Chapter 45:
If Only I Could...
Blood Sugar Rush!
Satisfied, the green dragon head delightfully licks its mouth.
Green dragon head: Mhhhm... they have this special honey aroma...
Evelyn: YOU MONSTER!! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!
Evelyn and Candy go at the giant dragon, Evelyn with her spear extended toward it while Candy quickly conjures a ball of cotton candy from her cone, shaping it into a broad club. The chocolate bar knight gets into Candy's way, keeping her from getting any closer to the royal dragon. The hot dog soldier faces Evelyn, trying to stop her, too.
Evelyn: GET OUT OF MY WAY!!
Without even calling her enchanting magic, she defeats it in one single slice, making the hot dog burn to nothingness. But unfortunately, her partisan bounces off the dragon's thick scales which makes her step back forcedly. Candy is knocked back, too, landing next to Evelyn.
At the same time, Chloe and Gertrud stand there, unable to move.
Chloe: No... No...! Bee... he's... he's...!
Gertrud: But I thought... he said the Sentinel never fails to protect the warriors. Why... why couldn't I protect him?
Red dragon head: That is obvious. You never considered him one of yours. Isn't that right? Colonel was a fool, but he still obediently reported everything about you to Us! And about the bees... A cat brings caught mice to its owner, right?
Gertrud: I know I was mean... but I didn't mean to...!
Ume: EVERYONE, PULL YOURSELVES TOGETHER!
Eager to act, Ume stands tall and determined.
Ume: Distract these things, right now! We can't return to our world without Bee, but I wouldn't want to leave without any of us missing either way!
Evelyn: But what should we do?! He is already...
Ume: Just trust me! Buy me time and it'll be alright! Quick!
Evelyn: ...Alright! Girls, let us believe in her!
The others pull themselves together, dashing toward the remaining enemies. Ume takes one of her plum bombs and holds it up.
Ume: I call upon the power of my knowledge! Gather and come to me!
The bomb begins to glow, and it gradually gets brighter until it ultimately shines in a bright gleam. Then, it morphs into a plum-shaped clock of the same size.
Candy: Plum Watch Reversal!
In that moment, everything around her simply freezes. Ume places her pointer on the long hand of the magic clock and turns it left. Suddenly, the whole scene before her begins to rewind. She continues moving it back, until the hand gets stuck.
Ume: ...So this is the maximum...
The scene in front of her rewinds to that very moment before the tentacles appeared, Bee and the Honeycombat still hovering there. Then she draws her last bomb and pulls the pin.
Time starts flowing again as Ume tosses her bomb at the dragon.
Green dragon head: ...s one is mine, too!
Ume: Plum Time Bomb!
The bomb blows up right in front of the dragon's heads, freezing them in time.
Evelyn: Ume? What are you...?
She dashes straight to Bee, grabbing him and taking him away from that spot. Bee, completely puzzled, stares back at her.
Bee: Ume? Why'd you...?
Just then, time flows anew and the tentacles shoot up from the ground to where Bee was just a few moments ago. The other heroines and Bee watch that outcome in shock.
Bee: ...URGH! That thing was about to snatch me!! Thank you!
Ume: No problem.
Evelyn: Eh?! Ume, how did you know that?!
Ume: I'll save that for later! Gertrud, protect Bee from now on, okay? You saw what's about to come otherwise.
Gertrud: ...Understood. Leave him to me.
Furious, the green dragon's head flails about as Ume hands Bee to Gertrud.
Green dragon head: RAAAH! YOU STOLE THIS WONDERFUL SNACK FROM US!!
Bee: ...It was gonna eat me?! But then the other three...!
Green dragon head: That is correct! They were delicious!
Bee: ...You sick creep! I want to turn you into mincemeat! If only I could fight, too...
Hearing this, Evelyn's eyes widen.
Evelyn: ...Bee. Say, you call your device the Honeycombat. But you never fought with it. Why is that?
Bee: Uh... I don't know. I couldn't do anything with it to deal damage, no matter what I tried to do.
Evelyn: ...I think I understand now. We are the Hive Five, but you are the Chosen Scout. I think we were always meant to work as one. Bee, fight along us! Everyone, together!
