Crazy trouble with love part 5
Hekapoo and Marco part 2
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"So how'd you do on your math test Star?" Marco ask as he and his best Mewman friend walked home from school.
"I think I'm starting to get hang of this 'math' stuff. I got a C." she replied.
"That's way better than before. First time you started math and you kept drawing on the paper." he said as the two walked up to the front door and walked in. "Mom, Dad, we're ho-" he stopped in mid sentence when he looked into the livingroom and saw his parents sitting on the couch and to his surprise Hekapoo in the recliner. "Hekapoo?"
"Sup dumb dumb." she greeted. "You miss me?"
"Uh…" he got out while Star went wide eyed hearing the name.
"Marco, what is a member of the magic high council doing here, in your house?" questioned Star nervously. "What did you do?"
"Um….well… I don't really know." He replied.
"Marco this woman said you and her engaged in intercorse." Spoke Rafael stearnly
Marco went wide eyed while Star's jaw dropped open with a loud gasp. "Oh boy."
"Marco, is this true?" asked his mother. "We want you to be honest."
"Well… you see, I went a little crazy with Star's dimensional scissors, which at the time we didn't know were stolen. I tried to earn them back, but ended up on this quest that took me Sixteen years, which in this world is only eight minutes since time moves slower here than it does in her dimension. Technically speaking I'm thirty."
"What?!" spoke his mom with wide eyes.
"Wow, we have a lot of birthdays to plan." his dad muttered.
"You should have seen him." said Hekapoo. "He was so tall and muscular." she sighed as she thought back on his time in her realm. "He rode up to my home mounted on a dragon-cycle all badland style with a katana in hand and his rock hard six pack in plain view."
Star shuddered with the hearts on her cheeks growing redder.
"After he beat my last clones I admitted defeat while making him his own scissors, and...well let's just say it got real steamy afterwards."
Marco groaned and facepalmed.
"Uh...Excuse me, but do you happen to have any pictures of Marco from when he was with you?" Star asked Hekapoo.
"No." the red head spoke.
"Aw."
"But I can make one."
"Really?"
Hekapoo put her hands together and the flame over her head formed an image of an older Marco appeared in a circle of fire.
"Oooooh, mama like." spoke Star with glazed eyes while drooling a little. She then quickly pulled out her pocket mirror and took multiple pictures.
"Oh my." Angie marveled at the man, hardly able to believe it was her son.
"Well I'll be, there's our boy." smiled his dad with a chuckle. "Maybe we should think about installing a home gym."
"Hekapoo is there a reason you came here other than embarrass me infront of my parents?"
"Course. I came because, well, I'll let you figure it out. Hadesa, you can come in now!" she called out to the hall.
"Ok!" called a young female voice before a small young girl came walking into the croom. She was dressed in brown boots, with an orange skirt, yellow tunic, and the tattered remains of his old hoodie on her head.
"Everyone, this is Hadesa. My daughter."
The little girl pulled back the hood letting her red hair flow free and reveal her marble white skin and a pair of little horns sprouting from her head. "Hi."
"Aww, she's so cute!" smiled Star.
Marco on the other hand was focused on the girl's eyes which had a striking resemblance to his own.
"Congratulations Hekapoo." smiled Marco's mother. "Who's the father?"
"Uh duh." she said pointing to the still bewildered Marco.
"Say what?!" he cried out with the others stunned speechless. "You said you had birth control! I explicitly asked you after...you know."
"Did you? Huh? Well, that's a big whoops on my part." she remarked nonchalantly while Marco looked back at the little girl.
"And another thing, how is she still so young? That all happened weeks ago which in your world should have been decades ago."
"My power of longevity is hereditary. She'll live for eons before she's even a tween."
"This means we're grandparents!" cheered Rafael while hugging his wife. "Oh Angie. I feel so happy!"
"Me too, but at the same time I'm a little bit concerned." she replied while looking at Hekapoo. "If you don't mind me asking, just how old is she now?"
"Lets just say it's a big number," Hekapoo said before walking over to her daughter and picked her up. "but by emotional standards she's like, six."
"I...I can't believe it." spoke Marco shaking his head while looking at the two. "I'm...a dad?"
