"I don't know." The Earth looked down again. This was kind of a depressing conversation. "Do you wanna keep hurting others?" He was trying to reach Earth mentally and he was determined to do so. Earth stared at him. "N-no." He was a little confused. "So you want to be better?" Earth was more confused than Mercury was a few minutes ago. "What are you getting at?"
He floated to the front of the Earth. Luna followed. "We can help you, but you have to let us help you. And you have to put the work towards improvement." Earth looked away from them. "But what if I don't deserve-" "Ugh. Stop with the self pity! He's telling you that you can-" The moon stops for a moment and looks at Mercury. He speaks up. "It's your choice Earth. You have to take the first step towards self improvement.
The Earth looks down with a sad expression on his face. He refused to look up. Mercury floated away and the moon followed.
A small while later, Luna and Mercury were floating slowly around the Sun. "So...what do you wanna do while we wait on the Earth?" He looked at Luna. "Do you think he's actually going to come?" The moon looked away from him. "Look, the Earth hurt a lot of us. He needs to reflect on what he's done and take the first steps." Luna was shocked and his eyes widened. "He's depressed! He's not thinking straight and he's talking about the extinction of the earthlings like it's nothing!"
"I mean yeah, but-" He got cut off by Luna. "I understand your plan Mercury, but we need to help him take the first step!" He rushed off to find Earth. Mercury stared as Luna ran off but let out a groan and followed.
They were still kind of just going around the sun in search for Earth. Mercury looked around with confusion. "Do you know where the Earth is?" He was concerned. Luna looked lost and worried. "Yes I know, I'm just..." He sighed. "He's not where he's supposed to be." They kept moving forward. "Hm...well let's circle the Goldilocks Zone then." They kept moving. "Okay." Luna gave a quick response.
A while later, Mercury spoke up with slight frustration in his voice. "Ugh, haven't we been here before?" They kept moving while talking. "I don't know. Space can sometimes look pretty samey." Luna kept his eyes ahead and moved slowly. "That's because you only focus on orbiting the Earth. Us planets focus on our solar orbit so I know we've been here before." They stopped and looked around.
"But then...where's the Earth?"
Earth was smiling. He was about to make everyone happy! He moved towards the sun at a slow pace, enjoying the last of his life. He looked down. "Everyone will be happier this way."
