[BGM: "$tunt$" by Flying Lotus & Mr. Oizo]
Hekapoo and Kelly started to wear their outfits in a small gearing up montage-like way, putting on their shoes, pants, shirts, fixing up their hair, putting a bit of perfume, cracking their knuckles and even stretching each other's bodies a bit before proudly showing themselves with their shoulders crossed Kelly then realizes something as the music stops.
"Wait, shouldn't we have done this on the first day than 5 days in?" Kelly questioned.
"Chill, Kels, you should know this; a big movie is coming out today that's getting the predicted box office numbers." Hekapoo clarified.
"Oh yeah...wait, what movie was it again?"
"Space Unicorn: The First Movie. Apparently, they were so sure it'll be a hit, they already greenlit 9 sequels."
"They're making a cinematic universe already?! I forgot, was it some sort of TV show?"
"Nope, it started off as a ringtone, and after a while, some executive loved it that much that they decided to make it."
"Of a ringtone?!"
"Yeah, it memed for years. But to be fair, it's said to have some cutting edge stylized animation by which the likes have never been seen and it's said to be super mature. Look at social media saying how it's "pure cinema". Feels like they've been saying that about every video game adaptation or animated TV adaptation lately."
"Oh, please, they're just saying that in an ironic way...or is unironic? I can't tell sarcasm through there."
"Ah, my Woolett buddy, it's both. Humans are weird like that."
"Oh. Well, I know I'm ready."
"Actually, the real challenge is cleaning up the candy, popcorn, sodas, and some random crap left over there after each screening. On weekdays? Easy. On weekends, especially when a hyped movie comes out...it's heeeeeeeell."
"Huh...I knew it felt too easy. Good thing you researched that stuff."
"Nope, Tom briefly had a part time job and told me about it. He said that it was so punishing, it made him avoid eating candy and popcorn for two years."
"Nah, you're jokin'..."
"Oh yeah?", Hekapoo then rapidly face times Tom as he shows up on her smartphone. "Yo, Tom, what's up?"
"Hey, you two, about to start the toughest night of your job, right?", Tom said.
"Kelly doesn't believe me that your job at the theater was that crazy, care to tell me some proof about it?", Hekapoo asked.
"Ohhh...where to start..." Tom groaned.
Cue a transition as many minutes would go by.
"...and then they told me that we aren't allowed to combine slushies, could you believe that? Even though that's one one of the coolest things ever thought out! Combine blueberry and grape, and even your brain freeze can taste it! It's just so...grrr!", he briefly gets angry, briefly being in flames before taking a deep breath, "Yeah, but hey, it seems like management changed a lot when you got applied!"
"Wow, talk about being a no fun zone beforehand.", Kelly admitted, gulping nervously.
"Okay, thanks, T. Oh yeah, I also gotta ask...do your people have any history on us demeasts?" Hekapoo asked.
"I'm afraid not. Heck, even my parents mistook us as possibly being cousins when I showed pictures of you.", Tom replied.
"Well, guess that tosses this theory out the window.", Hekapoo sighed.
"I'm sure searching around dimensions again could work, it's odd that your history is this private, but yeah, catch ya on the flip side and good luck.", Tom says as he hangs up.
Hekapoo then snaps her fingers to open a portal, "Okay, Kels, let's do it to it."
"Y-yeah! I am so totally ready!", Kelly replied as she stands still for at least 5 seconds.
"Girl, don't be nervous. The theatergoers can smell your fear, and they wouldn't want the cinema smell be affected by that, right?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah...let's hope our backs don't break or something."
"Attagirl!", she laughs, but then looks around, seemingly suspicious of something.
"Something wrong?"
"Hrm...nothing, it's just...I thought I heard something."
"Oh, now you're the one throwing excuses?"
"Phbt, no, maybe it's my instincts being weird...let's go in."
The both of them would enter the portal. However, outside, K.O. Kincaid was gripping and panting slightly, as it looks like he climbed all the way up there and took a peek at them.
"Phew...hrm...they have regular jobs like I do...maybe it's a cover up to plan out their evil deeds, like how Moon and Mina said and one of their friends is a demon!", he said, seemingly naively as he doesn't get the full picture, "Alright, looks like I'm going to the cinema...but first, I gotta get myself down...", he sighs.
[Opening Theme: "Trippin' On A Hole In A Paper Heart" by Stone Temple Pilots]
Don't cut out my paper heart
I ain't dyin' anyway
Take a look at Eiffel towers
Never trust them dirty liars
Sippin' lemon yellow booze
Old Lead Belly sings the blues
All dressed up on wedding day
Keep on trippin' anyway
I am, I am, I said I'm not myself
I'm not dead, and I'm not for sale
So k eep your bankroll lottery
Eat your salad day, deathbed motorcade
[Full guitar solo]
Hold me closer, closer, let me go
Let me be, just let me be
So keep your bankroll lottery
Eat your salad day, deathbed motorcade
Chapter 7: "Just Like The Movies"
Hekapoo opens up the box office from the inside, lifting up the metal curtains and looks on in surprise with how large the line looks, although tickets will still take a few more minutes to be sold, "Ooooh boy..."
