- Chapter 27 : 

(after the chapter ends, Q&A will be open to leaving any questions) 

"I'm home!!!!!" You screeched in joy, jumping in your space vehicle as Hoseok grinned alongside you, holding your hands and jumping with you as you both excreted rays of happiness together.

Yoongi tried to hide his smile, but instead frowned with trembling lips and curled up in his seat with a sigh, deflating. Jimin chuckled at your joy, blushing a little before sitting next to Yoongi, rubbing his face to get rid of the blush. Yoongi opened an eye and stared at Jimin, reading him, before widening his eyes and looking between you and Jimin. 

Tera scootered in, followed by Taehyung and a beyond fascinated Namjoon. The door sealed close behind Namjoon, who only stared at everything in total awe, his jaw reaching the floor. "I didn't know Orpheus was this advanced in technology." He whispered as you stopped jumping, still holding the vibrant smile. "I didn't either if I want to be honest, I never paid attention to those things and from the state of poverty I grew up in, I wouldn't expect it either."

Namjoon blinked at the level of enthusiasm you retained even while talking about your past that seemed, not the best. Did it not impact you? Or did you not let it get to you? Nevertheless, Namjoon smiled, unable to not return the gesture when Hoseok and You were lighting the room- or vehicle up.

As Namjoon and Taehyung sat next to each other, accompanied by Hoseok, Tera converted back into being a box and began its charging. You whistled while leaving your nunchucks on the table and sat in your pilot seat. You initiated the space mobile and stared back at Namjoon as you waited,

"You are okay, right?" You asked as Namjoon frowned. He could still feel Minrei's warmth on him, her vibrant smile, and the way she'd tease him about the way they met, him stuck in a literal ditch. He swallowed and sighed, Minrei survived a whole apocalypse as a child, she could survive a Mogarian invasion. Right?

"I'll be okay. The faster we beat Mogaria, the faster all of us can return to our planets and loved ones." The air tensed and Namjoon frowned. "I never even thought about how we'd have to go back to our planets after this is over." Taehyung pouted. You yourself hadn't given it a thought as no one had raised the topic so far. "We still have a long way to go Tae, don't worry." You winked as you spun back around, changing the settings.

You had memorized the order of planets, which meant next was Alnilam. As you set the trajectory, you felt a stare on your back and turned to find Jimin staring at you. Noticing that you were returning the gesture, he looked away and scratched the back of his neck, coughing.

Yoongi was staring at Jimin weirdly, occasionally giving you a glance as well. You weren't sure if something was wrong or not but pushed it to the back of your mind and set the destination. The spacecraft began lifting from the ground as you buckled yourself in, laying your hands on the steering mechanism. 

The flight would only be about four hours, you could fly the craft that long easily. And if you needed a break that much, you would go into autopilot. The spacecraft launched into the sky as you began staring out from your humongous view, steering giddily away from any obstacles, while being mesmerized by the beauty of the universe around you.

"It-It's prepossessing," Namjoon spoke as you nodded awkwardly, pretending you knew what that word meant. You heard snoring and instantly knew it was Yoongi without even looking back. Namjoon and Hoseok stood side by side, staring outside the windows with faces beyond wonder. They were still new to the experience you guess, although it wasn't something you could easily get bored of.

Taehyung had wandered into the kitchen, not surprisingly, almost bumping into the stack of weapons everyone had made. That left Jimin. You felt his presence behind you before he actually made it known that he was there.

"Is it hard steering? I could help-" You shook your head with a smile, nodding at him to stand next to you. He did, kneeling a little so he could be your height without sitting in a chair behind you. "There's something beautiful in driving this spacecraft. I'm thankful you asked though." You said as Jimin smiled, looking at the floor.

It was quiet for a minute as you noticed Jimin fiddling his fingers together, biting his lip. You wondered if something was seriously up with him. You opened your mouth to ask him if he was okay when he beat you.

"Did you have anyone you loved back on Orpheus?" Jimin suddenly asked as you blinked in surprise. "Romantically or as a family?" You asked as he shrugged, "Both." You paused for a while, letting the view of dark magical colors mixing and meteors take you back into your memories.

