Thion 3XQ: Journey [ON HOLD]

Momo’s not sure how long it’s been since Sana left, or how long they’ve been stuck in this small room which was similar to the one they were in before. There were no doors or windows and the placed looked even dirtier than the last. She wasn’t sure what the Thions wanted with them. She thinks that if they wanted to kill them, they’d have done it already instead of keeping them cooped up in some room. Thions were known to be ruthless to whoever entered their planet so it was a bit odd that they weren’t killed or at least being tortured. It was an uneasy feeling, that feeling of waiting around for something bad to happen. But she trusted Sana that she’d at least bring them some help and she hoped and prayed that wherever Sana was, she was safe. She really hoped that Sana was safe… Wondering around if Sana was safe and alive or dead, would do her no good so she had to at least keep a positive mindset. Someone had to when the majority of her peers looked like they’ve given on up and were just awaiting their doom.

They’ve been bringing them a bit of food and something to drink but it’s limited. The Thions’ food was a bit flavorless and the substance which Momo assumes was like water to them, resembled and tasted a bit like green tea; she liked it more than the food. She noticed that Somi has been refusing to eat. She’d only drink a bit of the liquid and only take a few bites of the food. Nayeon had been practically forcing her to eat, Somi’d been on edge ever since Sunmi hadn’t woken up. It’s like she’d be fine if the professor was conscious. But the professor remained in a deep sleep. No one knew when she’d wake up, even though Somi had urged that she desperately needed to see a doctor or be placed in a hospital. But the Thions would never allowed that. Whether she survived or not didn’t really matter to the Thions.

That’s how they spent their time, with Momo, Nayeon and Taeil trying to cheer up the younger ones. Though it didn’t really work that well. Momo had informed the group about how Sana was going to come back with some help but some weren’t too glad about it. Momo trusts Sana with her life, wholeheartedly she believed Sana wouldn’t just betray and abandon them and Nayeon decided to trust her too. Taeil was a bit skeptical but he was positive about the whole thing. While most of the younger ones, especially Dowoon and Renjun were in denial. They truly believed that Sana had just abandoned them, just like that. They really believed that no one would be coming for them. Jeongyeon wanted to also put her trust in Sana like Momo and Nayeon but she wasn’t sure about it. Sana was never the most reliable person and there is a possibly that she could be dead or have gotten herself recaptured. Jeongyeon likes to think of herself as a realist, so she was on the fence about it. Dejun was also on the fence about it while Renjun and Dowoon had completely given up with the hope of someone ever coming for them. They were basically just waiting for the Thions to kill them.

Nayeon’s head was on Momo’s right shoulder while Jeongyeon’s head was on her left. The trio were just sitting down in one corner of the room.

“Why do you think they’ve kept us alive for so long?” Nayeon spoke up.

“I’m not sure” Momo was also curious as well.

“Well whatever they’re going to do with us, they better hurry it up because I hate this game of waiting around” Jeongyeon said as she gripped her thigh in frustration and a bit of fear. Nayeon sighed, she knew Jeongyeon was never the patient type. It a miracle that no one in the room was claustrophobic, though some of them they did feel like they were losing their minds already. Momo held her hand to try and calm her down and Jeongyeon just sighed in frustration and muttered an “I’m sorry”.

“You’re right, they should just get it over with and just kill us” Renjun spoke up as he simply stared at the wall. Dowoon turned to look at him and said “Yeah just end this fucking nightmare”

Everyone in the room just looked at them, not really want to say anything because they knew it’d come through one ear and come out the next; they were stubborn. So they just let them vent all their feelings out into the open.

“Bet they’ll start picking us off one by one and probably torture us first. Probably will feed us to the Boomis or something.. I hear they do that to trespasser. They have like a live show where Thions gather around to watch the trespassers run around in fear in the arena while the Boomis chases them”

“Fuck” Dowoon chuckled bitterly. “Maybe that happened to Minatozaki”

As he said Sana’s name Momo quickly got up and walked to where he was sitting.

“What the fuck did you just say?”

Dowoon looked up at her as he stood up and smirked. Momo could see the dark circles under his eyes. They were are all stressed out too but he had no reason to talk about Sana like that. He stood closer moved closer to Momo and was an inch away from her face.

“You heard me”

Momo grabbed him by the collar and pin him to the wall. Momo was usually a calm person, she didn’t really like conflict but she’d do anything for Sana. Nayeon was by her side trying to get her to let him go as well as Taeil was trying to get him to shut up.

“No, say it again. I dare you”

He looked her straight in the eye and said with a smirk “Maybe Sana’s fucking dead. Gone and eaten.”