Evelyn reaches out her hand to Bee, and he takes it. In that very moment, Evelyn's partisan and the Honeycombat begin to gleam, then the spear floats up. Bee's device moves right under her weapon, almost as if it were some kind of display platform for it.
They nod at one another, then everyone gathers around the constellation in a circle to hold hands. One by one, the blackberry shield, the cotton candy cone, the starfruit harp and Ume's bandolier for her no more available plum bombs join in around the partisan, beginning to shine, too.
In unison, the complete group of warriors speak the magic words.
Evelyn+Bee+Gertrud+Ume+Candy+Chloe: We call upon the power of our hope! Gather and come to us!
A wonderful bright light shines across the whole throne chamber, leaving the evil ones blinded. Once the light fades enough for them to see again, a giant syringe instead of the partisan has appeared. The other heroines' weapons are gone, too.
Evelyn: The weapons seem to have combined into this. And we all know what this is meant for, right?
Evelyn takes the giant syringe almost as big as her and dashes toward the nasty dragon.
Evelyn: Here goes! Sacred Insulination!
She rams the syringe right into the twin drake who screams out horribly in agony as Evelyn forces the dose inside.
Twin dragon: Noooo! NOOOO! GAAAAAAAAAAH!!
The awful monster slowly dissolves in front of them, and with nothing to command them any longer, the chocolate bar monster and hot dog monster vanish along with it. The syringe glows, splitting up into everyone's item again and returning to their respective masters.
Evelyn: I can't believe it. That's it! We won!
Happy about the news, everyone begins to cheer. But suddenly, the whole castle is trembling and shaking violently.
Bee: ...Oh crap! Now that the rulers of this world are gone, the whole thing is about to collapse!
Evelyn: Then let's get out of here fast!
Bee swiftly conjures a portal, making a yellow honeyfall appear in front of everyone.
Bee: Quick! Let's get outta here!!
They don't think twice about it and everyone hurriedly hops through the portal.
The castle slowly crumbles apart, and eventually everything is sucked up into pure blackness.
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The Queen Bee and Beeatrix gasp in shock as they find the Hive Five and the Chosen Scout back in the laboratory, but everyone unconscious.
Green dragon head: Mhhhm... they have this special honey aroma...
Evelyn: YOU MONSTER!! I'LL NEVER FORGIVE YOU!!
Evelyn and Candy go at the giant dragon, Evelyn with her spear extended toward it while Candy quickly conjures a ball of cotton candy from her cone, shaping it into a broad club. The chocolate bar knight gets into Candy's way, keeping her from getting any closer to the royal dragon. The hot dog soldier faces Evelyn, trying to stop her, too.
Evelyn: GET OUT OF MY WAY!!
Without even calling her enchanting magic, she defeats it in one single slice, making the hot dog burn to nothingness. But unfortunately, her partisan bounces off the dragon's thick scales which makes her step back forcedly. Candy is knocked back, too, landing next to Evelyn.
At the same time, Chloe and Gertrud stand there, unable to move.
Chloe: No... No...! Bee... he's... he's...!
Gertrud: But I thought... he said the Sentinel never fails to protect the warriors. Why... why couldn't I protect him?
Red dragon head: That is obvious. You never considered him one of yours. Isn't that right? Colonel was a fool, but he still obediently reported everything about you to Us! And about the bees... A cat brings caught mice to its owner, right?
Gertrud: I know I was mean... but I didn't mean to...!
Ume: EVERYONE, PULL YOURSELVES TOGETHER!
Eager to act, Ume stands tall and determined.
Ume: Distract these things, right now! We can't return to our world without Bee, but I wouldn't want to leave without any of us missing either way!
Evelyn: But what should we do?! He is already...
Ume: Just trust me! Buy me time and it'll be alright! Quick!
Evelyn: ...Alright! Girls, let us believe in her!
The others pull themselves together, dashing toward the remaining enemies. Ume takes one of her plum bombs and holds it up.
Ume: I call upon the power of my knowledge! Gather and come to me!
The bomb begins to glow, and it gradually gets brighter until it ultimately shines in a bright gleam. Then, it morphs into a plum-shaped clock of the same size.
Candy: Plum Watch Reversal!
