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Star System K'ritha Akriti, 8573 m. u.
Planet Quuvia IX
Same size as planet Earth, it has a vast terrain and jungles and large bodies of water. The climate is predictable since it has a relatively axial tilt and it rotates on it’s axis very slow causing a long hot days and short and cold nights. It was colonized by Vlejaha, a race of humanoid cerulean aliens, over three centuries ago and until now it became their core world with a population of more than two billion concentrated mostly in coastal areas and cities of industrial complexes. The Vlejahas considered humanity to be inferior form of life, hence, they protect their race and planet from the hands of other alien race who are trying to terraform them. The planet is under the control of their highest rank leader and also the oldest one, Lord Orcades Voltar with his wife, Saena.
Planet Zurisia
A planet smaller than Quuvia IX, here live the race of cyborg, the Apiritzi, who have powerful mandibles, fire-red hair colors and a two-toned eyes of crimson and gold. The planet is controlled by their leader Vehnzar. Due to small space, they had conquered the planet Qeetziria and became one of their home. The Qeetzirianian survivors became their slaves. As their population grew, and since Qeetziria is as small as their home planet, conquering another nearby planet in their star system is now their goal. And their first target is planet Quuvia IX.
A fight started between planets Quuvia and Zurisia when the latter has abducted Saena, Lord Orcades Voltar’s wife. Vehnzar had taken a liking to the said spouse of their neighboring planet.
Because of the war, the star system had been in crumble. Asteroids, small and huge, stars, the moons, and all other rocks in their bound space were unformed causing them to collide each other. Other planets like Deairix, Audilon and Praion are now in panic, if the two strongest planet are in war, expect that their own homes will be in crumble too. Debris were all thrown as far as it reached and the system is in horribly chaotic. Flames ripped through the dark space as another spark fell, casting an eerie phantasm of light over the clanging of spaceships, thrusting and twisting of the aliens in combat. Each race surge in forward, no one wants to surrender, particularly the Quuvians, trying to get back their Lord’s beloved one. They give their full strength against their enemy destroying their techno-devices with such dark force aid. They faced flesh by flesh, blood by blood, bone by bone, and life by life.
At one full-force blow from the spaceship of Quuvia directing to the last drop of Apiritzi ship, but unfortunately it hit an asteroid as huge as the Zurisia planet splitting into two. One half was blown away west side of the system in which colliding with a terrain of the Zurisia and the other half was blown farthest reaching the milky way galaxy, the universe, the star system of the Earth.
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Planet Earth
World Space and Aeronautics Association
The noise was deafening, members, high officials, low ranks & other employees were too restless running here and there around the headquarters.
It appeared that the Dream Satellite that was launched a year ago and now stationed in the space has captured an image of a huge metal rock about half the area of Japan, it was detected falling from the outer space and its path was directly in collision with planet Earth estimated in twenty days time.
The image was too disturbing.
If the asteroid won’t divert its path, it will cause an unforgettable extinction event that can wipe even a single bacteria.
As it is forwarding fast, some of its debris has been bombarding the land particularly Japan and other country nearby.
Akashi gripped the moulded glass table in the wide hall of WSSA in an effort to control his quaking. Using his other hand he placed it over his thundering chest. Even the acrid image he saw on the monitor screen burning his eyes, he had to force himself to blinked and stood still bearing the tumult in the building.
The WSSA, Akashi Aviation School & Co. And other organizations concerning this matter held a meeting together. Calling all experts, alpha pilots, alpha soldiers and omega guides, made a plan on how to stop the metal rock from falling.
Akashi, who is used in combat and a skilled pilot, the current president of AAS&Co., was chosen to lead the mission.
The plan is to send three teams, the seekers, the combats and the back-ups where each team consists of two pilots, three soldiers and two guides.
The seeker team will lead and make a strategy to eliminate the said asteroid once they’re in space. The members are Akashi as the controller pilot; Midorima as the assistant pilot with his guide Takao; and the three soldiers namely Nebuya, Haizaki and Mayuzumi.
The combats serves as the main team concerning weaponries in case there’ll be attackers. The members are Aomine as the controller pilot with his guide Kagami; Momoi as his assistant pilot with her guide Aida; and the soldiers are Sakurai, Wakamatsu, and Imayoshi.
