"Hey, I need you to, like, go to the store and get me some things for the kitchen, here's a list." Niku said, holding a piece of paper out to pepper.
pepper grabbed the paper and looked at it. "Alright, I can do that." pepper said, walking to the door of the room.
"Good. And hurry, I wanna cook something." Niku said, sounding impatient.
"I'll do what I can." pepper said, leaving the room.
'So, it's mostly just food items. Then it shouldn't be too bad, I guess the room was already equipped with stuff to use, like pots and pans and such.' pepper thought, walking into a store.
'I think Star-Mart should be the place? Niku didn't specify...' pepper thought, second guessing himself.
pepper opened his hotel room door, he carried a lot of bags.
"Did you... walk here like that?" Niku said, looking disappointed.
"...Yeah? Why?" pepper said, confused of why she's asking.
"You, like, have you spider legs out, y'know?" Niku said, putting her hand on her forehead and closing her eyes.
"Yes, I know, I took them out cause there was too much to carry with just two hands, so I thought if I had more arms then I could carry more, and boom, I had this idea." pepper said, shrugging his shoulders.
Niku sighed. "No wonder all the enemies know exactly where we are..." Niku said, not even knowing how to feel about pepper's stupidity.
"I don't see the problem..." pepper said, feeling confused.
"It's nothing." Niku sighed. "Just put the stuff in the kitchen, I'll organize it." Niku said, walking into the kitchen.
"Okay." pepper said, following her.
"Thanks, by the way. You're a bit of an idiot but, like, you are useful, I guess." Niku said, looking away from pepper, and crossing her arms.
"Oh, yeah, it's no problem, I'm just happy to help." pepper said, setting the bags down on the counter in the center of the kitchen.
"Yeah? Whatever..." Niku said, closing her eyes.
"Hey, Daddy." Kumo said, crawling from the head of the bed to the foot of it, to be closer to pepper.
"What's up?" pepper said, watching her crawl.
"Did you get us any snacks?" Kumo said, tilting her head, and smiling.
"Um... No I didn't, I only got what was on the list... I'm sorry." pepper said, feeling bad.
Kumo's face turned sad. "Oh... Well, it's okay, don't worry about it."
"S-Snacks?" Utsu said, thinking pepper got snacks.
"Alright, I'll go out and get everyone some snacks." pepper said, head patting Kumo as she looked down.
Kumo looked up and smiled brightly. "Really?" Kumo said, with excitement. Utsu had begun to focus on the conversation, her mouth opened a little, as if she was already trying to eat a snack.
"Yeah, I'll be back." pepper said, walking to the door.
'Hmm... I suppose I should have asked everyone what they wanted, huh?' pepper thought, as he walked to the store. Suddenly pepper stopped and jumped back, not even a second later a red beam sliced from where his head would have been to where his feet would have been, the ground looks fried. pepper realized that he can feel the presence of a female pepper. 'I can't tell where she is since my ability to sense anyone is making it difficult to pin point her location..." pepper thought, looking around.
"I've heard that you are strong." A girl's voice could be heard.
'Where?!' pepper thought, looking around intensely. 'I-I can't tell... There's too many people!' pepper thought, trying to stay on guard. pepper quickly dropped to the ground, and covered his head, and then an explosion went off, people screamed and ran. 'What the hell?!' pepper thought, unable to hear his own thoughts from the ringing.
Broken rocks from the building flew down, pepper relied on his danger sense and his spider legs to feel where the rocks where coming at and he attacked them, causing them to shatter. pepper couldn't hear anything, so he decided to get up and look around. 'The people have left... I can sense her now!' pepper thought, feeling confident. pepper's eyes grew tense as he realized that she was above him. pepper looked up to see a girl flying above him, her feet looked like fire was coming out of them.
"The fact that you were battle ready, even though you were simply walking, means that you truly are as strong as they say, pepper." The girl said, slowly hovering down to the ground.
