The World Rings, Night 13: Rage Awakened

En route to Mobius

Morgiana kept holding onto Maria so that her Soul Bond would present itself. Louise was still shuddering on the ground, and when someone put their hands on her cheeks, they suffered a shock from her Rage Ring power. "It looks like someone is holding Louise hostage. But who?" Maria asked, deeply worried for her sister.

"It would have to be a member of Team Gnaa or the Big Mom Pirates." Index figured. "They're the only two groups Louise picked a fight with, besides the Kids Next Door. WHOA!" She dodged a laser shot from a Flying Krock, and as they were entering Mobius's atmosphere, they took note of three different squadrons at war with each other: Krocks, Hat Ships, and general fighter planes.

"It seems that Louise's crew and the Kremling Krew are in a conflict." Riddler examined. "And they dragged the Mobians in with them."

"Index, just keep following the signal." Nagisa ordered. "We can't worry about their battle now."

"Understood, Nagisa. Anyway, I think I can see where Louise is. If I were to guess, it's that huge column of energy." As she said, there appeared to be a large tower in the distance, and airships patrolling where the tower ended. "The military seems to be guarding the area where Louise is being held. We'll have to talk to whoever's in charge and hope they let us in."

Index parked the Enigma Explorer a few miles away from the barrier, and the group began their venture.

"Chancellor Yorkshire, I insist that we escort you to the Safe House!" Chief Bogo stated. He was a large Mobian buffalo, twice as tall as the chancellor. "It's only a matter of time before more pirates arrive. It's dangerous to be out in the open like this."

"In that case, it'd be wiser to spend your time evacuating the city. I won't let these criminals get the better of me."

"Hey, you kids can't be out here!" yelled one of the officers.

Cheadle and Bogo looked over, seeing a strange group of humans approaching. "We're Kids Next Door operatives!" Nagisa yelled as they showed their KND licenses. "We want to speak with your boss!"

"Alright, you kids," Chief Bogo marched up, "run back to your playground and leave this to-"

"Last I checked," Cheadle held him back, "you weren't the boss." The chief hung his head in shame as the chancellor walked past him. "How can I help you, Kids Next Door?"

"I am Princess Maria of the Mushroom Kingdom, and I demand entry into your top secret facility!" she yelled, flashing her Gold Shroom Card.

"You realize Mushroom and Mobius are rivals, right?" Killua replied. "There's no way they're gonna let you-"

"Hold on… Princess Maria?" Chancellor Yorkshire asked in surprise. The dog woman walked closer and bent down to thoroughly examine her. "It…It really is you!" She smiled joyously. "Princess, you may not know me, but I'm Cheadle Yorkshire, Chancellor of Mobius. I met your mom on the Galactic Council and we became friends. We sat by each other during Field Day and watched your performance!"

"You… Really?!" Maria asked, beaming with joy. "Oh gosh, I'm so happy to meet you! Now I have someone else to invite to my Princess Slumber Party!"

"That sounds like it'd be a lot of fun!"

"You can't be serious, Chancellor!!" the officers exclaimed.

"So, I assume these are friends of yours? I recognize a few of them from Field Day as well… oh, and you seem familiar, too." She focused on Riddler.

"Edward Nigma, at your service, ma'am." He introduced proudly. "You might remember me as the Hero of Azoth."

"You're on the wanted posters for setting up dangerous contraptions around Zootopia and other worlds." She held up a poster.

"Gyup!" he flushed and sweated. "Th-That's not me, the man in that poster looks WAY older than I do."

"Miss Yorkshire, I really need to get inside that barrier!" Maria pled. "My sister is in there, and I think she's in danger!"

"Your… sister? …Hu!" Cheadle gasped in realization. "You mean that mustached girl! I thought I recognized her… Peach showed me one of her baby pictures."

"What was Louise doing here, anyway?" Nagisa asked.

"She showed up all of a sudden with a fleet. Just as we were fighting her off… Moge-ko arrived."

The police chief brought up a large holographic image of the catgirl's wanted poster. "Moge-ko Leijon is one of the Kommanders of the Kremling Krew." Chief Bogo explained. "She made herself known as early as July, a pirate captain of a small crew terrorizing towns on numerous planets. In August, she showed up in the capital of Sol with her crew of yellow catlike creatures." He displayed images of burning buildings and said creatures slicing people into bloody corpses. "They ordered a mass evacuation and called both soldiers and KND operatives. They mowed down her minions, but they fell helpless to Moge-ko's fearbending." Another photograph showed a silhouetted Moge-ko drenched in blood, smirking as her eyes glowed red.

