- Chapter 8 :

"A-Attack?" You stuttered as Taehyung growled, standing in front of you. You chewed your lip and looked around the room for any object to use as defense. Your first guess was that Mogaria was attacking, but you weren't sure and kept silent as your eyes brightened. You tentatively picked up a vase and stood by the door, ready to bash the head of whoever was about to enter.

"Do you really think that, that will help?" Taehyung raised his brow as you frowned, annoyed at the man. "Just shut up damnit, at least I'm trying." You snarled as Taehyung kept quiet, watching you intently. You ignored him and stiffened, hearing the guards nearby scream as thuds filled the hallways. Whoever the attacker was, they were powerful for sure.

Footsteps sounded near the door you were in and you held the vase a little higher, noting that the attacker might be taller than you by any chance. Taehyung also stood, his eyes intent as the next events happened in the flash of an eye. There was a light breeze as a figure passed through the door, their aura emitting power. You let out a small battle cry and brought the vase down, waiting for the sickening smack it would make when it hit its target.

It never came however.

You looked up, a and tightly holding your wrist, the vase now shattered on the floor. Your eyes met the eyes of the attacker and you gasped, feeling a rush of warmth and concern wash over you. Without thinking, you wrestled your wrist out of the man's grasp and ran into his surprised figure, bear hugging him on spot. "Yoongi!" You exclaimed as the said man stiffened, awkwardly patting your back.

"How did you know I was here?" You asked, still hugging the flustered man as he coughed and looked into your eyes, raising his eyebrow. "I wasn't looking for you. I didn't even realize that you were gone." Your lips parted in shock and Yoongi escaped your grasp, looking through the room as his eyes landed on the bewildered Taehyung. You turned on your heel, frustrated at the lack of concern Yoongi had for you. "So then why are you here?" You angrily ranted as Yoongi looked at you over his shoulder, frowning, "I came for the legend. I traced him here." Yoongi pointed at Taehyung and your mouth widened. Taehyung was the wonder of Capella, it all made sense now!

Taehyung still look shocked, but a rush of realization and guilt flooded through his eyes as he coughed and stood straight, looking from you to Yoongi. You were still pissed, but a little excited that Yoongi had found yet another wonder. You were about to praise the man when he looked over his shoulder with a smirk, eyeing your collar. "What's with the collar Ciel? You're looking a lot like your true form, a dog." Your mouth widened and closed at the insult as a wave of heat spread through you. Taehyung looked amused, but more confused on why Yoongi had called you 'Ciel'. You made a noise between an angry scream and a curse before promptly walking out the room, marching down the empty hallways, limp guards lying on the floor.

You heard more commotion and realized that Yoongi was probably talking to Taehyung, which surprised you. You thought they'd fight or try to kill each other. Your blood was still boiling and you wanted to smack Yoongi, feeling tears of anger cloud your vision. Why was he so mean to you only, why not to anyone else? Did you do something wrong? You didn't realize where you were going and abruptly stopped, looking up. You deadpanned as you realized something, you were lost in the enemy's palace.

You were about to walk away when you heard whispering from a closed room, close to you. You bit your lip and edged closer, leaning your ear against the door as you strained to hear the conversation. At first you could only make out the king's voice, but then your ears adjusted and you could hear specific words and sentences. "Yes, the Eridanian legend was attacked the castle, I doubt he knows that Taehyung is a legend himself." There was a pause from the other side and you wished you were able to hear that, frowning internally.

"Yes the girl and both legends are still in the kingdom, I shall capture them until you arrive. You must keep your promise however." You scrunched your face up, knowing that the conversation was with Mogaria and that the king was promising his own son to the enemy. You gagged in disgust as the man said one last thing that made your blood run cold, "Give me a minute, I shall capture the girl right now." The next second a shock stronger than before struck you as you yelped out, falling and thrashing on the floor as you struggled to breathe correctly. Your finally were able to breathe as the doors opened and the king looked down at you with an expression of distaste.

Two burly Capellians came out and dragged you inside, locking the door as you wheezed out. The king then sighed as stood in front of you, pinching the bridge of his nose as he placed his foot on your cheek, harshly pressing your face into the floor. You made a choking sound as the kind let out a giggle, pushing harder. "You are proving to be quite the troublesome one, aren't you?" You glared up at the man as he smiled down and let go, moving a few feet away and watching you catch your breath on the floor. "So you've heard everything I assume." He suddenly frowned, looking distantly. "You want to give your own son away you monster?!" You hollered as he scrunched up his face in disgust, clicking his tongue.