Momo would be okay if he didn’t have that stupid grin on his face, Dowoon didn’t have a second to spare before Momo punched him the eye. Nayeon along with Jeongyeon pulled her away from him as Taeil stood between them both. He turned to Dowoon to tell him to calm the fuck down. “What the fuck? I know we’re all stressed out but what you said was out of line”
Dowoon held his right eye as he looked at both Momo and Taeil’s direction and said a big fuck you and sat down next to Renjun.

“Uhm excuse me?” Jeongyeon was ready to defend Momo. She was stressed out as well but at least she wasn’t being an insensitive little shit about it. She was now walking towards Dowoon direction when Taeil stood in front her trying to stop her.

They were all shouting and arguing with each other and Nayeon hated it. They should’ve been working together or at least remain positive for each other.

“S-Stop” Somi said quietly  

Dejun looked towards her as the no one noticed her plead.

“Stop” She said a bit louder but not nearly enough, her eyes were watery and her hands covered her ears. Dejun thought she looked scared. “Please” she nearly whispered.

“Stop!” Dejun shouted. He was always the shy quiet one so it was really surprising for the rest to hear him shout. The room became quiet as the all turned to look at Dejun who had his brows furrowed.

Suddenly a door opened at Chido walked in, their heads turned from Dejun to Chido was looking at them with a stern yet disgusted look. He then turned his back towards the door and took a step out. He turned to the guard on his left and told them to round them up. The guards nodded as four of them entered the room and before any of them could react the zapped them all on their necks.

Momo felt herself losing consciousness. Maybe this was it she thought as her eyes closed.

-

“Hey”

“Tzuyu”

“Tzuyu!”

Sana grabbed her arm to get her to stop. Which worked but Tzuyu was beyond annoyed. She sighed in frustration as she removed Sana’s arm for like the millionth time already. Not only was she was beyond tired, she was also very hungry and thirsty. They’d been walking in an awkward silence, both not quite knowing what to say. Occasionally, Sana would try and initiate a conversation with Tzuyu but the latter would mostly ignore her. They’d sometimes share a few words but it lasted no longer than two sentences.

“Can you stop ignoring me?”

“What is it Sana?”

“I’m hungry” Sana’s voice was so soft. But this annoyed Tzuyu even more.

“And? What do you want me to do about that?” Tzuyu said pointedly.

“Shouldn’t we stop and rest somewhere?”

“Hmm I don’t know Sana, maybe you’re right. We should definitely stop and rest in those fucking bushes over there. That’s a great idea” Tzuyu said in a sarcastic tone.

Sana huffed as she crossed her arms. They’d been walking for god knows how. It was already begging to get dark out, Sana really felt like they should stop and rest somewhere. She was honestly so tired and she knew the latter was too.

“Ugh” Tzuyu groaned in annoyance as she rubbed her forehead. She walked a little bit closer to where Sana stood standing. “Come on, just a little bit further. I think there’s a town or village up ahead. It’s dangerous if we stop now”

“How do you know, there’s something up ahead?”

Tzuyu pointed to the light in the distance. “You see that light over there?” It looked like it stood on the top of the mountain. It didn’t look too far away, they just had to keep pushing forward.

Sana nodded. “Carry me?” She stretched out her arms at Tzuyu for her to give her a piggyback ride.

Tzuyu scoffed as she walked away.

Sana pouted as she followed Tzuyu, the two walked in silence the rest of the way.  

-

As they got closer they could see the lights of what Tzuyu assumes is a town. It was relatively small but it had everything it needed. Sana was glad because she felt like she was dying. When Tzuyu said that it was only a little bit further she thought it was only a stone’s throw away but it was further than thought. Her feet hurt but Tzuyu barely looked unfazed by it. When Tzuyu was in the Academy she had to walk and run for long distances, so this was not much of a difference but Tzuyu was still really tired.

“Sana put on your hoodie” Tzuyu whispered as she started putting on the beanie.

“Why?”

“We don’t want to draw too much attention to ourselves just put it on”

Sana simply nodded as she clumsily put on the hoodie in an effort to quickly put it on. Tzuyu rolled her eyes and shook her head as she watched Sana struggle to put in on.

“Stay close to me” She whispered as Sana put the hood on. If the situation were any different, Tzuyu would want as far away from her as possible but right now they had to stick together. She was on guard in case anything would happen, she’d have to protect herself and Sana. Sure she wasn’t really fond of the older girl but she’s not cruel, she doesn’t want Sana to get hurt.

