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The city was crowded as the civilians hurried to their destinations. Then BOOM. An explosion happens from above. Great panic starts to rise. From above a figure is flying through the clouds with another figure following behind with every jump from building to building. The figure following was the city's well-known hero, Pink Choco Cookie. She's been devoted to protecting the city along with helping spread love among all. She's a well-rounded person whose ability has been pushed far beyond her. A villain that goes by “Dark Force” has been causing mass terror among the public. Pink’s chase to restore tranquility by capturing him is her main motive.
Dark Force has destroyed several buildings as a “warning”. Luckily she was amongst the crowd and quickly got to the chase. She managed to get close despite his advantage of flying. She lunged herself to his foot. That got him to lose direction. Now they're both in the sky spiraling out of control.
An apartment building began to evacuate the premises due to the threat. Herb would've been out and off with everyone else, but he decided to help everyone get out first before he did. He was on his way down from the 7th floor through the fire stairway outside till the building began to shake. Dark force and Pink Choco crashed and destroyed the basis of the building. The metal stairs soon lost its balance.
Herb slipped and fell off the railing.
He shut his eyes and screamed as he fell. Then, acceleration of the fall stopped and suddenly he was going up. Snapping open his eyes, he was now in the sky. For a moment, he was calm. He realized two strong arms were holding him up. He turned to see Dark Force. Fear bloomed inside him. He returned to screaming and Dark Force lost his composure. Again Dark Force is flying with no direction.
However, Dark Force was able to land on the roof of a neighboring city. He tried to carefully put Herb down, but Herb threw himself on the floor, trying to feel stiff and resisting the nausea rising. Dark stood behind him awkwardly. Herb quickly realized what happened. Behind him was the most feared villain in the city. He turned to him terrified.
“Are you going to kill me?”
“Of course not”, Dark responds. “I didn't want you to fall and no one else was there to catch you.”
“So....YOU...saved MY life?”
“Because I didn't see any reason not to-”
“But-”
“Listen, you better watch yourself! What kind of city do you think this is!? This city is far from calm. You can't expect to live here every day without an inch of danger. Me aside, the criminal numbers are high. You can't live happily as you work. Making pastries and cute little foam art and-”
“How did you know about the foam art?”
Dark went silent. Then suddenly boomed in laughter.
“HAHAHA. IT'S ONLY ASSUMED BY THE SIMPLICITY OF THE LIVES YOU PEOPLE LIVE. I use it to my advantage in my work.”, he says confidently.
“Wait. Does that sound bad? I know what I do, but out loud it sounds stalker-y. It's not as bad but it is so-”, he mumbled to himself to later be interrupted. Herb placed his hand on his shoulder and looked at him.
“Do I know you?”
“No. You don't.”
He turned around and flew away. Herb was left confused yet astonished.