- Chapter 29 :

"You'll come, right Yoongi?" You look him in the eyes and ask him. Jimin stiffens beside you but nevertheless stares at Yoongi too. Yoongi looks away and sighs, a long tired draw of breath. He knows he has no choice.

"Yeah. Let's go." Yoongi says quietly, walking past you and slowly opening the door. You half expected to see to see a guard, maybe even Queen Karis with all of her soldiers behind her. Instead you just saw a dark hallway. A part of you was scared, almost shitting yourself at this point but yet you swam past Yoongi, half pushing him into the door and looked out.

No one was there. You took a breath and swam out of the open door and waited as the legend duo followed you, the door silently coming to a close behind them. You were still making a solid plan in your head but you vaguely remembered the route you took from the throne room to get to the guest rooms. 

If you backtracked and arrived to the throne room, getting to the information section and meeting rooms shouldn't be that hard; then again you were basing this off of the only kingdoms you'd ever been in, Tauri and Capella's castles. 

"What's the plan?" Jimin asked and you smiled at him, in some weird way satisfied you didn't have to worry about him always knowing what you were thinking; there was no invasion of privacy and there would always be something to talk about since he couldn't answer his questions by reading your thoughts.

Then again, it also had its uses being able to read minds, especially in your situations. You looked back at Yoongi, who was looking away, looking deep in thought. What was he thinking off?

"We should go back to the throne room. If you guys remember it at all, please do help. When we see any approaching soldiers, Jimin use your powers to either hide yourself and boosting yourself in the air or using your air to suck the liquid momentarily from a person and then we'll take them out." Jimin nodded, memorizing what you said as you looked to Yoongi.

"If you sense anyone coming you can use your powers to move them away or move any of us away before we get caught or hurt. If we do have to interrogate someone or find someone important, read their minds to see what they're saying." You said, looking for his approval.

Yoongi smirked at you as you tilted your head confused. "You're getting better at this planning stuff Ciel, nice." He genuinely complimented ad you smiled, nodding. You turned around and ushered the boys to follow you as you began swimming to the edge of the hallway, looking out for any guards.

At the end of the hallway there were two men standing guard, their side profiles visible to you. You did have the advantage of the darkness as they wouldn't be able to see you until you were a good 20 feet away. 

You let Jimin swim in front of you, Yoongi taking up the rear as you all stayed close to the floor, trying not to float up to your usual positions due to the weird properties of this liquid. You could start to hear the conversation of the two men, angling your ears more wishing it was more comprehensible. 

As you swam, the liquid slightly raised Jimin's shirt up and on his back you saw his legend tattoo. It reminded you about how you actually thought you'd have to ask everyone to raise their shirts in order to find the legend. Luckily enough Yoongi was able to sense legends and save you from that.

Then again, you hadn't seem most of anyone's tattoos. You wanted to. Maybe that's what you'd do when you'd collected everybody. If you'd collect everybody. 

"Focus." Yoongi said from behind you and you quickly nodded, staring as the guards began to look around, aware of your presences. You tapped Jimin on the back as a signal and he immediately understood, his hands dropping to his sides.

You felt the blast of air, being thrown off balance as Yoongi held you, letting the impact of the air die down. You didn't make a movement to leave his familiar embrace and instead watched Jimin with amazement. He'd used that boost to near the guards.

Jimin easily used one hand and reached to the guard's lips, making a quick hand position. The guard looked like the air had been sucked out of him as his eyes went wide. Jimin quickly knocked him out and repeated the process to the second guard, who'd gone stiff with shock. 

Jimin finished and tread in the liquid again, signaling for you two to join him. You quickly swam to him, grasping his upper arm, "Chim that was so cool!" You exclaimed as Yoongi also smiled, acknowledging the younger's improvement. 

Your trio kept treading through the water and taking turns, Jimin and Yoongi taking out the guards. You knocked most the men out with your nunchucks when needed but stayed in the back other than that, more focused on learning the layout of the castle. Each hallway inked itself into your mind as you followed the men.

"Yoongi, where's your legend tattoo?" You asked, reminding yourself of the beautiful strokes of ink that littered Jimin's back, creating a burst of air. You wondered what Yoongi's would be. He instead raised an eyebrow, "I'll show you later." He slyly says, as if it was a secret. 

You nodded and kept swimming, thinking back to what Namjoon had said before. Yoongi was interested in your relationship with Jimin, and Jimin was strongly suggesting he had feelings for you. Your head spun as you shook it, paying attention to your current situation.

