"Are they gonna be ok?"

"They will Jisung. But we have to give them time to recover"

"But Jaemin-hyung, I miss Chenle so much..."

Jisung intertwined his hand in Chenle's, and Chenle subconsciously gripped onto his hand.

"I know you miss him, we all do. But you saw how hard Iron Bolt attacked him. That's not something you can just wake up from that easily. He's extremely lucky to be alive after a hit like that"

"Very lucky. When I healed him, I saw just how bad his chest got injured"

"How bad Injun?"

Mark asked, while Jisung had a worried look on his face.

"The force of that punch caused great damage with the impact to his chest. What I mean is, Iron Bolt completely shattered Chenle's rib cage"

Looks of shock and sorrow were sent my way instantly.

Tears even started flowing from Jisung's eyes, and he started sobbing softly.

"That's why he was breathing so hard, even though he was out cold. But it stabilized after I healed him. His rib cage is fixed and his lungs are fine"

They were all relieved, but Jisung was still crying.

"We should get some sleep. If we have a battle soon, I don't want us to be exhausted. Chenle and Jaehyun-hyung will have to stay out of any battles for now, until they fully recover"

They all agreed, including Jisung.

Before he left, Jisung kissed Chenle's forehead and left with the rest of them, except Taeyong.

He was really worried about Jaehyun.

"What...happened to him...?"

"When I healed him, it seemed he suffered from a broken leg, despite how much he was running. Not only that, but he had a sprained arm and a broken wrist, on two completely different arms. And he had multiple bruises to top it off. All of that trauma put him into cardiac arrest. But I healed him in time to keep him from dying too soon"

Taeyong suddenly burst into tears even more than Jisung, startling me.

"Hyung, it's ok. He's fine now. He just needs lots of rest, that's all. But we really need to get some rest too"

He started to wipe away his tears, and kissed Jaehyun's forehead.

He got up and followed me to the barracks.

"I'm very proud of you Injun..."

"Huh? Why?"

"You've shown amazing leadership skills. You kept everyone in check in order to keep us alive, you saved three innocent strangers who helped save my friend, you healed those who were in desperate need of help, and you made wise tactical decisions. You did all that while you were under so much pressure"

I didn't even realize I did so much...

Everything happened so fast...

"But, I left the others behind... I'm sorry, I know they mean a lot to you and the others..."

"You left them behind to save us. You saw yourself how Jaehyun barely escaped them with his life. He could've died because of them. You did all of this for a good reason, to make sure none of us got possessed or killed"

"..."

"Listen Renjun, don't forget what Mark once told you. Never apologize for doing the right thing. There will be times like this where each of you will have to step up as leader, especially you Renjun. Try to stay on the positive side. Above all, being positive is one of the most important attributes you need in order to lead a team~"

He smiled and pet my hair softly.

"...Hai sensei"

-

Hours Later

-

I woke sooner than the others, and decided to do a patrol to see how everyone was holding up.

All the rooms are exactly the same, which ok with me.

Everyone was fine, even Taeyong and Jisung, who were sleeping soundly. The only one that was missing was Jaemin.

I looked everywhere, until I found him at the command deck.

"Nana? You're awake? And..., drinking coffee???"

"Hi Injunie~. I found a coffee station in the kitchen~. We really picked out a nice ship~"

What the hell...?

"I see... But why are you awake???"

"Oh~. I just woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. So I've been here for at least an hour learning about the ship and where everything is. That's when I found the kitchen and made coffee~"

"Really? What else did you find out?"

"We're almost out of fuel, so I pinpointed a spot in a nearby galaxy where we can refuel, get more ammo, get some cool intergalactic space snacks. It's literally an alien gas station~"

"Nana you're a genius..."

"I have my moments~"

-

Hours Later
Galaxy: Comet Nebula
Planet: Zudaclite

-

"This place is dope~"

Donghyuck seems to be pleased with this planet, as am I.

"I'm glad the only places we can't breathe in are underwater and in space. Anywhere else would be annoying"

"Hey! I can breathe underwater!"

"Another reason why it's so annoying Jisung"

We refilled the fuel supply, so now we're just waiting for Taeyong to return with the ammo.

Jaemin stayed onboard to watch over the two hybrids though.

But Jeno did bring a shit ton of snacks for them before rejoining us outside.

He even got himself a snack~.

-

"INJUN, LOOK OUT!"

Donghyuck tackled me to the ground after multiple beams of light suddenly came plummeting to us.

"What the hell was that?!"

Jeno asked in sudden fury, due to him dropping his precious ice cream.

We all looked in the direction the blasts came from, and saw someone floating down to us.

Donghyuck and I got up along with everyone else, ready for battle.

Jisung pulled out his potion sword.

Donghyuck summoned his Hell Sword.

Jeno pulled out his Chakrams.

Mark brought out his ice blades.

I summoned my Sword of Silicon.

Leiyong whipped out his Void Sword.

And three new weapons were added to our roster~.

Suko now has a Moon Fan Glider.

Yoonho has an Angel Warrior Shield.

And Zuho has a Bow of the Recusant.

"What gives huh?!"

Donghyuck yelled at the stranger.

"I need your ship. Don't get in my way, peasant"

"WHO THE HELL ARE YOU CALLING A-. Wait, it's another girl. We can't hurt her, right Injun?"

"Not too much. But we can indeed hurt her to protect our ship"

The strange girl finally landed in front of us.

Her head was hanging down, avoiding our gazes.

"You scared to fight us, girly~?"

Donghyuck teased, making her look up, showing us her face.

"Not in the slightest, bad boy~"

She smirked with a humored expression on her face.

Donghyuck suddenly loosened the grip on his sword and just stared at her in awe. I nudged his shoulder, but he didn't budge.

He let his guard down.

"Donghyuck??? Whats up with you man???"

"Woah..."