Black Heart's eyes awaken to a burning down building. She gets up from the ground as fast as she cans and looks around. Anonydeath is gone. Then she remembers what happened.
Black Heart:
The bombs... Oh no!
She flies out of the building and heads back to Planeptune's Basilicom. In the burning remains of Leanbox's Basilicom, IF lies on the floor unconscious. A hand taps her cheek multiple times.
Green Heart:
Iffy... Iffy!
IF's eyes open up. She sees Green Heart holding a large piece of concrete above both of their heads.
IF:
Lady Vert!? Hang on!
IF transforms into her candidate form. She aims a pistol at the concrete Green Heart is holding and shoots it. The giant slab turns into pieces. Green Heart rotates both her arms and rubs them, trying to relieve them of pain.
Green Heart:
Thanks.
IF:
What happened?
Green Heart:
It looks like those bombs were real.
IF's phone rings. She takes it out and sees Compa's name. She answers the phone.
IF:
Compa, are you okay?
Rom:
Um... Hello?
IF:
Rom! Why are you-
Rom:
Compa told me to call you. She's injured badly.
IF:
I'm on my way.
IF hangs up the phone.
In Planeptune, Uni is lying on the floor amongst some ruble. Black Heart appears and runs towards Uni. She picks her up in her arms and taps her on the cheek.
Black Heart:
Uni! Wake up, please!
Uni's eyes open up.
Uni:
Noire...
Black Heart:
Are you okay?
Uni:
I think so... Where's Neptune, Nepgear, Plutia, and Peashy?
Black Heart looks around.
Black Heart:
I don't know... Please don't tell me they were-
Black Heart looks to the left, and sees Histoire in her book form lying under some rubble. She walks over and picks up the book. She opens it, and Histoire's human form appears.
Black Heart:
Histoire! Are you okay?
Histoire:
Yes. My tome form protected me from the blast.
Black heart's phone rings. She takes it out and answers it.
Black Heart:
Hello?
Green Heart:
Noire. How are you?
Black Heart:
We're fine. Uni is too. Neptune, Nepgear, Plutia, and Peashy, are all gone though.
Green Heart:
They were the targets after all...
Uni:
What?
Green Heart:
Look, IF and I are going to Lowee. Compa is hurt. Meet us there.
Black Heart:
Okay.
Green Heart hangs up her phone, and she and IF arrive at Lowee's Basilicom. They land on the balcony leading to Blanc's bedroom. In the bedroom, Compa is lying in the bed. Blanc is sitting on the bed, trying to clean off Compa's wounds on her face. Rom, and Ram are standing nearby. They have worrying looks on their faces. IF runs up to Compa.
Compa:
Hi, Iffy.
She smiles at her. IF smiles back.
IF:
Hey, Compa. How are you feeling?
Compa:
My body hurts, but I'm still kicking.
IF:
As expected of you, kiddo.
Blanc:
Can I talk to you and Vert in private?
IF: Sure.
Blanc:
Rom, Ram, can you take care of Compa until I come back?
Ram:
Sure, sis!
Rom:
You can count on us!
Rom and Ram run towards Compa. IF, Blanc, and Green Heart walk towards the bedroom door. Green Heart transforms back into Vert. The three of them walk out of the room. Blanc closes the door and begins to cry.
Blanc:
She's crippled. Her legs are shattered, and she feels pain all over her body. I don't know what to do.
IF:
Compa...
Vert:
I have an idea. I turned IF into my CPU Candidate by giving her a fragment of my Sharecite. I think you can do the same to Compa, and that'll cure her.
Blanc:
Show me!
Back in the bedroom, Rom and Ram sit on the bed next to Compa. She feels pain flowing through her body, but she tries not to show it in order not to alert Rom and Ram. Both of them are still concerned though. Rom reaches for Ram's hand. Ram clutches it.
Ram:
Don't worry, Ram. She'll get better.
Blanc, IF, and Vert enter the room again. Blanc walks up to Compa with a miniature Sharecite in her hands.