"You've got it all wrong. Taehyung is my nephew. After the former king died, I became king and took him as my son, knowing that he was the legend of this planet." You watched as the man looked back at you, eyes cold and far away. "I trained him and unlocked his powers, using him to win wars and get land. However, if Mogaria becomes our ally, I see no reason to have Taehyung around. So I decided to send him off, it will help their purpose anyways." The king finished, looking at his painted nails. You growled and tried to get up as a guard held you down, shaking his head at your mere effort. The king stared at your a long time as an evil glint filled his eyes. You felt uncomfortable as he looked at the guards, smirking and nodding.

You were instantly turned around and place on the floor again, back against the cold marble floor. "What the fuck are you doing?" You screeched as your hands were held over your head, one guard smirking down on you. You heard the king's voice as he seemed to walk away to the door, getting ready to leave. "Nothing really. All they asked is for you alive. Plus since you've been such an inconvenience, I'm letting the boys have their way with you. Have fun!" The king giggled as he almost reached the door. Your eyes widened when you understood what he meant as you began thrashing and kicking, tears gathering in your eyes and spilling.

"NO STOP!" You screeched as the king only chuckled more. Your let out another piercing scream as Yoongi's hoodie was forced off you, thrown a few feet away from you. The cold air slapped your skin as a guard reached for your bra, licking his lips. You couldn't see right because of the tears and kept screaming, your hollers elevating in pitch when you felt a hand thrust inside your pants. Your pants were still on, but the man was reaching your private places, leaning down against your body as you kept screaming for help, Yoongi's name being the only one you could think of at the moment.

The next events happened in a matter of seconds.

One minute, the guards were about to rape in the throne room, your tears choking you almost as the king merrily walked away. The next second, a loud blast echoed in the room as debris and dust particles flew everywhere, blinding you for a second as a wave of wind hit your face. You sniffled and looked past the burly bodies of the men, seeing the door now tore apart, nonexistent. King Taemin was lying on the floor a few feet from the now broken door, clutching his bleeding arm as he looked frightened to the bone.

Yoongi walked in, body covered in a purple aura as his eye pupils also became a hypnotizing purple. Taehyung walked close in behind him, looking at the damage Yoongi had done in awe. Yoongi smirked down on the king, watching his squirm in fear before a blank look appeared on his face. He looked panicked for a second and looked around, eyes landing on you. Your eyes met as his purple ones pierced into your teary gray ones. Yoongi looked at the guards around you, and then traveled his eyes to his hoodie that was laying somewhere off your body.

Yoongi's eyes darkened considerably as he peered into your eyes, still streaming tears as he never left your gaze. The room was deathly silent as you sniffled. "Y-Yoongi" You whimpered, covering your exposed body with your arms. Something clicked in the man, seeing you in that state as his body erupted, purple flames dancing around him. Taehyung himself was shocked, taking a step back as the king looked like he was about to piss himself.

"Who did that to you?" Yoongi in a calm voice, anger underlying in the comment. No, not anger, raw rage. Yoongi felt like he could rip out the organs of the culprit and then stuff them back in, reviving them just to torture them painfully once more. He wouldn't let the man live, no he would disable him and make him wish that his parents had never fucked. You looked at Yoongi in fear, never seeing the man so mad before. You chewed your lip and looked down, a few strands of hair falling from your now messed up ponytail and helping to cover yourself.

"Y-Yoongi it's o-oka-" "Luciel I asked who the fuck did that to you?" Everyone in the room shuddered at the dominant voice of Yoongi, his purple aura rising more as you breathed out, wiping your tears. Yoongi remembered your name for once in his life. You knew damn well that he was damn serious. You took a shaky breath in and didn't meet Yoongi's burning gaze, scared that you would perish as well. "It was the king. He told the guards to. . ." You whispered, unable to finish, feeling ashamed of yourself. the king made a gagged noise, getting on his knees as he sobbed, "I-I'm sorry, p-please f-forgive me!" He hollered, bowing to Yoongi as Taehyung seemed disgusted, snarling at his uncle. You wondered in the back of your mind if Taehyung even knew that the king was in fact his uncle.

