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"You're a fine warrior. Call me sentimental..."







Currently updating...




"I'm a dominant..."
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The Tyrant Shell Universe - Mechapunk (Mecha and Cyberpunk mixed together).
The Black Fall Universe - Modern-Superhuman tale.
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Months in the making... I finally updated my character relations. I p much rewrote Brit's top to bottom, but Drake only has small changes and I finally wrote Adora's.





Lisa was shocked.

She didn’t recognize them initially, and what was wrong with her?! They were, like, the two other most incredible people in the world next to Adora. When Emily, George, or one of the other assholes were bullying her, Vanessa and Clem were always right by Adora’s side when she put them in their place. That dropped jaw quickly turned into a smile as she sat up,

”Nessa! Clem!” Lisa shouted with that dumb smile on her face. ”It’s been so long, it’s so great to see you two!”

Then she raised her handcuffs in the air.

”... Mind getting these off? Just me though,” She smiled widely, tilting her head. ”... These two are crazy. She laughed her ass off afterward.

"You know, I can get out of these myself," Saskia mumbled.

“Hold up,” Clementine said with a raised hand. “First… before we do anything, we need you three to prove that you really are who you say you are….”

“I mean, given the reports that Stauber, Chertok, and Gomez put in…” Vanessa said, with her arms crossed. “... The abstractions line up completely.”

“Hold on,” Clementine said, getting up and walking over to Lisa. She reached into her shirt.

“... Hey, that’s my tid-”

“Shut up,” Clementine commanded before she found it… the Spider in Amber, and her jaw dropped. She used her other hand to lift it above Lisa’s head. “But… it makes no sense…”

“Ella’s Channeler, that Sailor Moon Wand you called stupid all those years ago…” Vanessa laughed. “... Is in the evidence locker.”

"It's not stupid," Ella whined.

Then she walked over to Saskia and grabbed their wrist, getting a good look at the Death Note bracelet.

”Oh, so you just grab her wrist and not her tiddy...” Lisa pouted. ”I see how it be.”

"Wow, is my tiddy not good enough to grab?" Saskia intoned.

“... If it’s a shapeshifter,” Vanessa began. “It’s a damn good one.”

“It makes no sense!” Clementine said. “How are you three back?! Now of all times, too?!”

"We'd love to know the answer to that too," Saskia shrugged.

"I can tell you how we came back!" Ella said, grinning. "We got brought back by the hound! We were in this super creepy dark place and he said someone made a deal to bring us back! But we gotta do some things for him first… which is why we're here!"

Clementine raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, we're his… Agents of Death."

"Which is a stupidly edgy name! We're the magical girls!"

Clementine tilted her head.

"I like it. Oh," Saskia looked from Ella back to Clementine and Vanessa. "Did you see my drawing? It's what the hound asked us to do to regain our lives."

“You mean this…?” Clementine reached over the table, grabbed it, and held it with both hands as she stared at it, stunned. Vanessa walked over, peeked over her shoulder, and said,

“... Oh, you’re definitely Saskia,” Vanessa laughed.

"I'm glad someone recognises my talent," Saskia nodded expressionlessly.

“But, does this have something to do with the murders…?” Clementine asked.

“You think these three goofballs have been killing people?” Vanessa asked, followed by an awkward.

”What murders?” Lisa said with a tilt of her head.

Clementine sighed.

“I only have a hunch about it, but someone has been killing members of the Old Coven, and leaving a wolf idol at their body,” Clementine sighed. “So far, they’ve gotten Elsa, Ripley, Jade, Kari-”

”Wait?! Kari?!” Lisa shouted, standing up to her feet. It couldn’t be true.

“She was the most recent in the string of murders,” Clementine flatly answered.

"Kari's dead…" Saskia trailed off, looking away for a moment.

”I… I…” Tears started going down Lisa’s face, as she reached up to wipe them off herself.

"All four of them… Kari… we didn't even get to say goodbye!" Ella's lower lip started trembling and her eyes filled with tears, instantly streaming down her cheeks. She sniffed and reached up with cuffed hands to try wipe them away, but they were an unstoppable waterfall down her face.

“Recently, Kura went down, too,” Vanessa shrugged.

"We've only been alive again for... About four days, I think." Saskia tilted her head, awkwardly patting Ella's leg with both hands (because handcuffs) at the same time. "It's difficult keeping track when we spent most of the time inside. But we have no idea about these murders. We didn't even know it had been ten years…"

“Well,” Clementine shrugged, “We’ve been hoping to do something about it, but most of the murders were in St. Portwell. And we’re stuck here.”

”Like what?” Lisa asked with a tilt of her head.

“Something, anything,” Clementine said. “Better than sitting on our ass and waiting for him to come after us next.”

Amidst this talk about all the murders, a question popped up in Lisa’s head.

”… Is Adora okay?” Lisa asked.

“… From a certain point of view, yes,” Clementine answered. “She’s alive.”

That sounded weird. Lisa thought to herself, before she asked. ”Why ‘from a certain point of view’? Lisa tilted her head.

“Look… seeing what happened to you fucked her head up,” Clementine shook her head.

“… She had a front-row seat to it,” Vanessa added. “Hell, all three of us did.”

“But what does this,.. picture have to do with the three of ya’ll coming back?” Asked Clementine.

"It’s… it’s…" Ella tried to explain before Saskia, but she was full on sobbing now, ugly tears streaming down her face. She turned to the side and pulled Lisa into a hug, wailing, "Lisssaaaaaaa."

You-you are suffocating meeeeeeeeeee! Lisa said though it was hard to make out what she was saying because her voice was muffled.

"It’s the person we need to kill to come back to life," Saskia said, rolling their eyes at Ella. "This is what I plan to do with him when we get to him."

"He’s… he’s… not a human," Ella sniffed.

"Oh, yeah, he’s an evil bastard," Saskia nodded. "Morningstar. The hound says we have to kill him."

“One, never say this to another Agent,” Clementine began. “I’m not turning any of you in, but the other Agents can and will use everything against you.”

"I’m only saying it because it's you two," Saskia shrugged.

Vanessa nodded as she said, “We heard everything you said from behind that-“ she pointed at the mirror, “-and there’s more than enough to book all three of ya’ll.”

Lisa flailed her arms around.

“And two, what did Agent Stauber have to do with it and why did you try nabbing him?” She asked.

"Oh, that bastard? He’s selling information to the society," Saskia openly said. "We were going to tor- talk to him and get information about Morningstar. Wait. There aren’t people behind that mirror now?"

"Sassskiiiaaa stop it with the torture!" Ella sobbed. "Though he’d deserve it."

“… Yes, that would be wise,” Clementine rolled her eyes. “There is nobody behind the mirror. Stauber has been sent home for the night. So have Agent Chertok, and Agent Gomez.”

“But we always had our suspicions about Stauber…” Clementine mused.

“Don’t get ahead of yourself, Clem,” Vanessa spoke to her twin. “How do you three know about this? Stauber is a bastard, but we need proof.