You raised your arm and frowned at the bracelets you were forced to wear, "I don't like these." You said as Jimin smiled, taking your hand in his as if it was habit, "Me neither." You looked appalled at his hands interlaced with your's but didn't say anything. You looked over to Yoongi to find a reaction, but he had none.

He looked as if he didn't care. You were stumped, did he like you or not? Was he just overprotective of you? Or worse did he see you as a sister?

You sighed and let Jimin lead you as you directed them to take another turn, you turning your nunchucks in the water and creating a ripple large enough to catch the guard's attention as Yoongi stretched a finger, a purple aura immediately covering them as he smashed them into the wall, rendering them unconscious.

How gentle of him.

"This is the throne room, is it not?" You asked as Yoongi nodded, confirming your thoughts. You felt yourself getting accustomed to the feel of Jimin's hand on yours. It didn't mean you prefered it- what were you saying. This was way your mother told you to stay away from boys, they always caused raging thoughts.

Then again you were 23. You were getting older every year, did you even have plans to get married at this point? 

"Marriage will come to you." Yoongi laughed as your ears flushed, eyes sinking. Jimin looked confused. "I'm 23 though, the average Orphian gets married at 22." You frowned. The marriage age on your planet was the youngest out of all planets, even people from the slums getting married and finding love.

Jimin chuckled at that, making gentle circles on the back of your hand, "There is definitely someone interested in you right now Lu." He said. There was something suggestive in his voice as you looked to him, eyes wide in curiosity. Even Yoongi seemed interested now. Jimin was looking at you intensely, different from his happy childish look. He was trying to tell you something.

Oh god.

You heard feet shuffling from the corner next to you and took Yoongi and Jimin's hands, shooting into the throne room and taking a u-turn as you ventured into a smaller looking room that had a heavy curtain guarding it.

Once you were instead, you sighed and let go of both their hands, scoffing. You were in a room filled with books and papers, scattered everywhere. There was a desk in the middle of the room that had pens and pencils on it, almost as if it was used recently.

"This is the Queen's study." Yoongi breathed. You'd hit the jackpot. "Oh my god. Come on, this place is big, but let's try to find something on the doctors." You said as you shot through the liquid to the desk, hands digging and reading the Canclo scripts. You assumed royals were forced to read and write documents in Canclo in case they had to be used regarding other planets.

You felt shuffling next to you and looked to find Jimin assisting you, smiling at you with a mischievous glint flaring in his eyes. Yoongi was on the total other side, looking through everything in detail, papers flying everywhere with a purple aura.

One was always close to you, and the other distanced himself.

"Hey." Jimin waved a hand in your face, bringing you back to him, "Let's get to work." He nodded as you kept reading documents, distracted. You found yourself looking up at Jimin every now and then, chewing on your lip. You just wanted to ask him and get it over with. What if you were speculating though- then again he wouldn't just hold your hand if he didn't like you right?

"Lu. What's wrong?" He asked as you noticed you'd stared too long. Sighing you looked him straight in the eye, "Do you...like me?" You said. Jimin stopped sorting papers and looked you in the eye with just as intense of an expression. He waited a minute before smiling.

"Yeah. I do. I really like you Luciel." He said your real name. Oh. He did like you. You gulped and nodded, it was off your chest. Jimin studied your unsure expression and smiled, touching your hair, "Don't sweat it. I don't expect an answer from you. Take your time." He went back to looking through papers, but you caught the slight tremble of his lips and the way his eyebrow was arching downward. 

"I'll tell you soon, don't feel sad or anything." You weren't even sure what to say. What do people say when they get confessed to. How did you out of all people get confessed too. He nodded and you gulped, looking up at Yoongi. 

He was looking at you, looking surprised before he went back to sorting. Jimin was kind. He was supportive of you, protected you and allowed you to protect him, he was ideal. Why didn't you feel about him the same way he felt for you? You did like him, but you weren't sure it was to the extent he was feeling.

You picked a paper and weakly scanned it over, before pausing and scanning it again. "Guys." You breathed as immediately they crowded over you, looking at what you found. It's a list of the doctor names. It has to be.

You were looking at a list of names under a category reading doctors. The caption read saying they were transferred to a new district but you knew that was code words for them getting kidnapped and taken and that district must be were they were know. After all why would a Queen have a paper on transfers of doctors?

