Part 1: The TVA
(The Pretty Cure were trapped inside a giant bird cage, their powers useless against the steel bars that surrounded them. Soon, another Police Force of birds arrived with Cure Ange, Cure Etoile, and Prunce in tow... throwing them inside the cage along with the others)
Cure Etoile:G-Get your feathers off me!
Cure Macherie:Oh, hey guys.
Cure Ange:Macherie! Everyone else! You're okay...
Cure Chocolat:Yes... but we haven't seen Whip or the others...
Cure Amour:According to my diagnostics... our Mirai Crystals, your Sweets Pacts, and their Star Color Pendantsarerigged for interstellar communication.
But they cannot find Yell, Star, Milky, Whip, Custard, Gelato, or Parfait's locations.
Cure Soleil:Meaning...?
Cure Amour:Wherever they are... they do not appear to be within in the observable universe...
Cure Selene:You mean... Star and the others are not inouruniverse right now?
The President:Silence!
(The Cures gasped and turned to The President. He was a small brown owl perched on a branch inside a gold ring. Yango, a tall black bird and the leader of the Miracle Light Factory's Police Force, moved The President's perch towards the Pretty Cure's cage)
The President:You who call themselves Pretty Cure...
Now that all the Miracle Lights are gone, sending your feelings to the universe is impossible! And with darkness flowing through the Miraculous Planets, the universe could face imminent disaster!
Yango:We will find Piton and your remaining friends soon enough. After that... you will face trial for your crimes against the universe!
Cure Ange:But it wasn't us or Piton! We don't know who-
(Suddenly, a burst of sparks flashed through the bird cage. The President and Yango gasped, the Cures looked confused, and Prunce started freaking out.
The sparks formed an orange portal that hovered above the bird cage... and then, Cure Star came flying through the portal... crashing her head against the bars)
Cure Star:Owowowow... I hit my head a lot today...
Cure Soleil:Star! You're okay!
(Soon, Cure Yell, Milky, Whip, Custard, and Parfait came through the portal as well... followed by Piton, Pekorin, and Chourou, with Piton holding Fuwa and Hugtan in Chourou's hair)
Cure Ange:Everyone!
(Cure Yell retracted her helmet and smiled briefly. The others looked happy to see their friends once again)
Cure Yell:Ange! Etolie! Macherie and Amour! A-Are you real?! Y-You're not an illusion, right?!
Cure Ange:An illusion? What do-
Cure Yell:T-Tell me something only you would know!
Cure Ange:Something we... only we would know... um...
Cure Etoile:R-R-Remember when we went on summer vacation and we stayed at the Tengu Manor hotel? You pay-per-viewed a video in your room? They didn't list the titles, but I could tell by the price it was an adult film at the front desk, and you didn't know how I knew-
(Cure Yell started blushing madly and waved her hands frantically)
Cure Yell:OKAY! OKAY, STOP! I-It's you!
(Cure Yell retracted her giant gauntlet and walked towards Ange and Yell... enveloping them into a hug. She sighed with relief)
Cure Yell:It's so good to see you...
(Yell quickly went over to Amour and Macherie and hugged them too)
Cure Macherie:Yell... you're going to have to tell me what's going on-nanodesu. Besides, where were you?! Amour couldn't track you anywhere-nanodesu!
(Meanwhile, Cure Star and Milky hugged Soleil and Selene... who were both relieved and confused on why they seemed so happy to see them.
Whip, Custard, and Parfait did the same to Macaron and Chocolat)
Cure Chocolat:W-Why are you dressed like that? And why are your outfits... ripped and dirty?
(Custard continued hugging Cure Macaron... who patted her shoulder slightly and started to pull away with a blank face)
Cure Macaron:Okay... you can... let go of me now. You smell really bad...
Cure Selene:What happened?
Cure Star:It's... it's a long story.
The President:Oh? It seems like they came to us instead!
Yango:Well... I guess that just makes our job easier.
(The returned Cures' eyes quickly snapped to Yango as he spoke, causing the others to spark with suspicious)
Cure Yell:Oh right, I forgot about him.
Cure Amour:I sense something is amiss.
Cure Soleil:Who? Who are you talking about?
(Cure Custard approached the cage and "SNIKT" out her claws. With a growl, she sliced the bars open as if it was paper. Yango and The President gasped as Cure Star leapt out of the cage)
Cure Milky:Milky Beam!
(With a heavy blast, she fired a Unibeam at Yango, causing his vehicle to sputter out. Confused by the sudden aggression, The President titled his head sideways)
The President:What is the meaning of this?!
(While Yango was falling, Cure Star grabbed and whirled him around towards the cage)
Cure Star:Shocker Star Punch!
(With a devastating electrical blow, Cure Star punched Yango back into cage... causing the ground around him to explode in the air)
Cure Chocolat:W-What are you guys doing?!
(Piton pulled out his Miracle Light, blinding everyone in the room)
The President:A Miracle Light! Piton, how did you get one?
Yango:Impossible- I mean... I have exactly what you need for that, Piton! The only way we can defeat these girls is by-
Piton:No. They are the real Pretty Cure! You're the real enemy!
(Everyone in the room gasped and chattered amongst themselves)
The President:Yango... is that true?
Yango:Of course it's not! Piton has been brainwashed by these- ah!
(Piton jumped on Yango, pinning him down)
Piton:Now, Precure! Hurry before he gets up!
Yango:WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! YOU'RE BETRAYING YOUR KIND TO THESE FAKE PRECURE-
(With quick swiftness, Cure Yell opened Yango's shirt as Piton hopped off... exposing a glowing purple cubic artifact. She grabbed it inside her giant gauntlet, causing its powers to remain stable inside her grasp)
The President:(gasp) An artifact from The Last Reality! Yango... you were... a traitor?
Yango:How... How did you know?!
Cure Star:A lot has happened since we got captured on the bird planet... and we were shown our future. You were the cause of everything that happened here!
