Thion 3XQ: Journey [ON HOLD]

“Alright listen up, this mission is very important. We just got word that a spaceship has crashed on Planet Thion 3XQ”. Jihyo said as she eyed around the room. A couple of gasps could be heard.

“Apparently it was a ship carrying a group of students from Zletin University. Approximately eleven persons were on board, 9 students, their professor and their pilot. We’re not sure what exactly happened but if there are any survivors out there we need to bring them back. I’ll be assigning Commander Lee and her team to this mission. She will also decide who else is needed in bringing back any survivors. Now Commander Lee” Jihyo said as she motioned Saerom to come and speak.

“Well you heard Captain Park right? I’ll be leading my team on this mission to rescue any survivors. If they are any, they’re more than likely being held captive. It is our mission to find the location of where the spaceship landed and to also find all eleven people.” Saerom said with her hands behind her back.

“Now, you all know my team right? Team F9- SGT. Wang, SGT. Kim, SGT. Lee” She said as she motioned for her team to come and stand beside her.

“I’ll be adding two new recruits to join us on this mission. Both have excelled in all their skills and I believe they will be very valuable to the mission as well. SGT. Chou and SGT. Wong, please come up”

Tzuyu had been surprised to hear her name being called, she froze until she felt Chaeyoung nudge her. She slowly walked up in front of Saerom and gave her a salute. While Yukhei followed. They both stood beside Team F9.

Saerom nodded towards Jihyo signaling that she was done with her speech.

“Alright, you’re all dismissed” Jihyo commanded and the crowd dispersed.

Saerom turned towards her team and said “Okay, we’ll have a brief meeting and go over the plan tonight at 7 sharp. We leave for Thion tomorrow night. Got it?”

“Yes Ma’am!” The team all said in unison as they made a salute. Saerom then walked away along with Jihyo, while the rest of Team F9 followed leaving Tzuyu and Yukhei behind.

“Holy shit” Yukhei whispered in disbelief. “Can you believe that just happened? Wait-did that just happen or is this a dream. Am I dreaming? Please tell me I’m not I-“

“Calm down Lucas you’re not dreaming” Chaeyoung said as she walked closer to where Tzuyu and Yukhei were still standing. She called him Lucas simply because she couldn’t remember his name when they met and said that he looked like a Lucas.

Tzuyu was still frozen trying to process what had just happened.

Is this really happening? Am I really going on my first mission? And with an elite team as well?

Her thoughts were going a mile a minute.

Chaeyoung nudged her out of her daze. “Congrats Tzu, your first real big mission. Are you excited?”

Tzuyu grinned. “I can’t believe it”

“Hey do you think if we do well, they’ll let us be a part of F9” Yukhei chimed in.

“I don’t know but maybe? That doesn’t matter right now. We should focus on the mission before thinking about anything else” Although the thought had crossed Tzuyu’s mind as well she didn’t want to seem overly excited around Yukhei. However, Chaeyoung could tell just how excited her best friend was.

“Yeah, I guess you’re right. Well, I’m off to tell my mom about the good news” He said smiling but his smile quickly turned into a frown. “Uh not that news about the crash, the good news about my first mission”

Tzuyu and Chaeyoung chuckled. “Yeah I think we got that”

“Yeah well I’ll see you guys later” He said as he waved them goodbye.

Chaeyoung turned to face Tzuyu. “Okay now that he’s gone you can let it out”

“Let what out?”

“Oh come on, I know you’re excited about your very first mission. You’ll get to see outer space!” Chaeyoung squealed.

Tzuyu sighed and gave Chaeyoung a small smile. “You know it’s always been my dream to travel through space. It’s the only reason I joined the academy and this base, so I can travel around the universe. I can’t believe my dream is finally coming true”

Chaeyoung could see the little twinkle in Tzuyu’s eyes. She was happy for her best friend but there was still something that was bothering her.

“I am a little worried though”

“About what?” Tzuyu turned to face Chaeyoung with furrowed brows.

“I’m happy for you and all but you’re not going to just any planet.. It’s Thion 3XQ. You know the stories about that place. It’s dangerous” Chaeyoung said with a worried look on her face.

Tzuyu sighed. She’d be lying if she said she wasn’t worried too but this was something she had to do. She was chosen to help in the mission and she wouldn’t pass up on the opportunity to help people in need. As much as she was excited for this mission she was also concerned about the people who were on that spaceship; if there were any survivors or not and if they were okay and safe.

“I know, but this is something I have to do. Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine” Tzuyu tried to reassure her best friends. “Besides, it’s not like I’m going alone. I’m going with F9. THE F9, one of the top squadrons here at the Vesta Base. I think I’m in good hands. Besides, I can handle myself pretty well” Tzuyu smirked.

