Lisa shouted, chasing after Ella with her hands outstretched.



Ella yelled back, jumping between the beds with the laptop in her arms. It was playing some anime, which Ella seemed to be trying to watch while running away from Lisa.

Saskia watched all of this from the desk chair, feeling her remaining sanity quickly slipping away. She couldn’t handle this. Lisa had been chasing Ella around for at least five minutes! But it felt like a century! Her head hurt.

"I’m going out," Saskia said, standing abruptly. "For snacks. Want anything?"

"Ooo, some sweetheart candy, and lollipops!" Ella said cheerfully, still running away from Lisa.

”... Don’t make me get out the spiders!” Lisa shouted.

"Not the spiders!" Ella screamed.

Saskia rolled their eyes. Whatever. She’d just buy a bunch of chocolate, and whatever was most pink from the vending machine, with the ten dollar bill she had in her pocket. She quietly left the room… without a keycard, but eh, they’d probably let her in. There wasn’t a vending machine on their floor, which was annoying… but meant she could be out for longer. She hummed to herself as she walked down the corridor towards the elevator- swiveling around it and going down the stairs instead.

She didn’t like feeling trapped. And it was nice and quiet here.

Down on the ground floor, it wasn’t that long of a walk to a vending machine. It had pitiful options, and absolutely nothing that would fit Ella’s cuteness criteria, but whatever. She pulled out the crumpled ten dollar note (haha British) as she thought about what to get.

A woman—a tall Caucasian lady with long brown hair—wearing jeans and a white button-up—walked up and seemingly walked by…

… However, Saskia felt what had to be a pistol press against the back of her head as the woman came to a stop. “Saskia Otten,” She said, “You are going to follow my instructions to the letter, or I will blow your head off, then your friends are next.”

She pressed the pistol harder against the back of her head, then said, “… Are we clear?”

"... Clear," Saskia said without any change in expression, slowly putting her hands up. Her gaze stayed fixed on the vending machine, and the chocolate she wasn’t going to get to eat. She felt a little sad. "I’m very obedient."

The woman stuck her hand out, “Jewelry, accessories, whatever, put them all in my hand.”

Saskia sighed, because it was an absolute pain. They took off their four rings, multiple bracelets (including their channeler), and a chain necklace. They then gestured to their four piercings. "Do you want my earrings too?"

She pressed the pistol even harder against her head. “All of it.”

"Alright," Saskia rolled her eyes, reaching up to take out the four earrings and put them in her hand. "There you go."

The mysterious lady put it all in her pocket, “… Your channeler is in there, right?”

"Yeah, it's the death note bracelet," they said as if she'd know which one that was.

The woman quickly shuffled through her pocket until she found it. However, with the bracelet around her finger, she patted Saskia down. The first thing she pulled out was Saskia’s knife, and the next thing she pulled out was Saskia’s phone. She dropped them both to the ground and kicked them under the vending machine.

“... You can get those back later,” She softly said. “Now you are going to to turn to the left, and walk down the stairs until we get to the ground level. Then we are going out through a side door, where a car will be waiting for us.”

She explained,

“That meeting you interrupted the other day… Those people want to have a talk with you.”

”Oh, how nice," was all Saskia said. It made sense. The other group, Dollhouse, was dangerous. Of course they wouldn't be happy about them interrupting.

Saskia did exactly as the woman had said, going back to the stairwell and walking down the stairs to the ground floor. She pushed through the side door and took a deep breath of the outdoor air it felt like she'd not felt in a long time. Being stuck in a room with Ella and Lisa had that effect. She then squinted, looking for the car she was going to be shoved into.

A black Cadillac Escalade pulled up, and the woman stepped in front of Saskia, keeping the pistol aimed at her, and threw the door open.

“Get in.”

”I'm not going to run, you can put the gun down," Saskia rolled their eyes. After all… this was the most fun she'd had since laying low again. Should she be scared? Definitely. Was she? Not right now.

She got in the car very calmly, immediately going to do her seatbelt. Safety was very important. ”So… what torture methods are you planning to use on me?"

“… Hopefully none,” Shayton sat in the front seat, with both hands on the wheel.

“What do we think we are?” The woman asked as she got in next to Saskia. Still aiming the gun at her. “Animals?”

The woman’s body changed, changing shape as if she was a liquid. When she finished the transformation she looked the exact same as that woman who accompanied the Dollhouse leadership in the meeting.

“We’re better than that,” Shayton said.

The woman smiled, “… Are we?”

“Boss isn’t that pissed anyway,” Shayton shrugged as he hit the gas pedal and started driving. “So that’s one thing you have in your favor.”

”Aw, I was looking forward to it," Saskia said in a tone that made it really difficult to tell if they were joking or not. They looked out the window for a moment, then back at the gun. ”Is that for intimidation? I'm already in the car. I'm not jumping out without my channeller. Do you know how hard it is to find that bracelet now?"

She paused. ”Shouldn't you blindfold me so I don't know where we're going?"

“One, you can use magic without a channeler, so we’re making sure you don’t try anything funny, and two, it doesn’t matter either way,” The woman kept her eyes on Saskia. “Now, I have a question for you, Saskia Otten…”

She narrowed her eyes and asked.

“SO GA, does that ring a bell at all?” She raised an eyebrow.

”No," Saskia tilted their head, eyes narrowing slightly. SO GA… was it some kind of code? SO were her initials, but why? ”Should it?"

“… That’s your name on their little memorial,” The woman said. “I have always been interested in the work of the Sycamore Tree Coven… I personally confirmed the deaths of every name on that memorial, including your three litle friends. So...”

She tilted her head, “... Why are you here? Are you just a shapeshifter assuming Saskia Otten’s identity?”

Oh. Of course, there was a memorial. If this woman could connect that to her specifically… she must know quite a lot. Why even bother kidnapping her?

”No shapeshifter could replicate my incredible wit," Saskia said in an incredibly dull tone. ”I’m the same Saskia on that memorial and I'm here because I really love killing shitty bastards."

They then pointed a finger at the woman, very bluntly saying, ”But who are you? I don't recognise you."

“You wouldn’t,” the woman answered. "My name is Shaquita Walker. I am a Green-Lux user just like you.”

She paused, “Green-Lux doesn't let you come back to life and the Hound gets pissy about resurrections. So how did you come back?”

"The Hound himself brought me back," Saskia shrugged. There weren't exactly any other reasons she could give or come up with, especially to another Green-Lux user. From what she remembered, even Black-Lux couldn't properly resurrect someone. ”He wouldn't get pissed at himself. That's all I know."

“Bullshit,” Shaquita said.

“... I have a feeling she’s not lying.”

“Stay out of this, Shayton,” Shaquita answered, looking to the front seat.

“Fine.” Shayton shrugged.

“... Why did the Hound bring you back?” Shaquita asked. “I did extensive research on your Coven, and there were far better options for him to revive than you.” She narrowed her eyes.

"Wow, that hurts," Saskia said, holding a hand to her chest. She didn’t look particularly upset. "You’re right, we weren’t the best. Someone called in a favour. He wouldn’t say anymore, believe me or not. Feel free to torture me to prove it."

“I might,” Shaquita said.

The car eventually, seemingly, left the bounds of Mirage Springs and drove into the Nevada desert. However, the SUV pulled into the parking lot of an abandoned gas station.

“Can you get the door, Shayton?” Shaquita asked as she pulled out her phone with her free hand. As asked, Shayton got out of the car and opened it, staring at Saskia as he said,

“... Get out.”

”Ohh, are there any vending machines here?" Saskia asked as she got out, hands stuffed into her trouser pockets. She looked around and grimaced. The desert was not for her. "I hope you’re not planning to leave me here."

“Shut up,” Shaquita said as she got out of the car and pulled out her cell phone. She lowered her pistol…

“... You’re not getting away from Shayton if you try anything funny,” Shaquita said as she put the cell phone to her ear. “We’re at the spot.”

Then hung up the phone. A few moments later, a swirling purple portal opened up in front of them. Shaquita pointed at it.

Wow, these guys were really boring. Maybe this wasn’t going to be the fun break from their two friends fighting that Saskia thought it was. They shrugged, and stepped through the portal. They were greeted to a dark room… The portal closed behind them.

The light switched on.

The first thing Saskia saw was Luis and Henrich.



Natalie screamed as she bashed Saskia in the face with the butt of an AK-47, knocking her out completely.

---

---

“... I had the situation under control,” Shaquita could be heard saying. “There was no need to do that.”

“‘Under control’?” Natalie snorted. “Bitch had free reign to do whatever she wanted to!”

“She was cooperating,” Shayton said.

“Again. She. Has. Magic.” Natalie said, “What is this? Amateur hour?”

“... Is that also why you felt the need to strip her naked?” Shayton said.

“Motherfucker you saw that other bitch!” Natalie shouted. “You know! The one that had the fire demon sealed in her panties!? I’m not taking chances.”

“... She’s waking up,” Saskia heard the cold whisper of Heinrich.

“Ooooooooooh!” Natalie laughed, as she turned towards Saskia, “Rise n’ shine, lil’ bitch!”

Saskia was, like they said, completely nude, with their hands binded by chains - which were hanging them from the ceiling. Natalie walked over to Saskia and said, “... How’s it hangin’?” She laughed.

Saskia slowly opened their eyes, squinting. Fuck, their head hurt. Didn’t seem to be bleeding. They were much more bothered by their lack of clothes than anything else- a hint of discomfort crossed their cold eyes.

”It’s just great," they intoned, twisting their wrists to check the chains. Of course, they could actually get out of them if they really wanted to by breaking their wrists… But that wasn’t worth it. ”Shame is an interesting form of torture. Effective. What else do you have planned?"

They almost seemed… excited?

“Well,” Natalie laughed, putting her hands in front of her and smiling like she was containing laughter. “For starters, we’re going to figure out why the fuck you thought it was cute to interrupt our million-dollar deal!”

“Then we’re going to figure out what you can do to make it up to us,” Luis said, leaning against a nightstand with his arms crossed.

“That too,” Natalie said, before she walked over to Saskia, grabbed her side, and gave her a little spin. “So… let’s get to know each other…”

”Righhhhhtttt," Saskia said, voice elongated with the spin. They winced slightly. It would be more fun if they got out really torture devices… ah well. ”Well, my name’s Saskia Otten. I was dead for ten years. Bled to death, really fun. I’d honestly recommend it if you want a once in a lifetime experience."

“Been there, done that,” Luis rolled his eyes.

They shrugged as best they could. ”It was less about you, more about the other side."

“Oh, you mean those Society retards?” Natalie laughed. “I mean, I don’t like them either, but they got money and resources. So we make due.”

“I’m still trying to figure out why you’re back,” Shaquita said, narrowing her eyes and putting a hand on her hip.

Luis smiled.

“... Even if she doesn’t tell us, time will tell,” He answered.

“Not important!” Natalie said as she walked up to Saskia, and squeezed her lips with her thumb and index finger. “Lemme tell you about us, sweetheart.” She laughed, raising a finger to her face.

“Dollhouse? Unlike those Society dumbasses, we don’t fuck around!” Natalie laughed. “Oh! Let me ask ya’ a question! Take a guess on how we found you so easily?”

”He," Saskia looked at Shayton, ”injected one of my friends with a tracker. Or maybe both- it’s not something that’ll kill them, is it?"

“Bingo!” Natalie laughed, then her expression went flat. “... Sort of.” She shrugged.

“... I slipped it in your two little girlfriends' pockets,” Shayton piped up. “Neither of you noticed.”

”They’re too busy fighting over a laptop," Saskia muttered. It wasn't like she'd felt up Lisa and Ella since the fight.

Luis pushed off the nightstand, and folded his arms behind his back, “But, we can forget about this… It's not like we can’t meet the Society later.” He spoke as he walked over to Saskia.

“How about we make a deal?” He said before he spun Saskia.

“... That's weirdly fun, right?!” Natalie laughed.

“Will this deal involve putting her clothes back on?” Shayton tilted his head.

“Why are you acting like you ain't seen a naked bitch?” Natalie laughed.

”I would appreciate clothes being part of the deal," Saskia said drily. ”Even a sheet. But sure, let me hear this deal."

“Maybe if you accept,” Natalie scoffed.

Luis clapped both of his hands together.

“We assist you…” Luis grinned. “... In your fight against the Society.”

”Oh?" Saskia tilted their head. That did sound like a good deal, on the surface. She was sure Ella would take it immediately if offered. ”And what do I do in return?"

They were silent.

“Eliminate Morningstar!” Natalie shouted. “It's that easy.”

”... Huh?" Saskia's eyes widened just slightly. That seemed too easy. ”What’s the catch."

“Well, how do I say there is no catch?” Natalie tilted her head. “Baaaaaaaaasically, Morningstar? He’s bad news. And while we are scumbags: at least we won’t lie to your face.”

"He is awful," Saskia agreed. She didn't really trust them - she wasn't the trusting sort. But they needed help with Morningstar, and if they didn't kill him they'd be dead again anyway. Plus this lot could've very easily killed her. "We plan to kill him anyway, so that's an easy deal to agree with- assuming there's no catches. And you keep my friends out of it."

Her lips then twisted down into an almost mournful look. "I lost the drawing of what we plan to do to Morningstar, it was very good… Maybe I can recreate it?"

“Whatever you plan on doing,” Shayton said. “Make sure it is solid.”

“We have something that can turn the tide in your little fight,” Natalie said, nodding her head at Shaquita - who walked out of the room for a moment, and then came back with a suitcase, which she opened and Natalie put on a thick leather glove, before she pulled out a orange gem wrapped in a necklace, and held it with her thumb and index finger. “This is just a random ass rock. Nothing important about it. It’s definitely not the incredibly powerful ^{and dangerous} Orange Stone.”

”Right, so normal you need a thick glove to hold it," Saskia said drily. They narrowed their eyes at it. Whatever it was, they'd take it and use it because they needed to… but they definitely wouldn't let Ella or Lisa touch it. For their safety. "Orange Stone as in orange lux, abstraction boosting? Or does it do something else?"

“It makes your abstraction sooooooo much stronger, like you might be able to topple buildings,” Natalie said. “Except… if you use it too much, you’ll become consumed by your abstraction.”

She grinned, “So, use it wisely. Lest you want to become a rampaging monster.”

”I see, sounds fun, I've always wanted to be a monster," Saskia said nonchalantly. She planned to use it very carefully, though. And she definitely wasn’t going to give it to the other two. If anyone was going to risk their sanity, it should be her. ”But of course, I’ll use it wisely… to kill Morningstar."

They then looked up at the chains still around their wrists. ”Since we’ve made a deal, can I get out of these? And get some clothes. Ah, if you want to see something fun, I can get out myself."

“We got you,” Natalie said, before turning to her bodyguard. “... Shaquita!”

The silent woman stuck her hand out, and a bladed tendril made out of flesh came out of her hand, and sliced through the chains, letting Saskia drop to the ground. Shayton walked over, holding her clothes neatly folded, and presented it to them.

“I'm sorry about that,” Shayton said. :The bosses wanted to make sure you weren’t hiding any artifacts.”

Natalie spun the Orange Stone around her finger. “Before we give this to you, two things!”

She raised one finger, “One, this conversation never happened. You never got this from us. Where would you have gotten this from? Who the fuck knows! Figure it out.”

Then she raised a second finger, “And two, when Morningstar is defeated. You return this to us… we’ll find you.” She smiled.

”You better be quick about it, the Hound might want us back right after," Saskia shrugged. They very quickly got dressed, immediately feeling more comfortable… if a bit disappointed that this talk had been more boring than they expected. The only cool thing was the bladed flesh tendril at the end. ”Agreed. Making something up is easy… ah, do I get my Channeler back too?"

Shaquita dug into her pocket and threw the Death Note bracelet at Saskia.

Saskia caught it and put it on. They twirled it around their wrist a couple of times. All good, still their Channeler. ”It was nice meeting you all, even if you could do with better methods of torture. If you'd been trying to get me to talk you wouldn't have gotten anywhere."

Natalie laughed as she glanced at Heinrich.

“Oh, we could have gotten you to talk, sugar,” Natalie laughed. As a swirling purple portal appeared behind Saskia, Luis scribbled something on a notepad. Then he shoved it into Saskia’s hand. Then Natalie handed her The Orange Stone.

Then Natalie shoved Saskia through the portal.

“... Hugs and kisses!” Natalie shouted. Before the portal closed, and Saskia was right outside the Holiday Inn where they took them.

Saskia sighed. She put the necklace around her neck and under her shirt, and looked at the note. An address… with a handy note that it was Morningstar's lair. Handy, but a bit of a pain to explain. She shoved it back in her pocket and headed inside. She went to the vending machine first, collecting her phone and knife. Then… she bought the chocolate bar she'd been really craving. Munching it, she went back up to her floor. Ah. She didn't have a key card.

With another sigh, Saskia loudly knocked on the door.

Lisa opened the door… the laptop in one hand. And Ella bonded and gagged with spiderwebs in the background. Lisa smiled.

”... Where were you! We were worried sick! Did you get lost?! Did you cut yourself on all that edge again?!”

Saskia looked past Lisa to the bound Ella, then back at her as if it was nothing strange, stepping into the room. "Yes, I lost so much blood that I got dizzy and fell over near the vending machine. When I came too I had this mysterious stone and handy note on me."

She pulled out the address and showed the Orange Stone.

”Oooooooooooooooh!” Lisa looked on with wonder. ”... What is it?”

"Well I feel stronger with it on, so an abstraction booster, maybe," Saskia shrugged. "Finders keepers, so it's mine."

”Well, sure!” Lisa shrugged, before she grinned, looking over her shoulder at Ella. ”Let’s watch anime alllllllllllllllll night long! But with our headphones on, so Ella can’t hear it!”

Saskia nodded with a small, evil smile. "Perfect, I know just the one… it's got loads of gore. Very fun."

Ella struggled in the background, eyes filled with despair.

A few days after that eventful night at the Devil’s Fortune (And Saskia just finding a peculiar, glowing rock on the ground), it was time for the group to plan their next move—especially now that they had information on Morningstar’s lair, where his lackeys make their evil schemes. Lisa opened the door, where Kimberly and Jordan were standing over a table with a large piece of paper with some drawings on it she couldn’t see from across the room.

The two turned towards the trio.

“Ah, you’re all just in time,” Kimberly said. “Come here! We have been tracking the movements of the Endless Seven…”

“... Up until they found the tracking devices,” Jordan rolled her eyes.

“We’re gonna scope them-”

"What do you mean by scope them?" Ella tilted her head in confusion.

“You know… Give them a look to see if it's worth our time and not go in guns blazing,” Jordan answered.

"Oh, are we drawing together?" Saskia asked, walking right up to the paper. ”Let me join."

“No! No! It's good!” Kimberly bubbly said, laying her torso over the paper.

"Shame," Saskia shrugged, looking at Lisa. "I don't think they think I'm good at art, isn't that cruel?"

Lisa smiled.

”Not everyone can comprehend art, after all!” She said to Saskia.

Kimberly got up and pointed at various locations on the paper, which turned out to be a map of Mirage Springs. Some locations were circled, and others were crossed out.

“Now, by bugging them we have tracked the members of the Endless Seven to these locations,” Kimberly explained, pointing at several different circles on the map. “After the Devil’s Fortune fiasco, each member of the Endless Seven went to a different location… one of which being Morningstar Banking.”

“… Before they noticed the bugs and they all went offline one by one.”

“One went to this restaurant, and another to a warehouse,” Kimberly explained. “We’re going to go there, and do the same thing we did at the Devil’s Fortune, bug the place and see what we can glean. No fighting this time, hopefully.”

"We could do that, Orrrrr…" Saskia walked up to the table and slapped down the piece of paper, with the address and ‘Morningstars’ lair on it. "We go bug his evil lair."

”Don't worry, it's not a drawing!" Ella piped up.

Kimberly and Jordan looked between each other.

“… What’s this?” Kimberly asked as she grabbed it and examined it.

“Yeah,” Jordan looked at Saskia, “Where did you get this from?”

"I passed out from blood loss a few days ago, and when I woke up it was just beside me," Saskia said with a completely straight face. "I suppose a good Samaritan gave it to me."

They looked between each other.

“… You really think we were born yesterday?” Jordan raised an eyebrow. “Really? Really?”

“Yeah, this is really sus,” Kimberly added.

”Look," Saskia said, holding their hands up. "I can't tell you where I got it from. You'll just have to trust me."

“Remember the other day you were complaining about us not keeping you three in the loop?” Jordan asked, raising an eyebrow at Saskia. "Now, you want us to trust a note someone just left on you? We aren’t stupid.”

“... Who gave it to you?” Kimberly asked.

”I can’t tell you," Saskia shook their head, grimacing. ”But fine, it wasn’t left on me. It was given to me, I know who gave it to me, but I can’t say who. They’ll probably shoot me if I do."

“... We’re not going to let them hurt you,” Jordan asked.

“Tell us who, because if we go here, we might be walking into a trap,” Kimberly explained.

”Fine." Saskia pinched the bridge of their nose. ”But it doesn’t leave here. It was the Dollhouse. They want Morningstar dead too.”

Both Kimberly and Jordan’s jaws dropped.

“... You know who Dollhouse are, right?” Jordan raised an eyebrow. “Shady motherfuckers. Doing shady-motherfucker things.”

”You think I’m stupid?" Saskia rolled their eyes.

“When did this happen? You know what?” Kimberly said before turning back to the map on the table, “It’s not important. So, let’s get back on track. These are the locations we are going to check out and bug today.”

”If you don’t want to use the information, fine, we’ll do your plan." Saskia held up their hands again. ”But don’t blame me if we go there later..."

"Wait, wait, but if they got rid of the bugs before, won’t they get rid of these ones too?" Ella piped up.

“They found the bugs we planted on them,” Kimberly clarified. “Unfortunately, in the fight the other bugs we planted in their dining room were destroyed. So we’ll have to bug it again later.”

Lisa quietly listened to them go back and forth… nodding her head as she absorbed all of the information. And man, Saskia should have waited just a lil bit before coming out with it! Lisa didn’t know what Dollhouse had to do with this, or if they could be trusted, but she is putting all of her love and faith in the hands of the other two magical girls. So, she turned her head towards Kimberly and said,

”I mean… we’re just checking out some places, right?” Lisa asked.

“Right,” Kimberly answered.

”Then, what’s the difference if we scope out the place Dollhouse told Saskia?” Lisa answered. ”I don’t trust Dollhouse either… but, can we just look at the place? That’s it?”

"Yeah, we should scout it out! If it's a trap then we'll have foiled it, and if the information's right then we'll have found has evil lair!" Ella grinned.

"Right,” Saskia intoned. "I said we go bug it, not raid it. I don't trust them either."

“Fine,” Jordan said. “But, if this blows up in our faces… heh, don’t say we didn’t tell you so.”

“Get ready; we’re going to head out in an hour,” Kimberly told them. “I think it’s going to work out fine, but we shouldn’t rush in there. Take things slower this time.”

Lisa fist-pumped, then grinned like an idiot. She wrapped her arms around Ella and Saskia, and said, ”See girls, I did it!” She began. ”Let’s find out where Morningstar does his evil schemes!”

"Yeah, let’s beat his ass- I mean investigate it!" Ella shouted, hugging Ella and Saskia back and practically lifting them into the air.

Saskia smiled slightly. "I can’t wait.”

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The Morgenstern Manor was a secluded location outside of Mirage Springs. They couldn’t find it because it was placed in someone else’s name. Clever… Unfortunately, the issue was that it was on an open plain with little to no cover or concealment. It didn’t matter much since they approached under the veil of darkness, and Kimberly demanded that they dress like ninjas… and also had to buy them clothes that made them look like ninjas. Lisa was wearing a Balaclava with a hoodie and some leggings… and of course her boots. They approached on a giant spider… a massive huntsmen spider the size of an entire car! Jordan sat up as she looked through the binoculars.

“There’s not a whole lot of activity,” Jordan began, continuing to look through it.

“But, let’s not teleport inside and get caught off guard,” Kimberly said. “Remember, we’re just bugging some locations like the bedrooms, dining rooms, any place they would have a conversation over the phone….”

”You know you’re probably going to hear them having sex at least once?” Lisa said.

Both of them looked at Lisa.

“... Moving on,” Jordan said.

"There’s no way Morningstar gets any action,” Saskia muttered, narrowing their eyes at the looming mansion they were approaching. They were dressed in all black - black sweater, black jeans, black Balaclava.

”What if he has like a harem? A room of naked women? Wouldn’t that be amazi- crazy, I mean crazy!” Lisa said.

"Couldn't we wear something less… black?" Ella whined. She looked completely different from normal with an oversized black hoodie, black skirt and tights. Jangling could be heard from their arms - probably covered in bright jewelry like normal. "I hate this!”

Saskia rolled their eyes, ignoring Ella to ask, "Before we go in… what’s the plan if we’re caught again?”

“We immediately teleport out,” Kimberly answered. “If that’s not an option, we run. We’re not going to be fighting anyone.”

"That worked so well last time."

”… Can I at least put spiders in his underwear?” Lisa weakly asked.

“No,” Jordan answered, lowering her binoculars. She pointed at a room on the second floor, “Let’s go, take us up that wall.”

With a nod of her head, Lisa commanded the giant spider to scale up the wall. They climbed up to the desired window, and Jordan used her telekinesis to pop the lock. The window slid open, and Kimberly unholstered her pistol then climbed through. Then gestured for the rest, Lisa was the second one through…

It was a study, with a red carpet and fancy wooden walls. Massive bookshelves on both sides of the room held what had to be hundreds of books.

"Whoa," Ella gasped, coming right after Lisa. She looked around, hands on her hips. "I wonder if he has-"

"He does not have anime," Saskia rolled their eyes, climbing in after Ella. They went over to the bookshelves and narrowed their eyes, reading the spines but not touching anything. "I wonder if he has any interesting magic books…"

Kimberly had crawled underneath the desk, and planted the bug there with some tape… As Jordan gently pushed the door open and stuck her ear out.

Saskia was still looking at the bookshelf. They paused in front of a slightly out-of-place book, frowning, before reaching out to pull it out…. Some gears could be heard turning on the other side as a section of the bookshelf lowered, unveiling a torch-lit stone pathway that led downwards.

“... Oh, you gotta be fuckin’ kidding me,” Jordan said.

“Cliche…” Kimberly shrugged.

"Well," Saskia turned around, holding up their hands. "We have to go down there."

”... It could be where he keeps all his whores!” Lisa added.

Jordan facepalmed.

“I’ll go in first, you three are behind me,” Kimberly said, as she walked over to a torch, grabbed one, and then added, “Jordan, you’re in the back.”

With a shrug, Lisa followed behind Kimberly as they descended into the labyrinth that she was hoping wasn’t a trap. Eventually, they made it to the bottom, and there were three stone paths. This place was massive! Really raised the question of how he got this place made but magic.

“Okay let’s-” Kimberly tried to say before they were cut off by some guttural screaming. Bright red lights and a loud buzzing sound could be heard down the hall to theit right.

"... oh, I think they’re torturing someone down there," Saskia said with a hint of excitement.

"We can’t let him get away with whatever evil thing he’s doing!" Ella shouted. She pushed past Kimberley and Lisa and ran right down the hall the screaming was coming from, Channeler already out. Lisa just followed after them.

“Wait- fucking…” Jordan hissed as she chased after them.

“Assess the situation!” Kimberly said. “Aw screw it!”

As they got closer, the screaming and electricity came to a pause… Then they approached a massive chamber. Morningstar and his remaining Endless Seven gathered around a seemingly bottomless pit, in front of the wall, on the opposite side of the room. Looming over the wall was , a tall, mixed woman bound to the wall by metal restraints.

“Now Monica, you're not making it easy for us,” Morningstar said, one hand behind his back and the other drinking wine that looked suspiciously like blood.

“Fuck you, Morningstar!” Monica spat out at him.

“... Dr. Cross,” Morningstar turned to Dr. Cross, who reached out in the air, and several glowing runes appeared in front of her. Then she gave it a touch as Monica was violently electrocuted.

“Find the All-Blade! Comply!” Morningstar demanded.

Ella went to run out, but Saskia shot out an arm and pulled her back.

"We can't just rush in against that many," she whispered.

"But they're going to kill her! And there's almost as many of them as there are us!"

Saskia shook their head, turning it towards Kimberley and Jordan. "Do you think we can take them?"

Kimberly smiled.

“... No.”

“But we are not going to leave her there,” Jordan shook her head. I can teleport her out... but it will be a few minutes before I can teleport us out.”

“So get ready,” Kimberly said.

"I'm always ready," Ella brandished her channeller.

"You need to transform first," Saskia pointed out. They pulled out their knife and sliced their hand, blood pooling around it in a light armoured coating.

"Oh yeah!" Ella's eyes widened. She step back so she was at the back of the group, quietly muttering to herself about light and beating darkness as a soft glow coated her body and she spun around to transform.

Saskia, meanwhile, was forming a long blood blade. "I'm ready. Let's save her."

Well, it was Lisa’s turn as she made a wave of spiders appear… however, five of them, the limit for her Enlarge spell, were wrapped in a glowing cocoon that grew to sizes far larger than average. A few moments later, they burst out, and three of the spiders had dragonfly wings, and the last two had mandibles like ants. Lisa grinned ear to ear, as she said….

”... Let’s kick their ass!”

“Alright, get ready,” Jordan said as she stuck her hand out… a swirling coral-pink orb of energy appeared around the woman as various members of Morningstar’s inner circle made sounds of shock…

… Then she was gone.

Jordan grinned, and Lisa thought they could just walk out....



Dr. Cross shouted… as various members of the Endless Seven turned off their glamour, and converted into hellish monsters, a familiar rush of adrenaline surged down Lisa’s spine.

”We're here to end your evil plan, Morningstar- again!" Ella shouted. Her legs lit up with a rainbow light that contrasted the rest of her dark clothing. She pushed herself back in front - next to Lisa's spiders.

”Just a few minutes" Saskia said softly behind her. From the back of one hand was a blood blade, and she raised the other.

A blood bullet shot out of it, right towards Dr Cross, hitting her in the titty.

Morningstar sighed, wiping a hand across his face.

“… Can somebody tell me why they haven’t been dealt with yet!?” Morningstar complained.

When Ignatius exploded into his alternate form, he became a Dragon with the size and girth of an 18-wheeler. He slammed a claw on the ground, opened his glowing maw, turned his head to one of his allies, pointed at Kimberly and the magical girls, and shouted, “... Gomander! Sheer’Khan! Kill them!”

Before Ignatius opened his mouth and spewed a glowing molten magma up into the air at them.

"Oh shit," Saskia muttered.

Ella grabbed Saskia and shoved her to the side, throwing them both further into the room and out of the direct path of the magma. It splattered across her back, searing through the magical girl outfit that near immediately repaired itself… but the burns underneath were still there.

The magma cleaved through one of Lisa’s giant spiders and hundreds of her sedan-sized ones. She hissed as she dove out of the way.

Ignatius opened his mouth and sprayed another volley of magma. However, a coral-pink sphere appeared around him, slowing down time. In contrast, Kimberly squatted down and placed the Cube down. It exploded into a square, blue, transparent barrier that protected them. Jordan raised both hands, ripped a chunk of concrete out of the ground, and launched it at Ignatius. He swiped it out of the way with a claw before spraying more molten magma that hit the barrier. It cracked…, but Kimberly hopped out of the other side, Jacob’s Gun drawn, and let lose a few rounds, one that exploded into the fire as it collided with Ignatius. Another exploded into stone shards around him… which Jordan raised into the air and slammed into Ignatius.

Meanwhile, Gomander transformed into her true form, a massive worm-light beast with dozens of mouths before he charged at them.

“... Do I have to?” Sheer’Khan groaned.

“Yes, Sheer’Khan,“ Morningstar said, pointing at them. “Eliminate them!”

“Fiiiiiiiine!” Sheer’Khan transformed into an enormous, hellish beast that was larger than all combined. He took slow but heavy steps, that shook the earth with every step

Ella glanced between the two of them, quickly deciding which one to take first… the faster one. They only had to last a couple of minutes!

One of the other Endless Seven transformed into a towering beast with several heads and faces. It slowly marched over towards the group, as Lisa and Jordan’s faces appeared on its body. Out of the ground next to it, a horde of spiders burst out, and crawled towards the group.

”Hey! That’s my thing!” Lisa complained as she mounted one of her flying, sedan-sized, spider minions. She flew closer to the ceiling, as the ground began rumbling… and spewing out the ceiling - sending stone shards flying - were three absolute geysers of spiders rained down on the quadrupedal monster’s minions. She couldn’t see it, but they clashed…, Lisa applied the Acid Burst spell on all of them, and both sides spiders were eliminated.

Lisa flipped off the copycat, and it created flying spiders in return… which flew at the flying spider that Lisa was currently mounted on. Before they exploded, Lisa quickly hopped off as she saw her minion dissolve into nothing.

As she fell back to the ground, it shook, and millions of spiders came spewing out, creating a thick blanket that softened the bow somewhat.

A rainbow coated leg shot up to kick the worm like beast. At the same time Saskia jumped in behind Ella, incredibly sharp blood blade slicing at it. Launching it into a wall.

Meanwhile, Ignatius crushed the stone shards in his hand, as he opened his mouth, and spewed more magma. Except trying to drown the Cube in it, and Kimberly quickly knelt down and picked up the Cube before it could get destroyed by the magma. They quickly ran over to the side, while Kimberly took some potshots at Ignatius with Jacob’s gun. It went dry, and Kimberly dropped the Cube again.

Ignatius spewed more magma at them, but Jordan ripped a chunk out of the ceiling with her telekinesis and blocked it out. She stuck both of her hands out, as Kimberly reached for the Magnispheres, and threw them toward Ignatius, at the ground. They bounced off the ground and hit his body, and knocked him over. Then Jordan chucked the stone at him, sending him skidding alongside the ground.

Morningstar waved his hand behind him, and a throne of brimstone appeared. He sat down on it before raising his hand into the air.

“... I don't get why you three are so obsessed with me,” He said. “... But it ends here.”

A portal of fire and brimstone appeared behind him… Before unleashing a wild volley of fireballs that exploded on contact with the first thing they hit. The first few blasts annihilated the majority of Lisa’s swarm before she had to retreat behind Kimberly and Jordan’s barrier.

"Because you're an evil bastard!" Ella yelled. She used her enhanced legs to dodge out of the way as the fireballs hit the wall behind her.

Saskia ran the other way, fireballs skimming their arm and burning down it. As they narrowly avoided getting burned to death, they raised a hand and shot an incredibly powerful blood bullet right at Morningstar. He raised his hand and created a barrier of brimstone, but the bullet shot through it. It caused the portal to close.

“Evil is subjective,” Morningstar said, raising his hand at the ceiling, putting his other behind his back.

At the same time, Ella leapt towards Sheer'Kan with a super powered kick. Kicking him in the face.., however, he didn't so much as flinch.

“... Was that supposed to hurt?” Sheer’Khan asked.

A massive fireball came out of Morningstar’s hand, it hit the ceiling above them and caused the roof to cave in.

Saskia quickly coated themselves with a tough layer of blood, pieces of roof hitting and covering them. Ella's eyes widened as she kicked through the roof pieces falling towards her, gritting her teeth through the pain of kicking through solid rock.

"Saskia, you-"

Before she finished Saskia pushed out of the rubble, seemingly unharmed. Huh? Had her abstraction been that strong before.

"Swap," was all Saskia said before all the blood coating her formed a tendril at her back, shooting it towards Sheer'Kan, aiming to penetrate his chest. He put a hand up, and it dug into his hand.

“... Huh?” Sheer’Khan said, raising an eyebrow. He looked at his hand and said. “... That’s not supposed to happen.”

Ella shook her head, swapping tactics and shooting a beam of burning light at Morningstar's eye. Gomander quickly got in the way of the blast, opening one of her maws and consuming it. She laughed as she flew into the ground and burrowed…

… Before bursting out of the ground between them, separating Kimberly, and Jordan, from Lisa Ella, and Saskia. Gormander's maws were open, ready to consume, as she remained there. While this was going out, Morningstar stuck his hands out and created another portal of fire…

In a strange burst of speed, Sheer’Khan disappeared, but seconds later reappeared behind Morningstar. Before he unleashed a seemingly neverending barrage of explosive fire balls that exploded against whatever they hit. Whatever was going Gomander’s way was consumed, but the explosions sent rock shards in all directions.

One blast landed next to Lisa, and sent her sprawling across the floor… She groaned when she came to a stop and pushed herself to her feet. As she hissed in pains severe burns were on the right side of her body as clothes and skin were burned alike. Some of her clothes were still on fire.

Rock shards slammed into Ella as she tried to avoid the fireballs, sending her flying. She landed on the ground and rolled out of the way of another fireball - fire licking against her legs and burning through the glowing light. It hurt so much, but she pushed through it, rolling over to see Lisa similarly hurt.

