TWs: Past ejection, secrets, mentioned kidnapping/disappearances, feelings of unease. Stay safe :)
15 HOURS 58 MINUTES 35 SECONDS...
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"Saturn's moons...?" Makemake uttered as he squinted at the words on the whiteboard, "Why would they need Saturn's moons?"
"Because," X made his way out from the darkness, shifting the asteroids in his path, "If not for Saturn, I wouldn't be stuck in this mess."
"What?" The tied-up dwarf planets glanced at each other.
"Are we talking about the same Saturn?" Pluto asked.
"I've met Saturn and the guy seems barely capable of hurting anyone." Eris frowned.
"That's what you think." X scoffed, "But... it was Saturn's idea to toss me into interstellar space in the first place."
The group's eyes widened, horrified at what they were hearing.
"What? That's not possible!" Charon yelled, "You're lying!"
"Y-Yeah, Saturn's not capable of doing anything like that..." Haumea agreed.
"Well, whether you want to believe me or not, it's the undeniable truth." X shrugged, turning to the board, "'Crown Jewel' of the Solar System... give me a break."
Sedna and Gonggong watched the scene with unwavering eyes. Gonggong prodded his elbow into Sedna's side, giving her a look.
Sedna rolled her eyes, letting out a sigh as she drifted up to the navy Celestial cautiously, "X, can I have a word with you?"
"Go on, Sedna." X barely cast her a look as he continued scheming.
Sedna averted her gaze, "I was just wondering, well, all of us were wondering... what, exactly, is your goal here?"
X turned to face the dwarf Celestial, "Isn't it obvious?"
Sedna shrugged her shoulders, "Mmh..."
X glared at the hostages before humming, "Follow me; Gonggong, watch them- and tell Salacia when she returns to make arrangements for our guests."
Gonggong nodded, his eyes scanning the tied-up Celestials.
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13 HOURS 46 MINUTES 28 SECONDS...
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"And there's nothing you can do?" A female voice spoke through the comm.
"Well, that's what my boss said, but Mr. Spherical says otherwise." AstroDude spoke, "I just don't want to quit when I know there has to be a way out of this."
"I hope so." His wife sighed, "Looking up at the second Star through the window every few minutes makes me uneasy."
AstroDude glanced out the window of his ship, "I don't think there's anything to worry about for now."
The astronaut perked upon seeing something out of the corner of his eye. He hummed, turning and letting out a yelp, "Agh!"
"Is everything okay? Honey?" His wife called.
"Uh, y-yeah..." AstroDude gulped, his eyes widening upon seeing Ceres enter his peripheral, "Listen, can I call you back?"
"Oh, of course! I have to get our son to bed, anyway."
"Great, love you, bye!" AstroDude ended the call hastily as he grabbed his microphone, projecting the sound to the outside speakers, "Can I help you...?"
"H-Help... hahahahah!" Ceres cackled, rotating around the astronaut's ship, "Follow... hahahah!"
The dwarf planet flew away, continuing to laugh to himself.
"Okay...?" Ignoring his instinct to fly in the opposite direction, AstroDude decided to follow the weird dwarf.
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12 HOURS 57 MINUTES 36 SECONDS...
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"Are you sure?" Neptune asked, his eyebrows furrowing.
"Positive." Triton nodded, "Proteus made sure they were following him-"
"I couldn't have looked away for more than ten seconds!" Proteus yelled, "Or was it fifteen...? I don't know, but it wasn't enough time for them to be taken!"
"Unless there was more than one attacker," Callisto spoke.
"Possibly." Neptune nodded, his eyes looking over to the Kuiper belt, "And there's only one place where they could be..."
As he averted his gaze, tears welled in Proteus's eyes, "I'm sorry for losing track of Nereid and Larissa, Neptune... I didn't think this would happen."
"It's not your fault, Proteus," Neptune assured, pulling Proteus into his hands, "None of us knew this was going to happen."
Proteus sniffled, "Now what are we going to do...?"
"Find them, of course! They couldn't have gone far." A smile rose on Neptune's face as he blinked one eye, then the other. His eyes peered at Triton, "Come on, gang! We're losing time sitting around doing nothing. Proteus, watch the other moons for me."
"Really? After what I did?"
"You didn't do anything, Proteus. As long as you all stick together, nothing will happen, okay?"
Proteus nodded, a small smile residing on his face.
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10 HOURS 52 MINUTES 48 SECONDS...
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Saturn fiddled with his fingers, his eyes wandering around unblinkingly as his lips pressed into a thin line. He felt his core whirring in his center, the ongoing winds rising before cascading down like millions of whirlwinds, making him feel sick- at least he thought it was sickness, Celestial bodies of his stature didn't feel pain since he didn't have a 'solid' surface.
'What am I going to do...?' Saturn asked himself.
Squinted eyes peered at the planet.
"Titan, give it a rest." Dione spoke, "Saturn obviously doesn't want to talk."
"Not like we want to talk to him." Iapetus continued.
"Guys," Titan sighed, turning towards the others, "He's our planet- we should worry about him, after all, there is a planet targeting him and the other Giants."
"Yeah." Rhea nodded, "Maybe... he needs someone to talk to."
"Agreed!" Tethys grinned, "We should check on him, at least."
Dione sighed, "Fine."
The moons flew up to their planet, Dione gesturing for Titan to speak.
"Uh, hey, Saturn."
Saturn jumped, turning around to see some of his major moons gazing at him, "T-Titan...! And... Dione... Rhea... T-Tethys? And Iapetus...?"
The satellites stared at him with wide eyes.
"D-Did I get someone's name wrong again?" Saturn glanced away, his hands rising to cover his face, "After I went through all that trouble of writing them down hundreds of times over!"
"No! No, Saturn, you got it all wrong!" Titan moved forward, "You got it right."
"Surprisingly," Iapetus uttered.
"I-" Saturn peeked his eyes through his fingers, "I did...?"
"Yeah!" Titan smiled.
Saturn breathed a sigh of relief, his hands moving to his chest, "Oh, thank Stars! So, what did you come to me for?"
"Well, we were wondering-"
"Mostly Titan." Dione corrected.
Titan deadpanned, "I was wondering why you seemed panicky."
"Panicky?" Saturn quirked an eyebrow.
"You weren't blinking for over ten minutes." Iapetus spoke, glancing around as everyone stopped to stare at him, "What? I couldn't help but keep track."
Saturn smiled, "Thanks for the concern, but I'm fine."
"Really?" Dione asked.
"Are you sure?" Rhea knitted her eyebrows together.
"Is it about that planet X that everyone is worried about?" Tethys questioned.
"Ah, uh..." Saturn blanched, "Uhm..."
"So it is." Titan nodded, "Why are you afraid of a planet smaller than you?"
Saturn opened his mouth before shaking his head, "You wouldn't understand."
"What wouldn't we understand?" Dione rolled her eyes, "You treat us as if we're nothing."
"I-I'm sorry, I just-"
"Planet meeting! Planet meeting, everyone!" The Sun bellowed.
"I..." Saturn glanced down at his moons, his eyes glistening as he smiled, "I'll be right back."
The Celestial flew away, discreetly rubbing at his eyes. Titan noticed the gesture, his frown deepening. He turned to the others.
"We have to do something." He spoke, "We can't let anything happen to the planets."
"What can we do, Titan?" Dione asked, "We've been through this before, the planets are far bigger than us! We can't just attack a planet and some Stars."
"Who said anything about attacking...?" A smirk rose on Titan's sphere.
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