"And that was when the Emperors appeared." Cheadle said as a photograph showed two flying ships. "Both King K. Rool and Lord Mandy arrived at Sol with the sole desire to recruit Moge-ko. They first engaged in arm-wrestling, which K. Rool won," a photograph displayed this, "then a staring contest, which Mandy won." A photograph displayed this. "And afterwards, it seems they killed the photographer. We don't have anymore pictures, but in the end, Moge-ko joined the Kremlings. And since then, she has become a worse threat." She went back to the wanted poster.

Cheadle closed her eyes and recollected the rest. "But I do know what happened next. My friend, Queen Blaze, used her Sol Emeralds to become Burning Blaze, and she chased the Emperors away from her kingdom."

"YOU WON'T ESCAPE ME!" Queen Blaze inhaled a great breath and spat a beam of blue fire at K. Rool's ship. The Kremling King seemed to turn into an eagle and fly in the wake of the fire, morphing back to normal and breaking the beam with a strong golden PUNCH, resulting in a sapphire firework.

"I love callbacks." Maria smiled, wiping a tear away.

"Wait a minute, I recognize that name." Index said. "Leijon… that's Nepeta's last name!"

"Who's Nepeta?" Nagisa asked.

"She was one of the trolls from Hivebent, remember? The cat-troll?"

"Oh, yeah." Nagisa scratched his head. "You know, those trolls were such a huge part of the Seven Lights Quest, and yet I don't remember them at all."

"Anyway," Cheadle continued, "she showed up all of a sudden and attacked Louise with her fearbending. The ZPD arrived to help me escape, and we decided to seal the lake inside our Emergency Containment Barrier. Unfortunately, Moge-ko managed to kill several of our soldiers when they tried to rescue Louise."

"You've gotta let us in there! Please!" Maria pled once more.

"Maria, I know she's your sister, but I couldn't just send a group of kids in there."

"Don't you realize we're Kids Next Door operatives? I bet ya we're better than all your troops put together!"

"What Maria means to say is," Index began, "since I'm a lightbender, I'll be able to fight her. And besides, if one of K. Rool's officers is held captive here for too long, he'll send more reinforcements than the ones in the sky right now. Just let us fight her and take her into the Kids Next Door's custody."

"Sigh… well, I can't deny what the Kids Next Door is capable of. Very well, we'll open the entrance for you. In fact, I think I shall accompany you."

"Ch-Chancellor?!" Bogo gaped in surprise.

"We don't have time to debate about this. I'm not comfortable with sending them in alone, nor do I doubt their skill. Open the way, Chief."

"Hrm… all right."

A small hole at the bottom of the force-field opened. The Seven Ring Hunters and Chancellor Yorkshire bravely stepped forward, and the barrier resealed. Already, dog pirates spotted them, the animals chasing their tails in order to spin like a tornado and attack the group. "That trick is so played out." Cheadle said, flying at the dogs with Haki kicks and defeating them effortlessly. Lazy Paws (cats with red bandannas) were poofing out of thin air to scratch her, but she sensed them with Observation Haki and struck back. Parrots flew overhead and launched bladed feathers, the kids dodging as Lotte shot them with Stun Spells.

"Her Power Level is 7,682!" Goombella beamed, hearts for eyes. "Such a strong and empowering woman!"

"Oh, I'm nothing, really." Cheadle blushed. "After all… even I was too scared to face Moge-ko. There was an unsettling aura around her, even for a fearbender."

As they drew closer to the Grand Hall, walking over the corpses of fallen soldiers, they realized that black and red energy was spewing out of the doors and windows, and could feel the nightmarish aura radiating from it. They stopped at the fountain and dared not step any closer. "Just what kind of fearbender is she?" Deku asked. "I don't think I wanna bring Eri-chan in there."

"I can't tell without directly Tattling her." Goombella replied. "Oh! But maybe you can tell us, Riddler!"