"We’d have proof if we weren’t interrupted earlier!" Ella finally stopped crying. "After all the work I put in… All for nothing… I touched his hand! It was gross!"

”… He took her hand-holding-virginity!” Lisa momentarily pulled herself away from Ella, before getting snatched back in. She managed to speak again, except muffled, ”... Not her cuddling virginity!”

"We were told by… friends," Saskia said hesitantly. "I don’t know how they found out. They’ve been helping us since we came back. Supposedly he sends agents after the Society’s targets… which will be us after we get out of here. He’ll definitely put them on our ass."

"I don’t want him on my ass!"

Saskia shrugged. "You could use it to catch him."

”Like a moth to a flame!” Lisa shouted, muffled again

“Look, nobody is going to be on your ass,” Clementine said. “Look, I’m the Regional Commander-“

Acting Regional Commander,”

“Right,” Clementine said, “Point is, we can make this go away.”

“Within reason,” Vanessa added.

“Yes, within reason,” Clementine answered, “But we need your word you three won’t do anything crazy like this again. I got ties to the very top, but there are things that not even the Director can let slide.”

"Crazy as in attacking the PRA, or just anyone?" Saskia asked. "Because we need to kill Morningstar. And maybe his Endless Seven. Well, six."

"Yeah, otherwise we’ll stay dead!" Ella nodded. "But we won’t attack your agents again!"

“Please don’t,” Vanessa said. “Also, officially you never told me you were killing anyone.”

“Now, let’s get these handcuffs off, and Ella back her channeler-“

“… Am I interrupting something?”

A tear in reality formed behind Clementine as she hopped to her feet. She whipped the pistol out of the holster, aiming it at the massive white creature that came out of the tear. He grinned as he said,

Hello… I’m here to kill those three,” He pointed a clawed hand at the three behind the two agents. “Stay out of my way, please.”

He laughed.

“Death to all who oppose the Society, after all.”

"Oh shit," Saskia said, handcuffs clattering to the ground and her fingers dangling limply from where she’d broken them all to get out. "We’re screwed."

Like hell we are. Lisa internally seethed as Ella released her and she stared at the freak that was across from them.

We killed Mala’Boolaan,” Lisa's devious grin formed ear to ear as she stared down a creature that would normally have anyone else running in fear.

Screaming even.

”... We can kill you.

The PRA.
Interactions: Sloane (@Atrophy), & Anya (@FernStone).
The Halloween Festival. The Beach Bar. Cracker Island.




”Hopefully, we won’t be running into each other too much in the near future. But still, I appreciate being able to talk without violence. Thank you for that.”
Stormy


"Wait, hold-"

Cindy reached out to Stormy as the group left—after some chattering and some mysterious stranger showing up. As they left, Fiona waved Jasper off. However, Cindy couldn't help but shrug as they went, then muttered, "Damn?"

Meifeng deviously grinned as she leaned in and whispered into her ear, "What? Were you trying to get some white boy tonight?" Then laughed.

Cindy rolled her eyes and said out loud, "No... well, not this time. I was trying to give him my number so he could call us if another disaster like last week happened."

Meifeng shrugged.

"We're going to run into them again," Meifeng began. "That is preordained at this point."

"True," Cindy said before she smiled. "But enough about those weirdos. Let's turn up."

"I thought you'd never ask..." Meifeng smiled as she raised a finger to get the bartender's attention. "Heeeeeeeey... Could we get another Pineapple margarita, please?"

"We should have gotten Storm-man to buy us another one before he left," Cindy said, "But nooooo... you had to be all 'I cannot in good conscience.'"

"I probably make four times as much as him," Meifeng laughed. "I just couldn't. Felt like he was trying to show off anyway."

"To whom, though?" Cindy asked.

"You know how some men be, anything with a vagina, probably." She shrugged.

”Hey, Trevor! Isn’t that the girl you went on a date with last week? You should go talk to her!”
Bianca


Everyone looked at Bianca.

Then everyone looked at Sloane with Anya.

"... Speaking of anything with a vagina," Meifeng muttered as she facepalmed.

"Oooooooh!" Trevor excitedly said as he waved at Anya. "Hey! Hi! How are you doing?! Remember me...?!"

He got off the stool and dramatically removed his helmet, holding it underneath his arm as he twined his hair. He smiled at her and said in his most obnoxious, flirty voice, "Funny how we keep runnin' into each other. It's like fate."

He wagged his eyebrows.

"If I knew you were comin', I'd dress up as a knight... Because I'm your knight in shining armor." He purred.

"T-Trevor... I..." Cindy's mouth was agape, and she was shaking as she attempted to muster out the words. She almost fell out of her chair.

"That boy ain't right..." Samson shook his head.

"... I'm so sorry," Meifeng began, shaking her head. "I mean... Yes, I was the one responsible for it. But I took
a good look at your friend there, and I just thought to myself..."

Her eyes widened as she held the straw in her hand.

"... 'She is going to annoy the hell out of me,' so I just thought I'd give you to someone even more annoying - and I don't mean "give you" as I was trying to play matchmaker. I meant it as..."

She paused, pinching the bridge of her nose.

"Know what? Forget I said anything..."




Oh shit, this isn't good.

Saskia slipped one hand in their pocket, fingers curling around their knife, while holding the other one up. "Is that what this looks like? We just wanted to ask him a few questions before letting him go."

"Yeah! We tried to be nice about it!" Ella said, rubbing her arms like there was something nasty on them.

Saskia nodded while considering their options. They could probably take both of them, but Kimberley and Jordan had said to run if they bumped into the PRA… which they presumably were. But Kimberley and Jordan weren't there, they wouldn't know if they slit their throats in a back alley, would they? But for now, she'd stall. "There's no kidnapping, so next question."

“If there’s no kidnapping…” The redheaded one said. “Then please release Agent Stauber.”

“And pleeeeeease take a big step back,” The other Agent said, narrowing his eyes.

“Then, we can talk about these questions you have,” The redheaded Agent said. “We’re all apart of the same organization here. But, I’m senior to Agent Stauber, so whatever you want to ask him… you can ask me.”

"Righhhht," Saskia glanced at Lisa and Ella, then back at the agent. Jordan had said that attacking one PRA agent would get loads more on them… and they already had the whole Society looking for them. They'd just been allowed outside. "Lisa, release him?"

At the same time Saskia stepped back, and grabbed Ella's wrist to pull her back too. She kept her other hand in her pocket for just now.

With a nod of her head, spiders erupted from all the unseen corners of the alleyway, briefly surrounded by a glowing cocoon. When they burst out, they had ant mandibles, quickly tearing apart the webbing around his arms and legs. Then he got up, ripping the web off his face.

"Saskiaaaaa you're making all of my flirting be for nothing," Ella whined, shuddering. "Do you know how difficult it was?!"

