The Phantom Lady

Chapter 18: A Second Wildcard

AN: I honesty just really love this song and Lady Gaga herself. Plus this music video is pretty cool.

Akira, now known as Sylph, follows close behind the Phantom Thieves as they enter the Castle of Lust, Kamoshida's Palace. Ulgh! The name itself sent shivers down her spine. They use an air vent to sneak in, then transverse through the monument. The inside was seriously gaudy and seemed to emulate Kamoshida every corner and decoration. That was seriously sickening.

"Hold it." Joker says and they all stop at the bend of a corner.

"What is it?" Sylph asks.

"Enemy Shadow up ahead. We're gonna ambush it." The leader explains.

"Just follow what we do." Mona says. The girl nods and when Joker gives the "go-to", they all jump the Shadow.

It melts and turns into a pixie, and they began fighting. Sylph first uses her knife, then shoots a few rounds from the revolver pistols Joker gave her before they went in. Though the said gun was just a model, in the Metaverse it becomes a real gun since the enemy perceived it as such. They beat down the shadow and they do what Mona calls a hold up to negotiate with it.

"W-wait! I can join you-! Oh... You already have one of us." The pixie suddenly says, then she looks over to Sylph. "Oh, but she doesn't. So, I'll join you." She declares, confusing her as the Pixie rises into the air.

"Wait, what? But--" Skull says, but the shadow began talking over him.

"I am "Pixie", I am an existence that drifts about in the sea of humanity's souls! I am thou, thou art I... From now on, I will live within your heart! Call me whenever you are in need of me!" She says, then in a flash of blue light turns into a mask and is absorbed into Sylph's.

"Huh? What just happened?" The girl asked confused while touching her mask.

"No way... Sylph has the same power as Joker?" Mona exclaims.

"I never would have believed it if I hadn't seen it." Panther says next, and Sylph turns to the group leader, who looked just as surprised, while Skull was silent.

"You also can do this?" The raven haired girl asks Joker.

"Yeah, didn't know anyone else could too." He replies. "I can't entirely explain it, but basically now you can summon Pixie like your Persona." He then explains.

"Really?" The newest thief asks.

"Yep. If you play your cards right, and talk to the shadows, you can also gain more Personas from them. At least, that's what I learned so far." He adds next.

"Huh, that sounds pretty useful." She agrees.

They then move on, running into a another shadow, which resulted in Sylph using both Irene, then Pixie as her new Persona. Ending with her also gaining Silky as another Shadow turned Persona in her arsenal. The team then heads into a Safe Room, where they explained it to Sylph. As they left, Joker suddenly walks over to a book shelf, getting the others' attention so they walk over to him.

"Huh? You find something?" Skull asks as they look at the shelf contents. "Hmm? "Muscle Glory"... "Macho Muscle"... God, everything here's all about being ripped. Guy's totally obsessed with his muscles..." The boy reads then spits in disgust.

"...Gross." Panther groans.

"Talk about "being in love with yourself"." Sylph adds with disgust.

"Agreed." Joker says and they move on, heading into what looked like a library, sort of, there was only one shelf, and a shadow. The group quickly pounces, with Silky being practically effective.