402. B for Betty ~Lololol~

Toffee, now having hidden his daughter, grabs Miguel's unconscious body. "We're gonna have a talk..."

Meanwhile...

Nocturna smiles at Steven, upon waking up in a glass chamber.

Steven smiles back.

"Steven..." said Dipper. "I don't think-..."

"Sh..." said Steven. "Nocturna. What are you planning this time?"

"I thought for a second there, you'd ask me to join your little idol group," she laughed.

Steven snaps his fingers.

A chamber next to her has its lights turned on.

She looks to her left and her eyes widen with horror. "Kenneth!" she said, worriedly. "Don't do this!"

"This guy killed Anne... This guy killed our people. And you think that this guy deserves redemption? Really?"

"Please! Whatever you're about to do! Don't do it!" she cried. "Kenneth, baby! It's gonna be okay. Are you okay?"

"A bit daft. How do you think I'm feeling...?"

"You Diamonds really piss me off," said Steven. 

"I heard about what you did to the Diamonds in your Universe," said Nocturna. "You had them arrested for their crimes. You... did things to them... Especially White..."

"I don't kill... But I'm down with exacting justice to people like you."

"You're a torturer... Please..." said Nocturna. "Don't hurt Kenneth! Hurt me!"

"No... I want something out of you and I'll get it."

"You really are a Diamond."

"STOP. SAYING THAT!!! DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT AGAIN!!!No... Maybe... Maybe we are alike.And I'll do what you Diamonds did to my people in the first place...Shatter...Particularly YOUR SPIRIT!!!"

He snaps his fingers as Dipper hesitantly turns on the electricity and electrocutes Kenneth.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!" yelled Kenneth.

He halts them. They stop.

"Stop this!" sobbed Nocturna. "STOP IT OR I'LL SHATTER YOU!!!"

He does a go signal.

*ZAP!!!*

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!!"

Nocturna is about to cry. "Operation Salvation!"

Steven halts them. "And what is that?"

Nocturna bows her head and hammers the ground. 

"Speak or I will continue hurting your boyfriend. I'm DONE TALKING with you Diamonds!"

"First... it's Burnham. Then... It's the Philippines... Later... the world... We're planning to unleash calamity in the city and destroy the government with our newest creation... The Monster Empress... But... we twisted her. Instead of ruling all Cryptids... She is here to bring anarchy."

"Well... 'Empress' is kind of an ironic name for an anarchist-..." said Soos.

"Shush!" yelled Steven.

"The quarantine... We knew you'd do it. And when you let the city out... She will be unleashed into the world..."

"Why'd you have her trapped then?"

"So that you'd enter... and we'd kill all of you... One by one... You'd send every hero... and sooner or later... No one would stand against Grandpa Bill... Now, please... Let go of Kenneth."

Steven stares at Nocturna.

Nocturna stares back with absolute rage.

"Place them in the other chambers..." said Steven.

She sighs in relief.

"Hey..." said Kenneth. "I love you..."

Nocturna is about to cry, smiling while she stares at Kenneth.

Suddenly, the chambers shift and move like an elevator down to the lower caves, revealing a large underground criminal prison...

"Ugh..." said Steven. "Why is no one tweeting about this?"

"Didn't you hear? witter is destroyed..." said Dipper.

"Shards..." sighed Steven.

A few weeks ago...

"So!" smiled Miguel. "Lemme tell you something about Cancel Culture."

Everyone groans.

"What!?" laughed Miguel. "I didn't say anything yet!"

"You always pick on cancel culture! I thought you were God! Don't you stand for what's right and just!?"

"Yeah! We're just trying to act like you!"

"Yeah! Why do people like Hitler even get to redeem themselves even after everything they've done!"

"Exactly!" yelled Miguel. "Who are you to judge...? You are people. You can judge all you want, but that doesn't mean you're allowed to control someone else's fate. Who are you to judge!? You aren't The One Above All. I am. And I say we should correct them rather than continue inflicting pain on these people. Is it not that the bigoted fools in this world are what they are? Fools? Is it not that crazy people in the world are what they are? Crazy people? What do we do with these people? Hm?We help them.I may hate Dreamsexuals... But that doesn't mean you have to cancel them for their existence.That is the moral mission of a hero. Not to inflict pain, but to help them be better people?"

"Didn't you try and kill a Vampire that one time and have your enemies killed?"

"Yeah. But the Vampire had no soul and my enemy was out of control.And... I was wrong for having Tyrone killed... I'm ashamed of it... But I believe that in Hell, there, he, and along with many others may be redeemed. Hazbin Hotel is open for business, and so is New Israel. I believe that helping these stupid, bigoted, crazy fools would really, really make the world a better place. Even if they have to endure three thousand years in their own form of Hell... That would be enough. Don't punish unless it gets out of hand. That is my job. Not yours. I am the Judge, Jury, and Executioner of the Omniverse (and a few Ghost Riders and Grimms). Not you. So...? Leave it all to me." He smiles charmingly.