Sana walked closer to Tzuyu as they both walked not really looking at anyone in the eyes. They took notice of their surroundings. The little town was a bit janky. There seemed to be one of everything, one store, restaurant, bank, motel etc. Everything looked a little run down and the Thions didn’t look very welcoming. Most of the Thions walking about resembled humans, while the other few resembled animals. Tzuyu felt a bit uneasy but her main objective was to get some food and to find a place to say.

“Tzuyu?” she heard Sana whisper.

“Yeah?” Tzuyu didn’t ignore her this time since they were in a town filled with Thions who would try to kill them if they found out they were humans. She led around ally so they could talk more freely.

“What are we going to do now?”

“We’re going to find something to eat and then a place to stay”

“That’s great but uhhh..” Sana scratched the back of her head, “We don’t have any money”

They couldn’t just waltz into the restaurant and demand food or a place to stay. That would draw too much attention to themselves and Tzuyu didn’t really want to steal from these hardworking people either. Sure they hated humans but some were just trying to earn a living and Tzuyu respected that. Though Sana would think otherwise.

“Let’s steal some cash”

“No” Tzuyu quickly replied.

“Why? Come on, we need it” Sana didn’t understand why Tzuyu didn’t want to but Tzuyu had her reasons.

“No Sana”

Sana could see how serious Tzuyu was. She crossed her arms in annoyance. “Well what do you plan we do then? Sleep on the streets and eat out of the garbage?”

“Can you shut up for two seconds” She said as she put her hand on Sana’s mouth. Sana was about to take offense before she noticed Tzuyu’s stare was on a Thions male across the street in the other alley. He was cornering this small Thions girl, she looked scared like he was about to do something.

“I have a plan, stay here” was all Tzuyu said before she crossed the street.

The one thing Tzuyu hated more than stealing was when others would take advantage of others that were weaker than them; she hated men who would hurt women. Sana watched as Tzuyu kicked the Thion on the side of his stomach. He crouched down in pain as he tried to swing a punch at Tzuyu but all she did was hit him in face with the back of her ray gun, knocking him out cold. Sana watched as the Thion girl ran away as Tzuyu kicked him, the girl was really pale, her hair was a dark purple and she carried a dusty old satchel and a backpack.

Luckily no one was really around to witness what Tzuyu had done. She was lucky they were in a dark alley. She searched his pockets until she found his wallet, or what she thinks is his wallet. She walked out of the alley coolly, as if nothing had just happened. She walked back to where Sana was with her hands in her pockets.

“What the fuck did you just do?” Sana whispered as Tzuyu was now next her.

“Relax” she opened the wallet and showed Sana what was inside “is this money?”

Sana looked at it and indeed it was Thion dollars, it had to be about 200 Thionens in there. “I thought you were against stealing?”

Tzuyu shrugged as she put the wallet back in her pocket “I wasn’t just going to let him hurt her”

Sana thought it was sweet so she simply just smiled at Tzuyu.

“What?” Tzuyu looked at her, curious as to why Sana was smiling at her.

“Nothing” Sana hummed. “Now get me some food, I’m starving” Sana said pouting while rubbing her tummy. Tzuyu thought Sana was like a kid. She rolled her eyes at the older one and walked past her in the direction of the restaurant. Sana skipped behind to catch up to Tzuyu. They walked towards the only restaurant in town. Tzuyu still on her guard the whole time there. The restaurant wasn’t anything too fancy, honestly it looked more like a rundown bar, but it’s better than anything.

When Tzuyu and Sana walked in they found a seat at the back where the light was much darker. They could feel some stares on them but not too much. They just had to act as normal as possible. Luckily the restaurant didn’t have any waiter asking them want they want to order. There was a device with a list of food to order.

“I can’t read any of this” Tzuyu said as she scrolled through the menu. Her Ogsic was very limited, she only knew some basic words. While Sana’s was a bit better, she still wasn’t an expert in the language.

“Here, I’ll order this for the both of us.. I think it’s called a bombe bread with pepper cods?” Sana said as she scratched the back of her head. “To drink we can get can get bons.. is that okay?”

Normally Tzuyu would hate Sana choosing what to eat for her, but she had to agree since she didn’t understand the language and she was really hungry, so she just nodded.

Sana tapped the order in and they waited in awkward silence. Sana was unsure if she wanted to spark up a conversation or not. She glanced at Tzuyu who eyeing the room. Sana guesses Tzuyu was making sure nobody had suspected them or anything. She decided against it, so as to not distract her. After a few minutes a waiter arrived to give them their food. As the waiter placed the food on the table Sana thanked the young Thion male in Ogsic. Tzuyu looked a little impressed that Sana’s accent was a good. But she’d never tell her that.

