117. Army ~Steps Closer to the Finale~

*ZOOM*

*CRACK*

Maria is thrown down to the ground as his ribs cracked. She sobs in pain.

Miguel, tied down and mouth shut and having his Stand immobilized, gives a muffled sob.

Killer Queen emerges and beats her over and over.

The World emerges and beats her as well.

As she laid on the ground, watching Miguel. She whispers, "It's gonna be okay..."

*click click*

"MMPH!!!"

*BANG*

*SPLAT*

Blood splattered all over Miguel's horrified face...

Miguel slowly opens his eyes and sees a Goddess before him with a familiar face.

"Mom?" he asked.

Then, Arthur came to him.

"Dad..." he said, bowing his head.

The pair hugged him softly. He, however, hugged them tight near his heart.

"I'm finally back..." said Miguel. "I got your gift... Treated them like my own... The Cartoon Characters... Weird gift, by the way... Kinda bizarre..."

"Don't abandon them, Miguel, sweetie," said Maria.

"Don't do what we did," said Arthur. "Clean up your own mistakes, Miguel."

"I'm so proud of you," said Maria.

"We both are," said Arthur.

The two of them hold his hands.

"Kariel..." said Miguel, widening his eyes. "All he wanted was to see the two of you again."

"And we will... But not today," they both said.

Now...

*zoom*

*brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*

The Reverse-Flash stares at Miguel's body with his glowing red eyes. His body vibrates to a great speed.

"Excellent," he whispered. "Now, he may have a successful attack upon the Omniverse. Come, Jessica."

Jessica shakes her head.

"Hm?" asked The Reverse-Flash.

"I need some time alone," she said. "I just killed the man I loved."

"I understand," he replied. "Take your time..."

*zoom*

Jessica stares at Miguel's body.

"Now."

*ZIP*

*GASP*

Miguel zipped his head in half in the middle of the murder.

"Why did you do that?!" he asked, shaking in pain.

"I didn't have a plan. I just foresaw in the future that you'd use Anne's zipper technique on your face."

Miguel grabs half of his face and reattaches it to the other half and his neck.

"Why'd you help me?" asked Miguel.

"What's important is that The Reverse-Flash thinks you're dead. We need to move," said Jessica, walking away.

"What? Now!?" asked Miguel.

"We need to assemble an army," she said.

"What army?" asked Miguel. "Because I'm kinda relieved that I just killed my long-time nemesis. Also, you're alive!"

"I'm not your Jessica Polnareff. I'm Jessica Polnareff from another world: A world where I failed and everyone else died. I came to The Reverse-Flash and convinced him that I betrayed you because of love or some bullshit like that."

"Uh... Ouch?" asked Miguel. "What team, exactly?"

"The Chordettes. Our leader is Princess Bubblegum," she smiled.

Miguel's eyes give a death stare.

Meanwhile...

Dragon Fly somehow entered the dimension of Prince. He enters a cavern in Mount Sinai where the Ark of the Covenant once laid. Here, he found silent stone walls, ceilings, and floors filled with moss and vines growing around the dead bodies who fought for Ark. The dead bodies? Hoho... Their hearts still beat with plasma through their phantom veins. Dragon Fly smells the skeletons and picks up a living aroma. The skeletons were in the shapes of Vampires, Lycans, Eastern Dragons, Western Dragons, Phoenixes, Manticores, and all the other known Cryptids in the world.

"There was a portal in The Music Hole... And there is also a portal here in the cavern of Mt. Sinai..." he whispered. At the center of the room was a circle with some stuff scribbled unto it.

"Star of David... The rune that teleports one to another world is... Key formula to interdimensional travel. Used by Spin-Users, Stand-Users, Speedsters, Sorcerers, Wizards and Witches, Demons, Mewmen, Gems, Fortisites, Niburuans, and Scientists alike."

He spoke a spell to the demon, Bill Cipher.

"Kees I taht yawetag eht em tnrag. Kees I taht yawetag eht em tnrag! Kees I taht yawetag eht em tnrag!!!"

A portal opens up as The Monster Emperor walks in. He enters the Grimm Universe's tomb of the Ark of the Covenant, with all the skeletons being in the same place.

"The Grimm and Prince Universes used to be one... Then one day... The Monster Emperor split the two worlds... One world was meant for him to feed on, the other to rule.

My memories... My memories of my old lives are rushing back... Such a foolish and childish jealousy I had for the Aswang King!

I am disgusted with myself...

If he still lives, I shall show him the respect that a true Emperor must give to his peasants.

As the Monster Emperor, I shall become a god of all the Cryptids in the Universe... As I absorb all beings, I shall rule the stars as a New God!!!

Now... Rise, my undead army... We shall try and take the Ark once more... The Ark that is rightfully mine, and I shall feed on all life to achieve my ultimate form!!!"

The undead skeletons slowly rise as they manifest armors and weapons from the ancient days of old, looking like sci-fi sharp metal spacesuits with blasters and laser swords. They gain rotten flesh and blood, as they turn into some sort of ghoulish zombie army.

"Wrry..."

Seven Years Ago...

Josuke walks to school once more like the usual day.

He bumps into someone.