The back ups, as what the words signifies, in case there’ll be a mistake done by the two teams. Members are Kise as the controller pilot with his guide Kasamatsu; assistant pilot Murasakibara with guide Himuro; and the soldiers namely Izuki, Kiyoshi and Hyuuga.
Estimated time to accomplish the mission: fifteen days.
In general, an alpha pilot (male/female) needs a guide (male/female), they’re like soulmates. If a guide can connect his thoughts and feelings to a pilot, and the pilot receives and acknowledges it without any delay, they’re fated to be partners. However, even if a guide can connect his thoughts and feelings with any pilot but the pilot can’t receive it, then they’re not partners at all. A pilot can work only with his specified guide.
Genetically, a guide is supposed to be an omega since they are the only one who carries the power of telepathy, a skill which an alpha or a beta doesn’t have. The alpha pilot manoeuvres the flight while the omega guides him their path to their destination and accomplish the mission successfully unscathed.
Otherwise, a pilot can’t do a job given to him without a guide and inter-stellar travel would have been impossible. Yet for some instances and due to inter breeding’s, there are alpha’s and beta’s who can also carries the power of telepathy, but only a tinge.
Supposedly, Akashi should not be on the mission since he never find his guide. Yet he was chosen because of his ability that no one can exceed.
On the other hand, Mayuzumi as an alpha has the power of telepathy since he’s a half alpha half omega which he inherited from his omega mother. Although he can connect his thoughts and feelings to Akashi but the pilot couldn’t receive his radar, Mayuzumi was appointed as the temporary guide.
Today marks the launching of the mission up to the outerspace.
Each member gazed deeply into the amber numbers of dust like particles illuminated on the screen which the Dream Satellite transmitted to Earth twenty four hours ago. Their eyes were locked into the particular huge rock slowly descending to its path.
Statistically, time assumed to hit the land was 480 hours or equivalent to twenty days. If its a normal flight of an alpha pilot into space, it will take a month or even more than that to reach the outerspace. And twenty days? Fuck! The land will be annihilated and wash out from the globe before they’ll even reach half of the journey.
The only way to travel faster than light and sound was to use the fastest ship purposely made at times like this, and the skilled alpha, beta and omega's to do the mission. No human-made tracking device and technologies that will work in the nebulously nothingness outside the bounds of the normal space. Only this skilled one has the ability to connect precariously to the physical universe and make it possible for a fast but safety travel among the stars.
“This is a very dangerous flight but team seeker has only one qualified guide. Mayuzumi isn’t a skilled one, Akashi can’t receive his thoughts. Is there a probability that we can accomplish this mission?” the words had burst carelessly from Hanamiya, a general who’s serving only for paperwork’s purposes.
No one blinked but just stared at the blabbering mouth.
“Then, do you have someone in mind to do the mission, Hanamiya-san?” Akashi calmly asked as he clasped his hands on the table, but deep inside him he was pissed.
“I don’t. But you don’t have a qualified guide, what if both of you will make a mistake? Can you take responsibility?”
“It’s better than have nothing at all,” Aomine grunted. “or are you suggesting yourself by chance?”
Hanamiya gone paled. He swallowed.
“No, I’m just ordinary. What I’m saying is, can we wait at least for another day for Akashi to find his qualified guide?”
“This mission is urgent, Hanamiya-san and can not wait. Even though Akashi can’t receive Mayuzumi’s radar, at the very least he can still guide him. Furthermore, there’s Midorima and his guide Takao so there’s no need to panic.” The WSSA president pointed out.
“But….” desperation still jostled with doubt in Hanamiya’s face.
“Don’t worry, they’re all skilled, fast and capable enough. They know what to do.” The president said in dismissal. Hanamiya couldn’t say a word anymore and even if he protested further, an intimidating, stern face had deterred him.
“We are putting our life here at risks so rather than bickering with us, Hanamiya-san, can you just sit back and cooperate?” Akashi slammed his words slowly unable to subdue the note of irritation in his voice as he donned his sternest expression.
Not one head had the courage to interrupt Akashi.
“So, as what I’m saying, all of us will launched at the same time,” Akashi glanced at his wristwatch as he calculated the time of their departure. “…at thirteen hours today (that would be 1:00am). Set your minds for the dangers that will undoubtedly awaited during the flight, we must deal with the fears and uncertainties about this mission, and don’t doubt your own abilities because we don’t know what will happen to us in the outerspace.”