"I will gladly answer Deku's question, even though it wasn't directed at me." The man replied. "Moge-ko ate Dr. Clown's Pain-Pain Fruit. Using her fearbending, she can trap her foes in an illusory obstacle course of unimaginable pain and strife. You cannot die or get wounded by her illusions, but you will still feel the pain. It's just like Louise's World Ring, in fact! The only way to escape the illusion is to complete the obstacle course or if Moge-ko walks too far away. Sadly, she tends to kill her opponents if she gets bored with torturing them. As you can see, she is projecting a massive aura of her chi throughout this building, bound to ensnare any hapless victim that walks in. Even lightbending won't shield you from her trap. The aura will go away if Moge-ko is attacked or distracted by something."

"You mean if we step in there, we'll have to do an obstacle course?" Nagisa asked.

"I'm not sure if I'm nimble enough." Lotte replied sadly.

"But I am!" Maria declared. "My family are natural-born platformers! We eat obstacle courses for breakfast! I'll survive this no matter what it takes!"

"Baka, don't be ridiculous!" Killua shouted. "I'm way more used to this stuff. Besides, why can't we just go in there with a chi-block? Don't they have those on this planet?"

"We tried." Cheadle replied. "Unfortunately, Moge-ko knows the spell to break chi-blocks. She announces it through the P.A. whenever she senses someone approach with one."

"What a pain. Oh, wait, why don't we just use Alluka to warp Louise to us?"

"She needs to be closer in order to use any magic effect on either Louise or Moge-ko." Index answered.

"Ugh, another rule." Maria huffed. "…Oh, I know! What if I wish I were immune to pain for a short time? Like, maybe an hour?"

"Hmm, it's not the worst idea." Index replied. "If her power can't really injure you, then all you'll need to do is survive the obstacle course."

"Okay. You hear that, Alluka?" Killua asked. "I wish that Maria was immune to pain for one hour."

"'kay." As Maria took the girl out of her hat, Alluka summoned her power and placed both hands on Maria's face. She finished, and Maria bit her own hand to test it. "Sweet! I can eat myself all I want! But first, I must save Louise!" Maria tossed Alluka into Killua's hand before facing the entrance. "HERE I COME, SIS!" Maria Long Jumped into the darkness. Everyone watched as she vanished within.

Stage 10: Dead Kid Course

Mission: Brave the danger and rescue Louise!

At first, it merely seemed like she had entered the building's lobby. A small, yellow round cat was at the receptionist desk. Maria approached it and asked, "Are you Moge-ko?"

"Mogege." It laughed, a fluffy smile on its face.

"You kinda got stuck on the 2nd syllable, so I'm not sure."

"Moge-tan is next room." He gestured to the right at the door. Maria calmly walked around to it.

"Moge-ko is through here? And Louise?"

"Moge doesn't know. Moge hopes you have good time. …Moge would like have good time with you."

Maria grew fearful at the implication. "Sigh…" She swallowed her fear and bravely twisted the knob. "AAAAAHH!" The door became a spring and sent her flying! (Play "Gas Gas Gas" by Manuel!)

Maria BURST through the building's wall, soaring through a completely new dimension with a Mogeko-filled red sky. Maria could not absorb the sights before she flew headfirst into a chainsaw, her body breaking into bloody pieces, until she respawned right at the door spring. Becoming more alert, Maria willed her body right to dodge the saw, landing on a trampoline that flew her further, but she fell before reaching the next one. She repeated the section, this time putting force in her legs to make herself go farther, and her legs were sliced by saws.

Again she repeated, shifting her body to go over the saws, and then she crashed into a floating square that quickly shot upward. Maria was meant to Wall Jump to the next square, but she fell. She repeated this five more times before keeping herself firm on the square and kicking to the next, which zipped sideways. Maria kicked to the next, but it turned out to be a saw that sliced her. Six more attempts later, she made it back, had to wait for the saw to leave, and then kick to a square. Sadly, she grabbed too low and fell as it zipped up diagonally. Five tries later, Maria could hold on and kick off onto a large field.

Eight Moge-kos surrounded Maria, stabbing her from all sides in a second. Six attempts later, she made it back, jumping when the girls closed in, but one shot up and stabbed her rear. Five more attempts, Maria dodged the jumping Moge-ko. This trap repeated itself, Maria jumping each time, until one time a Moge-ko zipped past and beheaded her. It took at least 12 attempts for Maria to get across the field, where she hit a "?" Block with 10 Ghoul Shrooms, the evil Mushrooms munching her to pieces.