"Lisa!" Ella raised her Channeller and shot a beam of healing light at her friend. At the same time she forced herself to her feet, pushing through the pain. Nothing she hadn’t handled before!

Unlike the other two, Saskia managed to dodge almost everything. Her blood tendril worked overtime moving her out of the way, more blood pooling out of her hand to coat her body in any places rock shards were going for. She landed in front of Lisa and Ella, frowning. "Shit, we’re stuck."

”... We… Gotta go…” Lisa weakly said, pointing at the tunnel they came through.

"Alright, Ella, can you-"

"I’m fine! I can walk!" Ella said, far too cheerfully for someone also burnt. But this was nothing compared to when she fought without her Channeller! Totally. "I’ll protect the back."

Saskia nodded. Her blood tendril wrapped around Lisa, strong enough to lift her in the air, then she started running for the tunnel. Ella kept her body towards Morningstar, running backwards after them.

They climbed the stairs… And ended up back in the room they initially entered.

”... What about Kimberly and-”

A glowing orb came from around the doorway - flying at the group.

”... SASKIA!” Lisa shouted as she hissed in pain, shoving Saskia out of the way. The orb exploded, creating a net of electricity that shocked Lisa and Ella. She screamed as she writhed in pain. Ella let out a strangled, pained cry before falling to the ground.

Dr. Cross walked out of the tunnel - titty still bleeding - holding the pike with one hand. Gormander burst out of the ground. Sheer’Khan walked up in human form and stood by Dr. Cross.

Dr. Cross grinned.

Saskia looked at their friends, then up at the three, frowning. She stepped in front of them. "Alright, which one of you wants to die first?"

Gomander let out a loud roar, opening one of her maws… One of Morningstar’s fireballs came out directly at Saskia.

Saskia propelled herself out of the way with her blood tendril, using it to flip over the fireball. Her foot came down towards Gomander, bone spear jutting out from it and towards her flesh.

Dr. Cross quickly got in the way and used her pike to parry. Sheer’Khan slowly approached, arms outstretched.

“... Can you just die already?” He asked. “We have things to do.”

Gomander opened another maw and Ella’s beam came out at Saskia.

"Dying is overrated," Saskia replied, blood coating her body and completely blocking the beam. Her blood was practically replenishing as quickly as she was using it thanks to the Orange Stone.

She hopped back, landing on one foot and pulling back in the bone spear from her foot. She swung an arm forward, another long and incredibly hard bone spear shooting out and aiming for Dr Cross. At the same time the blood tendril shot around her and towards Gomander, and she held up her other hand to shoot a blood bullet at Sheer’Khan. The bullet hit him in the chest and he groaned in pain.

“... How can you do that?!” he whined.

The bone spear was blocked by Dr. Cross, but it launched her back. Until she hit the wall.

Gomander consumed the tendril - then flew towards Saskia with each jaw snapping at her. “Stop being lazy and kill her, Sheer’Khan!” One maw spat at Sheer’Khan.

Saskia gritted her teeth, pain shooting through her as the tendril was bitten off- but she quickly formed another one. She propelled herself to the side with it, dodging the jaws. She stabbed with the bone spear at the flesh between the jaws. She brought her knee up (using the tendril to keep herself up), another bone spear jutting out of it.

However, Gomander closed her mouth on the bone spear, catching it. Gomander tried flying off… Saskia immediately broke the bone, a loud crack echoing through the room. She pulled it back into her body, backing away for a moment as she quickly healed the broken bone. The intense pain sent another spike of adrenaline through her. She needed to change tactics and avoid those mouths. There seemed to be less on the underside… alright.

Saskia ran at Gomander, feinting with the blood tendril aiming for the upper half of Gomander’s body. As they did, they bent backwards- arms coming up with blood blades extending from their hands to try slice the underside of her… tearing her wide open. Gomander loudly screamed as she crashed through a wall, devouring much as she could. Dr. Cross quickly ran after out, pulling a glowing potion out of her pocket.

… And Sheer’Khan appeared between them in a burst of speed. He laughed.

“Nice trick,” he began. “Now… it looks like I gotta take off the kid gloves. I’m not letting another member of the Seven die on my watch…”

"Oh, finally getting serious?" Saskia asked, expression unchanging. Based on what the other two said, he must be stronger… but it was only him left. "I won't hold back then."

More blood pooled out from her hand, coating her entire body in a thin layer of hard armour. Even with the super boosted blood regeneration, having all three blood spells active caused her to feel slightly lightheaded - but she was used to that. She used the tendril to propel herself forward, bring the blades down towards Sheer'Khan.

He disappeared in a burst of pure speed…. Reappearing behind Saskia, swinging his open hand at them, hitting them back and knocking her forward. It hurt, but the armour protected her from getting badly hurt. Her blood tendril spun round to the front to catch her, pushing her back towards Sheer’Khan as two bone spears shot out of her back - piercing through his hand.

He groaned before he slammed a fist down towards Saskia. The blood tendril shot around above them, thickening and blocking the fist. Saskia snapped off the bone spears, twisting around and bringing up a knee towards Sheer’Khan - another bone spear shooting out of it.

He dodged to the side in a similar burst of speed, before punching with Saskia with everything he had. Saskia's arms shot up in front of her face to protect as she took the punch full on. It sent her flying, crashing into a wall with a sickening crunch. They fell with a groan, agony from broken bones doubling as they instantly repaired. As they stood, blood dripped off their body and coated the floor red. The blood armour had taken the brunt of the damage, and all she'd suffered were multiple broken bones. Nothing big.

"Is that all?" Saskia asked drily, raising a hand and shooting a blood bullet towards his head. His hand quickly moved in the way to block.

“Nope…” Sheer’Khan drove both of his hands int the ground, and with some grunting, he flipped the floor Saskia was standing on over.

Saskia pulled in all the blood from her tendril and blades, recreating her blood armour around her. She crashed into the ground below the floor, head curled inwards, and kicked out and right through the floor she’d been on. With a grunt she pulled herself back up. They had to give him that, it was pretty fucking impressive. More blood leaking from various wounds on her body formed a shorter tendril. It picked up a piece of debris, throwing it at Sheer’Kan. Saskia jumped at him from right behind it, aiming a fist at him, ready to shoot a bone spear out of it as soon as it hit. On impact, it stabbed him in the chest… and he groaned in pain, stumbling backward. He slammed both of his hands together in an attempt to crush Saskia. They jumped backwards, bones quickly lightening to move faster. Their outstretched arm got caught and crushed, and they hopped back further with a wince. It hung limp at their side, twisting and cracking as the bones began to heal back into place.

Meanwhile, Dr. Cross ran over to the downed Gomander and poured the potion on her. Her wounds began to heal slowly…

Saskia cursed, spotting this out of the corner of her eye. She couldn’t fight them all again… Well, she probably could if she sacrificed herself. She raised her not-healing hand, forming a blood bullet and shooting it at Dr. Cross’s back… and another immediately after. However, Sheer’Khan appeared in front of both of the shots in a burst of speed. They both hit him in the chest, as he groaned.

"That is very annoying," Saskia intoned. Sweat beaded on her forehead as her broken arm snapped back to normal with a horrendous, near 180 turn of her wrist. After this… when they got back… she was taking a shit ton of painkillers and sleeping for hours. She just had to get rid of these three. "Can’t you die already?"

She raised both hands, shooting a blood bullet from each.

“Why don’t you stop holding back, already,” Sheer’Khan said, wiping his own blood away as he took steps towards Saskia. “You’re the first person to hurt me… You can do a lot more than that.”

In a burst of speed, he appeared right in front of Saskia with his fist cocked back, then slammed it at her. She threw her arms up in front of her face and multiple bone spears shot out from nearly everywhere - her arms, her chest, her legs, creating a pointed armour in front of her. Her blood tendril shot over her head and stabbed at him. When Sheer-Khan punched Saskia, he stabbed himself - then immediately pulled his hand back, and gave it a few shakes. Which gave the blood tendril the perfect opportunity to pierce through his neck.

“Damn it!” Sheer’Khan said as he grabbed the tendril, and yanked the end, attempting to pull Saskia off their feet. They suddenly became lighter, pulled up into the air and using the tendril to flip over. The tip turned to liquid in Sheer’Khan’s hand and Saskia increased their bone weight again. The spears on their front pulled back in, leaving gaping wounds leaking blood, and multiple shot out of their thighs and feet as they aimed to crash into his head with them.

They slammed into his head, and each of them embedded. Sheer’Khan stumbled backward and crashed through a wall. Saskia winced, almost getting knocked over. The remaining tendril stabbed into his shoulder to stabilise themselves - ignoring the dizziness they felt from using so much blood. Bone spears still lodged in his head, and attached to them, they bent over and brutally sliced at his neck with a quickly formed blood blade.

Making a clean cut through his neck.

His head slid off moments later.

Saskia pulled all of her bone spears back into her body, jumping off before she also fell onto the ground. The circular wounds left behind clotted, leaving only the original one on her hand still bleeding. They looked as if they shouldn't be able to stand, covered in self inflicted sounds - but the pain only fueled them. They weren't finished yet.

They turned towards Dr Cross and Gomander, blood tendril properly reforming on their back. ”Who wants to die next?"

Dr.Cross half-grinned as Gomander let out a vicious scream. Several mouths, all screaming at once. She then dove into the ground, consuming stone, metal, and wood alike.

Dr. Cross stepped up, holding her pike in front of her with both hands.

“Slash your own throat and save me the trouble.”

"I don't like to make things easy."

Saskia reformed their blood armour, tendril kept low to the ground. They ran at Dr Cross and a bone spear shot out of their fist, stabbing towards her. Dr. Cross dove to the side and swung the pike at Saskia’s core. Which would weaken their abstraction on hit. They grabbed the pike with a hard blood coated hand, protecting her from the abstraction weakening.

Saskia jumped back, blood spear shooting out of that hand to repel it against the pike, trying to push it out of the way and lung in for a strike with the other hand's spear. Dr. Cross let go of the pike, and dove out of the way again… Then she pulled a Luger Pistol out of her suit jacket.

Gomander flew into the air, diving Saskia, and spewing concrete and wood at them.

Saskia pushed themselves out of the way of Gomander, rolling to the side towards Dr Cross. The concrete and wood hit them - harmlessly crashing into the strong blood armour. Their blood tendril shot out, aiming to grab Dr. Cross' pistol. It latched on, but Dr. Cross pulled the trigger a few times and let off a few rounds. The bullets hit Saskia's shoulder, breaking through the blood armour. They used their blood to forcefully push them out, instantly clotting the wounds, and yanking the pistol out of Dr. Cross' hand.

Gomander then charged Saskia, intending to consume them.. They dropped down, multiple bone spears shooting out of their back, aiming to pierce Gomander. They immediately snapped them off, rolling to the side. Their blood tendril split in two, grabbing a piece of concrete and slamming it into Gomander.

Dr. Cross went for her pike while Gomander consumed what bone spikes she could. However, several pierced her body, and blood poured. She spat out the bone fragments at Saskia at high speeds. . At first they bounced off the blood armour before cracking it, embedding themselves in Saskia's abdomen. They yanked them out of their flesh with a grunt, blood from the wounds reforming the armour. Their tendril merged back into one, shooting towards Dr. Cross, which pierced through her back.

Gomander made another dive, mouths snapping at Saskia. They didn't dodge, an insatiable bloodlust beginning to thrum beneath their skin. They took one step back, all the blood forming their armour pushing into the tendril to strengthen and thicken it. It twisted in Dr. Cross' back, hooking, and violently yanked her into the air, slamming her in between them and at Gomander… who consumed Dr. Cross without a second thought. Another mouth sprayed her remains back at Saskia.

Saskia covered her body in blood armour as the body parts splattered against it, coating her in another gorey layer. Completely unbothered, Saskia shook out one hand, pieces of flesh splattering across the floor. ”Aw, I wanted to play with her more."

Their blood tendril split into six, more blood pooling from various wounds on their body to expand it. One slammed into the table, cracking it down the middle, before picking up the two pieces with multiple and throwing it at Gomander. They jumped forward, multiple tendrils shooting towards Gomander from all directions, flailing around them without care for how they smashed holes in the wall and destroyed chairs- no, they were enjoying the destruction. Gomander retreated, she devoured what tendril she could and tanked the hits of whatever she couldn’t.

“... How are you so strong?!” Multiple voices spoke at once. “Why won’t you die?!”

Gomander quickly dove into the ground, eating her way through it, and Saskia could hear the rumbling. Then she burst out of the ground, before diving back in. She did this to random locations, and would likely swallow Saskia. They tried to dodge, following along the rumbling with tendrils slamming into the ground and making large dents. But the need to destroy, to kill, was outweighing the need to survive.

So intent on destruction that they didn’t even move when Gomander swallowed them whole. She flew into the air, and her several mouths laughed. Each laughed at a different pitch, and out of sync so it was a discordant mess of deranged laughter.

“Glory to the Society!”

A low, tearing sound joined the discordant laughter. A dark red point pushed through Gomander’s flesh. Then another. And another. They physically started to rip flesh apart, tearing long, bloody holes through muscle and skin. At the same time, sharp bones mercilessly stabbed into Gomander’s internal organs. It wasn’t quick - a random stabbing of whatever was closest, over and over again. There was a cruel precision to it, avoiding the ones that would lead to an instant death. It was like they were playing with her insides, brutally destroying them while forcing her to live through it. Only when they were satisfied with their butchery did they shoved a spear through her heart, multiple blood tendrils tearing her apart.

Saskia emerged from the remains of Gomander, four thick blood tendrils pulling her out and landing on the floor. They acted as legs, holding them up as they wiped a scarlet hand across a blood covered forehead. Their blonde hair was painted red, pieces of guts and sticky, brutalised tissue all over it. Chunks of mangled flesh covered them, sticking to the viscous blood that coated them from head to toe. They lifted up a piece of what must’ve been the heart, bone stabbing out of their palm and through the no longer beating organ with a loud squelch.

But it wasn’t as satisfying as destroying something living. They weren’t satiated at all.

”Glory to the Agents of Death."

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Lisa writhed in pain, as whatever Dr. Cross threw at them, electrocuted the living daylights out of her. Or it was something like that. It didn’t feel hot at all. It just hurt. Eventually, Lisa fell to the ground, as she looked over to Ella. She couldn’t help but feel compelled to reach her hand out towards her friend before she lost consciousness…

… Then it stopped.

She felt relief.

Yet disappointment.

”... Let’s do it again another time, okay?” Lisa chuckled.

"No way!" Ella had ended up curled up on the floor, her magical girl outfit dispelled so she was back in the jarringly black hoodie and skirt. She was closer to Lisa than she had been when hit, as if she'd been trying to move towards her. "That hurt so much! Why do you want to do it again?"

”Oh! You’re such a crybaby! Who isn’t into a little electro-torture?!” lisa laughed, as she climbed to her feet.

Ella shook her head, pushing herself up into a sitting position and looking around. "Wait, where's Saskia?!"

Lisa dusted herself off.

That was a good question.

”Maybe-”

There was a boom not too far away. Normally Lisa would have been all for running away but with Saskia missing… Lisa grabbed Ella’s hand.

”Let’s go find them!”

"Yes, let's go, they might be in danger!" Ella gripped Lisa's hand tight and dragged her towards the booming sound - through the completely destroyed wall. They didn't have to go far to find Saskia.

Ella ground to a halt as soon as she saw them. "Saskia!"

Saskia was in the middle of the dining room, destroyed table and chairs scattered around them. Three blood tendrils held them up above the floor. They were covered in mutilated flesh and blood, bone spears sticking out from random parts of their body. Painful, dark red clotted wounds were visible beneath the gore coating them. Another blood tendril was brutally picking through mangled remains, stabbing or squeezing anything that might still resemble a body part.

They paused upon hearing Ella, head slowly turning towards the two of them. Their bloodstained lips pulled up into a half smile, eyes devoid of any emotion. The tendril stopped rummaging through the remains and lifted, pointing at them both. "Oh, you're late. I already killed them. Let's kill the rest."

Yikes. Lisa thought to herself as she stared at the scene. Her eyes darted from left to right, she twiddled her thumbs. Something was off here. Saskia wasn’t… Saskia.

”Um… no,” Lisa awkwardly laughed. ”Let’s find Kimberly and Jordan and get out of here.” She shot both of her thumbs towards the exit… or one of the holes in the wall.

They could hear the sounds of the chaotic fight underground… which let Lisa know that they were still alive. ”Cool!” she said with a smile. ”Let’s help our friends!”

"Yeah let's go help them!" Ella nodded.

"What do you mean no?" Saskia tilted their head. "Help them kill, or help them escape?"

The tendril that wasn't supporting them shot out, wrapping around a destroyed half of the table. They threw it towards the hole Lisa had pointed to, haphazardly blocking it. "I won't let you trick me out of tearing this entire place down."

To punctuate their point, a tendril shot past the two of them and slammed into the wall with a bang, punching a crater into it as debris fell to the ground.

Lisa looked over her shoulder at the hole in the wall… Her jaw dropped. There was something wrong with Saskia, but what? What changed? Wait… could it have been that weird rock she found on the side o- No, the one Dollhouse gave her. Lisa smiled, awkwardly, extending a hand…

”Saaaaaaaaaaakia! Can you show me that cool rock you found the other day!?”

"You’re just stalling for time." Another blood tendril shot past them, slamming into the wall again, as if caging them in. At the same time more blood leaked from wounds on their body, forming a thin layer of armour, and two blood blades came from her arms.

Ella let out a gasp. "Normally she can’t use that much blood!"

"I don’t want to hurt you." A struggle appeared in Saskia’s eyes for a moment, before going back to a deep blankness. The tendrils drop from the walls, smashing into the ground and hooking into it. They pulled themselves forward, towards Ella and Lisa.

Contrary to their words, they swung their arms to the side, a blood blade slicing at both Ella and Lisa. Lisa screamed as she fell to her back - blade missing her by inches. By reflex, Lisa summoned a horde of spiders which pooled at her feet.

”Saskia, stop! What’s gotten into you?!”

"Saskia, no!" Ella shouted, jumping back and just avoiding being sliced. She shook her head, pulling out her channeler. "I think she’s been corrupted by darkness, Lisa! We need to snap her out of it like in all the anime I watch!"

"What’s gotten into me?" Saskia intoned, blood tendrils pooling inwards and swirling around her - trying to clear out the spiders. She raised a foot to try stomp on Lisa’s leg, bone spear shooting out from it. "Nothing. I’m just destroying everything like we should- you’re the ones standing in my way."

Lisa immediately backpedaled, as it seemed like they were doing this the hard way now. Her mouth opened up and she spewed spiders at Saskia. They seemed completely unbothered as the spiders bounced off their armour, a couple getting stuck in thick blood.

"Ahhhhh- I’m the shining light in the darkness, prism power protect me!" Ella yelled, jumping back and spinning around as she started to go through her magical girl transformation.

Saskia rolled their eyes, blood tendril stabbing out and spearing Ella’s shoulder. She grimaced but kept going, awkwardly twisting as prismatic light coated her and changed her outfit.

They then turned back to Lisa, another tendril shooting towards her chest. Spider legs sprouted from Lisa’s back, and launched herself into the air. Attaching herself to the ceiling, she then applied the Acid-Burst spell to the spiders in her armor.

”... This isn’t you, fight it!”

"There’s nothing to fight." Saskia raised her hand and shot a blood bullet at Lisa, which hit her directly in the titty.

"There is! You’re not normally like this! Where’s the Saskia that would do anything for her friends?!" Ella shouted. She’d finished her transformation, legs lighting up in a myriad of colours. She jumped forward as Saskia raised another tentacle to go after Lisa, blocking it with her leg.

”... Ow, my titty!” Lisa grabbed her own titty as it began to bleed. She grit her teeth… now it is time to get serious. The floor ruptured in front of Saskia and a barrage of spiders came spewing out - only to immediately have the acid burst spell applied to them. All the while, Lisa had pulled some spiders aside and cocooned them, and they grew larger and larger… she had five so far. The plan was not for all five of them to reach full size.

The plan was to stall Saskia out to get one of them.

The acid burned through Saskia's blood armour, eating away at the flesh of her arms and legs as she reinforced the vulnerable areas. They pulled back in their blood blades and reinforced the armour, blood crawling across dissolved skin.

A tendril wrapped around Ella's leg, lifting her up and slamming her into the ground. At the same time Saskia ran towards one of the cocooned spiders. She forcefully slammed into it, bone spears shooting out all across the front of her body as she tore into it.

Ella twisted around, shooting a burning light from her Channeler which cut through the tendril holding her. She rolled over, past it, and leapt at Saskia with a glowing foot, which Saskia blocked with another tendril.

One down. Lisa thought to herself as she crawled further away… her range was impressive enough to work. Unlike Ella, Lisa was not an up-front fighter, and she would get clobbered by Saskia if she wasn’t careful. They needed a plan… Where the hell was that stone? It sucked, but they had to disable Saskia. She sighed as a wave of spiders came from the unseen corners of the room, from underneath the tables, the chairs, the furniture that nobody was paying attention to. They quickly flooded the floor underneath Saskia’s feet… and Lisa applied the Acid-Burst spell to them all.

They could, at the very least, heal Saskia after this.

Saskia barely reacted as acid splashed across her feet, splattering up her legs. It ate through the blood armour again and right to the bone of her thighs and feet. The blood tendril split back into four, three dropping to push her off the ground in place of destroyed feet. The other smacked at Ella, stopping her from getting close enough to actually attack.

They moved forward, a spear covered fist punching into another cocoon. At the same time, they raised their free hand and shot off another blood bullet at Lisa… which hit her in the other titty.

”... OH GOD DAMN IT!” Lisa screamed, grabbing her other titty. Both of them were oozing blood… Saskia was going through the cocoons, but that wasn’t a problem as she created two more glowing cocoons around the room. They had to do something a bit more drastic… Lisa summoned two spiders from out of the vents and they crawled above Saskia… and they slowly descended, aiming for her eyes.

Again, they could heal them.

As the spiders lowered, Saskia’s head snapped up. The blood tendril fighting Ella shot up, spearing through the two spiders.

But it gave Ella an opening. She jumped in, aiming a shining foot at Saskia’s waist. At the same time colour spilled from her bracelets to her arms. The foot connected, knocking Saskia back even as multiple bone spears pierced through it. Ella then grabbed Saskia with her strengthened arms.

"Lisa! Get them now!" Ella held on for dear life as Saskia’s blood tendril spun around and pierced her shoulder, multiple bone spears shooting out into her.

They had to play dirty to get Saskia to stop… Spiders came out of the hidden corners of the room. Flooding the room, but also exhausting Lisa further - they covered the tendrils that Saskia were standing on, then they crawled up to their eyes. Then she applied the Acid-Burst spell again.

The acid exploded across Saskia's face, completely penetrating their armour. Their eyes dissolved and skin dripped off their skull, like wax from a burning candle. Muscle was eaten away to reveal the bones inside. Their free blood tendrils flailed about madly, piercing Ella's side and back. Ella gritted her teeth and kept hold of Saskia, face and upper body also peeled off by the acid.

Then, finally, Saskia stopped struggling and went limp against Ella. The tendrils melted, dark blood splashing across the floor. The bone spears slowly pulled back into her body.

"Can I have some healing spiders?" Ella groaned, hooking one arm under Saskia's destroyed legs while the other supported her back, properly carrying her.

The healing spiders came out the pores in Lisa’s hands, and she immediately flicked them into Ella’s face without a second thought. She immediately came down from the ceiling - using her spider legs to brace her impact - and then lingered above Saskia. She quickly dug her hand into Saskia’s shirt from their collar (getting a titty grab in), looking for that damned st- Found it! Without a second thought, Lisa tried to pull it off, only to find out that it was fused to Saskia’s chest.

... Of course.

”... I-it’s stuck!” Lisa shouted. ”Ella, give me a hand!”

Ella also stuck her hand down Saskia's shirt, hand curling around the stone (and Lisa's hand) and trying to pull it out with still colour enhanced strength. "It ain't budging! Maybe… maybe I can burn it out?"

”... That’s not going to work,” Lisa shook her head, as tiny spiders came from the insides of her sleeves. They quickly traveled from her hands to Saskia’s body, and wrapped themselves around the Orange stone. ”This is going to hurt….”

She applied the Acid-Burst spell, and Saskia’s flesh around the Orange Stone was dissolved, Lisa tried pulling at it, she managed to pull it - but it was still stuck to their skin. ”God damn it!” Lisa shouted.

The phone in her back pocket began ringing…

”Ella, get that for me,”

"Alright!" Ella shoved her hand in Lisa’s pocket, accidentally touching her butt in the process. She leaned forward to awkwardly pick up the call with one hand, still holding Saskia in her arms. "Hello, Ella speaking!"

“... Get the fuck out of there, mami!” Lupe shouted over the phone. “I don’t care what you’re doing! Get the fuck out of there, right now!”

"Shit how do you know- ahhh, Society spies- okay!" Ella turned to Lisa, looking a bit panicked. "It’s Lupe, she says we’ve gotta ‘get the fuck out of here.’ I can carry Saskia- lets deal with the stone later!"
“Please, Dios mios, get out of there, mami!” Lupe said over the phone. “Everyone is heading there. Trust me mami, hang up the phone and get out of there.”

Thankfully for the girls, the giant spiders that Lisa had created were ready. Unfortunately, they were not equipped for flight, as they were armed with raptorial limbs, and Lisa facepalmed as she wished that she could make a spell that reverted them back to normal. However, they would have to improvise, as she ordered one of them—a Hobo spider with the raptorial limbs of a praying mantis—to come over.

There was hesitance, Lisa turned towards Ella…

”... We should get the stone off of them, first.”

"Yeah, it’ll be worse if they wake up and go on another rampage!" Ella agreed, shifting Saskia in her arms so that she could pull out her channeler. She cast a burning ray of light on the skin still attached to the orange stone, trying to burn it off. "Then we run, cause Lupe says everyone is coming!"

It was still attached, would they need to use surgery? That was when Lisa grabbed it, and yanked at it hard as she could before a spider leg burst out of her back, and it swung around to slice it out.

At the same time, Ella continued to burn away the skin around it. It… seemed to work in combination with Lisa’s slice as the skin attaching it got thinner and thinner, until it finally came out.

Leaving a horrible gaping hole in Saskia’s chest, skin covered in all sorts of burns. It looked horrible.

"Let’s go!"

Lisa grabbed it and tossed it across the room - it fell into one of the holes in the ground that Gomander created, and that was the last of it. She knew that Saskia shouldn’t have trusted those Dollhouse weirdos. They were nothing but trouble!

”Help me get them on top!” Lisa shouted, as she knelt down and tried to lift Saskia up. ”We can at-”

“... Leaving so soon?” Morningstar’s voice could be heard, as a giant portal opened on the other side of the room. He stepped through, and various horrific monsters stepped through with him.

”... Fuuuuuuuuuuuuck,” Lisa moaned, as she rolled her eyes.

“Your friends are still fighting Ignatius and A’lon,” Morningstar noted. “However, you three are so obsessed with my defeat, so….”

He put his hands out.

“Here I am, all of me.”

"Morningstar!" Ella shouted. She carefully put Saskia down, stepping in front of her and Lisa. Quieter, she whispered, "Lisa, heal Saskia, quick!"

Lisa knelt down, and her healing spiders came from her hands then crawled over to Saskia and dug into their flesh and flesh them.

Then, yelling again, she pointed at Morningstar. "You’ve finally decided to stop being a coward! Finally, your reign of tyranny is going to come to an end. I will vanquish you, for everything that is right and beautiful in this world!"

“Well…” Morningstar narrowed his eyes. “... Here I am. Come and face me! And let’s bring this circus to an end already!”

Ella didn't say anything else. Instead her legs just lit up with prismatic light, and she launched herself forward with a flying kick towards him. However, he opened his hand and created a portal in her trajectory… and she flew inside, and came out aimed towards Lisa’s spider.

”.... ELLA, YOU SMOOTHBRAIN!” Lisa shouted as Ella literally let herself get goaded into a fight. What didn’t concern her was Morningstar himself, but the minions he had at his side. The spider she had was killed and-

The ceiling burst open, and Lisa covered her eyes. Rapel lines came down, as she heard,



... Wait, Lisa thought to herself as she heard boots hit the ground. Was that Clem?

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Boots hit the floor. All of them were covered in thick body armor and helmets—the armor they wore was reminiscent of a swat team. There were a good amount of them, each brandishing carbines… and one of them floated down, hovering a few feet above them

“I knew you three would get into a mess!” Clementine shouted, her voice muffled by the helmet.

”... How did you find us!?” Lisa shouted.

“Don’t worry about it!” Clementine ran over to the trio and raised her hand in the air. A blue bubble of wavy energy appeared above them all. Before she shouted at the floating man. “... Maximilian! Take him out!”

“On it!” Maximilian flew directly towards Morningstar, who raised a hand in the air and created a wall of brimstone. However, he broke through it and slammed into Morningstar, sending him sprawling across the floor. However, he came to a stop and landed on his feet. He barred teeth, and the skin on his face peeled off to reveal some type of creature with blueish-grey skin. He raised his hand at Maximilian and created a massive portal, and massive explosive fireballs came flying out of it. However, Maximilian intercepted each and every one of them, flying with blinding speeds.

”... He’s kind of hot,” Lisa awkwardly said, playing with her fingers. ”Could I get his number later…?”

“... He’s wearing a helmet, you don’t even know what- you know what? We need to get you three the hell out of here.” Clementine shouted.

"We’re fine! I had it!" Ella shouted. She jumped back, looking at the agent Lisa thought was ‘hot’ with a mixture of admiration and jealousy. It was cool that he could intercept all of those… but he was stealing their thunder! And Lisa’s eyes!

"I’m not fine," Saskia groaned. They were still lying on the floor, most of their skin back, their eyes mostly focusing but… they looked incredibly pale.

"We’ll just heal you more- oh! Some of our friends are down there too!" Ella pointed towards the corridor leading to the super secret sacrifice room that Kimberley and Jordan were still stuck in.

“We’ll secure the area, then we’ll push down there,” Clementine answered.

"Alllriiighhht," Ella groaned, looking around. "Can we help? Morningstar's ours to kill!"

"No thank you," Saskia mumbled, closing their eyes. Ella was tempted to kick them awake, especially after earlier… but no! She would be nice!

”... Stop being a baby! You’re embarrassing me in front of my future boyfriend!” Lisa shouted as she knelt down over Saskia. Tiny spiders came out of her pores, and they burrowed into their skin. Healing them in the process.

"You literally melted my eyes off," Saskia muttered.

“No can do!” Clementine said. “We need to get you three out of here.

”B-but my boyfriend!” Lisa whined.

"You don't need him!" Ella shouted. She then bent down to help Saskia up, getting bored of waiting and just straight up picking her up. "Fine, we'll leave… but don't you dare kill Morningstar!"

"Or torture him before us," Saskia added quietly.

"Or torture him before us!"

Morningstar opened a massive portal, and a gigantic, demonic, claw came out and grabbed Maximilian. It yanked him towards it, before he cracked a grin, and flew backward out of its grip - grabbed its hand, and pulled it off completely. It let out a defeated roar as the leftovers of its arm flew back inside, and the portal closed. Maximilian flew at Morningstar and they kept clashing.

“Look,” Clementine rolled her eyes, the backside of the barrier disappeared. “Just get out of here!”

"Alrighhhttt," Ella pouted. She threw Saskia over her shoulder like a limp bag and grabbed Lisa's hand. "We're getting out of here!"

She forcefully dragged Lisa out the backside of the barrier… away from the fight towards Morningstar. Honestly, she didn't know the actual way out, since they'd come in through a window! But that wasn't her aim anyway. Instead, she led (well dragged and carried) them towards the top secret corridor in the completely destroyed office.

"I can walk, Lisa healed me," Saskia complained. Ella nodded and awkwardly put her down while still holding Lisa's hand… and grabbed Saskia's as soon as their feet touched the ground.

"We're going to save Kimberley and Jordan," Ella whispered. ”I'm not running away when they're still in danger!"

”... Neither am I!” Lisa valiantly shouted, before she looked around. There was that giant hole in the ground, it would probably lead back into the basement. Lisa called one of the giant spiders over to them - still with the raptorial limbs of a praying mantis. ”Hop on!”

Saskia clambered on first, yawning as they did. Ella hopped right up after them, brandishing her Channeller forward. She still… didn’t like riding spiders that much, but they had to! To save their friends!

"Let’s go beat the rest of the evil bastards and save them!"

”... Let’s g-” Lisa raised both

“... Going somewhere?” Maximilian said, floating above them with his arms crossed.

”... Boyfriend!” Lisa excitedly said, before scratching the side of her head. ”... Weren’t you just fighting Morningstar?”

“He ran,” Maximilian answered. “And Clementine said to get out of here, why are you going deeper into the complex?”

”... To get your attention,” Lisa sheepishly said.

"That's not what we were doing!" Ella shouted, glaring at Lisa. "I don't want your attention at all! Or any man's attention! Ew."

"We got lost," Saskia said.

"Yeah! Wait, no, screw that! It's because we're not cowards who run away when our friends are in danger! We're going to beat the rest of Morningstars minions - we already defeated five!"

“Look…” Maximilian said, floating down to the floor, before taking a few steps towards them. “I understand you’re confident - I’m actually proud you are. However, Agent Washington wants you three safe above all else, and she wants you out of the area because this could get ugly. Or you could ruin our only shot at getting Morningstar.”

"Your only shot? That we set up?!" Ella was surprisingly agitated in response to what he was saying. They’d done all the hard work! And here was this man coming here, stealing their thunder and Lisa’s heart! "You think just cause you’re big and strong and can float that you can boss us around?!"

"Mm, for once I agree with Ella," Saskia said with a yawn - even though she really didn’t look all that tired or pale anymore. "Where were you when I had to kill three of his Endless Seven alone ^{and nearly lost my mind}? We cleared the path for you."

"Yeah!” Ella swung her legs around, hopping off the spider. Her body language was tense, but she didn’t make any moves. "We need to kill him or we won’t be safe anyway!"

Maximilian raised both hands. “Look, I’m not trying to boss anyone around…”

”... You can boss me around anytime, big boy!” Lisa said with a toothy grin.

“... Disregarding that, I understand that you all were fighting for your lives here, if we had information we would have been here sooner,” Maximilian said. “However, we will have everything under control from here on. And we can’t have three civilians running around getting in the way, and possibly being taken hostage.”

"Civilians? We’re not civilians, we’re-” Ella dramatically paused, thrusting her sailor moon up towards the sky (well, ceiling) and putting a fist on her hip. At the same time, her legs turning back to a glowing prismatic colour. "The Magical Girls- and the Agents of Death!”

"They never try take us hostage, anyway," Saskia sighed, rotating her wrist as she slid down the spider and onto the floor. They pulled out their knife and ran it across their hand, blood pooling across their skin and up their arm. "That would be exciting. Nobody’s into torture anymore these days."

"Stop with the torture!” Ella shouted, before pointing a finger at Maximilian. "If you continue to stand in our way, we’ll have to take you out!”

”Wait, wait, wait, Ella!” Lisa put her hands up. ”We can’t kill him! He’s hot!”

Maximilian facepalmed, before pressing his earpiece. “... Senior Agent Washington, they’re not complying. Uh-huh? Okay.”

He sighed.

“... Senior Agent Washington said that she will take you all to Dairy Queen if you just leave peacefully.”

Ella’s nose scrunched up, conflicted expression in her dark eyes. She did like Dairy Queen, and she hadn’t had it in… technically over ten years! But no way. She wouldn’t get distracted! She couldn’t trust these PRA- Clem and Nessa aside- to actually do anything! "I see what you’re doing! You can’t fool me! I won’t let you tempt us away from dishing out justice!”

She then turned to Lisa, saying, "don’t worry, we’ll leave his face alone!”

"No promises here," Saskia said, blood armour completely covering them and a short tendril coming out her back.

"Sasskiiaaa, c’mon- Alright, this is your last warning,” Ella once again pointed a finger at Maximilian. "Get out of our way.”

Maximilian sighed again, before pressing his earpiece, “They are still refusing to go? Okay. I promise I’ll hold back. I won’t hurt them.”

He moved his finger and said, “... Agent Washington said you three are under arrest. Get on your knees and-”

”... Ooooh!” Lisa moaned.

Maximilian blushed, “What is wrong with your friend - know what? Nevermind. Come peacefully, nobody has to get hurt.”

"Yeah, what is wrong with you Lisa, he’s not even that hot?!” Ella shouted. But there was no way she was getting arrested… again. This was unfair! They were wasting precious time when Kimberley and Jordan were in danger because this man was on a power trip… maybe he was like Stauber?! Oh god, did he just want to flirt with them?!

"Ella, maybe we should-"

Before Saskia could finish their sentence, Ella launched herself forward with a jump kick towards Maximilian’s abdomen. However, Maximilian caught it with a burst of speed.

