"Okay, I admit it. The whole trying to be an Idol thing went slightly bad. But in my defence, I failed history."
Pipsqueak was trying her best to calm Abi down after the whole debacle. Over the last week, The Queen had decided to become an Idol on a whim, similar to her people of old.
With Abi's help, Pip had managed to find a venue and had even planned to perform a song of old. But after a long series of undisclosed events that resulted in a few casualties and disappearances, Pip was officially banned from leaving the house.
Point is, Pip was let outside for the first time and it went as well as Abi thought.
Terribly.
"So, what's the plan this week? You telling me no and I do it anyway?" The Queen teased, her antenna swaying playfully as she put her feet up on Abi's lap as they laid on the couch together.
Abi shoved the Queen's feet off, letting out a frustrated sigh. "I'm done. I want you out of the house."
Pip was taken aback. Mostly because she never thought it was possible for Abi to actually try to kick her out. Naturally, she just laughed in her partner's face. "Y-You expect me? ME? To leave? Ha. Look, I admit I screwed up. Buuuut, you won't get rid of me."
"Oh? Go on then, what makes you think you can stay?" Abi replied with a stern tone, trying to hold an intimidating gaze that only made Pip giggle a bit more as she raised her hands in mock surrender.
"Because I can move mountains, tear the sky apart, bend people to my very whims. And you? You're just human. Weak, simple minded, useless really."
"Says the 'Queen' who relies so much on a single gimmick. I get it, you're this alien with a size ray. So amazing." Abi was completely fed up with P'tra… And they hadn't even been dating for a month.
"You can't even go five minutes without firing that stupid ray! Even when you said you wouldn't use it, you just got another one!"
"Well I was due for an upgrade. The Model 6 has–"
"SHUT UP!" The human yelled, getting up from the couch and storming off to her room. Leaving Pip alone in the darkness with only the faint light of the miniature T.V lighting the couch.
"Did I do something wrong? No, it's just her humanly emotions." That was Pip's usual line of thinking as she laid back on the couch, slowly shrinking down to an inch in height as she thought over what she could do to make Abi feel happy.
Sure, Pip relied on her ray a lot, but it was what she found fun. But what if she gave her partner something that didn't involve the ray gun? Plus it would be a good chance for her to show off her psionic power. Something she really used other than moving objects she was too lazy to get up and grab.
"Hmm… What if I created a supernova? Oh P'tra, your brilliance knows no bounds!" She patted herself on the back for that one. It was genius. What better way to prove your little care for someone than by imploding a star.
Of course, Pip knew it would be difficult. Not because she needed to find a star, she had plenty of shrunken ones in storage on her ship. But because of the danger. She wasn't exactly concerned with her own safety, or really Abi's. More so about the destruction. 'Eh, I'll figure that out tomorrow.' She thought to herself while slowly trying to get down from the couch and making the long trek to Abigail's desk.
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"Mmm… Pop, I'm not a cat… Stop it…" Abi tiredly mumbled as she finally began to stir awake from who she assumed to be Pop, stroking her like a pet. She wasn't entirely wrong, feeling another faint stroke on her back as she turned on her bed.
"Seriously… Stop it… I'm not a pet, you cow…"
"Cow? Such a rude way to talk to your Queen." Pip joked, pressing her gigantic finger down on Abi's back. With a loud, terrified screech, the human quickly jumped out of bed, trying to run out of what she thought was her room, only to barely stop herself from falling off the very edge of what appeared to be a sleek silver armrest.
"W-Where the h-hell am I!?" She screamed up at the looming Queen, who leaned down to be at eye level with her favored human. "You're on my throne. Located on my ship. Which is currently located in space."
"I-I'm in space?! ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING!?" She screeched, stomping her little bare foot in frustration. Pip gave a mocking sigh, flicking Abi's bed across the room with a small bit of glee. "I wanted to surprise you. I know you're all into this sci-fi stuff and figured you'd want to see me in all my royal majesty."
