[Corruption, Brainwashing]

Albert blinked as he looked out the window. He swore he had seen something. The familiar rim of a hat. Or a gentle smile, or…

But there wasn't anybody outside. At least, he couldn’t see anybody from where he was standing. Was he just imagining that he had been caught, or…

“You’ve done something really impressive, Albert. I really have to congratulate you.”

A sweet and soft voice suddenly danced its way into his ear, causing the young man to tremble all over. He quickly whipped around to try and see who had talked to him, before he felt his heart tense up and his face quickly turning bright pink…

There she was. The Leader of Golden Freedom. The woman that he had been carefully investigating… Lady D’Or. Just gazing upon her was making his heart beat faster and faster, making it seem like it was about to burst from his chest from how tense the situation was.

D’Or kept that soft smile on her lips as she slowly reached forward, lifting the young man’s chin up with the tips of her fingers. Letting their eyes meet, letting him gaze into those deep, maternal eyes. “I had a feeling you would turn out like this. You always did strike me as this kind of boy…”

T-That’s right. She was… She was actually Dr. Charlotta, the same woman that was in charge of treating all of the students that were struck by Pawn Syndrome. Which meant that they were all being treated by the exact same woman that was ultimately responsible for their affliction.

“W-Why didn’t you send any of your minions..? A-Am I that dangerous?” Albert muttered, though he couldn’t bring himself to back away. He couldn’t step away from her, because he didn’t really register her as a threat. If anything, he was happy that she was here. Happy that she would take the time to…

His blush deepened, as D’Or’s gaze practically read his emotions right from his eyes. “You think I came here to stop you. Adorable. Why would I want to stop one of our biggest fans?” She said, taking a single step forward. Letting her hold his chin more gently, letting her pull him closer, so that they were so dangerously close to one another that he could feel her breath brushing up against his cheek…

She had seen straight through him. Of course she had. He had visited her several times in her other guise. Which meant that she could easily build a psychological figure. Easily put together the pieces to understand exactly what to do with him. He was actually a little ashamed that it was that easy, but…

It just felt right, too. It just felt right to have her hold him like this. It just felt right to be this close to her. It was like all of his hard work had paid off. And… Well, if he was lucky, then she would…

“Albert. Would you like to join me?”

His heart skipped another beat as she offered him that one chance. The one chance to make everything he had learned about Golden Freedom… The chance to make it all worth it. Not only because he would be able to help them patch up their weak spots, of which there were more than he would like to admit…

But also the chance to work alongside her. The woman that he had come to admire and respect. And… W-Well, he simply couldn’t hide how much her mere presence turned him on. He was still a young man after all, being held like this, being treated like somebody she could trust… It fulfilled him.

“I… Please.” Albert said, gently nuzzling into the hand that held him. “Please let me serve Golden Freedom, Lady D’Or. I promise you to do everything I possibly can to make sure that you succeed in your quest to free this world…” He practically begged her for the chance. He wanted this. More than anything else in the whole world.

And she smiled in turn. Not just because of what he said, but because of the conviction behind his words. It wasn’t lipservice in any fashion. This was what the boy well and truly believed. This was his free will, his choice…

“Good boy.” She said, as she gently caressed his head with her other hand. “I will take good care of you, Albert. For now, you will be part of my family. My Golden Freedom.” She said, as she leaned in. Making sure to keep her grip on him steady…

All so she could kiss him straight on the cheek. Leaving a golden kiss mark on that very same cheek, her lips glowing with the same color. Resonating with the mark that she had left, as if she had just smeared a bit of lipstick onto his cheek…

But it wasn’t lipstick. No, it was something much more than that. Even now, he could feel the kiss spreading across him. Spreading. Making him feel more… More…

He couldn’t quite grasp exactly what this feeling inside him was. But he knew that it was wonderful. The best way that he could describe it was as if he had been filled with a sheer sense of devotion… And more than that…

He felt fulfilled. It was like his entire body was being filled with a simple desire to simply desire… And thus, since he achieved his desires, he was fulfilled…

The changes inside his body were just as drastic as the ones on the outside, because the golden power that had been rubbed onto his cheek spread far and fast across his body, turning more and more of it into that same glowing shade of gold…

At a glance, it looked like Albert was being petrified. But no, it was more like he was simply becoming gold. Or perhaps, an extension of Golden Freedom’s Leader’s power and influence? He couldn’t say for sure…

Much like he couldn’t exactly call himself He any longer, as more and more of his masculine features vanished, leaving a feminine form that was bursting with sensuality on display instead…

Upon closer inspection, and as her sense of fulfillment vanished and gave way to curiosity, she noticed something. Namely, it wasn’t that her body was sensual or sexual or anything like that…

It’s that she looked like Lady D’Or. No, more accurately, they looked as if they could be sisters. Barring the whole made-of-gold bit, especially considering power was still practically washing off her form.

