Chapter 1: Paranoia is a Curse of the Wise (and also the Fools)
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"Pollux!" Pollux quickly turned as she heard a screech, it was loud, practically bursting her eardrums. Castor was pissed. Why you might ask? Well, she left Lunar alone and refused to train him because in her eyes, it's a waste of time. Does this make her selfish, evil, anything? No. Lunar is annoying, and she wants nothing to do with him. Her brother was in the middle of a relationship with Lunar, so Pollux was trying to bear with his presence, let's just say though... she was having a really hard time with it.
Pollux didn't like the way that Lunar talked, looked, and acted. She liked nothing about him. Pollux usually has a pretty big social meter, but the sight of him drops it down below the halfway mark, then she has to talk to him and talking with him is exhausting. Wait patiently for him to ask a question about their culture as a positive celestial body as it has been said that he can ask now, get a blank stare as she grew uncomfortable, then he asked some unimportant and half-assed question.
Sometimes with Lunar, it was like she selfishly wanted a reason to be mad at him. She just didn't like him, he gave her bad vibes, the type of bad vibes that no one else notices. Pollux tries to tell the others but she doesn't have proof other than a oh so lovely gut feeling, so it never gets far and no one takes her seriously. As Taurus said, "if you have proof, come back. Pollux, I know that you don't like Lunar but he is close to becoming one of us, he isn't that bad... just a little stupid," way to sugar coat it Taurus, way to sugar coat it.
So, don't get the idea that she's being an asshole for no reason, usually she's a lot kinder and more understanding of people. It's just with Lunar- well, it's almost like she loses her very well known kindness. Puts up a mask around her brother while he interacts with him, trying to bury the feeling that Lunar was no good.
Or at least, that's what she normally did.
This morning however, Castor had to do something and he dumped his stupid boyfriend onto her. Well, more like he kindly asked her, she said yes because she didn't want to be rude only to nearly immediately regret her decision as she was out of her brother's view. Pollux ended up not at all taking responsibility like an adult and she just didn’t go, the idea of going stressed her out.
She has learned to not ignore red flags and gut feelings when it comes to people, half of the time, they are true and right and it truly is a person to stay far away from. “Pollux- I cannot believe this, did you forget?” “no,” “why didn’t you go?” her brother hissed at her, he was understandably mad.
So mad in fact, that he was transmitting his voice to her. Wow, he never did that.
“Well, the reason why is because I don’t like Lunar,” “oh my god- this is still going on? I thought you were getting to know him!” Pollux focused on the trail ahead of her, an earth nature trail through the woods. It was quite nice. She didn’t really like earth that much though, it smelled of plastic and death mixed in one. No wonder we have been having so many reports of Rez being here, he’s probably attracted to this place like a fly to a carcass. While the chances of running into him are slim, they are never zero.
Pollux had had it drilled into her skull by the stronger celestial bodies to avoid Rez and any other negatives at all costs, avoid them like the plague. If she ever sensed even a whiff of negative activity, she was supposed to leave and report it to them.
Pollux completely understood that rule and she felt no need to break it and turn into a slave to some higher cruel being. Plus he’s purple from what she’s heard and purple is not her favorite color.
“I was, and I didn’t like him-” “Pollux, I don’t get it,” her brother sounded exhausted, it concerned her a tiny bit, “you like literally everyone, why not my boyfriend?” “I’m trying Castor, but I cannot deny the bad feeling that he gives me, it makes me shudder, ugh,” “he’s not bad Pollux, I swear!” he’s trying to convince her now, she was probably overreacting a lot… “he’s really sweet, and caring, and he really wants to get to know you! I can’t believe that you just left him in the field like that, he said that he was waiting there for a whole hour before he left because you were not there! This entire thing is so unlike you, it’s so dismissive!” “Castor, I’m really tired-” “from what? You keep trying to not interact with him! Like come on, we’re supposed to train him TOGETHER, that is the entire plan stated!” Pollux really was tired, it was why she was in a bad mood.
She’s been unusually tired lately, it was constant, like something was draining her energy. She would fall asleep, it usually helps when she’s tired, only to wake up just as exhausted as before. She took this walk to try and clear her mind, and now she was at the end of it. “Pollux, is everything alright with you? Are you okay?” Castor asked her with a concerned voice, his voice turned from frustration to concern as he began to wonder if this was being caused by something that he should be worried about.
Pollux just nodded to him and said, “I’m fine, I’ve had a bad day, ya know. It’s been busy, everyone's been stressed about Rez’s interest in earth and Lunar, Taurus has been more snappy, the whole mess of everything, okay, I’m tired and grumpy. My notifications have been blasting constantly to the point that I had to silence my hologram to get any peace,” “I know, it’s been stressful…” “maybe, that has to do with my hesitance towards Lunar, I don’t know, but I think that I need some time alone without people constantly calling me.”
Castor went silent for a couple of moments before he asked, “are you jealous or something-?” “what?” Pollux asked defensively, her fur rose along her body and Castor asked, “are you jealous of Lunar?” she could not believe what she had just been asked.
“No, why in the hell would I be jealous of Lunar? I’m happy that you have a boyfriend Castor, I’m really happy for you! I just don’t trust him-” “why? Is it because I’m not giving you enough attention?” Where did this come from? Where in the actual fuck did this come from? Her brother knows that she doesn’t need a lot of attention, she is not a damn house plant that needs to be watered constantly.