After nine attempts, Maria realized she had to hit the invisible block NEXT to the ? Block and get the Propeller Shroom. With this, she spun and flew high over the edge of the field, slowly descending and moving herself toward a balloon she was meant to bounce on. The balloon indeed bounced her up, but the second it popped, it said, "Oh yea, Mr. Krabs! AAAAAAAAHHHHH!" She couldn't feel pain, but the sound was still annoying, and a giant knife flew up to impale a distracted Maria. Having lost count of how many times she did the same course, Maria listed her body left to evade the knife, then continuously listed right to dodge more knives, but one managed to get her.

"This song is gonna be stuck in my head all day." she said to herself. Returning to the knives, Maria had to sink faster to avoid the last one and land on a block which had been turning in multiple directions. The block quickly carried her across the distance while turning, and Maria fell off. Once Maria was successful in staying on, she jumped through a small waterfall that erased her propeller power, then she had to bounce across floating Mogekos. They came in groups of three, and Skulltulas would drop down on random ones and whack Maria off. "OW!!"

As Maria restarted the course, she rubbed her head of the invisible scratch. "Wait, that actually hurt! Do you mean the hour's over alread-" She crashed into the buzzsaw and could feel every piece of her slicing to bits. "WAH!" She dodged it and restarted the trampolines. "Grrr… I have to keep going. Can't stop now…"

After lots of pain and grief, Maria returned to the Mogekos and successfully made it across them. Maria then set foot on a platform, and eight Moge-kos ambushed her again and stabbed her. After repeating the course again, Maria jumped to dodge them and began to jump some floating mushrooms, but she realized that the Moge-kos were chasing her and swinging their knives, following her exact path. There were columns of fire sprouting on and off, but when Maria tried to wait for them, the Moge-kos knocked her off.

Maria began to act more decisively in her jumps, but this did not come without a few burns, cuts, and falls. After repeating the course over and over and over again, Maria could no longer feel the pain. Her nerves had just gone so numb, but because she wasn't suffering any wounds, she wasn't dying. At this point, only her own willpower was acting to make the jumps.

Eventually, Maria got past the fires and had to quickly jump across the hilts of giant knives that were flying her way. This was another section that saw lots of failure, but every time, Maria would jump stronger and jump faster. Past the knives, still avoiding the Moge-kos, Maria pressed a switch that released hundreds of balloons into the sky. They were floating up to a tower of buzzsaws, but the saws moved aside to let the balloons pass, implying Maria couldn't just stay on top and ride them up. She had to avoid the Moge-kos until she could see the bottom of the balloons, and then it was a straight way up once she finally jumped in. Sadly, all those balloons made the same sound:

"Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh yea yea yea yea yea yea yea, Miiiiiiiisteeeeeeerrr Krabs Krabs Krabs Krabs Krabs Krabs! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Maria could imagine no greater pain than hearing the same phrase and scream no less than 100 times. After that, the rest was a cakewalk: all Maria had to do was Wall Jump between two very thin poles. A gigantic saw was slowly rising up from the abyss, so Maria had to move faster with any hope of outrunning it. Out of sheer luck, Maria hopped off on the path up top and ran for the Goal Flag. …Maria knew better than to fall for such a fake. She jumped around the flag and fell into the abyss, just barely grabbing the TRUE Goal Flag down below. (End song.)

"Hmmm…" Moge-ko gently stroked Louise's cheek, suffering another shock to her nerves. "I like to feel pain, Louise." she said with a smile. "It invigorates me. And I like to make other people feel it, too. It's such a sweet feeling. You should've seen all those houses I burned… all those sweet little girls my Mogekos slaughtered. Sigh… but if you keep hurting me, I can't carry you out of here through all those soldiers. Aren't those idiots done, yet?"

"I'm certainly done." Moge-ko faced the entrance as Maria Mario limped into the office. "And you are, too. Let my sister go."

"Huh… I didn't think you would actually make it past. You know, Maria, King Kitty Rool ordered me to take Louise to Bowser. You know what that means? You might get to see your pawents again." She spoke in a babyish tone. "But that's only if they come and rescue you. They probably forgot about you by now."

"We'll see about that! HYAAAH-!" Maria ran for the Kommander, Moge-ko smirking and zipping behind her with a Shave. She slashed her knife, but Maria back-flipped above and tried to Ground Pound. Moge-ko reacted quick by tossing her knife, and Maria's left leg was severed just before the attack landed.

