During the night, the girls were surrounding the campfire as Eriza was grilling some meat with marshmallows roasted. Eliza was doing most of the work since she was providing the fire magic and knows how to cook meat well.

“I used to cook for my own army when we had camp out in wars,” Eriza said. “Mostly for special occasions since we often eat rations.”

“Are you sure this isn’t human meat?” Rei asked. “This one looks weird.”

“It’s actually demon meat,” Eriza said.

“Are you a cannibal?” Luna asked.

“Yeah, what of it?” Eriza said.

“That’s no good,” Luna said.

“Oh shut it brat,” Eriza said.

“Not cool, your majesty,” Noel said with a grin.

“Hmph… as you will,” Eriza said.

“This is nice,” Killer said as she ate some smores.

Jeanne sucked on her blood package. “Are there vegan options here? I’m worried about running out of blood packages.”

“There is the blood from the meat,” Eriza said.

Jeanne shook her head in fear. All the queen could do was look at the contestant in annoyance.

“Anywho,” Rei said. “Despite all of my problems with this show, I can see some growth with some of you.”

“I suppose so,” Killer said.

“Thank you, Rei,” Noel said.

Jeanne just nodded.

“Well, I can’t say I hate the entire experience,” Eriza said.

“Now I got that sentimental thing out of the…” Rei said before a phone call interrupted her. “Hold on for a moment.”

Rei picked up her phone as the other girls stared at the magician. Rei remained silent the entire time before slowly forming a frown. The other girls slowly got the idea that something was amiss before Rei gave simple replies and said.

“I’ll be right there,” Rei said as she hung up.

“Is there something wrong?” Luna asked.

“Well um… we kind of need to go home now,” Rei said.

“Aw,” Luna said.

“Don’t worry Luna. We can have camping trips anytime,” Rei said. “Just… um… someone did something bad at home.”

“Rei… do you mind telling me the truth?” Luna asked.

“Are... are you sure?” Rei asked.

“I’m used to bad news,” Luna said.

“I demand an explanation!” Eriza said.

“I would like to know,” Noel said.

“Please?” Jeanne begged.

“Fine. My head store was robbed. All of the heads, including Pretty Pink,” Rei said.

“What?!” all of the girls said in shock.

“We need to go now!” Rei said.

…

Back in the head shop, the police surrounded the place and Jerome was still recording the entire thing. The only thing that came out of the shop was Belladonna and her injured cat family. Carried to the nearest Vet. Rei approached Officer Rudy with a worried look.

“Rudy! Talk! Now!” Rei said.

“Your store was jacked and there’s this video for you,” the Officer said. “We were going to use it as evidence but…”

“Let me see it,” Rei said.

“Now hold on…”

“LET ME SEE IT RUDY!”

“Okay,” Rudy said as he got a camera ready and played the video.

Rei took a look at it and saw it featured Pretty Pink and Shirley together chatting. Rei then looked more distressed when she saw another figure come in and grabbed Pretty Pink while doing unimaginable things that were censored before shoving the head in the bag.

“You bastard!” Rei said.

“Hey Rei! Mr. Dusk here or rather Mr. Dawn!” said the producer.

“You really let loose. Thought you were slimmer but gaining that much weight really fooled me,” Rei said.

“I had planned this for a long time bitch!” Mr. Dawn said. “You screwed me over and my head poaching business for too long!”

“Rei? That man stole the heads?” Luna asked.

“Apparently,” Rei said.

“Eh, props to him for succeeding,” Eriza said.

“Not now!” Noel said.

“I made myself fatter and had ties to the vampire mafia just to make all of this work. All while hiring the best magic assassin I can find,” Mr. Dawn said. “And if she betrays me for sentimental reasons, I got her true name as a threat.”

“No way,” Jeanne said.

“How?!” Killer said.

“How you may ask?I looked up some old files on you, especially some ticket information on the magic shows that you frequent in,” Mr. Dawn said as he presented a plaque that had a photo of a young girl with glasses and braces with ache all over her face. Said girl also had black hair that tied up in messy tails and was labeled as the number one magic fan. The name was written as “Kerry.”

“You… you violated our contract!” Killer said as she gritted her teeth.

“Go ahead and show it to the world if you wish. She failed to end you quickly,” Mr. Dawn said. “But by the time you see this message, I win!”

The video ended with all the girls besides Eriza looking in despair. Rei went onto her knees as she started to tear up. Covering her face while slamming the ground in anger. Officer Rudy attempted to comfort the magician only for Rei to back him off.

Killer or Kerry looked at the contestants in shame as she stepped back. Only for Jeanne to hug the bounty hunter. The former emotionless killer now looked terrified as she could only look down on the vampire.

“F*ck it all!” Rei said as she looked at the camera. “Hey asshole! If you are watching this episode, good! We’re coming after you and getting my cute heads back! You hear me! I don’t care if this whole thing is cancelled! I’m getting my heads back and with girls that will whip your ass!”

“Uh huh!” Luna said.

“What she said!” Noel said.

“Fine… but you owe me afterwards,” Eriza said. “I would like to rule over planet Eearth and you to serve for about… 100 years minimum.”

“I’ll give you a better deal afterwards,” Rei said.

