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"Alright, that should be all of them." Neptune nodded to Titan, "It's now or never, Mr. Revolutionary!"

Titan gave him a look, taking a deep breath as he lifted his body above everyone else, "Oh, boy-" He cleared his throat, "Hello again, moons of the solar system! I wish I could tell you it's nice to see you all again, but we don't exactly have the time for that-"

"Ugh, then get to the point already!" Ganymede yelled.

"A planet has kidnapped the dwarf planets, so Neptune thought it would be a good idea for us to be a part of his plan to get them back and take this planet down," Titan explained.

"What!?"

"Are they crazy-?"

"We'll be crushed for sure-!"

"All of us will become space debris!"

The crowd of moons talked over each other as they shouted their claims, worried for their safety and well-being.

"Calm down, everyone!" Titan yelled, "None of us will become space dust!"

"That's right!" Neptune nodded, "The other Celestials will protect each and every one of you."

"Wait- the others...?" Titan raised an eyebrow, turning to look at Neptune, "But what about you?"

"I have a different goal." Neptune whispered to him before turning his attention to the moons, "I'm entrusting Titan to lead this mission. He has a vast knowledge of this sort of thing."

"I don't know about that..." Titan muttered.

"I would stay with you and plan more, but I need to make sure my moons are alright." Neptune frowned.

"It's alright, Neptune. I'm, uh- sure I got this covered." Titan smiled sheepishly.

"Great! I'll be counting on all of you from now on~" Neptune grinned, circling Titan before flying away.

Titan watched him leave, frowning as some of the moons bombarded him with questions about what was going on and why they were the ones going to handle it.

'This might... take a while.' He thought, his eyes looking around.

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Triton peered over his shoulder, letting out a breath, 'I wasn't followed... that's good for me, but... bad for the others. I should hurry-'

"T-Tr-Triton! You're back!?" A stuttering voice yelled as Io blocked his path with flailing limbs, "Th-They said the m-m-mysterious planet took you!"

"I was," Triton stepped past him, "I need to-"

"Warn the others? D-Don't worry, Neptune and Titan already informed us." Io jerked his head to the crowd of moons swarming around Titan.

"Oh- wait, where's-?"

"Io, what'd I say about-?" A voice piped up as a dark figure flew up to them. Callisto frowned, "Oh." She crossed her arms, huffing as she averted her gaze, "Hey."

"Callisto..." Triton frowned, furrowing his eyebrows as his eyes looked on in pathetic desperation, "How... are you?"

"Oh, you know... the usual." Callisto shrugged.

Io glanced between them, biting his lip as he felt his skin boiling from the tension.

"...Sorry to cut this 'reunion' short, but I have to talk to Neptune." Triton quickly excused himself as he moved past them, his eyes darting to where the blue Celestial was juggling a few pieces of debris, his irregular-shaped moons watching in awe.

"All it takes is a little practice, and soon, with enough tenacity, you'll get the hang of it!" Neptune grinned as he caught the rubble and flicked it towards an asteroid, causing a chain reaction as the rocks pelted into each other and exploded.

"Wow, you're amazing, Neptune!" Larissa smiled, clapping her small hands together.

"Thank you, but I'm not-" Neptune reached up to scratch the back of his neck when he saw a glance of his long-lost 'moon' a few units away. His eyes widened as he opened his mouth, "Triton?"

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"You said you weren't going to hurt us..." Haumea trembled, inching closer to Makemake.

"I changed my mind." X shrugged, pulling out his trident, "Besides, it was Triton I wasn't going to hurt, the rest of you are of no use to me."

Eris squinted her eyes, "Do you enjoy hurting others? Is our pain that hilarious to you?"

X raised an eyebrow, "Well, yes, that's the point- to make everyone feel the suffering I've felt, but ten times worse."

"You know, that's not a healthy way to deal with trauma-" Makemake spoke, being interrupted when three sharp prongs were stuffed in his face.

"Soon, everyone will realize I had been right all along..." X uttered, electricity burning through his core as his trident sparked around the edges.

Makemake forced his eyes closed as he braced for impact.

"X!" A voice called out. The blue Celestial jumped, turning his head around as his arm moved away from his target.

BZZT!

A bolt of lightning shot out from the trident.

"Agh!" Pluto yelped, feeling his shoulder numb under the electrifying impact.

"Pluto!" Charon's eyes widened as she couldn't help but watch the lightning bolt burn onto his brown surface, making a mark.

"You made me miss." X scowled at Sedna.

"Sorry, sir, it's just that... there are visitors from beyond the Kuiper belt." She spoke, bowing her head.

"Is it that time already...?" X muttered, then nodded, "Alright then, I'll see to it immediately."

As X moved past the other returning dwarf planets, Orcus called him back, "Hey, X...?"

"What is it now?" X groaned, looking at the smaller one.

"I was just wondering... since we're almost done helping you and all... when will we get our moons back?" He asked, timidly.

"What makes you think you're almost done helping me?" X furrowed his eyebrows.

"Well, you said-"

"I said that as soon as you're done helping me, I can help you guys find your moons." X said, "I never said anything about how long it would take."

"Oh. R-Right..." Orcus nodded his head.

"Now, why don't you watch our guests?"

"Yes, sir." Orcus saluted.

X huffed, flying away into the debris.

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"You okay, Sun?" Mercury asked.

"Of course! Why wouldn't I be?" The Sun grinned.

"No reason- you just look out of it recently."

"I'm fine! Although, I can't say the same for you guys!" The Sun frowned, "Everyone's out of their orbits!"

"I-It's not permanent!" Mercury waved his hands, "It's just for a few more hours, I promise!"

"Mhm, you best hope you all don't start drifting away from me or worse, colliding into each other!" The Sun glared.

Mercury sighed, "Right, well I'll make sure that..."

The Sun didn't catch any of what Mercury said, his mind started drifting elsewhere. In his gaze, he saw bits of asteroids and debris. The rocks began decaying as four luminous figures made their way to the edge of the cloud. One of them spoke, crossing their arms. A dark figure appeared within the cloud, a conniving smirk on their face.

"Sun? Helloooo?" Mercury waved a hand in front of Sun's face.

"Hm?" The Sun blinked. He moved his eyes, looking in the distance. His eyes widened, a frown appearing on his face, 'Shit.'

"What is it?" Mercury asked.

The Sun furrowed his eyebrows as he bit his lip, "We might... have a problem."

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'How is X gonna take down the entire Solar System?' I hear you asking.

Well, get ready to find out in the next chapter :)

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