(Everyone gasped louder at this sudden revelation)
Yango:I-I spent centuries, sacrificed everything... to plunge the universe in darkness! I'M NOT GOING TO LOSE LIKE THIS!
(Yango tried to reach for his artifact in Yell's grasp... but she crushed it. The shards rained to the ground and turned grey. Yango screamed and gasped, then started convulsing on the ground as his power died out... eventually turning him into stone)
Cure Amour:So... you were shown the future, which means... you gained knowledge of what happens to us before it actually happened, which is why you stopped him?
Cure Milky:Eh... sort of-lun.
Cure Amour:ERROR: This data is contradictory. Does n-n-n-not compute. Diverting power...
Cure Macherie:You... you just broke Amour-nanodesu!
The President:Yango... I can't believe he was deceiving us all this time! I thought this whole accident was Piton's doing...!
(A siren was heard wailing in the distance... followed by yelling. The Cures turned with surprise to see Harry riding one of the Police Force's hoverbikes)
Harry:LEAVE THIS TO HARIHAM HARRY!
Cure Yell:H-Harry?!
Hugtan:Hawwy!
Harry:The ever-reliable Harry is here!
Cure Yell:Harry, wait-!
(Harry drove straight through the hole Custard cut into the cage... and crashed into the bars on the other side. He jumped out and posed stoically)
Harry:Merry Christmas to all and to all- guys...?
(Harry saw Yango's corpse and the perfectly cut hole in the cage. He lowered his arms in disappointment and sighed)
Harry:Oh, I missed the party...
Cure Yell:It's okay, you did your best.
Hugtan:Hawwy!
Harry:(chuckles) Hugtan! You're okay!
(An officer brought The President's perch over to the cage and the rest of the Force turned off their lights. The President then bowed his head)
Cure Amour:Paradox status: On hold.
The President:I believe a thank you is in order, Precures.
(The owl then turned to Cure Yell and rest of her armored team)
The President:But for you girls this is probably just another day at the office, right?
Cure Yell:At this point... yeah, pretty much!
(The Pretty Cure, still confused about everything, started to nag the Cures for answers)
Cure Ange:Where have you all been? And why do you look like that?
Cure Yell:I promise we'll explain all of this later, but-
Cure Macherie:Why do you look like you've been through a war-nanodesu?
Cure Milky:Well... that's not entirely false-lun...
(Cure Soleil grabbed Cure Star's arm and lifted it up)
Cure Soleil:Where did you get this...?
Cure Star:Umm... I pulled it off some girl with purple hair...?
Cure Chocolat:Okay! Cut the crap! What is going on... and where's Gelato?!
Cure Yell:I promise I'll explain everything later, but...
(The Void Stars looked down with solemn eyes... almost beginning to fill with tears. Cure Chocolat and Macaron's eyes widened, and their stomachs dropped)
Cure Parfait:Gelato... didn't make it.
Cure Chocolat:Y-Y-You're lying! It's not true!
Cure Macaron:It can't be true! Gelato was a fighter!
Cure Yell:We don't have time for this! We will explain everything, please! But... Parfait is right. Gelato isn't... coming back.
(Chocolat's legs started shaking and she lost her balance, Macaron started to slowly cover her mouth. All the other Cures lowered their heads sadly)
Cure Yell:But there's a bigger threat to us right now! One that could destroy our universe and every other Pretty Cure universe!
Cure Macherie:What?!
Piton:She's right! A woman named Paradigm-San is somewhere in this universe and is preparing to destroy it! She has a Rift Beacon and is going to use it soon!
Cure Amour:They are telling the truth, but. Chances of escaping this Planet without the proper means of travel is zero percent. How are we supposed to find this beacon without a spacecraft?
Piton:Oh, we can portal there!
Cure Selene:What?
Piton:We're magic now!
(Cure Selene side-eyed him but the other Void Stars chimed in)
Cure Whip:Yeah, he can!
Cure Milky:Yes, we saw-lun.
Cure Ange:Uh... okay then.
Fuwa:Pwotal-fuwa!
Cure Whip:Come on! Everyone together!
(Hugtan, Fuwa, and Piton joined forces together again. Piton clutched his Miracle Light tightly, Fuwa's antennas started spinning, and Hugtan's crystal started glowing)
Piton:Please. Take us... take us... to Paradigm-San.
(All three of their powers started glowing brightly)
Hugtan:HAAAAAGYUUUUU!
Fuwa:FUUUUUUUUUWAAAAAAAAA!
Harry:Hugtan! W-What's happening?!
(All the Cures except the Void Stars started clamoring as they were lifted into the air. With another loud explosion, a tear opened behind them... shattering like glass. The star-shaped Rift sucked them in and closed just as it opened)
The President:Godspeed, Pretty Cure!
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(Agents in hazmat suits carrying radioactive devices walked up the stairs of a substation. Hurrying past them was Paradigm, her forehead sheen with sweat from nervousness.
She entered Sonrisa, being the staging control room for their operations)
Paradigm:Hey, people! How much time before the Rift Beacon is active?!
TVA Agent:We're running the final safety checks.
Paradigm:Oh, okay. All right. Thanks for all your hard work, love. Take your time.
TVA Agent:Really?
Paradigm:NO, you droolingboob!No! They're coming. Cancel all the safety checks!
(Paradigm quickly hurried out of Sonrisa, even running while wearing heels)
Paradigm:We need to be live, NOW!
(Their vintage monitors displayed high amounts of Zero Point energy being emitted from the bridge that connects to the shopping district)
Paradigm:OH! I HATE YOU SO MUCH!
(With another explosion, the Pretty Cure were ejected from the star-shaped Rift. They were now in Mihoshi Town, the hometown of the Star Twinkle Pretty Cure. The entrance to the shopping district was barricaded and TVA Minutemen were guarding entry)
Cure Star:W-We're in... Mihoshi Town?
Cure Soleil:Oh! What happened to it? And why is it locked down?
