I’ve never showed the lyrics to anyone besides the online friend I mentioned in the description (she’s more than a friend, more than a best friend too), but I should probably share them lol. The reason I didn’t want to share them was because I thought they were bad. I’ve never written lyrics for a song in my life. So I never shared them. But now I think is a good time to because I’ve stopped thinking about them. I’ve stopped thinking that they’re bad is what I mean. So here they are. Here’s the lyrics.

Btw if you want to follow along with the song, keep listening to the melody (80s Bitrate Synth is the “lyrics.” It’s the instrument you hear after the opening). Here’s the song: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1166907

It’s dark outside;

I’m in my bed.

I lay awake

With thoughts inside my head.

I close my eyes

And there I see

Your sparkly eyes

Waiting for me.

There’s something that I feel.

Can’t let it go

So what’s the deal?

When I look at you,

I realize that

These feelings are true.

[Chorus]

When I dream of you,

These thoughts make me feel like

I’m just going crazy.

When I dream of you,

Your smiles fill me up with

So much tears of joy.

When I dream of you,

I can see us both looking

Up at the sky.

And when I dream of you,

It makes me want to say

I love you.

[Drop]

Lillies growing

In the field.

I pick one up.

Here’s what I feel.

When I talk to you,

I feel

That loneliness

Just isn’t real.

I can’t explain it all.

Can I trust you

If I fall?

Every day and night,

I see your face

That shines so bright.

I cannot let it go.

Don’t leave me here

All on my own.

All I wish from you

Is for you to say

You love me too.

[Chorus]

When I dream of you,

These thoughts make me feel like

I’m just going crazy.

When I dream of you,

Your smiles fill me up with

So much tears of joy.

When I dream of you,

I can see us both looking

Up at the sky.

And when I dream of you,

It makes me want to say

I love you.

[Buildup and Drop]

It’s light outside.

Get out of bed.

I still have

Those thoughts inside my head.

But still I dream

And while I do,

I want you to know

That I love you.

Ep 3: Build

I drop off the plushy at Zappy’s house. Zappy thanks me by giving me a bear hug.

“I love it!” Zappy says while squeezing it with all her might. “Tell Shadow that her plushy is adorable!”

I give a weak smile, trying to recover from her hug. Her hugs can sometimes take the life out of you. I hover away, looking back to see her with the plushy, now throwing it in the air and catching it with a big grin on her face. I can’t help but keep smiling.

On my way to the beach, I see another green-eyed Pokémon looking at me. It doesn’t come after me though. I keep my distance from it and keep on going.

Shadow is lying down sleeping in the sand. I make some noise in the sand next to her to wake her up. She wakes up and looks at me.

“You’re here,” Shadow says, her voice breaking up.

“Should I let you sleep?” I ask.

“I’m fine,” she replies. “Just taking a nap while you were gone.”

“Zappy told me to tell you that your plushy is adorable.”

Shadow blushes and smiles at me. I smile thinking about Zappy having fun with her plushy. “So what did you want me here for?” I ask.

“We need to put these pieces together.” Shadow lay all the pieces of technology on the ground and we start to put them together.

“Do you not have backup lasers?” I ask.

“I wish,” she says. “I only built one set of lasers before stopping.”

I was surprised when she said she built it. I didn’t know she could build technology like this. “Can you build another set?”

“Maybe. I haven’t built anything in years so I don’t know.”

We finish fixing the contraption. Sadly, I couldn’t really help because I didn’t know what to do so Shadow did most of the work. I feel bad.

“That’s the last piece,” she says. “Maybe I should try and make another set of lasers. That’s the only thing we need left before it actually works. We’ll need to go back to my hideout for that.”

While we were heading back, I was wondering what would happen if two sets of mind control lasers interacted with each other. What I came up with wasn’t pretty. “What would happen if both sets of lasers are on at the same time?” I ask.

“I have no idea,” she admits. “When the lasers initially meet, it sets off a pulse that will cover an entire area, and it will continue to set off pulses until it deactivates. I haven’t thought about two sets of lasers setting off pulses at the same time before. I predict either one of two things might happen: either both sets of lasers fizzle out…” She pauses and frowns. “Or they explode.”

I gulp. She says they could explode but she didn’t say how big the explosion might be. Thoughts of the entire city blowing up fill my mind. I shake my head.