Kelly whistles, "I have a feeling this could make arthouse film fans rage in fury..."
Then Marco pops up in front of them, "Surprise!", startling the duo a bit.
"Please don't do that ever again...", Hekapoo replied with a slight annoyance.
"Hey, wait a minute, don't most people pre-order tickets online nowadays?", Kelly remarked.
"Oh, not for this one, there's even news vans, trucks and copters covering this, you know, like how they did it back then for older movies, for the sake of the old school flavor." Marco replied, and indeed there are a lot of insane press for the premiere outside of the theater.
"Oh yeah, I remember when you had that ringtone...is it still there for ironic purposes?", Kelly questioned.
"The irony is now gone, Kelly, my friend, ...oh, wait, now that my parents came back from their trip, I introduce you to Mariposa!", he lifts his 6-year-old sister.
"Hola! Como están?" Mariposa introduces herself in Spanish and waves to them.
Unlike with Meteora, they both see her with absolute glee. "Aw, so precious!", Kelly said.
Mariposa then gasps, "Is she Hekapoo, bro?!", she then squees seeing her in action, "He told me stories about you! Is it true that you two fought a gang full of ninja lizard robot zombies?!"
"Uh...yeah, and I don't think your brother should tell you about kinda violent stories like that.", Hekapoo replies in a skeptical way.
"Oh, it's okay, if she's cool with my way of living, she should also hear about our NeverZone stories. Besides, she technically went through there once, too.", Marco replies proudly.
"It's still nice to see you two bond. So, what's your top reason in watching it, lil' butterfly?", Kelly asked.
"I'm watching it for epic animation! Not everyday you get a 2D movie with great sakuga for most of it!"
"Preach!", Hekapoo admits, "And without wasting another second...tickets are gettin' sold...now!"
[BGM: "Teen Beat Ocean" by Jackson and His Computerband]
Marco and Mariposa cheer, as this cues a montage of many tickets being sold with Hekapoo and Kelly doing stylish moves in giving them to paying customers to make it feel less repetitive, and they meet some of their friends in between, too. One customer being Janna.
"I'm gonna pick...this seat, specifically.", Janna says, choosing the seat that is at the very top on the monitor.
"You sure about that?", Kelly questions, raising an eyebrow.
"Oh, I wanna make sure to be blown away by a scene that features a big explosion. I missed the chance to do that for a biopic war movie months ago, and I heard that they replicate the same kind of crazy effect for the IMAX version of this movie for a cool boom.", she whispers.
"Your bravery shows no bounds.", Kelly replied dramatically, giving the ticket to her, "May your eyes and mind be blown...and that it doesn't kill you."
"Yeah, boiiiii...", Janna grinned widely receiving it.
Minutes later, Hekapoo encounters Jackie and Chloe, "Surprisingly, you're the first couple I've seen today."
Jackie chuckles, "Kinda sucks you don't get to watch the movie yourselves even with your jobs."
Chloe adds, "Actually, knowing them, they might get to watch it for free!", she then gasps, "Aw, man, working on Britta's Tacos isn't giving us any advantages!"
"Nah, we only really get 'em half-off, and honestly, I've gotten used so much to how you guys make it, it'd be a bit of a bummer if you guys left.", said Hekapoo.
"Well, when you put it like that...Jackie...we must NEVER leave our jobs, our fans will be let down, we cannot afford tears!", Chloe said dramatically while intensely having their faces close.
Jackie looked on slightly startled, "Alright, guess we're never leaving there. Ever. And I'm fine with that!", she smiled widely, and so did Chloe.
Hekapoo couldn't help to chuckle a bit, "At least you two are being cute together. It's like watching a comfy sitcom.", she joked, then giving two tickets to them, "Enjoy!"
The song ends as meanwhile, in Butterfly Castle, Star and Eclipsa are looking around books and documents as the former groans, "Geez...even the new documents don't show anything about Hekapoo's species...this is just insanely shady. The Magic High Comissoin, man...makes me wonder what else they were hiding.", Star comments.
"Hey don't feel down, on the plus side, I guess it's nice seeing personal interviews of the previous Queens, even if it's rather banal, like...what their favorite candies are", Eclipsa replies.
"Isn't it true that you know yourself, though? Hekapoo told me that you and her Mom apparently know each other, but that she's not ready...is it really that personal?"
"She told me that she'll let me know when she's ready for it. In fact, I'm not really sure if you're ready, either."
"If you knew...why didn't you tell her back at the trial? We could have taken advantage and...hey, she could have joined our side sooner!"
"I'm not sure if she or any of the MHC would have believed me, and we could have been in more trouble, and God knows if the Forge Forge berries were warbling her brain at the time."
Star the gasps and snaps her fingers, "Wait, but what about Festivia? If Hekapoo was like an aunt to her...imagine if there was a way we can communicate to her."
Eclipsa blinks and would look on with a bit of a worried look to her face, "I'm...not sure if that's possible. I mean, communicating to the dead? Isn't that...insanely forbidden?"
"It's either that...or we revive her."