“... Come on, let’s talk about this!” He asked, floating in mid-air holding Ella’s leg.

"You're trying to arrest us!" Ella shouted, swinging around with her other leg towards Maximilian's head. Which whacked him, knocking his helmet off… but he didn’t so much as flinch.

"... Should we help her?" Saskia asked, tilting their head towards Lisa.

Lisa clenched both sides of her own face.

”... I don’t know what to do!” She shouted. ”On one hand, he’s hot! On the other, Ella is one of the homies!”

She looked to the left and right, before she sighed, ”... Adora wouldn’t want me to turn my back on my homegirl]” She opened her mouth wide as she could, then spewed a current of spiders that hit Maximilian directly in the face and covered his face.

“... WHAT THE HELL?!” Maximilian shouted, as he dropped Ella, wiping the spiders off his face.

”... Forgive me booooooooooyfriend!”

"He’s not your boyfriend!"

”Not yet!” Lisa raised both of her hands in the air and summoned a wave of spiders that pooled at her feet. Five of them were wrapped in a glowing cocoon as they grew in size...

Ella twisted in the air so she didn’t fall on her ass, awkwardly landing on her feet and hopping backwards. Saskia sighed, blood tendril shooting forward towards Maximilian’s shoulder. At the same time Ella spun around with a kick towards his side. Both attacks hit, but did no visible damage, except knocking off Lisa’s spiders.

“Fine…” Maximilian rolled his eyes, as he flew into the ground faster than the girls could even perceive and caused a shockwave that rolled towards them. It threatened to knock them off their feet.

Ella straight up jumped over the shockwave. She grabbed a nearby, bright red book and pulled the colour out of it - it coated her fists scarlet. Then she swung a hard as steel punch at him…

Saskia took the shockwave, getting knocked back a bit as it hit against their blood armour. Their blood tendril pulled back, pushing them to the side as they attempted to get behind him.

The shockwave wiped out a majority of Lisa’s spider swarm, and she couldn’t take it as she was knocked over and sent rolling. Lisa looked back over her shoulder, to see her spider horde dead, and she bared teeth. ”... Don’t hurt my babies!”

Maximilian caught the fist like it was nothing. " Can you stop, please? You can’t win; this is a waste of everyone’s time!” he asked.

"You're wasting our time by getting in the way!" Ella shouted. She brought up a glowing knee right towards his crotch. Which he tanked like it was nothing, and flew backwards.

Saskia had gotten behind him, blood tendril lengthening and wrapping around his neck, applying pressure in the hopes of choking him enough to knock him out.

“Alright, I’ll go easy on you three for Agent Washington!” Maximilian reached behind himself and grabbed the tendril, before swinging it around towards Ella with Saskia still attached.

Meanwhile, Lisa’s remaining cocoon exploded, revealing a huntsman spider with dragonfly wings. She quickly ran over to it, spider legs erupting from her back as she launched herself through the air onto its back.

Ella threw her arms in front of her to catch Saskia, who cut off their tendril - but it threw them both backwards. Ella threw Saskia to the side and jumped back to her feet.

"Don't go easy on us, coward!" Ella shouted. She swung a leg at Maximilian, aiming to hit him then spin around with a punch.

Saskia rolled across the ground with a groan, raising a hand and shooting a blood bullet at him.

Maximilian shook his head, as he dodged both attacks in a burst of speed. “Fine, then. Here I come!” He shouted as he stuck a hand out and fired a golden beam out of his hand at Saskia that launched them across the room, smacking into a wall with a groan. Then he quickly flew over to Ella, and swung at her with a punch. Ella threw up her hands to block the punch, but it still knocked her back a couple of steps and almost made her fall over.

Lisa’s flying spider took flight as Lisa stood on top of it as it flew circles around Maximilian.

”Booooooooooyfriend!” Lisa shouted, turning around and giving her (very small) booty a few twirls at him. ”Looooooooooooooooooook at meeeeeeeeeeeee!”

Maximilian rolled his eyes.

"He's not your boyfriend!" Ella yelled, strange anger at that fueling her through the pain of what had been a very hard punch. She ran back a few steps, the brightest colours from nearby books being pulled towards her hands and forming a heavy, hard orb that she shot right at his face. Hopefully it would make him uglier! Maximilian pimp-slapped the orb away, before he marched towards Ella.

”Um, he seems a little bit stronger than all the other guys…” Lisa noted as she brought her behind to a freeze. ”Let’s see how tough he is against some acid!”

She opened her mouth, before she noted, ”... Take cover!”

Then she spewed another collum of spiders out of her mouth up towards the ceiling and they flew in all directions like a geyser. Once they passed her, she applied the acid-bust spell and it rained acid on everything below her. It hit Maximilian… only to harmlessly drop off his body. He shook his head in disgust as he wiped it off his clothes with his hand.

Lisa tilted her head, her eyes shot open.

Ella gaped as he just tanked the acid, popping up from the desk she’d used as shelter. The acid. "We should’ve kept the stone!"

"You don’t want that," Saskia muttered, pushing themselves back to their feet.

"Fine- Girls, do you remember the spell we developed?! The mech spider- let’s use it to beat his ass!"

Lisa flew down, and hopped off the spider, landing right next to Ella. She shot both of her hands up, ”Let’s do it! Maybe he’ll think it’s cool!”

"I don’t want him to… Fine! We’ll show him that we’re super strong! C’mon, Saskia!"

Saskia groaned, but dragged themselves over. "What do we do again?"

Ella grabbed both Lisa and Saskia’s hands… though she wasn’t sure if that was necessary. "Summon the spiders, Lisa!"

Lisa laughed like a maniac, metal spiders came out of the unseen crevices of the room.

”... LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET’S DO IT!”

Maximilian simply pulled out his cell phone and began playing some kind of phone game as Lisa created it… The Magical Mecha Spider. This colossal beast was made out of metal and coated in a thick layer of blood armor. It broke through the ceiling into the next floor. The three of them sat in a cockpit in the mecha’s head, each with their own seat.

Maximilian stared up at it, seemingly in awe, but probably actually out of confusion.

“... I don’t get paid enough for this shit,”



Ella pointed a finger forward as she yelled, and the spider shot a powerful beam of light at Maximilian. He raised a hand in the air and seemingly blocked it as the beam went around him. The giant spider approached him as it fired the beam.

“... You three are crazy,” Maximilian groaned as he flew upwards out of the way of the beam.

"You’re telling me," Saskia muttered, as they adjusted the blood armour to be stronger wherever Maximilian went. A series of explosive blood missiles were shot at him while the light beam continued to try and burn him.

Maximilian flew around at speeds that looked like a blur, punching the blood missiles, as they didn’t seem to phase him to begin with.

“... Two can play at this game!” Maximilian shouted as he stuck both of his hands out, firing a golden beam of energy that clashed with their beam.

Maximilian’s beam of energy pushed back theirs further and further until it hit into the blood armour. It started tearing through it. Saskia swore, moving all of the blood from other parts of the mech to cover the section the beam was hitting. "He’s too strong."

"A magical girl never runs away!" Ella shouted, sweat dripping down her forehead. She channeled all of her orange and red lux to strengthen the mecha, and shot out another powerful beam of light! Which Maximilian flew out of the way of, before aiming his hands back at the mecha and firing another powerful beam. Saskia grimaced as they poured more blood into it, visibly paling.

Lisa bared teeth as she gave Saskia a sympathetic look, before turning to Ella.

”... Um, you know like how in some anime the main character fights someone they can’t beat?” Lisa began. ”Then they do a cool training arc and then come back and beat them later?”

Ella furrowed their brow, looking at Lisa. She was right… they weren’t even damaging him, and that’s what made this so frustrating! Ella felt she had to prove that she was the best- because she was a magical girl, not because Lisa thought he was hot or anything. But Lisa was right… this was the boss they couldn’t beat until they trained.

"You’re right, that always happens! And we’ve beaten everyone so far- of course, it’s always near the end of episode three that it happens!" Ella nodded, as Lisa finally got through to her in a language she understood. "... okay, then we need to get away and train! Then we’ll beat him!"

”Here’s what we’re going to do,” Lisa looked out, to see her flying spider just standing there on the sideline being derpy. ”I’m going to send this at him, and then we’re going to get on the flying spider then haul ass!”

"Alright, you got it! We can make it, easy!" Ella gave a thumbs up. Saskia just nodded.

With a mental command, the flying spider proceeded towards the mecha spider, and Lisa said, ”Everyone, hit him with everything you got! Just enough to keep him in the dark about our next move!”

"Yes- SUPER MECHA PRISMATIC BEAM!" Ella yelled, purposefully attention drawing as she tried to hit Maximillian with her strongest beam of light. At the same time, Saskia reduced the defences to shoot off a series of blood bullets at him. Lisa sent the spider careening towards Maximilian while opening a hatch for them all to jump out of.

The flying spider was right there, and Lisa landed right on top of it, with the other two following behind her. Without a second thought, Lisa commanded the spider to fly out of a broken window and they escaped into the night. She let out a sigh as they flew over the desert. Then her eyes shot open, and she looked over her shoulder.

”... We forgot about Kimberly and Jordan,”

"Well we weren’t going to get through him to them, were we?" Saskia said with a shrug. "Jordan can teleport."

"Noooo…" Ella moaned, holding her head, before dramatically shouting, "Don’t worry, Kimberley and Jordan, we’ll come back to rescue you from that horrible man when we’ve become stronger! I promise!"

”... Horribly hot, you mean!” Lisa laughed. ”I hope I didn’t gross him out with the spider vomit, y’know.” She smiled at Ella.

"I think the acid disturbed him more," Saskia said drily, rubbing their eyes and yawning.

"I wouldn't be grossed out by the spider vomit!" Ella shouted, scrunching up her nose just at the thought of it. "You don't need him, you have us!"

"Not the same thing, Ella," Saskia snorted. "You- yknow what, I can't be bothered. Can we go back to the hostel? I lost too much blood."

”Yeah, will you be able to satisfy my needs?!” Lisa shouted, throwing a hand in the air. Before smiling at Saskia. ”Don’t worry, friend! We’ll be back at the hotel in-”

Maximilian flew in front of them in a burst of speed with his arms crossed.

”... No time,” Lisa awkwardly laughed at him. ”Heeeeeeeey! Boyfriend! Sorry we had to go, you know! We got magical girl things to do!”

He was quiet.

”We’ll just be, uh, going around you…” Lisa commanded the spider to fly around Maximilian, only for him to appear in their way again.

“... Land. The. Spider.” He commanded.

"... No way!" Ella shouted, turning to Lisa. "Lisa, go a different way!!"

"... That's not going to work," Saskia sighed.

"It will!" Ella, very precariously, stood up slightly on the spider and pointed a finger at Maximilian. "You're not meant to come back until we have our training arc! This isn't very anime villain of you!"

Maximilian just floated there for a moment, before he placed a finger on the top of the flying Spiders head and descended - forcing it to land. Once it hit the ground, they heard a familiar voice.

“Alright, everyone! Off the spider!” Clementine shouted as she walked over. “Right now!”

"Noooooooooo!" Ella wailed, lying forward and clinging to the spider with all her might.

Saskia rolled their eyes at her, and slid off the spider, hands in the air. "Can you torture us this time?"

”Will we have enough room to cuddle in the jail cell?” Lisa asked, before pointing at Maximilian. ”Oh! Can he join us?!”

“No, no, and no,” Clementine said, before she said, “Channelers on the floor, now!”

Saskia sighed, pulling off her bracelet and placing it on the floor.
"Nooo, I don’t want to be stuck in a jail cell again, I need to watch tonight’s anime episode- I can’t bear ittttt!" Ella practically screamed, still clinging to the spider.

"Stop being so dramatic, it’s not like they’re torturing us," Saskia said, reaching up to grab Ella’s wrist and try drag her off.

"That is torture, Saskia! The Milky Holmes were just got expelled from school and I need to know what happens next!"

Clementine sighed, as she turned to Lisa…

“Shrink the spider,” She clenched the bridge of her nose.

Complying, the spider shrunk back to normal size and scurried off.

"Nooooo," Ella cried as she landed on the floor with a thud, face first. It hurt more than she expected… and that just made her more stubborn! "You won't take me-"

"Stop being a big baby," Saskia rolled their eyes, going over and kicking Ella in the side. She grunted and pouted in response. Saskia bent over and snatched her Channeler, shoving it a bit further away before looking at Clementine. "Happy?"

"I'm not!"

"I wasn't asking you."

“Yes…” Clementine then pointed at a nearby SUV - all black with the windows tinted. “Get in.”

"Nooooo…" Ella stayed lying facedown on the ground, arms and legs splayed out.

Saskia, on the other hand, got into the SUV without an arguments, murmuring "ooo, kidnapped again, how fun…"

“This isn’t kidnapping, this is arrest.” Clementine said as she collected everyone’s channelers.

”... Can he put cuffs on?” Lisa looked up at Maximilian. Who reached down, picked Ella up, and threw her over his shoulder.

“... He’s occupied,” Clementine said.

"I'll walk, I'll walk, put me down!" Ella shouted as soon as Maximilian picked her up, wriggling to try and get away. This was worse than missing her anime's new episode! She was… getting… held by a man! Ew! Ewwwww! "I'll get in the creepy van!"

“... Too late!” Clementine shouted, then Maximilian chucked Ella into the van.

Lida scoffed as she climbed in herself.

Ella landed on top of Saskia, who grunted and immediately shoved her off. With a pout Ella clambered as far away from the door as she could, curling into a ball, rocking backwards and forwards.

"This is why I hate-"

"Ella, stop being so dramatic, he threw you over his shoulder…" Saskia groaned, and looked at Lisa. "Help me out here…"

”... How did it feel? Was he strong? Did you notice any chest chair?!” Lisa asked.

The car started moving.

"Horrible," Ella sobbed, though there weren't actually any tears… "It was like being held by a hunk of meat- how would I see chest hair through the armour?!"

"X-ray vision," Saskia suggested.

”Maybe you felt it!” Lisa laughed. ”I don't know about you but being held by a big strong hunk of meat sounds like a dream…”

She paused, ”... It reminded you of your uncle, didn't it?”

”It did…" Ella said mournfully. Saskia reached over and patted her shoulder, though Ella didn't feel much sympathy from the motion.

"It's alright, just refuse to get out and I'm sure he'll carry you, Lisa," Saskia nodded.

”... Where is he?” Lisa looked at the front seat, and saw Vanessa was driving.

"Probably scared away by your spiders," Saskia shrugged.

"... But Lisa's spiders are cute!" Ella piped up, wanting to defend anything that that man might not like.

”They were cool!” Lisa protested. ”It was your blood, Saskia!”

"Wouldn't be a bit of a useless agent if he can't handle a little blood?" Saskia tilted their head.

”Same if he can’t handle a spider!” Lisa threw her hands into the air. ”Or my sexiness!”

"Yeah, I think he needs a career change…" Saskia nodded.

"He should get fired!" Ella shouted.

”Nooooooo!” Lisa shouted. ”Then how will he support our future Spider-children?!”

”He's not good enough for you!" Ella shouted back.

"I bet he'd make a good criminal…" Saskia mused.

”Nooooooooo, he’s like Superman! When has Superman been a criminal!? Also, I think he’s perfect for me!” Lisa answered.

"Criminals are way hotter, Lisa," Saskia replied expressionessly. "Supermen are boring."

”Speak for yourself!” Lisa shouted, shaking her head. ”You know what?! I made up my mind! It's my destiny to get plowed against the starry night sky!”

"Nooooo!" Ella screamed, slamming her hands over her ears. "I don't want to hear it!"

"I do," Saskia said, lips quirking up into the slightest smirk. "Hmm, if you get him… I wonder if Morningstar would let me have a go before we kill him?"

”You have no choice but to hear it, Ella!” Lisa screamed back. ”It’s my deeeeeeeeeeeeeeepest desire! And as my friend you should love and support me in all my endeavors! No matter how gross or frea-”

The car came to a screeching haul.

“You know what? Fuck this,” Vanessa said, before she pointed to the side. “All of you get the hell out! I can’t take this anymore!”

"... I thought we were under arrest?" Saskia tilted their head.

^{”... Shut up and get out,”} Lisa whispered as she pulled on Saskia’s arm.

Ella, on the other hand, didn't need to be told twice. She pulled open the door and jumped out, running away, screaming, "Nooooo I don't want to hear about your sexual desires Lisaaaaa ^{unless they're about women}!"

“Look, Clem was going to just hold you in the cell for a couple of days then let you out!“ Vanessa shouted as she reached forward and grabbed the rear, “But, you three… you three are so goddamn annoying!”

Vanessa slammed it, and then sped off.

”...Great, annoying my way out of jail was on my bucket list," Saskia said.

Lisa just shrugged. A spider appeared wrapped in a glowing cocoon before growing to immense size. Then a jumping spider with wings came, and Lisa gestured towards it.

”... All aboard?”

"Let's go, I want to sleep," Saskia nodded, climbing on.

Ella hesitantly made her way back over to them, from where she'd gotten a whole few steps away. She really didn't want to hear more about Lisa's interest in that guy but… she also wanted to watch the latest episode of her anime! "Let's go… but I get the laptop when we're back!"

Lisa turned her head towards Ella. A massive smile on her face.

”... Then you must want to walk, then!?”

Ella smiled back, considering for just a moment beating Lisa up… then deciding against it because she was her friend and Ella loved her too much to do that. "Fine… I'll watch it on my phone…"

Grumbling, she climbed on the spider behind Saskia.

Lisa then hopped on, and then thrusted a fist into the air.

”... AAAAAAAAAAWAY WE GO!]”

The spider took flight and went back to the hotel.

When the spider arrived at the Holiday Inn… it shrunk back to its original size. Then the three just walked back into their hotel room. Lisa beelined for the laptop and made sure to hold it with both arms in a death grip.

”... What do we do now?” Lisa asked. ”Jordan and Kim might be dead! Dead! How are we going to pay for the room other than that little trick I pulled… that very illegal trick...” She tugged at her collar before her hand wrapped around the laptop.

"I'm sure your boyfriend made sure they were safe, since he's so great!" Ella grumbled, letting out a very loud huff and flopping into her bed.

Saskia yawned, lying down on their own bed and rolling over to look at them both. "I'm sure they'll be fine… we can always turn to a life of crime. Maybe pick up some hot criminals."

”Oh! Speaking of hot!” Lisa said. ”How about we call Lupe?!”

"Ohhh good idea, just what we need after that," Saskia agreed. They held out their hand. "Ella, your phone."

"You have your own!" Ella grumbled, even as she handed her phone over to Saskia… who easily unlocked it. The password was Sailor Moon's birthday, obviously.

"It's in my pocket, too much effort," Saskia shrugged as they found Lupe's number (which Ella had saved, thankfully) and called her.

After a few rings, Lupe answered.

“... Hello, Mami, what the fuck?!” Lupe asked. “Going to the Morningstar mansion?! All those motherfuckers were heading there… are you three okay?”

"We're fine," Saskia said, switching the call to speaker mode so everyone could hear. "I killed three of the Endless Seven, so it was nothing…"

"Yeah, we had Morningstar! We were gonna kill him!" Ella shouted. "Then Mr Heart Stealer appeared and stole our thunder! And arrested us!!"

”... Ah, yes, he was so big and hunky! I could just give him a smooch!” Lisa swooned, grasping both sides of her cheeks (while keeping the laptop clutched against her chest).

There was an audible silence on Lupe’s end. Before she asked.

“... Are ya’ll in jail right now?”

"Yes, it's awful, they chained us up and are-"

"No! We got away using our smarts and strength!" Ella shouted.

“Aw, cooooooooool, mami! Sounds intense…” Lupe said, before pausing for a moment. “... Wanna hang out?”

"Yes please, I need another sane person around," Saskia said.

”Oh! Why don't you come to our place!! Then we can watch anime if-" Ella looked at Lisa with a wide grin. "Lisa stops hogging the laptop!"

”Never!” Lisa shouted.

“... Why don’t you bitches just buy another one?!” Lupe asked, confused. “Ya’ll flashed some serious cash at Shadynasty’s! Just buy a cheap one! Or two!”

Lupe laughed, “Send me the addy, and I’ll be there.”

"Oh, why didn't we think about that… Lisa, later let's go acquire some cash and buy new laptops!" Ella shouted.

"And headphones," Saskia muttered. "I'll text you that and the room number… see you soon."

Saskia hung up, and texted Lupe with what Holiday Inn they were at along with the exact room. They then flopped back on the bed with a yawn. Why did they feel so tired? Their blood should be replenishing just now-

Saskia shot up, in a speed shocking Ella enough she almost fell off the bed. ”Clem still has our Channelers!"

Lisa reached into her shirt, dropped the laptop, and grabbed her own tiddy in the process, and then put her hands on the side of her face in shock. ”OH NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Ella leapt forward, snatched up the laptop and did a barrel roll with it off the bed. "It's fine! We can just go get them back! We'll kick down Clem's door-"

”With what magic?"

"... I almost killed a guy without mine," Ella muttered, clutching the laptop close to her chest.

”... And where is Clem’s door again?” Lisa asked, scratching the side of her head. ”Actually, how did they find Morningstar’s lair? Ain’t it weird that they found it conveniently after we got there…?”

"Huh… that is convenient… oh Sailor Moon!" Ella shouted, suddenly dropping down and looking under the bed. "You don't think one of them is spying on us?! That's creepy."

Saskia frowned, looking at Ella being weird and stupid like normal, to Lisa. "... Maybe they snuck a tracking device on us when we slept at theirs."

Lisa shrugged.

”Maybe it’s just a coincidence!” She laughed. ”Saskia! How long before sexy gets here?!”

”Dunno, I'm not tracking her," Saskia shrugged, not even bothering to check Ella's phone… she just threw it onto the other bed. ”How long did it take us to get here from her place last time…"

"It wasn't that long!" Ella said cheerfully. She clambered back onto the bed, holding onto the laptop like her life depended on it. "I hope she brings more alcohol this time!"

Lisa shrugged.

”Who knows? Maybe we should use the laptop to pass time…” Lisa walked towards Ella with her hands out.

"Yeah, we can watch it to watch the latest episode of my anime," Ella said, backing away from Lisa.

”If you two start fighting I’m going to get kidnapped again…" Saskia sighed.

”... I need to, uh, ‘send an email,’” Lisa smiled, approaching Ella. ”Wait… actually, let me see the laptop! We gotta do something.”

"What do we gotta do?" Ella asked suspiciously, grip on the laptop loosening slightly.

Lisa grinned ear to ear.

”... You’ll see,”

There was a visible war across Ella’s face as she made her decision, before hesitantly handing over the laptop. Saskia roused from her lounging state to move onto their bed… they didn’t want to miss this, whatever it was.

"Alright, show us, it better be good!" Ella said.

Lisa hopped on the bed, and immediately googled Facebook, and opened the first page. She went through the process of making a Facebook account, and when she was finished, she turned to the two and said.

”... So, let’s play a game,” Lisa began. ”Give me a full name, and we’ll look ‘im up!”

"Oh, that’s easy! Kari Wil-" Ella caught herself, eyes widening and lower lip trembling. "Wait, Kari’s… Kari’s…"

”Alright, there, there," Saskia said monotonously, slinging an arm over Ella’s shoulders and patting her in an attempt at comforting. They ignored the pang they felt at that too. ”Look up…"

"Jade! I want to know how she’s doing!!" Ella interrupted before Saskia could even finish, bouncing back just like that.

Lisa raised an eyebrow.

”... Clem said that Jade got… you know….” She sighed. ”A shame. She was gorgeous.”

"... Oh yeah," Ella's expression fell. "I was too… distracted by Kari's…"

"Look up Drake then, I bet he's posting edgy memes about it," Saskia said.

"Saskia, that's not nice!"

"What? He got me killed."

”Drake it is, then!” Lisa shouted as she typed in Drake Blackmore’s name. ”You know his sister Amanda was pretty cute! So was Nikki! Victoria was…”

She awkwardly laughed before she hit enter. She found Drake’s Facebook page, and his icon was a picture of him and Jade hugging. The banner showed Jade posing like a model on the shore. Drake seemed just to post photos of Jade, or him and Jade, over and over again….

”Hmmmm…” Lisa scrolled through it all. ”He’s a cop in St. Portwell? Drake Blackmore?” She laughed.

"I bet he'd shoot us if he saw us again!" Ella said, shaking her head. "He was super trigger happy…"

”Maybe if we dig deeper we can gather some incriminating evidence and make him lose his job…" Saskia suggested ominously.

”Or we can put spiders in his boxers!” Lisa laughed.

"I like that plan," Saskia rubbed their hands together with a small, evil smile. "How easily can you do that?"

”Noooo, guys, the poor guy's lost his wife!" Ella shouted. "You know I dislike people like him but as long as he isn't actually shooting people! Let's look up someone more interesting!"

"Oh, look up Sloane…"

"I said someone interesting!"

”Oh! Sloane-y!” Lisa shouted, jumping in her chair as she looked up Sloane Faris… only for the results to turn out empty. ”Aw.”

"See, boring!" Ella shouted, before hitting Lisa's shoulder a couple of times. "Ooo, ooo, look up Luca! I want to know how the little guy is!"

Luca's Facebook page was quite… plain. His banner was a picture of St Portwell harbour at night, and his icon was a slightly blurry, further away photo of him laughing over something taken by someone else. He didn't actually seem to post - most of the posts were Olivia tagging him in things. There were pictures of both of them, always a distance away from each other, or what appeared to be their apartment a couple of years back. There was one weird post about destruction, but otherwise there wasn't much.

Upon seeing Olivia’s name, Lisa squinted.

”... Olivia,” She dramatically said. She quickly clicked her name, then DM’d her a picture of a spider. Nothing else.

A near immediate response came back, reading, ‘who are you?!’

Lisa didn't respond.

”... So who else can we look up?!” Lisa asked.

"Let's look up Britney and send her hate mail," Saskia said. "For what she did to Luca and the others…"

"Or- orrrrrr~" Ella sang, leaning towards Lisa with a grin. "We look up your future wife, Adora!"

Lisa dramatically gasped, holding both sides of her face.

”... Why didn't I think of that?!”

Lisa immediately typed in Adora’s name, middle name and everything… Only to find nothing.

”Huh? Weird…”

"Maybe you spelt her name wrong?!" Ella shouted, leaning in towards the laptop.

”She’s the love of my life!” Lisa shouted back. ”How could I get her name wrong?!”

"I bet if we look hard enough… we can still find something about her…" Saskia said, with a shrug. "Oh, maybe if we look through Vanessa or Clementine…"

Complying, Lisa looked up Clementine Washington. Though several names popped up, a few of the profiles were blank. Others were obviously not Clementine. Same with Vanessa.

”Drats…” Lisa said.

"I guess we'll have to get creative…" Saskia tilted their head, thinking about it. Someone who Adora had been close to… well, aside from Lisa, who had she been close to? Maybe they should just try someone smart. "Try Greta, she always knew everything."

"Oh yeah, I want to know how Greta's doing!"

”... Gretchen, you mean,” Lisa smugly said. ”Her name is Gretchen.”

Lisa immediately typed in Gretchen Faust… only to not find her and have to type in “Greta Faust.” Then, after some digging, because there are a lot of old ladies named Greta Faust, they found their Greta, and she looked different. She dyed her hair red and started rocking the punk aesthetic. There weren’t a lot of pictures of Greta, though, and some very awkward selfies. There was a period where Greta spammed a bunch of weird sex stuff, though (especially a sex tips for nerds), and incoherent rambling about how she loved potions.

”... Awwwwwww, she’s so cute!” Lisa moaned. ”I wonder if her butt’s still big as I remember it being… eh, I’ll have to find out after we get through this, right, gals?”

"She is super cute! I love the new hair colour!" Ella grinned.

"... I'm interested in the sex tips…" Saskia reached over to scroll back up to them, quickly reading them. Very interesting… "You know, we don't have to wait. Message her now and ask for a picture of her butt."

”Okay!” Lisa ecstatically said, before doing it. No remorse. No thought. Just asking for a booty pic off rip.

A few minutes passed, and Greta responded witha succinct: “who the hell is this?”

Lisa was silent.

”... What do I tell her?”

"I've got this, move aside!" Ella leaned right into Lisa so she could reach the laptop keyboard. Her tongue poked out slightly as she wrote.

'This is Ella! Do you remember me? ╰(⸝⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝⸝)╯ it's been a while!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*.✧’

It took her so long because she was painstakingly typing out the emojis… Saskia watched and rolled her eyes. "That won't work."

They also pushed into Lisa's personal space and took control of the keyboard.

'Hello Greta. This is Saskia Otten, of Sycamore Tree. I'm here with Ella Brooks and Lisa Turner. We were wondering if your butt is as big as Lisa remembers. Please confirm. Thanks.’

There was a silence on Greta’s end.

A few moments later, she sent a request for a video call. Lisa looked to Saskia, then Ella, before hitting accept and the view on Greta’s end was a dimly lit desk. She was sitting in front of the camera with a white lab coat on. Greta stared at them for a moment.

“... I had to see it for myself,” Greta spoke in her usual nasally voice. “Now that I see your faces, there is no doubt about it….”

She paused for a moment, “But… Why? Why did you three come back now…?”

"Everyone keeps asking us that!" Ella said, slamming her hands on her thighs in exasperation. "We don’t know!"

"Someone called in a favour," Saskia explained. "We don’t know who or why, just that we get a second chance if we do a few things for the Hound."

“I mean…” Greta trailed off, “I do appreciate having you three back… And no one is as weird as you three, by the way.” Greta pushed her glasses up her nose.

Lisa was bouncing up and down in her seat. Ella grinned.

“What does the Hound want you to do?” Greta asked.

"He wants us to kill Morningstar!" Ella shouted.

"We’re in Mirage Springs right now to do that… We almost had him twice," Saskia’s voice lowered, and her hands twitched with the overwhelming urge to draw Morningstar dying. "We’ve killed most of his evil minions."

“Now… I have no clue about who Morningstar is,” Greta said. “But, I-”

Lisa loudly screeched, interrupting the conversation.

”How are you doing friend?! How’s life?! You look sooooooooooo cute! It’s so great to see you!”
“Lisa…” Greta said, a tear running down her eye, before she quickly tried to wipe it away before they noticed. “I am… so glad to have you back… I…” She couldn’t hold it anymore, and began crying profusely.

“... I missed you so much, Lisa!” Greta shouted. “I… I can’t put it into words!”

Lisa placed her hand against the laptop scene.

”I’m sorry I was away. I… I am glad to be back,” Lisa laughed. ”I think we all are! Right girls!?”

"Yeah! I’ve never been happier to be alive- do you have any idea how much anime’s been made in the last ten years?!" Ella grinned, before forming a heart with her hands towards the camera. "I missed you Greta!"

"It certainly beats dying… that sucked…" Saskia intoned, before looking straight on at the camera. "So, show us your ass, Greta. We need to judge if its improved."

Greta gave them a blank face. The tears stopped flowing.

She pressed a key and disconnected the call.

”... Aw, man.”

"Damn, I was getting excited," Saskia sighed, flopping back.

”Horny!” Lisa said.

Saskia discreetly turned her head to try and look at Ella’s ass instead.

It was made easier when Ella jumped up, yelling, "When’s Lupe getting here?! It’s been ages!"

”Oh, come on Ella, she's probably putting makeup on or-” Lisa said with a shrug before she was interrupted by an explosion of pink light and smoke.

“... Ya’ll ready to party, mami?!”

Lupe screamed as she held two large brown bags full of booze.

Ella screamed too, launching herself at Lupe with a foot outstretched. Midway through the jump kick she realised who it was and awkwardly twisted, falling on the bed.

"I’m always ready to party," Saskia said, very much sounding and looking like she was never ready to party.

"Lupe!" Ella shouted excitedly, jumping up off the bed and towards Lupe in a hug rather than an attack. "I’m so happy to see you! Oh, what drinks did you bring this time?!"

“You know, basic shit, mami!” Lupe said as she put the bags down on the counter. She dug through the bag as she said, “Vodka, rum, tequila…” She said with a purr, as she gave them a flirtatious look.

Lupe kept going through the bags until she grabbed a bottle, before she dramatically said, “... But it's time for you gals to enter the big leagues.”

"What’s that?" Ella gasped dramatically, getting in real close to the bottle.

Saskia narrowed their eyes. "... but Lisa almost died last time."

“That just means she gotta build a tolerance, mami!” Lupe said before she whipped a bottle of Everclear and presented it to the group. “I’m going to put a little bit of this in all your drinks! Just a little bit!” Lupe pinched her fingers together.

"I’m down! I want to get properly drunk this time!" Ella shouted, skipping away to pull out the little glasses they had in their room. "Let’s get started!"

“Oooh, you’re gonna get drunk alright, mami!” Lupe deviously laughed.

"Can we play spin the bottle again?" Saskia asked. "This time I’ll master kissing."

“Unfortunately, mami,” Lupe sympathetically said with a shrug as she prepared some drinks. “I didn't bring any empty bottles. So you know what that means, right, mami…?”

"We gotta drink a whole bottle!" Ella shouted, throwing her arms in the air.

"Ohh, perfect, I need you all drunk enough that you don't notice the biting…" Saskia said in a low voice.

A few moments later, Lupe had finished the first round of drinks. Which were sprite, vodka, and just a teeny bit of Everclear. She put them on the desk.

“Mami! Ya’ll got any speakers in here?!” Lupe curled a finger through her hair and put her weight on one hip. “How are we gonna party without some music?! Dios mios!”

"We can sing! Me and Lisa are great at it!" Ella shouted, grabbing a cup and taking a big gulp of it.

"Or we just play it out a phone…" Saskia said, more sensibly sipping the drink she'd picked up.

Lisa silently took a sip of her drink.

“Jesus, Mami!” Lupe said to Ella. Before she looked at the laptop. “Hand that to me, mami,”

Ella looked at the laptop, then at Lisa, then at Lupe again. She reluctantly handed it over.

"I need to ask…" Saskia said, drinking more… and it already started going to their head. Everything was slightly fuzzy. "Lupe, if a friend asked, would you show them your ass."

“I mean…” Lupe said as she prepared her own drink. “... Back in the day; no. But now, who gives a shit, mami? If it makes someone’s day, why not?”

"See," Saskia sighed, taking a long drink. "Greta was just being a bad friend… I would if anyone here asked…"

”Maybe she’s saving it for when we get back!" Ella shouted, finishing her first drink already, and holding it out to Lupe. "More, please!"

“Mami…” Lupe rolled her eyes. “If she don't want to show her ladybits, that don't make her a bad friend…”

"Oh," Saskia tilted their head, thinking about it. They guessed Lupe was right about that…

Lupe then shrugged as she quickly made another drink for Ella. Once it was done, she handed it to Ella and said, “... Slow down, mami! It’ll creep up on ya’!” Lupe stuck her tongue out, sat on the sofa with the laptop, and played with it for a moment.

”I want it to, last time the other two got wayyyy more drunk than me," Ella grinned. She then skipped over to Lisa, leaning in and whispering, ”do you still want to look at her tiddies?!"

”Of course!” Lisa estatically (and loudly) said.

Ella nodded in understanding. "Remember what she said… if you want something you gotta ask for it. You can do it!"

Saskia rolled their eyes at them both, sitting down on the sofa next to Lupe and leaning over to watch whatever she was doing on the laptop.

”I mean, I do want it!” Lisa shouted. ”But, what if she thinks I’m weird?!”

“... I already think you’re weird, mami!” Lupe noted as she typed away… scrolling through YouTube looking for music. “What’s a good song for your nerd asses… Ah-hah!” Lupe shouted as the laptop played some music at max volume. It wasn’t too loud, but sufficient.

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"Weird is good, embrace it, Lisaaaa!" Ella shouted, after another big swig of her drink.

Saskia closed her eyes for a moment, tilting her head to listen to the music. Not… her kind of music at all. Part style rarely was but the lyrics were apt. She could appreciate it. Thinking about the song made her miss writing her own. She hadn’t had time or the peace to do it. Maybe once this was all over.

"OHH I GET IT- Coming back to life!" Ella half sang, catching onto the chorus quickly. "It does feel good coming back to life!"

”Yes! We all get a second chance to live,” Lisa shouted.

“Now you get it, mami!” Lupe raised her drink in the air. “Let’s toast! Hopefully ya’ll keep slappin’ that bitch ass motherfucker Morningstar around!”

"Yeah, he’ll be regretting his evil once we’re done with him!" Ella shouted, raising her drink and splashing a little.

"Oh, he will," Saskia smirked, lazily raising their drink. "To murdering Morningstar, Lisa getting a hunky boyfriend, and Ella finding someone real."

”... That’s not her uncle!” Lisa shrieked, raising her drink.

Lupe tapped her drink with the others.

---

Some time later.

”WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”

Lisa shouted as she hung from the ceiling by her foot.

“Come down, mami!” Lupe shouted, as she danced, the music blaring. “You can’t dance on the ceiling... crazy.”