In that moment, everything around her simply freezes. Ume places her pointer on the long hand of the magic clock and turns it left. Suddenly, the whole scene before her begins to rewind. She continues moving it back, until the hand gets stuck.
Ume: ...So this is the maximum...
The scene in front of her rewinds to that very moment before the tentacles appeared, Bee and the Honeycombat still hovering there. Then she draws her last bomb and pulls the pin.
Time starts flowing again as Ume tosses her bomb at the dragon.
Green dragon head: ...s one is mine, too!
Ume: Plum Time Bomb!
The bomb blows up right in front of the dragon's heads, freezing them in time.
Evelyn: Ume? What are you...?
She dashes straight to Bee, grabbing him and taking him away from that spot. Bee, completely puzzled, stares back at her.
Bee: Ume? Why'd you...?
Just then, time flows anew and the tentacles shoot up from the ground to where Bee was just a few moments ago. The other heroines and Bee watch that outcome in shock.
Bee: ...URGH! That thing was about to snatch me!! Thank you!
Ume: No problem.
Evelyn: Eh?! Ume, how did you know that?!
Ume: I'll save that for later! Gertrud, protect Bee from now on, okay? You saw what's about to come otherwise.
Gertrud: ...Understood. Leave him to me.
Furious, the green dragon's head flails about as Ume hands Bee to Gertrud.
Green dragon head: RAAAH! YOU STOLE THIS WONDERFUL SNACK FROM US!!
Bee: ...It was gonna eat me?! But then the other three...!
Green dragon head: That is correct! They were delicious!
Bee: ...You sick creep! I want to turn you into mincemeat! If only I could fight, too...
Hearing this, Evelyn's eyes widen.
Evelyn: ...Bee. Say, you call your device the Honeycombat. But you never fought with it. Why is that?
Bee: Uh... I don't know. I couldn't do anything with it to deal damage, no matter what I tried to do.
Evelyn: ...I think I understand now. We are the Hive Five, but you are the Chosen Scout. I think we were always meant to work as one. Bee, fight along us! Everyone, together!
Evelyn reaches out her hand to Bee, and he takes it. In that very moment, Evelyn's partisan and the Honeycombat begin to gleam, then the spear floats up. Bee's device moves right under her weapon, almost as if it were some kind of display platform for it.
They nod at one another, then everyone gathers around the constellation in a circle to hold hands. One by one, the blackberry shield, the cotton candy cone, the starfruit harp and Ume's bandolier for her no more available plum bombs join in around the partisan, beginning to shine, too.
In unison, the complete group of warriors speak the magic words.
Evelyn+Bee+Gertrud+Ume+Candy+Chloe: We call upon the power of our hope! Gather and come to us!
A wonderful bright light shines across the whole throne chamber, leaving the evil ones blinded. Once the light fades enough for them to see again, a giant syringe instead of the partisan has appeared. The other heroines' weapons are gone, too.
Evelyn: The weapons seem to have combined into this. And we all know what this is meant for, right?
Evelyn takes the giant syringe almost as big as her and dashes toward the nasty dragon.
Evelyn: Here goes! Sacred Insulination!
She rams the syringe right into the twin drake who screams out horribly in agony as Evelyn forces the dose inside.
Twin dragon: Noooo! NOOOO! GAAAAAAAAAAH!!
The awful monster slowly dissolves in front of them, and with nothing to command them any longer, the chocolate bar monster and hot dog monster vanish along with it. The syringe glows, splitting up into everyone's item again and returning to their respective masters.
Evelyn: I can't believe it. That's it! We won!
Happy about the news, everyone begins to cheer. But suddenly, the whole castle is trembling and shaking violently.
Bee: ...Oh crap! Now that the rulers of this world are gone, the whole thing is about to collapse!
Evelyn: Then let's get out of here fast!
Bee swiftly conjures a portal, making a yellow honeyfall appear in front of everyone.
Bee: Quick! Let's get outta here!!
They don't think twice about it and everyone hurriedly hops through the portal.
The castle slowly crumbles apart, and eventually everything is sucked up into pure blackness.
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The Queen Bee and Beeatrix gasp in shock as they find the Hive Five and the Chosen Scout back in the laboratory, but everyone unconscious.
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