"We had all our best soldiers out there!" Emperor Nightmare roared, grabbing a glass statue and throwing it.

The statue just missed Fredbear's head before shattering on the wall behind him.

"Those Sailor Guardians..." Nightmare growled, returning to his position at the fountain.

"They have all of them, brother." Fredbear cautiously approached.

"No." Nightmare shook his head, a grin stretching across his face. "Don't you remember how those guardians won in the past? They had Sailor Moon. And do you see a Sailor Moon here?"

He gestured to the four figures in the fountain.

"Just because they don't have her now, doesn't mean they can't win. Don't you see?" Fredbear reached over, tapping the water's surface. The image changed into Necro Sailor Mercury and Jupiter combining their attacks. "That attack, the one that wiped out our four. Mercury and Jupiter Glass Rainstorm. They're getting stronger, more powerful. The Mercury and Jupiter of the past couldn't do that. They're compensating by dual attacks."

Nightmare clicked both of his tongues. "But can Venus and Mars?"

Fredbear blinked. "Pardon?"

"You've seen them." The image changed to Necro Sailor Venus and Mars, bickering wildly with each other. "They can't get along. This Venus seems to be weaker than the ones of the past. This Mars relies too much on his only hand. These dual attacks seem to only be used by two Sailor Guardians that get along. And you will ensure that Jupiter and Mercury cannot use their dual attack."

"You understand I could die, right?" Fredbear asked, not fully believing what he was hearing.

"Then you'll die fighting to get the Silver Crystal." Nightmare got up, placing his razor sharp claws on his brother's shoulder. "I don't care what you have to do, you have to take them out. By any means necessary."

"Yes, brother."

"Do you see anyone?"

"N-no, but I'm s-scared."

The only light in the dark castle was the flickering lanterns strung on pillars, and Mars's fire.

He held up the red flame burning on his shiv, squinting into the darkness.

"We haven't had to fight enemies so far." Venus began. "Which means we're getting closer to the final boss."

"Of course you would use video game terminology." Mars muttered.

Mercury shifted, tilting their head back to taste the air.

Nothing.

"What do you expect me to say?" Venus shot back. "You want me to say we're getting closer to Emperor Belos?"

"You watch The Owl House!?" Mars snapped.

"Well, of course I do!" Venus violently yanked on their taped-together hands.

"Don't you dare spoil a damn thing!" Mars yanked back, his flame waivering dangerously.

"Hunter is a-"

Jupiter shook her head, rubbing the bridge of her nose. "I'm starting to think this is a bad idea."

"They have another thing in common." Mercury waved a few wires at them. "Juju, do you think we'll make it out ok?"

She thought for a moment, then said, "I don't know, Merc, but I'll make sure nothing bad happens. To any of us."

"Promise?" They held their pinky out.

Jupiter smiled, entwining her pinky with theirs. "I promise."

"You know everything bad happens when you say that, right?" Venus pointed out. "Like, I could go deaf, or Mars could go blind right now."

"Don't even." Mars rolled his eyes.

"I'm just saying." Venus threw up his hand in surrender.

The lanterns dimmed, just enough for Mercury's sensitive eyes to pick up the change.

"Merc, buddy, you ok?" Jupiter patted Mercury's gloved hand.

"The lighting changed." Mercury pointed to the nearest lantern. "Look."

Without any sort of warning, all the lanterns went out with a hiss.

So did Mars's fire.

The only light in the room was Mars's burning hot bones, emitting a dim red glow.

"Guys, I can't see-" Mars began, only to cut himself off with a loud, pained scream.

The sound of metal slicing through flesh soon followed. For those few, agonizing minutes, all Mercury could hear was Mars screaming in pain.

Mercury covered their mouth with their hand, stifling a shriek when the lights finally came back on.

Mars was on his knees, pressing his and Venus's hands over his eyes. Blood ran down his face, and over their hands.

"Are you ok?" Venus's voice broke, trying to keep himself from crying.

"Mars, what happened?" Jupiter stepped closer to get a better look.

"Hang on, Mars." Venus took his hand off of Mars's left eye for just a moment.

But it was enough for Mercury to see Mars's eye, and the reason why he was bleeding.

Simply put, he didn't have them anymore.

Venus pushed up his mask, pulling his glove off with his teeth. "Jupiter, help me get this on him."

"I thought you hated him." Jupiter took his glove, tearing it open along the seams.

"I-I-I'm sorry..." Mars blubbered, wiping the blood off on his skirt.

Mercury slid off a busy Jupiter, curling up on his lap. They rested their head on his chest, blinking away their tears.

"You had no idea it was coming." Venus thought for a moment, then asked, "Listen, how about we talk about The Owl House? What episode are you on?"