As Hekapoo nodded, Marco felt his head spin, his stomach do back flips and his balance leave him. "Woah there… room spinning…night night…" before he fell back and passed out.
It was sometime later when he regained consciousness on the couch and found Hadesa looking down at him.
"Daddy?"
He groaned and rubbed his head while sitting up. "Ugh, guess it wasn't some dream huh? You really are my daughter, right?"
"Uh huh." she replied before holding up a note. "Mommy said to give you this."
"What is it?" he asked taking it and looking it over.
Marco
I'm sorry I couldn't give you a proper goodbye but it's your fault for passing out like a wuss. There's a problem with the magic in the universe and it's causing a fritz. I need to help try to fix it. I can't leave Hadesa alone so I'm trusting her with you for a while. You'll find a list of things to know about her along with some things that as her father you will be obligated to do.
Love Hekapoo XOXOXO
P.S. Look out in the back yard.
"Backyard?" he muttered before picking up Hadesa getting and headed out there. The minute he opened the door he was shocked to see Star scratching Nachos on the belly. "Nachos!"
"Oh! Hey Marco!" waved Star while Nachos let out a grunt. "I was just giving this little cutie a belly rub. This dragon cycle is so cool!"
"I can't believe it!" Marco rushed over with a smile. "Hey there girl." he said and scratched under the lizards chin.
She let out a low growl with content that made her sound like a cat while licking Marco on the cheek.
"Awhaha! I missed you too." he laughed rubbing her head while Hadesa moved over to help rub her belly with Star.
A little while later Marco and Star walked inside leaving Hadesa to play with Nachos. Marco was sitting at the island while Star looked out the window. "Oh man Star, this is all so crazy. Even more than usual."
"How do you think I feel? I find out you and the maker of dimension scissors got it on, you apparently turned into a smokin' beef cake, and now you got a daughter after a few weeks?"
"And according to Hekapoo her growth rate has started to slow to the point where it's in sync with earth time." he said looking over the list on the back of the note. "Not only that but she's also taking half the money from my royalty checks for child support."
"Royalty checks?" Star questioned.
"You remember when we trashed St. O's?"
"Of course, that was epic." she smiled at the memory.
"Well apparently my little revolution got me my own merchandise. Or rather it got Princess Marco her own merchandise. I get $600 in royalties."
"Say what? And you never told me this till just now?"
"I was already embarrassed enough they thought I was a girl. I didn't want you trying to become my manager and booking me gigs or something else crazy."
"What makes you think I'd ever do that?"
He gave her a deadpanned expression and crossed his arms.
"Ok so maybe I'd be tempted." she conceded with a sigh. "But right now let's focus on the little bundle of adorableness scampering around in your backyard."
"Honestly... I'm a little scared." he admitted.
"Of her?" Star questioned.
"Of this whole fathering thing, it's happening so fast and I'm only fourteen, I'm not ready for this kind of responsibility."
"But didn't you say you were technically Thirty?" Star questioned. "If you ask me, you're a little over due."
"Star we haven't even finished school. I never even got a chance to see her first steps, or hear her first words. All that is big stuff in a parent's life. How am I supposed to be a good Dad if I was never there for her?"
"Waaaaaa Daddy!" Hadesa cried as she ran in the kitchen. "I-I touched a funny plant with pricklies on it and-and…" she sobbed as she held up a finger that had blood coming out of it.
"Oh jeez, I warned my dad about those darn cacti." he said before lifting the girl up and setting her down on the island before he went to the cabinet and pulled out a first aid kit. "Hope we have some bandages in here."
"Relax sweetie, daddy's gonna get you all patched up." smiled Star rubbing the girl on the head as she sniffled. "Hey Marco why not let me use my magic to fix it?"
"Oh no, may I remind you of the tentacle incident? Plus the last time I checked,.your wand was still broken. Who knows what might happen. Aha! I found a bandage." he smiled pulling one out then moved over to his daughter and crouched down before applying it to the spot. "There ya go. Now just leave that on and stay away from the cacti."
She sniffled and nodded. "Okay daddy."
He put her down and let her go back outside then looked back to Star who smiled at him. "You see what you did there? That was parenting."
"Anyone could have done that. Doesn't make me much of a parent."
"It's a start." Star stated. "Why not take her out to the park, like right now? You can take Nachos on a ride too."