"I thought your ship was broken? Why the hell am I on it?"
"Oh? The ship was repaired like, the first week I started living with you. And the reason we're on it is for THIS!" Pip swiftly grabbed Abi, letting the tiny human rest on her palm as she walked over to the large window that had a full view of a beautiful blue sun that shined radiantly, with 4 planets, each teaming with growing life, orbiting around the dazzling star.
Abi remained silent at the beauty of space, remembering why she fell in love with it to begin with. Every second of her childhood spent studying the stars. Her wish to meet an alien. That impeccable wonder of the universe. It all flashed in her mind that moment, inching closer to the window.
"Woah… Y-You abducted me to show me this?" Abi muttered with a reflective shimmer in her crimson eyes. "It is beautiful, isn't it? But I haven't even shown you the best part!" Pip grinned, shouting for her assistant A'wala, who quickly rushed over and held Abi in her cupped hands. "Y-Your majesty, a-are you sure of this?" Her assistant questioned, though getting a flick on the forehead in response.
"I'm a goddamned Queen! And I think I need to remind you all why." She smirked, cracking her knuckles with a cold confidence.
Everyone of the Rabarti people on the ship all took the time to stop and watch the scene unfolding just outside their windows.
P'tra raised her right hand as a dark purple energy emerged from her palm. Her neon pink hair slowly rose, swaying slightly as if a faint wind were blowing against it. "W-What is she doing?" Abi questioned, but A'wala didn't answer, visibly trembling as she took a few steps back.
The two watched as P'tra simply closed her palm. Suddenly the dazzling blue star began to crumple, a few bits dipping inwards at first. Then more and more, until it all collapsed into itself, leaving a faint light that suddenly exploded into a radiant light that quickly consumed the orbiting planets in a powerful blast that wiped them out. Leaving only broken chunks of rock.
Abi's heart raced in terror. It had never actually occurred to her who The Queen was. To her, she was Pipsqueak, the lazy, irresponsible 'Queen' who just liked shrinking things and not having a care in the world.
But to the many races in the infinite void of space, she was P'tra Squil. An immortal monster, a usurper to the throne, practically a goddess in the power she wielded, someone who had no equal in this world or the next.
"So… Pretty cool, right? Hey, don't just stand there with your mouths open. I require attention." The Queen joked, casually strolling back to her throne with a smile. A'wala slowly followed behind, adjusting her glasses with a sigh, still not used to her Queen's rampant destruction.
"S-She c-could have done that the whole time!?" The human said in a hushed yell. The assistant gave a knowing nod. "Why do you think we gave her the ray? Our Queen's a monster." She explained in a whisper before handing Abi back to Pip, who sat back on her throne with glee at the destruction.
"A'wala, get something for our guest to eat." Pip ordered with giddy delight as she sat her partner on her lap. As her assistant quickly ran off to fulfill her request, Pip could feel Abi trembling. It was a strange, foreign feeling to the Queen. But most would have called it 'concern'.
"Are you alright, my girl who is a friend?"
"Huh? Uhm… Y-Yeah! Just c-cold… I-I'm in my pajamas because y-you took me out without asking!" Abi yelled back with her usual frustration, lightly kicking at Pip's thigh. "Oh, well excuse me for doing something nice. Oh I know what will warm you up! I'll have A'wala regale you with the story of how I came to power. That always burns at the hearts of my soldiers!"
"Are you s-serious? Don't you have a blanket or something?"
"Rabarti don't get cold. I think… I also failed biology." The Queen laughed, accidentally knocking Abi off her lap. Before the miniature human could hit the floor, Pip swiftly caught her, actually worried for Abi's well being.
As A'wala entered with a few servants carrying food, the assistant noted just how concerned the Queen looked. It was strange. Having known her so long, she almost thought P'tra was incapable of worrying about someone other than herself.
With that, the Queen and her girl who is a friend ate their breakfast on the short flight home, with A'wala being forced to give Abi a history lesson on how great Pip was. Well, the clean, sanitized version of events.