"Star! Are you mad?!"
Star then sighs, "Sorry, it's just...I really wanna help her, you know? There's gotta be someone, anyone who has a record of what demeasts are. We keep getting lied to over and over, and in her case, she was forced to do so beyond her control, and they lie to her that she was a magical-created being! You know, it really feels like they do it for shit and giggles! Well, no one's freaking laughing!" she throws some documents up in the air and growls.
"Star...we shouldn't be this desperate. I know you want to seek all the answers to be sure, and we've been through that."
"I know, but..."
"Listen...we all make mistakes, sometimes we get our perfect endings, imperfect endings and divisive endings, and maybe sometimes we don't mind it. We all hide secrets because regardless if we're humans, mewmans or whatever it is we are, we're bizarre like that."
"Honestly, I don't care if I'm labeled as a bad person or good or whatever. I'm just being...me, we're being us, we're also pretty complicated like that."
A brief pause follows, "We were being really philosophical, weren't we?
"I believe we were ridiculously honest on it, too."
"Phew...who would have thought that could take some weight of our shoulders every once in a while? I should have gone to the theater to watch that Space Unicorn movie and give my buddies a thumbs up. Hm...will there be a midnight screening, at least?"
"Star, it's okay to goof off, you don't need to be obsessed. What matters is that you're willing to go that far for a new friend like her. And she knows you two are actually getting along, on top of that."
Star smiles, "Yeah...I'm glad to get this second chance, at least, and we'll find out together if we're lucky."
Smash cut to Hekapoo sneezing as she was in the empty room after the available screenings.
"You alright, Hecky?", Kelly questioned.
"Yeah, yeah, sometimes you just sneeze outta nowhere. Maybe it's the myth that someone's talkin' about me."
"Woof...of course, they leave all the crap on the cup holders or on the floor. It's like they don't even eat half the popcorn...", she then yawns.
"Uh-oh, sounds like you're real tired."
"Yeah, I uh...didn't have the best sleep last night. No wonder I was blurry about the film."
"How about you go back to the castle and I'll deal with the post-film mess around here?"
"For real? I'll make it up next time, I'll promise ya that."
"It's okay, besides, I got friends in all the right places.", she winks to her.
Kelly tilts her head in a pretty funny way, "Nice Manchester Orchestra reference, or is there something else?"
Hekapoo chuckles, as one head pops out one of her shoulders, "I can clone myself.", said the head, another head popping up in the other shoulder then saying, "Ya silly bush-head.", before both heads suck back within her skin.
Kelly laughs, "Oh yeah, yeah, ha...how can I forget that...man, having little sleep is not a joke on ya."
Hekapoo snaps her fingers and summons a portal, "Just rest well and I'll make sure this place will be on tip top shape for tomorrow, where, yeah, we're gonna have to work together on that."
"You don't think the manager will mind, right?"
"I have a feeling she won't care at all. Now rest up, Kels, and leave this all to me.", she smiled back.
"Gotcha.", Kelly nodded and fist bumped her as she enters inside the portal and it closes.
"Here goes...", she would summon her duplicates, "Time to get to work, fellow me's! There's three rooms to take care of this might take a while! Let's clean up this mess!"
The clones saluted like soldiers and said "Yes, ma'am!"
[BGM: "Verbal" by Amon Tobin]
A montage starts with the Hekapoos all start working together to get every nook and cranny within the seats, floors and hard to reach locations, and catch either the cups, popcorn bags, match the rhythm of the song, throwing it to the big trash can, and some of them started even started to show off a bit, such as kicking some of the trash, and another clone either headbutting it to the bin as if it was a goal post, or throwing free throws and one clone carries the bin using her super speed to get the trash to get in the bin.
They then move out to another and they proceed to do roughly the same, although the variety gets amusing as one Hekapoo was doing a play-play throughout, pretending to carry
"This is like the Olympics of throwing rubbish, ladies and gentlemen! Here's Hekapoo, throwing some bags to the bin after a front flip! And there's Hekapoo doing a backwards dunk and she holds onto there while flipping back, what grace! And Hekapoo now, oh my God, she's throwing a small piece of pop corn, and it bounces off the seats, and gets in the bin!", commentating all the actions happening all screen at the time.
Another Hekapoo was then seen cartwheeling down the stairs, then throwing out as it bounces off a wall, then goes down to a bin.
"Holy crap, what a crazy play there by, of course, Hekapoo! We don't know how many points that's worth, but I'll just assume it's high enough!"
The song ends as she finally finished the last room, too, sighing heavily, stretching out her back a bit, "Okay, not gonna lie...even with many of me, it feels more like a gym session...", then magically returning to her usual dress, "Okay, time to check up on the main room and then I'll lock it up..."
She goes to the main lobby, as there's a bit of an eerie atmosphere with no one being around, especially with how big the lobby is, "Hrm...they weren't kidding about this place being mysterious by closing time...I kinda dig it.", she smiled, but then hears a weird, sound of sorts, turning around, but not seeing anything.
"Hm? Eh...probably just a bird that somehow got inside.", she said shrugs.
"Nuh-uh, you baddie! That was me!"