Yoongi took a small step towards the cowering man, the ground beneath him breaking as he used his psychokinesis powers. Taehyung leaned against the broken door frame, smiling smugly. The king let out a whimper as a few stray tears left your eyes. You wanted to learn martial arts, or somehow awaken your powers. You couldn't rely on Yoongi forever. You were their guide anyways. You needed to act like it at least.

"Never." Yoongi hissed, his voice a deathly low as it instilled shivers up your spine. "Place your, or anyone's filthy hands on her again." Yoongi finished, holding the king up with his right hand alone, the king's collar stuck in Yoongi's fist. "Otherwise." By now, the king was sobbing loudly, the guards running away as Taehyung bit the inside of his cheek, getting a little worried.

"I'll kill you with my own hands." You felt your lips curve upwards despite your state at the way Yoongi was defending you. He'd said he didn't care about you, that he forgot you vanished, that he didn't want to save you, and had relentlessly roasted you, not getting your name right; but in the end, he truly did care for your dignity and respect. He was willing to protect you. The king fainted as Yoongi dropped him in the wreckage, the aura fading as he turned to you and rapidly walked to you, eyes concerned as you covered yourself more. Taehyung turned around and you smiled at the small gesture.

Yoongi kneeled in front of you, reaching for his hoodie as his eyes met yours. You stared at him in a frozen state, lips quivering for unknown reasons. Yoongi pulled the hoodie over you, and you didn't feel that awkward knowing that it was Yoongi, maybe because he'd seen you like this before, or maybe because it was Yoongi. He snugly pulled the hoodie over you and wiped your tears with his thumb, brushing his index finger past your lips as well. "Don't cry." He silently said as he moved a little back. You looked in confusion as he spread his arms a little, looking away with a faint blush.

Your eyes widened as a rush of warmth passed over you. You moved forward and hugged the man , lying your head flat on his chest as he wrapped his arms around your frail frame, nuzzling your hair with his face. "I'm sorry for always being so mean." He whispered as you shook you head, raising it to look at him and smile, "You always save me at the end of the day so it doesn't matter. I told you Yoongi, you're my hero." You whispered back as you tilted your head, leaving a small kiss on his cheek.

"Don't get the wrong idea." You pouted when Yoongi blushed, letting you go as he pulled you from the ground, one hand around your waist as he supported you. Your legs were sore and a little bruised from being held down and kicking the men so hard. Taehyung turned around, watching you and flicking his eyes back to Yoongi. "When might she wake her powers?" Taehyung asked as Yoongi shrugged. "I don't know, it depends." He calmly said as he nodded uncertainly, eyeing you wearily.

"So what's the plan?" You ask in a soft voice as Taehyung pushed a hand through his hair. Yoongi sighed dully and frowned, a cute look on him. You immediately banished the thoughts, knowing he could read your mind if he wanted to. "I hate to say it but Eridani is closing on us so we need to get back to the craft and escape. I told Taehyung the basics but you'll have to explain more once we start flying." Yoongi said as you nodded, looking at the prince.

"Why are you agreeing to this so easily?" You asked, a little suspicious. Taehyung spared you a glance, frowning sadly, "I don't have anything here really. The people are corrupted, and so is the king. Mogaria is coming soon so my only bet at getting the planet back is gathering the legends with you guys and coming back one day." Taehyung said looking at his nails, avoiding your gaze. You and Yoongi nodded at each other as the three of you started moving, the palace guards taken out. You were suspicious of Taehyung and since Yoongi couldn't read his mind, you two were defenseless. You just went by your gut feeling to trust him, knowing that you had to try and trust him.

"Do you remember where the craft is?" Yoongi peered at you as you nodded vigorously, the blueprints stained in your mind this time. You felt a little dizzy and nauseous from screaming so much, but sucked it in and watched as Yoongi picked you up, piggy backing you. "I can walk, it's fine." You slowly said as Yoongi shook his head, following Taehyung into a deserted hallway. "It's quicker this way." You said nothing more as Taehyung navigated out the palace from a secret passage as it seemed like.

