Medicine or Poison ? 

What exactly is Love ? 

Looking at my planet now it's obvious that love has made the world sick and with every inferior emotion our world becomes more and more infected.

Love is corrosive. Love is an illness and I would love to find the cure for love unfortunately once love gets into the mind it spreads rapidly until all who have love inside of them are completely lost.

"I just wanted a star and now I'm being chased by love sick bitches." 

Eros said as he ran through the mall and away from a swarm of zombified women that were created by his own pheromones.

" You aren't the one who's supposed to be complaining , you just turned all those pretty girls into Zombies!" Eros' bodyguard ,who had failed miserably at keeping him from leaving the Castle shouted at him as they both ran as fast as they could. His name was Cillian and he had brown hair and grey eyes.

" It's not my fault they're weak to me . RUN FASTER !" Eros replied to Cillian as they argued as they usually did in the castle.

"It is 100% your fault . I am running as fast as I can." His guard tried to run faster but ended up looking back to see the Zombified women catching up to them.

 An arrow shot from behind them , barely missing Eros' face and he finally looked back to see who was aiming annoying arrows in his direction.

" Hey boys , can you stop to chat ? " A girl with a black high tech mask and her blonde hair in two ponytails floated in the air behind the two Beings and Eros and his Guard saw her as she began floating even higher as they were looking back.

Eros scowled at her.

"Are you crazy ?! "  Eros' shout was directed at the floating girl as he turned away from her and continued running from the Zombified girls who were still chasing them.

Being chased by women that your Pheromones turned into disgusting creatures was one thing but being hunted down by a floating girl who was shooting arrows at your head was a bit much.

" Eros , I heard you've never fallen in love. Is it true ? Are you a useless Cupid?  " The floating girl spoke in a flirty and teasing manner that made Eros even angrier than before.

Eros gritted his teeth and kept running,  trying to not get distracted by the flirty girl who was still shooting arrows at them .

The swarm of girls that had turned into zombies after being exposed to Eros' pheromones continued chasing them , screaming his name and trying to capture him relentlessly.

" Please Evacuate the Mall immediately. Pheromone X has been detected.  Please Evacuate the Mall IMMEDIATELY Pheromone X has been detected." The intercom blared as red alarms lights flashed and women and children ahead of the boys immediately ran out of sight in panic and horror.

The floating girl smiled at the beings below that were clearly exhausted from all the running.

" YOU ARE a Cupid aren't you ? So why don't you fly? " The girl teased Eros as she floated above them bouncing about in the air .

"What the Crap is your problem? " Eros shouted at the girl as he kept his eyes glued on what was ahead of him .

They were women and children that he didn't want to hurt but he knew that the moment he got too close to them it would all be over for them so he ran the other way and his guard followed. 

" Stop following me you annoying leech ." Eros shouted at the girl as he ran in a new direction and she followed.

The zombies followed as well.

" Why the hell does everyone want me  ?" 

"You're not being Conceited for once , shocking ." 

"I mean I can see why they want me... but even if she was the only girl in the universe I wouldn't look in her direction." Eros argued with his guard as they ran.

" She's a pretty girl don't be so mean ." Cillian  said.

" She's trying to kill you ! "  Eros argued back at his guard and his guard went silent.

Immediately men and women appeared alongside the floating girl, floating in the air just like she had been doing.

" Nobody's trying to kill you. We just want to play a little game ." A man wearing the same colors as the girl replied to Eros from above him. 

Eros emitted more Pheromones and the womens' masks started breaking causing them to turn into zombies as they fell to the floor. Only the first girl who had blonde ponytails was unphased and she just floated higher.

Her mask had extra strong filters and she had taken a medication that was still in trial period that was supposed to protect women from Pheromone X.

She noticed that Incubuses were also in the mall sucking the soul of innocent people and she decided that it was better for them to return to the cult that sent her.

" Men return. I'll handle this myself." She said and the men who remained with her vanished. She stopped following Eros and his guard.

" Eros as much as I want to end Pheromone X I wasn't sent here to kill you. I was sent here to invite you to play a cute little game." She said half so Eros could here but the last half of what she said was more of a whisper to herself. 

She took a paper plane out her pocket and threw it at Eros and watched as it followed them and then she vanished in thin air . The boys ran into a shop as the paper plane the girl threw entered behind them , Eros closed the door and used a bit of his power to place and strengthen a barrier around it.

Eros let out a sigh of relief as the zombified girls stopped at the closed glass doors beating it until their fists were bloody.

The door cracked but they weren't strong enough to break the door. Eros and his guard walked around looking at the snacks in the store that they were now locked inside.

"Please Evacuate immediately. Incubus have been detected. Code Red. Please Evacuate immediately. Incubus have been detected." Another emergency alarm went off in the mall and the whole mall was now in a panic with  people running from incubus and zombies.

Eros took up a fruit sandwich and started to eat it .

"You need to pay for that ! " The man at the counter called out  and Eros turns quickly to use brainwashing on him. The man at the counter smiled as Eros' eyes glowed red .

" You'll let me take all the fruit sandwiches "

Eros said  as he used his powers to hypnotize the man in the store.

"You're robbing the shop ? You didn't try to use your powers on little Miss float and fire but you're using your powers to steal pastries ?" 

"I left my wallet at home . " 

" You are unbelievable. " 

" I'm incredibly handsome too " Eros stated and they continued to bicker as the zombies outside continued to beat on the door over and over again breaking the glass more and more . As they argued Eros noticed the small paper plane by his feet. 