"Noooo, Lisa, you’ll hurt yourself!" Ella shouted, standing in the middle of the room waving her arms at Lisa… in just her bra and underwear. She’d said she was going to change out of the boring, black outfit she had on but seemed to forget halfway through. Saskia didn’t remind her. "Youuu’re too sexyyyyy to get huuurrttt!"

"She’s on the floor for me," Saskia said, giggling. She lay on the bed with her head upside down.

”I’m fine, watc-” Lisa disconnected from the ceiling, and loudly screamed as she fell from the ceiling and hit the floor. ”... Ouch.”

"LISA!!" Ella screamed, running over to Lisa and falling to her knees with a dramatic wail.

“Dios, mios, mami!” Lupe shouted as she ran over to Lisa. She put her hands on Lisa, and a wave of pink light overcame her. It began healing her, but Lupe noticed something on her feet. “... Oh, mami, you got burns!”

”... I was casting without mah’ channeler!” Lisa shouted.

“... Why would you go and do that, mami?” Lupe asked.

”... I wanted to look cool in front of my friends. That’s all…” Lisa moaned.

"You always look cool to me, Lisaaaa!" Ella sobbed, tears suddenly streaming down her cheeks as she grabbed Lisa’s hand. "You’re gonna make it through this!"

"Oh," Saskia sat up suddenly, falling off the bed with an off as their head suddenly spun. They had a brilliant idea. An idea so brilliant they deserved a… fancy smart person reward for it. "Let’s go get our channelers back."

“Hahaha! In the morning, you mean?” Lupe laughed, as she kept both hands on Lisa. “Ya’ll drunk as hell!”

Lisa raised a finger in the air.

”... I just want to see some titties,”

"Are mine not enough?!" Ella shouted, gesturing to her chest.

”... I need more!”

"Enough about titties," Saskia’s head popped back up over the bed. "We should do it tonight otherwise… Morningstar might get us…"

“If he was going to get ya’ll, he would have done so by now!” Lupe shouted. “C’mon, mami, I know ya’ll drunk. Do ya’ll even know where they are?”

"Yeah, our friends in the PRA have them!" Ella said, dramatically gesturing towards the window.

“One, mami,” Lupe raised a finger. “The feds ain’t your friends.”

Then she raised another finger, “Do you know where they are?”

”... Titty?” Lisa said.

"Yes," Saskia agreed, nodding with a look of sage wisdom they definitely didn’t have. "They are… at the… titty…"

Saskia completely lost their train of thought, trailing off while looking like they’d just given some kind of nobel peace prize worthy speech.

"They’re probably at their police headquarters! I bet that horrible man has them now," Ella ground her teeth. "He put his hands all over me! They’re all the same! Stauber, him- they just want to touch me!”

”... Something they have in common with your uncle!” Lisa shouted as Lupe took her hands off her.

“Mami, slow down,” Lupe got up, and she made another drink for the three. “Ya’ll fucked up right now! You’re only going to get in trouble!”

"Maybe I want to get in trouble," Saskia said, eyes narrowing. "Maybe I want to… be… tortured… why isn’t torture cool anymore…"

"Torture was never cool!” Ella shouted, grabbing the new drink Lupe had made them and knocking it back. "But you know what is cool?”

"Here we go again."

"The latest anime I’m watching, it’s about-”

“Look, mami,” Lupe said, interrupting Ella. “You don’t want to be tortured! Sounds like you want to get down with some freaky BDSM shit! Whips and chains and all that!”

"Yes, I want BDSM torture."

She finished the drinks… which had a lot more Everclear than before.

“Well, before you get tortured or something: come get your drinks!” Lupe announced. “Another toast!”

”... Yay!” Lisa shouted as she ran over and began drinking without a second thought - though she stopped to cough for a moment.

“Yeah, drink it up, mami!” Lupe shouted.

Saskia took hers and drank it a little slower than Lisa. The burning taste didn’t bother them, with a heavy haze over her mind stopping her from feeling much at all. It tasted pretty nice. Oh, yeah, the burn really added to it.. Saskia tilted her head back and finished the whole thing. "Let’s get… fucked!"

"Yeahhh!” Ella shouted, grimacing as she drank. ”Oh! Oh! We should play a game! A different game! Lupe, know any other games?”

“Mami! Stop acting like you don’t just want to make out with each other!” Lupe laughed, as she made them even more to drink (with more Everclear than ever before). “We’re going to be playing the drinking game! Where we keep drinking until one of us passes out! Last woman standing wins; you in?!”

”You know I am!” Lisa shouted.

"I'm going to win!" Ella shouted, finishing her current drink. "A magical girl never backs downnnnnnn!"

"Pass," Saskia mumbled. The drinks were too nice to stop but… they were so sleepy already. Maybe they could keep going if they replenished their blood… ooo… that was a good idea… They winced as a burn wound up their wrist and the rate at which their blood replenished sped up. Which didn't make them any less drunk, but they'd lost a lot earlier.

“You mean pass-out?” Lupe laughed as she walked over to Saskia with a drink in hand and a smile on her face… then she saw the burns on her arms. “Dios mios, can you three keep it in ya’ pants for a bit? You’re hurting yourselves.” She placed a gentle hand on the side of Saskia’s face as a pink light pulsed over their skin.

"I lost a lotta blood," Saskia mumbled, leaning her face into Lupe’s hand. "Gotta get it back with magic… so I don’t lose…"

"Oh yeah! Saskia went crazyyy today! Like, she killed three people alone then fought us. It was insane! Like- boom! Kapow!" Ella started acting out ‘the fight’ though it really just looked like flailing about… in her underwear. "Lisa had to melt her face off!"

”Yeah, I threw acid in Saskia’s face like I was an incel!” Lisa laughed.

“Jesus, mami,” Lupe laughed. “Yeah, and Morningstar sent everybody to his mansion… actually, how the fuck did you three find their lair?”

"Torture," Saskia said helpfully… which was almost true. Sort of. Not that they’d properly tortured her but she had been spun around a bunch.

"Saskia got kidnapped by these weirdos and they gave her the location!" Ella said, stopping her weird movements to explain. "The… something house. I don’t remember!"

“... Dollhouse, mami?” Lupe tilted her head as she kept her hand against Saskia’s face. “Um, shit, I wouldn’t trust them if I were you… They’re shady. The shadiest of the shady. Like everyone was scared of them back in Florida, mami. Everyone. They gotta be playin’ an angle here. You know, an ulterior motive?”

"Of course we don’t trust them, they gave Saskia a stone that made her go insane! And they kidnapped her!" Ella shouted indignantly.

"I was so powerful with it," Saskia said wistfully. It had been nice… the slight insanity aside. Really, wasn’t everyone a little insane? Didn’t everyone punch holes in walls every now and then and try to kill their friends? "Why did you throw it awayyyyyyyy?!"

”... Because it was dangerous and made you crazy!” Lisa shouted.

“... They’re gonna want it back, y’know, mami?” Lupe sighed. “They might torture you. They like the Cartels in Mexico!” Lupe awkwardly laughed.

“I heard a story about them, mami, through the Society. They had this business partner, and he tried to scam them, like uh… I’m not sure about the details, but they didn’t go after him,” After Saskia was fully healed, Lupe released their face. “Oh, no, mami, they went after his family. His wife and two kids? They went missing. Then like a month later, these little giftboxes appeared around his house, job, and places he frequented. And take a guess what was inside of them…?”
"Oh no," Ella gasped, eyes widening and a hand slapping over her mouth. "They didn’t-"

"How many pieces did his family come back in?" Saskia asked calmly.

“Liiiiiiiike, um, who knows,” Lupe shrugged. “They’d open the boxes and there would be a finger or a toe - or a hand without any fingers or toes - sometimes an ear or a nose. But, nothing like definite, you know. Nothing that’d make papi go ‘Yep, they’re dead’...”

"Noooooo I don’t want my family sent to me in little pieces!" Ella screamed, holding her face and collapsing to her knees.

"We’re more likely to be the ones sent in pieces," Saskia pointed out. "They kidnapped me real easily."

“Well,” Lupe shrugged. “After you take care of Morningstar, what are ya’ll going to do next? Skip town?”

I wish, I think we gotta go back to the Hound! He said he had two tasks for us… even after killing that bastard we’ll have more to do!" Ella wailed.

”I mean..” Lisa shrugged. ”We’re back to life, right? You can’t complain about that..”

“Hopefully, it’s somewhere else,” Lupe said, “Don’t fuck with Dollhouse, Mami. They built different!”

"Yeah, especially that shapeshifter," Saskia agreed. "She pointed a gun at me the whole time."

”Don’t worry, Lupe! After we’re done with Morningstar and our other task, we’ll go straight home to St Portwell, right, girls?!"

“... That’s where they’re located.” Lupe facepalmed.

”Whhhhatttt no way!" Ella shouted, looking very panicked. ”Then where do we go?! We gotta save our coven from a murderer- but we can’t if we’re chopped into pieces- ahhhhh!"

“Good grief, mami,” Lupe continued facepalming. “You know what? All of ya’ll are thoroughly fucked up - no position to think. So, let’s just keep drinking!” Lupe grabbed her drink and downed all of it.

"Ella’s never in a position to think," Saskia mumbled, finishing off her drink and leaning back against a bed. She was so sleepy, but she couldn’t sleep… then she’d lose.

”You guys just don’t understand meeee!" Ella wailed. She held out her empty cup to Lupe. ”Another! I need to drink to cope with how mean everyone is to me!!"

“That’s not what I meant- know what?” Lupe said as she went and made Ella another drink… same as before, but with a little less Everclear. Then she made the other two more drinks, too. “Drink up! We got a whole ass night ahead of us!” She laughed.

“Another toast! To whatever this time!” Lupe shouted as she raised her drinks, silent momentarily before saying. “Grab your drinks!”

---

Later on…

Vomiting.

Lisa was on her hands and knees, throwing up on the floor, literally expelling everything, including spiders. She huffed twice, ”... Ooooooooh my God! What… did you do to us!?”

“Mami, the fuck?!” Lupe shouted - now topless - before adding on, “Throw up in the toilet! Ya’ll gotta clean this up, hehehe!” She laughed.

”Saskia won't budge from the toilet!" Ella wailed. She lay in the door in between their room and the bathroom.

Saskia was slumped over the toilet, throwing up everything she had inside of her - mostly alcohol and bile, along with a little bit of blood. The more alcohol she threw up the more with it she felt, still seeing the others out of the corner of her eye… but she overall just felt fucking awful. "You can come… join me…"

“The fuck, mami!?” Lupe laughed, shouting out loud. “You tryna’ get freaky in the toilet?! Ya’ll got two beds! Two! Have some dignity!”

"No, I just mean we can both- blergh," Saskia was interrupted by another round of vomiting, shoving their head right in the toilet bowl. Once they were done they sat back up, swaying. "Puke together. Friends that puke together stay together…"

”No, Saskia, that’s gross!"

”I’m-” Lisa tried to say before she projectile vomited across the room. ”-in!” She shouted as she ran into the bathroom without a second thought.

“Dios mios!” Lupe shouted, shaking her head. “I shouldn’t have given you all that damn Everclear! I just didn’t want you crazy bitches to be a menace out in the streets! That’s all!”

”I’ll be a menace if I want to be a menace!" Ella shouted, flailing her arms and legs all over the place. She was like a child having some kind of weird temper tantrum. Unlike the other two she’d thrown up a couple of times and seemed to be ‘fine.’

“Look, we had a deal: if you three stay in, I would take my chichotas out!” Lupe pointed at her breasts.

"You’re hurting my head, Ella," Saskia groaned, shuffling over so there was room for Lisa beside them. They weren’t sure they had anymore to throw- oh, they did, there it went, right into the toilet, more vomit. "When will this end…"

“In the morning… maybe later, mami!” Lupe laughed. “I should have brought some water! Just drink some water out the si-”

The door clicked.

It opened.

Kimberly and Jordan walked in wearing an entirely new set of clothes (matching black leggings and T-shirts). Jordan’s jaw dropped as Kimberly put on an overdramatic expression of shock and horror.

“... The hell going on in here?!” Jordan shouted.

”Kimmmmmmm, Jordannnnnnnn!" Ella wailed, turning around and… flopping over to them on her stomach. ”We thought you were dead!!"

"Oh no," Saskia muttered, leaning back with a groan. "Mom and dad are here."

”I missed you!" Ella sobbed, having reached them and suddenly clinging to Kimberley’s legs.

“Awwwwwww… I missed you, too,” Kimberly smiled as she embraced Ella. “... But you’re crushing my foot!”

”Kim… Jordan…” Lisa tried to say before she spewed up more.

“Good grief!” Jordan shouted as she raised a hand in the air. The room was wrapped in a coral-pink hue, and time was reversed until it was spotless. The trio were still inebriated.“Well…” Jordan shrugged as she walked over to the rum, grabbed one of the plastic cups and poured herself some rum. Straight. No mixers.

“... Mom and dad need a fuckin’ drink.” She said as she took a sip.

“Well, help yourselves!” Lupe laughed.

”Oh, this is Lupe!" Ella shouted, moving off Kimberley’s foot but still clinging to her. She somehow seemed the… most sober of the three. Which wasn’t saying much. ”We told you about her!"

"She warned us that Morningstar's minions were coming for us," Saskia said, slumped against the bathroom wall. Finally she didn’t feel like throwing up anymore.

“Thanks,” Kimberly laughed, before extending a hand. “It’s great to meet you!”

“Nice to meet you, too, mami!” Lupe shook her hand. “We’re just partying to blow off some steam....”

Kimberly and Jordan looked at each other.

“... You know what?” Kimberly laughed.

“Let’s cut loose!” Jordan shouted, throwing a hand into the air.

“... Where the fuck is my bra?!”

The sound of Lupe shouting stirred Lisa awake. She was on the bed, which was weird because she didn't remember getting on the bed. However, she coughed up what she learned was stomach acid.

“Actually, where the fuck is my shirt!” Lupe shouted.

Lisa knew she had snatched Lupe’s bra for her new collection the previous night. Her shirt? Who knows? Maybe Lisa also has it, but she didn’t give it up. Lisa pushed herself to a sitting position…

"Oh, whoops! I thought it was mine!" Ella shouted far too cheerfully. She was already sitting up in the bed next to Lisa, and Saskia was still sleeping next to her. The shirt she was wearing did look too small - and was more like a crop top. She quickly pulled it off… revealing the frilly pink bra she had underneath. "Here! You can borrow one of my bras too, we're roughly the same size- you certainly can't borrow Lisa or Saskia's!"

Not that Lisa had any.

“Mami, that’s nasty!” Lupe laughed. “I’m good, I’ll just let ‘im hang today!”

"How's it nasty?! I wash them!" Ella said. She jumped out of bed - well climbed over Saskia - and nearly fell over. "Owwww my head."

"My head," Saskia grumbled, cracking open one eye. "It's too early to be shouting."

"It's not that early- and we have things to do today! Up and at em, girls!"

”... Like what?” Lisa groggily said, rubbing her eyes. ”I wanted to stay in today…” She said, flopping back on the bed.

"Getting our channelers back! We’re at risk without them!" Ella said.

"Eh, I'm willing to take that risk," Saskia grumbled.

”... Can we wait until tomorrow?” Lisa rolled over onto her stomach, before coughing up some stomach acid. ”I’m dyyyyyyyyying here… and I also want to see if we can talk to Gretchen again…”

"Alright, you both stay here and I'll go get them!" Ella said. "Do you have any idea how precious that sailor moon wand is?! They stopped making them thirteen years ago! Do you know who I had to fight to get it?! But I'll be fine to go by myself."

“Maaaaami!” Lupe said as she put the shirt on, yet Lisa couldn't take her eyes off her. She was so gorgeous! “Ya’ll really going to let her wander off on her own? She’s your girl!”

Then Lupe turned to Ella, “... Do you, like, for real, know where your channelers are?”

"Well…" Ella shrugged. "The PRA office. We can just Google it, right?"

"I don't think you can Google a secret agency, Ella," Saskia rolled their eyes.

"Well, we'll find it! We've been there before… unless they moved since it was pretty destroyed then…"

“Look, mami,” Lupe said, “I know where their Headquarters is.”

”... Why didn't you tell us sooner?!” Lisa whined.

“... Because ya’ll were drunk, mami, and I don't mean like regular drunk, I mean DRUNK.” Lupe ended the sentence with a laugh.

"And who’s fault was that?" Saskia muttered under their breath.

"That's perfect, then! We can sneak into their Headquarters and grab our channelers, easy! So long as we avoid that asshole, we haven’t gone through our training arc yet."

Lisa cracked a grin as she sat up, as it was time to mess with Ella. ”... As if you could sneak anywhere, Ella. You’re too dummy thick!” She broke out laughing at her own joke.

"Lisaaaa, that’s mean!" Ella shouted, turning around and pouncing on Lisa playfully. "I can so sneak in places!"

"You can’t for multiple reasons-" Saskia started, before Ella shot out an arm and dragged her into the tussle pile. "Ella, let me go."

Lisa broke out laughing as she started tussling with them. ”... Tiiiiiiiickle fight!” She shouted, as she began trying to tickle Ella.
Lupe just laughed as she leaned against the door with her arms crossed. “You know, mamis,” She began. “There’s something adorable about the three of you.”

"I’m not adorable," Saskia grumbled as she tried her best to wriggle out.

Ella was full on laughing when Lisa got her, seeming to be really ticklish as she properly flailed about. She wasn’t even able to give a counterattack, laughing herself to breathlessness. "I surrender! I surrender! Lisa, you’re too strong!"

Lisa laughed as she let go of Ella.

Soon enough, Lupe pulled her keys out of her pockets and jingled them for a second as she said, “Come on, girls, let’s ride there in my car. Surely we can get them back, right?” As she spoke she moved towards the door, before poking her head through for a moment to ask,

“... Right?”

"Absolutely! They don’t call us the Magical Girls for nothing - we can do anything!" Ella shouted, jumping off the bed to follow Lupe… making sure to grab a shirt on the way (since she was still only in a bra).

"Literally only you call us that, Ella," Saskia pointed out.

Lisa looked at Saskia,

”... Should we start?”

---

A white Nissan Altima pulled into the PRA building’s parking lot… Which was in downtown St. Portwell. There were some construction vehicles posted out front, along with some yellow tape. The upper floors of the building still had activity.

Lupe looked at her passengers in the back seat.

“Now, mamis! I have an incredible plan! Are you ready to have your socks blown off?!” Lupe asked, Lisa jumped in her seat. “We’re going to go in there…”

Lupe paused for dramatic effect.

“... And ask for your channelers back.”

"That’s…" Ella trailed off. Even she seemed at a loss for what to say. "Just a normal plan. An incredible plan would be something like smashing in their window, kicking their asses and taking it back!"

"That would be the fun way," Saskia nodded. "But let’s try Lupe's way first."

Lisa raised an eye brow.

”... Didn't my boyfriend kick our ass, even when we used the Magical Mecha Spider?” She asked.

“Look mami, I don’t like a fed but- Magical Mecha What?” Lupe raised an eyebrow of her own.

"One, he's not your boyfriend," Ella huffed. "Two, we were exhausted after a fight! And he might not be there!"

She then grinned at Lupe. "It's super cool! We combine our magic and form a massive Mecha Spider which we all control! It's made out of metal and shoots light and has a blood shield! It's super cool, like right outta anime!"

Lupe was silent.

“... Cool!”

"It is! Alright, let's go girls!" Ella opened the car door and got out, immediately beginning to storm towards the PRA office, seeming to be looking for the entrance.

"... Let's follow her before she does something stupid," Saskia sighed.

”... It might be funny, you never know!” Lisa laughed.

As Ella walked inside, she was greeted to the lobby that they were in earlier. Still destroyed by the fight earlier but they made an attempt putting new drywall up in one of the rooms. Directly above them was the hole to the interrogation room, Lisa could see some caution tape around it. The room was empty but Lisa pointed to the hole above them.

”Ella, you should fall through that hole so we can sue them for our channelers back!” Lisa suggested.

"And enough money for another laptop," Saskia nodded.

"Oh, if it's for a new laptop!" Ella started looking around as if trying to find out how to get up there so she could fall through the hole. "How do we-"

"We were joking," Saskia rolled their eyes. "I think I saw people inside… there must be stairs somewhere."

Lisa tilted her head. ”... We were?” Before she shrugged, and looked to the door with the sign that said STAIRS., before she walked up to it, opened the door, and then walked up them.

“Hey, mamis!” Lupe ran up as she shouted, “Let’s not run around here, they’re Feds, y’know- fuck it.” Lupe rolled her eyes as she walked up.

Lisa just walked to the second floor and heard some chattering before she followed it. She saw a dim glow between a set of wooden double doors before she walked up, threw them open, and revealed the PRA’s meeting room. Clementine was standing before a projected screen of Morningstar Banking Co. with a wooden pointer stick in her hands. Vanessa was on the other side of the room, in front of a desk with a laptop. Around the room were various Agents, some of which they had met before, and two other - one was a redhaired girl with glasses that stood a little bit taller than average, and the other was ... floating clothes? weird.

They all stared at Lisa, and Lupe ran up in shock. Then she put on an awkward smile and waved at the Agents.

“... God damn, can anyone just walk right in here?” Clementine shouted as she looked at her agents.

“Note, there are only around ten of us, Acting Regional-Commander Washington,” Rush added. “We cannot both guard the entrance and attend the meeting.”

“I’m just wondering why they’re not in cuffs yet..” Jacob rolled his eyes.

"YOU!" Ella shouted, pointing a finger at Jacob, chest heaving up and down. "I bet you’d like that, you bastard, then you could touch me all you want! You creep, you-"

Jacob threw his hands up.

"Ella, please," Saskia sighed, cutting her off. They then looked at Clementine. "We came to get our channelers back. I can give you this in exchange-"

They rummaged in their pockets and pulled out a neatly folded bit of paper. Then they looked at Stauber, and put it away. "Not that one, actually."

"He’s going to ruin everything for you!" Ella yelled, looking at the projected screen. "You’re like- days behind! Anyway, give us our Channellers… and alos fire him!"

While that was happening, Lisa’s eyes locked with the biggest, hunkiest piece of man she had ever seen: Maximilian! He looked even better outside the armor. All his muscles, his chiseled face, Lisa just wished he wrapped his big arms around her and squeezed her to death! Or give her severe internal bleeding! She would gladly see the Hound again if that’s how she went out. An excited smile formed on her face as she shook her fists back and forth.

“Okay, okay, okay!” Clementine waved her hands from left to right. “Let’s all calm down here! If I get your damn Channelers, will you-”

”... BOYFRIEND!”

Lisa screamed as she ran towards Maximilian with her arms outstretched. However, a shimmering blue barrier appeared right before Lisa, and she ran right into it with a thud. She dramatically slid down by her face and stood there. Drats.

Cucked again.

Clementine sighed.

“Okay, as I was saying, if I get you your damn channelers, will you three go ahead?”

“The fuck?” Lupe asked with a face of confusion, “Three? Can’t you see me here, mami!?”

“I’m sorry,” Clementine said. “With them here I honestly didn’t notice you.”

"Not unless you let me kick his sorry ass!" Ella shouted, still pointing at Jacob.

"We three will go," Saskia gestured to herself, Lisa and Lupe. "You can keep Ella."

“... We don't want her either!” Clementine said, throwing her hands into the air.

“No woman left behind, mami!” Lupe shouted.

“Look, Field Medic Obott,” Vanessa said as she stood up, and the red-haired girl with the ponytail also stood up. “Go into evidence locker one-one-three and get the Death Note Bracelet, Spider Necklace, and that stupid toy wand. I’m going to help Clem keep things under control.”

“On it,” Obott ran out of the room.

"It's not a stupid wand, it's a Sailor Moon Moon Stick replica! Be careful with it!" Ella shouted after Obott, shooting a glare at Vanessa. ”Disrespecting my belongings and not firing the bastard who touched me…"

"It's alright, Ella," Saskia walked over to Ella and grabbed her hand, pulling her back. "We'll sort that out later."

“Look, mami,” Lupe put a hand on her shoulder. “Sometimes a guy cops a feel. It’s a part of life.”

“Why you gotta say it like that?” Jacob shrugged, throwing his hands up. “If anything you touched me!”

"You touched my hand first!" Ella yelled.

Lisa pushed herself to her feet.

Only to flip Jacob off.

“Really?” He said.

“Yeah, really?” Clementine said. “You’re making a mess of my morning brief!”

"You show him, Lisa!" Ella grinned.

"If you hadn't taken our channelers we wouldn't mess up anything," Saskia shrugged.

"Yeah," Ella agreed. "You made a mess of us dealing with Morningstar so we make a mess of your morning brief!"

Clementine was silent. Agent Obott ran back in with their channelers, and presented them to the trio. Clementine sighed.

“You three, get the hell out of here before I make a mess out of you!” Clementine shouted, before turning to Maximilian, “Agent Cornell! Escort them out of here!”

“On it!” Maximilian said as he stood up.

Ella narrowed her eyes at him, holding out a hand, snatching up her wand with the other. "We’ll leave peacefully, but can someone else escort us out?"

"Ella’s jealous that Lisa likes him," Saskia explained, slipping their bracelet on their wrist.

"Why would I be jealous?! I just don’t like him!"

Lisa smiled as she snatched her necklace and slid it around her neck. She would have liked it if Maximilian had handed it to her, but Ella probably would have exploded if that happened.

Clementine groaned, resting her hand on her face.

“... I’m getting the Mossberg,” She said as she dropped the shield and walked out of the room. “If you’re all still here by the time I get back; I’m blasting!” She shouted from down the hall

“Look, mami!” Lupe said as she grabbed Ella’s hand. “Let’s just get the fuck outta here! We got what we wanted, so who cares?!” She tried to yank Ella’s hand, as she tried to pull Ella out of the room.

”Oh! Lemme help!” Lisa shouted as she grabbed Ella’s other hand, but she simply caressed Ella’s hand instead of pulling.

Ella glared at Maximilian, but a light blush crossed her cheeks when Lisa started caressing her hand, her head finally turning away from him. "... fine, I guess we’ll get him later."

With one last glare at Maximilian, she started to shuffle her way out.

They made it out the door, and Lisa caressed Ella with one hand and kissed Maximilian with the other. However, the second they were outside, Maximilian disappeared in a burst of speed that only left behind a gust of wind, and Lisa got sad. However, that raised the question as Lisa shrugged.

”... What do we do now?” Lisa asked.

“Mami, mami!” Lupe laughed. “Do you know where you are right now?!”

”... The parking lot of some lame federal agency staring at the most gorgeous woman I ever saw?” Lisa raised an eyebrow.

“While the second part is true-”

”Isn’t the first part also true?” Lisa interrupted.

“Maaaaami! Let me finish!” Lupe shouted, “You’re all in Mirage fuckin’ Springs! It’s discount Vegas, but still! There’s soooooooooo much to do besides trying to beat up a demon-lord-guy-thing, mami!”

"We are already outside, may as well," Saskia said.

"Oh so like, clubs and gambling places? Oh oh can we play cards- wait. We don’t have IDs!" Ella wailed.

“EXCUSES, mami!” Lupe put her hands on her hips and smiled. “If security tries to stop you, just offer to give him a good ol’ mamada in the alley behind the building!” Lupe threw her hands in the air.

"A what?" Ella tilted her head, raising a finger to her chin.

"I think she’s saying to suck him off in the alley," Saskia intoned, lips twitching down just a tad.

Lupe broke out laughing.

"WHAT?! NO WAY! I’m a lesbian! I don’t want to touch a man’s- I don’t want to be near that! No way!"

"I’ll flirt a bit, if needed."

“Oh, dios mios, mami, you’re a trip, you know that?!” Lupe held her stomach.

Lisa put a determined look on her face, fists up, as she valiantly said, ”If she won’t do it, I will![ I’m not afraid of anything!”

Lupe laughed even harder, wiping away a tear, “See, Mami?! She's got the right idea!”

"Lisa, you can’t! It’d- it’d kill you! You’re so small!" Ella wailed.

”If THAT kills me,” Lisa began.”Then I go out with HONOR”

“Dios mios, mami!” Lupe said in between laughter. “You ain't tryna fuck; you tryna FUCK!”

"No, Lisa, you can’t die again!" Ella shouted, practically pouncing on her and wrapping her arms around Lisa tight. "I won’t let it happen!"

"It would be worth it to see the Hound’s reaction," Saskia said with a slight smile.

Lisa was silent, before she spoke.

”... You can’t stop me,” Lisa began. ”No one can.”

Ella was also silent. Her arms around Lisa tightened until they were a strong cage.

"Just try getting away."

”Then maybe my babies can join us!?” Lisa deviously laughed as a swarm of spiders came from all the cracks and under whatever was out of sight and pooled at their feet.

"Your life is more important than my fears!" Ella shouted, squeezing her eyes shut and still holding onto Lisa. "I won’t let you go no matter what!"

"... bet we’ll get into without the sexual favours after all this," Saskia muttered to Lupe.

Without a word, Lisa upped the ante by having the spiders climb up both of their legs.

“I was just teasing, mami!” Lupe laughed. “I didn't think it’d end up like this!”

Ella’s whole face scrunched up, her lips pressed tightly together, but she didn’t move.

"C’mon, guys, break it up," Saskia said without much emotion.

The sharp sound of a shotgun racking cut through the air. Clementine was hanging out outside the door with a Mossberg aimed directly at them.

“When I said get out of ‘here’…” Clementine began, “... The parking lot was included in ‘here’.”

"AHHHH, I DONT WANT SHOT!" Ella shouted. She suddenly picked up Lisa, running towards Lupe's car. Lisa got a titgrab in. "Let's gooooo."

Saskia raised a hand to wave lazily at Clementine as they slowly followed Ella.

“Holy shit, mami! Let’s get the fuck out of here!” Lupe shouted as she opened the passenger side door before running around to the other side and hopping in. When everyone was inside the car, Lupe sped off and left. Once Lupe went on the interstate, she sighed in relief and said,

“.... Who wants to hit up the maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaall?!” She grinned.

The song played loudly in the car.

“... Alright, girls, repeat after me!” Lupe loudly said. “♫ La voz de mi mente te extraña, siempre habla de ti, cómo te amo, pensamientos intrusivos, hoy, ayer, ahorita y mañana, oh, oh, la voz de mi mente cuando despierto! ♫”

Lisa tried singing along, even though it just came out a jumble of mispronounced Spanish.

"COO-ANDO DES-PERTO!" Ella very loudly sang, completely incorrectly, and completely missing the other half of the lyrics. It was just… so different from English! And she didn’t know any other languages… aside from a little bit of Japanese.

Saskia, on the other hand, didn’t sing. They intoned the words, perfectly pronounced, but without a single variation in tone.

"Why can we listen to Spanish songs but not my anime ones?!" Ella asked.

”Because Lupe’s not a weeb.” Lupe deviously said.

“C’mon, mami! We can!” Lupe laughed. “Don’t be like that!”

"We can?!" Ella shouted excitedly. "Can we put on the Sailor Moon opening! Oh-oh- there’s so many songs I want to listen to!"

"If you’re taking requests, how about some heavy metal?" Saskia asked.

“Oh, God no,” Lupe stuck her tongue out in a fake disgust towards Saskia. “That’s for them…” She caught herself, and ended up trailing off

She looked at Saskia for a moment.

She was silent.

Lupe pulled out her phone, and as requested, she started playing the Sailor Moon themesong.

”... Awwwwwwwwww!” Lisa whined, head slumping to the side.

"♫Gomen ne sunao janakute, Yume no naka nara ieru, Shikou kairo wa shooto sunzen,♫" Ella started to sing in surprisingly well pronounced Japanese, practically bouncing up and down in her seat.

"It’ll be over in a minute," Saskia said quietly to Lisa, reaching over and patting her shoulder.

"TSUKO NO HIKARI NI MICHIBIKARE, NANDO MO MEGURIAU!” Ella was now absolutely belting out the lyrics, so loud it was hard to hear the actual music.

Saskia groaned, and held their head. "... how long till we get to the mall?"

Lupe looked down at her phone.

“My GPS says it’ll be like two minutes if we get off at the exit, mami,” Lupe responded.

She drove past the exit.

“... Now it’s fifteen!”

Lisa grabbed both sides of her face and screamed.

"... you did that on purpose," Saskia muttered, covering their eyes.

"Anata ni… kubittake… Deatta toki… no natsukashii” Ella was starting to get breathless singing so loudly, chest heaving up and down as she continued to sing. But they were over halfway through, she had to sing the rest!

"Maybe I can take a nap,” Saskia said, closing their eyes.

In the meanwhile, Ella sang the rest of the Sailor Moon song as best she could, regaining her energy for the very last lines. "Thank you… Lupe… Oh, I’m happy to play anything now! I need a break…"

“Let’s go back to Kali Uchis!” Lupe laughing, as she changed the song back to the old one as she kept driving.

Soon enough, they made it to the mall! The Desert Oasis, it was somewhat busy, but Lupe parked her car, hopped out and walked towards the mall as she gestured for them to come along.

“C’mon, mami!” Lupe said as she led them inside, and she looked around, before pivoting on her heel and she excitedly said, “... You three ready for an arrrrrrrrrrrrrrcaaaaaaaaaaaade?!” She laughed.

”WOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Lisa shouted, throwing her hands up into the air.

"ARCADE, ARCADE, ARCADE!” Ella shouted like a little kid.

“Wait, do ya’ll got any money?” Lupe asked.

Ella paused midstep, dramatically turning around to stare at Lisa. They’d spent all their totally legally acquired money on phones and clothes and the like! "We don’t but we can… probably get some, right, Lisa?”

Lisa looked at the ATM by the entrance.

”... We can,” Lisa deviously said, as she looked at every camera.

"I have a dollar,” Saskia said, pulling a dollar bill out of the pocket of her jeans.

“Maaaaaaaami!” Lupe laughed, “Put that dollar away! If you flash that, they gon’ laugh you out the mall!” She threw her hands in the air, laughing.

”... Hold on,” Lisa walked over to that ATM, and a swarm of spiders came out of the cracks and crevices of the ceiling and covered every camera that was in sight. Then, when she reached the ATM, more spiders appeared, wrapped in glowing cocoons. They burst out with ant-mandibles before they crawled through the mechanics of the machine, and after some banging and clicking - they came out with dozens of twenty-dollar bills. Lisa grabbed them and walked back to the group.

”... How’s this?” Lisa grinned, presenting the cash to Lupe.

“Oooooooooooooh, maaaaaaaaami!” Lupe stuck out her tongue. “You’re bad.”

"You’re the best, Lisa!” Ella shouted, jumping forward and sweeping Lisa up in a bone crushing hug. "Let’s go!”

”... My spleen!” Lisa shouted.

She put Lisa down, but grabbed her hand, and Saskia’s. She then looked at Lupe, frowning thoughtfully. How was she supposed to drag all three of them in if she could only hold onto two of them?

"I don’t have enough hands!”

"What are we, children?” Saskia mumbled.

“I’ll just hold mami's hand!” Lupe shouted as she grabbed Saskia’s hand and skipped alongside them before pointing towards a neon-lit place known as the Neon Oasis. “This way, mami! Don’t you want to go to the arcade?!”

She turned them inside…

---

---

Lupe led them into the neon-lit arcade, and the neon lights immediately assaulted them, sounds of games being played, and other sounds of games being played. Lupe let go of Saskia’s hand, walked in front of them, put her hands on her hips, and had a wide grin on her face as she said,

“Mamis!” Lupe shouted. “What do you thiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiink?!” She said in a sing-song, waving her hands as her accent deepened. Then she leaned forward and said,

“... This is the best arcade in Mirage Springs!” Lupe began. “Oh! Let’s grab some snacks!”

"It’s amazing! Whooooaaaa!!” Ella shouted as she looked around with wide, excited eyes, squeezing Saskia and Lisa’s hands. "It’s way better than the Arcade back at St Portwell! I haven’t been to once since-”

She awkwardly cut herself as she realised when she’d last been to an arcade. When she’d kindled, when her two other friends had been controlled by the Stygian Snake and died. It wasn’t pleasant to think about.

"Right, last time I beat you at every game and you started crying,” Saskia intoned, squeezing Ella’s hand comfortingly. "Snacks sound good… ”

"Right, snacks! Let’s goooooooo!” Ella bounced right back, dragging Lisa and Saskia over to the concessions booth. "Oh- oh- do they do hot food?! That’s not really snacks, but I want fries!”

Lisa looked up at the menu. They had pizza, chicken wings, chicken tenders, nachos, burgers, hot dogs, and what have you. Lisa gave Lupe a devious grin as she said, ”No Everclear?” She began. ”Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?”

“Mami, you actin’ up!” Lupe laughed. “You gon’ be tryna’ to shake ass on top of one of the arcade machines!”

”I don’t know how to!” Lisa laughed.

"You won’t learn if you don’t try,” Saskia murmured.