You wondered how the people would manage with Mogaria taking over, and how Taehyung didn't show a bit of emotion towards the place. Maybe he really did hate it, or he was the best person at hiding feelings in the galaxy. There was also the possibility that he hadn't digested the whole situation yet and was just moving on instincts. You looked up as the sun shown sunlight into your face, you looking away almost immediately. Yoongi shuffled and moved faster as you pulled your hood over your head again, hiding your messy pony tail somewhere in the mess. A thought of cutting your hair crossed your mind, but you quickly dismissed it. Your hair was your mother's favorite part about you. You were going to keep it.

"We want to avoid as many civilians as possible so we'll be going through more alleys and secluded areas." Taehyung muttered as you nodded, knowing very well that he couldn't see you properly. You wanted to get off Yoongi's back, scared that you were too heavy and making him tired. "Don't worry I'm not tired yet." Yoongi said in a quiet voice as Taehyung looked back in confusion. "Will you ever stop reading my mind?" You groaned as Taehyung cracked a small smile and looked back ahead. You were certain Yoongi was smirking. "Nah. I'll pass." You muttered Orpo curses and kept silent, not saying anything.

"We are getting close, can you tell me which way from here?" Taehyung glanced at you as you looked around with your big eyes, noticing the surroundings. Your recollected the landing place as nodded, pointing to the right as Yoongi walked in front of Taehyung, leading the way. You began to see more craters and felt a small bubble of excitement grow inside of you, you were so close to the craft. The safety that you felt inside of the craft was unparalleled to any other comfort you've felt in a long time. Taehyung wearily followed as you squealed, seeing the shadow of your 'baby'. Yoongi suppressed a sigh and rolled his eyes, propping you up on his back.

"Wow so cool!" Taehyung exclaimed in a baby voice, running ahead to the craft with flailing limbs and a box smile. You wondered how the serious man could change personalities so quickly as you also couldn't help but smiling back. Yoongi only muttered something under his breath as you ruffled his hair, earning a glare from him as you cheekily smiled. "HOW DOES THIS THING OPEN?" Taehyung whispered loudly as you shushed him, looking around to make sure that you didn't attract any attention. Yoongi let you down as you walked to the craft and placed your palm on it, watching as it made an air sound, the air lock opening.

Taehyung's face made you crack up on spot, ruffling his hair as he grinned at you. You noted to ask him about the sudden change of behavior before walking, Taehyung and Yoongi following pursuit. You then twirled inside, the door closing as Taehyung yelped and looked back to you in awe. "Welcome to your new home!" You grinned at Taehyung as he grinned back, nodding enthusiastically. "We should take off soon, don't want any trouble." Yoongi said as Taehyung and Yoongi placed their bags on distinct seats, looking to you with expecting looks. "What?" A further glance from Yoongi probed you and you smacked your head in realization, waking to the control panel, "Yeah yeah okay, what's the next destination Yoo?" You heard silence and looked back in question.

Yoongi was staring back at you with a blank face. "What?" He asked as you sighed, "I called you Yoo, what's the destination?" Taehyung cackled but shut up when Yoongi glared at him, before looking to you. "Don't call me Yoo." "Will you call me Luciel?" "No." "Then I'm calling you Yoo." You said flatly as Yoongi groaned, smacking his cheeks. "Fine, I'll deal with you later." You rolled your eyes as Yoongi pulled out his book from his bag laying on the seat and flipped through it, eyes squinting.

Meanwhile, Taehyung took a seat next to Yoongi's chair, both behind your chair in front of the panels. You sat and turned the computers on, scrolling to the destination button and looking as Taehyung made more 'i'm in awe' noises and gestures, looking at you like you were a genius. Yoongi looked up at you and you expectantly looked back as he scratched his hair, "Atlair I guess." He said as you nodded, changing the setting to Atlair in the computer. It was the planet with the air legend. Yoongi settled in his seat as well and buckled up, Taehyung imitating him as the craft began to rumble.

"What the?" Taehyung looked around as the countdown began on the ship's computer. "Alright Taehyung, be calm and ready, the view of your planet and space in general is going to be beyond breathtaking I tell you." You absentmindedly said as Taehyung nodded, sitting on the edge of his seat in anticipation. "Okay, relax and watch boys." You smirked as the countdown hit 0 and the craft began to slowly levitate upwards, gaining height. Taehyung was gaping as the craft then paused mid air, finishing and finding a suitable route without any collisions or such. Yoongi closed his eyes, and got a few seconds of rest before opening them again, wanting to not miss the blast off.