Cure Selene:Father... isn't doing drills with his taskforce this week...
(Paradigm arrived and hurdled over a barricade. The TVA Minutemen activated their Pruning Sticks and aimed them at the Cures)
Paradigm:NO! STOP! PISS OFF! You're too late!
Cure Macaron:Who are you?
(The Void Stars were not confused like the others, instead, they approached Paradigm with angry expressions)
Cure Parfait:You're done, Paradigm-San!
Cure Yell:Why was Ant-Man crying?!
Paradigm:Howdareyou?! No one comes back from The Void!
Cure Star:Tell that to Magia Baiser-San!
(Selene, who understood French, had her cheeks flare up and she covered her mouth)
Paradigm:Magia Baiser... SHE helped you?!
Cure Yell:We worked things out... and in the end, she did.
Paradigm:Hibiki! That bitch! I KNEW I shouldn't have trusted her!
Cure Yell:H-Hibiki-San?
Paradigm:Well, it's over for you anyways! Hunters!
(The two TVA Minutemen who were guarding the barricade whirled their sticks and approached. Every Cure went on the defensive)
Paradigm:Send every Minutemen we HAVE! DO NOT LET THE PRETTY CURE REACH THE BEACON!
TVA Hunter:Yes, ma'am.
Cure Soleil:What have you done to the shopping district?!
Paradigm:Don't worry... I evacuated and locked down the district. Made them all think this was a planned military drill. But it won't matter when your universe andeveryPretty Cure universe across the Multiverse is torn apart until they're nothing left but The Void!
Cure Soleil:(gasps) Touma-Kun... everyone else...
Paradigm:Take 'em out.
(Paradigm strutted back to Mihoshi Town Shopping District as if the bridge were a model runway. Multiple Time Doors opened, and Minutemen ran out with glowing weapons)
Hunter I-48:Come out, Pretty Cure!
(Dozens of TVA Minutemen littered the bridge... ready to strike at a moment's notice. Cure Ange looked at Cure Yell... who didn't look afraid at all)
Cure Ange:Should we... go with them? I'm assuming not.
Cure Etoile:There's too many of them... but not for Yell...
Cure Yell:The TVA are going to destroy our universes. They're going down once and for all. It's been a while since we all were a team. We fight together!
Cure Custard:This is for Aoi-Chan...
Cure Yell:Are you ready?
Cure Star:We get to kill TVA Hunters? Hell yeah, I'm ready.
Cure Whip:We're the Pretty Cure!
(The Cures walk towards the blockade of Minutemen slowly. Their faces not showing an inch of fear. The Hunters raise their weapons as they get closer... this time, the TVA showing slight fear instead of the Pretty Cure. Eventually, the Pretty Cure stop right in front of the barricade.
Cure Yell thrusts her shoulders, causing her gauntlet and helmet to retract out and light up. Everyone turned to Cure Yell... now wearing a helmet and covered in armor)
Cure Ange:You look... so stoic, Yell.
Cure Macherie:That armor definitely makes you look more intimidating, Yell-nanodesu!
Cure Amour:Probability of success just increased by ninety percent!
Cure Etoile:You save the good stuff for special occasions?
(Cure Yell smiled... although only visible through her HUD)
Cure Yell:For killing, mostly.
(Cure Yell posed front and center, making all the other Cures stand with her)
Cure Yell:Alright girls let's finish this. For Aoi-Chan.
We are...
Pruned Precure Only:
Void Stars! Pretty Cure
Cure Chocolat:Void Stars? Not... bad, actually.
Cure Macherie:Void Stars! If only Masato-Kun could see us now-nanodesu! (wheezes) AHAHAHA! Hohoho!
(Cure Amour rolled her eyes with an annoyed "mhmm..."
Then, all the Cures got into fighting poses. Star charged her gauntlet, Custard retracted her claws, and the other Void Stars readied their upgraded weapons.
Finally... the Void Stars! Pretty Cure charged towards the TVA Minutemen, who started charging in response.
With a starting punch, Cure Yell blasted several Minutemen away and swatted the Pruning Sticks out of their hands. Using the claws from the claw plate, she sliced open a group of Minutemen with a torrent of blood. She then climbed on top of an abandoned car and jumped off, stomping on three Minutemen and using her boosters to grill them into charred flesh. Then she charged ahead with a yell.
Cure Ange:Heart Feather!
(Ange conjured a shield, one of them getting pruned by a Hunter... she then kicked him down, causing him to prune himself. She then grabbed another shield and drove it deep inside a Minuteman, causing him to hunch over and die shortly after. As more Minutemen approached, she kicked the shield through the Minuteman with intense force... and sliced through a line of henchmen that went all the way to the middle of the bridge)
Cure Etoile:Okay. Show's over.
(Using her Heart Star... she lit up her hands instead of shooting a zig-zagging star. She grinned sadistically as she made finger-guns)
Cure Etoile:Time to break out the big guns!
(Etoile started firing stars that exploded straight through Minutemen... leaving bloody dripping holes in each TVA Minuteman she fired had. She cartwheeled over a corpse and kicked three Minutemen down, blasting herself upward with two shots from both her fingers. With a graceful fall, she piledrived right into a Minuteman... causing him to knock others down like dominos. With her shots lined up, she exploded the fallen Minutemen like blood balloons.
Time slowed down briefly as Cure Macherie sped through the air at regular speeds... and plowed through a dozen Minutemen as if they were paper doors. Then time resumed as Cure Macherie zoomed away as a red blur, causing the Minutemen she ran through to explode into piles of broken armor and viscera.
Using her own Vibranium endoskeleton as a weapon, Cure Amour punched a Minuteman and immediately shattered his ribs. She grabbed another's head and crushed his helmet instantly, then pounded another charging Minuteman in the side and dodged an incoming thrust from a Pruning Stick. One Minuteman managed to strike her with the sharp end of his Pruning Stick... but completely crushed it against her dense body. With a thunderous Thunderclap, she knocked down a whole wave of Minutemen in front of them.