"Yeah." You said softly as Jimin looked to you in confusion. "I had people..." You sounded distant as you remembered Orpheus, memories coming back to you that you hadn't had time to recollect for such a long time.

"I had two parents and a twin sister." You said as Jimin's plush lips twisted in confusion. "Only children of a Guide can become the next Guide, right?" He asked and you nodded. "A guide might not be needed as the universe is in peace, so sometimes even though they exist, they never meet any of their fated legends as there is no need to seek them out, and just reproduce." Jimin nodded, set on something else. 

"How many children can a guide have?" You blinked, "One. Only one child as there can be only one Guide. I would think that they can have as many children as they want and only one gets the Guide genes and blood, but I guess not." You answered, whole-heartedly upset. What if you wanted to have more than one biological child?

"You're a lucky lady Lucia. After you have one child, you could have fun as much as you want and not be scared of getting pregnant." Namjoon's booming voice startled both of you as Hoseok and Namjoon stood behind you. You take a moment to think about what he said and then blushed as you used one hand to slap his thigh, "Hey! Stop it!"

Jimin looked confused before he understood it and laughed awkwardly, Hoseok raising his eyebrows in desperation. "But then, how do you have a twin sister if only one child is allowed?" Hoseok questioned, leaning against the glass windows that enveloped the craft.

"She's not my biological twin. My parents found her when I was a year old, and since we were about the same age by the looks, they just decided we share a birthday." You shrugged. How you missed and loved your sister, if only she hadn't vanished alongside your father that day.

Now that you knew Mogaria was behind the kidnapping, you could only wonder what they had done to your poor sister. Even Byin hadn't mentioned her. Instead of thinking of the worst, you diverted your attention to the boys. 

"Well I know mostly a lot about your family's, tell me about your romantic lives." You cooed as Jimin and Hoseok stood rigid. Namjoon smirked, pushing his glasses up onto his nose with his pointer finger, "Not you Namjoon, we all know you had Minrei." You rolled your eyes as he scoffed.

"Chae never allowed me to date, anyone, she was very protective which caused most people who  didn't know us to think she was my girlfriend." You tried to contain your laughter but failed, imagining the hot-headed woman screaming and glaring at any females or males that tried to approach Jimin. 

"I had....a girlfriend," Hoseok said in a small voice and your interest was instantly snatched. "Well...what happened?" Taehyung said, now joining the circle Namjoon, Hoseok, and Jimin had formed around your steering self. Hoseok averted his gaze to the ground, rubbing his hands together. 

"I realized that I was gay."

Silence.

"Damnit, that means you can use the 'Move I'm gay' vine and we can't do anything but obey you." You said in all seriousness as Taehyung sighed. Hoseok looked up in confusion, "You guys don't care?" He was astounded. It was one of the things he used to get bullied for at school.

You shared eye contact with the boys before focusing on steering, "No." Jimin smiled at Hoseok tenderly, "Why would we? It doesn't make you any different than us." Hoseok smiled genuinely, nodding enthusiastically. "Plus, I had a phase where I thought I was genuinely gay, probably from lack of interacting with girls," Jimin said.

There was a brief pause where you imagined Chaeyoung shouting at Jimin over the dinner table, "Get over it Jimin, it's just a phase!!!" You immediately burst out laughing, closing your eyes as the rest of the boys followed suit, all of you laughing and holding your stomachs together.

You instantly put the vehicle on auto-pilot and turned around, smiling. "We have three hours about, what're we doing?" The boys shared a glance and smirked. "We have an idea.."

"NOOOO! Don't put your hand there!" You screamed in fear as Taehyung smirked at you mercilessly, putting his hand between your wide open legs, his face much closer to you than before. 

Hearing that line, Yoongi's eyes shot open and looked for you, cold and alert. When he found your eyes, he gaped seeing you on basically top of Hoseok, with Taehyung in between your legs. Yoongi blushed like a high school girl before realizing that you were all playing an intergalactic favorite game, 'Twister'.

"I thought something was actually happening to you, stupid Assiel." He crowed but you huffed, "I am indirectly and consensually being sexually harassed, something is happening!" Jimin, who was on all four giggled at that comment, trying not to disturb Namjoon, who was standing on one hand and one leg, his other two limbs stuck underneath Jimin.

Yoongi wished he could erase the image from his mind.

