If you think that The Beasties’ souls are going to remain trapped forever in that ghoul-stricken house, think again!
On a full moon’s night, the curse was broken and the 7 girls were free from the house. Throughout their years in that house, they have haunt and killed many, and Jackie had never stopped trying to convince Benedict to stop killing.
They were soon reborn at the same time in a hospital in the city and were named Fresco (Fay), Laurel (Lan), Hydro (Heendra), Eolian (Eddie), Kale (Kit), Josh (Jackie) and Journey (Jen). They, as if written by destiny, became friends and also, surprisingly, called themselves The Beasties.
They still have the uncanny urge of adventure and excitement. In this chapter, Josh meets Macques and had a serious crush on him, but has a competition named Mayumi.
They had their chance of adventure when an important guest from the Ministry of Libraries came over to their school to give a talk. As The Beasties struggled to ‘survive’ the talk, a huge storm suddenly broke. Josh couldn’t help staring at the rapidly moving clouds and loud gale that blew strongly, sending curtains fluttering and loose tiles on the roof banging.
No sooner the rain grew heavier, than the strangest thing happened. A huge white dragon appeared in the middle of the sky swooping down to Earth, killing everybody in sight. Josh was too frightened and shocked to move. The dragon was about to kill her, but Macques saved the day. And a weird thing too, because he had swallow wings!
Needless to say, all The Beasties were curious about it but Macques wasn’t in a situation to tell the truth yet. Things suddenly became quite uneasy between Macques and Josh as they both were unable to face each other. But in the end, after certain ‘persuasion’ from the other Beastie members, they finally became a couple.
The truth revealed itself when the Ministry of Health came one day to give the students of The Beasties’ school Hepatitis A (or was it B?) blood tests. The girls were called in to the Health Centre by a doctor called Gilbert Wick and there they found out that their blood consisted of 75% human, 25% animal, and that the animal bloods in them were the exact blood the Beasties imagined themselves to be.
Havoc broke loose and The Beasties became sudden fugitives. If it weren’t for their friendly gay Headmaster Mr. Oakland, they would’ve been dead meat. But they were not out of danger yet. As soon as they reached home, The Beasties were kidnapped and taken prisoners in the Health Centre.
The Beasties thought they were a goner for sure, but luckily, out of the blue, a lady with huge white wings appeared out of nowhere and saved them from their prison. They followed the lady back home and The Beasties were in for a shock when they found out that she was actually Fresco’s sister Maeye who had disappeared years ago.
They were also surprised to know that Macques, Maeye and even the Dr. Gilbert Wick was involved in the secret The Beasties were about to learn. Throughout the whole discussion, The Beasties found out about their past lives during the ‘being murdered by Benedict’ age and were told that they were actually wrongly reincarnated into Earth where they were supposed to reborn at their Planet Beasts in a certain dimension called the Danger Zone. Their powers were dormant during that age, but once they have become the present Beasties, their powers have begun to show. At that time there was a massive Neon War (first war in Sabah, can you imagine? 0_0) and many children were affected with mutation during the war.
The Health Centre used to open a school for these mutant children called the School of the Different where the kids were given basic education but in a less hostile environment (those days, kids who weren’t affected used to resent the ones that do). As expected, The Beasties were mistaken by their parents as mutants and were put into that school together with Macques (there’s a reason he’s on Earth, tell you later) and Maeye. Dr. Gilbert Wick, whose real name is Herbert, was sent to earth to monitor the Beasties and find a way to take them back to the Danger Zone. When the staff of the school found out that The Beasties’ physical change was not due to mutations, they did horrible experiments on them day and night.
Finally, someone reported to the police about the terrible experiments (not Herbert) and the people of the school were under arrest and the school was declared closed. Herbert escaped, taking the little Beasties with him. After reviving Maeye about her past life, he had only time to take Macques and Maeye with him.
So, using a virus called Thyphoid (I think that’s how I spelt it), Herbert injected it into The Beasties’ brains to wipe out their memory about the school and sent them all home.
The Beasties have lived normal lives ever since, that is until now. Josh was really surprised that she and Macques had gone way back. Fresco, on the other hand, had a certain grudge on Maeye because she had disappeared without a trace and left her to fend herself against her family (especially her siblings) who had a certain distaste for her. Her siblings often thought her as a freak and wouldn’t want anything to do with her. Now she knew why they did what they did.
She ran home to her family to ask for answers and declared that she would never again return to the house. She stayed with Maeye instead and she and the rest of The Beasties get a lot of support from Macques and Mr. Oakland.