Cure Whip blasted forward and jumped on top of a Minuteman. Charging her boots, she jumped into the air, blowing his chest, and slammed back onto the ground... blasting other Minutemen away and into the water, their heavy armor causing them to sink and drown.
With guttural growls and snarls like a rabid squirrel, Cure Custard slashed and cut through Minutemen like paper. She drove her claws into the head of one and tore it in half with a quick slash. She then pounced on two and rapidly drove her claws into them while screaming... until there was almost nothing but holes in the Minutemen. After getting back up, she jumped and flipped into the air... with a roar, she formed an "X" with her hands and broke it, causing a cluster of Minutemen to fall apart into bloody pieces.
Cure Macaron twirled and cat-flipped her away through striking Minutemen with ease)
Cure Macaron:Fufufu~ so cute~ how hard you try.
(When their back was to her, she used the claws on the fingers of her gloves to leave a very deep gnash in their backs... leaving them paralyzed and to bleed out on the ground. She eventually conjured a spike-ball and chain made out of frosting and a macaron with thorns. She swung it around gracefully and exploded Minutemen into blasts of blood and broken armor.
Cure Chocolat created a long shield and sword made out of thick chocolate and proceeded to block incoming attacks. Each time a Pruning Stick hit her shield; it pruned away a piece of chocolate like a real chocolate bar. Once their attack was used, she drove her sword through their armor and cut through their exposed bodies. Every so often, she would pounce and bite through their armor.
Cure Parfait used her Rainbow Ribbon like a whip, slashing away body armor or trapping Minutemen in ribbon for the other Cures to kill off. Because of her Pegasus status, she remained airborne to stay on the defensive. Every so often, she would dive down to strike a group of Minutemen into the water, leaving them to drown)
Cure Star:Shocker Star Punch!
(Star punched several Minutemen away, each punch was like its own individual shockwave. However, Cure Star was eventually overwhelmed by a mass wave of Minutemen approaching. One pushed her and everyone else back with a blue-tipped Pruning Stick... causing all of them to fly back with an electrical shock.
The Hunter twirled his baton as the group charged forth to prune them all at once...
And with a loud explosion, body parts and armor remains flew out onto the street. Some Minutemen themselves went flying and rolled or were splashed straight into the water. Cure Star had retracted her blade on the Shocker Gauntlet and was cutting through a Minuteman as the Pretty Cure pushed her forward... overpowering the mountain of Minutemen trying to push the Cures back. Finally, Cure Star punched the ground and caused them all to fly backwards)
Cure Milky:Milky Blast!
(With a single piercing Unibeam, she blasted through a large group of Minutemen. She then jumped in the air and fired green Repulsor blasts from the gauntlets on her hands. Once the blasts breached their armor, she used her antennas as a rope dart and cut into their exposed places and shocked... causing them to get electrocuted.
Cure Soleil waved her hands through the air and kicked it as well, pushing out wide fans of flame to engulf the Minutemen, causing their armor to heat up and burn their skin. While they were thrashing in pain, that left them vulnerable to the others to get killed. Soleil then jumped into the air and smashed her fist into the ground... creating a shockwave of flames that burned Minutemen from the inside out)
Cure Selene:Selene... ARROW!
(Cure Selene pulled back the drawstring of her conjured bow, releasing a piercing arrow through a Minuteman. She then spun around low to the ground and fired another through the head of a striking Minuteman. She quickly hopped back up and unleashed three arrows into approaching Minutemen, killing them all. After seeing another sea of Minutemen approaching, she turned her bow red and pulled back a red arrow... once fired, it created a large explosion that killed a small group of Minutemen on site and blasted the others into the water. She then perched on top of an abandoned car and fired more explosive Selene Arrows to aid the Cures charging forth.
Finally, they reached the entrance to Mihoshi Town's Shopping District. Selene drove her arrow through a Minuteman and pinned him to a bus, then joined the other Precure on board a bus that was left behind. Inside, it was very vague... only flashing lights and blood splattering on the window could be seen. A Minuteman tried to crawl out of the hatch on the roof... only for him to be pulled back inside with a scream. An explosion shattered the windows of the middle of the bus, causing smoke to bellow out and dismembered or decapitated Minutemen to hang out the windows. A purple light traveled through the bus, causing windows to ink with blood and an arrow to come out the back of the bus. Green and pink energy flashed as the inked windows now were splattered with more blood... leaving the final Minuteman at the back of the bus. Hunter I-49 attempted to fight back, but his Pruning Stick was cut in half. He screamed and shielded himself as the back windows were coated with blood one last time...
And with a burst of glass and metal, Cure Yell and the other Cures burst from the bus... along with the pieces, fragments, and limbs of Hunter I-49.
Finally, they all landed on the ground safely... leaving behind a sea of dead Minutemen and destroyed cars behind them. They all panted; sweaty, flushed, and out of breath from the fight they had just endured)
Cure Soleil:Okay... you girls... are AMAZING!
Cure Chocolat:You have... any of that stuff to spare?
(Cure Ange turned around and shivered slightly, looking at the sea of corpses behind them)
Cure Ange:Oh my... I never thought I would... kill someone so brutally.
Cure Soleil:I'm the opposite! That felt good!
(Suddenly, a loud burst of energy and light resonated throughout the area. A large beam blasted into the sky, causing a tear in reality to start building)
Cure Milky:Another Sideways Rift-lun! We gotta move.
Cure Amour:I am detecting otherworldly energy coming from that tear...
(gasps) I can feel it! Reality is breaking down!
Cure Yell:Then we need to move. Paradigm won't stop until our worlds are destroyed. C'mon!
(The Cures ran towards the shopping district as the tear only got bigger and more unstable.
Back at Sonrisa, Paradigm walked into the control room looking frustrated and frantic)
Paradigm:Is the Rift Beacon ready to start?
