I'm doing it again... Why? This is fun to write. I'm not worrying
about continuity, what I'm going to do in the next episode, or character
development. It's also a great release for my dark impulses. :)
Magical Girls Nightmare Team
by Pyae, the Dark Elf
Chapter 2:
Superpowers
Previous chapters (can you believe that?) can be found at
http://bucket.ualr.edu/~sort/fanfic/
**********
The scientists worked feverishly to keep on schedule. No mistakes
could be allowed, so shifts changed at regular intervals to give the
harried workers time to rest.
General Biter watched and smiled to himself.
Soon. Very soon.
*****
Skuld was getting worried.
She had been following the four girls for almost a half hour now and
they didn't show any signs of slowing down.
That wasn't what worried her.
The girls continually giggled and talked about righting wrongs, how
cute everything was today, and what their favorite foods were.
While somewhat disturbing, those things didn't worry her either.
They were now entering the seedy part of town. The sections of the
city the police avoiding and pretended didn't exist.
Yep. That was it. That was what was bothering her.
Magical girls were supposed to go fight entities that normal humans
couldn't handle. They weren't supposed to go after criminals. The
Rules wouldn't apply here.
"Look! Those nasty men are up to something!"
Chibi-Usa pointed down a narrow alley. Long shadows and numerous
piles of trash prevented being able to tell how many individuals there
were. Combined with the run down condition of the nearby buildings, any
sane person would have been cautious.
The four magical girls strode forward to make right what was
obviously wrong.
Skuld shook her head and position herself at the entrance to the
alley, leaning against the wall facing the street.
"Hold it right there, naughty men! It is time for you to mend your
ways! In the name of all that is yummy and sweet, we shall punish you!"
That was Chibi-Usa. She seemed to have this magical girl stuff down
pretty well. Skuld fished in one of her pockets momentarily, pulling
out a small bomb. She started to calibrate it.
Silence reigned for a moment. Then it began with a lecherous
chuckle.
"Oh my, I certainly have been _naughty_."
"Go ahead and _punish_ me, I know I deserve it."
"I didn't know girls _that_ young could have _those_ kind of
thoughts."
That comment was rewarded with another chuckle.
Suddenly, the four girls ran out of the alley, shrieking at the top
of their -- quite voluminous -- lungs.
Skuld took off after them, tossing the bomb over her shoulder and
into the alley, where a man caught it and had a brief moment to become
very nervous.
*****
The metal was shaped into a perfect sphere. Any faults would cause
the device to work improperly.
The General gave a full throated laugh as the scientists completed
the final assembly.
The Bedbugs Republic of Japan was now a nuclear power!
The U.N. would probably condemn their actions, but what could they do?
The U.S. would start talking about protecting the global peace, as if
they were ones to talk about that.
But now, they had joined an exclusive club that contained countries
such as China, India, and Great Britain. No one would be able to
ignore them any longer! Heck, even Israel might notice them for a
change.
*****
After the girls stopped screeching and running for their lives,
Skuld managed to herd them away from Graviton Tower. Shiiko was still
ranting about a 'final battle' with the 'forces of darkness.'
Finding one of the small parks that were scattered throughout the
city, Skuld decided to relax.
Trees, flowers, some insects. A little piece of nature among the
metal and concrete. Nothing could go wrong here, right?
Azusa spotted a very large man who was crouched behind a bush, facing
away from them. The man was holding a camera and being very furtive.
She motioned to the other girls and they crept up behind him. Skuld
sighed and followed once again.
"Cameras are for hugging and naming 'Claudette,' not for furthering
your perversions by taking pictures of innocents playing in the park! I
am Sailor Snowcone!"
"Sailor Moonpie!"
"Sailor Gumdrop!"
"Oh! Um... Sailor Candycane, right." No way was she going to use
her real name.
"Sailor Sweettooth!"
"We are the Kawaii Sailor Samurai Knights! In the name of all that
is cute and fuzzy, we will pun... er... we will right wrongs and
triumph over evil. And that means you!"
The man turned his head toward the girls and stared. "Uh..."
The four magical girls took this as a long-winded speech about
destroying the planet and running amuck through the universe, because
that is what all the bad guys say.