"Battle ready?" pepper asked, not understanding her words.
"Indeed, battle ready." The girl answered, as she landed her feet on the ground.
"No, that's not..." pepper said, giving up that sentence. "Whatever, who are you?" pepper asked, looking at the girl. Her hair was blue, red hair poured out from infront if her ear, reaching to her chest, the same on the left but instead of red it is pink. In the hair, on her left side, was a white hairclip. Though, the most notable thing about her hair was the big ahoge coming from the top of her head, it was silver, it almost looked like metal. Her eyes were both light blue, just like Kure and Leia's, and she wore a schoolgirl outfit that had a pretty pastel blue on the collar and ends of the sleeves, it also had a pink tie as well, and she wore blue shorts.
"I am called Peki." The girl said, her face looked bored or uninterested, pepper wanted to see some emotion in her expression.
"Well, clearly you know already, but I'm pepper, it's nice to meet you." pepper said, hoping that she's not here to fight him.
"Indeed." Peki said, nodding her head.
"So... If I may ask?" pepper said, pausing.
"You may." Peki quickly responded.
"What's with the whole flying thing?" pepper asked, looking around at the rubble. 'I hope no one got hurt...' pepper thought.
"I am an Android, I have jets installed on the bottom of both of my feet, they're also on my palms and elbows." Peki said, explaining that she's not Human.
"Oh, you're like a robot?" pepper asked, thinking he understands.
"Not exactly but it's similar." Peki said, not understanding how pepper doesn't understand.
"Oh...? I don't really get it, but you were built, right?" pepper asked, not really understanding.
"Yes, I am a creation." Peki said, answering his question.
"Alright... Well, what do you want with me?" pepper asked, hoping that she simply wants to join him.
"I'd like to be yours." Peki said, looking into pepper's eyes. pepper sighed in relief and closed his eyes. "But, I've come to find out that you already have others." Peki continued. pepper's eyes shot open. "You won't be needing those anymore, since you'll have perfection." Peki said, walking away.
"What do you mean?" pepper said, thinking he knows what she means.
"I mean, I'll dispose of your rejects and you can keep me, the perfect female pepper." Peki said, beginning to fly with her jets.
"H-Hey! Don't you dare hurt them!" pepper shouted, as he started chasing her.
"Do not try to stop me, your resistance is stupid, you'll have no use for the imperfect ones when you have me." Peki said, starting to fly faster, toward The Platinum Star.
"There's nothing wrong with them!" pepper shouted, as he continued chasing Peki. Peki turned around and looked down at pepper, pepper stopped running and looked up at her, Peki slowly glided down.
"You seriously intend to stop me?" Peki asked, hoping pepper isn't serious.
"Of course, I'd never just allow someone to hurt the people I love." pepper said, walking closer to Peki.
"Then I'll just have to make you unconscious, then you'll have nothing and you'll be forced to have only me." Peki said, as she jumped up, abd held her arm out. pepper noticed her movements and decided to string out a bunch of web and wrap it around his arm, making it as thick as he can. "Now, sleep." Peki said, as her finger tips seemed to open like a hatch on her right hand which was pointed toward pepper. pepper saw little black things get shot out, but they weren't too fast, pepper swung is arm and the thick web untangled from his arm and was sent like a whip at the black objects, making them all stick to the web, then pepper flung it and cut it with his spider leg, not two seconds later and the webs were blown up.
"You were gonna blow me up?!" pepper shouted.
"Hmm... I suppose that it was possibly a bit much, but I've heard you're strong, and you proved that to me, so I assumed a few small bombs would be nothing." Peki explained, walking up to pepper.
"I'm really not that strong, I can't beat a God." pepper said, trying to prove he isn't strong.
"Barely anyone could defeat a God, especially Poseidon or Zeus, they're some of the strongest." Peki said, as she held out her right hand again.