"Go." You whispered as the craft shot up, leaving Capella's atmosphere with no traces. Taehyung was making all kinds of kid noises now as you smiled yourself, the view entrancing. You bid the yellow planet farewell as you propped your head on your arms, watching as the planet became smaller and smaller until it was no longer in sight. "Damn this is. . .just wow." Taehyung said as you nodded, feeling the same way. No matter how many times you'd fly, the feeling would never change. You sighed and got up, stretching as you eyes Taehyung, seeing that Yoongi had fallen asleep, no surprise there.

"I'm going to go wash up. I hope you brought some clothes in that bag." You said as Taehyung nodded eagerly, pulling out some fabric and handing it to you. "I brought this for you. They belonged to my late mother." He said, smile dampening a little as you smiled, thanking him. "Get some rest, I'll wake you up when it's your turn." You dismissed as the boy let out an 'aye aye captain!'. You giggled, lucky that there was someone enthusiastic in the group. It bothered you how Taehyung was so bipolar, but you stuffed the thought away, frowning as you opened the bathroom and went inside, closing and locking the door.

You immediately brushed your teeth, the warm water rinsing your mouth and giving you a better feeling already. Next, you peeled your clothes off and jumped into the hot bath, humming while lathering your body in soap and your hair in the shampoo. Once you'd finished and dried yourself, you wore the clothes, black jeans and a long dark blue sweater with the Capellian symbol on it. You gingerly wrapped the towel over your hair and took your/Yoongi's clothes and put them in a random bucket filled with soap water, noting to clean and dry them later.

You then walked out, tapping Taehyung as he groggily got up, taking his bag and heading to the heavenly place you call the bathroom. You then take a seat in your chair, paying no mind to the sleeping Yoongi. At least you thought he was 'the' sleeping Yoongi. You fixed the towel on your head and then went to destination, doing the same ritual you always did when traveling to a new planet. You edged to the edge of (the sky lol) your seat, and looked into the statistics, the image of a ball a little smaller than Orpheus coming into view.

Atlair was a silver. There was one moon, baby blue in color as it rotated rapidly. You were in awe with the pretty planet but said nothing, moving to the people/inhabitants. Yoongi watched groggily behind you, agitated at the way your towel that was wrapped around your hair, came in the way to seeing properly.

You were reading more when you felt someone pluck the towel off you hair, the semi dry metallic golden strands flying to frame your face, awfully straight due to the water. Your gray eyes widened and you turned to see Yoongi standing above you, holding your towel with a satisfied face. He studied your face and you two said nothing, just staring at each other. "So, why'd you take off the towel?" You broke the moment as he nonchalantly shrugged, placing it on your chair, "I couldn't see the screen because of it." He muttered and went back to his seat, sitting with a sigh and continuing to look at the open tab.

You sighed and turned back, seeing the estimated time to be two days. You but your lip looking at the lever that could propel you forward, but one grunt from Yoongi told you not to touch it. You needed the time to question Taehyung, and you didn't know how long or many times you'd be able to use the function. You needed to save it. You shuddered, thinking about times when you might be needed to use the control. "Well knowing that Mogaria is soon to take Eridani and Capella, I'd say we might need to use it soon." You sighed in response and for once didn't chide Yoongi on reading your mind.

You turned to him in your chair and frowned, studying his expression. "Shouldn't you be more affected that your own planet is being taken over?" You asked, recollecting how much you cried and still secretly cry when thinking about Orpheus's fate. It didn't hand you a great life, but while you lived there you were able to survive. You were grateful for that at least. Yoongi seemed to ponder on your sentence for a while, not answering before he shrugged and slouched in his seat choosing to not answer. You sighed in defeat and turned around, brushing your hair straight with your own two hands as you picked the towel up and gingerly hung it outside the bathroom, giggling as you heard Taehyung singing a happy jolly song.

You were yet to see Taehyung's abilities and it made you excited, happy to see yourself gathering the legends and being a proper guide. Of course you hated the fact that you couldn't wake your powers anytime soon, but you were dealing alright as of now. Some kind of weapon would do you a great good. And martial arts. You could run fast and escape, dodge and all from stealing and escaping guards as a kid, but you'd never honestly fought.