"Oh, sorry!" he smiled.

"Oh! English-Speaker!" The boy sarcastically spoke with a terrible English Accent. "Sorry to intrude my good sir. I'm so sorry." He walks away, laughing.

Josuke bows his head in slight frustration.

Josuke's zipper protrudes from his pants.

"Uh..." he said.

"HAHAHA!!!" laughed another boy. "Ang liit ng titi nya! (His dick is so small!)" he laughed in Tagalog.

Josuke runs out of class, crying, as the rest of the class laughed hard.

*thud... thud... thud...*

There was no teacher in class, and Josuke just repeatedly bashed his head on the wall until bleeding.

A girl laughed so hard that juice sprayed from her nose.

"Aswang Boooy!" laughed a girl, as she clapped her hands right next to his ears as Josuke covers them in serious pain. "Aswang Boy! Aswang Boy! Aswang Boy!" the crowd cheered, making loud noises as Josuke sobbed.

While Josuke was looking at some books in the library, a boy said, "Put your head on the shelf."

Josuke nodded and did so. The boy then pulled his pants down and laughed, running away.

Josuke pulled his head out to see a boy taking pictures of his underwear.

*splat... splat... splat...*

Josuke beat his face over and over in the pillar of his house. No one heard since it was a large mansion.

Now...

Erina sighs, watching Josuke's bandaged body.

Erina brushes Josuke's hair rather sweetly, staring at his face.

*GASP*

"Josuke!" she yelled, as Josuke stood up.

"He's killing people," he said. He had fully regenerated from his wounds. "I have to fix this."

"Josuke... How?" asked Erina. "How do you think are you going to do this?"

"I don't know..." he gasped. "I'll just figure something out."

"Josuke," she said sternly. "You need to rest."

"No, no, no, no... That guy... he broke our bones, Erina," he said, panting. "He broke us. They're the only people I consider my family. What? With my mom, brother, and sister being who knows where for five years!? Do you think they'd try to even help me after ALL of this!? No one was ever there to help me! NO ONE!!!"

"Yes, there were... Them. Mr. Reaper! The Crusaders! Your friends! Me!" she said.

"You mean nothing to me, Erina," said Josuke. "Do you even know how it feels like to have these... feelings about someone and have them RIPPED AWAY and feel like they were toying with you the entire time!?"

Josuke began walking away, preparing his Stand to battle against The Monster Emperor. "I loved you, too."

Josuke turns around. "I'm sorry?"

"That time in the bump cars? Remember? I was there..."

"You were using me."

"Yeah? Well... I felt something... I mean... At least it was something, right!?"

Josuke shakes his head and walks away.

"There's a reason why I betrayed you!" she yelled.

"Why?" he asked. "Why would you ever do such a thing to me?"

"I lied..." she said, with teary eyes. "The person who killed my family wasn't just a bunch of Aswangs. They were your ancestor... Your Grampa Damaso. I thought that having you killed was to avenge them... I didn't know that I would feel something for you that day... That time we spent together. I felt something, okay!?"

Josuke's eyes quivered for a second. He closes them and shakes his head.

"Then why'd you go on to do it, then? You never contacted me again," said Josuke. "All I could do right now is to give you my respect... You're like the rest of the world, Erina... You never even once cared about me. NO ONE EVER CARED ABOUT ME!!! If I was made to fit everyone's problems, why does no one fix my own! I'm scared, Erina... I'm so scared."

"But people do care about you..." yelled Erina.

"Who are you to say that, Erina?" asked Josuke. "You're one of the girls who'd take pics of me for laughs, Erina... I'm scared because I'm powerless... And I can't accept your help because I hate you."

"I know you can't forgive me for what I did!" she yelled with a shaking voice. "But please... let me help you. Let my team help you! And then you could hate me all you want... Just, please... Accept my help for this one time... and we can part our ways forever! I'm an idiot, Josuke... I'm such an idiot for losing you... So please... don't let the world lose you, too. You matter so much more than you think, Josuke!"

"Do I? DO I!? I was just curbed by an insect, Erina! I let my whole team down because I was too incompetent!" yelled Josuke. "I'm a screw-up and that's what I am! That's why I'm scared."

"You are not a screw-up," said Erina. "You're a hero. My hero. Everyone's hero, right now..."

Josuke feels something, as his eyes widen. "Mr. Reaper's dead."

"What?" asked Erina.

"The universe is telling me that Mr. Reaper's dead." Josuke walks back into the hospital with an angered expression. "Follow me."

Josuke slams the hospital door open.

"PURPLE RAIN PRINCE!!!" he yelled, as fumes of purple clouds exit his body. A Restoration Storm forms in the center of the room. "AWAKEN, MY FRIENDS!!!"

*GASP*

Everyone gasps for air as they all rip the bandages off of them.

"Mr. Reaper's dead," said Josuke. "We have to go fight the Monster Emperor."

"Wait..." said Erina. She drops something before them.

"What's this?" asked Josuke.

"My apology," said Erina.

It's a Stand Arrow.

"Where'd you get this? Mr. Reaper deemed these illegal and hid them all," said Josuke.

"My team's leader," she said. "Princess Bubblegum."