'More bombs?' pepper thought, thinking he'll just do the same trick, so he started spinning his webs around his arm again. Peki's hand started to look greenish and almost gooey-like.
'Wait, her fingers didn't open' pepper thought, as he saw her fling her hand, causing something to fly at pepper, Peki flung multiple times, pepper saw something about the size of her hand come at him with every fling, and finally they all landed on his feet. pepper stood there a moment, waiting to see if he felt any danger, but soon, he dreamed it harmless and tried to move away. 'My foot...' pepper thought, as he looked down. '...It's stuck.' pepper continued thinking, realizing she trapped him there.
"I can't believe that worked." Peki said, as pepper was pulling at the stuff on his feet. "And for good measure...." Peki quietly said, to herself, as she sent out more of this goo. The goo landed straight on pepper's hands as they were touching the dried goo on his feet.
'What the...?' pepper thought, looking at the goo on his hands. 'Shit! It's already dry?!' pepper thought, not expecting it to dry almost instantly.
"Now that you'll be stuck there, I won't have to deal with interference." Peki said, as she started flying up.
"No! Please!" pepper yelled, doing everything he can to stop her.
"You should realize that they're useless, I am far superior than them." Peki said, as she flew away.
"I don't care... if they're useless..." pepper said, to himself, since Peki is gone.
'The closest ones I can sense are... this way.' Peki thought, as she grew closer to The Platinum Star.
"I know that Daddy doesn't want us to leave when he's not here... But I, like, want to look at the clouds and breathe some fresh air." Niku said, walking to the door.
"You shouldn't." Kumo said, grabbing Niku's arm.
"Ugh, let go." Niku said, pulling her arm away from Kumo.
"Sorry..." Kumo said, feeling bad.
"Whatever." Niku said, closing her eyes. "I was thinking that, like, we could all go, I think if we're all together then it shouldn't be a huge problem." Niku continued, as she slowly turned the doorknob.
"Fuhuhu... Maybe he'll pubish us..." Muma said, walking up to Niku and Kumo.
"I don't think he'd do anything like that..." Mae said, walking behind Muma.
"We really shouldn't..." Kumo said, as Niku opened the door and walked out of it.
"Come on, Utsu." Niku said, turning around to wait for everyone.
"O-Okay." Utsu said, quickly walking out of the room, behind Muma and Mae.
"I suppose their minds cannot be changed." Polly said, with a slight chuckle and grin, walking past Kumo.
Kure opened the window, and sat her knife near the ledge of it. "Fine." Kure said, as she followed Polly.
"Maybe I can see some more of this world?" Leia said, following the others.
"Mmm... Guys, we really shouldn't." Kumo said, tempted to go with them.
"Ugh, quit it, and come on." Niku said, crossing her arms. "Don't make me tell Daddy what you did that one time..." Niku continued, threatening Kumo.
Kumo looked at her in worry. "N-No don't tell him!" Kumo shouted.
"Then come on, and I won't." Niku said, smirking.
"...Fine!" Kumo said, getting slightly annoyed.
'I know Daddy wouldn't care, but it's too useful, I can't let her know.' Niku thought, as she and all the others walked to the elevator.
'They must all be inside that building, it seems they're descending.' Peki thought, flying above the parking lot to The Platinum Star.
"Alright, everyone sit here and just be quiet while I take a moment to relax." Niku said, walking out of The Platinum Star, and toward the bench.
"I had forgotten how much I dislike the sun." Polly said, as she walked outside.
"I think the sun is nice." Mae said, as she followed Polly, the others behind her.
"Niku." Kumo said, walking fast to catch up to Niku.
"What is it?" Niku said, sitting down on the bench.
"We should really go back inside..." Kumo said, sitting next to Niku.
"Ugh, just enjoy the clouds or something." Niku said, closing her eyes and leaning back. "And make sure to shut up while you're at it." Niku continued.
'Daddy's gonna be mad if he sees us...' Kumo said, trying to figure out how to get everyone back inside.