"Join us Yoongles!" Taehyung smiled, looking at Yoongi from above your thigh. Yoongi shivered at the thought and shook his head no. "I just went, your turn Luce!" Taehyung grinned, as you groaned.

As you spun the twister colors Namjoon suddenly looked up, alarmed. "Wait I know this is random but, we all die if Lucia dies, right?" It was silent as everyone forgot the game and nodded. Namjoon's eyes widened, "That means we all have the same life span as Lucia. Whether she gets murdered or dies of natural death at whatever age, we'd also perish with her."

Everyone paused.

"Oh. My. God." Taehyung breathed.

"Elly if you don't at least live to be 130 years old I'm going to kill you," Hoseok said, eyes wide in fear as you gaped. "Goddamnit, I was planning on living until I was 30 though." You whined as Taehyung tackled you, hovering over you, and the Hoseok that was squished under you.

"No! I want to live Luce!! I actually have goals in life!" He cribbed as you sighed, pushing him off of you and retaining your previous Twister position, putting our hands over Hoseok's and trying not to slump into him. "I guess I'll make an effort not to die." You groaned as Namjoon nodded, agreeing. "That's probably why the legends are so loyal to the Guide." He smiled.

"Because you're all my bitches?" You ask as everyone in the craft groans, "No, because we are forced to protect and care for each other, to ensure our own survival." You nod. "That also theoretically means that if one of us became evil and suicidal, they'd just have to kill Lu." Jimin said as You stared and squinted at Jimin, "No not me! I promise it won't be me!!" He grabbed your foot, losing his balance as falling, creating a domino effect. 

Namjoon also lost balance due to Jimin falling onto him, causing him to grab Taehyung out of instinct. Taehyung went face-first into your stomach as you dopped down so he didn't go face first into...you know..

This cause you to fall straight onto poor Hoseok who yelped in pain. Hearing the commotion, Magnolia woke up, rubbing her eyes with her small hands and yawning softly, looking around in confusion as her long black strands stuck to her chubby cheeks. Her hazel eyes looked around, stretching before landing on your fallen bodies.

"Mama? Why are you on Uncle Hobi? Shouldn't you be on Papa?" Your face heated up to a tomato red as Taehyung and Hoseok cackled, Jimin looking at the ceiling, and Namjoon smiling proudly, "I think I should take Lia under my wing-" "I think not." You stuck your tongue out and got up, scooping the young girl into your arms. You pointed at Yoongi, who was awake and staring with no emotion.

"That is Papa, but he is my friend, nothing more Lia." You said stroking her hair as she looked at Yoongi in confusion. "...Okay.." She nodded sadly, rubbing her eyes once more to wake herself up.

"Are we there yet? My legs are asleep." Hoseok whined, getting up, jut to fall back onto his butt. "One more hour I think." You said, placing Lia down onto the ground and stretching as you glared at Taehyung.

"We weren't able to collect that much food from Denebola, and no water since they don't drink water, so if you ate all the food, god knows what I'll do with you." You threaten as he cowers behind Hoseok, hissing dramatically at you.

To his luck, he left a handful of food in the fridge as Team Des ate and munched happily, talking about the most random of things. Time passed quickly as you heard the monitor beep, signaling your landing.

You sat in your seat as auto-pilot landing was not existent. You quickly steered the craft as a voice-over on the planet's itinerary played through the speakers. You paid enough attention to learn that Alnilam was a liquidy planet, many liquids contaminating the planet, water, plasma, and other substances you've never heard of. The inhabitants had pink hair and blaring blue eyes that mirrored the sky at Orpheus you'd see every morning.

"We're about to land boys." You said as they all nodded, ready to face whatever would come their way. Lia sat straighter and stared out the window in awe as she was fast asleep when Yoongi first carried her into the craft.

You landed the craft on the ice, the same ice that covered mostly half the planet. The boulders made of thick ice created borders on either side and hid the craft from anyone outside of them. You felt like a genius with the planning of where to place your craft.

The craft slowly came to a stop on the ice as you got up, nodding approvingly at the others. You all took your weapons off of the designated table. It was time to move.

The hatch opened and even through your purple tight-fitting long sleeves and gray sweatpants, you felt the chill. It was eerily cold. You walked out with the team following you, trailing your eyes as the hatch to the door closed. 