Shadow reads my face. “I wish I didn’t have to say that, but it’s a possibility. Both outcomes will destroy the machines but one result is more dangerous.”

I nod. I understand that they could potentially explode, but I just hope that doesn’t happen. If it’s a big explosion, all Pokémon in the area could be wiped out, including us.

Ghost Control is… uhhh…

Short answer is procrastination. But to be honest with you, ideas don’t come instantly. I’ve been writing a little bit at a time. No, I’m not cancelling it. It will be finished. I still want to get this story done.

Not being motivated to do things is a big problem for me, and it affects me in everything I like to do including writing this story. And when that motivation is lost, it’s hard for me to get it back. This is why I haven’t been writing… or making music a lot like I did last year. I’m just going to go my own pace. I’ve been told not to rush these things, so I won’t. I can assure you that this story is being actively worked on. Don’t worry.

There will be another update on this soon.

If you haven’t read the prequel yet, you can read it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gOCzuU96biumJIbi-ZYlhp2CYcFxn3vsNzVGIWdcOpk/edit?usp=sharing

Probably one of my best songs in general so far. I always loved how my Tera remix sounded after finishing it, so I decided to turn it (using most of the same instruments) into an original song. This is the result, and I’m quite proud of it. Hope you like it!

Ep 2: Lasers

I’m right outside of Shadow’s hideout when I start to question if it really is her. Would Shadow do something like this? I don’t know if she can do something that looks this complex. I jump as Shadow opens the door. She’s smiling, but it soon fades as she looks at my face.

“What’s going on?” she asks.

“I think someone is controlling our friends,” I explain.

She looks at me like I’m crazy.

“It’s true!” I say. “It happened with Wave and Spider. They had these green eyes and their faces had no expression at all. They chased me all the way to Zappy’s house!”

“Are you losing sleep or something? I don’t think that’s even possible.“ She looks beside me. “Watch out!”

I turn to my left and see a green-eyed Charmeleon. I jump out of the way as soon as he’s about to attack me. I remember what Spider said earlier. I’m not sure if it actually spreads by contact, but I’m not willing to find that out the hard way. Shadow started attacking them, not wanting them to hurt me. I see his green eyes fading as they turn back to normal.

That made me think. “If you attack the Pokémon that’s being controlled enough, maybe they’ll snap out of it,” I thought.

After Shadow finishes attacking the Charmeleon, she catches her breath. “Ok,” she says. “Maybe you’re not losing sleep after all. Sorry for not believing you.”

“It’s ok,” I laugh. “It wouldn’t seem that believable to me either if I heard it from someone.” I look at the Charmeleon. “You ok?”

The Charmeleon groans. “I’m alright.” He stands up slowly. His legs are shaking.

“Are you sure?” I ask.

“No,” he sighs. “I don’t think I’ll be able to walk.”

I wrap an arm around him to help him walk. He’s able to walk fine with some help. We start to walk toward my house where he can get some rest. My house has been like a haven for many Pokémon. I don’t know why I do it, but when someone isn’t feeling great, I just let them rest up at my house.

“What happened to me?” he asks.

“You were being controlled,” I answer. “I don’t know who’s doing it, but that’s what Shadow and I are figuring out. I’m Comet, by the way.”

“Nice to meet you.” He gives a weak smile.

We reach my house and I open the door. “You can rest up here if you want,” I say. “The guest bedroom’s on the right.”

“Thank you so much,” he says with a sigh of relief. He then makes his way to the bedroom.

Shadow’s still outside when I come back. At this point, I don’t think it’s her, but with what she’s done in the past, you never know.

“So someone’s controlling Pokémon?” she asks.

“Yes,” I say. “That’s why I came over to see if you were the one doing it.”

She nods. “I can see why you would think it’s me. But I can safely say it’s not. I can show you.” She hovers into her hideout and I follow her inside.

“Have you done mind control before?” I ask.

“I’ve dabbled in it before,” she says. “I was never good at it, though.” In the back of one room, she opens a closet. There are several pieces of technology inside it with dust everywhere. “This is my old control tech. It hasn’t been used in years.” She finds more pieces within all the dust, and an old plushy too.

“Do you mind if I see your plushy?” I ask.