Skuld buried her head in her hands as the magical girls began their
attacks. Luckily, their magical attacks couldn't do much to a normal
human.
"SWEET SHAVED ICE BLIZZARD!"
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
"GOOEY GOOEY GUMDROP BOMB!"
"CHOCOLATE CRAVING CRUSH!"
The man felt like he had been frosted, baked, and buried under a
pile of chocolate chips. All in all, he felt like a kid's breakfast
cereal.
#16 came to the conclusion that people in this city must not like
bird watchers.
*****
The One Who Is Not To Be Named struggled through the dimensional
barriers.
His purple, bulbous skin was being horribly stretched by the forces
he fought against, but it would be worth it.
He had been rejected by his kin. Having only two eyes and pudgy
arms and legs, the other demons had laughed at him and called him names.
It was times like that when he felt like exsanguinating someone.
But he would show them. He would bring more horror and misery upon
the human race than had ever been seen before!
*****
General Biter went before the Society of Bedbugs (SOB).
Looking at the giant map that covered the council's table, he pointed
to a certain place.
The council looked at the location and nodded. SOB was in agreement.
A demonstration of their power was in order and the target had been
chosen.
*****
As the four girls did a victory dance around the park, the huge man
sat up and scratched his head.
A device in Skuld's pocket suddenly started beeping.
Swiftly, Skuld pulled it out and glanced at the readings.
A powerful and evil presence was about to manifest right here and
the only ones to stop it were herself and the four magical girls.
"Uh oh," Skuld said as she started sweating.
*****
Biter relayed the order.
From the top of a mattress store, a missile was launched.
The technicians clustered around their instrumentation. If their
theories proved correct, the missile just launched was a thousand times
more effective than any missile ever built.
*****
The demon broke through the final barrier with a roar.
The four magical girls stopped singing their victory tune and
recoiled from the monster in horror.
Even Skuld, who had dealt with demons before, was completely repulsed
by its appearance.
Mists curled off the demon's skin as its body returned to a normal
temperature. The creature opened its mouth, as if to let loose a bellow
of rage against all that is holy, revealing two rows of shiny white
teeth.
*****
The nuclear missile reached apogee and the warhead released from the
missile body.
Now in freefall, nothing could stop it.
*****
"I wuv you. You wuv me," the creature of nightmares began chanting.
Four girls screamed in fright; one android put his fingers in his
ears in a futile attempt to block out the sound.
"Die demon!" cried Skuld. She reached behind her back and grabbed
her mallet. Extending it to full length, she swung it upward with all
her might and caught the demon square in the chin.
The demon was launched skyward, magically accelerating due to Skuld's
blow.
*****
Hideous creature met nuclear warhead at 200 meters above the ground
and a white-hot fireball of destruction formed.
Everything within 10 meters of ground zero was annihilated, including
every single molecule of the One Who Is Not To Be Named.
*****
The girls rubbed their eyes, magical healing powers kicking in.
When they could see again, they began congratulating each other on a
good job well done, old chap.
*****
#16 flew away from the city as fast as he could.
All he wanted was to find a normal place to look at some nature, was
that too much to ask?
Looking at his list of possibilities, he noted that the next city was
called "Eerie, Indiana."
*****
General Biter frowned in annoyance. The patriot system was obviously
much better than the reports he had read indicated. Effective perhaps,
but it certainly was ugly.
Biter took a cigar from his pocket. Placing it in his mouth, he
began chewing on the end.
"All right. Time to call in the air force."
**********
Next Time:
Skuld begins to figure out what is really happening.
(Once I figure it out myself.)
Sasami gets better treatment.
(She's actually my favorite character of this bunch.)
And a revealing conversation between Chibi-Usa and the newest
addition to the KSSK.
(Oh, this is evil! Already written.)
*****
Pyae: o/~ It's my story, and I'll write what I want to. Write what I
want to. Write what I want to. You would write too if these
ideas plagued you. o/~
[Pyae runs offscreen, dodging a boot.]
[Pyae pokes his head onscreen.]
Pyae: SIZE DOES MATTER!
[Pyae disappears, avoiding ten boots.]
[Pyae pokes his head onscreen, once more.]
Pyae: I certainly would have a heart attack from pink sugar, wouldn't
you?
[Pyae disappears again, dodging a hundred boots.]