[Tokusatsu Themes, Sub/Dom Split, Corruption]

Deep, within the everlasting Darkness between the many dimensions, a few lights were lit. A few deadly lights, all surrounding a single throne.

Yet again, there was nobody sitting on that throne. Yet again, they were left without a leader. Even though they had succeeded. Even though they had finally accomplished their goal. Their Empress refused to make herself apparent. Even if they had managed to disable the heroine that had gotten in their way, it was not enough.

"EMPRESS ANDROMEDA!" The light of Leo shone brightly as Legendary Leo stomped towards the throne. "WHY!? WHY IS THIS NOT ENOUGH?! DO YOU HATE US!?" The lion-themed young lady, who had managed to deal a swift and deadly blow to the one that stood in their way... She was the one hurt most by this silent betrayal. She had done all of this to be acknowledged. Done all of this to get her to look at her. But she still vanished...

"Well, ain't that something?" Lawkeeper Libra, who was still wearing a maid's uniform after everything she had done during her time undercover following Leo's attempt to save her, gently prodded one of her revolvers up against her maid's headband. "She really hasn't come back. Real strange. Any ideas, Aries, or has your script accounted for her still being gone?"

Actress Aries, the masked Cosmos Queen that had led the latest assault and made the heroes play to her tune and follow her script to the letter, narrowed her eyes a bit as she looked upon the empty throne. "As much as I'd like to say it does, my dear Libra, this does not. She should be here. That's what my script outlines. We return home with the Hero in our arms, and then we receive great love and satisfaction from our Empress. But she's not here. Her role is still unfulfilled. I'm... I honestly do not know what we do now."

Leo grit her teeth as she looked to the blonde girl held in Aries' arms. The blonde that had tried to stand up against them. The girl who served as their current target. "Very well. This must be yet another test. Then, if Empress Andromeda wishes to see that we can handle things while she's away, if she wants to see that we can manage it all and reign as Cosmos Queens without her guidance, then we will see to it. Aries, Libra, make sure that she undergoes all the treatments that she needs to become one of us. We may not have an open spot, but we will use her to finish this world off."

Aries bowed as she carried the girl off, with Libra nodding and twirling her guns as she walked away with her fellow Cosmos Queen. Leaving Leo behind and letting her ruminate on the current development. Letting her try and figure out how it had all come to this, and if there was a way to make it all favor them.

"Come home soon, Empress. I beg of thee..."

---

Hiro was not having a great day. Who would, when one of their closest allies had suddenly disappeared into the proverbial aether? At least, that's what she had originally thought. But after conversing with the ones that were present at the local theatre, it was clear to her that she hadn't just vanished. No, Mikai had been kidnapped. And the culprits were those same 'Cosmos Queens' that had done everything in their power to try and conquer this world. Just great, they just had to beat Mikai and grab her so they could continue their evil plans, didn't they?

But that wasn't what kept her focused on her mission. No, the presence of two of those very same Cosmos Queens did. The near-identical twins standing across from her as she poured herself a cup of coffee, their lack of aggression sending a mild shock down her spine as she peered towards them.

"You look troubled, Miss Hero." The female standing before her, wearing a set of latex lingerie that clung tightly to her form and emphasized the most important areas. All while giggling as she watched the skunk-haired woman squirm as she spoke to her. "I wouldn't blame you. Not after evertyhing that your ally has done to fight against our allies."

"M-Mmmhm." The male standing before her nodded, trembling a bit as the gentle lace he wore left him painfully exposed to the elements. Even when he was inside a nice warm home like this, he wasn't safe from the effects that the elements had on him. Causing him to not only be shivering like he was in the cold air outside, but the bulge on his crotch was trembling thanks to that very same cold. "M-Miss Hero, y-you needn't fear. We've not come here to harass you or hurt you. Not while your ally is incapacitated."

That phrasing earned the boy a spank from his sister, with Hiro just sighing as she finished pouring herself the extra strong coffee she had brewed for just this occasion. After downing it all in one big gulp, she glared into both twins' eyes and very nearly slammed the cup down on the table to the point of a tiny crack forming on the underside when it did make impact. "So let me get this straight. You two are Cosmos Queens. Just like Virgo, Cancer, Capricorn, Sagittarius and the others. But you're not planning on taking over the world. Why should I believe you?"

"Because as much as you would like for it to not be the case, Miss Hero..." The female Cosmos Queen said as the symbol for Gemini started to appear behind them, with a big portal opening into the Darkness that would lead straight to their home. "We're the only possible lead you have. The only way to get to our home base, and the only way to get to the girl that you cherish. After all, it takes a Cosmos Queen to open the path for the others. Just like what happened when we recruited the other Cosmos Queens the first time around."