Cue K.O. Kincaid now being in front of her with a confident look to his face.
Hekapoo blinks, "Uh...what was that?"
"I said baddie, cause I know you're hiding here for your evil plans!"
Hekapoo now blinks twice, "Uh..."baddie"? Hold up, who are you?!", she asked insanely dumbfounded.
"My name's K.O. Kincaid! 18-24 years old! Proud bodega worker of Lakewood Plaza Turbo and I'm this world to take you down!"
"In this...world?", she then gasps, "Wait a minute...Lakewood Plaza Turbo? You don't live here...do you?"
"I was sent by Mina Loveberry and Moon Butterfly! They said you're trying to lay low before you cause chaos!"
"Wait, wait, wait...what?! Okay, hold on, let me get a chance to breathe!"
"Ah dang, fine, but better be quick about it, cause I'm challenging you to a battle!"
"Yeah, yeah, hold on, let me catch my breath!"
K.O. rolls his eyes.
"How the hell did those two reach his world?! Do...do they have Dimension Scissors, too?! I don't sense anything bad from this guy, either...I'm gonna need to prove myself against him..."
"Hey, I think you were monologuing! Oh, I used to do that a lot, too, it got to the point where even my friends started to hear me. If only I could hear ya too!", K.O. then said back with an amused look on his face.
Hekapoo then clears her throat, "Listen, dude, let me admit to ya, I wasn't exactly evil, it's a loooong story and it might take a while to explain and-"
K.O. interrupts,"A-ha! That's what they told me you would say! You're just being chicken!"
Hekapoo chuckles, "I can think of better insults than that."
"Okay, you got one?"
"Yeah...how many times have your hair been mistaken as a mullet?", she grinned wildly.
K.O. then gasps, "No it's not! Well, your fire's as small as your soul!"
Hekapoo gasps now, "Oh, ho ho, well, since you're barefoot and have brown hair, you must be Big Foot's cousin."
"Funny, you have a fire thingy on your head, but you're super pale, you live in a basement your whole life?"
[BGM: "Infection Defective" by Melt-Banana]
Hekapoo couldn't help but the amused by that as she smiles, "Okay, your smack talk ain't bad...but how's the actual smacking?", Hekapoo starts to get into a fighting pose.
K.O. does the same, "Oh, I think I can manage that pretty well. Witness the power of a true hero!"
They stare for a bit and as the music tenses up, they start running at each other, their fists meeting up, and they both ended up unflinching, as K.O. then uses his other fist to try to punch her, but she catches, and it seems like they have the same mindset, headbutting each other, then backing off, as while it did hurt a bit, they again don't flinch. The demeast then kicks him, which misses, and the hero goes for an uppercut as Hekapoo leaps over him, and now they exchange punches, with K.O. then catching her arm and doing a judo throw, taking her down to the ground, but Hekapoo quickly gets up while still grabbing his arm, then doing an arm wringer as she was seen smirking.
Me infect
It's the edge of the time
Me infect
It's the edge of the time
Define the tone
K.O. also smirks back as he punches her arm, with Hekapoo a backhanded chop, which makes contact with his face. Hekapoo goes for an uppercut, but misses, K.O. capitalizes with an elbow to her face. K.O. then sweeps her down which made her fall, but Hekapoo then does a Capoeria-ish kick to take him down briefly. They both get up again and have an interchange of punches and then kicks, uut then Hekapoo catches his leg, proceeding to do a Dragon Screw leg whip, taking him down roughly. Hekapoo then shouts out, "BIG GIRL SENTON!" with a wide grin, splashing on K.O.'s abdomen with her back and her arms crossed out as K.O. groans in pain.
Five defects
On sale next to the fool
Five defects
I've got nothing to buy
Enough to live
"C'mon, dude, I know you got more on ya!", Hekapoo does a "bring it" gesture as K.O. stands up.
"You're actually right, I do!", he responded in a sort of literal way, then faking a punch to the face, using his other hand to punch her gut as a small payback, then raising his leg to kick her in the back of her head, having her land on the floor roughly.
"How's that?" K.O. replied, having quite a lot of fun with this.
Hekapoo then gets up, seen bleeding from the nose a bit as she swipes off from her hand, "Dang, ya made me bleed."
Even K.O. looked a bit surprised, "I usually face off against robots, this is a first for me! You givin' up yet?"
"No way!", she ran back to him with a jump and delivered a flurry of kicks, which he blocks before she landed back down, and now it was his turn with a flurry punches in which she blocks it. They were still trying to have a very competitive fight, but it gets a bit more intense from now on.
It can't be a chain
It can leak a name, black out
Twisting the sin
I'm in a maze, fall back
It can't be a shame
It can't be a pride, white out
Hiding the key
Cat's in the cage, get back
As K.O. gets back down on the ground, Hekapoo then puts her open hand on his chest, and suddenly closes it, cue the one-inch punch as she yells, knocking him to the other side of the concession area, seemingly having a rough landing.
Hekapoo confidently looks at her first, as she walks to where the stand is and laps over it...but K.O. wasn't there, "Hm? What the...?", she tries to look around, jumping out of the concession stand. Still searching around as she at least takes a bit of a breather.
