Hey guys, so this is a story that me and my friend, who goes by the penname, YAY13 had the idea to write. So...enjoy!
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Theresa Chandra stood staring into the mirror in front of her. Her pale Jupitian skin was glowing in fire of the sun that hung too close in the sky. Someone had attempted to control her wild lilac hair by throwing it up into a fancy knot that sat at the back of her head, but the curls were still thick. She was dressed in a white Mercian wedding dress, hating every second there. The bodice was too tight, and on the verge of collapsing her lungs, The skirt fell to the floor and pooled around her feet in a shine of white fabric. The entire thing was covered in small delicate arrays of ice crystals that covered her arms and gave the dress a vintage lace feel. Theresa cursed the geography of the planet, why the Mercurian palace had to be at the North pole of the planet, the only place on the entire planet that was cold enough to allow a constricting dress to be iced with snow.
Overall, Mercury was too hot, too bright and it was also the site of her arranged marriage. Theresa moved away from the mirror and sat down on the floating white slab that had been her bed the night before. She stared out at the planet from her windows. It was her job really. She was the oldest heir to the Jupitan throne but also the only girl. Her father's favourite, the one he wanted to inherit the throne, was her younger brother and unless Theresa was married off, it wasn't going to happen. Of course her father had told the family and the kingdom that she was going to Mercury to strengthen Jupiter's alliances and get the planet's help if a war with Venus started. Theresa couldn't exactly remember why Jupiter and Venus were enemies but there had been tensions between the two planets before even her father had been born. Failed peace treaty after peace treaty had been signed trying to stop a war between the two and now it was just trying to stop sparks from igniting a war. Theresa's best friend was Venusian and she would rather not see her friend being dragged in front of the royal family for execution and vice versa. So she was to get married.
Theresa had met Prince Oza and he wasn't horrible but she didn't care for him. He was too fake, refusing to really show anyone what he felt.
Then a maid hurried in. She was clearly Mercurian and Theresa recognised her as the woman who had been attending her since she had got to Mercury. Theresa stood up, eyes burning, believing it was time for the wedding. They were already running late.
"It's Natas." the Mercurian maid painted, sounding concerned. Natas was the king of Mercury, the one her father had manipulated into agreeing to the wedded union. Theresa hoped he had changed his mind about the wedding. If a war arose, she could talk play mediator.
The maid shook in her shoes and shut the doors behind her, making her way over to the princess that was still perched on the cold bed.
"The King." she reminded Theresa. "He's been murdered by a..."
"By a Venusian?" Theresa inquired casually.
The maid nodded, stunned, her greying hair falling out of her bun in her panic.
"Precognition." Theresa muttered darkly, it was a hereditary thing on Jupiter. Selected members of the Jupitan royal family were gifted with a third eye. It came in handy sometimes, though stress and panic tended to cause false visions. And that's exactly what Theresa had thought had happened last night when she saw the bright red figure attack the Mercurian monarch.
The maid continued to nod silently and then backed out of the room. Theresa watched her go and let out a breath she had been holding. She pulled off her crown, a silver piece of jewelry, intricate in design, with a ruby stone embedded in it to match her planet, and threw it away. It landed in front of the open windows.
Her mind suddenly became light and shards of images flashed into her mind. Of booted feet landing in front of the windows, of a hooded figure standing there.
"Precognition." Theresa muttered once again, this time curiously.
Then something flew through the windows. Booted feet landed and a hooded figure scanned the room. Theresa recognised the uniform they were wearing. It was a Jupitian place guard uniform. She tried to work out how the figure had gotten in when they turned to her. A mask of pale fabric was pulled up over the nose and mouth of the figure but the red slits for eyes made it clear what species Theresa was dealing with. A Venusian.
"If you're here to kill me, couldn't you have done it before breakfast?" Theresa asked, speaking almost fluent Venusian.
There was a scoffing noise from the cloaked figure and then a voice rose.
"Kinda missing my cooking, right about now?" the figure inquired.
Theresa recognised the voice instantly. She threw herself forwards, covering the mouth of the cloaked figure with one hand and pushing them into the shadows, away from the window, and against the wall.
"What on Jupiter are you doing here, Lourina?" Theresa hissed. "A Venusian assassin just killed King Natos, do you really think they're not going to be hunting Venusians?" She moved her hand slightly so she could hear her friend's reply.
"I didn't kill him." Lourina protested, pulling back the hood. She had bright red skin, bright red hair and bright red eyes. Her eyes glowed and her appearance made her very noticeable anywhere she went. Venusians were not a race made for sneaking around and, with her loud, excitable personality, neither was Lourina.