"There, there, I understand," Saskia comfortingly patted Ella's upper arm, though the deadpan tone they said it in made it sound incredibly patronising. She then looked at the two agents, deciding to test the waters first. "First question… do you know about the incident that happened at Morningstar Bank a few days ago?"

“... I should have known you were up to something, bitch!” Jacob spat at Ella. “So, let’s cut the bullshit! Get on your knees hands-”

“Agent Stauber,” the red-haired Agent calmly said while raising his hand. “Relax, we got this.”

“You got this?! These bitches tried to kidnap me!” Jacob said.

“I said, relax…” The redheaded Agent said, pushing his sunglasses up his nose before turning to Saskia. “We are not aware.”

“But, I’m certain you can enlighten us,” The other Agent said.

Well, assuming they weren't lying, that told Saskia that they weren't with Morningstar… probably. May. "Well, we heard-"

"Hey! You should feel lucky that even came near you!" Ella pointed at Jacob, seeming to come out of her despair. "We wouldn't have had to if you'd come when I was trying to be nice!"

Saskia sighed, before realising something. They looked at the two other agents. "Who even are you?"

“FBI.” The redheaded agent said.

"Do you think I'm stupid?" Saskia rolled their eyes. "Your names."

“Ah,” the Red-haired Agent said. “I am Senior Agent Dexter Chertok. But, you may call me Rush.

“And I’m Special Agent Reiquel Gomez.”

Rush nodded, saying, “It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. Though I wish we could have met under different circumstances.”

“Now,” Agent Gomez, “We were attempting to track a lead on a case we had before you three interrupted… So, would you kindly tell me what you three were thinking?”

"Well we were tracking our own lead when you-"

"Elllaaaa," Saskia interrupted, shaking their head. Hopefully she'd get the message and let Saskia do the talking… because she was the only one with half a chance of getting them out of this! "You see, we… heard that he," they pointed to Jacob, "might be able to help us find the crazy people who broke into Morningstar Bank. We're really desperate to find them, for our, uh, boss. But it seems you don't know about it…"

Agent Rush tilted his head downwards as he stared at Saskia.

“I don’t know, crazy bitch,” Jacob said, before he grinned. “But… I heard who broke into Morningstar Banking were three girls…”

Lisa loudly gulped.

“... A tall girl dressed in bright colors…”

However, on the walls of the alleyway, spiders covered the walls behind the three FBI Agents… but in full view of Saskia and Ella. If one of them were to look up, they could see one of Lisa’s cocoons glowing and growing.

“... A short blonde-haired gal…”

They quickly formed the words: GET READY TO RUN. STALL FOR A MINUTE. Then the Spiders dispersed before the agents could see.

“... And a short black female…”

Rush continued staring at them, before he asked, “So, who are the three people you say broke into Morningstar Banking?” He raised an eyebrow.

A minute? Jacob, the fucking asshole, had already outed them as being the ones who'd broke in. Saskia grimaced as she gripped the blade of her knife, letting it cut through the palm of her hand. Just in case.

"Hey, I thought you said you didn't know about it!" Ella jumped in, very aggressively pointing at Jacob. "I think you're just describing our appearances to pin the blame on us!"

"Oh, that's true," Saskia played along, narrowing their eyes at Jacob. "Why would you know when your superiors don't? We heard it was three massive, muscular men who destroyed windows and walls. Do we look like we could do that?"

“Hey now,” Jacob said, raising his hands with a grin. “I don’t discriminate!”

"You clearly don't," Saskia said dryly.

However, that walkie-talkie that Ella had in her pants pocket began buzzing, before they could hear Kimberly’s voice,

“... E-Ella?” Kimberly began. “Is everything okay in there? We haven’t heard from you in a minute.”

Ella laughed nervously, putting a hand in the pocket where the walkie-talkie was. She fumbled around, unable to hide her panic.

“What was that?” Agent Rush asked.

"Oh no, I must've butt dialed my friend again, it always happens!" Ella laughed… even though the walkie talkie was in her front pocket. "Sorry, can I take this?"

“No you may not,” Rush said.

Agent Gomez rolled his eyes, “I’m getting reeeeeeal tired of this.”

"No one's keeping you here," Saskia shrugged. "You two can leave and let us have a nice chat with Agent Stauber."

“I’ve had enough of this,” Rush said, pushing his sunglasses up his nose. “We’re going to talk about this at our field of-”

The cocoon growing above them burst open, and an enormous tarantula emerged (the size of a pickup truck), landing directly in front of the Agents.

”... RUUUUUN! Lisa shouted as she turned on her heel and hauled ass into the busy street.

"Fuckkkk," Saskia spun around and sprinted after Lisa as fast as they could. At the same time they pulled their hand out of their pocket, blood dripping down and coating her back with a thin shield layer.

"Good riddance!" Ella yelled, following last. She turned around and looked directly at Jacob, hands raising as they turned into blinding lights. "By the way, I'm a lesbiannnnnnnn!"

“... You’re not getting away that easy,” Agent Gomez shouted… as a massive blue hand that seemed to be made out of an aura appeared in front of the trio. It was balled into a fist as Agent Gomez flew out of the alleyway, with a similar wavy blue aura surrounding him as he floated over to the three. “Get on the ground, now!”

"No way!" Ella yelled. She pulled out her sailor moon wand, brandishing it as she went through her magical girl transformation, and her legs were coated in rainbow light. "You won't take me alive!"

”... You can take me alive, though,” Lisa weakly noted. ”I like living.”

"Let's not be that dramatic," Saskia said. She moved the blood on her back into a long tentacle. At the same time she said quietly to Lisa. "Can you give the spider wings?"

”The spider that’s still in the alley-”

As Saskia asked, Ella jumped forward, aiming a glowing foot at Agent Gomez with a high kick. The giant hand blocking them disappeared as he put his hands in an X, creating two glowing arms blocking the kick. “... I guess we’re doing this the hard way.” He swung his leg out for a key, and a glowing leg appeared that shadowed the motion - flying directly at Ella as he blocked.

"Ahhhh," Ella shouted, colour spilling from her bracelets and coating her arms in bright pinks, purples and blues. She blocked the kick with them, getting pushed back.

"Ella!" Saskia shouted, running forward. "Throw the Walkie Talkie to Lisa!"

Saskia pushed themselves in front of Ella to try and cover her, blood tendril shooting forward towards Agent Gomez's shoulder. However, he flew to the left, dodging the attack, as he shot his palm out at Saskia. A glowing hand appeared, flying directly at Saskia’s midsection to knock the wind out of her. Saskia grunted as the hand connected, doubling over. The tendril pulled back and pressed into the ground to stop her falling onto her knees.

”We gotta get out of here!” Lisa shouted as a wave of spiders came out of the unseen crevices of the environment. ”That Spider is - probably - not going to hold them off forever!”

"Call Kimberley, see if they can get us out!" Ella shouted back, pulling out the walkie talkie and throwing it to Lisa. "Otherwise we're trapped! We can hold him off till then!"