"Please, Miss Hero." The male Cosmos Queen said with a soft and gentle smile. "All we want is for our allies' plans to be disrupted. We've gotten quite attached to this world. We don't want it to be swallowed by the other Cosmos Queens. Especially while our Empress is still absent..." He sounded more worried about the Empress than the world itself, but those worries were still better than that of his sister.

"Who is she, anyway?" Hiro asked as she quietly tapped on the device on her wrist, her AI companion Huanglong quietly popping out of the screen as he listened in as well. This was all very important data to note down, so the more they knew the better. And he was better at recording it than she was at memorizing it.

The female Cosmos Queen chuckled a bit. "Empress Andromeda. A girl more powerful than you might imagine. She's conquered countless worlds. Whether it was our own, or the twelve others that the rest of our kin come from. All of them are her precious little pearls. And when she eventually returns, that'll mark the end for this world. That's how it's always been. She comes and goes as she pleases, and when she's finally satisfied, she makes her move. That's why we're moving now. Because if she does return, then this world doesn't have a future." She explained as much as she could, smiling all the while. She truly did seem to intend on keeping absolutely no secrets in the face of such wonderful allies.

"She's... She's essentially the one we all look up to. Whether we were supposed to or not. She's spared every one of us and made us part of her personal army. While I don't want to hurt this world, it's why we exist. We, the Cosmos Queens, all exist to assist her in turning the worlds over to the Darkness. All it normally takes is one of us. But maybe that's why she's gone. Because we've been underperforming." The male Cosmos Queen gave a bit more insight, before silently and softly sighing. "Is... Is that enough, Miss Hero? Do you need to know anything else, or can we begin our journey towards the Cosmos Queen home, so that we may save your ally from their clutches before something worse happens?"

Hiro's answer was to just transform into her armored form, that of the Jõtaider, PAWN, and gaze past her visor at the two Cosmos Queens. "Before we go, I want to understand who you are. Because I only let you inside knowing that you might have clues to where Mikai could be." She made it clear, adjusting her gauntlet a little as energy started to pour through her fist. "If you end up leading me into a trap, let me just assure you both. You won't like what happens."

The Cosmos Queen twins nodded. Oh, they wouldn't dream of betraying the one that wanted to help them put an end to all of this. They were far too aware of the potential hazards that came with something like that. They wree going to support her as long as they could, so that they could all get a happy ending.

"We are the Titillating Twins. I am Gem, and my dear twin bother is Ino. Together, we represent the Gemini. But I'm sure you could figure that out all on your own, Miss Hero. You're quite something, after all." Gem introduced herself, bowing ever slightly and letting her tits hang thanks to the latex pressing against her chest being a bit looser than the rest of her outfit.

"M-Mhm. It's going to be great working with you, Miss Hero!" Ino said, bowing just the same. His long hair rested against his back, letting him look more vulnerable than his sister. And yet despite that, he seemed to be just as capable. That much Hiro could tell by just looking at him. They wouldn't be part of the Cosmos Queens if one of them was pitifully weaker than the other...

Hiro nodded. Fine. She'd trust the Gemini. Even if she knew that she was probably committing a big mistake. It was her only lead towards her friend. She just had to hope that they'd keep their promise, as she walked around the dinner table and looked deep into the Gemini portal that led into the Darkness.

"Gem. Ino. I'll stress this one more time. I'm only doing this for Mikai. Once we're out of there, and Mikai is safe and secure once more... I want nothing to do with you two. We're enemies from that point on once more. And if you try anything..." Hiro said, narrowing her eyes and clenching tightly with the hand that was still illuminated by her energy. "You'll regret it."

With that, Hiro entered the portal. With the Twins right behind her, giggling all the way as everything was starting to fall into place...

---

The Darkness was deep. The Darkness was vast. No matter where you looked, you couldn't see a thing. That was the nature of the Darkness. If you weren't used to it, If you couldn't make heads or tails of what you were trudging through, then everything was as it should. because the Darkness wasn't just the base of operations for so many evil creatures. It was also just the primordial ooze between everything. The worlds were sustained by it serving as a barrier. Even if that barrier leaked into the worlds and let the evils into it. Such as the Cosmos Queens. Such as anything else that might still be lurking within...

Hiro let out a sharp breath as she landed on a shining pad in the middle of nowhere. It was one of the only things that she could perceive that wasn't just one big clump of Darkness. Where was she? Was this the home of the Cosmos Queens? Or had they tricked her? She couldn't say for sure. Only that she didn't like this much black stuff.

