up into the other vehicles.
Cure Gelato revved her bike and started driving towards the edge of the cliff... Alioth right in front of it)
Cure Gelato:I'M GETTING FIRED UP!
(The other Avengers held down the Pretty Cure so they wouldn't intervene as they drove away. The Cures sobbed and tried to fight back as Alioth started getting further and further away from their vehicles)
Cure Yell:(sobbing) GELATO! G-GELATO, NO!
Cure Whip:N-No, Gelato, there are other ways! You don't want to do this!
Cure Gelato:You know what's funny? I do...
(Cure Gelato jumped off the cliff with her bike... heading straight for Alioth's mouth. She let her hands go from the handles and opened them wide... closing her eyes)
Cure Whip:GELATO! AOI-CHAN!
Cure Gelato:It's okay, Ichika-Chan... for the first time, in a long time, I'm not afraid.
(She finally opened her eyes to look at the cars escaping... and even from her perspective... she could see the pleading and distraught looks on her friends' faces)
Cure Gelato:Don't look at me like that...
because then... I'll start to feel afraid...
(Haqua desperately tried to hold down Cure Custard, who wailed and reached for Aoi... her actions in vain, still)
Cure Gelato:Himari-Chan? I love-
(Alioth finally closed in... roaring as Gelato's bike went into its glowing mouth-like smoke.
Everyone went silent as Alioth's mouth closed. When it opened again, a flash of blue light traveled through its body, turning him blue for two seconds... then he was purple again)
Cure Custard:AOI-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!
(Alioth's "face" disappeared into smoke once again and it shriveled up to start moving away... it was docile once again.
Everyone, except the sobbing Pretty Cure, drove away in silence...)
Part 3: The Plan
(It was night... and the Avengers had taken refuge in a partially destroyed wooden bridge that overlooked a green steel bridge that had also been destroyed, creating a chasm between the two bridges.
Himari sat over the edge, the coldness of the desert unaffecting her due to the pain in her heart. Her eyes were blank, leaving everything meaningless to her... even when Ichika tried to console her earlier.
Himari stared at the bottom of the canyon, letting her tears fall and slowly disappear from her field of view. She sniffled and whispered softly)
Himari:I love you too...
(Hana got up from her group... wanting to be alone. As she walked towards one of the buildings near the bridge, she accidentally ran into Lennox)
Hana:Oh. Sorry, Rose-Chan...
(Hana didn't look very sorry, her eyes were still blank and looking at the ground. Lennox smiled sheepishly and put a hand on her shoulder)
Lennox:Raki...
Hana:What...?
Lennox:Raki. Raki Kiseki...
(For the first time since Aoi's sacrifice... Hana smiled)
Hana:Raki-Chan...
Raki:Are you okay, Hana-Chan?
Hana:Oh... you know... actually, not at all. I-I... (cries) I never lost someone so close to me like this before...
(Raki pats Hana's shoulder as she wipes her tears)
Hana:How's the rest of the team doing?
Raki:They've been dealing with their grief in their own way. Cap is training in one of the barns, The Visitor has been quiet and still for the past couple hours... and...
(A roar and a slash were heard in the distance. Haqua panted, her scythe had knocked down a windmill near one of the shacks)
Hanzo:Okay, okay... it's not the windmill's fault.
(Haqua growled and pressed her palm to her eye... her scythe clattering to the ground as she stood. Hanzo sighed beside her)
Raki:Yeah... I know how you feel, Hana-Chan. I felt the same when Aine-Chan and Mio-Chan died a long time ago. And when some other Aikatsu variants died before I joined the Anarchy Avengers.
Hana:It... it just hurts so bad... I want her back... h-how did you deal with it, Raki-Chan?
Raki:Time... and steel. I taught myself to not show any emotion when someone close to me dies... I know that sounds grim, but down here... y-you have to get used to it...
(Lord Enorme, who was sitting with the Cures, grabbed her stump and threw it into the distance with a roar... the log eventually disappearing into the sky)
Lord Enorme:WHY AM I SUCH A COWARD?!