Easy
Codes
Misplaced
Instead
Death-rate
Displeased
Enclosed
My alarm's down
Then fail-closed
The music suddenly stops as Hekapoo hears his steps too late and K.O. delivers a rather unorthodox attack; using his big butt to hit Hekapoo right in the face, all done in slow-motion, and lands hard on the floor with his butt still on her face, "Huh, Mom's right, using your keister is a good attack, too!"
K.O. then stands up, noticing Hekapoo being slightly dazed as he squats to get a closer look and blinks.
"Huh. Well, guess I-", K.O. then gets interrupted by an Hekapoo raising up her hand and delivering an uppercut and K.O. gets knocked back and the music resumes as she kipups.
"Hah...I'll give ya credit...in all the fights I've ever been...having a big fat butt squish my face is a new one.", she would say back.
K.O rolls back and stands up, as he blushes, "H-hey! Don't blame me, I just...happen to inherit my Mom's hips somehow!"
Hekapoo shrugs, "Honestly, there ain't nothin' wrong with that. I say there should be equal rights in thiccness." she chuckles.
K.O. stammers from Hekapoo's rizz, "Wha...huh...grah! Okay, it's go time now!", he would start to glow a lot of blue energy on his right hand as Hekapoo looks on a bit surprised.
"Whoa...well...I can do that, too!" she nonchalantly said, summoning two Inferballs and putting them together making a big reddish, fire-y ball.
"Power...Fist...FIREBALL!", K.O. shoots out his big blue wave with the slight shape of a fist.
"Combustion BLAST!", Hekapoo then shot out her big fireball blast and both beams collided, their energy being pretty much almost alike in terms of strength, grunting being heard from the both of them, gritting through their teeth
It can't be a chain
It can leak a name, black out
Twisting the sin
I'm in a maze, fall back
It can't be a shame
It can't be a pride, white out
Hiding the key
Cat's in the cage, get back
However Hekapoo realizes something, "Wait...what are we doing?! This place might get destroyed!", she thought in her head, before shouting out loud, "K.O! We gotta—grr...stop this!"
"What?!", the hero yelled back.
"I work here! I don't want this place to get blown into freaking smithereens! I got way into this fight like you are!"
"I-if we stop, though, we'll be launched back!"
"Better to take that than to have this place possibly exploding!"
K.O. then gasped, "Hm...okay!"
"On three...one...two..."
"THREE!", they said simultaneously, as they stop their beams, which causes a bit of a shockwave, launching the both of them. Hekapoo gets launched to a wall that didn't even get damaged, showing how hard they were as she cringes in pain, "G-gaah..."
K.O. gets knocked to a column, which only caused a small crack in it, "A-ahh...", he groaned. The song ends as the both of them once again slowly get up, with the both of them spitting a bit of blood tot he ground.
"One more punch...", they said simultaneously and then ran at each other, yelling loudly and both punch each other's faces pretty hard with loud groans and their faces looking a bit screwed up. They would then lower their punches.
K.O. dizzily says "Enemy officer defeated...", then fainting.
Then Hekapoo dizzily says, "Chicken ribs...", then fainting herself as the both of them are now unconscious. Her smartphone was heard vibrating, as we cut to Kelly trying to call.
"C'mon, Hecky, pickup pick uuuuuuuuup!" she grits her teeth., then leaving out of the room as she bumps into Star and Eclipsa.
"Oof...Kelly, what's the rush?", Star said.
"Hekapoo's not picking up her phone...! It's been an hour! I gotta go to the theater right now!"
"She hasn't returned yet!?", Eclipsa exclaimed.
"I wonder if she's getting attacked...I can't waste any time!", Kelly said.
"I'll get the SUV up! I'll take ya there in a jiffy!" Star commented back.
"Wait! Let me uh...warn poor Kelly here..." Eclipsa said concerned.
"No time, Eclipsa, gotta save my bud!", she runs down the stars alongside Star as Eclipsa just stands there with a sigh, "Let's hope she doesn't mind Star's chaotic driving...", she then shudders.
Marco, Mariposa, Jackie, Chloe and Janna are on the round table discussing about the movie.
"Duuuuude, I'm still shaken up at Space Unicorn having a Mom after all this time! The lore they're making, man, it's gonna get goooooood.", Janna sneeringly said.
"And the fact she's gotta pair up with one of her former sort of enemies, who apparently framed said Mom on trial and that she's possibly almost immortal!", Jackie added.
"Maybe making it over 10 movies of this makes sense. Could you imagine what crazy twists could happen in-between?", Chloe replied.
"You know, anyone find it eerie that it sounds...oddly familiar?", Marco admits.
"Heck, I got it, too! It reminded me of-", Mariposa said, but is then interrupted by Star and Kelly.
"Hekapoo's possibly in trouble, so we gotta vamoose! Anyone wanna come along with?", Star said.
"You're kidding...okay, stay put, Mariposa, bro's gonna come back shortly.", Marco said.
"Got it!", Mariposa cheerfully gave a thumbs up.
