Chapter 13: The Colorless Forest
And now, we return to Earth, where Nem was just struck by a bolt of lightning.

"AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!"

Nem was on the ground. He was in massive pain. He got up slowly, for he was horribly wounded. In front of him was a human. This human was an adult woman. She wore a pink dress, white socks, shiny black shoes, and a red ribbon. Her blond hair was in curls behind her head. Her facial expression was that of an angered one.

"You, Starman! How dare you show your face on our planet!"

"Wh-Who are you?"

"My name is Paula, and I have not forgotten about what happened ten years ago when I was 13! PK FREEZE SIGMA!"

"S-Sigma!?"

Suddenly, everything turned cold. It started to snow, but the snow itself froze over. The frozen snow froze over again. Suddenly, a huge ray of frost exploded out of Paula's hands and headed straight for Nem. Nem was hit directly on the chest.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Suddenly, all the ice was gone. Nem was on the ground, flinching in pain. He slowly got up with pain traveling throughout his entire body as blood travels through a human. Nem raised his hands to his head.

"PK…BLAST OHM!"

Nem launched a blast of green energy at Paula. Paula simply raised a frying pan and blocked the attack.

"PK BLAST THETA!"

Immediately after Nem's first attack, Nem launched a second attack, one much stronger than his original. This blast of green energy hit Paula and knocked her back twenty feet.

"Yaaa!"

Paula was gasping for breath. She had never experienced an attack that powerful in ten years.

"HEY! YOU STARMAN! DON'T HURT MY WIFE!"

"Huh?"

Suddenly, a man teleported in front of Nem. He was wearing blue shorts, a red baseball cap, and a t-shirt that was striped blue and yellow. Nem was trembling, for this man's psychokinetic power was so amazing, it was able to be felt just from standing in his presence.

"Y-You must be the psychokinetic m-master. Wh-Who are you?"

Nem backed up a bit.

"My name is Ness."

A baseball bat suddenly appeared in Ness' hand.

"I am a baseball player for the Onett Octopi. Imagine how much it would hurt if I whacked you with this."

"N-No, wait!"

Ness smacked Nem with his baseball bat. Nem went flying into a tree.

"AAAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

Nem fell down but got up. Ness simply but his hands on his head.

"PK ROCKIN' OLYM!"

"Wh-What is that!?"

Suddenly, the entire forest Nem was in turned grayscale. All colors were gone, except for Ness. Nem started feeling vibrations coming from Ness because his power was too great. Multiple colored triangles shot out of Ness' hands and struck Nem. Suddenly, a blast came out of Ness' head at Nem. Multiple colored diamonds appeared all around Nem. Each of these struck Nem at once.

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

The colors came back to the forest. Nem dropped to the ground in severe pain. His life was almost up. One more blow, and Nem would be dead. But, Ness suddenly fell to the ground. It was not out of pain, it was out of exhaustion. Paula walked up to Ness and patted him on the back. Ness smiled and got back up.

"PK Magnet Olym!"

Suddenly, psychokinetic energy left Nem's body and entered Ness' body. Ness had fully recovered his psychokinetic energies, while Nem had none left.

"Die Starman! PK ROCKIN' OLYM!"

Once again, the forest lost its colors. And once again, Nem was struck by colorful triangles floating through the air. A blast emerged once more out of Ness' head at Nem. And multiple colored diamonds struck Nem once more. Nem fell to the ground. This time he did not move, nor did he speak. And as the colors returned to the forest, Nem laid there. Ness walked up to him and put his ear on Nem's back.

"He's dead. Are you alright, Paula?"

"I am, Ness."

Ness got up and started walking away with his wife. Suddenly, the forest lost color once again. Ness turned around and saw Nem. He was not dead, nor was he on the ground. He was standing up and he was glowing green.

"You Earthbound little human…DIE!"

Nem ran up to Ness and grappled him. Ness kicked Nem up into the air, but Nem immediately attempted to land on Ness.

"How is this possible?"

"PK FIRE SIGMA!"

Paula launched a huge blast of fire at Nem. Nem grabbed that fire and threw it at Ness. Ness jumped over it and whacked Nem with his baseball bat. Nem fell to the ground, but got up. Nem started glowing a more brilliant green than before.

"DIE YOU EARTHBOUND HUMAN!"

Nem ran up to Ness and kicked him in a vulnerable area.

"YAAAAAAAAAA!"

Ness fell to the ground. Nem's entire body turned to a brilliant light green. He put his hands on his head.

"PK…ROCKIN' OHM!"

"WHAT!?"

Paula ran to Ness to shield him. The forest lost all colors. Nem launched a colorful array of triangles at Ness, but it hit Paula.

"AAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH!"

Paula fell atop of Ness. When the colors returned to the forest, Nem was nowhere to be seen. Paula got up off of Ness and helped support him up. A little girl walked up to Ness and Paula. She had black hair in a ponytail. She wore a blue dress, and had a yellow ribbon on. She ran to Paula and hugged her.

"Mommy, what happened to daddy?"

"Don't worry, Bonnie. Daddy will be fine."

We now return to Planet Starmen, where the 49 rookie Starmen, along with General Naiot, King Ochun, and Nurutas, waited for the return of Nem Star. Suddenly, a space shuttle crashed through the ceiling, which made General Naiot quite angry.

"I THOUGHT I TOLD NEM NOT TO DESTROY THE BUILDING!"

The doors of the space shuttle opened. Out crawled Nem Star, moaning all the way. He was no longer glowing.

"M-Mission a-acomplished…"

Nem fell to the ground immediately. Rimia immediately ran to him.

"NEM!"

Rimia fell to his side and started to cry over him. General Naiot walked to the two.

"…This is my fault…"

General Naiot grabbed Nem away from Rimia and started to leave the building.

"Rimia, please follow me…"

General Naiot walked away slowly as Rimia followed, crying the entire time. What happened remained a mystery to all in the room. King Ochun did not speak of what happened, because for once in his reign as king, he did not know what to do.