"I know you didn't. I dreamt about it last night. The assassin was a man."
Lourina grinned as she was released from the wall. "I didn't order it either".
"Some best friend you are." Theresa groaned.
"Oi, I'm working on it." Lourina protested, sitting on Theresa's bed.
Then her smile faded. She looked up at Theresa "You know I came to warn you, right?". The Jupitan Lourina sighed and looked down.
"A war is starting. Your people are using this as an excuse to start a war between the Jupitans and the Venusians. We need to get out of here before..."
A holographic screen flashed into life. It had a newscaster speaking Mercurian on it but neither princess had trouble understanding it. She announced that the Jupitans and the Venusians were at war but a Venusian peace treaty meant the Mercurians would happily stay out of the war if all Jupitans and Venusians were off the planet in a Samil, the Mercurian version of an hour.
Lourina looked at Theresa and shook her head.
"You Jupitans are just lucky that I managed to make peace with the Mercurians. Half of your royal guards are here."
Theresa looked at her friend, expecting bad news. "And just how are we meant to get off the planet if all my guards are on the ships?".
Lourina smiled her trademark daredevil smirk.
"Oh, your royal highness, we're going to steal one." Lourina said.
Theresa smiled and looked her friend in the eye, silver to red, "Promise me we'll stay out of this war?"
"Promise"
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Six months later
"Are you sure you can drive this thing?" Lourina asked as the spaceship shuddered through the endless dark sky.
Theresa was at the controls of the Jupitan space cruiser. Lourina was sitting next to Theresa, running checks.
"I said you could have stolen a Venusian ship but you were all 'We just broke out of the prison vaults, we're not going back in to steal a ship.' It's your fault you got yourself captured." Theresa said, not moving her eyes away from the dark abyss in front of her.
They were escaping from a Jupitian spacecraft after Lourina had been captured while trying to collect supplies from teaching anti-war protectors on Jupiter. Theresa had needed to rescue her best friend.
"Well this ship hasn't even got weapons. What are we meant to do?" Lourina asked.
The ship was under attack by the Jupitans. The small ship was vastly outnumbered by the Jupitan war vessels. 'Apparently Father doesn't care if his only daughter is killed' Theresa thought irritably.
Lourina checked the ship's logs as Theresa tried to stay out of the range of the weapons that were firing shots at them.
"I thought they wanted us alive." Theresa said.
"They don't need to kill us. They just need to stop us from getting away." Lourina reasoned.
Suddenly an explosion sounded. The lights flickered red as a warning sounded and the two teenagers glanced around.
"We need to get to Venus."
Theresa shook her head "We can't. The ship's sustained too much damage" The pair no longer had the resources to reach Lourina's home world and the anti-war protesters of Venus. Theresa brought up a map on screen and realised she needed to get the ship down on the nearest planet.
"Hold on" She warned.
Lourina's eyes widened "No no and no. That is your 'I have a plan' voice and it always ends up almost getting us killed"
Theresa's hands tightened around the controls and a small smirk crawled onto her face "First time for everything"
"Oh boy" Lourina moaned as she fell back into her seat and tightened her belt, praying to all the deities of her planet.
The princess of Jupiter pushed the controls forward and flicked a rather large red switch.
'Activating hyperjump' A monotone female voice announced.
From behind her, Theresa heard her friend give a small whimper as her pale hand slammed onto the hyperjump button The small, damaged ship suddenly shot away from the war vessels and into the dark space in a flash of purple light.
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Theresa woke up to the smell of smoke and the heat of a raging fire. Her hands moved to take off the burning belt that trapped her to her chair. Her eyes moved to the screen as she leant forward. On the screen it said they were on Earth. She frowned and pushed herself up so she could search the wreckage for her friend. She guessed they had both been knocked out when the ship had crashed. She remembered trying to control their descent out of hyperjump and avoid blowing a hole in the planet that could be their salvation before a large explosion sounded from behind her. After a while her search for her friend became fruitful and her eyes widened. Lourina was completely on fire despite the fact that the teenager was unconscious. It had never happened before. As soon Lourina was unconscious, her fires stopped. Theresa frowned and pulled off her jacket, using it to help her put her friend out.
She knew that the Jupitans and the Venusians might be tracking the wreckage so they needed to get as far away from here as possible. Lourina came round with a frown and a moan. Theresa leant over her friend and raised an eyebrow "Can you put yourself out please?". Lourina shook her head.
"Too much oxygen." Lourina wheezed.