“That man violated our agreement and will pay for ruining my reputation,” Killer said.

“I need to talk with papà,” Jeanne said.

“You heard that right folks! Final challenge will be a rescue mission! Something I often deal with when working with me. I don’t know if I can make any of these girls my assistants but they work for me for now,” Rei said.

…

In Rei’s living room, Jeanne had put a map of her home, which was a big mansion, on the table. There were multiple floors as the vampire spread them out.

“I know no matter what, Mr. Dawn will always visit my papà when he collects some heads. At least when I started seeing him often. Papà grew to love having some heads to the point of having a collection,” Jeanne said. “Sometimes use them as blood reserves.”

“This is borderline abuse!” Rei said.

“Hmm, looking at this map. It is best to come during the day but Mr. Dawn will not be there. Elaborate on how the visits work?” Eriza asked Jeanne.

“He often comes late at night or when my papà wakes up,” Jeanne said. “It’s often breakfast for papà but dinner for Mr. Dawn. The man often flatters my papà and it always works. My papà would then support him or purchase some new heads. After the exchange, Mr. Dawn would leave or stay for the night if he’s that drunk.”

“Best bet is to make the man really drunk before we capture them,” Killer said. “I have an arsenal of toxins and poisons that should do the trick.”

“We have to keep him alive to know where he hid the heads though,” Noel said.

“How can I help?” Luna asked.

“You can help by manning the fort here!” Noel said hastily. “I know you want to save the heads but we need to save the place they can also call home.”

Rei looked at Noel and nodded with agreement. “Oh yeah! We can also find some back up for you too.”

“I will do my best!” Luna said.

Rei winked at Noel as a thank you. It was a close call as they can keep Luna safe now from this mission. This might be too much for her.

“And I’ll record the whole thing,” Jerome said from his camera as he recorded the events.

“Sure. Just don’t record the specific plans,” Rei said.

“Okie dokie!” Jerome said.

“I’ll think of some strategies by the morning,” Eriza said. “You are all tired and angry with the whole thing. I order you all to rest.”

“First order I’ll obey,” Rei said as she had the TV on. “Good thing I got the latest episode of ANGN recorded.”

“Yeah!” Luna said.

“Isn’t it odd that we are watching a rival show?” Noel asked.

“Hmph, I honestly don’t care. These girls pale in comparison to I,” Eriza said.

Killer though looked nervous as she crossed her arms and looked away. Jeanne noticed and had her chair closer to the bounty hunter.

“Killer… you know that you can talk to me,” Jeanne said.

“Just call me Kerry,” the bounty hunter said. “I no longer deserve the title.”

“You don’t look too bad when you are young,” Jeanne said. “Kerry.”

“I only look bad in the standards of the time,” Kerry said. “Ever since that incident, I worked out, been through a lot of training, and got to where I am today. Now I’m not sure what to do now. I doubt I’d be hired anymore and… and…”

“Just like me huh,” Jeanne said. “Having little confidence in what to do in life.”

“I guess,” Kerry said.

Noel got her chair close to Kerry as well and said. “You were this confident lady that we sort of looked up to. Okay, minus the killing.”

“Of course,” Kerry said.

“But seeing you like this, it’s time we have to step it up,” Noel said.

“Oh… thank you,” Kerry said.

“I’ll do the same,” Jeanne said.

“Hey girls! You’re missing out on ANGA!” Rei said.

“Coming!” Noel said.

…

The next day, the contestants and Rei drove by a mansion that Jeanne called home. All of them wore matching magician outfits with the small hat as well. Though the other girls got different sub colors than Rei’s red. Noel had blue, Eriza had pink, Kerry had purple, and Jeanne had silver.

“I’m not used to having no hood,” Jeanne said. “Can I have my hat bigger?”

“Fine,” Rei said. “It’s just refreshing seeing you show your face. Even if it looks dead inside.”

“Well duh,” Eriza said. “She’s a vampire!”

“I don’t see the benefit of wearing these outfits for this mission,” Kerry said.

“We do look good,” Noel said.

“Precisely,” Rei said. “It has all the things we need for the mission while we look stylish.”

“I suppose so,” Kerry said as she moved a little. “It’s surprisingly comfortable.”

“A lot of trial and error made it possible,” Rei said. “Now then, we got a rescue mission on our hands with Jerome recording the entire thing.”

“Oh hey! The gates are open thanks to this security guy!” Jerome said from afar while still recording the girls.

“Okay… new plan. We improvise,” Rei said.

“What? After hours of planning, wasted over one dumb mistake!” Eriza complained.

“Sorry,” Jeanne said.

“Not you! Him!” Eriza said.

“Whoops,” Jerome said.

“Argh… the worst part is that this is common with me,” Rei said.

“You gotta be kidding,” Noel said.

“Uh huh,” Rei said. “I really thought it would be different this time.”

“Alright! Charge!” Eriza said as she went in head first.

“Might as well,” Kerry said.

“Hello Lady Jeanne, welcome back,” said the guard.

“Um hi,” Jeanne said as she tried breaking into her own home.

“AHHHHHH!” Noel said as she went in with her arms in the air and whacking anything with her wand that she made it larger.

“I take that back, we got some differences from past experience,” Rei said. “We just act like idiots and more!”

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