Wide Awake - The Story Untold | BTS ff

The heavens are black

A weeks delay. But they had hardly noticed, it was strange how nonimportant time was up there. Somewhere. It was pitchdark everywhere you looked, same stars in different constellations. The silence was deafening, they had been outside the ship. Hearing nothing but their own heavy and frightened breathing. And the buzz from the intercom.

They had landed on the surface of a planet, star, piece of rock.
Three weeks had passed, every day the same, the crew wasn't all that sociable but still friendly. Almost. Reluctantly they tried blending in , to avoid thinking too much.
Now the cargo ship Omelas was spurting through the massive darkness. There would be at least two months of travelling, everyone on-board slept in their kryotubes. All except one.
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Namjoons pov. First logentry.

" Is the camera on ? Oh sorry, yes, I'll remember . Thank you sir! 
This is Kim Namjoon , first logentry from the cargo ship Omelas, August 7th, 208...4...
Aish, this is weird!!!  I'm kind of thinking I would do this like a Vlive but I'm not seeing any comments on the screen..ha, joking!
I asked captain Grant if I could get access to a device like this, recording my thoughts.
I don't know if someone is monitoring me but just in case something happens and only trace of us is this log, then it doesn't matter.

It's been a couple of days since we, ah, woke up and ah, it's actually so frightening and confusing that we don't know how to speak about it. None of us dares to ask how we got here, none dares to speak about Hoseok. Sugahyung is sleeping most of the time, when he's awake, he just sits quiet in a corner.  We try to comfort each other. I'm still having a hard time with Jin, I can see in his eyes he hasn't forgiven me . He's trying. I'm trying.
We are heading for a planet, they won't say which one but I think it's the one we crashed on. We've been trying out space suits. They say we can help out.
The ship isn't that big, I wonder what the cargo might be.
I'm sorry, I must add; we are physically fine but mentally....they treat us well, as long as we don't ask any questions. They ask us a lot.
We still live in one room and will continue to do so. The crewmen are amused but the nice woman Holly scold them a bit. She gets along fine with Yoongi .
I'm planning 2 more entries unless I manage to erase everything.
Kim Namjoon out."

Space . They had been joking about their experience of space, it all came down to Star Wars and Star Trek. Even now they tried to find something to understand or recognize. Occasionally there would be similarities hard to avoid, and other times  they couldn't speak about it, because it was difficult making sense of the whole situation. They had tried to remember, but still there was so much hidden that they didn't understand.

The ship continued it's course, thoroughly prepared to manage the long journey.
The blinking lights and low key buzzing kept on with no one awake to hear or see.
It was all quiet and their faces were expressionless and calm. Only thing heard was the constant noise from the monitors and instruments. Everyone asleep, all except one.
He took one last glance before leaving the hibernation chambers.
He wasn't exactly worried, it wasn't his mission to worry. He was mildly interested!
Straightening out the wires and switching small blinking lights.
He left the chambers without looking back. No need.

Space was all consuming, the heavens were black. Slow breathing from the kryotubes, beeping from the instruments. The course set straight for earth. Two months.

/Taehyung's pov,

That feeling..  He didn't want that feeling again. He had been so scared when he saw the capturing lid a few inches from his face. Someone spoke in his ear, he couldn't figure it out, it was English but he couldn't understand. It was a voice but it sounded all wrong.
He started to cry.  " Jimin-ah,  where are you?"  It was only a whisper, he dared not speak up. Through his mind flashed all those times where they shared dark and gruesome thoughts late at night. Nights that mostly ended with tears and laughter, lying in each others lap just hugging til sun up. He could have done anything to have that.
He cried and panicked, his long, bony hands banging on the lid. There was a rush and the lid came off.  " Jimin!!!!!"  Jimin!!!!! Where are you.....don't touch me.....what is this.....Jimin"...his voice faded, someone moved up to him, wearing gloves and face mask.
Taehyung got a warm blanket over his shoulders, but no one held him.

Slowly his eyes adapted to the light and he saw his brothers, one by one. Jimin was in fact next to him, but in a bad shape it seemed. Slowly, as if this was all a dream, he turned his head to see, Namjoon, pale and thin, Yoongi.......oh God was he dead? Jungkooks feet was hanging outside of the tube, no Timberlakes on. Jin was sitting motionless with a terrified look on his small, beautiful face. He met Taehyung's gaze and tried an encouraging smile. Taehyung could feel his pain. He tried a grin to comfort Jin.
It looked equally feeble.
He climbed out of the tube, bare feet on cold floor, gloved hands trying to grip him.
Jimin was lying with eyes closed, Taehyung tried to move his stiff and aching body over to him.
" Jimin-ah, wake up"  he whispered and Jimin smiled. He reached for Taes hand..

" Please pay attention, we have secured your contamination status..."
Taehyung stiffened and gasped for air.....that....voice...? He thought it was ringing like metal in his head, like a drill or a chainsaw. He clasped his hands over the ears. Jimin looked at him with concern, he knew his buddy, antennas out and eyes like searchlights.  He was seeking outside and inside just as much but right now he was in pain. Visibly.
The man speaking was rather tall, blonde and his face, Jimin couldn't make him out but Tae could. He was watching the man with that wideeyed expression usually found in Kookie. But it wasn't at all amusing or even cute. Jimin had never seen that expression before.

Taehyung  lowered his hands and stood slightly bent, watching the talking man.
His mouth was open, Jimin knew that he was searching for something.
" Jimin,  that is not a person! " he hissed in Jimins ear. He turned to look at the man that now stood quiet. " He scares me, he's not a person, he has no soul, Jimin , I want to leave"!!!!  He took Jimins hand and pulled him out of the room, avoiding the non person standing there. The non readable man.

Space is an enormous wasteland,  acre by acre of black velvet and dusty veils of light.
The cargo ship Omelas is heading for earth, crew now extended with 6 boys. All is quiet, everyone is asleep behind glasslids. All but one.

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A/N

I hope you enjoyed this chapter of flashlights. I will keep confusing you in the chapters to come but piece by piece the picture will become clearer. But not too clear, haha!
I'll try to publish  another chapter before going on vacation.

Thank you for reading😊