Blanc:
Compa, take this. It'll help you.
Compa swallows the Sharecite. After that, her body begins to glow. Suddenly, she transforms into a CPU Candidate! She gets out of bed and looks at herself. She sees pink and black armor on her body.
Compa:
Wh-What happened!?
IF:
You're a CPU Candidate now, just like me.
IF transforms as well.
Compa:
Oh my goodness!
IF:
Yeah! How do you feel now?
Compa gets up from the bed and tries to walk towards IF. Her legs buckle and she begins to fall forward. IF catches her.
Compa:
Sorry.
IF:
Don't worry. You'll get use to it.
Blanc walks over to Compa and hugs her.
Blanc:
I'm so sorry, Compa!
Compa smiles.
Blanc:
Don't worry, Blanc. It wasn't your fault.
Black Heart:
Yeah, it was Arfoire's and Rei Ryght's.
Black Heart, Uni, and Histoire land on the balcony. Both Black Heart and Uni transform back into their human forms.
Noire:
Now Vert, what did you mean by, "They were the targets?"
Vert: Well, first, I have a bit of a confession to make...
Vert tells Noire about giving ingredients to Neptune to make the growth potion.
Noire:
Why did you do that!?
Vert:
She said that she was trying to make something for dinner. I was a little suspicious, but I didn't look into it any further. I admit my fault for that, but I get the feeling that you might have had something to do with this too.
Noire:
M-Maybe... Look, we got into a fight, and I told Neptune that she was a bad example for Nepgear...
Vert:
Now we know why she wanted that potion...
Noire:
Yeah... I didn't want her to do it though.
Vert:
But she listened to your advice. Hmm... Maybe she also did it to impress you?
Noire thinks to herself for a bit.
Noire:
Maybe... And now, she and the others are in the clutches of those lunatics!
Uni looks worried.
Rom:
What are we going to do now?
Ram:
We go after them, of course!
Compa:
Then we can just use Arfoire's spell book to change Neptune and Nepgear back to their usual selves.
Histoire:
Not really. Noire, Uni, and I looked for the book before we came here. It seems that Arfoire and Rei took it back when they kidnapped Neptune and Nepgear.
Vert:
Wait. I know some people who can help us. I get ingredients from them all the time, and they specialize in magic.
The Corrupted Sword.
Neptune's eyes open up. She sees Anonydeath sitting at a table and typing at a computer on the right. There is a elongated glass tube attached to a small machine on the floor in the middle against the wall. She turns her head around and sees Nepgear, Plutia, and Peashy, knocked out. They are all tied up by metal shackles.
Ganache:
Ah, you're awake.
Ganache walks up to her.
Adult Neptune:
Ganache!? You're alive?
Ganache:
And you're no longer a lolli?
Ganache laughs.
Ganache:
But in all seriousness, what you saw back in Lowee was a ruse. Arfoire used a spell to make it appear that she was killing me and Singe. She did it to help us escape.
Adult Neptune:
Singe is alive too!?
Singe:
Indeed.
Singe appears from behind Ganache.
Singe:
And you four are going to be our greatest creation yet. Thanks to the help of Avenir's technology, and Arfoire's and Rei Ryght's magic, we are going to remake Gameindustri in our own image.
Adult Neptune:
Boring villain speech aside, at least I know where that rogue Killachine came from.
Singe:
That specimen broke free when we were relocating to this base, and we were unable to retrieve it.
Ganache:
But there's more where that came from. Anyway, the real star of the show are you, Neptune, and your sister.
Nepgear begins to wake up.
Adult Nepgear:
Neptune, where are we?
Plutia and Peashy wake up as well.
Adult Neptune:
Don't worry, sis. I'm going to-
Neptune tries to break free from her bonds, but the shackles turns purple and begins to shock her.
Ganache:
That rope is laced with a spell to prevent you four from escaping. You're not going anywhere.