Then later one night, Macques was kidnapped during his sleep and was taken to the enemy’s lair, the King and ruler of the Rebel Beasties Erodius. There, he learnt that Mayumi was actually a Beastie too and also Erodius’ spy.
It is there, too, that Macques found out that he was actually Erodius’ grandson, born by his rebel Raven Beastie father Erektus and his Nefer-tyne colony Swallow Beastie mother Crystalite. His father’s action of loving the enemy and changing to the good side angered Erodius and when Macques was born and just hatched 48 hours later, Erodius’ henchmen came and took his parents away to be sentenced to death. It was a horrible sight to see.
Erodius knew that his grandson had half of each side inside his body and h wanted the worst side of Macques. With Erodius’ hypnotic words, he forced the evil side of Macques out and Macques’ mind was immediately changed. He has quite forgotten about the good times he had with Josh…(Oh no~!)
Meanwhile, The Beasties’ physical appearances were slowly beginning to change to the way they should be—Josh the bat, Journey the albino squirrel, Fresco the cat, Laurel the eagle, Kale the fox, Hydro the butterfly and Eolian the ladybug. Suddenly, a small henchman from Erodius’ lair came and sent a message written by Mayumi saying that she had Macques with her. Needless to say, Josh went out in a thrice to save him. The others followed suite. They have to go through some obstacles but finally they made through to the hall of the lair.
The Beasties were, as expected, were shocked to see that the Macques they were trying to save was turned into the bad side. He even attacked Josh and knocked her unconscious! His powers were too strong to for The Beasties to counter. Maeye and Herbert appeared just in time to save them, but they were unable to save Josh—she was taken away by Macques.
When Josh regained consciousness, she saw Macques coming towards her. She thought that he has turned back to good, but she was in for a disappointment. He seized her and, well, made love to her (if you can consider someone evil having sex with you making love ). At the meantime, the other Beastie members were told of Macques’ parents and past and Journey, who had a deep twin connection with her sister, could feel her pain and had to be kept her mind off those problems with the help of Herbert. Sort of stress-releasing thingy.
Finally, the next day, The Beasties went to battle again. Herbert and Maeye were shocked to see Erodius still alive, although much more like a floating entity, because they remembered killing him after he sentenced Erektus and Crystalite to death. The Beasties and Macques together with Mayumi had a heated battle. Fires and aura-shooting ensured. Josh tried to stop them from fighting but she pretty much ‘hung-up’ for the moment.
Finally, The Beasties decided painfully that they have to destroy Macques because he would become The Ultimate whether he’s good or bad, and that’ll bring peril to the world. When they fired the shot, Josh blocked the way, withstanding the blow. Her sudden heroic feat slowly led Macques to revive from his evil stance. Erodius was fumed and escaped after his attempt to blast the Beasties (which didn’t work because Mayumi shielded them), assimilated himself into the depths of the Earth.
The Beasties rose back to the surface of the Earth to fight Erodius. But no matter how much they bombarded him with their powers, he wasn’t affected. Almost all The Beasties have drained their powers and were falling. Josh finally had an idea on how to defeat Erodius. She took in her fellow members’ last powers and took Macques’ hand before jumping into Erodius’ entity body. Shocking it was to the rest of the team, but Hydro told them to trust Josh.
Inside the belly of the beast, Josh and Macques confronted Erodius’ inner self. They have received hard impacts from Erodius’ attacks but Josh was determined to destroy him. She took hold of Macques and kissed him, sending the power of herself and her fellow buddies she had absorbed into Macques. Immediately, he turned into the good side of the Ultimate and used his powers to defeat the evil Erodius.
As Erodius disintegrated, the mangled Earth began to rebuild itself back with Macques’ power. They got to higher ground before they get molded together with the healing Earth. Mayumi was dying due to the blow she shielded. How sad~
But all and all, everything ended well. Mr. Oakland together with his boyfriend Win Wirrer held a farewell party for The Beasties who had agreed to follow Maeye and Herbert back to the Danger Zone. The white dragon was actually under Erodius’ spell, but it’s in the good side now, and it will take them back to the Zone.
Before Josh left for the party, she stopped by at the house where she died in her past life. There she met Benedict again who seemed to have a new, happy life in the real world. He hadn’t been living in that house ever since Josh and the gang were reincarnated. They had their talk and goodbyes, and before Josh left, Benedict gave her a good luck kiss on the forehead. I suspect something’s afoot in Benedict’s feelings towards Josh.
Finally, at the crack of dawn, The Beasties were ready to leave. They wrote their goodbye messages to their families and said their farewells to Mr. Oakland. The portal opened and they disappeared into the horizon.
Their disappearance had an impact on the earth society, but whatever life The Beasties were leading, it’ll turn out to be the best…
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