Hey, who could it be? (No, it's gotta be...!)

19

TWs: Mentions of kidnapping/capturing, mentions of threats/violence. Stay safe :)

"C-Come on , Callisto, y-you have to talk to him eventually." Io pleaded.

"Not happening, Io. I told you what he said-"

"A-And I'm saying m-maybe there's more to it!"

Callisto glared at him for interrupting. Io bit his lip, backing away.

"Triton is our friend, w-we should hear him out." Io spoke.

Callisto huffed, "You can do that, I'm staying right here."

Io frowned, furrowing his eyebrows.
"Hey, guys, I have some news~" Europa floated up to the duo.

"What is it, Europa?"

"It's about the dwarf planets." She smiled, "Apparently, they were captured."

"W-Wh-What!?" Io stuttered over his words, "A-Are you sure!?"

"Positive. Pluto and his moon, Charon, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, and Triton were all taken by the mysterious planet X." Europa hummed, "Gotta hand it to him, he's quite bold."

Ganymede cleared his throat as he appeared beside the smaller moon, "Anyway, the planets are going over some type of plan that involves asteroids."

"Which doesn't make sense since planet X is an Ice Giant..." Europa muttered.

"Unless they're using Ceres as bait." Ganymede smirked.

"Hah, please- who would be lured out by that monstrosity?"

Callisto glared at them, starting to fly away.

"H-Hey, wait for me!" Io called after her.

« × »

Neptune put the finishing touches on the diagram, his messy chicken scratch writing hard to distinguish yet still legible.

"Need help, mate?" Uranus asked, noticing the other had been staring at one part for far too long.

"Oh! No, I got this-" The marker squeaked against the board as he rewrote the words.

"Neptune." Messier spoke, spooking Neptune, "You've been at this for nearly twelve hours- perhaps, you should let someone else go through it while you take a break."

'But...' The marker came to a stop as Neptune quietly sighed. He shook his head, 'You're right, Messier.'

He turned to his cousin, holding out the marker, "On second thought, I do need a bit of help! Thanks, Uranus!"

Uranus smiled, taking the marker and switching places with Neptune. He squinted his eyes at the whiteboard and hummed, "We're using the moons as a distraction?"

"Mhm~" Neptune nodded, then turned his head to look at the rocky planets, "Actually..."

The blue Celestial went up to them. They immediately noticed him, pausing their card game.

"Hey, Neptune!" Mercury waved, "Can we help you?"

"Possibly... I was wondering who you guys think is capable of leading a bunch of moons."

The Rocky Planets looked at each other, Mars speaking, "Why do you ask?"

Neptune blinked one eye, then the other, "Well, Earth caused the Moon Revolution, right? Unless, I misheard my moons."

Earth huffed, hiding his face with his cards, "Of course..."

Mars looked at the other, placing a hand on his shoulder.