From what you'd listened to, Alnilam was split apart into two types of organisms. Land dwellers, and Liquid Dwellers. While some Alnilians could only thrive on land, the original species lived in the water but could also survive on land. You weren't sure even were to start, but from what Yoongi had told you, you were definitely far from the legend's location.

"We're going to have to pass a town to get to the water." You said, recollecting how you'd passed over a village before landing. By passing through the town you could always tell if the legend was there, and if not, it meant he was surrounded with liquid- although you still didn't figure out how you'd all breathe in the water.

You turned around and surveyed your team. Alnilians were known to die their hair and take on weird accessories like color contacts, tattoos, and piercings, something most races did not jump onto. This made Alnilam home to some of the most diverse species. You had never heard of void color contacts though, and definitely not hair.

Your hair color wasn't the standard Orphian hair color, and it was definitely a unique color, looking like it was almost glowing. Which meant you'd have to hide your hair somehow. 

"I think we should have some kind of disguises, after all...Tera can't just waltz into the town and not expect to be stared at." You trailed off as you and Taehyung's eyes met, and evil smirks crossed your faces. Yoongi squinted his eyes, reading your thoughts before groaning and stepped back, trying to escape. "Are we actually doing this?" Yoongi groaned.

"I think it's about time Sir Seal and Teahoong make a comeback!" You high-fived Taehyung as Yoongi looked like he was about to blast you back to Orpheus. Tera seemed to deflate if that was possible and Hoseok, Magnolia, Namjoon, and Jimin made confused expressions.

"Goddamnit, I hate you clowns."

It was ten minutes later that you had retrieved a cloth from the craft and had forced Yoongi to sit on Tera with much trouble, forcing Taehyung to create pigtails from his bangs. Hoseok was giggling as he assisted, tying the cloth together and create a poofy skirt, even burning the ends to give it a frayed look. Magnolia couldn't stop giggling and commenting on how her Papa was so 'beautiful'.

"Is this...Yoongi's disguise?" Namjoon asked as you nodded, "This is Yoonji!" You raised both your hands and expanded your wingspan as you dramatically pointed at Yoongi. Namjoon nodded uncomfortably but said nothing as he averted his eyes to the side. 

"You can make different code names too if you'd like." You said, nodding at them. Namjoon and Jimin seemed unsure as Hoseok sighed, "I can't think of a good nickname for myself, plus I don't think we need them." He said as you shrugged, "Alright."

"Team Des, it's time to move!"

It didn't take you as long as you would've thought to reach the town, the boulders giving way to beautiful architecture. The ice was tall and wide, which allowed for mining and house building to occur. The texture was smooth and slick and You wondered how people didn't slip and trip every two seconds.

Yoongi rolled up, not having to move as Tera carried him, "What's our plan of action?" He asked as you paused thinking that very question through. "I seriously don't know. Just walk through the town and try sensing for the legend, otherwise, we'll going to have to find out how to breathe underwater."

As your group strolled through the town, you noticed the diversity of Alnilam, piercings, skin color, tattoos, eye color, it was empowering in the weirdest way. You tugged the hat on your head lower, that concealed all of your hair and made sure your eyes were hardly visible from the cap.

As you kept walking, you noticed a woman slumped against a building, posters surrounding her. As you quietly strolled over to the poster, the woman looked up at you with eyes that seemed to be burning in fear and anguish. 

The poster itself wasn't big, small but describing how people had begun to go missing in Keter, the town you were currently in. You squinted your eyes as the lady grabbed onto your leg, hooking your attention onto her. She had pink hair and the standard blue eyes, with a nose piercing and tear tattoo right under her right eye. You immediately felt Jimin next to you, his hand lightly resting on your thigh as he wearily stared at the lady. Damn, you barely even heard him.

"They took my daughter." She whispered to you, her eyes bulging out as she clung onto you like you were an anchor. This piked your interest as you crouched down to her height, never breaking eye contact. "What do you mean? Who took her?" You asked as you placed a hand on her arm, watching her carefully.