“I’ll show you next time!” Lupe said. “For now, let’s grab some snacks, mami, and then we can play Nomadic Odyssey or something!”

Lisa looked between everyone present, ”... What do you all want?”

"Oh, oh, oh, I want a hot dog, chicken wings, fries and a coke! As large as I can get!” Ella shouted, bouncing from heel to toe excitedly.

"I’ll just have some nachos, and water,” Saskia intoned. They then looked at Lupe. "What’s Nomadic Odyssey? Some new game?”

Lisa walked up to order it.

“Oooooh, mami!” Lupe shouted. “It's a new fighting game! It's all the rage! You, uh, probably were dead when it came out…”

She clapped her hands together, “You gotta try it!”

”Ohhh… like against each other? I want to play against you, Ella and Lisa are bad losers,” Saskia said.

"Hey, no I’m not! I only cried that one time!” Ella shouted.

Upon hearing her name, Lisa craned her head backward.

”... Think I wouldn’t hear you talkin’ shit?” Lisa groaned.

“Oooooh, mami is spicy!” Lupe laughed. “But I’ll play you, mami! Don’t cry when you lose!”

Saskia gave Lupe a slight, evil smile. "I never cry."

Lisa came charging out of the arcade with an oversized cyan-blue teddy-bear with a giddy facial expression on.

”... I WOOOOOOOOOOOON!”

She laughed as she bounced up and down. She walked out with the others and spoke to Ella.

”Shut up, Ella, I beat you!”

"You didn't! We were tied and then you cheated by throwing spiders in my eyes!"

”Nope! I beat you!”

"NOOOO YOU DIDN’T YOU CHEATER!"

”I WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!”

”BUT YOU LOST MORALLY!" Ella huffed, stamping her feet like a grumpy child.

"Anywhere in here I can buy noise canceling headphones? Saskia muttered, pressing a hand to their forehead. While they'd been soundly beaten by Lupe they weren't bothered, because they just weren't that competitive.

"I want a teddy bear too!" Ella shouted, completely ignoring Saskia as she continued in her strop.

“C’mon, mami,” Lupe laughed as she touched her hip and gave Saskia a warming smile. “We’re in a mall. Go find some tech store!”

”... Then maaaaaybe you should have got good!” Lisa teased Ella back.

“... And what’s wrong with this, mami?” Lupe chuckled a little bit, before her expression went flat. “You should… enjoy them, while you got them. You lost each other before, right, mami?”

"I am good! I just follow the rules!" Ella huffed, folding her arms and pouting.

”We did… but Lisa was the one that really lost us both. I died before her,” Saskia said quietly, looking at Ella and Lisa without much change in expression. She did appreciate being alive again, with them, she just… wished they weren’t so goddamn loud. They couldn’t stop it getting on their nerves. "Just getting a headache with all the bright lights and shouting.”

They looked around and spotted a bench a bit away - close enough they could still see (and probably hear) their friends. They pointed to it. "I’m going to go sit over there a moment. Don’t kill anyone.”

“Ah, I understand, mami,” Lupe laughed before playfully sticking her tongue out. “You just need your alone time! To me, mami, alone time involves some tequila, a bath, and loud music! You got my number!”

”... If you’re not cheating, you’re not winning!” Lisa shouted to Ella

Lupe gave Saskia a playful wave goodbye as she followed after the girls, and they disappeared into the mall’s halls.

Saskia let out a slight sigh of relief, rubbing her head. It wasn’t actually a headache, more a mental tension. The arcade had been fun but… too much. They made their way over to the bench they’d pointed out, slumping down on it and closing their eyes for a moment.

A few moments later, someone sat down next to her, and when Saskia opened her eyes, she saw Shayton sitting there. Except for wearing sweatpants, a hoodie, and black Air Force 1’s… he still had his sunglasses on. He had a black cane on his lap that he rested both of his hands on, and he just sat there for a moment.

“... Don’t make a scene,” Shayton commanded, his voice a low near-whisper. He pointed at the floor above him, and Shaquita could be seen leaning against the guard rail, wearing a green hoodie. Once noticed, she went in the direction Lupe, and the other Agents of death went in. Shayton stared forward as he spoke, “So, you caused a scene at the Morgenstern Manor last night, I heard?”

”... can’t I just catch a break?” Saskia quietly groaned, gaze moving from where Shaquita had been to Shayton. They were tempted to just close them again and ignore him in the hope he’d go away… but that was unlikely, and would just be more annoying. ”I did. It’s a shame I didn’t kill more of them, I think.”

“Hmph,” Shayton began, before he paused for a moment and then asked, “... Where is the Orange Stone?”

”Morgenstern Manor.” Saskia didn’t even bother trying to lie, shrugging one shoulder. ”Oh, are you going to cut me up into pieces for losing it?”
“Hmph,”

Shayton cracked a wry grin.

“... We’ll cut you a break this time,” Shayton began, “We put a tracking device on it, anyway. So we know exactly it is. And it’s not in the Morgenstern Manor anymore. Take a guess where it is?”

”PRA Headquarters?” Saskia suggested. ”Ah, we should’ve picked it up when we visited…”

“Nah,” Shayton shook his head. “It’s in the Devil’s Fortune… that casino where you and your friends caused a scene...” He trailed off.

“Deep underground. It has to be in a vault where Morningstar keeps the rest of his artifacts,” Shayton explained. “So… you’re going to go get it back for us, right?”

”Do I have a choice?” Saskia raised an eyebrow. Sounded like an absolute pain, but if it was with Morningstar’s artifacts… maybe they could take them all to. ”Obviously, so my friends can keep their limbs.”

“No, you do not,” Shayton shook his head, before he stood straight up. Not even looking in Saskia’s direction, Shayton said, “We got our eyes on you, Saskia Otten....”

He disappeared in a blinding burst of speed; the only sign that he didn’t teleport was the gust of wind that accompanied him.

”So much for relaxing,” Saskia muttered, standing up. As much as they wanted to actually get a bit of time alone, they also needed to make sure Ella and Lisa were okay… especially if Shaquita had gone after them. They pulled out their phone, and quickly called Lupe, rather than just trying to find them in the mall.

“... Hey mami!” Lupe laughed. “That alone-time was quick? Did you get what I really meant?!“

”No?” Saskia hadn’t even realised there was another meaning behind Lupe’s words. Well, that didn’t matter. ”Something came up. Are Ella and Lisa safe?”

“Well, not safe from each other!” Lupe laughed. “... What’s up?”

Saskia looked around to make sure no one was nearby before she continued. "Dollhouse. They found me as soon as sat down… one followed you all."

“Shit, um, fuck, fuck, fuck!” Lupe panicked. “Um, mami, shit. Get outside. Now. We’ll get out of here in my car!”

"They're not going to kill us, they need us to do something for them." Saskia said bluntly, sounding a lot calmer than she felt. If it was just her at risk? Fine. But Ella, Lisa and Lupe? She didn't like that. "But yes, let's leave. I'm heading out now."

Saskia didn't actually hang up, pushing herself to her feet and starting to quickly walk out of the mall and towards the car park, where they roughly remembered Lupe's car being. They'd… had their fun at the Arcade, and they didn't want to risk the Dollhouse getting touchy about them wasting more time rather than getting the stupid stone back.

Lupe’s car sped in front of Saskia, and Lisa threw the door open as Lupe shouted.

“Get in, mami!”

Saskia jumped in, flat ass hitting the seats and offering no padding.

The very moment that Saskia was in the car - not even giving Saskia a chance to close it - Lupe floored it and sped out of the parking lot.

---

Back at the hotel, the three walked up to Kimberly and Jordan’s room, and Lisa knocked on the door… violently. Jordan came and threw the door open, a face of anger turning flat upon seeing the three.

“... Oh, it’s you three,” Jordan shrugged. “What’s up?”

"We’re going to get chopped into pieces and sent to our families bit by bit if we don’t raid a casino!" Ella wailed before anyone else could say anything.

"... It’s not as dramatic as that, but yes. We’re at risk of being killed by the Dollhouse if we don’t get something back for them," Saskia explained.

”... If they cut your head off, you probably wouldn’t notice it, Ella,” Lisa chuckled.

“Okay, okay, okay,” Jordan stuck her hands up. “Slow down here. What do you mean ‘back for them’? That implies they gave you something…”

Ella’s eyes widened, looking like she’d been caught by her mom stealing a shit ton of candy. Saskia wasn’t so bothered about being caught. They’d only hidden it because they knew Kimberley and Jordan would take it off them.

"They gave us an abstraction boosting stone. I used it to kill three of the Endless Seven, then Lisa threw it in a hole," Saskia explained with a shrug. "But they want it back."

Jordan facepalmed.

“... Girl-”

”Hey! They are nonbinary you scum!” Lisa shouted.

"Yeah, don’t misgender them!" Ella shouted too.

“... Whatever! Why in the world would you three accept it from them of all people?!” Jordan asked.

”Well, technically, they only gave it to Saskia,”” Lisa shrugged. ”When did they tell you this?”

"I was tied up, I had no say in it!" Ella said.

"Look, it helped," Saskia shrugged one shoulder. "I only got slightly destructive with it. Everything would’ve been fine if Lisa didn’t throw it away."

”Hey! It was making you crazy!” Lisa shouted, throwing her hands into the air.

“... Look,” Kimberly finally butt in, sticking her head onto Jordan’s shoulder, “Pointing fingers isn’t going to get anything done.”

Kimberly groaned, “Do you know where it's at? Then we can go get it.”

"Devil's Fortune casino, in some vault under it," Saskia said. "We can steal all of his artifacts while we're in there."

“So,” Kimberly shrugged, pausing for a second before she continued. “Let’s make a plan and go get it. Alright?”

“You’re making it sound easy, girl…” Jordan rolled her eyes.

”I mean…” Lisa began, before looking over everyone here. ”We clapped the cheeks of everyone we fought so far!” She shrugged.

“... So far.” Jordan rolled her eyes again.

”Oh!” Lisa turned towards Saskia. ”Do you think he has a love potion in there!? Maybe something that will give me big tiddies?!”

Saskia looked down at Lisa’s chest, then back up with a grim smile. "No potion can make something out of nothing."

"Can’t you just use green lux for that?!" Ella shouted. "But then more people will grab them, Lisa!"

"I don’t think the size matters when it comes to that," Saskia shrugged.

Lisa deviously grinned, tilting her head.

”... I’ll just have to deter them, won’t I?”

"Ohhh… yeah, torture anyone who comes near with spiders," Saskia’s lips twitched up into an evil smile. "Maybe put some poisonous spiders on your tiddies just in case."

”But what if they move and bite me while we’re spooning at night?!" Ella shouted.

”... That is a sacrifice you’re willing to make,” Lisa calmly nodded her head.

“No, no, no! We are not doing this right now!” Jordan shouted, before pointing back into her hotel room. “Come in here so we can make a plan!”

Whatever Ella had been about to say was cut off by Jordan, her mouth slamming shut into a pout and glare at Lisa. She let out a small huff and went into their hotel room. Saskia followed with a dry laugh, immediately flopping down on the sofa.

"I say we just break in like we did before, get the stone, steal his artifacts, done." they said.

“... If it was that simple we would have defeated Morningstar by now,” Kimberly shook her head.

“Know what? Let them do it their way,” Jordan laughed. “See how that works out for them.”

”It’s worked out great so far! We’ve killed so many of them," Ella said confidently.

"Yeah… easy," Saskia yawned, feeling a bit bored since they agreed so easily. "Can we go tonight then?"

Jordan sighed.

“... Knock yourselves out.”

The Devil’s Fortune casino was peaceful after the fight there last week. The mess had been cleaned up, and the damages had been repaired. The upper floors of the casino were largely vacant.

… A flying spider (specifically of the Tetrablemmid Spider variety) crashed through the window.

It landed, with the trio on top… The spider was covered in millions of smaller spiders, many of which were decimated in their dramatic entrance. Lisa looked around. They were in a massive circular ballroom with a brown wooden floor, pillars, and everything except the blood-red floor. There was a red piano.

”... Shit,” Lisa began. ”... Thought there’d be more bad guys.”

Lisa shrugged before turning to Saskia, since she was the show's star. ”Lead the way, friend!”

"Aww…" Saskia pulled back in the blood tendril that had been ready to attack. "Let’s-"

”Wait!" Ella shouted. She was already in her magical girl form, and flourished her Sailor Moon wand. The blood red of the piano was leached out, coating her arms in a hard shell. ”In case it's all boring and grey everywhere else!"

"Right," Saskia shrugged, looking around. "Onwards."

They went towards what looked to be an exit, not even bothering to check the outside before storming through. "We need to get to the basement… can your spiders find it, Lisa?"

Lisa smiled.

”... Nope!” Lisa answered. ”We’ll have to do the old fashioned way!” She pumped her fist, before the doors burst open and she whipped her head around towards them.

Two security guards in suits ran in, and they looked at what was going on with a look of confusion - before it turned into horror as Spiders rained from above and absolutely covered them.
”... Quick! Capture them! Interrogate them! Torture them!” Lisa shouted as she pointed forward.

"Ooo, Lisa, you know just how to get a person going," Saskia intoned. They moved towards one of the security guards, getting close enough that their blood tendril could wrap around them.

"Let's ask nicely first!" Ella shouted as she ran at the other security guard, physically tackling them to the ground with colour enhanced arms.

”... Asking nicely is gay,” Lisa said as she hopped off the spider, walked up, the spiders covering the goons. They thrashed but Saskia and Ella did a good job holding them down.

”Alright, Hired-Goons!” Lisa began with a smile. ”Tell us where the Vault is?”

“... What fucking vault?!” One of the goons asked.

”You know, the one with all the artifacts?” Lisa asked with a shrug, the spider with wings she had summoned had reverted to its natural size and appeared and hurried off. Never to be seen again.

“... We don't know what you bitches are talking about!” The security guard asked.

”Okay! Torture time!” Lisa said,

Saskia smirked, tentacle tightening around the goon they were holding. They got really close, long and thing bone spear coming out of the tips of one of their fingers. They reached down and pressed the tip against his lower abdomen. "Did you know, if I pierce your bowel, you're unlikely to die today… but all of the sh-"

"No, I don't want to hear it!" Ella shouted, just pinning down her guy. "And I don't know how to torture people!"

Lisa, without a thought, hopped on Ella’s back - wrapping her legs around her - and turned her head so she can watch the torture.

”... But you’re gonna waaaaaaatch!” Lisa shouted.

"As long as it's not too gorey!" Ella wailed, with no choice but to watch.

“... Fuuuuuck!” The security guard screamed. “Fine, fine, okay! There is a chamber in the basement! Boss doesn't want anyone going near it! Not even us!”

"Aw, I had even gotten to the fun bit," Saskia sighed, bone spear ever so slightly poking into his skin. "Where's the basement?"

”... Down, of course!” Lisa teased, grinning ear to ear. ”Are you having an Ella moment?”

“I can take you there,” the guard said. “Just get rid of the spiders!”

What a baby. Spider deaths are rare! But to comply with the baby, Lisa had her spiders disperse. The man climbed to his feet… But Lisa kept a black widow by both the guards carotids. He dusted himself off before he asked,

“... You’re those crazy bitches that keep harassing Morgenstern aren’t you?!” He asked.

”And if we are?” Lisa kept that smile on her face. ”That doesn't change your situation, now does it?”

“... What about me?!” The other guard asked.

"You’re coming with us too! Can’t have you calling your boss!" Ella said, threateningly pointing a blood red finger at him.

"Or, we can kill you?" Saskia offered, bone spear lightly poking his back. They looked at the guard that had offered to take them there. "Lead the way."

Without another word, the goon led them through the halls of the casino’s hotel. Up until they made it to a flight of stairs, walked down it into an underground warehouse. There were rows upon rows of shelves with alcohol, casino games on pallets, and other items. While they walked, Lisa noted how barren the halls were down here, only barhands, janitors, and maintenance. That was the only thing stopping Lisa from grabbing a bottle!

It wasn’t long before she made it to a door, a large rusted, white metal door that said AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY. The security guard shrugged.

“Never seen this door open,” He said. “But boss doesn't want us near it, or if he sees it open, tell him.”

"Either its what we’re looking for, or its his torture basement," Saskia said, nodding to Ella.

”Could be where he keeps all his whores!” Lisa gleefully added.

Ella grinned. Prismatic light coated her legs, making them stronger, and she straight up kicked the door. Launching it off its hinges, and revealing a long, dark and mysterious staircase illuminated by torches.

”... Ella, what the hell?!” Lisa shouted, putting her hands on both sides of her head. ”We are supposed to be sneaky!”

"We were? We crashed through the window earlier, that wasn’t very sneaky at all…" Ella pointed out, legs going back to normal.

"If anyone comes that's just more fun for us," Saskia shrugged, stepping through the door and starting to go down the staircase.

“.. We’ll just be going now!” The security guard said.

”Oh no you don’t!” Lisa shouted as she summoned thousands of Darwin’s Bark Spiders. They covered the two men, wrapping them up from head to toe in a cocoon of webs. With a dismissive wave, the spiders skittered off as she walked down the staircase.

The architecture descended from modern service tunnels to ancient stone catacombs until they reached the bottom stairs. Then they saw the vault… Well, the vault door. It was a glowing door of spinning runes. Without a second thought, Lisa turned to Ella and shouted,

”... Ella kick down the door!”

Ella yelled as she launched herself at the glowing door with a glowing leg…

Before she even hit it she was launched backwards, slamming into a wall next to the bottom of the stairs. She slid to the floor with a groan.

”Finally, a challenge,” Saskia said. They carefully approached the door, stopping just before where Ella got launched, squinting their eyes at it. "Maybe we can try shove one of those security guys through."

Lisa shrugged.

”Maybe it only launches homosexuals,” Lisa casually walked up to the barrier, and then got yeeted across the room at mach Jesus. She screamed at the top of her lungs before she skidded across the floor, face-fist.

”... Ouch, Lisa groaned before she pushed herself to her feet. She could see through the barrier, and summoned a spider on the other side - she then applied the Enlarge and Hybridization spell on it. It was wrapped in a glowing cocoon of magical webs as it grew bigger and bigger.

”Ella! Bring your fine-ass over here!” Lisa shouted, ”Remember our Joint-Cast? Remember Crack Spiders?”

"Ooo, yeah, I do!" Ella jumped to her feet and trotted over to Lisa. She pointed to the spider through the barrier. "You want to cast it on that one?"

The spider finally burst out of its cocoon, another tetrablemmid spider but with the long horn-like pincers of a hercules.

Lisa looked at Ella.

Then, at the Spider.

Then, back to Ella.

Then, back to the spider.

”... No,”

Ella just stared at Lisa. It was as if her brain was buffering. Finally, she nodded. "You’re being sarcastic."

She turned, pointing to the spider again, this time with her Sailor Moon wand. With a flourish of magic, it was imbued with pulsating, multi-coloured lights like a spider disco light. For a brief moment, Lisa made the spider dance (or something close to it), before it went berserk and began bashing at everything. Every rock, the vault itself, and whatever Lisa thought could be responsible for the shield.

She smiled as she wrapped her hand around Ella’s waist and watched the destruction.

”Our baby is doing such a great job!” Lisa said as the spider crushed a rock. ”... Isn’t it beautiful?”

"Aw, it kind of is," Ella nodded like a proud parent, putting her arm around Lisa’s shoulders. "Show that vault who’s the boss!"

Saskia was still next to the invisible forcefield near the door, squatted down and tapping random rocks while watching the spider. ”What if it needs a magical key?”

Oh. Good point. Lisa just shrugged as the monstrous spider threw a tantrum on the other side of the barrier… eventually, it displayed a glowing rock with a rune on it, and it hit the ground. Lisa noticed it cracked a rock with a glowing sigil, and the barrier dimmed slightly. Though Lisa turned to Saskia and said to them,

”Then we’ll just go find it,” Lisa answered, as she commanded the spider to break the rock. ”... Maybe it’s still at-”

The vault door opened… and out came Ignatius in his human form, wearing a black suit. He shook his head before he sighed...

“... You three, again?”

”Yes! Us three!” Lisa shouted, throwing a fist into the air.

“You have become an annoyance…” Ignatius walked over to the barrier with his hands in his pocket. He ignored the spider as it slowly crushed the rock in its pinchers. Glancing at the Spider momentarily, Ignatius turned to the three and said, “Though, I should thank you…”

”... For kicking your ass?” Lisa asked.

“For getting rid of the dead weight,” Ignatius shook his head again before digging into his pocket, pulling out the Orange Stone, and hanging it between his fingers. “... Even though you used this cheap trinket, you three are a wakeup call that Morningstar has chosen weaklings to be his Endless Seven. Useless fools that were complacent… Morningstar is complacent.”

He laughed, “... Maybe after I kill you three, I’ll take Morningstar down and make the Society into something great.”

"Our evil rock!" Ella shouted, pointing a finger at Ignatius. "Just come out here and let us kick your-"

"Wait," Saskia held up a hand. They moved over to Ella and Lisa, grabbing them both and pulling them into a circle. "Do you think if we just let him kill Morningstar our job will be done?"

"... What, no way!" Ella stomped her foot. "We can't let an evil bastard like him take over either! The Society sucks!"

”… I meeeeeeeean,” Lisa intoned. ”We’ll be in Oregon; he’ll still be in Nevada. That’s cool with me!”

"I knew you'd see sense," Saskia nodded. ”That's two against one, Ella."

Ella pouted, whining, "finnnnnnneeeee."

”I’m trying to get back to a big bootied girl here, Ella!” Lisa shouted.

"You have a big bootied girl right here!" Ella shouted back.

Saskia ignored them and turned around to look at Ignatius, completely deadpan. "We'll leave if you're really going to kill Morningstar and take over."

“Oh no,” Ignatius said, grinning slightly, as he spun the Orange-Stone. “All three of you are not leaving this city alive.”

”Aw.”

“Maw,” Ignatius said, and a portal was slashed open, and that white creature they encountered in the PRA office stuck his head through. He looked at the three and said, “Oh hey, girls, remember me?”

"Sadly," Saskia intoned.

”No, who are you?" Ella tilted her head. ”You can't expect me to remember all the unimportant evil minions."

Ignatius threw the Orange Stone into the Maw’s hand and said, “… Put that away for me.”

“Sure thing, Ignatius!” The Maw disappeared into the portal. Ignatius turned towards them and said,

“… We all know how this ends,” He began. “Are you ready?”

”... Yes,” Lisa nodded her head.

"Why do you all have to make spee-"

"Ready to defeat you!" Ella interrupted Saskia's complaining with a shout. ”In the name of all that is good in this world I, Magical Girl Aurora, will vanquish you! Your days of evil are over! Drop the barrier and fight us!"

While Ella made her cringy line, Lisa summoned more spiders and applied the Enlarge and Hybridization spells to four to create massive spiders… She knew she stood a snowball’s chance in hell against Ignatius; she knew that as long as he was made of flesh, he could be dissolved in acid. All she needed was for Saskia and Ella to make a big enough distraction for her to get close. As a preparation, Lisa lifted the back of her dress as lengthy black spider legs erupted.

Ignatius grinned.

The barrier dropped.

And in the blink of an eye, his glamour spell deactivated and revealed his monstrous dragon form. Ignatius opened his maw and spewed magma at them without giving them a second to get their bearings. Lisa’s spider legs pressed against the ground and launched her into the air before she connected with the ceiling… where her growing spider minions were.

"Why’s it always fire," Saskia complained as her blood tendril shoved her out of the way, tip caught and melting into a puddle on the ground.

Ella rolled to the right, magma catching the side of her arm, but she completely ignored it. She landed in a crouch, running forward with glowing, enhanced legs and aiming a bright red punch at Ignatius.

”I know! It’s like we’re fighting a demon-lord!” Lisa sarcastically responded to Saskia, as she opened her mouth wide and projectile vomited a barrage of spiders towards Ignatius. Mid-air, she applied the Acid-Burst spell onto them.

Ignatius exploded into flames, incinerating Lisa’s spider swarm before they could explode. In a swift motion, he bit down on Ella’s arm and then flung her at Saskia. Ella crashed into Saskia, both of them falling to the floor in a heap.

They were quick to get up, Ella twisting around and physically picking Saskia up. She half flung them at Ignatius. Saskia went with it, blood tendril catching herself and shoving her further forward, hand coming towards him with a bone spear shooting out of it. At the same time Ella ran behind her, going for another punch in sync with Saskia.

Ignatius laughed and ran forward towards the two. However, he turned sideways mid-stride. Both attacks hit Ignatius but bumped off against his tough scales. He swung his long tail at the two in a wide-arced swing. Lisa saw it with her own two eyes, but at least he wasn’t on fire anymore… the spiders she had altered had finally burst out of their cocoons; they were massive and had the wings of dragonflies. Lisa had an idea, but Ignatius could immediately fuck the entire plan if he burst into flames again.

Lisa summoned another swarm of spiders that covered the walls behind Ignatius. They formed the words DISTRACT HIM. FIND A WAY TO KEEP HIM FROM CATCHING ON FIRE briefly before they dispersed. The spiders slowly moved into position above him.

Saskia had used her blood tendril to launch Ella up above Ignatius’ tail before taking it, flying across the room and hitting the wall with a loud crack. More cracks were heard as their bones snapped back into place, blood spilling from wounds to form a solid armour around her. Ella landed on the ground on one foot, the other swinging around to hit his side.

Grimacing, Saskia snapped off a bone spear and threw it at Ignatius’ eye… which immediately penetrated, and he screamed before spewing magma wildly. He grabbed the spear and yanked it out of his eye (with his eye still attached to the nerve ending), before throwing it back at Saskia… or at least their general direction. It embedded in their shoulder, pushing through the blood armour. They barely flinched, pulling it out and clotting the wound immediately.

She then threw it at his other eye; however, he deflected it with a whip of his tail… However, as Lisa planned, he was oblivious that Lisa’s spiders were directly above him. With a flick of Lisa’s wrist, she applied the Acid-Burst spell to them, and then they exploded, sending acid and chitin shrapnel in all directions. Lisa hoped that the two of them saw it coming and had the sense to dodge or duck for cover - but due to the laws of gravity, most of the acid rained down on Ignatius.

He screamed as his skin sizzled, burning away at his natural armor… He looked around before seeing Lisa on the roof. He narrowed his eyes before turning and running back into the vault. He attempted to close the door with a tail whip, but he left it slightly ajar…

Lisa landed on the ground, spider-legs first, before smiling. She raised a hand,

”... We did it! High five!”

"Take that, evil!" Ella shouted, running to slap her hand against Lisa’s. There were some acid burns scattered down one arm from where she hadn’t quite avoided the edge splashes, but really, it was nothing.

"He’s still alive,” Saskia pointed out, walking over and limply hitting Lisa’s hand, then Ella’s. They then pointed to the door. "Let’s go in, we still need to get the stone.”

”... You’re acting like we can’t just hit him with more acid!” Lisa shouted as she casually walked into the vault with Saskia and Ella behind her.

Unbeknownst to them, someone was following behind them the entire time…

Behind the door was a strange, ancient-looking tunnel that seemingly went on forever and ever… Lisa raised her hand and summoned a Tetrablemmid that was wrapped in a glowing cocoon of webs. Before it reached the size of a sedan, the spider burst out, and it was large enough for one person to mount on it. That one person was Lisa, who climbed on, and then waved her hand in front of her face a few times.

”... Man, it reeks in here!” Lisa laughed… before looking at the trail of dissolved flesh that Ignatius left behind. She pointed at it, before she silently followed….

”Whose fault is that?!" Ella shouted, covering her nose with her hand in the hope that it would help… but it just made it harder to breath. Gross! She almost stepped in a piece of dissolved flesh, grimacing.

"You couldn’t have made the spider big enough for another person?" Saskia muttered, at the back of the group.

”... I just like it when Ella walks in front of me, that’s all,” Lisa said, leaning forward on the spider.

”I’ll carry you, Saskia!" Before Saskia could complain, Ella scooped her up in a bridal carry. They were pretty light so it wasn’t difficult to carry them at all. She peered in the little stone… shelves as they walked. ”What do you think this place is used for? I don’t see any artifacts!"

Lisa shrugged, ”Who knows! We just need to get the Orange-Stone from the white-guy!” She said, as they proceeded forward… Eventually, meeting at a nexus-chamber that split off into eight tunnels that each went a different direction. The trail of dissolved flesh ended here.

”... Oh, this isn’t good,” Lisa groaned. ”We’re gonna get lost! Where did he go?!”

Ella stopped, squinting her eyes in the hope she’d catch sight of something, sniffing the air as if she’d be able to smell of dissolved flesh… but she couldn’t. ”Let’s try them all, starting from the left!"

"Or Lisa sends a spider down each," Saskia suggested.

”I mean… I don't have that Joint Cast with Kari anymore,” Lisa shrugged. ”It's not like I can see thro-”

A few droplets of magma from the ceiling cut Lisa off, before she looked up.

Ignatius was hanging from the ceiling. He opened his maw and spewed magma at the three. Lisa tried to dodge on the spider but it hit her in the shoulder and splashed on her face. The spider was cooked, and Lisa hit the ground screaming.

Ella screamed, pulling Saskia close to her chest and rolling to the side. Magma splashed across her back, burning her skin and through the magical girl outfit. She gritted her teeth at the pain, rolling across the ground with Saskia in her arms as she re-did her magical metamorphosis - narrowly avoiding baring it all for the world to see.

"You evil bastard!" Ella yelled, ignoring the burning agony across her back. She let go off Saskia, who was entirely unharmed, and jumped to her feet. With a brandish of her Channeler she shot a beam of burning light at him, and it hit the flesh that was weakened by Lisa’s acid, and he screamed in pain.

"Oh, looking to go another round?" Saskia said, standing and shoving another bone spear through her arm, snapping it off.

Ignatius didn’t even respond… he simply fell from the ceiling, attempting to flop on the three.

Saskia haphazardly threw the bone spear as she ran out of the way, leaping to the side with a grunt, foot getting crushed underneath him with a horrible snap. Lisa had to drag herself away to the unseen tunnels to cocoon.

"Saskia!" Ella had been far enough away she just had to keep rolling to avoid it. She got to her feet, running forward with a steel hard foot aimed for his acid damaged side. The attack ripped through skin and exposed his flesh and organs as Ignatius roared. He swiped at Ella with a burning claw. Ella raised her arms to grab the claw with strengthened hands, wincing as it burnt her. She shoved it to the side as Saskia twisted around, throwing the bone spear still in their hands at his other eye. Digging into his eye-socket, and he roared again, spraying fire wildly. Saskia pulled herself out, rolling away from the fire.

Ignatius whipped his tail towards Ella in a wild frenzy, his tail with an aura of fire. It slammed into Ella, sending her flying and burning through her leotard (thankfully she had a bra on).

"How could you!" Ella shouted after hitting a wall, picking herself up with anger burning in her veins. Her magical girl outfit! This was- it was blasphemy against the true saviour of all, Sailor Moon! And she didn’t have time to remake it! "By the power granted to me by the light, and my love of Sailor Moon, I will end your life as painfully as possible!"

Saskia rolled her eyes, hand raising to shoot a blood bullet at Ignatius - which penetrated his skin. Ella jumped back in, fist aiming for the bone spear still in his eye… which dug deeper into his eye, and made a squishy sound as it popped out through the other side of his skull.

Ignatius fell limp.

Ella continued to shove the bone spear into his eye brutally just to ensure he was dead, before pulling it out. Then, for good measure, she shoved it through the other eye, twisting it around to ensure she’d stabbed through his brain… who knew! It could be more protected in a dragon.

"Do you think he’s dead?" Saskia said drily, foot snapping back into place as they propped themself up.

"Can’t be too safe… maybe I should open his mouth and shove it up through there too!" Ella said far too cheerfully. But this bastard had burned her magical girl uniform. He had to pay, and she had to ensure he was dead to never hurt another magical girl outfit again. "Oh, where’s Lisa?"

”... Right here!” Lisa walked up… all of her burns were gone, though her dress was immolated, burnt to scraps. She walked over to Ignatius’ “body”, and then kicked him in the head. ”... I think he’s probably dead.”

She shrugged before clapping her hands together.

”Alright!” Lisa started. ”... Where the hell is this vault?”

"Ohhh I guess I’ll leave this then," Ella said, pulling herself away from the jaws she’d been prying open and dropping the spear. She then looked at the eight tunnels, then at Lisa and Saskia. Then at the eight tunnels again. "... down one of those?"

"No shit," Saskia rolled her eyes. Of the three she was the least worn, just visible limping but fully clothed. "Of course that bastard couldn’t go any further… He sure was weak after all that shit about beating Morningstar."

"Yeah! Well, let’s just go down a random one," Ella shouted, pointing to one in the middle.

Lisa shrugged, before turning to Ella and pointing in front of her, ”I like it when you walk in front of me, Ella.”

She took a step forward - but came to a stop when she heard a footstep. Lisa immediately turned around, only to see nobody. She shrugged, and began her journey into the depths of the tunnels.

---

Hours later…

The three were exhausted on yet another Tetrablemmid spider. Lisa lay down on her back before they approached another vault door. It was enormous, but Lisa groaned.

”... Another door?!” Lisa complained with a roll of her eyes. She hopped off the spider and walked up to it. She tapped it, as she looked back to Ella, ”It doesn't have a homosexual repellent shield. So you’re okay!”

Lisa gave Ella a thumbs up.

”... So kick it down already so we can get this stupid rock!”

"Phew, okay… sailor moon aurora, transform!" Ella shouted, spinning around in a very lazy transformation sequence (since it had worn off in the hours searching). "Take this, door!"

She slammed her glowing, steel hard foot into it. It connected, but the door didn't even budge. And the door was really fucking hard!

"Ow!" Ella moaned, pulling back her aching foot after another few kicks. "It's not budging, girls!"

"Guess we’re going to have to be smart about this…" Saskia frowned.

”... Kick it again!” Lisa shouted without a single thought...

A fireball immolated the Spider that they had mounted earlier.

“... You three made it far enough!” They heard a voice behind them as what had to be a portal appeared… except that wasn’t any voice…

… It was Ignatius’.

The dragon-demon stepped through the portal, both of his eyes intact, and all the chemical burns that Lisa inflicted were healed. However, he wasn’t alone… he had an entire party with him. Flanking him at both sides were two bipedal demonic dragon-like creatures that stood over fifteen feet tall.

Behind them was a gathering of four, different, women that looked familar.

One of them waved at the three, all of them smiling.

“We look familiar, don’t we?!” She said, “You killed our sister!”

“So, we’re going to avenge her!” A different one said.

“We aren’t even going to kill you!” A different one spoke.

“We’re going to break you and make you our slaves for the rest of your miserable existence!” The fourth one spoke.

”... You don't look familiar at all," Ella squinted, trying to recognise them. Who were they trying to avenge? "Are you sure that was us?"

“You three idiots were in the PRA office, right?” One of them asked.

"Ooo, what are your torture plans?" Saskia asked, blood crawling across her skin to form armour.

“Well-”

Spiders crawled from out of everyone’s view on top of the ceiling… Lisa kept her eyes on Ignatius as she asked, ”... How are you alive?!”

Ignatius laughed.

“... I have two brains,” He answered, before slamming a claw on the ground. “So…”

He opened his mouth, and sprayed a geyser of magma at the three… when he closed his mouth, he shouted.

“... DIE!”

Saskia flipped herself over and away with a blood tendril, wincing as blood once again hit the tip and melted it away. Lisa hopped up into the air using her spider-legs, climbing on the ceiling.

”We should’ve stabbed him all over!" Ella shouted, as she dodged out of the way of what was a pretty obvious attack. She hit the wall to the side of the vault door and used it to push herself off. There were so many of them, who to hit first? The big one…

Ella ran right for Ignatius, if possible, bright colours of her remaining bracelets running down her skin and infusing her fists, aiming for a hard punch. A rock flipped up in the way of the punch, and the three strange women laughed.

“You bested our sister with that?” They spoke in unison as the rock launched at Ella. The two dragons charged after Ella with a roar… however, the ground rumbled as spiders - specifically funnel-web spiders - burst out of the ground like a geyser and covered the two dragons. They were trashed as they were covered in hundreds of bites from one of the most venomous spiders on the planet.

Ignatius rolled his eyes, as he roared, spewing magma at Saskia. Suddenly faster, she both ran and pushed herself out of the way.

”I bested your sister- well I don’t really remember!" Ella shouted, straight up punching through the rock, ignoring the pain that came with it. Alright, those three really wanted the fight. She picked up one of the pieces from the shattered rock, throwing it at them - which was telekinetically caught in mid-air - before leaping forward with a kick towards the nearest woman. Which knocked her out of formation, and sent her skidding across the floor with broken bones. However, she was telekinetically pulled back into the formation by the others.

They stuck both hands out and sent out a telekinetic wave of force that had enough power to pull rocks off the ground and strong enough to launch Ella.