Jupiter tightened the makeshift bandage, then asked, "What's got you two all buddy-buddy all of a sudden?"

"'Elsewhere and Elsewhen'. You?"

"'Labyrinth Runners'. That's the new one that just came out." Venus then answered to Jupiter, "Excuse me for trying to cheer up a hoe that just lost his eyes. Plus, I need someone to talk about The Owl House to."

Mercury nodded, shutting their eyes and listening to Mars's faint heartbeat.

"Your glove is so scratchy." Mars complained.

"Would you rather I left you to bleed out?" Venus snarled, losing that friendly persona he had put on. Then he relaxed. "Listen, man, if we don't get out of here soon, you're gonna lose a lot more than your eyes. Your life."

"How about we split up?" Mercury suggested. "You and Mars one way, I and Juju another."

"That's how you die, Merc." Jupiter shook her head.

"Why don't I get one of those?" Venus frowned. "I want a nickname like that. I haven't had one in years."

Mercury thought for a moment, then said, "How about Veve? It's like Juju but for you."

"That's horrid, I love it." Venus lifted Mars up on his feet, making sure he was steady on his red stilettos before letting go.

"Why, what about Mars?" Jupiter asked. "Like, a two letter name just for him?"

Just because he lost his vision doesn't mean she can't make fun of him for a bit.

"Uhm..." Venus tilted his head. "In his case, that would be Mama."

"Mama!?" He squawked, flailing wildly and almost knocking himself over.

"Yes, Mama." Jupiter grinned.

Mercury clapped his hands excitedly. "Then it's settled! Mars is Mama now! I got the whole set; Juju, Veve, and Mama."

"We are not going with that!"

"Why not? It's perfect!" Jupiter stifled her laughter.

"Come on, Juju, stop it!" Mercury whined, gesturing to Mars's bleeding bandage. "What we need to do is get Mama to safety."

"I didn't agree to this." Mars muttered.

"You can't do much bleeding to death." Venus shook his head, a few droplets of ink flying off his mask. "But no matter what happens, stay together. If we get separated, we'll die. And I'm relying on you two's dual attack."

"Right." Jupiter nodded. "So Merc and I go-"

"What damn part of stay together don't you understand!?" Venus snapped.

"Goddamn." Mars muttered. "Venus, for once in his sad little life, is right."

"And here I was feeling sorry for you." Venus

scoffed.

"To hell with you!" Mars made a wild stab, barely missing Venus's mask.

"Then I'll see you there!"

"Did anyone else feel that?" Jupiter squinted into the darkness. Her ears twitched, her black eye intently focused into the abyss.

Mercury knew what this was. Jupiter's black eye was much more sensitive to light, and could actually see better than them! It was how she had spotted their seventh eye in the first place.

Without any sort of warning, a massive, golden yellow hand encircled Mercury's waist, lifting them up far, far away from their friends.

Jupiter screamed, thrashing in the monster's other hand. "Mercury!"

"Juju!" Mercury extended their hand, reaching for her.

"Let them go!" Venus snapped, shifting into a fighting stance.

The massive bear before him considered the two with an unamused look before holding up the two guardians in his hands.

"My, my." He pondered. "Two bears just like myself. I just might keep you two as pets!"

"Like that's gonna happen!" Jupiter shouted. "Jupiter Oak-"

The bear tightened his grip on her. "Silence. Now, as for the smaller ones..."

"Mars, get ready." He put his hand over Mars's eye sockets protectively.

At that, Mars's chest panged with rage. Who was Venus to determine if he was stable enough to fight? Why, Mars would bet his soul that he was much stronger than him!

"Get your fucking hands off of me!" Mars snapped, stabbing wildly at where he was sure Venus was.

"I'm trying to help you!" Venus's cold hand encircled his shiv, bringing with it a hissing sound as the hot ember died where he touched.

Then, the following pain.

"Don't touch me!" He screamed, flailing.

He had always been sensitive to touch. Even from friends, relatives, lovers, whoever. Especially now, when his body was always in constant pain, the touching only making it worse. This entire trip, the duct tape around his hand, combined with Venus's cold touch, was like a living hell.

"Mars, watch-"

A gigantic explosion soon followed, and Mars went flying.

Finally, finally, the tape around his hand ripped off, freeing him from that agonizing feeling.

He was... free?

Then his head hit the wall and silence soon followed.

"Mars. Mars, wake up!"

The old rabbit before him peeled his eyes open with a disturbing squeaking sound, blinking in the darkness he would never see.

Sammy gripped his orange pen tightly, ink free flowing through his fingers.

Everything had been turned on its side in less than a day, and Sammy didn't know who he was anymore.

