Aurora kept on crying and crying... in pain... But she begins hitting her head... Something she hadn't done since she was a child... since she was corrected by her father... And she begins... laughing... And laughing even harder...
Now...
Beatle, Aurora, Tyrone, Anne, Chris, and Jed all sat down in the van silently while Anne's personal nanny, Lovely, drove them to the base of the Katipunan.
"Lady Anne," said Lovely. "We are nearing the warehouse where the Neo-Katipunan stays."
"Uh-huh," said Anne. "Yeah... Thank you."
The four just quietly rode the van.
"Uhm..." said Jed. "Hey! You guys wanna hear about the schematics for our new ad?"
"No," said the other four.
"Sheesh... The atmosphere's a bit..." said Chris. "Soul-crushing..."
The four silently just stared forward.
The van stops in front of the warehouse as the Neo-Katipneros open the gates and let the van inside.
They walk outside and meet the Neo-Katipunero's Army.
"Ah... The NKA's leader," said Beatle. "Greetings! We are-!"
"You're the Crusaders... Those... Anonymous Propagandists who had been peacefully rebelling against the system by revealing the corruption of each public official," said their leader, who looks exactly like Miguel. In fact, there are three Miguels stepping out of the shadows.
"What... the Hell is going on...!?!?" asked Beatle.
"Something tells me this is gonna annoy the shit outta me," said Tyrone.
"We are your variants," said the first Miguel. The tallest. Named Dumwayz Today. "We have suffered... Lost our worlds because of the foolishness of our President... We lost our versions of Aurora... We have been sent here by an unknown force after our worlds were destroyed... and became revolutionaries against your President... Trying to prevent things from happening."
"The... Multiverse is real!? How is this possible!?" asked Beatle.
"It's possible because God decided that our worlds were failures. Destroyed it. Looped it. Created various versions of the same world in a cyclical nature until your world was created. Ours are long gone," said Dumwayz. "This is the 77th World. Mine, sadly, is the 69th. These are the other Messiahs of those worlds. This is Mars. The Speed Devil. God of War. His world is the 66th. And that is Goo Goo Dolls. His world is the 55th. I... have since overthrown these two in this world. We ask you to join us, Beatle. All of us..."
Suddenly, the soldiers, all holding guns and guerilla weapons, take off their masks, revealing that they are all Miguels.
"Clones..." said Goo. "Each given our blood... As long as the three of us live, we can inject our blood into any person and they'll become... Us..."
Beatle backs away. "Whoa, whoa... The NKA Rebel Army... all of you are masked... because you're all ME!?!?"
"Join us, Beatle," said Goo. "We believe you are of sufficient use to us with that... resolve of yours."
Mars just stares at them, menacingly.
"Join us," said Dumwayz. "Join the NKA. We have been fighting for our rights for years... Recruiting... Turning them into one of us..."
"This... is wrong..." said Beatle. "You took away their identities! Their freedoms! Their autonomy!"
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"SILENCE!!!" yelled Dumwayz. "Don't join us, we'll be forced to kill you... and transfer to the next Cycle. We haven't been doing hit-and-runs and guerilla tactics for SEVENTY-SEVEN CYCLES FOR YOU TO RUN AWAY!!! We... are offering you... the Power of God! The Infinite Miguel Ibarra."
Then, it is revealed that their soldiers are much more numerous than their peaceful army. Theirs are around hundreds of thousands of rebels, all having guns in the MASSIVE underground warehouse.
"HEY!!! HOW... DARE YOU WALK AWAY FROM THIS, Aurora..." said Dumwayz.
"You people..." said Aurora, as she is blocked by two tall Miguels. "You people are fucking cowards. Look at you... hiding... like COWARDS!!! 'Hit and run?' 'Guerilla tactics!?!?' What are you? COWARDS!?!? You've been doing it for 77 CYCLES!?!? If you really do have the 'Power of God'... YOUR... HIGHNESS... Then why don't you face me now and show me what you've got!?"
"How dare you insult me..." said Dumwayz, taking out his weapon, his staff, preparing to blast magic. "WELL!?!? I've killed Auroras before..."
"Really? Well, luckily, you're my first!" she smiled. "Pwease be gentle!" She proceeds to headbutt Dumwayz as he crashes down. Dumwayz blasts his staff at Aurora over and over.
Aurora slaps the magic spells away and dropkicks Dumwayz. Aurora beats him down over and over.