'So... these are the ones he watches? They seem rather stupid, can they not sense that I'm out here?' Peki thought, as she hovered, watching them from above.
"Niku." Kumo said, trying to get Niku's attention.
"Ugh, I told you to shut up." Niku said, opening her eyes.
"I should tell you something." Kumo said, trying to get Niku to listen. "So, while we were inside, I checked to see if Daddy was coming back, but I felt someone else..." Kumo said, looking at the ground. "What should we do, Niku?" Kumo said, turning her head to look at Niku. "...Niku?" Kumo said, waiting for a response. Niku's face grew annoyed.
'It seems the black haired one has noticed me.' Peki thought, feeling interested in the girls.
"God fucking damn it!" Niku shouted, as she stood up, her eyes fixed on Peki.
"Kumo, get ready to fight!" Niku said, getting her metal rod out.
"What?" Kumo said, looking where Niku is looking, Kumo gasped as she saw Peki.
'Let's see what they do.' Peki thought, as she dropped the small black bombs from her finger tips.
"Something's coming!" Niku shouted, causing the others to look over.
"What's going on?" Leia asked.
Niku swung her metal rod back and hit the bombs back up at Peki.
"Oh." Peki said, as the bombs exploaded in her face. The explosion caused the other girls to look over at Kumo and Niku, and then look up to see the cloud left behind from the explosion.
"What the hell happened?" Kure asked, looking at Niku.
"We're obviously under attack!" Niku shouted, as she watched the cloud slowly fade.
Kure reached out her hand and her knife came flying to her. "I'm glad I thought ahead, I guess." Kure said, to herself. As the cloud disappeared, they could see Peki floating in the air.
"Sh-She's just... floating?" Utsu asked, not understanding how Peki is in the sky.
"I feel as if it does not matter, dear Utsu..." Polly said, trying to stay close to Utsu.
"O-Oh, sorry..." Utsu said, apologizing.
"Like, who the hell are you?!" Niku shouted, aggressively.
"I am called Peki." Peki said, slowly coming to the ground.
"I don't care about your fricken' name!" Niku said, getting annoyed. "What do you, like, want?!" Niku shouted, growing more annoyed.
"Is it not obvious from the bombs?" Peki asked, as her feet touched the ground. "I want to kill you, clearly." Peki said, showing no emotion. Niku didn't hesitate to jump at Peki, Niku thrusted her metal rod at Peki and tried to hit Peki's stomach, but Peki grabbed it as if she already knew it'd be there. Niku's eyes shot open in surprise, Niku tried to pull back her rod, but couldn't even move it an inch from Peki's grasp.
"What the hell...?" Niku said, as she put all her strength into pulling the rod.
"So... the strongest has girls like you..." Peki said, feeling disappointed. "I expected a fight that'd entertain me, one that I could view as me earning the seat beside the strongest, though I've alrwady earned it by being the most perfect." Peki said, staring at Niku.
"What are you talking about?" Niku said, making an odd face at Peki. "You're, like, creepin' me out..." Niku said, growing a little worried.
"If you're scared, then that's good, that just means that you know what you should and shouldn't fear." Peki said, taking a look at the others. Kure dashed towards Peki as Peki's eyes left Kure and moved onto the next girl. Peki pulled the metal rod that she held and brought Niku close to her, and grabbed Niku by the throat, all very quickly. Niku gasped, as she thought she'd be chocked, but Niku could still breathe a little. Kure stopped, not because Kure cared about Niku, but because she knew pepper cared about Niku.
"If you even graze me with that blade, her life is gone." Peki said, looking sideways at Kure. Niku looked at Utsu, as Niku worried for Utsu, Niku wanted to make sure that Utsu was safe. Niku saw Polly staying close to Utsu and felt a little relieved. "You seem relaxed, it's odd. But I suppose that it doesn't matter." Peki said, closing her eyes and shaking her head. Niku kicked her leg backwards and hit Peki in the chin, Peki's surprise made her drop Niku.