”Like hell we are!” Lisa shouted as she tried ti catch the walkie talkie… only for it to smack her in the face and then it fell into her hands.

Ella jumped back to Saskia's side, spinning around with another kick from the left towards Agent Gomez's stomach. At the same time Saskia, panting heavily, steadied herself and swept her blood tendril round to his right to try catch him if he dodged. Agent Gomez caught the leg using his abstraction, however the tendril launched him off and he hit a car.

”Kimberly, come in K-Kimberly!” Lisa shouted into the Walkie-talkie, hunching down under a car.

“What’s going on?! Where are you?!”

”We’re-”

She felt a pistol pressed against the back of her head.

“… Under arrest,” Jacob said.

Rush walked out, cupping his hands together as he shouted, “Stand down! Deactivate your abstractions immediately!”

"Shit!" Saskia swore. Until there was a gun involved, they could probably get out of the situation… but not now. She wasn't going to let Lisa get shot. "Alright, we surrender."

They held up their hands, blood tentacle pulling back across their body and into the open wound on their palm, which then clotted. Ella's legs and arms went back to normal and she also put her hands up in the air, though she still had her channeler in one. And was still dressed like a magical girl.

“You all made the right choice,” Rush said.

"Get your gun away from her!" she yelled at Jacob. "If you're going to hold it up to anyone's head it should be mine!"

“Agent Stauber,” Rush said, turning to him.

“Yeah, yeah…” Jacob took the gun from Lisa’s head and holstered it. However, he pulled some handcuffs out and restrained Lisa.

Agent Gomez walked over to Saskia and cuffed her while Rush cuffed Ella.

“Agent Gomez, grab the car,” Rush said.
“We’re going to have a long night.”




The three girls were herded in the questioning room… a white room with a mirror. The window was behind them, a door was to the right. but they were all sat down at a table.

The door opened, and Rush strolled in with a clipboard. “Hello, hello,” He greeted as he sat down. “Need a glass of water?”

"Ohhhh, you're starting with a glass of water," Saskia nodded, face completely expressionless. "Water torture? Or will you put it just outside of our reach?"

"What's with your obsession with torture, Saskia?!" Ella shouted, eyes wide with horror. "I'll take a glass of water as long as there's no torture involved!"

"I was just joking. I'm sure they'll use more sophisticated torture methods."

Rush just stared at them. Expression was completely neutral. He wrote something down in the clipboard.

“… Nobody is getting tortured.”

"Aww…" Saskia sighed.

Lisa sighed in relief while wiping a bead of sweat from her forehead. ”That’s a relief! But I could use some water.”

Rush walked over to the door, knocked on it and said, “Three glasses of water.”

Then sat back down, and asked,

“While we wait for that… Mind telling me what happened?”

Lisa leaned back, putting her hands together on the table, and had a flat expression as she explained her… side of the story. ”Me and my - What did Adora use to say, oh yeah! - homegirls, yeah homegirls wanted a fun night out where we get to touch some tiddies. Because we knew a gal that touched tiddies without permission, and we wanted to be better than that. So we went to a strip club, where you pay to touch tiddies. So, me and my homegirls were… ‘laxin. Then he, Agent Asshole, comes over here came and grabbed mah tiddy, and I was like ‘nooooooo’. So we dragged him outside, then beat his ass.”

"Well you see!" Ella started. "I was visiting the stripclub for the first time, because I rarely get to go outside! I wanted to see what it was all about! I was just enjoying myself, drinking some bud light, when that- what was his name, Josh? - came over to me and started flirting with me! I get that I'm attractive but I'm not interested! I think he thought I was a stripper cause he gave me twenty bucks and all! Then he tripped me up so it would look like I fell into his arms! I was trying to go outside to escape but he followed me, thankfully I was saved by this lovely lady and her spiders! I've definitely never met her before tonight! But she's my new best friend! Also, he touched me without my consent!"

"Nothing important happened," Saskia said, completely deadpan. "I was told there was going to be a four-way orgy including spider web bondage, and I followed them out for that. I guess he changed his mind when he saw us all."

Rush’s jaw dropped.

“I…” He took his glasses off, pinching his nose. “… I don’t get paid enough for this shit.” He mumbled.

He sighed, as he wrote on the clipboard.

“That doesn’t line up with what you three said in the alleyway.”

"Well I wasn't just going to talk about a bondage four-way on a public street, was I?" Saskia looked at him like he was stupid. Obviously she knew it didn't line up, but hopefully if they lied enough they'd just be kicked out. Or jailed and rescued later. She definitely wasn't telling the truth, who knew if this guy also worked for Morningstar? "I also thought it would be embarrassing for your coworker. Don't judge him too much."

"What did I even say in the alleyway?" Ella asked, tilting her head and acting dumb.

“All three of your stories contradict each other…” Rush groaned, as he wrote on the clipboard. The door opened and Agent Gomez had three glasses of water and he slid them on the table in front of the girls. Afterwards he glanced at the clipboard and laughed.

“Classic Rush,” Agent Gomez said. “… You forgot to ask their names.” He laughed as he leaned up against the wall.

“Oh!” Rush said, “Is it my first day on the job?”

“Seems like it,” Agent Gomez shrugged.

“Names please,”

"Ella Brooks!" Ella said cheerfully, grabbing one of the glasses of water and chugging it.

"... Saskia Otten." Saskia said eventually, after weighing up whether they should lie. There probably wouldn't be much information on them anyway. "Spelt S-A-S-K-I-A O-T-T-E-N. Just in case you weren't sure."

”Lisa Celeste Turner!” Lisa said cheerfully as Ella.

Rush wrote down in his pad, before he sighed, “So, Ms. Otten, you mentioned Morningstar Banking earlier, and we found this on you…” He unclipped the, well, clipboard before he pulled a peculiar piece of paper and slid it across the table.

The drawing Saskia showed Kimberly and Jordan.

“… Mind explaining this?”

"Isn't it obvious?" Saskia asked, reaching out for the picture and holding it up. They couldn't use this as evidence against her, could they? It wasn't like she'd killed anyone. Well… not that they could pin on her with this. "It's a drawing of my boss dying a horrible death. Doesn't everyone do that to get out their work-related frustrations? You don't? You should try it sometime, it's quite relaxing. Don't you think it's quite good?"

”Yeah, it’s stress relief! Like our threeway with Agent Stauber!” Lisa shouted with a toothy smile.

”Failed threeway,” Saskia pointed out.

Rush pushed his glasses up his nose.

“… I have more healthy ways to vent my work-related frustrations. Though I guess you’re not hurting anybody.”

He leaned forward, putting his hands together. “All three of you are looking at jail for a long time-“

The door shot open.

Two tall, African-American women in suits stepped through. Both of them looked identical, like clones. One of them tapped Rush on the shoulder and said, “We’ll take it from here.”

