pepper had forgotten that there was a table behind him. When Zero jumped at pepper, pepper's immediate response was to dodge backwards, but he hit the table, causing him to fall and the table break, which made all the chemistry equipment fly around and break.
Zero stopped as he watched pepper fall. "Let's take this outside... before you destroy my home." Zero said, growing with boiling rage. Polly helped pepper up as Zero walked outside.
"Sorry, Polly..." pepper said, feeling bad for having to fight Zero.
Polly looked up at pepper. "Just... don't die..." Polly said, with a slightly creepy smile, pepper thought that maybe it's cause she's dead.
"Well, I'll surely try." pepper said, patting her head.
"Come on, quit playing with yourself and get out here!" Zero yelled, his voice turned raspy.
pepper walked outside, the trees were still gray, and the sky still dark. He could see Hiraki sitting on the stump still but he could only see her back.
"I'll show you how strong I am, Polly... You'll love me again, no matter how much I hurt you, you'll always love me!" Zero said, as he ripped off his face mask and, once again, jumped at pepper.
pepper jumped back, like last time, but this time there wasn't anything in his way. Zero landed straight on pepper, pepper was surprised. Zero punched pepper's face and busted his lip, causing it to bleed.
'Damn, he must have predicted that! How could I be so stupid?!' pepper thought, lecturing himself in the middle of the fight.
pepper tried to wiggle around to cause Zero to fall off, but Zero wasn't budging. Zero punched pepper a few more times and then Zero opened his mouth and took a deep breathe, then he exhaled. pepper saw a lime green, gas-like substance start filling the space around pepper's head. pepper was surprised again, but he thought of a plan. pepper used his spider legs to send them both straight up, by popping them out if his back and against the ground as fast as pepper could.
"What the-" Zero shouted, in surprise.
pepper grinned and flipped on top of Zero while they were in the air, though they weren't very high. pepper used his legs and hit Zero so he'd fall faster to the ground. As Zero fell a lime green trail of gas was left, but slowly faded.
Zero smashed into the ground, dust went around him but it vanished quickly, and Zero got up.
"I forgot... It's been a while since I've faught one of my brothers." Zero said, talking to himself.
"Forgot what?" pepper asked, as he spun a web off a tree branch to let himself down.
"Forgot that we all have a curse." Zero said, as he ran at pepper.
"Wait!" pepper yelled, as he caught both of Zero's fists. "You mean the abilities? I've come across a lot-" pepper said, getting cut off by Zero.
"Shut up! I'm done talking to you!" Zero shouted, his voice didn't sound scratchy or raspy anymore, it was clear now.
pepper used more strength and started to push Zero back, Zero couldn't move his fists away cause pepper's grip was too tight, Zero thought, but it was actually pepper's webs and pepper's grip causing the two to be stuck together.
pepper eventually used even more force and sent Zero flying backwards, causing the web to rip.
Zero landed on a bunch of rocks, they cut up his back as he scraped against them.
Zero got up, there were still webs on his fists causing them to stay clenched, but Zero used his teeth to remove the webs, freeing his fists.
pepper was the one to run in this time, and he was also the one to jump at the other, this time.
pepper caught himself infront of Zero, he used his spider legs to catch himself, he also sent one spider leg into the ground beside Zero's head, like a bullet. Zero's eyes went wide with a hint of fear, but very quickly, those eyes turned to acceptance, Zero accepted his defeat.
"I... I give up..." Zero said, as he felt his rage die.
"Good. Now put your mask back on, that stuff smells awful." pepper said, handing Zero his mask.
"It's poison... I wouldn't expect it to smell very good." Zero said, putting his mask back on.
pepper retracted his spider legs and landed on the ground beside Zero. "Poison? Will I die?" pepper said, having a plan, if that is the case.
'If it is immediately deadly, then maybe killing him and taking the ability, or curse? I'm still not sure... But taking his ability might make me immune.' pepper thought, going on a hunch.
"Sadly, you'll be fine. It takes more than one or two breaths to kill someone." Zero said, as his sickly, raspy voice came back.
"Oh, well that's good." pepper said, with a sigh of relief. "Wait, why'd you just give up? That seems pointless." pepper asked, not understanding Zero's reason.
"I just... lost the will to..." Zero paused, as he talked. "Whatever... Nevermind..." Zero said, looking helplessly defeated.
Polly walked over to the two. "Just... make a portal... so pepper can leave." Polly said, not making eye contact with Zero. Zero snapped his fingers and a portal appeared, this portal was sliver, almost chrome-like, it had hints of purple and blue the ran through it like slimey water.
"Go on, pepper, you can go home." Polly said, looking a bit sad.
"Aren't you coming, Polly? You have no reason to stay here." pepper asked, not understanding why she'd stay.
"I'm not a burden?" Polly asked, her eyes widened with a slight joy.
"Of course not, come on." pepper said, reaching his hand out for her to grab.
Polly's eyes lit up with hope, she took pepper's hand and they both walked through the portal.
As they walked, pepper couldn't help but feel like he was being watched, but he ignored it and kept going.
"Wow! So this is Earth! Kehaha!" Polly said, with wide eyes, a creepy grin, and a giggle.
pepper made a slight smile. "Are you creepy on purpose?" pepper asked, finding it a bit odd, but cute at the same time.
"Hehe... I find it to be quite enjoyable. I haven't been able to be myself in such a long time." Polly said, with a grin.
"Well, I'm glad that you're enjoying yourself." pepper said, with a genuine smile. "Oh, before I forget..." pepper said, pausing his sentence to grab a rock on the ground. "I should probably do this." pepper said, as he spun a web around the rock, making it heavier. pepper then threw the rock through the portal. Within a few seconds, the portal shattered like glass and faded into dust.
pepper fell to his knees. "I-I feel... sick..." pepper mumbled, as he caught himself before his face hit the ground.