Chaeyoung sighed and looked at Tzuyu right in the eye. “Just promise me you’ll stay safe and that you’ll come back”

“Chaeng..” Tzuyu knew that Chaeyoung was serious and worried. Honestly, she couldn’t really blame her. If Chaeyoung was the one tasked to go on this mission Tzuyu would be just as worried for her best friend.

“I pinky promise?” Tzuyu held out her pinky so as to promise Chaeyoung that she’d come back to her.

Chaeyoung rolled her eyes and took Tzuyu’s pink with her own. “Alright alright, now come on let’s go get some coffee”.

Tzuyu chuckled “You just want to see Mina”

Chaeyoung blushed pulling Tzuyu’s arm towards the door.  “I do, but I also really like her coffee too”.

-

The plan was simple. Well, almost simple. Using F9’s ship they would fly out to space but before reaching Thion 3XQ’s orbit, Yukhei would activate the ship’s force shield that would mask their presence so that they could land without being detected by and Thions. Yiren was tasked with finding the precise location of the fallen aircraft. Saerom, Taeyong, Yiren and Wonpil would be at the frontline while Yukhei and Tzuyu would serve as defense since they were the new recruits. They each got special wrist watches to monitor each other’s location. The plan was to enter the planet undetected and get the people back on the ship and fly back to Zanerth.

Surely the plan sounded easy to Tzuyu. But perhaps a bit too easy… there was something that was bothering her but she couldn’t quite put her finger on what it was.

Taeyong sensed Tzuyu’s nervousness. “Relax kid, it’s an in and out mission. We go in and out. It shouldn’t be that hard. Plus, I’ve done this plenty of times before and I’m still in one piece” He flashed her a smile as he boarded the ship.

He’s right. I’m worried when I should be excited. I hope my adrenaline kicks in soon so I can wipe out all thing nervousness out of my system.

Tzuyu had already said her goodbye to Chaeyoung and Mina and all her other friends before boarding on the ship. She ran her hands through her hair and tied it up in a ponytail then she sat in her position and strapped herself in.

“Are you ready?” She heard Yukhei whisper beside her. His position was next to Tzuyu’s.

She looked around and saw everyone seated in their positions. With Commander Lee sitting at the middle in front. They were seated in a V shaped position.

“As ready as I’ll ever be” Tzuyu gave Yukhei a smile as he smiled back and gave her a thumbs up.

“Everyone in positions. We’re about to blast off in 3..2..1” Saerom pulled the lever that lifted the ship off the ground and pushed the buttons that made the ship blast off into space in a matter of minutes. Thion was an hour drive away but they had to make sure to activate the ship’s force shield before reaching the planet’s orbit.

Tzuyu’s breathe hitched as she looked outside. It was everything she imagined, everything she’d work so hard to achieve. She could see how Zanerth looked from up in space.  She felt excited like a little kid while Yiren just looked at her and laughed. Yiren thought Tzuyu was adorable.

About 45 minutes in, Saerom gave Yukhei the command to activate the shield as they were about to enter Thion 3XQ’s orbit. With a press of a button and some command controls Yukhei activated it. As the entered the orbit, Tzuyu saw that the planet below had a reddish brown yet purple glow to it. It looked nothing like Zanerth’s soft blue and green color.

“Yiren, prepare to locate the precise location of the fallen aircraft” Saerom ordered.

“Yes Ma’am” Yiren quickly began typing on the ship’s control.

“Got it” she said after about a few seconds.

“Excellent, I’ll light us there right now” In a matter of seconds Saerom lighted the ship to the location of where the ship was. She slowly pulled back the lever and set the ship only a few meter away from the crash landing sight.

“Get in positions” She commanded as she took off her strap and got up from her seat. The rest of the crew followed.

Tzuyu put her jacket on and placed two ray guns on both sides of the inside pockets. On her waist she had a gun in her holster.  She also kept an extra mini gun in her boot just in case. She had a slash that was filled with knives under her jacket as well.

“Let’s do this” she softly whispered to herself as she followed the team out the hatchet.

-

“S-Sir”

“What is it?” Chido asked eyes glued to the reports on his desk.

“It seems as though and unauthorized ship has entered the atmosphere” the young officer said.

Chido got up from his seat and quickly looked at the screen to where that officer was pointing at. He looked at it with a slight smirk on his face.

“Ah, it’s seems as if you’ve come for your little humans. How foolish, thinking you can come in that easily and take them”

“How foolish indeed, Sir” the officer smirked as he was confident that his Captain would do something about these trespassers.

“Gork”

“Yes Sir?”

“Move the prisoners to another location” Chido commanded.

“Yes Sir” Gork quickly got to work on the captain’s orders.

“What are you going to do about them, Sir?” the officer asked, referring to the Zanerthean ship that had just landed on their planet.

Chido smirked and confidently said “Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of them”.