Red Rock Juvenile Center, Samual Payne thought it was gonna be just another detention center . . . he had heard rumors, but they had been about werewolves, and other freaky things . . . but none of them compared to THIS reality!
Instead it was a conversion center for the 'International League of Magical Girls'. A place set up so if they tried to escape they'd fall asleep on the spot, and were doomed to be remade into little girls whose spouted love and justice spiel and believed every word.
He'd been King Payne of the Royal Paynes . . . now his gang was at an entirely different detention center in the Bronx back in New York. He was alone.
He wondered what happened to the Warriors now that the Royal Paynes were gone. Then again, someone always rushed in to fill the void, it was how it worked.
After accepting back the Urobuchi tests, Mirror Mira seemed satisfied with the answers.
"Thank you little girls, now its meal time! I hope you all have smiling tummies by the end."
"That's an expression by the way!" Moonbeam added.
"Move along," Lily Lilith said sternly.
The former Shattered One led the group along, with Mirror Mira bringing up the rear, leaving Moonbeam to take care of the paper work himself.
As they were forced along, Samual saw a group of magical girls march along in the opposite direction, what he noticed was that none of them had those pretty little heart star badges that the others had.
They were all smiling the same as the rest of the horde, not a care in the world from the looks of it, big eyes, each one with hairs and eyes matching each other, with colors that defied biology, and in pretty dresses that ranged from parody to playful to immodest to overwhelmingly conversation.
"You're new social security numbers and ID cards will be waiting for you at the front gate," said the one in front to the ones behind. "Today is the day you step out of the limbo between convict and magical girl."
Right, they said their old identities were erased from the IRS computers, they were legally no one.
Keith looked at one, then did a double take. He then did the most insane thing he could and grabbed the hand one of the magical girls.
She didn't break his bones, she merely looked at him in innocent surprise.
She had cross shaped upside down pendant around her neck, and swords on her hips and on her back, numbering no less than six total. Her dress was sparkling white, and had a pair of sparkling white angelic wings to book. She had on a pair of weaved sandals and wrist guards. Her hair and eyes were golden yellow that almost glowed.
"Alfred? That you? What . . . what have they DONE to you?" Keith gasped in horror looking at the pendant around her neck.
"Keith? Keith Hanson? That you?" She then HUGGED HIM, both parades stopped. "I'm so glade to see you here! It's a shame today is actually my last day here! I could have helped you grow into a great magical girl! I guess the police finally caught you too? OH! And it's Angel Afriel now. Simplistic maybe but to the point!"
She helped up the pendant.
"I used to wear this as a joke, but did you know? The POPE actually has an upside down cross engraved into his chair! It's the cross of Saint Peter! I always thought I was so smart and I never even knew that!"
"I used to think faith was a weakness, a drug fed to small minds to manage the human cattle of the world. Now I realize faith is a strength, if you can't have faith in others, how can you have faith in yourself? Justice and freedom aren't something you can see, touch, hear, smell, taste, or weigh, but people believe in them all the same. I now see I was being silly!" Angel Afriel laughed.
"Oh Keith . . . you'll understand . . . after you're finished, look me up, and we can be on the same team! There's no power greater than friendship! And I can't wait for us to be friends fighting for love and justice!"
"Afriel! Don't scare him!" Mirror Mira said. "You know new arrivals are!"
"Oh! Sorry!" Angel Afriel bowed. "At any rate Keith, I'm sorry but I have to go. But I'll be waiting for you when you get out! I'll have a cake ready for you! You still have the memory card from our Gran Turismo save files right? I'm STILL gonna beat that lead you have on me!"
Angel Afriel gave Keith a kiss on the cheek. Keith fainted.