Gem and Ino appeared at her sides, both taking upon the form of cute little balls of twisted light. "Don't worry, Miss Hero. We'll keep our output as low as possible. That way, if something goes horribly, terribly wrong, we should be able to help you out as early as possible." Gem spoke, her voice primarily being telepathically transmitted inside the hero's ears.

"M-Mmhm. We also don't really want to hurt the other Cosmos Queens, but if we have to, then... W-We'll help you to try and save your friend."  Ino's voice was much the same, but he remained ever worried, even when they were supposedly inside their former home. They hadn't done anything to outright antagonize the ones remained loyal to the Queen, but knowing those that wanted to follow her.. They probably wouldn't receive them with open arms, much less with kind smiles. They knew that the welcome would be swift and deadly and probably result in their physical forms being hurt. Which was why they went with these light-like bodies, so they could skip the pain and keep aiding their ally.

Hiro's visor lit up with loud sirens blaring and lights flashing as several enemy figures had been identified in the distance. Four different ones. Only one of them could properly be registered, that of the Lawkeeper who had escaped her encounter. The other three seemed like strangers to the skunk-haired woman. Probably ones that Mikai had fought before.

"Hey! Gemini! That's no fair, is it?" Lawkeeper Libra shouted as she stepped closer, spinning her revolvers around as she giggled a little. "But that's fine. We'll just have to punish you two and the girl you've brought here, so you won't be able to go against the Empress! Isn't that right, Aries?"

Actress Aries was sweating a bit. She was exhausted following the Cosmos process, leading to her having no script on hand. "V-Very well. I'll just... I'll just try my best to adjust on the fly. As long as you two keep up the good work, I can support our new ally. Don't let me down, Leo, Libra!" The scriptwriter for this entire ordeal cried out as she looked to the armored girl at her side, the one that looked almost identical to the muscled form of Leo.

"Use her as you fit. She's one of us now." Legendary Leo said as she started to stretch a bit, her body twitching as the strength started pouring through it. "You! Hero of that world! Stand down, unless you want to experience the same kind of pain that she did!" While she wasn't normally one for negotiation, this too was a quality that an independent Empress should learn and cherish. If that Hero wanted to parlay and avoid the dangerous elements of their impending fight, then she would gladly shake her hand and figure out a solution.

Unfortunately, Hiro wasn't one to think lightly of the ones that had kidnapped her friend. She let out a yell as parts started to fly out of the portal, most prominently a shield with a Rook displayed on it. She executed a silent Promotion to ROOK before running straight at the three Cosmos Queens, having no intention to talk to them further when they had made their intents and allegiances readily apparent through their actions.

As ROOK ran towards the enemies, Libra started opening fire rapidly using the revolvers she had on her. "Ahaha! Guess we've got a feisty one! Good, I'd love to tame her and turn her into one of my officers!" The Lawkeeper shouted, not at all disappointed about their negotiations breaking down like this.

"Play according to my script, Actor! Lest you fall behind and end up disappointing your playwright!" Actress Aries cried out as the one dressed in full armor that looked almost fully lionic like Legendary Leo's body started to run forward, weaving around the shots that Libra fired to try and get closer and closer to their enemy.

ROOK grit her teeth as the onslaught of surprisingly dangerous bullets started to wear down at her suit, before she raised her shield and started to block all of them. Thankfully the shield was made of sturdier material so it wasn't hard for her to block all of the shots and then quickly whip her arm forward to make the blade shoot out and attach itself to the tip, allowing her to slice and meet her opponent head on even as bullets kept on raining towards her.

Of course, the second that she made contact with the armored Cosmos Queen... She realized quite quickly who she was fighting. It was Mikai. Her armor didn't just look lionic because she had lost to Legendary Leo... It was a perverted golden copy of Flame Lion. A suit made for well-rounded combat had been given a golden makeover to increase the physical performance. Which certainly explained why her blade was starting to crack after a single clash with the two.

The Armored Mikai didn't react much to the fact she was fighting Hiro. No, what she reacted to was that resistance. The script she had been written into, the role she was supposed to play, told her that she would have to fight the strongest there. And since she didn't fall to a single punch like Libra and Aries had, she was the one that she had to fight.

"Ahaha! Looks like she's gotten the scent of her prey!" Libra cried out from her safe spot at the edge of the fight, peppering more and more bullets towards the pair. All while barely giving herself a moment to reload because of the emotions surroudning them all. A proper gunslinger, who had become a dirty cop like herself, was able to refill her chambers just by breathing. She could keep firing until the cows came home, and evne then she'd probably have a couple more bullets left over!