“No Castor, that is not why,” Pollux’s voice had a defensive edge to it, and Castor asked her, “then why do you not like him?” “because I’m tired and he gives me bad vibes,” “what has he done that’s bad?” “I don’t know, but he gives me this horrible feeling, Castor,” Pollux said to him in what appeared to outside eyes like she was talking with herself, “like he’s planning something-” “Pollux, if you’re jealous, just say so. I don’t see why’d you be jealous- ""exactly, I am not jealous!” there was a soft sigh from Castor.
“Are you unhappy that life is moving on around you?” “no!” “because that seems to be what’s going on-” Pollux blocked him out. Anger and frustration boiled inside of her because he was not listening to her. She focused for a moment before she felt the gravel flooring beneath her feet turn to a smooth wooden floor.
The wood beneath her feet was blue, as well as everything else in her room. She loved blue. However, as she turned on her lights and lit the place up, she couldn’t help but feel this sense of helplessness inside of her.
Pollux for the past couple of years has been noticing a pattern, a pattern of no one believing her or even listening to her. Was she being annoying? Was she in the wrong here? She couldn’t tell, but one thing’s for sure, she told the other celestial bodies about her bad feelings about Lunar right after she met him and it was disregarded and she was told to come back with evidence.
I understand, Lunar’s something special but come on… are you really going to take the stranger's side and not hers when she’s been here since the beginning? They didn’t even hear her out, and this was a first timer for her as well so it isn’t like this was something that she did often.
Pollux never admitted, but that hurt a little too much. It wasn’t that big of a deal, but it still hurt.
Pollux walked to her desk in the corner of her room, she pulled back her stool from under it and she sat on it, scooting it in after she was comfortable. She shoved a pile of drawings aside and they fell off the desk and onto the floor, they flew down slowly because of the lack of ventilation in her room and they hit the floor slowly.
Pollux paid them no attention as they created a mess on her floor, instead, she just leaned her elbow onto her desk and she grabbed her journal. She grabbed her glitter gel pen and she opened her journal and flipped it to the next blank page, her eyes scanned over it before she slowly closed them and tapped her pen onto the desk repeatedly while thinking.
She felt like she was going to pass out, she didn’t feel like she was really in the mood to journal. Pollux slowly blinked towards her wall as she stared at it, her elbow leaned onto the desk with her hand on her cheek, she was just thinking.
Before she stood back up again, leaving the papers on the floor and the journal open on her desk.
You know what, she was just going to go to sleep. Pollux rubbed her eyes as she fell onto her bed, she laid down and laid her head down on the soft pillow as she pulled the blanket over her.
Pollux did feel bad for just cutting Castor off like that, that was rude. But she was just so over this. Castor, I am not jealous of your stupid boyfriend, you can keep him, I’m just worried if he is good for you or what his intentions are. That is all.
Pollux couldn’t help but feel frustrated, but she pulled the blanket close to her chest and closed her eyes. Whatever.
Chapter 2: Exposure to the Fall of this World
Summary:
Pollux meets Rez, but oddly, he doesn't want to talk.
Notes:
This book has my character designs, so they aren't the same as in the shows!
Also, added some head canons and stuff
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“Remember Pollux, when you go to earth you really need to look out for Rez,” Taurus said to her in his gruff and serious voice, “and if you see him, it better not be up close or you are done for, we still don’t know what that man is capable of,” “I understand Taurus, you don’t need to remind me everytime-” “I think I do need to, especially after your little stunt with Lunar,” great, you heard about that.
Not my proudest moment I admit.
“Listen, all that I am saying is be careful, do not hesitate to tell any of us if you smell him,” “got it,” she grumpily muttered as she turned away, she gave him a curt nod and Taurus grabbed her and he sniffed her. Pollux made a face of annoyance at him and he told her, “you’ve been acting more moody, I’m just making sure that you have no negative energy inside of you,” “I can take care of myself,” she shrugged him off and she sped walked away.
“Stay safe!” Taurus called to her.
Pollux was planning something today, nothing bad, just a picnic with herself. She’d do one with Earth, but right now she wasn’t in the mood, nor did she have the social battery to do that. So just a picnic with herself, nice towel on the grass, watch the earth sunset, and boom, a nice evening all to herself with food.
So, Pollux was in her room, teleported right there, and she was digging in her pantry. She took out bags of chips, made herself a nice sandwich wrapped in a paper towel, and she grabbed a can of soda. She packed up some other things but she tucked the towel under her arm and teleported to her preferred picnic spot.
Everything was normal, and the sun was starting to fall, only in its beginning stages, it was still high in the sky. She sniffed in the fresh air before she laid her towel down flat on the floor, she sat down on it, making herself comfortable as she sat her basket down beside here. There we go… somewhere nice and comfortable.
She opened her basket after tucking her knees into her chest and she grabbed her soda, she cracked it open with a faint hiss and she took a sip of the sweet fizzy liquid. Her eyes slowly closed as she savored it, she tapped her weak and frail fingers against the soft fabric, and she slowly sighed. Yeah, that’s nice… I love soda. Pollux opened her eyes and she looked at the sun as it fell in the sky, scattering oranges and yellows across the blue sky.
It was pretty, not as pretty as a lot of other sunfalls from other dimensions, but it was still pretty.
Pollux grabbed her sandwich and she felt her fingers shaking as she grasped it, she pulled it out of the basket and she unwrapped the tasty meal. She sniffed it a couple of times with her sharp nose before she opened her mouth and took a bite out of it, a simple PB&J, but even simple things can taste really good. She thanked earth for this beauty of a creation.