Outside, the others were fighting off swarms of Mogekos when the Fear Chi stopped spewing from the Grand Hall. "The aura disappeared! Let's go in!" Index yelled, quickly racing in and finding the office. The second Index arrived, she was horrified by the sight.

Blood was leaking from Maria's severed leg, the princess having fainted. "Uh-oh… I hope King Bowser doesn't mind if you're in two pieces." Moge-ko said, picking up the leg. "Or… maybe he'll let me keep this one… mm-hm-hm-hm-hm!" She gently brushed it against her cheek.

". . . ." Filled with anger, Index turned a bright white and PUNCHED her in the jaw at the speed of light. Index followed this with rapid lightspeed punches before balling both fists and bashing her in the head with one last Double Light Fist. Having weakened herself from touching Louise all this time, and still hurt by Maria's Ground Pound, Moge-ko lost consciousness.

The spell on Louise was broken, and the red-hooded girl awoke from her nightmare. "Ugh… in that dream… for a moment, I thought I saw…!" She was mortified by the bloody leg discarded on the floor. The brown shoe and its small size was extremely familiar. And not too far from it was the wounded form of her sister. "MARIAAAA!" Louise ran up to her, lifting her head up. "Maria, speak to me!"

"Mmmnn…nngh." Maria cracked a grin and opened her eyes. "I… will never abandon you… Louise…" She fainted.

"Maria… Oh, Maria…" Tears streamed from the pirate's eyes. She had kept telling herself she wanted nothing to do with her anymore… but seeing her in pain, she couldn't deny her feelings. "I told you to leave me alone… why don't you ever listen to me? Sniff, sniff."

"Maria!" The Seven Ring Hunters and Cheadle raced in.

"Do something!" Louise shouted. "Her leg's been cut, she needs a doctor or something!"

"Eri-chan, you think you can Rewind her?" Deku asked.

"Um, I'll try." The girl hurried over to Maria and placed a hand on her. "Mmmm…" Her horn wasn't growing.

"Eri, I think you've been using your power too much on this journey." Goombella told her. "When you changed Morgiana back, it ate up a chunk of your energy."

"Give her to me!" The girls stepped back as Cheadle rushed over, quickly wrapping up Maria's leg wound. "I have medical experience, I can fix her as soon as we get to a hospital."

"I have healing potions!" Lotte yelled. "They can't repair severed wounds, but do you think they could help?"

"Not yet, first we need to reattach it. One of you, grab her leg!" With a morbid expression, Louise grabbed Maria's severed leg and ran after her as they left the building.

"Let's grab Moge-ko." Nagisa stated. "We need to chi-block her and have her gagged so she can't speak."

"I can take care of that." Killua picked the girl up by the neck.

"Big Brother?" Alluka spoke worriedly. "I wanna be with Big Sis Maria."

"Heh… of course you can, Alluka."

Zootopia Hospital

The operatives sat in the waiting room with Louise in company. They were genuinely surprised how calm and worried she was, twiddling her fingers as she stared at the door. Needless to say they all shared worry. The only one in there besides Cheadle was Alluka, sitting on a table beside her hat. Meanwhile, Killua offered to take the bound-and-gagged Moge-ko to GKND H.Q., which convinced the Kremlings to retreat from the skies.

However, Goombella had been staring at Louise the whole time. Her Power Level was at 10,274 and had been gradually increasing. It was nowhere near that high when I examined her before. It must be the Red Ring's effect… but Louise doesn't seem angry at all.

Finally, Cheadle stepped out of the room with a smile. "I was able to reattach the leg. I estimate she'll have a month before she's ready to start jumping again."

"So, she's going to be okay?!" Louise asked in pure relief.

"She will." Cheadle nodded.

"We can't thank you enough, Chancellor Yorkshire!" Index said.

"It was my honor to help Peach's daughter. And, if it doesn't trouble you… I would like to go with you to Mushroom Kingdom. I want to reunite you two with your parents."

"…" Louise closed her eyes and bowed her head. "Could I have a moment alone with her, please?"

"Sure, Louise." Nagisa replied with a smile. "Why don't we go get something to eat in town? We'll bring a snack for you girls, too."

"We need a place to sleep." Deku said, staring at a sleeping Eri in his lap. "We haven't rested since Poké. No wonder poor Eri-chan is tired. Hey, could you look after her as well, Miss Yorkshire?"