You walked back to Yoongi and snatched the book out of his hands, receiving a glare and groan from him as you ignored it, flipping through the contents and searching for the page that told you about the 'guide' that was apparently you. Even though you didn't believe it, there was sufficient evidence to make you go along with it for now. You still didn't and would not plan on going around proclaiming yourself to be the guide, and you never could. You didn't believe it.

Yoongi grabbed your wrist during your search, making your eyes glide to him in confusion. He then gently took the book from you and flipped a few more pages, landing on a page labeled, 'Guide' all in Canclo. He then passed it back to you, and you smiled in thanks, reading with eagerness as you sat next to him in Taehyung's seat, curious to know more. "You're guilty about not awakening your powers." Yoongi softly said, more like a statement than a question from next to you. You were taken back, pausing your reading to stare at him. Did he read your mind, or did he genuinely know?

You nodded and then looked to the floor, not wanting to say anything and wanting to leave the topic completely. Yoongi didn't give the topic up that easily, placing his index finger under your chin and forcing you to look into his eyes. "You shouldn't be." He whispered as you kept his gaze, frowning. "Of course I should. I'm a burden and always need you guys to save me. Why can I not just awaken them?" You ranted in frustration, grabbing Yoongi's arm and giving it a hard squeeze to emphasize your point.

Yoongi stared back at first, saying nothing. He then reluctantly took his arm away from your chin, facing forward and holding his hands so tightly his knuckles became white. You instead picked up the book and began reading, hands shaking a little. Suddenly, the book went flying and you were held still in your place. You tried hard to move, but you couldn't, you were paralyzed. Yoongi walked in front of you and crouched down, staring at you with cold eyes and a dark expression. A small purple aura covered his body and you knew he had sent the book flying and had paralyzed you.

"What are you doing." You hissed in anger, wanting to move again. Yoongi only ran a hand through his hair and tsked, shaking his head in fake sympathy as he groped his hand in his pocket. Your eyes widened as you saw him pull out a knife, edge sharp and light glinting off it. Yoongi place the tip of the knife at your neck as you sucked in a breath, watching him with wide eyes. "Yoongi what the fuck are you doing?" You asked, a little scared as you managed to keep your voice nonchalant.

Yoongi said nothing for a while, his cold gaze creeping the hell out of you. Why was he doing this? "I haven't said anything for a while now Ciel, but you've been seriously annoying me these days. Everything you do and say, why are you so weak? I've been trying to act as your friend, but it isn't working." Yoongi hissed, tilting his head to the right with the coldest expression he'd ever cast you. You froze for a moment, feeling the knife dig into your skin before sighing, taking a breath and rolling your eyes, Yoongi looking surprised.

"Yoongi you doing this isn't going to help me awaken my powers. Thank you for trying but, just stop. It's fine." You said, your eyes downcast as your body was still frozen in action. Immediately, your body unfroze and you stretched, watching as Yoongi sat on the floor, pinching the bridge of his nose. "How the hell did you know?" He asked as you scoffed, offended. "I'm not stupid, thanks. You called me Ciel, if you were that serious you would've said Luciel. Also, we were on the topic of me not being able to awaken my powers so when you did that, it was to drive me to the point where I thought you'd actually kill me and awaken my powers." You paused and sent Yoongi a look, "However, I saw right through it." You finished, frowning.

Yoongi didn't say anything for a minute, sitting and staring at the floor with no expression. He finally spoke up, attracting your attention, "How did you know that I really wouldn't have killed you. I could kill you right now too, and give you off to Mogaria." Yoongi said as you flinched at the mention of Mogaria, knowing that he was trying to hit you in your weak spot. Instead, you shook your head, taking his cold hands into your warm ones, heating his up in the process. You grinned at him and gave him hands a squeeze as you spoke,

"I've already told you Yoongi. I trust you, you're my hero."

helloooo here's another update lmao. sumgyeojin is in its last three chapter warning and host is soon to be published yay ! i am making corrupted have very slow updates sorry ! i hope you all forgive me and have a great day/night ! (i am quite upset bc this chap only was 5500 words and there are authors i love who write like 9k words per chapter oof) anyways love ya'll <333333333333

-lunar