I know I didn't update last week but at this point, I don't think I really have a schedule for when I update anymore. Let's not talk about that though, let's just get to the reviews so we can get to the story.

Gamelover41592: Yeah, who knows how it will turn out … I mean I know of course, I wrote it.

allen Vth: Well, I don't think that's what she had in mind when she wanted to spend the day with her mother, but who knows. Yeah, a lot of people are upset with the little blue guy for what he did. Isaac is turning into one of my (and a lot of other peoples) favorite character. Mark is going to get his own chapter eventually, as will all the kids … but that's all I guarantee.

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Disclaimer: Star vs. the Forces of Evil characters belong to Daron Nefcy. OC's belong to me.

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(Marco's POV)

Hekapoo, Circe, and I had made it to the tavern and were sitting at a table that was off to the side. "So what's the job?" I asked.

"Well it's not what I would call straight forward; you remember Rasticore's dimensional chainsaw?"

"Oh, I remember it." I said as I looked down at my drink remembering the first time I saw him. "That's how he and Meteora were able to travel through dimensions. How exactly did they get that? I thought you were the only one who made things that allowed people to travel through dimensions … and I thought you only made scissors."

"Both are true, the second more than the first. You see, I am the only one who can make them from scratch; that is, I forge the fire into scissors that can cut through dimensions, but in reality, any cutting instrument will do, I just always choose to make scissors."

"So then … where did he get it?"

"That's what today's job is about. You see, there's a group of people who go around stealing the dimensional scissors I make from people who have earned them, melt them down, and make new dimensional cutting items. As you can guess, I can't let this continue to happen."

"Do they keep track of who they sold items to?"

"That's what I'm counting on." She replied. "Though honestly, it would only be a bonus. I need to shut that place down and today might be my only chance to catch them, that's why I wanted the extra help."

"Okay then." I leaned in and folded my hands. "So what's the plan?"

"Well, after some leg work, I found out that they send their agents to meet with buyers in order to carry out transactions. These transactions usually don't last very long either, so we would have a very limited window. Thankfully though, I managed to intercept a buyer and get the exact location where he's supposed to meet with the agent."

"Which is?"

"Here." Hekapoo stated bluntly. "And he'll be here soon, that's why I need you Marco, naturally they know who I am, so I need someone else to be the one to make contact with him."

"Okay, anything I should know?"

"Well for starters, you'll need this." She pulled out a strange flower that looked almost like a sunflower, only it was pink. "This will notify the agent that you are the buyer, from there, they will find you." she handed the flower to me as I looked at it.

"So what do I do when he approaches me?" I asked as I pinned the flower onto my hoodie. "Should I just tackle him to the ground or-"

"Just keep him talking, I'll work my way over and stop his escape, if all goes well, we won't even have to make a scene."

"That's good, getting this done without a fight would be ideal."

"Of course that's just stage one, the next part is storming the fortress and shutting down their operation."

"All right, let's get this started."

(Andromeda's POV)

Star and I had just arrived at Buff Frogg's office and Star had just knocked on the door. "Buff Frog?" She asked. "Buff Frog, are you there?"

"Uh, just one moment." We heard some kind of commotion before he rushed to the door and threw it open. "Hello Star, it is good to see you." He looked over at me. "And you brought … uh …" He turned back to Star. "Cousin?"

Star shook her head. "No, she's … possibly my future daughter?"

He looked at us, confused. "I … don't really understand but ... what can I do for you and your, uh … daughter."

"I was wondering if I could learn a bit more about monster history and culture."

"Really?" Buff Frog asked, surprised. "Well … I have many books about monster culture if you really want." He stepped aside as Star rushed in with glee.

I followed slowly, looking around as I did; there were many boxes stacked up around the room filled with different things, from books, to small items, and other knick knacks. "Planning to move to a new office?" I asked.

"Huh? Uh, no, it is … moving more stuff in that I had forgotten about earlier." He said as he tried to maintain an innocent smile.