Aries nodded as the strings that let her cast the Cosmos Queen in her play were still nice and strong. This meant that she could keep her under complete and utter control. Like the wild armored animal that she was. They hadn't managed to give her completely to the Darkness, but she would be ready for the full process once they repelled these invaders...

Legendary Leo grit her teeth a bit as she watched the armored heroine fight against the armored pawn. She couldn't take it. Standing here and keeping still in the face of glorious combat didn't fit her. Her body was aching. It was screaming for her to toss herself into the fray. So loudly that she couldn't possibly ignore the voice it was projecting into her mind..!

"Yaaaaaahh!" Leo shouted as she dashed forward, going down on all fours as she rushed, before leaping into the air and spinning until she had her foot pointed straight towards the armored heroine. She was going to hit her with everything she had. Whether or not she was ready for it!

Hiro's eyes narrowed as she suddenly saw the new combatant enter the fray. "DEMOTE!" She shouted as the parts of her body that made up the ROOK suit suddenly burst off, knocking the armored version of Mikai back and giving her time to avoid the impending kick. "You two, Gemini Twins! Do something, or we're going to be outnumbered!" She shouted at the lights that served as her allies, hoping that they would follow up on their promise sooner rather than later. Because fighting both the one that had imprisoned and beaten Mikai as well as the girl herself was a bit too much for her to handle at one time.

Both Gem and Ino listened as they started to manifest, giggling a bit as they flew straight towards Libra and Aries. They were going to cut their problems down to size, and proceed with their own plans in the process.

"Ohoho? You want to try and get close to us? Good luck, you two! I've got more than enough bullets to stop somebody like you!" Libra shouted, knowing what the two would do if they got close. Thus her guns started spinning rapidly and the bullets started to fly out, each of them trying to knock the lights off course whether by heading straight for them or being bounced into their trajectory by a trick shot..!

And it would've certainly stopped those lights. If not for the shield-blade that flew in to soak them all up. Hiro was grinning as she barely dodged out of the way of the kicks that were aimed at her face, having used the cast-off parts from the ROOK unit to aid her allies.

Libra felt a big stream of sweat pouring down her face as she saw them approaching. "A-Aries, do something!" The normally composed and playful Lawkeeper wasn't enthused about this development. Because she very well knew what those twins were capable of. What they could do to people like her-

Her worries and fear only intensified as she saw the light of the submissive half of the twins reach all the way over to Aries, whose fear was hidden behind her mask as the boy started to manifest in front of him. "ARIES!" Libra shouted as she tried to fire a single bullet towards the boy, but it was already too late. Not just because he was using his powers on her, but because another hand wrapped its way around her wrist and forced her to lower her arm.

"Now now, Libra. No need to fight. You'll be much better once you play along to our Titillating tune." Gem giggled as her eyes shone. That golden eye in one socket, and the silver eye in the other. Both colors pouring from her body and onto Libra's, making her two halves take on the same shine and glow.

Ino giggled as he held the cheeks of the Actress, his own eyes glowing as well. "There there, Aries. You look so much prettier when you shine brightly. And we'll make you shine, me and Gem." The Gemini Twins were using their powers, those glows completely and utterly consuming the two Cosmos Queens and splitting them down the middle, with one half remaning completely golden and the other remaning completely silver...

The two halves of the two queens didn't stitch themselves together or anything. No, the glows just expanded until there were two matching sets of figures. A golden pair and a silver pair, both taking on aesthetics of their respective source. A golden and silver cop, and a golden and silver actress, each seemingly just as giggly as the ones that had helped bring them into existence...

Once the glows faded, there were now two identical copies of the respective Cosmos Queens. The Golden versions were clad in latex just like Gem, both of them seeming a lot more confident as they licked their golden lips and kept a good eye on the boy that seemed like such a good target for their delightful bullying. And the Silver copies were dressed in lace just like Ino, both of them trembling as they felt the burning and dominant glare from Gem pouring down on them to the point where their nethers were drooling like mad...

Gem and Ino grinned as they looked to one another. This was the power that was offered to them as the Titillating Twins. They could split people just like they were split. Into a dominant and a submissive half. Each subservient to the two of them, since they were the ones that still had their powers pouring through both versions...

"Now then. You two..." Gem giggled as she grabbed both of the silver Cosmos Queens by the tit, making them cry out in pleasure as they were manhandled. "You know what to do make sure you get rewarded, don't you?" She said, whispering sweet nothings into their ears as she turned around and looked at the threeway happening a bit further away. Yes, it was time for it all to come crashing down.