Theresa could understand it. Venus' atmosphere was mostly carbon dioxide and barely any oxygen. Lourina wasn't used to high oxygenated atmospheres. She couldn't control her fire in them.
"Just try to stay calm. Earth is primitive, how dangerous can things be?" Theresa told her friend.
Lourina nodded as her and Theresa made their way out of the wreckage with Lourina still blazing. They made their way into a warehouse before they let their eyes wander. There were large crates stacked throughout the entire building. Various machinery was dotted here and there and ropes and rigging hung from the ceiling.
"Who knows, Theresa, who knows"
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Robin was training. All of his focus was on his gymnastics. Although many of his tricks and flips were second nature to him, he was taking in his every movement as quickly and as perfectly as he could.
Then a voice called his name. A sudden and abrupt breeze burst into the room and an excited, red haired ball of super speed and energy zipped around. Robin stopped his routine, hanging from one bar by both hands.
"What is it, Wally?" Robin asked, dropping onto the floor mats with the agility of a cat.
The boy in question, Wally, was zipping around like a small child. He said something so fast Robin guessed even the Flash would have had trouble understanding him.
"KF, take a deep breath and start again." the boy instructed.
Wally calmed but was still vibrating with excitement. "Someone has a fireworks display going."
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The night was definitely a time patrolling was made for. It was cloudless, warm and the air around the two boys had a calming effect. In the distance walls of light flashed into the sky. Both boys watched the fireworks happily.
Robin's blue holographic screen appeared from the boy's glove. Wally frowned and eyed the device in annoyance "You shouldn't be working"..
"There isn't meant to be a fireworks display tonight." Robin said, surveying Happy Harbour.
Wally watched as his friend frowned. Robin explained "Someone's reported explosions in a local warehouse" He looked for his friend but Wally had gone and in his space stood Kid Flash who was donned in his costume. He looked at Robin and grinned "Well what are we waiting for? We should get down there!"
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Theresa and Lourina were lying on the floor. Lourina had only just needed to lean on a wooden crate for it to catch alight. Rockets that neither were familiar with had suddenly began to explode from within the crate, causing the girls to throw themselves to the ground.
"For the record, I blame you for this" Theresa argued as a small rocket spouting pink sparks shot by her head.
"Whatever" Was her reply.
The girls were only just managing to avoid the rockets by pressing themselves to the ground as the fire burnt around them.
"Can you make the fire die down?"
"Too much oxygen." Lourina moaned at the Jupitan.
Theresa looked up quickly and saw the night sky looking down at her. She realised that the fireworks must have destroyed a section of the roof. She took a deep breath, hoping her powers wouldn't go haywire like her Venusian friend's had.
Clouds began to swirl in the air above her and the night sky darkened as the stars were blocked. Rain began to fall from the sky, gently at first and then more powerfully. The fires began to hiss and die. Less rockets erupted into the sky. Theresa knew Lourina's powers wouldn't completely die down unless she was completely drenched. However it could help Lourina control her flames. Lourina's fires died down a bit so Theresa could go near her friend without feeling like she was being burnt.
"I think stealth isn't our area of expertise." Lourina muttered as she got up.
Theresa joined her and looked around what was left of the warehouse. The walls were singed and rocket carcasses were everywhere, a few spraying the odd last bit of dying sparks. The machines were still burning slightly, sparing every now and again as water entered their system, and smoke billowed around the warehouse. She nodded and went towards the door. "I concur".
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Kid Flash and Robin began to survey the warehouse from the outside. They could see clearly signs of fire damage but a sudden rain storm had seemingly put out the fire.
"We should look around." Kid Flash said, going towards the warehouse.
Instead a door swung open. Two girls stumbled out. One who was dripping wet. She had long lilac hair, shining silver eyes and pale skin. Her friend was on fire and her eyes were glowing bright red. They immediately froze when they saw the two boys.
A stand still started with both sides staring at each other. Robin and Wally looked at each other. One of the girls, the one who was on fire, walked forwards. She seemed oblivious to the rain but steam rose from below her when she walked through puddles. She said something in a language neither of the boys understood.
"That's not a human language." Robin told his friend.
"You think?" Kid Flash retorted.
The girls appraised them with curious suspicion and the lilac haired girl called something out to them, in a language that seemed slightly different to the one her companion used.
"So... What do we do?" Kid Flash asked, watching the flaming girl with intrigue.
The two girls turned to each other and frowned. They discussed something quickly in a language they both spoke and then the pale skinned girl raised her hands. Fireballs formed in the hands of the girl with burning red eyes and a storm began to form above the boys heads.
"Oh man." Kid Flash remarked.