"Hmmm, well...that could work."
"Great!" Star blurted and pulled him up before pushing him to the door. "Now go on, go go go, get out of this house!" she said growing slightly more impatient and slammed the door. "Alone at last, just me…"she reached for the mirror in her pocket and flipped it open. "And you." she said looking at the picture of older Marco then began to rush out of the kitchen before stopping. "Ooh, wait a sec." she moved over to the fridge and pulled out a pack of sausages links. "Oh yeah, these will do nicely." she said before bolting up to her room for a memorable evening.
"Hey Hadesa, how's about we go for a ride?" suggested Marco to his daughter who was petting Nachos. "We'll stop by the park."
"Ooh, that sounds like fun." she beamed. "Are we gonna ride on Nachos?"
"Is there any other way to travel?" he spoke as he mounted the beast then lifted the little girl up and set her down in front of him. "Just hang on tight."
She smiled and held onto Nachos while Marco grabbed the horns before the dragon-cycle drove off and flew over the fence before landing and went down the road.
"Oh man! I almost forgot how great this feels! The wind in your hair and the endless horizon in front of you, there's nothing better." smiled Marco while Hedasa cheered out with giddiness. "Want us to go faster?"
"Yeah!"
Marco turned the horns and Nachos went faster with Hedasa cheering louder while swerving past any cars or bikers. But seeing a red light he slowed down to the line until stopping next to a red sports car with two young men inside.
"Hey. Don't I know you?" asked the one in the driver's seat.
"Oh boy." he muttered before nodding. "Yeah ya do."
"Hey that's the punk who got us arrested that one time." the other said.
"Who are they?" Hadesa asked.
"Just a pair of punks, just ignore them." he said to Hadesa.
"Hey you! We had to wait too long just to get our car back!"
"Now we find you riding on...what is that piece of junk?"
"Hey! Nachos isn't junk! She's a great friend." frowned Hadesa as the dragon-cycle growled at them.
"Woah, easy girls." Marco spoke softly.
"We're getting you back for that crap. This time we're gonna race and this ride is gonna put your hunk of junk to shame."
Marco sighed and looked at them. "Alright, fine. Same rules as before?"
"Big time." the driver said before the light turned green and the sports car sped off.
"Daddy let's go!"
"Wait." he said before they heard sirens. "I can't believe they fell for that again."
"Huh?"
"Those guys are going to jail." Marco smiled. "But that's what they get for trying to pick up illegal races, remember that honey."
The two were in the back of the cop car as Marco steadily drove by. "Nicely done officer." he said to the african american woman cop. "Those hoodlums could of hurt someone with their careless driving."
"Well when people like this choose to break the law, we're here to set them straight. Or impound their car, whichever comes first. Nice bike." she complimented.
"Thanks, it's one of a kind you could say." he said as he drove away and headed for the park.
"That was so funny daddy!" giggled Hadesa.
"I know, those dorks will never learn." he smiled while he and his daughter hopped off Nachos. "Now you go have fun."
"Ok!" she said before running off.
Over the next few minutes Marco sat down on a bench and watched Hadesa play. He smiled when she made a sand castle and was glad to see her look so happy. Suddenly his vision was obstructed. "Hey what the!"
"Guess who Dias." Janna spoke.
"Janna, stop blocking my eyes." he replied in a bored tone with the girl complying and taking the spot next to him.
"We've been looking for you."
"We?" Marco asked raising an eyebrow.
Janna pointed to his other side and he turned to see Jackie step up next to him.
"J-J-Jackie!?" he spoke up with surprise.
"Hey Marco, Star told us we'd find you here. By the way has she taken up jogging or something?"
"No, why do you ask?"
"Well when we called her to ask where you were she was breathing a little heavily."
"Huh, weird." he scratched his head before Nachos rolled up causing the two girls to jump.
"Cool." Janna stated. "It looks like something I've found online from pictures."
"Ladies meet Nachos. She's been a good friend to me for seven years of hell." Marco said scratching the lizards chin.
"Might wanna go easy on that word." spoke Jackie looking at his daughter. "Might not be a good call to use those kinds of words too soon. And seriously seven years?"
"I was in another dimension where time moves faster. But once I got back here to Echo Creek my body went back on earth's timeline, but I still had my experience."