The people applaud their King and cheer for him.

"IBARRA!!! IBARRA!!! IBARRA!!!"

Now...

The group travels around the city, still gravely injured from Joseph's attack.

"Holy shit..." said Josuke, checking his chest. "Fuck..."

"What? Why?" asked Gumball.

"Ribs are still fucking broken. Vampires, man... Jesus..."

"Why were you guys so afraid of him? Aren't you a Grimm and an Aswang!?"

"Yeah... but... Vamps are..." said Josuke. "Have you met Marceline!?"

"Pissed her off a few times. Yes."

"Yeah! But have you seen what she could do!? And she's a Sigma Vampire! DIO over there is supposedly a Beta Vampire, and... God... was he terrifying. Sigma Vampires are pretty similar to betas, but instead of having the natural ability to hypnotize people, Sigma Vampires have the ability to drink red But a special race of Sigma Vampires called Royal Sigma Vampires came about having... extra powers."

"So?"

"So... that was just one Beta Vampire... What about Sigma Vampires? Those pieces of shit are fucking dangerous, man..."

"So... you're scared of Vampires?"

"Yeah! Most Cryptids and Mediums fear Vamps and Rock Organisms in general! They're so fucking terrifying! Ask Burkhardt! He alone stated that one Pillar-Men could kill everyone on Earth!"

"Guys?" asked Finn. "Should we rest in that house over there?"

"Fine..." said Jotaro. "We should take a break in that house."

Jotaro points to an evacuated house, which is still perfectly intact.

The group nods and they head for the house, rather slowly.

In the shadows, strange people run around, sneaking while observing the group. What you can only hear right now is the howling of the wind.

"I feel like I'm being watched..." said Jake.

"I'm watching you!" smiled Finn.

"So am I!" said Spongebob, blushing while staring at him, lying on his belly and waving his legs in the air while resting his face on his palms.

"Yeah... But... I feel like Vamps are watching us...!"

"But they're extinct!" yelled Darwin.

"We just got attacked by one!" yelled Jake.

"I'm sure that that was just a one-time thing..." said Finn.

Josuke sniffs the air. "That won't do any use... Vampires have no scent."

"What!?" asked Darwin.

"Now you know why they're so terrifying!" yelled Jake.

Gumball's hair stands up.

"Gumball...?" asked Darwin.

"Nose is acting up..." said Gumball, looking left and right.

Narcos woges into a Rock Human.

Shizuka's visibility flashes from transparency to visibility.

Jotaro, just to make sure, brings out his Stand, just in case.

Gabrielle takes out Stone Free as well, just in case. She woges her ears.

Josuke Erstewoges his ears to hear as well. "No one..."

"Yep... Can't pick anything up..." said Gabrielle.

They reach the house.

"Well... Shall we?" smiled Josuke.

Everyone enters and everyone (except Jotaro) sighs in awe at the beautiful living room they enter with a large flat-screened Smart TV, a large dining table, and a huge library of books and gadgets still neatly placed everywhere.

"Whose house is this!?" smiled Gumball.

"I don't know!" smiled Josuke, as he runs toward the sofa. "Dibs on the TV!!!"

"Hey!" yelled Gumball, chasing after Josuke.

Gabrielle senses the area. "Something's... off..."

Narcos grabs her shoulder. "I think we'll be fine. We've gotten through worse," he smiled.

Gabrielle smiles and nods.

The seven heroes of the Jazz Fusion watch anime while the others rest in the dining area.

Jotaro sighs and goes on to sit at the dining table and closes his eyes.

"What are you doing, Papa?" asked Shizuka.

"Napping," said Jotaro.

Shizuka stays quiet for a second, frowning. She speaks up. "Why didn't you tell me that Ojii-san was still alive? You said that he died. You set up a fucking funeral for him."

"Jiijii had become far more dangerous after becoming a Vampire. I had to keep his existence a secret to protect us."

"You wanted to keep his existence a secret to protect your mistake. Uncle Josuke told me about how you injected DIO's blood into his body to bring him back."

"I overdosed it..." said Jotaro. "I was only supposed to bring back enough blood to bring him back... But he didn't fully heal... His head... So I had to take even more blood."

"His head was crushed...?" asked Shizuka.

"Rick told me that in the original universe, his head wasn't crushed and he continued to live normally... But in our universe? Goddamn... Fucking shit... I lost him again years later... But he still has a soul. I could tell."

"I think you should've told her," said Gabrielle. "He was her Grandfather, too, y'know?"

Jotaro sighs, facepalming. "Yeah... You're probably right. Shizuka... I'm sorry."

Shizuka sighs. "Well... Fine... I'm still mad at you, though... Neither will I ever fully trust you anymore..."

Jotaro nods. "I'm fine with that."

Shizuka bows her head.

"Are you okay?" asked Gabrielle.

