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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.”
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....
“... INTRUDERS!”
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.
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