Pollux took out her journal and she laid it down and onto the towel, she spawned in a pen and she clicked it a couple of times before she wrote down:
990-39;9
Today hasn’t been the best, but sitting at the edge of the cliff and having a nice picnic is really helping clear my mind and keep me calm despite this whole mess. Hopefully I don’t meet Rez, I should be fine though.
Some things that happened… Well, not a lot honestly. I talked with my brother a bit, Taurus continued his little lecture about Rez, and the most interesting part of today was when I had to save a drunk man from walking in the middle of traffic, or tried, that is until I realized that he was yelling racist slurs.
Upon realizing that, I just let them die. Was it bad of me? Probably. This planet's negativity is really getting to me, maybe it’s because I’m so exhausted constantly? I’m unsure, but I hope that soon this whole funk clears up and I can start feeling well again.
It’s been a couple of months of this, I’m so over it now.
Would it be so wrong to ask for help?
Well, anyway. I’m going to finish my picnic and probably go to sleep for the night, buh bye.
Pollux closed her journal and she went to put it in the basket, only to see that the ants already got to it. Pollux cursed and she took another bite of her food as she set her soda down and began to swat them away, only to knock her soda over.
It spilled all over the towel and her heart shattered into a million tiny pieces as she watched the soda. That was supposed to be in my stomach, not soaking into my towel. Oh well… this sucks.
This sucks really bad, now I’m only stuck with chips, some pickles and olives, and my half eaten sandwich. My soda is no longer in the picture. Pollux sadly took another bite of her sandwich, the ants already getting to the soda can. The crickets began to chirp and Pollux was mostly calm for a while, the sky turning dark and the stars showing up in the sky as well as the moon.
Her eyes scanned her surroundings sleepily before she fell down and onto her back, the breeze gently ruffled her blue fur before suddenly, she heard a twig snap behind her. It was alarmingly close. Pollux thought that it was an animal or something, probably smelled her food, likely a grizzly bear.
However, she was proven wrong. Because as she sat up and looked over and in the direction of the twig snap, she saw a horrifying sight. Her stomach lurched and she jumped back, she scrambled and stood up quickly, crumbs falling off her shirt as she backed away. There, in the treeline, hidden by the darkness of the night, was Rez. He wasn’t hard to miss, his face glowed a bright purple, illuminating some of his body and the area in front of him.
But the sight of him drove her into a panic.
Rez watched her from the treeline silently, his claws dug into the bark of the tree as he watched her and she saw his tail peeking from behind a bunch of bushes. How long has he been there? Right out of the breeze so she couldn’t smell him.
Fear built up inside of her and Rez tilted his head at her, before slowly he slunk away, disappearing into the darkness without saying a word. That was her cue to get the fuck out of here.
Pollux snatched her basket and she left her towel, she quickly teleported away and into her room as her heart pounded in her chest. As she was in her room, she let go of the basket handle, it fell down onto the floor and she put a hand to her chest while trying to calm herself down. Pollux’s heart was pounding, she hadn’t been aware enough, especially with the fact that Rez had been hovering around earth.
Pollux took in some deep gasps as anxiety filled her, and she stumbled back on weak feet. How long had he been watching her? How fucking long? I didn’t notice him because of the breeze and the fact that he was just far enough to be out of her detection.
Pollux was horrified and scared, because as Taurus said, we don’t know what this man is capable of. We know some of it, and it is already bad. What if she didn’t notice him and he got close enough to infect her? Then she’d be a slave to him, no, no she did not want that- I got away though.
No, he left me alone.
It’s fine, I’m fine. Pollux held her hand to her chest as she took in deep breaths, she felt her heart slowly slowing down and her hands trembled and bit before she put her face in her hands. I’m calm, I’m safe, I’m calm, I’m safe. I feel fine, at least as fine as I was feeling before I saw him, no negative energy, I am fine.
Pollux took a deep shaky breath and she hugged herself tightly, squeezing her eyes tightly for a moment before she looked towards her locked door. I have to tell the others, for everyone's safety, who knows, maybe they’ll catch him this time. Make him pay for his horrible actions.
Pollux didn’t really want to leave her room immediately after though, she wanted to wait it out first. What if he was waiting outside? I don’t know, I'm really paranoid now- ugh… Pollux took a deep breath again and she sat down on her couch. Before she saw that her window was open and she got up again and walked over to it to close it and her blinds.
She sat back down on her couch and she snuggled into a blanket, pulling it close to herself for comfort as she anxiously sat there. I can’t believe that I just had that close call oh my god- I’ll wait an hour, then I’ll tell them- wait, my hologram, I can just text them about it! Then, much to her disappointment, for the first time in her life, her communications were down.
That sent Pollux straight into fight or flight because this was not a good sign, she tried multiple times to use her star power to open it, only to have it fizzle out in front of her into a blue goop, it dripped off of her arm and disappeared into the air before it hit the floor.
Oh fuck oh fuck- Was this Rez? WAS THIS REZ? I need to calm down, I think I need to leave, run it, but what if that’s what he wants? No, no, wait, if he truly wanted to talk with me he would have spoken to me, right..? From what I’ve heard about Rez, if he wants something, usually he’ll make it known.