Ino looked at the two golden dominants and trembled. "Those three are really getting in the way of our fun, Mistresses... Can't you get rid of them so you can ruin me..?" The submissive twin panted, just asking them for a favor was enough to make him feel shame. Shame for trying to get the ones that dominated him to do something for him. It was... Oh, it was just a little too much for him to handle...

But both sets were more than happy to do so. So much so that the Aries copies connected their wires to the Libras, who started opening fire as their revolvers turned into miniature machine guns that pumped out so much lead that it was a wonder the Darkness hadn't gotten riddled with holes.

The Armored Mikai had stopped moving due to the way that she had been controlled, but she still remained a part of the melee because of Leo's influence making her throw out a punch or a kick here and there just to give Hiro a bit more trouble. It was just enough to make her drop her guard here and there, but not much else.

Of course, just as Hiro was about to be hit by one of Leo's rather strong attacks, the bullets starting raining down. Not just at the heroine either. At all three of them. It was like one giant case of friendly fire, at least to everyone present in that multi-man melee.

"What's the meaning of this?!" Leo shouted as she whipped her head around, only to grit her teeth and let her mane of hair flare out as she realized what had happened. "GEMINI! TURN THEM BACK!" She shouted, the sheer sound of her voice putting up a temporary barrier as the power within her started to explode outward.

Hiro wasn't exactly pleased with this development, but the lion had decided to stop attacking her for the time being. "I knew I shouldn't have trusted you two!" She shouted as the bullets started to pierce through the barrier, the older woman doing her best to avoid as many of them as possible, though the cracks being made in her armor showed just how little room there was to maneuver.

"Ahahaha! You really should've thought about that, shouldn't you?" Gem giggled from a distance. "Really, trusting the Cosmos Queens? You're lucky that we have motives beyond the reach of our Empress! We don't want her to ruin this beautiful world when it could be split into a brand new world for us and us alone!" The Cosmos Queen showed her true colors, all while slapping Aries on the ass. "FIRE HARDER! MAKE SURE THAT THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO STAND!"

Ino shamefully blushed as he leaned against his Aries. "It's just how it has to be, Miss Hero. You have to play along, and then be cast aside. Nothing more. But once we're done here, you can be split into two cute versions too. I'm sure that the dominant side of you would love to play with somebody as submissive and weak as me, ehehehe..." He was just as slimy and as horrible as his sister. He just managed to hide it under a veneer of being kind. "Fire harder, Mistress...! I want you to fill me just as much as you fill them with bullets!" He cried out, trembling as his nethers throbbed...

The gunfire just kept on peltering forward. With only Leo's power being able to provide them a bit of momentary relief, because they had no real defensive capability at the moment. Just overwhelming offense. But the best defense wasn't a good offense in this moment..!

"I'll kill you! I'll kill you for spoiling the Empress' plan! She deserves this world, not you!" Leo shouted as her power rumbled harder and harder, only for a set of bullets to shoot straight through her roar-induced field of protection, practically launching her backward and leaving both her and Hiro vulnerable.

The bullets did not stop. Not even as they came dangerously close to making a fatal impact. At least, that's what both the heroine and the Cosmos Queen thought. Right up until they heard the bullets loudly plink off a thick set of armor. A thick set of armor that was being destroyed with every bullet that smashed into it...

Right up until a familiar looking blonde finally poked her head out from that protective shell, her arm burning brightly with intense burning energy. "KING'S ERUPTION!" Mikai cried out the moment she was released from the golden prison, sending an expansive wave of flame out that blocked the bullets for the brief moment that she needed.

As the bullets plinked off the shield of pure flame, Mikai dashed towards Hiro... And Leo, grabbing them both as her eyes shone bright gold, not unlike the Legendary Cosmos Queen's own hair. And with one roar, before either had the chance to truly react to what was happening...

A hole in the Darkness opened. A Leo-shaped hole. With both ally and enemy in tow, Mikai jumped in, the hole shutting just as quickly as it opened once they had gotten through, with the bullets barely missing the mark as they were flung far into the distance due to lacking a proper target.

The Gemini twins looked on. And they giggled. Because this was just a tiny setback. They had taken the Empress' throne all for themselves. Because every Cosmos Queen had been deployed to that world. They were now the only ones that not only remained in control of themselves but of the Throne itself, so they could lay their claim to it.

Gem and Ino giggled madly as their plan had unfolded just as they had planned. Even if the Empress came back now, she wouldn't be able to do a thing ot them. She was little more than a meager speck in their grand plan...

And if those two heroes ever returned, with Leo in hand... Oh, they'd have a surprise in wait for them.