He took it up and stared at it and then he threw it in the garbage but when he turned to walk away it was right infront of him again. It  un folded itself infront of him to reveal that it was an envelope with an star on it . 

He took it up angrily and threw it but when he turned it was infront of him again . 

" Damn it !" Eros groaned as he stared at the envelope that seemed to be stalking him. 

" Open me up ! " 

A voice came from the envelope Eros' guard furrowed his eyebrows at the talking envelope then he gave Eros a confused look.

Eros scowled and opened it.

[ You have been selected to play our new Game . Drop Dead or Love. The rules are simple, If all members of your team find a love match you win . Win the game and save your Planet ,lose the game and your planet gets destroyed.]

Eros stared blankly at the envelope and then he grabbed it and ripped the envelope to shreds .

" Love is for Losers. "  Eros stated frustrated and clearly annoyed by the invitation to a game he didn't want to play. He then threw the bits of the envelope into the nearest garbage bin that was in the store.

His guard sighed in relief.

" That invitation must be from the Anti Cupid and the last thing we want to do is get involved with them." Eros' guardsaid then he furrowed his brows as he looks at the coffee in the shop.

" Young Master, which one do you think is better ? " He asked with a smirk as he  takes up two coffee mix packs and reached them out  to Eros , clearly knowing the envelope with the invitation to the the game of Drop Dead Or Love had regenerated and was now on the coffee packs .

"None." Eros said rolling his eyes as he noticed the envelope now attached to the coffee.

[ This note will self destruct once you accept our game request.] 

The voice came from the envelope again.

Eros groaned frustratedly.

"Leave me alone ! "  Eros starts using his sharp nails to ripped the envelope to shreds again.

" Did you still have the love repellant we collected earlier today ?"  Eros' guard asked and Eros immediately began checking  his pockets and then he realized that the magical headband that looked like the two antenna that sometimes sticked out his head was in his pocket all along waiting to be used. 

Eros put it on and his Pheromones became more contained deep inside his body.

" Let's go home , young master " His guard said and Eros nodded.

"Ok I know I told mom  I wouldn't use much of my power today but - " Eros started and then he sighs.

" God give me the power of pure love , Cupid wings. " Large odd wings sprung out of Eros' back and his guard held on to him and they busted through the roof of the store. 

Eros' wings were not like any other Cupid' s wings and he had fangs unlike the rest of them but he was a Cupid through and through.

" Hey ! Aren't you going to pay for the Fruit Sandwiches?" The cashier screamed after them as they left and Eros had just realized he should save the cashier from the girls as well but he decided that the cashier wouldn't be targeted by the Zombie girls because by the time he decided to leave the zombies would already find a new target.

Eros wasn't an Hero and he never really got into the habit of doing anything to help anyone else

He was self centered, conceited and unfortunately for him he was a Cupid who  had been expected to be the opposite of how he was now.

He fled with his guard holding onto his wings and soared through the air like a large majestic bird. His attenae were like two thin sticks in the top of his head with a boxy heart shape on each one and his head band covered them but immitated their shape.

Planet Passion never really had a bright sunny morning. It always looked like evening here and the sky had either a pink or purple shade at almost any given point in time but sometimes Planet Passion was completely Pitch black and on those days demons would come out in massive groups with the intention to seduce and steal or corrupt the soul of their prey.

When Eros and his guard arrived at the castle the rest of the guards and Eros' parents were standing outside the castle, angrily waiting for him.

" You snuck out again and put the lives of women in danger ." 

" I didn't do it on purpose mom ." 

" You don't care about anyone but your self ."

" I'm sorry."

" Women are losing their lives because your Pheromones are out of control, women are losing their minds because you decide not to take your suppressants - "

" Actually I did take my suppressants. My Pheromones just got stronger. "

" We actually went out to the Abandoned Village to get a Love repellent, see. " Eros' guard pointed to the covering over Eros' antennae.

The King folded his arms across his chest and his face bent into an angry expression 

" I hope you know I regret having you, Eros . You have brought shame to your family. You were supposed to be a good Cupid. One who lived to love !" Eros' father stated angrily.

" Love is for losers and I was born to win ." Eros said and he walked away from his father and the rest of the guards who were still angry at him.

Cillian followed Eros and they both felt the tension between Eros and his father.

" Before you go lock yourself up in your room , I'd like you to know that I found you a wife that you don't even deserve." 

Eros stopped in his tracks and looked back at his father who was still standing with the guards but now facing him.

"I don't care if I don't deserve her.  I told you I'm not interested in getting married. Stop trying to set me up. I don't want to be in love !" 

" Eros, your father is trying to help you . "  His mother called after him but Eros just got angrier.

"Help ?? He just told me I was bringing shame to the family now he wants me to marry a woman that I've never met. Does this woman he's setting me up with even know that my Pheromones could kill her  ? "

" I know." A woman's voice came from the castle door and as Eros looked in the direction the voice came from the door opened to reveal a beautiful woman dressed in fine jewelry and a long lace dress.

The guards stared at her in shock because of how beautiful she was. Eros scowled.

He knew this just meant his life was going to become more difficult.

" I'm sorry lady I don't want to get married to someone I don't know." Eros said and he walked towards the girl then right by her and into the castle.

He didn't speak another word to her . He simply saw her as a loser just like everyone else who believed in love .

" So are you going to tell your parents that the Anti Cupid Cult members found you and invited you into some twisted game ? " His guard , who had followed him into the castle and ran after him as he went into the hall , whispered.

To be continued............