Here’s the thing though, he didn’t, and with the previous information, that just makes this even more scary. He just left, was this a game to him? No, I need to be calm, nice and calm, relax, relax, happy place happy place- suddenly she heard a knock on her door and she shrieked out of alarm, then she heard her brother call through the door, his voice muffled by the door, “can I come in?” the relief that she felt in the moment.
“Yeah yeah, sure,” she unlocked the door, and she watched her brother walk in. He closed it and she locked it behind him, Castor asked her, “do you want to talk? You’ve been very-” “no, something bad just happened,” “uhh… then do you want to talk about it?” “I was on a picnic,” “yeah?” “I hear a twig snap and I look over thinking it’s a bear or something and boom, Rez. I wish I were joking- he-he was just watching me creepily from afar in the tree line!” her brother’s comforting and soft face turned to horror and panic.
"Did he touch or talk to you?” “no! He just left!” “normally he talks,” “exactly Castor, that’s why I’m fucking scared,” she grabbed her brothers shoulders and she stared into his eyes. Castor stared at her before he opened his hologram, of course you can do it and not me, and he sent a text to everyone about it.
“Coordinates?” he asked her softly, Pollux muttered them under her breath and he nodded to her softly, he sat down on the couch beside her and she felt him hook his arm around her, pulling her over in a little half hug. “Are you sure that he did nothing?” she nodded, “are you lying?” Pollux shook her head and she snuggled into her brother. I’m still mad about the jealousy thing, but I can let it go for now. I’m glad that you're here with me, I don’t feel safe after that. I don’t feel safe at all.
What if he does want her for something..? Why else would he be watching?
Chapter 3: Okay... That Was a Bad Idea
Summary:
Despite the recent encounter with Rez, Pollux decided to go for a walk to clear her mind. That ended well.
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Hunched over her desk, Pollux had her frail fingers dug into her thick hair. Pollux was thinking about Rez, and she has been doing this for the past three hours ever since her brother left her alone in her room. Just sitting at this desk and thinking and worrying.
Surely she was fine- infection can take a long time to set in. She could not be fine. Right now, Pollux felt like she had been bit by a wild animal with no way of getting any actual peace of mind. Just sitting at the desk, her thoughts similar to if she were wondering if she had rabies.
A week to tell, a week for either peace of mind or her free will being stripped of her. Sure sure, the celestial bodies came in and they did their little check, scanned her body for any signs of the negative energy, gave her the thumbs up, and turned away and left.
But Pollux couldn’t stop the anxiety, the fear within her that made her feel nauseous. Like… logically, she was fine if the positives said that she was, but she felt so paranoid and anxious that her hands were shaking.
Meeting Rez face to face is a big deal, even from afar. Of course Pollux was freaking out, especially because he seemed to be watching her. So Pollux had to wait a whole week for peace of mind, once that passes, she should be fine… right?
Here’s the thing though, she felt so incredibly weak and she had a massive headache. Sure, she had been weak before she saw Rez, but now she had a question. Was Rez doing this to her? Was Rez the one that was making her feel weak?
She always pointed the blame to Lunar, she felt so irrationally scared and even angry at him even if he didn’t do anything to her. Now, she was wondering if she had been angry and scared of the wrong person. What if Rez has been following her since the beginning? What if he has been watching her since Lunar’s arrival?
What if she just didn’t know and he just let himself get seen this time, because to him this was probably just some sick game. No… no no, surely that’s not true. Pollux pushed her stool back, it scraped across her wooden floor and she stood up from her seat, pushing it back under the desk.
This may be stupid… I may have the survival instincts of a horror movie protagonist, but I need to move my body, I need to clear my mind. Away from Earth, maybe if I walk far away from Earth on a different planet I’ll be fine? Because my mind feels like it’s swimming, it just won’t shut up no matter how hard I’ve tried. I’ve tried journaling it, but it didn't help as much as it usually does. Usually journalling had a calming effect on her even after bad days, but instead of making her calm all it did was make her even more stressed and overthink even more.
Next thing you know is she has about four pages front to back full of attempts at trying to make a sense of this. To make matters worse, she had to use a new journal because she had lost her old one during the picnic, which means that the first thing written in this journal looked like the writings of someone who had lost it.
That’s fine- I just need to go on a walk, that’ll help me. The fresh breeze, the sun, the sights of nature, it always helps me. Yet Pollux was hesitant to go on with this idea of hers, and with good reason. What if she got lucky last time? Rez isn’t confined to Earth, he can move planets, he isn’t just some pathetic alien, he is technically a celestial body.
A horrifyingly one, one with trillions of deaths under his wing, one who has shown that he will go to extreme lengths to get what he wants. He’s torn down civilization that had lasted for centuries, messed with planets that had managed war peace causing war, he’s tortured thousands with his infections and the worst part is that that is just the tip of the iceberg.
To be associated with Rez would never end well for you, he never has good intentions.
He wasn’t capable of good intentions.
Pollux forced herself forwards and she pushed open her door, she felt the comforting vacuum of space as it was pushed open and she closed the door slowly behind her. She closed her eyes, and she hugged herself as she took in a deep faked breath, there was no air to breathe here, and she made her way to the closest planet with a nice hiking trail.
Pollux teleported there midstep and she felt the air around her change, the pressure, the heat, the everything. It didn’t cause her any stress, she just sighed softly as she took in the deep breath of fresh alien planet air. Pollux heard the zeeps and zorps of familiar comforting alien language around her and she stood at the beginning of the trail, her eyes nervously scanning the nature around her.