“But-“

“Take the rest of the night off,” She said. Rush and Agent Gomez nodded before they left. The two women sat across from the three, and stared at them,

“… What did you three say your names were?”

"WHOA, are you guys twins?!" Ella yelled, standing up in shock. Then immediately sitting back down again when Saskia hit her thigh lightly. "Whoaaa… "

”Sorry about her,” Saskia rolled their eyes while putting their drawing back in their pocket. She then pointed to herself and her friends in turn. ”Saskia Otten, Ella Brookes, Lisa Turner. Did my drawing traumatise them so much they needed a night off? Maybe they should look for another job…”

The woman was silent and stony-faced.

“… What are your names? I do not believe you.”

”Saskia Otten, Ella Brookes and Lisa Turner.” Saskia repeated… before realising something. ”Ah. Is it because we're dead?”

"WHATTTT?!" Ella shouted. "Oh wait, yeah. That's right."

“No, those girls are dead,” The Agent jammed a finger on the table. “On paper, they are missing, but I know the truth.”

”That we all died fighting the Stygian Snake ten years ago?” Saskia said, not bothering to hide it. If they would even believe it. ”Those girls are us. Dying is really shit.”

"Yeah, there's no other amazing magical girl called Ella Brooks in the world!" Ella declared.

The Agent pointed at Saskia,

“… You bled to death…”

She pointed at Ella,

“… You got mobbed by Apparitions…”

Then she pointed at Lisa,

“… And you… you…”

She massaged her temples,

“… Got ripped apart in front of us.”

”... Huh?” Saskia tilted her head, squinting her eyes to try and recognise them. But it had been ten years. Ten years changed people a lot, them included. ”That's all correct.”

"Yeah," Ella shuddered, holding her arms. "Feels like it was only yesterday."

”... In a way, it was yesterday,” Lisa awkwardly chuckled as she tugged her collar.

”It practically was,” Saskia frowned, looking away. As much as she faked nonchalance, she didn't like being reminded of her death… or Ella's. She absentmindedly touched the clotted wound on her hand from earlier, scratching it until it started slowly leaking blood. ”Who are you?”

“We are…”

The Agent cleared her throat before she looked at her twin.

“… Vanessa and Clementine Washington,

Lisa’s jaw dropped. Ella slammed her hands on the table and shot to her feet. Saskia's eyes widened.

“Members of the Old Coven, just like you.”







... Caaaaaaaan we go in alreeeeeeeeady?!

Lisa moaned, leaning against the rooftop’s edge as they watched the club from the rooftops: Shadynasty's. They could hear the music playing as various faces were gathered outside the strip club, and none looked adorable. Lisa was leaning up against the parapet, on her hands and knees, but her elbows were up on the parapet. She was petting a black widow spider with one finger and her other arm on the parapet, looking bored to tears.

“No, we have to wait for this asshole to show up…” Jordan said with a roll of her eyes; she was standing with one foot on the parapet, looking through some binoculars.

“Look for a black Dodge Charger with tinted windows,” Kimberly said, leaning against an AC unit.

“Because, of course, he drives a Dodge Charger,” Jordan rolled her eyes again.

”Buuuutttt shouldn’t we be in there already? To prepare?” Ella asked, just straight up lying on the roof, looking just as bored as Lisa. But she also didn’t want to be near her black widow spider- so she’d lain down, legs and arms spread out in a starfish shape. Her arms were once again covered in colourful bracelets which definitely wouldn’t look out of place in a strip club. ”Otherwise it’ll looook like we’re folllooowwing him.”

“Oh no,” Jordan laughed. “The second we see him, ya’ll getting teleported inside.”

“None of ya’ll seem very thrilled to be inside anyway,” Kimberly shrugged. “So, we figured we’d stay out here until we spot him.”

”Speak for yourself!” Lisa laughed.

Saskia rolled their eyes at them both. They knelt beside Lisa, alternating between looking over the parapet and watching the black widow spider. ”What if he doesn’t come tonight?”

“Then we’ll just scope the place out another night,” Jordan shrugged. “Did the Hound give you a time limit?” She briefly turned towards Ella and asked her.

”He didn’t,” Ella sighed, rolling over and propping herself up on one arm. As far as she was aware, they didn’t. ”Buttttt it’s so boring being stuck in the hostel! And we can’t leave this city till we’re done!”

”I meeeeeeeeeeeeean…” Lisa trailed off. ”He never said we couldn’t leave the city; he just said he would ‘know if we ran’.” She finger-quoted, then shook her head.

”Which can mean a lot of things - oh! Does anyone want to try gambling when we’re done?!” Lisa asked.

”Oh, yeah, that sounds like great fun! Kinda like the gacha machines you get in Japan, where you get a random piece of merch, I’ve always wanted to try that-” Ella started rambling. ”But with money!”

”It’s nothing like that.” Saskia rolled their eyes. ”But I’m in.”

“I mean, I would say you three are the last mothafuckas’ that should be gambling but…” Jordan said while looking down the binoculars. “... You three desperately need to go outside. Experience some real world. Hell, I’ll front ya’ll some gambling money...”

”Really?!” Lisa asked.

“Yeah, really… oh wait,” Jordan realized. “Ya’ll don’t have IDs….”

”Nope!” Ella said cheerfully. ”We died at sixteen, why would we have IDs- wait, we can legally drink!”

“I mean, I think you can get a driver’s license at 16 in most states,” Kimberly shrugged.

”Well we didn’t,” Lisa shrugged.

”You don’t need it to watch anime,” Ella added.

“Well, without an ID you actually can’t legally drink,” Jordan noted. “And again, I don’t think ya’ll should be drinking willy nilly… sounds like a recipe for disaster.”

”Hey! We fought a Demon-Snake-God-Thing,” Lisa shouted, looking over her shoulder.

“I meeeeeeeean,” Kimberly said. “Maybe some time, when we got time, we can buy some drinks. Mix just a little bit with some soda or juice, and then they can try some. How’s that sound?” She asked them.

”Ohhh that does sound better than drinking around a loada men!” Ella grinned.

”You know, Adora never wanted me to drink…” Lisa mused. ”... For some reason.”

“Probably for a reason, yo!” Jordan laughed.

”Well, I mean I tried it but it tasted funny,” Lisa began. ”I don’t get why the other kids drunk so much - especially out the Chalice - like does that thing disinfect itself? Or did we all just pass around herpes or something?” She scratched her head.

“You mean like THE Chalice?” Kimberly raised an eyebrow.

"Well yeah, is there another Chalice?" Ella tilted her head in confusion.

"I always assumed Sully named it himself," Saskia said. "If the chalice is one that can create any liquid, then yes."

“Yes, I’m talking about that Chalice,” Kimberly confirmed. “I’m astonished that the Chalice fell into your hands. Just how many artifacts did ya’ll have?”

”Well…” Lisa trailed off, putting a finger on her chin. ”We got a ton! First that comes to mind is my best friend Adora! She’s like the greatest person in the world! But, her grandfather gave her the Trinity Rings when he died and she gave it to her friend!”

