Almighty Protectors 3

This is issue 3 of Almighty Protectors.

Plot summary
Having escaped from the fairies, Mariana, Karl, Michael, Michelle, and the mysterious blue being are joined by the fairy Arianna as they get nearer to the beast in the mountain. At Mari's behest, Arianna tells her the story of her mother and her side of the story of how the woman ended up in the group's home universe.

She tells them how the beast abducted Andarea and abused her, physically and sexually, and that Arianna sent the woman away to keep her from any more abuse.

When the group gets to the beast's cave, he immediately attacks Arianna and gives his side of the story: he tells them how he and Andarea loved each other and that Arianna used her telepathy to make Andarea think she was abused so she would pin the blame of many of Arianna's crimes on the beast, and also agree to be sent to another universe, implying that Arianna intended for the spell that did so to be torturously painful.

When this story is related, the blue being's power again goes off involuntarily, taking the entire group out of the beast's cave and on to their next adventure.

Characters appearing in this issue

 * Andarea Meadowfalls (flashback)
 * Arianna
 * Dispawn
 * Flame Thrower
 * Mineral
 * Multiblades
 * Pinball
 * Rearranger

Creators

 * Writer: Ave Messer
 * Cover: Ave Messer
 * Interior lines: Amy Fay; colors: Ave Messer