Marco then gives an "I'm watching you" gesture specifically to Janna to not do anything odd to Mariposa as he leaves with Kelly and Star.
Janna then sighs, realizing a bit that all those years of trolling with Marco may have been too much.
"Not gonna lie, I don't blame him being this...concerned with me."
Mariposa then walks to her, "Did you ever say sorry to him?"
"I never regretted it but lately, I dunno, maybe it really was just too far after all. He briefly didn't even want to eat one of his favorite foods for cause I hypnotized him in disliking those.", Janna admired.
"Surprised you never to did that to anyone else, not even me or Tom." Jackie replied.
"He just seemed so easy to tease and annoy. And yet despite all that, he sorta still talks to me."
"Guess he knows you can be a bit, well, less troll-like. Or maybe he wanted to see you get some semblance of karma.", Chloe added.
"Which...kinda happened not too far back with the skateboard incident." Jackie commented.
"Yep...being weird can be toxic like that.", she sighed.
"Hey...when you're ready to say sorry, I'm sure he'll understand. He can't be this bitter forever...I think."
"And of course, you bet I'll be watching you, too.", Mariposa then did the same gesture her brother did earlier.
Janna shivered a bit, "Wow, this got oddly intense."
"Can't be as intense as Star's driving, though.", Jackie retorted.
Smash cut to Star going full on high-throttle in the SUV as Kelly gasps and looks on startled, "HOLY CRAAAAAAP! Marco, you don't think-", she yelled. However, Marco was actually enjoying the wild driving, too, cheering on his GF.
"Well, if you can't beat 'em, join em, WE'RE COMIN', HECKY!", she gave off a war cry.
Cut to Hekapoo no longer being dazed and slowly getting up, noticing a bit of debris around the lobby and some cracks on the floors. It was amazed at the damage was still minor, but still rather noticeable as she cringes, "Grah...", as K.O. was still a bit dazed, but he might get up in a bit soon.
"We were kinda evenly matched...", she then squats down and pokes his cheek a few times, "Hey...wakey, wakey.", she said in a flat way to the hero, and he starts to open his eyes to see her.
"Who won?" K.O. uttered.
Hekapoo chuckles, "I don't think either of us won or lost, it's a tie, dude."
K.O. slowly starts getting up, but is still sitting, "You...really aren't evil at all, are you? The way you were fighting, how it kinda looked like you were having fun...and no cheating or any cheap tricks, either...I think I got tricked by those two..."
"Yep...let's just say my life has been eventful...and I might even have the whole story on it, either."
"Who are you exactly? Like...all I know is that you were in some sort of commission or something like that?"
"Hekapoo Theta Serpentis is the name. Former Magical High Comission member, I do fire magic and portals and yes, I dabbled on a lot of fighting myself...and...I was kind of a "controlled puppet" hiding a conspiracy involving a royal family and hid the fact that I was a species myself and said controlling had me become a bitch."
K.O. then gasped, "Don't say that!"
"What, cause I swore?"
"Pshh, no, even I swear sometimes, like one customer got aggro and said a lot of awful things to me and I had to say "You're being a supreme crapvalanche!"
Hekapoo sounded impressed, "Ooh, gotta add that to my arsenal of vulgarity.", she laughs, with K.O. laughing as well, "Anyways...long story short, I was controlled by my own will to make the reputation of the MHC legit...and then I sorta started breaking away, learned about myself more thanks to my so called "Dad" telling me when I thought I was gonna die myself. Thanks to an awesome friend of mine, I was able to soften myself down and I've arrived in Echo Creek here not too long ago and I've...had some of the best days even if there's been some roadblocks."
The both of them were sitting on the concession stand by this point, "Boy, that's...really rough, but it seems to be getting better, right?"
"Sorta. Now we're fighting Mina all because she was left alive and now she seems to be getting her own entourage of baddies, as you say."
"Boy, uh...next time I gotta get reminded about people who go through multi-verse means."
"Tell me about yourself next...you must be like...famous where you live, right?"
"Well...ahem...I work at Mr. Gar's Bodega at Lakewood Plaza Turbo, a mall that I've been working for a couple of years!"
"As in, since a teenager?
"Nope, since I was a kid! 6-11 years old, in fact."
Hekapoo reacts shocked from the look of her eyes, "That's...pretty insane, wow. I just started this job tonight."
"And, well...I got my own Dad issues, too, he got turned into a villain after a freak lab accident because he was hungry for a lot more power, even though he already had a pretty happy life. And yes, child support payments were messy in that regard. Mom wasn't gonna hear the end of it."
"What's your status with him?", Hekapoo asks, turning back to pour slushys on two big plastic cups.
"We've had some fights every once in a while. He's married with our rival, Lord Boxman of Boxmore, a rival company of the bodega, we have pretty cool fights almost everyday, in between slice of life antics, too, on top of that. It was me, Enid and Rad, but now, they're busy with their own thing, but they've told me that they'll come back to work with me. It really shows how they missed me."
Hekapoo gives him the slushy drink, "Here's a little somethin', dude."
"You know, you kinda remind me of Enid a bit.", he slurps it through a straw.