Then she started her walk. Though she felt weak and sore, this wasn’t a horrible walk at first. Pollux looked around and at the many hot and steamy geysers that forever spouted out hot steam and boiling water occasionally, the wildlife flourished with it. Some brave plants even hugged the geysers raised sides for safety because normally animals don’t want to get close to a geyser and get a face full of boiling hot water.
The aliens didn’t mind any of the geysers or the boiling liquid, their bodies were made for this, they were just vibing.
Pollux walked down the trail, her feet hitting the hard red stone beneath her feet repeatedly as she enjoyed the trail. She was alert though, as alert as a deer. Every time she heard a twig snap her head would snap over in the direction of it to make sure that it wasn’t Rez, oftentimes though it was just some animal.
No big deal, just an animal.
She walked over and onto the boardwalk part of the trail, the boardwalk was her favorite part because of all of the animals that she could see as she leaned onto the stone railing. Birds, weird giant frogs, wild dogs hunting from afar, it was always an incredible sight every time. Not to mention the plants were gorgeous, flowers with long stems that split into a mouth halfway, Jeverst, fed on small rodents and bugs. Lilly pad like plants as well but whatever, but the bugs were more annoying than anything.
Still beautiful.
However, as she made it to the middle of the boardwalk, finally feeling calm and collected, she stopped mid-walk suddenly. An alien that had been walking behind her shrieked as they ran into her, they made some angry curses towards her, hurt their antenna running into her. They shook their mantis claw-like arms at her and she apologized to them as they made angry beeping noises at her.
Then they said something completely uncalled for and rude, wrapping their arms over their chest and speed walking ahead.
Okay, fuck you too I guess.
Pollux watched them walk away before she sniffed the air, a smell flooded her nostrils, the reason why she had stopped. Pollux nervously fidgeted with her hands while looking around the surrounding, that smell that she was smelling was negative energy. It was harsh to the nose, making her eyes water as it stung her nose and throat. A mix of the smell of rotting corpses and harsh chemicals was currently hovering in the air, it felt heavy, making it near impossible to breathe.
The aliens didn’t sense or smell it, they just walked by her while giving her a weird look because of how spooked she looked. The world seemed to slow down and Pollux felt a deep nauseous feeling filling her, okay, maybe she does have the survival skills of a Earth scary movie protagonist.
This was a horrible idea.
Anxiety and nausea came over her, the realization that Rez had to be close for the smell to be this strong. The world seemed to catch on fire, it didn’t, but the negative energy made even the air unbearable to be in. Aliens walked by chattering, oblivious to the danger that she felt, her hair was rising along her body as she tried to pinpoint where Rez was. Pollux watched an alien family turn a corner, and she felt a sense of dread as they approached a tree line only a couple of feet ahead of her.
Some more walking and alien chatter and suddenly, a large gloved hand lunged out from behind the tree, it was fast, almost like a viper. The hand roughly grabbed one of the aliens and the alien made some loud and horrific screeching noises as it was lifted up and off the ground by the head.
The aliens' family screamed and tried to save the little alien, likely a toddler, by tugging them down but there was a little echoey snicker and the alien was pulled away as it screamed and the poor thing's head was crushed with a sickening crack. Pollux felt sickened to her stomach as the blood, brain bits, and bone shards dripped down the negative being's hand.
The little body was limp in the hand, its life gone in a flash so far before its time. The body was pulled back behind the tree, blood dripped onto the floor and the alien family seemed shocked and horrified.
Then Rez noticed her and peeked at her from behind the trees, Pollux knew that her face was horrified and Rez stared at her silently, the family backed away from him and Rez slammed their small fragile bodies with his tail.
Rez looked her up and down for a moment, then he softly growled at her and just left. He left behind a bloody mess, a horrible scene. Pollux knew that she had to leave so she forced her thoughts into order enough to safely teleport into her room, somehow, she didn’t end up stuck in a wall or tearing herself apart in the process.
Shit- shit- those poor aliens christ- you know what, I’m just glad that that wasn’t me. Pollux felt her legs shaking under her as she dragged herself to her bed, you know what, I’m stupid. Going out alone after a Rez sighting, that was fucking stupid of me- what, he was hiding behind the trees.
What if he was hoping to not be sensed by her? What if he was waiting for her to walk by, only to give up on waiting and settle for an alien. Pollux stopped her walking to her bed as this idea came to her.
Either she was really unlucky with her chosen locations or Rez was doing a Rez and she was in massive danger and she probably shouldn’t have gone out.
Damn I’m actually stupid, what are survival instincts? Because apparently I don’t have them.
Pollux was just infuriated with herself at this point, sure, she was spooked. That was a horrifying scene, but come on. What was she thinking? That whole thing could have been avoided. Pollux fell onto her bed, her legs sore from just the short hike that she had taken, she didn’t even get to finish it. Pollux just felt like she couldn’t stand anymore though, her legs were shaking all over the place and when she fell onto her soft bed she felt an immediate relief.
Pollux pulled the blanket over herself and she sulked there while hating on her decision making skills, curled up in a fetal position around a pillow for comfort. Yeah, this entire thing was her fault. Not the aliens' deaths, Rez was just being cruel, but uhh… she really shouldn’t have decided to take a walk alone.
Chapter 4: Taurus is Suspicious Over Nothing
Summary:
Pollux gets interrogated by Taurus
Notes:
Next chapter! :D
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“Pollux, can you tell me where you were when he showed up?” Taurus asked her in his gruff voice, both of them sat across from each other in a closed room. This very much did feel like an interrogation.