Anonydeath:
The sword is ready, boys.
Anonydeath, Ganache, and Singe walk up to the glass tube. A sword is inside it. The glass tube disappears, and Anonydeath grabs the sword.
Anonydeath:
Behold the corrupted sword! It is designed to possess, and kill, goddesses. It'll also make you do anything Arfoire and Rei Ryghts tell you to do.
Anonydeath walks up to Neptune.
Anonydeath:
And since you two had the bright idea of taking one of Arfoire's potions, she can easily possess you two into doing her biding.
Adult Nepgear:
Neptune...
Adult Neptune:
I'm so sorry, Nepgear...
Plutia:
When I get my hands on-
Anonydeath:
Ah! If it isn't the dominatrix. I guess you are as tough as you say you are. You should have died a long time ago, yet here you are. You, and your CPU Candidate. But now, you're going to be working for us!
MAGES. and Gust.
Back in Leanbox, Vert and the others arrive in a marketplace. There is a small woman selling food, medicine, and potions at a stand. Vert walks up to her.
Vert:
Hey Gust, MAGES.
Gust:
Lady Vert! Is it the usual?
Vert:
I'm afraid not. My friends and I need ingredients to reverse the effects of a potion.
Noire:
It's a growth potion made by Arfoire?
Woman:
A growth potion, you say?
Another woman appears. She is a witch. Noire and the others take out their weapons and prepare to attack.
Noire:
Arfoire!
Vert:
Wait! Stop! This is MAGES.. She's Gust's friend.
Noire and the others put their weapons away.
MAGES.:
Vert told me all about Arfoire. Your reaction is understandable, but rest assured, I'm here to help. I'm a good witch.
Blanc:
Huh. For once, a witch is on our side.
MAGES.:
Do you know the ingredients used to make this potion?
Vert:
Well, Neptune took some sugar, chocolate, and some blue potion from me, but I don't know what else she used to make the potion. The spell book that contains the ingredients was taken by Arfoire.
MAGES.:
Then unfortunately, I doubt we can help you here. However, Gust and I would gladly come with you to help.
Noire:
Really? Thank you so much! We all promise to protect you.
MAGES.:
You're kind, but don't worry about us. We can hold our own in a fight, ain't that right Gust?
Gust: He he, yes ma'am!
Conquest.
Back at the secret hideout, Arfoire and Rei Ryghts walk into the room where Anonydeath and the others are. Purple Heart, Nepgear, Iris Heart, and Yellow Heart, are in a daze. Their eyes are all glowing purple. Purple Heart is holding the corrupted sword.
Rei Ryghts:
Are we ready to go, boys?
Anonydeath:
Yes, ma'am. They're at your command.
Rei Ryghts:
Then let's take them out for a stroll.
Arfoire, Rei Ryghts, and the four goddesses fly up to the roof of the base. Rei Ryghts raises her hands, and the sky turns black. Lightning strikes across the sky.
Rei Ryghts:
Goddesses! Strike the city!
The four brainwashed goddesses fly into the sky. Purple Heart raises the sword above her head and then swings it down. A purple light appears from the blade and destroys a couple of buildings. Back at Vert's bedroom in Leanbox's Basilicom, Compa and IF are on the balcony looking up at the sky.
Compa:
Is it suppose to thunderstorm today?
IF:
Why do I think that this storm isn't normal?
Vert:
It isn't.
Vert and the others are watching the television. IF and Compa run into the room to join them. The news is broadcasting the attack caused by Purple Heart. Nepgear, Iris Heart, and Yellow Heart, also appears on the screen. She jumps into the air and lands down onto the ground. She causes a small earthquake that destroys a couple of buildings.
Noire:
That's in Planeptune!
Uni:
Arfoire and Rei Ryghts were right under our noses the whole time!
Vert:
Well, we now know where they are.
MAGES. notices that the four goddesses have purple eyes.
MAGES.:
It looks like they're under some kind of spell.
Vert:
Can you reverse it?
