Town

<Chapter 5 {Part 1}>

Town

Mercury walked up to a gate now open and took her first step into the town. Following her came Venus, Earth, Saturn, then Uri, who realized she had to tour the group and sped out in front.

"You guys really stand out with your strangely colored hair.." She facepalmed as the crowd closest to the gate parted in two to let the visitors by.

"Hair..?" Venus, the only somewhat normal looking Planet in the group, flipped her silky hair, drawing the crowd around to fawn over her.

"Not again.." Saturn, with her hair split into four sections shaped in scythes towards the edges, stared in disgust at the simps surrounding Venus. She then decided to go and bother Mercury, who looked around the food stalls for any potential poisoned foods.

"Mercury, what are you doing..?"

"Nothing." Mercury grabbed a candied strawberry off of a shelf somewhere and ran away while the owner cursed at her.

"O-k--"

Earth sashayed to Saturn, and placed three blue coins the size of her hand on the counter of the stall. Venus left the horde of people surrounding her to talk to Uri.

"Uri, why is your hair so beautiful?" She stared at Uri's long, fluffy and moved to straighten hers on instinct before stopping herself.

"Thank you! I'm not sure, but I do know that you are prettier!!" Uri patted Venus on the head with an Angel's soft aura surrounding her.

Venus froze in surprise, then patted Uri back and moved to help Mercury.

"Uhm.. I'll start the tour now." Uri glanced at the four planets behind her and started moving forwards. She pointed at the largest building and turned around.

"That's where our mayor lives. The mayor is very nice." Then watched as the group nodded in understanding.

"You can go and meet them if you'd like... The mayor is very understanding." The guide stared up at the residence and smiled.

"Eh.. Alright." Saturn winced at Uri's creepy grin and walked forwards towards the entrance.

Uri quickly followed behind, dragging the other planets with her. As they entered the large hall, the visitors gasped. Mercury glared at the shining floor and cringed as her reflection gleamed back at her. Looking up, the little blue ahoge of hair at the tip of her head flung itself upwards at the darkness of the way ahead. She wondered to herself why only the lights in the entrance were on.

Footsteps could be heard from down the long hall. The soft sound of heels clacking on the shiny floor grew louder and faster with each coming step. The darkness faded into a monochrome grey as a man dressed in a tuxedo holding a cane walked out. He had blue hair, and silver eyes.

Mercury gasped, followed by a deep inhale.

"Why are you here-" Before she could finish her sentence, the man's head split open at the jaw, revealing a complex machine system with a glowing red circle right in the middle.

A glowing red sphere illuminates the hall as Mercury turns towards the door in shock.

"RUN-"

The machine explodes.

"Ugh.." The green-haired Earthling held her head as she sat up and looked around. Left, right, across the room...

"Where is Saturn..??" She stood and circled the room, summoning an Earth-symbol (🜨) shaped weapon with light green fairy wings detached but floating at its sides. She lightly shook it and watched as multi-colored sparkles flew towards the collapsed areas of the building. In a count of 'One, Two,' the sparkles heaved the rubble into the center of the room and then disappeared.

"Mercury, Venus, Earth, Ouranos.." A panicked Earth dove towards Ouranos and shook her awake.

"Uri!! Where is Saturn?!"

"Mhhhnnghn?"

"The strange girl with scythe hair!! Wasn't she next to you when the thing that looked like Mercury's twin brother exploded??"

Uri falls asleep.

"gggGAH." Earth gives up and moves to Mercury, as there is no chance of waking Venus up when she takes a beauty nap.

"Mercury." Terrified at the thought of blowing up, Earth poked Mercury with all of her willpower.

"..."

"Are you awake?"

The blue hair that once displayed a beautiful ponytail now lay scattered around Mercury's pale face, which she covered with an arm.

"Yes." She heard a sigh of relief and turned to Earth, who calmed herself and frowned.

"Saturn disappeared."

"Eh?"

"Saturn's missing." Earth wandered around Mercury for a few seconds before settling down on the large rock in the center of the atrium.

"Hn." Mercury continued to lay on the floor, unmoving.

"Shouldn't we go find her?"

"...

No."

"Why not-"

"She'll be back. She always comes back, doesn't she?"

"Alright then.."

Sleeping Venus awoke to the tangible sickness of getting kicked by Earth.

"Sorry, don't kill me." Earth almost died from Venus's light beam and passed out on the floor.

"What is it?" The beauty guru stared at herself in the mirror and nodded twice in triumph before turning to Mercury, who had tidied herself into a presentable outcome.

"Nothing much. One of us is missing, that is all."

Venus perked up at the words and smirked.

"So thaaat's why you woke me up..~" She sang a short tune and pointed her mirror at Mercury.

"Hm?" The blue-head gathered liquid mercury from the air and her surroundings as she pointed a watery blade at Venus, who shoved the mirror-weapon away with speed.

"N- No need to get violent, I just mean that I have a way to find the person-" Venus did a quick headcount around the room and laughed in understanding.

"Ouranos is the one missing, I see~"

Earth, awake, facepalmed.

"WHat?"

"Ouranos is over there-" She pointed to a lump of useless-ness and sighed.