The other celestial bodies had tried to tell Taurus that she was fine, but Taurus seemed to be wondering if she was a traitor. Which she wasn’t obviously, but being interrogated wasn’t great, especially when her brain felt like it was running on two fps, not one, but two fps, and her body was screaming in pain and telling her to lay down flat on her back in bed instead of sitting on this uncomfortable chair that was way too big for her.
Taurus leaned in on her and Pollux really hoped that she wasn’t sweating, he had a strong… aura, lets just say. Those who weren’t used to it would usually crumble under pressure even if there isn’t any. Pollux was used to it, but now there was pressure on her and Pollux felt like she wanted to cry.
“Well?” Taurus asked her. Pollux really wasn’t in a good mindset right now. “At a cliff on Earth,” she answered him while trying to keep herself from freaking out, she was innocent, there was just the pressure and the fear that she’d do something wrong.
“Why have you been rebelling more?” Taurus shoved her face into hers and Pollux scooted her seat back out of discomfort, “too close-” “why have you been-?” “Because I don’t trust Lunar, I have stated this multiple times and you never listen to me,” Pollux answered him truthfully.
“Do you have any urges for infinite power?” ah, a classic. Rez has the tendency to promise infinite power to those unfortunate enough to run into him, they agree, only to have their free will stripped away. “No, like come on, be original-” “don’t smart mouth me,” Taurus growled to her.
“Do you have any urges-?” “nah, what would I gain out of it? Power? Meh, not worth it,” though… it would be nice because maybe I can get this weakness to leave my body. Banish it away for a sense of relief.
“Have you met any other negative-” “you keep asking, I know what you're doing, NO,” Pollux was good at putting up a mask to hide her inner emotions. She was shaking right now, even if she were innocent she still felt ashamed of something unknown. So, she was coping by acting tough and sassy, even if it really wasn’t needed at the moment.
“I asked Castor some questions before this,” Taurus was still in her face and Pollux wanted to slap him, “one of them was about if you behavior has changed-” “if I was working with Rez, would I really have told you about him showing up?” “Pollux, I am the one asking questions here,” “I don’t care, listen, we’ve been here for two hours and my answers haven’t changed-” “they have now,” Taurus retorted much to her infuriation.
“Yes, they did change now. But that’s only because we’ve been at this for two hours and I’m over it,” “tell the truth, are you a traitor to our cause?” “no!” she scoffed at him. “Explain your change in behavior then,” Taurus said to her, “explain it in detail,” “are you my therapist?” she asked, the question caught Taurus off guard, “are. you. my. therapist?” Taurus stared down at her before saying, “no-” “exactly,” Pollux crossed her arms as she leaned back in her chair, “so I really don’t need to tell you.”
Pollux dangled in her chair perilously with her feet on the table and Taurus made a face of disgust at her, it was like he expected her to sit pretty and answer his endless questions for hours, nah, she was done now. “Pollux, for the sake of your image, I recommend-” “aw come on man,” Pollux heard Cancer broadcast his voice in, “it’s clear that Pollux isn’t a traitor Taurus, she’s right, you're not her therapist.”
“Thank you Cancer,” she thanked him with her eyes closed and her arms crossed across her chest, Taurus seemed pissed off. Sometimes, she really hated Taurus. “Okay, can you at least tell me why you skipped that one training lesson? Was it because you wanted to perhaps… meet up with someone?” “yeah, I met up with the chips, they are in my belly now.”
Taurus gave her a look of disbelief. What did he expect? “Pollux please, take this seriously,” she heard Castor say in her mind, Pollux felt anxiety tearing at her entire body but she chuckled, “and they were good-” “why did you skip out on the training lesson?” Taurus pushed her. Because she was scared.
“Eh, I don’t trust Lunar,” Pollux muttered as she continued to perilously lean on the chair, “he… gives me bad vibes, prefer to avoid,” “Pollux, I still don’t understand that,” her brother spoke to her and Pollux could feel the infuriation filling her very soul. It mixed with the anxiety in a very unpleasant way.
“Why?” Taurus asked her, “he hasn’t done anything wrong, you are acting completely out of character over something so… small-” “he is an anomaly," she hissed to Taurus, “I think that itself is an okay reason for me to be nervous of him,” “Lunar has shown himself to be harmless Pollux, whatever bad feelings that you are having… I think that you made them up,” I cannot believe this.
“You are always so fast to trust Lunar but not me!” she snapped, “I’ve been here since the beginning, he’s only been here for a couple of months!” “Pollux, recently, you have shown yourself to not be trustworthy.”
How?
“What?” she asked him confused and Taurus simply said to her, “you are acting untrustworthy, you are acting violently. Your brother told me about your recent behavior and it does worry me because it seems very… mortal. By that, I mean strong. He told me that you tend to fight against his ideas, sometimes you look about ready to punch Lunar and he’s stated that it scares him, and that you sometimes just up and leave mid training.”
Uhh… okay, so that is really suspicious, huh..? I don’t really remember up and leaving though- “Your behavior is unlike you, usually your sunshine and rainbows-” “ha, guess I’m not!” “Pollux, shut your damn mouth for ONE second, just one!” Taurus snapped at her while slamming his hand down and onto the table, Pollux jumped at the loud thump and she nearly fell off her chair.