“... The goddamn Trinity Rings?” Kimberly tilted her head. “Okay, that’s two valuable artifacts you all just stumbled upon. What else?”

”We had plenty! I know off the top of my head is Amy and her kanabō, I think she said she had three Onis sealed inside of it. I’m not sure if it was legendary or anything,” Lisa rubbed her chin before a sinister grin crept across her face. ”I remember Ella nerding over it all the time! Amy would always cringe every time she saw Ella!”

"It was super cool I couldn't help it!" Ella whined. "It was like right outta an anime!"

”She walked out every time you came in the room!” Lisa shouted.

Ella pouted. She did, but it wasn’t Ella’s fault that she was interested and just couldn’t stop asking questions… Amy never told her it bothered her; she just started ignoring her!

“Okay, well, I think she had one of the Oni-Clubs or Demon Kanabōs, and unlike the Trinity Rings and the Chalice, there were several of them, so they were sort of mass-produced,” Kimberly explained. “Typically, they don’t leave Japan, but I guess it’s possible a few ended up in America.” She shrugged.

“What else?”

”Oh! Then there was my good friend Gretchen! Though, she hated when I called her Gretchen, she was always like-” Lisa pinced her nose and made her best impression of Greta’s famously high-pitched and nasally voice. ”-’Don’t call me that! It makes me sound like an old lady!’ But now that I think about it, Gretchen always kind of acted like an ol-”

“... What. Did. Gretchen. Have?” Jordan pinched the bridge of her nose.

”Oh! She had the coolest artifact! The Alchemist Ring! It was like the most valuable artifact we had! She could make potions; she gave out a bunch of healing potions that saved so many people. I helped her out a lot by using my spiders to gather her stuff and help her make potions. She was always shy and never talked, but she was sooooooo cute, and lovely and… I hope she made it.” Lisa awkwardly laughed as she twiddled her thumbs.

“... Three legendary artifacts. Anything else that comes to mind?”

Ella really hoped nothing else came to mind, because she was bored to death listening to Lisa list every single artifact that had been in the coven. Big deal! She could fight half of them with her fists. She groaned and lay back down on the ground.

”Oh, there was Reza! He had this cooooool sword called the Noble Vow, I don’t know much about him but he was really cool and nice,” Lisa explained. ”Far as I know, he always had the sword, but he cleaved the Stygian’s Snake’s minions apart like they were nothing. And I am looking forward to seeing him again when we get back.” She smiled like a fool.

“... Four,” Kimberly logged. “Go on.”

”Well, they also got this thing called the Bull’s Ring that our friend Kari found - oh yeah, and they got this sword called the Apparition Killer! I’m not sure what the App-Killer does, but when Daisy - one of the leaders of the Coven she was kind of an asshole though - put on the ring she almost fried the Stygian Snake!” Lisa excitedly said, before her tone changed. Her face dropped, and her smile turned into a frown. She shook her head.

“Everything good?” Kimberly asked.

”Y-yeah… I’m good…” Lisa shook her head.

“Well, that’s six,” Kimberly trailed off, then faced Jordan. “We really need to pay St. Portwell - and this Coven - a visit when this blows over.”

“Agreed,”

“But go on,” Kimberly said.

”There was the third-in-command of the Coven, Auri Auclair, she had this thing called the Butterfly Staff,” Lisa began, her demeanor reverted to usual, all smiles and laughter. ”It was so beautiful to see all the butterflies fly everywhere.”

“For once,” Kimberly shrugged. “I never heard of that. So, I guess we’re still at six legendary artifacts. Go on.”

”There was Auri’s sister, Paige,” Lisa rubbed the back of her neck. ”She was weird if you asked me.”

“The pot calling the kettle black,” Jordan laughed.

”She had this shield called the Shield of Vitality… it was this huuuuuuge shield-” Lisa stuck her hands out to accentuate how large of an object it was. ”That tanked attacks from the Stygian Snake and healed people… but again, she was kind of weird. Never liked her, hehe...”

“Fair,” Kimberly shrugged. “I wouldn’t say that’s legendary but I heard about the shield of vitality.”

”Oh! Oh! Oh! How could I forget my friend Sloane!” Lisa laughed as ”I mean, nobody liked her, but I always thought that she was soooo misunderstood. But she had a cool thing: she could make her versions of artifacts. She made a copy of everything we had! I think…”

"They were like, evil copies," Saskia pointed out. "Like one that stopped you from lying."

”I mean, I wouldn’t call them evil but…” Lisa scratched the side of her head, ”What would happen if one of the bad guys got their hands on it? Like someone like Morningstar?”

Ella’s head shot up, eyes wide. "It wouldn’t be good if that evil bastard got them!"

”Well, it's a good thing Sloane is probably keeping them all safe in her vault or something!” Lisa shouted. ”Where nobody bad is doing anything to them.”

Both Kimberly and Jordan exchanged glances.

“Oh, we definitely gotta’ pay her a visit,” Jordan laughed.

“Well, are there any other all-powerful artifacts literal children just fell into?”

”Well…”
“... Hey wait!” Jordan interrupted as she turned towards the rest of the group. “He’s here!”

Lisa raised her head and saw a Dodge Charger pull into the parking lot… quickly, a an average heighted man lit a cigarette and walked into Shadynasty’s after adjusting his leather coat. Lisa pointed at him from the roof, looking back at the group, ”Oooooh! Is that him?!” She asked.

”Oh, is it?” Ella properly sat up, shuffling over to next to Lisa and looking down at the street.

“Yes, that’s him,” Jordan affirmed with a nod. “You three, gather ‘round, and remember the plan.”

”... What is the plan?” Lisa asked.

”Seduce him, take him out the back and slit-” Saskia cut herself off. ”Get information out of him.”

”That’s not much of a plan…” Ella frowned, still not feeling happy about it. She didn’t want to be around men grossly looking at attractive women. Not at all! ”How do we do that?”

Jordan facepalmed.

“Girl, I hate to be blunt,” Jordan began, “But you have a coochie. Men aren’t that complex. Just be nice to him. It’s literally that simple.”

”Look, she’s never liked someone that’s real,” Saskia explained, shrugging.

”Yeah, she never held a hand before!” Lisa laughed.

”Yeah! Why would I, when anime girls are right there!” Ella declared. ”But if it’s just being nice… that's easy.”

”Very easy…” Saskia said with a dangerous glint in their eyes.

Too easy…” Lisa said with a grin.

“Alright, bunch up,” Jordan said as a Coral-pink sphere wrapped around them.

“Wait!” Kimberly shouted, “Don’t forget!”

She ran over and shoved a walkie talkie into Ella’s hands, then stuck a finger up, “Use it sparingly. We’re going to be keeping watch from out here.”

Lisa nodded her head.

“We’re counting on ya’ll,” Jordan said. “Don’t do anything crazy…”

Then she and Kimberly looked at each other before Jordan said,

“... Okay, nothing too crazy.”