(A female TVA Agent typed a few things onto a keyboard. With a loud whir outside, the screen flashed "Rift Beacon Operational")
Paradigm:Activate it now! The Pretty Cure are approaching as we speak!
(With a flick of a switch, the Rift Beacon activated. Paradigm clapped and whooped softly, the beacon now emitting Zero Point radiation into the sky)
Paradigm:Keep it operational. AT ALL COSTS!
(Paradigm ran out of Sonrisa again and towards the entrance of the shopping district... right as the Pretty Cure arrived)
Paradigm:Piss off! Your world's done! No take backs!
Cure Selene:Not yet it's not.
Paradigm:The Rift Beacon has activated! There's no stopping it!
Cure Yell:Then we're going to stop you...
Trust me. Absolute power... makes monsters out of man!
Paradigm:It isn't power, you dolt! When I destroy the space-time matrix of your Multiverse... and eradicate it from existence, I will have created new branches for the Multiverse to thrive on! The Pretty Cure are notneededanymore! Your story ended when Nozomi got married!
Cure Ange:Nozomi-Chan got married?!
Paradigm:Once the Multiverse has more room to grow on, the TVA will garner me a commendation! A promotion! And then I willbecomea God!
You see, the TVA was flawed ever since they decided to...nurture... towaterthe timeline! But they don't realize that this causes endless incursions and universes to overlap each other! The Multiverse is in chaos right now!
Cure Milky:But the Multiverse is free-lun! Free from your liberation!
Paradigm:Yes, well... I suppose it's time for that to end, isn't it? Go back to simpler times? When everything was written on the timeline.
(The Cures glare at Paradigm)
Paradigm:We show mercy... andauthority!We don't enslave and destroy like that... dominatrix freak Magia Baiser-
(Suddenly, sparks started popping behind them. With a fearful turn, Paradigm turned around to see a Sling Ring portal opening on the brick floor...
...and Hibiki stepped out. Her eyes wide with fear)
Hibiki:Paradigm! We have a problem...
(With glazed-over eyes, a baggy sleeve went through Hibiki's head... and snapped her neck. Hovering above Hibiki's now-dead corpse... was a cat-like bat creature with yellow accents)
Venalita:Paradigm...
(With a single swoop, she threw Hibiki over her head. The portal closed behind Venalita, who hovered towards Paradigm)
Venalita:Well, you are sexier than you looked in Hibiki-San's head. You tried to kill the Enormita.
(Paradigm turned to the Pretty Cure with an anxious but smug smirk)
Paradigm:I literally have no idea what she's talking about...
(Venalita turned to the active Rift Beacon)
Venalita:What's this? A Rift Beacon? Naughty Girl...
Cure Star:It's okay... um... Enormita's fairy? We're on it! We're gonna head over and dismantle that thing now. We got you; you just keep her distracted.
Venalita:I don't want to destroy it. I want touseit.
(The Cures' face dropped)
Venalita:Now shoo! Mummy and Dommy Mommy are having the adult talk!
(With the single flick of her sleeve, Venalita tossed the Cures away... and back onto the bridge littered with TVA corpses. They crashed into a railing and splashed into the water)
Venalita:You know, the funny thing is... we were happy in The Void. You sent your trash to me, Alioth and I cleaned it up. Everyone was happy! And then you had to go and piss on my side of the fence by destroying the Enormita! So now the fence must come down...
(Venalita forced Paradigm to walk with her, causing Paradigm to strain)
Venalita:I'm going to use your little Rift Beacon... and I'm going to destroy this Magical Girl universe... and the next... and the next... and the next! Until every Magical Girl in existence is in TheVoid!And then I get to play God!
Come on.
(Venalita crushed down Paradigm, forcing her to walk towards Sonrisa painfully)
Venalita:You're going to show me how to use this fancy little device of yours. And don't worry, I have magical abilities to make sure we're not disturbed.
(The Pretty Cure trudged out of the water and shook the water off. Looking up, the Rift Beacon had created a full tear through reality... causing it pulse and warble unstably)
Cure Amour:My sensors detect that our Reality is starting to collapse. I'm also picking up readings of other beings crossing that tear!
Cure Etoile:Really... what is it?
(Cure Amour turned to Cure Yell with an astonished expression)
Cure Amour:Us...
Cure Yell:That's what she's doing... she's going to destroy our universe and all of our Variants across the Multiverse.
Cure Soleil:Why would she do that?!
Cure Yell:She wants the TVA back to its former glory. And that first step is destroying our timeline...
Cure Macaron:What about that rabbit thing?
Cure Yell:I'm not sure... I only saw it once, but it never spoke. If Baiser-San isn't with her... then she's gotta be acting on her own accord.
Cure Selene:Is that... (clears throat) ...really what she's called?
Cure Star:We have to stop it, come on!
(The Cures started running back towards the shopping district...
...unbeknownst to them... Piton followed them)
Part 2: Miracle Lights
(Paradigm pushed a button that caused the monitors to change reality destinations. When that happened, the Beacon started to tear into two different universes)
Computer:Aligning to Reality-191130...
(Outside, the Rift Beacon pulsed and started beaming red and purple. The Rift above grew more unstable, causing the Pretty Cure to become worried)
Cure Amour:Reality deterioration increased by sixty-seven percent. I am picking up signatures of unknown beings...
Cure Whip:That can't be good...
(Venalita phased through the door of Sonrisa, leaving the TVA Agents trapped inside)
Venalita:Thank you for all your hard work. With this... all Magical Girls will be controlled in my tiny paws...
(Venalita hovered right next to the Rift Beacon as the Pretty Cure arrived. Cure Yell attempted to punch the beacon... but was stopped by a purple barrier)
Venalita:Welp. It appears you're too late...
CureAnge:No! Don't do this...
Venalita:Why? With this power... I can do anything I damn well please.
(The Cures started relentlessly punching, ramming, and attacking the barrier... but could not breach the thick barrier.