You read the names, "Ara Kim, Jain Gon, Thara Gudipati..." You couldn't read the last final name on the list as you stopped on Thara's name. That was all that mattered. "We're going to Dion." You said, reading the district name over again. "Tomorrow, we have to. I don't know how but we have to." You said. The two men shared a look, knowing you wouldn't take no for an answer.

"Come on, let's go back to our rooms now." Jimin said, Yoongi leading you the way you came back as you held onto the paper with a bear grip, finally closing your tired eyes. 

You made it back to your rooms quickly and ended the night, your mind swirling with clashing thoughts. 

"Wake up." You instantly opened your eyes to find Namjoon looking at you in a troubled manner. You had trouble falling asleep the whole night, broken sleep accompanying you. "What is it?" You whispered as you discretely covered your lips with your hand, not wanting to shoot him in the face with morning breath. 

"Karis wants to meet all of us for breakfast urgently. From the tone the guards spoke, it was probably about what you guys pulled last night." He said as your mind whirred. Your eyes widened as you cursed, "We didn't think about the guards we took out. They didn't see us but who else in the building would try to take guards out." You scratched your head in frustration.

Namjoon didn't comment.

You got up and went to get ready nevertheless and sighed, trying to come up with things to tell Karis in case she turned on you. The rest of your time getting ready was quite futile until you realized that your clothes that you'd changed out of were gone. You looked around for your gray sweats and purple skin tight shirt in dismay.

Namjoon noticed your head popped out of the door and smiled, "One of the maids came and took our clothes. They asked us to wear traditional Alnilian clothes. Yours should be in the bathroom." It was only then you noticed Namjoon's outfit.

Other than his hair being slicked to the side, he was wearing a purple long dress shirt that ended at his knees. It was stitched with an extended collar and had beautiful patterns all over it, peacock feathers and everything. His pants were slightly baggy and white, and you assumed it was for water to pass through them.

"Woah." You thought they were beautiful when you saw the Alnilians wearing them, but seeing them on an alien was even more beautiful. Namjoon smiled and ushered you to go in. Before you closed the door, You saw Taehyung walk in with a gold outfit, his pants black. 

(the clothes I am describing as traditional indian clothes, here are pictures of how the boy's outfits would look. to yes Alnilians wear indian clothes, ehe had to add in my tradition.)

(these are more of a modern spin on traditional indian men clothes!)

You went back into the bathroom, feeling how nice their herbal remedies made your hair feel, the long golden locks shining almost. You turned around to find a beautiful dress, as you remember Alnilians called them 'sarees'. It was green with blue dashes and beautiful golden embroidery. You were lost in the beauty of the dresses as you blessed them for allowing you to wear these.

The blouse had a deep running back and a more conservative neck line, but yet you couldn't take your eyes off of yourself.

You were still suspicious of their motives, but this was a dream come true. You probably wouldn't be wearing the cultural jewelry the Alnilians prided themselves on sporting, but you didn't mind even though it'd make you look a little bare compared to them.

You wore the dress, with much struggle and sighed dreamily. It was beyond beautiful. It was bouncy and free to let liquid pass through and so not to constrict movement, but tight in all the right places. The feel of the fabric on you was so soft and spectacular as well

(this is a lie of course since sometimes i want to scream when i wear sarees. the armpits can be soo tight ): )

You combed your longish hair into a side braid from its normal ponytail and let it rest on your shoulder, reaching till your stomach. You looked in the mirror and smiled at how beautiful you looked.

You opened the door and were met with Magnolia. You squealed at how cute your 'child' was. She was wearing a dress with intricate detail,  the pink top going well with the flowy green bottom. Her black hair was let down and her brown eyes met yours with glee. 

"Mama you look so pretty!" She squealed as you held her up with your arms, smiling up at her. "And you look like a princess." You kissed her nose as she smiled at you cupping your cheeks.

"Woah. Lucia, you look amazing." You set Magnolia down and smiled charmingly at Namjoon, nodding in a way to thank him. Taehyung had the same reaction, touching your saree and trying to understand how you wore it. You weren't sure either, you just did.

There was a knock at your door and you opened it to find a grinning Hoseok, his reddish hair matching with his orange dress shirt, his pants a hearty green. You smoothed the lines out of his top and smiled, swimming past him and trying not to fangirl at the way your dress flowed in the water, just like Karis's did the first time you saw her.

"Wow." You turned around, grabbing your floating braid to find Jimin, looking completely awestruck. You timidly tried pulling the skirt a little high, but it didn't hide the plane of stomach that was exposed behind the long fabric.