"KEEP GOING!!! DO IT!!! SHOW US WHAT YOU REALLY ARE!!!" roared Dumwayz as Aurora beats him over and over.
Finally, Dumwayz gets a scar on his left eye as Aurora pops it into pieces.
"AURORA!!!" roared Beatle. "Stop... Calm... down..."
Aurora roars, where suddenly, her trident forms from her palm and she grabs it, brushing her fingers over its handle.
Beatle is horrified as Aurora points its prongs toward Dumwayz's throat.
Dumwayz is terrified. "W-W-W-W-WAIT WAIT!!!"
"RURU!!!" yelled Beatle.
Aurora sneers and ignores him, psychotically with an unhinged look and twitchy eyes. "Bear witness! COWARDICE!!! This is your SO-CALLED LEADER?!!? THIS... IS YOUR PATHETIC LEADER!?!? NAY, I SAY!!! You call yourselves God, but who better to challenge God than THE ADVERSARY HERSELF!?!? The... Morning Star..." she sneered. "I OFFER YOU A BETTER WAY OF FIGHTING!!! WE MARCH!!! WE HUNT DOWN AND KILL EVERYONE IN MANILA!!! AND SHOW THEM WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW THE STRENGTH OF ALL MAN!!! THEY TREATED US LIKE WORMS!!! SLAVES TO HARVEST THEIR FRUIT!!! SO LET US BE THE SERPENT AND FORCE-FEED THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT INTO THEIR THROATS!!! NO LONGER WILL WE PERISH UNDERNEATH THE FEET!!! BE... Betrayed..." she turns to Beatle. " Instead... WE CAUSE SOME CHAOS!!! ARISE, MY ARMY!!!"
The NKA warriors cheer for her and scream for her strength as she cackles psychotically, horrifying Beatle and the others.
Aurora laughs only for the American government to slam into their gates, causing the NKA army to continue fighting.
"Aurora!!!" yelled Beatle, terrified. "AURORA!!!"
Aurora, however, bloodthirsty and psychotic, finishes off the entire portion of the of the army with a single strike. Amazed by her power, the trio of Miguels join her by her side.
"ALL HAIL... AURORA!!!" roared Dumwayz, as he blasts them with magic.
Mars skates around while a trail of lightning leaves his body and masterfully cuts down several of the soldiers with his vambrace blades.
Goo immediately blasted at them with his twin pistol blasters.
Amidst all the chaos, Beatle and the others hide back in the van.
"Jed," said Beatle. "Can you make a virus for me that allows me to hack into any electronic in the Philippines?"
"Are you some kind of idiot?" asked Tyrone. "You need at least twenty years to be able to-..."
"Then give me those twenty years," said Beatle. "Tyrone, come on... I believe you're the only one smart enough to think of something for us to be able to do this!"
Tyrone sighs. "This place has a radio system, right? If... I can redirect the radio signal to enough satellites... I DON'T HAVE THE EQUIPMENT!?!?"
"We're in Manila, dude!" yelled Jed. "We could totally hijack the entirety of the Philippine TV!"
Meanwhile... in a Telenovela...
"You... SLEPT WITH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW!?!?" asked the woman on TV, as the silly telenovela theme plays, only for the Crusaders to crash into the Telenovela screening. "I know, I know! I'm ruining the finale of Walang Katapusan! I KNOW!!! But... I uh... Ahem..." Beatle begins to feel terrified.
"Want me to handle this-?" asked Anne.
"No..." said Beatle. "I... am the St. King. What you're seeing on the screen right now..." said Beatle, as Jed and Chris sent the schematics. "...is Narciso's plan to rule over the Philippines with an iron fist. He was planning to sell parts of the Philippines... tricking you into believing how he-..."
Anne whispers something into his ear. "No technical shit. Keep your cool. Keep it... entertaining..."
"-...No one wants to hear the bad things..." said Beatle. "The Philippine Entertainment is only focused on the good. On the happy. On the beloved. To escape reality. That... is happiness. And Narciso took that from us. He gave us Martial Law. He took away our freedom. He took away our self-respect. Our dignity. And made US look stupid for it. It's time for us to stand up... for our autonomy, our lives, our respect, our freedom, and our equality. Our equity... Something that was abused by the government for years to benefit THEM!!! And this proves that Narciso took that from us! IT'S RIGHT on the screen! And go on! We might feel like bickering... believing in our own opinions... But JUST FOR ONCE... We must stand together!!! As one people... For One God... And for ONE NATION!!!"