“No,” she replies, embarrassed that they were even in there.

Besides the Mimikyu and Raichu plushies she had, she also had an old Pichu plushy. Her sister, Thunder, must’ve had it when she was little. Shadow keeps the Raichu plushie to remember her. Electro told me she died in a battle against a water type, and he was there when it happened.

After digging for a few minutes, she finds all the pieces to her mind control set. “That’s all of them,” she says. She examines each piece but then realizes that two pieces are missing. “Where are the two lasers?”

“What do those do?” I ask.

“Well, they’re supposed to face each other and when you turn them on, you can start to…” she trails off.

I know what she was going to say. Those lasers can control people. “We need to find those lasers,” I say.

“But how?” Shadow asks. “They could be anywhere. And who knows who’s using them?”

I thought about this for a moment and shook my head. “I’m not sure, but I think we’ll find a way.” Then I remember something. “Galaxy can probably help!” I exclaim. “She has super sensitive hearing so she can hear stuff any direction, even below her.”

Shadow nods. “Then let’s go find her.”

“But one more thing,” I say with a big smile.

Shadow looks at me confused.

“Can I keep the plushy?” I know some of the plushies she has are important to her, but if she put this one in a closet and forgot about it, maybe I could take care of it for her.

“Sure, you can have it,” she says. “Maybe give it to Zappy. I heard she loves plushies.”

“Oh, yeah! I’ll definitely give it to her. She’ll love it.” If Zappy only had one weakness, it would be stuffed animals.

We both leave Shadow’s hideout.

“Meet me at the beach after you’re done, ok?” she asks.

“No worries,” I say. “It’ll only take me a few minutes.”

She nods then hovers toward the beach.

Hopefully, it’ll take me a few minutes.

Ep 1: Green Eyes

I rush to Zappy’s house. Yes, we all have houses. Seems a bit weird, doesn’t it? Usually, Pokémon don’t have houses, but sometimes we have to defy the laws. I open the door to see Zappy inside pacing back and forth. She wanted me for some reason, but she didn’t tell me why.

“What’s going on?” I ask.

“I need your help!” she says.

“For what?”

“It’s Spider.”

Spider is Zappy’s boyfriend. He’s a Luxio. He got his name because he could stick to any surface using his claws for a long time. I wish I had claws, but you can’t change what you already have. Unless you can change into a completely different Pokémon. I wonder if you can do that. “What happened to him?” I ask.

“He went out to go somewhere with Wave. He was only supposed to be gone for a little bit, but it’s been about a half hour and he isn’t back yet!”

I never thought Spider would be late for anything. That’s not like him. And since Wave is only with one other person, he’s bound to have gotten lonely real fast. Maybe something did happen to them. “Ok,” I say. “I’ll find them for you.”

“Thanks so much!” A big smile went across Zappy’s face.

I smile as well. Her smiles were always infectious to me. I hover out of the house and went to search for them. To be honest, they could be anywhere. Zappy didn’t even tell me where they last were. I was able to find them near the beach. Their backs are turned away from me.

“Hey, Spider! Hey, Wave!” I say.

They don’t respond. Weird. Usually, Wave is the first one to say anything when he hears someone.

“Spider? Wave? Are you ok?” I slowly creep closer to them.

Spider’s head quickly turns to me. I jump back. It felt like something from a horror movie. I got chills thinking about it. But something seems… off. I tilt my head, confused. His eyes are green. I’ve never seen that before. My eyes turn pink from anger and purple because of stress. But green? My eyes have never turned green. At least, I don’t recall a time when they have. And to add to that, he’s not even talking to me. What is going on?

“Are you ok, Spider?” I repeat. I’m worried for him.

Spider slowly walks up to me. His face is expressionless. Then Wave turns around as well, his eyes are also green. Both their faces have no expression. I back up, not knowing what to do. Then they start running toward me.

Now I’m really scared. I try to outrun them, but they’re catching up to me. I don’t know what it is that made them this fast, but I bet it’s whatever’s going on with them. I turn my head around to see how close they are to me. It’s not long until they reach me. Spider tries to lunge at me, but he misses and lands with a face full of sand. I chuckle at him. I turn my head back and see Zappy’s house ahead and I smile. I know Zappy will help me. I try to open the door. It’s locked. So I try knocking—hard. She answers the door and lets me in.