"pepper?!" Polly shouted, hoping pepper was okay.
'Damn, I forgot... when I kill someone with an ability... I gain their ability, and it feels awful!' pepper thought struggling to keep his consciousness. 'Wait! This ability could harm the girls! That must be why he wore the face mask, the gas went into him which never killed him but made him feel ill, it makes semse now! But I don't want this ability...' pepper thought, trying to fight it. "I REFUSE!" pepper screamed, out, as his chest exploded open, causing blood to pour out. pepper gasped for air, but he couldn't breathe in. pepper looked at Polly, who wore a worried face. "Th-The... Platinum... St-Sta... r..." pepper quietly muttered, as he fell to the ground. The citizens just ignored it, because it wasn't their problem.
Polly's face filled with fear. She grabbed pepper, and carried him on her back. "Please! Anyone! Help us!" Polly shouted, as she walked, she couldn't walk very fast since pepper was bigger than her, he was heavy. "Somebody! Where is The Platinum Star?!" She kept screaming for help, but nobody stopped to help her.
'His pulse... It's so low...' Polly thought, as she held pepper's body. 'I've walked for hours... but I can't find it... Even the police won't help me.' Polly continued thinking, as she cried over pepper's blood-covered body.
Polly heard voices in the distance, she had no hope that they'd help, but he knew she has to try, for the small chance. It was foggy, she couldn't see well. "Hello?! Please, help us!" Polly shouted.
"I think there's a girl that needs help." Voice one said.
"We don't have time for that, we've, like, got something to do, remember? God." Voice two responded.
Polly could see their silhouettes running towards her. "Please, I'm right here! He needs help!" She shouted, again, begging the voices to help her.
"Chase says that he's, like, this way still, he hasn't moved, he must be hurt so we can't, like, deal with this girl." Voice two said.
"Yeah... I feel bad though." Voice one responded.
Polly watched the two run past her, she saw a gray skinned girl with short, black hair. And another girl wearing pink, who had long, blue hair. Polly felt like it was somehow her fault that pepper is hurt.
"Ugh! He moved! He's behind us now? Geez!" Voice two said, running back towards Polly.
"I didn't see him go past us..." Voice one responded.
The girl with black hair stopped beside Polly. Polly looked up at her, as the blue haired girl caught up. The girl with black hair looked down and saw her hand's eye was looking towards the direction of the girl unknown to her. She saw pepper being held by this girl, she immediately noticed the huge hole in his chest.
"Please... help him..." Polly said, with tears flowing down her face.
The blue haired girl's eyes were full of fear, she couldn't even scream.
The black haired girl picked up both Polly and pepper with ease, and she started running. The blue haired girl got a hold of herself and followed.
"A-Are you gonna help him?" Polly asked, not sure where they're going.
"Ugh! Just shut up!" The black haired girl said, trying not cry. 'God, this freakin' idiot! Just has to go save someone else! Jeez, he's such a freaking pain...' The black haired girl thought to herself.
'There's a building... It's huge. There's words on it... The Platinum... Star...?' Polly thought, to herself. "This is where he said to go!" Polly shouted, in happiness, with the hope he'll be okay.
The black haired girl sat pepper and Polly down on a bench, she pointed at the blue haired girl. "You, stay here!" The black haired girl shouted, as she ran into the building.
The blue haired girl took pepper from Polly, she held his head tightly and cried. She felt his weak breath, and she felt sad.
"D-Do... you know him?" Polly asked, wondering why the girl cries for him.
"Yes..." The blue haired girl whispered, trying not to scream.
"He's on the bench!" The black haired girl shouted, rushing out of the building with two other girls. One of the girls has large breasts, she came over to pepper and kissed him for a few seconds, and suddenly she fell to the floor, as if she was exhausted.
"He's hurt! He needs treatment, not kisses!" Polly shouted, at the girl with large breasts.
And, like magic, pepper's wound began to heal, rapidly. Polly gasped in relief.
pepper opened his eyes. "Wh-What... happened...?" pepper said, looking around at all five girls.
"I see... So you forced the power that Zero had out of you, and that caused your chest to explode?" Polly asked, sitting on the bed with the rest of the girls as pepper stood against the wall.
"I guess." pepper said, touching his chest to feel a big scar.
"And then you brought him to me and I healed him using my own energy..." Muma said, sounding tired. "You'll have to help me at some point, Daddy. Fuhuhu..." Muma continued, smiling at pepper
"Yeah... sorry for all the trouble..." pepper said, scratching the back of his head.
"Well... I guess I can't blame you for, like, ditching us when you didn't really ditch us..." Niku said, realizing that it isn't pepper's fault that he disappeared.
"C-Can... we still go... e-eat?" Utsu asked, wanting more than just ice cream now.
"Yeah, come on girls." pepper said, as he walked to the door.
"Yay!" Kumo shouted. Polly smiled and followed.
"Same place as before?" pepper asked, the girls.
"M-Mhm..." Utsu mumbled, as a response.
"Alright, sounds good to me." pepper said, as they all walk into the elevator.
Everyone was at the table eating at The Requirem Delights. Utsu had already finished her meal and started eating her favorite part, dessert. As she ate her ice cream, she noticed something outside the window next to her, it was a girl. This startled Utsu but she knew how to control showing a lot of fear. The girl had short, blue hair with a spot red hair on both sides of her head, her skin was pale, exactly like Polly's, and her left eye was red, buy her right eye was light blue. This girl wrote something on the window, which looked something like: 'ƎӘИƎVƎЯ'.