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A man stood in the crowd, his arms around a woman and a little girl. The crowd was anxious; you could feel it in the air. The emotions of fear and uncertainty hung heavily, weighing on everybody's shoulders. He looked around and could see many different people. There were small children, teens and adults mixed together. But there was something that was similar about all of them. It was the expressions on everybody's faces, the expression of unease.

"Papa?" he could feel someone tugging on his shirt. He looked down on his daughter, Leticia. "Are you okay, papa?" she asked with a worried look on her face.

He smiled down at her "I'm fine Leticia"

"Dear, what do you think is going to happen to us?" wondered the woman who stood on his other side.

"I don't know" he sighed heavily. "I don't even understand what happened. But I guess that is why they have gathered us here, to tell us what's going on"

They had recently been transferred from another ship to what they understood to be the Mu's mother ship, the space whale. All they knew where that the station, were they had been held in quarantine had begun to fall into the atmosphere of Jupiter and that they had been saved by the Mu. William Shin couldn't understand why they were the ones to save them. After all, they were the enemies of the humans who would have rescued them if the whole thing had been an accident.

"Dear?" he looked at his wife who had a worried look on her face. He smiled reassuringly at her. 'The most important thing is that Maria and Leticia are safe and that we're together' he thought to himself.

"Everything is going to be fine" he said reassuringly.

In one end of the room, a door opened revealing a tall man with blond hair in front of a small group of Mu. He wore a short cape and wore clothes that were different from the others who entered the room behind him. His whole appearance displayed that he was a man of authority. He looked around the room, inspecting them as if he was trying to get an impression just by looking at them. They fell silent instantly.

"Welcome to the Shangri-La" he said. "I'm the captain, Harley." Silent whispers were heard in the crowd, but soon they died out.

The captain gazed over them one more time before he continued. "You may not know why you are here and what've happened. I'll tell you all you need to know at the moment, but I don't have the time to fill you in on everything. The truth may be hard to hear, but I promise that I only speak the truth."

The people in the crowd looked anxiously at one another. "The station where you were held was dropped into the atmosphere of Jupiter by Keith Anyan, hoping that it would stop us from reaching Terra."

Most of the people just stood there, not believing what they had heard. A few shouts were also heard, like 'it can't be true!' and 'you're lying!' Harley held up a hand to signal that he had more to say.

"You're not our prisoners, but our comrades and will be treated equally to all of us" he told them with a small smile. "I will leave you to them" he said with a hand gesture directed to his companions. "They will show you were you will be staying. I will have to return to the bridge now; I hope you will find your quarters comfortable." He ended and turned around and left them standing there.

A young man, not older than 25 if you judged by his appearance took a step forward and addressed them. "I'm Lucas and I'm in charge of getting you settled here on Shangri-La. We will take you in groups of three or more to your quarters, please be patient. We will fix something for you to eat as fast as we can."

William Shin turned to his family. "I told you it would be alright."

After an hour or so, the Shin family was in a small but comfortable room that they would have for themselves. They sat on one of the beds with plates with food in their hands. Leticia sat in between her parents and looked at her mom as she ate. She could somehow sense that something was bothering her mother, she looked so tired.

"Mama?" Maria turned her head toward her daughter. "Are you feeling well, mama?"

"Yes, you don't have to worry about me" her mother gave her a weak smile.

"I wonder what'll happen to us now?" said William.

"Papa, I think they seem nice, they saved us after all." Leticia turned her head to look at her father. "I would like to stay"

The two grown-ups looked at their daughter.

"Leticia…" her father began, but was interrupted by the door that opened. In the doorway stood a young man with blond hair. He was slender and wore the same type of clothes as the other Mu.

"Excuse me"he said without moving his lips. "My name is Leo. I'm looking for someone and it would be kind of you if you could tell me your names"

"Why does your voice resonate in my head?" wondered Leticia.

"I'm speaking to you through telepathy" the man named Leo smiled kindly at her. "I'm mute"

William stood up, reaching out a hand toward Leo who took it in his own. "My name is William Shin; and this is my wife Maria and our daughter Leticia."

Leo's eyes widened at his words. "Did you say Shin?" he asked.

"Yes" came the simple answer. Leo turned around and stuck his head out through the doorway and called: "Soldier, I found them!"

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Ok, part 3 is finally done! Just to warn you, the next part will probably be the last one. Please tell me if you find some grammar mistakes so that I can fix it.

Thank you for reading! Please read and review //Bee