“What’s going on out there?” Zappy asks.

“Spider and Wave… they’re trying to get me…” I say, out of breath.

“What do you mean?” She looks out the front window to see Spider and Wave outside. They’re still running to the house. “Why are their eyes green?”

“I don’t know,” I say. “I’ve never seen that before.”

Zappy is startled when she hears Spider trying to knock down the door. “Well, we better put something in front of the door so they won’t get in.”

I nod and start to look for something. There’s nothing big enough that will block the door. Nothing that I can carry. I turn around. Zappy is still looking out the window. “Everything ok over there?”

Zappy looks like she might cry her eyes out. But that changes in an instant when Wave breaks the window. Zappy screams. I never heard such a girly scream from Zappy before, but there’s a first time for everything.

Wave climbs through the window and tries to attack Zappy. But when he does, his eyes turn back to normal. He blinks a few times and looks around. “Where am I?” he asks Zappy.

Zappy is too shocked to say anything.

I look outside to see Spider’s eyes back to normal as well. How is this happening?

“I think those green eyes had something to do with it,” Spider says.

“Wait, Spider, how did his eyes become green?” I ask.

“I have no idea. It just seemed to have happened. And I guess it spread to me.”

“How?”

“He did touch me after his eyes turned green and I think mine turned green after that. Maybe it spreads by contact like a virus infection would.”

That would make sense. But I still don’t know how this whole thing happened in the first place. Is someone controlling them? I don’t know if it would be Shadow doing this, but with her, you can’t doubt anything. Plus, she could go back to her evil ways at any minute. Maybe this is her betrayal. But let’s not jump to conclusions right away.

“I have to talk to Shadow about this,” I say to them.

“But Shadow stopped doing evil things months ago!” Zappy protests. “How could it be her?”

“I’m not saying it’s her, but I just want to make sure.” I hover out of the house to find her. I turn around to look at Spider and Wave. “You guys should rest up here for a little bit.”

They nod and try to find the bedroom. I turn to Zappy. “And don’t worry,” I begin. “I’ll replace your window for you.”

Zappy smiles. “Thanks, but I think I got it covered.”

I smile at her and head outside. If this is Shadow’s fault, then she’s been faking being good for the last three months.

Please don’t let it be her that’s causing this.

Yes, I’m making a sequel. I’ve been wanting to do it before I finished Ghost Killer and now work has been started on it. I don’t know how long this one will be, hopefully longer.

Unlike Ghost Killer, this story will be fully told in Comet’s POV. If you haven’t read Ghost Killer yet, Comet is the main character of the story, and she will be the main character of this one as well. So far, only the preview has been made. There will be more information on this soon, but I just wanted to share this with you so you know what’s happening.

I will leave a link to Ghost Killer here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gOCzuU96biumJIbi-ZYlhp2CYcFxn3vsNzVGIWdcOpk/edit?usp=sharing

BBS post (The post literally says the exact same thing as this but here’s the link to it anyway): https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1509354

It’s finally finished. I’m really excited to share the full story with you. The full story has some changes from what I’ve already shown here on NG. Here are some things:

• Everything is set in past tense
• Added dialogue in every episode (except for the last one)
• Each episode shows who is in it at the beginning of them
• HOPEFULLY MORE DETAIL YES

Ok, I think that’s about it for this. Here it is, and enjoy it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gOCzuU96biumJIbi-ZYlhp2CYcFxn3vsNzVGIWdcOpk/edit?usp=sharing

We’re getting to the end. It’s so close.

Ep 14: Shadow’s Anger

Shadow (Shiny Mimikyu)

Comet (Mimikyu)

Electro (Shiny Pikachu, male)

Thunder (Raichu, Shadow’s sister, mentioned)

Ghost (Pikachu, Comet’s brother, mentioned)

Wave (Vaporeon, male, mentioned)

“You didn’t think I would find you, did you?” Shadow said. “I’ll always find you, one way or another.”

“How did you find us?” Comet asked.

“I placed a tracking device on you,” she answered.

Electro winced. “Oh, so that’s what I saw on your back.”

Comet looked at the back of her and saw the device. It was a small chip. Then she looked at Electro. She felt betrayed. “You knew about this? Why didn’t you say anything?!”

