Marvel: The Tokyo Avengers

✨ "When the spotlight lies, the silence screams louder."

🎭 [Scene 1 – Morning Newsfeed, Tokyo Broadcast Network]

The team gathers around a buzzing holoscreen. Footage from last night's pop concert plays across every Tokyo network.

And at center stage is... Starwave.

Her voice. Her moves. Her style.

But Riko Hanabusa never performed that night.

ONMYO FLARE:

"That's her choreography... down to the frame."

SCARLET ONNA (coldly):

"She even mimicked your breath tempo."

KURO ŌKAMI (growling):

"Mystique's done playing infiltration. She's putting on a show."

STARWAVE (stepping forward):

"Then let's give her the real one."

📍 [Scene 2 – Tokyo Dome: Undercover Infiltration]

The real Starwave returns to the Tokyo Dome, escorted by the team in incognito mode.

The arena is filled with hypnotized fans — their memories altered by Mystique's broadcast spell to believe the imposter is Starwave.

Billboards show a concert titled:

"RIKO: REBORN"

"One night only. Forget who she was. Embrace who she is."

SCARLET ONNA (scanning threads):

"Every light fixture is rigged with mimic auras. Even the fog machines are infused with emotional dampeners."

ONMYO FLARE:

"She's not just stealing your image. She's trying to overwrite your legacy."

🎤 [Scene 3 – The Stage of Lies]

The lights cut out. A hush.

Then, spotlights ignite.

MYSTIQUE, fully disguised as Starwave, descends from above on a neon ribbon.

Her voice echoes:

MYSTIQUE (as Starwave):

"Thank you, Tokyo! I know you've waited for me… the real me."

She launches into an electrifying mimic performance — mimicking not just Riko's moves but her voice patterns, emotional tone, and fan interactions.

The crowd goes wild — under illusion.

💥 [Scene 4 – Starwave vs. Mystique: Battle of the Spotlight]

Suddenly, the real Starwave bursts onto the stage — kicking through a neon drum, releasing a sonic shockwave.

STARWAVE:

"You've got the moves, faker. But you're missing the one thing that made me an idol…"

She slams her heel into the stage.

STARWAVE:

"My soul."

🎶 Music Battle Begins 🎶

Starwave activates her Tempo Overdrive Mode, creating sound-field zones that react to her kicks.

Mystique mirrors her exactly — perfectly synced, turning every move into a battle of identity.

MYSTIQUE (as Starwave):

"I don't need to be original. I just need to be believed."

🧠 [Scene 5 – Team's Internal Struggle]

In the dome's control tower, Onmyo Flare, Kuro, and Scarlet Onna battle projected avatars of fans turned corrupted — audience members possessed by Null's memory fog residue, still active inside the dome.

ONMYO FLARE (chanting):

"Sigil seal: 忠 (Loyalty)!"

He slams the glyph onto the broadcast antenna, revealing truth-energy waves across the arena.

SCARLET ONNA:

"If she's lying through performance, we just need to show the world what's real."

They activate a purity thread flare — a glowing ribbon that reveals the real Starwave to all watching.

💔 [Scene 6 – Final Clash: Truth vs. Deception]

Mystique's disguise flickers — then she shifts into Starwave's younger self — the vulnerable version who first auditioned.

MYSTIQUE (as younger Riko):

"Even you hated this part of yourself. Don't lie."

STARWAVE (tears rising):

"Yeah. I did. But I became something through that pain."

She charges forward, unleashing a final Soundwave Kick called:

SONIC REVERB: "RIKO'S RESOLVE"

The blast shatters the false lights, the mimic projectors, and finally knocks Mystique into the crowd — exposed, blue-skinned and panting.

👥 [Scene 7 – Aftermath]

Mystique vanishes in smoke before she can be captured.

The crowd blinks — slowly regaining memory.

One girl holds up a handmade Starwave poster and cries:

FAN GIRL:

"That was you. The real you!"

STARWAVE (smiling, exhausted):

"Yeah. And I'm never giving it up again."

🏯 [Final Scene – Break Academy Rooftop, Later That Night]

The team sits together, quiet but close.

KURO ŌKAMI (soft):

"She wore your skin. But she'll never steal your spirit."

SCARLET ONNA (to Starwave):

"You sang truth louder than her lies."

ONMYO FLARE:

"And now, the city remembers again."

STARWAVE:

"Let her come back. I'll be ready."

🎴 [END CARD – TOKYO AVENGERS]

EPISODE 26: "Fake Lights, Real Shadows" — END

🎭 Next: Episode 27 — "Persona Split"

Mystique returns with a new plan — not to replace the Avengers, but to split them. What if the person standing beside you is a version of you… twisted?