"I killed her,” Saskia pointed out. A bone spear pushed through her arm, leaving a horrible gaping wound, and they snapped it off… Doing what seemed to be their new favourite thing, throwing it at Ignatius. He stuck his hand out and caught it mid-air before he snapped it in half. He roared as he charged Saskia, horns first, leaving behind a fire trail.

Sweat dripped down Lisa’s forehead, as she hung on the ceiling - the two dragon-like creatures were still thrashing around. However, the spiders on the ceiling were wrapped in glowing cocoons as Lisa applied the Hybridization spell. She sighed as she focused on the chaos below and the dragon-like creature… she launched herself at one of them, which was getting eaten alive by the spiders, and landed on its back. With the wallcrawler spell, she attached herself to its back and then used the spider legs to stab it to death violently.

Ella was slammed against the wall, breath knocked out of her. She managed to land in a crouching position. Her kick had easily knocked back one of them, so she just needed to get close enough again. She formed a small, bright pink ball of colour from one of her rings, like a small, steel ball, and shot it towards one of the sisters. She then immediately made another, and another, shooting six in quick succession as she ran towards them.

Saskia waited until Ignatius was almost at them before launching themselves into the air with their tendril, foot kicking down towards his head with a bone spear shooting out of it. It collided against his head, but didn't penetrate as he chomped his jaws at Saskia. His jaws caught their leg, but they super reinforced the blood armour there, leaving them at a deadlock of no penetration.

The Pale-Chorus raised their hands and flipped a stone upwards to tank the attack. They laughed, and one of them spoke,

“... Do you honestly think you can kill all of-” She was interrupted by a hole appearing in her chest. She stumbled for a few moments before falling backwards.

“Sister!” The rest of the Pale Chorus shouted.

"What- who stole my kill?!" Ella shouted. She couldn't see anyone so she continued forward, straight up punching through the stone before flicking up her leg into a strong kick towards one of the remaining Pale-Chorus. Which knocked her over, but she flipped back up to her feet with telekinesis and threw both of her hands forward… before her stomach was cut open, and her intestines fell out and plopped to the ground. She screamed as she desperately tried to pull her intestines back in.

A bloody hand could be seen floating… and blood splattered against what had to be pieces of somebody

The dragon creature had fallen to the ground - dead from a mixture of the venomous funnel-web spider’s venom and Lisa stabbing it - and Lisa turned to the other one. She saw Saskia in peril from the corner of her eye, so she waved her hand at the spiders on the other dragon and activated the acid-burst spell. They exploded and dissolved the creature in acid, as it thrashed around on the ground. Lisa focused on Ignatius’s leg as the ground started rumbling, and spiders erupted from the ground like a geyser aimed directly at his hind leg. In mid-air, she applied the acid-burst spell to them, and they exploded into acid that sizzled when it made contact with his leg.

Ignatius yelped, letting go of Saskia as he whipped his head around. Saskia’s tendril shot out to curl around his neck before they fell, pulling them up towards him, bone spear shooting out their hand and jabbing towards his eye.

"THERE’S A FLOATING BLOODY HAND!" Ella screamed, punching one of the still living Pale-Chorus in the gut as hard as she could - making her gasp as she grabbed her stomach, kneeling over. The hand went upwards as if it was facepalming… leaving some blood on something.

Lisa whipped around towards Ella and shouted.

”... Punch it or something! I don’t know!” Lisa shouted back, leaving Saskia in the dark. Above her, the spiders burst out of their cocoons, and had wings… and they flew towards the member of the Pale Chorus on the ground. They landed all over her neck, before they exploded, and her head fell off.

Ignatius had put his hand up over his face and tanked the spear… before he quickly spewed magma at Saskia

"Oh fuck,” was all Saskia managed to say as she pulled herself up. Her legs got burnt in the magma, melting away her flesh until it was just the bones. She managed to shove herself away with the blood tendril, using it in the place of her legs to get onto the floor without snapping her neck. "Lisa…”

"AHHHHH!" Ella shouted, punching the bloody hand and whatever had blood left on it. She wasn’t going to let some spooky hand come steal her kill and possibly kill her friends!

The hand quickly picked Ella up by the collar of her shirt… Before throwing her at Ignatius.

"AHH- FLYING PRISM KICK!" Ella, battle hardened and thick skulled as she was, took being thrown in the air in her stride, twisting her body and stretching out one leg to fly at Ignatius with a super strong, flying super prism kick. Which collided with Ignatius’ side and sent him tumbling into a wall.

“... Ignatius! I got you!” The last member of the Pale Chorus said, sticking her hands out. But she was interrupted by a few bites on her thighs. She threw her dress aside, only to see her leg covered in Funnel-web spiders.

They all bit her.

“Shit, Ma-” She tried to call out to their teleporter before a spider leg pierced through her chest. She looked down, panicking… Before the leg retracted and she fell to the ground.

"Take this, you scaly bastard!" Ella yelled, absolutely pummeling Ignatius with her hard as steel fists.

“... Get away from me, you trash!” Ignatius shouted as he whipped his tail at Ella.

"You’re the trash!" Ella shouted back. She bent her knees, stabilising herself with enhanced legs. She caught his tail in her arms, moving back with it and managing to put the brunt of the force through all of her body. It hurt, but who cared! Not her! "And I’m going to put you in the garbage where you belong!"

She used the momentum of his tail to flip herself up, arms wrapped around it and supporting her, legs aiming right for his jaw. Which slammed his mouth shut and broke several of his teeth. He groaned, before opening his maw and spraying magma (and broken teeth) at Ella.

Meanwhile, Lisa applied the Enlarge spell to some of her remaining spiders.

Ella’s eyes widened and she let go off his tail, dropping herself to the floor. The magma skimmed over the top of her head… singing the tips of her beautiful hair and splashing across her shoulders. Her hair! This couldn’t stand. She was much more bothered about that than the magma painfully coating her upper arms.

"Die, you fashion destroyer!" she shouted, going for a stomach punch. Ignatius winced, before rolling over and swinging his head at Ella like an organic-mace. Ella brought her fists in front of her chest and took the blow head-on while slamming both fists forward at him.

After all, she was incredibly thick-skulled! Or so Lisa and Saskia kept saying. The attack caused Ignatius to flip and hit the ground with a thud. He growled, backpedaling towards the vault door as he sprayed magma at the floor between himself and Ella.

Ella was on her knees holding her head, incredibly dizzy. She felt something curl around her leg and yank her back before hot magma killed her, falling face first and being dragged across the floor. With a groan she rolled over to see Saskia, legs still incredibly damaged, hitting her with an incredibly weary stare.

"Saskia!" Ella quickly shot a healing light at her, ignoring the pain it caused her as Saskia’s legs were completely healed. Her head felt like it was being hit by a sledgehammer and everything was incredibly blurry. There were three Saskia’s, but somehow she managed to heal the right one, because they stood up in front of her with a grumble.

"You are so fucking stupid.” Saskia shot a blood bullet at Ignatius, which might as well been a cotton ball.

"Awww, you’re sweet, Sas-kia~" Ella giggled, swaying. Oh, there was still a massive, ugly lizard to deal with. But she couldn’t stand up, the whole world was going on some kind of psychedelic trip around her. She raised her Channeler and shot a burning light at Ignatius… well at the Ignatius that was on the ceiling, so not actually Ignatius, but the roof above him.

Ignatius looked at the ceiling, then back down to Ella before his tail hit the vault door. Lisa’s spiders had erupted from their cocoon, now massive and sporting dragonfly wings. He stopped spraying magma, and chanted,

“... Venmor, demos, kant’tar, ven, ven, ven, balkar, fen’ra, mar’shak, dra’catarnis!”

The runes on the vault door illuminated, and the gears began turning. The door opened inward, and Ignatius limped inside and tried to close it with his front legs. However, the spiders flew between at lightning speeds and then exploded, spraying acid and chitin shards in all directions.

He roared as he ran deeper into the vault to escape. Lisa grinned.

”... Let’s go! Before he finds a healing artifact or something!” Lisa ran towards the door.

”He's not getting away this time," Saskia intoned, following after Lisa.

Ella, still very much dizzy and out of it, blinked as they suddenly left.

"Wait for meeeeeeee!" she shouted as she stumbled after them.

… Unbeknownst to them, someone was tailing behind them.

The inside of the vault was far different from the outside. Opposed to the tunnels that led into the vault, it was a massive fancy hall reminiscent of a mansion. The walls were painted blue, and the floor was made of brown wood, but there were no windows. A carpet path led to a massive wooden double door—slightly ajar. However, flanking both sides of the carpet were museum-style display cases—rows of each with a different artifact.

There was a trail of dissolved flesh that led to those double doors…

Saskia looked around the display cases with raised eyebrows. It was insanely tempting to start looting but… they had an asshole to torture and kill slowly first. Then they could steal the artifacts.

"We’re killing him this time," Saskia intoned, pushing a bone spear through their hand in preparation, ignoring the flesh tearing pain that came with it as she stalked towards the double doors. "Slowly and painfully."

"But we need to figure out where his second brain is first!" Ella said, seeming less wobbly on her feet than before.

"Probably in his dick," Saskia shrugged, pushing the double doors fully open.

”If that's the case, then Ella, you have to take one for the team!” Lisa dramatically said, throwing a finger in the air, before putting her hands on her hips. ”You have to show him your tids, once he’s erect I’ll dissolve it in acid!”

"Why me?!" Ella wailed, arms going to cover her chest - which was already only covered by a bright pink bra thanks to all the magma. "Maybe- maybe he’s into small tiddies!"

”No one is!” Lisa shouted, throwing her hands in the air, ”Except for maybe Olivia! Who’s an outlier and should not have been counted!”

"I am!" Ella shouted back. "I’m into ones of all sizes - small’s cute, big’s hot, medium’s-"

"A dragon is basically a big lizard,” Saskia interrupted, having been listening while thinking deeply about something important. "Do you think it has two heads like lizard’s do?"

Lisa tilted her head at Saskia,

”... What lizard has two heads?!”

"Oh Lisa,” Saskia shook their head at her innocence, putting a hand on her shoulder. "I mean their dicks.”

”Oooooooooooooooh!” Lisa said, in surprise. ”I’ll just dissolve both of them - but what we need to worry about is if they spray magma.”

"If I wrap my tendril around them they won't be able to spray anything," Saskia rubbed her chin. It was unlikely it would get to that point anyway before they dissolved it, even if Ella's tits were pretty great.

"Or I can burn the tips closed with my light beam!" Ella added

”Yeah, then I can just dissolve them with-” Lisa tried to interject, but she felt someone lifting her. They also lifted Saskia and Ella and carried them towards the door. ”... AW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!? OH NO! WE’RE DEAD! WE’RE SO DEA-”

They were all thrown through the door, and it closed behind them. This next room was exactly identical to the other room… except it was painted red. Lisa stood up, then shrugged.

Ella had been wordlessly screaming the whole time, whereas Saskia didn’t react at all. They also shrugged.

"Guess someone really wanted us to dissolve the dragon dick," Saskia intoned. They squinted, looking around, easily finding the trail of flesh to follow. They reformed their blood tendril in case it was needed. "Let’s go. Get your tits out, Ella."

"NOOOOOO!" Ella wailed, still covering her chest as she followed Saskia.

The trail of dissolved flesh led to another pair of double doors.

”He’s not even here!” Lisa shouted. ”What’s the point?”

"Coward," Saskia muttered, pointing to the second set of doors. "He’s probably behind there."

"I’ve got this!" Ella shouted. She drained a bunch of the bright red paint into her arms, reinforcing her colour punch, and then… kicked down the door with a rainbow leg, screaming. "YOU LIZARD BASTARD, WE’RE HERE TO CUT YOUR DICK OFF!"

This room was the same as the other rooms! Except yellow.

Ignatius was opening a case on the other side of them with a glowing red liquid, when they burst in. He whipped his head towards them before his expression switched to one of tiredness. He opened his maw and spewed magma at the floor between himself and these three psychopaths. Before he went back to opening the case…

Lisa’s spider legs erupted from her back, and she hopped onto the wall and climbed onto the ceiling.

"Ella, throw me," Saskia said, looking at the extreme game of the floor is lava (literally) in front of them.

"Yay!" Ella shouted. She picked up Saskia and straight up launched them across the magma on the floor. Saskia put their hands up above their head, bone spears shooting through them and aiming right for Ignatius. However, Ignatius whipped his tail at Saskia very dismissively to launch them.

"Ruuuudddee," Saskia said as they were launched onto a wall at the side. They stabbed their bone spears into it to stop themselves from falling into the magma, sighing. This was annoying. "Ella, plan B."

"What’s Plan B?!" Ella shouted, hands going to her face.

”The tits."

"NOOOOOOOOO!" Ella raised her Channeler, shooting a beam of burning light at Ignatius rather than going for the tiddy flash like Saskia had suggested. The beam hit Ignatius but didn’t do anything because he had demonstrated resistance to fire before.

”... We don’t mean that kind of flash, Ella!” Lisa shouted, before noticing Ignatius spewing magma in her direction. Lisa quickly dove to the side, landing on a display case and shattering it with her body. ”... Ouch.” She groaned as she pushed herself out of it.

Ignatius opened the case and pulled the potion out; he opened his mouth wide as he raised the potion to his mouth.

Saskia grimaced, snapping off one of the bone spears and throwing it towards the potion, leaving them precariously balanced with only one stuck into the wall. At the same time, Ella redirected the light beam towards the potion too. The potion shattered, and Ignatius roared at them.

“Fine!” Ignatius said as he hopped on all (three) legs towards the ground. “We’ll have it your way.”



He pounded all three legs on the ground and roared in the air as the ground violently shook. A pillar of fire surrounded him as light notes rose into the air… his body changed. His muscles got thicker; more spikes appeared on his body, and his skin hardened like rocks, as cracks glowed like magma. His leg regenerated as he said,



”Ooo," Saskia said, raising an eyebrow as he went through some kind of evil transformation. They were surprised he hadn’t done it before, but at least he finally had. It would make things more… fun. They swung themself and dropped on a sturdier looking display cabinet that didn’t quite shatter underneath them. They raised a hand and shot a blood bullet at him. Which bounced off of him; he roared before he charged at Saskia and swung their tail at them, leaving behind a burning fire.

Lisa, who was sweating because the room temperature had gone up drastically, looked at the artifact case that she fell on and broke. It was a fancy gem, and Lisa grabbed it. Before she did anything, however, she shouted.

”... There has to be a reason why he waited this long to do that!?”

Saskia had jumped over the tail using their tendril to propel them, landing on another display cabinet, wincing as it shattered underneath them. ”Because he underestimated us?"

"Maybe he’ll self destruct soon!" Ella shouted, sounding hopeful. She grimaced, hand holding out as she formed a large ball of yellow from the walls. When it was about the size of a football she shot it at Ignatius’ face. He just tanked the hit, laughing as he opened his mouth…

Instead of magma, a glowing beam of concentrated heat became blue and swept through the area, burning through artifacts.

Meanwhile, Lisa was running through all of the artifacts - leaving a trail of her blood - looking for something, anything, that would be helpful…

”Shittttt," Saskia jumped from artifact case to artifact case, foregoing figuring out if there were any useful ones to just straight up throw them at Ignatius.

Ella threw up her hands and started comedically running around the room, trying to avoid both the concentrated heat and the magma on the floor, slinging tiny balls of yellow constantly at him. He kept the blast tailing after her, ignoring the attack…



Lisa shouted, holding a blue orb over her head with both hands. She chucked it at Ignatius, and it exploded against his head… into a (blue) fire. The fire began quickly spreading across the room as Lisa’s eyes shot open.

”Oops.”

At least Ignatius stopped shooting the laser beam!

”Good job," Saskia said sarcastically, eyes going to the ceiling. Now the whole place was going to be on fire… actually the smoke would probably kill them first.

"AHHHH FIRE!!!" Ella screamed. She started back tracking towards the door. "Girls, retreat! I’m too cute to die in a fire!"

Saskia rolled her eyes, ducking low. A bone spear shot through her hand, which she snapped off, and threw as quickly as she could towards Ignatius’ eye - and pierced through it.

“... God damn it, not again!” Ignatius seethed as he pulled the spear out of his eye… and he snapped it in half. “You’re not getting away from me!”

He shouted as he charged the door, horns primed to gore.

Spider legs erupted from Lisa’s back as she quickly ran towards the door… before her eyes landed on a unique scepter, and she stopped. She slammed a spider leg on the display case repeatedly until it shattered, and Lisa grabbed it, and aimed it at Ignatius with both hands.

”... Take this!” Lisa shouted, letting off a beam of ice at the dragon - which was enough to make him stop as the beam collided with him and froze half his face. She kept the beam steady on Ignatius… but it was hard to control, and pushed her back, up until she fell on her back and the staff fell out of her hands and wildly sprayed the room.

"Ahhhhhh!" Ella screamed as the freezing beam hit her leg, and she fell to the side. She hopped on one leg towards the spinning scepter, diving the last bit to grab it and point it back towards Ignatius, tanking a full blast to her stomach first. The blast of ice hit Ignatius, and froze half of his body and he roared as he opened his maw to unleash another blast of heat to meet the ice blast being sent his way. Filling the room with a sparkly mist.

Saskia grimaced, jumping to another display case nearer Ignatius. They were really fucking limited because of him being all covered and magma and shit… her blood attacks would just melt off him. Which left another bone spear shoved through her skin, snapped off, and thrown towards his other eye. Ignatius caught the spear in mid-air and snapped it half, dismissively throwing it away.

”... Ella, you have to do it!” Lisa shouted, while on the ground. ”You have to show him your tiddies! It’s the only way!”

Ella’s eyes widened as she looked at Lisa, then at Saskia, who nodded. She put down the scepter, stepped on it to stop it spinning and… took off her bra, looking like she was about to cry.

Ignatius was stopped in his tracks, confused by the weird ass display. Saskia took the opportunity to throw another bone spear at his other eye, piercing through his eye, and causing him to recoil. Taking steps back before he opened his mouth,… firing a concentrated beam of heat wildly throughout the room in the vague direction of the girls.

Lisa attempted to dodge but it hit her in the leg, and she screamed in agony as she got instant fourth-degree burns. Saskia dodged out of the way, slamming into a wall as they managed to avoid it.

Ella reached down to grab the scepter, running and holding it. But the beam hit her right in the tits, immediately burning her most loved asset. Ella screamed, and Saskia shed a single tear.

”.... NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!” Lisa dramatically screamed, sticking a hand out towards Ella.

But Ella fought through the pain of having her tiddies horribly burned, pointing the ice sceptre at Ignatius’ mouth. It hit him directly, stopping the heat beam. The ice cracked and melted, but the freezing effect kept at it. He thrashed before being forced to raise his hand, which froze instantly. The magma on his skin began to glow even brighter. However, he seemed to put a panicked expression on his face as he stepped back.

”Oh shit," Saskia said, shielding their eyes from the brightness. ”I think he’s about to cum."

"What?!" Ella screamed, awkwardly covering her burnt chest with her arms while still blasting him with the ice scepter.

Ignatius’s skin glew so bright that it was nearly blinding, and he fell onto a display case as the ice beam began to explode into the mist on contact with the dragon. His legs thrashed around for a few moments - before he let out one final roar and began to literally fall apart. He fell apart into different specks of ash until his arms and legs began falling off completely, and he collapsed into a pile of ash. All the fires in the room were extinguished…

Ignatius was dead.

”That was the most dramatic orgasm I’ve ever said," Saskia intoned.

Lisa wiped a bead of sweat off her head.

”... Ella!” Lisa shouted. ”You did it!”

She smiled before pointing at her burned leg.

”... Now come heal me so I can heal your tids! With lots of touching!”

Ella nodded, putting down the scepter and dragging herself over to Lisa. She collapsed by her side, holding up her Channeler to bathe Lisa in a healing light. Then she put a hand over her chest, breathing heavily, and looking up at Lisa, then Saskia, who also came over.

"Girls…" she grimaced, looking down at her charred tiddies. "I… don’t think… they’re going to make it…"

”No!” Lisa ran over and grabbed them, before releasing the Healing-Spiders - which forced their way out of the pores in her hands and arms - and they crawled from Lisa’s hands onto Ella. They burrowed into her flesh, and suddenly, her burned flesh was renewed. They were good as new in moments, and Lisa smiled.

”See!” Lisa gave Ella a toothy grin, ”Dr. Turner saved the day!”

"Oh thank Sailor Moon," Ella let out a sigh of relief. Saskia did too, staring at Ella(‘s tiddies) with a small smile. She looked around. "Thanks Lisa… Where’s my bra?"

Lisa looked to the left and the right.

Before kicking it behind a display case.

”... Nooooooooooo idea!” Lisa awkwardly said, then she looked around before grasping both sides of her head and saying, ”... Wait! We gotta find that stupid rock!”

"Oh yeah!" Ella sat up, very quickly moving on from looking for something to cover up.

”Maybe it’s in another room? An orange themed one, perhaps?" Saskia suggested with a shrug. They looked around for another door.

”... We haven’t even checked this room!” Lisa shouted, ”Forget it!”

Lisa shouted before she ran around the room, looking at every display case… before coming to a stop and looking at the two before pointing at the ice scepter.

”... Let’s keep that thing,”

Then kept looking around the room.

Ella ran over to the scepter and picked it up, holding it in her arms so she could sort of cover her chest.

”HEY GUYS!” Lisa shouted, gesturing for them to come over, and when they did, they found Lisa with her face and hands against a display case, just staring at what was inside. Then she quietly said, ”... Come look at this.”

It was one of the Trinity Rings.

"HOLY SAILOR MOON IT'S ONE OF THOSE COOL STRENGTH RINGS!" Ella shouted as she came over behind Lisa, easily able to look over her head at it.

”A Trinity Ring," Saskia said, slipping in at Lisa’s side to look. ”We should take it."

"Let me get it!" Ella declared. She picked up Lisa, deposited her behind her, and then did the same to Saskia. Then she straight-up punched through the glass. Lisa reached in and grabbed it. She tried to slide it into her dress, but stopped after realizing it was in tatters. She sighed as she put the ring on her finger.

”... Shouldn’t Adora have this?” Lisa tilted her head, ”Wait, didn’t Clem and Nessa use different powers?”

”Yeah they had like… a shield and something else."

Lisa then shrugged.

”Let’s continue searching the room.” Lisa just said. ”Before more of them show up!”

"I’ll just beat them up if they do!" Ella shouted. Before she started jogging around the room, full of energy, looking high and low for any sign of the orange stone.

”They’ll see Ella’s tits and stop in their tracks," Saskia commented, also looking around at a more sluggish pace. They’d be surprised if it was in here… surely Ignatius maybe wasn’t that stupid. Then again, he’d nutted so hard he exploded after seeing a (admittedly great) pair of tits.

”I’m tired of fighting weirdos!” Lisa just shouted, throwing her hands in the air. ”Let’s get back to searching the room!”

Lisa ran around the room like a junebug, and after checking everything, nothing. No Orange-Stone, just a bunch of artifacts they didn’t know what to do with. Lisa shook her head.

”Let’s head to the neck room and check that one…” Lisa said, before walking towards the double-doors that they entered the room through, and pushing them open…

Lisa stopped in her tracks.

Frozen.

There was a group of people here.

Except they didn’t look like the Society at all.

One was a tall African-American man that towered over the rest of them, wearing a white suit, with shiny VVS bracelets and chains… with a Draco in his right hand. He turned towards the three and didn’t so much as respond.

Another was a taller-than-average Japanese woman with raven-colored hair; she was wearing a tank-top with black jeans and a pistol on a holster hanging at her waist with a trench coat over all of it.

Another was an average-height African-American man who was covered in tattoos, wearing a black leather coat and sunglasses…

Another stranger was a short African-American woman with a pixie cut, wearing black boots, a leather jacket, and had an AK-47 strapped to her back.

Another in this strange posse was another short African-American man, and wore a black trench coat, unzipped that showed his pistol, and the various knives he kept holstered at his hip.

The last (normal-looking) one was a red-haired woman of average height who wore a white dress shirt, khakis, and combat boots… with a pistol at her hip.

The last of which, clearly inhuman, was a massive bull-like creature that seemed to be made of a patchwork cloth. It stood in the middle of room, not too far away from the three, and did not respond to them entering the room. It’s strange red eyes followed their every movement…

The group was holding various artifacts, and a black rift was on the other side of the room.

They all looked at the three.

“Awwwwww, shit,” The Japanese woman said with a smile. “Busted.”

“Hmph,” The tall man with the Draco raised it at the three. “Dunno who you three are bu-”

“... Hendrix!”

Shaquita said as she walked over to the man, placed her hand on his firearm, and lowered it… before turning to the three. She was wearing a trench coat that was zipped up but was not wearing any shoes or possibly anything underneath it. Shaquita grinned.

“I take it that Ignatius is dead,” Shaquita began. “If so, thank you.”

"You’re welcome strange, nearly naked woman!" Ella shouted with a bright grin.

Saskia sighed. ”... I take it you don’t need me to find that stone anymore?"

“... We never needed you to find the stone at all,” Shaquita laughed as she walked over to a nearby display case and punched through it effortlessly. She pulled out the Orange Stone and held it into the air. “We just needed you to distract Ignatius long enough for us to get at the supply. For that, we thank you.”

She laughed again before throwing the Orange Stone at the three, landing at their feet.

“Consider that a parting gift,” Shaquita said.

Then Shaquita turned towards the Japanese woman.

“Makoto! Drop the rift so they can leave.”

“Awwwwww…” Makoto laughed, “Don’t they want to have some fun times in The Dark?!”

“Drop it.” Shaquita repeated herself, and Makoto sighed as the rift disappeared, revealing the door. Shaquita smiled, gesturing towards it.

“... There’s the door.”

Saskia bent down to pick up the Orange Stone, putting it in their pocket. ”Right. Sure, thanks."

"Byyyeee, strange ladies and gentlemen!" Ella shouted, before grabbing Saskia and Lisa’s hands and practically dragging them towards the door, which she kicked down (no free hands) and pulled them out.

The Repo-men did nothing to the three as they stepped past the strange bull-like creature and walked out the door into the next room. The room was completely ransacked, every artifact was gone, and then they went through the vault door and were outside the vault.

”... Was it just me?” Lisa said as she summoned another Tetrablemmid spider, and it was wrapped in a glowing cocoon as it grew in side. ”Or was she really hot? Like suuuuuuuuuper hot?”

”Oh yeah," Saskia agreed, nodding. ”So hot I was hoping for a bit of torture from her."

Lisa shrugged.

”I mean we can always go back.”

”No way! All those men already saw my chest, I refuse to go back!" Ella shouted.

”I mean it made Ignatius bust the biggest nut!” Lisa shouted in response. ”They’re magical! We can use them to beat those goons!”

While Saskia would love to go back and get tortured by Shaquita in all sorts of ways, the tiny, sensible part of her brain told her that wasn’t a good idea. They’d probably get murdered. ”I’m sure we’ll see her again. We can wait."

Lisa just shrugged as the spider reached full size and burst out of the cocoon, with wings and everything… it lowered its body as Lisa climbed on. She patted a spot behind her for the other two to hop on.

Ella hopped on first, hugging Lisa… which meant if she even so much as moved her head she’d get a face full of tiddy. Saskia got on last, also hugging Ella and totally not feeling up her tits.

”Let’s go!"

The spider’s wings started flapping, taking off down the tunnel…

… They just needed to remember how to get out.

Hours later….

The three staggered out of the tunnel, utterly drained from the relentless hours of battling the noise-induced exhaustion caused by the flying spider. Lisa's strength gives way, and she collapses upon emerging... Until a surge of determination, sparked by the sight of Ella’s tiddies, propels her back to her feet. She surveys their surroundings; they're still within the confines of the casino's warehouse.... And Lisa is left in the dark about the time. It must be, at the very least, morning, but she-

Lisa remembered that she had a cellphone and pulled it out… it was 11:23 PM. They were literally in there all night! Yay. Lisa was tired, and she slumped down to the side of the door as she said,

”Let’s find a window so I can make a spider so we can finally go…” Lisa groaned before she turned to Saskia, as a lightbulb went off in her weird little head. ”Wait! How about we just contact Kim and Jordan so they can teleport us…” She trailed off as she thought about it.

”... They said they had a tracking device in that, right? Right?”

"They did? I don’t remember that!" Ella said with a shrug. She didn’t seem tired at all as she put a hand on her hip and looked around for a window. She still had the scepter they’d stolen.

"They did… I think," Saskia also shrugged. "Just call them, I can’t be bothered walking further."

Of course, they don’t. Lisa thought to herself with a roll of her eyes before she dug around for that phone… and then realized that her dress was in tatters from getting immolated over three fucking times. Her pockets were decimated; she patted herself down and realized she didn’t have her phone.

Lisa loudly groaned.

”... I dropped it!” Lisa whined before glancing back into the tunnel. Yeah. No. She shrugged. Well, this is turning out to be shittier than expected, but what would Adora think of her leaving her homies to the dogs!? She sighed, turning to Ella, ”Elllllllllllllla! Call Kim! Or Jordan! Or both! Maybe Lupe!”

Then her eyes landed on Saskia,
”... And try to find that tracking device in the meantime!”

Ella looked down at herself and her near non-existent clothes, then back at Lisa. And then at herself. Then at Lisa. "I lost it."

"Here," Saskia threw their phone to Ella before pulling out the orange stone. They held it close to their eyes and started turning it around, trying to find some kind of tracking device on it. Eventually, they found a tiny black electronic weaved into the necklace.

Ella, meanwhile, found Kimberley's number on Saskia's phone and called her.

Kimberly answered.

“... Hey, you three were gone for a while,” Kimberly began. “Are you okay?! We were about to start looking for you!”

"We got lost!" Ella said cheerfully. "Oh we also beat Ignatius with my magical tiddies!"

Saskia, meanwhile, was using a tiny, thin bone spear to get the small electronic out of the necklace.

“I, uh…” Kimberly trailed off, “... Do you need us to get you out?”

"Yes please! We’ve been walking for hours and Lisa’s about to pass out!" Ella shouted.

“Okay, um, where exactly are you? You went to the Devil’s Fortune,” Kimberly began. “Jordan can only teleport to places she’s familiar with… so we may have to teleport there and then just find you.”

"Okay! We’re like… in the warehouse! I’m sure it won’t be that hard to find us, we’ll try get back to the actual casino!"

"Got it," Saskia muttered, finally prying out the electronic, throwing it onto the ground and stomping on it multiple times. Then Lisa spit on the remains.

Now they don’t have to worry about the Spooky-Ho knowing their every location! That was the only reason Lisa could think of her giving them the Stone… but if they also told them that there was a tracking device on it, why would they give it to them? For a moment, Lisa’s brain short-circuited before she just settled on the Sexy-Spooky-Bitch, trying to get rid of them peacefully and as fast as possible. Though, Lisa didn’t see herself trying to pick a fight with that many guns.

“Try to get onto the casino floor and, um… just blend in,” Kimberly said. “I’m not sure what’s going on there, but if you killed Ignatius… there are probably more on the way.”

"Blend in, right… We can do that!" Ella shouted, flashing a thumbs up Kimberley couldn’t see. "We’ll see you soon!"

Then she hung up before Kimberley could say anything else.

"We gotta get onto the casino floor and blend in, then they’ll pick us up!"

"Right," Saskia intoned, looking at them both with a raised eyebrow. "How are we going to do that, exactly? We all look like we jumped in a fire."

They had no time for this. Lisa just wanted to return to the hotel, hog-tie Ella again, and call Gretchen! She grabbed onto Saskia and Ella’s wrists…

”We’ll figure it out! Let’s just go!” Lisa said as she pulled them outside to the best of her ability, and she saw an elevator. Then a light bulb popped in her head as she walked to the elevator and pressed the up button. After an awkward silence, the door opened, and Lisa and the two stepped inside… she looked at the buttons inside and just shrugged as she pressed the button for the first floor. The elevator was silent…

There was something on Lisa’s mind.

The Orange Stone.

”... So, um, maybe we should talk about what we’re going to do on the crazy-person rock,” Lisa shrugged. ”It’s… powerful, but also dangerous! So, I think we should only use it unless we absolutely have to.”

"I agree! It made you try to kill us, Saskia!" Ella nodded fervently.

"That’s fine with me," Saskia shrugged. "After we beat Morningstar we won’t need it, anyway."

The elevator doors opened, revealing the casino floors, which were all red with various patterns on the walls, carpet, etc. Casino games were as far as the eye could see - but empty. The casino was desolate, save for a massive beast they could recognize as the last member of the endless seven.

“Now, it seems you bested Ignatius, but your luc-”

Before mid-monologue, Lisa y pressed five on the control panel, and the door promptly closed.

”... Change of plans.”

"To what?!" Ella yelled, far too loudly considering the space they were in.

"Let’s make him run up and down the stairs until he’s exhausted," Saskia intoned.

”How about we just go to the roof and just uh…” Lisa just thought about it. A lightbulb went off in her head. ”Saskia! Call Kimberly again!”

Saskia nodded and pulled out their phone, calling Kimberley again. The signal wasn’t great, but it got through. "Hello, Saskia speaking. We’re stuck in a lift."

“... Well, then get out of there!” Kimberly succinctly answered. “You have Lisa! Who can make flying spiders! Just try to get to the roof.”

"... Right." Saskia held a hand over the phone and spoke quietly to Lisa. "She says to go to the roof and make a flying spider. Can you make another one?"

Lisa threw her head back and loudly groaned.

”... Fiiiiiiiine!” She said, probably sounding like an annoyed teenager more than anything. Before she pressed the button again for the top floor and took the annoying ride up… hopefully, they could avoid that weirdo because Lisa knew he wouldn’t just let them leave.

The elevator reached the top floor, and Lisa resisted the lamentation that there wasn’t an elevator leading to the roof… though typically if there’s an elevator, there is a staircase nearby. Then again, this is a spooky demon-casino… though, after stepping out, she could see the door to the stairs right there. Without a second thought, Lisa ran towards it, through the door, and up the stairs, and… it was chained off. Probably after their fuckery last week (or was that a few days ago? Maybe Lisa has lost brain cells).

Lisa stepped to the side and gestured at it.

”Elllllla!”

"On it - Magical Girl Aurora, Prism Power Transform!" Ella went through her magical girl transformation sequence, spinning around and throwing up a peace sign at the end. Unfortunately (or fortunately for Lisa) it only transformed the clothes she had on already.

She then coated her leg in light and kicked through the chain, and it fell to the ground as Lisa grinned.

”... Well, that was dramatic,” Lisa laughed as she pushed the door open… and they were exposed to the searing mid-day Nevada heat. She looked to the left and right, and after thinking about it, she remembered that she needed to create another flying spider. She sighed in irritation as she summoned a jumping spider and applied the Enlarge and Hybridization Spells. She wondered why if they were just going to be teleported out-

“... As I was saying,” The last member of the Endless Seven floated onto the rooftop away from them. “I, Baala’Khan, am the last member of the Endless Seven, and I am jealous that somebody got to kill them before I got a chance to, but it ends here. Everything ends here. Me and Morningstar....”

While he rambled, rage bubbled inside of Lisa. She was tired of these assholes. Tired of fighting. She just wanted to kill Morningstar already.

“... Will rebuild the Society to be better. This is just the beginning, you insignificant runts; I’m not even going to kill you. I’m going to crucify the three of you on top of the tower of Babel and force you to watch the rise of a new empire as the birds peck at your eyes and the insects feast on your skin…”

Lisa balled her fists. She was reaching her limit...

“... And I’ll ensure that your agony will last as long as possible. Until the end of time, if possible. You will watch the Society’s plan change the world once we get our hands on the All-Blade. We’ll merge the All-Verse with the Pit and create a Sanctuary within it that everyone will fight to reach. That way, in this new world, only the strong survive, and once they get there, they will finally be free to behave and act as they see fit. Kill who they want. Take what they want. Fornicate with what they want. A true Society. This is why Morningstar named the organization the Society-”

The ice broke.

”... SHUT THE FUCK UP!”

Lisa had enough of this goon. She had enough of his rambling and his delusions. She stuck her right hand out at lightning speed, grabbing her wrist with her opposite hand. Out of her hand came a thick, pulsating mass of human flesh that was the same skin tone as Lisa. It attached itself to Baala’Khan, and his face turned to shock as he tried to break free to no avail. Lisa looked to Ella, then Saskia.

”He’s stuck!” Lisa began. ”Hit him with everything you got!”

"EWWWW!" Ella shouted, looking at the pulsating human flesh with a grimace.

"Whoaaa, cool," Saskia breathed out, crouching beside the flesh mass and looking at it closely. "How long have you been able to do this, Lisa?"

Lisa didn’t respond. She was accessing a dark recess of her mind that she was never prepared to show anyone. Not Adora, Kari, Aislin, Saskia, Ella… not anyone. It was supposed to be saved for Emily G. Reed - but Morningstar and his cronies were an exception.