"That hurt..." Peki said, holding her chin.
"Hurt me too..." Niku said, limping slightly as she quickly moved away. Peki threw the metal rod on the ground, it fell quickly and made a loud thump since it's extremely heavy. "What are you made out of? Metal?" Niku said, not being serious.
"Yes, my skeleton is made of metal. But my skin is made exactly the same as yours, as well as my blood." Peki said, taking another look at the girls. 'One is missing.' Peki thought, trying to act as if she hadn't noticed.
"Wait... You're, like, actually made of metal?" Niku said, confused about what Peki means.
"...Yes, I am." Peki said, seeming a little distracted from the conversation.
"Hey!" A man's voice yelled from the distance. Peki turned around as she recognized the voice, she saw pepper running as fast as he could toward them. "Get the hell away from my girls!" pepper shouted, as he grew closer, his face seemed angry.
"Daddy!" Kumo shouted, beginning to feel safe.
Peki looked confused. "Do you still not realize that I am better than them? I am perfect, they are not! It is simple, pepper!" Peki shouted, growing annoyed that pepper keeps trying to stop Peki. Suddenly, Peki got sprayed with a blast of water, causing her fall over. "What the...?" Peki said, as she lifted her head up.
pepper appeared over Peki. "You aren't perfect, Peki." pepper said, looking at Peki seriously. Peki's eyes looked as if she was mad and sad at the same time.
"What do you mean?" Peki said, sounding worried.
"I mean exactly what I said." pepper said, closing his eyes. "You are not perfect, no one can be." pepper said, opening his eyes and crouching down, looking at Peki.
"I-I am perfect! I was built to be perfect! It's... It's...!" Peki shouted, intensely, beginning to stutter as she looked at pepper.
"Peki, just calm down." pepper said, softly. Peki looked at pepper and reached her hand out to him. "There you go, it's gonna be okay, see?" pepper said, getting closer to grab her hand. Peki quickly moved her hand up to have pepper face to face with her palm. In the moment, this confused pepper, he thought she was signaling for him to halt or something. And out of Peki's palm came fire, the same fire she used to keep her self in the air, her fire from the jets in her hand. The fire went directly into pepper's face, causing him to jump back and fall into the ground.
"Aaauuhhh!" pepper screamed, as he felt his face burning, he grabbed and clawed at his face but the fire wouldn't go out, he tossed and rolled but the fire still stayed.
"Hold on, Daddy! It only takes a minute to charge my water from the air!" Leia shouted, hoping pepper can hold on. Peki sat up, and shot a lazer beam from her right eye.
"Aahh!" Leia screamed, as she looked down to see her right ribcage had a hole through it. Leia fell to her knees and held the wound.
"Leia!" pepper shouted, as he saw her drop. 'This fire, it burns so much, I can't even move to help her! I can barely see!' pepper thought, growing angry at himself for being too weak.
"You idiot! You should've stayed where I had you trapped!" Peki shouted, angry at pepper. "Now look! You'll all die... And I'll be left alone..." Peki said, trying not to cry.
"Peki... You don't have to do this! It can still be fixed!" pepper said, trying to ignore the fire. Muma flew down and used her wings to blow the fire that was on pepper's face out.
"Muma, thank you." pepper said, his face looked awful. Muma didn't say anything and kissed pepper, a tear fell down her cheek. pepper's face healed, and Muma passed out, pepper caught her as she fell.
"That must have taken a lot out of her... I'm sorry that I'm so weak that you must heal me, Muma." pepper said, as he walked by Peki and placed Muma on the bench. Then pepper turned and walked up to Peki. Peki's face was back to looking emotionless, but pepper could feel that she was scared and angry. "Peki, you don't need to be perfect, or special in any way. You just need to be you." pepper said, looking at Peki, trying to understand why she so desperately says she's perfect.