Tzuyu thought the food looked a bit unappetizing but it tasted better than it looked, or it could be that she was just so hungry. Sana watched as Tzuyu rapidly gulped down her food as if she hadn’t had food in months. Though, Tzuyu did feel like she hadn’t eaten in days.

“And I thought I was the hungry one..” Sana chuckled.

Tzuyu looked up to see Sana looking at her. She gulped the food that was in her mouth and drank a bit of her bons, she was a bit embarrassed at Sana looking at her.

“Whatever” She said as she continued eating her food, this time more slowly.

Once they were finished, Sana said the bill was 20 Thionens. Tzuyu left the money on the table as they walked out of the restaurant. Now, no one was even sparing a glance at them which Tzuyu thought was great. Now they just needed a place to sleep. So they decided to walk at the only motel in town. It looked similarly to the restaurant, it was a bit rundown as well.

They walked in the motel and went to the counter to order a room. Sana did all the talking.

“Uhm room 1. How much?” Sana said as best as she could, she tried hard not to show she had accent or else this old Thion woman would figure out that they were outsiders.

The old Thions woman eyed her but then she pointed to a sign on the wall where Sana thinks it said 1 room for 1 night= 50 Thionens. Sana simply said 1 to the Thions woman and gave her the 50 Thionens that she asked Tzuyu to give her. The old woman took the money and handed the key over to her. Then she went back to reading whatever it was that she was reading.

It was a bit nerve-wracking having to interact with Thions that closely, but she had to pretend it didn’t faze her. The pair walked to find their room which was apparently Room 14 on the far end of the corridor. Sana unlocked the door and slowly went in with Tzuyu trailing in behind her. As they stepped in the lights turned. It must be motion censored. The small little room looked a bit dirty bit it had one bed, a table and 1 chair and the bathroom was even tinier.

At least they have two towels.

Tzuyu locked the door behind them as Sana sat on the bed. It was a bit awkward thinking how they’d have to sleep on the bed together. But they weren’t really in the position to be picky and choosy about anything. Sana grabbed one of the towels and stood by the bathroom door.

“I’ll go shower first” she awkwardly stated.

Tzuyu wondered why Sana was telling her but she simply nodded. Sana entered the bathroom and closed the door as Tzuyu plopped herself down on the bed. She was so tired she could fall asleep right there but she wanted to take a shower. She should’ve fought Sana to shower first.

Sana looked at herself in the mirror noticing how tired she looked, it was a long day or day and a half. While in the shower, Sana felt relieved as the bons washed away all the sweat and grime she’d been feeling. She took a quick shower so she could go to bed and sleep. As she stepped out, she didn’t have any clean clothes so she’d have to put the same clothes she wore. But for now, she settled on sleeping in her hoodie and underwear. Luckily the hoodie was a bit long enough.

Tzuyu was dozing off until she heard the bathroom door open. She opened her eye and noticed as Sana came out of the bathroom drying her hair wearing nothing but her hoodie and underwear. She didn’t really want to stare but Sana was just there. She tried looking away. But Sana noticed Tzuyu’s actions.

“Oh come on, we’re both girls aren’t we?”

She was right so Tzuyu wasn’t sure exactly why she reacted like that. “I’m gonna shower” Tzuyu mumbled as she grabbed the towel and went into the bathroom. She sighed as she gripped the sink.

What’s wrong with you, Tzuyu

She looked at herself in the mirror, similarly to how Sana had did before. She noticed how tired she looked as well. But only sighed as she got into the shower, feeling the same bliss that Sana had felt. As she got out, she opted to wear her shirt and cargo pants and her socks, she left the beanie and her jacket as well as her guns on the table. She opened the door to dry her hair.

Sana was now tucked in the bed, Tzuyu was glad she didn’t have to see her legs again. When she felt her hair was dry enough she went to turn off the light and got into the bed along with Sana. They were both on the far edge on each sides of the bed. Sana chose the right and Tzuyu was on the left. Tzuyu sighed as her head the pillow.

“Tzuyu” Sana wanted to talk a bit before they went to sleep, but the latter simply ignored her. Tzuyu turned on her side with her back facing away from Sana. Sana did the same when Tzuyu didn’t answer her.

“Good night, Tzuyu” she said in a soft whisper.

Sana had been thinking about all that’s happened since the crash when Tzuyu was in the shower. She wanted someone to talk to since she was getting emotional about it all, thinking and hoping that Momo and the rest of her friends were safe.

Tzuyu also thought of her team, memories of the explosions flashed through her eyes. She thought of Chaeyoung and Mina back home, she thought of her Commander, she thought of Yukhei..

It was dark in the room with nothing but silence as both girls cried themselves to sleep that night.