He didn't fool me for a second, but that was because I already knew what he was planning, and I didn't want to give anything away. "Well … do you want us to help?"

"No, no, I … I have it under control, but I have much work, so I take care of it later." He said before walking out of the room.

I looked over to Star who had already begun looking at the titles of books and was trying to decide where to start. "Might I recommend …" I began to look through them before pulling one out. "This one?"

Star looked at the book I held, a little distraught before looking up at me. "The travesty of the great monster massacre?" She asked.

"Where better to start? I mean if you want to build relationships between Mewmin and Monsters then it might be best to start by fixing what was destroyed."

She took the book and looked at it for a moment. "Okay … sounds like a plan." She walked over to a bookcase and took a seat in front of it before beginning reading.

I took a quick look back to the bookshelf and grabbed another book and took a seat next to Star and tried to read.

"You have to know that it's not going to be easy." I said as I flipped through the pages.

"Nothing really is." She replied. "But this is just something that has to be done."

"Just has to be done, huh?" I asked. "Well I can't think of anyone else who would be more suited to the job."

"Thanks, but you know I'm probably not the same Star as your mom, right?"

I stopped reading and looked over at her. "What makes you say that?"

"Well … because … I'm dating Tom, not Marco."

I sighed and turned back to my book. "You know that just about anything can happen right? I mean I now have five half siblings that prove that."

"I know, but … like you said, there are many other possibilities so … what are the odds that I'm the one who ends up with him?"

"Don't know exactly, but from what I can see, you're still the same Star. So I know that you will do everything in your power to give Monsters the rights they deserve, no matter who you end up with, also, you're only fifteen, things might change."

Star looked up at me and smiled. "Thank you … I … we should get back to work."

"If you say so."

(Marco's POV)

I was sitting in the tavern with Hekapoo and Circe sitting a few tables away in disguises. "I wonder when he's going to be here." I said as I looked around the place.

After a few moments, the front door creaked open and in came a humanoid salamander wearing a brown vest and pants, carrying a large rucksack. The reptile looked around before his eyes landed on me and began making his way over. "So, you the buyer?" He asked.

"Depends." I replied as I folded my hands on the table. "What are you selling?"

He smiled and shook his head. "Only the best in interdimensional traveling gear, if you're into that kind of thing."

"I might." I replied. "What do you have?"

The reptile reached into his rucksack and pulled out a short sword. "This was made using the finest metals."

"But does it work?"

He looked at me, taken aback. "Does it work? What kind of question is that?"

"Well I don't want to waste money on something that doesn't do what I need it to, now do I?"

He sighed and put it away. "Look kid, we can't just go around cutting holes in dimensions willy nilly, if someone were to see that I had something that wasn't scissors that could cut a portal, there would be … complications."

"I understand." I replied. "But then that means that I won't be able to pay you."

He looked around for a moment before turning back to me. "Okay, fine, but not in here, not in front of everyone."

"Now I have to get up?"

"You want a demonstration?"

I let out a fake sigh and stood up as I followed the salamander man out back. After closing the door behind us, I walked around him so that when he was looking at me; his back was facing the nearby door. "Okay, so show me."

"Not so fast my friend, you have to first show me the money."

"Money?" I hissed back at him. "I have no reason to trust you, why should I show you anything?"

"Look, I'm here to make a sale, and I'm about to give you something that will allow you to simply run away while giving me no way to follow you, or get back to the factory. I'm the one who should be asking that."

I rolled my eyes and pulled out a wad of six hundred and fifty dollars. "Will this do?"

He shook his head. "You're a little short there my-"

"As a down payment?" I interrupted.

He looked back at the cash then took it, shoving it into his rucksack. "Fine, it'll do for now." He pulled out the sword and held it in his hands. "Now the trick is to focus on where you want to go before cutting open a portal." He gave the sword a swing and began to struggle as he opened the portal, almost as if the sword was working against him. "And whala! Instant portal."

