You stumbled back, startled, as you realized that Shantae wasn't stirring like you initially believed; instead, she was being shaken, as if there was an invisible presence shaking her, while her body suddenly got surrounded by a dark aura.
"What..." you wheezed breathlessly, trying to understand what was going on with the half-genie giantess.
Rottytops too looked worried.
"Shantae?" she called, placing a green hand on her friend's tanned arm,
"What's gotten into you, girl?"
A moan of pain escaped Shantae as the unconscious half-genie kept shaking.
Then, something started to happen.
Stranded on her stomach, you couldn't go anywhere, and you noted that Shantae's skin was going from tanned to a shade of bluish-grey; her hair was no longer purple, but bloody red, and its former color transferred to her clothes.
This all did ring a bell in your head and you instinctively covered your mouth with your hands.
"Not again..." you heard Rotty muttering behind you as she quickly snatched you in her hands, holding you close as you both understood what was happening.
Shantae was...
--
A groan escaped Risky Boots' mouth as she finally started to regain consciousness, feeling like her own ship hit her full force.
As her eyes opened, she noted that she was laying on her bed, surrounded by a bunch of Tinkerbats, who backed away as the captain sat up, grunting.
"What happened?" Risky asked, rubbing her head with a finger, feeling her stomach upside down; memories started to come to her and she asked again,
"Where's Cabin Boy? And the genie runt?"
Silence.
Risky growled.
"Let me get this straight - you useless bunch let them escape!?" she yelled, before pausing, the weird feeling dwelling in her acting again.
"Blast it, I'm feeling sick..." she moaned, before noticing a Tinkerbat approaching her, holding two objects: two nearly identical pistols.
One was her trusty weapon, and the other had two gems on it; a light shard and a dark shard.
Riskt recognized it as the pistol she fired because losing consciousness.
"What are you saying?" Risky asked,
"That me and that brat fainted because of this?"
Carefully, she picked the weird pistol in her hands and began to inspect it, trying to figure out what really happened...
Realization made the pirate queen gasp: the pistol must have acted as some sort of transfer.
That was why Risky was feeling weird, the gun had purified her of dark magic, transferring it to Shantae instead!
The pirate's mind began racing, and she figured that there was only one thing to do if she wanted her magic and her Cabin Boy back: if the pistol did this, the pistol could solve this. She just had to shoot Shantae with it again.
"Men!" she ordered, springing from her bed and standing up,
"Set sail! We're headed to that hellhole Scuttle Town!"
--
In the meantime, back at Shantae's lighthouse, both you and Rottytops watched as the half-genie finally began to sit up in her bed.
You recognized her new looks and, along with your current undead guardian, knew that this wasn't Shantae anymore. It was her genie, evil side: Nega-Shantae.
"How in Sequin Land did this happen?" Rotty exclaimed, feeling like things were about to get ugly.
"I don't-" you trailed off, recalling the flash of light before Shantae and Risky passed out,
"... Risky Boots!" you exclaimed.
Before Rottytops could respond, the evil genie opened a pair of yellow eyes that had no pupils or irises and stared straight at you and the zombie giantess.
A devilish grin appeared on the corrupted Shantae's face.
"Uh... h-hi, Shantae?" you spoke.
The genie snickered darkly, but didn't move from the bed.
"Shantae is no more." she said,
"There's just me now."
"That's not true!" Rottytops chimed in, holding you closer to herself,
"She's still somewhere in there! Shantae, hear me out, you gotta snap out of it!" she cried, remembering how her, Sky and Bolo were able to defeat the dark side of their friend the last time something like this happened.
In response, Nega-Shantae cackled.
"Pathetic! It's not going to work!" she said.
"Oh yeah? We beat you once, we can do it again!" Rottytops snapped back.
"Really? And where are your friends now?"
Rottytops seemed to just notice she was alone, with a small person and the evil version of her friend.
"It's just you, Rottytops. You and a tiny little shrimp who is not a match for my finger alone." Nega-Shantae clarified, before snickering,
"Speaking of which..."
Rotty tried to back away, not wanting to fight while she still had you in her hands, but that left her with a huge opening
A moment later, the undead giantess was tackled by a speeding furry bullet that sent her crashing in a wall, causing her to let go of you in the process.
"Rottytops!" you exclaimed, terrified, dizzy from the impact with the floor, which began quaking all of a sudden.
Turning your head to the right, you noted the dark silhouette of a monkey reverting into Nega-Shantae as she smirked down at you and began walking.
Frightened, you tried to back up, but with a swift motion of the red-haired giantess, you were caught right in her hand.
Her laughter followed, mixing with Rottytops' voice yelling your name as she stood up, but she was far too slow: the dark Shantae began dancing in place with you in hand; then, she warped away, leaving a cloud of red smoke behind.
Rottytops blinked, trying to wrap her mind around what just happened, before turning tail and sprinting out of the lighthouse at the top of her speed, headed for Scuttle Town.
She had a feeling that Sky would want to know about this.
--
All around you was nothing but darkness.
And, of course, your new captor, who held you in her fist in front of her face.
You desperately tried to break out of her grip, but Nega-Shantae held you tightly.
She chuckled darkly.
"Talk about small effort..." she maliciously joked.
Seeing that struggling was getting you nowhere, you stopped.
"Shantae, please! I know you're in there, you need to-"
A finger was pressed on your mouth, silencing you.
"Shh... the half-genie runt is not here." the evil giantess spoke,
"There's just me... and you."
While saying that, her grin grew massive, causing you to feel an indescribable fear.
"Wh-What are you going to do to me...?" you uttered, terrified.
Nega-Shantae cackled.
"I think you can figure that out yourself..." she replied.
You didn't answer.
"How pathetically dumb. I could just crush you here and now." the giantess said, disdain written all over her face,
"Fine, I'll tell you." she then declared.
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