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Both senshi were covered in spiderwebs, but were none too worse for the wear. Itsuki lay cradled in Lacrimosa's arms, and the two had chosen to stay powered up in case they were accosted by Negaverse agents. Themisto still had his attacks ready to go. Itsuki, if he had the energy to do so, could keep their signatures hidden from outsiders if necessary. As it was, the night was quiet and no one else appeared on their radars.

Themisto was leading them to the nearest 24-hour diner for some hard-earned grub, walking along a familiar road and turning to speak over his shoulder. "I realized I uh... never introduced myself. I'm Themisto, Senshi of the Lost. Itsuki calls me Themi-chan. I guess I didn't think of it until now. Sorry about that. Glad we found you, though. He's been sayin' stuff about Lacri-san this and that. Didn't think we'd run into you tonight, you know? I mean, spider aside, nice ta meetcha."

Itsuki sighed happily. "Hai, Lacri-san is the best~ Sakura Senshi~ She needed a phone upgrade, and we found each other by accident one night. Her okasan is the best cook."

As much as Themisto wanted to pride himself on saving people (especially pretty girls), he didn't imagine it would actually happen. He was saved by Gale once and all of that fell apart eventually. He still blamed himself for that. The best he could do now was continue to work hard in the hopes that such a thing wouldn't repeat itself. Saving Lacrimosa (with Itsuki's help) was a step in the right direction as far as the super senshi was concerned.

Zach was surprised to hear Itsuki hadn't been talking about him very much to Lacrimosa, despite the two being partners. Themisto shot the cat a dirty look over his shoulder as they continued to walk.

"Themi-chan doesn't like it when I talk about him to other people, Lacri-san." explained the cat, cradled happily in the sakura senshi's arms. "Sometimes Themi-chan just likes to lay around and eat potato chips--"

"It's called downtime, Itsuki."

"--when he should be out patrolling or something! Maybe working out. Themi-chan likes to flex in front of his mirror and check his muscles. None of that seemed very important to tell you, Lacri-san. He does have lots of muscles, I think. I mean, my muscles are different. Besides, I was busy having fun with you and your family~ And eating all that delicious food~"

Meanwhile, Themisto's ears burned and turned bright red from the blush creeping across his features, and his pace quickened. He'd get revenged, somehow. "Ey, rude. I bought you fish straight from the deli, and canned salmon. I got a deli budget, not a filet minon budget." He could hear Itsuki laughing behind him. The cat probably meant well... or he was hoping to smooth things over so Themisto wouldn't turn him into a pair of fluffy house slippers.

"Themi-chan is good. That's why we're partners! Someday, Themi-chan will be an Eternal Senshi~ Oh, I learned this from Themi-chan."

Reaching up to touch Lacrimosa's face, little warm toe-beans were placed on her lips. "Shhhh, Lacri-san. Just accept that you are the best sakura senshi~ See? I learned that from Themi-chan."

Turning a corner, Themisto sighed and hooked his hands behind his head. "...yeah, I've been awakened for a long time too. Only got to Super when Itsuki ran into me at random. Upgraded my phone too.. Who came up with the idea of the flip phone? We got magical powers and we're stuck with circa 2005 stuff? No thank you. Tech moves to fast for that. I ain't got time for that nonsense, no sir. I want insta-hookups if I'm going to be runnin' around in MC Hammer pants."

Itsuki chuckled, his furry shoulders shaking with mirth. "We teach each other things. You taught me things too, Lacri-san~ Like things about new foods and going shopping and television shows! You're a much better snuggler, Lacri-san. Themi-chan just gets annoyed--"

"That's because you sleep on my face, furry jerk."

"I keep the important parts of you warm, Themi-chan! Your face is very important! You said you are ikemen - very handsome! And that being handsome is integral to--" The lilac-point was cut off when suddenly, both Lacrimosa and Themisto found themselves smack dab in the middle of a misty graveyard. The heavy fog hanging low to the ground was reminiscent of his homeworld, and that in and of itself was super creepy.

He stuttered for a moment. How the hell did they get here? "UHH. I sure as s**t wouldn't lead us to a graveyard on purpose. I've had about enough of the Halloween heebie-jeebies for one year, thank you very much." Crossing his arms, Themisto made it a point to keep in front of Lacrimosa and the cat. It was his job, as a man and super senshi, to protect other people. It wasn't that Lacrimosa was incapable - she easily held her own in their previous battle and protected them all from being spider food. It was important to Themisto to be useful and to feel as though he was masculine and capable of protecting people he cared about.

The young man took the first few tentative steps onto wet earth, cringing as his feet sank ever so slightly and the dirt made a distinctive squishing sound. Itsuki sat up from his relaxed position and his ears rotated, on high-alert. "...kowaidesu..."

To his right was a distinctive grave marker and normally he wouldn't even stop to take a look. Taking a glance resulted in immediate regret.

HERE LIES ZACHARY CALLOWAY
1998 - 2017

"EXCUSE ME?"

"Y-yeah, that's... that's my name..."

Am I gonna die?!

Itsuki squirmed in Lacrimosa's arms. "Themi-chan! We should go, it's too scary here. How did we get here? Let's go home!" As much as the lilac point wanted to drop to the ground and run home, he didn't know where home was from here, nor did he trust whatever magic led them to the graveyard in the first place. It could very well suck the little cat into the dirt, never to be seen again.

Themisto did what he thought was best in this situation - grabbing Lacrimosa's free wrist and trying to (gently) pull her away from the gravestone.

Hell, if he was going to die tonight, he was going to save the cat and the other senshi.

"Okaaaaay that's enough of the creepy Destiny City Dead Folks Society, we'll be seeing you later, dead peeps! Byeeee..." Themisto didn't want to hurt Lacrimosa, but they really needed to get out of Dodge ASAP. Behind them, he could hear a vicious scraping sound and looked over his shoulder, seeing the last bits of his name scratched out by the claws of a monster. "NOPE NOPE, WE GOTTA GO ******** THIS PLACE---"

"Time to leave~!" cried the cat, nestling himself against Lacrimosa's chest as the trio suffering from a heaping dose of totally done with Halloween made their grand escape. Themisto was more than ready to go home, but knew he needed to escort Lacrimosa safely back to hers. He wouldn't abandon her, especially knowing more spiders could be lurking around the dark corners of Destiny City.

They'd stop at a convenience store for some food and water (all that running was great for the body, but not so good for the stomach and hydration) before heading home. Itsuki was safely stored in any fold of clothing he could find, keeping Melody nice and warm in the meantime. If Themisto thought she was any less classy than she looked, he would have tried to buy beer for them, despite being underage.

Sometimes, alcohol was the best answer after some serious Halloween nonsense.