“Yes, sir!”
“Now, all of you can go and relax. We only have one hour left.”
Without much ado, all had dispersed, risen and left the meeting area. Each one has gone to their own specified team rooms and there they tried to loosen up their tighten fears.
Akashi check his belongings, his space suits, and all other things he needs since he has the heaviest task. Once he accept a duty, he sees to it that it won’t fail. All of his energies had to be focused only on this mission, million lives depended onto them. Most likely he also needs mechanical and physical back ups if his temporary guide will fail to function when they reach the outerspace. Since their minds won’t link, both of them can’t function as one entity and he can only depend on what Mayuzumi can see with his open eyes. Akashi knew that a qualified guide can listen to the voice of the stars, link his mind on the outerspace, can speak his thoughts through his feelings, and share these thoughts with his pilot. Unfortunately, he wasn’t able to find yet his fated guide.
While Mayuzumi silently sit on a secluded part of their room, trying to concentrate his mind on reaching the pilot’s feelings, he closed his eyes and breath deep, deeper still, opening his mind searching for someone who can acknowledge his radar and hoping that Akashi would be the one to hit it. But nah, frustratingly he sighed. His mind just soared into nothingness, he can’t mentally search any spark of energy at all. Once more he deep breath and willed his body cautiously ignoring the doubts that came and touched the equilibrium of his mind. No, he can’t tell them now that his power isn’t working. They only have one hour left and he couldn’t ruin the plan. He stopped thinking and rested his mind, praying that his telepath will work once they’re off.
Akashi who was leaning on the locker’s door yanked his hands on his pocket, he has been secretly observing his temporary guide, by the looks of him, he can’t be having a trouble now. He can’t be wavering because it will threaten the peace of everyone around them. He sighed at the faint ambivalence edging Mayuzumi’s face. He adjusted the collar of his white shirt then smoothed his silky hair before he wounded his feet towards the silver grey-haired guide.
“Something’s troubling your mind, Mayuzumi-san?” Akashi toned out the words from his head.
Mayuzumi stay silent for a moment, studying Akashi’s feature. “Nah,”
“Had you made up your mind being my guide?” he took shape of the words that were directed squarely at him.
“What do you mean? Did we not already decided that I’ll be just a temporary one?” Mayuzumi honed flat and uninflected.
That tinge a heat of the alpha’s blood and suddenly his aura changed.
“Because if you are having doubt with your own ability, which is vaguely parading in your face, you better stay put as a soldier than being my guide, Chihiro, you’ll only be in my way.” bluntly he swaggered beneath his breath giving the taller guy a chill on his neck.
Mayuzumi hesitated and groped words to defend himself. “As you have said a while ago, we are risking our own lives here. Do you think I will agree wittingly half-hearted? You should know that’s bullshit, Akashi.” he couldn’t hide his indignation upon tugging up his voice.
“Then fulfill your duty half ass and I’ll kick you out myself,” and before the taller guy could protest, Akashi turned his back from him.
Mayuzumi could only balled a fist.
The time has come. Each team gathered its members, fully worn their jumpsuit. The three shuttles to be use were so much ready than any others, waiting for the firing go. Individuals were carefully instructed to use their oxygen at proper and right time. There were oxygen stationed outerspace if ever they need to refuel their tanks and the nearest they could reach is the WSSA station itself, six days before oxygen hits zero. However, refuelling could be dire. The estimated use of fuels was about good for seven days, and the station of fuel from the point of the mission is calculatedly four days. A day ahead of what was planned. Therefore, it’s the seeker’s duty to form a strategy before they could charge the command and explode the asteroid.
“Are all of us ready?” Akashi loudly asked while rolling his eyes around to each team members.
“Yes, sir!”
“Then, good luck to all of us!”
Though everyone has feeling fear yet excited to do a life-death mission, the clattering’s around signifies that they are ready with the hopes of accomplishing the mission. Team seekers boarded the spaceship WSSA HELION PATHFINDER, team combat boarded the spaceship CARTHAGE WHITE KNIGHT and the back up team boarded the spaceship EARTHSHIP HOPE CONSTELLATION.
And while they were busy stuffing their stuffs inside their ships, no one has noticed the faint bluemist aura sneaking inside the Helion Pathfinder.