He was... Minako Aino, wannabe pop idol. No, that wasn't right, he was... Necro Sailor Venus, undead soldier of love and beauty. No.

He was just Sammy Lawrence, a man who was supposed to be dead. A man who had lost everything to his job.

But right now, he had everything to lose.

"Ven-" He clamped his hand over the rabbit's mouth, shushing him.

"Fredbear's going to kill us if he finds us." Sammy whispered. "Both of us are detransformed right now, just to rest."

The rabbit's ear twitched, then lowered over his face. "Listen, Sammy." He mumbled against his inky hand. "It's my fault we're in this situation. If I hadn't been such a jerk, we wouldn't be fighting for our lives right now."

"What do you mean?" Sammy furrowed his brow behind the mask.

The rabbit gestured to himself with his red pen. "If it wasn't for me, we wouldn't have to be forced to get along. And if we weren't forced to get along, I wouldn't have lost my eyesight. And if I didn't lose my eyesight, I could have sensed he was there and stopped him."

"You think this is your fault?" Sammy repeated. "God, you're sounding just like-"

Like Lilith.

That's who this rabbit reminded him of! Lilith Clawthorne, Eda's sister! Maintaining a regal, sophisticated facade, but in reality was just a massive dork!

Maybe... maybe this rabbit wasn't all bad. Maybe Sammy could learn to get along with him.

"I think we need a reintroduction." Sammy smiled, taking his hand off of the rabbit's mouth in favor of holding it out to him. "I'm Sammy, the Eda of this fairy tail."

The rabbit snorted. "You think you're Eda?" He grabbed at the air for a bit before grasping Sammy's hand. "Scraptrap, the Lilith of this story."

"Let's go save the others." Sammy picked up his pen, before holding it up in the air. "Venus Power, make up!"

"Mars Power, make up!" Scraptrap did the same, enveloping himself in a red inferno.

Sammy might have guessed his transformation looked something like that, except with orange ribbons.

Mars looked a little different from his last transformation. His eye sockets were now hidden behind a bright red cloth, tied in the back with a purple bow and accentuated by a purple veil that came down from his tiara.

"Come on, Venus." Mars waved at him to follow.

"Like you're leading the way?" Venus rolled his eyes. "Alright, you dork."

Yep, definitely Lilith.

"So why don't you tell me where those tiny ones are?" Venus poked his head out from behind a pillar, watching.

"They're with Joe." Jupiter responded.

"I thought they were with Ligma?" Mercury tilted his head.

"Joe!?" Fredbear snapped. "Who is this Joe!? I'll kill him!"

"Joe mama!" Venus leaped out into the open, Mars hot on his tail. "You wanted us so badly? Come and get us!"

"We are the pretty guardians, who fight for beauty and for passion!" Mars grabbed Venus's hand, holding it up in victory.

"We are Necro Sailor Venus and Mars!" They called out in unison.

"By the power of our guardian planets, we'll chastise you with love!" Venus tagged on.

"That was my joke!" Jupiter yelled.

"Why don't we get one of those?" Mercury frowned.

"You." Fredbear snarled, baring his teeth.

Venus could just barely see the chewed up remnants of Mars's eyes clinging to those horrid teeth.

He was the one who blinded Mars!

"Venus..." Venus tapped the mask's mouth, coating it in yellow lip gloss. He kissed at the air, producing a yellow heart.

"Mars..." He drew back his fiery bow, notching his shiv on the bowstring.

"No! NO!" Fredbear screamed, stepping back. His eyes went wide with horror, as if realizing what was happening.

Venus touched the heart to Mars's bow, morphing it into an orange gun.

The barrel of the gun glowed with heat, prepared for what comes next.

Venus steadied the gun, helping Mars aim it properly.

"Pyrotechnic Barrage!"

Mars fired.

A stream of red and yellow fireworks whizzed out of the gun, going off and showering Fredbear in shrapnel.

More and more went off. Fredbear screamed for the last time, then collapsed in a heap of yellow dust.

The final fireworks went off with a message.

Belos? More like BOO-los!

"Mars!" Mercury squealed, slithering towards the two and enveloping him in a hug. "You guys... oh, you guys!"

"Not bad." Jupiter smoothed out her green skirt. "But ours is way better."

"Excuse you?" Venus snorted. "We got our own intro and we got fireworks."

"Yeah, beat that." Mars held his hand up for a high five, to which Venus eagerly complied.

"I'm just happy you guys are friends now." Mercury said. Without warning, they began to cry. "Y-you guys w-were so c-cool out t-there!" They wailed. "I love you guys!"

"Is this normal?" Venus asked.

"Always has been." Mars shrugged.

"Great job guys." Jupiter cracked a smile. "But we're not done yet. Let's rest, then go after the final boss."