(Lord sighed shakily and sat on the log Lala and Hikaru were sitting on)
Lord Enorme:I... I didn't want her to see my face. I... I'm... I'm afraid. If I had the courage to... FIGHT HER AGAIN! I... I would've taken your friend's place...
Ichika:Then why didn't you?
(Everyone in the group went silent)
Ichika:You were there too... but you sat in the car the whole time. Instead, WE FOUGHT HER THE WHOLE TIME! YOU LET AOI DIE!
(Ichika fumed, tears flowing freely. Lord Enorme didn't respond, she kept silent... knowing what Ichika was going through.
Eventually, Ichika sat back down and wiped her tears away)
Ichika:I'm sorry...
Lord Enorme:It's okay... I get it...
(Captain America approached their group)
Steve:Anyone got sight on Magia Baiser?
Hana:Not now, Cap...
(Captain America sighed and sat on a nearby rock)
Steve:Sorry... force of habit. I'm usually the one with all the plans, but... I... I don't have plan. You girls lost someone important. You deserve a break.
(Raki pulled away from Hana's embrace, Hana was still crying softly. She turned to everyone with an expression of silent rage and pure hopelessness)
Hana:I wanna kill her... I wanna tear her apart. I can still hear Aoi-Chan's voice in my head... I never felt like this before... but... I want... I want Magia Baiser... dead at my feet!
(Captain America, Lord Enorme, and Raki looked at the other Cures. Hana's sudden dark declaration surprised even them... but the only thing on the Cures' face were...
agreement)
Lala:I agree-lun. If it weren't for her own perverted ideas... Aoi-Chan wouldn't have been killed by Alioth-lun!
Ciel:And her friends too... it was Leopard who got her and Himari-Chan taken!
(Hana stepped forward, her eyes brooding)
Hana:I don't care anymore... I'm done. I thought I could reach Baiser-San, but... I think it's about damn time... we get rid of her.
(Everyone else approached their campfire, surprised at Hana's request)
Lord Enorme:I do too, but... Hana-San... Magia Baiser's whole federation is probably looking for us as we speak. Taking her on is too risky.
Haqua:Hmm. Well, it's only a matter of time until Baiser finds us, too.
Himari:So, we take the fight to her while we're still here and finish her.
(Himari joined the conversation. Her cheeks still red from crying... but with a new brooding look in her eyes)
Himari:With us taking out most of Baiser-San's forces, she's never been weaker. Her central base is all she has left. I say we take that from her, too.
Komachi:What exactly are you proposing?
Himari:She's like us. Her power comes from the transformation device; Visitor-Kun said it's the four-pointed star on their body. To take them down, we need to get into their base, destroy the stars that gives them their Magical Girl powers, and then it's over. Her reign, her terror.
Her.
Raki:Her base is located at Lang Falls on the edge of the mountainous region of the island. Even if we were to survive the approach...
Mario:A base like-a dat would be heavily guarded.
Clover:With Nero Alice on their team... we'd be entering a world of illusions completely blind.
Himari:I have a plan to get us in the base without a war...
We surrender ourselves to her.
Everyone:WHAT?!
Himari:I-I know it's a big swing. But not all of us. I'll stay behind and the rest of my friends surrender themselves to Magia Baiser.
Ichika:H-Himari-Chan, have you gone crazy?!
Hikaru:As much as I want to kill her... there's no way I'm willinglygivingmyself to her.
Himari:It's not like that! I'll stay behind with the rest of the Avengers. My powers have the ability to cloak you for a short time. And with the Cures in her grasp, she'll be distracted... her friends too. Before she starts torturing them, we give her the surprise and get them.
Hanzo:Such a plan...
Steve:...is impossible! But... not for the Pretty Cure.
Lord Enorme:Huh... that could... work actually.
Steve:Okay... I guess you're up, then.
(The Cures exhaled and stood up. They were ready to take the fight onto Magia Baiser. Although... some of them were still reluctant to surrender themselves...