Electro bowed his head down.

“Don’t worry, Electro,” Shadow said. “You did a good thing… for me.” She smiled evilly. “This time, you will never get out.”

Everyone was back inside the same cell they were in before. However, Comet and Electro were in their own cell in another room. They sat in silence, both of them on opposite sides of the cell. Shadow revamped the security of the cells after they escaped the last time. 

“I’m sorry, Comet,” Electro said. “I truly am.”

“If you’re really sorry…” Comet started. “Why didn’t you say anything before? You saw it right there.”

Electro heard the bitterness in her voice. “I didn’t know what it actually was.”

“But you didn’t bother to tell me about it anyway? What kind of sense does that make?”

Electro didn’t have an answer.

“Someone who truly likes me would tell me about stuff,” Comet continued. “I’m doubting you even like me at all.”

That set Electro off. “I don’t like you?” he said angrily. “What did that kiss mean, then? I wouldn’t have kissed you if I didn’t like you.”

Comet got up and faced Electro. Electro turned around and looked at her. His angry expression went away. His face turned pale. Comet’s eyes were pink.

“Wait, Comet! Please don’t do this! We can fix this,” he pleaded.

“What is there to fix?” she snapped. “My brother’s been gone since I was a kid, I have this shiny version of myself trying to kill me, and now we’re locked up in here again! So please tell me how we can fix this mess if you’re so smart.”

“I know what Shadow’s been through.”

Comet’s eyes turned back to normal. Her anger was gone. “You do?”

“I’ve known Shadow since I was a kid. We used to get along well until a few years ago, she just changed in an instant. She became serious and demanding. It’s like she forgot everything about the past. It’s like she never met me before.”

Comet started to get worried. “Electro… what happened to her?”

“It wasn’t to her,” he said. “She had a sister.”

“A sister?”

“Yeah, she was a Raichu named Thunder… and I…”

“You? You did something to her?”

Electro hesitated to say what he did. He thought it might make Comet lose her trust in him even more. He told her anyway, hoping for the best. “I… I killed her.”

“You what?!” Comet yelled, a bit too loudly.

“Before you get too worried, it wasn’t entirely my fault.”

“What do you mean?” Comet asked, still a bit too loud. “You killed her!”

“We were battling another Pokémon,” Electro said. “It was a water type, and it tried to hit me with one of its moves. If I remember correctly, it was the same move Wave used on you.”

Comet looked at the burn on her. It looked like it was fading, and it didn’t hurt when she touched it. She turned her attention back to Electro.

“The move was targeted at me, so I quickly dodged out of the way. But what I didn’t know is that Thunder, the Raichu, was behind me. She got hit by the move, and when it happened, she fell right to the ground. It was like the incident with your brother all over again.” He bowed his head again.

Comet looked at him.

“I regret what I did,” Electro said. “But I only dodged out of the way to defend myself.”

“Electro… it wasn’t entirely your fault,” Comet assured.

“But I still feel guilty.”

“You have to let it go,” Comet said. “I know that these feelings can come back to bite you once and a while, just like they did with me. But you have to learn to let it go. You can’t change the past.”

Electro didn’t say anything, then he noticed something outside the cell laying on the floor.

“Electro? You ok?” Comet asked.

“Look over there,” he said.

Comet looked over to where he was looking. She saw two plushies of a Mimikyu and a Raichu. “Are those Shadow’s plushies?” she asked.

“Yes, they are.” Shadow appeared from outside the cell. She had tears in her eyes.

“How long have you been here?” Comet asked.

“I never left the room,” Shadow said, then she started to monologue about her sister. “Thunder was my best friend. She meant the world to me. I would always go to her for comfort when I had no one else to go to.”

“Like Ghost was with Wave,” Comet said. “But I still don’t understand why you’re trying to kill me.”

Shadow was silent. She didn’t have a true reason why.

“You really don’t want to kill me, do you?” Comet asked.

Shadow stayed silent. Tears went down her face. She put a hand on of the bars of the cell, and pulled it with all her strength. She was able to break the bar off.

“Whoa,” Comet and Electro exclaimed simultaneously. They both exited the cell, and Shadow didn’t stop them when they did.