“Such an impressive form you now possess…” D’Or said, as she carefully caressed her ‘Sister’s cheeks, smiling as she pulled her close. “My sweet Golden Girl. Emblem of Golden Freedom… And the one that will help turn those Jõtaiders to my side…

That’s it. That was her duty. As D’Or’s Golden Girl, she was tasked with helping her against any threats that stood against Golden Freedom’s biggest goal.

And ideas on how to turn them to their side already bubbled around inside her mind, as she hugged her ‘Sister’ as lovingly as she could…

—

“I wonder… They still deliver letters with pictures, don’t they?”

Kaoru Fushimi muttered to herself as she stood right outside a photo booth, sighing slightly to herself as she could hear her daughter having fun in the distance. She was still recovering from her time as a Jõtaijin, so she decided to skip the high-intensity rides. So that left her with very few options…

Her dear husband, Michael, had been away on his campaign for… Goodness, it had been a long time at this point. And while she understood the reason for why he was away, that didn’t mean she couldn’t miss him.

At the very least, she wanted to send him a picture of herself… And one of Mikai. When was the last time that he had seen her smile? Goodness… Time just flew by so fast, it barely allowed her any time for any of it to settle in.

“Maybe a little-”

Just as Kaoru was about to step into the photo booth, she felt something brimming within her. Something was… Something..? No, she knew what this feeling was. Or at least, she had an idea of what it was…

It was the same feeling that had pulsed through her when she had been transformed into Dictator M. But it was stronger… And not only that, it felt a lot warmer too. As if it wasn’t fueled by her frustrated feelings towards her daughter, but rather the much kinder ones. As if she was about to transform back into a Monster for the sake of keeping her safe…

“It’s okay, Dictator. It’s okay.”

A sweet and soft voice poured through her ears, as somebody emerged from the photo booth. A woman clad in a very pretty green dress, wearing a white fur coat that helped bring out her beauty. And behind her, a golden glow that… that…

Kaoru let out a moan as she fell onto her knees, the golden glow reflecting in her eyes as D’Or smiled down at her. “S-Stop… I don’t…” She muttered, trying everything in her power to fight back against what was pushing her to transform…

“Sssssh.” D’Or said, as she and Golden Girl both kneeled down in front of the matron. Smiling as they caressed her cheeks, their power flowing into her as she bit by bit transformed back into the Jõtaijin she had been. “Let your desires free, Dictator. Your desire to protect your daughter will burn bright, all for the sake of Golden Freedom…”

It was hard to fight back when two voices hammered her at the same time. Resulting in the comfortable clothes that Kaoru normally wore to be transformed into the same tight leotard that she had worn as Dictator M, complete with her hair tying itself into one long braided ponytail…

Kaoru Fushimi had once again awoken to the role of a Jõtaijin. Awoken to the role of Dictator M. And yet this time, she didn’t feel anywhere near as vengeful. She didn’t feel like she needed to punish her daughter. If anything, she needed to protect her… and the best way to protect her was to help her understand Golden Freedom’s ideals too…

“Mom! What’s going on here?!”

Right on cue, the Hero of Mimoto ran over, a certain kind of fear in her eyes. And at her side, the skunk-haired corporate Heroine that D’Or was a lot more intimately familiar with.

“D’Or… I should’ve known you would show up.” Hiro narrowed her eyes as she grasped ahold of the gauntlet around her wrist. “Wasn’t what you did a decade ago enough for you!?” It was one thing to hurt her. It was another to hurt Atlas Corp with her actions. But the thing that actually got Hiro worked up, was the sight of Mikai’s Mom being hurt. It reminded her far too vividly of Tsukiko being torn from her back then, which was also D’Or’s fault by proxy.

“Turn my mom back!” Mikai cried out as she quickly posed, light brimming from her chest as the handle of the swords she had used against her Mom poked its way out. She wasn’t going to show any mercy, not when it meant that her Mom was in danger.

D’Or simply smiled as she stood back up, wrapping her arms around Golden Girl. “Darling. You know what to do.” She whispered so sweetly into her ear, before affectionately kissing her on the cheek.

Golden Girl trembled in delight as she felt her ‘Sister’s lips on her cheek, causing a powerful rush of energy to be released from her body. A rush of energy that was almost akin to the kind of energy that would be covering Jõtaijins prior to their transformation.