"Sure I can."

"Thanks." Deku carefully lifted the child, got up, and set her in his seat. "Just tell her where we are if she wakes up."

GKND H.Q.

"This is Galactic Kids Next Door Headquarters! Identify yourself, unidentified vessel!" the Wisp on the screen yelled.

"I'm Killua Zoldyck from the Hyrule Kids Next Door!" the half-Sheikah replied. "I've captured a dangerous criminal and need someplace to store her."

Killua was allowed to land the Enigma Explorer, carrying Moge-ko out for everyone to see. Her knees were forced in an angled position, hands tied behind her back, she had chi-blocks, and a metal bar to gag her mouth. One of the Wisp guards snapped Moge-ko's image and quickly searched her wanted poster. "Whoa, you brought us a big bounty today. Alright, boys, take her down below." The Wisps picked her up and flew off.

"Phew… well, if this place gets attacked, it's on them." Killua remarked, hands in his pockets. "I better get back soon. Now that I think about it, I followed Alluka's three requests. She'll go into Wish Mode if I'm not around. Well, as long as she's with the others, I guess…"

Zootopia

The sun was setting over the Mobian metropolis as the operatives visited a rooftop restaurant. They occupied tables and gazed over the city as they dined on pizza. "I still can't believe you knocked Moge-ko out after only a few hits." Deku mentioned.

"Well, she was pretty worn out after exerting her energy this much. Plus, we lightbenders are pretty heavy hitters when we get mad." Index replied proudly.

"You know, Index," Goombella began, "when I first got my Tattle, you made me promise to never examine you. I realize now that I would've figured out your secret, but since we already know, could I… take a peek at your Power-"

"No." she replied quickly. "I mean… not right now, Goombella… okay?"

"Oh… alright." Goombella couldn't help but wonder what else she had to hide.

"I once read an article saying Zootopia was one of the most beautiful places in the universe." Lotte smiled, hovering several feet high on her broom. "I always thought about bringing my friends here on vacation… it's too bad we had to come at such a dire time."

"When is the Kids Next Door never dire?" Nagisa remarked.

"Yeah, but you know something? I've been really enjoying this adventure. It was so wonderful meeting new friends from all these different worlds. I would like to spend more time with you guys after this is over."

"I don't see why not!" Nagisa grinned. "Heck, round up a bunch of operatives and go on an interplanetary road trip!"

"Sure, when the next Firstborn Quest begins." Goombella retorted. "But it does sound like a lot of fun."

"I admit," Riddler followed, "it is somewhat enjoyable to be devoting my time to you children as if we were equals."

"You're going to be the one we wrestle with next." Nagisa smirked.

"But it won't be long now." Index smiled. "After Louise and Maria are done reconciling, it's straight to the Mushroom Kingdom for the seventh and final ring."

Hospital

Louise entered her sister's room, seeing Maria asleep on the bed. She saw her hat on the table and a creepy-looking doll with a white, hollow face. Louise approached it and picked it up curiously. "Where did Maria get you?"

"Killua gave her me."

"You talk? Who are you?"

"I'm Alluka. I grant wishes."

"A wishing doll? In-ter-est-ing." Louise put her halfway in her pocket. "Hey… Maria?" She lightly shook her.

"Mmm…" Maria tiredly opened her eyes. "Louise… are you alright?"

"Me? Pfft, you're the one who lost a leg!"

"M-My leg? Does that mean… I have to become a pirate?"

"As a pirate myself, I think that cliché needs to die already!"

The twins shared a laugh. "Heh heh… Louise… I'm so glad you're okay."

"Me, too. It's funny… I always thought I hated you. I thought seeing you in pain would make me happy. But in reality… I feel more angry than ever. Like…Like if I lost you, I would just lose it."

"Then let's never lose each other again."

"…Maria… I think…I think I'm ready to go home now."

Maria gazed at her with masked surprise, tears beginning to form. "Louise… do you mean it?"

"Yes, Maria… I'm finally ready."

"Oh, Louise!" Maria opened her arms, welcoming her sister into a hug.

"…I'm finally ready… to kill that mother fucker."

And in a second, Louise bashed her in the head and knocked her out. She lifted Maria off the bed and drew an "M" in the floor with her Paint Staff. She jumped into the neon portal with her sister. A Bonneter flew out and dumped water on to wash the goop away.