“I have anger issues,” Shadow said. Her voice broke as she talked. “My anger has gotten in the way of so many things, and I could never fix my problem on my own. My sister was the only person I had… and Electro too. But after my sister was killed in that battle, my entire life was flipped upside down. I became super angry at Electro even though it wasn’t entirely his fault. He was only dodging out of the way of the attack. But to be honest, I don’t know why Ghost and Comet came into my mind. They were not a part of this at all. Maybe because she experienced the same thing as me. I felt bad for her after Wave killed Ghost. I was his friend too.”

“I didn’t know that,” Comet said.

“I know it may seem crazy, me having friends, but I was,” Shadow said with a slight smile.

“You were friends with me,” Electro said.

“Yeah, that’s true,” Shadow admitted. “As I said, Ghost was one of my friends, and I guess when he died, it made my anger flare up more. I thought the only way to get rid of the pain of mourning someone else’s life… was to take someone else’s life.”

“Like I said to Electro,” Comet said. “You have to let it go.”

“I’ve been trying,” Shadow said. “I really have. But my anger issues are too much for me to handle by myself.”

“You don’t have to handle anything by yourself,” Electro says, comfortingly. “You have all of us. I know it may sound corny, but it’s true. You don’t have to be alone anymore.” He held out a paw.

“Come on, Shadow,” Comet said with a smile. “You can be with us. You don’t have to worry anymore.”

Shadow was a bit skeptical about this. She wasn’t used to being around groups of people. She was also afraid her feelings would get in the way of her future friendships if she did take his hand. But while she was alone, she was depressed and angry, which led to the situation with Comet and Ghost.

Despite her thoughts telling her to refuse, she looked up at Electro and took his hand “I don’t want to be alone anymore,” she said. “Also, Comet, I want to give you this.”

Comet was shocked when she saw what was in Shadow’s hand. “Is that my necklace?!”

“When you took it from me, it just made me want it more… and I forgot how much that necklace meant to you. All of that just flew out the window. So when the school day was over, I went over to your locker, entered your combination, and stole it. I kept it ever since. I’m very sorry.”

Comet started to get angry at her, but the sincerity of her apology stopped her. She couldn’t stay mad at her. “It’s ok, Shadow.” Then she hugged her.

Shadow was surprised she even forgave her. It was something Comet cherished very much, and Comet needed was an apology. “I can’t believe you forgave me for this… but thank you,” Shadow said. “But I think you might need to make a new locker combination.” She smiled, but it wasn’t an evil smile. It was a friendly smile.

“I didn’t know you had a sense of humor,” Comet thought. She smiled at this thought.

“Come on.” Shadow hovered to the door that led to the main room of her hideout. “Let’s go free your friends.”

Comet and Electro looked at each other. They didn’t question what Shadow said, though.

“And one more thing.” Shadow looked back at them.

“Thank you.”

Haha I posted this episode in the thread but not on my profile I’m stupid. You can read the entire story so far here: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1507343

Ep 13: Reunited

“Help me!” Electro shouted.

Comet jolts awake from her sleep. She thought maybe Shadow had found them. “What’s going on?” she asked.

“There’s a crab on my tail!” he said.

Comet holds in a laugh. She tries to get the crab off his tail. But she came up with an idea. “Just electrocute it.”

He did, but it still held on. So he tried again… and again. It took three tries for it to let go. When it fell to the ground, he poked at it with a stick to see if it was still alive. It was… and it tried to grab onto Comet this time.

Comet threw it back into the water so it wouldn’t annoy them any longer. She also thought it was a better option than just killing it. Both Comet and Electro are big softies when it comes to animals.

“I didn’t want to hurt it,” Electro said. “But I don’t think it would let go if I didn’t.”

Comet smiles. “At least you didn’t kill it.”

Electro nods, but he’s still sad he electrocuted it.

“Comet! Electro!”

They turn to see Zappy running to them.

“Hey, Zappy!” Comet says, but she realizes the others aren’t with her. “Where’s Spider and Galaxy?”

“They’re coming. They’re just talking to each other.”

Spider and Galaxy were in the distance, slowly catching up to them. You could hear them talking.

“Wow, Wave actually did that to her brother?” Spider asked Galaxy.

“Yeah, I was one the first to hear about what happened. It’s also one of the reasons I don’t like Wave.” Galaxy said.