“Byeeeeee!” Kimberly waved them goodbye before they disappeared in a flash of Coral-Pink magic.




They appeared in the least conspicuous spot for three people to pop out of thin air.

The bathroom.

It was the handicapped stall, which had a sink and a toilet. The stall door was left slightly ajar, so Lisa quickly ran over and pushed it closed. They could hear the music much more now.

”... I hope this isn’t the men’s bathroom,” Lisa mused out loud.

"If it is, you should use your spider summoning on Jordan," Saskia said ominously, but with a hint of discomfort in her eyes.

”Sure thing!” Lisa said with a toothy smile.

"I'm sure it isn't!" Ella stuffed the walkie talkie in the pocket of her bright pink trousers. She moved over to the door and tried to listen out through it… but it was hard to hear anything with the music. She turned back around to Lisa and Saskia, hands on her hips. "Alright, what's the plan? We can't just burst in there-"

"I already said go in, seduce him, lure him outside, torture him," Saskia intoned. "Why are you trying to plan, Ella? You're just stalling, aren't you?"

"Noooo… fine! Let's just go out there!"

”Hold on!” Lisa raised the back of her shirt, and spider legs came out. She put them against the walls (of the bathroom itself and the stall). She raised herself off the ground and looked over the stall. She then whispered, ”There’s like three people in here! All women! So no spiders in Jordan’s draws!”

She paused for a moment as she lowered herself back to the ground. ”Well, not unless she wants them.”

Ella let out a sigh of relief. She wouldn’t need to deal with any creepy men, yet! She did a quick check to make sure she had her channeller in her pocket, just in case - yup! The walkie talkie was accessible too. She steeled herself for what was to come. But the three of them could handle it!

"Alright, let’s go get whatshisface, and get outta here!" Ella shouted, a little too loud, and threw a fist in the air. Without waiting she barrelled right through the stall door and into the bathroom itself… grabbing both Saskia and Lisa’s hands on the way to drag them out with her.

"Slow down," Saskia complained as Ella started to drag them towards the bathroom exit.

”... Isn’t this what they were talking about?!” Lisa’s eyes met with the bewildered strippers who watched them get pulled out of a bathroom stall. One that was empty just minutes ago. They were pulled into the main room, and were probably assaulted by red. There was already a white girl dancing on stage, already naked.

”... There he is!” Lisa whispered (more loudly than she probably intended), and pointed at Jacob Stauber. Who was sitting at the bar, watching the girl shake ass with a beer in his hand. ”Okay, um… let’s come up with a plan… because I don’t think ‘Come outside so we can kidnap you’ would work.”

Ella was full on, openly staring at the girl on stage, eyes wide. It was hard not to! She was naked and attractive and Ella had only ever seen naked fictional- Not the time! "Alright, I have an idea. You see in this anime-"

"No way," Saskia cut her off, eyes narrowing. "The last time you came up with a plan from an anime we ended up chased out of a bank. I think…"

They trailed off, grimacing. "We probably need to pretend to be strippers. Or at least interested in him."

Ella shuddered. "But won’t it be weird if it’s all three of us? But none of us should go alone- Ahhh, what do you think, Lisa?"

Lisa stuck her arms out and looked down at the plain T-shirt, some black jeans, and some New Balance sneakers (because, thank God, Kimberly bought her something to wear other than those boots).

”... Do we look like strippers?”

Then she tensed up for a moment as her eyes shot open.

”... We also don’t have any money!

"You’re right." Saskia looked down at their own outfit - an oversized grey sweater tucked into black cargo pants. "We can’t even pay off any strippers to help- Do people even ‘hook up’ in stripclubs with people who aren’t strippers?"

They then looked at Ella. "I hate to say it but… you’re probably the best dressed for it. But honestly, I think we’re screwed."

"Whhaattt?" Ella shook her head. Sure, she looked super duper cute in the bright pink jeans and strawberry themed crop top she was wearing, with a little bit of her waist showing, but! It wasn’t for seduction! Well, it wasn’t as boring as the other two… "You want me to go over there, Saskia? Me?"

”I mean…” Lisa trailed off. ”I won’t be too far away - and neither will my spiders!”

She gave Ella a toothy grin.

”So, just say hi, and give him the flirty eye, then I don’t know…” Lisa shrugged. ”Rub on his leg or something. We just need him outside.”

Ella looked at Lisa, then at Saskia who just shrugged, and then back at Lisa. It seemed she didn’t have a choice. Which was fine! She’d sacrifice herself so that her friends didn’t have to. "Alright, I’ll do it. I’ll get him outside.”

Before she went over, Ella held her hands to her chest and closed her eyes, before murmuring, "Sailor Soldiers please protect me."

She then steeled herself, and made her way towards the bar. She had no idea how to ‘give him the flirty eye’ like Lisa suggested, she didn’t even know what that was. Just start with speaking to him, but how did she do that without it looking weird? Did that even matter-

"Ahhh-" Ella was so in her own head that she tripped over her own feet as she got near the bar. But fate was kind! It sent her falling right towards Jacob Stauber, and she caught herself with a hand on his shoulder and her chest lightly pressing against his back. "Oh, I’m so sorry."

She inadvertently batted her eyelashes at him while panickedly blinking.

He caught her with his free hand, and said, “It’s all good, relax, relax, I’m not going to bite your head off for a simple mistake.” He helped her to her feet.

"Thank you," Ella laughed nervously, resisting the urge to run the instant his hand came anywhere near her- even though he was actually just helping her up! Alright think, Ella, think… How did anime girls get the male love interests in all the shows she’d watched? Well, normally it took episodes and they would accidentally touch and then look away and blush and- No! That wouldn’t work! Quick, think!

"Maybe it wasn’t a mistake but… fate," she smiled, finally managing to get out a cringy as fuck line. She leaned in past him as if going to the bar - but she couldn’t actually get anything to drink - so that she was also close to him. Her skin crawled, but she ignored it. For the mission! She tried to make her smile and gaze more flirty (but she really had no idea what she was doing). "Falling into someone so… handsome."

Jacob grinned as he said, “Heh, I don’t believe in fate, but… this?” He laughed. “It’s a happy accident.”

He turned around to face the bar as he said, “Can I buy you a drink?”

"Of course," Ella said, though she didn’t plan to touch any drink in here and also didn’t have ID- but they probably wouldn’t check it if he bought it right? That would kind of ruin the plan and she seemed to be getting somewhere. Get a drink, pretend to drink it, ask him to go outside- perfect. "I’ll have… whatever you’re having."

He held his bud light in the air, raised an eyebrow and incredulously laughed. “You? Drinking this?” He shook the bottle of beer. “Foooor real? I see you drinking those fruity drinks?”