"That didn't look too-"

"What do you want? You wanna test your luck with that insane girl Hekapoo and earn yourself a simple pair of scissors? Or do you want this?" He held up the sword allowing me to get a better look at it. It looked well made for a prop, but it was in no way solid enough to be in an actual fight.

"Let me see it." I said as I reached out my hand. The salamander handed it to me and I gave it a swing. "Yeah, this is definitely not well balanced."

"Well if you don't want it, then give it back, otherwise cough up the rest."

I looked at the sword again, then at the door behind him. "Yeah … no … I'm confiscating this."

"Confiscating?" Before he could move another muscle, Hekapoo rushed through the door and grabbed him in a headlock.

"Gotcha!" She exclaimed.

"YOU!" The salamander retorted. He slithered out of her grasp, then using his tail, grabbed her by the leg and tripped her, causing Hekapoo to go tumbling the ground. "HA! Gatcha!"

Before he could retaliate, I kicked him against the wall then pressed my arm against his throat. "You're not going anywhere."

"Except away from you." His throat quickly puffed up then he spat something at my eyes blinding me and causing me to recoil, releasing him in the process. "Now I'll just be taking this." I felt a tug at the sword I was holding but I refused to let go.

"Not on your life pal!" I exclaimed.

"Give me the damn sword!" He continued to try to take it from me but after a moment, he stopped and I heard what sounded like a small yelp.

I cleaned whatever it was out of my eyes and opened them to find that the salamander was tied up by his own tail with Circe standing on top of him. "And that's how you catch a lizard."

(Isaac's POV)

Hellena, Felicia, and I were hiding just above the ceiling boards in the tavern, trying to listen to what was going on.

"What happened?" Felicia whispered.

"I don't know, they went outside." I replied.

"Outside?" She began. "Damn, we need to follow them."

"And how do you expect us to do that? There's no place to hide out there."

"Guys." Hellena interrupted as she placed her ear against the outside wall. "I think I can hear something."

Felicia and I quickly put our ears against the outside wall and began listening.

"Look, I have no idea what you're talking about man; I'm just an in-between guy." Said a strange voice.

"Don't give me that! Not too long ago, you mentioned that you wouldn't get back to the factory without this abomination, so why don't you tell me where to find it?"

There was silence for a bit until the first voice began speaking again. "I'm not going to tell you anything."

"Step aside." Came Circe's voice. "Look, I don't want to be here, you don't want to be here, how about you just tell us where the factory is and we can all be on our way."

"I told you, I'm not saying anything."

At that moment, there was a thud against the wall. "I don't want to be here any longer than I have to."

"Look dearie." The first voice said. "I'm not going to say anything to you, or your friends there, so you might as well let me go."

"Ease off Circe." Hekapoo began. "Let's just pass him off to Rombulious already."

"What?" The guy asked. "I haven't done anything wrong."

"Yes you have." Hekapoo replied. "You made an illegal dimensional cutting device, that means crystallization."

"But I didn't make it."

"But you already said that you can't prove that so … crystallization for you."

"But you don't have any proof."

"This sword is proof enough."

"I …"

"Unless you can tell us where the factory is."

There was a long pause until the voice piped up again. "Fine … I'll tell you. The factory is in Pixtopia."

"Pixtopia?" Marco asked. "Why there?"

"Heh, in this business, you try and ask as few questions as possible, okay?"

"That will do nicely." Hekapoo began. "We just need to make a quick stop to throw this guy into jail and track down Rombulious for a tramorfidian crystal and then we'll be on our way."

There was the sound of someone opening a portal, then a short while after, the sound of it closing.

"So, should we try and follow them?" Hellena asked.

"No." Felicia replied. "We should go to the factory ahead of them and sneak in; get ready to get the drop on all the factory workers as soon as that crystal is set up to prevent them from leaving out a back door."

"And what do we do when Marco, Hekapoo, and Circe show up and ask us what's going on?" I asked as I looked over at her.

"Uh … let's … cross that bridge when we come to it."

I hope you had fun, now I need to eat or I will be late for work.

I'm Axis27 and I hope you enjoyed this chapter.