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

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TWs: Hostages, tensions, injuries, mention of colliding/death. Stay safe :)

"Alright, that should be all of them." Neptune nodded to Titan, "It's now or never, Mr. Revolutionary!"

Titan gave him a look, taking a deep breath as he lifted his body above everyone else, "Oh, boy-" He cleared his throat, "Hello again, moons of the solar system! I wish I could tell you it's nice to see you all again, but we don't exactly have the time for that-"

"Ugh, then get to the point already!" Ganymede yelled.

"A planet has kidnapped the dwarf planets, so Neptune thought it would be a good idea for us to be a part of his plan to get them back and take this planet down," Titan explained.

"What!?"

"Are they crazy-?"

"We'll be crushed for sure-!"

"All of us will become space debris!"

The crowd of moons talked over each other as they shouted their claims, worried for their safety and well-being.

"Calm down, everyone!" Titan yelled, "None of us will become space dust!"

"That's right!" Neptune nodded, "The other Celestials will protect each and every one of you."

"Wait- the others...?" Titan raised an eyebrow, turning to look at Neptune, "But what about you?"

"I have a different goal." Neptune whispered to him before turning his attention to the moons, "I'm entrusting Titan to lead this mission. He has a vast knowledge of this sort of thing."

"I don't know about that..." Titan muttered.

"I would stay with you and plan more, but I need to make sure my moons are alright." Neptune frowned.

"It's alright, Neptune. I'm, uh-- sure I got this covered." Titan smiled sheepishly.

"Great! I'll be counting on all of you from now on~" Neptune grinned, circling Titan before flying away.

Titan watched him leave, frowning as some of the moons bombarded him with questions about what was going on and why they were the ones going to handle it.

'This might... take a while.' He thought, his eyes looking around.

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Triton peered over his shoulder, letting out a breath, 'I wasn't followed... that's good for me, but... bad for the others. I should hurry-'

"T-Tr-Triton! You're back!?" A stuttering voice yelled as Io blocked his path with flailing limbs, "Th-They said the m-m-mysterious planet took you!"

"I was," Triton stepped past him, "I need to-"

"Warn the others? D-Don't worry, Neptune and Titan already informed us." Io jerked his head to the crowd of moons swarming around Titan.

"Oh- wait, where's-?"

"Io, what'd I say about-?" A voice piped up as a dark figure flew up to them. Callisto frowned, "Oh." She crossed her arms, huffing as she averted her gaze, "Hey."

"Callisto..." Triton frowned, furrowing his eyebrows as his eyes looked on in pathetic desperation, "How... are you?"

"Oh, you know... the usual." Callisto shrugged.

Io glanced between them, biting his lip as he felt his skin boiling from the tension.

"...Sorry to cut this 'reunion' short, but I have to talk to Neptune." Triton quickly excused himself as he moved past them, his eyes darting to where the blue Celestial was juggling a few pieces of debris, his irregular-shaped moons watching in awe.