The leaves rustled when Namjoon stepped on them.

Their spaceship was lying amidst trees. It had crashed into the trees and sunk into the soil. Many trees were destroyed because of it. But no one heard or saw the crash.

"We should stay away from the ship. Just in case someone comes here." he told Yoongi.

Yoongi exhaled through his mouth and nodded. His hair was ruffled and looked like a bird's nest. His pale skin, along with his clothes, was covered in dust. His bottom lip was torn and bleeding.

"From what Trace told me and Aqua confirmed, our necklace and bracelet are stuck because of the monsters who rule Eroth." Yoongi stated.

"They must have found a way to lock our gems. To prevent us from using the full amount of our powers. They know we are here. They might attack."

"Look, there is something there." Yoongi said, looking at a distance.

A dark figure was wandering around aimlessly. It looked familiar. It was too dark to properly make out who the person was. They saw the spaceship and started walking towards it. Just like Namjoon and Yoongi, they hoped to find someone near the spaceship.

"Namjoon! Yoongi!" Jimin shouted and ran towards them. "Are any of you hurt?"

Namjoon didn't know he was bleeding until Jimin placed his hand on Namjoon's bicep. He could feel a warmth go down his body and his skin close over his wound, fully healed.

"Thanks."

Jimin nodded. The colour from his face had drained a little. It must have been because of using his powers so much. He had to preserve his energy if they had to fight.

"Jimin, you should know this, our heirlooms are locked, limiting our powers." Namjoon informed.

"I know," said Jimin. "We should find everyone. It will be better if we are together."

"Spaceship located." A harsh voice said loudly.

All three of them jumped. Namjoon didn't recognise that voice. It was too harsh to belong to any of them. It was commanding, like it had been giving orders for a long time now.

Whoever the voice belonged to, had found the spaceship and them along with it- if they didn't hide. Someone had sent them to examine the ship.

"Let's go." Namjoon said.

Quietly, they tip-toed and hid behind trees and bushes, at a considerable distance. They were far enough not to be seen, but close enough to see what was going on.

"We have to tell the others to stay away from here." Yoongi said.

"How?" asked Jimin, not taking his eyes away from the spaceship.

"Aqua? Can you talk to the other Phenomenal's gems?" Namjoon asked.

"I can. Why?"

Namjoon smiled in triumph. This made things much easier. Now they could communicate and warn each other without their phones.

"Can you tell the gems to tell the other Phenomenal to stay away from the spaceship? There are Erothian soldiers there."

"Okay."

""Namjoon is saying, "Don't go near the spaceship, there are Erothian soldiers there."'" Yoongi looked confused. "Why can I hear it in my head?"

"The gems can talk to each other. So I asked Aqua to convey the message to the others." He explained.

"Guys, run." Jimin whispered, frightened.

Namjoon turned back to see a few Erothian soldiers making their way towards them. The soldiers had regrouped and decided to scan the surrounding area.

Bending a little, Jimin, Namjoon, and Yoongi ran. Their feet barely touched the ground while they ran for their lives. Too scared to see behind them.

In the haste, Namjoon bumped into someone and staggered back.

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Zia found Night resting her head against a tree.

"Hey, you ok?" she asked.

Night moved her head from the tree and turned to face Zia. Her face was daunting and her eyes grave. She looked disturbed. Night had told her she hadn't thought about Eroth since Stephanie died. She probably wanted to live a normal life. Zia felt bad for dragging her into this.

"I'm fine. It's just not what I expected." Night replied in a low voice.

They hadn't talked about Stephanie since Night shared her past with Zia. Night didn't want to talk about it and Zia also didn't bring it up.

"Yeah." Was all Zia could say.

"This is not what I expected Eroth to look like. It looks almost like Earth." Night commented, changing the topic.

"What did you expect it to look like?"

"More colourful. But I imagined it a long time ago."

"Maybe," Zia started hesitantly. "You can think of it as, you are avenging Stephanie."

"Avenging would be if I kill the person who killed her. I killed her."

Zia felt ashamed of herself for saying that after hearing Night's reply. She didn't think Night would be so straightforward about it.

"Sorry, I didn't-" she said, looking at her feet.

"It's fine."

"Hey Zia, Namjoon is saying, "Don't go near the spaceship, there are Erothian soldiers there." Psyche said.

"How do you know?"

"Aqua told me. The gems can talk to each other. Also they know you are here. Your gems are locked. You can't remove them."

"Our gems are locked. Which means we can't use our full power."

"Did Psyche tell you?" Night asked, trying to remove her ring but failing.

"Yeah. Namjoon is smart." Night hummed in response.

There was a shuffling in a bush nearby. Zia's eyes widened and she looked at Night, who had the same expression as hers, shock. If the Erothian soldiers knew they were there or the soldiers were just passing by, Zia and Night didn't want to wait to find out.

They bolted, trying to make as little notice as possible. Zia couldn't hear footsteps behind them, maybe it was just an animal in the woods. But didn't want to try her luck and kept running without looking back.

Someone bumped into her and she fell back on Night. She silently prayed.it wasn't a soldier standing in front of her.

"Zia! Thank god!" Namjoon let out a sigh of relief. "I thought you were a soldier."

"Yeah, same." She replied, dusting herself off the ground.

Namjoon wasn't alone. Yoongi was standing behind him, looking around for soldiers. Jimin was helping Night to her feet, whom Zia had knocked to the ground when she bumped into Namjoon. Jimin let out his hand for Night to take. She smiled softly at him before holding his hand and standing up.

"Are you both hurt?" Jimin asked almost immediately.

Both the girls shook their heads.

"Did you get Namjoon's message?" Yoongi asked.

"We did. Then we heard something and ran. Now that I think about it, it was probably an animal." Night shrugged.

"We have to find the others and get out of here. The soldiers might plan on searching the entire forest." Namjoon said.

"Guys look at that." Jimin said. His voice was panic-stricken.

There was a clearing behind the bush Jimin was pointing at. Hoseok and Taehyung were caught by the soldiers. Her heart thumped wildly at the sight of Hoseok captured.

"Seven more to go."

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{A/N}: Oops! 

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