"Well, already I can tell she's the "cool" one from the three of you?"
"Yeah, you can say that."
"Shame Mina and Moon tricked you."
"Eh, sometimes us heroes get tricked pretty easily, but we make it up with combining some good ol' fashioned brains and brawn."
"Heh, you could choke someone with those thighs.", Hekapoo, again, shows off her slight rizz.
"H-hey! But you're right and...you know what? I shouldn't be shy because I'm not a big muscly guy like most other male heroes!", he then jumps off and and puts his hands on his hips, "If I got it, I should flaunt it! I'll fight to the end no matter what, even if I take a pounding! I'll swallow as much as I can take no matter the junk they give me!"
Cue Hekapoo laughing like crazy after he said that, "Oh, can't believe you went there!"
"Hm, uh...what's up? Did I say something funny?"
"Oh, the innuendo tirade you just did there while you're showing your caboose like that! Ha!"
K.O. then realizes and blushes, "You're the one with the dirty mind!", but even he then starts laughing alongside the demeast. However, the main doors from the lobby then open, revealing Kelly, Star and Marco entering in.
"HEKAPOO, WE'RE HERE! SORRY IF I'M ON EDGE, STAR DROVE ME HERE, IT REALLY PUMPED ME UP!", Kelly yelled.
Hekapoo nonchalantly waves back to the trio, "Oh hey, guys, just had a fight with this dude, but he's cool.", saying back with a smile on her face.
"Huh?" Star questioned.
"WHA?", Kelly tilted her head.
"Who?" Marco pointed to K.O.
"They're your pals?", K.O. questions back as Hekapoo responds with a simple "Mm-hmm."
"I'm still really confused.", Star was still aghast at this situation.
"Ahem...my name's K.O. Kincaid and I'm a hero from another dimension!", he would make a cool pose.
"Huh..deja vu.", Star and Marco both say.
"Whoa...so wait...another dimension?" Kelly questioned.
"He got tricked by Mina and Moon to beat me, but he's a good egg." Hekapoo replied.
"Who are you guys, anyway? Are you heroes of this world or something like that?", K.O. questioned.
Star introduced herself twirling her wand, "Star Butterfly."
Followed by Marco, putting his hands on his hips, "Marco Diaz!"
Then Kelly, swinging her sword, "Kelly Collymore."
K.O. then gasped, "Star Butterfly?! Marco Diaz?! I've heard of you two! I've heard of Kelly, too! I didn't even know she had a second name?!"
The rest exclaim back, "You do?!"
"Well...thanks to a certain time traveler, we got to learn about many other multiverses and how their own proper worlds work, as well as other adventures, and one of the many others I've heard involves you, Star! Although...some sort of doubt if you even deserve to be a hero with the whole destruction of magic thing, but I understand there really wasn't an alternative! Your "ending" of your adventures were criticized, but sometimes, not everything needs to have a clear happy conclusion."
Star sighs, "Well, turns out it ended up being a temporary spell with the way it's returned...but nonetheless, I still sort of get it. I guess I'm not shocked that even through a multiverse, I'm a pariah or an enigma. I'll just..fix a bit of the place up with magic. Tidying Up Tidal Wave!", Star would say her spell as a big blast of water cleans up and fixes the cracks in the area. The water doesn't affect the 5 of them, as it's only meant to affect around the lobby.
"I got to witness a Star Butterfly spell...wow!" K.O. gasped in happiness.
"Not gonna say anything to me?", Marco chuckles.
"Oh yeah, I actually bought your Princess Marco action figure not to far back! You're a trendsetter for femboys everywhere!" K.O. added.
Marco then squees, "Eee! And I'm not afraid to show off my curves."
Star warps an arm around him from behind, "What lucky genes indeed", she chuckles.
"Heh heh, oh stop~.", Marco then kisses her cheek.
"And I guess I'm mostly known for being a bit too "boyfriend attached", huh?", Kelly admitted.
"You deserved better! Look at ya, you have cool green hair and a big sword!"
"Oh, she's cool, alright! She's why I'm the way I am today", Hekapoo then fist bumps her.
"Best 6 years of my life. There were rough spots but we went through a lot together.", Kelly chuckles.
"Aw, you two are such a cute couple, too!", K.O. said.
Cue the demeast and woolett facepalming, with Hekapoo saying "Waaaay wrong on that one."
"Ah! S-sorry! You two are just friends, gotcha."
"Yeah, I'm aromantic. No more romance for me. I'm gonna be proud to be my own woman from now on."
"Good on ya.", K.O. then gasps, "Oh, uh, it's nice to meet you all, but...I just noticed; I dunno if I can get back home!"
"You saw either Moon or Mina carry dimension scissors, right?", Hekapoo asks as Star, Marco and Kelly look on concerned.
"Dimension scissors...yeah! It had an orange color so it could take me to this town." K.O. responds.
Star grunts, "Ohh...well, at least we know they got one...they really must have thought you'd do your job well."
"No worries, K.O.", cue Hekapoo getting her Dimension Scissors, twirling around a bit, "Just tell me where you live and I can send ya back there."
