Solarballs GHE AU

Chapter one: Jupiter

Neptune was lucky Earth knew some medical things, as well as Jupiter. Neptune was lucky whoever did this gave up, or it could have been much worse. One of his eyes were torn out, his hands had holes in them, and his leg had been slightly carved on his calf. Uranus fainted when he saw the holes in his hand, but not before puking. Jupiter was so nervous about everything going on, driving him insane. He hadn't slept for days, and needed to sleep badly. "What are you doing Jupiter?" Saturn asks him. "Nothing." Jupiter replied in the most monotone voice ever. "Well then, how about you try and get some sleep?" Saturn suggests. "Mmm..." Jupiter considers it, although he knows he won't ever fall asleep after what happened to Neptune. "Pleaaaasse!" Saturn begs. "I can try." Jupiter replies. "Okay, then I'm gonna go check up on Uranus, make sure he's okay." Saturn says, walking away. Jupiter sighs, getting into a more comfortable position. He shuts his eyes wearily. Jupiter drifts off to sleep, but it only lasts for around 5 minutes. He wakes up in a cold sweat. "Just a nightmare..." He mumbles to himself. "That may have been a nightmare, but I am real." A strange orange planet says, pulling him by the wrist closer. "Ah! Who are you!?" Jupiter says, panicking. "Iris, you may have heard of me by your freind, Neptune." Iris says, putting his hand on Jupiter's cheek. "Let go of me!" Jupiter shouts, struggling to get out of his grip. Iris pulls out a knife, stabbing his cheek. Jupiter screams, kicking Iris in the gut. "Hey! I was being nice!" Iris says with a chuckle as Jupiter runs away. He keeps running, not turning to even look behind him. "Jupiter!? Your face!" Saturn and Uranus shout in unison. "What happened?" Saturn asks, as Jupiter straight up runs into Saturn from not having enough time to skid to a stop. "Iris. He- he's..." Jupiter starts. "Woah woah woah, slow down big guy." Uranus tells him. "I had just woken up f-from a nightmare..." Jupiter restarts, as Saturn covers up the big stab wound on his face. "And Iris was right there! And he grabbed me," Jupiter continues. "He grabbed me, and he pulled out a knife." Jupiter tries to explain as Saturn and Uranus work together to try and bandage the wound. "He stabbed me, and then I kicked him in the stomach, and ran for it." Jupiter finishes. "Did Neptune's description of Iris match him, even in size?" Uranus asks. "Yeah, he had a third eye, and he was orange, and he was around between the size of you two." Jupiter says. "Why would he stab you? There has to be a purpose on why he did it." Saturn asks, backing away so Uranus can try to help the wound, which they were failing miserably at covering. "I think he was trying to infect me, like how he infected Neptune." Jupiter tells them, remembering seeing Iris slightly opening his third eye. "How about we go to Earth? He knows how to bandage this, and we can make sure Iris hadn't succeeded." Saturn suggests, noticing Uranus can't figure out how to bandage the wound either, and is just getting blood all over himself. "Yeah, let's go." Uranus says, trying to stay calm to reflect his composure onto Jupiter. They all start going towards Earth's orbit, but not before Jupiter starts crying. "Well, seeing Jupiter cry is new to me." Earth mumbles, spotting them. "Can you help us? Iris attacked Jupiter, and we don't know if he succeeded in infecting him. Also, he's bleeding, alot." Saturn asks. "Yep, come here big guy." Earth says, motioning for him to kneel down in front of him. Jupiter obliges, wiping away his tears. Earth looks through his stuff, before finding some massive patch bandages. "Jupi, can you explain please? In the best detail you can." Earth asks. Jupiter explains everything to him in perfect detail. Earth had bandaged his big stab wound whilst he explained. "We won't be able to tell if your infected or not until much later." Earth explains. Jupiter examines his surroundings, noticing Neptune not too far away, probably being cared for by Earth. Neptune looks back at Jupiter, each of his 17 eyes focusing on him. The flesh where Neptune's original eye was seemed to heal a bit. "Jupiter?" Neptune asks. "Jupiter's gonna stay with us for a while, Neptune, is that okay?" Earth asks him. "Yeah!" Neptune replies, happy to have someone else to speak with. Earth goes back to focusing on Jupiter. "Can you see alright? Any pain in other areas?" Earth asks. Jupiter roles up his sleeve, showing his wrist, which had turned a deep redish-purple color. Saturn stares at it, horrified. "And there's the reason Iris did all of that. He was trying to cut off the circulation to your hand, so you wouldn't feel it when he infected you. Although, it seems he succeeded." Earth says, showing Jupiter's palm, which had a large, red spot on it. "Jupiter, do me a favor. Try and use your powers." Earth tells him. "What? But, it doesn't work?" Jupiter questions. "Just try." Earth says with a sigh. Jupiter tries, and it works. His eyes turn a solid deep red color, and the red spot on his hand has a eye symbol on it. "What the..." Uranus mumbles. "You'll be staying with me for quite a while." Earth tells him. Saturn stares into Jupiter's deep red eyes, although he can't really tell, as everything is red and blurry. "Erm, Earth?" Jupiter asks. "Hm?" Earth asks from somewhere, he can't really tell. "How do I make it stop? I can't really see." Jupiter asks. "Calm yourself, deep breaths, and it'll go away." Earth tells him.