Pollux managed to steady herself as her heart thumped and Taurus got in her face again, his blue eyes stared into hers with an intensity that made her wonder if she had pushed it too far. “Your behavior is completely abnormal for a Pollux, we all have set personalities. For you to just switch like that, Pollux, something must have happened. Was that something Rez?” “no, literally just met the guy like two days ago and we didn’t even talk, we just had a staring contest,” I nearly shit my pants that day.
“Oh really-?” “yes really,” she slowly said to him while nodding. “Pollux, your behavior is abnormal, what happened?” “I don’t know,” she just shrugged to him, “I know that you know the reason why and that you're hiding it from me!” Taurus yelled at her, “you cheeky bastar-!” “Taurus,” Libra cut in, her voice had a serious scolding tone to it.
“Taurus, I think that something else other than negative star power is going on with her. You two have been at this for two hours and her answers haven’t changed once, I know that you are convinced that she is a traitor but what you are doing is pushing her away if she is actually having issues,” Libra hissed to Taurus, the voice had no source, “I second this,” Cancer muttered.
“Can I please leave now?” she asked, her voice had a faint growl to it, she glared at Taurus and Taurus glared back at her. Then, he stood up from his seat, pushing it back across the floor with a horrible scraping noise. “If anything Taurus, if she isn’t associated with him now, you are going to make her more prone to associating with him-” Cancer told Taurus and Taurus snapped at the air, “the hell are you talking about? I’m only making sure that she isn’t making stupid decisions-” “Taurus, what you are doing is not okay, there are a lot of boundaries being pushed here. Your questions just grew personal, then you accused her-” “because she’s a traitor! Why else would she be acting like this?” my body is in so much pain right now.
“How many times have you met Rez?” Taurus asked her, “eh, twice, the second time was because I was stupid and decided to take a walk yesterday. Witnessed Rez in the wild, he popped an alien's brain in front of me on the hiking trail,” Taurus gave her a ‘what the fuck’ look and she heard Cancer spit out his drink mid conversation.
The sound echoed through the room and Pollux sat there on the chair with a grumpy face. “He left me alone again, I wasn’t very happy about meeting him. I went somewhere aside from Earth, either I’m really unlucky or he’s following me,” Taurus looked around the room before he put his fingers to his temples and shook his head while muttering.
“He did what-?” “he grabbed a alien and they popped their brain,” “Pollux, that could mean so many things, describe,” “squeezed with his hand,” “Pollux,” Cancer said to her, “I’m scared about how casual you are about this-” “how did I just learn about this?” her brother shrieked.
Pollux was starting to get a migraine because of all the overlapping transmitted voices inside of her mind. “You're telling me that you met Rez again, and he killed someone?” “yes? Why is that surprising-?” “Pollux, please stop your taunts,” “I’ve been here for two hours- oh wow look, now it’s been three!” “Pollux, you are completely disregarding the severity of this situation, why didn’t you tell us sooner?” “I immediately took a power nap.”
Pollux didn’t miss Taurus’ look of disappointment as she seemingly seemed to not take this seriously, internally, Pollux was a wreck. “You… you took a power nap?” “yeah, slept on my stupidity,” “Pollux, seriously, why do you not seem to care?” “this is called coping!” she cheerfully said to him.
The disappointment in the room only grew, however, it was only felt by Taurus. The other celestial bodies were just concerned for her. “Okay, Pollux, your behavior was abnormal before this, why?” “can I please leave?” “Pollux, answer,” “no. I’m ready to leave, I gave you your answer.”
“Pollux, this is going on for longer because I got new information-” “yeah, but only because you asked a different question, I didn’t have to mention it before, seriously Taurus, thank you for the enrichment!” Cancer clearly sent something to Taurus privately because she saw Taurus’ face scrunch up and he scoffed, “she’s not traumatized-” silence.
Then Taurus gave her a glare like she was the problem and he sat back down in his chair, Pollux raised an eyebrow at him as he sat there likely listening to Cancer’s words. Pollux watched his hands clench together for a moment before finally, he said to her in a voice full of irritation, “tomorrow,” that’s ominous.
“Tomorrow what?” she asked him while leaning back on the chair again, “we’ll do this all over again.”
Pollux gave him a sharp glare as he got up and left the room, Pollux could smell his anger as he left, it hovered in the air even after he left, a harsh smell. It wasn’t worse than Rez though, so she didn’t complain.
Pollux sat up from her seat and she stretched out her weak body, she grunted as she felt and heard a satisfying pop. She took some deep breaths as she felt her body leaving survival mode, “don’t leave your room,” she heard Cancer say to her.
It was an obvious warning, when Taurus got like this she really shouldn’t be acting out like she was . “You’re lucky that I got him to end this early, Taurus could have done this for way longer,” “thank you,” she mumbled to him and Cancer softly said to her, “go to your room, try and not push Taurus’ nerves tomorrow.”
Chapter 5: Shitty doodle (just art)
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Basically the last two chapters in a nutshell
Chapter 6: “Hey Pollux, Can You do it Again?”
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The only time that Pollux was allowed out of her room was when she was training Lunar, and even then, she really wasn’t happy about it. Sure, she got sunlight, but she was hardly sunlight starved and desperate enough to take this for granted, especially since Lunar was here by her side. Both he and Castor talked with each other, Lunar’s voice was soft, almost like a villain because of its tone. Talking, chatter, and Pollux didn’t add anything to the conversation. She felt almost mute.
