TWs: Mention of violence, mention of hallucinations/apparitions, feelings of impending doom, brief manipulation. Stay safe :)
"What do you think, Proxima?" Gliese looked at the other with an expectant gaze.
"I don't know... on one hand, we're after one of our own. On the other hand, this could lead to devastating consequences."
Gliese scoffed, "Devastating for them, maybe. But for us...?"
"Are you saying Helios deserves what's coming to him?" Toliman spoke.
"Well, duh. He deserves to go after what he did to us!" Gliese glared, "Remember when he nearly crushed me, or when he got too competitive to the point where he would use his whip on us? He's always been out of line. We're only putting him back in his place."
Proxima furrowed their eyebrows, their frown deepening, "You're right. He's always had a wild streak. It's only fair that we end it."
Gliese smiled, "Precisely."
Sirius hummed, watching from afar as his friends planned their unbeknownst demise.
'Hurry up, Spica... I won't be able to stop them when the time comes to face Helios.'
...
Spica huffed, peering into her general mind cortex to find where the Milky Way was.
'It should be here... just look for the fog...' She thought, her eyes squinting through the darkness. She stopped upon spotting something in the distance, 'Wait- is that it?'
Spica flew in for a closer look, examining the surroundings. A thick layer of gas seemed to cover what looked to be pieces of debris, or- asteroids.
'This must be it.' She smiled, 'The Oort Cloud is much thicker than I imagined...'
She carefully moved in, pushing the asteroids out of her way.
'All that's left to do is to find the others.'
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"Luna, are you okay?" Earth spoke after noticing his moon was looking out of it.
"Huh-? Oh, yeah, yeah- I'm good, just thinking..." Luna trailed off, his eyes peering into the void, "Hey, uh- dad?"
"Yes?" Earth perked up, smiling at the name. It's not often he heard it- with Luna being too shy or one of the others always hanging around, prompting the moon to speak up barely. The Earth always welcomed moments like these, where it was just the two of them.
"What does Theia look like...?" The question came out hesitantly, almost as if Luna was afraid to ask it.
Earth frowned, his eyes slowly widening as he realized what the other had said.
Luna wanted to know about Theia?
'Theia...' Earth thought, his eyes drifting. He knew the day would come when Luna would want to know more about Theia, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.
Heck, even Earth barely knew anything about Theia, mostly due to the after-effects of the impact.
"What exactly did you want to know about?" Earth questioned.
"Just what she looked like."
'Oh.' Earth hummed, "Is that all? Shades of brown; from light to dark, from tan to umber..."
"What about her Celestial form?"
"I've only seen her Celestial form once; beautiful curly hair that went down to her shoulders, pale yellow eyes that reflected thousands of Stars, and a toga with a golden sash and crown... why do you ask?" Earth raised an eyebrow.
"I think- I may have seen her," Luna uttered.
Earth looked at him incredulously, "What?"
"I- I don't know if it's actually her, or my imagination, though." Luna continued, "I just happen to see something, and it looks real, yet it isn't at the same time... does that make sense?"
"It makes perfect sense." Earth spoke, "Wh-Where do you usually see... her?"
"Over by the asteroid belt." Luna looked across the way, peering at the thicket of debris, "She's not there now, but I sometimes see her poking her head through the rocks, kinda like she's playing a game almost."
The Earth blinked. Theia was known to be playful, finding most of her time playing in the asteroid belt despite Jupiter's warnings telling her it was dangerous. She and Earth would also dance along their orbits together since their orbits were quite close.
It would also bring along the downfall of one, and the newfound life of another.
"You know those Earthling stories about guardian angels...?" Luna spoke.
"Of course." Earth nodded.
"It almost feels like that." A small smile formed on the moon's face, "Like Theia is watching over me, over the both of us."
Earth found himself getting choked up as his eyes watered. His lips trembled as he spoke with a quavering voice, "Y-Yeah..."
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"Something's wrong with Neptune!" Nereid spoke upon seeing her planet frowning.
"What could it be?" Galatea asked.
"Could just ask him." Triton shrugged, already flying up to Neptune, "Hey."
"Hm? Oh, hey, Triton- what's up?" Neptune smiled.
"The, uh- little ones are worried about you." Triton gestured behind him, "Thought I might ask if you were, y'know- alright?"
Neptune glanced at his tinier moons, then looked at Triton, who was avoiding eye contact. The blue planet smiled, knowing Triton was also worried, "I'm alright, guys. There's just a lot on my mind."
"Like what?" Larissa asked.
"Well, you guys probably won't understand," Neptune spoke, "There's a threat, or someone really mean, who wants to wipe out all of us."
"All of us...?" Nereid uttered.
"Even you, Neptune?" Proteus frowned.
"Especially me." Neptune nodded, "I tried to plan what we're going to do against this threat, but I'm afraid that it's not enough... we don't have enough resources to defeat, or get rid of, this really mean someone."
"Not even if we help?" Despina asked.
Neptune smiled softly, "I'm afraid not, Despina."
The tiny moons all looked bleak as they huddled against each other for comfort.
Triton frowned, having seen part of X's plan laid out on a whiteboard before him, he had a vague idea about what the navy Celestial was going to do.
He faced the Sun, adjusting his cracked lenses as he sped off. He faintly heard Neptune's shout of confusion, ignoring it as he focused on making it to the asteroid belt.
He hoped he could make it in time.
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X let out a sigh as he gazed at the trident in his hands, his mind set on the past.
The screams. The pleas for help.
Hundreds upon thousands of crushed planets and moons under their reign of ter-
"Sir?" A hand was placed upon his shoulder.
X blinked, peering behind him, "What is it, Sedna?"
"Those Stars... are you sure they're going to help us?" She asked, fiddling with her hands.
The navy Celestial glared, "Are you doubting my plans?"
"N-No, I was just-"
"Sedna. You're my right hand. My go-to when anything goes wrong." X spoke, "Trust me when I say that those Stars will be our shining beacon of victory."
The dwarf planet nodded, albeit still having a look of wary.
"Now, gather the others," X ordered as he looked away, "We need to get planning."
"Right away, sir." Sedna saluted as she flew away, leaving X alone to his thoughts.
X gripped the trident in his hands, twirling it around before posing it towards the shining beacon of light in the distance.
'Soon... Helios.'
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