Finally!! Here's the next chapter!! :)

"Oh no! What do we do??" Nova looked at the alien in despair, after the spaceship had gone out of sight.

"The spaceship was programmed to return to Zortum - that's where Halo is headed now! I must call for another spacecraft right away!" The alien closed his eyes and concentrated. His purple antenna began twitching again. After a few seconds, Yoz opened his eyes, and looked towards the sky.

A spaceship was indeed approaching. It landed a few feet away, and Nova and Yoz ran towards it.

The door slid open and they walked in. Nova took a long look at the ground, wondering how long it would be before they returned.

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Nova strapped herself to a seat as they took off. The spaceship zoomed upwards at an unbelievable speed, and before she could even say "atmosphere" they were out. They were surrounded by a vast darkness. Everywhere she looked, the sky was just black. There were a few distant specks of light that she assumed were stars.

Before she knew it, the spaceship angled downwards and they landed. Nova saw a green landscape outside, and when they got off, she realized that it was grass. But extremely soft grass.

"Right," said Yoz, briskly. "Follow me now."

Nova followed Yoz as he hurried forwards. They walked through a clump of trees and to Nova's great astonishment, found themselves in a cluster of tall buildings.

Yoz walked towards a pale green building, and walked in after the glass doors slid open automatically. Nova followed him, looking around in wonder.

They were in a huge hall, and the ceiling was so high that Nova couldn't even see it. The floor was lime green, and there was a single desk surrounded by a couple of chairs in the centre of the room. Yoz walked towards the desk. An alien that looked similar to Yoz was sitting behind it. He was dark green and had yellow arms and an antenna.

"Yes?" He asked, looking at Nova curiously.

Yoz looked at him sheepishly and said something she did not understand.

The alien looked at Nova, and then back at Yoz. He said something in that weird language and took out a flat disk from under the desk and handed it to Yoz.

Yoz took it and thanked him.

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Once outside, Yoz held the disc above him and it sprouted an antenna which began rotating. After a while, it froze and started beeping. "Come on," Yoz told Nova. "This way."

They walked in the direction the antenna was pointing. "This will lead us to Halo," said Yoz.

They walked for quite some time until they reached a small clearing between a cluster of buildings. There they saw Yoz's spacecraft.

"Halo!!" Nova ran towards it, looking around desperately for her brother.

"Nova??" Came his timid voice from behind the spaceship.

He came out and Nova rushed to hug him. "Oh, I was so worried about you!!"

Halo squirmed out of her grasp and managed to free himself. Yoz smiled at the twins. "Great! Now I must arrange for your return."

"Oh, do we have to go back?? Couldn't we stay for awhile??" Halo seemed to have got his lost courage back.

"Oh, I would love to show you around!! Zortum is a very beautiful planet," replied Yoz. "Just follow me, and I'll show you the wonders of my planet."

Woo hoo!! :)

So Halo's safe & sound!!

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