“Aw. I think Wave is nice overall. You both know it was an accident. Maybe just talk to him?”

Galaxy gives an exasperated sigh. “I guess I’ll try.” They both catch up to Zappy. “Hey, Comet and Electro. Anything new?”

“If you count Electro having a crab stuck to his tail, then yes,” Comet joked.

Electro made a face at her.

“I thought I heard something,” Zappy laughed. “I didn’t know you could scream that loud.”

This made Electro turn red.

Zappy notices. “Don’t worry,” she says. “It happens to all of us.”

“He electrocuted it,” Comet says.

“He did?!” Zappy gasps. “Electro, I thought you loved animals!”

“It was Comet’s idea!” he said. “Plus, it was the only way to get it off me.”

Spider chimes in. “Did you guys do something to Zappy? She’s changed a lot.”

“I mean, I might have,” Comet says.

Zappy smiles. She used to be very serious. She didn’t talk a lot and didn’t smile a lot either. When she met Comet, though, everything in her changed. She turned from her serious personality to one that’s more bubbly and cute. She’s not afraid to show it either. “I’m glad I met Comet,” she says. “I never would’ve opened up if it weren’t for her. She’s a great friend.”

Comet grins, flattered by what she said.

“So, what have you two been doing? Making out?” Galaxy teased.

They both hesitate to answer, considering that it was true. They look at each other. Then Electro speaks up.

“Actually,” he starts. “I kissed Comet for the first time.” Then he smiles at her.

“No way!” Zappy exclaims, amazed. “Is that true, Comet?”

“It is,” she answers confidently.

Zappy hugs both Comet and Electro at the same time. “I’m so proud of you both!”

“I think we really do like each other,” Comet says while they’re still embracing. “It did take a while, though. Especially on my end of things.” They finish hugging and Comet continues. “It was a strange way for us to first meet each other, but I like how Electro wanted us to be friends right from the start. Admittedly, I was uncomfortable at first. I just needed to take my time to sort things out. Then comes the moment we expressed ourselves, a moment I won’t forget. I know I was a bit shocked… no, I was frustrated, to know that Electro had told everyone about our little conversation, and I’m sorry about that.”

“And I’m sorry again for telling everyone,” Electro added in.

Comet smiles and continues. “More time passes, leading up to last night when Electro kissed me on the cheek. I wasn’t expecting that at all, but it showed how much he loved me.” She looked at Electro again. “Now it’s time for me to return the favor.” She leans over to Electro. He knows what’s coming next.

She kissed him on the cheek. It was a bit uncomfortable for Comet to kiss Electro in front of others, but she didn’t care.

Zappy starts to get emotional. There are tears in her eyes. Spider wipes them off as they go down her face. “You guys are so sweet,” she sobs.

Galaxy doesn’t do anything but grin at them.

“Do you think we should find Wave and Blizzard?” Electro asks.

“Yeah,” Galaxy agrees. “Wave can’t stay with one person for that long. He needs, like, at least three people around him, otherwise, he feels lonely. I’ve known him long enough to know this. I bet he’ll come to us first.”

What Galaxy said about Wave is true. Wave gets lonely very quickly, especially when he’s only with one other person or by himself.

“Where are they?”

Comet’s startled by this. She looks around her.

“Don’t worry,” Galaxy says. “It’s just Wave. I told you he would try to find us.”

“If I don’t find them, I’m going to cry,” Wave says, desperate.

They also hear Blizzard in the distance too. “Hey, wait for me!”

Wave and Blizzard now appear in everyone’s view, but they don’t shout at them signaling where they are. They thought it would be funny not to tell them. They hide behind a rock where they can’t see them.

Then Wave does start to cry. He lay on the ground, his front paws covering his face. Blizzard tries to comfort him.

Galaxy and Spider quietly laugh at them while Comet, Electro, and Zappy feel bad for them. Comet peeks at them again. Electro and Zappy follow what she does.

At the same time, they shout at them. “Wave! Blizzard! We’re over here!”

Wave instantly turns his head and runs to them. Zappy opens her arms for a hug and he runs into her. They embrace each other.

Wave is still crying. “I missed you guys so much!”

“It wasn’t even a day,” Galaxy muttered to herself.

“And you won’t last another day.”

Everyone turns around, alarmed.

“She found us.”