"Wait, so you were like all grown up? What'd you look like? Did you have a beard?" asked Janna.
"Eh a bit of stubble, also I was ripped with the skills to match. I mean if you gave me a sword I could cut the straps of
a dress with an air slash without- uh wait that did come out right."
'I'm gonna keep that in my dreams for later.' thought Janna with a chuckle while Jackie blinked at him in surprise.
"Um, anyways though, I had to deal with a lot of crazy stuff. Stuff you'd believe, you wouldn't believe, and other stuff I'm not gonna say."
"Like stuff that happens in the bed maybe?" asked Janna with a grin.
"Janna! Not in front of my daughter." he frowned while Jackie managed to cover said girl's ears.
"I'm only curious." she shrugged. "And I'm sure you are too Jackie."
"Daddy! Can I go play in the sand box?" Hadesa spoke with an elevated tone since her ears were still covered.
"Well….alright, but try not to get any sand in your eyes, or throw sand, or eat it, or-"
"I think she gets it Diaz." Janna said taking the little girl from him and urged her off. "Run along now."
"Ok." she ran over to the sandbox while Jackie took a moment to let the image of an older Marco sit in her head.
"So tell us about her mom."
"Hekapoo? Well, the best way I can sum her up is she has this mischievous, but kind charm to her. I had to deal with dozens of clones of her just to find the original so I could get back here. If I could describe her in one word it would probably be 'playful'."
"Like me?" grinned Janna.
"In a way yes, which reminds me. Do you still have copies of my keys?"
"Maybe."
"Well word of warning, if you try to sneak in while Hekapoo's around you might wanna be careful. She has a tendency to be fond of fire if you catch my drift."
"Oh I think I do." Janna said wiggling her eyebrows.
"Not like that!" he blushed. "I mean she literally controls fire without a problem."
"Is she….cute?" Jackie asked.
"Oh! Well….yeah, really cute." he admitted with a blush while looking away. "But she's got an important job with the magic council back in Star's home dimension."
"Really? Sounds like something's going down." remarked Jackie trying to think about something other than Marco's older self.
"Yeah, the note she left said something about a fritz."
"Like some sorta magic fritz?" asked Janna.
"Yeah, and I can't help but think it's connected to Stars broken wand."
"Well I wouldn't say it's broken…at least where it counts."
"What do you….oh come on Janna, really?"
"What? How can you expect me not to get in the mood when I'm think of you banging and knock up some magic chick."
He facepalmed while Jackie blushed. "Okay you wanna know that bad fine. It all started when I hit an emotional low." marco tolled them about his time in Heckapoo's realm or at least his moments with other women. He kept his voice down so no one other than the two girls would hear them. He didn't leave anything out.
Both of them were stunned and had to keep from getting excited while Marco slowly wrapped up.
"And for the record I asked her if she had birth control but apparently she was too blissed out for it to actually sink in, the end result…" he raised an arm and gestured to Hadesa.
"Dayum dude." chuckled Janna. "So I guess this means her dad's gonna show up with the 'ol shotgun, right?"
"I'm not sure she has a dad."
"Then it sounds like you missed a shotgun mile, unless she has a mom, in which case you might wanna start looking for a tux."
"Achoo!"
*BOOM!*
All of them jumped while feeling sand hit their faces and saw Hadesa in a destroyed sandbox while rubbing her nose.
"I sneezed." the little girl spoke.
"Uh...Marco?" Jackie got out.
Janna snorted before she started laughing. "Oh man! That was AWESOME!" she beat her fist against the bench. "Ohohohahaha, my sides!"
"That's not funny." he said before he rushed over to her. "What happened?"
"I got sand in my nose." she said to her father. "Sorry I broke the sandbox, am I in trouble?"
Marco sighed and slapped his head. "No you're not in trouble. I should have expected something like this to happen….does it happen a lot?"
"Only when I sneeze."
"Oh well that's-"
"Or cough, or hiccup, but mostly when my allergies act up."
"Wait, you have allergies? What are you allergic to?"
"Flower pollen, ginger, bird feathers, oh and cats." Hadesa listed on her fingers.
"Well it's a good thing we have dogs back home, well technically laser puppies."
