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Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

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Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

It seemed everybody had converged, both magical girls and monsters alike. In some ways, that was a good thing- if Justice Heart could focus all their attacks on one monster, that would probably wipe it out and tilt the odds in their favor. Downside was, the monsters might well be thinking the same plan, only in reverse. Then, Carrie saw the water beast flowing out of the apartment building, and she gave a killer smile. She'd played enough Pokémon in her youth to know what to do.

Carrie considered her options. Wrath of the Storm would certainly fry her target into oblivion, and maybe even do some nasty collateral damage to another monster, but she wasn't sure she could channel so much electricity after being out of practice for twenty years, and some of her friends might well be caught in the blast. The latter problem was also in effect for Electric Explosion, and Thunder Breath was best used as a counterattack to charging enemies. With her choices reduced to a singularity, Carrie felt the power racing through her. How had she gone so long without this?

"Electric Pillar!" Carrie slammed her staff into the ground, and a bolt of lightning ripped through the monster's watery hide. Hopefully, that would do some significant damage.

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

The water monster's still there, right? That would probably be Carrie's first target.

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

Sorry, folks. Internet died, just got back.

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

I just had an idea: combination attacks that would enable team members to blend their powers together; for example, Yellow charging Goldenrod's guns for a massive lightning blast.

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

Carrie knew she was outgunned. One on one, her versus the snake was likely to be in her favor, but she'd never been good at getting her attacks to penetrate any sort of armor, and if that shadowy monstrosity got its hands on her, she was dead. Fortunately, Emily gave her an out.

Sliding onto Emily's ribbon of light, Carrie entered the car NASCAR-style. "Get us out of here!" she yelled. This serpent, the armored monster- she'd fought them before. Another piece of evidence that Dollmaster was back, and eager for revenge. The thought chilled her to the bone.

Lily was still hammered, and it wasn't pretty. The other girl was barely functional. Carrie looked at her friend, knowing that they'd need her help to survive this. "Lily, listen to me. We're being attacked. You need to heal yourself, whip up a cure for drunkenness or something like that." She made a mental note to make Lily promise to lay off the booze, at least until the current crisis was over.

Turning to Emily, Carrie asked, "Do we have any plans? Meet up with the other girls, try to get some numbers together? Anything's better than just running aimlessly."

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

If Carrie had been a normal woman, she would have been snake food. Fortunately for her, she wasn’t. A quick dip of her shoulder and a twist of her hips sent the serpent sailing past, though she did take a slicing wound to her shoulder. What was worse, she went into her maneuver right as Emily threw the car into a turn, causing Carrie to lose her balance and plummet to the asphalt.

Carrie was in a bad way. The armored monster was slowly advancing from behind, but she couldn’t deal with it until she took out the snake, which had sped out of the storm drain for another assault. This time, though, it came at her face… which was the one place you didn’t want to attack a magical girl with elemental breath powers..

“Thunder Breath!”

Carrie exhaled a blast of lightning, catching the snake full-on and sending it reeling. It didn’t finish the monster off, but it did give her a chance to get to her feet, staff at the ready. The snake circled her warily, not wanting a repeat of the previous rebuffed attack, and the armored monster was almost in range. She called out to Emily, “Yo! A little help would be nice here!”

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

@AtomicNut Want to collab for our next post?

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

Carrie’s phone buzzed, catching her off-guard. She was hopeless with technology and didn’t like to be seen using anything, lest she get laughed at. The only people who knew this number were her parents, who were already upstairs and… oh, shit.

Carrie whipped the phone out half in hope and half in panic. If Katarina had come back, it would give her a chance to get out of this rut, a chance to really live again- but it also meant that she’d be in mortal peril, and she’d be the first to admit, her game wasn’t up to the level it had been when Justice Heart was active. It’s like riding a bike, Carrie thought, you never forget. Oh, how she hoped it was true!

When she saw what it was, her face fell a little bit. It just seemed to be some guys taking advantage of Lily. Again. Then, Cinnamon’s voice screeched in her mind. This is it! I’m back in the game! She took a second to text back:

Will be there in a minute, full gear.

then raced out the front door and down the alley, praying to whoever would listen that nobody was watching. Satisfied that she was alone, Carrie did something she’d done a thousand times before, but never thought she’d do again- she raised her earrings to the sky and cried out, “Justice Yellow!” A bolt of lightning ripped down from the heavens, striking her with full force. When the light show subsided, Carrie was in her full Justice Heart regalia. ugh, what was I thinking?!

A quick Lightning Leap later, Carrie was at the designated meeting spot. It seemed that she was the first one there- gotta love teleportation abilities- but the effort had drained her a bit more than she expected. Apparently, she was really out of practice.

Justice Heart - 20 Years Later (Magical Girl Spoof)

They're on speaking terms, at least.