At dawn, the gates to Lang Falls opened. The remaining crew, henchmen, and the Enormita themselves stood waiting. Magia Baiser gave a sharp-toothy grin when she saw a group of her masked henchmen marching... with the Pretty Cure in tow. Their chains clinked on the ground and their faces brooding.
Magia Baiser giggled and strutted to them)
Henchman:We were patrolling the area when they came. They came without their transformation devices... and surrendered themselves.
Magia Baiser:Oh? I wonder if the brave little Aoi-Chan had anything to do with it...
(Magia Baiser gently caressed Hana's chin with her fingernail, but Hana just glared up at her without moving)
Magia Baiser:Hmm... but it's strange for you girls to... just give up like that. Where's the fun in that,huh?!
(Baiser swatted Hana's cheek with her heel and tilted Hana's chin up with her foot. Magia Baiser's eyes were shadowed with darkness... almost as if she was angry with the Pretty Cure surrendering to her)
Magia Baiser:Where's the coward one, hmm?
Ichika:She died... in grief.
Magia Baiser:Good. She was cute... but she would've broke in the first hour. We don't need that runt anyways. But you...
(Hana glared at Magia Baiser, not feeling afraid at all... which ticked off the mistress. She grabbed Hana by the scruff of her shirt and lifted Hana up to her face)
Magia Baiser:Wipe that disgusting look off your face. Are you seriously surrendering yourselves to me after one of your teammates die?
(Not even flinching or making a sound, Hana continued to scowl at Magia Baiser)
Magia Baiser:The Pretty Cure are paragons of justice. Every little girl looks up to you, yet you really allow yourselves to come to me willingly instead of fighting?
Despicable... despicable... despicable. Despicable. Despicable! Despicable! DESPICABLE!
There's subverting expectations, then there's THIS bullshit. You're a hero, have some dignity.
(Hana didn't say anything. Magia Baiser threw her back onto the concrete harshly)
Magia Baiser:I guess if there's no fight left in you...
(Using her powers, purple flames started circling around Magia Baiser's hand... until... Hugtan appeared in her hand, a ball-gag in her mouth.
Hana's eyes widened as she saw Hugtan. The baby's eyes widened, and she attempted to reach for Hana... her wails muffled by the gag)
Magia Baiser:...I'll have to beat it out of you!
To be continued...
(During the night before the Pretty Cure marched themselves to Lang Falls...
An open flame being controlled by a hand with red fingernails illuminated Lacey's Diner... finding an unopen can of SPAM in the backroom.
Back at the TVA, Paradigm typed in a passcode and opened a rotating wall door as her phone rang. She took it out of her skirt's pocket, looked behind to see if anyone was watching her, then put the phone up to her ear)
Paradigm:What?
(In The Void, a woman with long, flowing gradient hair-red-to-orange-picked up the can. She held a phone up to her ear)
Hibiki:Alioth didn't get them. Utena wanted to play with them herself first.
(Hibiki sniffed the can of SPAM then grabbed a spoon)
Hibiki (over phone):They got away.
Paradigm:Did they find the others?
Hibiki (over phone):No.
Paradigm:Okay. Good. Alright. Phew
(Paradigm wiped a single bead of sweat away and sat on the table)
Hibiki (over phone):The others found them.
Paradigm:Oh, very cute. Well done, Miss TenshÅ. Classic bait and switch. You really got me there.
(Hibiki put the phone on speaker and set it down. She took a spoonful of the meat and hovered it over her open flame)
Hibiki:Relax. If they come after Magia Baiser, she'll handle it.
Paradigm:Utena Hiiragi is a lunatic wild card! Why do you think we put her there in the first place? Thank God she's never chosen to leave The Void.
The Rift Beacon is hours away from completion! I cannot take any chances...
Hibiki:Well, maybe not. But I can... for a price.
Paradigm (over phone):Why do you have to say it in that silly voice?
(Paradigm scrunched up her nose and cringed)
Paradigm:It's so icky!
Hibiki (over phone):You want it done or not?
Paradigm:All right. Your price. If the Pretty Cure and Magia Baiser are still alive, take them out.
(Paradigm hung up her phone and stared blankly at the wall)
Paradigm:Ugh. Mutants...