 (a saree is a a blouse and a skirt, and then you basically wrap this fabric around your body and heave it over your shoulder so it drags over your shoulder like the photo above, so sometimes the stomach is visible) 

Jimin visibly swallowed and you only then noticed his blue top, followed by his silver flowy pants. His top seemed almost tighter than the others, and ran a bit deeper, his collar bones on full display. You looked him in the eyes as he smiled at you.

You wouldn't lie. You felt awkward around him, but he was true to his feelings and you couldn't punish him for doing that. You smiled back and shyly waved at him, before turning your attention to his door. Tera scrolled out, without any clothes which made sense as clothes were note manufactured for robots.

Next came..Yoongi.

You looked up to find the man walking out scoffing as he shifted his collar. He was wearing-not surprisingly- a black top, extremely tight fitting, with white pants under, his top having white stitching and patterns running all over it, all starting and ending on his heart.

Woah.

Yoongi's eyes met with your's as he looked over your outfit, swimming over to you. "You look nice." He nodding in approval as you smiled, looking at his outfit, "I could say the same about you. Although I was hoping I'd see you in something other than black." Yoongi laughed at this, shaking his head and then looking at you.

You turned to find three guards standing there, waiting to escort you over to breakfast. The fact that you would have to see Karis made you quite nervous but you focused on the beautiful dress you were able wear and moved on. 

It was not that long until you reached the dining hall, the large windows allowing light to filter and let the golden and red curtains to float around lazily. This place was beautiful, beyond beautiful. If only the Queen and person in charge shared that quality.

You scoffed and took a seat next to Karis this time, knowing you wanted to be there if she questioned anyone. She smiled at you, nodding approvingly at your dress as she paid attention to the rest of the men, smiling almost genuinely. "Beautiful people in beautiful clothing, the reason I love ruling this kingdom." She said in a dreamy voice as you smiled back, confused.

You all had started eating at this point, you not even knowing that you were eating but savoring the rich and flavorful taste. Karis stayed quiet for some time, observing you all before she straightened and you knew it was about to come. 

"Last night," A sudden tension entered the dining hall as everyone resumed eating, acting as if they hadn't heard it but secretly listening to your conversation with the Queen. Karis set her fork down and smiled at you, almost forcefully. "There was a breach. Your guards were taken down without seeing the attacker, but nothing was stolen or harmed in the palace." She said.

You nodded, looking shocked, how good of an actor you were. She studied your expression before shaking her head, "It might have been someone trying to enter the palace to find your group, news has spread that there are a group of powerful people in the castle." She said, raising her hands to her lips, concealing her expression. "There were even more guards taken down toward the side you all were sleeping in..."

You tried not to look away, and kept staring into her eyes. 

"You must be scared, I know I would too if I knew there were people able to breach the castle just to find you." She sighed, giving you a pitiful look. You on the other hand were laughing on the inside. Was she so stupid she didn't consider the fact that it was your lot that took the guards out? She thought people with supernatural powers would be scared of a mere intruder?

Karis then smiled at, opening her mouth to speak. Her next sentence though, froze you to the bone.

"Don't worry though, we captured the intruder who took out the guards last night. So you're safe."

You looked at Yoongi in that moment, and you both knew, you were not safe. 

NEXT ON CHAPTER 30: PRISONER

"I don't get it. How does she have the intruder when we're the intruders?" Yoongi paced from one side to the other as you sighed, your head in your hands.

"This could be a chance for us to escape though, say we want to venture out and get a fresh breath of air- or liquid I guess." Hoseok said, scratching his head.

"Or," You all looked at Namjoon, who's eyes were closed as he leaned against the wall.

"This is all just a big trap."

hey clouds! here is another 4k chapter! i am sorry this one is short, it was more of a filler and a chapter that setps the action up for the next one. i promise this arc will be kind of interesting. it has only been 4 days since i last updated though so woo me! not sure if i can update again in this month, but hopefull i will :)

i have a bonus for you guys! in case you were wondering how these indian clothes looked on normal humans and not models, here are some photos of me wearing indian(or in this case Alnilian) clothes!:

i hope gives you an idea of their clothes, and i do not have pictures of me in my brother's indian clothes sadly but i assure that they are beautiful!

i just remembered that chapter on atlair when i got luciel to be stabbed two times and i was like..what if i get her into a fight and she gets stabbed again :0

anyways......i will see you guys next chapter! please leave comments and if you enjoyed this chapter please vote and show your support! i LOVE reading and replying to your comments <3

until next chapter,

-lunar