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Chapter 77 - Chapter 77: The Tough Luck

(In a prison cell, two young women walked through the halls, prison guards were getting tossed around left and right like ragdolls in a puff of purple smoke and explosions.)

(From out of the smoke stepped a young woman with a stern look on her face.)

(She wore a magenta coat with purple at the ends, underneath she wore purple long boots with black straps around them.)

(She also had long silver hair in a low ponytail, with two strands of hair out and light purple and pinkish eyes, along with purple lipstick.)

(She wore a brown magical charm bag around her waist.)

(Her sister, who was about two feet taller than her had a much darker look.)

(She shoulder-length white hair with a black spiked headband.)

(She wears a black choker around her neck, a white charm bag, a black top with a purple sweater over it, a magenta skirt, grey leggings and black boots.)

(The older sister nodded to the younger one with a determined look.)

(She reached and pulled a glowing orb out of her charm bag with a glare as she tossed it to the side, resulting in an explosion that sent the guards flying back.)

(One of the guards tried to close the door on them, but they caused several dents in it before blowing it open effortlessly as they glared before she approached the prison cell that she smirked at as the older sister put her hands together as they glowed a bright magenta.)

???: "Fallum Quarca Daminigan!"

(she chanted.)

(As her hands touched the door, it blew off of its hinges and she walked in to see someone else.)

???: "Enchantress, Charmcaster."

(a familiar voice from the end of the room in the darkness rang out.)

???: "I've been waiting."

Enchantress: "Hey, major jailbreaks aren't exactly easy to pull off, you know."

(Enchantress said, crossing her arms.)

???: "You will show me respect, my dear nieces."

(a voice said as he turned to reveal Hex.)

(His eyes glowed yellow in his anger.)

Hex: "Or you will suffer the consequences."

Charmcaster: "Yes uncle."

(Charmcaster said, fearfully as they bowed their heads.)

Hex: "My staff!"

(Charmcaster reached into her bag and produced her uncle's staff with a fearful look.)

Charmcaster: "The magic must have drained out of it or something. It doesn't work. But I swear, it's not my fault."

(Hex glared as he shot his hand out and the staff immediately flew into it.)

Hex: "Its powers can be brought to life only in the hands of a master magician like myself."

(he said as he shot his hand out and a golden beam of light shot out of it towards the two sisters, which split in two to hit the guards.)

Hex: "Now to find the Keystone. The moment of alignment is nearly upon us."

(He then fired his staff towards the wall, breaking it open before he and his niece stepped on the destroyed door.)

Hex: "Once I have completed the ritual and gained its powers, I shall take my revenge on the ones who imprisoned me in this festering sewer!"

(He then used his telekinesis on the door, allowing them to float out of the hole and into the night sky as the guards looked helplessly after them.)

(The camera zoomed to pictures of Lucky Girl and the Scarlet Warrior on the wall with darts in them.)

(Elsewhere on a highway bridge in the Nevada desert, a retirement bus was hanging precariously off of the edge, dangerously close to falling.)

(The senior passengers inside were panicking before they felt a sudden jolt on either side.)

(They looked behind them to see Four Arms and Allison, who had absorbed the bumper's metal, pulling back on it with a shout as Battlefly was out front, pushing with all of her might towards the front of the car as her brow broke out in sweat.)

(She was clearly not used to the heavy work in this form.)

(Once they had set the bus back safely on the bridge, Four Arms broke the back door off and gazed at the senior citizens within.)

Four Arms: "It's okay, everyone. Everything's alright now."

(Four Arms said as he started to walk away with Allison giving an "ahem" to him while nudging him, gesturing to the passengers.)

old man: "So, you're not gonna help us off, Mr. Male Omni Twin?"

(an old man asked as Battlefly flew up towards him.)

old man: "Who raised you anyway."

Battlefly: "Sorry about that, everyone."

(she said, flapping her wings as she went up front.)

Battlefly: "He got all the stubbornness."

old woman: "Oh, be a dear and carry me, would you?"

(an old woman with a walker asked.)

old woman: "My bunions are killing me."

old woman 2: "Your bunions, my butt!"

(another old woman asked.)

old woman 2: "My new hip is killing me! I'm first!"

Allison: "Why did I come along again?"

(Allison asked as Battlefly and Four Arms got to work in helping the seniors out.)

(Back in the Rust Bucket, Gwen sighed as she was on her laptop, researching magical artifacts and wizards like Stonehenge, dream catchers, charm bracelets, etc.)

(before she looked at her old Lucky Girl mask.)

Gwen: "Lucky Girl."

(she sighed.)

Gwen: "I wish you were more than just another Halloween costume."

Ben: "Ugh."

(Ben sighed as he, his sister and her friend walked inside with a groan.)

Ben: "Sometimes this hero stuff gets way old."

Jen: "Hey, now that the Omni Twins are public knowledge, it's kind of our duty to help them."

(Jen sighed.)

Jen: "As much as I hate it sometimes."

Max: "You should be proud of yourself, guys."

(Max said.)

Max: "Those folks would've been in a real pickle without you three."

Ben: "I know."

(Ben said as Allison went to the kitchen to help cook dinner.)

Jen: "It's just that we would like just one regular summer day where we can just sit back and do nothing."

(Jen said as she sat down next to Gwen with a sigh as she looked at her Omnitrix.)

Jen: "It just feels like these things are both a blessing and a curse."

Allison: "Jen's right."

(Allison said.)

Allison: "I would like a day where we could just relax, like Gwen."

(Gwen then shot up and glared at them.)

Gwen: "You three should appreciate that your powers are permanent. I only got to be Lucky Girl for a few hours."

Ben: "Really, was that it?"

(Ben asked as Jen sighed.)

Jen: "No offense, cuz, but with all the bragging you did, it felt like weeks."

(Jen said as Gwen angrily tossed a pillow in her face.)

Jen: "And unless I'm mistaken, it was your choice to destroy those charms in the first place. If you hadn't you could have the power those charms had and you'd be able to help us all the time."

(Gwen then sighed and laid her head down in disappointment, knowing her cousin was right.)

Allison: "The worst part of that whole bus thing was when those old grannies wanted us to go with them to some boring magic convention in Las Vegas."

(Allison sighed.)

Allison: "As if."

(That was when Jen and Gwen's eyes widened in wonder.)

Jen and Gwen: "Magic convention?"

(Somewhere in the desert, a fire was set as Hex, Enchantress and Charmcaster stood by it as Hex chanted a spell.)

Hex: "Darkara Dorokey Aghosto!"

(From out of the fire, an image formed in the shape of what looked like one of the Charms of Bezel.)

Hex: "Keystone of Bezel, reveal your location to me!"

(he shouted.)

(That was when the Keystone's image stopped to reveal what appeared to be a map with a glowing dot revealing its location.)

Charmcaster: "Well, it was nice seeing you again, uncle, but we're out of here."

(Charmcaster said with a nervous chuckle before she and her sister started to walk away before a blast occurred at their feet as Hex glared with his eyes glowing yellow.)

Hex: "You two may leave my service only when I say you can!"

(Hex commanded.)

Enchantress: "Yes, uncle."

(Enchantress said before looking to her younger sister with a smile.)

Enchantress: "Think about it. If he succeeds, then we can take the charms and the power for ourselves! We'll be able to do whatever we want!"

Charmcaster: "But does that mean we have to hurt people?"

(Charmcaster asked.)

Charmcaster: "That's not what I want."

Enchantress: "We don't have to hurt people. We can just make a living for ourselves with everything we can achieve!"

Charmcaster: "I suppose you're right."

[To Be Continued...]

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