Meanwhile, Cure Yell, Star, and Whip ran into Sonrisa where the TVA Agents were trapped)
Paradigm:Oh, well, there you are! It's too late, it's over!
Cure Whip:Well then. We need to up the stakes! What exactly is happening out there?!
Paradigm:If Venalita steals the Rift Beacon's energy, she has the power to shred the fabric of all Magical Girl realities until there is nothing left butTheVoid!
Cure Star:How do we shut it down?
Paradigm:I dunno...
(Star pinned Paradigm against the control panel and slowly retracted her blade close to Paradigm's face)
Cure Star:How about now?
(Paradigm trembled and sputtered, then started to reach for the control sticks beside her)
Paradigm:Okay... look, look, look.
(Paradigm pushed the "Phase 2 Emergency Stop" button, causing the instructions to display on one of the monitors)
Paradigm:The Rift Beacon is fed from a secure chamber below ground. It is powered by Zero Point energy radiating through a Corruption Matter feed converging inside the device. Now, Venalita is redirecting the Beacon's power to eliminate all Magical Girl timelines, starting with this one. Theoretically, you could stop her by short-circuiting the Corruption feed in the chamber below. One of you would need to destroy the feed, then... the released power would destroy the machine. But... but...
Cure Yell:Come on, Paradigm-San! Just SPIT IT OUT!
Paradigm:Whoever destroyed the feed... would be annihilated!
Cure Whip:I could live with that...
Cure Star:I could live with that as well...
Cure Yell:Me too. Our powers give us regeneration abilities, remember?
Paradigm:Not this time! This is Zero Point energy mixing with Corruption Matter! They do not play nicely with each other! The released energy would cause you to get atomized! Trust what happened on Island Apollo if you don't trust me!
Even if you lived long enough to make the circuit... you... will...die...down there.
(The Cures turned outside... the Rift Beacon was already growing unstable... and the sky darkened with a giant red Rift tearing through the atmosphere. Venalita continued to feed the Beacon her power... only adding to the corruption in the sky. With no time to waste, the Cures rushed towards the substation tunnels where the device was held.
In the substation, the Pretty Cure hurried to the only door that wasn't blocked off. The rest of the tunnel had been closed off to prevent any trains from coming through. When they reached the door, Cure Custard stopped Yell)
Cure Custard:H-Hold on... hold on. You heard Paradigm-San upstairs. Even if we manage to destroy the feed... we're dead. Permanently.
Cure Star:That's why it's gotta be me.
Cure Custard:What...?
Cure Ange:W-What are you saying?
Cure Soleil:Star! This isn't up for negotiation!
Cure Star:Then how do we decide who's going to do it! Yell has a baby... and... you girls already lost a friend. We... we are the only ones that didn't lose anyone.
Cure Selene:But... Star... you'll die.
Cure Star:Ange, Etoile, Macherie, Amour... you... you didn't ask for any of this. And Yell has a baby she can't lose... that's why it's gotta be me.
Cure Milky:No, Star! I'll do it-lun!
Cure Selene:Milky, no!
(Cure Star turned to Milky and put her hands on her shoulders)
Cure Star:Give me this... please...
Cure Amour:I'll do it then.
Cure Macherie:What?! Amour, wait!
Cure Amour:I'm from the future anyways... I'm not supposed to be here. Besides, I'm a synthezoid... it'll be less pain for everyone. Because you're all human.
Cure Yell:But... Amour...
Cure Star:No. Amour. I'm going to do it.
(Defeated, Cure Amour sighed and stepped back. Cure Star hugged Yell... then hugged her friends. However, Milky did not let go)
Cure Milky:Please... Star! Let me do it!
Cure Star:Say hi to other aliens you meet for me, okay?
(With a sniffle, Cure Star let Milky go and walked over to the door. She pushed a button, causing a hiss and a light to turn green. With one last look, she turned to her friends... as a single teardrop fell down her cheek.
Everyone else tried to hold back their tears as Star gave them one last smile. She charged her gauntlet, ready to hit the feed... and opened the unlocked door. She walked in and turned around to give her friends one last look-
CLANG!
Cure Star suddenly went limp as a fire extinguisher smashed her head... and was thrown out the door. Before anyone could understand what was going on, the hatch on the door turned... and all the locks reactivated. From inside the chamber, a lever was switched to prevent the door from being unlocked again.
Once Cure Star recovered, she immediately went back to the door as the light turned red again. She yelped and started frantically prying at the door... seeing Piton inside)
Cure Star:NO! Open the door!
Piton:I can't... and I'm not going to.
Cure Star:(teary) Why are you fucking doing this?
Piton:Because you're a Precure! And I need to right some wrongs...
(Star started hyperventilating, she pounded on the door relentlessly... but to no avail. The door was thick and would take a long time to bash open)
Cure Star:PITON! This should be me...
Piton:Say hi to other people you meet for me, okay?
(Piton started to waddle slowly to the feed... the glowing purple energy radiating the room. He took out his Miracle Light, which was still glowing brightly)
Cure Star, Cure Yell, & Cure Whip:PITON! PITON, DON'T!
(All the other Cures took turns trying to pry open the door, causing the ceiling to rumble above them... but no luck in trying to breach)
Cure Yell:(crying) You don't need to do this!
Piton:I do. Because I'm the one who started this... I need to be the one to finish it.
(Piton, who was obviously scared, trembled... but still approached the purple feed displaying rune glyphs. He looked at his Miracle Light one last time)
Piton:I'm not doing it because I need it...
(Piton turned to the Cures, who were pounding against the glass)
Piton:I'm doing it because you do!
All Cures:PITON, NO!
(With a battle screech, Piton drove his Miracle Light into the Corruption feed... causing it to burst free. Immediately, Piton started screaming as his eyes and mouth started glowing... his body starting to crack with glowing purple energy.