They stood back up, blood tendril coming out from their back. They immediately stabbed it into his chest, using it to pull themselves up and onto his back, avoiding touching the flesh. They very brutally stabbed two bone spears into one of his heads, before moving onto the next.

Ella clearly didn’t want to touch the flesh, so she held up her Channeler to shoot a strong beam of light at Baala’Khan, starting at a head Saskia wasn’t brutally stabbing.

Baala’Khan tried to pull himself away, but he couldn’t break the Wretched Web—just as designed. However, Lisa didn’t anticipate Baala’Khan being stronger than her. So, when he began to backpedal, he sent Lisa tumbling forward and dragged her across the harsh rooftop as Saskia and Ella were barraging him. She could feel her skin tearing and peeling…

… Baala’Khan’s serpent head whipped around and attempted to bite Saskia. While Ella’s head appeared on his body, and shot a beam of light back at her.

"Oh, am I really that cute?!" Ella said, dodging the beam of light shot back at her. She ran towards Lisa, practically leaping onto her to hold onto her and stop her being pulled along the roof.

Saskia’s blood pooled across her body to stop the serpent fangs from piercing her skin, but she still let it bite her. She twisted around, stabbing it right between the eyes, and it thrashed around before it went limp…

Baala’Khan stopped struggling; he began violently shaking as he began “bubbling”. Massive, painful-looking growths formed on the right side of his body as he shook uncontrollably. Baala’Khan eventually fell over… and then he exploded. Like a fucked up pinata, he burst open and let out a gust of spiders, blood, and flesh that splashed in all directions. It began raining down, landing on all three girls, but Lisa was not bothered. She stood up to her feet, absolutely covered in that hellish mixture. She didn’t speak; she just sighed when the macabre rain stopped…

... And what could she really say?

"Oh cool," Saskia said. They’d fallen to the ground when Baala’Khan exploded, softening the blow with their blood armour. They even held up their hand as if they were standing underneath normal rain. "Well that made things easy."

They seemed completely unbothered by it. Ella, on the other hand, was very much bothered. She hopped away from the flesh covering the ground and started shaking her whole body, trying to get it off her.

"My magical girl outfit is ruined!" Ella shouted. "My- my hair! It’s in my hair! How am I gonna wash this out?!"

Lisa sighed. Typically, she would have made a joke about Ella’s uncle, but not right now. The spiders were crawling up and down her body before she threw her hand into the air and made them disperse. For a moment, Lisa wondered where they went, but it was one of the many mysteries of magic. She just shrugged.

A coral-pink sphere appeared right next to them and Kimberly and Jordan - wearing pajamas. They looked around before Kimberly asked, horrified…

“... What happened here?”

Lisa looked to Ella and Saskia… surely, they wouldn’t tell them.

”I stabbed him in the head then he exploded," Saskia shrugged. "These Endless Seven and their explosive orgasms…"

“... The one on his shoulders, right? Right?” Jordan asked.

”Kimmm, Jordannnn, they keep looking at my tiddies and exploding!" Ella wailed.

The two of them looked at each other before Jordan facepalmed.

“... Forget we asked.”

Jordan raised a hand, and the three were teleported away in a coral-pink sphere.

---

They were teleported back into Kimberly and Jordan’s hotel room. Jordan opened her mouth to say something, but Lisa spoke first,

”... Lay low?”

“I was going to ask what the fuck happened,” Jordan laughed. “... You three look like you've been through hell and back!”

"We fought Ignatius, twice," Saskia began with a shrug. "He had two brains. The second was in his dick."

"Yeah and it exploded when I took my bra off!" Ella added.

Saskia nodded. "He went all super Saiyan the second time round… and the room was set on fire. Then we had to fight some other asshole, but he only had the dick brain, I guess."

Jordan’s jaw dropped, Lisa figured that her brain couldn’t comprehend the scope and depth of their epic adventure! Though, she found herself drifting to the sofa then sat down.

Jordan facepalmed.

“... Forget I said anything.” Jordan groaned.

Kimberly laughed, before her facial expression went flat, “You got Dollhouse their rock back, right?”

She then eyed that Scepter Ella had, “... You didn't leave empty-handed, I see.”

"Yup, we gave it back already," Saskia lied without a second thought.

"Isn’t it cool!" Ella shouted, holding up the Scepter with a grin. "I think it really matches my look - it shoots ice and stuff!"

Kimberly stepped over to Ella, and grabbed it; she examined as she said, “... This is the Ice-Queen’s Scepter. It just… shoots ice, but it also boosts any cyrokinetic abilities of whoever is holding it.”

Then she looked at the group, “... Which none of you have.”

"My Scepter!" Ella yelled like a kid having her favourite toy taken off her. "We can develop them! I could totally have ice spells!"

"We can’t," Saskia gestured to themself and Lisa.

Lisa scratched the side of her head. She was told that she has Green and Gold Lux…, with Green meaning Biological and Gold meaning Minion Creation or something. Did that entail ice at all? Probably not. Or maybe they were looking at it the wrong way.

”Yeah, I think only Ella can do that,” Lisa shrugged, before turning to Ella. ”Ella, you can be like Sailor Mercury!”

"Oh, you’re right! I could use her ‘Shine Snow Illusion’ spell! She could make a massive storm!" Ella said excitedly, before pausing. "Oh, but, I’m like Sailor Moon herself! I can’t be like two Sailor Guardians! Or maybe- maybe it’d be alright? How do I make an ice spell?!"

”... How did you make the other ones?” Lisa asked with a raised eyebrow. That reminds her… maybe Lisa should get to work on some spells herself! She was already versatile, but some ideas were cooking in her little head.

Ella furrowed her brows, seeming to think about it. "Well, I just kinda had ideas, then I kept trying until they worked. Like a training arc! Except I didn’t get to skip it."

"Oh, if Ella’s figuring out cryomancy, I have a few things I wanted to try," Saskia said.

”... Let’s do it!” Lisa shouted, pumping her fists… though she succumbed to the comfort of the sofa and how tired she was.

”... After a nap.”

Lisa dreamed of tiddy.

Ella carried Lisa into their room with Saskia following behind. She looked at the bed, then at the fact they were still covered in horrible gunk. There was no way she was letting that get on their bed! No! Ew!

She went past the bed completely and into the bathroom, stepping in fully clothed (well as clothed as she had been!), turning on the shower while holding Lisa in her arms so the warm water hit them both.

Lisa’s tiddy dreams were violently interrupted when the water hit her. She screamed and thrashed around as she shouted, ”... AWWWWW WHAT THE FUCK?!” Before she just went limp, then raised her head to look around.

”... Shouldn’t we all be naked, Ella?”

"If I’d stripped you, you would’ve set spiders on me like you did to Olivia!" Ella said. She was half naked already! And this was two birds with one stone - clothes and bodies washed. Though it was very gross seeing all the blood, guts and gore go down the drain. "But we can get naked if you want!"

”I mean, I only did it because she didn’t ask before she start-” Lisa tried to say before she stopped, went silent for a few moments, and then said. ”... You know what, sure!” Lisa said as she threw the tattered dress onto the floor next to Saskia.

"Room for one more?" Saskia intoned, though they must’ve been joking since they didn’t try to squeeze in. They’d washed their hands and were holding two towels, still covered in gore otherwise. They held them out for when the other two were done.

Which wouldn’t be anytime soon for Ella! She was determined to get every last bit out of her hair, which she shoved right under the shower head.

”Get in, friend! There’s room for all of us!” Lisa shouted, squirting a bottle of body wash on her head. ”You know, like, it would be really fucked up if the drains got like really clogged, and they gotta take them out, and see all these guts!? ” She laughed with the widest smile on her face.

"Alright," Saskia shrugged. They also stepped in fully clothed, squeezing in beside Ella. They then took the body wash off Lisa and also dumped a bunch on the top of their head, rubbing it in. The blood that stained their blond hair red slowly started to come out. "Ooo, I wonder if we'd get kicked out? Or would they think there's a murderer staying here?"

"There probably is!" Ella said. She moved so that she was only holding Lisa with one arm - still possible with how small she was - and grabbed a fancy ass conditioner she'd bought with their totally not stolen money. But she had to keep her braids in tip top shape! She started carefully massaging it through, grimacing at the feeling. Gross, gross. "Not us, obviously. We only kill monsters that deserve it. Oh, maybe when we go back to St Portwell we should become magical girl vigilantes. We're real good at it!"

”We can go around throwing acid in people's faces!” Lisa said, throwing her hands into the air - and water all over the place. ”Maybe we can make our own Coven! What should we call it?!”

Ella immediately got excited at the idea. Their own coven! It'd be amazing! "The Super Sa-"

”No way," Saskia cut her off. "Hmm… it needs to be something cool. What about Mortifer Coven?"

Ella tilted her head, confused. ”That doesn't sound bad… does it mean something?"

"Bringer of Death, roughly."

”... Mortifier Coven?! Really?!” Lisa broke out laughing, as she washed her hair. ”That doesn’t ring at all! What about the Lunar Coven? It’s perfect because of Ella’s weird-ass obsession with Sailor Moon!”

Then Lisa looked at Saskia, ”... And take your clothes off! Do you wash your hands with gloves on!?”

"I like Lunar Coven! But it's not a weird obsession!" Ella shouted, splashing water at Lisa's face… which was kind of useless when they were already in the shower.

Saskia looked at Lisa, then at Ella, then back at Lisa. Then they sighed. "Fine."

They stripped down to their underwear, but no further. Ella was a bit disappointed… strange. Oh well.

"Lunar Coven works, I suppose. It fits all of us."

"Ooo, ooo, I can make us outfits!" Ella said excitedly, jumping up and down in an already cramped space. "I'll figure out a spell to give you magical clothes too!"

”... We can just go buy some, Ella,” Lisa tilted her head at her.

"But I could make extra durable outfits! And if you buy them you won't match me when I transform!" Ella shouted. "I'll make us magic magical girl outfits!"

”... Ooooh, can mine have spiders!?” Lisa asked, ”I would say put blood on Saskia’s, but that would make them want to shower with it on!” She snorted, sticking her tongue out at Saskia.

"Of course! I'll be able to make it look like anything!" Ella grinned, while vigorously scrubbing the blood off their body. "We'll all look so cool! I'll make Saskia's bone themed!"

”Boner-themed.” Lisa added.

"Haha, very funny," Saskia intoned, sticking their tongue back out at Lisa. "I know when it's real."

”... But do you know when soap and water is real?!” Lisa laughed as she flicked some water onto Saskia.

Saskia looked Lisa dead in the eye and said, "this is real?"

Then the showering went on… they all got out, fully bathed, and in various states of dress, and the first thing that Lisa did was flop on the bed and pretty much immediately fell asleep. She loudly snored, and had a snot bubble coming from her nose.

Ella looked at Lisa sleeping with a slight smile, before stretching her arms up with a yawn. She wasn't tired at all! If anything she was more away. "Saskia, let's-"

"No, I'm not practicing kissing with you again," Saskia interrupted.

"That wasn't-"

The laptop began ringing… someone was calling them.

GRETA M. FAUST.

"OH, IT'S GRETA!" Ella shouted, leaping for the laptop and answering. "Hi Greta!"

At this point, Ella was only wearing a towel, grinning, and waving at the camera. Saskia, fully clothed again, appeared behind her with a wave. Greta was wearing a white labcoat, holding a red potion in her hands. She also had a welding mask on… one that she lifted when they answered. She rolled her eyes.

“... I see you couldn’t bother to get dressed before you answered,” Greta snorted.

”I am dressed?" Ella tilted her head, confused. Everything was covered, wasn't it? What was the problem with it being a towel?

"You should've seen her earlier," Saskia commented.

Ella shrugged. "What's up, Greta?!"

“I was hoping to finish our touching reunion before your friend asked to see my backside,” Greta rolled her eyes as she grabbed a beaker full of water and poured it into a jar full of various ingredients. It bubbled as it turned green and began glowing. “You’re… you’re really back to life! I cannot believe it…”

”You get used to it," Saskia shrugged.

"It's amazing! So much has changed!" Ella shouted with a grin. "We're almost done here, then we need to do one other task then… we can come back to St Portwell!"

“Excellent,” Greta said as she put the potion down. “But, you three need to watch your back - and I don’t mean when you get back to St. Portwell, I mean in general.”

Greta narrowed her eyes at the two, saying, “I’m not sure if you’re aware, but Daisy’s little brother, that one girl from Japan, Jade, Kari, and Elsa, was recently murdered. Nobody believes that there’s a pattern, but I do. And I’m certain that you three are targets as well.”

"Yeah Clem and Nessa told us they'd died! I can believe Kari… before we…" Ella's bottom lip trembled as she was overcome with emotion. Kari had been the other magical girl, Ella's other bestest friend, but she'd died before they could reunite.

"Why would we be targets?" Saskia said as Ella was crying. "They would have to know we were alive. We've been quite low-key."

Greta snorted.

“… The three of you have the subtlety of a brick thrown in a dryer,” Greta grinned. “Either way, don’t become… complacent. It’s the most insidious of all killers.”

"We won't!" Ella shouted, wiping the tears from her cheeks. "We're basically fighting for her life every day here! We'll come back stronger than everyone else!"

"Right… oh, want to hear how we beat a dragon, Greta?" Saskia asked.

“I’m more than certain I’m going to regret saying this,” Greta sighed. “… but, sure.”

"Ella showed him her tits and he came so hard he exploded," Saskia nodded.

Greta stared at the laptop for a few moments.

“… I think I need to go take a toaster bath now,” She sighed.

"Oh, can I join?" Saskia asked.

”Why are you taking a bath with a toaster?" Ella asked, confused.

“Yes,” Greta said. “To both questions.”

”Ooo, wait for me then," Saskia said.

Ella was very confused, so she decided to completely ignore it. "Greta! How is everything at home?"

“Terrible,” Greta shook her head as she finally sat before her computer. She gave her pigtails a twirl as she said, “St. Portwell has become a hive of scum and villainy. Though, things are a little better now that we got rid of the Nazi-cosplayers…”

"I hope you killed them in horrible ways," Saskia intoned.

"It sounds like St. Portwell needs us! The magical girls! To save everyone," Ella nodded. "Are you safe?! Do we need to come protect you?!"

“I would suggest staying as far away from St. Portwell as possible… for your own protection,” Greta snorted. “And I am perfectly capable of caring for myself, thank you. Don’t you have a job to do?”

"We can't go there anyway!" Ella groaned, throwing up her hands. "We're almost done! We've killed all of his stupid minions, now we just need to find and kill Morningstar! It'll be easy."

"Very easy," Saskia nodded.

“… Then what’s the hold up?” Greta asked. “Eliminate him already and gain your freedom.”

Ella scratched the back of her neck. "Oh yeah, you're right… well Lisa's asleep. So after some rest!"

"We still have to do another task," Saskia said with a frown. "We won't be free after killing him."

“Hmmmmmmm…” Greta mused, as she looked at these two psychopaths. “Do you have any idea what that task is? Do you have a time limit at all?”

"Nope and no idea!" Ella said cheerfully. "We'll find out when we kill Morningstar!"

“Well, if you weren’t told of a time limit,” Greta cracked a wry grin as she leaned back in her chair and steepled her fingers. “Then you can assume there isn’t one until you are informed.”

She was silent momentarily, “You three are still Adepts, right? Death didn’t make you lose your connection to your Lux, right?”

"Of course not!" Ella shouted. ”Then I wouldn’t be a magical girl anymore, would I?”

“... Then prepare, devise some new spells,” Greta flatly noted. “Unless you’re that comfortable that you don’t need it, but… complacency kills.”

"Oh, you’re so smart, Greta!" Ella grinned. "We definitely should while we have time!"

"... We were planning to do that anyway," Saskia intoned, pressing a hand to her forehead. "We talked about it less than an hour ago."

"Oh yeah! I’ll develop a snow spell and one to transform all of us! Ooo, when we get back I can use it on you too, Greta!"

“… I don’t think such an outfit would compliment my figure,” Greta snorted, gesturing down at her rotund figure. “Besides, I’m not an upfront fighter like you three.”

"You'd look so cute, though!" Ella flailed her arms around, looking at Saskia for agreement… who just shrugged. ”But you're right… I'll save it for upfront fighters…"

“My fupa would be showing,” Greta flatly noted.

"Oh," Saskia got an evil glint in their eye. "Use it on Drake when we get back."

“And have his little dragon hanging out for the world to see?” Greta cracked a wry grin. “... Just make sure I’m not around when you do.”

"I don’t want to see it either!" Ella shouted, shaking her head. "No way! I’m not doing it."

"Aw… I’ll find another way to get revenge," Saskia shrugged, before yawning. "Anything else you wanted to warn us about, Greta?"

“No,” Greta said, “But, I would love to talk… about anything, really…”

"I can talk! Oh, oh, show Greta the stone, Saskia! Maybe she can help us figure out why it made you go crazy!" Ella said.

Saskia shrugged, pulling out the orange stone and holding it up. "I killed three people using this."

"And tried to kill us too!"

Greta leaned in, and stared at it for a few moments.

“... I have no clue what that is,” Greta began before she pulled out her cell phone and fired off a text. There was that ding, notifying her that she had received a text message. “But maybe our resident supernatural expert can help out.”

She chuckled… and a few moments later, Nadine King, walked into the room utterly towering over Greta. She wore a black sweater and a long-skirt and had rings and bejeweled necklaces around her neck. She leaned forward, staring at it for a moment, rubbing her chin, and said,

“... It’s the Orange-Stone, ya’ll,” Nadine spoke in a thick Louisiana accent. “It’ll boost your abstraction, but it comes at a pride. The more you use it, the more violent and destructive you get.”

Nadine shrugged.

“I wouldn’t use that thang’ if I were ya’ll,” Nadine said. “Where did ya’ll even get it from?”

"Who are you?" Saskia asked, before seeming to look at Greta (as much as possible through the screen. "Who is she?"

“Nadine King,” She succinctly answered. “Your lil’ girlfriend Greta’s Coven-sister.”

“She’s legit,” Greta said before tapping Nadine on the side and whispering something in her ear. Nadine nodded her head, and was silent.

"Saskia got given it by these spooky guys who kidnapped them!" Ella shouted, not caring who this other spooky person was. If Greta trusted her enough to tell her, then Ella trusted her too. "I agree we shouldn’t use it! You nearly killed us, Saskia. Lisa had to melt your face off!"

“If I had some to spare, I would get you all some of my Abstraction-Boosting Potions, but…” Greta was silent for a moment as she looked up at Nadine. “... The Orange-Stone is still an asset you three can and should use. Just be careful with it - though, that’s really asking a lot from you three.”

"That’s why I’ll keep a hold of it," Saskia said, putting it back in their pocket. "As the most sensible of us three."

"Hey, that’s not true! You’ll just use it right away to go on a rampage!" Ella shouted.

"I won’t. I’ll use it against Morningstar if we need it. But it’s not fun to kill him quickly."

"I want a turn! I bet I could resist it!"

"Denied."

"What- Greta, tell Saskia to let me use it!" Ella turned back to the laptop with a wail.

Greta just laughed as she reached forward.

“Unfortunately, I have no say in this matter,” Greta began. “It was great talking with you two; I must get back to work. Make sure to tell Lisa I said hi.”

Greta cut the call.

"Oh well," Saskia shrugged. "I’m going to bed."

"What, no, Saskia-" Ella started, but Saskia had already fallen into the bed, bundled themself in the blankets and closed their eyes. She pouted. Fine. They’d talk about it tomorrow.

Whistling to herself, Ella discarded her towel and pulled on some bright pink pyjama shorts and a t-shirt. Then she flopped onto bed with Lisa, wriggling up behind her and wrapping her arms around her (avoiding touching her tiddies).

Then she fell asleep, contentedly dreaming of her magical girl adventures.

Saskia woke up to someone screaming.

They were wide awake immediately, falling off the bed and spearing a pillow with a blood tendril.

"NO, YOU CAN’T DO THAT AS A MAGICAL GIRL, LISA!" Ella, still asleep, screamed. She sat bolt upright, pointing at the air.

Saskia stopped panicking, standing up and slapping Ella awake. Such a pain when she sleep talked - well more like shouted. Rare, but annoying.

"BY SAILOR MOON- Wha?" Ella, who was finally slapped awake, looked confused.

"Rise and shine, it’s training day," Saskia intoned.

Lisa yawned.

”… You organized a train to get ran on us?” Lisa asked, before rubbing her eyes. ”Aw, you shouldn’t have…”

”Sadly not," Saskia said with a slight laugh. "Greta called last night and suggested we work on new spells… then we'll be able to kill Morningstar in new, inventive, torturous ways."

"Oh yeah, Greta said hi, Lisa!" Ella added cheerfully.

”... Awwww, and you didn’t tell me?!” Lisa groaned. ”Gretchen’s my homie! You could have woke me up- aw, nevermind!”

"You were dead asleep," Saskia intoned.

Looking around awkwardly, Lisa laughed, ”Where will we work on them? Here?” She asked. ”I, well…. I’ve been cooking up a few ideas, but we need more room for them! Also, one of them is going to be really messy, so, um….”

"I don't want mess in here! Not if it's like yesterday!" Ella said.

"Don't worry, I have an idea. Someone who can find us a place." Saskia nodded, picking up their phone from beside their bed. They then went to their near empty contact list and called… Lupe. She answered, and said,

“Maaaaami, what’s up?” Lupe began, “Did you run Dollhouse back their rock?”

"Yup, all sorted. We killed Ignatius too," Saskia said nonchalantly, before getting right down to business. "You know a place without anyone around we can go to? Like, an abandoned building or something?"

“What? Ya’ll gonna get freaky, mami?” Lupe laughed. “Ummmmmm… off the top of my head, there’s an abandoned mall on the outskirts of Mirage Springs. Morningstar used his Society goons to subtly break shit until it was too expensive to run the bitch, mami!”

"Oh yeah, super freaky," Saskia said, in a tone that very much didn’t sound like a joke. "That sounds perfect. If it’s already destroyed it doesn’t matter what we do… Is it on maps? So we can find it."

“I’ll send it to you!” Lupe chipperly said, after a few moments, Saskia got a text from Lupe with a link to its location on maps. “I’m busy right now, mami. But who knows! Maybe I’ll show up with some booze later!”

"Sounds fun, maybe see you then, bye." Saskia hung up, checking the location. They then turned to the other two. "I found us an abandoned mall."

"Oh, oh, that sounds fun!" Ella jumped out of bed, throwing her hands in the air. "Let’s go! Oh, we should grab snacks on the way!"

"Sure," Saskia said. "Lisa can make a flying spider, and we can grab breakfast on the way."

”You should make a spell that makes you grow wings!” Lisa said to Saskia. ”I’m tired of being the Taxi all the time.” She stuck her tongue out as she gestured towards the door.

”Let’s go, friends! Let’s give some poor barista with arachnophobia a heart attack!”

---

Lisa pried the wooden boards aside, which was easy because someone had done it earlier. She opened it wide enough for her giant Jumping-Spider with wings to crawl inside. The place reeked, but that was expected with an abandoned building with loads of debris, trash, and used condoms littering the floor. Lisa kicked it aside with her booted foot, and then turned around to face the trio…

”... Should I go first, or what about Ella? Since you’ve been fiending to make that spell?” Lisa grinned. ”Shit, it’s been awhile since I’ve developed some spells!” Then she awkwardly laughed.

"Oh, we can’t all do it at the same time? I guess it's more fun to do it one by one and watch! Ooo, okay, let me go first!" Ella grinned, hopping from foot to foot.

Saskia folded her arms with a nod, stepping back to watch Ella. She was fine with going last. There were a few spells they had in mind, so it would give them time to decide what to focus on.

"Alright! I want to make everyone a magical girl like me… but I’m going to enhance the outfits to protect you! It’ll be super cool, let me test it out on you, Saskia!"

Saskia grimaced. "Do I have to?"

"Well… no… Lisa?" Ella turned to Lisa with wide eyes.

”... Do I have to get naked first?” Lisa asked, grabbing the bottom hem of her dress.

"Not unless you want to!"

”Then go ahead!” Lisa shouted, eyes gleaming with excitement.

"Alright, here goes!" Ella raised her Channeler, pointing it at Lisa. A rainbow light coated it, before it also coated Lisa. It was just like what happened when Ella transformed, without the ridiculous posing! "I’m going to give you a cool spider one!"

As Ella said this the rainbow light died revealing Lisa with her clothes transformed into… a really boring magical girl outfit. It was like her own, but black. Very generic. No spider theming. Ella pouted.

"It’s still a work in progress! I should be able to make it anything I want!I dunno if the protective stuff works either."

"I can stab Lisa to find out?" Saskia intoned, pulling out their knife.

Lisa smiled.

”.... Do ittttttttttttttttttttttttttttt!”

"Alright." Saskia walked over and calmly stabbed Lisa in the shoulder - where she wouldn’t bleed to death if the outfit didn’t protect her… which it didn’t. The knife went right through it.
"Awwww," Ella pouted, a different rainbow light shooting out her Channeler towards Lisa when Saskia had pulled the knife out, healing her. "Guess it needs some work… I gotta practice loads and loads!"

Lisa chuckled, looking at Ella.

”… You think?” She then turned to Saskia and said, ”… And woooooooooow! You didn’t even need to think about that! It’s like you were waiting to do that for awhile.” She stuck her tongue out.

"I enjoy stabbing people," Saskia shrugged. "It helps me remember where all the veins are, so I know where to stab to kill someone… or let them bleed out painfully."

”You love to penetrate people don’t, you?” Lisa laughed. ”Oh! I think it’s my turn to go next, I have something cool in mind!”

Lisa turned towards the open space before them, illuminated by a white light.

”So, um, here I go!”

Lisa awkwardly said, as she closed her eyes and stuck both her hands out… and out of the ground in front of her came… a spider leg. It twitched as it poked out of the ground; it wasn’t large, around a foot in length. Lisa turned back to the three with a grin on her face.

”... This is my newest spell; I call it the Chitionous Spear,” Lisa said with a nod of her head. ”The point of it is that sometimes I think it’d be easier just to have a direct weapon as opposed to summoning spiders all the time!”

However, the leg fell apart seconds after she finished speaking, and Lisa shook her head.

”... It just needs just a little more work.” Lisa sighed. ”But! I know a lot about the anatomy of spider legs!”

"Oh cool," Saskia moved to squat in front of the leg that had fallen apart, narrowing their eyes at it and inspecting it. Really, a spider leg was similar to a bone. "It does look pretty close to working. Kind of like my bone spears… Doesn’t grow out of your body though."

They tried to figure out if they could give Lisa advice to actually help her. They held out a hand, bone spear coming through it, before snapping it off. They then chucked it to Lisa. "Maybe this’ll help figure it out?"

Lisa grabbed it, held it in her hands, and her face contorted into confusion.

”... How is this supposed to help?” Lisa tilted her head.

Saskia shrugged. "A spider leg is kind of like a bone, right? Figure out how that doesn’t fall apart."

They stood back up, stretching their arms up. They looked at Lisa. "My turn, I guess. You said about growing wings… I have been thinking about it."

Saskia pulled off their sweater and tank top, standing in just a sports bra - they didn’t want to deal with holes in their clothes right now. They grimaced, bending forward. Two wide gashes appeared on their back, blood trickling down it. It was intensely painful as a grotesque mass of sinewy muscle and bones pushed out of their back. One formed more of a proper wing shape, stretching out to their right, while the other was stunted and deformed.

It was painfully slow to experience and watch. Minutes of grotesque flesh wings pushing out of their back. It was difficult to keep their balance once they were complete. "It needs to be faster, and they don’t always form correctly."

”Oh, cooool!” Lisa grabbed both of her cheeks (on her face), dropping the boner spear. She bent forward to pick it up. ”You’re like an angel… of death!”

"Right? It’ll be better when I’ve mastered it," Saskia nodded, stretching out the wings, and giving the good one a flap. It didn’t do much. "I’m going to grow the bones at the end to be sharp so I can stab people with them."

”... Even more penetration?!” Lisa laughed, before she shrugged. ”Now and here’s why I said things might get messy…”

Lisa focused on a pile of rubble some distance before them… specifically the pipe sticking out of the top. Then she closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Out of thin air, a web net connected the pipe to a stone on the ground. However, Lisa walked over to it, pulling it apart with only her index finger.

”Snare!” Lisa shouted. ”Another spell that’s useless against someone with fire powers, but the point is to make webs in the environment! Again… needs work.”

"Fire kinda fucks us, huh," Saskia mused.

"I can handle fire!" Ella shouted, looking at the webs Lisa had made. "I don’t get how this is different from the webs you tie me up with."

Lisa stared at Ella for a moment. Face completely flat.

Before a web net snared Ella’s foot - weak enough to be snapped by even the slightest flex of her foot.

”... That’s how.”

"Ohhhh…" Ella pulled her foot out of it easily. "I see! Well, I don’t really have anything else exciting! I just want to speed up my colour absorption so… I’ll practice that while watching you two!"

Ella grinned brightly, beginning to slowly absorb the pink of her t-shirt while watching them both, practically not blinking.

"Alright, fine… this one’s more boring," Saskia shrugged. Using the blood from the wounds on their back, they formed a longer, thinner tendril than normal from their hand. It was kind of whip shaped, and they flicked their wrist to hit it against a piece of debris. Upon impact the blood splattered everywhere, the remainders pulling back towards their body. "It’s difficult keeping the shape when it’s so thin. I’ll figure it out quickly, I’m sure."

"Ooooooooh,” Lisa looked on in excitement. Before giving Saskia a mischievous grin. ”… You made that for that special torture you want to do to Ella, right?”

"Obviously," Saskia nodded, looking at Ella, who couldn’t say anything about it because of the spell she was practicing. "I was jealous you got to tie her up so much."

”... It was one time!” Lisa said, before she raised her hand. ”... And for the finale.”

Lisa’s hand was covered in a black, flaky, and deformed exoskeleton. It was twisted and hardly conformed to Lisa’s features at all - and it was one finger flex away from falling off. Lisa awkwardly laughed.

”… Exoskel-” The chitin glove fell off. ”… Well, that was exoskeleton.” She sighed, staring at it on the ground.

"Wow, spectacular," Saskia said drily, slowly clapping. "That one’s practically ready."

”Kiss my ass,” Lisa stuck her tongue out at Saskia. Before she turned to Ella, ”… Speaking of ass, pull an ice spell out yours!”

"Uh, ah, okay! I haven’t really thought about this one!" Ella flailed her arms about a bit, before finally raising her Channeler. "SHINING SNOW BLAST!"

As Ella shouted the ridiculous name, she held out her hands and… the most pathetic display of a few snowflakes burst out of them.

Lisa burst out laughing.

”Now THAT will strike fear into Morningstar.” Lisa continued to laugh.

"It’s not complete," Ella pouted, shaking her hands. "I don’t really know how to work with something that isn’t light or colour! It’s totally different!"

"Just try to channel your inner Ice Queen," Saskia suggested.

"I don’t have that!" Ella wailed.

”... Just stop being a coward and think of Sailor Mercury!” Lisa shouted, then laughed. After laughing, she rubbed her chin, ”... Isn’t it a little scuffed that Houndy sent us against a bunch of people who use fire?!”

"I'm trying!" Ella wailed. Murmuring about channelling Sailor Mercury under her breath, she started gearing herself up to go again.

"Maybe he just wanted us to die again?" Saskia suggested. "I wouldn't be surprised."

"No way!" Ella yelled. As she did she held out her hands, and a stronger blast of snow came out of them. It still wasn't enough to do any damage but it was better!

”... Now you can cool me down on a hot summer day!” Lisa laughed. ”But, I mean, to be faaaaaaaair… we killed most of them anyway so-”

A heeled boot went through the boarded up entrance, and wiggled a little bit. Then tried to pull back, to no avail.

“... Mami!” Lupe began. “A little help here! I’m stuck!” She laughed

“This didn't go as planned!

"I got you," Saskia chuckled lowly. They used the fully formed wing, both still coming out their back, to smash through the boarded up entrance and help free Lupe.

"LUPE! HI!" Ella shouted, waving.

Lupe fell on her ass… then laughed for a few seconds before climbing to her feet and climbing through the entrance. She was holding a brown paper bag in hands, and waved at the three with a smile.

“... Hi girls!” She said, before resting the bag on a chair. “I got liqooooooooooooooour, ayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!”

Then she looked around.

“Mami, ya’ll trainin’, right?” Lupe asked. “Shouldn’t ya’ll be naked and hailing Satan for more power or something?” She followed that statement up with laughter.

Utterly forgetting who she was talking to.

"That works?!" Ella shouted, looking down at her clothes.

"No way…" Saskia shook their head. They were the most on their way to being naked, but that was out of necessity because of the wings. Which they should pull back in but… it would be a lot of effort and hurt. "Morningstar is basically satan. It would empower him."

“ It was a joke, mami,” Lupe flatly said before she laughed, digging through the bag.

”... I wouldn’t mind if we got naked,” Lisa tapped her fingertips together. ”Everyone else though, not me.”

"I'm not getting naked unless you do," Saskia replied.

”I got naked in the shower!” Lisa shouted.

Lupe triumphantly raised a bottle of spiced rum into the air.

“... Ya’ll ready to spice this up?!”

"YEAH I AM!" Ella shouted. She raised her hands in the air and let off another blast of snow - still not good as an attack but it was kind of cool as it fell down on them all, Saskia had to admit.

"Let me get these in first," Saskia said, pointing to her wings. As they did the painful process of pulling them back into their body began, with the horrendous sound of skin ripping and bones cracking echoing around the abandoned mall.

Lupe loudly gagged.

“... What the fuck, mami?!” She followed that by laughing. Lupe turned to Ella, “Aw, cool, you can shoot ice now!”

Lupe aimed the bottle of rum at Ella with both hands as far out as her arms could go.

“Shoot the bottle with snow, mami. Just the bottle. The bottle.”

"Ok, I'll try! I'm not well practiced at it!" Ella scrunched up her face, holding out her hands. She shot snow at the bottle… and also a bit of it but Lupe's arms. But it was just like being hit by snow caught in a gust of air, not damaging at all. It was more targeted than before, though. ”Free drinks cooling!"

“Ayyyyyyyyyyyyy, maaaaaaaaaami!” Lupe triumphantly raised the bottle of rum in the air and shook her ass a little bit. Before she stopped, she looked at Ella, “If my AC breaks next summer, you gon’ hook me up, right?” She smiled, putting a hand on her hip before she said,

“I forgot to bring some soda to mix it with,” Lupe began as she turned the top of the bottle, and there was that satisfying snap. “So, we’re drinkin' it straight for your next lesson.So, who’s ready to get a little hair on their concha!?”

”... Aren’t we training?” Lisa asked, tilting her head.

“Okay, just a little bit if you want to,” Lupe raised a finger.

"I'll take a bit to dull the pain," Saskia intoned, grimacing as the wings finally disappeared into the gashes on their. They bent down to pick back up their sweater and pulled it back on, hiding the horrendous looking wounds.

"Gimme a shot! I bet we can train better after drinking!" Ella shouted, bouncing forward with a grin, and without a second thought Luped handed her the bottle of rum.

“I also forgot cups, so you’re just gonna have to guess, mami,” Lupe laughed. “And don’t worry about the germs - we kissed each other, after all!”

Meanwhile, Lisa walked over to Saskia and grabbed onto her arms and said,

”Hold still!” Lisa said as the healing spiders forced their way out of her pores and crawled onto Saskia before they dug into her flesh to heal her. ”Dr. Turner has saved the day!”

"Thanks Dr Turner," Saskia chuckled, pain immediately subsiding. "Maybe I should work on a healing spell… no, it's less thrilling if I do."

"What do you mean?!" Ella screeching, pausing her long drink right from the bottle of rum. "Bleeding out isn't thrilling at all!"

"It isn't when you're boring," Saskia shrugged. Then they held out their hand, thin vine whip wrapping round the bottle and pulling it into their hand. They smirked. "I'm getting better at that one."

”Oh!” Lisa shouted. ”Maybe I can teach you mi- oh wait, you’re not a Gold Adept… shit.” Lisa awkwardly laughed.

”Do something that freaks out the normies! Like vomit healing blood on them!”

”That would be fun," Saskia took a sip of the rum before holding it out towards Lisa. ”Maybe I could mix it up a little. Sometimes blood, sometimes stomach acid, sometimes lumps of flesh."

”… You’ll be coughing up more stuff than Ella did after her uncle got done with her!” Lisa laughed.

“… Dios mios, mami,” Lupe facepalmed, “And that’s directed at both of ya’ll.”

Lupe sighed, “Why don’t you two just touch people to heal them like normal people?!”

”I AM touching them,” Lisa said. ”With spiders!”

"Just touching them is boring, anyway," Saskia shrugged. "Our way is more fun."

"No it isn't! It's terrifying! The way the spiders burrow…" Ella shuddered, hugging herself.