MAGES.:
Of course, Lady Green Heart.
Black Heart:
Then let's go save them.
MAGES.:
I can get us there in no time. Everyone stay close to me.
MAGES. takes out a staff, and she swings it around. A portal appears, sucking in the group. A second later, they appear in Planeptune. There are buildings crumbling, and people are running in the streets. Monsters and Killachines are also going rampant.
Noire:
What's going on here!?
Arfoire:
Armageddon.
Arfoire and Rei Ryghts appear. They're standing on the roof of an abandoned building.
Arfoire:
If we can't rewrite the past, then we'll make the future. Gameindustri will be destroyed, and we'll rebuild it into our new kingdom.
Rei Ryghts:
So bow down to your new queens!
Histoire:
No! This time, we're stopping you for good.
The goddesses transform.
Green Heart:
IF, Compa, getting use to fighting in your goddess form is going to take some time.
White Heart:
Don't go all out, or you could cause more harm than good.
IF and Compa:
Understood!
Black Heart:
Candidates, you guys will take care of the monsters and Killachines. Gust, MAGES., you two will come with the rest of us to stop Neptune, Nepgear, Plutia, and Peashy.
The group separates and jumps into battle. Histoire stays behind. She has a look of concern, but she's confident that the group will succeed. The CPU Candidates start taking down some monsters. However, a Killachine appears and goes after them. IF flies towards it and fires her two pistols at it. The machine dodges the bullets and they hit a nearby building, destroying it in the process. IF is embarrassed and shocked.
IF:
Oh... That's why we should hold back...
The candidates continue to fight on. Meanwhile, the Goddesses confront Arfoire and Rei Ryghts.
Black Heart:
Care to surrender?
Rei Ryghts:
Is that suppose to be a joke, because it's terrible!
Black Heart:
Give those four back to us.
Arfoire:
Mmm... No. They're much better as our slaves.
Rei Ryghts:
I don't know, Arfoire. If they want them back that badly, I'd say they can have them.
Purple Heart swoops in and kicks Black Heart in the back! She hits the ground. Nepgear flies in and tries to take down Uni. Uni manages to dodge her attack, but Nepgear is on her tail.
Uni:
Nepgear, stop! We're trying to help you!
Nepgear has no expression. She continues to attack Uni. White and Green Heart fly after them, but Iris Heart and Yellow Heart attack them! On the ground however, MAGES. and Gust sneak into the base through a back door.
MAGES.:
The spell book must be in here somewhere.
The two women walk up a stair case and see a room. Ganache, Singe, and Anonydeath are working inside. On the table where Anonydeath is sitting at, there is a book on the right. It catches MAGES.' eye. She and Gust run inside.
MAGES.:
Freeze!
Singe:
What are you doing in here!?
Ganache:
Don't worry! I came prepared this time.
Ganache takes out a handgun. He aims it at the two women. Gust throws a bottle at them. When it hits the ground, the room is covered in blue slime. The three men are stuck.
Ganache:
Oh come on!
Anonydeath:
Ugh! Doggoo slime!
MAGES. runs towards the book. She opens it, and sees a bunch of potions and spells.
MAGES.:
I found the book.
She sees the growth potion formula.
MAGES.:
Gust, do your thing.
Gust:
Yes! Time to go to work!
MAGES.:
I'll use my magic to free the goddesses from their mind control.
Gust takes out a basket, and while looking at the book, combines a bunch of ingredients to make an antidote. She puts it into two jars. MAGES. looks towards the glass tube where the corrupted sword was made. She aims her staff at it.
Singe;
No! Don't-
A blue light shoots out of it and destroys the tube. Then she points the staff to Anonydeath's computer, and the white light destroys it.
Anonydeath:
Two bases destroyed in one day! This is just torture!
MAGES. and Gust run out of the room, with the spell book under MAGES.' arm. Arfoire and Rei Ryghts hear explosions happening inside the base.
Arfoire:
What was that!?