"I just can't believe that he's still alive... and that he turned..."

*SLAM!!!*

Everyone prepares their Stands.

*SLAM!!!*

Another thud occurs somewhere in the house.

"What's going on!?" asked Josuke.

"FUCKING VAMPIRES!!!" yelled Jake. "HAN!!! HAN!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-!!!"

"Relax, dumbass..." said Miguel, walking inside. "It's just me... I was... kidnapped by Toffee... I got away when he thought that I was still unconscious... I went back where I was... couldn't find the others..."

Miguel falls to the ground, but Narcos catches him.

"Th-Thank you..." said Miguel.

They see that he has popsicle sticks between his finger and his fingernails.

Gabrielle covers her mouth, shocked. "Are... Are you okay?"

Miguel bites the popsicle sticks and tears them out of his fingers as blood gushes out of his fingernails. He grunts as he does this with both hands. "I'm f-fine... He... He grabbed me... And tortured me... But I didn't say a word..."

"About what?" asked Gabrielle.

"The passcode for the dome," said Miguel.

"What dome!?" asked Gumball.

"Do you see that it's a dark blue sky out there? No clouds? No stars?" asked Gabrielle.

"Yeah..." said the Jazz Fusion and Narcos.

"That's a huge dome that quarantines the city from the rest of the world," said Gabrielle. "We were sent here because Steven said that there was something in the city that was incredibly dangerous, along with soldados of the Dark Quartz Organization."

"Are you shitting me!? So we're stuck here with a monster and a bunch of fucking anarchists!?" asked Gumball.

"We evacuated the city... but not everyone..." said Miguel.

"Where..." said Gabrielle. "Where are the others?"

"I don't know..." said Miguel. "But I have a feeling that they're safe..."

"Okay... Okay..." said Gabrielle. "We'll just think up of a plan to take out whatever that thing is..."

"That thing calls herself Damsel-Fly..." said Miguel.

This sends a chill down the Jazz Fusion's spines.

Jotaro, Shizuka, Gabrielle, and Narcos are confused.

"Who, now?" asked Narcos.

"She is the reincarnation of the Monster Emperor, one of the incarnations of the being known as Golb."

Finn and Jake shudder from that statement.

"He was... She's GOLB!?" asked Jake.

"I remember Dragon-Fly calling himself that in our fight..." said Josuke. "What's a Golb?"

"A powerful interdimensional Titan," said Finn. "He gunked us really bad... I nearly got eaten by its true form..."

"Let's say Damsel-Fly over there is Golb's current Avatar..." said Miguel. "Your little archnemesis and your Uncle are already in Hell where they should be. The creature is just pure Golbness... Nothing human about her at all."

Meanwhile...

Damsel-Fly bleeds on the attic of the house where the group is currently in. She stays quiet as her wings shake in pain. Her legs regenerate as she kept herself quiet.

*THUD!!!*

"What was that!?" asked Gabrielle.

"I don't smell anything," said Josuke. "Probably just a door..."

Damsel-Fly's heart began to race. She is about to cry as she kept as quiet as possible, slowing down her breathing so she won't be heard.

Suddenly, a handsome young man wearing a suit, a red ribbon, and blue glasses appears before Damsel-Fly.

Damsel-Fly appears to fear him and backs away, but the man brushes her cheek. Something like this was familiar to her. She grabs his hand.

The man is Simon Petrikov, formerly known as the Ice King.

"I'll keep you safe, Betty..." said Simon. "Don't you worry..."

Note: Remember at the end of Adventure Time where Betty died and fused with Golb? Yep... That means Damsel-Fly is also technically Betty's reincarnate, AKA Simon Petrikov's fiancee. Who's Simon Petrikov? The Ice King, of course! Cartoon history's most tragic character! At least in my opinion...

Damsel-Fly coos and is about to cry. "Who are you...?"

"You're under someone's control, huh? Yeah... I know what that feels like..." Simon looks at her injuries. "Christ... Betty... Who did this to you?"

"Me..." said Miguel, about to strike Damsel-Fly in the face. "Sorry, Simes."

"NO!!!" yelled Simon, but Miguel taped his mouth with Eldritch Flex Tape, tied him up in a corner, and is about to kill Damsel-Fly.

But... Miguel doesn't kill her, sensing fear in her heart.

The two stare at each other.

Miguel looks deep into her heart and soul.

"You're..." said Miguel. "You're not the real enemy..." he whispered. "You're a diversion."

Miguel removes the tape from Simon's mouth.

He sighs. "Mesus Christ... Okay... You two just stay quiet... Alright? I'll figure something out."

"Why are you helping us?" asked Simon.

"Because..." said Miguel. "My gut tells me to trust you and that you could help us find out who's the real bad guy. And so far, it had never been wrong."

Miguel walks down the attic. "Yeah! False alarm, guys! No Vampires up there!"

Meanwhile... Several actual Vampires are about to attack... The OTHER group...