"Ooh! Really?" she asked with a smile. "I love puppies." she said before a cat ran through the park being chased by a dog. "Ah...ah…"
Marco went wide eyed as the cat ran by.
Hadesa's nose twitched as her allergies began to act up. "Ah, ah, ah!"
He quickly ran behind a tree and covered his head.
"Achoo!"
*BOOM!*
After the explosion he looked out and saw another crater and his daughter rubbing her nose before pulling out a hanky and blew her nose. "Bless me."
"Maybe you should get her back home before she blows something else up." spoke Jackie as she and Janna popped up from behind the overturned bench.
"Good idea." he grabbed her free hand. "Come on Hadesa, time to go back home."
"Okay daddy." she said returning the hanky to her pocket.
"Say goodbye to Jackie and Janna."
"Bye bye." the little girl waved as they left on Nachos.
"Okay Jackie be honest, you got a little wet from Marco's story didn't you?"
The skater girl coughed and looked away while rubbing her neck. "Uh….kinda. You?"
"Girl I'm practically dripping down there." grinned Janna before rubbing her chin. "Think she'd share?"
Marco drove Nachos around town before coming to a stop. "What tge-!" at the intersection a trio of trucks had crashed, blocking the road. "Ah great." he said before calling over a police officer. "What happened?"
"Irresponsible drivers." the officer replied pointing at the crash. "One was drunk, one was texting on his new phone and one overdosed on energy pills until he the crashed. By which I mean the kinda crash that comes from too much sugar."
"Hadesa let this be a lesson for you in the future." he said and a pair of paramedics walked by pushing a gurney that had a figure covered by a sheet with a bloody, hairy arm hanging limp over the edge. "Rules are something to follow and not try to break, sometimes you don't know what can happen and not following them could get you seriously hurt or cost you your life."
"O-Okay." she replied while hugging him and buried her face in his chest to block the sight.
"Your big brother is right young lady, rules are there to keep you and others safe." the officer said ruffling her hair then looked to Marco. "Now if you want to get by, you'll have to go back take the long way around."
"Thanks officer."
"By the way nice bike."
"Thank you, she enjoys the attention." Marco said as he drove off with the dragon Cycle making a gruff growl.
The officer blinked slowly and shook his head. 'I gotta cut back on the donuts.'
"Okay all I have to do is go back and turn on 45th street." remarked Marco as Nachos drove down the street and stopped at a stoplight.
Hadesa sniffed and smelled something pleasant. "Mmmmhh. Something smells yummy."
"Huh?" he looked to the left and spotted the bakery. "Oh you're smelling the fresh pastries from over there. Yeah around this time they get to work on making plenty of fresh stuff."
"Can we get some?"
"Well I don't see why not." he said before pulling up to the curb. He got off and picked Hadesa off before they headed inside.
"Ooh, everything looks so good." said Hadesa. she smiled while standing on her tiptoes and seeing all the goods behind the glass. The smell coming from them made her start drooling a little.
"Well hey there sweetie." The baker said. "See something you like?"
"Yeah but I don't know where to start." She said as her father walked up.
"You got anything new?" Marco asked.
"Well I did start coming up with this one new pastry to really get this place's name out." she said bringing up a tray of Cinnamon Rolls.
"Those are cinnamon rolls."
"Yes but I added a little something extra. Here try one." She said before handing one to Hadesa. "Call it a free sample."
She took it and licked her lips before biting into it. "Mhh. Yum."
"I know, amazing what you can do with Ginger."
"Ginger?!" cried out Marco with wide eyes while Hadesa started sniffling.
"Uh oh. Ah….ah…."
"Hit the deck!" he cried jumping over to the other side and pulling the baker down.
"Achoo!"
*BOOM!*
The roof jumped off the building and landed on with a thud while the inside looked like a mess with all the pastries on all the walls, along with the baker who looked totally shocked.
"Oopsie." she spoke while taking her hanky out and rubbing her nose.
"Okay that's it." Marco said before grabbing her hand. "We gotta get you home where nothing can set off your allergies. Sorry about the mess ma'am."
"Uh….." she got out while they left. "Bless you?"
They hopped on the bike and were off. "Remind me again, what else sets of your allergies."
"Aside from cats, and Ginger, the only only other things are bird feathers and-" she listed off before they passed by a flower shop and went wide eyed. "Flower pollen."
