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Lunar was mad. Well, of course he was!
They were just casually playing a few random games with their sister, Earth, when Sun came in, saying Eclipse was back. And he was living with us!
And they were fine with it!?
This was horrible!
Well, he’d be able to get rid of his ‘brother’ once he learned how to use all his power.
Rez couldn’t have just promised to teach him and, well, not, right?
And when they mastered all that, they could save their family, and finally be respected, and thanked, and they’d be the good guy again!
They knew it was a bad idea. They knew it couldn’t end well. But the irrational part of their brain won this time.
Before, when Earth tried to get him out of his room, something bad happened. Just like he thought it would.
They exploded. Sent a whole lot of dark energy into Earth's head. And now she’d be in pain for the rest of her life.
And it was his fault.
So he got sent to space jail or something, and he was completely fine with it. It was what he deserved, after all.
What they were not expecting was Rez breaking them out. And sending them to Russia.
Time didn’t work there, in the jail. So when they got back, it was almost the same day they left. That meant he could fix things! He knew the others probably still hate him, but he could fix things!
But first, he wants revenge. He apologized! He- He didn’t mean to! It wasn’t his fault the dark star power lashed out like that! And now, to prove that, he’s going to kill Eclipse.
It was Eclipse's fault they weren’t being paid attention to! It was all his fault that they used that stupid dark star power!
So, he’s gonna get rid of Eclipse, and everyone’s gonna like him again! It’s all gonna go back to normal, like when he was still new!
Simple, right?
Their thoughts were interrupted by a voice. And not just any voice, it was a voice with a smooth, condescending British accent. “Hello, Lunar. What are you doing this fine morrow?”
Well, that’s just great, it’s Ruin. And Ruin killed Solar.
Lunar, calm down. It was fine! Ruin’s nice now, and he probably regrets hurting them, and even then, if anything bad happened to anyone, he’d just get rid of Ruin as well! Was that too much? Probably not.
“I’m going to kill Eclipse.”
Oops. He wasn't supposed to say that. Well, it doesn’t matter. Ruin can keep a secret, right? He certainly did back then.
“That’s… certainly ambitious. I can’t say I’d recommend doing so, Eclipse has apparently been trying to reform. Although I haven’t talked to him yet, Sun has said many good things!”
Lunar was certainly not convinced. He tapped his foot impatiently, couldn’t this guy hurry up?!
“And I’d rather you not, Eclipse has been one of the few people who are there for Sun, since his other brothers apparently fail to do so.”
“Tch, I don’t care. He still tried to kill me! It really seems like everyone’s forgotten that.”
Ruin got up from his seat on the marble railing-esque thing.
“My, you even talk like him. It isn’t surprising, considering you’ve been dabbling in dark star power.”
Lunar paused. “How-”
Ruin’s smile said everything. He knew. How he knew, Lunar didn’t know.
He needed to get away. He couldn’t be seen panicking; that would make Ruin all the more certain. Having nothing else to do, they stormed out of the hallway, to their room.
“See you around!”
~Ruin’s POV~
Ruin didn’t know that Lunar was using dark star power. He just guessed, considering those darkened optics, and apparently that guess hit its mark.
Which certainly was concerning.
Sun was, however, really making ‘progress’ with Eclipse. They didn’t want to call it progress; Eclipse wasn’t a project, he was a being.
So, Eclipse was getting better.
But the only one he warmed up to was Sun, the one that helped him the most.
The kindest one out of them all.
Then again, he still has optics, and from what he sees, Sun isn’t doing well. Moon was always hurting them, with words, and with hands (and those accursed weapons from his lab); Ruin has seen them crying in their room many times. Even the Glamrocks picked on him any chance they’d get, aside from Freddy.
And yet they still try so hard to help others, neglecting themself further and further, concerning everyone they knew. …Well, almost everyone they knew.
He knew he had to help; Sun depended on it.
But why would Sun trust the one who killed his brother? Daresay, he wasn’t in the right mind then, but it still would’ve hurt the sun model.
Lunar, their only brother who could help, wasn’t, still, in any way fit to assist.
He had fallen, becoming even worse than Eclipse was, Ruin believes. Worse than Nexus, soon enough.
Could he prevent it? Most likely not. But he’ll have to try, for the sake of the Celestial family. The family he’d hurt so much, before.
The only option, it appeared, was to seek assistance from the one he’d killed, Solar, who Ruin wasn’t sure had even forgiven him. It made sense, how could anyone ever forgive him for the murder of 5,000 dimensions, and worse, the ones they cared for the most?
Oh, well. Either way, he could only hope Solar would help.