Chapter 6: Alone

When Marcus woke up, Stocking sighed with relief.

Where...? What happened...?

"You got a very high fever... Don't move around so much." Stocking said then she placed a wet cloth on Marcus's forehead.

"You... You stayed and helped take care of me...?"

Stocking gave Marcus a gentle smile and looked at him.

"Think of it this way... No other guy has liked me before... So... I guess you could say that I'm very... Happy..." Stocking said with her head low. Marcus looked at her. He sat up, gently used both of his hands to make her face look at his.

"...Stocking..." He whispered her name then he brought his face closer to hers. Stocking blushed and she slowly closed her eyes as she was ready to get kissed but they both heard thunder and lightning flashed. Marcus gasped and Stocking opened her eyes and turned to look at the window. She gasped when she saw a monster destroying the city.

"Nathan!" Marcus yelled as he thought by now that Nathan would be in the area trying to defeat the monster by himself. Marcus got out of bed and Stocking gasped.

"Pride no! You're still sick!"

"I'm sorry, Stocking. But Nathan is my partner and he needs me." Marcus said as he looked at Stocking. She walked towards him and he grabbed her and pressed his lips against hers. Stocking blushed, blinking then Marcus gasped for air.

"Thank you for taking care of me, Stocking." He said then he pushed the sliding door open, jumped off the balcony and looked at his bracelet.

"Take me to Nathan, Space!" He ordered then his body flashed a pink color and he vanished.

In the city, Nathan was dodging the monster's attacks along with Panty trying to get into the fight.

"Stay out of this! This is my fight!" Nathan shouted as he hissed at Panty.

"You can't take out that monster by yourself! Let me help you!"

"Back off whore!" Nathan shouted as he jumped and lashed his whip at the monster. The whip wrapped around the monster's arm but as Nathan tried to pull the arm apart, the monster pulled Nathan, sending him flying.

"I'll kill you!" Nathan shouted.

"NATHAN!" a voice shouted then Nathan looked up and saw Marcus holding his bow. He fired an arrow and it was stuck in the monster's forehead.

"Tch. Took you long enough."

"Sorry, Nathan. But I got a little distracted was all."

"Panty!" Stocking called as she hurried towards Panty's side.

"Where the hell have you been?" Panty asked then Stocking's face turned red.

"Now! Time and Space! Thriller!" Both boys yelled then they stood back to back. Suddenly a black cat jumped above them.

"Now uploading T-shirt and Jacket's power by 15%..." The cat said then Nathan and Marcus's weapons were transformed into a mic and a guitar.

"Time to show this piece of shit who it's dealing with!" Nathan said then Marcus started playing the guitar. Nathan twirled the mic then brought towards his lips.

Buzzing shadow minds,
Almost driven to madness: "Who am I?"
Leading the night moon
Comfortable dark wind,
Bright shining sky.
But even so, I long for
The sunrise.

Nathan tossed the mic to Marcus and Marcus tossed the guitar. Both boys caught the items and switched positions.

Shadows and light, you and I.
Come closer.
Asking each other... "real" or "fake"?
Black? White? Why? Why?
My heart sings and shouts,
"Be a color that suits you!"

Stocking gasped, amazed by the lyrics Marcus sang, then Nathan glared at the monster and pointed the guitar towards it, shooting a ray of light at it.

Orion in the night sky, burning strongly.
The flames of your heart
Should be like that.
And it's how you should live.
Good and evil and talking pompously,
You should exhaust the problem...

Both Nathan and Marcus came together and they both held the mic.

"GEMINI SYNDROME~!" They both sang then the pitch of their voices caused a sonic wave, destroying the monster. Five coins fell then Nathan caught them.

"Five ?! You gotta be kidding me ?! And even after upgrading our weapons...!"

"We should thank Thriller for that." Marcus said as he pet the black cat. Suddenly Nathan heard Panty squealing then he scoffed.
"Let's go Marcus." Nathan said. Marcus was about to follow him but he looked back to see Stocking who was amazed. Marcus smiled at her then winked before he vanished.