"Well…" Ella laughed, cheeks heating up from the sheer embarrassment of trying to fumble her way through a normie conversation and failing at the simplest of hurdles! A fruity drink definitely seemed more up her alley but she had absolutely no idea about alcohol so that would only drag things out. Just fake it till you make it, Ella! "Don’t judge a book by its cover… I enjoy drinking both. You’d be surprised by all the things I do that don’t match how I look."

She winked, because it seemed appropriate, even though she was really talking about all the apparitions she killed- but he’d probably take it some other way!

“Alright then!” Jacob laughed as he turned around to the bartender and shouted, “Can I get another bud light!”

“You got it, sweetie!” the bartender responded. After popping the top, he quickly handed him another bottle and grinned as he held it out for Ella to take.

“... So, you gonna take it?”

Was that a trick question? No, no, don’t try to understand them, Ella… "Why wouldn’t I?"

Going with what seemed like a safe answer, Ella reached out for the bottle. She forced herself to let her fingers brush against his, rather than completely avoiding any touch, as she took it from him. It wasn’t quite the leg rub Lisa had suggested, but just that had her feeling a little sick! She took a tiny sip of it, just about managing not to grimace at the disgusting taste that didn’t help with her nausea. Okay, what to say, what to do…

"Thanks, hopefully, my company is good enough for the drink." Oh sailor moon did that make her sound so boring.

“Don’t worry,” Jacob said with a smile. “So… what brings you here? You don’t look like the type that hits up spots like this?”

"Oh, how could you tell?" Ella laughed, trying not to freak out. Was it that obvious?! Of course it was obvious! She couldn’t exactly tell him that she was here to lure him outside so her and her magical girl friends could torture him for information! Just keep faking it, she could do that, she’d learned from the best - anime about normal people. "I was just looking for some fun after being stuck inside for a few days. Forcing myself out of my comfort zone for a good night!"

“Yeah I was about to say the arcade is down the street!” Jacob laughed. “So, I guess your comfort zone doesn’t involve watching girls shake ass to pay their way through college?” He then laughed obnoxiously.

"Not normally," Ella smiled, glad that she was a naturally smiley person because she really didn't feel like smiling at him. She'd actually much rather just be watching 'girls shake ass' than talking to him. She twirled one finger in a pink braid, half a distraction for herself and half an attempted flirting tactic. "But I'm glad I came, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen into and met you."

“Hehe, me too-”

“... Sapphire is coming off the stage, now Neon is taking the stage!”


Jacob immediately shot his head towards the stage as a taller-than-average Mexican lady with curly hair took the stage. She was wearing pink high boots and a matching pink bikini set, and as she strolled onto the stage, the music changed…





She walked over to the pole with a smile on her face, as she swayed her hips from left to right.

Jacob grinned before he dug into his pocket as he said, “Thank you for the company, but I got business to attend to… ”He pulled out a twenty… he handed it to Ella as he said, “Buy yourself a drink and get the fuck out of here. Trust me. It’s about to get ugly.”

He then stormed off towards the stage.

Shit! Ella couldn't let this all be for nothing, the inane normie conversation she'd had to suffer through- when would they get another chance?! No way was she letting him go. Desperate times called for desperate measures. Maybe she was also saving a strippers life with this?

Thinking fast, Ella followed after Jacob (pocketing the twenty first) before literally launching herself at him. At the same time she absorbed the bright pink of one of her rings, ignoring the burning in her chest at doing it without touching her channeler, increasing her physical strength. She wrapped her arms around him and pressed herself against his back, trying her hardest not to throw up. She had to do this! Seduce him or physically drag him out, she didn't care which! "Surely your business can wait?"

Jacob froze, before he craned his head over his shoulder at Ella.

“Wish it could,” Jacob said. “But, I got business to settle here....”

He attempted to pull himself free and continue towards the stage.

Lisa had ran to the corner of Ella’s peripheral, and waved her hands back and forth in some attempt to get her attention. Once she got Ella’s attention, she put her hands together as spiders came from underneath her t-shirt. They quickly formed web in between Lisa’s hands, that spelled out the letters…

NEED HELP?!

"Don't be like that…" Ella said. Unfortunately for Jacob, she was fairly strong without magic and with the strength enhancement it wasn't so easy for him to get out of her grip. She absorbed the colour from an earring, wincing at the burn and gaining more strength. It was more difficult fighting down the urge to let go, skin crawling this close- maybe if she imagined him as someone else! She couldn't imagine him as a woman, so she superimposed Tuxedo Mask's face over his so she felt slightly less disgusted while catching Lisa's message behind him.

She nodded fervently, while saying, "I promise it'll be much more worth your while…"

“Hey, what the hell? Let go of me!” Jacob tried to fight himself free… while Lisa ran over to Jacob, briefly raising the back of her shirt as spider legs erupted from her back, launching her forward towards Jacob before they shrunk back into her back. She got into the pose as if performing a flying kick and let out a quiet little.

“... Hiyah!

That was drowned out by the strip club as her leg connected with the side of Jacob’s head… and then she fell and hit the floor, leaving a tiny foot-shaped print on the side of his head.

ARGH! What the hell?!” Jacob shouted, as that didn’t have the effect he wanted, he kept thrashing back and forth.

"Oh my gosh, who is that crazy chick, let's get you somewhere safe before she tries again!" Ella gasped, regretting asking for Lisa's help. She could've knocked him out much more easily herself! But now the element of surprise was gone! She absorbed the colour of another earring, painful burns creeping out from underneath her crop top which she ignored. She then started trying to forcefully drag Jacob towards what she hoped was a way out.

Out of the corner of the eye she spotted Saskia face palming where Lisa had come from, before beginning to make their way over to help her up.

“No, let go of me right now!” Jacob shouted. “I’m starting to think you’re with her people.”

Lisa crawled to her feet, looked at Ella and Jacob, and shrugged. Out of the hidden crevices of her T-shirt, a wave of spiders was summoned, quickly traveling from herself to Jack. Then, the spiders quickly weaved a web that covered his mouth… before going into his clothes and disappearing. Lisa ran over to Ella and tapped her on the thigh and said, ”To your left! An exit! Let’s go!”

"Got it!" With an unnatural strength, Ella half lifted Jacob and dragged him towards the exit. It wasn't easy carrying a grown man, but thankfully she'd boosted her strength a little bit! "Sorry about this, but you made this all harder on yourself!"

Saskia chuckled as she ran past them. She opened the exit door first for Ella, who didn't have any hands free, to yank him outside. They managed to drag him out to the alleyway behind Shadynasty’s, and Lisa commanded more spiders to bind him up. Ella finally let go of him and stepped away, shuddering.

”Ella! Quick! Call Kimberly and J-”

“... What is going on here?”

That was when two men in suits walked to the girls. One was a taller Hispanic man that wore sunglasses. The other was the polar opposite, a short red-haired man with glasses. They both dug into their pockets and pulled out badges as the red-haired man said,

“... FBI, we have some questions to ask you three,” He began. “Starting with why you’re trying to kidnap one of our agents.”
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