”Toooooooooooooooooooo beeeeeeeeeee faaaaaaaaaaaaaaair…” Lisa put her hands behind her back and put a cutesy look on her face. ”They annoyed me into it! I was like, ‘I only heal spiders’, and then they were like ‘People are dying, Lisa’! And I was like ‘So what!? They should stop dying!’’ They kept going on about it, so I was like, fiiiiiiiiiiine!” She followed it with some devious laughter.

”You should have seen Olivia’s face when I first used it on her! I don’t think she’ll ever forget that,” Lisa began. ”And Jade grabbed my hand while showing me how to heal people! It was the best day ever!”

"I don't think Olivia will forget anything you used on her! I bet she's got spider PTSD or something!" Ella shouted.

”Good!” Lisa shouted. ”That’s what she gets for grabbin’ muh titty!”

”She's probably fine," Saskia shrugged. "They tried to get me to learn but stopped trying when I just hurt people with blood."

”Wow, scrub,” Lisa laughed.

“Actually, mamis,” Lupe put a hand on her hip. “Ya’ll Adepts, right? Like, what color are you all?”

"Only green," Saskia said.

”Green and gold!” Lisa shouted.

"Green, red and orange!" Ella shouted.

“Wow, so we’re all green,” Lupe laughed, before she turned to Ella.

“Ooooooooooh, mami!” Lupe said. “Remember that spell when I was running from you three!? I think I can teach that to you, but, um… I don’t think you would learn a copy-copy of it.”

"Oh yeah the one where you went all neon and colourful and ran away! That was so cool!" Ella nodded, grinning. "I wouldn't be able to do the running, right? That's… purple?"

“I mean, you can still learn a version of it, mami.” Lupe shrugged. “But, it’s not about speed, mami. It’s about being fabulous! Okay, hold on!”

Suddenly, Lupe exploded into a pink fireball with arcs of electricity bouncing off it; she flew around the room a few times before circling back and coming to a skidding stop. Lupe dusted herself off, then smiled at Ella as she said,

“Okay, okay, I know that looked complicated, mami, but it’s not!“ Lupe began. “Clear your mind, focus on the energy ‘round you, mami! Then let your Lux guide you like you’re dancing to the music of the universe!” Lupe spoke as she walked over to Ella and grabbed her hands.

“Trust your lux and try it, mami! Let the world see how fabulous are!”

"Ok, let me try!" Ella nodded. She put her feet shoulder width apart and held out her channeller before yelling,



She turned into a ball of vivid, rainbow light, with multi coloured electricity sparking off her. She managed to move a little bit in it, before fizzling out and returning to normal. "That was so… amazing! Just like a magical girl!"

“Mami, you’re a natural!!” Lupe said with a smile as she ran over to Ella, wrapping her arms around her. “You just needta’ practice! Practice makes perfect, mami!”

”Just channel your inner homosexual!” Lisa laughed. ”And your outer one!”

"I am a proud lesbian!" Ella shouted, hugging Lupe back and full on lifting her into the air. "It was so fun! Kinda similar to my super prism kick but... everything! I never tried completely transforming!"

“Aye, mami!” Lupe shouted, laughing. “Put me down!”

”You're not very efficient with your lux mixing," Saskia commented. Though it was good that Ella was able to learn from Lupe, since Lisa and them… really couldn't help her. Their magic was too macabre.

"It's hard with three types! And I do… a bit!"

“Aye, mami!” Lupe said. “That’s why we’re here, to practice!”

Lupe grabbed the bottle.

“... And to drink and have a good time!” Lupe shouted.

”Yeah!” Lisa shouted as she threw up a fist. Lupe grinned, downing a good amount of the rum straight. Lupe also threw a fist in the air, shaking her behind.

“... So let’s get to it, mami!”

“.... AYYYYYYYYYYYYY RUN, MAMI!”

Lupe shouted as she ran through the opening she created.

Lisa was right behind her, flipping off whoever was behind her as she ran.

Who were they running from?

The police.

When Lisa convinced everyone to get naked, the pigs showed up to ruin the fun training session! They made some progress with their various spells, drunk spells,

"I'm too cute to be arrested!" Ella shouted.

"It could be fun," Saskia commented, at the back.

Lupe pointed at her car.

“Hurry up, mami! My car’s right there!” Lupe picked up speed. “They gainin’ on us!”

"Saskia, you're too slow!" Ella shouted, slowing down. She picked up Saskia and threw her over her shoulder before speeding up… and also picking up Lisa. Her legs turned rainbow as she sped up, shouting to Lupe, "open the doors! I'll throw them in!"

”WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE” Lisa shouted in joy before she flipped off the two cops chasing them with both hands. She looked over her shoulder and saw Lupe activate her Neon Dash to cover the last bit of distance. She came to a skidding stop at the car and opened the door.

“Mami!” Lupe gestured for them to come on. “I ain’t going back to prison! My bootyhole can’t take the abuse!”

"I don't want my bootyhole involved at all!" Ella shouted as she threw Saskia then Lisa through the back door. She then jumped in after them and pulled it closed. "Go, go!"

"Ow," Saskia intoned when they were used as a cushion for Lisa.

“Who you tellin’, mami!?” Lupe shouted as she slammed on the gas pedal, and the car skidded off. The cops could be seen in the rearview mirror - until Lupe took a hard left, and then they were gone. She let out a sigh of relief, before looking over her shoulder, “... That was crazy, wasn’t it?” She smiled, then it turned to horror.

“... AY WE FORGOT THE RUM!”

Lisa grabbed both sides of her head,

”... NOT THE BOOZE!”

“We gotta go back!” Lupe shouted, swerving left and banging out a U-turn.

”IS THE RUM MORE IMPORTANT THAN OUR BOOTIES?!" Ella screamed, slamming into the car door.

"This is exciting," Saskia said, before making a gun with her hand. "We can just kill them if we need to."

"THEN WE'LL BE IN JAIL FOR LONGER!"

“You give those cops a double mamada while I make off with the booze!” Lupe shouted, slapping her knee. “They won’t see it coming - and they’ll be coming alright!” Lupe blew Ella a kiss.

"NOOOOO, I'D RATHER KILL THEM!" Ella cried, covering her eyes. She then peaked through her fingers. "... Unless ones a woman."

"It's fine, Lisa and I will handle it," Saskia nodded. "But I might still kill them."

While killing people sounded fun, there was something on Lisa’s mind…

”... Why don't we just get another bottle?”

“Ay, mami, that’s right,” Lupe said as she banged out yet another u-turn, “But I think you three are ready for the big leagues!”

”... The big leagues?”

“The big leagues!” Lupe said, “... Gas!”

"Like, the gas we put in cars?!" Ella shouted.

”Yes she wants you to drink it, only you though,” Lisa deviously laughed, before she looked at Lupe confused, ”... But gas?!”

"Ooo, I'm down," Saskia said.

“You know, mami,” Lupe said before she gestured as if she was smoking a cigarette. “... Weed. The ganja. The devil’s lettuce!”

"OH! You're suggesting we get high! I've heard that's fine!" Ella grinned.

"From who?" Saskia tilted their head.

"There was this one anime that-"

"Forget I asked," Saskia rolled their eyes. "Let's do it."

“Alright, mami!” Lupe shouted as she sped off back towards her apartment…

… Then got pulled over.

---

The door to Lupe’s apartment flew open, and Lupe held the door open for the girls to come in.

“Sit down, sit down!” Lupe shouted as she walked towards her bedroom. “I’ll be riiiiiiiiight back!”

A few moments later, she walked in, rolling up a blunt with some rolling papers they picked up on the way here. She stuck the completed blunt in her mouth, pulled a lighter out of her pocket, and gently sucked in as she lit it. Then Lupe walked over to the three…

“Now, mami, don’t just suck it all like it’s a mamanda!” Lupe laughed. “Gently suck on it like it’s a straw for a few seconds, inhale it, and then pass it to the girl next to you - like this.”

She took a puff of it before handing it to Ella.

"Me first?" Ella's eyes widened, but she took it. "A magical girl never backs down!"

Then she put the blunt to her lips, doing just as Lupe suggested… face screwing up a little. When she pulled it out she coughed multiple times, eyes scrunching half closed, and she held it towards Saskia.

Saskia took it silently. She took a drag like an experienced smoker, with no coughing at the end, before holding it out to Lisa. Lisa grabbed it and, against Lupe’s instructions, and huffed it all and began loudly coughing as she put a fist to her mouth.

“Mami, you gotta take it slow!“ Lupe laughed as she took the blunt and took a puff of it. “Like this!”

She exhaled, and Lisa looked on in excitement. ”... Can I try again?!”

“Of course, mami,” Lupe laughed, handing it to Ella. “... When it’s your turn.”

”... Aw.”

"Yeah, my turn!" Ella grinned, taking another awkward smoke of it… and coughed again, but not as much as last time. "Oh, this is like a indirect kiss! If this was an anime we'd all be blushing, hehe."

"We've already direct kissed," Saskia rolled their eyes, taking the blunt, taking a long drag before holding it out to Lisa.

”We can do it again like you know…” Lisa laughed as she took the blunt and took a puff of it, trying to follow Lupe’s advice… but still breaking out into a coughing fit. ”Is this what getting high is like…? Yooooo…”

“You indirectly did something else, if you know what I mean, mami!” Lupe laughed, as she took a puff from the blunt and handed it back to Ella.

"No, I don't know?" Ella looked confused as she took another puff with minimal coughing. She was staring fixatedly at Lupe now, eyes narrowed.

"I'm not feeling it," Saskia commented, leaning in towards Ella for another much longer drag, handing it off to Lisa again. Lisa puffed, only to cough violently and hand it to Lupe.

“Ella, you do not want me to elaborate,” Lupe laughed as Lisa passed her the blunt. Her eyes were red as she continued the cycle. “It’ll change everything about our first party, mami. Eeeeeeeeeeverything! You might need therapy for it later!”

"But- but, now I’m just going to keep thinking about it!" Ella wailed. She momentarily stopped to smoke the blunt, finally not coughing at all. "I need to know. I might die if I don’t!"

"We already need therapy," Saskia intoned, frowning as they smoked, passing it on again. Lisa took a puff, violently coughing, before she passed it to Lupe. It was about half length at that point.

“So, um, I have a guy-friend - you know the deal, mami, I help him out, he helps me out…” Lupe laughed as she took a puff, but she held onto it. “Okay, okay, to make a long story short, before we met that night I…”

She dramatically paused.

The tension (and the sound of Lisa loudly coughing) filled the air.

“... Gave him a mamada.”



Ella screamed, jumping up and holding her hands to her cheeks. Tears started streaming down her cheeks immediately. She turned and ran into the bathroom, slamming the door shut and locking it. Loud sobbing could be heard from inside.

“You kissed a stranger, mami!” Lupe shouted, “You have no clue what I be doing with my mouth!”

"She’ll get over it soon," Saskia shrugged, turning to Lupe. "What does it taste like?"

Lisa laughed her literal ass off. She fell over, grabbing her stomach, and rolled around. Lupe looked at Lisa, before smiling at Saskia, putting a hand on her hip.

“... Why don't you go find out, mami? I can like hit him up, you know!” Lupe laughed. “It's every man’s dream!”

"How attractive is he?" Saskia asked, tilting their head. "And how nice? I’m not really into nice guys."

“Mami, he’s hot, tall, sexy, tattoos! I can’t get enough of him,” Lupe began laughing. “And he knows I’ll kick his ass if he’s mean to ya’ll, so nice enough!”

Lisa stopped laughing, as she hopped to her feet! There was no way Saskia was going to swipe her card before her!

”... Oh! Can I help?!” Lisa said, before she laughed some more.

“Oh, mami,” Lupe laughed. “You two need to practice first. Ya’ll ain’t gonna embarrass me! Do I need to go grab a banana?!”

”A banana is boring," Saskia rolled their eyes, slumping back. They held a hand out in front of them as if to hold something before squeezing their hand into a fist. "No reaction. No pain."

Lupe laughed her ass off, almost falling out of her chair.

“... Maaaaaaaaaami!“ Lupe shouted, wiping away a tear. “You ain’t even swipe your card! Stop talkin’ tough!”

”Being a virgin doesn’t stop me from knowing what I like," Saskia replied bluntly. ”Since when is hurting someone else tough?"

“Okay, okay, one!” Lupe laughed, raising a finger. “... You should not be hurting someone when you’re giving them a beej.” She did a lewd gesture.

“And two, you don’t know what you like because you haven’t even tried it!”

"Well then," Saskia held up her hands. "I don’t think I want to give one at all. That sounds boring. What do I get out of it? Nothing. Unless… Can I tie whoever it is up?"

They then looked at Lisa, then back at Lupe. "I disagree that I don’t know. Just wait. I’ll prove it."

“You know fuckin’ what!?” Lupe shouted. “Imma phone papi up right now! Make you eat your words!”

”... That’s not the only thing we’re going to be eating!” Lisa laughed.

"Do it!" Saskia said, with uncharacteristic loudness. Even louder wailing could be heard from the bathroom. "I’ll show you that my love for pain is genuine."

“Oooooookay, mami!” Lupe laughed as she pulled out her phone and sent out a text… and Lisa shook with excitement as she patiently awaited the ding of a reply. After a few minutes, there was a ping, and Lupe deviously laughed. “Alright, he’ll be here in fifteen minutes! Though, I told him he’s getting two virgins, so he’ll probably get five tickets on the way here!”

She laughed.

Lisa was so excited! She was finally getting what she wanted, though she just kept laughing… until Lupe handed her the blunt.

“... We gotta finish the roach!”

---

After ten minutes, five minutes less than Lupe’s estimation, Lupe received a text and ran over to the door. She threw it open, and shouted, “Raul! Baby! How are you dooooooooooing?!” She said as she wrapped her arms around him.

Raul was a rough, burly, Hispanic man, that stood a few inches above Lupe. He wore jeans, a black t-shirt, and some sneakers. He didn’t smile, he just looked at the girls on the sofa.

“Oh, these are my homegirls! Lisa and Saskia! They talked aaaaaaaaaaaaaaalll this big tough talk!” Lupe deviously grinned.

”I didn’t!” Lisa laughed.

“So, go easy on them; they just wanna practice!” Lupe said.

He shrugged, before he walked over to the two…

"Alright, get it out," Saskia clapped their hands together, looking very intently at a certain area.

But before he could get any closer, or get anything out, the bathroom door creaked open. Ella stepped out, eyes slightly red but otherwise not looking like she’d been sobbing for over ten minutes.

"Ok I’m- WHO THE FUCK IS THIS?!" Ella went from talking to screaming the moment she saw Raul, eyes widening.



Ella screamed as she swung a foot at him - leg glowing rainbow even though she wasn’t in her magical outfit! Her foot slammed into the side of his head, and sent him careening into the hall.

“AHHHHHHHHHH! MAMI, WHAT THE FUCK?!”

Lupe screamed at the top of her lungs as she ran over to Raul and put her hands on him. He was wrapped in a wavy pink and purple aura as his wounds were healed.

”... ELLLLLLLLA!” Lisa shouted, pointing at Ella, ready to scream the worst swear imaginable. ”YOU COCKBLOCKER!”

This was inexcusable! He was a hunk! Lisa ran towards Ella with her hands out, as spiders came from underneath her dress. They covered her hands as she tried to shove them in Ella’s hair.

"BUT THERE WAS A STRANGE MAN COMING FOR YOU! WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO?!" Ella screamed. She turned and ran away from Lisa - jumping up and completely over the couch, before continuing to run around the room away from her. "HE COULD BE DANGEROUS!"

Saskia, still sitting on the couch, just watched… before bursting out in a fit of laughter. They fell to their side giggling, holding their stomach and seemingly unable to stop.

”...THAT’S THE BEST PART! THAT’S THE BEST PAAAAAAART!” Lisa screamed as Ella just didn't get it. The danger was the fun! The excitement! A strange man doing whatever they wanted to her! Though, this was a great time to practice Snare!

“... You could have fucking asked, mami!” Lupe screamed at Ella. “Used your big girl words! Look what you’ve done! I have to find someone else to dick me now!”

After Lupe got done screaming, Lisa used Snare to (weakly) bind Ella’s leg. Hopefully a distraction for her to put spiders in her hair!

"I PANICKED! HE'LL BE FINE!" Ella shouted, not looking all that apologetic at all. "I'll help heal him- AHHHHH, LISA, NOOO!"

”LISA YES!”

Distracted by Lupe, Ella hadn't even noticed the snare until she tried to move again - weak enough it didn't stop her running, but it did trip her up, causing her to fall into a heap on the floor. And Lisa hopped on top of her (hmmmyes) and laughed like a super villain.

”... HAHAHA IT’S SPIDER TIME!” Lisa shouted, before the spiders on her hands hopped off and began crawling into Ella’s hair. ”THIS IS WHAT YOU GET FOR BEING A COCKBLOCKER, ELLA! THIS IS WHAT YOU GET!”

"NOT MY HAIR!!" Ella screamed, attempting to roll from side to side to get away from the spiders to no avail. In her panic she wrapped her arms around Lisa and flipped her so that Ella was on top (hmmmyes)... But the spiders were still in her hair. "GET THEM OFF!! GET THEM OFFFF!"

"Ooo, don't have fun without me!" Saskia giggled, rolling off the sofa and attempting to flop on top of them both.

They started wrestling, with Lisa putting as many spiders in Ella’s hair as possible. Lupe looked on in horror.

“... Can one of you help me heal my boo!?"

There was a knock on Kimberly and Jordan's door.

After a few moments, the door was opened.

“Oh, hey - what the hell?!” Kimberly shouted as her eyes shot open. Lisa and Saskia were carrying a bound and gagged Ella (with lots of spiders in her hair) through the door. With surprising strength (it’s magic, shut up.)

”Hey, watch her head!” Lisa shouted as she walked in with Ella before she looked up at Kimberly. ”... We don’t want her no more! Bye!”

She said before she threw Ella on the ground and ran out like a crackhead.

"She cockblocked us," was the only explanation Saskia gave, giggling, before turning around and running right after Lisa.

Ella wriggled on the ground, words muffled by the webs binding her mouth, looking at Kimberley and Jordan with a super adorable, pleading look. Surely they’d know what she wanted and free her! Then she could get all these spiders out of her hair… she just didn’t understand! She’d saved them from something horrible!

She awkwardly flopped towards Kimberley, with another pleading look.

“Oh my lord,” Jordan facepalmed from the background.

“Hold on!” Kimberly ran off for a second… and when she got back, she had a switchblade. “Hold still.”

She began cutting away the webs around her hands before she paused.

“... Can’t you shoot light?!” Kimberly asked before she looked at the webs around her mouth. “... Oh yeah, you can’t answer that.”

When Kimberley said that, Ella realised something… she could get out of this easily herself! Not by shooting light, she needed to be in her magical girl outfit for that. Since Kimberley had paused in the cutting, Ella took the opportunity to move back away from her. Alright… just think about being fabulous and adorable!

Ella turned into a massive ball of rainbow light, burning away the rainbow webs, before turning back to a normal person. She grinned, shouting, "thanks, Kim- oh, I developed ice powers! Can I have my scepter back?!"

“Yeah,” Jordan said as she raised her hand, and from the corner of the room, the Ice Scepter drifted over towards Ella.

“... You also developed the power to do that,” Kimberly laughed.

“What? Did you channel your inner-homosexual?” Jordan joked.

"My gayness has never been kept inside!" Ella said, catching the Ice Scepter. Now her snow blast would be stronger! Even if… it really didn’t do much yet. "Lupe taught me it… Well, mine is a bit different, she can move super fast when she does it. It’s super cute, right?!"

“Oh, nice,” Kimberly said. “What can yours do?”

“And what did you do?!” Jordan laughed. “They sound like they sick of you!”

"I can shoot lightning near me and slam into people to hurt them!" Ella nodded. "And I…"

Ella trailed off, holding her head in her free hand. "I knocked out this scary man they’d called over to- to- to- I can’t say it! Now I think they hate me!"

The two began deviously laughing, looking at each other, then to Ella.

“... What was the man gonna do?”

"He was going to- they were going to-" Ella stammered, before throwing back her head and full on wailing. "They were going to perform sexual acts together! But- but he was so big and they were so small and we were high so it wasn’t okay!!"

“... What were you three high off of?” Kimberly asked, tilting her head. “Crack?”

“I knew they were freebasin!” Jordan laughed.

"No, just weed! But it really affected them… Saskia was giggling! I’ve hardly ever seen her even laugh, and normally it's more evil!" Ella shook her head in despair. "I had to protect them."

They broke out laughing… Kimberly walked over to Ella and put a hand on her shoulder, holding back the laughter the best she could. Until the dam broke, and she began laughing uncontrollably.

“Oh, my God,” Jordan wiped away a tear. “Ya’ll got… ya’ll… ya’ll a trip!”

“Yeah, I wish I could have seen that!” Kimberly laughed.

“Okay, okay,” Jordan laughed. “You saw a stranger coming towards your friends and got spooked. It happens.”

“I don’t think they hate you, though,” Kimberly laughed.

“Yeah, ya’ll tight!” Jordan added.

“Just give it time,” Kimberly said, “Try to explain your side of things.”

“... And ask before you start swinging!” Jordan said.

“Yes,” Kimberly affirmed. “Ask.”

“It ain’t hard to go: ‘What the fuck is going on here? Who the fuck are you?’” Jordan slapped her knee.

"... you think? They’ll still be my friends?" Ella asked with wide eyes. "Okay, I’ll explain, after waiting a bit! And ask next time- I just panicked! Men freak me out!"

She rubbed the back of her neck, smiling slightly at Kimberley and Jordan. "So… can I sleep here tonight? I don’t think Lisa will let me back in…"

Kimberly stared at Ella, tilting her head. Her mouth opened to say something, but Jordan spoke up.

“... Look, it’s obvious ya’ homegirls are frustrated!” Jordan said, walking over to Ella, she pounded a fist into an open palm. “You gotta go and make things right, and the only way to do that is to help them bust the nuts that’s got them all pent up. Ya’ dig?”

"I get it… how do I do that?!" Ella asked, rubbing her chin thoughtfully. "Should I just go in topless? They seemed to like that last time… Or is that not enough? I’m willing to do anything for them! I just don’t know… about this stuff…"

“... You gotta follow your heart!” Kimberly said.

Jordan smiled at her, grabbing her by her hips as she began to gently push her out the door… Once she was out the door, Jordan said,

“... Google it.”

Then closed it in her face.

Google it… alright. Ella pulled out her phone as she started to walk back towards their room.

How to help my friends feel good.

The results weren't useful at all. No, that search wasn't working… alright…

How to help my girlfriends feel good (lesbian)

This time, it got her things that were actually useful. She stopped walking to read a few articles, nodding as she did. It all made sense. Nothing too complicated there… She could do all of that. Gladly, for Lisa and Saskia!

After gathering enough information about how to help them bust their nut, Ella finally got to their room door. With a deep breath, she knocked on it a few times, other hand going to her top… in case she needed to flash them right away to even get in.

The door gently opened just a little bit, and Lisa stuck her face in the crack as she stared at Ella. Completely silent. Spiders began to crawl from inside the room onto the door…

It took every little bit of magical girl braveness Ella had to not run as the spiders started crawling out. "Lisa, please let me in… I've come to apologise… and- and offer something to you both! Please!"

As she spoke, Ella decided to give a peace offering… in one fluid movement she pulled off her top. "Please, Lisa!"

Lisa’s face was blank.

”Bor-ring! I’ve seen these over a thousand times!” Lisa shouted.

"This is just the start! I- I can't do any of the other things from out here!" Ella said, stepping in close to the door. "I'll do anything you want- anything to- to-"

Her voice lowered to a very un-Ella like whisper. "To help you… bust a nut…"

”... Well, why didn’t you start with that?” Lisa shouted as she threw the door open, her dress off, and pounced on Ella.

It was the following day, after a wild night of freaky sex involving thousands of spiders; the sun peaked through the window and hit the girls in the face. Lisa sat up, completely naked, and loudly yawned before she rubbed her eyes.

”... Ahhhhh!” Lisa said. ”... What was I mad about?”

She looked around.

”... Can we go another round!?”

Ella was still lying on the bed, also completely naked, and looked exhausted for once. She shook her head from side to side.

"As fun as that would be," Saskia said, also sitting up. Unlike Ella they felt refreshed after all of that - thought Ella had done most of the work as part of her apology. "I want a different kind of action. Let’s go kill Morningstar. Bathing in the blood of our enemy will make tonight even hotter."

”.. Hotter than all the spiders!?” Lisa asked.

"Yes, because there will be spiders and blood."

Lisa scratched her head.

”Where do we start? Do we go back to his mansion or the casino?” She asked, before a grin of excitement etched its way across her face. ”... Oh! We can ask Lupe!”

"I’m not calling her," Ella croaked out, covering her eyes with an arm.

"I’ll do it." Saskia rolled out of bed to find wherever their phone had ended up, grabbing it and quickly calling Lupe.

Lupe answered.

“Ay, mami!” Lupe hissed. “Is she ready to apologize, already?! Raul won’t talk to me anymore!”

"To him?" Saskia glanced at Ella, lips twitching up to a slight smile. "Probably. She’s tired enough we could probably get her to do anything… though I don’t think she’ll apologise to him in the same way she did to us."

“... Ooooh, mami!” Lupe said in a sultry tone. “What did ya’ll do to her?! Other than tie her up and put spiders in her hair.”

”It would be easier to list everything we didn't do," Saskia replied with a slight laugh. "But she initiated it. There were plenty of spiders involved, she-"

"You were going to ask about Morningstar!" Ella interrupted before Saskia could start spilling the juicy details of their night.

"Oh, right. Any idea where he is? We're going to kill him and then continue while bathing in his blood."

“Last I heard he’s been holding out at his bank,” Lupe said. “Are you three finally gonna put an end to him?”

"The place where it all began… fitting," Saskia said ominously. "We are. We'll kill him while he's weak."

Lupe was silent.

“... Well, don’t go without me, mami! I wanna be there to watch that bastard fall!”

"Sure, I'll text you when we're heading… we gotta get dressed anyway," Saskia glanced over at Lisa and Ella. ”Or you can come here and we'll go together."

”... Shouldn’t we also get Kimberly and Jordan?” Lisa tilted her head.

“Come pick me up, mami!” Lupe shouted. “... It’ll save gas!”

"Sure, we'll get you… see you soon," Saskia said, before hanging up and looking over at Lisa. "We can collect them on the way, they're in this building."

"What if they're all like ‘noooo we need to be prepared' and don't let us go?" Ella asked, finally sitting up.

"Then we can go without them," Saskia shrugged.

However, Lisa dug into a pile of clothes until she pulled out one of her dresses, threw it on, and slid her feet into some flip-flops. Lisa walked towards the balcony, and a glowing cocoon appeared… signaling that Lisa was creating a spider-mount. She looked over her shoulder as she said, ”Saskia, how about you talk to them while I get Lupe? Ella? Well, you keep being you.”

"... I’m gonna shower," Ella replied to that, rolling out of bed and heading into the bathroom.

Saskia shrugged. "Sure, I’ll get them. Don’t die while going to get Lupe."

They walked over to pat Lisa’s shoulder, before quickly pulling on some clothes and heading out of their room. They made sure to not take any detours on the way to Kimberley and Jordan’s room, just in case there were any kidnapping Dollhouse members hanging around. Thankfully they made it unscathed… raising a hand to knock on the door three times.

"It’s Saskia."

“... Oh God, not now!” Jordan shouted.

“Shhhhhhhh!” Kimberly hushed Jordan before a few footsteps approached the door. She threw the door open, wearing a cyan T-shirt and some diamond-patterned purple pajama pants and holding a wet toothbrush in her hand. “Hiiiiiiiii, what can we do for you?”

"Sorry, did I interrupt something?" Saskia tilted their head. "Were you two about to bang?"

“And what if we were!?” Jordan shouted from the sitting, sitting on the edge of the bed.

“No, and no,” Kimberly facepalmed.

"Oh, shame," Saskia shrugged, before continuing to the actual reason they were here. "We’re going to kill Morningstar before he gets more minions we have to fight through."

“Oh, cool,” Kimberly said with a smile. “Like right now though?”

“Do ya’ll know where he’s at?” Jordan asked. “And if so, do ya’ll gotta plan beyond going in and killing people?”

"He’s in his bank." Saskia intoned. "And we’ll do what we did at the start. Fly up to his office, crash through the window, and kill him since he can’t summon someone else to fight us this time."

“Now… now…” Kimberly tilted her head in confusion.

“Kim! Don’t even bother!” Jordan laughed. “You know they’re going to do what they want.”
“Okay, you know what?” Kimberly asked. “We’ll come; I think we can make a plan that’s better than just crashing through the window and going in swinging...”

"Well, I’m not against making a plan," Saskia shrugged, throwing a thumb behind her. "Let’s go to my room. Lupe’s coming along too, we can all plan together."

“Sure!” Kimberly said in a chipperly tone. “Hold on, give us liiiiiiiiiike twenty minutes to get ready!”

“And not get freaky!” Jordan shouted.

“Yeah, we’re going to need way more than twenty minutes to do that,” Kimberly snorted.

"Oh yeah, twenty minutes is nowhere near enough," Saskia chuckled lowly, nodding. "See you then."

She turned around and walked back to their room.

Twenty minutes later, everyone had gathered in the Agent of Death’s room. Ella was freshly showered and dressed (sadly), once again full of energy and unable to sit still. Saskia had sat down on the edge of one bed, looking at everyone else.

"Alright, you all know why we’re here. We’re going to kill Morningstar… And Kim think’s we should make a plan first, so…"

They turned their head to Kimberly.

“It’s pretty hilarious that’s being treated as an afterthought,” Kimberly laughed as she looked around, standing in the middle of the room by the TV. She wore a black t-shirt and green cargo shorts with various artifacts on her belt. “You know, in those movies, we would be around a table with a big well well-thought-out out drawing of our plan right in front of us!” She chipperly said.

“This ain’t the movies, unfortunately,” Jordan said as she sat on the bed wearing a hoodie and sweatpants… she took two sniffs as she said, “_{Why does it stink in here?} Oh, nevermind. So, you three want just to crash in and smoke him, right?”\

”Right!” Lisa chipperly said with a nod.

“Well, what about your… ‘Battlefield’?” Jordan asked. “His office building has other people in there. Civilians.” She looked at Saskia.

“People that have nothing to do with it. Morningstar’s an Apparition, so he’s definitely going to use them as a shield if pressed,” Jordan began. “Not just that, we have to keep magic on the low, you know? What if the fight gets really out of hand?”

“... And do you all know how to seal?” Kimberly asked before she pulled out the Artistic Integrity and presented it to them. “I mean, I can do it easily, but you all should in case we get taken out.”

"What’s sealing?" Ella asked cheerfully. "Can’t we just kill him?"

Kimberly, Jordan, and Lupe facepalmed; Lisa was confused....

“... You realize that Morningstar is an Apparition, right?” Kimberly asked, tilting her head at Ella. “He abscised someone, but even if we kill the body it won’t mean anything in the end if we don’t seal him.”

Saskia slapped her forehead. "Oh shit, right, sealing. No, never done it. An old covenmate tried to teach me… I just ended up drawing some really cool shit, never got to use it for sealing."

“Okay, let me teach you the basics for sealing,” Kimberly said, before she said. “Can I get a pen and paper?”

”Sure thing!” Lisa dug into the nightstand, pulled out a piece of paper, and handed it to Kimberly… it was one of Saskia’s drawings, and she winced as she flipped the paper over and placed it on the bed.

“Okay, so,” Kimberly began drawing on the paper and spoke as she did so. “To seal an Apparition, first you gotta weaken it in a fight or with magic, something. Then, you have to draw this exact symbol. I mean this one exactly.”

Kimberly tapped the paper, and she had drawn a camera’s eye symbol. She looked at them and tapped it a few more times.

“... Don’t you need an object?” Jordan asked.

Kimberly facepalmed.

“Shit, I forgot…“ Kimberly said. “You need an object to seal him into, too. It can be anything. But, for future reference, super powerful Apparitions need to be sealed into larger objects.”

“One time someone sealed an Apparition into her draws!” Jordan laughed.

“... While she was wearing them?” Lupe asked.

"That sounds uncomfortable!” Ella shouted, looking intently at the symbol. "Won’t we need something super big then, cause Morningstar is like, the devil?!"

"Ella’s draws, then?" Saskia suggested, before pointing to the symbol. "Does it really have to be that one? That doesn’t seem right. My friend drew a different one."

“Please don’t- but, no, it’s just the symbol I use,” Kimberly said.

"So I could use one of my drawings as a symbol?" Saskia asked.

Kimberly smiled, “... If you believe it will work.”

"I absolutely do. I even have the perfect drawing in mind," Saskia smiled evilly, Kimberly and Jordan winced.

"... that doesn’t matter, what do we do when we draw the symbol?" Ella shouted.

“... Stop shouting!” Jordan rolled her eyes.

“Well, you-” Kimberly tried to say - before Lupe interrupted her.

“Nah, I got this mami,” Lupe laughed. “Look, after you draw the symbol, and place the object you’re gonna seal him into on top of it: ya’ll gotta’ hold hands and sing a song! Then, boom, mami! The evil is defeated!”

"We definitely don’t have to sing a song," Saskia rolled their eyes.

"If Lupe says we do, we do!" Ella grinned, bouncing around the room a bit. "Oh we can sing Moonlight Legend- that's the Sailor Moon opening! It’ll be perfect for defeating evil."

Lisa loudly screamed, grabbing both sides of her face. Lupe winced.

“It's gotta be like, um, some Korean chant!” Lupe laughed.

“I mean, it’s going to be the most ridiculous thing ever, but…” Jordan rubbed her temples. “... A Sailor Moon song can work.”

"YES!" Ella shouted, punching the air. "I’ll teach you it on the way!"

"I suppose some sacrifices must be made," Saskia rolled their eyes. "Is that really all there is to it? I draw, we hold hands, sing sailor moon, he’s sealed into Ella’s draws?"

"... can’t we seal him somewhere else?!"

”Yeah, that’s good underwear you know!” Lisa laughed. ”Wait, won’t the Hound want them?”

“... You have to fight him,” Jordan said. “Well, we do, but you can’t seal him while he’s in a body. You have to force him out, then you have to seal him…”

“Well, if he’s weak enough by then.” Kimberly shrugged.

“Yeah, that,”

"The fighting part is easy, we’re experienced in that," Saskia shrugged. They really weren’t worried about that. "We’ll just destroy the body so much he has no choice but to leave it."

"Yeah! We’re fighting experts!" Ella grinned. "We’ll definitely weaken him enough to seal him- in something that isn’t my underwear!"

“Actually, you know what?” Jordan rolled her eyes before she turned to Kimberly. “We taught them how to seal; let’s just go and figure it out when we get there.”

“Yeah, that’ll catch him off guard alright!” Kimberly laughed.

"The best plan is no plan!" Ella shouted.

"Can you teleport us in, or do we need to go by flying spider?" Saskia asked Jordan.

“Mami! Let’s make an entrance!” Lupe shouted, “Let’s crash in on a spider!”

“Depends on what you want,” Jordan shrugged.

”Definitely the dramatic entrance," Saskia looked at Lisa, smiling slightly. "Just how we started."

”Let’s do it!” Lisa shouted, hopping to her feet, before she stuck her hand out. ”Put your hands on top of each other, everyone! I forgot what this is called, but it’s like in the movies where they show teamwork!”

"Yay, friendship!" Ella shouted, hopping over to Lisa and putting her hand on top of hers. Saskia rolled her eyes.

"If I have to…" they put their hand on top of Ella’s, before looking at the other three.

Lupe put her hand on top of Ella’s, “You know, I gotta say, meeting you three has been amazing. You three are like the crazy little sisters I never had!” She

Jordan put her hand on top of Lupe’s; she didn’t say anything, though.

“You know,” Kimberly said with a smile, adding her hand to the stack. “I thought you three were going to get yourselves killed the first night we met!” She snorted.

“I’m glad you proved us wrong.”

“Proved us both wrong.”

”... FRIIIIIIIIIIIENDSHIP!”

Everyone threw her hands into the air.

---

As “planned,” the six flew through the top window of Morgenstern Banking on a giant Tetrablemmid spider with wings. However, four other flying-Tetrablemmids crashed through the other windows. Lisa raised her fist in the air as she shouted.

"WE’RE HERE TO END YOUR EVIL TYRANNY, SO LIGHT PREVAILS!"

”...WE’RE HERE TO AVENGE EVERYONE YOU HURT!”

”... and we’ll hurt you so badly you’ll wish it had ended sooner."

“... Can you three stop screaming?” Jordan rubbed her temples.

Morningstar stood on the opposite end of the room, holding a glass of wine, his back to the group. He downed it, as he turned around, and shouted,

“... Yes, yes, it does,” Morningstar said as he threw the glass on the ground. Behind him, a massive flaming portal appeared out of nowhere.

“Today is the day I end the pathetic existence that is you three.”