It could be Rez causing this weakness to her, and yet she was staring at Lunar and her mind and gut was repeatedly telling her that it was somehow him. That could be an illusion from Rez though, she could never know.
Pollux was forced to do this before the second interrogation, it was like Taurus wanted to exhaust her and break her down for the “true answers” like come on… we did it for three hours yesterday, my answers only changed near the end because there had been constant repeated questions.
Pollux couldn’t bear the very idea of being in that room again with Taurus screaming at her, she had to decompress for hours after that alone in her room. Now, she was forced to be with Lunar, who has been making weird pressuring comments for her to use her powers for the past hour, and she felt like her mind was collapsing under pressure already.
Did she want to use her star power? No. Why? Because she didn’t trust her body to be able to take it. Sure, she’s been teleporting around, but that took more brain focus than star power. She was scared to use her star power in case her body couldn’t take it and collapsed, something that used to be simple and natural to her was suddenly out of her reach.
“Why aren’t you training me Pollux?” Lunar asked her and Pollux said to him, “I am,” “yes yes, but aren’t you supposed to use your abilities? How am I supposed to learn if you don’t?” “Pollux, he makes a good point,” Castor said to her in his tired voice, though it was filled with concern. For some unknown reason, the idea of using her star power around Lunar made her feel nauseous and she still didn’t understand why.
“Eh, I just don’t feel like it!” she softly laughed while waving a hand, Pollux scanned her surroundings with her eyes nervously for any signs of Rez and Lunar asked her, “but, you used to do it? Why don't you now?” Pollux was silent for a couple of moments as she looked around nervously and fidgeted with her hands.
“Are you nervous about Rez?” Castor asked her innocently and Pollux decided to just go with that, “yeah- sure, I’m nervous of the worm,” “huh?” Lunar was flabbergasted by the small conversation and Castor sighed, “I’ll tell you later Lunar,” Pollux scanned the trees before she sniffed the air as an attempt to ensure that he wasn’t here.
She didn’t smell him… but that didn’t mean that she was alone with Lunar and Castor.
“So, next thing that you need to do Lunar is to learn how to jump, this is Pollux’s speciality!” as Castor said this the nervousness grew within Pollux and she clenched her hands into fists. “Er- yes, my speciality-” “ooh, can you teach me? Do you mean the high jump?” Lunar asked her and Pollux nodded to him curtly.
“Teach me!” Lunar excitedly cheered up to her. Pollux nodded again as she pressed down her dread, “sure,” she said down to him. Castor seemed relieved that she seemed to be giving in to training him, he smiled softly at her and Pollux just felt like this was a necessity for her to do because of Taurus’ suspicion.
“Uh- so Lunar, stand straight please,” she watched Lunar straighten his back and he waited for her to tell him what to do. “So, imagine that you are light, light as a feather, and try jumping, then as you're in the air, imagine that you are a little heavier so that you fall,” Lunar nodded to her, then he stared at her as though he was expecting her to demonstrate.
After some moments of staring, Castor elbowed her and asked, “can you please demonstrate?” Pollux felt anxiety clawing at her stomach but she nodded, “yes- uh- of course!” “Are you okay?” her brother asked her with a concerned voice but Pollux pulled away from him while nodding at him.
Pollux stepped back a bit to give herself some space and she was desperately hoping that this didn’t somehow backfire. Pollux took some deep breaths to calm herself as her heart pounded in her chest, every ounce of her body was pleading her to not do this but she took a deep breath and she jumped.
She felt herself lifting up and into the air, she felt as light as a feather and she hovered in the air for a moment before she fell down again and onto the floor. Usually, she felt nothing from doing this, but instead she could feel her legs wobbling before her, her body struggling to keep itself up as suddenly, she felt worse and she was seeing triple.
Everything seemed to spin around her and she stood there while feeling like her body couldn’t carry her. Her lungs began to burn like she needed to breathe, which isn’t normal, her body began to ache and shake, her head began to hurt, her heart began to feel weird, and her body's energies began to get more erratic with her.
It was almost dangerous, they were buzzing, they felt like they were about to collide and cause her to implode. A deep sense of fear filled her and Castor laughed, “good job Pollux! I never quite figured that out, I’m happy that you did so that you can teach Lunar!” Pollux watched Lunar try only to fall.
He was already doing it way too well, like he just immediately understood what to do. It was like he was purposefully acting like he didn’t even know what to do. “Oh, that was close, he’s a natural Pollux!” a natural… Pollux felt her lungs burning and she began to gasp in the air like she depended on it. How did he manage to get up that high so fast- how-? “hey Pollux, can you do it again?” Lunar asked her sweetly, no no no- I can’t I can’t- “Pollux, are you okay?” Castor asked her out of concern and Pollux put a hand to her face while wheezing in air.
She didn’t normally need to breathe, it wasn’t a necessity, yet right now she felt like she needed it. Her entire body was screaming in pain and Castor ran over and he outstretched his hand to her, “hey hey- woah, are you okay?” Pollux flinched away from him and she slapped him away, Castor jumped away out of surprise and Lunar asked him, “is she okay?” “Pollux..?” “I- I need some time alone,” she stammered, she squinted at Castor as he moved across her vision, she couldn’t tell which one was the real Castor and which of the other two was fake.
Pollux felt feverish, her throat burned, she felt a sweat come over her, and Pollux knew that something was wrong immediately. “Pollux, hey-” but Pollux was gone before he could talk to her any further.