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2 Days Later
Back on Ethora

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The group finally returned to the home they left behind, but this time, they had backup and their leader back in their ranks.

Xinrei had returned to being serious as he and Renjun directed the ship in the direction of Force 127's HQ.

Most of the recruited team members rested within the turtle, while all of the main members remained outside. Samuel remained on his ship, and ATEEZ remained on their ship as well. ATEEZ soon followed the main ship after picking up Samuel once he parked his near the planet.

The team was quickly approaching Force 127's HQ in Haeju City, but enormous roots suddenly hit the main ship, tearing a big hole into it and steering it off course. Multiple members of the team were sucked out of the ship, including the turtle that had been blown out of Jaehyun's hands. Almost all of the kids were sucked out as well, which would've included Nitro and Tayden if Nitro hadn't unlocked a new power out of his desperation.

He grabbed onto part of the ship that hadn't been ripped off, and his claws suddenly extended and hardened to keep him latched on. Tayden grabbed onto his ankle at the last second, desperately trying to hold on.

"Nitro!!!"

"I'm fine Rei, don't worry! I'm gonna get Tayden to the ground safely! Saving the others and the turtle is our top priority right now! Don't worry about the ship!"

"Hey wait!"

Nitro let go of the ship and plummeted to the ground with Tayden, but he unlocked another power in the process to help his new friend.

His tail suddenly expanded and extended in size and wrapped itself tightly around Tayden, keeping him from straying away from him.

"Tayden! You told us before that you're a Keyblade Wielder right?! Do you have a Glide ability?!"

"O-Oh! Yes! I do!"

Tayden regained his focus despite his fear, and summoned one of his three Keyblades, Star Cluster.

With his Keyblade in hand, he used his Glide ability to steer them down to the planet's surface.

"C-Moon!"

Nitro called out his Stand right after, using it to shift the gravity around them.

Within a radius of three kilometers around them, the gravity shifted so that all objects and debris from the ship repelled away from them, keeping them unharmed as they flew to the ground.

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"Dad! I need you and Xinya to help the others for me! I'll get the turtle!"

Xinrei quickly flew out of the ship before either of them to could protest.

"Who could've done this?! We haven't even been home for ten minutes! Give me a break! Follow me Xinya!"

"Right!"

Renjun took her hand and they flew out together to help everyone.

Xinrei used multiple powers to destroys any debris in his way, and mainly used his superhuman speed to fly to the turtle faster. Once he reached it, he grabbed it and quickly switched dimensions. He took this free time to look inside the key rested in the turtle's shell, relieved to see that everyone was alright. He warned them to stay in the turtle before returning back to their dimension and safely making it to the ground.

"Right. Now that leaves the matter of the falling debris. I've gotta keep them from harming any civilians or animals. I would appreciate if all of you in the turtle would come out to help me"

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"Pegaslick! I need you!"

Xuefen called on one of his Dream Eaters, and it immediately materialized to catch him in the air.

It flew him across the area for him to scout out anyone who needed help.

Sungmin used her Glide ability to help out too, so he decided to leave that to her.

Suyun used her flames to propel herself around the area, and used her Spirit Wave to knock any debris away from her.

But then he spotted Jeongho and Minkyu in trouble. Jeongho was holding onto him while Star Platinum punched away any debris coming for them.

Xuefen rode Pegaslick to make it to them, dodging any debris floating around.

"Electricorn! Catch them and follow me!"

Xuefen summoned yet another Dream Eater that was based on thunder magic, giving it an advantage with speed.

It dodged all incoming debris, and caught the two boys on its back.

Once it did, it used thunder magic consistently to destroy any debris as if followed Xuefen to the ground.

Once all three of them safely made it to the surface, the Dream Eaters disappeared.

"Are you guys alright?"

"We're much better thanks to you Xuefen. Thank you"

Minkyu smiled.

"Star Platinum! Unleash The World!"

Jeongho suddenly ordered his Stand, stopping time shortly after they landed.

