(August 15, 2005, Friday).
Aio is devastated. She shakes her head angrily and says she will never be able to forgive Narda. Braguda tells them nothing can stop her now, not from destroying the world, but from conquering it. Narda reminds her of her promise not to harm them. Braguda affirms this, but claims she never promised not to turn them into slaves; she says they, too, will be converted to Anomalkan citizens. The queen raises her hand with the stone in it, but nothing happens. It is then that Braguda realizes she is holding a counterfeit version of the stone.
Ava tells Efren she knows he only feels sorry for her. Efren asks her not to underestimate his feelings for her. She says sorry and admits she is tired of being pitied by others. She asks Efren to take her out of the hospital so that she can spend the last days of her life with him. He obeys.
Narda smiles and tells Braguda she is still holding the genuine white stone. She explains that when Braguda sent her that message about Aio, Darna foresaw the enemy’s plan. So she went to the woods and chose a round stone and transformed it with her power to make it look like another mystic white stone. When she later dislodged the true stone before Braguda, she dropped it into her right hand and then deftly passed it into the left, meanwhile handing out the fake stone with the right hand. Braguda is incensed by this deception and vows to punish Narda. She hurls red laser beams at her and Aio. Aio tells her to run and use the true stone while she fights Braguda.
Ava and Efren have left the hospital. She asks him why he broke up with Narda. He does not want to say, but she presses on and asks if Darna is the reason. Efren hesitates, and says in a way, that is so. Ava asks if this means he is in love with Darna. She comments that he has fallen in love with somebody who is impossible to love. Then Ava hints that she herself is not impossible to love, and that she is just there, waiting and willing to accept whatever will be given her.
Darna returns to action. Braguda brags that the former is not the only one who can transform. She, too, shouts a magic Anomalkan name and morphs into a warrior in an alien armor. Aio tells herself this is the first time Braguda has displayed such power. She wonders what this means. Darna and Braguda now engage in a brutal struggle. At length, Darna overcomes her foe from the air. She whips Braguda with a powerful kick that sends the queen crashing down to the forest.
Valentina goes home momentarily to report to her mother, who has been waiting for her all day. She tells the latter she has a plan again, and decides to visit the lair. She goes there and finds nobody there. Valentina orders the magic wall to show her Braguda, and there she sees the action. Braguda is shown retreating from battle in a spaceship. Darna wants to go after her, but Aio holds her back, warning that Darna has no idea what sort of evil may be in that vehicle. Darna is frustrated. Aio changes the subject and tells her she admires her for the deception practiced on Braguda. Aio asks for Darna’s forgiveness and says that now, she knows she is a worthy keeper of the stone. Darna smilingly replies that she will never give up the white stone just like that. She says she cherishes it in the same way that she cherishes the life of her mentor. They smile at each other and clasp hands. Aio is beside herself with joy. Darna hears the calls of the other villains and says she has to go.
Valentina sees that Braguda has fled. She dislodges the black stone. Valentina understands that Braguda has left everything in her care. She sees herself as the one who will rule the world, and proclaims herself as the new queen of darkness.
- written by: South Rock