"Crap." he quickly swerved Nachos away and went down another street. "Ok we're getting away from the flowers, we should be good." he said before turning and found they were at the back of a parade with floats decorated flowers. "Oh come on!"
Some of the petals went past He Dasa's face while she started sniffling. "Ah-"
Marco moved a hand to put a finger under her nose. "Hadesa I'm gonna need you to hold your breath."
She took a deep breath with her mouth and shut it while covering her nose then nodded to her father.
"Okay old girl," he said patting Nacho's neck. "I need you to go fast, really fast."
She gave a gruff and nod before pulling back, narrowed her eyes and began speeding around the float and down the road roaring in warning to all those in front of them to get out of the way.
"Hadesa, never do this!" spok Marco while trying to help Nachos keep from hitting anyone.
She nodded in reply as her face turned red. She tried hard to keep from inhaling while Nachos was close to the end of the road until they hit a bump that made her gasp in shock getting a snoot full of pollen. "Ah...ah…."
"Oh no."
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!" she sneezed with each one making an explosion behind Nacho as she drove away.
"Go Nachos go!" urged Marco feeling the explosions making the ground rumble and making the people panic and run.
"Achoo! Achoo! Achoo!"
"Just a little further!" he spoke while nearing the end of the road before the last explosion made Nacho soar through the air.
They soon passed the parade and let out a sigh of relief. Hedasa wiped her nose while thankful it was over. "Bless me."
"That was WAY too close for comfort." Marco said. "Let's just get you home."
"Ok daddy."
They made it back exhausted both physically and emotionally.
"Sup, how was your day?" asked Hekapoo drinking some Coffee while Marco's parents were showing her some old family photos.
"Well I had to deal with Hadesa's allergies, which would have been nice to know about in your instructions."
"Well I was in a hurry and it slipped my head. I couldn't come back and add it in cause I was swamped with work. But hey at least you're still alive right?"
Marco opened his mouth to snap, but shut it and sighed. "I'm not even gonna try."
"Oh and I got a little something for Hekapoo, to welcome her into the family." Angie said holding up a hat box.
"Aw, you didn't have to do that Mrs. Diaz." she said taking the box before opening it and pulled out a hat with feathers.
"What do you think?"
Both Hekapoo and Marco were shocked before look in at their daughter.
"Ah…"
Hekapoo grabbed her dimensional scizzors, them opened a portal before sticking Hadesa's head through.
"Achoo!"
*BOOM!*
"Marco!"
"On it." He said putting the hat back in the box. "Uh where exactly does that portal go?"
"I opened it at random, not like I had quick time to think before keeping this place from going kablooey." she said before pulling Hadesa out then took a look before reeling back and let out a hiss. "Oooh."
"What? Wait, don't tell me. There use to be a town there, right?"
"No, but you may want to stay away from Quest Buy for a few days, a week to be safe." she replied before the portal closed and saw Marco's folks wide eyed. "Yeah, it might, MIGHT have been on me that I forgot to tell Marco hear our little girl's allergies, feathers being one of them. Mix that with her lack of control over her powers and it can be a rather explosive mix."
"Especially since that's not the only thing she's allergic to. We have medication for that here you know."
"That's good to know, cause I'm not an expert on medicine spells so if she had a cold or coughing fit, I ducked and covered for a bit."
"I bet the clean up is murder."
"Clones, remember?" she smirked before hearing her watch go off and shrugged. "Sounds like it's time for us to head home."
"It was great to see you again." Marco spoke to Hekapoo. "And it was nice, if not weird and unusual, to meet my kid."
"You mean OUR kid." she smiled while wrapping her arms around him. "Bay bye to Star for us, you know after she's done playing with herself to pictures of you." she said whispering the last part to Marco.
"WHAT?!"
"Okay bye bye." she said before opening a portal. "Come on you two." she said to her daughter and dragon cycle.
"Aw, but when can we come back?" asked Hadesa with a pout.
"Daddy might come visit us, trust me." she smiled taking her daughter's hand and leading her through the portal with Nachos following. "See ya around."
"Bye bye Daddy." Hadesa waved.
"Uh yeah bye." he waved as the portal closed. "Star! I'd like some words with you!" he called before running up the stairs.