Rei Ryghts:
I'll go check it out.
Rei Ryghts leaves. Arfoire stays to survey the battle. Black Heart gets up from the ground. She looks up and sees Purple Heart standing above her. She raises the corrupted sword above her head.
Black Heart (In her head):
I'm so sorry, Neptune. I never treated you properly, and I never told you my true feelings...
MAGES.:
Noire!
MAGES. and Gust run up behind Iris Heart.
Gust:
We have the antidote!
Purple Heart turns around. She begins to swing the sword at the two of them. Gust and MAGES. stop dead in their tracks. Black Heart kicks Purple Heart. She falls backwards and hits the ground. MAGES. runs up to the fallen Purple Heart, and says an incantation. Purple Heart begins to yell in pain. When MAGES. finished, Purple Heart falls to the ground. The sword falls out of her hand. Black Heart gets up from the ground.
MAGES.:
The mind control magic has been erased. All you have to do, Noire, is give her the antidote to the growth potion.
MAGES. gives the antidote to Black Heart. Black Heart runs up to Purple Heart. Suddenly, Black Heart's head begins to hurt.
Black Heart:
What's going on?
Purple Heart:
Sword... *Coughs*... Get rid...
MAGES. kicks the sword away from them. Purple Heart transforms back into Adult Neptune. Her eyes are no longer purple. She stands up from the ground.
Adult Neptune:
Thanks.
Black Heart:
I'm just glad you're back to normal... For the most part. I have an antidote to the growth potion.
Adult Neptune:
You're saying that you don't like me in my new form?
Black Heart:
I don't want you to be somebody that you aren't. We both have our faults, but I still... I...
Adult Neptune:
...Noire, if you say the words, then I'll take the antidote.
MAGES. and Gust feel a bit awkward standing there, but they can't turn away. Black Heart takes a deep breath, and yells out:
Black Heart:
I LOVE YOU!
Everybody is silent. Neptune smiles and she begins to cry.
Adult Neptune:
I love you too, my little tsundere.
She takes the antidote from Black Heart's hand, drinks it, and then kisses Black Heart! Adult Neptune turns back into regular Neptune.
Neptune:
I know that was hard, but I'm so happy that you said that.
Black Heart:
It'll get easier with time.
MAGES.:
Ladies, I hate to interrupt, but we have someone else to give the antidote to.
Behind them, Nepgear picks up the corrupted sword. She swings the sword at Neptune!
Black Heart:
Watch out!
She pushes Neptune out of the way, but Nepgear flies after Black Heart. Neptune transforms into Purple Heart, and goes after Nepgear. Green and White Heart are lying on the ground. Uni, after taking out some of the monsters, sees Purple and Black Heart fighting Nepgear in the distance. Nepgear swings the sword as Black Heart again, but Black Heart catches the blade with her hands. Nepgear kicks her in the stomach, and she falls backwards onto the ground. Purple Heart takes the antidote from MAGES. and runs towards her sister. Nepgear raises the sword above Black Heart's head, but Purple Heart grabs her from behind. She pours the antidote down her throat. Nepgear begins to cough. She reverts back into Adult Nepgear, and then into regular Nepgear. She begins to fall forward, but Purple Heart catches her. Nepgear still has the sword in her hand...
MAGES.:
Hold her still, Neptune. I have to reverse the spell on her!
Purple Heart:
I have to get the sw-
Suddenly, Purple Heart feels the blade of the sword enter her stomach! Nepgear's purple eyes stare at her without any emotion. She takes the sword out of Purple Heart's stomach. Purple Heart tries to hang on to Nepgear, but she falls backwards. Black Heart leans up and sees Purple Heart on the ground.
Black Heart:
NEPTUNE!!!
Uni:
NEPGEAR, NO!!!
MAGES.:
Oh no!
Arfoire:
Kill them, Nepgear! Your master commands you!
Nepgear raises the corrupted sword above her head, and swipes down towards Purple Heart!
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