Above, Venalita gasped... her own eyes and mouth starting to glow as well, causing the beacon to pulsate and start fading. Soon, both Piton and Venalita's heads twitched violently... the energy slowly destroying them from the inside out)
Cure Yell:PITON! PITON, STOP!
(Both Venalita and Piton continued to twitch, the Rift Beacon starting to spark... and the Corruption feed beginning to charge with energy.
However... Venalita did not scream, she simply smiled and stared at the Rift above beginning to shrivel and close)
Venalita:It... is... done...
Now... the Enormita... exists... in almost every... Pretty Cure... universe!
(With her statement... the Rift Beacon exploded, turning Venalita into nothing but ash. Down below, the Cures almost completely broke down the door... at the cost of their own bodies)
Cure Star:PITON! DON'T DO IT, PITO- Oh sh-!
(The feed exploded with purple energy... breaching the door but causing the Cures to blast against the subway walls. The room that housed the Corruption Matter feed completely exploded, leaving nothing but ruins and sparks raining from the destroyed lights.
Cure Star and Yell managed to reach their senses... and get back up. Almost immediately, they rushed over to the destroyed room)
Cure Yell:PITON!
(They looked down on the destruction, but all that was noticeable was ruins and water seeping in from exposed pipes. Cure Star looked down, hoping to find Piton)
Cure Star:PITON! Piton, where...
(Star began to lose hope... and so did Yell. Eventually, all they saw at the bottom... was the faint glow of Piton's Miracle Light. Highly damaged and the light flickering... until it went out)
Cure Star:Piton... no... no!
(Star dropped to her knees and started sobbing. Cure Yell joined her and put her hand on her shoulder to comfort her. Soon, all the other Cures joined them in the room)
Cure Macherie:He... he saved us-nanodesu...
Cure Amour:Timeline integrity: one hundred percent...
Cure Selene:Oh, Cure Star... I'm so sorry...
(Milky, Soleil, and Selene hugged the broken Star... and everyone else followed behind.
In the distance, Paradigm watched with solemn and worried eyes. She held her breath and flinched whenever a light produced a rain of sparks... looking to see if the Cures survived or were killed in the blast)
Woman:PARADIGM!
(Paradigm gasped and looked towards the entrance of the substation. Several Minutemen followed by a female judge in an orange suit approached the lobby. Paradigm slowly trudged her way to meet them at the station's entrance)
Judge B-15:You've been busy.
Paradigm:W-Well... somebody had to be.
Judge B-15:We picked up strange readings coming from this universe. You wouldn't know anything about an unsanctioned Rift Beacon, would you?
Paradigm:Uh... no! No! I don't know anything about an unsanctioned Rift Beacon! How about you ask Venalita?! Because I was assured that she was safely held in The Void! Along with those other treacherous Enromita Members! But no, she was here! And she used that Rift Beacon to nearly destroy the Magical Girl timeline! How could you let this happen?!
Judge B-15:You weren't involved at all?
Paradigm:In stopping her, yes! Yes, I was! B-But not nearly enough! Not as much as the girls that went down there to destroy her! (voice breaking) M-My girls... t-they were like daughters to me! I warned them, that they would be completely obliterated if they went. But they went anyway. Like... like heroes. Because that's who they were! They just did what they had to do with no concern for their own safety.The factthat we're all still standing here is a testament to their heroism.
Anyway, there's nothing you and I can do to bring them back now...
Cure Yell:PARADIGM!
Paradigm:FUCK!
(Before Paradigm could turn around, Yell grabbed her and pinned her against the wall with her giant gauntlet ready. However, Paradigm was more shocked and confused than scared)
Cure Yell:Piton is dead... and that isYOURfault!
Paradigm:I-I don't understand... How are you all still alive?
(The TVA Minutemen reached for their weapons but didn't activate them. Cure Yell growled and was starting to clench her fist... when B-15 chimed in)
Judge B-15:At ease! She's with me.
(Cure Yell looked over... and immediately lowered her arm and dropped Paradigm. She blushed and put her hands behind her back. Soon, the other Cures stared at B-15 and her force of Minutemen... and grew suspicious)
Cure Star:Wait a minute...you'rea part of this too?
Judge B-15:Let's get these Pretty Cure Variants back to The Void.
(The Minutemen charged their weapons and began to walk towards the Cures)
Cure Yell:W-Wait what?
Harry:No, no, wait! Actually...
(The Pretty Cure gasped as Harry ran down the substation steps, holding Hugtan, Pekorin, Chourou, and Fuwa)
Harry:These Pretty Cure are homegrown, like me! They belong here!
Judge B-15:And you are...?
Harry:Hariham Harry... but you can... call me Harry.
Cure Yell:Harry! Oh... I'm so glad you guys are okay!
Chourou:Everything started turning into Spaghetti noodles-jaba. But everything went back to normal after you destroyed that beacon-jaba!
Paradigm:W-What is going on here?
Judge B-15:You... are under judgement! For operating an unsanctioned Rift Beacon!
Take her.
(B-15 tapped a few buttons on her TemPad and opened a Time Door. Minutemen rushed over and seized Paradigm, who started fighting back)
Paradigm:I WAS JUST DOING WHAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE GUTS TO DO! G-Get your insolent hands off me! G-Get off-
Cure Whip:Sayonara~
(She waved mockingly as Paradigm was pulled through the Time Door... her voice cutting out as the door closed. Once Paradigm was contained, B-15 turned to the Pretty Cure)
Judge B-15:I'm grateful, ladies.
Cure Yell:S-So... you're not with Paradigm-San?
Judge B-15:No. Paradigm ran her own division after helping us win a war on the Sacred Timeline. But she didn't like the new laws Loki imposed over the TVA... and went rogue under her own division. Don't worry, the TVA will judge her for her actions.
Cure Macherie:O-Of course, your majesty...
