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

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TWs: Mention of violence, mention of hallucinations/apparitions, feelings of impending doom, brief manipulation. Stay safe :)

"What do you think, Proxima?" Gliese looked at the other with an expectant gaze.

"I don't know... on one hand, we're after one of our own. On the other hand, this could lead to devastating consequences."

Gliese scoffed, "Devastating for them, maybe. But for us...?"

"Are you saying Helios deserves what's coming to him?" Toliman spoke.

"Well, duh. He deserves to go after what he did to us!" Gliese glared, "Remember when he nearly crushed me, or when he got too competitive to the point where he would use his whip on us? He's always been out of line. We're only putting him back in his place."

Proxima furrowed their eyebrows, their frown deepening, "You're right. He's always had a wild streak. It's only fair that we end it."

Gliese smiled, "Precisely."

Sirius hummed, watching from afar as his friends planned their unbeknownst demise.

'Hurry up, Spica... I won't be able to stop them when the time comes to face Helios.'

...

Spica huffed, peering into her general mind cortex to find where the Milky Way was.

'It should be here... just look for the fog...' She thought, her eyes squinting through the darkness. She stopped upon spotting something in the distance, 'Wait- is that it?'

Spica flew in for a closer look, examining the surroundings. A thick layer of gas seemed to cover what looked to be pieces of debris, or- asteroids.

'This must be it.' She smiled, 'The Oort Cloud is much thicker than I imagined...'

She carefully moved in, pushing the asteroids out of her way.

'All that's left to do is to find the others.'

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"Luna, are you okay?" Earth spoke after noticing his moon was looking out of it.

"Huh-? Oh, yeah, yeah- I'm good, just thinking..." Luna trailed off, his eyes peering into the void, "Hey, uh- dad?"

"Yes?" Earth perked up, smiling at the name. It's not often he heard it- with Luna being too shy or one of the others always hanging around, prompting the moon to speak up barely. The Earth always welcomed moments like these, where it was just the two of them.

"What does Theia look like...?" The question came out hesitantly, almost as if Luna was afraid to ask it.

Earth frowned, his eyes slowly widening as he realized what the other had said.

Luna wanted to know about Theia?

'Theia...' Earth thought, his eyes drifting. He knew the day would come when Luna would want to know more about Theia, but he didn't expect it to be so soon.

Heck, even Earth barely knew anything about Theia, mostly due to the after-effects of the impact.

"What exactly did you want to know about?" Earth questioned.

"Just what she looked like."

'Oh.' Earth hummed, "Is that all? Shades of brown; from light to dark, from tan to umber..."

"What about her Celestial form?"

"I've only seen her Celestial form once; beautiful curly hair that went down to her shoulders, pale yellow eyes that reflected thousands of Stars, and a toga with a golden sash and crown... why do you ask?" Earth raised an eyebrow.