"They're taking all doctors, using them for bad, bad, bad things-" The woman started breathing heavily, her chest rising concerningly fast. "It's been three months- I haven't seen my daughter in three months-" You hugged the woman. She immediately calmed down, her breathing slowing down as she buried her face into the crook of your neck. "You remind me of Thara." She said slowly, as you patted her back, feeling sorrow for the mother and curiosity as to her daughter; Thara.

"If you tell me who took her, I will do everything in my power to get her back to you." You said, lacing your fingers with her's and looking her straight in the eyes. The woman nodded, eyes stuck to you as she clung to you like a scared child. "No one believes me, they think I'm crazy. But I know, she- all the doctors are being taken by the-"

Clang.

One moment you were talking to the lady who had claimed you reminded her of her daughter, the next moment your vision was all red. Feeling dizzy, you wiped your eyes and looked forward, only to meet an image that you would never be able to forget, something that would haunt you at night.

The woman had a scythe stuck right in the middle of her skull, her beautiful face now all over you. You suppressed a scream as you were held up by a pair of arms, wrapping around your waist and pulling you protectively to their chest. You turned back expecting to see Jimin holding you, but finding Yoongi staring at you, his eyes wide as well.

The town had gone deathly silent as everyone had stopped in their tracks to see what was going on- paralyzed in something only described as fear.

Namjoon and Hoseok stood back, arms shaking at the sudden attack and Taehyung had a tear falling down his cheek, looking incredibly upset. Jimin was on the floor still, sitting in shock. Namjoon was holding Magnolia protectively, making sure her back was facing the scene and that she hadn't seen the gruesome event that had taken place. 

You silently thanked Namjoon. 

There were three men that surrounded your lot, one of them now missing a weapon. You realized he was the one to viciously slice the poor woman right in front of you. All the men wore the same uniform, white armor and blue hats that concealed the majority of their faces. You could clearly tell the man who had sliced the woman was smirking, even from the shade cast on his face from the cap.

"We are incredibly sorry you were forced to witness that horrendous event." One of the men said, no trace of regret or emotion in general mixed with his deep voice. Your trembling hands met Yoongi's cold hand, interlacing your's with his to give yourself some type of support, to remind you that your people were with you. He squeezed your hand, his other arm not leaving its protective stance around your waist.

"H-How could you just kill her?" You said in a whisper almost, the soldiers only hearing you because of how quiet the town had gone. The soldier snorted in response, kicking the corpse of the woman, "We've been looking for her for weeks now. She's a criminal, spreading fake rumors that her daughter was kidnapped and that doctors are being taken. She doesn't even have a daughter." You shook your head, "You had to kill her for that?" They said nothing else.

She couldn't have been lying, you saw her genuine emotions swimming in her eyes, trapping you and pulling you to her, she wasn't lying for sure. Thara did exist. Thara had to exist. 

"Your lot seems to be new to town, otherwise you wouldn't be this surprised. Criminals are punished in the same way, no matter their sins." One of the men said as you looked around you. The Alnilians went back to their work, walking past, or talking to each other as life was back to normal. You could tell that their smiles were strained and their eyes kept gliding back t the corpse, emotions failing to be hidden.

"This is far from normal." Yoongi snarled, his grip on you becoming a tad tighter. Hoseok had helped Jimin up at this point as you all stood in a small clump together. You slowly elbowed Yoongi, reminding him he couldn't just butt out in his male voice as he was pretending to be a female. He was concealing Tera, and he had to act that way. 

Yoongi, reading your thoughts, shook in anger as he sighed, looking at the floor, the blood that was piling around everyone's feet.

"It seems that you are upset with the ways of our kind, please allow us to take you and introduce you to our ruler, the Queen of Alnilam." One soldier replied, standing taller as he edged close to you, reaching out for your elbow. Yoongi immediately brought you to the other side of him, not breaking eye contact with the soldier. "Don't touch her." He said in a low voice.

The tension seemed to thicken considerably.

Another guard butted in, moving the first soldier out of the way as he smugly looked at Yoongi. "No need for aggression. We want to escort you to our leader, not an honor everyone is presented with. We'd tremendously appreciate if you could come in your true forms as we have enough space for everyone." 

Your blood ran cold. It was as if all of Team des exchanged glances. He knew Yoongi was hiding Tera. Yoongi went stiff against you as you all gulped. If a lowly soldier knew this much..what did the Queen know about your team...and how? Was she...