(Everyone looked with confusion as Cure Macherie bowed)
Judge B-15:Let's hold the bows. You girls led the Mascot of five Omega-Level Mutants to this timeline! But... you destroyed their powers from within. Now, that Magia Baiser Variant posed the most significant threat to the Multiverse since Cassandra Nova... but you beat her. The TVA owes you a debt of gratitude. But your world will never know this victory... except maybe the people of this town.
(B-15 pulled out her TemPad that showcased the Pretty Cures' timeline beginning to reform. Upon seeing this, she showed the Cures this revelation)
Judge B-15:Do you see that? Your timeline is regenerating! Whatever you did here, you not only saved your world... You spared the Pretty Cure timeline from extinction! Your timeline is healthier than it's ever been... whatever you did, Void Stars. I'd keep doing it.
(With a nod, B-15 turned as the Minutemen followed her. Then, Cure Star suddenly shouted)
Cure Star:Wait!
(The TVA force stopped to face the Cures)
Cure Star:We... we couldn't have made it out of The Void without some help... from some people the Multiverse kind of... kind of forgot about. I-Is there any way you could maybe find a way to bring them home?
(B-15's expression varied at her request... eventually landing on consideration)
Judge B-15:I'll see what I can do.
Cure Star:We also... lost some pretty important people to us... I-I was wondering if... you could... find any way to... bring them back?
Judge B-15:Change the past?
Cure Star:Well... they did help us save the Multiverse!
Judge B-15:And their sacrifice are the ones that helped you do it. There's nothing to fix, Miss Hoshina. I'm... sorry about Miss Tategami and Piton.
(The Cures looked down with dejected faces... but they understood. Without their sacrifice... they wouldn't have saved their worlds. B-15 nodded and turned away, opening a Time Door and went back to the TVA with her taskforce)
Cure Custard:So... Aoi-Chan is... gone forever...
(Cure Whip hugged Custard as the Rift above fully closed... causing the sky to finally brighten after being darkened from the destruction)
Epilogue
(One week later...
The Pretty Cure had gotten back to normal. They no longer wore torn, draped, and dirty clothing... or the heavy armor they wore in The Void. The first day... they had to regrettably tell Aoi's parents that she was dead. Their reactions were heartbreaking... and they could barely stand to see their suffering. The next couple of days, everyone helped set up the funeral service for Aoi... which was held on Friday. The ceremony was bittersweet and heartbreaking... and the KiraKira Cures could barely get through the service.
On Sunday, the Cures had a picnic together at the KiraKira Patisserie in a secluded meadow outside of Ichigozaka. Their time in The Void strengthened each of their bond... and made them closer than ever.
After several days of sadness and hardship... the Pretty Cure were almost back to their regular selves. Just ordinary kids with superpowers. They laughed, talked, and hugged each other... lamenting about their Void experience almost as if it were a tall tale)
Hana:And then... POW! I struck Magia Baiser in the face with my suit! She didn't really get up after that!
Akira:Wow... you guys did have some crazy adventures.
Elena:I almost feel bad we missed it.
Ichika:Trust me. Don't be... it was sort of fun... but it was really scary!
Emiru:I hope that Magia Baiser is paying for her crimes-nanodesu!
Lala:Oh, she sure is-lun!
(The Pretty Cure laughed as Hana continued telling them about their adventures. And next to them... Clover, Raki, and Komachi laughed as well. The TVA arrived shortly after Mihoshi Town started to repair from the destruction and let the Cures know that they were able to save their friends. The rest of their friends were put back on their respective timelines... while some chose to remain in The Void.
Raki went on to become an Idol in the Cures' universe.
Clover and Hana remained close friends... but made sure their relationship never went beyond that to keep Hugtan safe.
And Komachi, without a proper Precure team, became a lone Cure that helped out whenever her friends were needed. However, with Cure Mint around as well... having the same Variants in the same vicinity got challenging...
But in the end, sometimes the people you save. They save you right back. And while the Pretty Cure did split up back into their own factions... when a bigger threat posed the world, they didn't need a single team, the military, or The Avengers. Because together, the three teams forever became known as:
The Void Stars! Pretty Cure!
The End
(Back at the TVA, Judge B-15 sat in her office. She was currently writing a report of what happened in The Void following the Enormita's destruction.
Soon, she got a knock on the door as a TVA Agent walked in frantically)
TVA Agent:Sorry to bother, madam, but there's something you need to see.
(The Agent walked in with a worried expression)
TVA Agent:We just got an alert that something else escaped The Void...
Judge B-15:What was it?
(The Agent typed a few things on her keyboard, bringing up a red diagram of a six-sided square on one monitor and footage of Utena Hiiragi opening the Sling Ring portal on another monitor)
TVA Agent:Once that portal opened, one of the Corruption Matter shards from the remains of Reality Zero, activated. It then released something into the portal.
(The footage showed a tiny purple liquid-like fragment being shot from the lake and flew towards Lang Falls... into the Sling Ring Portal)
Judge B-15:Where is it now?
TVA Agent:We were unable to find it... our team is doing our best to find it before it escapes for good.
Judge B-15:Last time that happened on Reality Zero... they nearly destroyed the Zero Point itself. Do you have any leads on where it went?
TVA Agent:The last known footage we saw of it...
(The Agent typed on the keyboard again, causing the screen to change to the Rift Beacon. The tiny fragment went into the beam... and turned it purple)
TVA Agent:...was here. And now it was shot somewhere into the Pretty Cure timeline. We still can't find it, even with the magnified nexus threshold.
Judge B-15:Then tell the taskforce to search every Pretty Cure timeline if they have to! We can't let that thing corrupt another timeline!
TVA Agent:Right away, madam.
(The Agent left the room in a hurry as B-15 sighed. She quickly picked up the phone on her desk and dialed a long number)
Judge B-15:This is a Code Purple. Something very dangerous just escaped The Void and is now going on a joyride across the Pretty Cure timeline. Tell everyone to look for that thing now!
Analyst On Phone:Okay. And what was it called again?
Judge B-15:The CUBE...