| His Partner In Eternity | Collector x OC

" Harshy "

" He's with the Titan Girl ... " Estoile stated, getting out of the portal, facing his younger siblings

" That's more serious than I thought ... " Solar said in a low face, as she and Lunar exchanged a look of uncomfortableness

" What do you think? he's blindly in love with that little shi– "

" Mullet " Estoile said, Mullet just nodded, understanding the meant warning

Estoile sighed, as he walked towards him " you know that you can't blame him for such a thing to happen, so why still doing it? " Mullet stared at the floor without a word, " the three of them are your younger siblings, Mullet, you're supposed to lead them rightfully "

" I ... "

" No need " he put his hands on Mullet's shoulders " I'll look after this situation for now, just take care of Solar & Lunar "

" I will ... Est, I– "

" I know " he smiled at him reassuringly " it's fine, I know you can always do better  "

With this he left to the portal
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On the other hand, Collector & Chalent both were sitting on a star, floating to the Archive House

" Colly? "

" Hm? " he turned to her, smiling, " about the ... E-thing ... are you sure you can– "

" Chal " Collector stated, giving her his back " I .. I just want you & King safe "

" And what about you? " she grabbed his shoulder, pulling him to face her, a serious, yet worried look in her eyes " you won't do this alo– "

A dark blue, lightning-like strike crashed the star that they were in, cutting it in half

" The heck was that?! " Chalent yelled, as she floated, surprised just like Collector, the rays of the lightening was slowly fading away, they both knew it was Estoile, even though for Chalent it was him for different reason

" Oh no .. " Collector murmured, terrified, he quickly moved, grabbing her hand " Chal, we need to go, NOW "

Chalent nodded, they float as fast as they could towards the Archive House

" Now now, Starlight "

Estoile appeared in front of them, Collector got dumbfounded, without thinking, stood in front of Chalent, raising his arms protectively

As soon as she saw him, she put a hand on her glove, ready to take it off, " don't ... " Collector whispered

" Play time is over "

" You won't get them and I won't be back! " he shouted, trying hard to look defiant

Estoile sighed, as he looked at Collector calmly " Brother, please " he extended his hand towards him " we have to ke– "

" Stay away! " Collector shouted, this time angry, as a crescents got out of his hand, he threw it, hitting Estoile's face

Taking advantage of that, he carried Chalent in his arms, floating to the opposite way, until he was among the trees

She looked behind, not seeing Estoile, even though, her heart wasn't at ease from the situation, “Colly…” she said in a serious yet, gentle voice, Collector looked at her wistfully and then sighed, as he headed to a cave nearby

" Chal ... " he gently put her down, as he sat next her " look, I really love how much you care about me but ... I just .. I don't ... "

Wet drops falling from his eyes, sadness grew on her face " Collector, we can't just avoid him, way or another, he'll get to us– "

" He's following me, Chalent " she flinched from his look, she couldn't tell if it was a glare or a look of despair " he'll take me, but he'll make both of you disappear "

" Collector–! "

" Still hiding? hehe .. it's not the right time for hide-and-seek now, Collector "

They flinched at Estoile's voice, excatly in front of the cave, both of the stars' red eyes were glowing at the dark , scared ones, and widened ones

Collector tried to step forward, but Chalent wrapped an arm around his shoulder, and with her now-gloveless hand, she splashed a boiling liquid at Estoile

Despite the speed of the liquid heading towards him, he managed to avoid it

" Leave, US, alone " she growled, holding Collector closer, who looked at her surprised, as she glared at Estoile

Despite the look, which Challent could describe, as a look of contempt, she did not receive, from the words of the Collector, which he now seemed to, she–

Estoile, suddenly chuckled creepily, smiling " oh how cute~ so this is your partner? "

" Yes "  he spoke, even with the slightest courage

" .... " He looked at them blankly, then sighed " Colle– "

Rushing towards him, Collector hit him in the face hard, he knew that he was not even close to the level of his eldest brother, but that didn't matter to him, only one, single, idea, to stop him, stop him, do anything!

" Collector "

Estoile grabbed him by the arms harshly, making Collector wince from the strong pressure, he was staring at the young star with widened eyes

" Don't test me, you know how much I hate to be mad "

A sad, frustrated, angry look was well written in Collector's eyes, Estoile could sense it, he sighed, as his voice softened " Colly, I only want to protect you all– "

He looked away, unintentionally stepped back as he coughed blood, his grip loosened

" Sorry, Collector ... " She looked dangerously at Estoile, with her hand, stabbing him in the stomach, as she kicked him at the same place

Taking Collector between her arms, as she quickly flew away ...