Mikai flinched as she felt the energy try to cover her, but it wasn’t going to be enough. “Hensh-”

At least, that was the idea. Unfortunately, her Mom moved way faster than her. Suddenly jetting forward with that power of hers, and then slamming her onto her lap. Not hurting her more than that, simply making sure she couldn’t move…

She wasn’t the only one that got pinned down either. Hiro was right beside her, also occupying a space on her Mom’s lap. A position that Hiro was deeply disgusted to find herself in, as she tried to struggle free.

“Sssh. Hold still. It’ll all be over soon.” Dictator M said, as she gazed towards the two powerful sisters that had converted her. Using some of her own power to salute them, while using the rest of her power to bind the two heroines so they wouldn’t cause any more problems than they already had.

Mikai was definitely struggling a lot. But it also felt as if something was trying to tug on her heart. Something strong and warm. Kind of like Chimera, but she knew it couldn’t be Chimera. Chimera was asleep. Which wasn’t exactly a good thing right at this very moment…

Hiro was experiencing much the same, though she was able to more accurately pinpoint exactly what the feeling inside her was meant to represent. She had felt something similar around the time the Luna tried to convert her. It was like it was trying to convert her. But she wasn’t going to give in. She wasn’t going to be transformed. She was going to fight back, and fix this whole mess..!

“Such strong wills.” D’Or said, as she came close enough to kneel down right beside Mikai, with Golden Girl kneeling down beside Hiro in turn. “I would be saddened if this was all it took to convert you two. Considering how hard you’ve been fighting to try and protect those you love…”

“And yet, you know what the true enemy is. You know exactly how to make your dreams come true. It all requires a small wish… And all the love that we’ll have in store for you.” Golden Girl continued speaking instead of her sister, as she put her hands onto Hiro’s cheeks. “Everything will be alright. If you join us, and you help us dismantle this cruel, awful world…”

“Y-You’re… Part of why this world is as it is..!” Hiro cried out, as she tried to shake those hands off her. Anything to keep her mind her own. She wasn’t going to give in and let this woman control her. Not after everyone… every… everyone..?

For a moment, Hiro’s eyes flashed gold. And it was like.. It was like her mind was being filled with memories… No, they weren’t memories. They were visions of a future. A future where Tsukiko was back… Where Haruhi was back… Where all the girls that had done everything to help her become a Jõtaider had awoken from their Comas, and recovered from all the lingering side effects of being test subjects…

A Golden World. And all it would take… All it would take for that to come true, was for her to give in and become part of Golden Freedom…

Mikai struggled as well, right before the golden glow filled her eyes. And just like Hiro, she was given a vision of a world where everything was as it should be…

She was with her Family once again. With Dad. With Mom. And… With… Another girl..? She didn’t recognize her exactly, but just the sight of her made her happy. And she was also happy in school, she was happy everywhere…

But most importantly… She saw that silver-haired lady that had saved her that day. It was a memory that she could barely put together, but now… She was smiling. She was smiling at her, and petting her, and telling her how good of a heroine she had been…

Being praised like that, by that woman, even if she was nothing more than a vision put together by Golden Girl and D’Or’s unified powers, it was nothing short of wonderful. Which was why she naturally couldn’t resist it. She couldn’t resist the allure of such a world, which caused her eyes to remain golden, as some of that very same gold color leaked onto the rest of her…

Bit by bit, Mikai was clad in her usual armor. Only, it wasn’t quite the usual. Instead of those warm and inspiring colors that decorated Flame Lion, now there was pure gold. Because gold signified her new beliefs. Her new allegiance. Where she now belonged. With the Freedom that had given her a vision of what could be…

Hiro eventually gave in as well. The future that shone so bright, the golden future that she could help make true, it was too alluring to ignore. Causing her to transform just as Mikai had, with the golden hues wrapping around her and decorating her in a suit not unlike the PAWN suit she was used to.

The main difference, outside of the colors that symbolized her loyalty, was the emblem that had replaced the PAWN text. It was Golden Freedom’s insignia. She was theirs, and she wasn’t afraid to hide it…

Dictator M smiled as she watched both that strong woman that Mikai had befriended, and her beloved daughter herself, were converted into loyalists of Golden Freedom. Causing her, as well as the other two as they managed to sit up at her sides, to salute their leader. The wonderful Lady D’Or, who promised them the world with her influence.

Golden Girl smiled brightly as the power around her died down, and she wrapped her arms around her beloved ‘Sister’. “It’s done. No longer will they get in our way… And no longer will they suffer either.”

D’Or kissed her beloved Sister, and smiled in turn. “No. It’s only just begun. Only now can we truly begin to set everyone free.” With these two at her side, and this brand new emblem of her influence in the form of Golden Girl, Golden Freedom was about to enter a new age…

This world would be freed. And from there, a Golden Future would emerge…