"Ah, phew...Okay, it's in Lakewood, placed in Original County.", K.O. responds.
The scissors then glow as Hekapoo uses it to cut through thin air to summon a portal, "Here ya go!"
"Thanks, Hekapoo! Well...I'm happy to have met you all, and I'm really sorry if I caused you all so much trouble after this misunderstanding. You seem like a cool group to hang out with and...uh...hm...I guess...I'm going back...", he said back, looking a bit a bit sad before he walks slowly to the portal, "So uh...bye! Until we meet again!", then going slowly inside of the portal.
"Seemed like you two had one heck of a brawl, huh? Your face is a tad messed up." Kelly questioned.
"If only there was a way you guys could watch it! We could have gone for like...maybe at least another hour.", Hekapoo replied.
"Ooh, ooh, Janna can just hack into the cameras here so we could see it at home via screen mirroring!" Star said back in excitement.
"Hey, the one time Janna's hacking that doesn't involving trolling, I approve!", Marco also replies happily.
"But first...I need a hot bath...", Hekapoo smells at her her own armpit and coughs, "Oh yeah, gonna need the extra body wash.
"Okay, let's...oh wait, Hekapoo, you forgot to close the portal", Star said...then cue K.O. hopping out from there.
"Good news, guys! I'm staying!", K.O. jumps for joy saying that.
"WHAAAAAA?!", Star, Kelly and Marco shouted.
"Yep, I knew it.", Hekapoo smirked.
"I made a quick call to Mr. Gar and he understood my situation immediately, so he gave me a vacation!" K.O. smiled back.
"Guys, meet the newest member on our team!", Hekapoo proudly said.
"It's like getting someone from a football draft!", Kelly joked.
"I'll do my best for you guys. I'm pretty sure the bodega is in good hands. Been working with the possible future generation after all.", he replies back to them.
"And besides, I can keep using my scissors so you can do quick updates here and there. I think you'll be a cool teammate." Hekapoo says back.
"Well, how about we go, huh?", K.O would walk on ahead, along side Star and Marco as he sways his wide hips, doing it as if to make Hekapoo notice him and she likes what she sees. Kelly then notices.
"Hm, I wouldn't expect him to be this...flirty with you.", Kelly whispered to her.
"Let's just say...there might not be be seasons-long tension between us if we'll get together." Hekapoo amusingly said.
Kelly blinks a bit, trying to wonder what she meant before getting it, "Ohhhhh, yeah, yeah I getcha, fall, winter, that stuff.", she replies as she leaves too, with Hekapoo locking up the theater for the night.
Later on during the night, Hekapoo was setting up a comfy mattress for K.O. to sleep on as he was taking a bath.
"Still hard to believe Mina and Moon are going that far to get other people from other verses to join their cause...", Kelly admitted.
"Well, regardless, having another new ally works pretty well. Best to not waste his talents like that.", Hekapoo commented.
"Knowing that he's a righteous hero, you probably told him everything, right?"
"Not...every single thing. I know someday I gotta tell him about the whole "me eating and killing my father" thing."
"I'm sure he'll understand...but hey, you tell him when you're ready, alright?"
"Yep."
Cue K.O. entering in the room with just a tanktop and red and white striped panties. "Whoo! It's like my bruises are magically gone!", he proudly stated.
"Told ya. Echo Creek's pipelines have some of the cleanest water ever thanks to Star pushing for it." Hekapoo said.
"Is she like...princess and mayor simultaneously or somethin'?" K.O. questioned.
"More like someone who actually does something to improve on the town." Kelly said.
"Huh, that's pretty cool! She really listens to the people.", K.O. replied as he yawns, "Jeez, I need rest, though..."
"Well, we got the mattress for ya. Test it out.", Hekapoo said.
K.O. then spreads his arms and falls down face first on it, then giving doing a "OK" signal with his hands while looking at them.
"Dang, that's some crazy fingerwork.", Kelly admitted.
"Wish I could do the timber to bed thing more often, but our bed's a double decker.", Hekapoo admitted.
"Uh oh...mn...ahn...this is too comfy, mn...", he would make rather suggestive noises before letting out a relaxed sigh, "Well, good night, you two.", before proceeding to fully sleep. Hekapoo proceeds to put a bed sheet on his body as she smiles.
"Sure was a hard day's night, huh?", Kelly said, getting on her side of the bed with Hekapoo resting there, too.
"Yep...a hard day's night and fight."
"G'night.", they both said simultaneously as they turn off the lights.
Hekapoo's smartphone is then heard making a vibrating sound.
[End Of Chapter]
[Ending theme: "Oblivion" by Royal Blood]
Fire in my lungs, I'm spun, walking on wire
In delirium, descending higher and higher
Can't live like this forever, running out of lifelines
Going hell for leather for just one last ride
This gravity's pulling me down
It's time I got myself found
But just before I turn out the light
Tonight
I ain't stoppin' for nothin'
My devil is done
Into oblivion (Oblivion)
Yeah, I had it coming
Too close to the sun
Into oblivion (Oblivion)
Oblivion
Oblivion