Before you could finish that thought, Yoongi let go of you, passing your trembling form to Jimin, who gladly held onto you, his arms holding you steadily against him as your legs wobbled. Yoongi threw the rubber bands holding his hair up to the icy ground and ripped the cloth, hopping off of Tera as he sent the soldiers' death glares. 

"Perfect. Follow us." The men recited in unison as they began walking, one in front, one in the back, and one flanking your right side. You felt as if you were prisoners being escorted to your prison cell.

The Alnilians didn't even glance your way as you noticed the posters being ripped down as the corpse...being carried away. You clenched your fist as Jimin's hold on your waist didn't release. You would find Thara, and free her. You wouldn't let her mother's death go in vain. 

The town seemed to slowly slide away as you reached the broken ice, opening up to ponds and then a wide space of just water- or at least a liquid that looked like water. The soldiers turned to you, fishing out bracelets from their armor pockets. You had seen civilians wear these, expect their's had one bead whilst the ones held by the soldiers sported two beads.

"These will allow you to navigate and breathe underwater, and allow others to recognize you as not native inhabitants." He said, passing them around. Is that what the second bead symbolized? That you weren't an Alnilian and that you didn't think or abide by their rules? If so, you'd tattoo the beads onto your forehead. 

After securing the bracelet onto your wrist, you nodded at the others, taking Magnolia from Namjoon into your arms and stroking her hair, more to comfort yourself than her. "Mama, why is everyone being so silent?" She asked as you stared at her, having no reply to give her. Instead, you bopped her nose with your finger and smiled. 

"That child is your's?" One of the soldiers asked in surprise as he simultaneously directed Hoseok into the water slowly. Magnolia looked at the man with her doe eyes and nodded before you could even intervene, "And that's my Papa!" She said pointing at Yoongi, who looked away flustered at the fact that these soldiers thought you both were a couple of some sort. 

You both said nothing and trying to explain yourselves could have made it even more awkward. 

You were last to slide into the water as you sat on a shard of ice and held Magnolia close to you, whispering what was about to happen to the six-year-old, who nodded obediently. Then you slid into the water, still holding Magnolia to you. Instead of bobbing back to the top due to being lighter than the water, you stayed underwater. The liquid body you were in was obviously not water. 

You moved your feet and easily moved deeper to where the others were treading, waiting for you and the last soldier to arrive. Hoseok swam next to you as you stared at Tera, amazed. The bot was just gliding through the water. "I didn't know Tera was waterproof." Hoseok muttered softly as you nodded, agreeing with him.

"I didn't know Orpheus had that technology. If only they used that time to make the political and living situation better, Orpheus might have been a better country." You added, deep in thought as Magnolia enjoyed being carried by you, looking at everything.

The water was a transparent deep blue, and you could see lights emerging from all sides. You didn't see any creatures but didn't have the heart to talk to the soldiers or even talk to them. As you neared the lights you just noticed the large walls of ice that created the walls of the underwater- or under-liquid kingdom. 

"Welcome to the great kingdom of Keter, the main jewel of Alnilam."

NEXT ON CHAPTER 28 : KETER

"Ciel." Yoongi rested his hand on your arm as you diverted your attention from Magnolia to him.

"I sense the legend somewhere not too far from here." He said in a low voice, making sure they didn't hear him.

Instantly you smirked, "What're we waiting for then?"

hello lovessssss!!!!

guess what? its a DOUBLE UPDATE!! i never thought the day would come where i post two chapters in two days *cries*

i hope you like this chapter! leave your feedback here!

this was luciel when namjoon made that dirty joke about the guide being able to have fun after having a child:

as promised i will do a q&a. if you have any questions for any of the characters or me, leave them here: i will answer them as they come!

- luciel(you)

- yoongi

- jimin

- hoseok

- namjoon

- taehyung

- magnolia 

- tera

- me!(lunar)

- anyone who i'm missing or any questions related to the story line!(just comment who you're comment it to if it's to someone like minrei or chaeyoung)

thank you for all of your love and support! i never thought i would ever have enough support to do a q&a, so seriously i love you all! i'll see you next time in the next chapter!

-lunar