Airi's Double Cross

"I will torture you this way until your body breaks and life leaves your cute body!"

-Melona to Airi on her grim fate as she tickles her-

Airi's Double Cross is the third episode in the Airi's Demise arc.

Plot
In the Swamplands, the Swamp Witch cruelly tortures a bound and weakened Melona for the shapeshifter's previous failures at bringing Airi back. Melona blames her treatment on Airi, and knowing that Airi must return someday because of the Swamp Witch's command spell, Melona vows to punish Airi with equal ferocity that she suffered through when she returns.

Meanwhile, Airi and Hulk have been living with Rana, Cattleya, and Owen and have been helping around with chores in the house. Airi has grown accustomed to the lifestyle and her feelings for Hulk continues to grow, but she also feels obligated to return to the Swamp to serve her master, so she secretly flies away one day without telling anyone.

Airi returns to the swamp and is confronted by Melona, who seduces her by describing all the pain she'll put Airi through. Airi easily gives into it and lets Melona knock her out and tie her up. Melona smirks, deciding to torture Airi by tickling her, secretly intending to kill her this way. After three days pass, Airi finally cracks and reveals that the command spell on her is no longer effective, and that she came back on her own free will. Melona is skeptical, but Airi refuses to submit and swears loyalty to the Swamp Witch, not Melona, which makes the busty torturer mad. Melona says she isn't done with her yet, and that Airi cannot come back, so she tickles Airi to death, ignoring her hysterical begging as tears pour from her eyes as the tickling completely destroys her.