Over the course of their journey back to Ethora, Jeongho had worked on lengthening the number of seconds his Stand could stop time. As of now, his ability to stop time had officially extended to five seconds.

Not too far above the trio, some of the debris that Xuefen's Dream Eater destroyed with its thunder magic actually split apart into sharper and tinier pieces.

"ORAORAORA!!"

The Stand cried out.

Jeongho only stopped time to use Star Platinum for all five seconds to punch all of the remaining debris that plummeted towards them.

"That's enough. Time end"

Once he felt like he'd done enough, he resumed the flow of time, and the debris above them exploded into the smallest particles of dust, catching Xuefen's and Minkyu's attention.

"What the-"

"You can question that later. Right now we've got to protect the people of the city"

"Right!"

"Got it!"

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Junsung had trouble concentrating on using his abilities to safely land on the ground, and debris ending up hitting him multiple times.

One nearly knocked him out by hitting him in the head, but Jisung came to his rescue and used his Psychokinesis to stop it right before it hit him.

He was already plummeting towards him at high speeds, and caught him as he crashed into him. Together they both plummeted to the surface.

"Dad!"

"Hang on!"

Junsung tightly held on to his father, trusting in him completely.

Below them was one of Haeju City's biggest lakes, to which Jisung could use to his advantage. He used his Hydrokinesis to manipulate the water, creating a massive sphere that they crashed into.

Even though they were falling at high speeds, the downward force of gravity and upward force of buoyancy caused displacement to occur as they crashed into the liquid sphere, resulting them to float within it instead of sinking through it and falling again.

Junsung realized that the water had broken their fall, but panicked once he realized there was no air.

"Junsung, it's alright. We're both demigods of the sea because of Poseidon. We can both breathe underwater"

Jisung reassured him, seeing how he was desperately trying to hold his breath.

Junsung tried breathing upon hearing this, and calmed down once he realized that he actually could breathe.

"Dad... I'm sorry.. I couldn't concentrate.."

"Don't worry about that. This is all completely sudden for all of us"

Jisung then manipulated the water to return to normal, only leaving a descending liquid staircase that they stood at the top of.

"For now, let's focus on doing our part to help out"

"..Right!"

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Xinya, Renjun, and Chenle worked together to save the others before they got too close to the ground.

Xinya caught Jaehyun, Renjun caught Sicheng, and Chenle shifted into a humongous bird to catch all of the others.

Everyone that they caught worked together using their powers, to destroy all debris in their way, and they eventually made it back to the ground.

"Are all of you alright??"

Renjun asked, concerned for his family.

"We're all fine Renjun. You, Xinya, and Chenle have our thanks"

Ten smiled.

"Hang on. What happened to the ship?"

"The ship... Oh shit!!!"

Renjun realized that they had completely forgotten about the ship after Taeil mentioned it.

As they stood there, it was very close to crashing into the city, threatening to kill everyone that was in its range.

Acting quickly, Taeyong used his Jet ability to propel himself closer to the ship's range.

"Weather Report!!"

Taeyong summoned his Stand, and Weather Report's next move saved everyone in the surrounding area.

It created multiple ginormous beds of clouds underneath the ship, as well as the giant parts that had melted off of it. The clouds caught all of the parts, cushioning the impact from them and preventing them from colliding with the city or propelling anywhere else.

Taeyong directed the clouds away from the city and gently rested them in a flat meadow nearby.

"That was amazing hyung~!"

Shotaro excitedly exclaimed, and Taeyong smiled.

'Hey guys! Junsung and I have just met up with Xinrei and everyone else that was in the turtle! He wants all of you to meet up with us at the center of town!'

Jisung telepathically informed us.

Johnny looked out at where the roots originated and saw where they ended, realizing that someone intentionally struck their ship from within the city.

"Doyoung. You recognize those roots, don't you?"

He suddenly asked the younger.

"I do.. I know exactly who brought us down. I just hope he's not being controlled too.."